Indy Transponder 15-OCT-2014 1600z

Pete Mcleod Wins Red Bull Air Race In Las Vegas * AvStop | Pete McLeod of Canada was declared the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop in Las Vegas on Sunday after heavy winds forced the cancellation of the flying in the first of three final rounds. McLeod won the first race of his career by virtue of being the fastest qualifier on Saturday...

Blue Angels highlight Wings Over Houston Airshow · General Aviation News | HOUSTON — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to Houston for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1-2, at Ellington Airport. Produced by the Commemorative Air Force, the non-profit airshow also will feature a tribute to Vietnam War veterans with a flight demonstration of aircraft from that era, as well as a display of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall during the show and open to the public free on Friday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m...

Nice video recap of the San Francisco Fleet Week airshow! * LiveAirShowTv 

West Chester Rotor fest 2014 * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Gold Demonstration team traveled to West Chester, Pennsylvania over the weekend to perform for the West Chester Rotorfest. SSG Jon Clevenger and SSG Mike Koch supported the local recruiters by attending a high school football game. There they presented one of the high school students with a plaque for demonstrating all of the core Army values. They also assisted in the coin toss as well as awarding coins to each of the team captains, wishing them the best of luck in their game...

3-ton aircraft hitting the road to appear at air show - Rome News-Tribune | Planes of all types will be taking to the sky and flying into Rome this weekend for the Wings Over North Georgia air show. One, however, is hitting the road. Staff and volunteers with the Hixson Flight Museum plan to tow a three-ton T-28 Trojan aircraft from Hixson, Tennessee, to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport overnight tonight to have it on static display at the event. The approximately 80-mile trek is set to begin around 10 p.m., mostly on U.S. 27, according to Mark McAllister with the museum...

Historic Flight Over Washington D.C. Honors Nation's Veterans * Aero-News Network | Event Organized By The Culpeper, VA Air Fest Approximately 30 World War II-era T-6 Texans flew in formation down the Potomac River last Saturday...

'Fifi' flies again: World's last flying B-29 pays visit to Hill Country * Herald Zeitung | Tim Black, a volunteer at the Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, believes the CAF is like a time portal — once guests walk through the hangar door, they take a step back in history...

Residents and veterans given opportunity to fly in WWII bombers * Progress Index | CHESTERFIELD - It wasn't your ordinary 30 minute plane ride. Residents, as well as veterans, were given the chance to ride in the World War II B-17 “Nine O Nine” bomber Friday as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour sponsored by the Collings Foundation...

Experimental Aircraft Association to host its annual fly-in * Daily Comet | The fly-in is hosted by Houma's Bill Fornof Memorial Experimental Aircraft Association. Organizers say it's a chance for the public to see some local homebuilt or experimental aircraft and get a closer looking at the bustling Houma Airport. The fly-in...

Kyle Franklin teases his newest addition to Franklin's Flying Circus in 2015 · The International Council of Air Shows | Introducing the CamGuard Road Pirates! For months, I've been putting a new act together. This one is a little different from what I normally do – I’m adding cars to the Franklin line-up and proud to have the support of CamGuard and Bobby Ore Motorsports for a new stunt driving show. In a nutshell the act is...
 
Fred Davis of Englewood served in Europe during WW II & 2 tours in Vietnam · Don Moore, War Tales | Fred Davis of Englewood graduated from high school in 1942 and immediately signed up for the Army Air Corps during the middle of World War II. “I went in the Army Air Corp and never took basic. I was sent to signal school in Pendleton, Org. I became an 18-year-old, private first class supply clerk...

Rare O-46 To Be Restored To Flying Condition * Aero-News Network | Has Languished In A Hangar For The Past 20 Years For two decades, a Douglas O-46 observation aircraft has been hangared at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, KS. The plane was recently sold to a private individual in Michigan, who plans to have the plane restored to flying condition...

40 Years Panavia Tornado · Peter Boschert, Photorecon.net | Panavia Tornado celebrates 40 years of flight this week in Manching, Germany the site of the aircraft’s maiden test flight on August 14th 1974. It is a story which has seen the Panavia Tornado...

Star Wars actor Harrison Ford joins Shropshire flight club * BBC News | Bob Pooler, chief instructor with Shropshire Aero Club, said he received a call from the actor, who was keen to rent an aircraft while he was filming the new Star Wars movie. He said the actor had wanted to bring one of his own planes to Britain, but...

No flying under the radar here: Teens' futures take flight in Civil Air Patrol * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | PENNSYLVANIA -- Ethan Dunlap always knew he wanted to join the military. So he got a very early start. At age 12, Dunlap attended his first meeting of the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force where even the youngest members can run emergency communications and help with disaster relief. At first...

Kids to fly free at airport's Leaf Peep, Young Eagles Day * Vinton County Courier | Vinton County residents of all ages will have a chance to view all the county's fall colors from the sky at the upcoming Leaf Peep and Young Eagles Day. The county airport's annual fall event is slated for Sunday, Oct. 19 beginning at noon. General...


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