Friday, January 31, 2014

Indy Transponder 31-JAN-2014 1830z

Budget Woes Hit Snowbirds by Deb Mitchell | The Royal Canadian Air Force informed all U.S. air shows on Thursday that its military jet team, the Snowbirds, will not be able to support U.S. air shows in 2014 due to budget cutbacks.

Very Limited Tickets Remain For Bob Hoover Tribute - EAA | January 30, 2014 - Only a very limited number of individual tickets remain for the February 21 Tribute to Bob Hoover to be held at Paramount Studios Theater in Hollywood, as aviation's top personalities gather to honor the man called by many as "The Pilot's Pilot" and one of the greatest aviators in history...

Bob Hoover To Be Honored At Movie Premier, Gala - Aero-News Network | A Cavalcade Of Aviation Industry Stars Will Celebrate The Life Of The Aviation Legend | The legacy of Robert A. "Bob" Hoover will be celebrated February 21 as the aviation community gathers in Los Angeles, CA to honor Bob's long, successful flying career. Known as the “Gentleman Pilot”, Hoover is a World War II combat aviator and Prisoner of War, unparalleled test pilot, one of the airshow community's all-time performers and the legendary airborne starter of the National Championship (Reno) Air Races in his P51 Mustang 'Ole Yeller'...

NWOC Guest Speaker Announcement and Warbird Rides · Warbirds News | The world’s largest gathering of warbird owners, operators, maintainers and suppliers will soon meet at the 20th Anniversary National Warbird Operator Conference. The schedule of activities is getting busier day-by-day, and NWOC expect it to be their biggest convention to date. The host city, Dallas, TX, features two major airline hubs for...

FAI Asian Oceanic Championship to be held May 10-17 - Pattaya Mail | Pattaya will play host to radio-controlled airplane enthusiasts from Asian and Australia at the FAI Asian Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft May 10-17. Organized by the Royal Aeronautic Sports Association of Thailand as part of the ongoing Air Sea Land Games, the International Air Sports Federation event will be for owners of FA3 planes only...

Meet Amelia Rose Earhart, The Woman Flying Around The World In 17 Days - Huffington Post | Growing up, Amelia Rose Earhart never thought she'd be a pilot. Despite being named after the famous aviator, who disappeared while attempting a flight around the world in 1937, the Denver news anchor did not become interested in flying until she was in her 20s...

Air Battle Over Rabul At Planes of Fame · Warbirds News | The topic for the February 1 Planes of Fame Air Museum   Living History Event  is ‘Air Battle Over Rabaul’, featuring the Douglas SBD Dauntless. Staff Sergeant Sidney H. Zimman, USMC. The SBD Dauntless, one of the two still airworty ( The other one being the...

Happy Birthday To The North American Aviation T-2 Buckeye · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts | Fifty-six years ago today, the North American Aviation T-2 Buckeye took flight for the first time.  The T-2 served the Navy as a two-seat intermediate carrier-capable jet trainer from 1959 until 2008.  Originally powered by a single engine, the Buckeye evolved into a twin-engine aircraft.  Aircrews initially...

Letters From a WWI Jenny Pilot By William Crawford Woods Air & Space Magazine | In 1918, my http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/letters-jenny-pilot-180949495/#ixzz2s08aGtkLgrandfather’s wish was simple: “Give me a Lewis gun in the cockpit of a fast fighter plane, and I know that I’d be satisfied with life.”

Russian Aviators' Accidental 1937 Landing in Washington State - WYSO | ...In June of 1937, a one-of-a-kind airplane landed at the Pearson Army Airfield in Vancouver, Washington. It flew from Moscow  non-stop; that’s 5200 miles. And this fact is amazing: the Antonov- 25 had a wingspan of 112 feet, nearly the entire length of the Wright Brother’s first flight...

Historic aircraft to be retired at Amarillo museum - Amarillo.com | A Douglas DC-3 aircraft is about to complete its nearly seven-decade career by retiring to a museum in Amarillo. In February, the DC-3 will leave Oklahoma City and land at Texas Air & Space Museum at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, where pilots will kill its engines one last time...

Airspeed project's wings clipped - The Press, York | York looks to have missed out on a new attraction in Piccadilly that would have celebrated a unique 1930s aircraft factory and an extraordinary ‘age of adventure’. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the ‘missed opportunity’ of Reynard’s garage...

CoolPix: Getting Hooked On The F-35 - AirPigz | ...While the CoolPix photo above is from last year showing an F-35B STOVL (short takeoff/vertical landing) making a short takeoff from a carrier deck (note the lift fan doors open and the downward rotation of the aft nozzle) there's an article from the U. S. Naval Institute about how the F-35C (the actual carrier variant) has recently completed shore-based testing of the redesigned hook. Problems catching the wire was an issue that many people made a big stink about, but as is the case when something doesn't work as originally envisioned, you make changes to the design. It's called development and every military aircraft goes thru lots of design changes along the way....

“Dambusters” Squadron’s final mission. Will reform and get F-35B in 2018 - The Aviationist | Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron known as the “Dambusters”, from the daring night missions against the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams, pivotal to Hitler’s industrial heartland in the Ruhr Valley, back in 1943, completed their last operational mission (over Afghanistan) with the Tornado GR4.,,,

Guest Post: Where We Belong - Airplanista By Victoria Neuville Zajko, U.S. Team Leader, Women Of Aviation Week | Annual airshows and fly-ins: these are places that feel like a second home to pilots. Meeting up with friends sharing the same passions and being surrounded by the sounds of the soaring airplanes you love is a feeling like no other. You have seen them at rock concerts and airshows alike: wristbands. More than a simple access pass, they signal the belonging to a unique and like-minded group...

Dramatic moment unconscious skydiver rescued mid-air captured on helmet camera· Aviation News TV

Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days in orbit - Fox News | The U.S. Air Force's http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/30/air-force-mysterious-x-37b-space-plane-passes-400-days-in-orbit/unmanned X-37B space plane has now circled Earth for more than 400 days on a hush-hush mission that is creeping closer and closer to the vehicle's orbital longevity record. The X-37B spacecraft launched on Dec. 11, 2012, meaning that it has been aloft for 413 days as of Tuesday, Jan. 28, on the third mission for the program, which is known as OTV-3 (short for Orbital Test Vehicle-3). The endurance record is 469 days, set during OTV-2, which blasted off in 2011...

Wings of Dreams: February Fly-In Breakfast - Reminder


WOD Banner 
Fly-In/Cruise-In Breakfast
  
Saturday, February 1, 2014
8:00 am - 10:00 am
(Rain or Shine)
  
Keystone Heights Airport, Florida (42J)
Former Keystone Army Airfield - WWII Air Base


  
   
Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945 - by AP Photographer Joe Rosenthal (Photo from National Archives)
 
"Seeing the Stars and Stripes waving aloft on that mountain is a sight I shall never forget as long as I live ... the fight was not over ... The 36 days of combat came to a close but the price of victory was high - more than 6,000 Marines and Navy personnel were killed with more than 22,000 wounded on this one, small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean."
 Bob Gasche 
 
REMEMBERING IWO JIMA
 
Presentation by Bob Gasche
World War II veteran, Iwo Jima survivor and founding member of the Iwo Trio in Gainesville, FL

"It was predawn on D-Day, February 19, 1945, when the dark was giving away to the first light and the sight of our target island, dominated by its 504-foot volcano named Surbachi. The eight-square-mile island had been "softened up" by 72 days of bombardment from ships and planes.

Some observers doubted that anything could have remained alive after the deluge of explosions. How wrong they were - this deadly piece of Hell called Iwo Jima turned into 36 days of death and destruction."

Bob Gasche was a 21-year-old Marine when he took part in the landings on Iwo Jima and was about to see his first combat on this island. In commemoration of this iconic battle - the bloodiest in U.S. Marine Corps history - Bob will discuss the history of this battle and share his personal reflections of  this day.

(Information from the Crooked Fences website -www.crookedfences.com - in memory of patriot Richard C. Rubanick, Msgt, U.S. Army Retired)

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10:00 a.m. (after fly-in)
- Tours of museum and historic space artifacts
- Porsche sports cars displayed on the ramp,
   courtesy of members of the Florida Crown
   Region Porsche Club of Jacksonville
   
Next Star Parties
- February 22, 2014
- March 22, 2014
Stargazing from 7 - 9 pm - Free admission,
donations always appreciated


Upcoming Fly-In Schedule

- March 1 - TBA
- April 5 - The Doolittle Raid Commemoration -
  presentation by Keystone Height Jr/Sr High School
  history students; Flying the B-25 - by Bob Oehl, B-25
  instructor pilot
- May 3 - Women Airforce Service Pilots of WW II -
  Presentation by WASP Barry Smith, 44-6
- June 7 - D-Day/Normandy Campaign
  Commemoration
February Fly-In Sponsored by:
  
Johnny's Bar-B-Q & Catering
  
CB Isaac Realty
- Ronald Blake, Broker
-  Sue Plaster, Realtor
-  Judie Palmer,Realtor
  
Express Air Flight School
  
- Photos by Trace Choulat
  
- Website Support by  
   Unicorn Web
   Development
  
Our thanks to Becky Carter, CB Isaac Realty, for helping make this fly-in possible.
  
Facility provided by Keystone Heights Airport
  
 
BREAKFAST BUFFET
  
Menu
 
Eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, biscuits, fruit, juice, coffee

$7 per person
$4 per child (9 & under)

Free breakfast for WWII and Korean War veterans

First come, first served
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All proceeds to benefit Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum
FOR MORE INFORMATION

flyin@wingsofdreams.org

www.wingsofdreams.org

Call:   352-256-8037

Download Fly-In Flyer
    
Download New Wings of Dreams Overview  
 
 
 
  PILOT INFORMATION
 
  Elevation: 196 ft.
  Pattern Altitude 1196
  Frequencies:
  CTAF/UNICOM - 122.7

  WX AWOS-3 - 124.275
  JAX APPROACH - 121.3

  Airport Office:  352-473-0031



Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum | 7100 Airport Road | Starke | FL | 32091

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Indy Transponder 30-JAN-2014 1730z

Photos: Blue Impulse flying aces collide in midair off coast of Japan  - NEWS.com.au | THREE http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/blue-impulse-flying-aces-collide-in-midair-off-coast-of-japan/story-fnizu68q-1226813398146pilots have escaped unharmed after their jet planes collided in midair off the Japanese coast, a military spokesman said. Two T-4 trainers belonging to the Blue Impulse aerobatic display team of the Japanese air force made contact as they...

Women of Aviation Week pushes limits - Toriaflies | ...Every year, Women of Aviation Week is kicked off during the week of 8 March – the anniversary date for when French actress, balloonist and artist Raymonde de Laroche became the world’s first licensed woman pilot (in 1910). The goal of this awareness week is to foster diversity in aviation by celebrating history, raising awareness, and sparking vocations as thousands of girls and women are introduced to aviation through industry-wide collaboration....

The Annual Mariposa Air Fair and Family Adventure Day to be Held on April 26 - Sierra Sun Times | The Mariposa Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association will host its annual Mariposa Air Fair and Family Adventure Day 2014 at the Mariposa Airport on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is an annual, exciting fly-in and community event that features a variety of attractions, including antique aircraft, warbirds, experimental aircraft, radio controlled model airplanes as well as an antique and custom car display....

Rare Aircraft Will Visit For Wings Of Freedom Tour - Island Sun and River Weekly | Fort Myers. The Boeing B-17GAviation enthusiasts and history buffs will have the opportunity to tour or take flight in rare, historic World War II aircraft when the Collings Foundation brings rare aircraft to Fort Myers...

FRIDAY FLYING VIDEO: Matt Hall in Training - Australian Flying | In this video, Matt Hall gives us an insight into his preparation for the 2014 Red Bull Air Race season, showing us a training camp with his team held at Maitland. It is interesting to see how the team functions behind closed hangar doors. The first race at Abu Dhabi is only a few weeks away now, and Matt's MXS-R has already been shipped....

Skiles' Miracle on the Hudson Lecture Now Available Online - EAA | January 30, 2014 - Jeff Skiles' January 16 multimedia presentation about the Miracle on the Hudson commemorating the five-year anniversary of the event in now available online at Wisconsin Public Television's University Place. Skiles, EAA vice president of communities and member programs, was first officer in the US Airways Flight 1549 Airbus A320 captained by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger on January 15, 2009. He recounted step-by-step the events leading to the forced emergency ditching on the Hudson after a flock of geese crossed paths with the airplane, knocking out both engines...

Red Arrows pilot killed by 'useless' seat mechanism - GlobalPost | A British coroner on Wednesday described the safety mechanism of an ejection seat that threw a pilot from the Red Arrows aerobatics display team to his death as "entirely useless". Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, 35, was killed after he was accidentally propelled 67 metres (220 feet) into the air from his Hawk T1 aircraft while on the ground at Scampton airbase outside Lincoln, eastern England, in November 2011....

Timeless Voices - David Toomey - EAA Video | After starting out as a B-17 copilot, David Toomey tranferred into the 12th Squadron of the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Group flying P-38s during WWII. He flew 63 reconnaissance missions and was shot down twice. This interview was recorded in 2002.

[Photo] The effect of Florida’s freezing rain on U.S. Air Force AC-130U gunship - The Aviationist | http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/29/frozen-ac-130u-spooky/These images, taken on Jan. 29, 2014, say it all. Since quite unusual freezing rain and cold temperature have layered Hurlburt Field, Florida, in a thin sheet of ice, icicles formed on a U.S. Air Force AC-130U Spooky gunship’s 25 mm Gatling gun...

Brighton Aviation Museum & Sandbar Mitchell in Grant Contest - WHMI | A local aviation museum currently restoring a WWII era plane known as Sandbar Mitchell recovered from Alaska last summer is asking for community support in an online grant contest. Brighton's Aviation Museum, Warbirds of Glory, is hoping to win one of ten small business grants including the $25,000 grand prize as part of a FedEx Facebook contest. The new...

Italian Air Force Museum Begins Fiat G.59 Restoration - Warbirds News | Based on an Italian Language submission by Marco Gueli | In a recent announcement, the Italian Air Force Museum has decided to begin restoring their FIAT G.59 MM 53276, exhibited for many years at Vigna di Valle. While the paint is a little worse for wear, the structure appears in good condition thankfully...

Savoring the Swift- General Aviation News | Pilots often have two dreams: One is to find a derelict airplane in a barn and restore it to an airworthy showpiece; the other is to find someone who shares their passion for aviation. Paul and Sandy Mercandetti from Knoxville, Tenn., are lucky enough to have had both dreams come true. The couple flies around the country in a 1946 GC1-B Globe Swift model 1-A that Paul found in a shed years ago....

Presentation to detail CAP’s efforts after Sandy - General Aviation News | The Aviation Museum of New Hamphire’s ongoing Second Saturday series will present Col. William Moran, commander of the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol, who will present a report on the photo-mapping missions http://apron6.com/2014/01/30/wheres-your-head-at/carried out in the wake of Super Storm  Sandy, on Feb. 8...

Where’s your head at? - Apron 6 | More photos at link

Miniature WWII Warbirds take to the skies over Chobham Common - Get Surrey | Flying through the skies, the aircraft of the Chobham Common Model Fliers Association make for an awesome sight...

‘The Aviators’ soars to new heights in Season 5 - General Aviation News | The Aviators television series has just started production on Season 5. The series, which made its debut in the fall of 2010, has aired in the United States nearly 40,000 times to an average audience of 10 million PBS viewers each week. Today, the show airs in more than 100 countries, reaching 50 million viewers worldwide....

EAA AirVenture 2013 – SocialFlight by David Allen | In this episode, we talk with Jeff Simon of SocialFlight, a free mobile app that provides pilots with an interactive map of aviation events. SocialFlight empowers pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike to find local events, chat, upload event photos and network with other SocialFlight users.

Women with disabilities invited to learn To fly - General Aviation News | Women with physical disabilities are encouraged to apply for full-ride flight training scholarships from Able Flight. Stephany Glassing“With training beginning in May, there is still time for people who act quickly to apply,” said Charles Stites, executive director of the aviation non-profit. “We are hopeful that this will include applications from women candidates...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Indy Transponder 29-JAN-2014 1800z

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Japan aerobatic pilots unharmed after jets collide midair - Global Post | Three pilots escaped unharmed Wednesday after their jet planes collided in midair off the Japanese coast, a military spokesman said. Two T-4 trainers belonging to the Blue Impulse aerobatic display team of the Japanese airforce made contact as they practised flying in formation, with...

2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights - US Army Golden Knights | We are pleased to release the 2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights. We are excited to be participating in so many events all across the United States. Please check it out and see if we are coming to a show near you.

Tickets still available for Bob Hoover tribute - General Aviation News | The aviation world will assemble Feb. 21 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood to honor Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who was called the “greatest stick and rudder pilot who ever lived,” by Jimmy Doolittle. Some individual tickets are still available for the celebration of Hoover’s legacy, according to organizers...

Cable Airshow 2014 - Photorecon.net | January in Southern California means airshow season has officially started with the annual Cable Airshow.  The 2014 Cable Air Show is celebrating its 39th year at the Cable Airport with its usual lineup of aerobatics, classic aircraft, cars and of course Warbirds from World War II.  This year’s positive message to the community was overshadowed by the FAA demanding money from the air show to operate a control tower for the two day event.  This function has...

"Tricolor Arrows" in May in the city - Translated | Lucca, January 29, 2014 - THE PATROL acrobatics of the Italian "Frecce Tricolori" could perform in May in the skies of Lucca in a fantastic choreography, to celebrate the five hundredth of the city walls. It a dream? Something much more concrete, although there are still many technical problems to be overcome before we can give a definitive answer...

Blue Angels provide glimpse of summer, preview Air Show - Xenia Gazette | A pair of United States Navy Blue Angels paid a visit to preview their return to the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show - a welcome development for Air Show officials and the throngs that will flock to see them perform. Lieutenant Ryan Chamberlain and...

Sun 'n Fun Radio celebrates 20 years - AOPA Pilot | “Dave Pascoe of LiveATC.net donates our audio streaming. It started out being just for the show, but Sun 'n Fun Radio now broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, thanks to Dave.” Sun 'n Fun Radio started streaming on the Internet...

Falcon Warbirds to perform flyover at Phoenix Open - KPHO Phoenix | The Falcon Warbirds are a formation flying group based at Mesa's Falcon Field. They'll be one of the opening acts for the Waste Management Phoenix Open around 3 p.m. Wednesday. "We're going to be doing a diamond fly-by first, and then we'll come back around and to honor the veterans, we'll do a missing man formation," said Brig. Gen. Dick Stich with Falcon Warbirds...

Latest from the hangar - Vulcan to the Sky | ...All of the required rivets have now been removed from http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/533/82/Latest-from-the-hangar.htmlboth sides and the lower plate for the Starboard side has been marked out. The existing rivet positions for the Port side have been picked up and we are well on the way to marking out the lower plate for the Port side. We hope to have had the existing holes examined by Aerospace NDT by the time you read this...

Red Bull TV Ramps Onto Apple TV Lineup - Cult of Mac | Red Bull's lineup also includes on-demand HD. The channel features Air Racing, wakeboarding, wakeskating, skateboaring, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, and even b-boy dance battles. And if you can't figure out which adrenaline fueled videos you want ...

Breitling Wingwalkers seeking a new candidate | Interested in wing walking? UK based AeroSuperBatics Ltd operate the famous Breitling Wingwalkers - the...

War Eagles Air Museum’s P-38L-5-LO - Warbirds News | Elena Early DePree reports. The War Eagles Air Museum based in Santa Teresa, NM has a wonderful collection of aircraft, two in http://www.warbirdsnews.com/avaition-museum-news/war-eagles-air-museum/war-eagles-p38l.htmlparticular stand out:  a TF-51 Mustang which is the only TEMCO TF-51 still in existence and a marvelous P-38L. The history of War Eagles Air Museum’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning, unfortunately, is not documented as well as the museum would prefer. It is pretty sure that the aircraft was used in South America for aerial survey work from 1953 until early 1957, where it was based or what missions it flew its unknown...

Queensland Air Museum Wins Australia Day Award - My Sunshine Coast | ..."QAM President, Cameron Elmes, says the award comes as a most welcome surprise, as the museum is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year....

How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger during Desert Storm - The Aviationist | Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the allied aerial victories.

de Havilland Heron — the “obvious successor” by travelforaircraft | The de Havilland Dove design (see previous post) was so successful as Britain's first post WW II airliner design it was, naturally, improved a few years after the Dove's debut as well as enlarged becoming the Heron. Essentially the de Havilland Heron had an extended fuselage and four engines, as compared to the Dove's two. The Heron has a lot of compatibility with the Dove so any operation serving the Dove could...

A Conversation With Heroes – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Ep532 | This past December, during the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas, WRL’s Matt Jolley had the privilege of hosting A Conversation With Heroes.  The event featured fighter pilot and triple ACE Bud Anderson, fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, and RCAF Lancaster bomber tail gunner Si Campbell. The stories and life lessons contained in this conversation are well worth the time.  We hope you enjoy!

German pilot showed humanity amidst the inhumanity of WWII - Covington News | The B-17 pilot was 21 years old, a farm boy from Weston, W. Va., on his first combat mission over the German heartland. His adversary, a former Bavarian airline pilot from Regensburg, Germany, was now a crack pilot for the Luftwaffe, with 22 kills to his credit. He was one victory away from winning the celebrated Knight’s Cross. The date: Dec 20, 1943....

Gene Spencer Reveals Love Story of World War II Pilot and Nurse in New Book - Broadway World | The American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as The Flying Tigers, were a group of American pilots formed in 1941, who went to China to aid them in their battle with Japan. According to http://www.historynet.com, they destroyed nearly 300 Japanese aircraft, while losing only 69 planes. Emma Jane Foster (Jane) and John Emil Petach (Pete) were two proud members of the AVG during World War II, who just happened to fall in love. Gene Spencer tells their story of love, passion and war in his new book, "The Last Mission: A Love and War Story All About Pete and Jane, a Pilot and Nurse of World War Two With the Famed Flying Tigers 1941-1942" (published by WestBow Press)...

Lightning - Apron 6 | This year I might be going to South-Africa and if I do, I hope I can tick off one of the things on my bucketlist. Cause there’s a flying Lightning again and would really like to see one up in the air! The video below gives...

Video: Boeings Over Baghdad... Amazing Perspective! - AirPigz |  I've always been interested in seeing things from a different perspective... it's not just a different point of view but it's often a window into a world most people never see. This video of a 747 overtaking a 737 from directly below (from the cockpit of a 777) is such a great example of this...

Wichita Aero Club establishes new scholarship - Wichita Business Journal | The Wichita Aero Club on Tuesday provided more information about its newest scholarship, named in honor of Dean Humphrey, former public relations chief at Cessna Aircraft Co. I first tweeted about the new scholarship when Aero Club President Dave...

Blue Angels Judge Rib Cook-off for Kids By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Russ Tafuri, Blue Angels Public Affairs | NAF EL CENTRO, Calif. – Members of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, judged the 23rd annual Holtville Athletic Club Rib Cook-off Extravaganza, in Holtville, Calif., Saturday, marking the 21st year the Blue Angels have judged the contest...

Florida Space Day Taking Place on March 12, 2014 - Space Ref | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL (January 28, 2014) - Representatives from Florida's aerospace industry will visit Tallahassee on March12, 2014, to participate in Florida Space Day and share with legislators the opportunities the industry brings to Florida and the nation's space program....

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Indy Transponder 28-JAN-2014 1730z


New Challengers Cup ready to take off in 2014 - aviationnews.us | An exciting new feature of the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be the debut of the new Challenger Cup that will give a new generation of talented aviators from around the world a chance to experience the thrills of the sport in a slightly less pressure-packed environment while giving fans a new competition and new crop of pilots to cheer for...

Vintage Ford airplane lifts Space Coast passengers on short jaunts - Florida Today | It is kept at the http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20140128/NEWS01/301280015/Vintage-Ford-airplane-lifts-Space-Coast-passengers-short-jaunts?nclick_check=1AirVenture Museum at Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wis. The aircraft has appeared in two major movies: 1965's “The Family Jewels” with Jerry Lewis and 2009's “Public Enemies” with Johnny Depp. “I always wanted to fly in it,” said Jim ...

Jet Powered Semi Truck To Appear At Duluth Air Show - KDAL | DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - A jet powered semi truck will be among the featured acts at this summer's Duluth Air Show. The truck called "Shockwave" will roar down the airport runway at speeds up to 375 miles per hour. The "Shockwave" features three jet engines ...

2014 Annual Certification Cycle - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | As the New Year rolls around, the Golden Knight demonstration teams gear up for start of the 2014 air show season. The teams have arrived in Homestead, Florida to begin their two month annual certification cycle. Once completed, the teams will be ready to take on the show season. These Golden Knights are excited to get back on the road and perform....

Midair Squadron’s Canberra PR9 (XH134) to display at Abingdon Air & Country Show - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The iconic and celebrated Canberra XH134, the world’s only airworthy PR9, will join an array of aviation acts, including the Breitling Wingwalkers, Trig Team and a P40 Kittyhawk, at the Abingdon Air & Country Show on Sunday 4th May.

Public tickets for Singapore Airshow 2014 reduced - Channel News Asia | The RSAF (Republic of Singapore Air Force) Black Knights perform the Opening Curtain manoeuvre during a media preview at Pulau Sudong ahead of the Singapore Airshow 2014. The Black Knights debuted as Singapore's first military aerobatics team in ...

War planes land on the Suncoast - WWSB ABC 7 | The World War II era planes drawing crowds and provoking memories. For WWII veterans like Dave Cohen it is quite the site. "I remember them all. Every single one of them." A P-51, B-24, and B-17. "I get excited. Some of them make me cry too. It makes ...

Miramar Air Show a go for 2014 - U-T San Diego | The Miramar Air Show, grounded last year by the federal government shutdown, is a go for 2014, the Marine Corps announced Monday. Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, said the show will run in the daytime Oct. 4-5,...

Swiss Air Force Hornet to star at Air Day - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2014′s first confirmed international participant is the Swiss Air Force’s F/A-18C Hornet Solo Display. Among Europe’s premier fast jet performances, the display combines speed, raw power, sharp precision, staggering agility and the use of flares to stunning effect.

Southend Airshow organisers need more donations to bring the event back this year - Echo | Airshow supporters are being asked to pitch in to help raise £70,000 to bring it back to Southend this year. Organisers hope to hold the Southend Airshow and Military Festival on September 6 and 7, but need another £70,000 for it to happen. The Save...

First female Red Arrow pilot to marry Squadron Leader despite telling RAF bosses they were not in a relationship - mirror.co.uk | Two members of the Red Arrows are to get married despite telling their RAF bosses that they were not in a relationship. Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Stewart, the first woman pilot in the aerobatic display team, and then-Squadron Leader Ben Murphy have now ...

Air Force Loses a Wing? · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | Groups like the CAF always have trouble keeping it together. Mix people who are passionate about things with those who are passionate about themselves and nothing is going to stay bolted for long. The question here is, which group is which?

Dornier Do17 Display Unveiling - RAF Museum London Events | Join us in the Sunderland Hall from 11 oclock onwards as we unveil a brand new display at our London site dedicated to the Dornier http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/irondale-aviation-pioneer-honored-in-florida/article_b4471474-855c-11e3-937e-001a4bcf887a.htmlDo17

Irondale aviation pioneer honored in Florida - Daily Journal Online | An aviation pioneer hailing from southeast Missouri was remembered on New Year’s Day at a special ceremony held in St. Petersburg, Fla...

On Wings of Freedom, a flight aboard 'living history' - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Marine Corps veteran Darcy Cocozza, whose father Dingness Verschuure was a radio operator on a B-17, saw a chance to continue her research into the part her father played in the war. “I wanted to get that connection with my dad.” she said. “He never ...

World War II veteran signs B-17 wing panel as a way to remember 'forgotten vets' - Press-Register - al.com | Recently the veteran added his name to the wing panel of a B-17 bomber that is making its way around the country. The event was marked by media coverage and celebrated with Cramer's church friends and loved ones. But like most WWII vets, Cramer cared ...

Lacey Lady Coming in From the Cold · Warbirds News | Warbirds News recently held a conversation with Sean O’Brien, Director of Operations for the B-17 Alliance Group. The organization, based in Aurora, Oregon is working to preserve the famous Gas Station Flying Fortress, B-17G 44-85790 known as “Lacey Lady”. This is the B-17...

Bacon Salute! 2014 AirPigz Naval Aviation Museum MeetUp - AirPigz | The bacon salute pic above was from breakfast yesterday morning in Pensacola Florida on the last day of the 2014 AirPigz Naval Aviation Museum MeetUp.  The group was a bit smaller this year, largely due to me being late getting info out, but wow did we all have a great time! Three days at the museum with...

Amelia Earhart leaving 9News - Denver Post | Earhart, who hedged on the familial link to her namesake for years, in August posted an apology, stating she was not related to the famed aviatrix. KUSA news boss Patti Dennis said she has known of Earhart's plan to leave the staff since late last year ...

Help Build the "One Week Wonder" Aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 - aviationpros.com | EAA's unique building project is focused on building a Zenith CH 750 kit aircraft during the seven days of EAA AirVenture 2014, beginning on July 28 and continuing through completion or the event's final day on August 3...

Challenger STS 51-L · National Air and Space Museum | Remembering the crew of Challenger STS 51-L. On January 28, 1986, the launch of STS-51-L ended in tragedy when Space Shuttle Challenger and crew were lost 73 seconds after liftoff...

Shuttle replacement spacecraft’s development, testing and manufacturing video - The Aviationist | Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has released a new video which summarizes the development, testing and manufacturing of America’s next generation Space Shuttle: the Dream Chaser spacecraft. U.S. lost the capability to launch NASA’s astronauts into space after the Space Shuttles were retired in 2011. Since then, American astronauts can travel to the International Space Station thanks to Russia’s Soyuz, with expensive tickets that cost U.S. taxpayers some 60 million USD each…