Indy Transponder 16-OCT-09 1030z

Balloon Boy Mania: Media Gets Punk'd While Boy All But Admits Hoax on CNN from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel
…In this video, CNN's Wolf Blitzer is interviewing the family, and asks why Falcon didn't come out when he heard his name being called. In a small, kind of scared six-year-old voice, he is heard clearly saying "because you guys (parents) said we did this for a show." 'Nuf said…

Ozark air show set for Saturday - Dothan Eagle
The City of Ozark is planning at least the fourth Blackwell Airport Air Show featuring a Curtis Pitts fly-in for Saturday, according to officials. ...

New Schools Initiative – Voxy
A strong new focus on educating young people about aviation and its history in New Zealand has prompted the organizers of the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow ...

Next air show set for 2011 - SunHerald.com
Chris Valle, vice commander of the 81st Training Wing, said Keesler is bidding to bring the Blue Angels to South Mississippi for the next show. ...

See the Turkish Stars this Weekend - Fethiye Times
Don't forget you can see the famous Turkish aerobatic team twice this weekend at the Oludeniz Air Games. The talented team of aviation experts will be ...

Aero-TV: Granley Family Airshows - Bud Granley, Creating a Legacy from Aero-News Network
Granley Describes His Passion for Aviation and Air Show Performance Bud Granley is certainly not a new face on the air show circuit; after 47 years as an aerobatic pilot, Granley now performs with his company, "Granley Family Airshows," alongside his son Ross. Their hair-raising formation act has garnered much acclaim among the aerobatic community.

Move Over Sully… by Phil Derner Jr.
Last week I let it roll out of my mouth to a friend that US Airways Flight 1549 was the first airliner to successfully “land” on water with everyone onboard surviving. Whoopsies! I knew this wasn’t true, and I thought about the similarities between US Airways 1549 and another airliner that went for a swim over 50 years ago…

VIDEO: As 'Amelia' nears take-off, local angles pique interest - The Daily News Online
The plane does not fly in the film, but is used as a background set piece for an interior hangar sequence that includes a cocktail party. ...

Astronaut group backs commercial crew transportation for NASA from RLV and Space Transport News
Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Ken Bowersox, Jake Garn, Robert Gibson, Hank Hartsfield, John Herrington, Byron Lichtenberg, John Lounge, Rick Searfoss, Norman Thagard, Kathryn Thornton, Jim Voss and Charles Walker give a strong endorsement of NASA's use of commercial crew transportation services: Commercial Spaceflight: All Systems Go: NASA should push the frontiers. The private sector can handle the business of low Earth orbit. - Wall Street Journal (op-ed section)…

Dayton, Ohio USA Part III — Wright Brother sites neighboring the National ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
... for a few minutes to Huffman Prairie (Huffman Flying Field or Huffman Field) which is part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park . ...

The lawyer who shot down bombers - BBC News
... in his car from the clock tower in Castle Douglas, drive to Turnhouse in Edinburgh and be back over the clock tower in an aeroplane within two hours. ...

Memories soar for WWII veteran - DeSoto Appeal
When 89-year-old Jep Williamson sees B-17 bombers like the one offered for public flights starting today, he wants to embrace the aircraft, ...

Estrella Warbird Museum hosts annual fly-in - Paso Robles Press
Soaring in synchronized formation, warplanes of old thundered into the El Paso de Robles Municipal Airport at the museum's annual fly-in held last week. ...

Pretty Pilots in Pink ... For Christmas from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
October 15, 2009, Aurora, Colorado – Denver-based web retailer Powder Puff Pilot is taking steps to make the airplane cockpit more feminine-friendly. Sue Hughes, owner of the company that specializes in designing and selling products targeted to women pilots, announced her new line of pink aviation headsets. She hopes to attract more women and girls to the cockpit with her line of pilot gear for women, which also includes a pink pilot logbook, pink seat cushions, and aviator sunglasses with pink-tinted lens, to name a few…

The view from the cockpit - Ukiahan completes 32-state solo flight from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots
By Carole Brodsky Jim Derickson's grandfather was a barnstormer during the late 1920s. He built his first airplane at 16 and later constructed a glider. He landed a single engine plane in Donner Lake, ran liquor and flew nearly every type of aircraft available. Jim's grandmother and aunt were pilots. The genes were stacked in Derickson's favor…

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The Blue Angels to perform at Air Magic Valley Airshow IdahoStatesman.com, ID
The Blue Angels, the Navy and Marine Corps performance flying team, will perform at this weekend's Air Magic Valley Airshow. The show will included the ...

Aeroshell Team Lead Determined To Battle Back from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The condition of Aeroshell Team Lead Alan Henley is guarded after several surgeries and some deterioration of his general health since his fall from a chinning bar last Tuesday. In a blog posted on the Aeroshell Web site last night, his wife Jennifer says that while the affable team lead is determined to beat the partial paralysis that resulted from the broken vertebrae in his neck, he’s facing immediate surgery to prevent blood clots from entering his lungs and heart. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is determined to go on with their shows at EAA AirVenture next week and that includes the practice flight with a lucky winner from AVweb in the rear seat of one of the beautiful T-6s.

Fly like a Thunderbird News 10NBC, NY The entire Thunderbirds crew was so professional and talented; they really demonstrate how precise and polished their skills are with a demonstration like ...

Stranded Motorists Get Unexpected Preview of Thunderbirds Show 13WHAM-TV, NY
(Rochester, NY) -- Thunderbird pilots have been practicing all day for the ESL International Air Show taking place this weekend at the Greater Rochester ...

Big Time Air Pilots Enjoy The Local Community KMVT
By Andrew Logsdon This year's air magic valley air show gets underway tomorrow, and tents are up, pilots are ready, and the us navy's blue angels are here...

Air show is today at Midway Baxter Bulletin, AR Carter, 24, is an aerobatic flight instructor and performs at air shows in his red and white 1985 Aviat Pitts S-2B biplane. Today, he'll be performing at ...

Airshow gets ready for take off BBC News, UK
Thousands of flight enthusiasts are set to head to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune for the attraction's annual airshow. ...

Fighter Jets Soaring High This Weekend KVEW, WA "I'll do aerobatic maneuvers and some evasive maneuvers that I might actually use in combat and then its an awesome show, you'll see the after burners lit ...

Oshkosh... Are You Ready? Aero-News Network, FL
If seeing the warbirds up close and personal is important to you, head there early. Once the warbirds start cranking for the air show, that part of the ...

Female aviators get spotlight at EAA's WomenVenture Wrightstown Post Gazette, WI
For the first time this year, the EAA's annual AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh will host WomenVenture, a weeklong program to highlight women in aviation. ...

A new Experience for an older pilot from Pilots of America Message Board by John J
AirVenture will be a whole new experience for me and my bride. I have been there twice before as a guest and enthusiast. This time we are going as Participants for the event. We have been invited to participate as authors at the Author's Corner for AirVenture. We wrote a book called "John The Airport Kid".It is more than overwhelming to me for as a writer and a shy person with so much passion for flying for almost 50 years this will be a very scary but so positive time for me and my bride. We will be in the company of folks that one can dream about. It will quite a week for both of us. AirVenture is a reall nice place to hang out on the Tarmac and enjoy the sites, noise and smells of oil and ave gass. I hope to see those that can come there. Thank you for reading.

I can almost taste the beer and brats now from Pilot Brad's Flying Blog by pilotbrad
It’s Friday afternoon and I am finishing up a few last things at work before I leave for my vacation. Where am I going? To AirVenture of course!!! Every minute that ticks by I can feel myself getting more and more excited. On Monday I fly to Illinois and hook up with my friend and fellow RV-7 builder Chad. Then on Tuesday Chad, I and another RV-7 builder Larry hit the road bound for Oshkosh where we will be camping in Camp Scholler with about 5 more of our RV building brothers. There is a lot of excitement amongst the group and it looks like this turn up to be the best AirVenture yet.

Minnesota's wing nuts Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN Carter has volunteered to fly children with the EEA's Young Eagles program, and served as the EAA Chapter 237 president, but her involvement doesn't stem ...

2008 Bill Barber Award Winner: Bud Granley from Indy Transponder by Transponder Admin
World Airshow News is very pleased to announce that Bud Granley has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship.

Autogryros Part of Fly-in at Decatur Airport RedOrbit, TX
"They probably don't like to fly in the rain," Attwood said. Scott Gaitros, a dentist who keeps his gyroplane at the Decatur Airport, definitely plans to ...

Restoration: USS Intrepid from Air & Space Magazine

Red Arrows @ Suffolk Airshow from Military Photos by Malc
Just found this on BBC site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7526517.stm

Record-setting pilot, driver to be inducted into 10th Hall of Fame Villages Daily Sun, FL
She was encouraged by the late Bill France Sr., founder of NASCAR, to get into auto racing after he saw her win championships as an aerobatic pilot in a ...

The Wings of Freedom Tour Announce Unique Display at Mount Comfort Airport (KMQJ, Indiana) 8/1-4 from Indy Transponder by Transponder Admin
If the Indianapolis Air Show weekend just isn’t enough excitement for you, how about a historic preview? The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell and North American P-51 Mustang Announce Unique Display in Mount Comfort at Mount Comfort Airport from August 1 to August 4

Stock car's extra number honors USS Indianapolis Indianapolis Star, United States
88 stock car that Brad Keselowski drives tonight will carry another, sentimental number -- CA-35, the hull number of the USS Indianapolis, the Navy cruiser ...

World War II: USS Indianapolis Delivers the A-Bomb from About.com Military History
July 26, 1945 - USS Indianapolis (left) delivers the atomic bomb to Tinian. Commissioned in November 1932, USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class heavy cruiser built for the US Navy....

Airport seeks higher parking profits Indianapolis Business Journal, IN
Busy touting restaurants, artwork and other luxuries of the $1.1 billion midfield terminal, the Indianapolis Airport Authority is still grappling with a few ...

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2008 Bill Barber Award Winner: Bud Granley

World Airshow News is very pleased to announce that Bud Granley has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship.

Bud has been involved in one way or another with airplanes since he was only nine years old. He was outside playing with his brothers one day when they noticed a Tiger Moth biplane landing on their uncle’s farm. They were soon surprised to find out it was their father who was flying that plane. He had secretly earned his pilots license and would go on to make a career of flying. All three boys would also become flyers.

Bud joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1956 after earning his wings with a Royal Canadian Air Cadet scholarship. He flew the F-86 Sabre and later was a T-6 Harvard instructor in Red Deer, Alberta. There he began his airshow career as the solo demonstration pilot in the Harvard.

Today, Bud lives in Bellevue, Washington after retiring in 1997 from a successful career as a Captain for United Airlines. He has six children and three of them served in the Canadian Armed Forces. Two flew with the Snowbird aerobatic team, and are now airline pilots – Ross with United, and Chris with Air Canada. Deb flies the 737 for Alaska Airlines. Bob chose the Navy, and is now a Captain with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He also flies the planes to airshows when not sailing.

Bud is best known for flying the Harvard, Fouga Magister, and Yak-55 in airshows, but he also flies warbirds like the P-51, Skyraider, or Wildcat. He flies a formation act with his son Ross, with Bud in the Yak-55 and Ross in his Yak-18T. Bud is also a regular at the Reno Air Races, flying a T-6 named Lickety Split.

Bud was awarded the ICAS Art Scholl Showmanship Award in 2005.

The Bill Barber Award for Showmanship was founded by World Airshow News in 1986 to recognize those who do more than their share to promote the airshow industry. An election committee made up of past award recipients reviews nominations made by committee members and the industry at large. Nominees are not advised that they were nominated, nor is anyone told who nominated whom.

The award, named in honor of legendary performer Bill Barber, will be presented to Bud at a location and time to be announced.