Indy Transponder 17-November 2323z

Indy Air Show moves to June from News from www.greenfieldreporter.com
The 2009 Indianapolis Air Show will take place at Mt. Comfort Airport on June 5-7, about two months earlier than in previous years. Updates on scheduled performers can be found in the coming months at www.indyairshow.com.

Lights, camera, Air Force Week
from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Lt. Col. Francisco G. Hamm)
The Air Force got ready for its "Hollywood close up" at 25,000 feet in the clouds during a Nov. 12 air-refueling mission near the Grand Canyon as media and entertainment professionals got a rare, extreme close-up look at the airlift and tanker missions....

C-119 Flying Boxcar Lands In Hagerstown!! from www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org
After a five day journey from Greybull, Wyoming to Hagerstown, Maryland the crew lands the C-119 for the last time on Sunday November 16, 2008. More to come....Thank you to all who made this great day happen!! ...

• Video - click here.
• Historic Plane Returns To Hagerstown Airport Sunday - Your4state.com
  

Aero-TV: AirShow Safety--According To The AirBoss (Part 1) -
Aero-News Network, FL
Royce is known through out the aviation and air show industries as the premier Air Boss for his unique ability to design and control complex or difficult ...

WASP exhibit opens in Arlington
from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Tech. Sgt. April Lapetoda)
The Fly Girls of World War II traveling exhibit began its national tour at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Nov. 14 here.
The exhibit, which is dedicated to the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, features a history of the WASP.
The exhibit includes the "WASP Film Strip," an "Above and Beyond" tribute, a 26-foot WASP Timeline, WASP standups, uniformed mannequins and hundreds of photos. Also featured is a special tribute to the 38 WASPs who lost their lives in service to the United States, WASP memorabilia, a celebration of their final battle for recognition, and a mosaic featuring the face of each WASP. ...

Total In-Flight Simulator makes final flight to museum
from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Holly Jordan )
A piece of aviation history was retired and transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB Nov. 7. The 1955 Convair C-131 ...

Tampa Police Department Pioneer Aviator Ford Dies - Tampa Tribune, FL
By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune "He was the most wonderful man in the world," said his wife of 26 years, Joyce Ann. "He was so generous, kind, ...

Remembrance Day 2008 # 8: Sopwith F.1 Camel Scout from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings
If the Fokker Dreidecher is one of the most recognisable German aircraft of World War One, the Sopwith F.1 Camel Scout must be right up there for the British. The Camel was built around the same period as the Dreidecher, although in much larger numbers. ...

Bomber veterans meet the public - Yorkshire Post
By Paul Jeeves SECOND WORLD WAR bomber veterans were at the Yorkshire Air Museum yesterday to meet the public and sign memorabilia commemorating their heroic efforts. ...

British Pilot Reported Missing On English Channel Flight from Aviation & Aerospace News
Only Person Believed Onboard Cirrus SR22 French search crews are working to locate any sign of a Cirrus SR22 that went missing Sunday night off the Channel island of Jersey.

Granddaughter's First Flight! from Pilots of America Message Board by jshawley
... I fear I have created a monster, and another addict.:yesnod:s5: Regardless, it did this old geezer good to finally take Kelsey up. She was all smiles the whole time. ...

NASCAR driver Kyle Petty passes checkride from AOPA Pilot Blog:
Reporting Points by Al Marsh
One of the newest pilots in the country is NASCAR race-car driver Kyle Petty, who passed his checkride recently in Concord, North Carolina, in a Cessna 172. Petty already owns a Columbia 400 and is in the process of transitioning to his beautiful new airplane. You’ll see it for yourself in a video to accompany an upcoming article in AOPA Pilot. ...

Name that plane from Pilots of America Message Board by TangoWhiskey
OK, searched the archives, and I don't see this one having been presented before. Saw this at the airport on Saturday. Name that plane (the YELLOW one in the foreground! I purposely framed the other in the background for scale reference): ...

NASA Sikorsky S-72 RSRA (MV-22 Alternative?) from Military Photos by Ordie
Back in the 1980's NASA tested a hybrid airplane/helicopter.
The aircraft took off and landed as a conventional aircraft but once airborne its rotors stopped and flew conventionally as a plane. In case of an emergency the rotors could be ejected and operate as a conventional plane. ...

Dago @ PRS 2008 from www.aafo.com photo by dave102269

Just finished this and a few other clips from 2008 season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK2H67Sd1h8

Wings Over Long Beach from Fence Check



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Indy Transponder 17-November 1100z

Capt’n Chris on Flight Line Internet Radio from The PlaneMadness Podcast by towertalk@planemadness.com (Capt'n Chris)
The PlaneMadness Podcast has teamed up with Flight Line Internet Radio (FLiR). Under the new agreement I will be presenting regular content on this rapidly growing aviation network. You can listen by going to http://www.flightlineinternetradio.com, or you can hear FLiR right now by using the Windows Media Player Console located in the right column of this site. There is a wide range of aviation oriented content on Flight Line Internet Radio and I am very pleased to be a part of it. Be sure to listen for The Warbird Beer Show, The Airplane Geeks Podcast, and Rob Mark of JetWhine as well!

Team News - AirShowBuzz.com Community from http://www.airshowbuzz.com/
Hi All... blueangels.navy.mil has posted all the new pics for the 2009 Team. Just some of the bios are incomplete.

Australian top gun flies into Red Bull Air Race World Championship Australia.TO, Australia
Matt Hall is the first Australian pilot selected to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Tourism Minister Liz Constable today said she was ...

Aussie ace to fly in Red Bull air race series - The West Australian, Australia
Hall, who will end a 17-year stint with the Australian air force in January, said he would use his rookie season in the air race series to set himself up ...

Flying Boxcar comes home - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Then, at 1:49 pm, the Hagerstown Aviation Museum's Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" touched down, finally home, after 55 years, in the city of its birth.

This Week In Military/Aviation History 17 - 23 November from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.
Hello Folks, another seven dead and buried already. Ya know, I’ve been posting here for around two years now, and I have absolutely no idea if anyone is reading these posts, let alone liking them and coming back each week to read them. I’m, of course, hoping that’s the case, but…. On the Website Message Board i moderate, there is an option which shows how many times a post has been opened and (hopefully) read. Now in that case knowing is not always a good thing. I do four or so daily posts and sometimes when I check it’s kinda disappointing. Especially like today we had a Museum News post that had 74 visits in a few hours, whereas, with my posts, I’m lucky to get 20 in a few days. I guess that shows what Folks are really looking for. One piece of news was that the Museum has expressed an interest in obtaining a B-23 Dragon from here: http://courtesyaircraft.com/ . I will, of course, be keeping an eye on this. I recently learned how to post photos on the Message Board (MB) from E-mail attachments and photo CDs. I still have one more to go. From my digital camera. I was in sort of a Catch-22 situation (in my mind): I wasn’t gonna take any pictures until I learned how to upload and post them, and I wasn’t going to learn how to upload and post them until I learned the other two ways. Well, now it appears I have no choice. Stay tuned, this should be interesting. There is one glitch of course. I cannot convert a straight graphic file attachment to a .jpg file. When I right-click the photo and hit “Save as,” I get an error message stating “System cannot find the file specified.” I’m told this should not happen and I have no idea how to fix it. I have to bother someone to do it for me and then, no problem. BAH! It’s always somethin’ with these darn computers! Well, let’s get down to some serious history, shall we? Have an AB FAN week, Take Care and Be Safe, Tom K.;)

Remembrance Day 2008 # 4: Nieuport XI from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The Nieuport XI was a vitally important French fighter aircraft, credited with ending the aerial dominance of the Fokker Eindecker in the skies above France in World War One. The example shown below is in Italian colours; just one of many countries to fly this type…

Remembrance Day 2008 # 5: Drei Fokker Dr.1 Dreidecher from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Each and every one of the vintage aircraft and pilots were "stars" but the three Fokker Dr.1 Dreidechers were right up there with the best. The pilots of these aircraft not only performed impressive formation manouvers, but also engaged in some stunning mock combat with the three Se5a's present…

Remembrance Day 2008 # 6: Fokker D.VII from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Arguably the best German fighter of World War One was the Fokker D.VII. A powerful engine[180Hp], a high ceiling [19,600 feet - remember, open cockpit and no oxygen!] and a couple of machine guns, this was the only German aircraft type that the allies required Germany to hand over as part of the armistice agreement of 1918…

Remembrance Day 2008 # 7: Se5a from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Some of the best routines performed were put on by the Fokker Dreidecher's and the three Se5a's [Scout Experimental], particularly the simulated dogfight scene. The Se5a was one of the late-war British designs produced up to the end of the war…

Sun 'N Fun Celebrating 35th year in 2009 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
The Sun 'n Fun Fly-In will start celebrating its 35th anniversary when the gates open for the 2009 event, scheduled for April 21 through 26 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida. The first fly-in was over a weekend in January of 1975 and was called the "Mid-Winter Sun 'n Fun." It was attended primarily by pilots but, by 1976, had expanded to a full week, moved to the southwest corner of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, and was open to the public, although on a limited basis. In its third year, 1977, a freak snowstorm threatened to affect attendance, but the event drew record numbers and Sun 'n Fun was recognized as one of the world's premier aviation events. In 1980, the fly-in was moved from January to March and then, in 1988, was moved again to April, where it has remained for more than 30 years.

Sukhoi Knaapo Su-27 Family - Russian Knights from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News by noreply@blogger.com (pirate)
The Russian Knights are next in this video from the Sukhoi Knaapo DVD.

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Indy Transponder 15-November 1722z

Cloud conquerors, at home in Pensacola - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
Hundreds of pilots and former pilots returned to the Naval Air Base this week for the annual Homecoming Air Show, which ends today. Mayor John Fogg, 63, ...

Photo from Flickr

Blues grace skies today for finale - Pensacola News Journal, FL
Despite a forecast calling for rain, the Blue Angels had clear skies and sunshine for the first day of their homecoming air show Friday at Pensacola Naval ...

2008 Blue Angels Homecoming - FJ-4 Fury Landing from www.youtube.com
IN THIS VIDEO, watch as the Super Hornet makes one final high speed pass at the same time the FJ-4 Fury lands. Unfortunately, the Fury had experienced some sort of landing gear problem and was forced to make a belly landing on NAS Pensacola's Runway 25L.

FJ-4 Fury Belly Landing - AirShowBuzz.com Community
“post also includes WIX post with pictures. Glad this one turned out with pilot ok. Plane looks repairable too. Some remarkable piloting.”
...It should also be noted that Rob Reider handled everything with calm as well as with absolute professionalism.

FLIR's audio segments for aviation content - Merinews, India
Now, Flight Line Internet Radio is pleased to offer audio segments from captain Chris at PlaneMaddness.com Chris has been a pilot for almost 20 years now ...

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Air Force Week kicks off in Los Angeles from Air Force Link Top Stories
by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Staff Sgt. Matthew Bates)
Air Force Week Los Angeles began here Nov. 14 with an opening ceremony at the Hollywood and Highland Center.
The week officially started when the event's guest speaker, actor Ricky Schroeder declared, "Welcome to Air Force Week Los Angeles!"
Air Force Week Los Angeles is designed to expose the local population to the incredible power and capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and strengthen support for Airmen serving worldwide in the defense of freedom. ...

Air Force Week showcases people, missions from Air Force Link Top Stories
by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Alicia Garges )
Aerial flyovers, military band concerts and Air Force-themed film festivals are planned for Air Force Week 2008 in Southern California from Nov. 14 through 21.
The week-long extravaganza will showcase the Air Force, its people and the mission throughout the region.
All events, except for sports venues where the Air Force will be honored and band performances at area theme parks, are free and open to the public.
Air Force senior leaders had a vision to become more proactive in the way the Air Force communicates its story. That led to the idea of hosting Air Force Weeks, which are designed to build new relationships in metropolitan areas, expose Americans to the incredible power of the Air Force, and strengthen support for Airmen serving worldwide in defense of freedom. St. Louis hosted the inaugural event in 2006. In addition to Los Angeles, Air Force Weeks in 2008 were held in Philadelphia and Omaha, Neb. Each year, Air Force officials consider new locations across the country to expand the reach of this program and build new and lasting relationships in each metropolitan area. ...

C-119 Homecoming Update from www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org
The C-119 and crew are currently in St Louis, MO. waiting for the rainy weather to clear. The first clear day according to the weather forecast is Sunday. The plan is to fly from St Louis directly to Hagerstown Sunday the 16th and arrive between 1:00pm and 3:00pm. Call 301-733-8717 for arrival updates or check back here. The C-119 Homecoming event will be held at Hagerstown Aircraft Services.

Air Craft C-119 - Flickr by jamesshiflet
COMBAT CARGO, KOREA - The 314th Troop Carieer Group
C-119 Flying Boxcars do not start out for 'the mountain' unless weather reports are good. They must be able to see the tiny drop zone on the peak before they can drop. But weather is unpredictable in high mountains, that often when the planes arrive, the entire area is 'socked in' with heavy clouds. In radio contact with the 'men on mountains,' the pilots circle hoping for a break in clouds and drop on lower slopes. On several occasions, the planes have had to return to Japan as many as three times without dropping. But 314th Troop Carieer Group pilots are persistent, and eventually win through to drop successfully.

Double amputee peps up job seekers at Northern Essex Community College
Eagle Tribune, MA
He then joined the Army's elite parachute team, the Golden Knights. All was going well until Feb. 6, 1994, when Bowman and his partner had a midair ...

Aviation Nation 2008 - F-22 Final Pass and Ceremony. from www.youtube.com
This video shows Maj.Paul "Max" Moga completing his final pass at Aviation Nation 2008, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nv. ...

Virginia Aviation Museum - Civilian Aircraft from www.vam.smv.org
... The Virginia Aviation Museum’s Pitcairn Mailwing PA-5 (N3835) was built in 1927 and purchased by Colonial Western Airways of New York in 1929. Universal Aviation Corporation, American Airlines, Central Airlines and Robertson Aircraft Corporation later operated this aircraft. Air Shannon purchased the aircraft in 1957 and restored it in Eastern Air Transport colors in 1972. ...

Weather grounds B-25 bomber - Cumberland Times-News, MD
The B-25 bomber was grounded Friday due to weather and its arrival at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport will be rescheduled for a later weekend. ...

Interest in GA not dead! from The Girls With Wings Blog by Lynda
I thought this was a great story (and promotion for the flight school!). I read it in my edition of AOPA ePilot, which can be found online. Here's a portion (and it can be read in its entirety by clicking the link above). ...

Aviation Museum Of Santa Paula To Pay Tribute To Steve McQueen from Aero-News Network
Town Was "Beginning And End" Of Actor's Aviation Roots Steve McQueen's last hometown is paying tribute to its most famous resident with a weekend of aviation and family-related activities. The Aviation Museum of Santa Paula will welcome home Barbara McQueen with a VIP reception, dinner and booksigning on Saturday, December 6 at the Santa Paula Airport.

3 Tigercat Flight - RARA Podcast Preview from www.aafo.com
“magazines to watch for now....mike”
...Those cats are making the rounds! Glad you all are enjoying the special feature that will be part of this years Reno Air Race video. Air and Space will have the Tigercats in their Sightings section of the next issue, and then FlyPast is planning a feature on the surviving Tigercats which will have many of the photos taken at Reno. Jason desrerves a huge hand because it is his video that is featured on the podcast. Great stuff. Thank you all. ...

Cohasset native part of Endeavour team - Cohasset Mariner, MA
It was then that NASA diverted him into the pipeline to eventually fly in space. Even so, Bowen cannot escape the comparison of a submarine to the ISS. ...

Video: Pilot Lands Plane On 2 Wheels from A Welsh View by Robert Gale
Just finished editing my Aviation Nation photos - by GregMcKay
Hiller Air Museum - a set on Flickr
Your Best Vapor Shot! from Fence Check

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Final Flight: C-119 Flying Boxcar

C-119 Flying Boxcar En Route Home on Final Flight, Hagerstown Aviation Museum Pilots Making Historic Flight of Antique Fairchild Cargo Plane

(Hagerstown, MD and Greybull, Wy) -- After exhausting weeks of repairs and inspections, the Hagerstown Aviation Museum’s Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" took off from the South Big Horn County Airport in Greybull, Wyoming at approximately 10:20am Mountain Time Wednesday, November 12th. The C-119 crew made several passes over the airport, and then piloted the 56-year old rare aircraft south to fly around the 13,000-foot Big Horn Mountains.

The first leg of the historic journey is scheduled to include a stop at Grand Isle, Nebraska. The crew plans to fly to Ottumwa, Iowa on Thursday, and then they hope to continue onward to Warrenton, Virginia. According to Hagerstown Aviation Museum President Kurtis Meyers, "With a small window of favorable weather, we hope to have the aircraft's arrival in Hagerstown on Sunday the 16th between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm." Everyone is invited to this free event to witness the last flight of a C-119 over Hagerstown.

Interested aviation enthusiasts should call the museum hotline at 301-733-8717 or go to www.HagerstownAviationMuseum.org for updates, photos and videos of the C-119 in Greybull, WY. The C-119 Homecoming event will held be at Hagerstown Aircraft Services.

The C-119 is one of the last remaining Flying Boxcars in the world in flyable condition. "After being moth-balled for a very long time, this aircraft has undergone more than two months of preparations for its ferry flight back to Hagerstown," said Meyers. "We know that when it arrives home safely that someday it will become one of the main attractions of the Hagerstown Aviation Museum." Brought back to life after six years of sitting dormant, the Boxcar ’s awakening occurred only through the efforts of many museum volunteers, and the contributions to date of over $70,000. More than 450 generous donors throughout the Hagerstown community and beyond stepped forward to save this important piece of aviation history."

According to the museum organizers, Pilot Frank Lamm, Co-Pilot T.R. Proven and Flight Engineer Galen Seal are all museum volunteers who are making the rare aircraft's flight home possible. Both Pilot Lamm and Co-Pilot Proven are veterans of the last flying Fairchild C-82's return flight in 2006. Brig. General Galen Seal is a welcome addition to the museum’s flight crew. Frank Lamm and Galen Seal both flew C-119s in the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron during the 1950s and are old friends. T.R. Proven is currently an accident investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration, and a great friend of the museum. The crew has combined flight time of more than 40,000 hours.

Manufactured by Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, the museum's 1953 C-119 was originally built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In the 1980s it was sold to Hawkins & Powers, an aerial fire fighting company in Greybull, Wyoming. The aircraft was used by Hawkins & Powers to carry fire retardant that would be dropped on forest fires. This particular C-119 was made famous in the 1989 Spielberg movie, "Always" with Richard Dreyfuss and John Goodman.

Built in Hagerstown, over 1000 C-119's were produced, by the more than 10,000 Fairchild workers. The aircraft served as the primary cargo hauler for the United States military throughout the 1950's and early 1960's. The first C-119 was delivered in 1949, and was the main cargo and troop aircraft for the US Military. The most numerous of the models built by Fairchild was the C-119G. This type saw lengthy and important service principally with the United States Air Force Troop Carrier Command wings, Military Air Transport Service, and the Air Force Reserve. It participated extensively in the Korean War, flying from Japan, and gave sterling service for many years thereafter.

In August of 2006, Robert Stanford of Zenith Aviation purchased the retired aircraft, and decided to donate it to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum. In slightly less then two years, the museum raised the necessary funding to begin inspection, repair and maintenance of the aircraft. Fundraising efforts will continue since the entire repair project has cost in excess of $100,000 including approximately $12,000 in fuel for the return trip. Donations can be mailed to Hagerstown Aviation Museum, 14235 Oak Springs Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21742 or made online at www.HagerstownAviationMuseum.org.

Tom Riford, president of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said that the donation of the C-119, and other recent museum acquisitions, gives the Hagerstown Aviation Museum the largest collection of museum-owned aircraft of any Maryland aviation museum. The museum has aircraft in storage in private hangars throughout the Hagerstown Regional Airport and at Hagerstown Aircraft Services, until the organization can build a permanent home. "Half of Washington County will turn out to see this plane come home," said Riford. "When the last flying C-82 came home in 2006, the airport was mobbed. This is an exciting thing for Hagerstown and Washington County."

Bringing the C-119 home to Hagerstown, for permanent display has been a huge undertaking for a handful of volunteers. "The story of Hagerstown's aviation heritage is not complete without this aircraft. The Flying Boxcar made Hagerstown famous around the world. The C-119 will be a permanent monument to the thousands of men and women who designed, built, flew and maintained it throughout its life," said Meyers.

CVB President Tom Riford said that when a permanent home for the aircraft is completed, that visitors would flock to Hagerstown. "This town made the best airplanes in the world. We have an aviation history of over 75 years. To have this many aircraft, most of which were made right here in Hagerstown, makes the Hagerstown Aviation Museum a singularly extraordinary collection." Thousands of former Fairchild employees are located in the area around Hagerstown, where the aircraft company operated for decades. The first airplane manufactured in Maryland was made in Hagerstown.

The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is a member of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information about Washington County, see: www.marylandmemories.com. Also, the Hagerstown Aviation Museum has an exhibit and display at the Discovery Station Museum in Downtown Hagerstown, located at 101 West Washington Street. For more information see: www.discoverystation.org. At the Discovery Station exhibit, visitors can explore a collection of artifacts, memorabilia, exhibits and displays depicting the aviation heritage of the Hagerstown area, which for more than 70 years was the nation's leading center of aircraft manufacturing. Pioneers in the design, testing and manufacturing of well known aircraft plied their trade in Hagerstown, and the first aircraft manufactured in Maryland, was made in Hagerstown.

Contact: Kurtis Meyers, Hagerstown Aviation Museum; 717-377-3030