Indy Transponder 24-MAR-2011 1030z

Riding with the Blue Angels - WTOK | Three civilians were chosen by the Blue Angels to ride aboard Blue Angel number seven Wednesday afternoon, including one media member, plus a teacher from Choctaw Central High School and the director of the Choctaw Area Council of the Boys Scouts of ...

Ethanol-Powered Plane Takes Us Up Before Airshow Performance - WJHG | Panama City - If you've seen a few unusual-looking aircraft in the skies, there's a good chance they're here for this weekend's Tyndall Gulf Coast Salute to freedom airshow. One of those here for the show is Greg Poe and his Fagen MX2 aerobatics plane. ...

Gulf Coast Salute: Airmen show off flying acrobatics at Tyndall Air Show - The News Herald | Tyndall Air Force Base will host the Gulf Coast Salute 2011 Air Show and Open House on Saturday and Sunday. This year's event will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds in their 57th season since their creation in 1953. The two-day event also will ...

Sun 'n Fun Opens Next Week from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo launches next week in Lakeland, Fla., with a robust schedule of forums, news events, and flight demos. The show, in its 37th year, runs from Tuesday through Sunday, with a celebration of the 100th anniversary of naval aviation, recognition for mission aviation, and the return of the  ...

Carrefour de l'Air at Le Bourget and Fly'in: 26 and 27 March 2011 from Passion pour l'aviation | The next weekend, 26 and 27 March will be held at Le Bourget Air 1st cross, this is the first gathering of aviation museums, a unique event in the heritage: museums, associations, collectors ... Enjoy these two days to find places that put the aircraft in France, and to share with many passionate. Each institution will present its activities, its collections and treasures (artifacts, documents, archives, models ...).  This meeting will be held in the  ...

Acro Paragliding from Latest Vlog | Phew, I'm not sure about this…Felix Rodriguez is an acro paraglider and this fella pushes the envelope to the very end! This clip is sure to get your juices going before the weekend kicks in.
Enjoy!

Black Team Opens the 2011 Season from US Army Golden Knights | Every year brings a new show season. It is the culmination of the months spent in Golden Knights Assessment and Selection, hundreds of training jumps and hours of endless training in Homestead, Florida. After every winter training, the team always has to answer the question, “Was it enough?” This year, Black Team can respond with [...]

Kentucky National Guard Aviator honored at Kentucky Aviation Museum from kentuckyguard | ... Fleming, already the namesake of the Kentucky Army Aviation Support Facility, is being honored today at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, at Bluegrass Field in Lexington. According to ceremony officials, Fleming, a master aviator and descendant of John Fleming for whom Fleming County was named, enlisted in the Kentucky Army National Guard in 1949, retired in 1988 and died in 1999. ...
    
Decorated Air Force pilot dies at 91 - Knoxville News Sentinel | Mr. Needham, a pilot who flew 35 combat missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress - 10 more than required to rotate home - died Tuesday at age 91. He was a longtime and well-known Fountain City businessman and civic leader. Mr. Needham was recalled into ...

Wing Over Wendys - Ask a Flight Instructor | The project is “Wing over Wendys” and it is a book about a group of veteran combat war pilots and aircrew men and women from WW2, Korea, and Vietnam who meet every Monday morning at a Southern California Wendy’s restaurant to honor their service and honor those that never returned from war – Wing’s Over Wendy’s is their story of life, love, sorrow, hope, and love of country. We all need hero’s – and – they are, all our hero’s. Their stories need to be told before their time runs out. These men and women sacrificed for our freedom and this book is for them, their children, and for all of us.

When America stood still for women aviators - Daily Sun | In the first quarter of each year, thousands of women as well as some male aviation professionals from around the globe usually gather at a specific city for the annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) ...

Women of Aviation Week in the April AOPA from Toriaflies | The world’s first licensed female pilot, a French socialite named Raymonde de Laroche, declared in 1910 that flying was ideal for women because it didn’t rely on strength as much as on physical and mental coordination.  No doubt Laroche and ...

Great Bend, Kansas: The center of the aviation universe - General Aviation News | ... The airport was built during World War II and saw service as a training base for B-29 crews. Testament to this is a memorial plaza to honor the B-29, as well as the men and women who kept them flying. ...

Back from Daytona - Lock the Welder | ... For starters, my friend Leo and I found an awsome aircraft museum near Orlando. My other friend Eric, who is a pilot ... told me about it. Anyway we roll down there and find this place; its called “Fantasy of Flight”- a strangly gay name for a place that is anything but. I am going to do a few posts on this place because there is way too much to cover in one. Heres the deal- it is a private museum. The guy who ownes it, and everything inside, is named Kermit. I dont remember his last name, but he is a certified badass. While we were there he flew in from some other airshow in his p-40 Warhawk! ...

Aviation exhibit Saturday at mall - Ithaca Journal | 12:06 pm Three aviation groups will put on a joint exhibit of models, full scale aircraft and hands-on model simulators from 10 am to 5 pm Saturdayat the Shops at Ithaca Mall. As part of the exhibit, the Ithaca Aviation Heritage Foundation will display ...

The number of licenced Disabled Pilots is growing - NewsMaker | (18th to 20th March) Wheelchair bound paraplegic David McPherson, a pilot who is a member of the Deniliquin Aero Club, organised the event. The get together was also supported by charity Wheelies With Wings. 8 aircraft flew in which were all modified ...

Video:  For you radial engine fanatics.... from Jetcareers forums

British Female Typhoon Pilot Takes to Skies to Keep up The Pressure on Gaddafi. from Planenews Aviation News | With a relaxed air that conceals her steely resolve, this is the lone female RAF pilot flying combat missions over Libya. The woman, who has not been named, is one of ten Typhoon pilots deployed to enforce the no- fly zone by North Africa and blast Colonel Gaddafi's aircraft from the skies.

US Bombs F-15 wreckage...was it a Silent Eagle? from Black Horizon | US fighter planes returned to bomb the crash site of the F-15E Strike Eagle that crash-landed Monday night outside the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi, a senior US defense official confirmed Wednesday to FOX News Channel.  Tuesday night's mission was to ensure that none of the sensitive avionics or parts ended up in enemy hands. It was ...

Reagan National Tower Goes Quiet from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A Boeing 737 out of Miami and an Airbus A320 from Chicago landed at Reagan National Airport very early Wednesday morning, without contacting anyone in the tower but wasn't for lack of trying, the Washington Post reported. The inbound flights were handed off from Potomac TRACON to the tower at Reagan National shortly after midnight. When the tower failed to respond, at least one flight requested assistance from Potomac TRACON. Controllers there used a shout line to ...

Photos: Heliports from PPRuNe Forums | An opportunity to showcase the best (and worst) heliports, helipads and helidecks; past, present and future (designs), from around the world.  ...

IMAGES: Track how was the day that the Boeing 747-8I flew for the first time from CavokBlog

Greg Poe’s Elevate Your Life Program Reaches Goal of 10,000 Children in 2010

San Antonio, TX - After committing in early 2010 to speak to over 10,000 students, Greg Poe and his Elevate Your Life program reached their goal while in San Antonio for their last airshow of the 2010 season.

Poe’s Elevate Your Life program, the action arm of the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, is a youth outreach program designed to share his amazing story of hard work and accomplishment with middle school aged children all over North America. This exciting and nationally recognized program came about as a result of losing his son Ryan to heroin addiction in August, 2002. The Ryan J. Poe Foundation is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization.

“It was a busy year,” said Poe after the last presentation. “We set this goal for ourselves with the intention of reaching out to these kids with what we feel is a very positive and necessary message. What we saw along the way is that there is a wealth of need for the message, but at the same time there is a nation full of talented youngsters who really want someone to help them realize their dreams and tap their hidden potential.”

Poe visits schools and youth organizations while appearing at local airshows. Most schools host an essay contest, and the winners fly with Poe and his team in their airshow aircraft.

Greg Gibson, Coordinator for Poe’s airshow team and Director of the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, congratulated the schools for their support of their program. “These kids are looking for ways to channel the energy and natural wonder they have for things that interest them. This program is a doorway for them to realize that their future is theirs to control and they have it within them to achieve anything they want.” 

The team plans to increase the program’s impact in 2011 with new features and a goal to reach even more kids with their inspiring message.

Greg Poe is a world-renowned aerobatic performer and unlimited aerobatic champion. He started with humble beginnings in Boise, Idaho, and discovered his passion for flying at an early age. Poe relentlessly pursued his dream with hard work and focused determination. Now, he is living his dream, promoting Green Energy in his Ethanol-Powered Fagen MX2 show plane, dazzling millions all over North and Central America with cutting edge, gyroscopic flights that leave audiences breathless. He has been featured on Modern Marvels, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, the Discovery Channel, The History Channel, CNN, and many others. He is an enthusiastic emissary for renewable fuels, and tirelessly promotes the benefits of Green Energy at every airshow. Poe is a lifelong resident of the Boise, Idaho area and bases his airshow and Elevate Your Life operations from the Nampa airport.

For more information about Greg Poe, the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, or Elevate Your Life, please call Greg Gibson at (208) 473-0923 or ggibson@gregpoe.com , or visit http://www.gregpoe.com/ and http://www.ryanjpoefoundation.org/.

Indy Transponder 20-MAR-10 0300z

And they're off.... a round-the-world record attempt has begun from Flight International
Italian pilot Riccardo Mortara and Romanian Nicolae Buzaianu set off today at 06.30 GMT from Geneva on a mission to set the record for the fastest flight around the world.  ...

Thunder In The Valley Air Show: Listen to live air traffic online for free - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
SPECIAL TO THE LEDGER-ENQUIRER Pilot Gary Ward flies in his MX2, an aerobatic airplane that can travel up to about 240 miles per hour at level flight. ...

Warbird Radio At Thunder In The Valley Airshow! from WarbirdRadio.com
WARBIRD RADIO – Come say hello this weekend!  Matt Jolley from Warbird Radio LIVE will be covering the Thunder In The Valley Air Show this weekend in Columbus, Georgia.  The show features lots of world class flying and numerous warbirds…including Larry Kelley's B-25 Panchito.  For a complete list of performers and show times use the [...]

Eglin Air Force Base - Air Show 2010 from www.eglin.af.mil
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the 75th Anniversary Eglin Air Force Base Air Show will be held on the installation Apr. 10-11, 2010.  Gates open at exactly 9 a.m.  Any early airshow arrivals will be asked to wait or vectored away to ensure traffic flow continues.  Gates will close to incoming airshow arrivals at 3 p.m. (30 minutes prior ot Thunderbirds show.)
A variety of aerial performers, static displays, and vendors will be presented.  Links to acts, maps, schedules, etc. will appear below upon availability.

Yuma Airshow 2010 - Official Website

Bournemouth Air Festival 2010 launched - Bournemouth Echo
That's what the predicted 1.5 million visitors to this summer's 2010 Bournemouth Air Festival are being encouraged to do. Organisers, who launched Festival ...

Hannes Arch training in the Austrian Alps From www.redbullairrace.com:
SALZBURG, Austria - With the conclusion of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race season and a new world champion, the focus moves to the new pilots who will enter the ranks next year. Adilson Kindlemann, 36,...

Discover the excitement of flight at Family Flightfest - Oshkosh Northwestern
Bring the kids and grandkids to discover the breathtaking excitement of flight at EAA AirVenture Museum's Family Flight Fest Saturday an Sunday. ...

Sun 'n Fun Countdown  - Plane and Pilot
Two items today as we gin up for the 36th annual EAA Sun 'n Fun Fly-In & Expo (that's the official handle - it's Sun 'n Fun for short).
The big show runs in Lakeland, FL from April 13-18.
Like EAA's Oshkosh AirVenture, you can float your flyin' boat with enough pure aviation overload to give you a hangover. Samples of everything that flies are there, so rock on, wing crazies!
-- Piper wasn't just blowing smoke when it said it would deliver PiperSports starting in  ...

Super Hornets Head Down-under from Ares
RAAF crews are resting in Hawaii before continuing on towards Australia in the next few days with the service's first batch of Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets. The crews have been working-up for the long-haul ferry flight by practicing air-refueling exercises at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. Next stop will be Auckland, New Zealand, before finally reaching RAAF Amberley on Friday. ...
   
IN THE AIR WITH THE DESTIN WARBIRDS: Pilots say they are preserving history ... - Destin Log
"It's peaceful," said Charles DuPlantis, who took The Log flying with fellow Destin Warbirds Tim McDonald and Dr. Joe Carnley on Sunday. ...

World War II bomber radio operator will fly in B-24 again Monday - Caller.com
Corpus Christi real estate broker O.K. Smith, 85, will fly again Monday in a B-24 bomber more than 65 years after his last wartime mission on Dec. 12, 1944.
"It's a chapter in my life I'll always remember," Smith said, "especially walking along that bomb bay catwalk with wire cutters to cut loose live bombs that got stuck. You want to get rid of those suckers fast."
The B-24 Liberator bomber that Smith remembers from his 30 wartime missions is the same model as one of four World War II aircraft arriving March 22 at Aransas County Airport in Rockport for a three-day stay that offers plane tours and flights.
The Wings of Freedom tour features a vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, a P-51 Mustang fighter and a Bell UH-1E Huey helicopter. ...

The great B-17: a World War II memory - Ashland Daily Tidings
Of all the inanimate objects that have been important to my life, none that involved death were more important than the B-17. It was built by the Boeing ...

Pilots grounded for good after low flyover - Navy Times
NORFOLK, Va. — Two F/A-18E Super Hornet pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 136 have been permanently grounded for flying too low before a Georgia Tech football game Nov. 7, according to a source.
The pilots, both mid-'90s graduates of Georgia Tech, flew over Bobby Dodd Stadium in downtown Atlanta at just a few hundred feet above the stadium, under the 1,000 feet minimum required by Navy rules.
Multiple videos of the flyover, posted on YouTube, show the planes screaming low over the stadium. ...

Air Force parachute demo team to train at Cape Canaveral - FLORIDA TODAY
Wings of Blue, the Air Force parachute demonstration team, will conduct its spring training session at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station beginning next week.
The Wings of Blue jump team is comprised of 115 cadets, active-duty service members, reservists and civilian personnel. The team operates as the 98th Flying Training Squadron, 306th Flying Training Group, Air Education and Training Command, and travels nationally, and internationally to perform in air shows and competitions.
Wings of Blue began as a cadet parachuting program in 1963, when interested cadets formed ...

100 year aviation aniversay for Formby's Freshfield beach - Southport Visiter
In those early days of Britain's aviation history, the beach was the busiest airstrip in the country. This year the Formby Civic Society are working with ...

Rapide takes to the air from MRC Aviation
DH89A N89DH c/n HB-724 registered to Training Services Inc of Virginia Beach took to the skies over Ardmore 19Mar leaping off runway 21 at 1715 for its first flight following an extensive rebuild with Avspecs. The aircraft is marked as G-ADDD, however on this occasion the G was for some reason removed.
Colin Hunter was on hand to capture its short take off roll.
http://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz/current.html#dragon

Army inducts Duckworth, Vaught into foundation hall of fame from National Guard - Top News
The Army Women's Foundation inducted two new members into its hall of fame following the Army Women in Transition Symposium here March 17, 2010...

Book overview: Flygirl, and two dates for your calendar! - Winged Victory
... Janet Bragg tried to join the WASP and was turned down, the fictional character Ida Mae Jones succeeds because of her light skin. (There actually were two minority women in the WASP, two Chinese-Americans, Hazel Ying Lee - one of the 38 WASP who died for her country, and whose family had to fight a legal fight to allow her and her brother, a soldier killed in France on almost the same day, to be buried in a "white only" section of an Oregon graveyard (a spot they wanted because of its view overlooking the Willamette River, which they felt honored their children who had given their lives for the United States) and Maggie Gee  who, after the war, became a computer programmer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.) Black women could serve in other areas of the military beginning in 1944 - for example in Ocotober 1944 the WAVES were integrated.
The first black female pilot in the Air Force was Theresa Claiborne, an ...

The Great Air Race – England to Melbourne 1934 - Healthy Articles
Fantastic piece of aviation history thanks for putting it up. I have researched the race and if you Google tom campbell black you will see info relating to Tom and the Great Race. 2775754raf says: March 20, 2010 at 5:03 am ...

Sweet Briar Alumna Receives Congressional Gold Medal - SBC News
They flew nearly every type of aircraft, including B-17 bombers, testing and ferrying planes to military bases, and moving personnel and equipment around ...

Women Fly (Guest Blog) - Life on the Road as a Pilot
We were able to point them to opportunities in Young Eagles, local internships, job shadows, and NASA programs. We shared an empowering day inspiring one another. I treasured my chance to assist girls who mirrored my younger self, ...

Aviation Museum of NH to feature the history of Captain Bob Fogg Sr. - New Hampshire Magazine
Manchester, NH – One Saturday per month, the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society features guest speakers at the Aviation Museum of NH to present free ...

Museum seeks artifacts from Illinois astronauts - Bloomington Pantagraph
... has a variety of cockpit instrument panels, engines, an antique flight trainer and aircraft models that cover more than 100 years of aviation history. ...

Sporty from Neptunus Lex
There was an (I assume) very occasional reader y-clept Deodo who used to drop in on me in PM whilst I was working on my tailwheel qual to offer encouragement and advice. Mentioned that the Travelair I hope to someday fly was something of a dog contrasted to his own machine, the Bücker Jungmann Bü-131. Which, given the video he sent along – from right here at Gillespie – I'd have to agree. ...

$500k vintage flying boat to auction in New York - Paul Fraser Collectibles
The Curtiss MF Flying Boat is the first vintage plane to be auctioned in Manhattan, US
Bonhams announces the sale of a 1917 Curtiss MF Seagull Flying Boat, to be offered at auction on Tuesday April 13 in New York.
Sourced from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, the flying boat will be the first vintage plane auctioned in Manhattan, and it is expected to realize between $300,000-500,000.
A plane designed by one of the leading pioneers of American aviation and archrival of the Wright brothers, Glenn H. Curtiss, the Seagull is an eloquent symbol for one of the Curtiss company's greatest achievements - the perfection of the seaplane.
As part of the celebrations surrounding the auction, the ...

March 19 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1997 -- The 509th Bomb Wing conducted the longest B-2 Spirit mission to date when The Spirit of Florida, flew from Whiteman AFB, Missouri, to Puerto Rico. Maj. Robert O'Neal and Capt. Scott Hughes flew the nearly 30-hour, round-trip flight with its four aerial refuelings and a live conventional weapon release at the Vieques Range, Puerto, Rico.
1992 -- Two F-15s intercepted two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name: Bear) bombers near the Alaskan coast, the first such interception since the breakup of the Soviet Union. ...

The Cinematographer Astronaut: Filming Hubble 3D In Space from PopularMechanics.com - Science: Air & Space
NASA astronaut Greg C. Johnson has served as a Navy fighter pilot, a test pilot and an aerospace engineer. On his latest mission, he also served as a documentary 3D cameraman in space on the new Imax film Hubble 3D.

Uncontrolled Airspace #175 "Pointy Headed Safety Wonks"
Checklists, getting discounts on avgas, the passing of an aviation legend, still looking for 447, and two more odd airplanes for Dave. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #175 "Pointy Headed Safety Wonks"

Caption Contest #34: A Near-Miss Winner! by Martt


I hold the shuttle in the palm of my hand from The Original Rocket Dungeon
Your photos: Look up! It's the Blue Angels flying in for Airfest - TampaBay.com
Deanie Parrish, age 80, shows off her legs from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Airplane submerged in Tallinn's main water supply - Antonov An-26B - DHL Cargo, SP-FDO from Diamond Pilots



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Indy Transponder 1-SEP-09 0100z

Pilot Was One of the Last Surviving Flying Tigers - Washington Post
Charles R. Bond Jr., an Air Force major general, was credited with downing nine Japanese planes.
Charles R. Bond Jr., a retired Air Force major general and one of the last surviving Flying Tigers, died Aug. 18 of dementia at Presbyterian Village North, an assisted living community in Dallas. He was 94.
In September 1941, he left the Army Air Forces to volunteer for service in China as part of a secret program, the American Volunteer Group, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, under Gen. Claire Chenault. Made up of about 400 pilots and ground personnel and based in Burma, the Flying Tigers protected military supply routes between China and Burma and helped to get supplies to Chinese forces fighting the Japanese... Gen. Bonds' book: A Flying Tiger's Diary

AIR RACES BROADCAST LIVE FOR 1ST TIME EVER

Russia offers Belarus help in probing crash at Polish air show - RIA Novosti
A Su-27 Flanker fighter owned by the Belarusian Air Force crashed while performing aerobatic maneuvers as part of the Radom Air Show in central Poland on ...

Reporter Rides in Aerobatic Fagen MX-2 from www.1011now.com
The Offutt Air Force Base Defenders of Freedom Air Show took place this weekend near Omaha, with world-renowned pilots showing off their skills in state-of-the-art aircraft.
10/11 News Reporter Christie Bett got the opportunity to go up with Greg Poe in his Fagen MX-2 aircraft, and even do some aerobatic stunts.
Poe says the tiny plane can withstand 16 times the pull of gravity, and reach speeds greater than 270 miles per hour

Polish festival, air show and other Labor Day events to help ... - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Stunt pilots John Klatt and Kyle Franklin will perform aerobatics (Franklin wing walks, too) and impressive air-show staples, the Army Golden Knights ...

The Cleveland Air Show - Examiner.com
While there's always plenty to do in Cleveland over the long Labor Day weekend, the one event not to be missed is the Cleveland Air Show. ...

Cleveland National Air Show - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds and US Marine Corps Harrier, US Army Golden Knights, Franklin's Flying Circus, The Shockwave Jet Truck, ...

Chico Airshow - Video - B-17, F6F-5 Hellcat, C-17, Screaming Eagels, A-10 Warthog, Dr. D's Old-Time Aerobatics, Martin Kennedy - Chico Grid
This last weekend, the Chico community was dazzled by flips, loops, spins, twists, and other stunts performed by pilots, skydivers, and aviation enthusiasts. Every year, the Air Show draws a great crowd and everyone has a good time, but this year no expense was spared to give the fans a great show. Performers and attendees included a rare Japanese Zero fighter plane (one of only three in the word), a "Flying Fortress" B17 Fighter, a large Air Force C-17 cargo plane, multiple helicopters and other stunt planes, and masses of excited onlookers.

Antique Aircrafts Fly-in - NTV
Chances are if you're driving through Minden you'll see more airplanes than usual, that's because it's the 28th annual Antique Airplane fly-in at Pioneer .

Tripoli, canceled test Arrows tricolor - Corriere della Sera
MILAN - The Libyan authorities have canceled "for security reasons," the display of the tricolor and other Arrows aerobatic patrols in Tripoli, ...

LIBIA: DISPLAY TEAM ASKED FOR OTHER COLOURS, BUT TRICOLOUR WIN - AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
... tomorrow's display flight by Italy's air-ace display team, the 'Frecce Tricolori' is to conclude with the traditional release of green, white and red

Alpha Jets brighten August skies - Labradorian
The dreary grey August skies were brightened briefly with the brilliant blue, white and red streaks of the Patrouille de France demonstration team as they ...

The Aviation Centennial Odyssey from Aviation.ca News
We flew a total of almost 6000 miles – from the Toronto area to the shores of the Pacific ocean, then all the way across to the Atlantic before turning back and heading for home. And oh, what I've learned...

Alberta Celebrates 100 Years Of Aviation on September 6 from Aviation.ca News
According to the Edmonton Papers of the day this coming Sunday, September 6, is a very special one. 100 years since the first person in Edmonton and Alberta flew a heavier than air powered flying machine. Making this more remarkable is...

Red Arrows Display Team - AboutMyArea
The Red Arrows is the public face of the Royal Air Force. The team are known throughout the world for their amazing displays. ...

Airshow combines speed, aerobatics and history - Waterloo Record
While some planes, like American pilot Julie Clark's Chevron Mentor T-34 and Gerry Younger's Pitts S1T dazzled with aerobatic stunts like loops and ...

Pilots wow crowds in breathtaking display - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The 25th World Aerobatic Championships culminated in an action-packed finale which saw some of the world's greatest pilots showcase their talents. ...

Airshow pilot's reunion with old school chum - The Gazette
A PILOT returning to home turf for the Clacton Air Show had a surprise reunion with an old schoolmate. Wing walker pilot Martyn Carrington, ...

Flying Fortress in the sky brings back memories - The Herald-Mail
I introduced myself to the B-17, saying under my breath, "I've heard so much about you." It didn't matter what the topic of discussion was about, ...

Vintage B-17 Bomber on Display - Washington Post
The Aluminum Overcast is a WWII-era 1945 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress is part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's collection of vintage WWII era B-17 ...

First Woman Bush Pilot to be Commemorated With Postage Stamp from Aviation.ca News
Canada's first female bush pilot will be honored by her peers and Canada Post with a special postage stamp in her honor. Vi Milstead-Warren has contributed to aviation throughout her years and the stamp is a fitting tribute...

San Diego Air & Space Museum Rescues Only Remaining Lockheed L10-E, Named After Muriel, Amelia Earhart's Sister from AMTOnline.com
The Museum will assist with assembly and restoration of the Lockheed Electra L10-E for Grace McGuire, an aviator with hopes of completing Amelia's dream of flying around the world

Video: In-Cockpit Video of Old Rhinebeck Mishap - AVWeb
There's been nothing written (that we can find, anyway) about an accident involving the New Standard biplane used for giving rides at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, but this video, posted on YouTube about 10 days ago, tells quite a tale. According to the reader who sent us the YouTube link, the accident reportedly happened July 26 and, from the video, appears to be an off-runway excursion into a nasty ravine filled with big rocks.
As might be expected, the off-roading takes a toll on the wood and fabric but ...

Catch a Sneak Peek of Aero-TV's Coverage of Two Very Special P-51 Mustangs - AeroNewsNet
Rarely do a group of Warbird restoration enthusiasts get a chance to honor the brave sacrifice of the veteran pilots for which their planes represent; yet, that is precisely the extraordinary opportunity that became a reality for Bob Baker and his hard-working crew when they brought two legendary WWII pilots, the Pattillo brothers, to EAA AirVenture 2009. ...

Clara Adams-The original frequent first flyer from Plane Talking by Ben Sandilands
Is this the world's original frequent flyer, and collector of historic first flights?
Her name is Clara Adams, 1884-1971, a rich pre-war widow whose collection of aviation memorabilia is held in the McDermott Library in the University of Texas-Dallas

Batplane - Air & Space Magazine
Even around other X-planes, the X-48B looks weird.

"We Called It 'The Bug'" - Air & Space Magazine
The Apollo Lunar Module wasn't pretty. But it got the job done.

Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet's Nest from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler
JetWhine_Sonex-Hornet At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sonex Aircraft pulled back the curtain on its research and development department, called the Hornet's Nest, and unveiled three projects it's been working on for the past handful of years. One of them the E-Flight Power System, was covered in a previous post (Old Fashioned Focus Sustains Sonex), but there were two surprises. One was the SubSonex jet and the other was the Onex (pronounced One-X), a single seater. Given the breadth of...

August 30th from Grumpy Returns [B-25 return trip]
NAS Fort Worth - F-35 AA-1 from FenceCheck Forums
Airshow Radom Poland 2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Video: Very Low Flying Plane from A Welsh View by Robert Gale
portugal air show em Évora by joaobem
Color...finally from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin
Oregon International Air Show 2009 - Hillsboro (Portland) - 08/29/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Big photo gallery from Good Ol' Days event at #EAA AirVenture Museum last weekend, courtesy of Oshkosh Northwestern by EAAupdate (Dick Knapinski)
Your Best Vapor Shot! from FenceCheck Forums

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Indy Transponder 19-APR-09 1200z

Up in the sky: It's an Eagle; it's an MX2; it's the Cecil Field ... - Florida Times-Union, FL
Members of Red Eagle Air Sports dive toward the ground Saturday in their Talon Eagle aircraft during their performance in the Cecil Field airshow, which filled the sky with smoke-trailing airplanes from pre-World War II to a present day F-15 US Air ...

Angels overhead - Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX
It was one of 20 aerial acts, including the floral formations of the roaring mach-speed Blue Angels. Crowds were smaller compared with previous years, Navy officials said. We were concerned about rain days before now, said Capt. ...

CAF 'warbirds' coming to Polk for Sun 'n Fun - News Chief, FL
LAKELAND - Among the thousands of aircraft descending on Lakeland Linder Regional Airport for this year's Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, scheduled Tuesday through April 26, will be a portion of the historic military aircraft flown by the Commemorative Air Force ...

Estimated 700000 watch air show, fireworks - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
An estimated 600000 people had arrived by 6 pm for Thunder Over Louisville's air show, and grew to an estimated 700000 as the thunderous jets gave way to the thunder and lightning of fireworks as darkness fell. It was one of the three largest crowds ...

Annual Fly-In Launches Tuesday - The Ledger, FL
The 35th annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In opens Tuesday at Sun 'n Fun's grounds at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The Fly-In features Friday through Sunday performances by the US Army Golden Knights parachute team, the Friday night air show and the Saturday ...

Popular Beale air show takes flight - Appeal-Democrat, CA
By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat All eyes were to the sky Saturday at Beale Air Force Base's 2009 Air Show and Open House. With ear-deafening rumbles, planes arced, dove and climbed into thin air, drawing oohs and ahhs from the crowds below. ...

Blue Angels to soar over area - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
BY JOHN MULCAHY The Yankee Air Museum is bringing back the famous US Navy Blue Angels precision-flying team to the museum's air show in July, and undertaking other new educational and expansion initiatives. "A lot of things are going on with the Yankee ...

RAF Fairford's Royal International Air Tattoo dates moved forward ... - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UKBy Andy Woolfoot » THE Royal International Air Tattoo will be moved forward a week in 2012 after organisers agreed to help another airshow in London whose event collided with the Olympics. The Farnborough International Airshow had originally planned to ...

6th annual Chili Fiesta fly-in set By Tom Norton
If you like chili, grass airstrips or, better yet, both you’ll want to be at the Massey Aerodrome and Museum on May 9. Massey Aerodrome, which delights in its designation as MD1, is a turf airstrip in the northeastern corner of Maryland’s Eastern Shore where three retired airline pilots and a group of volunteers have built - and continue to expand - a working museum, restoration shop and place where like-minded pilots have fun. There seem to be a lot of those like-minded pilots around. The annual Chili Fest and December Christmas party draw hundreds of celebrants, literally from around the world. Don’t try to win a prize for coming the longest distance. That honor always goes to an Australian businessman who times his U.S. trips to coincide with Massey Aerodrome events. Chili from mild to hot is promised, and participants are welcome to show off their own favorite recipes - which many do, at these events. Expect to see some interesting airplanes, too, at a place where the motto is “Dedicated to education and preservation of grassroots aviation.” For information: www.masseyaero.org or 410-928-5270

NEW NEW HORSEMEN SITE LAUNCHED – AirShowBuzz.com
You'll notice something different about the front page as we test new elements of ASB 2.0. The thin banner on the home page expands allowing you to access the new Horsemen site and features making your time on ASB richer and more enjoyable. This will evolve over the next few weeks as more elements come online. Let Us Know What You Think

Aviation pioneer Nancy Bird Walton's ashes scattered - Adelaide Advertiser
THE ashes of Australian aviation pioneer Nancy Bird Walton have been scattered from the sky near a museum showcasing her achievements.

New Boeing Wing Opens At Aviation Museum – KAKE
The Kansas Aviation Museum celebrates the opening of the new Boeing Wing and the debut of the Boeing Radar Range exhibit. Museum volunteers and employees have been working since October on the new Radar Range exhibit after volunteer Doug Moler ...
Warsaw? That's in Poland, right? from The PapaGolf Chronicles by DaveG
I've mentioned before how the internet has been the vehicle through which I have met many new and interesting people. You may have heard of a new(ish) internet-based social networking phenomenon called Twitter. People that haven't used it (and many that have) profess to not understand what it's used for, editorial cartoonists and stand-up comics mock it, and millions of people are addicted to it. Wikipedia (I have to assume that you already know what that is or we'll be here all night) yet again fulfills its apparent raison d'etre of using a whole lot of words to deliver absolutely no meaningful definition:...

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EAA 'Wings and Wheels' fly-in, car show Saturday - Prescott Daily Courier, AZ
Aircraft to be included in the static displays are P51D "Miss February," Wacos, CJ6s, Yak 52s, Nanchangs of Vector Warbirds, Cirrus SR22, Diamond, LSA's, jets and more. Legend Aviation and the Mustang Cafe will be hosting its grand opening at the ...

EMIRATE PARTNERS REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION HANNES ARCH - Abu Dhabi Tourism
Authority (ADTA) - the apex body which manages the tourism industry of Abu Dhabi, the largest of seven emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates – has further strengthened its strategic Red Bull Air Race World Championship interests via a bold new partnership with reigning World Champion, Hannes Arch, to form title-challenging Team Abu Dhabi.

B-17 flight brings back memories of WWII for Camarillo man - Ventura County Star, CA
The restored B-17 bomber, one of a handful still flying, will be in Camarillo today and Wednesday as part of a national tour. Beymer, 88, joined a group of journalists Monday for a 30-minute flight over the ocean and the Santa Clara River Valley. ...

World War II aircraft display offers once-in-a-lifetime flying ... - LubbockOnline.com, TX
Along with the B-24, members of the show touch down with a B-17 Flying Fortress and a P-51C Mustang each year in 120 cities across the country. The crew of volunteers and full-time staff were at ease during the flight, relaxed and composed while I ...

Bringing Aviation History Home to Sioux City - KMEG 14
"We had an air museum you know for four years before 9/11," says WMAT Board of Directors member Bud Nelson. But it's now been years since the museum's ...

Change of pace for veteran pilot - Marlborough Express, New Zealand
As a member of New Zealand Warbirds, Mr Brown takes part in airshows around the country, and before joining Cathay Pacific, he spent more than 10 years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, much of the time flying Skyhawks. The key to formation flying ...

Kai has a tank full of fun fulfilling his wish - Marlborough Express, New Zealand
Kai and his family travelled to Omaka for the Classic Fighters Airshow as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the youngster had just one word to describe his airshow experience "awesome". Part of that wish also included a request to ride in a tank, ...

`Play pilot' wows now with stunts - Marlborough Express, New Zealand
However, at the Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka on the weekend, he repeatedly wowed a crowd of thousands with a masterly aerobatic display. Mr Brooker used his MX-2 plane to pull off stunts with names like the flat spin, waterfall and torque roll. ...

Looping the loop - Marlborough Express, New Zealand
OPINION Watching the airshow at Omaka over the weekend you can't help but hum that tune from Those Wonderful Men in Their Flying Machines. And in particular it's the lines that go something like "looping the loop and defying the sky". ...

Steve Eves' 1:10 Saturn V: T - 11 days and counting from Dick's Rocket Dungeon by Dick
I've posted about this huge project fairly often so the regulars have no excuse for not knowing all about it. For the rest of you, you can see the official pages on ROCKETS Magazine's website or the reprint of an article from the February 2009 issue ROCKETS that is now up on Rocketry Planet - One man’s quest to honor America’s Saturn V rocket.

Hanes Magnet Students Build Rocket, Qualify For Nationals - WFMY News 2, NC
At the national finals... The 10 teams with the highest scores will share 60-thousand dollars in prizes and scholarships. The team that places first also earns the chance to attend the international airshow in paris.

Photographing Air Shows - With the warm weather heading our way, I can’t help but to get excited about shooting the raw power and energy of the upcoming air shows. Every Memorial Day weekend, there are two big shows at Jones Beach in Long Island. I’ve also travelled to New Jersey and Staten Island to see some exciting performances. To find out if there is an air show coming to your area, check out www.airshowbuzz.com . Day of the Show It is recommended that you get to the show early in order to choose your…

United States - Alabama - City of Tuscaloosa Airshow 2009 - Tuscaloosa - 04/04/09 from FenceCheck Forums - Here are a few photos I took of the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team on Saturday.

P-51 Mustang from FenceCheck Forums - Nice choice of a Mustang Woody! N1451D...

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Cocoa Beach Air Show Coming October 3-4, 2009 - PR.com, NY
The show’s inaugural performances will be carried out by some of the most skilled military pilots and aerobatic artists on the air show circuit. The performers announced-to-date for the inaugural event include the following…

Air show officials ready for weekend - Goldsboro News Argus
By Kenneth Fine Visitors to the 2007 Wings Over Wayne air show look skyward next to one of the F-16s on the tarmac that year…

Iran Plans Massive Air Show - The Media Line
Iran is planning the largest air show in its history this month as a further demonstration of the Islamic Republic’s military prowess.

Smoke on for 2009: A Season Preview of the Red Bull Air Race - Bleacher Reportby Sheiban Shakeri (Columnist) 2008 was a year when the Red Bull Air Race was making the turn into a serious sport, and now with four rookies added into the mix and a completely revamped system, expect some really close times and even a few ...

Be a Red Bull Reporter for Guardian.co.uk from Smoke-On by Tom
Show The Guardian your presenting skills for the chance to report from the San Diego leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Read More…

Nigel Lamb prepares for Abu Dhabi Red Bull race - Bucks Free Press, UK
To ake part in the competition Mr Lamb had to qualy for a Red Bull Air Race World Championship 'Super License'. During the time trial he will be reaching speeds of 370km/h and flying less than 20 metres from the ground. The pilots will also have to ...

Classic World War II aircraft show coming - LubbockOnline.com, TXA B-17 and B-24J bomber will take flight along with a P-51C fighter as a part of the living-history event, and for those willing to pay for a ride, an opportunity for an intimate lesson in war-time aviation. Restored by the Collings Foundation, ...

Doolittle Raiders to gather again in Columbia - The State, SC
Blindfolded Lt. Robert L. Hite (co-pilot of Doolittle's Raiders crew #16) Doolittle's Raiders B-25s crowd the flight deck of the USS Hornet on their way to bomb Tokyo in April of 1942. In this April 20, 1942 photo, Doolittle Raider Horace "Sally" ...

Classic Fighters 2009 #3: Corsair from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The Goodyear Corsair FG-1D, ZK-COR, always puts on a good show. I won't spend too much time on it here but get straight on to the pictures - here are three of the better ones I picked out…

Classic Fighters 2009 #4: DHC1 Chipmunk from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Here are pictures of some De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk aircraft taxying around the aerodrome. Unfortunately I do not seem to have snapped any airborne pictures. The chippie was designed as a military ab-initio trainer to replace another DH aircraft, the venerable Tiger Moth. Since then it has become popular as an entry-level warbird. Note the final picture in which the aircraft has quite a different canopy…

Classic Fighters 2009 #5: Yakovlev Yak-52 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The Yakovlev Yak-52 seems to spring up at pretty much every airshow in the country these days - not a criticism at all, and formation aerobatics are always fun to watch. The Yak 52 is a Russian designed and built ab-initio military trainer and [along with the Nanchang CJ-6] is very popular as a warbird in New Zealand - perhaps only the North American Harvard is more popular…

Classic Fighters 2009 #6: MX2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Now for something a little different, but still very aeronautical - the MXR Technologies MX2, registration ZK-MXT. It is certainly not a classic fighter, not even [ex-]military, but it certainly was a star of the show…

Classic Fighters 2009 #7: North American Harvard 3* from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The North American Harvard 3* is arguably the most popular "warbird" aircraft in New Zealand [Although the Yak-52 is right up there also], especially with the type's military association with New Zealand as an ab-initio trainer for the Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] until replaced by the CT4/B from 1976…

Coors Light Silver Bullet Jet Team / Dual BD-5J Airshow / World's Smallest Jets Keith Breazeal Video Productions from http://www.kbvp.com/
The Coors Light Silver Bullet Jet Team was a rare airshow act. Dave Hoover and Bob Bishop flew the dual performance at the Sacramento Airshow in 1990. The world's smallest jet has a wing span of 17 feet, is 12 feet long, weighs 432 pounds and has only 200 pounds of thrust. It took 11,000 Coors cans for the all Aluminum BD-5J…

BAST-E Baltic Air Sovereignty Training Events from Military Photos by Kusch
Baltic Air Sovereignty Training Events (BAST-E) are one day NATO events that take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and neighbouring airspace. The events focus on enhancing interoperability and capability development in addition to the ongoing integration of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and other NATO and neighbouring Partnership for Peace member countries…

Peter Jackson causes stir - Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
By TAMMY BUCKLEY - Sunday News STAR TURN: Peter Jackson caused more of a scene than the mid-air dogfighting when he turned-up at an airshow. The King Kong of the New Zealand film industry Peter Jackson caused more of a scene than the mid-air ...

Where Pilots Stay On Vacation from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7
Pilots, as everyone knows, are an interesting group of people. They walk with a certain swagger, usually eyes covered with teardrop sunglasses, and a certain mystery surrounds them. Notice as they lean on the counter in the airport, talking to the ticket agent, looking through a long sheet of paper and making notes…

Plane crashes into water near Davis Islands bridge from www2.tbo.com
Sylvia Hatfield, 69, normally watches stunt aircraft from the window of her seventh floor apartment at Tampa Baptist Manor. So when she looked out and saw a plane headed straight down, she just figured it was part of a stunt maneuver. "Usually, when they do aerobatics, you'll see them come down, but you'll see them swoop back up," Hatfield said. "But I didn't see this plane swoop back up so I knew something was wrong."

Kevin Walsh Interview published from FenceCheck Forums

United States - Arizona - MCAS Yuma Airshow 2009 - MCAS Yuma - 03/14/09 from FenceCheck Forums - Last Yuma Shot--- Mucho Caliente F-16

USAF Plant 42 from FenceCheck Forums - Spirit Of New York making noise

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