Indy Transponder 22-February 0040z

Airshow in Keystone runs through Monday - Gainesville Sun, FL
Visitors can also take flight lessons in a P-51 Mustang or a B-25 bomber, he said. The air show will also feature aerobatic pilots, parachute demonstrations and a display World War II motorcycles. Tonight, the 22-piece Clay County Community Band Swing ...

Traveling air show to feature WWII planes, flight experiences - Gainesville Sun, FL
The air show will also feature aerobatic pilots, parachute demonstrations and a display of World War II motorcycles. Tonight, the 22-piece Clay County Community Band Swing Ensemble will play Big Band tunes for a 1940s-style hanger dance that will help ...

Canadians will fly high at air show - Belleville News Democrat, USA
BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN - News-Democrat Organizers at Scott Air Force Base have announced the aerial headliners for its 2009 Air Show on Sept. 19-20. The Canadian Snowbirds aerial demonstration team will headline the show this year. ...

Potential sponsor surfaces for air show - Brantford Expositor, Canada
The Brant Community Healthcare System is considering whether it can step in as the new sponsor of Brantford's annual air show. But the concept won't get off the ground without a serious pre-flight inspection of responsibilities, system spokesman Gary ...

Record sky dive delayed - Yuma Sun, AZ
Two men with the US Army - Staff Sgt. Ben Borger of the Golden Knights and Master Sgt. Scott Campos of the Special Forces - were scheduled to attempt a record-setting sky dive Saturday morning. Borger was trying to break the world record for distance, ...

Aero India 2009 from Technorati
The Aero Show India 2009 was a spectacular even held of that genre in India, not to mention there was no major accident during the show and the response of the show was really great. Banglore was having all its crowd out for the day as people were visiting Aero show in the morning and it was 'Iron Maiden' concert in the evening, 15-Feb marked B'lore as the place to be. The week long Aero India ha ...

For all you F4u Corsair fans… from Technorati
Well, I'm being lazy about getting more Musketeers video AARs made. They take a while to do, and lately I've been eager to play with some of the goodies I got for Christmas, so I've been a bit lax about getting new ones done. In the meantime, here's a great video of an F4u Corsair in action at a New Zealand airshow back in 2007. This clip has been popular on Youtube, so some of you may already have seen it. I've noticed, however, that our site comes up frequently in searches for info about ...

Virgin boss Richard Branson wants to name a plane after Miranda Kerr - NEWS.com.au, Australia
AV Australia spokesman confirmed that Kerr is being considered as the airline's answer to Nancy Bird Walton - the late aviatrix, after whom the Qantas 380 was named. "The first VAustralia aircraft is the Didgeree Blue,'' the spokesman said. ...

Tuskegee Airman To Fly To Edge Of Space - Aero-News Network, FL
Gillead served as a triple-rated navigator, bombardier, and aerial gunner and was assigned to the 477th Bombardment Group, which flew the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. He was involved in the Freeman Field Mutiny, in which black officers faced court ...

XCOR Aerospace to fly Tuskegee Airman to edge of space from RLV and Space Transport News
WW II veteran Le Roy Gillead to take first Legacy Flight
February 21, 2008, Mojave, CA - In recognition of African American contributions to equal rights and aviation, Mojave, CA-based XCOR Aerospace presented Tuskegee Airman Le Roy Gillead, of San Francisco, with a ticket for a ride to the edge of space. The presentation took place during the University of California Riverside's 5th annual celebration of the Tuskegee Airmen, titled, "Voices of the Tuskegee Airmen and Airwomen." ...

Tuskegee Airmen Mural is donated to the Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun, CA
On Friday evening the Tuskegee Airmen Mural Foundation donated the official Tuskegee Airmen mural to the Palm Springs Air Museum during a dedication reception. The Tuskegee Airmen became the country's first black military airmen during World War II. ...

Pilots teach kids about aviation - WECT-TV6, NC
"Helping any young person see the world from a different perspective you get above the ground and look at the planet you live on," said Karen Ellison a young eagles coordinator. "You have a totally different appreciation for where we live and the ...

First Boy Scout Aviation Camporee at Fantasy of Flight from AMTOnline.com
March 13 to 15, Fantasy of Flight will offer Boy Scouts the chance to earn aviation merit badges.

Reunion with N94891 from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

F-22 Raptor from Fence Check
B-1 / Bones from Fence Check
Interesting rocket photos - resurrected from Dick's Rocket Dungeon by Dick

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Indy Transponder 23-January 0125z

60th Anniversary of T-28 to be Celebrated at AirVenture from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
EAA and the Warbirds of America will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the North American T-28 Trojan at AirVenture Oshkosh 2009.

Airshow could bring new life to Winnersh - Wokingham Times, UK
Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster bombers could soon be seen in the skies over Winnersh under ambitious community plans. ...

AERO GP Air Race Goes LIVE Online with Airsports.tv - MarketWatch (press release)
Pylon Air Race - Five aircraft racing simultaneously around a tight circuit, 20 feet off the ground at at speeds of up to 500kph. 2. ...

Air station event to be held May 15-17 - Havelock News, NC
The team is similar to the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, but instead of six planes, the Snowbirds use nine. According to Bob Kenward, marketing director ...

Sporty's Fly-In and Sweepstakes Day Set for Saturday, May 16 - AMTOnline.com, MD
Sporty's Sweepstakes airplane winner will be selected on Saturday, May 16, during Sporty's Annual Fly-In. The prize plane is a Sporty's brand-new Cessna ...

Aero-TV: ICAS Conversations (Part Two) -- The Culture of 'Safety ... - Aero-News Network, FL
The Second in a Three Part 'ICAS Conversation' for 2009, starts off a series of interwoven interviews in which we asked about a dozen airshow professionals ...

Air Show Goodness in The Cheddarsphere from Technorati
Yeah, it's 30,000,000 below or whatever the hell it is so it's time to warm up a little. Here's some great news:In a fairly rare thing, both The Blue Angels AND The Thunderbirds will be in our area this summer.On May 30th and May 31st, The Blue Angels will be in Janesville. If you've never seen an airport show of the Blue Angels you should go. Even if you have, go see them again. The precision take-offs and landings are something we don't see when they come to the lakefront for shows. Plus, ...

It's thunder, F-16 thunder - Helena Independent Record, MT
The Thunderbird crew members were here to survey the lay of the land near the airport in preparation for the Gateway to Freedom Air Show June 27-28. ...

New superintendent named for Aviation Heritage park - Dayton Daily News, OH
The Dayton Aviation Heritage park is also included on that list. "I am excited to be given this opportunity to work with the Dayton community and the park ...

Air show tries to hold line on prices - Dayton Daily News, OH
By John Nolan DAYTON — The Vectren Dayton Air Show's board is taking a chance during an economic downturn by cutting some ticket prices, and holding the ...

Proposed air show in Fort Lauderdale can't use old Air & Sea Show name - Sun-Sentinel.com
By BRITTANY WALLMAN | Forum Publishing Group If an air show is in Fort Lauderdale's future, whatever you do, don't call it the Air and Sea Show. Former Air and Sea Show organizer Mickey Markoff and his MDM Group Inc., who put on the iconic display of ...

Frecce Tricolori da vicino negli scatti di Luca Rocca. Guarda la ... - Giornale di Brescia, Italy
[Rough translation via: Babelfish.yahoo.com]
A show of the Tricolour Arrows does not demand comments. But they can instead serve of the photographies in order to tell besides those extraordinary aerobatic maneuvers all which come before and after the flight. The magic dell' air, in fact, is fruit of understanding between pilots, of technical ability, professionalism and abnegation, humility and training serratissimo, of thousand little ones great moments of daily life of the formidable pilots of the Pan.

AIRFORCE PUTS ON GOOD DISPLAY AT WINGS OVER WAIRARAPA from Technorati
And some more from the Airshow - great display from the Airforce - but shit its a worry when all the airforce has is vintage planes :-(

RNZAF Air Show Fly in Whenuapai from AeroHub by admin
On 21 March 2009, the Royal New Zealand Air Force will be presenting its annual Air Show to the public. The RNZAF invites GA aircraft from around New Zealand to fly in to Whenuapai and attend the air show. ...

Bring Back the Brute from www.airspacemag.com
ON A SPRING DAY IN 2001, I met several other volunteers in the basement of the San Diego Air & Space Museum, surrounded by a stack of construction drawings. Bob Greenaway, a retired Navy machinist mate, was spearheading the museum's building of a Gee Bee R-1, using original plans from the New England Air Museum in Connecticut, which had built its own reproduction in 1990 with help from Pete Miller, the airplane's co-designer. ...

Fond goodbyes to queen of Aussie skies - The Australian, Australia
NANCY-BIRD Walton's state funeral began with spontaneous applause as mourners looked skywards to behold the Qantas A380 bearing the pioneering aviatrix's ...

A magnificent woman and her flying machines - Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
So it was with rousing words and soaring hearts that Sydney yesterday celebrated the extraordinary life and times of the aviation pioneer Nancy-Bird Walton ...

Tributes for aerobatics ace - The Australian, Australia
THE aerobatic community is mourning the loss of one of the art's finest exponents and "a true gentleman of aviation" after a fiery crash in the NSW Riverina ...

Mary Ernster to Star in Wings: The Musical at Chicago's Apple Tree - Playbill.com, NY
Inspired by the play of the same name, Wings tells the story of Emily Stilson, "an aviatrix and wing walker who in her youth was propelled dizzyingly ...

Historian presents next lecture in WWII series - The Desert Sun
7 at the Palm Springs Air Museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trail. Gordon will present "From Sicily to Victory," the story of the Italian Peninsular Campaign from the invasion of Sicily to the German surrender in May 1945.

Veteran values lessons of war - Bethany Beach Wave, DE
... the former Lietenant Colonel who served the US Air Force in World War II took to the skies over Europe as the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress. ...

The women of World War II - Tri County Journal, OH
Jackie Cochran was a famous aviatrix and head of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots - WASPS during the war. Amelia Earhart: Nearly everyone shipped to the ...

Major's medal, artifacts on display at Air Force museum - Arctic Sentry
One of the first Airmen to earn an Air Force Combat Action Medal donated his award, alongside others, to the National Museum of the US Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Two Sons and a Twin-Boomed Warbird - Flying Magazine
A lawyer with a penchant for warbirds. We talk some more and Greg agrees to give me a Cook's tour the next day of the warbirds section of AirVenture. ...

Hudson River pilot Does New York plane hero pilot have crash ... - Bild.de, Germany
He is not the only Sullenberger in history to have experienced a plane crash. One of his relatives, Sam Sullenberger, nicknamed the 'flying country doctor', ...
all FLT 1549 news here

Pull Your Zoom Bags Back on Jet Jocks! from Defense Tech by lowe
[Ripped from the front page of Military.com]
AF Reaches Out to Flight-rated Officers
Faced with a shortfall of about 1,600 flight-rated officers, the Air Force is reaching out to pilots, air battle managers and navigators who have left active duty, service officials said Wednesday. ...

License to Thrill from www.airspacemag.com
Rick Searfoss, former space shuttle commander, now XCOR's chief test pilot, has helped make the desert town of Mojave the world capital of civilian manned rocket vehicle flight.

Veteran Space Shuttle Astronauts Selected for 2009 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense

Space Shuttle Crew Visits Troops On Overseas Trip from NASA Breaking News
NASA astronauts of the STS-126 space shuttle mission will begin a new journey next week to greet U.S. military personnel serving overseas.

To the Chagrin of Rich Geeks Everywhere, Russians Killing Space Tourism Program [Space Tourism] from Gizmodo by Elaine Chow
Garriot and other well-to-do nerds will no longer be able to play spaceman, now that Russia's canceling its astrotourism program to make way for three real astronauts at the International Space Station.
Russian Space Agency chief Anatoly Perminov told reporters that ex-Microsoft man Charles Simonyi will be the last private space passenger. He'll be blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in March. ...

The end of space tourism is near (again) from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust
The commercial space community was atwitter (figuratively and literally) over a Russian news report that Russia planned to end taking space tourists to the ISS after this March's return trip by Charles Simonyi. The implication was that there wouldn't again be any other means of visiting the ISS. ...

Exclusive Video from U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2009: Chairman Bob Wood on This Year's Expo from AVwebFlash Current Issue
As the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2009 gets underway in Sebring, Florida, Chairman Bob Wood talks with Aviation Safety Editor-in-Chief Jeb Burnside. A quick preview of this year's show tells attendees what to expect and what they don't want to miss at the nation's premier sport pilot gathering. (Click through to watch.)

'Flying car' goes to market - MSNBC
In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration created a new category of aircraft and license for sport aviation, an attempt to re-awaken interest in flying ...

Just posted! Discovery talks to EAA about flying cars/roadable aircraft. by EAAupdate (Dick Knapinski)

From Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

Taildragger Training - Part 1
More Film Music Coming from Scott Cannizzaro's Mixing Console

The Aircraft Boneyard: Where Aeroplanes Go To Die by rlew (Ryan Lewis)
Speed Trap from Ares by Douglas Barrie
Need to Raise 2.6 Million USD ASAP from Defence Talk Forum by Feanor

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Indy Transponder 20-January 2210z

Airshow Coming Back to Fort St. John - CJDC, Canada
8 time gold medal winner of the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships, Rob Holland will be on hand to give the audience a show never seen before. ...

Kemble Air Show extended to two days - Gazette & Herald, UK
The RAF's famous aerobatic team missed the 2008 Kemble Air Show as it was touring Canada. Tickets for the 2009 Kemble Air Show will be on sale from 1st ...

No Tucson Air Show in 2009 by daveintucson (Dave Smith)-twitter

The Blue Baron Soars On Tuesday! from Aviation.ca News
For the second time this week, the Blue Baron has taken to the skies to continue the historic flight from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Edmonton, Alberta. The 8:50 a.m. departure from Yorkton, Saskatchewan saw a -10 degree temperature with...

Flying Legends 2009 from Warbirdworld
The 2009 Legends will host 'Ed Shipley' and others doing their 'Horseman' Mustang demo, from what I hear from Deb of ASB, it really looks like it's going to happen, so we should be in for a treat. Hotels are taking bookings now, Holiday Inn, Bridge Inn have rooms, £113 for friday and £100 for saturday, breakfast extra, however at the Premier Inn Hotel at Girton which is on Madingley Road and not far from a 'little piece of America', they have rooms at standard £67 again breakfast is extra and you can get a evening meal there at the 'Beefeater' Steak house' next door to the hotel complex as I understand it. Warbirdworlds plan of attack over the weekend will be friday watching practice day, and on the Saturday, flightline walk from 09.30am till 12.30pm, Lunch/Beer check out resorations/shots, then at 13.00hrs leave the show to position at Fowlmere end of the airfield to get take-off shots and video footage with out any 'Yapping' over the loadspeaker systems and not having 3 hours of that 'French Gazzer' Bernard 'bending your ears back'. Return with show ticket, Flight in a Rapide and with luck aerial footage of former warbird bases if its 'clear'. Whilst over the weekend, visits to Debden with Edward and visits to assingbourn, Steeple Morden, Nuthampstead, Maddingley which will be for 8th Rememberance Blogs, which will include shots showing the current status of these areas. All in all a busy weekend involved. Sunday is still in the planning stage yet.

Something completely different... - crash.net, UK
Air Race - an air race featuring five to six aircraft in the air at the same time, racing against each other around a circuit, often just metres above the ...

Fly me to the moon - Werribee, Hoppers Crossing Star, Australia
Ian Honnery, Airshows Down Under chief executive officer, said the event was an unforgettable experience and unique to the Australian International Airshow. ...

Alan Henley Update from www.caringbridge.org
I think this year's anniversary was the best one we've ever had. ...
[Belated - "Happy Anniversary to the Henley's!"]

Security expert Rob Redenbach and the late aviatrix Nancy Bird Walton - ABC Online, Australia
As a tribute to the pioneering aviatrix Nancy Bird Walton, who died last week, these are some highlights of the original Conversation she had with Richard ...

World War II Bomber Roars into OC with Striking New Paint Job - Emediawire (press release)
... the largest commercial aircraft painting company in the world, has just completed its month-long restoration of a World War II era A26 Invader which soars into John Wayne Airport for its new home at the William Lyon Air Museum.

USMC selects six pilots for F-35 training squadron from Aviation & Aerospace News
At the bottom of the article are the names of six USMC pilots selected to form the first F-35 training squadron.

Tipsy Nipper in a spin from Flight International by Barbara Cockburn
A pilot friend who flies a Jodel in his spare time showed me this footage of a Tipsy Nipper light aircraft performing a spin that went wrong. ...

Flight attendants get high praise in Hudson River rescue
from USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky by Ben Mutzabaugh
That's the headline from a story in this morning's USA TODAY, where reporter Alan Levin writes: Pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has garnered most of the headlines for safely piloting a crippled jet onto the Hudson River, but investigators and aviation...

Astronauts Watch President Obama's Inauguration from Space from SPACE.com
Two astronauts watched President Barack Obama's inauguration from space Tuesday.

Mr. President: In the interest of economic recovery, may I offer five ideas from aviation?
from UCAP Fodder by Dave Higdon

Chesley Sullenberger invited on board Air Force One from Aviation & Aerospace News
U.S. President Barack Obama has promised hero Captain Chesley B. 'Sully' Sullenberger and his crew a flight on Air Force One.

Tuskegee Airman attends inaugural, recalls racism - The Associated Press
Cummings, a B-25 pilot, was among 103 African-American airmen taken into custody at Freeman Field, Ind., for refusing to sign a letter promising to stay out ...

2004 Atlantic City Airshow - MH-60S Knighthawk Demonstration by vehiclesvids168
2007 New Garden Airshow - Cecil County Jumpers - by vehiclesvids168
Lockheed Martin P791 from Military Photos by Jµµso'
You've got to love living and flying in Los Angeles from The Adventures of Chopper Chick!

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Indy Transponder 15-January 0115z

Canadian Forces Snowbirds Announce 2009 Show Schedule - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada
During the 2009 season, the Snowbirds are scheduled to participate in over 65 air shows in 43 locations, proudly telling the Canadian Forces story through ...

Air show reaches new heights for kids of all ages - Claremont Courier, CA
Cable Airport’s 34th Annual Cable Air Show thrilled audiences during the 2-day affair, offering a plethora of aerial entertainment and a showcase for ...

'Sentimental Journey' lands in Glendale - YourWestValley.com, AZ
"Sentimental Journey," which will be on display until noon Monday, is one of a handful of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crafts still flying. ...

Plane to take pilot to dizzying heights - Southland Times, New Zealand
By JARED MORGAN - The Southland Times | Thursday, 15 January 2009 HIGH FLYER: Steve Geard with his Russian Yak R 55M aerobatic aircraft at Te Anau's Waiau ...

SKI-PLANE Fly-In coming. Experimental Aviation Assn Oshkosh, WI Jan 24 -Free- Free chili too 10:30AM until eaten. by GaryKnowles (Twitter)

Feb 21, 2009: Frost Bite Chili Fly-in from Fly-In Calendar
1D2: Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal Airport - Plymouth, MI

JOHN G. O'MALLEY - The Coloradoan, CO
He was a Radio Operator on B17's and B26's and participated in the Normandy Invasion. John flew until 1950 and then retrained into the NSA and retired in ...

The Greatest Generation/Selma WWII POW reunites with hospital ... - Kingsburg Recorder, CA
On a bombing mission over Germany, Dale Emens stood up in his B-17 Flying Fortress in August 1943 not a second to soon as a Nazi 20 mm bullet slammed ...

State funeral for pioneering aviatrix - The Australian, Australia
The funeral of the 93-year-old, who died on Tuesday, is due to take place St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral at 10am on Wednesday, with details being worked out ...

Museum opens exhibit dedicated to 'Warrior Airmen' - McGuire Air Force Base
DAYTON, Ohio (AFNS) -- A new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force now gives visitors a chance to see not only the service's past, but also its present and future.

Latest SpaceShipOne replica soars above sponsor's collection - Collectspace.com
... to make a mold from which six replicas were cast by Scaled Composites, the Mojave, California, company headed by SpaceShipOne's designer, Burt Rutan. ...

The American Air Museum- Duxford, UK from avimuseumzone by WireFox
Whilst not being the Imperial War Museum Duxfords biggest 'fan', I am however a big fan of the
American Air Museum hangar complex on the Duxford site. For a start the aircraft are displayed
in a manner worthy of many awards. David Lee's input in this museum with regard to sorting the weights out of the various aircraft suspended from the ceiling really comes into it's own.
From a visitors point of view its got a 'nice feel' to it in that its for all visitors, like the disabled or
elderly visitor that comes to the hangar, there is 'ramped' access all the way round dropping to
the ground floor on bothsides. The upper ramped tier, has wonderful views of the aircraft on show, weither it is hung up or standing on the ground floor area. Its bright, clean and you do not get the 'feeling' of being 'penned-in'.

The last week in women's aviation history from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
I'd intended to share a piece of info a day, but stuff intervened, as it has a habit of doing...
Anyway... what's been on my Women in Aviation Events calendar, which I acquired from www.powderpuffpilot.com? (No, I'm not affiliated with them in any way, shape or form, but I want women-owned and women-centric aviation businesses to do well...)
January 9, 1978|Gail Gorski....

Cities From the Sky from www.airspacemag.com
Conducting aerial surveys in the 1920s took an intrepid soul. The airplane's open cockpit—and it was always open—was windy, cold, and frequently wet. The ride could be bumpy, causing the bulky aerial cameras of the day to occasionally plummet over the side. "Pilots and photographers," wrote Anthony Brandt for Air & Space ("Sherman Fairchild Looks at the World," Oct./Nov. 1990), "often complained about the harsh conditions: oxygen deprivation, severe cold, and noise and fumes from the engines all had to be endured." It was an altogether unsatisfactory situation.
So aerial photographer Sherman Mills Fairchild decided he'd build his own airplane.

Now Presenting: Exhibit A (and more) from Steve's AirVenture Site Updates by EAA Staff
This week Oshkosh is truly the frozen tundra, all but stopping our outdoor work. Below-zero temps will do that. While we're handling indoor projects, I asked Jeff Kaufman, EAA's director of business development who is pictured here, to update what's happening in the main exhibit area for 2009:
Thanks, Steve. The redesign of the AirVenture site not only creates better pedestrian flow through the ...

Airshow from Technorati
We went to the airshow at Williams Gateway in November some time. We live right by the airport and often drive through on our way to Queen Creek and Gunner freaks each time he sees and airplane. It was fun for him to get to climb inside and pretend to drive!!!

Awesome Dogfight Footage from Aviation Earth
Check out these F-16 and F-15 jets dogfighting over the dessert. This looks like it would be a lt of fun.

Quad Tiltrotor (QTR) appears in American Airlines livery from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
Bell Helicopter must have some extra time on their hands. Buried in a nearly 8-minute promo about the Quad Tiltrotor (QTR) concept is this stunning graphic. Look for it at the 7:43 mark.

Where's My Flying Car? Ask DARPA from Ares by Graham Warwick
Hurry and you might just get your bid in for a DARPA contract to demonstrate a flying car. The deadline for proposal submissions is Jan. 14. Before you strap some wings onto your Yugo, you might want to check what DARPA is looking for. Just any old folding-wing flying car won't pass muster - not even the Terrafugia Transition, which is about to fly in proof-of-concept form.
No, DARPA doesn't want a two-seat light sport aircraft that can toddle down the road but needs a runway to take off and land on. It wants a scout/transport vehicle that can carry 2-4 people, drive at speeds up to 60mph, take off and land vertically from unprepared surfaces, and fly for 2 hours at airspeeds up to 150mph. It wants a vehicle that can be driven manually, but flown automatically - "with manual flight control units that can override the fully automatic system". Well it wouldn't be DARPA if it didn't push the envelope a bit....

Flying car leaves London for Timbuktu - The Associated Press
Cardozo said the light craft cannot fly in foul weather. "It's not an all-weather machine," he said. "You don't want to be flying in the rain, in the wind, ...

Flying car to Timbuktu hits early hitch - Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
... said the team was "in liaison with the CAA and they are looking to finalise the permit," adding that they would be able to fly in other countries. ...

Field of memories: Photo exhibit gives glimpse of the old Scott ... - Belleville News Democrat
Scott Air Force Base always has been a big part of life in Mascoutah, so it seems fitting that the base should have a display at the Mascoutah Heritage Museum. "Scott Field 1930-1931" will open Sunday with a variety of photographs taken by someone ...

US Air Force from Fence Check
VNY- Van Nuys from Fence Check
Just what the world needed: B-2 stealth bike from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble

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Indy Transponder 13-January 2330z

WATER FOLLIES: Air show lineup announced for 2009 event - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
And the Over the River Air Show again will be sponsored by HAPO Community Credit Union. "It'sa good logical fit to be part of the summer fun," said Steve Anderson, HAPO executive vice president and chief operating officer.

FSJ Air Show coming July 19 - Energeticcity.ca, Canada
... has also confirmed, a first time ever local appearance, by Rob Holland, an eight time gold medalist, at the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships. ...

Airshow fears cash nosedive - The Argus.co.uk
The dates for Shoreham Airshow, which is on the same date as the Bournemouth Air Festival, were announced in September. It is feared that Eastbourne Borough Council's decision last week to host their air show on August 13 to 16 will result in takings ...

Australian aviation pioneer dies at age 93 - The Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Aviation pioneer Nancy Bird-Walton, who became the first woman in Australia to operate a commercial aircraft, died Tuesday. ...
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Reno Air Races through the Eyes of a Thirteen Year Old from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Jebidiah Howell (Jeb) is an Alabama 13 year old seventh grader fascinated with flight. He plans to get his pilot's license when he is old enough. Meanwhile he spends free time reading about history, airplanes and loves to fly at any opportunity. Jeb's teacher allowed him to write an article as part of his make up work for time missed while at the Reno National Championship Air Races. This has inspired him to write additional articles about his adventures and provided hands on education.

Museum opens exhibit dedicated to 'Warrior Airmen' from Air Force Link Top Stories
A new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force now gives visitors a chance to see not only the service's past, but also its present and future.
Called "Warrior Airmen," the new exhibit highlights how today's Airmen are contributing to the war on terrorism, both in the air and on the ground.
The exhibit includes more than 400 artifacts, three dioramas with fully dressed and equipped mannequins, an audiovisual presentation on a 15-foot wide screen, and compelling firsthand accounts
more...

Air Zoo to unveil new experiences, rides throughout 2009 from airzoo.org by jmaclean
This year marks two special milestones for the Air Zoo: the 30th anniversary of the Air Zoo opening to the public and the 5th anniversary of the opening of the museum's Main Campus. In celebration of these two milestones, the Air Zoo will be unveiling several new rides and experiences throughout 2009.

A&P Commission doles out nearly $10,000 more than in 2008 from nwanews.com
... The commission gave $7,000 to the Arkansas Air Museum, a cause it gave no money to in 2008. The museum plans to use the money to create a new display highlighting one of its centerpieces, Sam Walton's airplane. ...

Saluting a Kiwi battle hero - Manawatu Standard
Five years of meticulous, costly restoration in a small Feilding Aerodrome hangar is on the verge of its climax.
On Monday Marton businessman Brendon Deere's salute to his illustrious uncle, Word War II Spitfire ace Al Deere, rolls out of its Feilding Aerodrome hangar.

Former USAAF Debden airfield by Wirefox
... It went like this, Did Don Gentle's bent P-51B
Mustang, 'VF-T' 43-6913 get dumped in Debden Hall Lake after the crash ? like it is stated in Roger Freemans book. ...

Resting Your Head at Oshkosh from Pilots of America Message Board by smittysrv
We're looking forward to our next trip this year to Oshkosh, AirVenture, that is... Airplanes, Movie Stars. Oops, sorry. I just had a flashback to the Beverly Hillbillies.
Anyway, we started going to Oshkosh in 2005 and have been going back every year since then. My wife and I are both in our late 50's and we have a 13 year old son, who keeps us young (we have a choice?). My son loves to camp out. Give him a pup-tent and a sleeping bag and he's set. However, ...

NASA Astronaut Connects With Utah Students From Space - PRNewswire
... Wendover High School will become the first school in Utah to receive a live educational downlink from the crew of the space station. Students in grades 7-12, along with faculty and staff, will be given an opportunity to learn more about what life is like in space and how gravity affects our lives on Earth. Wendover High is an alumnus of the NASA Explorer Schools Program. ...

The sleeper jet from Flight International by Barbara Cockburn
A 1976 Boeing 747-200 -- one of 393 built by the company until 1991 -- is standing at Stockholm-Arlanda airport but its usual airliner-style decor has been stripped out.
The upper deck is now a conference room, and the flight deck is a wedding suite which comes with a private bathroom and panoramic views of takeoffs and landings.

Is Air Force One the golden ticket for 747-8I? from Flightblogger by Jon Ostrower

Japanese water jet pack from Flight International by Barbara Cockburn
We spotted this amusing video of a Japanese Waterpack. The poor chap doesn't travel very far but gets catapulted across a lake which looks like fun.

Rain and airshows; they really don't mix! from air-show
This was the scene at GVFWE Hullavington, shortly before a burst of heavy rain moved through. As you can see, we are in the midst of setting-up the 'heavy' piston-engined aircraft park, and a number of crew are pitching tents. In the
line, you can see an Antonov An-2, Douglas DC-3 (with radar), Percival Pembroke, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer, a very interesting mix.

United States - California - Cable Air Show 2009 - Upland - 01/10/09 from Fence Check
School time from Airline Pilot Central Forums by FlyOrDie
Samedi, veille de meeting à Orange from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling by Grifil
Can any readers translate this one for us? It has some great pictures, but we're assuming there is some good information to be gleaned from this as well! Thanks


Missing Indiana pilot performed at Elkhart Air Show - WNDU-TV, IN
At one time, Marcus Schrenker performed for the Indianapolis Air Show team as a stunt pilot, and chances are you have seen his tricks. ...

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Airmen to visit World War II cemetery on Memorial Day - Air Force Link Top Stories
A Memorial Day ceremony to commemorate the memory of the American war dead who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 25 at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St. Avold, France...The ceremony includes a fly over by a C-130 Hercules, the playing of the French and American national hymns, prayers, and performances by a local choir. ...
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123096545

Stearman documentary sends California film crew to Chetek - Chetek Alert, United States
Since part of the film concerns air shows and aerobatic stunts, the film crew contacted John Mohr, of St. Paul, Minn., who is considered one of the world's ...
http://tinyurl.com/5n2mkw

A New Dimension to Detroit Motor Sports; Tickets on Sale Now for The Red Bull Air Race World Series
DETROIT, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's top acrobatic pilots will
soon be roaring over the Detroit River when they compete in the 2008
International Red Bull Air Race World Series.
http://tinyurl.com/63grc8

Two rare WWII aircraft will visit Blaine Aviation Weekend - Coon Rapids Herald, MN
The 26th annual EAA Chapter 237 Blaine Aviation Weekend will take place Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, at the Anoka County Airport (Janes Field) in ...[a P-38 and a P-40]
http://abcnewspapers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2669&Itemid=1

Air Museum celebration is Saturday - Enterprise-Record, CA
The Chico Air Museum is located in a 1940s-era building directly south of the flight tower, and consists of indoor and outdoor displays, including six ...
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_9253186

The Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos CA, is hosting the Ninth ... - Helicopter Association International, VA
"Vertical Challenge" Helicopter Air Show is a unique event that allows visitors to see first hand helicopter operations. ...
http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=58733

Mini-airshow takes place today in Capital City - Montgomery Advertiser, AL
Civic and military leaders will discuss their perspectives on security issues at the 55th annual National Security Forum, taking place at Air University ...
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS01/805140343

Airshow features high-flying talent - Spencer Daily Reporter, IA
Chandy Clanton is not your average air show performer, at age 35, Chandy is a 12-year veteran in the air show business, a world class aerobatic competitor, ...
http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1402541.html

Red, White & Blues week is July 9-12 - Gulf Breeze News, USA
... fireworks, free concerts and two air shows featuring civilian and military aircraft and of course, Pensacola's own Blue Angels. ...
http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2008/0515/island_news/059.html

Town briefs - Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
The warbirds are set to take off at noon from the Anoka County Airport. Many types of aircraft will be on display during the event at the airport, ...
http://www.startribune.com/local/north/18860149.html

Fans Nationwide Can Tune in to Catch the Exciting Aerial Stunts ... - Business Wire (press release), CA
The base celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and marked the occasion with highly-anticipated performances from Greg Poe, MIG 17 & Vintage War Birds ...
http://tinyurl.com/552lx7

NEW MARKET TAKES OFF WITH HURRICANE SHOW - Gloucester Citizen, UK
It will be taking time out from the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford to do a fly-past over the market to mark its official opening. ...
http://tinyurl.com/5xjfcl

Readers' Comments Super roo in the air - Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
The big jet, designated A380-01 by the airline and to be named Nancy Bird Walton after the 92-year-old aviatrix, made an effortless climb into the sky above ...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/comments/0,22023,23680899-662,00.html

Cobra gunship lands at War Memorial exhibit - IndyStar.com
The latest occupant of the Indiana War Memorial has landed for the last time after a career that included service – and a metal patch - in Vietnam. ...
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