Indy Transponder 19-JUN-10 1200z

Snowbirds take to the skies as they prepare for airshow - Waterloo Record | The Canadian Forces' precision aerobatic team lifted off twice from Region of Waterloo International Airport Friday afternoon as they prepared for the ...

News 3 Rides Along With Blue Angels Crew - WSIL TV | The Navy Blue Angels are headlining the Cape Girardeau air festival. News 3 boarded the Blue Angels' support plane to experience some of the moves the ...

Navy's Blue Angels visit Cape Girardeau hospital – KFVS | By Heartland News CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Navy's Blue Angels in town for the Cape Air Festival, took a break from the skies to pay a special visit ...

Airmen take to the skies - San Mateo Daily Journal | The 11th annual Hiller Aviation Vertical Challenge, the nation's largest all-helicopter air show, held this Saturday will provide the opportunity to see the ...

Volunteers ready for Great Minnesota Air Show - St. Cloud Times | Organizers are hoping to draw 50000 people each day to see the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron and other aerobatic acts. ...

Denton air show to coincide with Father's Day - Lewisville Leader | Ever since then, the event has maintained a steady attendance of between 9000 and 10000 spectators, said air show spokeswoman Amanda Addington. ...

Air Expo celebrates flying women - Ada Evening News | Julie Clark and her Chevron Mentor T-34 will be headlining this year's event. Clark will perform a twilight show Friday night that includes pyrotechnics. ...

Female flyers taking off - Wink News | Now, there are 113 women in 54 small planes flying in the all-woman Air Race Classic. Two of the teams are from Southwest Florida. ...

Vintage aircraft relive glory at Warbirds Fly-in - Arizona Republic ... plans when they see the vintage World War II Lockheed outside the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, said Connie Freson, a spokeswoman for the museum. ...

High Country Warbirds Fly-in at Valle, Arizona - Arizona Republic | The museum is holding its annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in, which will feature planes in its collection as well as craft flown in for the occasion. ...

Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford is launched (From Wilts ... - STRICTLY Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle and forces sweetheart Nell McAndrew launched this year's Royal International Air tattoo at Fairford.

Barnstormers bring high-flying tour to North Iowa - MASON CITY — They all walk — or rather, fly — different paths, but they all have one abiding passion: The sky. "I always wanted to fly a biplane coast to coast," recalled Richard "Speed" Hornbeck, one of several vintage airplane pilots who are part of the American Barnstormers Tour. Within a week of restoring his 1929 Waco Texaco bi-plane, "my buddy and I jumped in, took off for California. It took about a week to get there. "Got there; we had a burger on the beach, turned around and flew right back, which took about another week," he said with chuckle. "It was great." Hornbeck is one of about 20 pilots on the 7-city 2010 tour with their vintage planes. Almost all are from the "golden age" of flight, from 1918 to 1940. The show continues today and Saturday at the Mason City Municipal Airport…

Netherlands - Luchtmachtdagen 2010 - Gilze-Rijen - 06/18/10 from FenceCheck Forums - some from yesterday:

Disabled American Veterans B-25 Mitchell Bomber - Southeast Missourian ... river straight ahead was taken through the nose window of a B-25J Mitchell Bomber operated by the Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach Program. ...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Showcases Area Aviation History from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo - The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is one of those hidden gems of the St. Louis area.  The museum, housed in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport (Cahokia, IL), showcases aviation artifacts with ties to this great aviation region.  Staffed mostly by volunteers, the museum is committed to the preservation and display of historic air and space vehicles and artifacts as well as providing educational programs to foster the spirit of flight in today's youth and in future generations.  We highly encourage our readers to visit and give generously to this worthy endeavor.  Here is a taste of what you will experience.  For more information, go to http://www.airandspacemuseum.org/index.html.

New images from the ItAF Museum from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti - On Jun. 18, 2009, the Skema was opened again after 2 years of works. I visited the pavilion, that is now fully air conditioned to provide the most suitable temperature for the preserved aircraft, on May 23, 2010. The Skema has now a 1000 sq.m. structure where the G.91PAN, the G.91R, the G.91T and the G.91Y are exhibited. A nice addition within the Skema is also a Nike Hercules that was added to the collection on Oct. 29, 2009.

Robert "Hoot" Gibson to be in Muncie next weekend - Muncie Star Press | A modeler for less than three years, he specializes in warbirds and plans to bring his Douglas Dauntless SBD dive-bomber, his P-40 Curtiss Warhawk and his ...

Russian flying fortress from Military Photos by Extobulite | in 1930s Russian army was … by the idea of creating huge planes. At that times they were proposed to have as much propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented at those times yet. Not much photos were saved since that times, because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time passed already. Still on the photo below you can see one of such planes - a heavy bomber K-7. Now modern history lovers in Russia try to reconstruct according the plans left in once to be top-secret Russian army archives their look in full color. This is one example based on ideas of Russian aviation engineers of that times.

Futuristic rocket-powered plane built in Sebastian to make appearance this summer – TCPalm | The start-up sports organization unveiled the Mark III X-Racer in late April during the QuikTrip Air and Rocket Racing Show in Tulsa, Okla. ...

Indy Transponder 18-JUN-10 1030z

New York filled with special challenges for Red Bull Air Race from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen | NEW YORK – Jim DiMatteo is the Race Director for the New York Red Bull Air Race on June 19/20. The former U.S. Navy "Top Gun" Captain has spent the last three years leading the planning and organizing for the race in New York. DiMatteo talks about the special challenges that were involved in getting [...] Related posts:New York City to host Red Bull Air Race in 2010 Barcelona And Sabadell Officially Welcome Red Bull Air Race Lisbon, Portugal signs contract to host Red Bull Air Race for 2010…

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship takes to the skies over New York City - New York Daily News
Red Bull Air Race pilots Alejandro Maclean, Kirby Chambliss, Paul Bonhomme, Michael Goulian and Pete McLeod walk through Times Square…

Red Bull Air Race Training In NYC Skyline (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | The 5th leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is scheduled to take place in New York City this weekend, and the fliers were out for a training run ...

MADE IT!!!! from Snow Eagles Air Racing Team | After having to stop last night in Cross Ways, Florida due to storms. We stayed overnight at this town, which was kind of weird, but everyone was so nice. JoAnna at the Carriage Inn was the nicest host. So we took off this morning for the 1 and 1/2 hours trip, and we made it through inspections, and now it's time to relax. It's hot here in Florida. The following pics are from the past two days. From the start of our journey, to the storms we had to pass to get here. We ate at this restaurant that the decorations was mostly deer and had the small town feeling to it…

Dad's free at Sun-N-Fun Lagoon – Marconews | On Sunday, June 20, fathers are invited to Sun-N-Fun Lagoon free of charge with one paid admission. Moms you can help your child give dad the gift of ...

Marine jets to roar into Silicon Valley for weekend airshow - San Jose Mercury News | They are in town to participate Saturday in the Hiller Aviation Museum's "Vertical Challenge" airshow in San Carlos. The jump jets are designed for vertical ...

Saturday: Helicopter show at Hiller museum - The Almanac Online | The Vertical Challenge helicopter air show will be held from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday, June 19, at the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport. ...

Spitfires at Armed Forces Day - Hull Daily Mail | A spectacular Spitfire fly-past will be one of the highlights at this year's Armed Forces Day in Beverley. It will take place in North Bar and Saturday ...

2 A400Ms Make Low Pass Over Toulouse from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | Yannick Delamarre captured this photo of two A400Ms making a low pass around Toulouse. At last week's ILA show in Berlin, Lockheed Martin said it thought that its C-130J could serve alongside the A400M in military fleets.

The Gaylord Regional Airport's "Wings Over Gaylord" air show this weekend - Petoskey News-Review | The Gaylord Regional Airport's "Wings Over Gaylord" air show is cleared and ready for take-off Father's Day weekend, June 18-20, — kicking off Friday with ...

Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow Saturday, June 19 - Granite Falls Advocate Tribune | You may have seen an air show, but you've never seen one like this. The Ray Fagen Memorial Air Show takes to the skies over Granite ...

Granite Falls air show to be a tribute to World War II veterans - West Central Tribune | GRANITE FALLS — Pilots will be taking World War II vintage aircraft to the skies over Granite Falls to re-enact aerial fights of the 1940s, while others ...

Day 1: American Barnstormers Tour from General Aviation News by Janice Wood - The American Barnstormers Tour, a nostalgic salute to the barnstormers who ventured across America during the 1920s seeking fame and fortune in their biplanes, has made its first stop on a seven-city tour, with 20 restored vintage aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s landing at Mason City Airport (MCW) in Iowa.  Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the tour in her Stearman, is filing reports on the action exclusively for General Aviation News. Here's her first blog: Wind. Each tour has one element that defines it before we arrive and I think for the 2010 Barnstormers Tour it might be wind. On the 2008 tour it was rain. The first stop that year was Iowa City and it had flooded so badly that we had to redirect 18 planes coming from all corners of the country to Ames, Iowa, three days early. Read more...

Birthplace of Aviation draws Cirrus pilots from AviationDayton | DAYTON, Ohio – The Birthplace of Aviation is the scene of a homecoming of sorts for the spiritual descendents of the Wright brothers – some 400 members of the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association have descended here for the eighth annual COPA Migration.

Lockheed Slashes Air Show Dough - DoD Buzz | For those who have not attended a major air show, here are some statistics that offer a glimpse of just how important these events are to the industry. ...

United States - Indiana - Indianapolis Air Show 2010 - Indianapolis - 06/12/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Saturday afternoon opened up quite a bit of flying!!!

Skies open up for air show - Indianapolis Star | When skies cleared the next day, organizers did their best to clean up the muddy area and host a day full of aerobatic flights, races, war bird flyovers and ...

Blue Skies and a Little Extra Altitude from armygoldenknights's | Luckily, there is air conditioning in the Golden Knights training facility at Laurinburg-Maxton airport in Laurinburg, NC. The temperatures got up to the mid-nineties in the early afternoon, but not even Mother Nature could dampen the motivation and focus of Black Team training day. The Team completed a total of five jumps: two from 3500 feet, two from 12,500 feet, and one from 14,000 feet (the extra altitude was a little treat from the pilots for the last jump of the day)…

Tandem Team meets Tech #Woopra from armygoldenknights's | Today the Golden Knights take Woopra CEO John Pozadzides on his first ever tandem jump. John P, as he likes to be called, is at Golden Knights headquarters to teach Team bloggers the ins and outs of internet blogging. John P. also is co-founder of a premiere blogging conference…

Amelia Earhart's watch arrives at the space station on anniversary of Atlantic ... - Collectspace.com | "Amelia is such an icon with women in aviation and now with women in space. We are thrilled that Shannon is a Ninety-Nine and will be taking Amelia into ...

Turkish Stars from Military Pictures by [TR]AHMET:

B-17 Recovered From New Guinea Unveiled in Long Beach from Pacific Flyer | After years of salvage efforts in the steamy New Guinea swamps, a group of Americans has recovered a B-17 Flying fortress that went down during the war and returned her to the United States. The forward fuselage of the plane they're calling "the Swamp Ghost" was unveiled at a Long Beach ceremony on June 11, attended by local politicians, the salvagers, a flyover and relatives of the now deceased crew…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Probably one of the most obscure yet fascinating episodes in the history of jet engine development stemmed from Lockheed's innovative jet-powered L-133 fighter design that was submitted to the USAAF in March 1942. While the fighter design boasted advanced features like a canard and a blended wing-body, the Army Air Forces were more interested in the proposed engines of the L-133 which were to be two axial-flow jet engines designed by Lockheed itself designated L-1000…

Indy Transponder 06-JUL-09 1030z

Aboard the Blue Angels Fat Albert Airlines - FOX 40 News WICZ TV
"We accelerated to 150 - 160 miles per hour," said Blue Angels pilot, Edward Jorge. Propelled by an extra boost of eight solid fueled rockets the plane shot ...

Blue Angel a hometown boy - FOX 40 News WICZ TV
New York in the Potsdam area. he told us that he couldn't have been happier when he found out that the Blue Angels would be attending the Greater Binghamton ...

Golden Knights Open Binghamton Air Show - WBNG-TV
by oldbaritone (Subscribe) The US Army Golden Knights thrilled spectators at the Binghamton Air Show this weekend. Here, a Golden Knight brings in the ...

2009 CAF Airsho Prices Lowered Due to the Faltering Economy - NewsWest9.com
And for the first time ever, the CAF is hosting "The Retro USO Show," immediately following the Airsho on Saturday night. You must be logged in to rate this ...

Airshow goes off with a bang Local News - Bundaberg NewsMail
FOR two days Bundaberg Airport was the busiest airstrip in Australia, convening 70 aircraft and 200 pilots to bring the enthralled audience one of the ...

'25000' attend Bundaberg airshow - ABC Regional Online
Organisers of the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow held at Bundaberg on the weekend estimate more than 25000 people walked through the gates. ...

Airshow has people power Entertainment - Bundaberg NewsMail
Two Yaks get up close and personal during the Russian Roolettes aerobatic performance at the Wide Bay Australian International Airshow. ...

Wheels and wings: Owls Head vintage car, air show had a 'local feel' - Bangor Daily News
OWLS HEAD, Maine — The Fabulous '50s, Sensational '60s Car Meet and Antique Aeroplane Show at the Owls Head Transportation Museum had a ...

Cold War drone comes to Sonoma County – pressdemocrat
A flat black, swept-wing drone designed to spy on China during the Cold War, part of a highly classified but largely unsuccessful CIA program, has been acquired by Sonoma County’s air museum… ... the drone will be restored in time to be displayed at the museum’s annual Wing’s Over Sonoma County air show on Aug. 15 and 16.

Record crowd enjoys air show - Lincolnshire Echo
Record numbers of aircraft enthusiasts turned out for this years RAF Waddington International Air Show. Organisers were overwhelmed on Saturday, ...

Vertical Challenge 2009 - Every year the Hiller Aviation Museum holds the largest all helicopter airshow on the west coast to much fanfare and celebration. In it’s 9th year, the event was as strong as ever, with helicopter performances from the California Highway Patrol ASTAR, the California Department of Forestry UH-1 Huey, and a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook, amongst others. And as in past years, the headliner was the Red Bull BO-105 CBS Helicopter; capable of loops and rolls!!! Read more on my flight...

Fly4Life Looking For 1,000 Pilots At OSH from AVwebFlash Current Issue
One of the themes of this year's EAA AirVenture is the recognition and promotion of public benefit flying and the call is out to everyone who uses their airplane to help others to stand up and be counted in Oshkosh. EAA and the Air Care Alliance, co-sponsors of Fly4Life, are hoping at least 1,000 volunteer pilots and aircraft owners register at the Fly4Life tents on the south side of Aeroshell Square to get recognition for their own efforts and to promote the cause. "Our focus is to provide an awareness-generating opportunity for you and/or your organization and to recognize the GA community for its positive influence on the lives of others," the groups said in a news release.

Former Cessna CEO Meyer Joins Aviation Hall Of Fame from AVwebFlash Current Issue
For 2009, the National Aviation Hall of Fame will induct astronauts Eileen Collings, the late Edward White and movie legend the late Jimmy Stewart, alongside Russ Meyer, who led Cessna Aircraft as chairman and CEO from 1975 to 2003. Cessna had halted production of its piston-powered aircraft amid liability issues that held the manufacturer responsible for aircraft over its entire life. Meyer is credited with helping pass the 1994 General Aviation Revitalization Act, limiting liability for manufacturers and leading Cessna to re-enter the general aviation market. Today, the company has delivered more than 40,000 Cessna 172s to market, making it the most-produced aircraft model in history. Meyer played a role in the development of the "Be A Pilot" program and went on to oversee expansion of Cessna's Citation line, which holds claim to the title of most popular bizjet line in the world. He also originated the Citation Special Olympics Airlift that organized hundreds of Citation owners in their transport of athletes from around the country to the National Special Olympics games. Winner of two Collier Trophies, Meyer was in 1996 inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame and served on three Presidential Commissions. He is a commercial instrument-rated pilot with more than 15,000 hours logged.

Kokomo, Indiana - Western band hosts free air show - Wild said she heard the Marion High School band raises money with an air show, and “they make quite a bit of money for their band.” After speaking with representatives of that organization, she contacted a friend who runs a flight ...

Indiana Guard sends off 38th Combat Aviation Brigade - Indianapolis Star
Nearly eight years later, that path is leading him to Iraq for the first time, with 130 other members of the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, based in Wells' ...

Austria - Air Power 2009 - Zeltweg - 06/26/09 from FenceCheck Forums

B-25 Mitchell from FenceCheck Forums - Some photos from "Martha Jean".

C-17 Glbemaster III from FenceCheck Forums - Celebrating with friends for the 4th of July I was pleasantly surprised in the mid to late afternoon by this C-17 flying over near Rialto airport.

A-10 Thunderbolt II / Warthog from FenceCheck Forums - A little "glazed pork" for you fellas!

Air National Guard (United States Air Force) from FenceCheck Forums - "Tulsa Vipers" taxiing out for 4th of July flyby's.

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