Monday, July 21, 2008

Indy Transponder 21-July 0345z

National Aviation Hall Of Fame Weekend Enshrinees from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The National Aviation Hall of Fame Saturday conducted its 47th annual enshrinement in Dayton, Ohio, and along with an airline man, a WWII triple-ace and military commander, active air show pilot and general aviation ambassador Sean D. Tucker was on the list. ...

Meacham Field World War Two from Another Time by DT Linn
This picture recently came across my desk. Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas sure was a busy place during World War Two! Just a few Corsairs, Avengers and Wildcats!

Flying Fortress is a first for Wick Airport (John O'Groat Journal) from Aviation & Aerospace News
A PIECE of aviation history was made when an impressive four-engined giant of the skies touched down at Wick Airport on Tuesday night. It's the first time that an American...

Hundreds witness IAF air show - Udayavani, India
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20: An impressive airshow,comprising a spectacular display of combat manoeuvres of frontline aircraft-Sukhoi 30s and Jaguars-- was ...

Win A Vintage 172, Or Support 1940 Air Terminal Museum from AVwebFlash Current Issue
If you want to win a vintage 1957 Cessna 172, your chances are one in 2,500 (as of Saturday). The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas, Saturday announced the new contest along with the winner of its prior and first annual "Win Your Own Plane" raffle. Joe Montano of Pearland, Texas, won a 1947 Cessna 140 over the weekend. ...

One Small Step for Neil from DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
39 years ago this evening, I was sitting down in front of the TV with my parents (a *very* rare thing in our family) watching this on our little television. I was about 15 years old and Neil's first step was merely the fulfillment of what I knew NASA would do. I realized it was a "big deal", but being a kid, I didn't really recognize just how big. I suppose it's all that much more important because we stopped flying there and haven't been back. ...

Barnstormer makes it to Minnesota from Letters from Flyover Country by Bob Collins
J.W. French, whose barnstorming messages I've been posting in a willy nilly fashion over the last few weeks, completed his mission to fly to all 48 lower states when he arrived in South Dakota Friday night. ...

Book Excerpt: Hell Hawks! - Air & Space
How P-47s became the tank busters of World War II

Pilot Leaves Controls To Rescue Tangled SkyDiver from AVwebFlash Current Issue
A British soldier and jump instructor participating in a parachute competition in Germany got hung up on the landing gear of his jump aircraft, reportedly a Britten-Norman Islander, and was rescued by the only person left on the aircraft -- its pilot. ...

Flight Level 390: Bird Strike from Blogging Pilots
Night time bird strikes....

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