Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Indy Transponder 29-July 2359z



Continuing OSHKOSH news is consolidated HERE! Updated throughout the day!

The latest updates on Alan Henley from Team AeroShell have been posted also.

Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft - The Associated Press
... Two mothership before a crowd of engineers, dignitaries and space enthusiasts at the Mojave Air & Space Port in the high desert north of Los Angeles. ...
Much more coverage here!

Air pioneer Ringenberg dies - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN
And as late as last month, Ringenberg competed in the 2312-mile women-only Air Race Classic, flying from Bozeman, Mont., to Mansfield, Mass., and finishing ...
Farewell to a legend - News Sentinel, IN

Blue Angels arrive at WA's Boeing Field - KNDO/KNDU, WA
AP - July 28, 2008 9:15 PM ET SEATTLE (AP) - The US Navy's Blue Angels arrived in Seattle today, landing at Boeing Field near the Museum of Flight. ...

Beware the Low-Flying Planes—Blue Angels in Town - Seattlest, Seattle
The Seattle Times is reporting that the Blue Angels have arrived. Boy howdy! We're thanking our lucky stars that we're heading to Portland for the weekend ...

FWC Report - July 30, 2008 - Santa Rosa Press Gazette, FL
From July 11-13, the annual Pensacola Blue Angels Air Show drew the largest attendance on record. Excellent weather and patriotism provided the atmosphere ...

Planes alight next week in anticipation of annual Air Show - The Oregonian
As the dog days of summer come to a close, the birds of the Oregon International Air Show will be touching down at the Hillsboro Airport as part of the ...

BRAY AIR DISPLAY 2008 via Technorati
See Slide show

Snowbirds attend Northern Skies Air Show, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada - Aviation.ca, Canada
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds traveled to Yellowknife for their northern-most show of the 2008 season on Saturday, July 19th. Despite the initial presence ...

NASA - 50 years old today via DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
Google celebrates with one of their famous custom logos:
Story at Scientific American.
Amazingly, NASA doesn't seem to have anything special on their web site, at least till you read down a bit.

Air Zoo tour illuminates aviation for Mich. unit via CAP News Online by Dan Bailey
Muskegon Composite members view vintage aicraft, try out simulators ...

Dozier Takes A Dive - mediabistro.com, NY
If you were looking up recently, you might have seen CBS' Kimberly Dozier jumping out of a place with the US Army's Golden Knights. ...

Art Show to follow fly-in breakfast Sunday - Cresco Times Plain Dealer, IA
By Sara Daehn The 47th Annual Cresco Fine Arts Show and the 27th Annual Fly-in Breakfast will both be held this Sunday. The Fly-in Breakfast, ...

Nephew, memories on a high in B-24 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN
It would be accompanied by a B-17, B-25 and a P-51. The World War II craft, part of a Wings of Freedom Tour presented by the Collings Foundation, ...

Wings of Freedom Tour coming to Auburn - WANE, IN
The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell and North American P-51 ...

Historic B-17 bases in Webster Co. this week - Daily Freeman Journal, IA
But those engineers had no idea all that would be asked of the B-17 and the men who would fly them. Looking back at the statistics, it is almost hard to ...

Piece of history on display - Troy Record, NY
ALBANY - Area residents were likely surprised to see a World War II B-17 bomber cruising the skies at about 2000 feet Monday. The restored historic aircraft ...

Taking a 'Sentimental Journey' - Fort Dodge Messenger, IA
He said the ''Sentimental Journey'' is probably the first functioning B-17 he's seen since the war ended. Richard Gadbury, of Fort Dodge, flew in the nose ...

B17 bomber brings back memories- Chester DailyLocal.com, USA
One, the very moving site of a World War II B17 bomber cruising the skies over Chester County, which gave me very strong feelings of nostalgia and two, ...

Rare planes restored at Pensacola naval air museum - Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA
The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team performs outside the museum at 8:30 am on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the summer and fall. ...

Plane detail artwork evokes memories - Wrightstown Post Gazette, WI
One of Foster's favorite creations was a painting of a B-25 flown by the Doolittle Raiders surrounded by the faces of every member of the crew that bombed ...

Aero-TV Heads Skyward With The Rocket Racing League - Aero-News Network, FL
Founded in 2005 by two-time Indianapolis 500 champion team owner Granger Whitelaw and aerospace pioneer and X PRIZE Foundation founder Dr. Peter Diamandis, ...

Young Eagles to take flight at the Montague Airport - Siskiyou Daily News, CA
Harrison Ford, the actor, is the National Young Eagles Chairman. Locally, the Young Eagle flights are sponsored by Siskiyou County Chapter 654 of the EAA ...

Two US Students Complete 2008 Internship with EADS Socata in ... - AMTOnline.com, MD
The EAA Young Eagles program was launched in 1992 to provide first-hand general aviation experience for young people. This activity is offered free of ...

Milestones of Flight: 7/29
via Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite on 7/29/08

Area pilot, who flew 3-day benefit race, likes view from above - Nashua Telegraph, NH
Today, she flies them – and recently participated as a co-pilot in an approximately 2300-mile three-day air race from Bozeman, Mont., to Mansfield, Mass., ...

July 30, 1945 - USS Indianapolis was destroyed - Sify, India
On July 30, 1945, during World War II, the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on ...

Pat Shingleton for July 29, 2008 - 2TheAdvocate, LA
If not for the moon, the USS Indianapolis, delivering the first atomic bomb to Tinian Island, would have passed unnoticed. Nine hundred of the 1200 sailors ...

Emergency landing for small plane at Indianapolis International Airport via WTHR
A scare for some passengers on a small plane when the landing gear collapsed during an emergency landing at Indianapolis International Airport Monday night.

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PILOTS EXPECTATIONS LONDON
via Red Bull Air Race Video Podcast

Soaraway success at Wallop airshow - Basingstoke Gazette, UK
By Dick Bellringer IT was glorious weather for the return of Music in the Air on Saturday after a break of one year. A break with tradition was the decision ...

Pier's landward end to re-open by weekend - Weston & Somerset Mercury, UK
It has also been announced that the Red Arrows display on August 27 will go ahead, supported by the Michael family. The Carter's Steam Fair, which was due ...

Airshow crowds donated more than £80000 - Norwich Evening News, UK
Organisers of this year's Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival have hailed it as a record-smashing success, saying it was by far the best event in its 12-year ...

2008 Farnborough Airshow Photo Gallery
via Technorati

Grey days spoil big weekend - SLIDESHOW - Sunderland Echo, UK
Margaret, a retired phone operator, said: "I've been coming to the airshow since it started, when it used to be held down near Nissan. ...

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