Monday, August 18, 2008

Indy Transponder 17-August 2350z

Alan Henley Update
You'll want to jump over to the journal where Alan's family and friends have been posting updates on his condition. The Sunday, 4:12PM report is very encouraging!

The Making of a Formation Team: Inside the Collaborators - ASB
... Another great day of flying for the Collaborators has come to an end. We started the day with and over water practice. I haven't flown many water shows, so this was a good opportunity to keep working on those skills. The biggest challenge is depth perception. The water looks pretty even so it's much harder to get a sense of how high you are above it. ...

Chicago Air & Water Show - Time Out Chicago, IL
The roaring Navy Blue Angels, the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, and other sky and lake-bound tricksters draw a crowd to the lakefront. ...

Atlantic City gets ready for Air Show 'Thunder' - Press of Atlantic City, NJ
Someone there said, 'Hey, wouldn't it be great to have an air show out here?' 'Yeah, it would be a great idea a year from now,' we said. ...

Air Show Offers Virtual Army Experience - KETV.com, NE
Amid the planes at the Offutt Air Force Base Air Show was a domed building offering visitors a virtual trip inside the United States Army. ...

Vets take trip down memory lane - Beaver County Times, PA
Zych, 52, a former curator at Air Heritage and director of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation in Atlanta, said he has been interested in the Vietnam War, ...

Auction for flight in Red Arrows - BBC News, UK
A flight with the world-renowned Red Arrows acrobatic team will go under the hammer, it has been announced. It is the first time a Red Arrows flight has ...

High-flier gets Red Arrows chance - Hutton Cranswick Today, UK
One person is being offered the chance to fly with the Red Arrows over Lincoln to raise money for injured troops. The Royal Air Force aerobatics team is ...

HOMECOMING FOR BESENYEI from Red Bull Air Race News Returning to his favourite city, Budapest, will be a bittersweet experience for Peter Besenyei in 2008: after an unsuccessful dalliance with the German-built Extra earlier this season, the Hungarian legend is off the pace ahead of the sixth Red Bull Air Race after switching back to his Edge and currently stands in 5th place.

LOCAL HERO PETER BESENYEI from Red Bull Air Race Photos And other photos

BUDAPEST BIRTHDAY BOY from Red Bull Air Race News Even before the racing started at the Red Bull Air Race in Budapest, British pilot Nigel Lamb had something to celebrate: his 52nd birthday. Surrounded by his wife and children, Lamb claimed to live by the old adage that you are only as old as you feel. Age certainly seems not to be slowing Lamb down this season as demonstrated by his fifth place finish in London.

HELMET ART from Red Bull Air Race News Peter Besenyei will wear a colourful hand-painted helmet created by a local porcelain artist at the Red Bull Air Race in Budapest after the design was chosen from 10 entries in a national competition.

WWII icon takes flight - cairns.com.au, Australia
THE roar and spectacle of magnificent flying machines had the crowd in awe during the Mareeba Warbirds Airshow at the weekend. ...

Fly-In lands in Republic Aug. 23-24 - Omak Okanogan County Chronicle, WA
It's time for Wings Over Republic's 9th Annual Fly-In, so get ready for lots of fun this coming Saturday and Sunday, August 23-24 at Republic's Merritt ...

Bacon Strip Ranch - via FunPlacestoFly.com
Halfway between Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada in a remote corner of the Mojave Desert is a place called Bacon Strip Ranch. It's nothing more than a dirt airstrip next to a few cabins and an outhouse surrounded by 100,000 acres of some of the most beautiful and majestic desert land in the Southwest states. ...

Uncontrolled Airspace:The General Aviation Podcast: Uncontrolled Airspace #95 "Wing Walking" from Blogging Pilots
The boys get a report on an interesting airport, go off on wing walkers, and get a surprise visit from a good friend. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #95 "Wing Walking"

LBREPORT.COM Carries Live Webcast Of "Plane Pull" At LB Airport ... - LBReport.com, CA
LB's Second Annual "Plane Pull" was webcast live (streaming video/audio) via NowLive.com, which LBReport.com carried atop our front page with an enlarged ...

Young Eagle event set - Kane County Chronicle, IL
Future Young Eagles Days will be Sept. 28 and Oct. 26. All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The following are comments from the ...

NAS Fort Worth from FenceCheck Forums
Shuttleworth Evening Display 16th August - pics from PPRuNe Forums by Man-on-the-fence
Kecskemet Air Show, Hungary from FenceCheck Forums
Red Flag 08/11/08 - 08/22/08 from FenceCheck Forums
City of Chicago Air & Water Show - ASB
Wings of Victory Air Show - ASB

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