Saturday, August 2, 2008

Indy Transponder 2-August 2200z




Female Pilots Gather, Set World Record from Planenews Aviation News Portal
Jill Long says we need more PDA. That is public displays of aviation. Friday morning’s gathering of female pilots, current, non-current and student, was just that, a very large PDA that set a world record...

3000 pilots, one mission: Encourage women in aviation Oshkosh Northwestern, WI
The event, called WomenVenture, was the result of a collaboration between the Experimental Aircraft Association and Women In Aviation to raise the ...

Spitfire Continues to Captivate Crowds.from Planenews Aviation News Portal A newly restored Spitfire Mk. V fighter captured a crowd of admirers at a Warbirds in Review session Wednesday. The fighter’s place in history, and in the collective English consciousness, was highlighted by speaker Adam Smith, former EAA AirVenture Museum director and current vice president of membership...

Rocket Racer Takes to the Skies. from Planenews Aviation News Portal
A rocket-powered racer will take the skies again for the air show crowd at Oshkosh, Wisc. this weekend, fresh from its public debut on Tuesday. Veteran pilot Rick Searfoss piloted the ship, powered by a liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engine developed by XCOR Aerospace, through a straightforward flight pattern on Tuesday that lasted approximately ten minutes from takeoff to landing...

Nemesis sets worlds record at Oshkosh from DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
Jon Sharp, coming back from a kidney transplant last year, sets the worlds record for class C-1b aircraft at 356mph. That was pretty good, considering he had a direct cross wind gusting up to 25 mph. He said it’s as rough a ride he’s ever had in an airplane. No doubt he can break the record again someday. He claims he’s done 390mph at Reno. Story at
Airventure.com.

Rocket Racer ready to fly from RLV and Space Transport News
The Rocket Racer is about to start its flight. Listen to Granger Whitelaw at
AirVenture Radio. [Update 4:15pm: The last demo flight is over and was nicely done. Congrats to the Rocket Racing League and XCOR for their successful inaugural flights this week.]

Rocket racer back in action today from RLV and Space Transport News
The final demo flight at Oshkosh of the Bridenstine DKNY Rocket Racer will take place today at 2:30 pm (3:30pm ET). I expect that
AirVenture radio will have another live broadcast. Haven't come across a video of Friday's flight but here are some pictures:/-- Oshkosh in Pictures - The Launch Pad - Will Pomerantz/-- Rocker Racer flies at Oshkosh - Personal Spaceflight/-- Rocket Racing at Oshkosh, 2008 August 1 - a set on Flickr - Jeff Foust

More Blue Angels on My Behance Portfolio
I have several shots from today's Blue Angels practice over Lake Washington on my Behance Portfolio . I am probably going back tomorrow for more! I will keep you posted. I am hoping to get another creative portfolio shoot in tomorrow also.

Warbirds Spectacular” Happens Today CBS 5 - Green Bay, WI Some of the world's greatest aviation museums and collections including the Commemorative Air Force, Lone Star Flight Museum, and Cavanaugh Flight Museum ...

The right stuff at eight Gs Courier Mail, Australia Personally, having gone up for a spin (in this case that's a literal term) in a little plane while covering the Red Bull Air Race in Perth a couple of years ...


In pictures: Red Bull Air Race BBC News, UK Briton Paul Bonhomme's aeroplane flies past the markers placed in the River Thames as he takes part in the fifth leg of the world race. ...

Red Bull gives Yahoo! wings Media In Canada, Canada Yahoo! will be on-site this weekend at the second annual Red Bull Flugtag (flying day) Yahoo! staff will be filming the shenanigans (people trying to "fly" ...

LONDON: LIVE FROM QUALIFYING 16:51 Tomorrow’s racing is going to be interesting: local boy Bonhomme will be looking to keep ahead of Austrian Arch while Mangold will be hoping to pull another fast time on the course he won at last year. Qualifying has shown up the potential of some outsiders too: watch Nigel Lamb, Nicolas Ivanoff and Alejandro Maclean to see if they can maintain their newfound improved form.

BONHOMME IN POLE POSITION Britain’s Paul Bonhomme won the pole position on Saturday for the Red Bull Air Race in London on Sunday after posting the fastest time in Qualifying on the course over the River Thames in front of 17,500 spectators. Hannes Arch of Austria was second and American Mike Mangold took third. Nigel Lamb of Britain was fourth.


In pictures: Red Bull Air Race BBC News, UK Nicholas Ivanoff from France swoops over the 02 dome in Greenwich, south-east London, during the qualifying stages of the fifth annual Red Bull Air Race ...

Evansville airport upgrades security technology from Indianapolis Business Journal Latest News
The Evansville Regional Airport is getting a new high-tech security system that features facial recognition technology. The new system, which officials expect to cost around $75,000, will replace the old videocassette recorder system that has been in place since 1992. Under the old security measures, employees would have to search through tapes to find specific moments of time. ...

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