Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Indy Transponder 5-August 0315z

Blue Angels Over Seattle, Over - Seattlest, Seattle
Now we have photographic proof that some Seattleites don't hide under the bed when the jets go by. At our Seafair party, one guy was telling us about how ...

50th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show - Metromix, IL
... with the US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, the F-22 Raptor, the USMC Harrier, the Lima Lima Flight Team, Sean Tucker and Team Oracle and others. ...

New: Lake in the Hills air show grounded a few more years - Northwest Herald, IL
By TIM KANE - tkane@nwherald.com LAKE IN THE HILLS – With the $20-million expansion of the village-owned airport underway, the next air show may not occur ...

Air Show draws big crowds - Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser, Canada
There were more than two dozen static aircraft on display including B-25 Pacific Prowler, made famous from the daring Doolittle Raid on Tokyo that took ...

Prime minister joins Campbell in Victoria to mark BC Day celebrations - The Canadian Press, VICTORIA
Harper is scheduled to meet with the Snowbirds aeronautics team before heading north to Terrace for an event this afternoon. Sunday, members of the Lower ...

Abbotsford, B.C. International Airshow, August 8-10, 2008 from Technorati
The Abbotsford International Airshow in British Columbia , one of Canada's largest airshows, kicks off this upcoming Friday, and it's just a short hop across the border from the Lynden, or Sumas, Washington Border crossings. This is prime, affordable entertainment for Western Washington residents. Featured this year are the USAF Thunderbirds demonstration team, among a large variety of other acts, from high performance jet fighters, to the Boeing-built "Osprey" vertical takeoff or landing ...

Spitfire 70 today from Flight International by Barbara Cockburn
The Supermarine Spitfire entered service with the RAF 70 years ago today.

South Dakota Air & Space Museum features big bombers - Deadwood Magazine, USA
Dwight Eisenhower's personal World War II transport (a converted B-25), an F-86 Sabre (the hero of the Korean War) and a wide array of other aircraft. ...

Wings of Victory offers close look at rare aircraft - Columbus Local News, OH
By NICHOLAS A. LA TORRE Aviation enthusiasts and collectors will gather for the 14th annual Wings of Victory Air Show on Aug. 16 and 17. ...

Air shows and exhibitions in the first week of August - Avionews, Italy
Aerobatic airplanes - "9th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championship". Piastow Airfield, Radom, Poland. + 48 321 51 01 www.egac2008.com - Gliding - "36th ...

Slideshow: B-17 takes flight over Chesapeake - WVEC.com (subscription), VA
The Liberty Belle, a B-17 G, was built toward the end of WWII and never saw any combat. It didn't fly for 38 years. But, after 14 year restoration project, ...

American aviator and astronaut"> Buzz Aldrin, - SmartBrief, DC
I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime. Want to dig deeper? SmartBrief brings you news, research, ...

Kermit Weeks Visits the Bird Cage (Turbine Toucan Hangar)!!! from Turbine Toucan by David Kervinen
You ever wake up on a Monday morning with little expectations other then the typical mountain of work ahead of you for the week? Well, my Monday started off like any other Monday but this was a day that just seemed to get better with time, and for a Monday, that is a rare event!

Budd Wentz and the 'great big whump': A World at War - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH
On April 7, 1945, as W. Budd Wentz piloted his B-17 bomber to a targeted airfield in Germany ... "I just felt this great big whump, and the airplane swayed ...

The Planes of Mojave: Catbird from Mojave Skies by Alan Radecki
While most of the gathered media at the White Knight Two rollout ceremony were focused on Eve and the space ship hidden under the black drape, quietly hanging high overhead and mostly unnoticed by the crowd was a small plane that, in its time, set new standards for efficiency and set two world records which stand to this day. ...

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket motor options revealed from HEADLINES
Paraffin and asphalt based-solid fuels for the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) rocket motor have been tested by Virgin Galactic's prime contractor Scaled Composites. Speaking...

Ex-Dallas Star and Informercial Queen Wants to Pilot Virgin Galactic from 2flytv by 2flytv editor
Victoria Principal, the former Dallas hottie and licensed pilot, has coughed up $200,000 to be among the first passengers to fly on board Virgin Galactic's White Knight Two. But she doesn't just want to hang out in economy. She wants a ticket to the cockpit.

Milestones of Flight: 8/4
from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite


Red Bull Air Racing

Local hero comes unstuck as American wins his second race of the year - guardian.co.uk, UK
Kirby Chambliss flies to victory in the London leg of the Red Bull Air Race. Photograph: Daniel Grund/Reuters. American Kirby Chambliss took victory over ...

Red Bull Race junket praised - Canada.com, Canada Officials in Detroit who helped bring the Red Bull Air Race to this area appear to be in no rush to win back the event's return next year, but applauded ...

NICK & FRANK'S RACE SUMMARY, LONDON from Red Bull Air Race Video Podcast

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 ...

Red Baron hits the sky - Wollondilly Advertiser, Australia ``The Red Bull Extra is similar to the high-performance aircraft seen flying in the Red Bull Air Race. It's a spectacular machine and I hope to showcase it ...

American Chambliss Wins Red Bull Race in London. from Planenews Aviation News Portal American Kirby Chambliss stole the glory at the Red Bull Air Race World Series on Aug. 3 in London after the race favorite hit a pylon and failed to make the finals. With Paul Bonhomme's fall from grace, the competition is wide open for the overall victory with only four races remaining in the season...

Andy Hicks New blog post: Red Bull Air Race

Oshkosh Wrap-up

OSHCast 2008 Aero-TV Feature: WomenVenture! - Aero-News Network, FL
WomenVenture 2008 was developed through a partnership between EAA and Women in Aviation, International, and was officially announced at the WAI convention ...

Oshkosh, Saturday and Sunday from Technorati
Saturday was another good day. Sunday has been a bit of a let down. Saturday was good for lots of reasons--good weather, a productive hour and a half at the Authors' Corner, another great airshow and lots more walking around--but Saturday was also good because Tom Jacobs, an ATA First Officer and International pilot who used to fly with me a lot on the Hawaiian turns, showed up at the Authors' Corner, with his father, an aeronautical engineer. And I also meet up with another old friend from ATA ...

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Indianapolis Aviation

Cook terminal to open Nov. 11 with veterans tribute from News from www.greenfieldreporter.com
The new terminal at the Indianapolis airport named after Hancock County native Weir Cook will open Nov. 11 with a tribute to veterans, the airport announced Monday.

Indy airport to honor veterans with delayed opening from thestarpress.com - Local News

Indy Holds Auction from Aviation Today :: Categories On August 7th, the Indianapolis International Airport will host a public auction to liquidate airport and aircraft maintenance equipment items. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. for inspection, auction...

Plans For Opening of New Indianapolis International Airport Unveiled - Inside INdiana Business (press release), IN T... public with Community Days, an open-house weekend in mid-October, the Indianapolis Airport Authority announced today. The new terminal, named for World ...

Set for Takeoff from Indy Insights by Bill Benner I joined a group of colleagues for a tour of the new Weir Cook Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport this past Friday. In a word ... wow. It's a jaw-dropper.

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