Saturday, January 10, 2009

Indy Transponder 10-January -0100z

F-16s will mark rites for distinguished military flier - Arizona Daily Star, AZ
Retired colonel Ralph D. "Hoot" Gibson, a Korean War flying ace and former lead pilot for the US Air Force Thunderbirds, who founded a local real estate ...
Thunderbirds to return to Hillsboro air show - The Oregonian
by Roger Gregory, The Oregonian HILLSBORO -- The US Air Force Thunderbirds will return to the Oregon International Air Show set for Aug. ...

Tuscaloosa's First Airshow 2009 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Only 85 days to go until showtime and things are getting hectic according to Tuscaloosa Airport Manager, Wayne Cameron. During the December '08 ICAS convention, the US Navy announced the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport had been selected to host the Blue Angels on April 4 and 5th, 2009. Tuscaloosa was one of 36 sites from a pool of over 300 requests. Organizers expect the Blue Angels and Golden Knight airshow will draw tens of thousands of visitors and generate millions of dollars to the regional economy.

Power Jacks Lift The Red Arrows To New Heights - Materials Handling World Magazine, UK
When the Red Arrows needed new pilot access and plane maintenance platforms Power Jacks were called in to engineer the best lifting solution. ...

Blue Angels Visit Redding - KHSL
Two members of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team flew in from Seattle to discuss their upcoming performance. The Blue Angels have flown in eight ...

Airshow entry fee to be scrapped - BBC News, UK
An airshow which flopped when visitors were charged an entry fee for the first time in its 16-year history is to be free again this summer. ...

First U.S. Flight Anniversary Today from Aviation Today
But wait a minute, that's not right. The Wright Bros. flew on December 17. Right? But today marks the anniversary of the first manned flight in America in 1793. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard, accompanied by a...

Centennial of Flight in Canada Featured On Royal Canadian Mint's First Collector Coins Of 2009
from Headline News - Canada's Air Force, National Defence
The Royal Canadian Mint today released its first new collector coins and gift products of 2009, choosing the centennial of flight in Canada as the theme of its highly anticipated 2009 Proof Silver Dollar.

World famous fighter jet comes to Warbird Museum - Hometown News, FL
It helped the US gain the advantage in air battles, said Terry Yon, public relations officer for the Valiant Air Command Warbirds Museum, where one such jet ...

Yanks Air Museum and U.S. Governement Settles F-14 Seizure in Chino from Aviation & Aerospace News
Yanks Air Museum and the United States Government have resolved their differences related to two F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft that Yanks claimed it had previously purchased.Yanks will waive further claim...

Latest News from Pacific Flyer, CA
Veteran pilot to soar in a Spitfire again - Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
'I still regard them as the most beautiful aeroplane in the world.' A decorated World War II Spitfire pilot, wounded in battle after his plane was shot down ...

Reheat Memory from reheat by WireFox
Reheat memory is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire showing the Russel Carpenter T.5 Lightning ...

Warbird memory Fairford 07 from Warbirdworld by WireFox
Three shots of 'Miss Velma' at Fairford 2007 my very last visit ever again, however at he time of this series of shots I was calm very happy not knowing that within a few hours it was all going to go 'pear-shaped' and the day ruined. Included a shot with no 'Dick Spanners' or 'Terence Technicals' around it, however if you look closer you will see that TFC bloke who walks like John Cleese doing 'that walk' and in the other some 'Big Shot' from the US of A who we all have come to Love over here in the UK in recent years, yes it's him 'Shipley' after the duo with the F-15 earlier.

'Miss Helen' under cover. from Warbirdworld by WireFox
Bent 'Miss Helen' P-51D Mustang has now been moved into a hangar from the 'cold' with talk of
it being dismantled prior to going home wherever that is, possible Filton or maybe Hardwick ?
for long repair has it seems to have had quite a 'wack' during its Landing at the Legends Sunday Show. Hope for the future, oh yes. How very kind of the I.W.M, pity they could not have done that weeks ago, after all she was damaged on active service at Duxford during the Sundays Legends. At least its not semi out in the frost and getting 'bird-shit' all over it.

International Artists Airshow from Airshow
2nd International Artists Airshow (07:36)Push play or go toYouTube.the second InternationalArtists Airshow, a day of projects by artists from around the world which had been commissioned to reflect the "explosive and ephemeral nature of Gunpowder Park" - and, more importantly, it was a day to investigate through art the "almost impossible dream of flight". (One area of particular interest for Arts Catalyst in recent years has been the development of art projects that investigate 'Air and Space')

That New Black Magic - Air & Space
In the early years of the cold war, enter Kelly Johnson and an clean sheet of paper--long enough to accommodate an 80-foot wingspan.

Vote supports Air Force One museum - WWAY NewsChannel 3, NC
New Hanover County commissioners are in favor of bringing an Air Force One museum to Wilmington. Monday night they voted to support the proposed museum. ...

747-8I v. A380 - Air Force One replacement battle kicks off from Flightblogger by Jon Ostrower
Search Begins for New 'Air Force One' from Wired: Danger Room by David Axe
Related Story Yesterday on the Indy Transponder

Travolta plans private memorial for son in Florida - The Associated Press
It was unclear whether any celebrities would fly in for the funeral. Travolta, an avid pilot, bought the house because of the community airstrip and ...
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Variety - The Spice of Flight (and Flight Training) from Let's Go Flying by Steve Tupper

Milestones of Flight: 1/9 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

Blue Angel #7 stopping by.. - from Fence Check
MiGs! from Fence Check


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