Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Indy Transponder 27-January 0400z

Kemble Air Show is set to expand into a two day event (From Gazette Series) from www.gazetteseries.co.uk
ORGANISERS of Kemble Air Show have confirmed that the event will take place over two days this year.
The 2009 show is now planned for the weekend of 20/21 June.
"Kemble Air Show has outgrown its one day status," says display organiser Glen Moreman. "Being so popular, one day really isn't long enough now for everything we would like to squeeze in." ...

Aero-TV: Stars in The Sky -- YAK ATTACK!! (Part 1) - Aero-News Network, FL
Steve owns/operates the world's first Yak 52TW, is a FAST Lead, an RPA formation check pilot and holds an FAA Statement of Aerobatic Competency. ...

Al Khor Air Show - Sybil & Kriti's Qatari Adventures
...Our mission was the open air flying show on tap. On the way to our destination we noticed some off road car racing going on in the desert. We could see that something was brewing from the distance because of the random plumes of sand flying in the air. ...

Biggest Al Ain Aerobatic Show takes off on 28 January - AME Info, United Arab Emirates
Some of the world's best aerobatics performers will take to the skies over Al Ain on Wednesday as the Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2009 flies into aviation's ...
[2008 air show photo by Arne Bevaart]

Everything you need to know about... Aero GP - Independent
Eight planes race at 300mph just 10 metres above the ground, then use virtual weapons to destroy each other (Top Gun-style), and finally round off with an assault course that includes bombing targets.

Airshow takes wing in Al Ain - The National, United Arab Emirates
Jeff Zaltman, the founder of Aero GP, said the Al Ain airshow was the ideal venue for the new sport becaause of the dune landscape. ...

Air show event not slap in face - Yuma Sun
If so, don't go to the show. The claim that it is a slap in the face of all veterans is offensive. My grandfather died in Belgium at the "Battle of the Bulge" in early 1945.

Aussie astronaut rockets in for airshow - Geelong Advertiser, Australia
Astronaut Andy Thomas will be guest of honour at this year's Australian International Airshow at Avalon. Adelaide-born Thomas is a veteran of four space ...

ND Aviation Hall of Fame honors two - Bismarck Tribune
The Selection Committee of the North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame, at its annual meeting, chose two North Dakotans for their administration, development, promotion and support of the aviation industry. Selected for induction into the hall were Roger L.

Tom Moon in one of his aerobatic planes - Cowra Community News, Australia
A former national aerobatic champion, Mr Moon died when his plane crashed near Temora’s aviation museum at 10:30am AEDT. A Sydney-based chartered accountant ...

Da Vinci Machines Coming to the San Diego Air and Space Museum - AMTOnline.com, MD
SAN DIEGO, CA -- The San Diego Air & Space Museum brings to life Leonardo a Vinci's visions and ideas at The Da Vinci Experience, opening Jan. 31, 2009. ...

Earhart exhibit opening at museum - News-Herald.com
The International Women's Air and Space Museum will tell Earhart's story through artifacts, narrative and photographs in a new exhibit scheduled to run March 13 through Sept.

Aviation museum founders named Port Townsend Citizens of Year - Peninsula Daily, WA
... the Thuottes with the award, joked that they were "not fly-by-night folks," but were instead seriously dedicated to educating youths about aviation. ...

New plans, new chairman for B-29 museum project - Pratt Tribune
By Gale Rose Memorabilia from the 29th Bomb Group will be a centerpiece for the proposed B-29 museum at the parachute shop at the former Pratt Army Air Field. The parachute shop will soon be listed on the state and national record of historic places.

Canadian Air & Space Museum Issues Fundraising Challenge - AMTOnline.com, MD
... for the museum to launch a Revitalization and Expansion Project and transform into a world-class facility known as the Canadian Air & Space Museum. ...

Air Museum schedules meeting - EastOregonian.info (subscription), OR
By TAMMY MALGESINI PENDLETON - People interested in the activities and programs of the Pendleton Air Museum are invited to attend its annual meeting of ...

WW2 fighter pilot lecture and aviation art exhibition - Thurrock Gazette
The event will also see an aviation art exhibition by international acclaimed artist Barry Weekley, who on that day will be releasing his new print depicting Peter Ayerst's Hawker Hurricane during the Battle for France in 1940.

RSAF 40th Anniversary Video - First Generation from Aviation & Aerospace News
I noticed that the previous youtube video on the RSAF's 40th anniversary was very popular so I've decided to include another video from the DVD. This video is 17...

Pilot encourages students to chase sky-high dreams - The Northwest Florida Daily News, FL
At age 12, Larkins had his first experience in the air through the Young Eagles program. "That flight changed my life," Larkins said. ...

America marks half a century jetting cross country from Left Field by David Field
Come fly with me, yes, up, up and away. We miss those days of glamour with a 'u' and an 'a' 'i' and 'r.' We were reminded of them the other day when Argie Hoskins Shumway, a former American Airlines stewardess, I mean flight attendant, posted a new blog with her reminisces of the first cross-country jet flight. American made the flight 50 years ago Sunday with a Boeing 707 between California and New York. The 707 landed at New York's Idlewild (now called JFK) on January 25, 1959, with some celebrities on board, including actress Jane Wyman and a fellow from American named Smith. Above, Mrs. Shumway and the rest of the crew. She's on the right-hand center. ...

Bessie Coleman: a life less ordinary from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman
Today is the birthday of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American female pilot. Born in 1892, the tenth of 13 children, Coleman got the idea of becoming a pilot while reading newspaper articles about World War I pilots. No flight school in the United States would train her, but Coleman didn't let that stop her. She took a French language course in Chicago, then, using her savings and the help of some influential friends, she traveled to France. She learned to fly and got her license in 1921 from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. When Coleman returned to the United States, now a celebrity, she performed in airshows and raised money to open her own flight school. She died in 1926 in an aircraft accident, apparently while flight testing a Curtiss JN-4 (I say "apparently" because there are differing accounts of what exactly happened). Coleman, riding in the rear seat, was not wearing a seat belt. (She may have been unable to see over the cockpit when strapped in.) Her mechanic was flying from the front. A wrench may have fallen into the controls and jammed them; the mechanic lost control of the aircraft, and Coleman fell out. Her mechanic also died in the ensuing crash.
Racial barriers failed to keep Bessie Coleman from taking her place in the sky. What might she have accomplished had she lived to a ripe old age?

CE Interview Ed Harrow Jr., Executive Director and Treasurer ... - Church Executive Magazine, AZ
... particularly working at the university and being around kids who were coming to the air museum, was the impact of finances that are on their lives. ...

It's Warmer in Sebring: Light Sport Aviation Expo from Let's Go Flying by AndrewS
With another week of temperatures in the teens in New York, I figured there was little excuse not t o spend a few days in South Florida, especially since it involved airplanes.
Enroute to Miami, I detoured to Sebring, the location of the 5th annual Light Sport Aviation Expo. Sebring has become an instrumental force in showcasing developments in the LSA category. ...

LSA Sales Down, but Fleet Still Growing from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler
Manufacturers of light-sport aircraft have not escaped the recession. According to several reports, this segment of the aviation industry has not been hit as hard as the manufacturers of heavier general aviation airplanes and the LSA fleet grew by 35 percent in 2008. ...

Remos GX Accident at Sport Aviation Expo - AMTOnline.com, MD
SEBRING, FL – The final day of the US Sport Aviation Expo at Sebring brought shock and sadness to all following a fatal accident in a Remos aircraft. ...

AeroCopter seeks funding for 'mono tiltrotor' from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
AeroCopter is to develop a scale-model flight demonstrator prototype for its mono tiltrotor (MTR) vertical lift-off and landing aircraft following the completion of a detailed design. Read on...

1549's Sullenberger Becomes Honorary Policeman And Seaplane Society Member from Aviation & Aerospace News
The national media covered Chesley Sullenberger's public appearance as the guest of honor at a homecoming celebration held Saturday in the small California town where he and his family live,...
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Pedal Powered Airship from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull... by Ted
The Aeolus airship sports a unique design and human power. Supposedly powered by between 2 and 4 people the helium filled airship boasts a more aerodynamic design so you can pedal yourself to your favorite picturesque oasis. My I wonder if this qualifies as a light sport? ...

1951 Article Promises 'Helicopters for Everybody' (So Long As You're Male) [Retromodo]
from Gizmodo by Jack Loftus
Boing Boing stumbled across this fascinating look at the future of helicopters from an 1951 issue of Mechanics Illustrated. All these babies required to operate was a single seat, small motor and, naturally, a ...

Navy Artwork - US NAVY and MARINES aircraft profiles and Prints from Fence Check
NAS Oceana from Fence Check
Photos: Ski plane fly-in at EAA from The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines
P-40 Flies from Another Time by Dan Linn
RAF Mildenhall from Fence Check
Glider Wing Tip Shot from I'd rather be flying by Doc
Dobbins ARB/NAS Atlanta (KMGE) from Fence Check

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