Saturday, January 31, 2009

Indy Transponder 31-January 0400z

AirCommand I to Support Cecil Field Airshow from admin
[Photo by Merelymere]
AirCommand I recently added itself to the long list of airshow professionals donating their skills and expertise to the Cecil Field Airshow. The event, to be held April 18th and 19th in Jacksonville, FL is in support of the Alan Henley Foundation — a charitable organization whose sole purpose is to benefit Alan's treatment and his family. Alan Henley is lead pilot for the AeroShell Team. Tragically, he was paralyzed from the chest down while playing with his children at home in July, 2008. AirCommand I will be stationed at show center, serving as show control for the event. More information about this event is available at http://www.cecilfield.aero/index.html.
AirCommand I to Host Show Control for Branson Air Show from airsupport.com
The First Annual Branson Air Show will set the stage for the grand opening of the Branson Airport on May 8-10, 2009. As the first privately financed and operated commercial airport in the United States, Branson will kick off it’s grand opening by featuring performers such as the USAF Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Patty Wagstaff, John Klatt — Air National Guard and many more. AirCommand I will serve as show control, housing the airboss, narrators and other operations personnel for the event. For more information on this event go to Bransonairshow.com.

Hawk One F-86 Sabre coming to St. Thomas airshow! by kswayze
Get your cameras ready… there’s golden Sabre coming to visit St. Thomas for the June 20-21, 2009 airshow…
That’s also the weekend for the Canadian Warplane Heritage Wings and Wheels show… looks like I’m going to pray for good weather, pack lots of sunscreen and plan to make it a doubleheader…
And the airshow at CFB Trenton looks like a go July 4-5, 2009, based on a Canadian Forces web site.

Chute-In Perfect for Pilots and Spectators Alike - Hurricane Valley Journal, UT
This is the first fly-in I've been to this year that we've actually been able to fly the whole day,every day.The conditions have just been excellent. ...

Emergency team in place for air show - Times of India
The administration has also formed emergency flying squads to monitor the situation outside the premises of the aero show. Emergency static squads have been established at five strategic points, outside the periphery of the air show.

High flying pilot mourned - St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, Australia
BY MARK BARBELIUK CHAMPION aerobatic pilot Tom Moon, 51, from Cronulla, was described as a wonderful person, a brilliant pilot and a great Australian at his ...

Air crash photographer was 'best dad in world' - The Evening Telegraph
THE eight-year-old son of a photographer killed in an air tragedy in the United States has paid a heartbreaking tribute to "the best dad in the world". Stephen Fletcher (44), a freelance aviation photographer from Baston, near Stamford, died after the light aircraft he was travelling in crashed after take-off at an air show in Florida at 7.45am local time on Sunday. ...
Taking off from Patty Wagstaff
News of Kenya and our trip in a few weeks, unless I get access to a computer over there and can send updates...

Trip Report: Sport Aviation Expo from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull... by Jason
If you weren't in Sebring last weekend for the Sport Aviation Expo you missed out! It had a dizzying array of LSA models from powered parachutes to the next generation of GA training aircraft to luxury cross country machines. Read on for a preview of some of the articles you can look forward to seeing over the next couple days.

Exhibits and gallery listings - Ventura County Star, CA
WORLD WAR II AVIATION MUSEUM: The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has hangars devoted to preserving, maintaining, displaying and ...

Six New Trustees Appointed to Board of National World War I Museum ... - Kansas City infoZine
Mr. Bloch joined the Army Air Corps shortly after the United States entered World War II. Serving in the Eighth Air Force as a navigator on B-17 bombers, he flew 31 combat missions over Germany, three of them over Berlin.

Generations in the Sky - AOPA Pilot
Gayle so enjoys competitive flying that she missed her college graduation to participate in the Angel Derby air race with her mother. ...

VIDEO:: Fly past at new school - Doncaster Today, UK
AN RAF fly-past marked the official opening of Hill House St Mary's School today. The school has been operating from the former RAF officers' mess at RAF ...

A venerable C-130 makes its final run from Air Force Link Top Stories
After 47 years of service without a single hit, a with the 386th Expeditionary Operations Group here has flown its last combat mission and will be retired to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
Airmen in the 386th EOG and 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron celebrated the retirement of aircraft no. 1847 by dousing the aircraft with a deluge of water from two fire trucks as it taxied in from its final mission.
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VIDEO: Nevada's Minden pursues fire-fighter role for BAe 146 - from Aviation & Aerospace News
British Aerospace's 146 is nearing new life as an aerial fire-fighter following the sale of an aircraft to US tanker converter and operator Minden Air

Court case to decide future for Luke AFB from Air Force Times - News
PHOENIX — The future of Luke Air Force Base is on trial in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Astronauts Call Arizona Students From Space Station from NASA Breaking News

Student Teams Shoot For Team America Rocketry Challenge Final - Aero-News Network, FL
A total of 653 teams from 45 states and the District of Columbia have registered for the 2009 Team America Rocketry Challenge, the seventh installment of ...

Aeropac Rocket Club grants for educational payload launches from RLV and Space Transport News
The Kentucky Space blog points to a program at the AeroPac Rocket Club that provides mini-grants of $2500 to support student payloads on the organization's ARLISS (A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites) sounding rockets.

Father Comes Back from Iraq as Birthday Gift from Military Photos
Giants eggs? - AvioNews
Ramstein AFB 29th January from Fence Check
P-40 Warhawk from Fence Check

AMC commander underscores airlift's importance to the Pacific theater - Sourdough Sentinel, AK
General Lichte also met with Air Force Reserve Airmen from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., operating the KC-135 Stratotanker. "They're doing a fantastic job ...


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