Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Indy Transponder 10-March 0340z


Yuma Air Show to attempt 'wall of flame' record - KSWT-TV, AZ
The air station will try to break a Guinness World Record with a nearly 2-mile "wall of flame" at its 47th annual air show on Saturday. The air station says the wall will be made up of dynamite, electric blasting caps and 20000 feet of detonation cord. ...

TICO air show gets OK for takeoff this weekend - Florida Today
BY AMANDA STRATFORD • FLORIDA TODAY • March 9, 2009 A dilemma over airspace restrictions has been resolved between NASA and the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Organizers of the 32nd annual TICO Warbird Airshow scheduled for Friday through Sunday ...

Avalon set for blast off - Geelong Advertiser, Australia
AVALON Airshow organisers predict this week's event will fly in the face of the economic downturn, losing just a handful of exhibitors from two years ago. They hope to come within 10 per cent of the $120 million boon they delivered to the state in 2007 ...

Local Air Show Expected To Be US's Largest - News4Jax.com, FL
What's shaping up to be the largest air show in the United States this year will be landing in Jacksonville's Cecil Field next month. The weekend of April 18, the national spotlight will be on Jacksonville as Cecil Field hosts 2009's largest air show ...

WINGS WHEELS ROTORS & EXPO (WWRE-2009) - Helicopter Association International, VA
All activities will take place on the flight line on Los Alamitos Army Airfield (KSLI). Los Alamitos Army Airfield is the last remaining military airfield in the greater LA/Orange County areas with the longest runways in The OC. ...

MORGENTHALER TAKES FLIGHT - Basszone.com, OK
However, nothing could have prepared him for the ride he went on during the last week in February when he was invited to fly with the world famous Blue Angels at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. Morgenthaler's adventure began last October, ...

Vulcan set to star at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Daily Echo, UK
By Paula Roberts » THE iconic Vulcan aircraft is set to grace the skies over the region at this summer's Bournemouth Air Festival. The Vulcan was intended to be one of the stars of last year's festival but her visit was cancelled because there were no ...

RAF Harrier returns to the Display Circuit from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK
Here is the full story of the RAF Harrier Season 2009 – minus any conjecture, misinformation and wishful thinking. Plans have been fairly solid for a few weeks but a couple of fairly significant issues needed to squared away. I have held back posting on this subject because I wanted to publish the full picture. However, rumour is everywhere so will give the current position.

Don Fraser hopes airline show soars - Geelong Advertiser, Australia
The public show will kick off on Friday afternoon, when more than 400 military and commercial aircraft will be on static display, characters like Jet Man the human flying machine, Kent Pietsch the comedic Interstate Cadet "Jelly Belly" pilot and an ...

Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow - New Zealand from www.warbirdsoverwanaka.com
Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow 2010 will be a must-see airshow.
For three days over Easter, Lake Wanaka will become centre-stage for an extravaganza of aerial action that will delight both aviation buffs, families and those wanting a superb days entertainment. At Warbirds Over Wanaka you are so close to the continuous action you feel like you are in the pilot's seat. ...

TBM Avenger Down in Millville, NJ from Pilots of America Message Board by GMascelli
For those of you who made the April 08 "No Guts No Glory" lunch run and vintage aircraft tour over at Millville, NJ I ask that you please keep Terry in your thoughts and prayers. He was the pilot that gave us the tour and history of all the vintage aircraft in the hangar that day. ...

World War II-era planes stopping at Southeast Texas Regional Airport - Beaumont Enterprise, tx
Flights on either the B-17 or B-24 are $425 per person. Flights on the B-25 are $400 for the front fuselage and $325 for the waist gun section of the plane. For reservations and information on flight experiences call 800-568-8924.

AAF Station 131 Nuthampstead UK from 8th Rememberance by WireFox
If your in the Royston area looking for signs of 8th Air Force action, then go up the A10 from Royston for around 5 miles out, you will see it sign-posted for Nuthampstead. This still active former USAAF airfield was once the welcoming home of the 55 Fighter Group and also later on, the 398th Bombardment Group (Heavy) with their B-17 bombers. There are a lot of signs of the wartime use of this airfield all around the site. Old taxi-ways can be seen very easy, and the long, part-grassed runways can still be made out. An air traffic control building is right on the former main runway and is still in use today. Old out buildings are to be seen also here and there, and like Steeple Morden, sadly no tower remains ...

AAF Station 122 Steeple Morden UK from 8th Rememberance by WireFox
If you travel along the A505 from Royston to the A1(M) road with the electrified railway-line on the right-hand side of you, you will soon see a cross-over junction to the right marked Steeple Morden. Take care at this junction for you must judge a 'gap' in the on-coming traffic well. Once you have made the turn, carry on past the 'Jester' public house/hotel, over the railway-crossing until you come to the small village of Steeple Morden. When you see the church on the left as you come into the village, turn right into Cheney Lane. Go past the village name-post for about a mile if that, and you will come across the memorial wall erected by we British with the blessing of the 355th Fighter Association. Wonderful Mustang memorial is there for all to see, and on that please show respect and close the entrance gate behind you. Apart from the three white painted 'nissen' huts there is very little left building-wise. Although there are signs of taxi-ways still to be seen. There is a airfield plan at the site of the memorial so you can get an idea of the scale of the airfield. Long gone are the sounds of P-47s and P-51s around the area, exept on a second saturday and sunday of the month of July, when aircraft from the 'Flying Legends' airshow may be seen in the distance. 8th Rememberance visited the memorial to place a floral tribute on this day 8-3-09 with the wind howling on that sunny but very cold March day.
This floral tribute was made to say thanks to the efforts of the group and other outfits on the base during the war, but more important, for the 'Fallen' and the Missing out there wherever they may lay. ...

World War II vet finds he was due for Distinguished Flying Cross ... - Austin American-Statesman, TX
He learned to fly in the Army Air Forces because the Air Force wasn't created until 1947, he said. During 1944 and 1945, he lived in a Quonset hut in England with nine other men, he said. "We were young enough not to be too frightened," he said. ...

Los Angeles Times Magazine Article from The Aviation Nation by Annie Jacobsen
I have a piece in yesterday's Los Angeles Times Magazine about almost-unbelievable, black operations in Burbank, California circa 1960 for which I interviewed the early pioneer of stealth technology himself, Edward Lovick.
Lovick just turned 90-years old! To celebrate, he started blogging. ...

Remembering the Concorde - World Hum, CA
I saw a Concorde for the fist time this weekend, on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Inside the plane, I was struck by the narrow, claustrophobic cabin in the pencil-thin fuselage, the tiny windows and tightly packed ...

Polmar on the C-130 from Defense Tech by lowe
There should be an expression, "Build a better airplane, and people will fly it." Today the "better" airplane in the medium-range/lift category is the same airplane that has held that spot for a half century-the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. In continuous production since 1954, the "Herc" has enjoyed the longest production run of any airplane in history with almost 60 nations currently flying the aircraft. ..

Love is in the Air from Aviation Today
Maverick Helicopters, a Las Vegas-based operator, will not only fly couples to the Grand Canyon, among other places, but also the company's in-house wedding...

NASA TV Provides Coverage of Next Soyuz Launch and Landing Events from NASA Breaking News
NASA Television will air the launch of the next residents of the International Space Station and the return of the current station crew.

Military Aircraft at Williams-Gateway Airport from FenceCheck Forums
Red Flag 09-3 from FenceCheck Forums
The Black Knights on Flickr - Photo Sharing! from Google
Looping flaring and glaring (via Flickr favorites) from FlightBlogger - FriendFeed

NEW: Small plane crashes Saturday in Putnam County from Terre Haute News
An 80-year-old pilot was injured when his small airplane crashed in a farm field in Putnam County west of Indianapolis.Indiana State Police say Walter E. Fritz of Indianapolis had possible broken arms and legs and a cut to the head following the accident Saturday. He was listed in good condition following surgery at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis.

Busier French Lick Airport expanding terminal from Indianapolis Business Journal Latest News
A new French Lick Airport terminal designed to serve a growing number of travelers to southern Indianas Springs Valley will be nearly five times the size of the current facility built more than 40 years ago.It kind of had fallen on bad times and is not the image we like to project as we move forward to become a destination location ...

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