Monday, June 29, 2009

Indy Transponder 28-JUN-09 2300z


High times in Helena - Helena Independent Record
His looping performance was followed by the Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team, with members free-falling thousands of feet before deploying ...

IR reporter all smiles as she puts her life in hands of soldier - Helena Independent Record
I'd accepted the invitation to tandem jump with the Army's Golden Knights a number of weeks ago. The conversation, as I recall, was a bit surreal, ...

Charmon Rene Helmick-Pentecost - Helena Independent Record
Her efforts are apparent this weekend as the USAF Thunderbirds perform in the skies above Helena. Char was tragically killed in a highway accident and will ...

Biggin Hill Airshow - or not -28th June 2009 from PPRuNe Forums by Tempsford
3 1/2 hours after leaving home (left at 09:30 to be there in good time), close to saying forget it and come home, I arrived at Biggin Hill Airshow today. Had pre-paid taickets with 'A' Car Park Pass. Never saw a sign for 'A' Car Park and was told 'look just park there mate'. #3 Son had to buy a ticket. Hundreds of people coming in at this particular gate - 3 people selling tickets- 1 with a Credit Card Machine. Absolute mayhem!
Made our way to the display line - absolutely chock a block. Nowhere to stand let alone sit.
Then was told that the gates had shut - probably leaving a loy of very hacked off people outside.
Then it got even better, we already knew that the B17 was u/s, but we were then informed so was the Lacaster and surprise surprise, the Vulcan. Watch the mini migration home when some folks heard that the Vulcan was a no show. And yes, I do know that aerplanes go u/s.
Was there a positive at all today? Yes, one. The Virgin B747 in formation with the Arrows, that was it. Well done to the folk involved with that.
Over 30 years of airshows, been to Biggin many times before. By far the worst air show I have ever been to and probably won't bother with Biggin again, ever!

ALL BY NOSE upwards: the Frecce Tricolori ARRIVING - Lecce Prima
All set for the "Skies of Otranto", which sees the return of the Martyrs in the town of Frecce Tricolori. Still some uncertainty on the event due to bad weather

Line-up for seafront air show - TeleText
Organisers of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival have announced this year's full line-up for the July 23-24 event. The Red Arrows will close the five-hour ...

Line-up announced for town air show - Fenland Today
The Red Arrows will close the five-hour flying programme on the 23rd and open the schedule the next day. Other highlights include the Lancaster, ...

Reveille : The 'Mustangs' of the Philippine Air Force / Ramon J ... - Inquirer.net
Aircraft and pilots were plentiful and in 1956, the Fifth Fighter Wing was able to put up 74 Mustangs for the Independence Day flypast. ...

ND WWII vets share stories for documentary - Air Force News
... The documentary opens with Jack Bazer, a waist gunner on a bomber, describing a battle in which he was shot in the chest by a German fighter. The film includes William Faulkner, who showed up for the interview in military dress, having just come from honoring a fellow veteran at a funeral. It includes the memories of Christian Stenberg, a mild-mannered Norwegian farmer who saw a year of straight combat, and Barney Bertinuson's emotional stories as a medic in New Guinea, Shimek said he is most nervous about how veterans and their families will receive the film because of the personal nature of some of the stories.
"They had to see horrible things, and now they are 86 years old and they still haven't forgotten them. What we have asked of them is really incredible," Shimek said. ...

Heroes honoured on Armed Forces Day - Essex Echo
... as veterans of historic conflicts joined active servicemen and women at highlights including an Armed Forces parade and a fly-past by the Red Arrows. ...

Angel Flights are important to rural Minnesota - DL-Online
These flights are part of General Aviation (GA), which includes all flying except the scheduled airlines and the military. Right now, GA is being imperiled ...

Recognition near for WWII-era WASP pilots from Air Force Times - News
AUSTIN, Texas — Susie Bain found her place in the sky when she was 21.

Falmouth Week new sponsor for Champagne Race - Falmouth Penryn Packet
" The Red Arrows display, which has been sponsored by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, will open the RNLI Fun Night at 6.15pm, heralding an evening of fun ...

Missing Apollo 11 telemetry and video tapes - FOUND! from DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
They were found in a storage warehouse in Perth Australia, after being recorded at the NASA facility in Parks Australia (you should see the movie about this called "The Dish" - it's funny and tells a bit of real history about the event). The people in the cab of the telemetry dish portrayed in the movie were the only people to have ever seen the original, uncompressed, video images. I would surmise that the tapes sent to the US and subsequently lost were copies of this original....

Cool: Harvards Waterskiing............... from Theo Spark
The aircraft are flown by members of the aerobatic display team "The Flying Lions" in South Africa.

Blue Angels Cockpit Cam from Technorati
[YouTube - Link ] I have always had a fascination with planes and fighter jets ever since my Dad used to take the family and I to the Dubai Airshow when I was really young where we got to watch some of the craziest and most talented pilots showing off their stuff. I remember once seeing the Blue Angels on display and they blew me away! Still to this day their stuff is top notch and gives me thrills to see them fly. Lucky for us we get to see the view from one of their cockpits as they p ...

Rhode Island - Rhode Island Open House & Air Show 2009 - Quonset ANGB, North Kin from FenceCheck Forums
Iowa - Quad City Airshow 2009 - Davenport - 06/20/09 from FenceCheck Forums
UCAP Fly/Drive-In from UCAP Fodder by Jack Hodgson


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