Saturday, November 21, 2009

Indy Transponder 21-NOV-09 1100z


The Pylon Place - Off Season Updates from The Pylon Place by Dasher | It’s always difficult to write about Air Racing after the Reno Recap is done. Most teams are so exhausted from the months of preparation and the nearly two weeks of Reno, we practically go into hibernation for a few weeks or even months. But, this is the perfect time for planning. So, what is going on prepping for the pylons?...


Mayor on quickie trip to Frankfurt - Windsor Star | At noon, Francis was meeting with officials from the Red Bull Air Race, who are looking at Windsor to repeat as a host city on the 2010 international race ...


First female Red Arrow comes from RAF Marham - Watton and Swaffham Times | THE first female pilot to join the Red Arrows team has spoken about her “awesome job” for the first time since she started training with the prestigious ...


Air show helps returning GIs - Waukegan News Sun | WAUKEGAN -- The final chapter of September's 2009 Waukegan Air Show was the presentation of a check for $18.025.62 to the Navy League's Returning Warriors ...


Sandcastle Momma: Blue Angels Night Show  by Sandcastle Momma | And then the truck came roaring out of the flames. It drove up and down the flight line and then took off at jet speed for parts unknown. Otto the helicopter came next and let me tell you this helicopter is fascinating to watch. ...


Flankers For Sale in the USA!!!  from Parrothead Jeff by Parrothead Jeff | So I got this email today from occasional commenter Jason C about a couple of aircraft which are being offered for sale here in the U.S.  I’d heard about them, but hadn’t seen the new pics and video.


Robin Olds Interview  from Parrothead Jeff by Parrothead Jeff | Robin Olds was a fighter ace who fought in WWII and Vietnam.  With thirteen victories in WWII and four in Vietnam, Robin Olds was a damn good fighter pilot.  He was a legend in the Air Force. Sadly, Robin Olds passed away in 2007.  He is buried at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.


Mystery man revealed - Fort Scott Tribune | While serving in the military, Verle was assigned to a B-17 crew flying out of England. He was awarded the Air Medal, several oak leaf clusters, ...


The Emmy Goes to the Museum of Aviation - Today's MGT | The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins accepted an Emmy award at a ceremony and luncheon, Friday. The museum received the top media honor for its film ...


Pacific Aviation Museum adds jets - Pacific Business News (Honolulu): from pacific.bizjournals.com | The Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu has added five vintage aircraft to its historic collection.
The jets, from the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, were delivered to the Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, museum on Wednesday and Thursday.
The jets are two F-86 Sabres, a MiG-15, an F-4 Phantom, and an F-102 Delta Dagger.


Moving Warbirds... Courtesy Aircraft Celebrates AT-6/P-51 Milestone from Aero-News Network - Still, It Must Be Hard To Part With Each One Of Them... Over the past 50 years, Courtesy Aircraft Sales tells ANN that it believes it has earned its rep as one of the World Leaders in Warbird Sales. Recently two major milestones have been surpassed with Courtesy Aircraft Sales now having sold 100 North American AT-6s (also known as SNJs or Harvards) and 30 North American P-51 Mustangs in the past decade.


How To Fly a Tiger Moth  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale


First “naval” JSF lands at NAS Patuxent River  from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | During my visit to the USS Nimitz in the Indian Ocean last month, I had the opportunity to see the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in action. The Super Hornet is a 4.5+ generation naval multirole aircraft that was delivered to the US Navy in 1999 to replace the F-14, the S-3 and, in the long term, the F/A-18C and D Hornet…


Bell D-323 Tiltrotor  from The Unwanted Blog by admin
A predecessor to the V-22, the D-323 was quite similar in both design and function. Equipped with four engines rather than two, it still drove two tilt rotors; the tail was a V-tail rather than the V-22’s H-tail. A gun turret was fitted under the nose. The date is uncertain, but probably late 1970’s. Other illustrations from the same brochure show photos of the XV-15 in flight, so it couldn’t date before 1977…


Durward Archie 'Shep' Shepard -- Rochester - Post-Bulletin | During World War II, Shep served as a B-17 navigator, which included service in North Africa. He was a theater major at Ithaca College and received his BFA ...


New boutique store in Bloomington features unique line of merchandise - Bloomington Pantagraph | Her new boutique, named for the B17 bomber flown by her father-in-law in World War II, Shoo Shoo Baby, is primarily aimed at women 28 to 65. ...


Video: Airplane flying through Fireworks  from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots


Video: 400 Way Skydiving World Record - Official Video  from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots


Here's a pic I got of Rare Bear back in 1995 at the Phoenix 5... on Twitpic  from http://www.twitpic.com/ | Here's a pic I got of Rare Bear back in 1995 at the Phoenix 500 Races with that ultra-cool (mesmerizing) 3 blade prop (blades from a P-3 Orion prop!)


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