Monday, March 8, 2010

Indy Transponder 8-MAR-10 0300z


Tico Warbird Airshow Set For March 12-14 - Aero-News Network
The Valiant Air Command annual TICO Warbird Airshow is coming 12-14 March, in Titusville, FL. Gates open at 0830, and the airshow starts around 1300 each day, but there is plenty to do in the morning.  There will be a flightline full of warbirids on exhibit, WWII re-enactors, antique automobiles, vintage armor, games, lots of vendors, exhibitors and more. Just added to the lineup the USN FA-18 Super Hornet East Coast Demo team.
In addition to aircraft on static display such as the F-105, F-14, F-4, ME-208, F-80, A-6, F-8, A-4, Panther, Wildcat, Avenger, C-123 and many others ...

US Navy Blue Angels from Explore Chicago
The US Navy Blue Angels will perform both days at the Chicago Air & Water Show, Aug. 14 & 15, 2010. The US Navy Blue Angels have been astounding audiences since 1946 with their commanding presence and supersonic maneuvers in their ...

SUN 'n FUN: April 13-18 - What's Happening at Big South Fork Airpark
Come and see the USAF Thunderbirds,Sully and BSF Airpark, at the 36th annual International Fly-in and Expo. This year promises to be the bigggest and best. ...

Japan's Blue Impulse Documentary and Media - Avere Group
In the United States, there are the US Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels. In Canada, there is the Snowbirds team, and in Great Britain, the Red Arrows. Italy has its Frecce Tricolori. Well, Japan this year will celebrate the ...

Virginie Guyot, first female leader of the Patrouille de France - Google Translator
First female pilot to integrate the Patrouille de France, then the first woman to lead, VĂ©ronique Guyot Women of Exception Sunday.
Its mission: training the winter and present throughout the world when the warm weather arrives the French expertise in handling of fighter aircraft. Humble, hardworking but conscious of integrating what is best in the Air Force, Virginia Guyot talks about his passion for flying and his role as leader of FRP ...

Two Dead In T-6 Accident In Gulf of Mexico from Aero-News Network
Aircraft Was Flying In An Aerobatic Formation A North American T-6 Texan impacted in the Gulf of Mexico about a half mile from shore on Saturday. ...

Red Bull Air Races skip San Diego this year - SDNN
The Red Bull Air Race was held above San Diego Bay from 2007 to 2009, with downtown's skyline as a backdrop. ...


Red Bull pilots train in the Arizona desert from General Aviation News
With only weeks to go before the first stop of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, pilots are seeking optimum training conditions in order to be fighting fit for the Abu Dhabi race at the end of March, according to a story at AvStop.com, which notes: ...

Red Bull Race prepares for takeoff from General Aviation News
The 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season kicks off in Abu Dhabi, UAE on March 26 and 27. Pilots navigate a low-level aerial track made up of air-filled pylons, flying at speeds reaching 230 mph while withstanding forces up to 12 Gs. Each race is a two-day competition with a Qualifying and Race Day where pilots compete one at a time for the fastest time through the track. ...

Air Race 2010 from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar
All info of the Red Bull Air Race and Reno Air Races here at www.aviationnews.eu and www.air-races.com Red Bull Air Race 2010 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates March 26/27 Perth, Australia April 17/18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  May 8/9 Windsor, Canada June 5/6 New York, United States of America June 19/20 EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, Germany August 7/8 Budapest, Hungary August 19/20 Lisbon, Portugal September 4/5 Reno [...]

Fires claim two planes in qualifying round of 1949 Thompson Trophy race: Our ... Cleveland Plain Dealer
One of the most dramatic moments of the Thompson Trophy race came in the final year of the Cleveland National Air Races when two planes vying to qualify for the race caught fire. ....

Eglin played an integral role during World War II - The Northwest Florida Daily News
Groups such as the Tuskegee Airmen, the Doolittle Raiders, the Halverson 24's and the 509th Atomic Bombers trained at Eglin before becoming famous overseas. ...
  
Wings of Freedom tour to arrive in Palestine Monday - Palestine Herald Press
The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour is sponsored by the Veterans Historic Education Center and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 63 ...

Crowd Fills Museum for Korean Jet Exhibit Opening Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
BIRMINGHAM AL- Bagpipes filled the air as the museum filled with spectators for a historical gathering of troops who were at Kempo the day the secret MiG defected to the Amercians. Area Korean Vets were invited to attend. The opening of the Korean Jet Exhibit at the Southern Museum of Flight was indeed grand. ...

First Flight of UH-1H Huey 68-16563 - Warbirds and Airshows
This was not an airshow as commonly defined but Indiana Air Search and Rescue had an open house at the Indianapolis, IN Metropolitan Airport for the public to view and experience the first flight of its Huey 563 after many years of restoration.  So there was a crowd, a warbird took off for its test flight and did several low passes down the taxiway.  This meets my requirements of an aviation event.  Especially after a winter with lots of snow! ...

Aviation museum exhibits WWII dive bomber - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
By AP The Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor has a new exhibit item—the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber. The aircraft was used in the Pacific during World ...

Profile 40 - "SNOWBALLS" as flown by Hank Snow from WWII Fighter Plane Profiles
Last summer, I read Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Outliers." In this book, the author makes a case that success is not so much a factor of Chosen Genius but an alchemy many factors. Successful people were born at the "right time" and capitalized on opportunity to learn more about their passions and adapt. And learn and adapt. And learn and adapt.
If Gladwell ever meets Hank Snow, by his own barometer, he'll be meeting one of the most successful fighter pilots alive.
The first time I met Hank was on a hotel shuttle in Washington D.C. I'll spare you the circumstances, but what struck me most was how the guy looked like Buzz Lightyear - and he had that same bigger-than-life presence. You know the type ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago
By 1944, the US Navy's unrestricted submarine warfare against Japanese shipping had reached its highest totals in terms of shipping sunk and it was taking its toll on Japanese industry. As an island nation with few natural resources, Japan was dependent upon shipping for the importation of raw materials and oil for not just its industry but also for it military forces. The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force looked at using transport gliders to bring oil from Sumatra to Japan, but the fuel costs to do so outweighed the volume of oil brought in. The Imperial Japanese Navy, however, with its ...

Trio seek to build air museum for Glenview Naval Air Station - Chicago Daily Herald
Time is not on their side, especially when it comes to World War II veterans getting to see a new air museum. "The spirit of the greatest generation will be ...

Teterboro book takes flight - NorthJersey.com
This is the repository for all of New Jersey's aviation history. And I'll say … 95 percent of the history is right here in the form of photographs, ...

Roadtrip! 787 heading for Victorville this week from FlightBlogger
The second 787 test aircraft (ZA002) is leaving the nest as early as Tuesday, headed to Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California about 50mi outside of Los Angeles. This will be the first out of state trip for 787 Flight Test after more than two and a half months of testing at airports in Washington. ...

This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien from RLV and Space Transport News
The latest episode of This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien, sponsored by Spaceflight Now, is now available: ...

Obama to hold space summit in Florida from RLV and Space Transport News
President Obama will hold a "space summit" in Florida on April 15th: NASA's future: Obama plans Florida space summit to defend his vision for NASA - OrlandoSentinel.com.
The growth of enormous deficits and debt is going to be a big issue in the November election and in many elections to come. Not just space but most of the discretionary programs are facing a brutal future of low or zero growth in funding as the entitlements monster eats up the budget. ...
   
DVD Reviews -

One of your author's favourite airshows is the four day spectacular at Eastbourne. The friendly atmosphere and unique viewing locations plus a superb varied flying display make Eastbourne one of the top airshows in the country. ...


The Dawlish Carnival Airshow is one of the most unique shows on the display calendar. While it's not quite as big as a venue like Bournemouth, it's topography makes for some spectacular views of the flying displays which Planes TV take ...

Eglin on Twitter, rethinking Twitter, air show performers - Pensacola News Journal
This military notes column is going on leave next week as I tune out and tear down the highway for vacation. But don't worry, I'll report back before going ...

Ric Gillespie – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday from WarbirdRadio.com
MONDAY – Ric Gillespie from The International Group For Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) takes your calls and questions on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Find out about their plans to recover a Douglas TBD-1 along with a P-38 Lighting.  Additionally, Ric will fill us in on their upcoming expedition to Nikumaroro Island to uncover DNA evidence of [...]

T-38 Talon from FenceCheck Forums
Fun with Yaks from FenceCheck Forums
T-6 / SNJ / Texan / Harvard from FenceCheck Forums
Sea Fury Breathing Fire Reno Air Races & Airshow – TopFlight.TV
Harrier (Harrier, Sea Harrier, AV-8 etc) from FenceCheck Forums
Formation flight Sunday from Planeshots [B-25s, Spitfires, Goblins, F-14s, more]


First Flight of UH-1H Huey 68-16563 - Warbirds and Airshows
This was not an airshow as commonly defined but Indiana Air Search and Rescue had an open house at the Indianapolis, IN Metropolitan Airport for the public to view and experience the first flight of its Huey 563 after many years of restoration.  So there was a crowd, a warbird took off for its test flight and did several low passes down the taxiway.  This meets my requirements of an aviation event.  Especially after a winter with lots of snow! ...


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