Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Indy Transponder 27-APR-10 1030z


Thunderbirds fly Super Bowl champions from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories by acc.pai@langley.af.mil (Tech. Sgt. Russ Martin) Super Bowl XLIV champions Drew Brees and Jabari Greer of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints experienced "air dominance" in a different fashion April 23, going for a ride in a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcon. The Super Bowl champions, known for their prolific passing attack through the air, provided added excitement around the base and took time out to speak with Thunderbirds, Barksdale Airmen and their families…

Seeking an unsung hero for fighter-plane ride - Delmarva Daily Times | But just one person will get to ride shotgun with The Thunderbirds. Air show organizers are looking to fly a lucky local in a Lockheed Martin F-16D for a ...

Sound of Speed Air Show in Kansas - US Navy SEALs Blog & Information | The US Navy Blue Angels and the US Navy Leap Frogs are among the attractions that await those who will come to the event, which is scheduled for May 1 – 2, ...

Comox & Snowbirds from Melissa Aerobatics | After a LONG wait for my engine and prop to come home after an exceptional overhaul and paint job at Ameritech in Redding it was time to fly off the 15 hours.... below 2000 feet and full power.... where better to go than Comox, BC to watch the Snowbirds final practice? Michael Town put in a tough couple of days getting the Edge back together and by early Thursday afternoon she was ready to go!...

Wing Walker – KEYC | And finally this midday: A first at an airshow this weekend in Oklahoma... 40 thousand people watched from the ground - while one woman walked on air. ...

The airshow must go on - St. Joseph News-Press | Rain or shine, the Sea Power Edition of the Sound of Speed Airshow in some form will go on Saturday and Sunday at Rosecrans Memorial ...

Annual air show to take flight - Maui News | PUUNENE - "Maui's Only Air Show" takes off Saturday morning at the old Puunene Airport, with model airplane flight demonstrations, pylon racing and World ...

'Wings over Waukesha' returns from General Aviation News by Janice Wood - "Wings over Waukesha" returns June 25–27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Waukesha County Airport (UES) in Wisconsin. Celebrating the 75th anniversaries of both the airport and the B-17 bomber this year, the event, which drew more than 7,000 people in 2009, will once again feature a variety of World War II aircraft on display, formation flights over the airport, Flight for Life, hot air balloons, numerous military and aviation displays, and refreshments…

Alabama Aviation Events Amazing May Line Up from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | What could be Alabama's most amazing aviation event line-up of the year is coming soon in May.  So much to chose from, so little time- but wait, why not try to make them all? Have plane …will travel…

Air Force Museum should get Space Shuttle, Ohio Congressmen say - Dayton Daily News ... the competition from potential sites around the country, said Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance in Dayton. ...

'Hurricane hunter' still apprehensive about flying into storms from The Kathryn Report | BROWNSVILLE — Cmdr. Al Girimonte, a hurricane hunter for the NOAA, has been flying through dark clouds for years. He does not remember the names of all the storms he has flown through — this is his fifth season as a hurricane hunter pilot — but he still gets a little anxious at the beginning of each flight. You definitely don't take anything for granted, he said. "I spent 11 years flying for the Navy, and the first thing you are taught as a pilot is to stay away from bad weather … When you see a lot of red on the radar scope, you are very naturally apprehensive," he said. "I don't think that will ever go away for pilots."…

Celebrate Women, Wings and Wonder from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Am I High Aviation, LLC will celebrate the first "Women, Wings and Wonder" event May 15 at Stevens Point Municipal Airport (STE) in Wisconsin. The event starts at 10 a.m. with 45 minute presentations offered every hour until 6 p.m. The event will honor two centennial holidays: Women Pilots and Mother's Day; while celebrating the first International Learn To Fly Month, organizers note…

Astronaut for Hire: Rocket Racing League from Google Blog Search: "Rocket Racing" by brian | The Rocket Racing League (RRL) is a new kind of airshow, which had its debut event at the Tulsa Air Show this past weekend. Think of it as Star Wars podracing meets NASCAR. RRL uses the latest rocket and augmented reality to allow both ...

New Mexico Gov to Visit Mojave Space Port from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling in California with a business group to promote tourism and economic development in New Mexico. Later today (Tuesday), the group will tour a facility at the Mojave Air and Space Port north of Los Angeles where Virgin Galactic is testing a space tourism rocket - SpaceShipTwo. Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture has committed to using a spaceport under construction in southern New Mexico expected to open late next year. This is Gov. Richardson's second trip to the Calif. spaceport in recent months. Pictured above, Gov. Richardson as he christened the Enterprise!


"Young Eagles" Fly High In The Sky For Free - Central Florida News 13 | The "Young Eagles Program" has been doing this twice a year for the past 15 years. One of the pilots actually got his first taste of flying through this ...

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