Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Indy Transponder 28-APR-10 1030z


Blue Angels announce new commander - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron announced the team's commanding officer for 2011 and 2012 on Tuesday evening. A panel of admirals and former ...

Vulcan returns to Yeovilton Air Day 2010 - BBC News | The five hour flying display will also include the RAF Red Arrows and the Spanish Air Force Patrulla Aguila. More information over this year's show will be ...

Air show gets tune-up for enhanced enjoyment - St. Joseph News-Press | If the rains can stay away, more than 40000 people are expected to see this year's Sea Power Edition of the Sound of Speed Airshow ...

History to come alive at Temple air show - San Angelo Standard Times | By Staff Report TEMPLE — The 24th annual Central Texas Air Show will take place Friday through Sunday at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport, ...

Air Show in Oxfordshire this weekend from Military Photos by qaborg | For those in South England this weekend (2nd May 2010) the Abingdon Air & Country Show is on. Last years show was great the following aircraft are expected…

Uncertain future for Cosford Airshow? from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | Shropshire's Cosford Air Show could be axed under Government plans to shake up defence training, it was claimed today. A union chief sounded the warning over a controversial proposal to shift personnel from RAF Cosford to RAF St Athan's in South Wales. But officials said this year's event was due to take place on June 13. Organisers also said that plans were already under way for next year's show and could see no reason why it should not take place as planned…

World War II Planes Soar into the Valley - KPSP Local 2 | The Wings of Freedom Tour flew into the Valley on April 26, and you can hop on board a B-17 bomber or a P-51 Mustang. (04-27-10) If you want to soar into ...


Australia's oldest Cessna flies on from Plane Talking by Ben Sandilands | Australia's first Cessna, and the fastest of all, the Citation X, image copyright Aeromil Pacific - The first Cessna to fly in Australia, and now one of the rarest light aircraft in the world, a Cessna C34 Airmaster, is to be flown-very carefully and on special occasions- from its new home on the Sunshine Coast…

Rocket Racing League Showcases New X-Racers | sciencestage.com by sciencestaff - FleaPlus writes "The Rocket Racing League demonstrated two of their new 'Mark III' X-Racer rocketplanes at an air show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Besides making for a fun show, the League also pushes the boundaries for reusable and easily ...

Is Rocket Racing Coming Of Age? You Bet! | All Things Aviation ... by JetAviator7 | After nearly 5 years spectators finally got a glimpse into the future of rocket racing at an air show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 26th, 2010. Earlier, in 2008 at Oskosh, a single rocket racer flew a demonstration flight with ...

From Rockets To Race Cars, NASA Returns To NASCAR from Aero-News Network | NASA Technology Showcased At Three Races This Year No, it doesn't mean there will be STP and Autolite logos on the next shuttle ... but from better brakes and safer tires to heat-resistant paint and cleaner emissions, NASA's contributions to the racing world will be featured in the traveling exhibit: "From Rockets to Race Cars" the weekend of April 30-May 1.

Ohio politicians to NASA: Land a shuttle here from AviationDayton by editor@aviationdayton.com | Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio's congressional delegation have sent letters to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. urging the space agency to place one of its soon-to-be-retired space shuttle orbiters in the National Museum of the United States Air Force. - More

I continue to Have Hopes That theToyota TA-1 Will Someday Rise Again! from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Beginning sometime in 1998, Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites secretly worked with 40 aerospace engineers (many hired away from Boeing and Raytheon) to launch what I think was one of general aviation's most important test flights. The Mojave operation – which looked a little like Lockheed's Skunk Works – lasted four years, and produced the Toyota TA-1, a four-seat, single-engine piston plane with a carbon fiber/resin composite fuselage. And on May 31, 2001 at California's Mojave Airport, Toyota's entry into the GA market took flight for what is known to be its only flight, lasting about an hour…

Episode 94 – Jet Checking from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) | Our guest this episode is Jonathan Heckman, founder and writer of the JetCheck.net blog. Jonathan attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he's working to a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Business Administration. He's also a student pilot, logging hours in a Diamond Eclipse…

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