Saturday, May 8, 2010

Indy Transponder 08-MAY-10 1830z

   
Show keeps legacy alive - Tuscaloosa News
TUSCALOOSA | While many will be watching today's Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show with wonder, some of the performers will be reliving their youths.
Among them will be Mark Robinson, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, who will piloting one of the AH-1F Cobra helicopters as part of the Sky Soldiers Precision Flight Demonstration Team.
“It makes me feel young,” said Robinson, 55, when asked why he continues to do the volunteer flights after four years of performing. “It's a unique way to go out and just experience life.” ...

Pilot will fulfill boyhood dream with air show flight - Tuscaloosa NewsHe is scheduled to perform an aerobatic routine on at 11:40 am today during the air show. By Wayne Grayson Staff Writer While other kids were counting down ...

SC Air Force base celebrates history of aviation - The State
The US Air Force Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights are both part of the celebration of aviation, past and present at ...

Aerobatic Entertainers at Cosford Air Show - Virtual Shropshire
Among the stars of the air will be the world’s only aerobatic formation wing-walking team – the UK-based Breitling Wingwalkers.
The group have been specialists in display flying for more than 27 years and operate one of the best known and loved civilian display acts in Europe.
As part of the five-hour flying display at the event on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border on June 13 the crowds will also get to see The Blades display team.
The Blades’ pilots are all former Red Arrows and between them have more than 20 years of display experience on Harriers, Jaguars, Hawks, Jet Provosts and even Boeing Stearman biplanes. ...

One Lucky Dad To Get Chance To Fly In A Rare WWII Storch For Father's Day from Aero-News Network
Fantasy Of Flight To Give A Ride In One Of Only Four Flight-Worthy WWII Fieseler Fi-156 Storch Airplanes In The World Fantasy of Flight is asking children and adults to submit an essay of 50 words or fewer describing why their dad is the "World's Greatest Dad." The winning dad will receive the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a 30-minute ride over Central Florida in one of only four Fieseler F1-156 Storch airplanes in the world. ...

A celebrity visits the Tandem Team on final day at Lakehurst from armygoldenknights's
The final day here at Lakehurst, NJ went extremely well. We could not have asked for better weather or passengers.  The morning started off with a Enlistment ceremony by Mid-Atlantic Recruiting BN commander LTC Harry Woodmansee. We congratulate and welcome the new Soldiers to the Army Team.
After two states and three bad weather days, Mr. Kenneth Wong finally made his first Tandem jump. Mr. Wong ...

Bright future for Red Bull Air Race in Brazil, Loidl says - RBAR
Enthusiastic Brazilian fans, strong support from local authorities and a growing relationship with

Brazilian television could help make Rio de Janeiro an annual fixture, Red Bull Air Race GmbH CEO Bernd Loidl said. ...
Speedy winglet switch allows Maclean to evaluate mods in Rio training from www.redbullairrace.com
Eager to asses his new winglets in a real life track environment, Spanish pilot Alejandro Maclean took the brave step of altering the configuration of his wing set-up during Friday’s training sessions. Usually such alterations occur from one race to the next but the strong-willed pilot called upon his whole team to ensure the switch could take place in just minutes between the third and fourth sessions. ...

Peter's comment after trainings - Peter Besenyei-Red Bull Air Race
“If I can fly a 1:22 tomorrow without penalties then it should be OK. Any aerodynamic improvements here are of course helping people in the track.” Bejegyezte: Team Besenyei-Red Bull Air Race dátum: 7:14 ...

Hannes Arch's Photos - Red Bull Air Race 2010 - Rio - FB
B-25  pilot grateful for sacrifices at home - The Desert Sun
Flying a B-25 bomber over his tiny hometown of Templeton, Iowa — with family and friends waving and cheering from below — is a memory US Army Air Force ...

VE DAY: 65 YEARS LATER - YourWestValley.com
Bill Gill joined the Army Air Corps in November 1942 with the intention of becoming a waist gunner on a B-17. While in training, Gill was approached with a ...

Aviation History – Looking Back at One of Man?s Greatest Accomplishments - Xforce
As early man watched birds in flight, he probably dreamed of taking to the air himself. The notion of harnessing hot air to achieve buoyancy may have been the first realization by aviation pioneers that flight could actually work.  Hot air balloons have a lengthy history extending back to China, where they were used as hot air lanterns for military communication.
The first untethered hot air balloon ride is recorded as having taken place in 1783 in Paris, France.  King Louis XIV decided that the best people to pilot the trial balloons would be condemned criminals. However, two men persuaded the King to let them go ...

May 8 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1919 -- 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a U.S.Navy-Curtiss (NC) seaplane.The navy decided (with strenuous lobbying by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt) to attempt the trans-Atlantic flight "for scientific purposes". A squadron of three Nancies took off from Rockaway, New York, for the first leg of the trip to Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. ...

Putting the boom in boom operator with nary a hint of sexual innuendo - Minneapolis Star TribuneBOG took the controls to refuel an F-22 fighter jet. Using both right and left hands skillfully, I tethered the hose on the first try, allowed for refueling ...

Experimental Aircraft Assn. to offer flight simulation and real airplane ride ... - TMCnet
He's building a fiberglass and foam experimental airplane called a Long Eze, designed by famous aviation innovator Burt Rutan. ...

WJBD Radio
Area youth between the ages of 8-17 will get a chance to take to the skies this weekend as part of the Young Eagles program, sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association. Children are invited to come out to the Salem-Leckrone ...

NASA hero to give free talk in San Diego - San Diego Union Tribune
... will give a public talk at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park on Wednesday, May 12, starting about 6 pm You must pay admission to enter the ...

IMAX—Not the First, but Close! - AirSpace
When the National Air and Space Museum opened its doors in July 1976, it featured in its theater a film produced specifically for the Museum called To Fly in a large format called IMAX. The Canadian-designed IMAX (Image MAXimum) format was created by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw. IMAX was able to record and project images in a much larger format and much higher resolution than conventional film systems. Theater goers were astonished by the panoramic images in To Fly, one of whose effects on the audience was a vertiginous loss of balance. To Fly was immensely popular, and continues to be shown today in ..

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