Indy Transponder: Indy Transponder 8-JUN-10 0500z

Airmen remember colleagues lost when Hercules transports collided - Edmonton Journal
A lone C-130 Hercules rumbled low Sunday over the same ground where 10 airmen perished 25 years ago, when two similar aircraft collided in the air on Edmonton's northern outskirts.
Dozens of civilians and air force personnel gathered at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton for a memorial service, including members of the now Winnipeg-based 435 Squadron. ...

Milwaukee Air & Water Show: June 11-13 - OnMilwaukee.com
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers The US Navy's Blue Angels will skirt the Milwaukee skyline during the 2010 Air & Water Show. Aircraft of all shapes and ...

Military Aircraft to be Featured at Indianapolis Air Show - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
Thousands of people are expected to attend the Indianapolis Air Show is set for this weekend.
The 14th annual air show,set for June 11-13 at Mount Comfort Airport, raises money for children’s charities through the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
Among the main attractions at the is the Horsemen aerobatic team, the world’s only team that flies three authentic P-51 Mustang fighter planes that served in World War II and changed the course of history.
Additional military performers include the United States Air Force A-10 – the “Thunderbolt II” – and the United States Navy F/A-18E/F, also known as the “Super Hornets.”
Active duty members of the U.S. military may attend the air show for free by showing their military ID.

Air show flies high - Kenai Peninsula Online
Robert Borgen, of Kenai, said he came to the air show particularly to see the Grumman Goose. Bondurant said that pilots of small airplanes from around the ...

Air Show went smoothly despite rain, organizers say - Leader-Telegram
Staff photo by Andi Stempniak Spectators checked out the static planes on display Saturday morning at the Chippewa Valley Air Show. Posted: Monday, June 7, ...

Remote aircraft to lift off at air show - Delmarva Daily Times
Accidents at the MARKS annual airshow don't have quite the consequences they would at event's like the recent Thunderbirds demonstrations in Ocean City. ...

AGENDA OF THE WEEK - La Voix du Nord
Many events are planned throughout the weekend, including a portion of the Patrouille de France on Sunday morning. Eolys offer safe havens ...

EuroFighter joins forces with EuroJet at ILA Berlin Air Show - Examiner.com
Eurofighter and sister company EUROJET have joined forces for the first time for this year's ILA Berlin Air Show. Both companies, Europe's leading aerospace ...

Berlin air show to display latest aerospace technology - Sify
The Berlin Air Show (ILA 2010) takes off Tuesday in this scenic German capital to demonstrate the advances made in the global aviation and aerospace fields ...

Night sparkle for Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo
CROWDS heading for this year's Bournemouth Air Festival are in for a night-time treat as one display team hopes to add some sparkle to the ...

Osan NCO to join Thunderbirds team - F-16.net
Before any of them take to the air, a team of more than 130 enlisted Airmen in 25 different career fields ensure each of the six demonstration fighters are maintained and ready.
One of Osan's own Airmen will become part of that team, when she reports to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., home of the Thunderbirds, in December.
Staff Sgt. Alicia Valenzuela, with the 51st Maintenance Squadron, was selected to join the elite team recently, after submitting her package for the third consecutive year. Due to previous assignment commitments, she was unable to join the team the previous two years. ...
2010 Thunderbirds Schedule

PS Engineering establishes Fan Club from General Aviation News
... During EAA AirVenture 2010, PS Engineering will put one lucky fan behind a PS Engineering intercom, in the back seat of one of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team’s AT-6 Texan air show performance aircraft, for a guest flight on Saturday July 31. ...

Countdown to Jersey City Red Bull Air Race at Liberty State Park - The Jersey Journal
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Barcelona, Spain in 2009 attracted more than 800000 ...

Video: Incredible Recovery by Matt Hall from Flight International
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D-Day: Normandy faithful to go - Channel Free
... Where they found a new wreath laying, the flag raising, official speeches, the survey of three Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France ...

CIA Oxcart History FOIA online from Black Horizon

SR-71 expert D.F. alerted us to this CIA FOIA document detailing the Oxcart program. Especially noteworthy is the first mention (admission) that the toxic chemical cesium was used in JP-7 fuel, which may have has caused sicknesses, cancers and possibly deaths among workers exposed through daily contact. ...

Yorkshire Air Museum visitors get the chance to look inside Merlin helicopters - The Press, York
Two of the helicopters arrived in Elvington on Saturday, landing on the airfield next to Yorkshire Air Museum. Their crew – members of the RAF's 78 Squadron ...

Amelia Earhart's final struggle possibly revealed by newly-discovered ... - New York Daily News
Though there is still a great deal of mystery surrounding the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart, new findings may help researchers ...

Replica FW-190 incident in SC from www.aafo.com
It looks like the beautiful replica FW-190 that Dave Morss recently flew had a landing gear incident in Camden, SC.
I'm not sure of any details, or who was at the controls, but it appears to be a major setback for a beautiful project.
Photo taken from Jack Cook's Facebook site.

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Cruisin' on Main gets cars out and on the street - Arizona Republic
Baker is planning another show in October at the Commemorative Air Force museum in Mesa, featuring a B-17 bomber as the backdrop for the cars. ...

‘This Week In Space’ – June 6, 2010 from Uplinks by Miles O'Brien
Hello and Welcome to a special edition of “This Week In Space.” I am talking about what might very well be the beginning of a new era in space – the door might have opened with the successful inaugural test flight of the Falcon 9 rocket – built by SpaceX. It happened on Friday at Cape Canaveral. The nine Merlin engines fired as ...

Armadillo Aerospace Boosts to 2000 feet, Performs Engine Relight from The Launch Pad
Armadillo has posted video over the weekend of their latest adventures in rocketry: a boosted hop to 2000 feet, engine shutdown at apogee, release of a drogue chute, engine relight, and landing. Much like Masten Space

Image of the Week: Typhoon F2 in HDR from Flight Image of the Day