Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Indy Transponder 14-JUL-10 1030z


Red Bull Air Race Final World Championship To Be Crowned In Germany from AvStop » The Red Bull Air Race in Budapest has been cancelled this year due to lengthy delays in the permissions process, the organization announced with regret on Tuesday. Interrupting a six-year tradition of racing in the Hungarian capital, the Red Bull Air Race World Champion will now be crowned after the final race of the 2010 season at EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, Germany on 7th & 8th August…

Red Bull air race scrapped - Caboodle.hu - The Red Bull Air Race held annually on August 20 has been cancelled, as the National Transport Authority has deemed it too risky and refused to issue a ...

2010 Marks 100 Years of Air Shows - Wright Brothers' 1910 Performance Credited as First Dayton Show | Dayton, Ohio – When the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and other air show performers take to the Dayton skies this weekend they will be marking the 100th anniversary of air shows in North America as well as in Dayton. Following on the heels of the first air show in Reims, France in 1909, organizers in Los Angeles are credited with hosting the first official North American air show in January, 1910 that drew 250,000 fans. But Dayton was soon to follow with "air shows" of its own…

Dayton Air Show ready to take off – DAYTON, OHIO (WDTN) - The Vectren Dayton Air Show is taxing down the runway and ready for take-off this weekend, July 17-18. ...

Thrills expected at Durban Airshow – Sowetan | THE Durban Airshow on Saturday will have a huge impact on the the regional economy with an R18million to R25million windfall expected. ...

Dreamlifter to appear at Rockford AirFest - Rockford Register Star - The Boeing Dreamlifter, a modified 747-700 passenger plane, will make an appearance at Rockford AirFest 2010 from July 31 to Aug. 1 ...

Airfest Needs Your Help! - ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Rockford Airfest is a little over two weeks away and event leaders are looking for more volunteers. They already have more than 600 ...

Air festival just months away – KTVO | Entertainment includes an A-10 Thunderbolt demolition team and a Heritage Flight. "Just a lot of variety, in that vein we have a jet powered school bus this ...

Sunshine and good times at Arlington from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski - You know it is July in Washington state when vintage and experimental aircraft migrate north for the annual Arlington Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention. The fly-in, held July 7-11 at Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO) north of Seattle, attracted aircraft ranging from helicopters and warbirds to experimental, vintage and light sport designs…

Southwest Airlines Partners With EAA at 2010 Air Venture from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DALLAS TX- Southwest Airlines and the EAA announced the carrier's participation in this year's Air Venture air show to be held in Oshkosh, WI from July 26 until August 1.  The annual air show, which draws more than 550,000 visitors from 75 countries each year, is the world's premier aviation enthusiast event. The highlight of Southwest's participation will be the arrival of one of the airline's Boeing 737-700 aircraft on Saturday, July 31.  The aircraft will feature a unique decal and will be open for tours throughout the day to Air Venture visitors…

EAA Chapter 32 Hosts B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" in St. Louis, July 13-14, 2010 from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Other Warbirds Join EAA's B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" in St. Louis from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

WWII pilot to finally get her honors - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | While visiting EAA AirVenture a decade ago, Jim's son stopped at the tent dedicated to WASP history and introduced himself to the pilots who were then in ...

WWI-era training plane made in Ithaca comes home - Glens Falls Post-Star ... Co. and Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp., now Emerson Power Transmission, the manufacturing complex was once the site of aviation history and innovation. ...

Frosinone Open Day – 28.05.10 from David Cenciotti's weblog - An airshow was held in Frosinone on May 28, 2010, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the ItAF helicopter school. For more information about the 72° Stormo, read the article I wrote for the June 2006 issue of Air Forces Monthly here

First Frame Grabs from the T-38 Talon Ride from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) The Talon ride is in the logbook! 1.2 dual received on the orientation flight in the mighty Northrop T-38 Talon! Jo, Mark, and I just departed Beale AFB and I'm posting this from Sacramento (KSMF) on the way home to Detroit…

Live Twitter coverage from the Royal International Air Tattoo from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | Flightline UK will be tweeting live from the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford (RIAT.) The tweets can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.airshows.org.uk/2010/airshows/royal-international-air-tattoo-fairford-riat-twitter.html

Best of day 22: Pensacola and the Blue Angels from Flying Across America | We had more tailwinds today flying from Baton Rouge to Pensacola. We plan our flights using a very conservative 70 knots ground speed and we were in the 90 to 100 range for the whole flight. This changed a 3 hours flight into a 2 hours 20 minutes one. Weather was not optimal but manageable…

Flying Across America - We did it! from Flying Across America | 23 days ago, we left Dunnellon airport in central Florida to fly to the Atlantic ocean, and then cross the country to Catalina Island in the Pacific ocean, abeam Los Angeles. We flew over plains, deserts, mountains and two oceans in a Cessna 150 and met incredible people along the way. We're now back at our starting point after a total of 31 flights and 62 hours 50 minutes of flying. This trip was a life changing experience. We got exposed to many different aspects of aviation, and did our best to promote General Aviation and pass the passion along…

At least the Red-Arrows survived… from Roger-Wilco by steve

Uncontrolled Airspace #194 "The Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Department" from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast - All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #194 "The Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Department"

Airdrops break records in Afghanistan from AF.mil Photos | Container Delivery System bundles parachute to the ground from a C-17 Globemaster III transport jet over a drop zone May 9, 2010, in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez) When your unit is surrounded by an enemy hitting you with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, and mortar rounds are screaming in and you're running low on food, ammunition and everything else, you can't exactly send someone to Walmart for supplies. That's when you pray for an airdrop. Now. "Sometimes these missions are like driving an 18-wheeler through a 5 o'clock traffic jam while trying to ask for directions with a cell phone that isn't getting any reception," said Capt. Scott Huffstetler, an airdrop mission planner with the 8th Airlift Squadron in Afghanistan. "Eventually, you just muscle your way through and get the job done. more...

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