Monday, August 23, 2010

Indy Transponder 23-AUG-10 0230z

Metro area salutes Air Force - NorthJersey.com
Those F-16C jets – the famous Air Force Thunderbirds — will be in a holding pattern Tuesday from 10:15 to 10:30 am in preparation for a single-path ...

USAF Thunderbirds 2010 Schedule

Air show breaks attendance records - WWLP 22News
(WWLP) - Rain or shine, planes hit the skies and aircraft lovers braved the weather for the final day of the Westfield International Air Show. ...

World War II Warbirds Rule the Skies of the Lower Hudson Valley - Patch
... 1:00pm The US Army Air Force is alive and well again at the Westchester County Airport in the form of three classic warbirds that are on display. ...

Oregon International Air Show: The annual event ends with sun - OregonLive.com
The last plane of the day has landed safely, and this year's Oregon International Air Show has come to a close at the Hillsboro Airport. ...

Oregon International Air Show: A singing pilot starts the day - OregonLive.com
Most pilots at the Oregon International Air Show let the man on the loudspeaker tell about their biography and aircraft as they handle the controls midair. ...
   
Westfield Airshow Comes in for Landing - WSHM-TV
Most come to airshows to see the breathtaking, jaw dropping stunts in the sky. But many will tell you an airshow is more than that. ...

'Oohs,' 'aahs' and stiff necks - Trading Markets
About 8000 people flocked to the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show Saturday to get close to vintage planes, military jets and to witness dazzling aerobatic ...

Wings Over Camarillo - Santa Barbara Edhat
There's lots of memorabilia and food for sale, benefitting the Commemorative Air Force non-profit which keeps our nation's airplane history alive, ...

B-17G "Liberty Belle" Makes Stop at Spirit of St. Louis Airport from The Aero Experience 
[Lots of pics] The Liberty Belle Foundation brought their B-17G "Liberty Belle" to Spirit of St. Louis Airport this weekend to provide an opportunity for local residents to see and ride this historic aircraft. ... Visit http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html for further information.

Windsor air show has WOW factor - Windsor Star
But the rain didn't dampen Tiessen's spirits, nor did it keep hundreds away from the festivities despite grounding the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team ...

Silver lining for Red Arrows fans and John Thornton Foundation - Bournemouth Echo
The Red Arrows may have been grounded by the weather on Saturday, but it meant more time to meet their legions of fans and support good ...
   
Bournemouth Air Festival latest: Red Bull Matadors lift spirits - Bournemouth Echo
A decision on the Red Arrows will be made by four. The airspace will remain open until 6pm in the hope the weather clears. An update is expected at 4pm, ...

Bournemouth Air Festival Displays Cancelled Due to Bad Weather - Suite101.com
But by the evening, the low cloud base forced the Red Arrows to perform a “ratty flatty” display – with only eight aircraft instead of the usual nine for ...

Airy sky spectacle on Sasse Dorfer - via Translator
... For the first time it was with her Peggy Krainz Wingwalking-  Show. It showed during the flight on the wings of the biplane spectacular deposits. Loops, rolls and spins around its own axis, the guests at the aerobatic and enjoy sailing aerobatic planes, roared with breathtaking speed through the sky and their heads forced skyward. ...

Hot-air balloon knocked out power to 20,000 Quebec homes - The Gazette
About 20,000 Quebec homes once again had power Sunday, after a hot-air balloon caused a blackout when it landed on a power line in Carignan, Que., outside Montreal, on Saturday.
The homes in the Monteregie area were re-connected to the power grid overnight, said Quebec power utility spokesman Simon Martel. ...

Glider crashes at Shoreham Airshow - The Argus.co.uk
A glider pilot has been taken to hospital after his aircraft nose-dived into the runway at Shoreham Airshow. The glider broke up on impact with the runway ...

Bob Hoover — Legend of Aviation - Feras.co.uk
Great footage of Bob, I first saw Bob at the Reno Air Races in 1968 flying his Mustang as the pace plane and doing his signature roll on takeoff at 50 ft agl with SO. Later doing aerobatics in his Mustang,T28, Saberliner, F86, ...

Can The Right Coat Of Paint Save General Aviation In America? from Airpigz
Honestly, I didn't set out to start a series of posts on 'Saving General Aviation', it just sorta happened when I realized that a potentially wildly popular homebuilt airplane like the Onex from Sonex could actually be a catalyst for big time turn-around. As some of the comments from that first post in the new 'Saving GA' category shows, not everyone agrees in the power of a little airplane like that to have any real impact. I understand the ...

THE YOUNG FLYER - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
I'd like to share another photo ensemble shot by my daughter- DESTINY DAWSON...
Sun. 9/14/08-Reno NCAR- Countless aviation dreams & careers started via the simple joyful experience of flying one of those classic balsawood toy glider planes- demonstrated here by this cool kid flyer at the air races.
Judging by his obvious intense focus, -along w/the Tiger Destefani-autographed Strega hat & Czech Mate tee-shirt he's wearing, I think it'd be a safe bet to say he might already be hooked on flying!

In between the races - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion

August 22 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

FAA Looks At Space Regs from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The FAA has partnered with eight universities to figure out how space tourism fits into the airspace and, in some ways, into society itself. New Mexico State University at Las Cruces will lead the Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation. There are, of course, mundane practical matters to be addressed. "If the plans of people like Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic are accurate, in the next three to five years there will  ...


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