Thursday, August 26, 2010

Indy Transponder 26-AUG-10 1030z


Atlantic City Airshow concludes with a roar over the shore - Press of Atlantic City | ATLANTIC CITY - It went off without a hitch: The Horizon Healthcare blimp cleared Boardwalk Hall after 10 am today, kicking off the Atlantic City Airshow. ...

Cool weather and threat of rain dampen air show impact for local businesses - Press of Atlantic City | He wasn't sure what to expect from the airshow, but definitely more than the 125 who showed up. Castillo still hoped spectators would stop in after the show ...

N.H. crew fuels Blue Angels - Seacoastonline.com | The US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team arrives at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease on Wednesday evening for this weekend's ...

Aviation Day draws a crowd - Mount Shasta Herald | The crowd enjoyed the classic, experimental and World War II vintage planes parked for display, a pancake breakfast, flight demonstrations, aviation history ...

United States - California - Wings Over Wine Country Air Show 2010 - Santa Rosa - 08/20/10 from FenceCheck Forums:

Little Wings Over Wine Country - Petaluma Argus Courier | Life Thousands of people came to the Sonoma County Airport for the Wings Over Wine Country Airshow; they saw helicopter demonstrations, WWII fighters flying ...

Old favourites set to wow airshow crowd - East Anglian Daily Times | MORE than 100000 aviation fans are set to descend on Clacton today and tomorrow for the town's spectacular airshow. ...

Heaven's in Sidney, Neb. - Colorado Springs Independent | We glanced quickly at a World War II-era B-25 bomber on the runway, a plane Allen told us had actually appeared in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, ...

Battle of Britain Stories One of the greatest books of the... from x planes

Magazine to feature 39th Stearman Fly-In - Galesburg Register-Mail | Its other magazine titles are Warbirds, Vintage Airplane, Sport Aerobatics and Mentor – the latter for flight instructors. EAA is sending writer Jim Busha, ...

More Attendees at the Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | The Blakesburg fly-in starts next week! Here's a selection of the past few day's registrants…

United States - Oregon - Oregon International Air Show 2010 - Hillsboro (Portland) - 08/20/10 from FenceCheck Forums:

Navy Drone Violated Washington Airspace - New York Times | A Fire Scout drone helicopter like the one that that violated airspace in Washington on Tuesday, at a air show in Britain. Navy spokesmen could not say ...

Wings of Freedom Tour stops in Wall - Asbury Park Press | The last time John Ewald saw a Boeing B-17 bomber up close, he was leaping out of one into enemy ...

Bomber recalls WWII rescue - Wayne Independent | Three days earlier, Japanese torpedoes had bombed the USS Indianapolis, sending her to a watery grave. Now 87, Gerard remembers their Chief Pilot Lt. Sam ...

WWII bomber to fly over Air Force Academy - Dallas Morning News | The 69-year-old B-24A Liberator, owned by the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force, is scheduled to be over the academy at noon Wednesday. ...

Who Was First in Iowa? from Antique Airfield News - Mike Gretz has researched the controversy over who performed the first flight in Iowa and where was it? Was it Ely & Mars, Baldwin, or Hartman? Find out by reading the full article here.

I'm Ready For My Close-up from Nuts About Southwest - by sheaser | Have you ever spotted a Southwest aircraft in a TV show or movie? This is no accident. Southwest's Marketing and Communications teams spend part of their time making sure that when our planes and Employees are shown in TV and film that we are represented properly and that our brand is well represented. After all, it is a very valuable brand and we don't want to be associated with just every project!..

Warren Pietsch's Monocoupe 110 Restoration Finished from Antique Airfield News | Warren Pietsch of Minot, ND has finished up the restoration of his Monocoupe 110 Spl, NC101H, and reportedly test flew it earlier this week. This particular 'coupe is one of seven factory built "Clipwings" and was formerly owned by such notables as Rusty Heard and John McCullough…

She is Smooth and Silky: Pemberton Waco EQC-6 in Silver from Antique Airfield News | Addison Pemberton of Felts Field, Spokane, WA also writes: After 150 hrs in the paint booth this past 6 weeks the fuse and other goodies are now ready for white dope and the Ranthane Pontiac red color. The tail group, ailerons and lower wings and door are finished as well! We will wait 20 days before urethane to out gas all the dope VOC's…

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Low Budget Rocketeers - Go Denmark! by Martt |  Did I really just say 'Go Denmark'? That's never happened before. Not that I'm anti Denmark or anything, I've just never felt the need to cheer them on... especially since I've gotten a good idea of how many calories they hide inside those in the oh-so-delicious pastry thingys they've been tempting us with. But, after getting a load of what Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen have been working on for the last 5 years or so with their non-profit, donation funded and volunteer supported space quest called Copenhagen Suborbitals, I'm cheering the little Scandinavian country on…

Kids invited to take Young Eagles flights - Albany Democrat Herald | Young Eagles flights will be offered as part of the ATI Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival on Saturday, Aug. 28, and Sunday, Aug. 29. ...

Air Force Week in New York Photos - The Epoch Times | STREAMING THE SKYLINE: To mark the start of "Air Force Week" in the city, F-16s from the US Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration squadron performed a ...

Air Show... by dmbphotography | A couple weeks ago I went to a local airport open house/mini air show. It was fun. The weather was not ideal. It was 90 and sunny one moment to 70 and pouring rain the next. We did have some fun hiding for cover under random planes. Overall it was a great show for such a small airport… Enjoy!

August 26 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

The U-2's Antecedent: The Martin RB-57D Canberra from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In the early 1950s the Strategic Air Command asked Martin, the American license builder of the English Electric Canberra as the B-57, if a modified version of the B-57 could be built that would operate at altitudes in excess of 60,000 as a reconnaissance aircraft…

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