Indy Transponder 02-SEP-10 1030z

Blue Angels and Cleveland Air Show Practice Schedule by Hank Plumley | While there is no set "schedule" for the Blue Angels practice times this week in Cleveland, there are clues as to when they be flying outside of the weekend air show…

NASA Glenn Participates at Cleveland National Air Show - Space Ref | CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will share in the action at the Cleveland National Air Show on Sept. 4, 5 and 6. ...

NASA History Captured In Strange and Beautiful Photograph Collection [Nasa] from Gizmodo by Kyle VanHemert | That? That's the Gossamer Penguin, an experimental solar-powered aircraft cruising above a dry lakebed at NASA Dryden's Flight Research Center in July 1979. It's just one of the many strange, spectacular images of NASA's early days now available online. More »

Planes will be 'tearing the sky up' at Lake County air show - Pioneer Press Online | Attending an air show allows intimate exposure to aircraft and pilots. Families can look at planes from just a few ...

Ready for takeoff - Boston Globe (The Boston Globe/1910 File) By Emily Sweeney After a four-year hiatus, the Plymouth Aero Club is bringing back its signature air show to Plymouth Municipal ...

Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Airshow set for this weekend - The Herald-Mail | The Golden Knights plan to leap from 12500 feet in the air for the sake of entertaining spectators at the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Airshow on Saturday, ...

Family passes for the Southport Airshow are up for grabs in our competition - Crosby Herald | FIVE lucky readers have the chance to get their hands on a family pass to the Southport Airshow. The event takes place at Southport seafront on Saturday and ...

Aviation Event with Bob Hoover from Aviation News by Nick | If you are in Los Angeles or the surrounding areas, mark your calendars in red for Saturday, October 9th. Aviation Legend Bob Hoover will be the Grand Marshall at the event "A Salute to North American Aviation", which is being held at Zamperini field, Torrance. The event is being put on by the Western Museum of Flight. Click here to get all details about the event…

Korean War vet celebrates 78th birthday with first flight lesson from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Earlier today, Korean War Veteran Gerry Nadeau celebrated his 78th birthday by taking his first flight lesson at Ormond Beach Municipal Airport in Florida. Read more...

Emergency services finalize airshow prep - Martinsburg Journal | "We are pleased to provide support to the 167th Airlift Wing's Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow. This is an opportunity for the Air National Guard and ...

Charles Lindberg, Erik Lindberg & the Spirit of St. Louis from Hiller Aviation Museum | The world in 2010 is in many ways a far smaller place than it once was. Scarcely 200 years ago, Spanish missionaries spent a full month toiling the length of California along El Camino Real. Today, tourists and business travelers soar between San Francisco and San Diego in scarcely more than an hour. For modern travelers, even the most distantly removed major cities are hardly more than a single day's travel away…

Pioneer woman in aviation to be honored at Caltech - Pasadena Star-News ... Kent Kresa, former chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman and chairman of Caltech's Board of Trustees; Burt Rutan, aerospace entrepreneur and founder, ...

Early Fly-In Arrivals at Antique Airfield from Antique Airfield News | About 40 planes have tied down for the night at Antique Airfield to kick off the first day of the fly-in. Some folks have requested an update on field conditions, so here it is: There has been some rain in the past few days, but Antique Airfield drains well, being on the top of a small hill. The runway is firm. The ground in the parking area is slightly soft in patches, but no problem for taxi and parking…

Marianne Maire Traverse la Manche en vol dos from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier | Il y a maintenant 25 ans,  Marianne Maire a traversé la Manche en vol dos entre Calais (LFAC) et Lydd (EGMD), c'était le 25 juillet 1985, date anniversaire de la 1ere traversée de la Manche en avion par Louis Blériot. Marianne, sponsorisée par TEFAL,  effectua ce vol sur l'ASA200 F-WYGN, et comme on peut le voir sur la photo ci dessus passa en vol dos dès la cote française pour ne se redresser qu'au passage de la cote anglaise…  (Translated)

1946 Seaplane With Diving Board Wing - Now That's Progress! by Martt - I wonder if the ICON A5 wing is approved for diving board use?!

Aviation Magazines | Magazines - Aviation History will offer aviation enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds the most comprehensive, authoritative, in-depth coverage of the history of world aviation. Each issue of Aviation History provides keen insights and exciting ...

Station calling – Visiting Wings Over Hawai'i from Roger-Wilco by steve | Wings Over Hawaii is a non-profit organization set up by husband and wife John and Marissa Colclasure in 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. I think this in itself says a lot about their love for the business of flying as well as their vision of the future. In 2008 most of us were worrying about our jobs and future while the Colclasures set out to remedy a shortcoming they noticed in the educational programming available in the Hawaiian communities…

Eight-Year-Old To "Pilot" AZ-NY Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Chandler Negrete, an 8-year-old boy, is preparing to fly from Arizona to New York in a Cessna 172 with an instructor to raise money for children with parents serving overseas in the military. The instructor will wield pilot-in-command responsibility for the flight, but clearly the intent is to get Negrete some stick time…

Sony rocket project update from High Power Rocketry by R2K | These are two nice videos that (probably) show the rocket mavericks launches that may or may not have been the same flights for the Sony Rocket Project…

Plane Pull Challenge enjoys record turnout - Trading Markets | It was the ninth annual FedEx Plane Pull Challenge. Teams of up to 20 competed to see who could pull a FedEx Boeing 727 aircraft 12 feet the fastest and ...

Cold War-era Albanian Bunkers (Read the First Post) from Military Photos by malioni91 | The bunkerization process in Albania, started in the early 1960s, when Albania, a Warsaw Pact member started to build fortified positions and nuclear shelters in the case of a NATO attack. But this process saw a rapid increase after the country broke off relations with the Eastern Bloc in 1968…

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