Saturday, October 9, 2010

Indy Transponder 09-OCT-2010 0215z

Blue Angels coming home in November - WALA-TV FOX10
PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) - The Navy's flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels will end their 2010 season at NAS Pensacola. The annual homecoming show ...

BLOG: Blogger Meets the Blue Angels at 2010 Miramar Air Show  - SanDiego.com
I will not attempt to duplicate the thorough media coverage of the 2010 Miramar Air Show. This blog is intended to casually blend facts, entertainment and ...


Base air show to feature Thunderbirds, C-130s - Polaskinews.net
During the air show, a taxiing strip and C-130 parking area will turn into a community parking lot, and the flight line area, normally off limits to ...

Even the Thunderbirds use Nikon! - Flickr
More photos of the Thunderbirds photographers on the link!

Read about Mike in the Carmel, CA News from Mike Goulian Airshows
Take a few minutes to read through this thoughtful article about Mike, how his aviation career has evolved, and how the air show in Salinas, CA delivers a top-notch event. Writer, Mary Brownfield, from The Carmel Pine Cone, took time to interview Mike before the California International Air Show in Salinas, CA last week. Enjoy!

IAF Showcases Impressive Parade, Air Show on Air Force Day ... -
The participating aircraft in the air display included Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, Dornier, Avro, AN-32 Transport aircraft,while the fighter included Jaguars, Mig-21 Bis, Mig-29, Mirage-2000 and Su-30 MKIs. The show-stoppers as always ...

Patrol the skies over France in Cervolix - newsAuvergne.com
The 2010 edition will mark a milestone with a special visit by the Patrouille de France or "antique" fly straight ...

Air show man's bid to appeal grounded - Waikato Times
Failed air show organiser Ken Ross has had his application to appeal his conviction and sentence for fraud dismissed by a ...

Historic First: Edwards AFB Lakebed Fly-In - from EAA
Last week saw the first-ever Flight Test Nation Lakebed Fly-In, allowing private aircraft to land on the cracked clay surface known as Rosamond Dry Lake Bed at historic Edwards Air Force Base, California. A total of 2,263 pilots applied to participate and 100 were chosen in a special lottery, along with 20 alternates.

Renaud Ecalle and Family Lost in Aircraft Accident from FAI Aerobatics Commission
Renaud Ecalle, the current World Aerobatic Champion, European Aerobatic Champion, French National Champion and World Air Games Aerobatic Champion in Power lost his life in an aircraft accident on Sunday, the 3rd of October, that also claimed the lives of his wife and two children. The family was returning to Salon on Sunday night after a presentation near Montpelier. Search and rescue personnel found the wreckage on Monday afternoon. ...

P-38 Lightning “Honey Bunny” races Scott... from x planes

AOPA Aviation Summit - AOPA Pilot
Dine with aerobatic performers Sean Tucker, Dale Snodgrass, Corkey Fornof, and Julie Clark; Reno Air Race pilots Skip Holm, Dennis Buehn, and Will Whiteside ...

3D Entertainment Films announced two 3D IMAX films: “Time, the Fourth Dimension” and “Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight” - Entertainment Technology Center
“Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight” will put moviegoers and fans in the middle of the highly competitive action and have them soaring through the air at more than twice the speed of a NASCAR race. The film will chronicle the preparation for and competition in the world’s fastest motorsport, celebrate the history of flight and explore the science of today’s air racing technology, human physiology, neurology and the underlying physics that pilots depend on.
“This new alliance with Pretend Entertainment, Stereoscope and the Reno Air Racing Association has allowed our company  ...

Tom Cruise is Still Developing a Competing 'Flying Tigers' Film - Flying Tigers News
Though we once heard news that Tom Cruise was going to be working with director John Woo on his story about the WWII air fighting squadron Flying Tigers, that turned out to be a bit of a mix up. Instead, Woo and Cruise were each ...

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from Aviation Blogs 
Mission | The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can  ...

Air Force Picks New Motto from Pacific Flyer 
The Air force announced in September that they have been looking for a new motto, which drew some interesting suggestions from our readers.
But one, former F-15 driver Rich Martindell, almost nailed it with ...

The last Vulcan flies for Children In Need as fans struggle to save her - PRLog.Org
... be flown alongside the giant delta-winged aircraft in a unique, twin-seat commercially-licensed aerobatics plane piloted by a former Red Arrows air ace. ...

VIDEO: Sikorsky X2 breaks speed record from The DEW Line 

Martin XB-51 in Hideous ExxtraneousColor from The Unwanted Blog 
Less appealing than the XB-46 but still pretty interesting was the three-engined XB-51 attack bomber. No other post-war American aircraft looked more like ...

October 8 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Photos from Chris Sloan from Rand Peck, A Life Aloft 
This is a gallery of shots that Chris took from a recent visit to SEA and the Boeing Museum of Flight.
The 787 (Dreamliner) recently visited Ft. Lauderdale and Chris ventured over with his camera to create this  Gallery ...

1966 Ford Mustang - Mustang Monthly Magazine
A B-17 that was hit while on a bombing run in 1944. It fell out of formation and was limping home to England when it was set upon by three German BF-109 ...

Next Generation Bomber - NEW BOMBER FROM BOEING from Aviation 
The NGB is a new medium bomber under development by the United States Air Force. It was originally projected to enter service in 2018 as a stealth, subsonic, medium range bomber that could replace the Air Force's present bomber fleet. With artist impressions ...

Maverick Flying Car Gets S-LSA Certification from EAA
The FAA's Orlando Manufacturing Inspection District Office (MIDO) has issued a special light-sport aircraft airworthiness certificate to I-TEC for its Maverick, a flying car that drove nearly 1,300 miles to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010.

Services officials announce scholarship winners from Air Force Link Top Stories 
Officials overseeing the Air Force Services Club Membership Scholarship Program recently selected twenty-five individuals to receive $1,000 scholarships. ...

Metro kids can fly over Detroit for free - Detroit Free Press
The Tuskegee Airmen Young Eagles will take to the skies with Detroit area children Saturday for free airplane flights over Detroit. ...
   
Kids fly free at Young Eagles event - Red Bluff Daily News
Kids who get to fly will receive a Young Eagles Certificate and have their photo taken with their pilot and airplane. The Corning EAA, Redding EAA and the ...

Pioneering rocket engineer developed Cold War missiles, competed in X PRIZE - Sign On San Diego
The Encyclopedia Astronautica called him “one of the great originals of American rocketry.” Space historian Shirley Thomas described him as a “practical dreamer.”
An early advocate of the American space program and a proponent of low-cost access to outer space, Capt. Truax once said in an interview, “I just like to go out and play with rockets.”
Capt. Truax died Sept. 17 of prostate cancer at his Valley Center home. He was 93.
In the 1940s and early 1950s, Capt. Truax collaborated ...

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