Friday, December 17, 2010

Indy Transponder 17-DEC-2010 0630z

Navy planes taking trip back in time - San Diego Union Tribune
Were you a naval aviator? If you live in San Diego County and have an interesting story to tell or photos to share about you or your family's place in the ...

Thunder of Niagara to return in September - WIVB
Thunder of Niagara featuring the Air Force Thunderbirds will provide a free sky show September 10 and 11th at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. ...
   
2011 Airdrie Air Show to be bigger, better - Airdrie City View
The Airdrie Regional Air Show will be back for July 16 and 17, 2011, and will include two days of dazzling aviation displays and a special appearance by the ...

Some fun from ICAS 2010
Music Sex and Cookies - YouTube

107th Anniversary of Powered Flight - Outer Banks Sentinel
A flyover tribute to the Wright brothers and Women in Aviation will commence at 10:35 am - the time of the Wright brothers first flight. ...

Parachuting Into Michigan Stadium - YouTube
Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division delivers the game ball via parachute before the Michigan vs. MSU game at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2010.
Awesome skydiving footage! Pinpoint landing right in Michigan Stadium!   

Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase from AVwebFlash Current Issue
That's right, kids not every DC-3 is an air show attraction; some are still working for a living. John King of Auckland, New Zealand was pleased to be able to experience this view of the South Pacific without any digital manipulations  just the skilled work of "three good pilots (Keith Mitchell and Alani Fonua in the DC-3, Craig Emeny in the camera [plane] BN2A Islander)."Attention, AVwebbers! If you're planning on sending us pics of your plane decked out in holiday lights, giving Santa a ride, ferrying fresh-cut pines, or sporting a menorah, try to get them in to us by Monday, December 20. We'd love to run them in next Thursday's installment of "POTW" before we head over the river and through the woods to grandma's hangar. ...

DC-3 75th Anniversary - Indy Transponder
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the DC-3, the aircraft that literally changed the world. Get a behind the scenes look at the world's largest gathering of DC-3's and C-47's as well as the world's only flying C-41, and C-41A. one of only two flying DC-2's, along with the highest-time aircraft still flying and the lowest time DC-3. ...

Cessna O-2A Skymaster. “A U.S. Air Force Cessna O-2A-CE... from Planeshots

B-24 Bomber Crew Training Camp set from General Aviation News 
For the third year in a row, the Collings Foundation is offering a program where you learn what it takes to train for and fly a mission aboard the B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft.” ...

Encouraging Iraqi Women to Aim High from WAI Connect Blog
By U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Chrystina Short
USAF First Lt. Chrystina Short decided that what is needed in Iraq is a chapter of Women in Aviation, International
As a high school student, I sat in amazement as I watched the Twin Towers fall on Sept. 11, 2001, wondering why on earth anyone would make such a horrific attack. I wanted to understand. So I began studying the Middle East as much ...

Junkers Ju-88 Osprey from Let Let Let - Warplanes 
Junkers Ju-88 kampfgeschwader on the Russian front Combat aircraft book number 79 is November issue of Osprey publications. As other books from this series, this paperback book is also published on 96 pages with a lot of archive photos and with nice illustrations. Written by Osprey’s primary Luftwaffe author John ...
   
Kan. Aviation Museum to receive land gift - fox4kc.com
(AP) — Kansas Aviation Museum says a 15-acre parcel and four buildings donated to it by Spirit AeroSystems will help it focus on restoring more historic ...

Calendar: Galleries and art exhibits - Ventura County Star
WORLD WAR II AVIATION MUSEUM: The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has hangars devoted to World War II aircraft. ...

Green Castle Indiana Courthouse Square... from Theo Spark 
The "Buzz Bomb" is back. The World War II-era V-1 bomb originally situated outside the courthouse is back after nearly two years of extensive restoration.
While local attorney J. Frank Durham was training for the Navy in Stumpneck, Md., he received orders to destroy a roomful of obsolete enemy arms recovered after the war. Durham considered that most civilians would ...

The Bermuda Triangle - myth and reality - Fox2
Five planes have disappeared, what remains is a myth: 65 years ago took off a U.S. torpedo squadron and never returned. It is the birth of the myth of the Bermuda Triangle. Since then, many horror stories ...

December 16 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Video: Airbus A400M Wingover First Display ILA Berlin 2010 - YouTube
The A400M makes its public debut at ILA Berlin Airshow 2010

Boeing Archives PART 2: Lots of Amazing Boeing Airplane Models from Airline Reporter 
A while back I had the amazing experience of checking out Boeing’s archive located in Bellevue, WA. My first post in September gave the general overall look at the archives. Unfortunately since then, I got distracted with other things and caused a delay. This post will be going over the models (airplane not people) found in the archives and next week I will be posting my interview with Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi. ...

Photo of Note: Superjumbo, Dreamjumbo, Superjumbo By Jon Ostrower
This photo hit my inbox this morning and it was just too good not to share. This photo, believed to have been taken around November 28, shows the 747-400 LCF Dreamlifter (N780BA) sitting between Lufthansa's first A380 (D-AIMA) and Qantas's second A380 (VH-OQB) inside Lufthansa Technik's Hamburg Frankfurt, Germany hangar.
To my knowledge, the last time these aircraft were photographed together was ...

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