Saturday, December 18, 2010

Indy Transponder 18-DEC-2010 2300z

   
Blue Angels will appear at 2011 ESL International Airshow - EmpireStateNews.net
“The ESL International Airshow is one of the most highly anticipated events in our region, and Monroe County is honored to have been selected again as one ...

Cherry Point Air Show wins Blue Angel award - ENC Today
The Blue Angels Navy jet demonstration team highlighted the event that also featured a variety of military and civilian aircraft demonstrations. ...

Plane from Vietnam era arrives at Castle Air Museum - Merced Sun-Star
Castle Air Museum recently acquired a Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior on a long-term loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation. ...

Aerospace engineer wins prestigious technology and innovation award - Media Newswire
The auto-landing system technology enables an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to identify a suitable landing area and land without any support from ...

Scientists Believe They Have Found The Remains of Famous US Aviatrix Amelia ... - Rhino Car Hire
We may be about to witness the uncovering of one of the greatest mysteries of the 20 th century – the answer to what happened to the aviatrix, ...

Amelia Earhart - Celebrity Video
Amelia Mary Earhart (pronounced /ˈɛərhɑrt/ AIR-hart); (born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937; declared legally dead January 5, 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. [N 1] Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote ...

Acro Camp Soundtrack Studio Session from Airspeed
On Friday, Barry (“Bernie”) Sutton and Don (“Seawall”) Weaver and I went into The Soundscape Recording Studio in Royal Oak, Michigan to do some work on the soundtrack for the upcoming independent film, Acro Camp. (Check out http://www.acrocamp.com/.)
This is a continuation in part of the crowdsourcing of Acro Grass, the bluegrass-flavored basic theme that we’re using for the film. We walked in with two versions of the tune. The first is the same version that I put out there earlier this year for people to use as a backing track for contributions. It’s an acounstic riff in D at 116 bpm. The second is an electrified version, also in D at 106 bpm with the electric guitar mostly clean and ...

VIDEO: BAE Systems pays tribute to 50 years Harrier from CavokBlog 
After completing 50 years, the Harrier jets flew last in the RAF, which operated for 41 years. Last month the aircraft that revolutionized the concept of a vertical takeoff fighter aircraft completed 50 years since its first flight, conducted with the prototype Hawker P.1127 Harrier, on November 17, 1960. BAE Systems has posted on YouTube's video tribute to the Harrier, which this week made its last flight on Royal Air Force .

Sea Harrier revived by former USMC pilot for air show circuit By Stephen Trimble
... Not long before the UK Royal Navy decommissioned the last British Aerospace Sea Harrier in March 2006, Maryland resident and aircraft mechanic Christian Vlahos received a phone call from a close friend.
Art Nalls, calling from England, immediately got to the point. ...

From X Planes

P-47 Thunderbolts final workouts
“Republic P-47 Thunderbolts engage in combat.”...
“Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortresses” formation,...
“Republic P-47s are carried to an airfield on trucks after...
Expo 2010 "Our officers have talent" at ACC East from Passion pour l'aviation 
These photos were posted on the ACC-East from June 18 to November 18, 2010 as part of the exhibition "Our agents have the Talent." By clicking on the slideshow you can access Picasa Web Album, where I give more information about each photo.

Video - Amazing Ride in a U-2 Spy Plane from Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog
I’m absolutely fascinated about this video. In 2009 James May, presenter of UK TV series “Top Gear”, took a ride in a USAF Lockheed U-2 (TU-2S two-seat trainer) - they reached an altitude of 70000 feet. If you’re an aviation buff (and I know you are) you definitly have to watch this. ...

December 18 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

December 18 - This Day In Aviation History : Planes, Flying and ...
December 18, 1912 - French aviator Rolland Garros becomes the first pilot to bridge two countries in a single flight. He flies his Blériot monoplane from North Africa to Europe, half-way across the Mediterranean, 177mi.

Avrocar flying saucer documents are available from The Original Rocket Dungeon 
Scott Lowther has scored some documents on the Avrocar VTOL “flying saucer". The attached image is a low res teaser.  If you like to collect such things, need some scale data, or just want to help Scott's cat out, you can buy the full res versions on CD. ...

Caption Contest #45 Winner - Someone's In Big Trouble! from AirPigz 
The voting this time around went back and forth between a couple of captions, but in the end it was  ...

"Stupid? or Just Evil?" UCAP #216 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
A sobering emergency situation on an airliner... Jeb tells about a new aviation tool/toy... and we marvel over an amazing flight over New York City. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #216 "Stupid? or Just Evil?"

Video: NASA: 2010 in Review from Spaceports 

Space Shuttle Landing Sites from AIRBOYD.TV 

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