Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Indy Transponder 11-JAN-2011 0430z

Blue Angels Coming to Lynchburg Regional Airshow - WSET
The Blue Angels are the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron and their performance in the Hill City will be one of 35 this year in the US. ...

US Navy Blue Angels to Perform at Thunder Over Utah Air Show - KCSG
Wingman Events, the air show promoter, says the event will produce more than $2.5 million in economic benefits to the southern Utah area. ...

Waiting For Word On The Blue Angels - WTVB
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- Organizers of the Field of Flight Airshow and Balloon Competition are waiting to hear from the Navy if they have landed the Blue ...

Thunderbirds to highlight 2011 AirFest - MyFox Tampa Bay
TAMPA - The US Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to MacDill's annual AirFest, but this year the air show will happen in November instead of March. ...

USAF Thunderbirds at the 2010 Nellis AFB Aviation Nation Airshow from Randy Rothhaar Photography 
   
Gulf Coast Salute 2011 Air Show set for March 26 and 27. - WMBB-TV
Tyndall Air Force Base officials will host the Gulf Coast Salute 2011 Air Show and Open House, March 26 and 27. This year's event will be highlighted by the ...

Tarantella: catch me if you can from Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics
   
Turkish Delight For Visitors To 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show - Abu Dhabi City Guide
One of the world's leading military air force display teams, the Turkish Stars, is the latest aerobatic squadron to confirm its attendance at the 2011 Al ...

Still More Frame Grabs from the T-38 Ride from Airspeed by Stephen Force
After getting the Acro Camp trailer ready to show at the Great Lakes International Aviation Conference on Saturday, I sat down to really crank on the episode covering my T-38A ride with the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB. All of the pieces other than the voiceover material is in the can and I’m going through all of the footage again to see where voiceover is necessary in order to help explain what’s happening on screen. ...
   
8th Annual 'Living Legends of Aviation' ® Awards to Honor Captain James Lovell ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The 8th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards, presented by Learjet, will be held on January 21st at the Beverly Hilton.
Considered the most prestigious and important recognition event of aviation, it's an intimate, memorable, and historic evening of entertainment. Morgan Freeman, the "Voice of Aviation" presents the "Flown West" tribute to the Legends lost. John Travolta, the Ambassador of Aviation, will present the newest Legend inductee, M. Laurent Beaudoin. Harrison Ford will present a special Aviation Legacy Award to Pat Epps. Sean Tucker, the awards emcee, will be assisted by Kurt Russell, as Tom Hanks recognizes Captain James Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission, and Captain "Sully" Sullenberger will present the "Captain Cool Award." Bob Hoover will present the Freedom of Flight award to fellow aviator, congressman, and true national hero Sam Johnson. Meet Delford M. Smith, the "Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur," Clay Jones, the "Aviation Industry Leader of the Year," Lynn Tilton, the "Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year," and other truly remarkable individuals of extraordinary accomplishment. The ballroom at the Beverly Hilton accommodates the 70 Legends, their guests, and a small number of other attendees.  ...

Del Reisman dies at 86 - Variety
During World War II, Reisman served with the US Army Air Forces from 1942-45 and was trained as a bombardier on the B-17 Flying Fortress. ...

A Long Way to Go in Just 82 Years... from AviationBull
Aviation has come a long way since the Wright Brothers in 1903. We get some sense of this when we look at older aircraft, but we seldom get the chance to make side-to-side comparisons. This picture, however, is a rare and perfect illustration of just how far aviation has come. What's more impressive is that ...

Historic Airship Flight Ended Off Bermuda - Bernews
... this forgotten piece of early aviation history,” said Tom Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. ...

Stinson L-5 Is Aviator’s Dream | Pacific Flyer
Are you dreaming about owning a warbird, but cannot afford to join the P-51 owners’ club? Think L-Bird! That’s what Cindy and Mark Beam, living in Fort Lupton, Colo., did, acquiring  the Stinson L-5 “Sentinel” ...

British Defenses Against the Summer 1944 V-1 Bombardment
from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago
Cutaway view of the Fiesler Fi 103, or V-1 "Buzz Bomb"
Within a week of the Allied landings on Normandy on 6 June 1944, the Germans initiated a new form of bombardment against London, launching ten of Hitler's "Revenge Weapon No.1" or Vergeltungswaffe 1- V-1 for short. Of the V-1s launched in the early morning darkness of 13 June, six suffered failures that prevented them from even reaching the English coast from launch sites at Pas de Calais. Four bombs made it into British airspace, three of them hit in open land causing no casualties. One of those four V-1s, though, hit Bethnal Green, 2 miles from the famous Tower Bridge (which was used as the nominal aiming point) where it killed six people and injured nine more. British intelligence had predicted ...

Batteries Not Included from CAFE Foundation Blog 
The University of New South Wales has a long-term solar development program that produces some of the most competitive solar racers in the world – evidenced by their taking a world speed record for solar-only vehicles on January 7 at Nowra, Australia.  Their record run was witnessed and awarded on the spot by Guinness World Record officials.

CONGRATULATIONS Flying Winners! from Flight To Success 
Fly It Forward worldwide contest has been drawn--- compliments of Random.Org  Thank heaven for cut and paste! So many pilots. So many flights. So many passengers/
21 lucky people won something today!
The $100 winner is no less than Classic Aviation's Amanda Sargent!
Not only did she stuff the ballot by flying 119 women--- just under Andrei Floroiu's 161--- but she worked our December 5th event, too. She supported Emily's helicopter, escorted passengers and loaded them all day. ...

Reality show really is real — ‘it’s the way it is’ - Edmonton Journal
Ice Pilots so ready-made for TV, it never requires embellishment
It’s nearing the end of a dinner party on a frosty December night in Hay River, N.W.T., when Buffalo Joe McBryan addresses a small group of journalists sitting at his family’s table.
After an evening of storytelling, bad jokes, reminiscing and general pontificating about the nature of the north, the former bush pilot turned ...

On This Day in Aviation History: January 10th - NYCAviation.com ...
TWA files for bankruptcy for the first time, a Gulfstream III speeds around the world, a Sikorsky reaches 21000ft, a B-52 sets a distance record in 1962 and more...

Artist and Author Josh Finney Brings Aviation Comics into the 21st Century With Titanium Rain from Featured 
By S. Mark Rhodes | Set in the very near future, Titanium Rain deals with the ramifications of a civil war in China spills into a more international concern. The protagonist, USAF pilot Alec Killian finds himself quickly mixed up in a conflict, which will test his morality, humanity and will to live. ...

Holloman Airmen provide 5th generation fighter support from AF.mil Photos
Two T-38 Talons sit inside NASA's Super Guppy aircraft Dec. 14, 2010, after being shipped to Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The shipment is the first two of 15 T-38s to be shipped to Holloman AFB to be inspected and regenerated before being flown to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. M1 Support Services officials maintain the T-38 Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance program and is the main depot in Air Combat Command for repairing the T-38s. After every 450 flight hours at their operating location, the T-38s will come back for an inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Veronica Stamps)

PICTURES & VIDEOS: J-20 first flight - the camera doesn't lie or does it? from Flight International


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