Friday, February 4, 2011

Indy Transponder 04-FEB-2011 0200z

Al Ain Air show opening postponed yet again - Emirates 24/7 | Adverse weather conditions cited as reason for the second delay.  It seems Mother Nature is playing cruel tricks on the aerobatic stunt pilots once again, who were to take to the skies today for the annual Al Ain Aerobatic Show later today.  After the show being postponed by a day already, the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and the UAE Armed Forces have decided to delay takeoff by yet another day, citing bad weather conditions. So the three-day air spectacle, which was originally set to fly on February 2, will now gain altitude on February 4. ...

It's Go, Go, Go For 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show! - Abu Dhabi City Guide | It's all systems go as the 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show takes off tomorrow (Friday), with big crowds expected to turn up to witness the amazing line-up of ...

Red Arrows in return to Cosford Air Show - shropshirestar.com | Tickets have this week gone on sale for the show at the Shropshire air base – which will take place on June 12 – and organisers have promised a day of ...

Florida International Air Show to Host Doolittle Reunion | The 31st Annual Florida International Air Show (Mar 25‐26) will be hosting a historic reunion between three surviving Doolittle Tokyo Raiders and special guests representing the People’s Republic of China. ...

First fly-in Oquossoc set for Saturday - Lewiston Sun Journal | OQUOSSOC — The town's first fly-in is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, at Bald Mountain Camps on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. ...

What's on: Windermere Air Festival 2011 - thewestmorlandgazette | There will be 16 breathtaking air displays – eight each day – a military village and flying simulator.  But also, for the first time, there will be new kids ‘have-a-go’ activities ...

Air Force fighters prep for Super Bowl XLV from Air Force Link Top Stories | Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday preparing to protect the sky around Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. ...

2010 Year In Review from www.timadamsphotography.com | Stunning slide show. 9 min. 

Honoring Mildred Carter - from WAI Connect Blog | Reprinted from AOPA Aviation eBrief | Alabama Pilot Mildred Carter was honored for her achievement as the first black woman to receive a pilot's license in Alabama in 1941. Carter worked as a clerk at the Tuskegee Army Airfield and took flying lessons in her free time. "She was a pioneer in her own right," said Roosevelt Lewis, a retired Air Force colonel. Read the full article here in the ...

The Golden Age of Flying - Planes, Flying and Aviation from www.aviationearth.com | When Charles Lindbergh lifted off from Roosevelt Field, New York, on 20th January 1927, he effectively ushered in the ‘golden age of flying’. It wouldn’t end until 1939.  The interwar period is considered to be the era when aviation enjoyed its greatest development. From the barnstorming air shows of the US, to professional air races tearing across the world; there was no limit to the achievements made possible by powered flight. Charles Lindbergh’s feat was just one of a number of aviation firsts which took place between the wars. Numerous others would follow; with Amelia Earhart acquiring fifteen. ...

Lockheed PV-2 “Harpoon” - Indianapolis Air Show | The Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon was introduced late in WWII as a follow up patrol bomber to the PV-1 Ventura, which was used extensively by both the US Navy and the British as a land based anti-submarine/shipping aircraft. The 545 Harpoons that were built in 1944 and 1945 had longer wings that resulted in both better controllability and increased fuel capacity for longer range patrols. The Harpoon during these long range patrols could carry up to 3,000 lbs of bombs or depth charges and normally had 5 forward (7 with the dorsal turret rotated forward) firing .50 caliber machine guns for strafing attacks against enemy shipping and ground targets.  Harpoons served with the US Navy in the Central Pacific and in particular out of ...

Enola Gay from All Things Aviation | As pilots we all love to see photographs of airplanes, in particular those aircraft which are part of history. If you have any interest in historical aircraft at all you surely know about the famous B-29 the “Enola Gay” dropped the first atom bomb on Japan on August 6th 1945. The aircraft got it’s name [...]

The bombardier's view - The News-Press | Air Force B-17: The Air Force B-17. a WWll flying fortress, is on display at Page Field in Fort Myers until Friday. (Video: Marc Beaudin/news-press.com) ...

R4-B Hoverfly at WPAFB from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | This is a Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly developed by Igor straight from his famous VS-300 experimental helicopter. The R-4 is the world's first production helicopter and also the US Army Air Force's first service helicopter. The prototype, the XR-4, flew for the first time on ...

Try Out our New Online Activities from AirSpace | If you’re looking for some online fun, try out several Web activities from our newest exhibition, The Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery.  The exhibition introduces some of the colorful aviation personalities from the 1920s and 1930s.  "Tingmissartoq" Interactive, Douglas "World Cruiser" Interactive, Design an Air Racer Interactive, Tuskegee Airmen Interactive ...

The Bell X-1 Patent from The Unwanted Blog | Filed in 1945, granted and published in 1946, this design patent issued to the Bell Aircraft Company revealed the basic design of the X-1 supersonic aircraft almost ten months prior to the X-1 breaking the sound barrier. ...

A brief history of human flight - airBaltic Wingtips | The “Cayley medallion” marks one of the first great turning points in aviation history, but it is far from displaying all of Cayley's achievements in the development of aeronautics. He was a true pioneer, working on the problem of ...

Today in Aviation History – February 3 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 

RAF Harrier Jump Jet In Online Auction - Sky News | Chris Wilson is a former RAF mechanic who once worked with the legendary Red Arrows aerobatic display team. After leaving the air force, he set up a company ...

SCAA connects children to aviation through art in Myrtle Beach - South Carolina Now
... the first African American in South Carolina to receive his commercial pilot's license and Sally Crouch, who was one of the “Doolittle Raiders. ...

Shuttle Discovery Returns To Launch Pad, Slated for Feb. 24 Launch from Warplanes Online Community  | Space shuttle Discovery was returned to Launch Pad 39A yesterday, Feb. 1, in preparation for a targeted Feb. 24 launch of the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station, the final planned flight for this orbiter. ...


 
 

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