Monday, March 28, 2011

Indy Transponder 28-MAR-2011 1030z

Witnesses capture video of St. Pete plane crash - 10 Connects | ST. PETERSBURG, FL - A T-28 Warbird, part of the Honda Grand Prix race opening ceremonies, crashed into the water off Albert Whitted Airport as it was attempting a landing after reporting mechanical difficulties. "I heard some sputtering from the ... Both the pilot and passenger suffered very minor injuries…
Air Show Grounded WTOK | The Golden Wings Over Meridian air show dodged rain drops Saturday, but showers throughout Sunday, and other unfavorable conditions, grounded all aircraft at the air show. The Blue Angels officially called it a day midway through the afternoon, ...

Air Show could fly in again in 2 years - SunHerald.com | BILOXI -- This year's air show at Keesler Air Force Base was even bigger than the one in 2009, and the base could be getting ready for an encore. “We're trying to plan another show in two years,” said Brig. Gen. ...

Eyes, interest up at indoor air show - Omaha World-Herald | That was the essence of the success of the inaugural Indoor Air Show, which had 1200 people turning their noses to the ceiling Saturday and Sunday at the Strategic Air & Space Museum. Radio-controlled model airplanes and helicopters whizzed around one ...

Air Race Classic June 21-24  by cassie | The Air Race Classic will be flying over Carbon County this year! The Air Race Classic (ARC) is an annual cross country women's air race that carries on a tradition that began in 1929 with the first Women's Air Derby and continued with ...

Commemorative Air Force needs $3200 to fly B-24 to air show - Fort Worth Star Telegram | A Fort Worth group dedicated to preserving North Texas' aviation history wants to re-create a bit of that past during an air show next month at Naval Air Station Fort Worth. The Commemorative Air Force, almost all ex-military, ...

Sucker Punch Republica | KATHMANDU, March 28: Director Zack Synder, who defines his recent Hollywood release Sucker Punch as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns, including dragons, B-25 bombers and brothels,” dreams big for all his fantasies to look true. ...

WWII veteran gets medals 65 years later - Tulsa World | While Kaiser has many war stories to tell, some of them humorous, he delights in telling about his exposure to early aviation history. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Kaiser moved around the country quite a bit, largely because his father, a noted aircraft ...

B17 at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport April 5 & 6  from Arizona Aerospan by Aviation News | The EAA's B17 Aluminum Overcast will be at the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport April 5th and 6th.  For more info, and links to Tour Stop Schedule and great images, go to:  http://www.b17.org/tourstops/

Aviation History on Display within the Tokyo 東京 area and northern Honshu 本州  from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Aviation History on Display within the Tokyo 東京 area and northern Honshu 本州 | The recent 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (東北地方太平洋沖地震 — Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin), centered near Sendai Japan, initiated a post about aviation history that may be endangered in the immediate area of Sendai. Emails have come in asking where aircraft are on display in the Tokyo area as well as the northern part of the island of Honshu, since this area has been bearing the brunt of aftershocks and probably will for some time to come — my notes indicate the following ten sites, with many in or near Tokyo...

A road trip, and some sobering economic realities  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Miss D. and I have just returned from a brief road trip, heading up through Kentucky to Ohio and back again. We took the opportunity to visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, which was very interesting indeed.  My major complaint about the Museum is that parts of it are not very photographer-friendly. For example, the Cold War display is very dark (including a black-painted ceiling), with spotlights illuminating the aircraft. That makes it very difficult to take pictures, as this one I took of the Convair B-58 Hustler bomber illustrates.

March Airshow Madness Complete  from Randy Rothhaar Photography | Wrapped up a three consecutive airshow weekend run in March with a great day shooting at MCAS Yuma...watch for images from NAF El Centro, Luke AFB, and MCAS Yuma soon.

Spring Break Multi Time Building Trip (ARR-ATL-PNS-MSY-ARR)  from Jetcareers forums by tlewis95 | Decided that I needed a bit of twice-prop time and found someone that was in to pay for half. So why not? Lets do Spring Break the right way. This was a Seminole being rented out of JA at Aurora, IL and just received new paint, interior, and G500 glass cockpit. (Still had a "new airplane smell" when we got back)…

Sky was no limit for pioneer aviator Pinky Brier - San Bernardino Sun | While working with Southern California Gas Co. in San Bernardino in 1934, Pinky took flying lessons from her future husband and aviation partner, Lt. Joe Brier, who was stationed at March Air Force Base. The woman loved flying so much that she quit her ...

Come Fly With Me: 1911  from Shorpy Historic Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave | Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. "Senorita Lenore Riviero with Antony Jannus in Rex Smith aeroplane." Please fasten your seatbelts (or skirts) while we prepare for departure. Tony Jannus, the pioneering but short-lived Washington aviator, a few years before his final flight landed him somewhere at the bottom of the Black Sea. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

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