Monday, May 23, 2011

Indy Transponder 23-MAY-2011 1000z

RED ARROWS DANGER - Daily Star | By Daily Star reporter THE future of the Red Arrows aerobatics team looks uncertain after the Ministry of Defence admitted plans to move to a new £10million base were under review. They were to go to a custom-built home at RAF Waddington, near Lincoln, ...

Thunderbirds flying into Colorado for Air Force Academy graduation flyover - The Republic | AP The Air Force Thunderbirds are arriving in Colorado to perform their customary flyover at the Air Force Academy graduation. The aerial demonstration team arrives at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on Monday. The graduation ceremony will ...

Rockford AirFest offers rare access to vintage, military planes - Rockford Register Star | ROCKFORD — They're throwing a party to celebrate 100 years of US naval aviation, and the Navy's Blue Angels performance team will be there to light the candles at Rockford AirFest 2011. The Blue Angels headline this year's show, ...

Air show, Day 2: Same soaring views, fewer heat-related problems - Lynchburg News and Advance | "That rain early on cooled things down to start out with," said air show vice-president Dave Young after thousands more spectators poured into the area around the Lynchburg Regional Airport for the second installment of the two-day show. ...

Changes Made at Air Show, Blue Angels Bid Lynchburg Farewell – WSET | Entertainment News from AP Campbell County, VA - Organizers made changes on day two of the Lynchburg Regional Airshow. They opened additional gates, changed the shuttle routes and added more EMS personnel and equipment. Spectators seemed to be pleased ...

It's back to the 1940s during annual air show - Daily Local News | SHAWN WEIGEL NEW GARDEN — There was a moment at last year's New Garden Air Show that airport director John Martin was pleased to see captured on film. As the multibillion-dollar B-2 stealth bomber engaged in one of several fly-bys, a bystander snapped ...

Terrafugia plans flight for Oshkosh - AOPA Pilot | Will there be a flying car at AirVenture 2011? Terrafugia officials are building two prototypes and hope one of them will be done in time to fly for the big EAA Oshkosh show. It is hoped, assuming all goes well during testing, that production can begin ...

Synergy: A Practical Lightplane for the New Century  from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Synergy, the stunning design Dr. Larry Ford revealed as part of his Green Flight Challenge introduction at the fifth annual Electric Aircraft Symposium in Santa Rosa, California at the end of April, is a contender, and one that expands the bounds of what’s possible.  Designer John McGinnis explains that it’s really an “SUV” of a practical airplane – a description at odds with the initial impression of its fighter-like appearance…

Oshkosh: This Is The Best Place On Earth  by Martt | Last year was my 33rd or 34th Oshkosh. I've lost the exact count, but the bottom line: I believe I'm fairly well qualified to give commentary on the quality of the experience at the annual EAA convention. I can say without any doubt in my mind, the week of Oshkosh each year is the best place on earth!...

Old-School Alaska Fly-In & FAA Flexibility - In the last century, fly-in were about flying. Unlike today’s events, which cater to passive participants there to shop and watch other people fly, the pilots who flew in honed their skills by competing in takeoff and landing contests, flour bombing/message drops, and poker runs, where the winner had the best hand—and closest actual time to that on his or her dead reckoning/pilotage flight plan…

What trucks are for  from Jetcareers forums by ryan1234:

Today in Aviation History – May 23  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Lake Placid, muralist Keith Goodson, aviator/explorer Richard Archbold and philanthropist John A. Roebling II   from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Driving along US 27 through Lake Placid FL gives one a view of local businesses, large businesses, a large tower topped with a restaurant and the usual fueling places for ones car as well as ones self. The best views are of the sink hole lakes as this is karst terrain, the lakes large and the highway’s roadbed is substantially elevated, yielding an exceptional view. Unlike most small towns, though, Lake Placid’s most interesting area is not along the main drag, instead take West Interlake Boulevard to the west and along those half a dozen blocks beautiful murals will be enjoyed. Murals galore! And don’t miss the ones along intersecting Main Street…

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