Friday, June 24, 2011

Indy Transponder 24-JUN-2011 1030z

Air Show Takes Flight This Weekend in Caldwell - Fox12Idaho | Pilots are getting set to take flight at this year's Celebration of Flight Air Show. "Tumble it nose over tail, hover it like a helicopter. Do the kind of things that audiences just look and go: I can't believe it. I've never seen anything like that ...   

Caldwell ready for takeoff - Idaho Press-Tribune | Mark Peterson, above, is the director of the air show and will be performing. The two pilots flew practice runs on Thursday, flying out of Caldwell Airport. Bring a blanket — no seat provided. Large area located off flight line is easy access to ...

Caldwell's 'celebration of flight' - IdahoStatesman.com | At the “Celebration of Flight” air show, you'll see the Air Force's A-10 West Demonstration Team, Caldwell-based stunt pilot Greg Poe and his ethanol-powered Fagen MXS aerobatic plane, pictured right, and Jacquie Warda and her Pitts Special S-1T do ...

Snowbirds ready to dazzle again - Castanet.net | Each table will feature at least one member of the Snowbirds team. Monday, there will be a VIP suite at the Delta Grand Hotel where people can get a front row seat for the show. "You will be chauffeured to the airport and have a chance to talk with the ...

Airport hosting another show in 2013 - Canada.com | "This time we're looking at Snowbirds and skydivers." The airport "will work co-operatively with them on all ventures, but what we'll watch for is full safety and regulator compliance," said airport CEO Mike Hooper. A number of spectacular crashes have ...

Crash Forces Airforce to Halt Aerials at Air Show - Jakarta Globe | Following the crash of the N21H aircraft “Christien Eagle” belonging to a Malaysian participant in the Minang Aerosport Show (MAS) in Padang, West Sumatra, on Thursday, the Indonesian Airforce has halted all plane aerobatic performances...

A Room with a View  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul: 

Competitors make stopover at Norman - Norman Transcript | Late Thursday morning, the airport was swamped with female pilots who were participating in the 2722-mile Women's Air Race Classic. This year was the first time the historic race made Norman one of its stops. Originally called the Women's Air Derby, ...

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mobile!!  from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | Hi, Folks, This was the final day of the race for us.....we went from Borger, Texas at 100 degrees, to Oklahoma City, on to El Dorado, Arkansas and then into Mobile, following thunderstorms.....amazing day.  And the end of the 2011 race for us.  There is one more day for the remaining 30 airplanes and their teams to arrive in Mobile.  Weather will delay some.  Sadly we learned that at least one more team has withdrawn....due to weather conditions…

Cal Sci Center Lockheed F-104D Starfighter walkaround  from Travel for Aircraft | The California Science Center has several aircraft on display. During a layover of only a few hours at LAX one day I had time to view the aircraft on exhibit outside the museum. It is quite easy to get to, plentiful parking, gorgeous grounds and neighboring museums…

Siemens Builds the Chevrolet Volt of Airplanes  from Autopia by Jason Paur | Tucked in between the jumbo jets and military demonstrations at the Paris Air Show this week is a small motorglider powered by the first serial hybrid electric drive found in an airplane. The innovative plane is essentially an airborne Chevrolet Volt, with an electric motor turning the prop and a gasoline engine providing juice when the battery dies…

Dornier Do 335  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”) was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. The two-seater trainer version was also called Ameisenbär (“anteater”). The Pfeil’s performance was much better than other twin-engine designs due to its unique “push-pull” layout and the much lower drag of the in-line alignment of the two motors. The Luftwaffe was desperate to get the design into operational use, but delays in engine deliveries meant only a handful were delivered before the war ended…

EAA Aviators Club offers 'cool' way to see AirVenture | Private ... - Experience AirVenture in a new, “cooler” way this year at the EAA Aviators Club presented by Shell Aviation, a place to unwind, replenish, and watch the…

NEW B-25 to linger at Walla Walla airport through end of month - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | The B-25 bomber "Maid in the Shade" taxis into its parking place Monday afternoon at Walla Walla Regional Airport. (June 20, 2011) WALLA WALLA -- "Maid in the Shade" will not be flying away too soon. The World War II B-25 bomber will extend its visit ...

Fighter jet rises from the bottom of the sea  from PhotoBlog by Jonathan Woods | A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lays on the bottom of the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos after it crashed on June 9, 2011. Both pilots ejected before the crash and were rescued unhurt by a military vessel…

Fargo Navy Week  from Fargo AirSho by jimb | “Bringing America’s Navy Home” with Fargo Navy Week, Fargo AirSho | America’s Navy is “coming home” to Fargo in conjunction with the Fargo AirSho.  The U.S. Navy selected Fargo as one of only 21 metropolitan areas around the country to host a Navy Week during 2011.Fargo Navy Week is scheduled for Aug. 8-14, 2011.  Throughout Fargo Navy Week, Naval officers and sailors will meet with business, civic, education and government leaders, participate in community events, engage local veterans and complete public service projects. In addition, the Navy Band Great Lakes will perform free concerts throughout the community.  Read more >

Todays Photos - Friday 24th June 2011  from Military Photos by vor033 | Yet again an early start at work so thought I would get the daily photos going :) USS Enterprise in the Strait of Bab el Mandeb:

Nice Tail!  from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | A wing, is a wing, is a wing. At least from a distance they all look more or less the same, and they all serve pretty much the same function. So while there are subtle, and even not-so-subtle variations between them, almost anyone can identify a wing when they see one…

Early Days of Antique Airfield  from Antique Airfield News | Since the theme of this year's fly-in is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Antique Airfield, Brent Taylor dug around in the archives and came up with some early days photos.  The oldest aerial view of Antique Airfield I have found. This picture appears to have been taken early in 1970. Picture is looking ENE. The E/W runway and hangar #1 are visible along with the remnants of the old county road running W from the driveway. That roadbed is what separates the property owned by the Taylor family (to the N of that road) from the APM's property (to the S of that road)… 

Oldest airliner?  from PPRuNe Forums by barit1 | This one is 82 years old. A Ford 4AT's behind the lineup of terrestrial Fords:
 

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