Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Indy Transponder 29-JUN-2011 0300z

Royal Saudi Hawks landed in Zeltweg - Austrian Wings | At the premiere the next one AIRPOWER11 hunts. The first took place already: The Royal Saudi Hawks by the Saudi Arabian air force continued on Monday for the first time on Austrian soil. Austrian Wings will of course also reported extensively from this year Zeltweg. ...

Living the dream: A half a century ago, the Canadair Sabre inspired a ... - Montreal Gazette | Solo performers bracketed the formation aerobatics with breathtaking head-on aerobatics, the first team in he world to do so. Originally created to perform for only one year, the team proved so popular its life was extended for another four seasons. ...

Less than a month… from Leaving Terra Firma | There is now less than a month until Airventure 2011. I just bought my tickets and campsite for a Sunday arrival and I’m officially excited. My unofficial goal this year is to be significantly closer than we were last year. While it was really quiet and there was ...

Fantasy of Flight Announces Florida Resident Buy One/Get One Free Admission - Focus on Travel News | ... "The Great Escape: Heroes Underground," Oct. 14-15. In addition, the 5th Annual Roar n" Soar All American signature two-day extravaganza of the world's finest classic land, sea and air racing machines ever built returns Nov. 12-13.

Win a flight in a P-51 from General Aviation News | In partnership with Stallion 51 Corporation, Angel Flight Southeast is offering one lucky person the experience of a lifetime — a one-hour orientation flight in the World War II fighter, the P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse.” For $20, entrants can put their name in the hat to win a half-day program at Stallion 51’s headquarters in Kissimmee, Fla. ...
   
Restored B-17 will fly into Lincoln - Lincoln Journal Star | A restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber will visit Lincoln July 12 and 13 for ground tours and flights. (Courtesy photo) A restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber will visit Lincoln July 12 and 13 for ground tours and flights. ...

Tuskegee Airmen authors fly in - Lagniappe | The Tuskegee Airmen were perhaps the most famous group of WWII pilots the state ever produced and the only African-American flyers in that war. Their battles on the ground were no match for their record in the sky, reputed to have never ...

The Tuskegee Airmen from Roger-Wilco | By Joseph Caver, Jerome Ennels, Daniel Haulman | Publisher: NewSouth Books | ISBN: 978-1-58838-244-3 | With the passage of time ever new generations of aviation professionals and enthusiast step on the stage and they can be excused if some of the previously well  ...

100 Black Men of America Honors Young Pilot from www.myfoxatlanta.com | Brandon Curlee is a cadet lieutenant colonel, a certified life guard and a pilot. And what makes his accomplishments so amazing is he's just 17 years old and a product of a mentoring program designed to shape the leaders of tomorrow. Brandon Curlee and 100 Black Men of America vice chairman of operations Curley Dossman spoke about the mentoring program.

Royal pilot 'nervous, but very excited'  - Toronto Sun | He's been a flying instructor, a Snowbird pilot, and has a long, distinguished career with the Canadian Armed Forces.

reblog: retro-tech from x planes | ... “An extremely colourful Colonial poster, depicting a British Hurricane fighter flying unfeasibly low and out of proportion to the African street that it is ‘guarding’. ...

Spitfire pulled from Irish peat bog - Yahoo! News | A Second World War RAF Spitfire has been excavated from an Irish peat bog almost 70 years after it crash-landed.  Six machine guns and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition were also discovered by archaeologists searching the Inishowen Peninsula in Co Donegal. ...

Dieselpunk — A great blog for airship enthusiasts from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site | One of my favorite blogs is Dieselpunk, which celebrates the aesthetics and iconography of the Machine Age.  Dieselpunk often features images of the classic aircraft of the period, including airships and flying boats, and I thought readers of Airships.net might be interested in paying them a visit. ...

Dramatic Night Photos of Warbirds in the Boneyard from AviationChatter.com | After perusing my friend Hunter Luisi’s portfolio, I came across some brilliant aviation photos. You can clearly make out the nose of a B-29 Bomber. There are some fighters that might be F-4′s, but it’s hard to tell. I can’t positively identify the other aircraft. ...

Video: Turkey's First Near Space Balloon Flight from High Power Rocketry | "StratosphereFairEnogh is about launching a weather balloon project.On 3rd of June 2011, i wanted to be ...

Special Presentation By Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum and Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society working with The Canadian Space Agency, Edmonton Celebrates and CFB Edmonton Garrison are pleased to announce a special presentation being made by Canada's most well known astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Photos: NASA's Prepares for Final Shuttle Flight - SPACE.com | See photos of NASA's preparations for the last space shuttle mission, STS-135 aboard Atlantis.

American Students Win Transatlantic Rocket Challenge at The 2011 Paris Air Show from Spaceports | Student rocketeers from France, the United Kingdom and the United States competed last Friday (June 24) in the Fourth Annual Transatlantic Rocketry Challenge held at the 2011 Paris Air Show. 

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