Friday, July 8, 2011

Indy Transponder 08-JUL-2011 2215z

Blue Angels set for hometown performance - Military Times | Greg McWherter, they resumed performing with the Quad City Airshow in Davenport, Iowa on June 18 and 19. This weekend, however, they have their first show over their home turf. Here are some shots from a practice session Thursday. ...

Look to the skies for family fun - Chicago Parent | Team AeroShell, Viper Airshows, Matt Chapman, Heritage Flight, F-15 E Strike Eagle, Lima Lima, the US Navy's F-18 Super Hornet and Aerostars will also participate. If you've never witnessed an air show at sunset, consider attending the twilight show ...

AirFest 2011: Ready for takeoff (VIDEO) - The Union of Grass Valley | Locally built kit planes, air racers, antique and classic aircraft, augment World War Two P-51 Mustangs, Hawker Sea Fury, Corsair, T-28s, AT-6s and many other warbirds. Two thrilling appearances of the Patriots L-39 Jet Team, airplane rides and ...

Jets over Detroit River practicing for races from www.windsorstar.com | ... In the air, pilots with the Navy's West Coast Super Hornet Demo Team are doing manoeuvres with the U.S. Armed Forces' "most impressive aircraft," the FA-18.   There will also be a biplane aerobatic show. 

Skagit Aero's Blog: Arlington Fly-In Is Here - From Antique Airfield News | The annual Arlington Fly-In is underway at the Arlington airport just a short flight south of Concrete. This is the biggest fly-in of the year for our area and the museum once again has a strong presence at the vintage barn display. ...

Wings of Freedom tour at Jabara - Kansas.com | It'll feature the B-17 Flying Fortress, the only fully restored and flying B-24J Liberator and the P-51 Mustang. Visitors can explore and learn more about the historic planes inside and out. Admission is $12 for adults and $6 for children under 12. ...

PRS Images from www.aafo.com |OK, I stole a couple from last year here but figured it's all in the spirit of things. Was a great week at PRS and great to see "Precious" back 'roundin' the sticks.  Shaping up to be ...

Updates: Warbirds and Airshows
Patrouille de France brings up Guynemermonument salute in Poelkapelle - KW.be | Poelkapelle - Friday morning, July 8 shaved eight Alpha Jets of the French team "Patrouille de France" above the Guynemermonument the symbol of the French Air Force. They were returning from the international flight and air meeting of Koksijde ...

Cockpit Footage from Paris Air Show - YouTube | Unique cockpit footage taken by Italian Air Force Typhoon display pilot Magg. Raffaele Beltrame during his Thursday display flight above the airfield at Le Bourget during Paris Air Show 2011. At times pulling 9g in the Typhoon, this footage gives us a real insight into the flight from a pilot's perspective. ...

Promoters in Dogfight Over Fort Lauderdale Air Show - NBC Miami | That was news to the city and Bryan Lilley, the Cocoa Beach air show coordinator who proposed the rebirth of Fort Lauderdale's version in June. Lilley was in talks for a two-year deal with the city to return military vessels, aircrafts and aerobatics ...
   
WWII Airborne Demonstration Team Open Hangar Day/Fly In - Frederick Press | To culminate the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team's Summer 2011 Jump School, the Team will be hosting an Open Hangar Day and Fly-In on July 23rd, 2011, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Open Hangar Day and Fly-In will be held at the historic Frederick Army ...

ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Flying fortress brings back memories for WWII veterans
The Republic | Mace, a ball turret gunner inside a B-17 bomber for each mission, was wounded twice by shrapnel that exploded in the air. First in the right knee. Then in the left leg. Now at the age of 94 with two Purple Hearts, Mace still remembers how he and the ...

B-17, B-24J, P-51 aircraft flying into Loveland-Fort Collins airport for ... - The Republic | The B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24J Liberator and P-51 Mustang are expected to arrive shortly before noon on Friday and will be available for walk-through tours and excursion flights for a fee. The fee for walk-through tours is waived for World War II ...

Pimp My Ride – FA-18 Style - from Neptunus Lex | VFA-25 in Lemoore, California was my first fleet squadron, back in 1987-1990. The “Fist of the Fleet” had a ...

Boeing Model 215 Tiltrotor from The Unwanted Blog | A Boeing-Vertol tiltrotor design from 1970. Designed to USAF requirements, this could serve as either a transport or rescue craft. As a transport, the radius ...

How many people does it take to organise an Airshow? - The Feast Bowl | As I mentioned previously, airshows need a lot of people to make them work. As the Flying Display Director (FDD), I can’t hope to keep my eye on every single thing that’s happening and so I have a team to help me. Right at the top of the list is the Flying Control Committee (FCC). These are my flying and air display experts. Anybody can be a Display Director, but it takes a very experienced aviator to be ...

Fly-In Sponsors from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | As the annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In approaches, we always find ourselves looking for potential new sponsors.

Iowa City Aerohawks to host 19th annual air show - Iowa City Press Citizen | Nowadays when the Iowa City Aerohawks open up their flying field for their summer air show, hundreds and sometimes thousands will pack the sidelines to catch a glimpse of dogfights, acrobatics and other small-scale aviation feats. ...

Video: ‪Dust Up Series Trailer from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 

Murphy’s laws origin - Aviation Humor | It was named after Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981, (a project) designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash.

Navy F/A-18 makes first "no hands" carrier landing from Sky Talk | The Navy has moved one significant step closer to staging and using unmanned aircraft from aboard its aircraft carriers.  Last Saturday a Boeing F/A-18D Hornet guided by ...

Photo of Note from Flightblogger by Jon Ostrower

Shuttle Atlantis Beats Weather, Launches on Schedule - TheLedger.com | Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch.  The historic liftoff occurred Friday morning, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight.  Four astronauts are riding Atlantis to orbit. The shuttle is bound for ...

Video: Final shuttle mission lifts off for ISS - MSNBC | Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in what is NASA's final space shuttle mission.

Space shuttle: The early years - The Guardian  | The space shuttle Enterprise at Fairford air base in Gloucestershire on 20 May 1983. It had stopped for refuelling en route to the Paris air show. Photograph: Frank Martin "What is needed," says John Hodge, the British manager of Nasa's Advanced ...

End of an era in technology (the world’s most awesome tweetup) by Robert Scoble | ... What was that? NASA invited 150 people to the Kennedy Space Center to get a very intimate look at the operation here. They gave us better access than a lot of the press get and I think I met four astronauts so far. ...

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