Sunday, July 17, 2011

Indy Transponder 17-JUL-2011 2230z

Air show pilots fight cockpit heat and G forces over Selinsgrove - Danville News | Thousands of spectators, spread out over half a mile, set up lawn chairs parallel to the runway to watch Selinsgrove's first air show — and the only one of its caliber — in more than 30 years. “The air shows that happened 30 years ago,” airport ...

Going up: Show draws thousands to Gary - nwitimes.com | Wing walker Tony Kazian puts his arms up Saturday as pilot Dave Dacy swoops him over Marquette Park during the Gary South Shore Air Show. Pilots and aerobatic teams from across the country will participate in Gary's South Shore Air Show this weekend. ...

Aerobatic pilot combines adrenalin with serenity - Calgary Herald | The Northern Aeros performed Saturday and will take to the air again today, along with the Snowbirds, the Viper West F-16 team and Pete McLeod with his Red Bull Racer and many others in Airdrie.
   
Air Show Continues in Salem - WJBD Online | The skies over Salem are filled with small airplanes competing in the annual Regional Aerobatics competition at Salem's Leckrone Airfield this weekend. Among the 25 pilots who have flown in from around the country is Mike Vaknin of Deerfield, ...

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity Missed - Naval Aviation 100th Anniversary from Nordo News | The 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation: A Unique Opportunity Missed. | “Its gonna be a big year at Oshkosh” That’s the slogan for this year’s Airventure. Unfortunately, as the old saying goes, “it’s not the size it’s how you use it” and EAA has once again under-performed. Every month of every year, we hear how Airventure is the biggest most influential aviation event on the planet. But why is “big” important if it is never used for anything other than lip service. Amazingly, this year is no different and Airventure hasn’t even happened. In all honesty though, aviation itself is no better. ...

Air tattoo is a huge success - Swindon Advertiser | DESPITE a soggy start, spirits soared as the rain cleared to make way for the world's most exciting planes at the Royal International Air Tattoo. Aviation enthusiasts were greeted by torrential rain as they arrived on Saturday morning, ...

REDS WAVE THE FLAG FOR AIR TATTOO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | THE Red Arrows have been painting the skies above Gloucestershire red, white and blue in their highly-anticipated displays at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford this weekend.

STARS SHINE AT AIR TATTOO - from Royal International Air Tattoo News | DISPLAYS by the only Cold War Vulcan bomber still flying, a BAE Systems' Typhoon and a US Air Force A-10 were among the stars of this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

RIAT Display day photos from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photos from the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford

Saturday, Aug 13, 2011 The Indy Air Race - Fun Places to Fly | Indy Executive/Mongtomery Aviation (KTYQ), Indianapolis, IN (Local Weather) | A sanctioned event of the Sport Air Racing League SportAirRace.org, now in its fifth season with 20 races on the schedule from April to November. This is the inaugural year for The Indy Air Race, a 140 nm closed course cross country air race through central Indiana with six turn points. Special tour of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday night pre-race party for participants and volunteers, and post-race lunch and fun! This is Racing for the rest of us! You got something to fly? We have a class for that! Experimental, Factory, Warbirds, everything from biplanes to 150s to P-51s! Its all for the glory - trophies and braggin' rights. Check out our website. Register to race and we'll see you in Indy!

Formation parked Sunday. Nighthawks from Planeshots

Thousands circle as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh prepares to land for the 59th time - The Independent | ... aviation enthusiasts and their families will be treated to a day of entertainment by sponsor Southwest Airlines, which has lined up a night air show, fireworks, country star Aaron Tippin in concert and other attractions and activities. ...

Ford soars at AirVenture from General Aviation News | Ford Motor Co. takes EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to new heights in 2011, marking its 12th consecutive year as the exclusive automotive partner for the world’s greatest aviation celebration. The Ford Hangar will feature some of the latest advances in automobile technology, as well as many of the industry’s most revered classics, on the grounds of Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, July 25-31 ...

Plan The Perfect Oshkosh 2011 With OSHplanner.com from AirPigz | Oshkosh is without doubt the most incredible aviation event in the world... but as such, you can be sure there's a gazillion things going on during the 7 day event that are competing for your time and attention.  ...

Kelly AFB’s role in military aviation recalled from Air Force Times | SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio was handed its role as the birthplace of military aviation when Benjamin Foulois made the Army’s first successful flight at Fort Sam Houston in 1910. ...

July 17 – This Day In Aviation History - Aviation Articles | In 1908... The USA's first aviation legislation is passed: a municipal ordinance requiring an annual license and regulating aircraft within the city limits of.

William F. Harris - LubbockOnline.com | He was transferred to the 7th Ferrying Group in Great Falls, Mont., and qualified as first pilot in the A-20, B-17, B-24, B-25, C-47, C-54, C-60 and fighters P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47 and P-51. He was assigned to the Bengal Wing and "Flew the Hump" from ...

Robert Jerry Camden Sr., 87, lucky veteran of WWII bombing missions - Atlanta Journal Constitution | Fortune smiled on gunner Bob Camden and the rest of the crew of Big Alice from Dallas, a B-24 Liberator bomber they flew on raids against Nazi targets in World War II. The crew of 10 completed 37 missions between May 20 and Aug. ...

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Elbow Grease from Neptunus Lex | Three flights yesterday down at KMYF, two dogfights and a thirty minute learn-to-fly. The only remarkable flight of the (really, quite beautiful) day was the last event, a lawyer and his rising high school senior son from Dallas. I flew with junior, and as we broke away from our wingman crossing the beach I heard a ...

Lawmakers denounce plan to retire six B-1Bs from Air Force Times | Six B-1B Lancers, fundamental to operations in Afghanistan, are on the chopping block — a move that a handful of lawmakers are fighting because of what it would mean both for the war and for the communities they represent. ...

Digital Photography News - Shuttertalk | A friend of mine is a commercial pilot of small aircraft and has recently expanded his business to include aerobatic flights as well as the standard scenic and charter flights. I was lucky enough to go for a flight with him last week, and of course I ...

The Summer of Innovation: Students Talk to Shuttle Shuttle Atlantis on Final Voyage from Spaceports | The STS-135 crew of the final space shuttle mission talk with the members of the next generation of explorers from a NASA Explorer school in "The Summer of Innovation."

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