Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Indy Transponder 07-DEC-2011 1700z

Pearl Harbor Day Commemorated by Commemorative Air Force Tora! Tora! Tora! Team - The Aero Experience | Today is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Empire's attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The effort to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet, especially the aircraft carriers, was ultimately unsuccessful, and a series of hard-fought naval battles soon put the Japanese Imperial Navy on the defensive.  The Commemorative Air Force Tora! Tora! Tora! Team performs around the country during air show season to memorialize the event and educate each next generation on the U.S. entry into World War II.  Here are some photos from the Tora! Tora! Tora! Team performance at the 2010 Scott AFB Airpower Over the Midwest....
   
Maine veteran's message: 'You can't forget' Pearl Harbor - Press Herald | Bruni was the top turret gunner on a B-25 bomber. He and his crew focused their attacks on Japanese commercial shipping lanes. They flew low-altitude missions and never carried parachutes because nearly all of their flights took them over water....

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Residents want to make sure Pearl Harbor attack is never forgotten - Wausau Daily Herald | Ann Cloutier couldn't stand it.  The lifelong farm girl was 16 years old on Dec. 7, 1941, and unable to get involved in the war effort after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.  The thought of not being able to help the U.S. fight the Germans and Japanese stung. Forced to wait until she turned 18, Cloutier, now living in Wausau, finally got her shot when she landed a job at Hanson Glove Co. in Milwaukee....

Remembering December 7th - Moose Peterson | We’d been planning it for months, paperwork filed with official channels asking for permission, route and mission decided on, all was good to go! The time had come to put the flight in the air. It was a beautiful clear morning 15 March as we meet the team at the gate of the airport. The day before we’d all meet in Rob’s hangar and went over the flight we’d been planning for months. The maps were...

Lynchburg will see a different Blue Angels show - WSLS | With the team returning in May 2013, airshow President Jones Stanley says it will be different show; for many reasons. (more) It was quite the show last May, as the Blue Angels flew over the hill city. With the team returning in May 2013,...

WEB NEWS: Air Force Thunderbirds to perform over Brunswick in 2012; Blue ... - Times Record | While officials have not yet determined whether they will hold an air show the following year, Levesque also confirmed today that the US Navy Blue Angels have included Brunswick Landing on their schedule for Sept. 12 to 14, 2013....

Gary Ward by Alaska Air Show Association | garyward Gary developed an interest in airplanes as an early teenager, soloed at age 16 in a Piper J-3 Cub and has been passionate about aviation ever since. After high school and a tour with the USAF as a jet engine ...

Skip Stewart by Alaska Air Show Association | Skip Stewart is one of the most entertaining airshow pilots in the world today. He has over eight thousand hours of flying experience, is an airline transport pilot, certified flight instructor, has owned and operated an aerobatic ...

Aerobatics team Krisakti gets its wings - The Star | The country’s first professional aerobatics team, Krisakti (1Malaysia Aerial Display Team), has officially received its “wings” from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.  Aerotree Defence and Services group managing director Datuk Halim Othman, who presented Najib with a bright crimson pilot scarf with the Prime Minister’s name on it, promised to make the country proud with Krisakti....

Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry Join in Support of Red Tails - Business Wire | SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry have added their powerful voices to the growing support of Red Tails, the action-packed 2012 World War II movie from executive producer George Lucas that celebrates the heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen. At a private screening in Dallas this past weekend, Winfrey championed the film and its message before an audience that included cast-members Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Elijah Kelley, and Ne-Yo; Director Anthony Hemingway, Producer Rick McCallum, and six original Tuskegee Airmen....

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Honors Tuskegee Airmen - Navy.mil | OAK HARBOR, Wash. (NNS) -- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) hosted a visit from World War II Tuskegee Airmen and an exclusive showing of "Red Tails," a Lucas Film about the Tuskegee Airmen, at the Skywarrior Theater, Dec. 6.  In "Red Tails," a film scheduled for release in 2012 about the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-African American group of pilots that fought in World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard....

Top Gun: Author Dave Baranek Book Signing at Prairie Aviation Museum a Great Success - The Aero Experience | Dave Baranek, Navy veteran aviator, signed copies of his book Top Gun Days at an appearance at the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, IL Saturday.  Baranek, call sign "Bio," received his wings of gold in 1980 as a Naval Flight Officer and later became an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, Top Gun.  In August 1985, Baranek was assigned to participate in a project to film action footage for a Hollywood movie: Top Gun....

Prairie Aviation Museum to Dedicate "Peashooter" Children's Flight Simulator - The Aero Experience | Dedication of the Home built Aircraft Simulator built by Normal resident Earl Kaufman....

Episode 176 – Greg Morris Flys Warbirds - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Greg Morris is Chief Pilot at Gauntlet Warbirds, a warbird, aerobatic, and tailwheel training center with headquarters at Aurora Airport, just west of downtown Chicago. They are on the web at http://www.gauntletwarbirds.com/.  He has been flying for fifteen years, and instructing in warbirds and aerobatic aircraft for the past ten. He holds a current low level aerobatic waiver in the L-39 and T-6 and is a FAST rated formation pilot....

NORAD ready to track Santa's flight - Milcom Monitoring Post | PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command is getting ready to track Santa's yuletide journey.  The NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org, went live Dec. 1 featuring a countdown calendar, a kid's countdown village complete with holiday games and activities that change daily, and video messages from students and troops from around the world.  With the addition of Brazilian Portuguese, the website is now available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese....

Cicada drone test program a success - Black Horizon | The Naval Research Laboratory Vehicle Research Section has successfully completed flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) program. The final demonstration took place Sept. 1 at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Ariz., and consisted of a series of eight balloon-drops at altitudes of up to 57,000 ft, delivering sensor-emplacement Close-In Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft (CICADA) vehicles within 15 feet of their intended landing locations....

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