Sunday, April 29, 2012

Indy Transponder 29-APR-2012 2030z


Thunderbirds air, ground roles equally important - Sumter Item | Week after week for months at a time, the US Air Force's Thunderbirds air demonstration team takes to the skies to wow crowds across America with their precision, teamwork and acrobatic skills...

Lauderdale Air Show Cancelled Due to Severe Weather - NBC 6 Miami | By Karen Yi The Lauderdale Air Show was cancelled Sunday due to severe weather, Fort Lauderdale Police said. With the Lauderdale Air Show returning this Saturday and Sunday and Fleet Week also taking place, this weekend promises to be one of the ...

Big Crowd Leads to Long Wait At Robins AFB Air Show - 13WMAZ | Some 13 WMAZ viewers say their excitement came to a halt as they were trying to ... Macon Police charged a man with aggravated assault, aggravated assault family ... Thousands came out to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins for the 2012...

'Dyess and Abilene is one big family': Air show celebrates 70 years - ReporterNews.com | David Been, base commander, said the air show doubled as an "open house" for the community. "Dyess and Abilene is one big family, and we love having our extended family on base as much as we can," Been said. "This is an opportunity for us to show ...

Golden Knights Shine At Dyess Airfest - KTXS | By Farron Salley, KTXS News ABILENE, Texas -- The Dyess Airforce Base had an open house for Saturday's Airfest that featured the parachuting team US Army Golden Knights. 20-year-old Trey Martin describes jumping out of a plane like sticking your head ...

Biz Bits: Chico Air Show may need a little help from its friends - Enterprise-Record | By LAURA URSENY - Business Editor Necks will crane as the CHICO AIR SHOW returns in September, but it may need more help from the area this year. The air show was one of the community groups asking the city of Chico for funding assistance, ...

Freedom tour brings rare aircraft to Ramona - Ramona Sentinel | Pilots will fly in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” World War II Heavy Bomber, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber, and a P-51 Mustang. The planes will arrive at Ramona Airport at 2 pm on April 30 and will be on ...

Ohio Air News #184 - Charles Johnson | On April 25, 2012,We gathered on the hill at the end of an closed runway ,“Well, for a closed runway, it’s been very active the last two weeks”.  Today the Museum adds a new aircraft to their collection, C-17A Globemaster III (T-1) (SN 00025), T-1 made it’s first flight on September 15, 1991 and today it’s retiring to be part of the Museum collection...

Tora! Tora! Tora! at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The “Tora! Tora! Tora!” aerial re-enactment of the events of Dec. 7, 1941 — one of the most dazzling warbird airshow performances flying today — will be part of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh afternoon warbird shows for the first time this summer...

Warbirds migrating: B-25 co-pilot in Minot helping get warbirds ready for show ... - Minot Daily News | The 70th anniversary of the raid brought together the largest gathering of B-25 Mitchell bombers since World War II. Caraveo has flown the B-25 for about a year. "I'm pretty new to this warbird business," he said Tuesday. A civilian flight instructor, ...

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TV QandA - Boston Herald | It dealt with the adventures of the men who flew the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II from a base in England. When the show began, Gen. Savage was in charge of the 918th Bomb Group, but after the first season, he was replaced by Colonel Joe ...

Warbirds migrating: Museum opens May 12 - Minot Daily News | The Texas Flying Legends Museum planes also will be taking part in the July 4 air show, featuring the Canadian Snowbirds, at the Minot International Airport. The Canadian Forces' Snowbirds from Moose Jaw, Sask., are giving a special flood recovery ...

Eerie Canal opens early and transports history - WXXA | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City needed to make room for the Space Shuttle Enterprise, so a Supermarine Scimitar, a MiG-15, and an F-3d-2 Douglas Skynight, flown by the US Marine Corps during the Korean War, took a trip up the ...

Model builders show their skills at annual fest - NOLA.com | By Earl Hodges Dave Klanica and his two sons, Patrick and Benjamin, roamed from table to table observing the model planes, ships, tanks and cars on display at the recent 19th annual Flying Tigers Scale Model Builders Great South Tiger Fest...

If you thought the Presidential helicopter had tinted windows, you were wrong from David Cenciotti | ...I’ve always thought most VIP vehicles, cars and helicopters had tinted windows. First of all because they are cool. Second, for quite obvious security reasons: even if those are bulletproff windows, you might not want a sniper know where the very important person is sitting.  However, he might still guess his position, since interiors are very well known....

Lagoon unveils new ride "Air Race" - ksl.com | Amusement park enthusiasts got a sneak peek at Lagoon's newest ride "Air Race" on Thursday. "Air race, new for 2012, features stadium seating on all the cars," said Lagoon Marketing Department spokesman Adam Leishman...

XV-15 Tiltrotor - Kamov Helicopters | Two XV-15s were built, die first flying on 3 May 1977. One was demonstrated at the 1995 Paris Air Show alongside a V-22 Osprey. Flight testing continued until 1998 and eventually encompassed 530 flight hours in the hands of more than 185 ...

X-15A-3 from The Unwanted Blog | The most advanced variant of the X-15 that stood a fair chance of getting built was the X-15A-3. Where the X-15A-2 was a stretched version of the X-15, with increased internal propellant tankage and additional external tankage, the A-3 would have been stretched even further. Additionally, the wings...

Leonard Nimoy to Space Shuttle Enterprise: "Live Long and Prosper" from Spaceports | Leonard Nimoy, the Science Officer of the fictional Starship Enterprise, along with NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, salute the Space Shuttle Enterprise during the ceremonies in New York City Friday, April 27, 2012...

Astronaut to Visit Fort Bragg Elementary School Monday - Patch.com | He was the top graduate of his flight class and was designated an Army aviator in June 1976. McArthur subsequently served as an aeroscout team leader and brigade aviation section commander with the 2nd Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea...

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