Indy Transponder 15-JUN-2012 2000z

Calhoun pilot takes off on incredible journey - Victoria Advocate | Stanger, and her co-pilot, Victoria Holt, took off from Calhoun County Airport on Thursday to participate in the 36th annual Air Race Classic, a 2681 mile race that ...

Mesa duo to cross the country in female aviation competition - East Valley Tribune | The Air Race Classic is an aviation race that seeks to promote female pilots and to create a network for female pilots. Thayer and Beulen had previously won the ...

a BA115 Orange welcomes women of the air - aerobuzz.fr (translated) | After the success of its first gathering in 2011 in Niort, the French Association of Women Pilots (AFFP) organizes the second edition. The Air Force opened the doors of the Orange Air Base, Saturday, September 22, 2012....

Women in Aviation and Space History - Bessie Coleman - airandspace.si.edu | Coleman was a bravely independent and determined woman, who decided that learning to fly provided an exciting challenge. Her ultimate goal was to establish a flying school for African Americans.

Solar Impulse Turns Back from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | June 13 was not a good flying day for Solar Impulse.  Hoping to finish this epic journey between continents, Andre Borschberg ran into stiff winds and severe turbulence.  Although in the air for 16 hours and 6 minutes while covering 780 kilometers (484 miles), the flight did not make it to its destination of the solar plant at Quarzazate, but returned to Rabat after battling winds and extreme turbulence...

Honoring Tuskegee Airmen, live - Sierra Sun | A Tuskegee Airman crew poses in front of a B-25. These airmen were the first black aviators in the U.S. armed forces. Les Williams and Le Roy F. Gillead will talk ...

Timeless Voices - Bruce Oliver Featured - EAA Video | June 14, 2012 - Bruce Oliver started flying while in college in the 1950s. After college he attended Baptist Seminary and became a pastor in west Texas. Bruce spent 15 years as a missionary pilot in the interior of Brazil.

War mission recalled - The Californian | Flying out of Knettishall, Suffolk, England, Ririe was a member of the crew of a shiny, new B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was sent on a mission to bomb an aircraft plant in Poland. This was the young man’s first and last combat mission. More than 900 aircraft of the Eighth Air Force left England that morning on their way to bomb German targets....

Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers: Capt. C. R. McMullin 1894-1931, Richard (Dick) Abrams 1938-1994

Angel 7 — this knock off Blue knocks out - travelforaircraft | This Czech made Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross is not an ex Cold Warrior in a Blue Angel disguise — it is Angel 7, flown as a tribute to the Blue Angels in air shows the Blues cannot visit (though there is no official association). The aircraft resembles the Douglas A-4 Skyhawks flown by the Blues prior to their Hornets, so, the original owner thought he could occupy a niche which would entertain air shows crowds. The 2009 Stuart Airshow I saw proved him more than right judging by the response of the crowd...

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum hangar to get first public showing during airshow - Advocate Tribune | Granite Falls, Minn. — The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum located at the Granite Falls Municipal Airport will be opened for viewing for the first time during Saturday’s Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow before opening officially to the public Tuesday, June 19. Altogether the museum will consist of two hangars...

Blimps, Father's Day and Golf from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...The blimps were powered by two radial engines mounted on the sides of the control car - you can just make out the propellers under the blimp in the photo above. The U.S. Navy ordered 134 of them from the Goodyear Aircraft Company in Ohio.  These “LTA” (“Lighter Than Air”) aviation units had a crew of ten: a command pilot, two co-pilots, a navigator/pilot, an airship rigger, an ordnance man, two mechanics, and two radiomen.  Each blimp...

Aerodrome from Apron 6 | Devin Pickering mailed me on facebook about a project he’s working on. Devin is an American videographer who is currently working on a documentary film ‘Aerodrome’...The aerodrome in this film is the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York. It’s a flying museum with a large collection of  aeroplanes from the 1900-1935 period. The golden years of aviation....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

This is one of the coolest F-35 photos, ever: Carrier Variant first night take off with full afterburner from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image shows Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Taylor as he ascends in F-35C test aircraft CF-2, on Jun. 13. It was taken at NAS Patuxent River and depicts the first night takeoff for the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...

Video: Out Late In Your F-35 And You Need Petrol - Watcha Gonna Do? from AirPigz by Martt | Aerial refueling is one of those intense skills kinda like carrier landings, it's just not an easy thing to do. But just like carrier landings, can you even imagine doing it at night in the dark? Wow that sounds like too much work to me! Definitely separates the men from the boys. This video shows the F-35 doing some night refueling testing over Edwards Air Force Base back in March 2012...

Video: air dropping a humvee from a C-130 Hercules. As seen through the Night Vision Goggles from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video was taken during Joint Operations Access Exercise taking place from Jun. 4 to Jun. 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A joint operations access exercise is a two week exercise to prepare United States Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingency operations with a wide variety of missions...

L39 Crash Pilot's Certificate Also Previously Revoked from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two pilots who had previously had their certificates revoked are related to the fatal crash of an L-39 jet on May 18 near Boulder City airport, NV, the FAA said Wednesday...

Restoration of Billy Bishop's historic terminal to start 'by the end of the year' - Airport World | A disused wooden terminal – built in the dying days of the Great Depression – could be restored to its former glory by private plane operators. The old Terminal A building at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is currently resting on footings on the south side of the airport, while Toronto Port Authority (TPA) seeks a “heritage partner” to take on the restoration project....

A Local Airport Matters- Documentary Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | One often hears about far away airports being closed but when it hits home, the prospect of loss becomes very real. It can be subtle when surrounding property is developed or sold off, or it can be shocking when the airport is suddenly closed. Many times, there is a vague suggestion by elected officials of some economic development, perhaps industrial or retail or new housing.  But that does not always materialize and just the same, the airport is still lost. This is happening all over our country and now to the Wetumpka Municipal Airport, Alabama...

Wings and Wheels offers flights, food, music and fun - Pekin Daily Times | Also, weather permitting, the Experimental Aircraft Administration will be doing “Young Eagles” flights from 9 a.m. to noon. Each child ages 8-17 is entitled to one ...

Airplane Used to Launch Black Hole Observing Telescope from Warplanes Online Community | NASA wants to take a closer look at the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The black hole emits high-energy x-rays that makes it difficult to observe with current space telescopes...

NASA Administrator Views Historic SpaceX Dragon Capsule from Aero-News Network | Bolden: 'Commercial Space Is Becoming A Reality' NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas, Wednesday to see the first commercial space capsule to complete a mission to the International Space Station. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more than 150 SpaceX employees working at the McGregor facility for their role in the historic mission.

Red Bull Stratos | Half a century in the making... - Red Bull (w/Video) | Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team are embarking on a history-making attempt to break the speed of sound during freefall. You may have heard about it! In 1960, Joe Kittinger made history as he ascended to over 100,000 feet in a high-altitude balloon and jumped to Earth, setting four world records in the process. 45 years later, Red Bull started laying the groundwork for the first ever supersonic freefall....

Liu Yang Named First Female Taikonaut from Spaceports | The three-member taikonaut for the Shenzhou 9 mission have been named at a press conference today with Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang was introduced to the public via a televised press conference on Friday. It will be the second journey into space for 46-year-old Jing and the first space adventure for 43-year-old Liu Wang and the country's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, who is 33...