Saturday, June 23, 2012

Indy Transponder 23-JUN-2012 1000z


Elite Thunderbird Squad to Honor Fallen Indiana Soldier - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis | The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are the main attraction of the Indianapolis Air Show this weekend in Hancock County and their performance will be ...

Blue Angels Announce 2013 Enlisted Team Members from US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels | We are proud to announce that the following enlisted personnel have been selected as members of the 2013 Blue Angel team...

Golden Knights at - Pocono Record | Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Peregrin flies the Pennsylvania state flag as he descends to Tobyhanna Army Depot during a demonstration by the U.S. Army Parachute ...

Webinar- Flying into AirVenture from eaavideo.org | Join Fred Stadler, EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman, as he discusses hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture.

Video: XH558: Engineering Update 22/06/12 from stickandrudderWTO

CIAF celebrate the nineteenth. The air stirred and fighters from the U.S. - Chrudimský journal | ... Arrive in late summer to Hradec Kralove. The second weekend in September is held in Hradec Králové airport already nineteenth annual Czech International Air Fest (CIAF)...

Carol Vorderman takes to the skies for aerobatics at the Best of British air show - The Telegraph | ...The former Countdown star was passenger in an ex-RAF training plane as it performed air acrobatics in stormy conditionsat Cotswold Airport, in Kemble, Gloucestershire. Ms Vorderman, a keen amateur pilot who is working towards taking her private pilot's license, was flown by experienced Mark Greenfield. She flew in a Bulldog plane to celebrate the start of this year's Best of British aviation show and raise money for charity. ...

Three Kansas teams flying in women’s air race - kansas.com | Three Kansas teams are flying in the 2012 Air Race Classic, an all-women race that began Tuesday. The 2,330 nautical-mile race started in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and ends in Batavia, Ohio. Fifty-five planes are registered.

The Summer of Thunder at the Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum is thundering through the Canada Day Weekend starting on Thursday June 28th with the arrival of the Discovery Air/Vintage Wings of Canada Canadair F-86 Sabre “Hawk One”...

Hawk One - blog | “Resurrect, Celebrate and Motivate” is the theme behind the refurbishment of a classic RCAF F-86 Sabre 5 (Canadair Serial Number 23314) in the colours of the legendary Golden Hawks aerobatic team that thrilled Canadians from coast-to-coast for five airshow seasons commencing in 1959. This flying tribute to a century of aviation history has been made possible by a unique partnership between the Vintage Wings of Canada, presenting sponsor Discovery Air and the Department of National Defence, assisted by generous donations from the private sector.... 

Robots Join Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane - LiveScience.com | U.S. Navy warships and aircraft failed to find Amelia Earhart when the pioneering female aviator vanished in the South Pacific during her second attempt to fly ...

Castle Air Museum benefits from large donation - Merced Sun-Star | Castle Air Museum is enjoying a better financial situation after it got a large donation earlier this month.

The Blue Cruise in 1948 Norécrin from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | On 21 March 1948, a "Tour of the Mediterranean" which will participate twenty Norécrin is announced to the press, this cruise is quickly nicknamed "The Blue Cruise". This tour is organized by Paul Legastelois agency of the same name and then President of the Union Chamber of Commerce of Aeronautics in order to demonstrate the qualities of this aircraft aviation....

Russ Zenith CH750 from Mike’s Adventures | ...I got to catch up with Russ today. He finished his build last November and has managed to put 60 hrs on it so far...

Bigger, Bolder: Red Flag – Alaska from Photorecon | The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s.  Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam,  Red Flag has become an important test of tactics and teamwork.  A similar but larger venue has been created, called Red Flag [...]

CVW 11 Commander Reaches 1,000 Traps from Aero-News Network | Nimitz Commanding Officer Was In The Back Seat The commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 completed his 1,000th carrier arrested landing, or trap, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) June 18. Capt. Greg Harris completed the trap in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154...

Eurocopter’s X3 Hybrid Helicopter Begins U.S. Tour In Texas from Aero-News Network | First Flight On The Tour Was In Front Of American Eurocopter Employees In Grand Prairie Eurocopter has begun the U.S. tour of its X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter, which will demonstrate the unique operational capabilities of this advanced transportation system during a month of visits to military facilities and hub locations for civil helicopter operators. The tour was initiated Wednesday with a debut X3 flight presentation at the Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters of Eurocopter’s U.S. subsidiary – American Eurocopter...

Gamera II Makes 40 Second Flight from Aero-News Network | Human-Powered Helicopter Vying For The Sikorsky Prize The Gamera II human-powered helicopter designed and built at the University of Maryland has set a new unofficial record for flight in such a vehicle. According to a story appearing in the online publication The Blaze, the quad-rotor aircraft stayed airborne in the Reckord Armory on the campus of the University of Maryland for 40 seconds, still short of the minute needed to claim the American Helicopter Society's $250,000 award...

Podcast: Gamera II, the Human-Powered Helicopter from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A team at the University of Maryland hopes to fly their 105-foot, 76-pound human-powered helicopter for at least 60 seconds and up to an altitude of 10 feet. Glenn Pew speaks with Dr. Inderjit Chopra about the project's advances and, if it's successful, what's next.

Initial Flight Tests Of Experimental Fighter And Research Aircraft from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd

WWII Veteran -- Age 90 -- Still Skydiving from Aero-News Network | Had 'Always Wanted To Do One' While In The Service Lt. Bill Keller had become enamoured of skydiving while in the Army Air Corps during WWII, but says he never had an opportunity to make a jump. He finally did, at the Skydive Sky Ranch in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in 1992 to celebrate his 70th birthday...

Local Youth Invited to Experience Flight at EAA Young Eagles Day - SurfKY News | MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY (6/22/12) - The EAA Young Eagles program was started in 1992, giving interested young people, ages 8 - 17, the chance to fly in a ...

[Updated] Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts from David Cenciotti's weblog | Late on the afternoon (Central European Time) of Jun. 22, media outlets started to report that a Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom has disappeared over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near its shared border with Syria. The Phantom had left Erhac Air Base at around 07.30GMT and disappeared off radar around 09.00 GMT. Reports came out of Turkey soon after saying that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan had claimed that Syria had apologised for shooting down the jet, however at a press conference he told the gathered reporters that he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot down the jet and had apologised....

No comments: