Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Indy Transponder 01-OCT-2012 2300z

Tricks, skills of Blue Angels keep spectators eyes glued to sky - KITV Honolulu | The major indexes initially jumped about 1% after a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. manufacturing, but pulled back from the day's highs as Bernanke defended the central bank's latest stimulus action. The Fed chief said the economy "simply has not ...

Simsbury Airport Fly-In draws record 10000 visitors - Foothills Media Group | SIMSBURY — The 2012 Simsbury Fly-In & Car Show, held Sept. 23 at Simsbury Airport, featured a flyover by a giant military cargo jet, maneuvers by the Yankee Clippers formation team, a World War I fighter plane replica and visits from two LifeStar...

Photos: Paso Robles Airport Day 2012 from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | September 29, 2012, Saturday Warbirds Over Paso Robles Airshow.

Intrepid airmen CIAF to attract a record number of visitors  - BBC NEWS | This year's 19th vintage airshow Czech International Air Fest - CIAF according to initial estimates had record attendance. For both weekend days in Hradec airport resulted in more than 53,000 spectators, said spokesman Thomas shows Otruba. Last year came about...

CIAF air show had record attendance this year  - Czech newspapers  | Hradec Kralove - This year's 19th vintage airshow Czech International Air Fest - CIAF according to initial estimates had record attendance. For both weekend days in Hradec airport resulted in more than 53,000 spectators, the show's spokesman told ČTK Thomas Otruba ...

Leap Frogs Gave Breathtaking Performance at 2012 Coronado Speed Fest - US Navy SEALs Blog & Information (blog) | Aside from the thrilling car races, the crowd attending the two-day finale of Coronado Fleet Festival was treated with a striking performance by the Navy Parachute Demonstration Team. The Leap Frogs got the rare opportunity to show off their skills to ...

Colorado and Texas Chapter October Newsletters from Antique Airfield News  | Here are the Colorado Chapter and the Texas Chapter October 2012 Newsletters. Blakesburg reports, fly-in news, and chapter business.  Don't forget, the Texas Chapter Fall Festival of Flight will be October 12-13 at Gainesville Municipal Airport! 

Shady Lady - 2012 - Feature length documentary Narration: Michael Dorn | 'Shady Lady' is the epic story of the B-24 Liberator aircraft called 'Shady Lady' that set off from Darwin on Friday, 13 August 1943 on what was at that time the world's longest ever bombing mission of WWII to the oil refineries
at Balikpapan, Borneo. Shortly before running out of fuel, 'Shady Lady' was crash landed on a remote salt pan in Northern Western Australia after flying for 16 hours and 35 minutes. With help from the Aboriginal Community, 'Shady Lady' amazingly flew again. A 'Presidential Citation' for the crew, was... More Info and trailer HERE

Santa Teresa's War Eagles Museum hosts visit by restored B-17 bomber, crew - Las Cruces Sun-News | SANTA TERESA — The World War II B-17G bomber "Sentimental Journey" is scheduled to be on display and available for rides and tours from Monday's arrival about noon, to Thursday, departing in the morning, at the War Eagles Air Museum, 8012 Airport ...

UK Mosquito from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | Just heard from Peter Smith of 'inreachfortheskies' blog, that the second Mosquito...

Rare Biplane With 6 On Board Missing from AVwebFlash Current Issue  | Helicopters searched across rugged terrain in northwest Brisbane, Australia, for a 1934 de Havilland Dragon DH-84 biplane that went missing Monday afternoon (local time) with six people on board. The pilot was headed home after a weekend airshow when a distress call was received about 2:15 p.m., and an emergency locator signal was heard about 45 minutes later. The pilot reportedly was "struggling in thick cloud," according to a report from the Australian Broadcasting Network. Low lying clouds in the hilly and forested area hampered search efforts. Officials said an aircraft equipped with infra-red technology would search overnight, and further air and ground efforts would ramp up in the morning...

Mark Mangold Interview at Reno Pylon Racing School – from National Air Race Podcast
from Warbirdbabe's Blog | I had a fun time interviewing Airline Pilot and Red Bull Racing Champion, Mark Mangold at the Reno Pylon Racing School (PRS) which is held each June prior to the official start of the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show held in September. I spoke with Pilot Mike Mangold about the changes made to the race course which decreased in size from 8.4 miles to 8.1 miles but increased the safety radius margins....

National Air Race and Aviation films: 1928 – 1939 by Engineering Library | National Air Race and Aviation films: 1928 – 1939 have been loaded as a set of aviation films from Western Reserve Historical Society's collection. “This collection contains copies of original 16mm films (positive prints) of the ...

Phabulous Phantom Photo: F-4 fighter jet’s romantic take off into a rainbow from David Cenciotti's weblog | Taken few hours ago at Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, by Gian Luca Onnis, the following picture shows a German Air Force F-4 Phantom with the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 “Richthofen”, taking off into a rainbow, shortly after a thunderstorm...

EAA Member's 'In Descent Proposal' Goes Viral from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A video of an EAA member proposing to his girlfriend in a GA airplane while feigning an in-flight emergency has gone viral, giving the now-engaged couple a fair dose of fame on the national landscape. Ryan Thompson, EAA 1096853, from Chicago, and his fiancee Carlie Kennedy have already appeared on ABC's Good Morning America thanks to the popularity of the video In Descent Proposal, which at last count was approaching 1.4 million views on YouTube.

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