Indy Transponder 17-JUN-2013 1130z

EAA signs deal with FAA to cover controller expenses at Oshkosh  -  General Aviation News Staff  | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has finalized a one-time agreement with the FAA to cover nearly $450,000 in expenses related to air traffic control services at the 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in, which begins on July 29. “Let me be clear: We have consistently regarded the FAA’s move as holding AirVenture and GA hostage this year,” said EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. “There was considerable, detailed thought given over the past month to every option and possible scenario. Ultimately, AirVenture’s importance to the...

Elite display pilot blunders by pressing wrong smoke button - The Sun | Red Arrows pilot Ben Plank. Crown Copyright. IT'S another spectacular display by the Red Arrows — except for one pilot who is feeling off-colour. RAF ace Ben PLANK lived up to his name when he hit the wrong button as the sky was patriotically painted...

San Diego Polo Club Fly In 2013 - Photorecon | For Fathers Day, the San Diego Polo Club holds an annual fly-in and car show. This year is no different with antique biplanes, the driving of luxury cars supplied by Aston Martin. Attendees will enjoy a classic woody car display, the tasting of Woodford Reserve’s 3 delicious bourbons, and Liberty Tobacco will also be supplying fine imported cigars. The planes...

Nothing compares to B-17 sound, sight over Kearney - Kearney Hub | The B-17 bomber shined like polished silver as it flew low over a Kearney airport runway, turned and came in for a landing. It retraced a memory of the hundreds of Flying Fortresses that landed at the Kearney Air Base during World War II and then flew ...

In pictures: Cockpit-Fest 2013 held at Newark Air Museum - BBC News | In pictures: Cockpit-Fest 2013 held at Newark Air Museum. Cockpits at the festival Aviation groups and enthusiasts compared their cockpits at an annual gathering at Newark Air Museum. Cockpits Cockpit-Fest has been held in Nottinghamshire for more than ...

PICTURE: RAF stalwarts make Royal farewell  - The DEW Line | Craig Hoyle  | I was on a Eurostar train bound for Paris on Saturday at the same time as a flypast over central London, which coincided with the annual Trooping the Colour event and the Queen's official birthday celebrations. That's not something we'd normally cover on The DEW Line, but the array of Royal Air Force types on show included one of the last major opportunities to see two of its air transport fleet's true stalwarts from the last several decades in the air together. By the time the next event takes place in 2014, the Lockheed TriStar and Vickers VC10 shown in the great Crown Copyright image below will both have left service...

B-17 gunner fortunate to survive war - Garner Cleveland Post | Wilson was a B-17 gunner during the early days of America's involvement in the war. The fighter escorts that would one day famously protect Eighth Air Force bombers deep into Germany didn't exist yet. The bomber squadrons flew missions alone and the...

Willow Run Preservation Campaign On - AVweb |An ambitious campaign to save a unique part of aviation history is on in Michigan but just like the events that created the Willow Run bomber manufacturing plant, the volunteers trying to preserve it face a daunting challenge. The Ford-owned plant, which churned out B-24 Liberators at the astonishing rate of one an hour during the Second World War, was bought by GM in the 1950s and used to build transmissions until 2009. The trust...

The Restoration to Flying Condition of XP-82 Twin Mustang Prototype 44-83887 - Warbirds News | Tom Reilly is no stranger to warbird restoration; he owned the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida and a fleet of AT-6 Texans and a B-25 in flying condition before Hurricane Charlie completely destroyed his hangar and museum in 2004. He presently heads The B-25 Group which specializes in restoring old warbirds to flight. He is also called upon for warbird appraisals and that’s how he came to own the Twin Mustang....

National Museum of the US Air Force Plans Major Expansion - Warbirds News | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio will be relocating it’s collection of one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft to a new $46 million gallery in 2015, giving its 1.2 million yearly visitors a chance to see the historic and futuristic aircraft that are presently stored in a closed-off hangar, inaccessible to the public...

Vietnam Military History Museum — aircraft and aircraft wreckage sculpture by travelforaircraft | Fortunately, one of our contributors recently visited Hanoi Vietnam and made time to stop in on a few aviation history related museums there. This was no small feat since a heat wave was then being endured — 104º F (40º C) temperature, with high humidity levels! We have Catherine Dowman to thank for the information and images related in this post, as well as in future posts regarding this museum and others :)

Learn To Fly While Traveling  - AVweb | A Silicon Valley company is tackling head-on one of the most-cited impediments to flight training (after the cost) with an innovative flight training program. Visionary Airlines will teach its customers to fly while they're on their way to destinations they select for business or pleasure trips. They'll get...

Najla's First Essay as the Dreams take Flight Scholarship Award Winner!  - Lynda Meeks | Najla is the recipient of our 2013 Spring Scholarship Program Dreams Take Flight Award. Please see her application essay here and read about the Summer Scholarship Program. We will be accepting applications until June 30th, 2013. Our scholarships are funded by direct contributions from people like you!...