Indy Transponder 05-JUL-2013 2000z

EAA takes FAA to court over AirVenture fees - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | In May, the FAA told EAA officials the cost for 87 air traffic controllers and supervisors to come to Oshkosh for AirVenture would be $447,000. Last month, AirVenture made a partial payment with the remaining sum to be paid after the FAA completes its ...

Air show offers high-speed spectacle - StarPhoenix | The third Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show offers entertainment, but just as importantly education, organizer Brian Swidrovitch says. “It’s a very important event, especially for younger generations to come out and be around veterans who fought in one of the great wars.” This year is the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and the air show is the only annual community event dedicated entirely to honoring veterans, the Canadian forces, law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel, he said....

The Back of the Yak · Steve Tupper | It’s another great day here at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Airshow and Balloon Festival! This is my eighth year covering Battle Creek and it’s my favorite airshow. It’s different this year, as it is with many shows. Where, in light of sequestration, the shows are even still on this year! Battle Creek usually has a jet team. Not so this year. Thus it’s an interesting year and the civilians are working hard to...

Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival just getting off the ground in ... - WKZO | BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- They got the balloons off yesterday at the Field of Flight event at Kellogg Field, and concluded the night with a spectacular fireworks show. Today is a transitional day for the 5 day event. They will have the Michigan Mile Car race, two balloon launches as the competition continues, and they also have some unique events you will only see tonight....

After 17 years, Tahoe Truckee Airport puts on free air show - RGJ.com | After the air show was canceled 17 years ago, it’s being brought back as a real air show for the first time this weekend after hosting static planes and flybys last year. And ...“It’s totally free,” LoDolce said....

Snowbirds put on show in brief homecoming - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | After a long swing into Eastern Canada, the 431 Squadron Snowbirds returned to Moose Jaw to perform over the Friendly City as a part of the Sidewalk Days festival. “There’s always a special element when you get to fly in your hometown and do a little something for your neighbours, friends and the people you meet in town,” said Capt. Thomas Edelson, 431 Squadron’s public affairs officer. “The show has a hometown feel.”...

Pancakes and airplanes grab the spotlight in Sunday’s annual Fly-In Breakfast | The Wild Rivers Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will celebrate 40 years of community service with its annual public fly-in, drive-in pancake breakfast and open house Sunday, July 7, at the Sawyer County Airport two miles north of Hayward...

Phuket Airshow & Family Picnic ready for takeoff - Phuket Gazette | PHUKET: On behalf of the U.S. Navy League, the organizers, suppliers, sponsors,pilots, cooks, clowns, face painters and the scores of others engaged in presenting the Airshow & Family Picnic at Phuket Airpark this weekend, we at the Phuket Gazette would like to invite you to join us...

Reno Air Race 2013 UAV Navigation - ASDnews | UAV Navigation, a leading developer of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, today announced that it will sponsor a plane at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show from Wednesday 9 thru 15 September 2013. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation's CEO and co-founder, will once again be piloting the aircraft. Plane no36, callsign 'N-A-RUSH', is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat monoplane racer designed in the United States in 1951 by ex-TWA captain Tom Cassutt.

Advance Ticket Sales Rocketing Sky High at RAF Waddington International Airshow | With the RAF Waddington International Airshow only days away, the organising team are delighted to report that advance ticket sales are so high that there is a strong possibility that all available tickets will have been purchased prior to the event and that there may not be any tickets on sale on the day....

Airshow to fly again - News North Wales | THE success of this year’s Bob Jones Memorial Air Show means planes will be taking to the sky again in 2014. A record 8,000 people attended the air show in Welshpool last month and organisers have confirmed the event will take place again next year, despite discussions about making in a biennial occurrence....

Geneseo Airshow flying higher - The Livingston County News | Volunteers at the upcoming Geneseo Airshow may be flying just a little bit higher next weekend. After nearly two decades the Geneseo-based 1941 Historical Aircraft Group reacquired its old name — the National Warplane Museum — in the spring. The news, announced just before Memorial Day in May, brings the story of the Museum full circle....

Frecce Tricolori on 6 and 7 July in Capo d'Orlando: this is the program and other... - Resapubblica
(Translated ) | On 6 and 7 July the town of Capo d'Orlando will host for the second time the world's most famous aerobatic team: The "Frecce Tricolori". Countless institutions charged with an extraordinary commitment to ensure all services to tens of thousands of people are expected in the first weekend of July. In total there will be over 200 units present in these (Carabinieri, Police, Financial Police, Firefighter, Fire, Air Force, Harbour Office, Municipal Police and ASP), plus over 100 volunteers of Civil Defence and several employees of the Aeroclub Capo d'Orlando and Reggio Calabria....

Some of the most interesting aircraft that have taken part in the Paris Air Show 2013 · David Cenciotti | The following images were taken at Le Bourget, by Erwan Malgras.

Salute from the Shore thrills patriots in air, on ground - MENAFN.COM | Alvin Strasburger, an 89-year-old World War II veteran from Columbia, is just as comfortable using an iPhone as he is flying a vintage World War II aircraft.Strasburger, one of five Columbia veterans selected to ride in the 4th annual Salute from the Shore on Thursday, was texting his family while he flew along the Grand Strand. He also took many pictures with his smartphone.Strasburger entered the Army in 1943 and piloted a B-25. He flew 60 missions during World War II, starting at age 19, and earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Thursday was his first time back in the cockpit of an old plane since he was a young man, and Strasburger said it was fantastic...

Video and photo gallery: Cromer carnival helper takes to the air during Wildcat display team ‘recce’ - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | ...The 30-year-old volunteer looped the loop over the landmark pier on board a smoke-trailing bi-plane when she joined the Wildcats display team for a “recce” of the resort. The Norfolk-based fliers will provide some of the aerial action on carnival day next month, as they and the The Blades aerobatics team fill a vacuum in the sky left by the absence of the Red Arrows this year....

Cracker Fly-In canceled - Access North Georgia | GAINESVILLE - For only the second time in its nearly 50-year history, the Cracker Fly-In at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, which was to be held Saturday, has been canceled. "Due to rain and low clouds planned for Saturday, we are scrubbing the 45th Cracker Fly In," said one of the organizers, Winn Fletcher. "Only the second time in 45 years (we've had to cancel)."...

The Two Day French Event Honoring the 1943 B-17 Crew - Second Line of Defense By Robbin Laird | The families of the 10-crew members who crash-landed onto the waters of Noirmoutier Island, France on July 4, 1943 were invited to attend the unveiling ceremony honoring their World War II combat crew members. Thousands of French joined the ceremonies on Sunday June 30, 2013. It was indeed a festive occasion. For the families and the participants in the ceremony, the event was a two-day experience....

Germany bids farewell to the F-4 Phantom - Peter Grant | On June 29th, the Luftwaffe retired its last F-4F Phantom jet fighters after flying them for almost 40 years. To commemorate the occasion, one was painted in a special livery and labeled 'Phantom Pharewell'....

Aviation Pioneer Tom Gunn Exhibit at the Pacific Aviation Museum . Warbird News | The Pacific Aviation Museum of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is opening a new exhibit on Saturday July 13th. Entitled “Pacific Aviation Pioneers”, the inaugural exhibit will be on aviation daredevil and stunt pilot Tom Gunn and will also mark the debut of the remodeled Doolittle Gallery in Hangar 37, redesigned to host ongoing exhibits with flexibility and modern display technology. It is the first major change in Hangar 37 since the museum opened its doors in late 2006...

Air Force Week in Photos | 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.

SR-71 — the whole 9 yards by travelforaircraft | There are many other books on ultra-advanced-even-after-retirement Lockheed SR-71, including by the author, and each serves a use. The niche of this book, by former SR-71 pilot Col. Richard Graham, is:...

Johnny Summers · Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | ... Johnny began his flying career as a US Army helicopter pilot. But after completing his degree, he transferred to the US Air Force and flew KC-135s refueling the SR-71 and then the F-117...

ESA Tests the IXV Re-Entry Vehicle - Spaceports | The European Space Agency (ESA) tested splashdown on its Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) - Photo gallery here: http://goo.gl/BViOJ , a wingless body with movable rear flaps for control, on June 19, 2013. Review found that parachutes provided such a gentle landing that the inflators never detected the splashdown. The ESA plans an orbital launch test next year of the IXL on the Vega rocket booster from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, South America.