Indy Transponder 06-JUL-2013 1045z

St. Louis Airshows Delight Crowd on Mississippi Riverfront · The Aero Experience | The Fair St. Louis officially kicks off today with two airshows along the Mississippi Riverfront in front of the Gateway Arch. The Aero Experience continues its comprehensive coverage with the following sequence recapping the day's two airshows and ground activity with exclusive images from our team. This is a small sample of the thousands of photos taken today:...

Vintage warplanes staging in Tyler before air show - KLTV | The Thunder Over Cedar Creek Air Show is this weekend, and the planes coming in need a place to park, so once again they will be staging at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. All day Saturday you can go see the planes before they take off for Cedar Creek Lake in the evening. We take a look at a couple of pieces of flying history...

PHOTOSTORY : War planes on display - Greeley Tribune | The front turret of a B-25 only partially hides the B-17 as it prepares for takeoff Friday morning from the Casper-Natrona County International Airport in Wyoming, beginning the trip to Colorado. The B-17, B-25 and a P-51 Mustang are currently on display at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport, 4900 Earhart Road in Loveland. The warplanes will be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. There will also be a chance to ride in all of the planes on display and learn about the World War II history from reenactment camps on the runway....

Hot Air Festival plans new event - Times Bulletin | "Anyone who has ever seen a hot balloon event will be thrilled by this year's festival," said Event Coordinator Jerry Mazur. "The festival will feature a new event never before seen in Van Wert, the Dawn Patrol, which will be followed by a large breakfast." A total of 17 balloons will be taking flight in two separate launches each day with five balloons taking off before dawn. Friday's launches are...

Glen Randolph Dunlap - Dothan First | ...Glen was a dedicated Air Force Officer and an intensely patriotic man all his life. He received a regular commission in the United States Army which was transferred when the US Air Force was formed to make a separate arm of the US military forces. He flew many different types of airplanes, B-24, B-25, B-26, B-29, B-50, C-54, T-33, T-39, KC-97, KC-135, B-52's, and a number of small Air Force planes. He flew over 100 B-52 and KC-135 combat missions during the Vietnam conflict. During his career...

A remarkable air display · Peter | The latest Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter gave a very impressive air display at the recent Paris air show. Here's the whole 10-minute flight, captured by an electro-optical infrared camera operated by Flight International. There are a few technical glitches during the footage, but if you wait a few seconds, they clear up. I recommend watching it in full-screen mode...

McChord Air Museum Completes 25-Year Restoration, Wins Award . Warbird News | Volunteers for the McChord Air Museum, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington have recently completed a 25 year restoration project on a Canadian Vickers SA-10 Catalina, a variant of the Consolidated PBY Catalina, for which they were awarded a Air Mobility Command Heritage Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by the museum’s personnel in preserving and promoting the history...

Planes presented - Minot Daily News | Two airplane models that were hand-carved more than 60 years ago by the brother of an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter pilot have been presented to the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. Tim Alentiev, a pilot from Kent, Wash., and friend of Yukiko Tanakadate Howell, of Tacoma, Wash., who died Feb. 8, was in Minot this week for the July 4 activities at the air museum. He brought the models with him. Howell, a native of Japan, was in Minot last summer and while here, visited the...

At Disney's "Planes" Aviation Media Screening, the Process of Respecting Aviation Reality is Explained By Scott Connolly, Airplanista Guest Blogger | We all find airplanes sexy. Their long sleek lines and robust power make a pilot's heart thump like only a powerful mate can. Every time those hanger doors open and that beautiful girl is revealed, I know most pilots have feelings that in most other situations would only be reserved for the opposite sex. Or sometimes we often give them human names and refer to them as members of the family. I am sure you have all met Av8rdan's airplane, Katy....