Indy Transponder 11-OCT-2013 1045z

High winds cause delays at World Aerobatic Championships - KXII-TV | DENISON, TEXAS -- The wind put a damper on day one of the World Aerobatic Championships today. The world's best aerobatic pilots, from 17 countries, were supposed to take off and compete today, but their planes didn't leave the runway due to high winds...

Weekend Wings Over North Georgia air show set to go - Rome News Tribune | The buzzing of planes and the roar of jets will fill the skies over Floyd County this weekend as the Wings of North Georgia Air Show returns to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. After attracting thousands of aviation enthusiasts and curious spectators at the inaugural show in September 2012, JLC Airshow Management is bringing high-flying performers to town once again this Saturday and Sunday....

Airfest acrobatics shelved by shutdown - The Daily Progress | Even this weekend’s 14th annual Culpeper County airfest can’t escape the government shutdown. Airfest chairman Mike Dale announced Thursday afternoon that the airfest won’t have its full slate of performers on Saturday, as paperwork that was submitted to the FAA was not approved in time...

The Flying V - Ely Air Lines | ...The 3,000’ grass airstrip just southeast of Highway 59 near Louis, Texas is tough to spot. Trees extend along both sides and an even denser stand masks its northwestern-most end. But the field is flat and has good drainage so it’s rarely closed for long even after a big rain. Upon landing a golf cart directs us to a parking spot. "Welcome to the Flying V Ranch!" The V stands for Vajdos. Robbie Vajdos and his company Vajdos Aviation have been hosting an annual fly-in called Under The Wire since 1989. All proceeds generated from the event go to local community programs...

EDITOR’S BLOG: 40 Years of IWM Duxford Airshows - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | 1975 Archive Footage | This weekend sees the IWM Duxford Autumn Airshow which will be celebrating 40 years of IWM organised airshows at the famous Cambridgeshire airfield. To celebrate this important milestone, Duxford have released some footage from their collections of some of their airshows over those forty years and we start off with a look at the 1975 footage....

1929 Ford Tri-Motor visits Grand Strand - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | Captain Colin Soucy and crew tour with the plane, one of eight of the models known left, and it's housed in the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, WI. Soucy flies the plane all around the country, giving the public a chance to harken back to before ...

Historic WWII bomber offers public flights - Journalscene.com | Pilot Cullen Underwood works his magic in the cockpit. The propellers begin to spin as the Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” engines sputter and catch and say, “Pop-pop-pop, pa-pa-pa-paaaaaaw-ruuuuumph!” It’s a beautiful sound, followed by a puff of friendly smoke. The smell of...

Three Rare World War II Planes Scheduled to Arrive in Greenville - Patch.com | On Friday, October 18th, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang Fighter, which are the sole remaining examples of their type flying in the World, will arrive at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), along with the vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ”Nine O Nine."  These planes, which are part of the “Wings of Freedom Tour”, will depart on Sunday, October 20th....

WWII trainer, icon of flight, marks 75 years in sky - Sin Chew Jit Poh | CULPEPER, October 11, 2013 (AFP) - There's no mistaking the roar of the big radial engines as the most famous trainer to come out of World War II soars above this rural Virginia town. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the North American T-6 Texan, the muscular tandem-seat warbird in which countless pilots in dozens of countries honed their flying skills...

A final goodbye to revered WWII heroes (GALLERIES) - The Northwest Florida Daily News | The remaining Doolittle Raiders will gather in Dayton, Ohio, for a final time next month. The revered World War II heroes will lift their goblets, sip their 117-year-old cognac and say good-bye to a decades-old tradition of gathering with their comrades to reflect on their contribution to American history....

Emma Egging: 'I didn't want to let what Jon stood for die' - This is Lincolnshire | It could be the sunniest of days and the bluest of skies, but when Emma Egging looks airborne there will always be shades of grey. Just over two years have elapsed since her husband Jon died when his Red Arrow crashed at the Bournemouth Air Festival....

Flyover marks ceremony to name Jackson College North Campus after aviator ... - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com | BLACKMAN TWP., MI – Those who knew the late William J. Maher hope that the people who see his name now displayed in large letters at a Jackson College campus remember him as courageous, colorful and committed to education. “He was forever grateful to Jackson College,” said Peggy Maher, his daughter. “He always believed that if you believe in yourself and you’re determined, you will be successful. And Jackson College was that stepping stone to success for him.”...

Racing for a Cure - Photorecon.net | It seems appropriate to me to introduce you to a couple I met at this year’s Reno Air Races held just a month ago. When I first met Ken Anderson he was polishing his white Formula One Racer, Miss U, adorned with pink flames interweaved with pink ribbons.  The name…the pink ribbons, I knew there had to be a story here....