Indy Transponder 12-OCT-2013 0100z

Chip Yates Sets 5 New Electric Plane World Records in 4 Weeks - Wired | The perpetually restless electric vehicle pioneer has been setting world records throughout the fall. And behind the controls of his highly modified Rutan Long-EZ, Yates has claimed five records for electric aircraft, including besting his own top ...

Wings Over North Georgia Airshow Preview - WDEF News 12 | ROME, Georgia(WDEF) - When airplane enthusiast attend the Wings Over North Georgia Air Show this weekend, they will have the opportunity to check out the Geico Skytypers. The group of pilots are called of Skytypers because they type messages in the sky with smoke. But messages aren't their only expertise. "We fly a diamond formation, opposing solo's, head to head passes and then we join up for a delta formation to finish the act with all six aircraft" said pilot Steve Kapur...

Weekend Wings Over North Georgia air show set to go - planes preparing over ... - Rome News Tribune | ...The 2013 line-up will include the Black Diamond Jet Team, GEICO Skytypers, Aerostars aerobatic demo team and a Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet as the featured performers...

Wings and Wheels: On the ground and in the air - Cape Gazette | ...The highlight of this year's event was a visit by Richard Cole, one of four surviving members of the famed Doolittle raid. Serving as copilot to then Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, Cole was one of 80 volunteers who on April 18, 1942, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in 16 B-25 Mitchell aircraft to bomb Tokyo. The crews knew they would have to land their planes or parachute out of them into China after making their bombing runs because the planes could not return and land on the Hornet...

Chili on the Menu at Flying Dutchmen Airport Fall Fly-In - The Aero Experience | The friendly folks at the Flying Dutchmen Airport in Belleville, IL held their annual fall chili Cook-Off Fly-In Sunday.  This great tradition amongst area aviators and enthusiasts continues to keep its local charm and attract a unique assortment of aircraft.  The Aero Experience was there to partake of the chili (and burgers) and check out the planes on the...

Greenville Airstravaganza Brings Community Together, Tempts Mother Nature - The Aero Experience | The Greenville, IL Airstravaganza got off to a great start Saturday morning, with aircraft on the ramp, cars in the field, and hot dogs on the grill.  The airport community came together to show off their aircraft and...

EDITOR’S BLOG: 40 Years of IWM Duxford Airshows – 1990s Archive Footage * Flightline UK | We continue our look back at IWM Duxford Airshows from the last 40 years with a look from the 1990's period. This Sunday’s Autumn Air Show a IWM Duxford will celebrate this important anniversary and...

Snowbirds to keep their name despite language commissioner complaint over ... - National Post | Canada’s air force won’t be changing the name of the Snowbirds aerobatic team despite a complaint alleging the nickname violates federal government language laws because it is English-only...

Lowestoft Air Festival will not take place in 2014 - BBC News | Lowestoft Air Festival Lowestoft Vision claimed a "vast majority" of businesses wanted the air show to return.  Organisers of the Lowestoft Air Festival, which was cancelled this year, are now accepting it will not happen next year....

Red Bull Air Race back on stage in 2014 - FAI to collaborate to the race - World Air Sports Federation | The resumption of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship was announced on Tuesday in Malaysia during a press conference attended by FAI President John Grubbström and FAI Secretary General Jean-Marc Badan. The FAI will partner the Red Bull Air Race management and provide safety specialists for the Championship which will start in February 2014....

Campaign launched to honor Tom Poberezny at AirVenture - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Earlier this month, many EAA members received a circulated PDF letter that is reproduced below with permission. The intent of the letter campaign is to demonstrate that support exists to convince EAA to honor their Chairman Emeritus, Tom Poberezny, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The contents of the...

Iconic 'pilot-maker' marks 75 years in the skies - GlobalPost | There was no mistaking the muscular roar of the big radial engine as the most famous trainer to come out of World War II soared above this rural Virginia town. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the North American T-6 Texan, the big tandem-seat warbird in which countless pilots from dozens of countries honed their flying skills...

Flightstore Document the History of Women in Aviation With New Infographic - PR Newswire | ...Flightstore Director Andrew Holdsworth states, "We are delighted with the outcome of this infographic, charting these monumental moments in the history of aviation has been an eye opener and we are looking forward to adding more landmarks as the industry progresses."...

Pioneering women in aviation honoured in new stamp series - Stabroek News | Eight pioneering women in the aviation industry were honoured for their outstanding contribution to the local aviation sector in Guyana on Wednesday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers’ Mess, Camp Ayanganna as the first Women in Aviation Stamp Series was launched and unveiled by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds...

Air race recalled by city cameraman - Southland Times | PROUD: Hugh Denys remembers his role in filming the Great Air Race that ended in Christchurch 60 years ago. Seven planes swooped in to land at Christchurch and 10 movie cameras whirred into action. The cameras recorded on celluloid the end of the world's longest and last Great Air Race, from Heathrow to Harewood, in 1953...

DC-3 Dakota Association relaunches website · General Aviation News Staff | The DC-3 Dakota Association, established in 1994 as the DC-3/Dakota Historical Society, is a repository for information on the DC-3, C-47, Dakota, Super DC-3, Soviet Li-2, Japanese L2 D3, and all the variants made by the Douglas Aircraft Co., and the turbines remanufactured by Basler Turbo Conversions and Dodson International...

Art is set for sky-high bid - This Is Wiltshire | A PIECE of art featuring hundreds of signatures and badges from pilots, aviation personnel and the Air Chief Marshal is to be auctioned online for the RAF Charitable Trust. The large, one-off framed print features the official 2012 Royal International Air Tattoo art created by aviation artist David Bent...

Young Eagles Flight Rally scheduled Oct. 19 at Lampasas Municipal Airport - Lampasas Dispatch Record | ... 19 at Lampasas Municipal Airport. A Young Eagles Flight Rally is scheduled Oct. 19 at the Lampasas Municipal Airport for youths ages 8 to 17, who will have a chance to take to the skies under the wings of the Experimental Aircraft Association ...

Former Astronaut Speaks on "Gravity" Movie - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis | ..."There is a lot of drama in space and in space exploration and this movie certainly caputres the dramatic and tragic area of it," Wolf says. Wolf say getting lose and floating off into space is a possibility, but they train very hard to avoid that....