Indy Transponder 06-NOV-2013 1200z

Team U.S.A. Wins Silver Medal At World Aerobatic Championships In Texas - Aero-News Network | Honors Go To American Team At First U.S. Event In 10 Years For the first time in 10 years, the World Aerobatic Championships were held in the United States last month. The event, held at North Texas Regional Airport (KGYI) from October 9 to October 20, featured world-class competitors, including U.S. Breitling pilot David Martin.

10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show To Be Miss Demeanour Pilot's Swansong - Middle East Events | The 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show will witness the final aerobatic show performance of renowned Jonathon Whaley, pilot of Miss Demeanour and its Hawker Hunter aircraft and a popular attraction at international air expos worldwide. After 43 years of flying ...

No air show to be held in 2014 - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - The Eastern Regional Airport Authority unanimously adopted a resolution at its meeting Tuesday to support and cooperate with the 167th Airlift Wing, if the Air National Guard unit stationed at the airport sponsors an air show next year...

Local student part of video team at aerobatic championships - Sidney Herald Leader | Sidney High School senior Jared Troudt had a great experience in October when he received the opportunity to help video the World Aerobatic Championships held in Texas. Troudt's experience started when Jim Connors, who is a media consultant for air ...

Air Force Museum Foundation announces sponsors for of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' Final Toast - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Foundation announces sponsors of the events surrounding the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' final toast to their fallen comrades to be held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 8 and 9, 2013. The lead sponsor is Hennessy, the #1-selling Cognac in the world. In 1956, Hennessy presented Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle with a vintage 1896 bottle of Hennessy Cognac, honoring the year of his birth. Three years later, at a reunion in Tucson, Ariz., a tradition of honoring the Raiders' legacy was formed when its members were presented with 80 silver goblets by the City of Tucson. This year, representatives from Hennessy will visit the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to personally thank and honor the surviving Raiders at the final toast celebration...

Honouring Bill Carr - Vintage Wings of Canada | This past Saturday, November 2nd, 2013, we had our Vintage Wings Victory Gala, celebrating our accomplishments of the past year... of which we had many. As is our tradition, we raise a banner honouring a living veteran pilot of the Second World War. In past years, we have honoured men like Max Ward, Stocky Edwards and Bill McRae. This year, a year we celebrated leadership in all its facets, we paid a long overdue tribute to Lieutenant General William Carr, a photo recon Spitfire pilot from the war. Bill was on hand to see his image and name piped to the rafters in the Vintage wings hangar, alongside a pantheon of Canadian airmen...

The Palm Springs Air Museum Republic F-105D Thunderchief · Warbirds Update | The Palm Springs Air Museum landed a Republic F-105D Thunderchief  to add to its growing collection of Vietnam-era aircraft.Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio gave the museum until August to raise the money needed to take the surplus supersonic fighter-bomber off its hands — saving it from becoming scrap metal by way of a crusher.Thanks to an outpouring from the desert community, the museum raised not only the $21,000 needed to tear down, transport and restore the F-105, but an additional $19,000 to maintain the plane...

GALLERY: Ron flys into the record books - Daily Liberal | An Australian record attempt was successful at the Parkes Airport on Saturday when pilot Ron Watts completed 140 flights. The final touchdown was made at 4.32pm, on schedule. The record attempt was part of fund raising by the Mission Aviation Fellowship to try and purchase a second plane worth some $500,000...

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Appoints National Campaign ED - Aero-News Network | Former EAA Fundraiser Heading To Hawaii Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has appointed Elissa Lines as National Campaign Executive Director to lead a nationwide campaign to secure financial support for the Museum's expansion. The Museum's master plan calls for the restoration of two additional historic hangars on Ford Island, aircraft acquisition, and significant exhibit preparation to portray the important contribution of aviation in the Pacific region.

Trouble and strafe for Dutch F-16 pilot - The DEW Line | Spare perhaps just a little sympathy for the hapless Dutch F-16 pilot who found that hitting the right target was a little bit beyond him during a training flight on 4 November...