Indy Transponder 06-DEC-2013 1900z

Wacky Jet Waco Revealed at ICAS - Flying Magazine | An unconventional biplane emerged at the International Council of Air Shows in Las Vegas this week. John Klatt Airshows and Jack Link's Beef Jerky announced they have teamed up to create an airplane named the Screamin' Sasquatch — a twin-engine-powered 1929 Taperwing Waco that will be featured as part of the 2014 John Klatt Airshows...

AirVenture Included on Initial Air Force Thunderbirds Schedule - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, one of the world's premier military jet teams, has scheduled an appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as part of its 2014 flying schedule. The 62nd annual EAA fly-in convention is scheduled for July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Airshow will fly back to Rochester airport - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | An annual airshow canceled this year because of federal budget cuts will return to Greater Rochester International Airport next summer, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced Friday. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which appeared at the airshow in 2005 and 2008, will return Aug. 16 and 17 next year...

Air show and Thunderbirds returning to Waterloo - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO | Thunder will roll again in the Cedar Valley. An air show is scheduled Aug. 23.24 at the Waterloo Regional Airport. And like the inaugural event in 2011, the event will feature the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds. "This is a major feat. This is a great coup," organizer Chris Harshbarger said...

OC Air Show nabs Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, for 2014-15 - Bethany Beach Wave | OCEAN CITY — The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels military jet demonstration teams are scheduled to headline the OC Air Show in 2014 and 2015...

Jets to race at Warbirds - Otago Daily Times | Warbirds Over Wanaka is planning to run one of the fastest motor racing events in the world at its international airshow next Easter. Six jet aircraft, travelling about 640kmh, will go head-to-head around big inflated pylons on an 8km triangular course in the Upper Clutha Valley...

Santa fly-in set Saturday at Bill Jarrett Ford - Highlands Today | AVON PARK - Bill Jarrett Ford will host its 5th annual Santa Fly-In, holiday customer appreciation event, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the dealership, 1305 US 27 N., Avon Park. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by helicopter...

Antique Airplane Association Celebrates Diamond Jubilee at Blakesburg Fly-In, Part One - The Aero Experience | The Antique Aircraft Association celebrated its Silver Jubilee at this year's Blakesburg Fly-In August 28-September 2.  The Antique Aircraft Association, founded in 1953, now has over twenty chapters and maintains affiliations with many type clubs representing aircraft like those featured here... Part 2 here...

RAAF airshow announced to commemorate the Centenary of Military Aviation - Australian Aviation | To celebrate the centenary of military aviation in Australia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Darren Chester and Deputy Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies have launched the Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow to be held at Point Cook, RAAF Williams, near Melbourne on March 1....

Before Brown Arch, The Blue Arch At Oshkosh 1971 - Nostalgic Picture! * AirPigz | This pic from my old picture album is what I remember the main gate to the flightline at Oshkosh looking like back in the really old days. 1971 was the second year for Oshkosh (before that the event was in Rockford, IL) and for the first many years of the week-long fly-in and convention, access to the flightline was restricted to keep the general public away from the airplanes. That's why an 'entrance' was needed there in the first place...

REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR: Woodlands veterans remember Pearl Harbor - Your Houston News | THE WOODLANDS — Ahead of Saturday’s anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, VFW Post #12024 remembered those lost on the infamous day 72 years ago that would abruptly launch the United States into World War II. As “Taps” reverie echoed in the background, Post veterans ceremoniously laid a wreath at the base of the American flag during an emotion-filled candlelight ceremony at South County Community Center on Thursday...

New Mission For The F-104 Starfighter - Warbirds News | Florida based Starfighters Aerospace has been know for years to make hundred of thousand F-104 Starfighter fans around the world happy for keeping this beautiful jet in the air. Many aviation enthusiast had witness the “The Missile With a Man In It” flying in American air shows for years. Recently the company has worked hard to move  away from the air show circuit in order to focus on offering its services to the  commercial space flight context. In fact Starfighters Aerospace is now able to provide services to a broad range of clients that go from  University projects/experiments to complex Engineering R&D scenarios or DoD supporting missions. A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky....

Interview with the Project Lead of The People’s Mosquito by travelforaircraft | John Lilley is the Project Lead of The People's Mosquito and has helped immeasurably to form a capable group of experts to guide the project to completion — to build a flying replica of a de Havilland Mosquito. John is enthusiastic and eloquent also speaking (and writing) using the King's English. He easily agreed to be interviewed — his responses to the queries are written in italics...

Brad Pitt buys WWII Spitfire airplane for $3.3 million: report - nydailynews.com | What's that in the sky? It may just be Brad Pitt after the leading man reportedly bagged himself a World War II-era Spitfire plane. The 49-year-old actor was so inspired by his latest movie, World War II flick "Fury," that he purchased one of the fighter planes used by the Royal Air Force in battle, the Irish Examiner reported. And they don't come cheap: Pitt supposedly paid $3.3 million for the aircraft...

Avialogs.com, The Largest Online Aviation Library Partners Up With Warbirds News · Warbirds News | Avialogs.com,the largest online aviation library available today online, is partnering up with Wabirdsnews.com .Avialogs is an online aviation library. It was started in 2010 by Benoit De Mulder as a personal project to become a non- profit organization based in Canada. Benoit is a French aviation enthusiast and private pilot living in Canada.The goal of Avialogs and its founder  is to promote conservation of aviation related literature and documents while making it available as electronic media....

Last 'new' Phantom returns to service - The Northwest Florida Daily News | TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron received the last of the “new” QF-4 aerial targets as the Vietnam-era aircraft landed here Nov. 19. The QF-4, Aircraft 68-0599, spent more than 20 years in the Air Force “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., before being brought back to life for one last mission...

The Navy Just Launched a Drone from a Submarine—While Underwater - Gizmodo | If you thought launching a drone from an aircraft carrier was impressive, you're going to be blown away by this: After six years of development, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has successfully launched a drone from a submerged submarine...

AV Week reveal new large flying wing the RQ180 - Milcom Monitoring Post, By Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman, sUAS News | A large, classified unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency. Defense and intelligence officials say...

[Photo] Man-carrying, under-wing pods capable of being fitted to fighter jets and helicopters By David Cenciotti | It’s almost impossible to imagine the self discipline required to be stuck inside one of those for long periods of time but, believe it or not, Exint pods, man-carrying pods designed to be carried by fast jets and choppers exist...

Aditya Palnitkar - Friday's Fabulous Flyer * Flight To Success | 15-year-old Aditya was born in Mountain View California and currently lives in Pune India (Two and a half hours from Mumbai) with his mother, father and younger brother. His 14-year-old brother doesn't have the same interest in aviation as Aditya.  But big brother is working on him. Aditya said, "I am always in the process of trying to make him appreciate the fascinating world of aviation."...

Eagle steals camera - Bayou Renaissance Man | I was amused by this video footage from a camera set up by game rangers on a meat trap near the Margaret River, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, to photograph crocodiles....

Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit - Fox News | The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives....