Monday, January 20, 2014

Indy Transponder 20-JAN-2014 1730z

Russian Knights aerobatics crew to perform maneuvers in Bahrain - The Voice of Russia | ...Pilots will perform the demonstration flights at a height of between 100 and 1,500 meters at various speeds. The demonstration flights will last three days. The return of the Russian Knights to Russia is planned for January 22, Klimov said. The Russian Knights regularly participate in the largest global air exhibitions and shows...

Stuart Air Show confirms Harrier jet demonstration for 2014 - TCPalm | STUART -- Air Show officials confirmed Thursday night that an AV-8B "Harrier" jet demonstration for the 25th annual Stuart Air Show on Nov. 1-2. The aircraft will be flown by Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., air show officials ...

Chairman needed for upcoming Flagfest air show - Spencer Daily Reporter | "We're looking for some person to head up the air show," Steffen said. "And so far, we've been unsuccessful." Steffen noted the ideal chairman is someone who "likes airplanes" and is "somewhat familiar with aeronautical types of things." "I've done ...

Red Arrows unable to perform at this year’s Swanage Carnival - but organisers say “we will survive” - Bournemouth Echo | THE Red Arrows display team will not perform at this year's Swanage Regatta and Carnival Week, it has been confirmed. Carnival secretary Linda Welsh was informed the RAF aces would be unable to attend the Swanage event this summer because of their...

Matt Hall prepares for Red Bull Air Race: video - Newcastle Herald | ... aircraft, an MXS-R, at Rutherford Airport. Pictures: Peter Stoop. AN ex-formula one tactician and a "leveller" playing field may prove vital ingredients for Hunter pilot Matt Hall as he prepares to have a third crack at the Red Bull Air Race World ...

WWII Vets receive the chance to fly for free this summer - NBC40 | WWII Veterans in our area will have the chance to fly for free this summer. The Yankee Air Museum, based in Chicago, will hold their first ever flight experience June 9th through the 11th at the Cape May Airport. The 45 minute ride on the B-17 "Yankee ...

“Tuskegee Airmen” For The Hangar Talk At The Pacific Aviation Museum · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE-Honolulu, HI – Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will welcome Hawaii’s own Tuskegee Airman Philip Baham, Dr. Dorothy Goldsborough, and a panel of Black History experts, as they discuss the stories and the legacy of the first African-American military aviators who served during WWII. The Hangar Talk, “Tuskegee Airmen Then and Now” is Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2 to 4pm in the Museum Theater...

The Red Tails are alive, well - Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | The legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen lives at Tyndall with the arrival of the 301st Fighter Squadron. The squadron is a U.S. Air Force Reserve Command unit that is comprised of combat-ready F-22 Raptor pilots, F-22 Formal Training Unit Instructors, and Adversary T-38 pilots as well as associated support personnel. The 301st FS is integrated across the 95th Fighter Squadron, 43rd Fighter Squadron, and 325th Training Support Squadron along with each of their missions...

Barnwell, a 'Flying Tiger' whose photos captured war images, dies at 90 - Macon Telegraph | Barnwell, who held the rank of staff sergeant, was a flight engineer on a B-25 bomber as part of the 14th Air Force's “Flying Tigers.” During the early 1940s, Barnwell saw much of his life through a camera lens, and he was one of the few who took color ...

Celebrate 10 years of the Udvar-Hazy Center! · National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Celebrate 10 years of the Udvar-Hazy Center! Join us for the first-ever Udvar-Hazy Center Open House on January 25th in Chantilly, VA from 10 am to 3 pm. Go behind-the-scenes and tour the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. See the Museum's current projects, such as the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver. Meet curators, conservators, archivists, and other specialists, and learn how they care for objects in the Museum's collection.

The Bob Hoover Project: Flying the Feathered Edge | We are thrilled to announce that this past Thursday Bob signed off on our finished cut of the film R. A. "BOB" HOOVER: FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE. Bob stated "you've captured it, the way it was - you did it!" He said this film tells his story, and has signed off on it for historical accuracy. For a three year journey...

Antique Airfield:

Westland Yeovil by travelforaircraft | Westland built three prototypes of the Yeovil but ultimately failed to gain a contract with the Royal Air Force. It had the...
   
STOVL — Lightning II for the Marines by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has a variation of the fifth generation fighter known as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II called the http://travelforaircraft.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/new-lightning-write/F-35B (the USAF has the F-35A and the USN has the F-35C). It is stealthy (two internal weapons bays) and modern (vectored thrust, composite fuselage, glass cockpit) like the other two Lightning II models but...

F/A-18 Hornet 35th Anniversary · Airboyd | Credit: Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval aviation was changed forever 35 years ago when the F/A-18 Hornet completed its first flight Nov. 18, 1978. On Dec. 9, 2013, the Navy honored the F/A-18 and EA-18G for a job well done.

Fallbrook aviator takes to the skies again - Village News Network | Barbara Thurber obtained her pilot's license in 1968, and within two years she became Fallbrook's first homegrown certified flight instructor. Her flying career ended after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in April 1972, but she never lost her ...

Chinese Lunar Landing Prompts Debate Over Moon Exploitation and Potential Tourism - Spaceports | China's successful landing of an unmanned probe on the moon last month has prompted a debate over the potential exploitation of the moon's resources - and who exactly owns the Earth's only natural satellite. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from London, England.

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