Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Indy Transponder 30-SEP-2014 0100z

U.S. Army Golden Knights talk about entrance into Arrowhead Stadium * fox4kc.com | KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Golden Knights travel across the country to connect the United States Army with the public. Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium, the U.S. Army Parachute Team will drop into the stadium to deliver the game ball! Monday morning...

Blue Angels dazzle the sky with precision flight formations * Hawaii News Now| The Blue Angels soared across the sky dazzling crowds today in the "Wings Over The Pacific" air show at the Joint Base at Pearl Harbor and Hickam. The U.S. Navy fighter jets showcased their precision formations and fast-paced aerobatic flying during...

Fat Albert on the gas * Travel for Aircraft | “Fat Albert” is the C-130 Hercules assigned to the USN’s Blue Angels and here it is seen climbing at an extreme angle enabled by four JATO units on each side of its fuselage. AT one time there was a JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off) option and a RATO...

The show goes on: MCAS Miramar to open gates for Miramar Air Show * DVIDS | Expected to perform at the air show are the Navy's Blue Angels and Leap Frogs, the Shockwave Jet Truck, the Red Bull Helicopter, the Oracle Challenger, the Patriots Jet Team and many more. It is also scheduled to feature the first ever demonstration at...

Salinas airshow closes the weekend * KSBW The Central Coast | Many of the military personnel enjoyed watching the F-16 Fighting Falcons of the Thunderbirds tear through the sky at the airshow Sunday. "It's just showing that they appreciate all the sacrifices that we have done, everything that we have done as far...

Air show brings entertainment to thousands * KRCRTV.COM | The event at the Redding Airport is always well-received, as another large crowd came out to see the aerial gymnastics Sunday put on by the likes of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' Snowbirds and other daredevils. More than 25,000 people showed up for...

French win big in aerobatic championship in Slávnica * The Slovak Spectator | The 11th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championship 2014 took place in mid August at the Dubnica airport in Slávnica, western Slovakia. The rest of this article is premium content and is only accessible with a PIANO account. If you want to access the...

Catalina air show going all out under new organizers * Long Beach Press Telegram | The Scheyden Catalina Air Show will take place at the picturesque Avalon Bay with high-flying excitement coming from a group of skilled pilots in agile planes performing aerobatic maneuvers like rolls, spins, loops and close-formation flying at speeds...

Air Show at Fremont County Airport a walk through history * Canon City Daily Record | Cole Mock of Cañon City supports his 3-year-old nephew, Russell Chaney, in the cockpit of a Diamond Katana trainer flown into the Fremont County Airport Saturday by 16-year-old Rachael McIntoch with her father/trainer Paul McIntosh...

Book- Secrets of a leader: behind the scenes of the Patrouille de France * Translated | ...From 1953 the official name Patrouille de France, these men (and women since 2009), have been constantly regale the audience, thanks to fascinating shows, where they show a blood -froid exceptional. What better way also represent the army of the French air , and be the perfect ambassadors of French aerospace and even France, outside our borders?...

GALLERY: Iron Maiden rocker flies World War One Fokker plane in front of ... * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | More than 1,200 classic cars and 250 motorbikes were on display with visitors watching a host of aerobatic demonstrations by The Blades and The Yakovlevs on Saturday and Sunday. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight featuring a Hurricane, Spitfire and...

The Planes of Red Bull's Air Race Championship * Gizmodo | After a three-year hiatus for safety and organizational overhauling, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is back for the 2014 season. These races pit daredevil pilots against gravity—and each other—as they guide their acrobatic single-seaters...

Great Tiger Moth Air Race to stop in Camden * Wollondilly Advertiser | Race President, Richard Brougham, said the race not only gave spectators the chance to see Tiger Moths in action, but it also supports two charity groups - LIFT Youth Development and Solider On. ''The Great Tiger Moth Air Race is a unique event and is...

Women's air race hits turbulence produced by its male critics * San Bernardino County Sun | The “girls” who participated in the first women's cross-country air race in 1929 realized there was a lot more at stake than just $25,000 in prizes. The race, which crossed the skies of the Inland Empire, was dubbed “the Powder Puff Derby” by Will Rogers....

Deep in the heart of Texas…. and the Commemorative Air Force! * Red Tail Squadron | By golly y’all better hold on to your hats! The CAF Red Tail Squadron is headed to Texas!  The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and the P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen are rolling through the state for a whirlwind month-long tour that will include events in Dallas, Midland, Hearne and Houston. There will be ample opportunities to reconnect with fellow Red Tail enthusiasts and make NEW friends as we saunter our way across the Lone Star state!...

Internationally awesome * General Aviation News | Last week I spent some time in Washington D.C. I had business in the area, but like most of us, when I get in the vicinity of the Mall, the monuments, and the Capital building, I find myself wanting to browse the wares of our country. There is art to peruse and documents to consider. Inventions large and small are collected there, as are homages to the achievements of average men and women who became heroic leaders through word and deed. And there are aircraft. Spacecraft, too...

Fly like a girl: celebrating women in aviation * Pensacola News Journal | Former Lt. Cmdr. Kathleen Betts in front of the Women in Naval Aviation Display in Hangar Bay One in the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola...

Two killed in crash at Young Eagles rally * General Aviation News | An accident at a Young Eagles rally killed a 78-year-old pilot and 14-year-old boy Saturday near Buffalo, N.Y. According to a report from NBC News, a Cessna 172 crashed into a Searey aircraft, killing the two on board the C-172. The other aircraft made an emergency landing, but the two passengers only suffered minor injuries, according to the report...

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