Indy Transponder 19-JUL-2012 1815z

Start planning your visit to this weekend's 2012 Air Expo at JBLM - TheNewsTribune.com | Two U. S. Air Force Thunderbird pilots practice a maneuver during a rehearsal in preparation for a weekend air show, in Oklahoma City in June 2010. The Thunderbirds are closing the air show Saturday and Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord...

USAF Thunderbirds Team History Comes Alive at Community Library Presentation from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The history of the world famous USAF Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team came alive during Joe Gurney's presentation at the Tesson Ferry Branch of the St. Louis County Library today. The audience was treated to a a slide show and video presentation of the various aircraft flown by the...

Shinedown's Eric Bass Flies With the US Air Force's Thunderbirds (PHOTO ... - Noisecreep | "It was always a childhood dream of mine to fly an airplane. I actually wanted to be a pilot as a kid. I obviously took another path in life and sort of wrote it off," Shinedown bassist Eric Bass tells Noisecreep who is on the phone talking about his ...

A Flight With The Blue Angels - KELOLAND TV | Everything from bi-planes to B-2 Stealth bombers will be over the skies of southeast South Dakota. One of the highlight performances is the Navy's Blue Angels. Keloland's Austin Hoffman had the opportunity to fly with one of the pilots to see just what ...

SubSonex Jet Prototype to Fly in AirVenture Showcase from Sonex Aircraft, LLC and AeroConversions Press Releases  | Sonex Aircraft, LLC is pleased to announce that JSX-1, the #1 proof-of-concept prototype of the SubSonex very, very light jet will be flying during the Showcase presentation at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012!

Planes to practice flight formations in preparation for Oshkosh's EAA AirVenture - Herald Times Reporter | MANITOWOC — Area residents can get a free sneak preview this weekend at the Manitowoc County Airport of some of the air action that will take place at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show next week. Between 20 and 30 pilots flying ...

Warbirds over Manitowoc - Herald Times Reporter | The pilots belong to the T-34 Association, a group of owners and collectors of 1950s and 1960s former military trainer warbirds, said Billy Smith, event organizer for the association. “They're an affordable warbird. They have all the allure of a World...

On way to Oshkosh air show, New Zealand pilots stop in Longmont - Longmont Daily Times-Call | Richards shipped his airplane from New Zealand to California and is now flying across the United States to Wisconsin for the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Convention...

Commemorative Air Force to Showcase Multiple Aircraft at EAA AirVenture from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Midland, Texas - The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is excited to announce that more than 10 of its vintage aircraft will attend at EAA AirVenture 2012 in Oshkosh, Wis. "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration," AirVenture will feature CAF performances new to the event as well as ride opportunities in the B-29!

"He'll see the big board!" UCAP #296 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | It's a smorgasbord of aviation chatter when what we're really thinking about is going to Oshkosh.

Oshkosh: Go or no go? from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Air Facts blogger John Zimmerman says all pilots can be divided into two groups: Those for whom the thought of flying into Wittman Regional Airport during AirVenture excites and challenges them and those who think you’re nuts to be in the air within 50 nm of Oshkosh that week.

The Tricolour Arrows in flight to Italy. All performances of 2012  - Zazoom Blog | ...Evolutions tactics, overtaking front approaches, tonneau, looping and "screws" improvised performed with acceleration of gravity enough to shake the hardest to stomach. Approximately 20 appointments that will touch many Italian cities from Caserta. Stages abroad in Norway and the United Kingdom, Romania, Russia and Slovakia, to present to the world the Italian excellence. Among the next steps that the Air Show on August 4th at Senigallia, near Ancona and 5 August in Porto Recanati....

JURUPA VALLEY: DC-3 flying from Flabob to airshow - Press-Enterprise | The Flabob Express, a DC-3 based at Flabob Airport in Jurupa Valley had a distinguished passenger list during World War II that included British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and British General Claude Auchinleck on missions in India. Add to the ...

Interesting Happenings in Vintage Aviation from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | I recently learned information about two interesting projects. There are many reasons to discuss both but I’m going to leave it at a bare minimum. Why? I really just want to see them fly; for the first time and again.  Rhinebeck News | With little fanfare, it appears Rhinebeck has contracted Ken Cassens to finish the museum’s Spirit of St. Louis replica...

Lee Bottom to Exchange Hamburgers for Help from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Have you heard about The $100 Hamburger Tornado Relief Fundraiser Fly-In? Ron Wilson has. “Here’s your first $100. Tell everyone I challenge them to do the same”. Spoken by Ron Wilson last month. Consider these sentences; “How about we go for a hundred dollar hamburger”, or “We flew up to the airport today to get hundred dollar hamburger”. How many times have you heard conversations that...

WWII B-17 bomber coming to CT: sign up to fly on it
Examiner.com Video

Feds to Decide on Air Museum Proposals - Patch.com | As part of the 862-acre redevelopment plan approved locally for Willow Grove air base, the air museum would nearly double its existing acreage to a total of 13 acres. Other more immediate DVHAA proposals discussed Wednesday include the creation of a ...

Texas Army Guard retires Army's last A-model AH-64 Apache helicopter from Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry | By Sofia Bledsoe, Program Executive Office, Aviation | REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - It was a proud, historic and emotional moment for the Soldiers of the Texas Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack/Reconnaissance) as the last AH-64A Apache helicopter, aircraft 451, was “retired” from the Army and handed over to the Project Office for Apache Helicopters during a ceremony on Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, July 15. The event was hosted by the battalion as it was the unit that had the last A-model Apache in its fleet...

Potez 36 F-ALUA from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Hemet Jacques was kind enough to send me some pictures taken to Toulouse-Lasbordes. To begin an image of the Potez 36, which at that time belonged to the AC of the Languedoc-Lasbordes based in Toulouse.  Mr Collobert instructor pilot of the flying club is based in the Languedoc propeller. Mr Collobert, formerly of the Air Force ended his career as an instructor at Montauban and then as a pilot of the aircraft that made the fight hail...

Hands-on aviation camp spurs new company from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | For the 11th year students attending the “Cleared For Take-Off” Aviation Education Camp at Alexandria Airport in Pittstown, N.J., spent a week in a “living laboratory” getting hands on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The camp’s proven curriculum is...

Orion Parachute Test Successful - Video from Spaceports |NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft's orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts deeper into space than ever before, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and ensure a safe re-entry and landing.

Preparing Body and Mind for the Ultimate Jump from Aerial Sports Feed | Soon, Red Bull Stratos' Felix Baumgartner will jump from 120,000 feet above the Earth. But first he must control his anxieties.

NASA Administrator Bolden To Help Open Intrepid Space Shuttle Pavilion - U.S. Politics Today | NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will attend the Thursday opening of the Space Shuttle Pavilion at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum...

Indy Transponder 16-MAY-2011 1842z

Angels in the sky - BSU Daily News | From wing-walkers to F/A-18 jets, the 15th Annual Indianapolis Air Show was filled with stunts that made many observers weak in the knees at Mount Comfort Airport on Saturday. The day started off with the flights of remote controlled model airplanes, many of which were scale models of planes used in combat. The controls were even more difficult than those of typical planes, due to being outside the aircraft, announcer Rob Reider said...

PHOTO GALLERY: Indianapolis Air Show - BSU Daily News

Air show soars in Jacksonville - Biz Journals | The homecoming of American Idol finalist and Garner native Scotty McCreery was the big news in the Triangle this past weekend. But down east, in Jacksonville, a different group of well-known Americans – the U.S. Marines – were putting on a special show of their own...

ST. AUGUSTINE AIR SHOW - St Augustine | May 28-29: Northeast Florida Regional Airport will be the site of the St Augustine Air Show on Memorial Day weekend. 
Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. each day at the airport, 4900 U.S. 1 North...

Blaine Aviation Days! May 21 & 22, 2011 - Midwest Flyer | BLAINE, MINN. – Kids, parents and aviation enthusiasts young and old are encouraged to attend “Blaine Aviation Days” at Anoka County-Blaine Airport, May 21 and 22, 2011. This is a great opportunity for members of Scouts, 4-H, the YMCA and other youth groups to explore aviation as a career or hobby. It is also an opportunity for adults to find out more about flight training and aircraft ownership, and experience flight in a variety of aircraft...

Father, son and daughter deploy to Iraq as Apache pilots - Warplanes | Having an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilot for your dad is pretty cool. Even cooler is being an Apache pilot and having two of your children follow in your footsteps to become pilots, too...

VIDEO: B-25 Honors Doolittle Raider With Fly-Over At Arlington National Cemetery - Warbird Radio |  The last living Command Pilot of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Colonel William Bower, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on May 16th 2011.  B-25 owner / operator Larry Kelley piloted “Panchito” over the ceremony as tribute to Col. Bower and all the Doolittle Raiders.  The video above shows his approach to the cemetery...

Book about the Vulcan released ahead of Shoreham Airshow - Shoreham Herald | UK -- THE history of one of the world’s most distinctive aircraft, the AVRO Vulcan XH558, is celebrated in a new book. Written by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, 50 Years of Vulcan XH558, has been published to celebrate her 50th year...

The Air Force suspended its aircraft festival - Clarin | Argentina -- Had for years as "open day" of the Air Force and in the last three had climbed to megafestival, with a record of 800 thousand people in 2010, to the point that accompany the international nature had taken it renamed "Argentina Air Fest Moron...

Burton moves next door to head Air Museum - Newschief | Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In President John Burton won't need much fuel to fly over to his new job next month - he will be heading up the Florida Air Museum right next door. He put in a long run at Sun ‘n Fun for 12 years, but said he's psyched about his new position...

Movie Monday - May 16 - Saving the B-29 Kee Bird - Flight Blogger | Aviation restoration projects may be commonplace in this industry, but they are never unimpressive when those passionate enough to attempt the undertaking seek to bring a flying machine to museum quality. It's even more impressive when an aircraft is restored to flying condition...

Local man helped plan operation to rescue POWs from North Vietnam - LVRJ | When John Gargus helped plan the historic but un­successful raid to rescue U.S. prisoners of war from the infamous Son Tay compound in North Vietnam, radar-evading warplanes and stealth helicopters weren't among his options. Forty-one years ago, aircraft that delivered Special Forces soldiers to reach their target deep behind enemy lines had to fly below the radar...

Winners announced for national writing competition award from National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Air Force Museum | Tad M. Staller Jr., Robert M. Harris and Jeremy Lund were announced as the first, second and third place winners, respectively, of the Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, sponsored by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio...

Air pioneer Kittinger brings thrill of flight to kids - Aviation Dayton | National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee Joe Kittinger brought the thrill of flight to kids today with a visit to Valley View Middle School that included lofting several students and teacher Jill Weaver in a tethered balloon...

WAI Photographer Tells How to Take That Perfect Air Show Photograph - WAI Show Daily | At Women in Aviation Conferences, and as a professional photographer on the job, I"m often asked questions about how to make better pictures.  Having often considered this, I thought I might offer a few tips that will make your photographs "better."  When it comes to creating an image, I'm not an overly technical photographer myself...

Chanute Museum curator delves into history of city, air base - News Gazette | Mark D. Hanson, curator of the Chanute Air Museum, thought he knew quite a bit about the history of the Air Force base that called Rantoul home for about three-quarters of a century. He was surprised, though, when he began delving into the past for a book he planned to write about the former base and Rantoul...

Video: Shuttle Launch Triple Play As Endeavour Makes Final Flight - Martt | The bittersweet days of the Space Shuttle program resurfaced in a big way this morning as Endeavour lifted off on her final mission. For mission details, check out the NASA STS-134 overview page, and you might also like this NASA Endeavour tribute image gallery...

Indy Transponder 16-JUL-10 1030z

Sean Tucker and Sonu Wasu go flying - WDTN


Air Show plane ride provides nonstop thrills - Dayton Daily News | Ty Greenlees Sean D. Tucker flew his Oracle Challenger in formation with fellow air show performer Greg Poe on Thursday, July 15, in preparation for the ...



Navy Blue Angels in town for Vectren Air Show - WHIO Radio | They are here for the Vectren Dayton Air Show Saturday and Sunday. The pilots began practicing their routines, but also had to deal with very warm ...

 
Hometown hero honored with 9G F-16 ride - FOX 21 Online | The Thunderbirds say the "Hometown Heroes" program highlights the accomplishments of people like Kleive and puts them in the cockpits of F–16s. ...

 
'We do some maneuvers you'll never see at a Blue Angels show' - KOMO News | But now the Patriots Jet Team will join the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds in the skies over the Northwest. As seen from a jet piloted by Paul ...

 
Weekend air show is as big as it gets at Lewis-McChord - TheNewsTribune.com | Ground crew members prepare the Patriots Jet Team planes for takeoff at the Olympia Regional Airport Thursday. An estimated 300000 visitors are expected to ...

 
Fliers sure to bring thrills - The Olympian | They might not have the cachet of the Navy's Blue Angels. But they will thrill and dazzle just the same. "Our entertainment value is pretty high," lead
 
Red Arrows release Bournemouth Air Festival times - Bournemouth Echo | THEY'RE the spectacle everyone wants to see and the Red Arrows have now confirmed the all-important timings for their displays. ...

 
It's art from the heart - Swindon Advertiser | TALENT and a lifelong love of aviation have won a Swindon artist a regular place at the heart of the Royal International Air Tattoo. ...

 
What to do this weekend: July 16-18 – GardnerEDGE | The Warbird Open House is hosted by the KC Ghost Squadron, aka the Heart of America Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. The Ghost Squadron site proudly ...

 
Learning to fly: The Amelia Earhart Festival helps Atchison soar this weekend - California Chronicle | At 7:55 pm, two different aerobatic acts will be showing off their skills and daredevil spirit at Riverfront Park while flying above the Missouri River. ...

 
Battle of Britain pilot: 'You were thankful to be alive' - BBC News | Seventy years on, the Air Force is commemorating the victory at this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. ...

 
Farnborough International Airshow: showcasing aerospace talent - Telegraph.co.uk
The Boeing Dreamliner, which will be appearing at the Farnborough Airshow 2010. Photo: GETTY Anyone who is anyone in the aerospace sector ...

 
AH-64 Apache / Longbow
from FenceCheck Forums:

 
B-17 flies over Kansas City - Kansas City Star | World War II veteran Richard Greiner talks about his memories as a B17 gunner Thursday afternoon. The Experimental Aircraft Association brought their B-17 ...

 
Geneseo Air Show Part 1
by jadeiris - ON Friday July 9th 2010 I ventured to Geneseo, NY with my father for the annual Air Show. Unlike most air shows, this one feautred more WWI and WWII air craft. Although they did have one F-16 (I think…) fly over on the Saturday. Tat scared the crap out of me! There was no warning, just the sound of it ripping through the air overhead. Now for those of you who don't know, they're very loud!...

 
AC Press Release - Volunteers needed for the Atlantic City Airshow - Your chance is here to be part of the action when the Atlantic City Airshow "Thunder over the Boardwalk" presented by Siganos Management roars into Atlantic City on Wednesday, August 25, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. ...

 

World's Loudest Airplane
from Blue Side Up by wilko | It's not because of the engine either. As if there already wasn't enough to see at Airventure, how about a plane with a 1,000 watt sound system?   The owner/builder of a one-of-a-kind monoplane called the Starjammer claims that the aircraft's custom, built-in sound system can create sounds as loud as 200 decibels, which if…

 
Third Shuttle Flight Added Next Year from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation unanimously approved an act today adding an additional manned shuttle flight before the end of the program next year. "NASA is an agency in transition. We've had to take a clear, hard look at what we want from our space agency in the years and decades to come. I've made my views on this matter very clear: NASA's role cannot stay static. It must innovate and move in a new direction," Chairman Rockefeller said.

 

Air Force Week in Photos
from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil - This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Indy Transponder 22-OCT-09 1030z

Air show takes off for new date - San Jose Mercury News
WATSONVILLE -- Hoping for better weather, the annual Watsonville air show will fly in the face of a 45-year-old tradition and move from the ...

Warbirds on Revue air show in Dinwiddie is canceled - Richmond Times Dispatch
By Staff Reports Mechanical issues and a gloomy forecast played a part in canceling the Warbirds on Revue air show scheduled at the Dinwiddie Airport this ...

World War ii's gracious and witty Jack Edwards, aviator-patriot, has 'gone west' - MyWestTexas.com
Jack Edwards has “gone west,” signifying that another aviator has died. It is his sundown. Yet, he is alive in the memory and camaraderie of the ...

Aerobatic Plane Crashes in DeSoto County - MyFox Memphis
An aerobatic pilot is in serious condition after his plane crashed at an airport South of Hernando, Mississippi Wednesday afternoon. ...

'Earhart' Star Swank To Complete Pilot Training from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific in 1937 is a familiar story, but outside of aviation circles, her other accomplishments are less well known. A new film that opens Friday, Amelia, starring Hilary Swank, explores Earhart's life as a pilot, leading up to that famous final flight. The Ninety-Nines, the women's pilot association that Earhart helped to launch, is holding events around the country to celebrate the opening of the film, in hopes that it will help spark interest in general aviation. Swank spent about 19 hours learning to fly after she agreed to take on the role and said last week that she hopes to complete her private pilot training. "It takes all of your senses; you're completely immersed," she said at a news conference last week in New Jersey, where she met with pilots from the Ninety-Nines and displayed one of the Lockheed Electras that flew in the film. "It was exciting to learn something new that really was challenging." Click here to view the trailer.

Ninety-Nines to share their stories on Earhart and Cochran - The Desert Sun
... over the Pacific Ocean, Amelia Earhart spent time in the Coachella Valley contemplating her future with friend and fellow aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran. ...

Earhart film may spur interest in Ind. collection - Fox 28
"Amelia," which opens Friday, stars Hillary Swank as the popular aviator who vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during her second attempt to fly around ...

Amelia Review - News in Film
She's a spitting image of the legendary aviatrix, but her stiff portrayal is nothing like the bold, charismatic Earhart that captured America's attention ...

Airplane Nuts in Oshkosh - Come the last week of July every year, you’ll find airplane nuts in Oshkosh. Pilots and airplane lovers from all over the world converge on this little town…. Its rural airport becomes the busiest airport in the world. I know that’s hard to believe… but just look at the tower. It has a banner that says “busiest tower in the world”.Busiest in the world? Yep, it is for that one week of the year when the EAA — The Experimental Aircraft Association — puts on its AirVenture. “The Greatest…

Six Entering EAA Hall of Fame from www.ainonline.com : Latest News
The Experimental Aircraft Association (Booth No. 1263) inducted six aviators into its Hall of Fame at an event held at the EAA Aviation Center, Oshkosh, Wis., on Friday, October 16. The inductees were Bob Hoover (International Aerobatic Club), who was also the keynote speaker at the event; Lance Neibauer (EAA Homebuilders); the late Steve Pitcairn (Vintage Aircraft Association); George Baker (Warbirds of America); Roy Pinner (EAA Ultralights); and Paul Sanderson (National Association of Flight Instructors). Said Tom Poberezny, EAA chairman and president, “The inclusion of these inductees into the EAA Hall of Fame is not only a testament to their passion and determination, but also an inspiration to the rest of us of the possibilities within the world of flight.”

Grant will pay for museum updates - Omaha World-Herald
A $200000 federal grant will be used to repair and update the Strategic Air & Space Museum near Ashland. The money will be used to repair and retrofit the ...

Texas vs. OU Plane Pull from Nuts About Southwest - by sheaser
This episode of Red Belly Radio was recorded at the Dallas Maintenance Center at our 7th annual, 2009 Southwest Airlines Pigskin Plane Pull—pulling one of our Boeing 737s with human power! I won't tell you who won here, but can tell you that a record time was set--for the worst time ever in this event.

Video: AH-64A Apache helicopter lands on Susquehanna Township soccer field by Diamond Pilots
To watch video, click here - Here's something you don't see everyday: A $23 million Apache army helicopter landing in the center of a soccer field. But that's exactly what happened this afternoon at the Susquehanna Soccer Club fields near Veterans' Park on Elmerton Avenue in Susquehanna Township, Pa. Members of Bravo Company made a precautionary landing on the field about 12:45 p.m. after there was an indication "something wasn't quite right," tactical operations officer Richard G. Adams II said. He declined to say what the problem was with the chopper…

Hamilton Field's 1988 Air Races - Broowaha - In addition to the severe threats and retaliations against Ron Buccarelli, who was permitted to compete at the Reno National Championship Air Races (RNCAR) in 2007, after Gribbin confirmed that the Precious Metal Air Racing Team Website ...

On This Day in Aviation History: October 22 by Phil Derner Jr.

PICTURES: WhiteKnight Two's spoilers get holes from Flightglobal Events
Scaled Composites has added holes to the inboard spoilers of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership prototype...

United States - Nevada - National Championship Air Races & Airshow 2009 - Reno - 09/16/09 from FenceCheck Forums

-For the latest News @ Full Throttle and additional features visit www.IndyTransponder.com ©
-Subscribe for daily automatic E-mail delivery directly to your Inbox!
-Also join us on: ---Facebook ---Twitter ---MySpace
-Send Notices > Releases > Updates > Be a Contributor > Contact: IndyTransponder@gmail.com

Dayton adds B-2 and Longbow to Line-up

Army’s Attack Helicopter Demonstration Added to Air Show Line-up
USAF B-2 Stealth Bomber Flyover Also Confirmed
Two Convenient Shuttle Bus Locations Added

Dayton, Ohio – The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger announced today two military additions to an already stellar line-up of performers for the 2009 show on July 18th and 19th. Spectators will be treated to a demonstration of the Army’s AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter on each show day as well as witness the eerily-shaped B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flyover the Air Show on Saturday, July 18th.

Appearing for the first time in 2008, the U.S. Army Reserve Apache Longbow Demonstration hails from the 8th Battalion 229th Aviation Regiment, the famed Flying Tigers, of Ft. Knox, Kentucky. The Longbow is a multi-mission, next-generation version of the original AH-64A. The fire-control radar on the Longbow distinguishes it from other AH-64D models. Having logged thousands of combat hours in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, the US Army Apache Longbow conducts rear, close and shaping missions including deep precision strikes with its HELLFIRE missiles, rockets and 30mm chain gun.

Another powerful asset in the US military and a crowd favorite at air shows is the Northrup Grummen B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which will flyover the Vectren Dayton Air Show on Saturday, July 18th. The amazing flying wing, the B-2, is based with the 509th Bomb Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The B-2 is capable of flying 6,000 nautical miles while carrying 40,000 pounds of weapons. Its low observable or “stealth” characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy’s most sophisticated defenses. Known for its ominous appearance, the B-2 has a maximum takeoff weight of 336,500 pounds and a crew of only two pilots.

“The Vectren Dayton Air Show presented by Kroger is one of the nation’s premiere air shows,” stated Michael Emoff, Chairman of the USATS Board of Trustees, producers of the annual air show. “The addition of the Apache Demonstration and B-2 flyover substantiates our fine reputation, and we are thrilled to present another blockbuster show for our spectators,” he added.

With families watching their budgets more than ever, the Vectren Dayton Air Show offers three ways that spectators can leave more money in their pockets. Discounted General Admission tickets are on sale now at all area Kroger stores, the exclusive advance ticket outlet for the Vectren Dayton Air Show presented by Kroger. Patrons will enjoy a $3 savings for adult, senior citizen and child tickets purchased at Kroger. This means that advance adult tickets are available for $16 while senior citizen and child advance tickets are $12 at Kroger.

The Show offers families a terrific bargain with its Family 4 Pack. The Pack includes 4 show tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 Pepsis, 1 souvenir program and free General Admission parking for only $64.95, a 40% savings off the full gate price. But this great offer is not available at the show; purchase your Family 4 Pack by July 12th by either going to www.daytonairshow.com or by calling 800-585-3737.

For Air Show spectators desiring the best seats in the house, the all-inclusive Blue Sky Chalet, is now on sale for $89, a discount of $15 off the regular price. This is an exclusive 2009 show year offering. The popular Blue Sky chalet includes a continental breakfast, catered luncheon, afternoon snacks and unlimited beverages. Best of all you can enjoy the show from the comfort of an umbrella table seat, and air-conditioned tent with restrooms. Patrons also receive free parking and shuttle service. Like the Family 4 Pack, this offer is available through the show’s web site or by calling 800-585-3737.

Another convenience for spectators is an expanded express shuttle service provided by the Greater Dayton RTA. The shuttles run from the National Museum of the Air Force and the University of Dayton Arena parking lot. The shuttle service is $3 round trip. Children five-years-old and under ride for free. Shuttle service drops patrons at the show entrance and run continuously from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Show general admission tickets are available for purchase on the bus. Call RTA at 937-226-1144 for more information.

Previously announced the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the 2009 Vectren Dayton Air Show and will be commanded by Lt. Col. Greg Thomas, a Cincinnati native and graduate of Anderson High School in Cincinnati and Wright State University in Dayton. The Thunderbirds will be joined by a special appearance of the Brazilian Air Force Smoke Squadron, the Esquadrilha da Fumaça, a seven-ship formation team. Also announced earlier this year were, a US Air Force A-10 Demonstration, a US Navy Super Hornet Demonstration, Tora Tora Tora, an eight aircraft dramatic reenactment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor; Patty Wagstaff, three-time US National Aerobatic champion and 2004 National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinee; the US Army Golden Knights; a US Air Force C-17 Demonstration; and Sean D. Tucker, a world-famous aerobatic pilot and a 2008 National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinee.

Air shows are among the most cost-efficient family entertainment alternatives available today. With today’s discount announcement the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is no exception. Please visit our website www.daytonairshow.com to learn more about Dayton’s premier summer event and other seating options available.

Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright-Patterson AFB. For more information visit www.daytonairshow.com


For more information contact:
Michael Emoff, Chairman, United States Air & Trade Show Board of Trustees, 937-221-7820
Brenda Kerfoot, General Manager, Vectren Dayton Air Show, 937-898-5901 ext. 133