Showing posts with label Aerostar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aerostar. Show all posts

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Indy Transponder 28-JUL-2012 1400z

Airshow was Pilots Inspiration - Twin Falls Times-News | It was an air show in his youth that put U.S. Navy Capt. Brandon Cordill on the path to join the Blue Angels. He watched them when he was young. Now, he’s their Left Wing pilot, perfoming today. “I never thought I’d have the chance to do it,” he said. “But it sparked my interest in naval aviation.” The U.S. Navy Blue Angels headline this weekend’s Air Magic Valley air show, which...

8:30 AM Blue Angel pilots visit Garfield CC - Seattle Central District News | But this year, you can swing by Garfield Community Center August 3 to meet a Blue Angels pilot and team member. They will be at the community center at 8:30 a.m. Given the lack of a CD landing strip, odds are they won't come by plane...

Going up in the Fat Albert plane  - Northwest Cable News | "The Blue Angels have the best job in the Navy and the Marine Corps. What we get to do is to travel the country, represent the pride and professionalism of the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps," said Captain Ben Blanton. Captain Blanton has been in the ...

Video: Hanging (Upside Down) with the Aerostars from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AVweb's Adam Cutler gets some attitude issues when he meets up with Paul Hornick of the Aerostars and takes a turn at the controls of a Yak 52 TW.This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation, Aviation Insurance Resources, Bendix/King by Honeywell, and ForeFlight.

Red Bull Air Race World Championship is looking into a potential return in 2014 - Red Bull Air Races | There has been a long period of not releasing any information, which is in compliance to our policy to only issue tangible information. However, we’d like to inform fans, sport enthusiasts and media now that the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is looking into a potential return in 2014....

Airventure hosts Old Glory Honor Flight - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH - About 80 World War II Veterans returned to EAA Airventure Friday evening from an Old Glory Honor Flight. They took a one-day trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials there, honoring their service. Harold Thurner was all smiles after ...

WWII P-38, rescued from ice, draws crowd at EAA - Histomil.com - Histomil.com | “It's been a really good airplane,” said Steve Hinton, the first to fly “Glacier Girl” when it made its second maiden flight, in 2002. “We have a love-hate relationship with P-38s because they're a lot of work, but it's also very ...

Ju 52 Trimotor Brings European History from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh  | If you're a fan of war movies of a certain era, you saw the Ju 52 trimotor that is at AirVenture in Where Eagles Dare, among other celluloid credits, including the more recent Operation Valkyrie.

Members Of Congress Appear At AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Panel Includes Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), Chair Of The Aviation Subcommittee, Pilot And Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) Four members of congress appeared at Forum Pavilion 4 at AirVenture Friday, answering questions from a small audience about issues important to the general aviation community. The panel consisted of...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 – Day 3 from Other People's Airplanes by David | It’s time, once again, for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the World’s Greatest Aviation Adventure! It’s day 3 of the biggest aviation event in the country. I’m David Allen, and I’m about to take you into the cockpit … of Other People’s Airplanes. In today’s episode, we interview Jack McHale, the Project Director for the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital. Then we talk with Hal Biestek, the Captain of the ORBIS DC-10. Because we know just mow much you love airplanes, we show you a whole bunch of the air show....

Live From Oshkosh from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt (photos) |What happens when you dream about flying a jet naked?  Someone tells you, "don't do it." But then again, you're running around with a bunch of women who got where they are by not limiting themselves because someone told them no. I'm having way too much fun. And today was no different....

NTSB features Reno Air Races crash at Wisconsin air show - Reno Gazette Journal | Last September's fatal crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races has been a hot topic of conversation at the world's largest air show this week. The Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., is attracting half a million ...

Local air show to feature new Kidz Zone - Parkersburg News | WILLIAMSTOWN - All aspects of the 2012 Air Show at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport are continuing to come together with the support of many entities. "None of this would be possible without the support from all of our sponsors and volunteers ...

Air show looking likely to go ahead - Ledbury Reporter | ORGANISERS of the annual Much Marcle Model Air Show are keeping their fingers crossed that the event won't have to be cancelled in 2012, because of the wash-out summer. Both the air show and the Much Marcle Steam Rallly, which was cancelled a few ...

Air Show Hopes to Avoid Repeat of 2008 Debts  - Twin Falls Times-News | TWINFALLS • The last time the Blue Angels came to Twin Falls, they wowed crowds — and cost taxpayers nearly $50000. In September 2008, the Times-News reported that revenue from the July 2008 air show fell short of expenditures by $21513. The report ...

F/A-18F at Farnborough from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Nice shot here from user flyer1 on our AirSpace gallery of the US Navy Boeing F/A-18F at the Farnborough air show.

Tune into our first Legends in Aviation Live radio intervew Sat 7-28-2012 12pm pst – 3 pm est from Photorecon by Joe Kates | Photorecon and Drsky are proud to host 2 amazing guest in our very first Legends In Aviation Series. http://www.1100kfnx.com/ click the listen live tab at the top RH side of the home page 12 pm PST – 3pm est |The line up of Legends will include...

New England Air Museum displays restored F-104C - Foothills Media Group | WINDSOR LOCKS — There's a “new” airplane now on display at the New England Air Museum. After many years of restoration work, this Lockheed F-104C Starfighter was recently moved from the Museum's restoration hangar to the military display hangar.

[WATCH]: In My Seat – A Pilot's Story from Sept 10th – 11th  - Building Your Family | September 10, 2001, First Officer Steve Scheibner packed his suitcase and waited for the phone call finalizing his assignment to fly American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston to Los Angeles. The call never came. In My Seat recounts the events leading up to Flight 11 and...

The very first helicopters from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The very useful Aviastar Web site bills itself as 'All The World's Rotorcraft'. It has many fascinating details of helicopters past and present from around the world. To illustrate its breadth of information, among the listings is a very interesting catalog of European helicopters built between 1907 and 1935. Here are a couple of examples....

Sunday, July 31, 2011

#OSH11 - Saturday's AirVenture News Summary

Super Saturday lit up sky at AirVenture - Oshkosh Northwestern | Appleton resident Ryan Van Helden kicked back with friends as he watched the night air show followed by fireworks at the EAA AirVenture gathering. "It's great. I've never seen anything like it," Van Helde said about the night air show. ...
 

Swordfish lands at Oshkosh after monumental effort - EAA News | They were known as “Stringbags” and the origin of the nickname is uncertain. Some fans of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber say it refers to the mass of flying wires and leather stitching that held it all together. The Royal navy’s Swordfish dropped not only torpedoes, but bombs, rockets—even leaflets—when they flew interdiction missions over occupied France. There are only two Swordfish still flying, and Rob’s is the only one on this side of the Atlantic. It took a monumental effort to get it here to AirVenture. ...
Photo: Vintage Wings of Canada

Honor Flights are the least we can do for WWII veterans - nwitimes.com | Honor Flights is a program to recognize the service of our veterans, especially World War II veterans, with a day of celebration and remembrance for their service. Part of that is to transport those veterans to Washington DC, with the best possible ...

Aerostar Jet - AVweb | Christy flew the jet to AirVenture Oshkosh for the jet's first major public debut and says he's testing the market with eyes on certification. The engines improve performance in every way but fuel flow, and take advantage of the Aerostar's aerodynamics ...

Video: Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero WWII Fighter by AVwebFlash Current Issue | One of three flying examples left in the world, this rebuilt Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero WWII Japanese fighter on display at the AirVenture air and trade show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This aircraft is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) Southern California Wing, based at Camarillo.This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather.

Tuskegee Airmen exhibit drawing attention at EAA - Fox11online.com | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron out of Minnesota has traveled the country to teach people about the Tuskegee Airmen, and one of the pieces of the exhibit actually made its debut at EAA. The story of the airmen has even caught the ...

 A first timers impressions of OSH 2011 by Darren S | ... Instead I want to share some of the different things I experienced and encountered during my first trip to OSH. These high lights and low lights are in no particular order and hopefully they will answer some questions for future Airventure goers.  To say I was excited to go would be an understatement. I read the Notam through a bunch of times and watched all the youtube videos I could on the approaches. I felt I had a pretty good handle on things but nothing beats doing it yourself. This is a good segway into my first notation. ...

Meet the cast of Flying Wild Alaska by EAA News | The cast of Discovery Channel's Flying Wild Alaska has infiltrated EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Flying Wild Alaska follows the Tweto family, of Unalakleet, Alaska, who run cargo airline Era Alaska. The show premiered in January 2011 with six million viewers, the best-rated debut ever for Discovery

AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 QuickCast 2 by The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2011, and he is bringing you some daily QuickCast from the the grounds! ...

"Fore!" UCAP #244-golf by Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Saturday Morning, July 30. From the convention grounds near the legendary brown arch. The Boeing Dreamliner, Meet the Administrator, and Noah's Ark.

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