Showing posts with label Bob Bishop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Bishop. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Indy Transponder 19-JUN-2012 2200z

OCEAN CITY AIR SHOW 2012 - YouTube via Mike Goulian Airshows | Check out this GREAT video WBOC in Ocean City, MD put together!

WWII bombers visit Bremerton National Airport - Kitsap Sun | Volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol clean a B-17's wings Monday of the oil and exhaust stains deposited when the plane is in flight. Steve Zugschwerdt / Special ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Heavyweight set to be a huge hit at Air Day from Flightline UK | One of the largest aircraft in the world will literally be a huge attraction at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on 23 June 2012. For the first time in over two decades, an Antonov An-124 will appear in a UK flying display – a massive coup for this flagship Royal Navy event. Supplied by Ruslan International, this enormous cargo aircraft will divert from its normal duties especially for the show...

Noted air show pilot now helping the military as a tiny target - Stars and Stripes | Bob Bishop has traded a hall-of-fame career as an air show pilot for a new job: human target. As a subcontractor to the U.S. military, his job is to evade the ...

Video: Young women taking part in aviation competition - CW2 | Do you think all the difficulties for women in aviation ended when Amelia Earhart took to the skies? Broomfield’s Emily Applegate, 26, and Aurora’s Zia Safko, 22, are commercial-rated multi-engine pilots, and they say aviation is still a “man’s world.” But that isn’t stopping them from competing in the 83rd annual All-Women’s Air Race Classic – a timed race from Arizona to Ohio that starts tomorrow.

Team Up Participates in Air Race Classic - WJHG-TV | A team of Bay County grandmothers is taking to the sky to participate in the 2012 Air Race Classic.

Rick's Chicks - Daily updates on the Team's progress in the Air Race Classic

Hamilton CWH 2012 Photos and Video from stickandrudderWTO

June 19, 2012 Rocket Man part 3 from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | ...The Commemorative Air Force took note of Mark Frederick, the highly skilled airplane guy we’ve been telling you about when once upon a time the piston rings in the B-25 "Devil Dog" were put in upside down, and nobody knew what was wrong with the airplane. Mark knew, and now as Chief Maintenance Officer and pilot of that B-25 he travels the country doing air shows, which allows him to meet lots of interesting people....

The forgotten Jewish aviator - Jewish Journal | ... Captivated by seeing one of the Wrights’ demonstration flights in Fort Myer, Va., in 1909, Welsh decided to become a pilot. His initial application to the Wrights was rejected, but Welsh was so determined that he traveled to their base in Dayton, Ohio, where they agreed to accept him as a student. He entered the first class of the Wright Flying School in Montgomery, Ala., in March 1910. ...

Video: General Merrill A. McPeak from Apron 6

Experience Air Force missions through Command Center Alpha on June 28 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Visitors can immerse themselves in military missions during a free virtual reality experience from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 28 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Command Center Alpha display lets people explore the U.S. Air Force through 3D computer graphics, videos, audio and digital downloads. Along the way, they discover the Air Force's role in today's military as well as the many career opportunities available to new recruits. Twenty missions are highlighted in the display, including search and rescue, launching a rocket, maneuvering a remotely piloted aircraft, and tracking objects orbiting the earth...

Naval Aviation as you’ve never seen it. Some of the coolest pictures of the U.S. Navy hardware at work from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Released in 2011 during the U.S. Navy Centennial ceremonies, the book by aviation photographer and author Erik Hildedrandt chronicles all naval aviation systems by means of never before seen photography and through the words of the men and women serving with the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps all around the world...

Tante Ju in all her glory from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Posted by AirSpace user Adam Duffield, this Junkers Ju-52 (HB-HOT) operated by JU-AIR is pictured at the Saxon Air terminal at Norwich Airport. This was...

Pitcairn Plane Coming 'Home' - Patch.com | The family of aviator Harold F. Pitcairn are donating one of his rare aircraft to the ... This PA-8 Mailwing, which was built by aviator Harold F. Pitcairn in 1931 as a ...

Airport's Lindbergh Mural Coming Down - Kbps | For 15 years, travelers to and from the airport have been greeted by a prominent mural of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh's reign on the side of the airport's ...

Summer programs take off at New England Air Museum from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn,. has kicked off its special programs and hands-on activities for its visitors during the summer. The programs will run through Aug. 24...

It's a program that's held around the U.S. - UpperMichigansSource.com | The Young Eagles program costs nothing to participate in. It familiarizes them with ... There are about six Young Eagles Flights held in Delta County each year.

Red Bull Stratos: Baumgartner and Tom Cruise on The Tonight Show - Red Bull | Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian B.A.S.E. jumper, and his hero, Joe Kittinger, recently spoke to Jay Leno about what it takes to jump from 120,000 feet above the Earth. Not only co-guest Tom Cruise was fascinated. Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver and B.A.S.E. jumper, was on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno recently alongside one of his heroes - old-school jumper Joe Kittinger, who holds the record for the highest, fastest and longest skydive yet. This summer, Baumgartner - and the Red Bull Stratos Project - will attempt to...

50-Years of Women in Space Noted by CNN from Spaceports

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Indy Transponder 12-APR-09 1300z

Cocoa Beach Air Show Coming October 3-4, 2009 - PR.com, NY
The show’s inaugural performances will be carried out by some of the most skilled military pilots and aerobatic artists on the air show circuit. The performers announced-to-date for the inaugural event include the following…


Air show officials ready for weekend - Goldsboro News Argus
By Kenneth Fine Visitors to the 2007 Wings Over Wayne air show look skyward next to one of the F-16s on the tarmac that year…


Iran Plans Massive Air Show - The Media Line
Iran is planning the largest air show in its history this month as a further demonstration of the Islamic Republic’s military prowess.


Smoke on for 2009: A Season Preview of the Red Bull Air Race - Bleacher Reportby Sheiban Shakeri (Columnist) 2008 was a year when the Red Bull Air Race was making the turn into a serious sport, and now with four rookies added into the mix and a completely revamped system, expect some really close times and even a few ...

Be a Red Bull Reporter for Guardian.co.uk from Smoke-On by Tom
Show The Guardian your presenting skills for the chance to report from the San Diego leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Read More…


Nigel Lamb prepares for Abu Dhabi Red Bull race - Bucks Free Press, UK
To ake part in the competition Mr Lamb had to qualy for a Red Bull Air Race World Championship 'Super License'. During the time trial he will be reaching speeds of 370km/h and flying less than 20 metres from the ground. The pilots will also have to ...


Classic World War II aircraft show coming - LubbockOnline.com, TXA B-17 and B-24J bomber will take flight along with a P-51C fighter as a part of the living-history event, and for those willing to pay for a ride, an opportunity for an intimate lesson in war-time aviation. Restored by the Collings Foundation, ...

Doolittle Raiders to gather again in Columbia - The State, SC
Blindfolded Lt. Robert L. Hite (co-pilot of Doolittle's Raiders crew #16) Doolittle's Raiders B-25s crowd the flight deck of the USS Hornet on their way to bomb Tokyo in April of 1942. In this April 20, 1942 photo, Doolittle Raider Horace "Sally" ...


Classic Fighters 2009 #3: Corsair from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The Goodyear Corsair FG-1D, ZK-COR, always puts on a good show. I won't spend too much time on it here but get straight on to the pictures - here are three of the better ones I picked out…


Classic Fighters 2009 #4: DHC1 Chipmunk from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Here are pictures of some De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk aircraft taxying around the aerodrome. Unfortunately I do not seem to have snapped any airborne pictures. The chippie was designed as a military ab-initio trainer to replace another DH aircraft, the venerable Tiger Moth. Since then it has become popular as an entry-level warbird. Note the final picture in which the aircraft has quite a different canopy…


Classic Fighters 2009 #5: Yakovlev Yak-52 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The Yakovlev Yak-52 seems to spring up at pretty much every airshow in the country these days - not a criticism at all, and formation aerobatics are always fun to watch. The Yak 52 is a Russian designed and built ab-initio military trainer and [along with the Nanchang CJ-6] is very popular as a warbird in New Zealand - perhaps only the North American Harvard is more popular…


Classic Fighters 2009 #6: MX2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Now for something a little different, but still very aeronautical - the MXR Technologies MX2, registration ZK-MXT. It is certainly not a classic fighter, not even [ex-]military, but it certainly was a star of the show…


Classic Fighters 2009 #7: North American Harvard 3* from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
The North American Harvard 3* is arguably the most popular "warbird" aircraft in New Zealand [Although the Yak-52 is right up there also], especially with the type's military association with New Zealand as an ab-initio trainer for the
Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] until replaced by the CT4/B from 1976…

Coors Light Silver Bullet Jet Team / Dual BD-5J Airshow / World's Smallest Jets Keith Breazeal Video Productions from http://www.kbvp.com/
The Coors Light Silver Bullet Jet Team was a rare airshow act. Dave Hoover and Bob Bishop flew the dual performance at the Sacramento Airshow in 1990. The world's smallest jet has a wing span of 17 feet, is 12 feet long, weighs 432 pounds and has only 200 pounds of thrust. It took 11,000 Coors cans for the all Aluminum BD-5J…


BAST-E Baltic Air Sovereignty Training Events from Military Photos by Kusch
Baltic Air Sovereignty Training Events (BAST-E) are one day NATO events that take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and neighbouring airspace. The events focus on enhancing interoperability and capability development in addition to the ongoing integration of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and other NATO and neighbouring Partnership for Peace member countries…


Peter Jackson causes stir - Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
By TAMMY BUCKLEY - Sunday News STAR TURN: Peter Jackson caused more of a scene than the mid-air dogfighting when he turned-up at an airshow. The King Kong of the New Zealand film industry Peter Jackson caused more of a scene than the mid-air ...


Where Pilots Stay On Vacation from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7
Pilots, as everyone knows, are an interesting group of people. They walk with a certain swagger, usually eyes covered with teardrop sunglasses, and a certain mystery surrounds them. Notice as they lean on the counter in the airport, talking to the ticket agent, looking through a long sheet of paper and making notes…


Plane crashes into water near Davis Islands bridge from www2.tbo.com
Sylvia Hatfield, 69, normally watches stunt aircraft from the window of her seventh floor apartment at Tampa Baptist Manor. So when she looked out and saw a plane headed straight down, she just figured it was part of a stunt maneuver. "Usually, when they do aerobatics, you'll see them come down, but you'll see them swoop back up," Hatfield said. "But I didn't see this plane swoop back up so I knew something was wrong."


Kevin Walsh Interview published from FenceCheck Forums

United States - Arizona - MCAS Yuma Airshow 2009 - MCAS Yuma - 03/14/09 from FenceCheck Forums - Last Yuma Shot--- Mucho Caliente F-16

USAF Plant 42 from FenceCheck Forums - Spirit Of New York making noise

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