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Friday, May 30, 2014

Indy Transponder 30-MAY-2014 1000z

Two substitutes fill in for Indy air show - Indianapolis Star | With the Indianapolis Air Show http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/05/29/two-substitutes-fill-indy-air-show/9726983/grounded after a 16-year run, aviation enthusiasts have two airworthy substitutes to look up to over the next two weekends. An Indy fly-in this Saturday will feature hundreds of private pilots gathered at Indianapolis Regional Airport (formerly Mount Comfort Airport) in Hancock County. Free and open to the public, the fly-in is one of seven held around the country this year by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a Frederick, Md.-based trade group for pilots....

Bi-plane to be featured at air show in Rexburg - Rexburg Standard Journal | Danny Sorensen and Golden Age Air shows are coming to Rexburg. Sorenson and his bi-plane will be part of the Legacy Airshow scheduled for June 14 at the airport in Rexburg. The show is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is free to the public....

Blue Angels to return for Westmoreland County air show in June - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels once again will command the skies at the Westmoreland County Air Show at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. The performance team will be a welcome sight at the June 7-8 show, which had to be canceled last year after federal sequestration budget cuts grounded the Army’s Thunderbirds and other nonessential military flights....

Black Diamond Jet Team: Performs at Cherry Point, Fly-over at Indy 500

Air show attendance hits 110000 - Havelock News | About 110,000 people attended the Cherry Point Air Show from May 16 to 18, according to base officials. Cherry Point released the estimated attendance figures for the 2014 air show on Tuesday....

Air Race Pilot Mike Goulian Flies Clean in Malaysia - AVweb | PUTRAJAYA (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)- The race in Putrajaya marked a trifecta for American pilot Mike Goulian - an intensely frustrating one. After having to scratch the first event in Abu Dhabi due to engine trouble, and grazing a pylon in Rovinj, he was looking to change his luck at the first Red Bull Air Race ever in east Asia. But much like fellow American Kirby Chambliss (who finished ninth) Goulian flew well despite sweltering heat on May 18, only to log a lackluster time. Goulian ended up in twelfth place, and both Americans are now looking to improve their aircraft performance before the season's next stop in July....

Strategic Air and Space Museum hosts its annual Helicopter Day this Saturday * omaha.com | Trains, planes and automobiles are fun -- but helicopters are awesome. The Strategic Air and Space Museum will host its annual "Helicopter Day" on Saturday. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a group helicopter landing at the museum, located about 20 minutes west of Omaha in Ashland, Neb., off of I-80. You'll have the chance to visit with pilots and sit inside a chopper as they give tours of their machines throughout the day....

Amphibious planes fly in to Frogs Hollow * Bega District News | Member of Frogs Hollow Aero Club and owner of Ocean Lake Caravan Park at Wallaga Lake Ted Munckton said what made it particularly special was there are only around 30 of these planes in Australia. The pilots are friends of Mr Munckton, who invited ...

Preparations in order for air show, rally - Hollister Free Lance | While one summer event in Hollister is cruising along in its fifth year, another one is facing a crucial point in its evolution with its sequel over Independence Day weekend....

7th Annual Fly In takes wing over Asheboro - Asheboro Courier Tribune | ASHEBORO — Get ready http://courier-tribune.com/get/do/7th-annual-fly-takes-wing-over-asheborofor an aviation invasion, Asheboro! It’s time for the N.C. Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame’s 7th Annual Fly-in at the Asheboro Regional Airport. The fly-in will take place on Saturday, June 7, and is one of the largest of its kind in the Triad area. Aircraft of many different types and eras will be on display. Many will participate in flyovers....

EAA Warbirds in Review Program Announced for AirVenture 2014 * Warbirds News | Oshkosh AirVenture is fast approaching (July 28th – August 3rd), and the EAA has made some announcements concerning their Warbirds In Review program. Each day of the show, from Monday through Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm, will feature a new lecture in Warbird Alley. EAA Warbirds of America sponsors the events and as their press release continues…. “these informal sessions not only delve into an aircraft’s restoration, operation, and other aspects of owning a valued piece of history, but also spotlight veterans sharing stories about what it was like to fly the aircraft in combat or support the operation as a ground crew member....

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame inducts Clive Beddoe - Wall Street Journal | CALGARY, May 29, 2014 /CNW/ - WestJet today celebrates Clive Beddoe, WestJet Chairman of the Board of Directors, as he is inducted to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. "Clive Beddoe, as one of the founders of WestJet Airlines, has become an icon of the Western Canadian can-do spirit," said Gregg Saretsky, President and CEO, WestJet....

Only airborne B-29 bomber showcased at Salinas airport * Monterey Herald News | SALINAS >> Its name is "FiFi," and it's the last airborne survivor of the most-heroic families of World War II — a B-29 Flying Superfortress, the legendary warbird that rained thousands of bombs on the Pacific Theater. Her famous relative, the "Enola Gay," was the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima....

WWII plane in the sky over Garden City - KSN-TV | GARDEN CITY, KS– A WWII Bomber is in Garden City as part of a commemorative tour. “It’s more or less a museum, a living flying museum,” said Flight Engineer Jim Ritchie. “You can get inside of it, you can smell it, touch it, you can hear it run.” It only took a twenty minute flight for the 1944 B-17 Bomber to grab the attention of people below....

WWII veteran returns to the skies in B-17 - WTHR | A World War II veteran took a very special flight over Indianapolis Thursday. Doug Morrison served as a navigator in a B-17 bomber during the war. "Hitler was being too successful, so we had to do all we could to to put a stop to them and we did," Morrison said. The 92-year-old West Lafayette resident flew four and a half missions before being shot down over Europe....

WWII pilot reunites with B-25 bomberEVERETT, Wash. -- A 93-year-old World War II veteran was surprised with a wish come true. Dexter Baker told team members at the Aegis Living Center in Redmond that he would really like to fly in a World War II bomber one more time. They secretly contacted the Historic Flight Foundation in Everett and set it up....

Historic WWII aircraft collapses, in need of repairs - 9NEWS.com DENVER - A functioning torpedo bomber, which The Rocky Mountain Wing of the Commemorative Air Force volunteers say is the largest, single-engine airplane used in WWII, was grounded recently after the plane's landing gear collapsed during a show....

From Marine to Corsair pilot: Chris Avery wows crowd - Marines.mil By Lance Cpl. Victor A. Arriaga | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | When Chris Avery was only 12 years old his passion for aviation landed him in the cockpit of a plane. Taking lessons in his father’s Aeronca Chief, Avery was ready to fly from the start. “My dad was a pilot, so I was around airplanes for a long time. It definitely interested me and encouraged me to pursue the same thing,” said Avery, a commemorative air force Corsair pilot from Vero Beach, Fla. “I started flying when I was 12 and have been doing it for more than 30 years.” ...

Legendary WWII warbirds - KVUE  | HONDO, Texas -- History buffs and plane enthusiasts had an opportunity Saturday to see and explore famous World War II aircrafts. The restored warbirds took to the skies for a display with full-blown explosions and re-enactments....

Happy Birthday To The Vought F4U Corsair * Warbirds News | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC |Seventy-four years ago today, the Vought F4U Corsair took flight for the first time. A single-seat carrier-operable fighter-bomber, the F4U is generally regarded as the...

Take flight at the Warhawk Air Museum * Idaho Press-Tribune | The Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa is a place where students of all ages can learn about the American experience of the 1930s through the Cold War Era during times of war, conflict and change. Residents can learn about the personal experiences of those ...

Museum's F-111 exhibit selected for Air Force Heritage Award * National Museum of the US Air Force | DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was recently selected by the U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program as the recipient of the 2014 Air Force Heritage Award for an exhibit titled "Whispering Death: The F-111A in Southeast Asia."...

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Indy Transponder 09-JAN-2014 1700z

39th annual Cable Air Show set for this weekend, faces new financial challenge - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | UPLAND >> It may be the end of an era for the long-running Cable Air Show. This year, http://www.cableairport.com/airfair/due to the federal sequestration cuts in 2013, air shows are now being billed for required air traffic controllers they must have during aerobatic events, said Bob Cable, president of the airport. As a result, Cable Airport was billed an additional $15,000 for this weekend’s shows, which also marks the 39th anniversary, he said...

Military Pilot To Be Inducted In Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Ottawa Citizen | Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members at its 41st annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held in Calgary, Thursday, May 29, 2014.??The new members are:..

Typhoon, Hawk Trainers At Bahrain Airshow - Defenseworld.net | BAE Systems is participating in Bahrain Airshow, 16-18 January 2014, focusing on exhibiting Typhoon and Hawk capabilities with scale models of Typhoon, Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and the EJ200 engine. The exhibit also has the interactive Typhoon Helmet (also known as the Helmet Mounted Symbology System) Demonstrator and the Eurofighter Typhoon Cockpit Simulator on display...

Air tattoo poster reaches top of the world - Swindon Advertiser | SWINDON artist David Bent is feeling on top of the world after a stunning poster he created to advertise this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford was launched at Everest base camp...

Air shows back but not at JBLM - TheNewsTribune.com | The Air Force is back in the business of hosting air shows with its marquee Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, but Joint Base Lewis-McChord did not make the list to host one in 2014. The Thunderbirds will land as close as Spokane for a show at Fairchild Air Force Base on the weekend of May 31. Lewis-McChord did not make the schedule even though it lately has hosted air shows in years ending in even numbers...

Vintage WWII aircraft coming to Leesburg - Daily Commercial | The national Wings of Freedom tour, the world’s most extensive WWII aircraft tour, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2014 with the first of 110 planned stops this year scheduled Jan. 17-19 at Leesburg International Airport. “This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history,” tour spokesman Hunter Chaney said of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang that will be landing at the airport...

Rare birds will grace the sky at Fly-In - Northern Star |  DON'T be surprised if you arrive at Evans Head Aerodrome on Sat-urday and feel like you're on a Second World War movie set. This weekend's Great Eastern Fly-In will showcase legendary warbirds like the P-51 Mustang completing low-altitude flyovers as if they were on a strafing run...

Famed WWII aviator, 92, is laid to rest - Smith Mountain Eagle | Overstreet clenched the controls of a P-51C Mustang fighter plane, dubbed the Berlin Express, in hot pursuit of a German Messerschmitt 109G right into the heart of the French capitol and beneath the arches of the Eiffel Tower....

The Plane That Saved Britain - Channel4 | ...While the names Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane have passed into legend, the De Havilland Mosquito languishes in relative obscurity. But, for Arthur, the 'Wooden Wonder' is the plane that saved Britain....

Ruffled feathers over future of the Spruce Goose - CNBC.com | In McMinnville, Ore., the financial troubles of a private aviation services company are causing big headaches for the museum that is home to Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules, the flying boat better known as the Spruce Goose. On Dec. http://www.cnbc.com/id/10131984731, Evergreen International Airlines, a subsidiary of troubled Evergreen International Aviation, filed a petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The possible demise of the cargo carrier has tourists, aviation buffs and many in the museum world concerned about the fate of the affiliated Evergreen Air & Space Museum....

Zonta Club to celebrate A. Earhart - Beloit Daily News | It comes as little surprise that famed aviator Amelia Earhart belonged to the Zonta International organization. After all, the Zontians are all about supporting and promoting the efforts of women. Earhart was all about women breaking stereotypes and pursuing their dreams....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 series - The Aero Experience | Recent posts covering FedEx Airbus A300, Grand Caravan, Dreams of Summer Barbeque with The Cross-Country Cookout, and the ICON Aircraft A5 Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Amphibian

Rememberances: Thomas V. Jones Helped Northrop Take Off - Wall Street Journal | In three decades as chief executive and chairman, Thomas V. Jones transformed Northrop Corp. from a faltering aerospace subcontractor into one of the leading manufacturers of military aircraft, including the F-5 and F-18 fighter jets and the bat-winged B-2 stealth bomber...

Ga. unit celebrates 50 years with anniversary open house - CAP | GEORGIA -- The Sandy Springs Cadet Squadron recently hosted about 75 Civil Air Patrol members and guests for a special 50th anniversary open house at its headquarters at ...

Aviation Photography Workshop At Stallion 51 · Warbirds News | 3G Aviation Media has begun a series of workshops to teach the skills necessary to pull off a successful sunset or sunrise static photo shoot. As stated by 3G, the mission of these workshops is: To provide attendees an opportunity to learn, plan, execute and develop as photographers in a small-group environment while working with first-rate aviation subjects...

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Women in Corporate Aviation announces 2014 Spring Scholarships - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA), the premier non-profit mentoring association for professionals in corporate and business aviation, has announced its 2014 Spring Scholarships, which will be presented during the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference in Orlando, FL on March 8, 2014. WCA members may apply by January 19, 2014...

High schools invited to compete in aviation design challenge - AOPA Pilot | In 2013, teams from high schools in Michigan and Minnesota built two aircraft, which were flown to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. AOPA Pilot chronicled their two-week build (“Young Blood,” October 2013). “After seeing the incredible success of the ...

US Commitment To ISS Extended Until At Least 2024 - Aero-News Network | Obama Administration 'Hopeful' That International Community Will Follow Suit | As more than 30 heads of space agencies from around the world prepare to gather in Washington January 9-10 for an unprecedented summit on the future of space exploration, the White House issued a news release saying that the Obama Administration has approved an extension of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Indy Transponder 18-DEC-2012 1145z

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame to induct four new members from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and honor a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 40th annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held in Ottawa, Thursday, May 30, 2013.  The new members are: Victor R. Bennett, former Innotech Aviation chief executive; James “Stocky” Edwards, World War II Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and command leader; Joseph Fernand “Frank” Henley, former executive of Maritime Central Airways, Nordair and Hydro Quebec; and John Sandford, former president of de Havilland Canada. Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. will be presented with the Belt of Orion award.

Airbourne soars over rivals as top airshow - Eastbourne Herald | Airscene.co.uk, one of the UK's leading airshow websites, ran the poll for airshow fans. and Eastbourne's four-day free airshow beat rival Bournemouth hands down, achieving nearly double the number of votes to win Best Free Airshow 2012 in the Airscene ...

World Champions! from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | Representing the USA, members of the Golden Knights 8-Way Formation Skydiving Team (GK8) have earned the right to be called “World Champions” by winning Gold at the 2012 World Parachuting Championships in Dubai, U.A.E. In addition, GK8 set a new World Record for most points scored in competition- 229, beating the old record of 224 set in 1997...

The tricolor arrows greet the last MD80 Alitalia - the Journal | Yesterday, Syracuse (his first name) has risen from Rome Fiumicino - on board the CEO Andrea Ragnetti with the leaders of the company - and flew up in Friuli, where he was joined by a Frecce...

New Monument To Honor Wrights from AVwebFlash Current Issue  | December 17, 1903, is remembered as the day when the Wright brothers first flew successfully in North Carolina, but now a group in Dayton, Ohio, is working to build a monument to the brothers' pioneering work there. The brothers' bicycle shop was in Dayton, and there they worked on their 1905 design, which improved on their...

P-59 Airacomet Fund Raising Video - www.youtube.com | The Planes of Fame Air Museum is currently looking for donations to complete the restoration for their Bell P-59 Airacomet, America's first military jet airc...

“A group of pilots on a Boulton Paul Defiant Squadron pose... from x planes

Air Zoo adds Mini-Max to its collection from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is now home to a new plane — an 1100 R Mini-Max. The 1100 R Mini-Max is an ultra light aircraft kit that was primarily used for recreational flying. The wooden, mid-wing, open cockpit aircraft features a single engine and one seat...

Museum galleries re-open from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | All museum galleries have re-opened following their temporary closure due to necessary maintenance on the A-1E Skyraider.  An inspection conducted last Friday by museum restoration staff found that the aircraft contained fuel. Although there was no sign of fuel leakage, museum and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base officials decided to temporarily close the surrounding galleries in order to expedite the defueling of the aircraft by Air Force safety standards.

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Air-to-Air with Citabria and Swift from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Today we will take a short break from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 coverage to bring you some air-to-air shots from a recent flight with Santa. We took off from Farmington, MO Airport and formed up with Mr. Larry McCormick of Mac Air for a local flight on a beautiful Indian Summer day. The Targets for...

Dornier vs Skydivers: Who wins? from Apron 6 | It could be one of those typical TopGear races, if there was a car involved offcourse. Here it’s a Dornier and two skydivers racing to be the first on the ground. Who will win? via Serge Boussemaere

Did 2003 Foreshadow The Future of Flight? from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...December 17th is hard to forget if you have any aviation friends on facebook. Were you on hand in Kitty Hawk for the 100th anniversaryof powered flight, it’s something you remember randomly and continuously throughout every year. Ginger and I were there. It was a disaster. Built up, hyped, documented through televised specials, and publicized to the point of hysteria, fantasy overruled success....

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Indy Transponder 11-DEC-2012 1730z

'Dracula' Premieres At ICAS Airshow Convention from Aero-News Network | Kyle Franklin Returns To The Circuit With 'Monster Biplane' Its been a tough few years for Kyle Franklin... but in the true spirit of a survivor, Kyle is unveiling his next big act for North American airshow audiences in 2013. Kyle is returning to the airshow circuit with a truly monstrous bipe he calls... 'Dracula.' Evolving over a nine-year design and construction period, Dracula was completed in secrecy...

FCTC welcomes Blue Angels officer - St. Augustine Record | The aerial stunts of the Blue Angels thrill millions of spectators each year, and Mercado shared information from the perspective of the maintenance and support team that makes the acrobatic magic possible. Mercado specifically addressed students ...

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame to Induct Four New Members and Honor a Belt of Orion Recipient
from Aviation.ca News by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame | Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and honor a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 40th annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held in Ottawa, Thursday, May 30, 2013.

Three Exciting New Acts at International Air Show - Scoop.co.nz (press release) | So not only will New Zealand see the return of the much-loved Red Checkers, experience the adrenaline of Chuck Berry, witness up-close air racing and be host to two international aviation heavyweights, but audiences of the NZ International Air Show...

Perth dumps Red Bull Air Race over costs - Herald Sun | PICTURE: Paul Kane Source: Getty Images. PERTH has dumped the Red Bull Air Race, with the government saying it doesn't represent value for money. Tourism Western Australia today said it will not bid to host the Oceania round of the proposed revamped ...

ICAS Convention 2012 – Arrival from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | The Delta flight from Detroit settled onto the runway just after 5:00 a.m. PT, the baggage claim system worked flawlessly, there was a cab waiting when I walked through the sliding doors, and the reception desks at Paris Las Vegas were fully staffed with no waiting. Not even the President of the United States of [...]

Cool GoPro video brings you onboard “Kubinka Diamond” display team’s Su-27, Mig-29 fighter jets from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video was filmed with a GoPro HD Hero2 camera installed on the tail of a Mig-29 and inside the cockpit of a Su-27 of the so-called “Kubinka Diamond”, the Russian Air Force display team made by four Flankers of the “Russian Knights” and and five Fulcrums of the «Strizhi» (Swifts)....

December 11, 2012 Catching up with Billy Werth from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | ...I caught up with Billy last week before he left for ICAS – the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas. Growing up in an aviation family and flying since 1988, Billy is a military pilot (Aircraft Commander on the air re-fueler KC-135R), a Chautauqua Airlines captain on the Embraer 145, and a modern-day barnstormer, dazzling air show crowds in his newly acquired Christen Eagle and giving rides and lessons in the Pitts through his company, Grayout Aerosports, of Indianapolis...

Air acrobats in Radom - our Official | ... French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, White-Czerowne aircraft TS-11 "Iskra" and anti-military equipment expositions - are just a few attractions prepared for air show Air Show 2013, which will be held in...

Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No 3 – The return of the B-2A Spirit to the Royal International Air Tattoo from Flightline UK | The late 1990′s were golden times for the Royal International Air Tattoo, and nigh on impossible to repeat. Not only had the thawing relations between East and West produce some stunning appearances by the Air Forces of the former Warsaw Pact, but also the United States Air Force was finally letting its ‘Stealth’ strike aircraft be seen in public outside the US. Naturally, it was RIAT and Mildenhall that first saw these remarkable machines – first the F-117A Nighthawk and then the B-2A Spirit....

Top 10 Airshow moments of 2012: No.4 – P-47G Thunderbolt SNAFU debut at Flying Legends from Flightline UK | 2012 saw an iconic shape return to UK skies with the public display debut of The Fighter Collection’s Curtiss P-47G Thunderbolt SNAFU at Flying Legends. The P-47 Thunderbolt has...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | An interesting aircraft on display midweek was a privately-owned Embraer EMB-314B1 Super Tucano operated by Tactical Air Support, Inc. of Reno, NV. This Super Tucano, a civil variant of the sophisticated trainer/armed reconnaissance aircraft from the Defense and Security division of the wildly successful Brazilian Embraer aerospace company, is used for close air support simulation for U.S. military forces. ...

Airshow flies highest again - The New Age Online | Apart from being the major airshow in Gauteng with airworthy military aircraft, the thousands of people who attended the May airshow made a major financial contribution to keeping the centre of South African military aviation history functioning...

Earl S. Allen - Morris Daily Herald | He flew as pilot in command on the C-47, C-54, B-25 and the B-26 through South America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. His rank at time of discharge was 1st Lt. Golf was an ongoing passion with Earl. He was a long-time member of the Morris Country...

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Pilot celebrates 100th birthday flying his Evektor SportStar from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | By John McVey, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Thomas Guy Reynolds Jr. eased back on the stick of his Evektor SportStar light sport aircraft and it lifted effortlessly off the runway at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB). He circled the field three times, making a couple of low passes over the runway for pictures, and softly set his plane down. That would not be extraordinary, but Reynolds flew Dec. 1 on his 100th birthday...

North American B-25C “Poopsie”, of the 445th... from x planes

“This is going to be bad.” from The Lexicans by Busbob | ...We had the best seat in the house. The roar is intense and you can feel it even with the jet blast deflector between you and the wicked exhaust. The cat officer checked everywhere, got a thumbs up from all the observers around the fighter, dropped to one knee and touched the deck with his extended arm, the launch signal. Buttons were pushed on the deck edge and with a sudden jerk the double tailed fighter accelerated down the deck and the JBD began to drop back into the deck to make room for our launch....About halfway down the cat stroke the bright flame from the afterburner on the starboard engine disappeared. Burner blowout.....

9 Incredible, Human-Powered Aircrafts--And The Gutsy Pilots Who Flew Them - Fast Company | Built by the American team Paul MacCready and Peter Lissaman of AeroVironment, the aircraft had an unusual control setup a little reminiscent of the Wright brothers' aircraft and was made of lightweight plastics and aluminum spars in a very aerodynamic ...

Registration now open for Women in Aviation conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Registration is now open for Women in Aviation, International's 24th Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 14-16, 2013.

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Spirit of Aviation Aircraft Auction - EAA AirVenture | EAA, The Leader in Recreational Aviation, is an international membership organization encouraging and supporting recreation aviation and is also the home of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the World's Largest Aviation Celebration.

Legendary aviator visits Parker med students - Our Colorado News | Legendary aviator visits Parker med students. Retired military pilot and ...

VIDEO: Unmanned on Deck - X-47B Taxis on Truman from Ares by Graham Warwick | This is quite a sight - the US Navy's Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) taxiing around the flightdeck on the USS Truman while the aircraft carrier is under way off the east coast of the US....

Could This be the World's Coolest Airport Hotel? from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | We #avgeeks are always - ALWAYS – looking for aviation-related good times...the kind of fun you can only find situated on or around most any airport. We will all enjoy an afternoon watching J3 Cubs glide onto a tiny grass strip in Pennsylvania, and we'll cherish the ...

The Last American Flag on the Moon from Spaceports | The first moonwalk of the last mission placing humans on the surface of the Moon began approximately four hours after landing...

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Indy Transponder 06-DEC-2011 1000z

FAA Administrator Arrested For DUI from AVweb Top News | Randy Babbitt, administrator of the FAA, was taken into custody Saturday by Fairfax County police and charged with driving while intoxicated, local news has reported. At about 10:30 p.m. Babbitt was seen driving on the wrong side of the road and was pulled over. He was alone in the car at the time and no accident related to the incident has been reported....

Babbitt likely finished at FAA - ATW | The news of the day in aviation circles concerns FAA administrator Randy Babbitt, who was arrested Saturday night in Washington’s Virginia suburbs and charged with driving while intoxicated. Babbitt, who was placed on administrative leave Monday, was known as the FAA administrator who actually really knew aviation. But it’s unlikely his strong aviation background, or his genial personality, will allow him to hold onto his job....

ICAS 2011 - Day 1 from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | I’m here at the ICAS Convention at Paris Las Vegas for a few days. I again hit Airshows 101 yesterday and then got reacquainted with the airshow pros. The opening session kicks off in a half hour and then the exhibit hall opens for the first session mid-day. I’m working on the Airshows 101 episode and have hopes of getting it out later today....

Krisakti will make maiden display at LIMA 2011 - The Borneo Post | Ackbal said as a national aerobatic team, Krisakti could be invited to perform by MOD for independence day celebration. The Krisakti team includes a former Red Arrows pilot currently training with The Blades aerobatic team from United Kingdom. ...

THOMPSON NAMED DIRECTOR OF SALES & SPECIAL EVENTS AT SUN ’n FUN - Press Release | SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, FL. – SUN ’n FUN President John R. “Lites” Leenhouts announced that Irene Thompson has been named Director of Sales & Special Events for SUN ’n FUN Fly-In, Inc. and its Florida Air Museum.  In making the announcement, Leenhouts said he “was very impressed with Thompson’s extensive and varied experiences including the planning and production of high level events and visits while she served as Director, Protocol/Executive Services at the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL”. He added, “these events included responsibilities for the entertainment and reception for very significant world figures, including the King of Jordan, President Bill Clinton, and Saudi Arabian dignitaries.” “These experiences”, he noted  “and the planning skills they required provide SUN 'n FUN with a seasoned, knowledgeable professional prepared to actively promote the unique array of event-based facilities available on the SUN 'n FUN  campus to Polk and Hillsborough County organizations throughout the year.”  
Irene Thompson joins SUN 'n FUN after an accomplished 21 year Air Force career that included ten highly challenging assignments and in-country living deployments in England, Korea, Germany, and Iraq. “The diversity of these assignments”, Lites noted, “has prepared Irene Thompson to address the specific needs of the array of potential clients for whom SUN 'n FUN  will offer a home for their event.

Nellis AF Base Celebrates 70 Years of Service - In Flight | Text and Images By Joe Gonzalez | The presentation of colors for the National Anthem during the opening ceremonies.The day’s questionable weather cleared giving way to perfect sunshine. On November 12 and 13, the very large and well-mannered crowds at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) enjoyed all the static displays, stopped by vendors of goods and services and, of course, watched the flying demonstrations, which were topped off by the USAF Thunderbirds who gave their last performance for the 2011 season....

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame to Honor Four Inductees and Belt of Orion Recipient - Aviation.ca | Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four Canadians, and recognize a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 2012 annual gala dinner and ceremony on Thursday, June 14, 2012.  The Hall’s inductees are: Nils Christensen, founder of Viking Air and Second World War pilot; Air Marshal Harold “Gus” Edwards, a First World War pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service, he was also involved in the founding of the RCAF; Pierre Jeanniot, O.C. C.Q., former president and CEO of Air Canada and was also a former Director General of the International Air Transport Association; Dr. Daffyd “Dave” Williams, a pilot, medical doctor and a retired Canadian astronaut. Leavens Aviation Inc. will receive the Belt of Orion award.  This year’s inductees’ achievements span the spectrum of...

Doolittle's raid recalled almost 70 years later - San Jose Mercury News | Jimmy Doolittle's B-25 bombers takes off from the flight deck of the USS Hornet for the initial air raid on Tokyo. Coming just four months after the Imperial Japanese Navy savaged the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Doolittle raid on Japan's home ...

Naval Aviation Centennial Gala - Middle East North Africa Financial Network | And I'm also very honored to have been sitting at the same table as retired Navy Captain Thomas Hudner, the only living Navy aviator who received the Medal of Honor. Now, I'm well aware that naval aviators are a colorful bunch. ...

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Completes New Exhibit - Cape May County Herald | CAPE MAY COUNTY AIRPORT – Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum has recently completed construction of a new exhibit titled “Sheet Music Covers, A Decorative Art.” Museum guests can view graphics and artwork from World War I and World War II era sheet music covers. This exhibit is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The funds were administered by the Cape May County Culture and Heritage Commission, under the authority of the County Library Commission, for the Board of Chosen Freeholders....

Birth of a Legend from American Aerospace by J. Terry White | Sixty-four years ago this month, the USAF/Boeing XB-47 Stratojet took to the air for the first time.  The legendary Stratojet would go on to become the first all-turbojet strategic bomber to enter operational service with the United States Air Forc...

Aviation fans celebrate centenary of seaplane Waterbird's maiden flight from ... - The Westmorland Gazette | A REVOLUTION in aviation history took place 100 years ago on Windermere. Hundreds of people gathered in the Lakes this week to celebrate two anniversaries – the first flight of the ground-breaking seaplane Waterbird, ...

Skip-Bombing P-51s in ‘Empire of the Sun’ from Vintage Aeroplane Writer by Vintage Aero Writer
Buried in one of the first issues of Warbirds Worldwide Journal, is an article by the late Mark Hanna on flying Mustangs for Spielberg's 1987 movie 'Empire of the Sun'. After receiving permission from Sarah Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company to reproduce the feature this is a straight reproduction of the account; an interesting insight 'above' rather than 'behind' the scenes, and only just above...

From Antique Airfield
2011 Cormorant Trophy Awarded, Most Challenging Mountainside Helicopter Rescue from AvStop | The daring cliff-side rescue of a lucky British Columbia which pushed both the rescue crew and their search and rescue helicopter to the limits has been selected for this year’s winner of the Cormorant Trophy for Helicopter Rescue. The Cormorant Trophy for Helicopter Rescue recognized the "Canadian civilian, government or military...

Young Eagles to Soar Above Moore Saturday - Southern Pines Pilot | BY FLORENCE GILKESON Young Eagles won't be piloting the aircraft, but hundreds of prospective young pilots will be circling the skies above Moore County Saturday - with licensed pilots at the controls. Once again, local pilots will ...

NASA Challenges Students To Train Like An Astronaut - NASA | WASHINGTON -- An engaging new NASA program brings the excitement of space exploration to children learning to live a healthy lifestyle. Inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, NASA's Train Like an Astronaut program aims to increase opportunities both in and out of school for kids to become more physically and mentally active.  The program uses the excitement of space exploration and astronaut training to challenge, inspire and educate kids to set physical fitness goals and practice fitness and proper nutrition. Kids will explore mission challenges, learn the science behind nutrition and learn to train like an astronaut....

Veteran Space Shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson to Leave Agency from NASA Breaking News | Astronaut Chris Ferguson, the last commander of a space shuttle mission, has announced his plans to retire from NASA on Dec. 9. He will leave for a new job in the private sector.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

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US Navy Aviation to Kick off Centennial Celebration -Blues 2011 Schedule from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-NAS Pensacola- A Centennial of Naval Aviation kickoff and birthday party will take place on Jan. 20 at Pensacola Naval Air Station, the Cradle of Naval Aviation. NAS welcomed its first aviation unit on Jan. 20, 1914, just three years after the Navy purchased its first planes on May 8, 1911. The event will feature military speakers, government and civic leaders, performances by the Navy Band New Orleans and historical exhibits and photographs. It is free and open to the public.  ...

GARY SINISE AND THE LT. DAN BAND RETURNING TO EAA AIRVENTURE IN 2011 #OSH11
Back by popular demand, actor and veterans advocate Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will return to EAA AirVenture in 2011 as the grand finale of a day-long salute to veterans on Friday, July 29. The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. ...

Editorial: Airport can help put wings on economic growth - Northwestern
Wittman Regional Airport has long been recognized as a potential economic growth engine for Oshkosh and Winnebago County. Yet much of the discussion often regressed to the "good old days" when the airport was the dominant regional passenger air travel hub. A terminal building sitting largely vacant not ushering a single passenger from its gates, the symbol of lost business and opportunities.
Fortunately, a new era of leadership in local government has put the past into the rear view mirror and now is looking to the future and taking ...

Helmets from FenceCheck Forums

Exhibition to feature photos of iconic aircraft from aviation's heritage - Yorkshire Post
All the images were taken at RAF Waddington, RAF Coningsby and the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby and many feature iconic aircraft ...

2010 Reno Air Races - Will Whiteside - LiveAirShowTV
Will Whiteside is the pilot for Race 5 - Voodoo. LiveAirshowTV got a few minutes with him during race week at the 2010 Reno National Championship Air Races. Will gives us some insight into what it's like for him to race this great plane, and go on board when things go wrong.

OMGosh! Museum Quality, Half Scale (UAV) Hughes H-1 Racer from AirPigz
Wow, this couldn't get much cooler! A half scale flying model of the Hughes H-1 racer... and it has a 35 hp radial engine! Even better, it's being built by the guys at Aero Telemetry for the 75th anniversary celebration of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) which will take place July 14-17, 2011 at the AMA headquarters in Muncie Indiana... just 2 hours down the road from me! You can count me in : ) ...

Pilot flew into Canadian history - The Whig Standard 
A Kingston man will be heading to Hamilton in May to relive a summer spent flying in some of the most difficult conditions a pilot can face.
Victor Bennett will be attending an induction ceremony by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame as a now-defunct company with which he once flew will receive a special award for its contribution to Canadian flying history. ...

Two stories from ExpressJet Forum 
... Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.
This took place on February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor.  ...

SBD glider - AOPA Online
Warbird operators like the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) do everything they can to minimize risk. They limit their flying to good weather, install modern avionics, and train regularly.
But there’s no getting around the fact that World War II-era fighters and bombers are complex pieces of machinery with systems that failed regularly when they were new. Seventy years later, those same engines, ...

Flying Wild: Alaska Fog from Latest Vlog 
Today's clip sees a pilot John Ponts dealing with a fog bank while transporting his pax in Alaska. According to the national transportation safety board 22% of all small plane crashes in the US, occur in Alaska.

WW2 Women Spitfire Pilots - ATA from Pilots of America Message Board 
There's a show on the BBC about the women pilots in the ATA. The women's group within ATA was organized to use female pilots to transport planes during WW2. I guess it was the model for our WAAC. It's on the BBC but we can't get the whole show here in the states - at least I can't. I did find a 10 minute version on youtube. Here's a link. It looks like a great program.

Women's Vertical World Record 2010  - YouTube
World Record 41 way vertical skydiving record

Aviation Heritage Park secures T-33 for display - BG Daily News
It’s another aircraft and another story for Aviation Heritage Park at Basil Griffin Park in Bowling Green.
The park has acquired a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star to honor Glasgow native and Western Kentucky University graduate Gen. Russell Dougherty. Dougherty frequently flew the plane from Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb., to Washington, D.C., while he served as commander of Strategic Air Command. Dougherty died in 2007 at age 86.
Dan Cherry, president of Aviation Heritage Park, said the park’s entire ...

Former St. Louis Science Center CEO Douglas King Now Leads Seattle's Museum of Flight from The Aero Experience 
Douglas R. King assumed the role of Museum of Flight President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. King was previously the president and chief executive officer of the Saint Louis Science Center, the fourth largest science center in the country, where he served since 1995. ...

Friday Fabulous Flyers... from Flight To Success
Today was the day I wanted to announce the $100 Pilot winner for the Fly It Forward Contest. I wanted to announce the winner of the most Female Friendly Airport in the world, too! But that mystery continues...
I know there were more people who flew and must be in this $100 contest. They just didn't leave me their numbers. I've made a list below--- If you're on it, leave a comment how many women you flew this year. If ...

Hot Air Balloon Festival Clark Pampanga 2011 - kathangisip
The 2011 Clark Subic Hot air balloon fiesta is now in motion!!!
The festival will begin from Feb 10 up to 13 of 2010. Here is the tentative schedule of events of the festival for 2011. ...

Tom Cruise is Still Developing a Competing 'Flying Tigers' Film ... - Flying Tiger News
Though we once heard news that Tom Cruise was going to be working with director John Woo on his story about the WWII air fighting squadron Flying Tigers, that turned out to be a bit of a mix up. Instead, Woo and Cruise were each ...

Teenager gets donor liver plucked from burning wreckage of crashed plane - Small world News Service
”There's one thing to be told you're going to die if you don't get a new liver but to get one which had just been in a plane crash blows my mind. ...

Wright Flight - Morning Blend [video]
Wright Flight, Inc. is a non-profit corporation which was founded in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona by Robin Stoddard.
Robin, an Air Force Reserve fighter pilot, noted the profound effect that airplanes have on youngsters. He decided to use that interest ...

Space Shuttle Landing Sites  - AirBoyd.tv
NASA has a roster of runways around the globe that could host a shuttle landing.

Space shuttle Discovery's launch to be delayed past Feb. 3 - Orlando Sentinel
The final flight of space shuttle Discovery will have to wait — again.
Nagging structural problems with the shuttle's fuel tank have delayed its planned Feb. 3 launch to the International Space Station by a couple of weeks — or longer — although NASA has not made a new launch date official. ...


Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Indy Transponder 05-JAN-2011 1130z

Exploring Aviation in Central Florida: Attractions Offering Flying ... - Offering one of the most exciting and extensive flight related events to be found anywhere, Polk County's 37th annual Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo will take place March 29th through April 3, 2011. Featuring the Blue Angels, ...

Military jets will be practicing fancy flying - Arizona Daily Star | Both types of jets are common sights in city skies, but these particular aircraft have a mission different from most: They perform on the air-show circuit. ...

Hudson River 'miracle' plane likely to become N.C. museum display - Bellingham Herald | Officials with the Carolinas Aviation Museum say they've all but finalized an agreement that would put the Airbus A320 on permanent display as a tourist ...

CANADIAN AVIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED - David ... by Dave Pugliese | This year's inductees' achievements span the spectrum of Canada's rich aviation history. They are recognized for playing integral roles in the development of their respective aviation fields, and contributing to Canada's development ...

Now arriving: the golden age of air travel - Air travel used to entail dressing up and full service. Today, fliers have access to more places and airfares are low. That begs the question: Is the Golden Age of air travel behind us, or are we in it?

January 2011 Roadrunner News from Roadrunners of Groom Lake

Museum adds Russian fighter aircraft - Tampa Bay Newspapers | At least by name, it is the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history and the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War, ...

Desiree Doubrox interviews Skychick Romona Cox 1/4/2011 - An ... by An Empowered Woman | Ramona is a Board member of the Aero Club of Southern California and has raised thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society and Redondo Beach Wellness Community. For a sneak peek into the world of adventure check out her ...

Kawanishi H8K2 "Emily" from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Of the large and long-ranged flying boats one of the best was the Kawanishi  H8K2 — that also is known by the Allied codename of Emily. Back in the day before satellites sea space had to be patrolled, both by ship and aircraft…

African Eagle from Military Photos by patton1 - African Eagle is a biannual exercise between the United States and Morocco. African Eagle is a joint exercise for both countries. Moroccan forces include the Royal Moroccan Air Force, Navy, and naval infantry. American forces include elements of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force…

Today in Aviation History – January 5 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

AirPigz 'Love To Fly' Shirts Now Available (As In Buy Some Now!) by Martt |  Not long after doing my review of some of the high-quality Runway Pilot shirts, the opportunity presented itself to have some custom AirPigz shirts printed by them... and here they are! The goal was to make a t-shirt that helps you show the world that you're an avgeek while also spreadin' the AirPigz name around a bit. I'm really happy with the way they turned out, and I hope you are too…

Indy Transponder 05-JAN-2011 0230z

EAA No. 2 Carl Schultz Dies - EAA
Carl E. Schultz, EAA 2, who helped found the EAA, serving as the organization’s first vice-president, died on December 25. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1918, Carl spent his entire life devoted to airplanes, flying, sawmills, his family, and, most of all, his “bride,” Pearl. Schultz soloed in 1937 and earned his airframe and powerplant certificate around the same time. Aside from a brief stint as a co-pilot for BF Goodrich in the 1940s, Carl’s mastery of metal and mechanics served him well throughout his professional career as an aircraft mechanic and later in the research engineering departments of several major small engine manufacturers. His mechanical acumen was present at chapter meetings too, as one Chapter 18 member remarked, “He always had some tool or gadget to demonstrate or some helpful trick or technique to explain that would make our lives easier.”

Blue Angels to visit Seattle Wednesday - Northwest Cable News
by KING 5 News SEATTLE -- The Blue Angels will bring their familiar Seafair roar to the Puget Sound Wednesday as they visit the Northwest for a day of ...

Blue Angel jet stopping in Tukwila Jan. 5 - PNW Local News
The Blue Angels are a traditional summer spectacle here on the Puget Sound, roaring through the annual Seafair celebration. But on Jan. ...

Blue Angels Arrive in El Centro - Imperial Valley Weekly
The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, will arrive at Naval Air Facility El Centro, CA on Jan. 3, 2011 to prepare for the 2011 show season ...
   
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame to Honor Four Inductees and Belt of Orion Recipient - AMTOnline.com
This year's inductees' achievements span the spectrum of Canada's rich aviation history. They are recognized for playing integral roles in the development ...

John Crichton named to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame from Aviation.ca News
OTTAWA - NAV CANADA is pleased to announce that John Crichton, President & CEO, has been selected to be a member of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be officially inducted to the Hall on May...

Navy To Be Showcased from Pacific Flyer 
Current naval aircraft in the legendary paint schemes of their predecessors will be one of many highlights of the week-long Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration at EAA AirVenture 2011, which will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
“The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” is one of the “Tier 1” events supported by the United States Navy, ...
   
2011-12 to be celebrated as Civil Aviation Centenary Year - Zee News
To commemorate it, the year 2011-2012 will be celebrated as Civil Aviation Centenary Year. "Indian Civil Aviation is completing 100 years on 18th February, ...

Sabreliner Corporation Perryville, MO Facility Preparing to Launch Centennial Aircraft This Week from The Aero Experience
Sabreliner Corporation Perryville, MO Facility is scheduled to hand off the Centennial of U.S. Naval Aviation aircraft to the Navy this week.  Visit again Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for more coverage of this exciting event!
 
EAA Skiplane Fly-In set for Saturday, Jan. 22 - Oshkosh Northwestern
22, at the EAA AirVenture Museum's Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh. In past years, more than 25 skiplanes landed at Pioneer Airport to participate in the event, ...

Leo Oldenburg always gave back to the community - Galena Gazette
He made 29 bombing runs over Germany in a B-17 "Flying Fortress" with a crew of nine other men. In a 2007 Gazette interview, he said he remembered one ...

Hoover To Be Honored - Pacific Flyer
Hoover enjoyed a remarkable air show and air racing career after flying 59 missions in World War II and escaping a POW camp by commandeering a German Focke-Wulf 190 in April 1945. Upon his return to the U.S., Hoover enrolled in test ...

That Beautiful Waco QCF-2 from Pacific Flyer 
Story, Photos by Jack Watson
The Waco F-2 is considered by many the highest performance light aircraft of the Golden Era ever produced in this country.
Introduced in 1931, it was an instant sensation. It had such spectacular rate of climb that it was once matched against an autogiro, and won. ...

Vintage Planes Featured from Pacific Flyer 
Vintage aircraft and attractions and special programming will honor early aviation pioneers through a commemoration of centennial of air mail service during EAA AirVenture 2011.
The 100th anniversary commemoration of air mail service will focus on the aircraft and people of the pre-World War II era when air mail pioneers laid many important foundations for modern aviation, including aircraft, routes, and navigation aids. ...

Taking my sister for a ride (literally) from Life on the Road as a Pilot 
In my new life as an unemployed multiengine turbine jet pilot training to be a single engine piston instructor, there are a few harsh realities I have had to come to terms with. First and foremost, the 40 or so hours I have logged in Cessna 172s/182s over the last 15 years did not make me proficient in class (the airplane category, in which I do profess competency, is divided into single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea, and multi-engine sea classes), no matter how much experience I had in other aircraft. Let me count the ways....

Super Puma / 384 M. E. D. from fox2magazine 
We start the new year back in 2010 and the social contribution of the Air Force. Prominent role for another year, he held the 384 Rescue Squadron Survey, covering 25% of the total evacuation, assuming of course that those other fliers in the Air Force can not perform either due to bad weather or lack of infrastructure in remote and isolated areas. ...

F-35C Joint Strike Fighter from Navy Gold 
During the week before Halloween this year, I was invited down to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth to capture the final photos for the project of the Navy variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C. It took 4 tries to get airborne after a series of test related snags and delays, but in the end, the team got the shots we needed on Halloween Sunday. Here with an expanded edit of that material…

From X planes today - Early Ballooning

Ice Pilots Season 2 debuts Jan 12th from PPRuNe Forums 
... Ice Pilots NWT is back. The hit docu-series following the adventures of renegade Arctic airline  ...

Bombshell Beauty – January 2011 from Pacific Flyer 
Scott Slocum is the photographer for a popular series of aviation calendars with beautiful models decorating photogenic aircraft. Every year he prints a "My Bombshells" calendar which has just hit the market. ...

Astronaut Marsha Ivins Leaves NASA - PRNewswire
"Marsha's incredible depth of mission experience and technical expertise has been a tremendous asset to this office," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "We have relied on her expertise for years in many diverse areas, including but not limited to crew provisions, optimal hardware packing, human ratings development, vehicle habitability and orbiter preflight vehicle checks. Her expertise and dedication to NASA's mission will be sorely missed."
Ivins joined NASA in 1974 as an engineer. She worked on ...

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

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Fargo AirSho gets ready for 'big year' - In-Forum
We're kind of one of their primary sites,” Walstad said during a news conference Thursday at the Fargo Air Museum. The Blue Angels' primary function is as a ...

Blue Angel #7 and Blue Angel #8 at Portland Jetport for the Pre-Season Visit - photo by T.K. Dudley by Great State of Maine Air Show
   
Portsmouth will host Thunderbirds in 2011, Blue Angels in 2012 - Seacoastonline.com
Organizers of the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show announced it will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds in 2011 and the US Navy Blue Angels in 2012. ...

Thunderbirds' air show coming to Waterloo - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
WATERLOO, Iowa --- The Waterloo Regional Airport has landed the US Air Force's Thunderbirds for an air show next year. The Thunderbirds, a flight ...

New air show rules: More drinking water, traffic improvements - Seacoast Online
PORTSMOUTH — Pease officials on Thursday approved a slate of guidelines they hope will improve conditions at the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show when it comes back to the city in the summers of 2011 and 2012.
The Pease Development of Authority's board of directors approved the guidelines they say will help alleviate complaints prompted from the 2010 air show. ...

Moose Jaw Flying Club founder named to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
McIntyre said the hall aims to increase the public's understanding and interest in aviation history by making its displays, archives, records and artifacts ...

Smoke Squadron performs changeover control - Cavok/Translated
The Air Demonstration Squadron (ADS) held this Friday (17/12), the Air Force Academy (AFA), the military ceremony Passage of Command. In a ceremony presided by the Head of the Office of Air Force Commander, Brigadier-Major of the Air-Franciscangelis Antonio Neto, Lieutenant Colonel Airman Aguinaldo José de Moura passed over, he held since December 19, 2008, to Lieutenant-Colonel Airman Wagner Esteves de Almeida. ...

Happy 107th Birthday human flight! Now let's put it all in context from Flightblogger w/Video
Today is December 17, 2010, 107 years after Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight at the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Needless to say, a lot has happened since then. Just 65 years after that first flight, which saw Orville at the controls of the 1903 Wright Flyer, the maiden sortie could have been accomplished in the span of the wings of the Boeing 747-100. ...

On a historic day in aviation, let's take off with some musical flights - MinnPost.com
At any rate, today marks a special day in aviation history — the 107th anniversary of the brothers' first successful powered airplane flight. On Dec. ...

Happy Birthday, Aviation And the DC-3 from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
Most of us can remember clearly what happened to us 32 years ago, and we've seen a lot in that time, there's no doubt. Consider that it was 32 years to the day between the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk and the first flight of the DC-3 in Santa Monica. Both occured on December 17, and DC-3 owner Dan Gryder spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles about the impact of arguably the most important airplane in history on its 75th birthday.

A 75th Anniversary Appreciation of the Timeless DC-3 by Telstar Logistics
A classic design icon and one of the most important aircraft ever built, the Douglas DC-3 today celebrates the 75th anniversary of the plane's maiden flight. To mark the occasion, ...

Air museum to honor historic plane - Newsday
The 75th anniversary of the DC-3, the plane that launched a revolution in air travel, was to be celebrated Friday at ...

U.K. Harrier's Farewell from Ares 
Apologies to our Ares readers for not getting these to you earlier, but I didn't want the week to pass without sharing these spectacular photos from the farewell ceremony the U.K. held this week for its Harrier fleet. ...

ICAS Has Talent: Will Allen is Just a Gigolo with Sarah Palin.wmv - YouTube
Will Allen, "The Flying Tenor" performing live at the ICAS Has Talent show during the airshow convention in Las Vegas and workin' it for Sarah Palin ;-)
ICAS has Talent! What a Great time we Had 
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Bones May Show Amelia Earhart Lived as a Castaway - AOL News
... step closer to finally being solved: A group dedicated to discovering the aviator's fate says it has found three bone fragments that may belong to her. ...

Yahoo News: Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart
NORMAN, Okla. – Three bone fragments found on a deserted South Pacific island are being analyzed to determine if they belong to Amelia Earhart — tests that could finally prove she died as a castaway after failing in her 1937 quest to become the first woman to fly around the world.
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma hope to extract DNA from the bones, which were found earlier this year by a Delaware group dedicated to the recovery of historic aircraft. ...

Success from Letters of Note 
On this day in 1903, following an unsuccessful attempt three days previous, the Wright brothers once again took their newly-built Wright Flyer to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and proceeded to make history by claiming "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight". In fact, they made four short flights that day - two apiece - with the last managing to stay in the air for 59 seconds and cover a distance of 852 feet. Wishing to ...

Brodie Landing Systems — no need for an airstrip from Travel for Aircraft 
Aircraft are wonderful machines that are good for many uses, one of which is to get into remote regions for scouting or exploration missions. Aircraft types that are best for these purposes are often small and not in need for much in the way of an airstrip. During WW II, in the Pacific and Burma Theaters of Operation, the ...

Doug DeVries from Flight To Success 
Friday's Fabulous Flyer!  Fabulous doesn't come close to describing this aviator, adventurer, inventor, engineer, and all around great guy.
Doug didn't start out with the dream of becoming a pilot. As a matter of fact, in 1980 he'd attended ground school with a friend. Because of limited funds, they had a choice between buying a catamaran or taking flying lessons. They purchased the catamaran. ...

Siai-Marchetti SF-260 from Let Let Let - Warplanes 
In 2009, the Siai-Marchetti celebrated her 40th anniversary of use in Belgium. It was the occasion to create a special anniversary delivery on the ST…40, of course! ...
   
Awesome Aerobatic Air-to-Air Imagery Featured in December's Airplanista Magazine - MMD Newswire 
... includes the gorgeous air-to-air photography of Jessica Ambats, showing very dramatic close-up shots of the air show circuit's most notable performers. ...

Formation from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog 
I'm not sure if I have ever seen that many helicopters in the air before. The last nine Alouette IIIs and four Super Pumas of the Swiss Air Force were doing this flyby at Axalp 2010 to say farewell. The Alouette with the special blue paint job can be seen right in the centre of the formation.

December 17 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Today In Aviation History – December 17 
In 1903… Orville Wright makes the first sustained, controlled, powered flight in the Flyer airplane at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The historic first flight lasts 12 seconds and ...

Virgin Galactic To Join NASA Submissions For Orbital Spaceflights from Aero-News Network
Will Support Sierra Nevada Space Systems, Orbital Sciences In CCDEV2 Virgin Galactic said Thursday that it will be supporting Sierra Nevada Space Systems' (SNC) and Orbital Sciences Corporation's (OSC) work on commercial space vehicles.