Indy Transponder 06-MAR-2011 1130z

The Imperial War Museum in Duxford has announced that The Horsemen, the world's only P-51 Mustang formation aerobatic team, have been booked in for the Flying Legends display on July 9 and 10 – and tickets have just gone on sale. ... What's on this week - Dunmow Broadcast

Blue Angels 10K Fun Run brings runners out and families in to NAF - Imperial Valley Press | The more than 160 participants of the inaugural Blue Angels 10K Fun Run ran, walked and biked from Sunbeam Lake to Naval Air Facility El Centro in the warm Imperial Valley mid-winter weather Saturday. ...

Vintage WWII aircraft coming to Huntsville - News Courier | That's when a B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber and a rare Curtiss P-40 “Warhawk” fighter will take to the skies over Huntsville. The Liberty Foundation is bringing the aircraft here for its “2011 Salute to Veterans” tour. “Sixty-five years ago these ...

Aviation Museum focused on long, short-term goals - Macon Telegraph | But there is one aircraft not currently at the museum that he would love to lay his hands on: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. That's not just the wish of one man longing for a B-17 bomber to put in the backyard. A dream for the museum since it opened in ...

Did Nungesser and Coli beat Lindbergh across the Atlantic?  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've written about many aviators who tried to cross the Atlantic during the 1920's, and failed - some at the cost of their lives. Among them were French airmen Charles Nungesser (right, below) and François Coli (left, below), who took off from France on May 8th, 1927, in a Levasseur PL-8 biplane named L'Oiseau Blanc ('the white bird')…

Fly girl: Bio adds context, texture to aviator's life, mystery - MyCentralJersey.com | Most people would be hard-pressed to name a female aviator other than Amelia Earhart. Inasmuch as Earhart hasn't been heard from since 1937, the fact that her memory lingers may have more to do with the fact that she disappeared than with her ...

Astronaut Stories: The World’s First Spaceplane  from Air & Space Magazine

Wild pursuit week!  from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree | Seems like we had responded to more pursuits just this last week then we usually do.  Thanks to my friend Troy he had posted theses photos that he took off the TV from last nights pursuit, so I thought I would share.  Thanks Troy.

Today in Aviation History – March 6  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club

Indy Transponder 10-JAN-2011 1130z

Cable Air Show draws hundreds - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | UPLAND - The air acrobatics of dozens of professional pilots held the crowds transfixed at the 36th Annual Cable Air Show on Sunday. ...

Airport Dreams May Not Be Boss' Flight of Fancy - The Ledger | His father was the airport director at Oshkosh, the home of the largest air show in the nation. The Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland is the second biggest in ...

How Moose Jaw gave a home to the Snowbirds - shropshirestar.com | The Snowbirds are similar to the Red Arrows, although they fly Tutor jets instead of Hawks. However, both fly nine plane formations. ...

Alberta pilot to be inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON — The owner of an Edmonton aviation company is one of four Canadians being inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame this spring at a ceremony ...

Golden Knights score a Touchdown at the 2011 US Army All American Bowl by Joe Abeln | Friday was the final day for the Golden Knights Tandem Camp supporting the US Army All American Bowl, and the last day was just as good as the first.  For the first time in over four years Mother Nature was on our side.  The weather was perfect for jumping out of airplanes.  Over the three [...]

Concord woman living pilot dream - Charlotte Observer | "The Influence of Women in Aviation." Now Brittany is a junior pursuing a bachelor of science degree in aviation management-flight management at Middle ...

Coast Guard Centennial of Flight T-34C Turbo Mentor Check Flight All OK at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Marine Centennial of Flight T-34C Turbo Mentor Gets Engine Check at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Navy Centennial of Flight T-44A Pegasus Engine Tests at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility
from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Embassy applauds Airmen for founding Iraqi Women in Aviation chapter – DVIDS | Horizon East, the Iraq chapter of the non-profit organization Women in Aviation, was started by female pilots deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. ...

Red Arrows from Latest Vlog by hilton@shortfinal.tv (Hilton) I've features the Blue Angels a few times last year and would like to present to you the Red Arrows. This performance took place two years ago at the Quebec International air show. Sensational flying with a great closing act. Enjoy!

Image of the Week: Typhoon with Spitfire from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user flyer1 (Martin Dighton). His photo depicts a RAF RAF Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon FGR4 ZJ923 [cn.0075/BS014] and a RAF Supermarine 389 Spitfire PR19 [cn.65/585121] at the Battle of Britain Airshow at Biggin Hill last 27 June. Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your photograph featured as our Image of the Week. "The sun was just breaking through the cloud as the pair banked and began to climb," Martin says.

1965 Super Guppy Dive Test Goes Bad (Not A Bird Strike!) by Martt | The story behind what lead to the Super Guppy having such a massive collapse of the upper fuselage is pretty amazing... and while this pic was used in Caption Contest #47, and the winning caption perfectly asked the question: "What kind of bird did you say it was ?????", in reality it was the result of a high speed dive test done during the final phase of getting the airplane certified. Birds were not involved…

SeaMaster and Sea Dart — a pity from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | The 1950s were a time of transition in military technology with aircraft moving from propellers to turbojets, submarines moving from diesel engines to nuclear propulsion and missiles challenging aircraft as the most strategic of weapon systems, and the Kalashnikov AK-47 setting a new paradigm for the standard infantry weapon having semi-automatic or automatic fire…

Fun Things to do on a Cold Saturday in January from VAF Forums | So we were able to launch our normal Saturday breakfast flight from LXT to K81. After that a buddy of ours with a L-39 Albatross wanted to do some formation flying with us. BeeGee rounded up someone with a big time Camera and here is what we captured on film…

Space flight by Giffords' husband may be in doubt - The Associated Press | That fact alone propelled 46-year-old Mark Kelly onto the cover of this month's Air & Space magazine of the Smithsonian Institution; he shares the cover ...

Today in Aviation History – January 10 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Some gorgeous photos from flying last week around SoCal from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

Modern fighters: why so similar? from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | Let's make it simple. According to aircraft designers (often accused of copying from other projects….), modern fighters are similar one another because computers model more or less in the same way the shapes required to achieve the requested performances. Maybe. At the end of the day, although showing a certain degree of similarity at first glance, depending on the way a computer uses the law of physics and aerodynamics to solve a common problem, at a more in-depth look, each fighter shows its own peculiarities, as a consequences of the "personal touch" of the designing team…

Indy Transponder 30-SEP-10 1030z

Gordon Bennett Balloon Racers Reported Missing from Aero-News Network | Nightfall Inhibits Continued Searches Until Morning The news coming to ANN from the Gordon Bennett Control Centre is not good. A balloon flying in the Gordon Bennett race designated USA2, registration N801NM, is still missing as night falls. The pilots listed on board have been identified as American citizens, Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis…

Bone Yard Boys Make Airshow Happen - KIONrightnow.com | Inmate help, increases their numbers ten fold in the days leading up to the Airshow. But it's the handful of volunteers that turn runways into a full blown ...

US Air Force Thunderbirds the featured act at high-flying, death-defying ... - Monterey County Herald (blog)
The US Air Force Thunderbirds performing its famed diamond formation. The Thunderbirds are the feature attraction at this weekend's ...

Air show preview: Aloft with the Canadian Snowbirds - San Diego Union Tribune | Canada's precision-flying team makes its second appearance at the Miramar Air Show, which starts Friday. For the first time, the Snowbirds offered ...

AirSho returns with B-29 rides, night show - With its B-29 back in the skies, a pyrotechnic nighttime displayand a battle of pirates set to take place in the air, the presidentand CEO of the Commemorative Air Force said they've crafted auniqu More...

Air show set up at MCBH : Habiliblog - Air show set up at MCBH. September 29, 2010 7:21 pm. Yes, the Bayfest promoters call us every year to help set up the event at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Why us? Because we have a reputation for being the hardest working people ...

Results From the Perfect Air Show Lineup Poll by Hank Plumley - The people have spoken, well, a few have, and here are the results to the "What is Your Perfect Air Show Line Up?" poll….

Harrison Ford named recipient of 2010 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy - BlueSky Executive Aviation News
The National Aeronautic Association has announced that aviation advocate Harrison Ford will receive the prestigious 2010 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. ...

U.S. Marshal Service To Monitor Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | The United States Marshal Service, District of New Mexico, will be assisting local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in the 2010 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The annual event will take place October 2-10. The fiesta expects 750-1000 balloon pilots to participate from all over the world and the event attracts over 10,000…

Skydive Temple Hosts Large Skydiving Event – KWTX | The fourth-annual event is called the Deadman Boogie, a memorial to lost skydiving friends, as well as being a fundraiser for Disabled American Veterans. ...

Kursk from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Srecko | We all who has lived in the Eastern Europe and have been interesting in aviation history, was more or less informed about the battle of Kursk and that this present also one of the largest aerial operation in the WW2… 

IWM Duxford Autumn Air Show celebrates the 65th birthday of B-17 ... by Flightline UK - The Autumn Air Show on Sunday 10 October celebrates both the 65th birthday of B-17 Fortress G-BEDF Sally B, and 75 years of the B-17 Fortress. The only B-17 currently flying in Europe, Sally B delights air show crowds with her majestic ...

Pilot of JFK Emergency Landing Speaks Out - ABC News | A former naval aviator, Conroyd, 55, has received a Bronze Star, a Navy Marine Commendation Medal, and five other awards. He joined the military in 1978 and ...

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Indy Transponder 08-MAR-10 1130z

DC-3 Journey to Warbirds Over Wanaka—Unforgettable Opportunity from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | The Warbird Dakota Syndicate (Also known as 'Fly Dakota-NZ') will be offering unique opportunities for anyone wanting to attend the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in comfort and style. When the DC-3 flies from Ardmore to Wanaka and then onto Queenstown on April the 1st, places will be available for return travel to and from Wanaka and Queenstown…

Weekend Wings #35: A make-or-break year for the F-35 Lightning II? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The F-35 Lightning II, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter competition, is considered critical to the future of the US Air Force and the US Marine Corps (USMC), and, to a lesser extent, to the US Navy. We've looked at it in several previous Weekend Wings articles (see #3, #6, #8, #21 and #30 - links in sidebar), so I don't need to go into details about the aircraft and its performance here…

F-22s in Japan from Military Photos by Henry's Fork

Magazine Preview: The Rocket Man - Bwog | It scared the family, and I think in some ways, they thought that I wouldn't ever fly in space and were slightly relieved, maybe, but they were even more ...

'Pappy Boyington Field' Documentary Film Examines Historic Marine Aviator - Salem-News.Com | The film "Pappy Boyington Field" tells the story of the grass-roots effort by Veterans to honor Pappy in the town of his birth, with a commemorative ...

WHF Hangar Newsletter from http://www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org/ | Greetings from the staff at the Warbird Heritage Foundation and welcome to the latest edition of the WHF Hangar! | The year 2009 was a very busy one for all of us at WHF, and it was filled with several unique events and accomplishments. The 2009 airshow season saw our aircraft at eleven different shows around the country. Not only did we perform at shows in the Midwest, but we also participated in shows as far away as Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas…

Trio seek to build air museum for Glenview Naval Air Station - Passionate about preserving U.S. Naval history, Lowell Wallace, Bill Marquardt and Bob Coffin loved watching the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the F6F-3 Hellcat fighter planes being pulled from Lake Michigan last year. The World War II-era training planes will eventually be restored and put on display in out-of-state museums. Nearly 40 aircraft have been plucked from the lake in the last 20 years. Remarkably, none can be found in Glenview…

This Week In Military/Aviation History 8-14 March from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Well Folks, here we are again a week older and, with luck, a day or so wiser. Boy, this economic situation is wreaking havoc with airshows so far this year. Three in the area where I am have cancelled due to economic reasons. It's a sad thing to have happen, but what can you do? I guess that it just makes the ones that manage to still happen will be that much nicer to attend. Well, let's start our weekly trek down History Lane, shall we? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.

Chasing Rainbows, Low Tide, and Tsunami Watch from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

CoolPix - Modern Military: Holy Smoke! B-47 Stratojet JATO Takeoff by Martt | This amazing entry in the CoolPix collection helps to set the line between 'Vintage Military' and 'Modern Military'.  I've decided we'll make the break at the end of WWII.  This also fits pretty well since that's basically the time period where we entered the jet age as well.  This pic is from 1954 of a Boeing B-47 making a Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO).  The rather massive JATO package was a great help in getting the aircraft off the ground a lot quicker than with just the 6 wing mounted jet engines.  Tho the airplane was fast, with a cruising speed of about 550mph, the jet engine technology of the time didn't make good thrust at slow speeds.  JATO was a good solution to this issue at the time.  It's really interesting to see this huge amount of smoke pouring out of the rockets, as well as a lot coming the 6 jets too.  Early jet engines were also well known for making a lot of smoke!...

Indy Transponder 21-JUL-09 1030z

Thunderbirds take to the skies with Robert Geha – KGWN
The US Air Force thunderbirds roared the skies of Cheyenne as they made their 15th appearance in Cheyenne. The world renowned air show will perform ...

153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard - Airshow from http://www.153aw.ang.af.mil/
The public is invited to attend the annual Wyoming Air National Guard Air Show on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Adventures of Chopper Chick!: Obama's historic all-female Marine One crew from copterchick.blogspot.com
It was another first in presidential history. When President Obama left the White House on Thursday for Andrews Air Force Base, the Marine One helicopter that lifted off from the South Lawn was piloted by the first female helicopter aircraft commander in Marine One history. Maj. Jennifer Grieves of Glendale, Ariz., flew her first Marine One mission in May 2008, and had flown Obama and then-President George W. Bush.In honor of Grieves' last day in the rotation, the Marines assigned two other female officers -- Maj. Jennifer L. Marino, of Palisade, Colo., and Sgt. Rachael A. Sherman, of Traverse City, Mich. -- to complete the crew. And that all-female crew was another first. Marines say Grieves is off to Command and Staff College in Quantico, Va.

Airshow's ready to hit new heights - Sunderland Echo - Airshow's ready to hit new heights - Organisers of Sunderland International Airshow are promising to make this year's 21st anniversary event bigger and better than ever.

2009 Dayton Air Show - My son, Dan, invited me to attend the 2009 Dayton Air Show this past weekend, so I went and enjoyed the day. It didn’t require a lot of walking as we had purchased seating, so I sat and took several hundred photos on my digital camera. I posted about one-third of these on my Flickr page and invite you to look at them if you want. They are broken into five sets of photographs and you can watch any of the slide shows on Flickr. I will mention two of the sets of photos as my favorites.

How Things Work: Self-Healing Airplanes from Air & Space Magazine

WWII aircraft make stop in Sheboygan County Memorial Airport on Wings of Freedom Tour from The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines
Three World War II aircraft two of which are the only of their kind in the world still flying flew into the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport on Monday.

B-25 Bomber Flies in Sioux Falls – KSFY
The B-25 gained fame from the daring raid made by Jimmy Doolittle and his 'Raiders' to strike back at Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...

Tuskegee Airman serves up war stories at Allen cafe - Dallas Morning News
As the newest employee of the Reel Thing Catfish Café, the 84-year-old World War II aviator spent a ...

B-17 ride over Greater Boston rewards with time warp - Boston Globe
The 87-year-old from Woburn, who survived 30 missions over the English Channel as a gunner and radio operator aboard the aluminum-skinned workhorse of the fledgling US Air Force, was given a free ride on the Liberty Belle, a recently restored B-17 and ...

Fly-past is reminder of bomber's Bristol roots - Bristol Evening Post
WORKERS at Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems in Bristol were treated to a fly-past by a restored Vulcan bomber as it made its way from the Royal International Air ...

Fokker companies reach 90th anniversary AVIATION-NEWS from http://www.aviationnews.eu/
21st July 2009 it will be exactly 90 years since aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker started the ‘Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek’ (Dutch aircraft factory) in Amsterdam, with the main aim of building and selling aircraft. At that time Fokker was one of the first to see the opportunities of commercial aviation, and the revolution that this new form of transport would bring about. Many of the legendary flights in aviation history were made with Fokker aircraft, including the 55-day flight in 1924 to the Dutch East Indies and later the flight over the North Pole.

Former astronaut helps prepare future space travelers - The Virginian-Pilot
Kilrain, who flew two shuttle missions before retiring from the space program in 2002, talked with children enrolled in the Virginia Air & Space Center's ...

Dayton Air Show - a set on Flickr from http://www.flickr.com/

United States - Michigan - Thunder Over Michigan 2009 - Belleville - 07/18/09 from FenceCheck Forums

US - CA -- Classic Wings & Wheels, Petaluma CA from FenceCheck Forums

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Indy Transponder 28-JUN-09 1230z

Blue Devil vs Blue Angel Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Although not the first time Motor Trend has pitted a hot car against a jet, this competition will surly satisfy the ultimate need for speed. Motor Trend raced a Corvette ZR1 against a U.S. Navy F/A Hornet because, as they say, "we'd already made all the Farraris turn red. "Staged at the USN Blue Angels home base, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Motor Trend had an unprecedented one hour of suspended air ops time to race. "Time enough for two runs. And a bonus: After our race, the pilot and I would switch rides. He'd try my Blue Devil, and I'd sample his Blue Angel," according to Motor Trend writer, Arthur St. Antoine…

Prepare for liftoff - Battle Creek Enquirer
The serenity of balloons will be punctured on Saturday and Sunday with full air shows featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds, which have become a staple of ...

19th annual RI Air Show proves a budget-friendly thriller - Providence Journal
Visitors to the 19th annual Rhode Island National Guard Air Show inspect an Air Force C-5 Galaxy, a troop and materiel transport ...

AirPower09 air show attracts large number of fans from Technorati Search for: Airshow
The Austrian air show ” AirPower09″ was opened on Friday in Zeltweg, Steiermark, central Austria.The information officer of the Bundeswehr (Austrian Force), Karl Krainer said that the first day of the show attracted over 80, 000 spectators, far more than the spectators in the first day of the “AirPower” in 2005, which attracted 60,000 spectators.He also expected that the two-day show this year would attracted about 200,000 viewers in total.According to the organizer’s plan, in addition...

Rare tour: Visit the insides of WWII bombers in Heber: History ? B ... - Trading Markets, CA
The Utah wing is holding an open house at the Heber City municipal airport, where the public can get a rare tour of a B-17 and a B-24 -- from the inside as well as the outside. Also on display are a P-51 Mustang fighter plane, a replica of the Me-262, ...

The Red Arrows from air-show « WordPress.com Tag Feed by vladimirboyd
Biggin Hill Air Show is not too far from me. I am glad to have had my camera with me, as i took this shot of an airplane from The Red Arrow squadron. These machines are so powerful and mesmirizingly beautiful that i couldn’t stop enjoying them.

A Certified Solar GA Plane in Our Lifetimes? from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel
I have just finished watching Home, a wonderfully filmed aerial tour of our planet created by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In this documentary - shot from about a zillion dollars worth of rented helicopters – narrator Glenn Close explains that as a species, we humans have been on this four-billion-year-old rock for about 200,000 years. The films makes a pretty convincing case that we've pretty much trashed our planet just in the last 50 years alone…

Young Eagles take flight - Foster's Daily Democrat
Though he had flown aerobatics before, the Young Eagles program gave him a chance to learn something new. He said he had never done S-turns before, ...

Hundreds of Kids Fly for Free in Richland - KNDO/KNDU
It was the third annual Young Eagles day at the Richland Airport. About 300 kids got to fly for free and get a tour of the Tri-Cities from the air. ...

Kentucky jobs from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree
Because I Fly from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

United States - Rhode Island - Rhode Island Open House & Air Show 2009 - Quonset ANGB, North Kin - from FenceCheck Forums - Zeke and his speed pass on Sat. It was great as usual meeting up with so many guys, and meeting Mr. Jackson from across the Atlantic

United States - Iowa - Quad City Airshow 2009 - Davenport - 06/20/09 from FenceCheck Forums

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