Showing posts with label Louise Thaden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louise Thaden. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

Indy Transponder 20-SEP-10 1300z

Ocean City Aerobatic Airshow Performed Over High Surf, Dangerous RIP Currents - Cape May County Herald
As Hurricane Igor approaches the island of Bermuda over 700 miles away aviators kicked off the third annual Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow over the beach of Ocean City, Sunday afternoon.
Pilots performed death defying acts over the high surf and dangerous rip currents, a result of distant Hurricane Igor.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from station Atlantic City, scheduled in the airshow for a swimmer rescue demonstration did not send their rescue swimmer into the water due to the swells estimated to be ...
This year’s Air Show featured many top-rated aerobatic stunt pilots including Mike Wiskus in the LUCAS Oil Pitts, Kendal Simpson ...


NAS Oceana airshow - WAVY TV [video]

Air show presses the right buttons - Newcastle Herald
The Williamtown air show had different effects on the thousands of people from the Hunter and beyond who attended the event. Memories were a big part for ...

N'Awlins Air Show returns to Belle Chasse skies in 2011 - NOLA.com
The Navy plans a particularly larger event to commemorate the 100th year of naval aviation, Thomas said. The Navy recognizes May 8, 1911, ...

Ron Hearst takes a flight with the Thunderbirds - KY3
This is the Thunderbirds 57th year of performing which is meant to show off the skills of our Air Force and inspire youngsters to think about a career as ...

Patriotic air show fills the sky - Coshocton Tribune
COSHOCTON -- Veterans and the crowd alike were moved by the Wings Over Coshocton Air Show opening ...

Warbirds return to Millville for show - Vineland Daily Journal
Though organizers are legitimately excited for next year's air show that will feature the US Navy Blue Angels, they say they're confident this year will ...

Wings of Freedom Tour-Manchester - New Hampshire Magazine
This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history. The B-17 is one of only 9 in flying ...

A TASTE OF WORLD WAR II - Brainerd Daily Dispatch
... Saturday with historic aircraft, including four AT-6 airplanes, Advanced Trainers, which were presented by the Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing. ...

Second aviation expo set next Saturday - The Enterprise Ledger
“ The event will highlight aircraft such as Warbirds and Birddogs from the World War II and Vietnam era, Cresswell said. There will be static displays of ...

100000 spectators take in Misawa air show - Stripes
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Heavy, gray skies and a light rain didn't dampen spirits Sunday at the Misawa Air Festival. An estimated crowd of about 100000 visitors packed the flight line and roared their approval as the Japanese Blue ...
   
NATO Days air show draws 200000 - Prague Daily Monitor
A total of 185000 people visited the two-day NATO Days military air show, the biggest event in Central Europe that ...
   
Top speed skills dazzle air show crowds - Newcastle Herald
More than 52000 people attended the air show at Williamtown RAAF base at the weekend, as the sky came alive with modern and vintage ...

Disappoinment as Southport Air Show called off after heavy rain - Liverpool Echo
The show had gone ahead on Saturday when thousands of people enjoyed the Red Arrows display team together with Lynx helicopters being put through their ...

Crowds force Cotswold air show to close gates early - BBC News
An apology has been made to people who were turned away from a Battle of Britain Air Show when record crowds filled the event to capacity. ...

Show Planes Collide from AVweb Top News
One pilot was killed and another was apparently able to land safely after a midair collision between two aircraft at an airshow in Germany on the weekend. Photos of the collision indicate the aircraft, which appear to be high-performance aerobatic types, came together while traveling in the same direction. The wing of one folded under and it crashed vertically, killing the pilot. It was the third fatal airshow crash in as many weeks in Germany. ...

Photos: What's Next? Stay Tuned.....  from Windsor International Air Show  

Photos: Great Forest Park Balloon Race Brings Large Crowd, High Hopes from The Aero Experience

What is the Perfect Air Show Line Up? by Hank Plumley
Well it’s the end of summer and another Air Show season for people in the North portion of the United States. Oceania was held this past weekend and while there are a number of Air Shows left on the schedule, here in the North and Northeast, most of the big ones are over.
Was thinking as I was checking my Cleveland Air Show photos for the hundredth time, what would the perfect Air Show consist of? Who would the performers be? Which military planes would perform? ...

Spitfire flies over High Wycombe to mark 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain - Bucks Free Press
The flypast took place after a ceremonial wreath-laying at All Saints Church in High Wycombe, which was followed by a church service. ...

Stories from the Hump Route from Flying Tigers News 
An exhibition in Sichuan honors American pilots who helped China during World War II, and showcases the aid they got in return from the ethnic Yi tribe. Mei Jia and Song Ming tell us more.
Searching for the wrecks of US airplanes that crashed into Southwest China during the early 1940s was not an easy task. Some of the debris had already been reincarnated as pots, pans and knives.
But what researchers did uncover were the touching stories of how the Yi people helped the pilots after their planes were downed. ...

Photos: Cool aerospace images from High Power Rocketry

PR: Thunder Mustang Kits Available Soon! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
photo: www.thundermustang.com
Dean Holt Construction, L.L.C. of Mount Vernon, WA purchased assets and is soon to start kit production.
September 17th, 2010, Reno, NV. - The Thunder Builders Group, LLC is very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Dean Holt Construction L.L.C. of Mount Vernon, WA to buy the Thunder Mustang molds and intellectual property. Production of this incredible, high performance P51 replica kit will begin shortly.
The Thunder Builders Group was formed with the primary goal ...

Earhart photo gallery: Earhart at Langley Research Building from You Fly, Girl 
Group photo on the steps of the Langley Research Building in 1928.

Amelia Earhart Returns to the Big Screen for an Air Race - The ... From blog.moviefone.com:
Variety reports that producers James Moll and Brian Terwilliger have snagged the rights to aviation pioneer Louise Thaden's life in order to develop a feature about the Women's Air Derby -- an all-female transcontinental air race that ...

WWI fighter built in Edmonton, Canada basement - Replica of the First World War German Fokker D-8 from the Edmonton Journal
He didn't order it out of a catalogue. He didn't have a high-tech lab or an army of helpers. All he had were some drawings and the experience of more than 60 years around planes. ...

FLYNAVY Preview - YouTube
A short preview of the EPIC new book to be released in February in Celebration of the first Century of Naval Aviation

QF-4 Phantom Demo Team from www.asb.tv
Air Show Videos. I love this tongue and cheek video the QF-4 Phantom demo team made. These guys have really notched up the Heritage Flight. They are great professional pilots who don't mind poking some fun at themselves. Enjoy.... Ed Shipley

Videos:
C-17s Conduct Formation Flight Testing from Aero-News Network
Seven Globemaster IIIs Evaluate Formation Flight Mod They say, "birds of a feather," you know..."flock together and evaluate their flight system modifications." Right? Well, seven birds of the C-17 Globemaster III "feather" did just that at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. ...

Video: C-17 Multiple Ship Formation Flight Test At Edwards AFB from Theo Spark 

Young Eagles Rally, a.k.a. why being a pilot is so special from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. 
Today was a day I have been looking forward to for a variety of reasons. EAA Chapter 284, of which I am a member, always puts on a great pancake breakfast and fly-in the morning following Stewart's annual airshow. That alone makes for a great time but our Young Eagles Rally is what I was really excited about. ...

Youngsters at Genesee County Airport given chance for flight of a ... by Howard Owens
The EAA has been running the Young Eagles worldwide since 1992, when the idea was launched with the goal of getting one million children at the throttles of a small plane by the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight. ...

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Indy Transponder 18-SEP-10 1730z

Naval Airstation Oceana (Air Show) Free Today by NeedLocalHelp.com Team
Naval Air Station Oceana is pleased to announce the dates of the 2010 NAS Oceana Air Show! This year, the show will be held on September 17th, 18th and 19th. Air Show weekend will kick off on Friday night with the stunning Twilight Air ...


NAS Oceana Airshow Update – Saturday - WarbirdRadio.com
WARBIRD RADIO - We're broadcasting LIVE all day long today from NAS Oceana. Be sure and check our Facebook page for updates and broadcast times. Be sure.
   
Pilots vow to wow air show crowd - Coshocton Tribune
... A-10 to be at the show because of the recently completed runway extension that brings it to 5000 feet, said Andrea Schweitzer, air show marketing chair. ...

Airshow crowd over the moon - Sunderland Echo
"We're not expecting there to be any trouble at the air show but as is normally the case when there is an event that attracts large crowds there will be extra police on patrol - both in uniform and plain clothes - to reassure visitors ...

Air Show Soaring and Roaring - Associated Content
Since the dawn of aviation, airshows have captivated people. From the barnstormers during the roaring twenties to the Blue Angels today, the sight of flying machines defying gravity brings excitement.
 Their pilots have spent lots of time, money and effort to hone their skills. At public airshows you are usually allowed to enter the airfield a while before they become airborne, and walk along the flight line admiring the aircraft. ...

Millville Municipal Airport to host Aviation Celebration next weekend - Press of Atlantic City
The thrill of watching the US Navy's Blue Angels is something fans of the team will have to wait for until next year. But even without an aerobatic jet show ...

Gold Team Over the Midwest from US Army Golden Knights 
The new "pyro chain" developed by SGT Chris Clark puts on an impressive show over Whiteman AFB. Photo by SSG Aaron Figel The Gold Demonstration Team finished off last weekend at Scott AFB with their final two demonstration jumps going off beautifully, and are back at Whiteman AFB, MO this weekend. So far, the weather [...]

Andora: staring at the sky to admire the acrobatics of the Tricolour Arrows - Flash24 News
Andora. Today all eyes to the sky where it will go on a stage show of the Tricolour Arrows. The appointment is in Andora, to 14.30, with the Air Show will have its climax with the performance of aerobatic team. ...
   
105th's C-5A plane heads to South Africa for air show - Times Herald-Record
The air show will take place Sept. 21-25 in Cape Town. We reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this Community, including without ...

1929 Ford "Tri-Motor" Returns Home - WABE
The Ford Tri-Motor not only has a place in aviation history it's credited as the first true passenger airplane but it was also one of the first planes to ...

Vance ceremony salutes POW/MIA veterans - Enid News & Eagle
Hoad, 88, spent 13 months in a German prison camp after his B-17 was shot down by 105 mm guns April 10, 1944, over Belgium. Hoad was in his early 20s when ...

POWs honored for roles - Charleston Post Courier
World War II veteran Alvin Nelson didn't know how to use a parachute when he grabbed one and jumped out of a B-17 that was under enemy fire ...

Aviation Trail's Parachute Museum complete; Oct. 2 ceremony planned - Dayton Daily News
DAYTON — Aviation Trail, a volunteer organization that promotes the region's aviation heritage, plans an Oct. 2 ceremony to mark the completion of its ...

Amelia Earhart Returns to the Big Screen for an Air Race by Monika Bartyzel
Variety reports that producers James Moll and Brian Terwilliger have snagged the rights to aviation pioneer Louise Thaden's life in order to develop a feature about the Women's Air Derby -- an all-female transcontinental air race that ...

Edwards AFB Still Makes Aviation History: Still a Leading Edge ...  - Suite 101
Edwards Air Force Base is one of the most interesting aerospace places on earth. Their first supersonic flight in the history was just the beginning. ...

September 18 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

X-29 with vectorable nozzle from The Unwanted Blog 
A 1982 NASA-Langley or Grumman painting depicting the X-29 forward-swept research plane with a 2-D vectorable nozzle, sort of the predecessor to the nozzle currently in use on the F-22. Artist name is Giardino. ...

Flying With Hurricane Hunters Part 1 from U.S. Air Force Live 
On September 14th around lunchtime I was asked, ‘’what does your schedule look like this week and next?’’ Usually that question leads to the words “you’re going on a TDY.” I was eagerly anticipating the words “you’re going to such and such place to document such and such mission.” A few minutes later I was told “you’re going to  Air  Force Base in Mississippi to link up with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ‘Hurricane Hunters’ and document their missions over Hurricane Igor.” ...

Jack Roush Quickly Recovered From July Plane Crash (Video) - NESN.com
by NESN Video on Sep 18, 2010 1:05:26 AM Jack Roush isn't letting his July plane crash keep him from doing what he loves. The longtime NASCAR owner was in ...

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