Indy Transponder 18-OCT-10 1030z

Blue Angels cap off Wings Over Atlanta Air Show - Examiner.com | The two-day Wings Over Atlanta Air Show wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a performance by the Navy's Blue Angels. The free air show, which took place at ...

Pics from Wings Over Atlanta…The Blue Angels Show « A ... by maligner | Today I had a Great Patriotic day hanging out at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Ga (just north of Atlanta on 75), watching the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, Canada's Snow Birds, and many others. It was a great show and a great fun day ...

Confessions of a Domestic Diva: Blue Angels Air Show at Dobbins ... by Tracey Axnick | The show is 100% free, several hours long (there are many acts.. the Blue Angels are the Grand Finale), and very uplifting (keep in mind I'm the daughter of an Air Force officer, so I'm a wee bit biased). Enjoy the clip! ...

Aerial show concludes: Winged spectacle draws 72000 in 3 days - El Paso Times | Russell, who helped found the Amigo Airsho along with Dick Azar has watched it grow into a tradition. "It's off the scale," Russell said. ...

25000 turn out for Air Expo - Parkersburg News | They especially enjoyed watching the flight demonstration of the US Navy F-18 Hornet. Blake Gentry, 12, of Ravenswood said he had a good time. ...

StephenForce: Song about airshow radio that'll never be played on airshow radio. Get your copy: http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/LastPureThing.mp3

Air show seeking designs for T-shirt - Hilton Head Island Packet ... and Marine Corps Community Services are offering residents a chance to design the T-shirt for the 2011 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show. ...

Owners of the Last B-29 Hope It Doesn't Bomb in Its New Mission - Wall Street Journal | Once Fifi was fully restored and approved for flights in the mid-1970s, she became a regular on the air-show circuit, keeping alive the public's fascination ...



Best Fall Regional Fly In -SERFI 2010 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News -EVERGREEN AL- Polish your prop, and load the family, it's time for the South East Regional Fly In -SERFI. Evergreen Alabama is home to the 19th annual event held at Middleton Field- KGZH. Beautifully wooded RV camping sites open at noon on Wednesday October 20 and the Official Fly in Schedule of Events begins Friday, October 22 and runs through Sunday noon, October 24, 2010…

Idaho A-10 Unit Repeats as Hawgsmoke Champion from AFA Daily Report | The Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron has taken top prize in "Hawgsmoke 2010," the Air Force's biennial A-10 competition, repeating its winning performance from 2008. The Idaho Statesman reports that the Idaho unit bested 17 other USAF A-10 teams that flew in from across the globe to Gowen ANG Base in Boise to compete in the bombing, missile, and tactical gunnery activities at the Mountain Home Range complex on Oct. 14. Overall, more than 40 A-10s participated, and more than 200 pilots and maintenance personnel. The Idaho Air Guardsmen got to host this year's event since they won Hawgsmoke 2008 in Salinas, Kans. Unlike in 2008, fleet-wide maintenance issues did not hamper the ability of some A-10 units to participate. (See also Boise report by TSgt. John Orrell)

UK Defense Review - Harriers Out, Tornado Survives? from Ares by Bill Sweetman | UK Prime Minister David Cameron is due to announce the results of the nation's strategic defense and security review on Tuesday afternoon. After performing twists and gyrations that would have put Strictly Come Dancing's Flexible Felicity to shame, much of the media had settled last week on a common narrative. Either it's right or the Ministry of Defence's department of obfuscation will pull down the OBEs and MBEs big-time in the next honours list…

Practice set for 8 Marine jets - Arizona Daily Star | Some warbirds rarely seen in Tucson will be flying over the city during the next few weeks. Eight AV-8B Harrier II jets, which can land vertically like ...

Chico pilot Thaddeus Kerns soared in early 1900s - Enterprise-Record ... Weitze looks at a photo of an old airplane as Barbara Hennigan (background) speaks at Chico Municipal Airport near the Chico Air Museum on Sunday. ...

PFP # 61 Virgin America Chief Pilots from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | On this episode, we start by getting a not-so short update of the progress of the Flight For the Human Spirit. Michael and Michele Combs join us in to tell the story of the trip from from Wilmington, Virginia to California. We discuss the visit to the Keys, then home to Texas, followed by some adventures on the way to Oshkosh…

Boeing 4-engine airliner lands on 2800ft strip! from Pilots of America Message Board by flyingcheesehead | I knew about this, but I had never seen video before - In 1977, a Boeing C97 - The military cargo version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - was landed at the old Dodgeville airport, where it was then put in front of the Don Q Inn next door…

Pioneering jetpack inventor giving free talk in Queenstown - Scene Queenstown | He unveiled the Martin Jetpack at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure in the United States in 2008. This year, his Martin Aircraft Company ...

Virgin Galactic glides closer to $200000-a-seat space shots - Christian Science Monitor | But Burt Rutan, the mutton-chopped engineering mind behind Virgin Galactic, pronounced himself pleased with the Enterprise's first flight, ...

SpaceShipTwo's Tourist Joyrides Could Launch Next Year - Space.com "We at Scaled look forward to an aggressive flight test schedule," said Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites, which built SpaceShipTwo. ...

"Virgin Galactic" on National Geographic Channel from RLV and Space Transport News | National Geographic's documentary series Virgin Galactic, about the development of the WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo vehicles, begins Monday night at 10:00 pm ET (too bad it's so late on a school night for kids). Here's a review: National Geographic Documents Virgin Galactic Test - NYTimes.com (via Jeff Foust).

High Power Rocketry – What's Your Neighbor Building In His Garage? from Parrothead Jeff | High power rocketry is an interesting hobby / mental illness.  I've gotten into it in the past, but left for a few different reasons.  There was the expense for one thing (propellant isn't free) and there were a few personality conflicts as well.  I may very well get back into rocketry, but I don't think I'm going to go very big with the rockets – the smaller ones can still be a lot of fun, too…

Indy Transponder 15-December 1100z

Airboss Ralph Royce Awarded 2008 ICAS Sword of Excellence from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Las Vegas- The highest honor of the International Council of Airshows, the Sword of Excellence was awarded to Air Boss Ralph Royce in a ceremony at their convention on Thursday night. With perhaps an entire lifetime devoted to aviation, pilot, warbird driver, airshow expert, safety advocate and just plain miracle worker Ralph Royce received the award…

WhiteKnightTwo takes a stroll from Mojave Skies by Alan Radecki
Late Friday afternoon, the Virgin Galactic Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo, named VMS Eve, was out and about doing low-speed taxi tests, as technicians tweaked the #2 and #3 engines (note the removed pylon access covers). According to media reports, the WhiteKnightTwo will be capable of carrying up to 34,700 pounds to an altitude of 50,000 feet, which would be the launch altitude for SpaceShipTwo. Although initially designed as the "mothership" for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, further uses of the aircraft include the possibility of launching unmanned satellites into earth orbit. VG president Will Whitehorn told FlightGlobal.com (here) that such a launcher is being dubbed "LauncherOne". A solid rocket booster with a parachute stabilization system (such as used by AirLaunch LLC) could be launched from WhiteKnightTwo as high as 70,000, according to Whitehorn, speaking to Flight International at the 4th Appleton space conference at the UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory this past September.

40th Anniversary Of Apollo 8 Celebrated from AVwebFlash Current Issue
photos by Robert KirchnerClick for more photosThe San Diego Air and Space Museum honored Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William Anders for the milestones they achieved as the first humans to travel to the moon and back in a capsule the size of a Volkswagen front seat. It was a historic evening that allowed a sold-out crowd of guests to mingle with numerous astronauts and NASA dignitaries; see students receive awards from the Ford Motor Co. for their Green Energy Ideas; hear the Apollo mission's technical background from Glynn Lunney, NASA Flight Director; listen to Borman's, Lovell's and Anders' recollections woven with humorous anecdotes; and share their unique perspective on Earth and its place in the universe.

Thunderbirds Will Return To Mather For ‘09 Air Show - Last year, nearly 80,000 people attended the California Capital Airshow in Mather. 2009's event is expected to bring in just as many visitors when it is held on September 12 and 13 at the Mather Airport. Joining other demonstrations, the airshow will welcome the Air Force Thunderbirds flight-demonstration team. The team will be headlining the event with their second appearance at the California Capital Airshow.

Willow Run Bomber Plant and 3509th Army Air Force Base album Kos Fotki.com From public.fotki.com
Willow Run Bomber Plant and 3509th Army Air Force Base - Presented are scans of original negative taken during the WW2 years of the Willow Run factory, the base, and some publicity photos. Thanks to Sam Sturgis, who preserved the original negatives and who also scanned them to provide these photos.

RocketShip’s Klar: XCOR Will Deliver What It Promises at Parabolic Arc from Google Blog Search: "Rocket Racing" by unknown
That, coupled with the fact that their two rocket-powered vehicles, built for the Rocket Racing League, have been successfully flown leads me to believe that Lynx will be equally successful. XCOR simply does everything the right way. ...

Canadian NORAD Region Names Santa’s Escort Pilots from Headline News - Canada's Air Force, National Defence
As Christmas gets closer, the Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region has put the finishing touches on plans to track and escort Santa Claus when he visits Canada by naming four CF-18 fighter pilots as his official escorts.

Flying With The United States Air Force Academy Glider Program from Reggie Paulk by reggie.paulk@gmail.com (Reggie Paulk)
Come along on a flight with Captain Erich Kunrath and myself as we fly in a Blanik L-23 sailplane from the Air Force Academy in Colorado.

Air Force Heritage to be Displayed at Raaf Base Wagga - Webnewswire.com
Air Force’s local heritage will return to public display at RAAF Base Wagga from next year. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, Dr Mike Kelly AM MP today announced Air Force will spend up to $65000 completing the refurbishment of the museum ...

Museum's B-29 gets a new home -- safe from weather Kansas.com
BY MOLLY MCMILLIN The historic B-29 Superfortress that had been resting outside the Kansas Aviation Museum has found a new temporary home, one that brings it in out of the weather.

17 Signs that Your Airplane Preservation Hobby may be impacting your home and family life… from Arizona Keough by Ryan Keough
Why only seventeen? Because we’re too busy with the airplane project to come up with three more! Hope you enjoy the chuckles… and hope they don’t hit too close to home! THE LIST…

Boy Scout Group Receives Big Award - WEAU-TV 13, WI
The Blue Angels presented the Chippewa Valley Council Boy Scouts of America with the 2008 Best Air Show of the Year award at a convention in Las Vegas on ...

Happy Holidays - Capt Force Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
This is a regular blog post. If you’re looking for show notes or links to show audio, please check out the other posts. If the story as told to me by the EAA is true, in the early 1920s, engineer William B. Stout sent out a number of letters to wealthy potential investors asking $1,000 from each. In his letter, he said, in relevant part, "For your one thousand dollars you will get one definite promise: You will never get your money back."…

EAA 822 Captures the Spirit of an Aviation Christmas from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
WETUMPKA AL- Included with the December meeting of Wetumpka EAA Chapter 822 was their annual Christmas party. Member David Ramsey hosted the event that included food, beverage and his beautifully decorated antique collection of aircraft and vehicles. An estimated 75 members and guests attended…

This Week in Military/Aviation History 15 - 21 December from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.

Milestones of Flight: 12/1 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
Milestones of Flight: 12/14 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
Milestones of Flight: 11/22 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

Janesville family to honor missing WWII soldier - Janesville Gazette, WI
The uncle, US Army Air Force Cpl. Richard Grutza, was a gunner in a B-25 Mitchell bomber that was shot down in Papua New Guinea during World War II. ...

Local museum to display new WWII artifact - Daily Comet, LA
We are entering it in a national contest of “most interesting military artifact” contest, along with a piece of a B-25 bomber that hit the Empire State ...

Tuskegee Airman from Indy too ill to attend inauguration from IndyStar.com - Top Stories
Walter Palmer, Indiana's last living Tuskegee Airman, battling stomach cancer.

There must be better ways to wash your helicopter Press Telegram news article, with video

Warbirds over Wanaka finds home - Otago Daily Times, New Zealand
Warbirds Over Wanaka now has a permanent base at Wanaka Airport, reinforcing the organisation's trust's desire to have a strong community focus, ...

Groups want Gunsan air show canceled - Stars and Stripes
By Jimmy Norris and Hwang Hae-rym, Stars and Stripes SEOUL - Civic groups are at odds with the city of Gunsan over an air show in which airmen at Kunsan Air Base have participated. According to Yun Chul-soo, spokesman for the Gunsan Civil Movement to ...

Oct 11, 2009: EAA Chapter 67 Fly in/Drive in BBQ from Fly-In Calendar - I80: Noblesville Airport - Noblesville, IN
Jun 27, 2009: EAA Chapter 67 Pancake Breakfast from Fly-In Calendar - I80: Noblesville Airport - Noblesville, IN

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