Indy Transponder 11-OCT-10 1030z

PILOT COUPLE WEDS ON BOARD B-17 - The Free Lance-Star | Yesterday, dressed in period clothing, the couple--who call both Falls Church and Shenandoah County home--boarded a B-17 and were married in midair. ...

Fleet Week Powers Through San Francisco - The Epoch Times | Above, two US Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets fly over Alcatraz Island on October 7 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Fleet Week in San ...

Events to mark naval aviation centennial - The Virginian-Pilot | The 100th anniversary of naval aviation will be celebrated by the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation with three events held Nov. 11-14. ...

Navy Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds heading to Wings Over ... by cricketdiane - Navy Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds heading to Wings Over Atlanta 2010 Air Show at Dobbins. October 16 & 17, 2010. 8.30 am – 5 pm (no entry after 1 pm). buses from 3 locations will transport guests attending the show to the base by ...

BIGGIN HILL: Air fair will be 'sorely missed' - News Shopper | THE son of the founder of the Biggin Hill Air Fair has expressed his disappointment at hearing about the show's demise. ...

THE organisers of Plymouth Airshow are trying to establish the event as a ... - Plymouth Herald | Ray McSweeney, secretary of Plymouth Airshow, said one thing holding the event back was a lack of funds, and a supporters' group and fundraising events are ...

Ferocious Frankie and MH434 Over Duxford – The Sounds of the Rolls Royce Merlin from Parrothead Jeff | Time for some serious vintage plane Pr0n .   My buddy JR in Florida emailed me the links to these two videos and my conscience demanded that I share 'em both with my loyal aviation fanatic readers.   It's not very often that I find videos as good as these…

IAF's Aerobatic Team Surya Kirans to Switch from Kiran MkII Aircraft to 'Hawks' AJT
from ASIAN DEFENCE | IAF's formation aerobatic team Surya Kirans have taken the first step to switch from the present Kiran MkII aircraft to the 'Hawks' Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) that the Air Force acquired three years ago. "We have initiated the process of changing to the Hawks and we have alreadytried our hands on these aircraft," a senior Surya Kirans officer said here…

Catherine Labuschagne First Female Pilot To Fly The Gripen from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | This week, the South African Air Force created aviation history. One of the four South African Air Force (SAAF) pilots to successfully complete the first Operational Conversion Course (OCC) instructed by local SAAF pilots, is a woman…

South African Air Force Make Aviation History | Stop Press News by Morgan | The South African Air Force created aviation history. One of the four South African Air Force (SAAF) pilots to successfully complete the first Operational Conversion Course (OCC) instructed by local SAAF pilots, is a woman. ...

HISTORY OF THE FIRST HUNDRED FRENCH PIONEERS OF AVIATION from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier | Fifty years of relentless research were needed to Yves Saint-Yves to gather all the documentation required for the publication of "THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST HUNDRED FRENCH PIONEERS IN AVIATION". Jean Lasserre founder of ICARE was there was already coupled with success, but Yves Saint-Yves managed a tour de force here, we present the biographies of these drivers made history by illustrating a postcard bearing their autograph. Addressing the first hundred patents of French aviation and the history that…

Fantasy Of Flight Air Museum from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | The image on the left is just to the left of the entrance to the "Fantasy of Flight" Museum in Polk City, FL, and sets the tone for your visit to a world long past. I was able to visit the museum last Friday, along with my wife, and confess it is different than many [...]

Indiana Aviation Museum to close By RICK A. RICHARDS, For General Aviation News | Most boys have a model airplane or two. So does Jim Read, but his collection fills an entire hangar at Porter County Municipal Airport (VPZ) in Valparaiso, Ind., and every one of them is airworthy. Now, after a decade of sharing his collection with the public as the Indiana Aviation Museum, Read is selling most of them off and shutting down his museum. Read more...

VSS Enterprise first free flight from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | Exclusive footage of VSS Enterprise as she is released from her mothership, VMS Eve and glides fantastically back down to Mojave Space Port…

VSS Enterprise Completes First Manned Glide Flight from Aero-News Network | In A Free Flight From Over 45,000 Feet, SpaceShipTwo Successfully Glides To A Landing At Mojave Air And Spaceport In a flight that moved the world a big step closer to commercial sub-orbital space toruism, Virgin Galactic Sunday morning successfully completed the first piloted free flight of SpaceShipTwo, named the VSS Enterprise…

SpaceShip Two Makes First Glide Flight from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo made its maiden glide flight today after being released from mother ship, White KnightTwo.  Test pilots Peter Siebold and Mike Alsbury put the new commercial space plane through test maneuvers during its 11 minute flight from 45,000 feet to a landing at Mojave Spaceport.  It's not the Jetsons - but real life!  For more details on the flight, go to http://www.universetoday.com/75441/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-makes-first-glide-flight/.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise Spacecraft Completes Maiden Glide Test from Telstar Logistics | Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise, the world's first commercial passenger spacecraft, felt the wind under its wings for the first time today as the spacecraft completed its maiden glide test…

Fokker F26 from The Unwanted Blog | An immediate post-war design, the Dutch Fokker F26 "Phantom" was an early conceptual design for a jetliner. Not intended to be built, but just to test the waters as far as engineering practicality and airline interest, the F26 design was displayed at the Paris Air Show of November, 1946…

Flying High New Aviation Program For Flemington, N.J from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | A business education partnership in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, has been awarded a $100,000, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant for using innovative aviation education programs as a tool for igniting a passion for Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)…

October 11 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

MCAS Miramar 2010 Air Show Pictures from Military Photos by Chucky | Some excellent shots from the MCAS Miramar 2010 Air Show 

Indy Transponder 26-MAY-10 0200z

AirFEST starts Friday in Rock County - WKOWTV
The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport will host the 2010 Southern Wisconsin AirFEST starting Friday.
The AirFEST will cause some traffic changes. Rock County Sheriff's office says effective Friday, May 28, through Sunday, May 30, parking along USH 51 from Knilans Road to Terrington Drive will be prohibited.  The parking prohibition will be enforced; violators will receive tickets and vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense. 
Airport Park, located at the corner of Knilans Road and USH 51, will be closed Friday, May 28, 2010, through Sunday, May 30, 2010. ...

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DFW Summer Balloon Classic & AirFest -103.7 Lite FM – Home
Not only will you be on the edge of your seat with aerobatic solo and team performances but you will experience the excitement of the first Aerobatic Air Racing Challenge in the south! Teams will compete in timed aerobatic maneuvers ...

Vintage planes take to the sky at Paine Field - Lynnwood Enterprise
... new Historic Flight Foundation, located at 10719 Bernie Webber Drive on the west side of Paine Field, and by the Heritage Flight Museum of Bellingham. ...


Plea to back Lowestoft Air Festival from The Kathryn Report
The organisers of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival last night urged visitors to dig deep to help secure the future of the event.
The two day annual show is one of the biggest attractions on the region's calendar, pumping millions of pounds into the local economy.
Although £300,000 in sponsorship has already been found to help cover some of the costs of this year's festival, organisers have warned that the support of the public is still needed to allow the event, now in its 14th year, to continue. ...

It was created in 1884 when Leon Breitling St-Imier in the Swiss Jura, the ... - Corriere della Sera
... Journal of the British Royal Air Force. Today, Swiss chronographs are used by pilots of the "Tricolour Arrows" and the "Patrouille de France. 

Nepal to Hold International Air Show and Paramotor Championship - CRIENGLISH.com
Avia Club Nepal is the first and currently the only aviation club that exists in Nepal operating its mission since 1996. Based in Pokhara, some 140 km west ...

Memorial Day events set for Ypsilanti area - Heritage Newspapers
Five lucky participants can schedule to take a ride on the B-25 and C-47 planes that will be featured in the parade. The museum will also be open with ...

Historic B-17 offers flights in Wichita - Kansas.com
For years, the Liberty Belle was used by the aircraft engine manufacturer until Pratt Whitney donated it to the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, ...

Red Bull Air Race kicks off Jersey City/New York race in Time Square - The Jersey Journal
The air race is coming to the Jersey City and New York waterfront exactly 100 years after New York hosted its first-ever air show. ...

Remembering an aviation pioneer - Washington Times
In that the 100th anniversary of naval aviation will be celebrated on a near-daily basis across the nation in 2011, "Hero of the Air" ...

On the wings of aviation history - Albany Times Union
They were in town to see Glenn H. Curtiss attempt to make aviation history. "They were getting tired of waiting," said Trafford Doherty, executive director ...

Spend this Memorial Day at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories This Memorial Day, consider visiting the National Museum of the United States Air Force to honor the men and women who have given their lives while proudly serving our country.
Memorial Park, located adjacent to the museum, contains more than 500 memorials commemorating the courageous service of Air Force groups and individuals. Visitors can walk along the paths of the park to see each memorial.
Exhibits located throughout the galleries tell the story of individuals who embody the Air Force core values: integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do. For example, a pararescue exhibit in the Modern Flight Gallery highlights Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his exceptional bravery in Vietnam. After receiving a call to evacuate the wounded from a battle near ...

May 25 from Cut and Paste Aviation ... 1910 -- Orville Wright takes his 82-year-old father for his first airplane ride. ...

Century Series Wannabe - Air and Space Magazine
Depending on who’s talking, the North American F-107A was either the best fighter the Air Force didn’t have the sense to buy, or a politically flawed loser from the outset.
The F-107A will be remembered forever, if it is remembered at all, for being configured as no jet had been before or since: the sharp-edged maw of its air intake, feeding a prototype Pratt & Whitney YJ-75 engine, was just above and behind the cockpit, giving the otherwise sleek fighter the look of a fourth grader with an oversize backpack. In an era of dart-like Mirages and Delta Daggers, the F-107A was a single-engine-jet Winnebago.

United States Air Force Plans To Fly X-51A from WarbirdRadio.com
WARBIRD RADIO – Weather permitting, United States Air Force officials say the X-51A Waverider will make it’s first hypersonic test flight (today) May 25th, 2010.  According to a news release, the X-51A will be carried to approximately 50,000 feet over Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center on the wing of a B-52.  Once released, a [...]

Enterprise's First Captive Flight - Air and Space
Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise, the civilian-built and -flown spaceship that will loft six paying tourists and two pilots on suborbital flights for $200,000 per customer, made its first captive carry flight on March 22, 2010 beneath its mothership WhiteKnightTwo over the southern California desert. The two craft were in flight for two hours and 45 minutes and reached 45,000 feet. Both were built by Scaled Composites, the Mojave, California company founded by Burt Rutan. The flight marks the beginning of a test program that will progress through 2010 and 2011 from captive carry to release-and-glide flights, and finally to rocket powered flight tests. 

Landsberg stresses safety to Aero Club - Wichita Business Journal
Bruce Landsberg, new president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Foundation, was in Wichita on Wednesday speaking about the importance of increasing safety among pilots.
Landsberg, who spoke at a Wichita Aero Club Luncheon, said the foundation will be increasing its efforts to provide training and safety seminars around the country to help lower the number of general aviation accidents.  ...


Flight for Passion, Flight for Purpose - 11Alive.com WXIA
Sometimes a small gift can go a long way.
In the case of retired Col. Ernest "Roy" Reid of the U.S. Air Force, his daughters honored him with a unique present for his 90th birthday -- nearly seven decades after he honored America and survived one of the worst attacks on American soil.
"We're pretty confident he is the last living person to have flown into Pearl Harbor," says daughter Joan Ahrens.
Col. Reid, who presently lives in Canton with wife Shirley, served in the Air Force for several decades. But it was in his first years that he saw the greatest tragedy. ...

Young Eagles take to the sky - The Daily News - Greenville ...
Airplane owner Edd Sties shows Greenville fourth-grader Brent Tazelaar the cockpit of his airplane during Saturday's Young Eagles Flight Rally at Greenville Municipal Airport. 5/24/2010 8:00:00 PM. Young Eagles take to the sky ...

Paul Bonham's visit in 2008 from Wasabi Air Racing
Back in 2008 Paul was around alot while the Sharps were quickening his Redbull acro racer, Jenn and I let him try on Wasabi.

Video pedia World - Canadian Forces Snowbirds - Toronto Air Show ...
The Snowbirds Demonstration Team (431 Squadron) is a Canadian icon comprised of serving members of the Canadian Forces. Their pilots and technicians work as a team to bring thrilling performances to the North American public.



Blériot XI-2 from TAKEOFF TUBE
Historical Nasa Photos from Military Photos 

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer from Planeshots
Some early attempts at aviation........... from Theo Spark
PICTURE: Sikorsky's X2 Hits 181kt from Ares
Kirby Chambliss's Photos - Is that a plane in Times Square? - FaceBook
Duxford Spring Air Show 2010 - Duxford - 05/16/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Madera Air Show 2010 - Madera - 05/22/10 from FenceCheck Forums
PICTURE: Global Observer Breaks Cover at Edwards from Ares 

Indy Transponder 23-MAR-10 1030z

Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise's First Flight from Indy Transponder | VSS Enterprise's first 'captive carry' flight! - Virgin Galactic [Home page has an exclusive video] Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport. This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against….

Virgin Galactic: Momma Takes Her Baby For Her First Ride! by Martt | Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo mothership left the ground from the Mojave Air and Spaceport carrying VSS Enterprise for the first 'captive-carry' test flight. The 2-part space vehicle launch system flew for 2 hours 54 minutes and reached an altitude of 45,000 feet.  This is the first of many flight test hours that will be put on the system leading up to the first independent glides tests sometime later this year.

SpaceShipTwo Gets Airborne from The Launch Pad by William - Did you wake up this morning with an urge to replace the boring old wallpaper on your desktop ( laptop, tablet, et cetera) with something a little bit more exciting? Perhaps you were looking for something you might describe as really, ridiculously good looking (in the manner of Derek Zoolander), but also something that shows off your love of cool technology and of human spaceflight? Well, you are in luck!

SpaceShipTwo Completes Inaugural Captive Flight from Military Photos by Panchito12 - The dream of privately-operated, civilian-accessible space flight took another step toward reality today when Virgin Galactic-backed Scaled Composite's SpaceshipTwo successfully completed its first captive flight attached to the twin-hulled WhiteKnight, reaching an altitude of 45,000ft over the Mojave.

VIDEO: WhiteKnight Two-SpaceShipTwo take-off and landing from Hyperbola by Rob Coppinger - Virgin Galactic Space Vehicle Takes First Flight - San Fernando Valley Business Journal | Commercial space vehicle VSS Enterprise made its first flight on March 22 at the Mojave Air & Space Port. The craft, built by Scaled Composites and owned by ...

Virgin Galactic takes flight - TG Daily | The Enterprise, Virgin Galactic's exclusive spacecraft, was created by Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan. Rutan was also the man who built the first ...

Blue Angels to soar over harbor - Charleston Post Courier | Other units and attractions that may be featured during Charleston Navy Week include the Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team; Navy rock and ceremonial bands; ...

In Loving Memory of Alfred Goss - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
from http://www.aafo.com/ | In Loving Memory of Alfred Goss Air Racin'

March 22, 2010 - Just a quick note to let you know that the current issue of the "P38 Lightning Newsletter" is now available for viewing. You can find it at our website here: http://p38assn.org/newsletters/current.htm  (Don't forget to cast your vote in our new poll.) Enjoy and, as always, we welcome your feedback. Blue skies, Kelly B. Kalcheim

Furias on track - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
from http://www.aafo.com/ | Hey there race fans. I thought I would drop in and give a Furias update. All is well and proceeding at light speed. We swung the gear and flaps Thursday. Everything worked great. Cock-pit is going back together with new race canopy. Wiring is in full swing with engine delivery right around the corner. Outer wing panels are on and tanks are fabricated and ready to install. Tail cone fabrication is completed with that going off for paint. Oil tank is in fabrication now as well as the boiler tank. Should be putting those systems in after tail is painted and back next week. Bottom line is plane is on fast track to completion. Fortunately all previous stumbling blocks have been removed and plane is being swarmed by the Sanders team. Pretty awesome sight to see the activity around the plane, so focused. What a beauty she'll be. All I can say is Furias should be awesome!!!!I'll post more updates next week after more work is accomplished. We are on track for late July early August testing. Matt J

Intrepid aviator aims to set world record - Press and Journal | AN INTREPID entrepreneur who defeated cancer took to the skies yesterday in a bid to be the first person to fly round the world in a gyrocopter. ...

Poster chosen for 2010 air show - Register Pajaronian | Thanks to a group of students at Aptos High's Regional Occupational Program, a new poster has been created for the 46th annual Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show ...

Pioneer Aviatrix, Elinor Smith (Sullivan), Dies at Age 98 - PR Newswire | A contemporary of Amelia Earhart, Lady Mary Heath, and Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout, Smith championed the rights of women in aviation's golden age. ...

Tumlinson: Virginia is for Spaceport Lovers from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) "Since its founding Virginia has always cut its own path to the future. Virginians have always had their own ideas about right and wrong, and their own understanding of what was best for their own children and the destiny of the state. And yes, although many of its people work there, several times the state has stood strong against the prevailing tides of the palatial city on its northern border," Rick Tumlinson, Founder of the Space Frontier Foundation writes in the Sunday edition of The Richmond Times Dispatch…

On This Day in Aviaton History: March 23rd by Phil Derner Jr. | FedEx Flight 80 crashes in Tokyo, 23 soldiers die on a C-141 that catches fire on the ground, space station Mir burns up while re-entering the atmosphere, Gemini 3 launches narrowly avoids a sandwich disaster, Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes when captain's kids take controls, and much more!