Thursday, February 7, 2008

Indy Transponder 6-February

Inaugural Event Coming To Maryland In June - Aero-News Network - FL,USA
The red, white and blue jets of the
US Jet aerobatic team, and the black and gold parachutes of US Army Golden Knights, will fill the skies over Ocean City, ...
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=89fa6d3d-6f70-44b5-997b-7621693166b0

Air show tries for Blue Angels, other big name acts - Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
The rescheduling is in response to several requests from the community to see the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds or another big ticket team perform, ...
http://www.yumasun.com/news/air_39401___article.html/year_team.html

S. Idaho city wants air show budget updates - LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
The city has already committed $15000 toward the event, and has booked the US Navy Blue Angels. The event is expected to have the largest budget since the ...
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7818762&nav=menu554_2_1

Council to keep tabs on air show budget - Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA By Nate Poppino

The organizers behind this year's Air Magic Valley air show plan for it to be their biggest yet - even booking the US Navy Blue Angels for ...
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/local_state/130093.txt

End of air show reflects US trend - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
By Ken Leiser When the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show called it quits last week, it marked the second local festival of flight to be grounded in the ...
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FED249847AE75D90862573E50014AEEC?OpenDocument

Anniversaries Could Bulge Warbird Attendance

Anniversary gatherings of several warbird models could bring a significant number of additional airplanes to EAA AirVenture 2008, and warbird-area volunteers are preparing for the possible influx.

http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/080205_warbirds.html

Media event showcases Air Force airpower

The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing hosted four major media outlets, three print and one television, in an unprecedented media event here Jan. 30. The event was the first time major media outlets visited the base for one specific event. NBC news, The Associated Press, New York Times and Los Angeles Times sent correspondents to spend the day at Balad AB and see the mission and Airmen of the 332nd AEW in action…

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123084835

Simply spectacular - Times of India - India
The skydiving and air show organized recently by the Bombay Sappers was indeed a sight to behold. Apart from the mesmerizing skydiving, the show had lots ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Others/Simply_spectacular/articleshow/2752739.cms

Scott bucks trend for air shows - Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
AP The St. Louis region, which has a storied aviation past, has lost two popular air shows in as many years. However, air show enthusiasts still will be ...
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/247372.html

SportAvex Airshow Set for Big Crowds - fourcorners.co.nz - Christchurch,New Zealand
“It’s going to be the
North Island’s biggest airshow this year; we expect up to 20000 people.” For 2008, SportAvex has been lengthened to three days and ...
http://www.fourcorners.co.nz/new-zealand/tourism-news-detail/index.cfm/articleId/17739/

Too Low -- Almost

The pilot-in-command of a Swedish air force C-130H Hercules that violated minimum flying altitude regulations last year is temporarily suspended from operations pending an investigation into the incident. The aircraft performed a very low level fly past at Flugebyn Airfield, outside Karlsborg, Sweden, after completing an exercise with the Swedish armed forces para school -- but dropped to less than 15 ft. above the grass runway while doing so. The minimum altitude allowed for such a maneuver is 100 ft.

http://www2.mil.se/sv/Nyheter/Nyheter-milse/Herculesplan-flog-for-lagt/Media-TP84/TP-84-overflygning/

Lydd Airshow cancelled this year - Hastings Observer - Hastings,England,UK
"For the last two years Lydd Airshow has relied solely on
Lydd Airport for its full financial support. ur best efforts, we have been unable to attract a ...
http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/Lydd-Airshow-cancelled-this-year.3741753.jp

Some amazing flying

South Africa boasts "The Flying Lions", an aerobatic team based near Johannesburg. They fly five former South African Air Force trainers, the North American T6, known variously as the 'Texan' or the 'Harvard'.

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2008/02/some-amazing-flying.html

http://www.flyinglions.co.za/

Museum plans to broaden its focus - Omaha World-Herald - Omaha,NE,USA
The
Strategic Air & Space Museum is planning to spread its wings over the next few years in a bid to boost students' interest in technology, engineering, ...
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10250239

Flight program takes off - BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
The group is building a two-story aviation center, with a hangar, meeting room and classroom, so the Young Eagles can learn lift from thrust without ...
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/NEWS02/802050322/1007

Editorial: F-100 flying high in Randall County - Amarillo.com - Amarillo,TX,USA
The demise of
Amarillo's English Field Air & Space Museum has led to the rise of the Texas Panhandle War Memorial. When the museum's lease with the city ...
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/020508/opi_9513973.shtml

Hiroshima Bomber's Flight Logs Set at $150000 in Bonhams Sale - Bloomberg - USA
She cited the National World War II Museum in
New Orleans and the San Diego Air & Space Museum, which specializes in aviation. Williamson wouldn't say ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=avT8Rc8CJ.m8&refer=muse

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Indy Transponder 4-February

Living Legends of Aviation Honors John Travolta and Others - CharterX - Portland,OR,USA
... including Airport Journals news editor/biographer Karen Di Piazza, for biographies of Joe Clark, Julie Clark, Alan and Dale Klapmeier and James Raisbeck ...
http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=3151

Tim Wakefield ready for jet ride - Boston Herald - United States
By AP
BOSTON - Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Tim Wakefield [stats] will fly with the Navy’s Blue Angels today at the flight team’s winter headquarters in El ...
http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1070603&srvc=home&position=recent

Hawaii ANG Pilot Safe After Ejecting From F-15D

Spotlight Once Again On Aging Fighters The downing of a Hawaii Air National Guard F-15D Eagle Friday once again raises questions about the nation's fleet of aging fighter aircraft.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=c7ed9996-294a-44ae-9f66-f61d5330ef06

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123084771

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003982.html

St. Louis air show won’t get off ground - Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
CHESTERFIELD (AP) - It looks like the popular St. Louis County Fair and Air Show is being grounded. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites a source close to the ...
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Jan/20080131News027.asp

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/376652A122CF7F1B862573E200162538?OpenDocument

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=b914c333-eae3-4c75-aea6-6fde088430e9

National Museum of the United States Air Force • February NewsletterWright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080201-017.pdf

NW Arkansas today - Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
... display The Learjet 23 flown by
Springdale pilot Bobby Younkin is on display through June 1 at the Arkansas Air Museum at Drake Field in Fayetteville. ...
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/215510/

Cirrus Jet Expected To Fly At AirVenture

Cirrus Design cofounder Dale Klapmeier said a prototype of the company's single-engine personal jet will probably make at least a fly-by at EAA AirVenture this summer. However, he told AVweb in an exclusive interview that the jet may not be ready for static display at the show. The Duluth, Minn., manufacturer has taken more than 400 deposits of $100,000 each for the jet, but the final price hasn't been disclosed. Klapmeier said the project is a few weeks behind schedule, due in part to difficulties in hiring qualified engineers who are willing to relocate to Duluth.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CirrusJetExpectedToFlyAtAirVenture_197070-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Air Show looks for corporate sponsors - Herald Zeitung - New Braunfels,TX,USA
By Mitzie Stelte Thousands have flocked to the annual Moonlight Fund Air Show in New Braunfels to watch flyovers of old military planes, world champion ...
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1d873b2be2786b4a&-session=HeraldZeitung:40DA3C4E04f5400CE6yvO2DDC6CF

New ‘Fly In’ for Cayman - Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
By Cliodhna Doherty, cliodhna@cfp.ky The first
Cayman Islandsfly in’ in a few years is coming later this month. It will consist of some 15 aircraft or 35 ...
http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1028248

Former MP helping lead United Way campaign - Brantford Expositor - Canada
The 2008 fundraising campaign officially kicks off in late August at the
Brant United Way Airshow, and will run through the end of November. ...
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=883332

Radio Frequency Identification Technology on visitor tags at S ... Channel News Asia - Singapore
By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia | Posted:
01 February 2008 2136 hrs SINGAPORE: If you visit the Singapore Airshow in March, expect to carry a very special ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/326346/1/.html

Royal Air Force Museum London - By cessna152towser
An air museum that I had not visited previously, on part of the site of Hendon Aerodrome, in London's northern suburbs - London's first airfield when it opened in 1910! I wore my RAF tartan kilt when I went there yesterday. ...
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/royal_air_force_museum_london-t34212/index.html?s=2e8030914ae364d90a05effc6fa16310&t=34212

John W. Myers, 96; WWII test pilot - Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
While there, Myers invited Charles Lindbergh to fly in his P-61 to an airstrip in the interior of
New Guinea. They had no trouble landing on the sod strip, ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-myers2feb02,0,2325170.story

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=ea444b3f-da54-4243-a3da-471496af1126

Air Heritage Museum - By Traveller
Inside the non-descript building is a close knit community of airplane enthusiasts who volunteer their time and efforts to keep this small, authentic air museum open six days a week. A collection of artifacts (with a nice small exhibit ...
http://traveller.uncommontraveller.com/2008/01/18/air-heritage-museam.aspx

Awesome aerobatics over Muscat skies - Times of Oman - Ruwi,Muscat,Oman
MUSCAT — Visitors to the Muscat Festival 2008 at the Seeb Beach were treated to a 20-minute airshow performed by the Saudi Hawks on Thursday. ...
http://timesofoman.com/inner_cat.asp?cat=1&detail=14118&rand=0QfjweFv5sTKvjUne56pnx0u9i

Paragliding A Twist In The Air - Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Paragliding has, to some extent, fulfilled this very human desire to fly in the sky. Today, paragliding is not only used as a means of entertainment, ...
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=35399

2007 Year in review slideshow – Tim Adams Photography

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/tim_adams_motorsports_and_avia108.htm

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Indy Transponder 1-February

SUPER BOWL XLII
Fort Worth Star Telegram -
Fort Worth,TX,USA
The US Navy Blue Angels will give rides to a couple of Cardinals today, then do a flyover Sunday. Arizona Cardinals president Michael Bidwill and Pro Bowl ...
http://www.star-telegram.com/329/story/441527.html

Blue Angels 7 & 8 on NFL Network's Total Access Live after having flown ex-Broncos star running back Terrell Davis. Click on the thumbnails labeled “Blue Angel Pilots" and “TD takes Flight” to see the videos.

http://www.nfl.com/videos

Blue Angels coming to Cleveland this summer - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
The Blue Angels aerial demonstration team will return to
Cleveland this summer as part of a 2008 Navy Week Celebration. The Navy chose Cleveland and 21 ...
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1201685579303840.xml&coll=2

1/29/2008 - DAYTON, OhioA new book about the Dayton Air Show will enable fans to revisit more than 20 years of the Dayton region’s biggest annual aviation event. The Dayton Air Show: A Photographic Celebration will be a full-color collection of more than 200 photographs by veteran air show journalists Ty Greenlees and Timothy R. Gaffney. The book’s cover will feature air show superstar Sean D. Tucker in his famous Oracle Challenger II biplane. Its publication this year coincides with Tucker’s induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. The enshrinement ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, July 19. Tucker is also to fly in the air show on the same weekend…

http://www.daytonairshowbook.com/

The Indiana Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) cordially invites you to join us for our Annual Valentine's Day Dinner Dance. On Saturday, February 16, at 6 pm, we will celebrate Valentine's Day in the spirit of a 1940s era USO gala. As always, the hanger promises World War II combat aircraft and military vehicles and many new and old friends interested in aviation history. Sincerely, Col CJ "Wink" Winkler, CAF Wing Leader

http://www.indianawingcaf.org/hangardance.htm

Commemorative Air Force Names 2008 Chief Of Staff

CAF Col. Bill Coombes Voted in to Post Aero-News recently learned on Saturday, January 19, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) General Staff voted CAF Col. Bill Coombes in as the next Chief of Staff for the organization.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=ce1c04fc-f684-4238-80fa-24c2b0d2f545

Valley boom left no room - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
"My understanding is that there is no fair and air show scheduled for this year," said Chesterfield Police Chief Ray Johnson, who learned of the ...
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/visitstlouis/story/B105B6BCC0B40085862573E10018B065?OpenDocument

Virginia Fly-In Adopts New Name

The 10-year-old Virginia Regional EAA Fly-in has changed its name and website to reflect the independent status of the event.

http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-01-31_virginia.asp

Gift of Rare Vintage Airplane to Launch Great Park Military Museum

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-31-2008/0004747393&EDATE=

The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has launched its first-of-a-kind General Member recruiting drive, offering a free NAHF commemorative Gathering of Mustangs and Legends (GML) poster with each new membership received before July 31, 2008.

http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=1201798591&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1

All eyes on Al Ain skies - Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
As well as attracting families and tourists, the show also pulls interest from air show enthusiasts and experts from around the world. ...
http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=1592

Etihad gives red arrows colourful send-off - ArabianBusiness.com (press release) - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
The world's most famous aerobatic team - the UK Royal Air Force's Red Arrows - rounded off a recent visit to the UAE by flying in spectacular formation over ...
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_pressreleases&view=detail&pr_id=11610&Itemid=77&ln=en

Young 'pilots' take controls in Young Eagles program - Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Her flight was one of many that took place Saturday morning as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program. "That was awesome! ...
http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0130cr-flight0130.html

Southwest Airlines Founder to Speak in Bloomington

Southwest Airlines Co. Founder and Executive Chairman Herb Kelleher will be the keynote speaker at the first IU Entrepreneurial Connection program. Kelleher started Southwest Airlines with three planes in 1971 and the company now operates 513 aircraft. The event on February 8 will take place in Bloomington, however it is not open to the public.

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=27565

Town derives jobs, development from airport - Indianapolis Star - United States
Here are a few highlights for last year compared with 2006, according to the Indianapolis Airport Authority: • FedEx was the largest cargo carrier with 4.7 ...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/LOCAL0505/801310391/1006/LOCAL

Tobias tapped for Airport Authority leader - WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Indianapolis - Mayor Greg Ballard wants a former Eli Lilly president to be the new leader of the Indianapolis Airport Authority. According to our partners ...
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7790707&nav=menu188_2

Former Lilly CEO among New Indy Mayor Appointments

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has appointed Randall Tobias to serve on the Airport Authority Board. Tobias is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Co. He most recently served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, overseeing U.S. international HIV/AIDS assistance.

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=27560

Plans for airport worry officials in Boone County - Indianapolis Star - United States
By Tania E. Lopez As Hamilton County Aviation Authority officials wait for a council appropriation to complete
Indianapolis Executive Airport's 20-year ...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/LOCAL01/801310305/-1/LOCAL17

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