Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Indy Transponder 06-MAR-2012 0400z

Blue Angels to stop at Dixie State before air show - Dixie Press Online | In conjunction with the upcoming Thunder Over Utah Air Show in Utah's Dixie March 17-18, Dixie State College of Utah will welcome the United States Navy Blue Angels to campus for a special community event on Friday, March 16, beginning at 8:30...

What We Learned from the USAF Thunderbirds by Brian Carhide | ...Maintenance Officer 11, or “Blue” as they called him, is an alumnus of the Daytona Beach campus, and he offered a key piece of advice — “Have a backup plan”. He was an Aeronautical Science student; however, he eventually discovered he had an issue with his vision, disqualifying him from flying as a Thunderbird pilot. Despite the disappointment, he maintained his loyalty to the Air Force and commitment to becoming a Thunderbird, a goal well accomplished....

Photos: Thunderbirds/Blue Angels Annual Exchange - U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

Full 'Snowbirds' Show Coming to Duluth - WDIO-TV | The big draw will be the elite Canadian Airforce demonstration team known as the "Canadian Forces Snowbirds." This is exciting news since they haven't performed a full show in this state since 1976. "It was a process of years working on the Canadian...

Duluth's 2012 Airshow Bringing In International Aircraft - Northland's NewsCenter | The Air Force Heritage flight will also be making an appearance at this year's air show...along with many other acts, including fly bys, a Russian MiG-17, and a demonstration by a B-52-Bomber. Duluth Airshow organizer, Ryan Kern, says they wanted to ...

Mike Goulian Airshows - Here is a really cool photo taken in Florida. I am actually doing a tumble next to our Bonanza. It makes for some very cool angles. Photo taken by Mike Shore.

Airshow with extras planned - Otago Daily Times | A new committee is planning the event to mark the 10th anniversary of an airshow held over Lake Ruataniwha in 2002. This time, the committee is looking at making it even bigger with not only aircraft, but also boats and vehicles at the lake on ...

‘FIFI’ kicks off month-long Florida tour from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | The Commemorative Air Force’s star attraction, the B-29 “FIFI,” landed late in Daytona Beach March 1 because she flies “VFR only” these days. But she immediately swelled the hearts of World War II vets and awed general aviation flyers here more than a decade after her last Florida appearance. And there’s more to come. Sun ’n Fun visitors are in for a treat March 27-31. So are the aviation-minded in Titusville March 7-11 at the TICO warbird show, Ft. Lauderdale March 14-18, Punta Gorda March 18-25 at the Florida International Airshow, and in Tallahassee April 3-5....

City tries to keep aviation event - Dayton Daily News | The National Aviation Heritage Alliance, an organization of aviation heritage sites across the Miami Valley, has offered up to $10000 to the National Aviation Hall of Fame to persuade...

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Son of famous aviator looks back - Washington Times | However, except for being son of the father, little of William Stearman's life reflects that aviation heritage. It's too bad the book's publicists made so much of that connection because it's misleading. Nevertheless, William Stearman did have an ...

44-83872 – B-17G-95-DL “Texas Raiders” from Warbird Central | History of the B-17 | 75 years ago, the Boeing Airplane Company designed the B-17 for a contract that called for 200 of the aircraft, and by the end of production, Boeing had built a total of...

Aviation Community Mourns the Passing of Lt. Colonel R.D. White, U.S. Army (Ret) from The Aero Experience | Rudolph David “R.D.” White, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Retired, 89, of Woodlawn, passed away 7:36 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012, at his home. R.D. was born March 4, 1922, in West Frankfort, a son of Rudolph Da and Monell (Moore) White. He married Ellen Louise (Modert) on June 30, 1946, in Mt. Vernon and she died Sept. 6, 2000....

If you thought an aerial tanker’s “flying boom” was rigid, you better watch this video from David Cenciotti | Used as the standard aerial refueling system for U.S. Air Force fixed-wing aircraft the flying boom is a rigid, telescoping tube, maneuvered by a “boom operator” by means of a control stick. This method has the advantage to eliminate the requirement for the receiver pilot to plug the probe into the hose’s drogue: once the aircraft has reached the refueling position the operator moves the boom to insert the tube in the receptacle of the receiver aircraft....

Retro in Toronto by Randy Tinseth | When the 787 touched down in Toronto to kick off the fourth leg of the Dream Tour last week, there was something else to celebrate. The airplane, which Air Canada calls one of the key components in its fleet renewal strategy, was one of the featured attractions at Air Canada’s 75th Anniversary celebration....

Incredible Wingsuit Flight From Cedric Dumont from Aerial Sports Feed | Belgian base-jumper Cedric Dumont takes on a daring wingsuit challenge in...

Some (Big) RC Fun | Movie Monday from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | My dad emailed me this video and, after seeing some of the ‘toys’ these people had, I felt compelled to post it here. I’m not really sure how you convince your wife that a 1/4th scale RC plane is a good idea. I’m serious, one of these RC planes is big enough that a kindergartener could go for a ride in it. I guess it is...

Aviation Museum to Host Two Unique, Educational Summer Camps - Cape May County Herald | By Press Release CAPE MAY AIRPORT – Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum and The Federal Aviation Administration will again partner to host an Aviation Career Education Summer Academy. The full day “ACE” camp will run one week only, ...

The Spaceship Company in eastern Kern enlisting help to build Virgin Galactic ... - Bakersfield Californian | Virgin Galactic was established in 2004 after SpaceShipOne, designed by Mojave-based Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan, became the first private spacecraft to carry a person into space, thereby claiming the $10 million Ansari X Prize....

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