3/7/2010 - Crowd Fills Museum for Korean Jet Exhibit Opening Video
BIRMINGHAM AL- Bagpipes filled the air as the museum filled with spectators for a historical gathering of troops who were at Kempo the day the secret MiG defected to the Amercians. Area Korean Vets were invited to attend. The opening of the Korean Jet Exhibit at the Southern Museum of Flight was indeed grand.
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3/6/2010 - Author to Accept Nancy Batson Crews’ W.A.S.P. Congressional Medal
Sarah Rickman had already planned to go to DC to see her many "living" WASP friends honored. She had another reason to go; she is the editor of the "official" WASP newsletter. The former newspaper journalist knows being on the scene is paramount, besides she doubles as a photographer.
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3/4/2010 - NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race Teams Ready to Battle
WASHINGTON -- More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Alabama, April 9-10.
Some 1,088 high school, college and university students from 20 states and Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Bangladesh, Serbia, India and Romania are expected to participate in the race at the U.
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3/4/2010 - 40 DC-3 Committed to Mass Arrival at AirVenture 2010
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH WI - Possibly the largest gathering of DC-3 aircraft since the 1940s is committed to the aircraft's 75th anniversary commemoration during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, coming July 26-August 1 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. That celebration includes what could be a 40-airplane mass arrival at Oshkosh on Monday, July 26 - the opening day of the 58th annual edition of AirVenture.
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3/4/2010 - Fox6 News Previews Korean Jets Exhibit Grand Opening Video
BIRMINGHAM AL- The Korean War Jets Exhibit at the Southern Museum of Flight highlights the defection of Lt. No Kum Sok (Kenneth Rowe), a 21-year old, elite North Korean Air Force pilot, as well as the historic events that transpired following the defection. The unique diorama display of Kimpo Air Force Base in South Korea features two of the primary fighter jets that became adversaries during the Korean War era - the F-86 Sabre and the MiG-15.
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3/4/2010 - Update for FAA Aviation News
Starting with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing. "We're changing the name to more accurately reflect the magazine's mission: safety," said John Allen, Director, FAA Flight Standards Service. "As for the word briefing," Allen added, "briefings are used in health care, in the military, and in aviation, and are essential to get crucial information before the flight.
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3/4/2010 - New Blue Marble Images from NASA
NASA- Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have released images that provide the most detailed view of Earth ever produced. The scientists, using a collection of satellite-based observations, stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.
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3/2/2010 - Alabama Squadrons Participate in Search and Rescue Exercise
ALABAMA -- The Civil Air Patrol- Alabama Wing recently conducted a statewide search and rescue exercise revolving around a scenario in which a Cessna 172 was reported overdue after leaving Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals and failing to arrive at Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Fla.
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3/2/2010 - STS-131 Astronauts Train - Discovery Ready to Roll
NASA- The STS-131 astronauts arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida late yesterday afternoon. The crew will spend this week participating in standard prelaunch training and a full-dress launch rehearsal known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Their schedule today includes practice driving the M113 personnel carrier.
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3/2/2010 - Shelby Announces $1.7 Million for Alabama Regional Airports
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a total of $1,679,799 to six regional airports in Alabama for infrastructure improvements.
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