7/23/2010 - On the Verge of AirVenture 2010
It is the time of year that excites aviators worldwide, the opening of the 58 th edition of EAA AirVenture 2010. The ultimate fly in is without contest, "The World's Greatest" as Tom Poberezny, EAA chairman/president and AirVenture chairman often calls it. Nowhere on earth is the "Spirit of Aviation" more alive, active and well as in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during this annual pilgrimage.
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7/22/2010 - SubSonex Jet Prototype Ready to Resume Testing
Oshkosh WI- The SubSonex single-place jet aircraft is ready to resume testing after EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. Following a series of initial high-speed taxi tests, the Sonex Aircraft Hornets' Nest Research and Development team determined that a review and modification of the aircraft design was necessary to achieve acceptable handling qualities for the average pilot.
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7/22/2010 - NEW from Chicken Wings: AVIATION HISTORY SLIDESHOW
NEW from the Chicken Wings gang: We're sure everybody has a few friends that seem to do nothing but receive and forward fun emails all day. It took us amazingly long, but it finally dawned on us, that we should create something like that too. And so, ladies and gentlemen, without much further ado, please let us get right to the point, we proudly present:
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7/22/2010 - Maxwell Clicks 'Like' on Facebook
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE AL - Maxwell Air Force Base now counts itself among the scores of Air Force bases and Department of Defense organizations with a presence on Facebook.
The base, which last year became the first in Air Education and Training Command on Twitter, came online with a Facebook page July 12.
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7/22/2010 - Shelby Announces Transportation Funding for Alabama
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a senior member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced subcommittee approval of the fiscal year 2011 Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
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7/21/2010 - Navy Training Field Extensions for Baldwin County
BAY MINETTE AL - U.S. Navy Whiting Field spokesman Jay Cope announced during Tuesday's County Commission meeting the recent decision to go forward with the runway project that stalled in February. Cost estimates to purchase land around the southeast Baldwin airfields were higher than expected.
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7/21/2010 - CJS Bill Sustains Human Space Flight Says Sen. Shelby
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), ranking member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee -CJS, today announced subcommittee approval of the fiscal year 2011 CJS Appropriations bill, which restores significant funding for NASA's human space flight program.
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7/20/2010 - Details of New FAA Aircraft Re-Registration Revealed
What used to be a simplified process of a one time $5 registration fee for the life of the aircraft/owner has become a complicated and potentially expensive process that will now reoccur every three years. Due to security and law enforcement concerns a new aircraft registry rule enacted by the FAA will take effect on new aircraft registries beginning October 1, 2010.
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7/20/2010 - FAA Asks FCC to Halt Ban on 121.5 MHz ELTIn a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the FAA requests that the Federal Communication Commission withdraw its notice that would prohibit the "certification, manufacture, importation, sale, or continued use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." The letter stated in part, the FAA studied the issue of Safety and cost associated with the termination satellite monitoring of 121.
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7/20/2010 - New Raytheon Huntsville Missile Facility Unveiled
FARNBOROUGH, U.K. - An artist rendering provided by Raytheon Company shows the new missile facility the company will be building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. Groundbreaking is expected for later this year on the project that will create 300 new jobs, said Governor Bob Riley.
Governor Riley, Senator Richard Shelby and Raytheon Missile Systems President Dr.
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