8/29/2010 - Aviation Celebration Honors Alabama’s First Lady of Flight Video
BIRMINGHAM AL- On National Aviation Day the Birmingham Aero Club hosted an evening event honoring Alabama's First Lady of Flight- Nancy Batson Crews (1920-2001) with a new exhibit at the Southern Museum of Flight. Award winning author and featured speaker, Sarah Byrn Rickman, highlighted Nancy's story from her recent biography as told to her by her late friend and mentor.
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8/25/2010 - GE Announces Jet Engine Coatings Facility Locating in Alabama
-MONTGOMERY AL -- GE Aviation will create an environmental coatings facility for advanced military jet engine components in Alabama. Governor Bob Riley, GE Aviation President & CEO David Joyce, and Alabama Development Office (ADO) officials made the announcement today during a ceremony in the Alabama State Capital.
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8/24/2010 - Moontown Airport Fosters Kids Passion for Flying
-HUNTSVILLE AL - The sky above Moontown will be abuzz with classic, vintage, warbird and experimental airplanes on September 18-19, 2010 when the airport welcomes more than 100 aircraft for the annual grass field-fly in. This free, family-friendly event is a unique opportunity for the public to rub elbows with amateur and professional pilots and explore up close a variety of light aircraft in a fun, laid-back environment.
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8/5/2010 - SHE'S BACK- CAF B-29 FIFI Takes First Flight
-MIDLAND, TEXAS -The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is proud to announce the return to flight for FIFI, " the Queen of the Fleet." The world's only flyable Boeing B-29 Superfortress returned to the skies early Thursday morning for its first flight since 2004.
"It is an emotional day at the CAF for our volunteer-members and staff," said CAF President Stephan Brown.
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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:
Click to view : MOMENTS IN AVIATION HISTORY .
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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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