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Close to 200 International Learn to Fly Day Events Planned Take someone flying this weekend! Sporty's Fly-In Between 300 and 400 aircraft and an estimated 2,000 people attended Sporty’s Fly-In and International Learn to Fly Day last year. May 19, 2011 — This Saturday, May 21, nearly 200 events will turn dreams of flight into reality for tens of thousands of people during the second annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide effort helping people of all ages take that first step to discover the fun and freedom of flight. Events are being held throughout the United States,...

NASCAR racing legend Jack Roush appears to blame air traffic controllers working EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh for the events that led to the crash landing of his Beech Premier jet on July 27. "The reality of it -- on a trip arrival into Oshkosh, Wisc., I was put in conflict with the flight plan of another airplane close to the ground, and I was unable to address the conflict and keep the airplane flying. I ground-looped the airplane..." Roush told the car racing publication Motorsports. Tower recordings do seem to suggest a clipped discussion between two controllers in which one...

Boeing working on hybrid plane to cut fuel use, noise, emissions OSHKOSH, Wis. — An electric airliner? Imagine a hyper-efficient aircraft as large as a Boeing 737, although weighing much less. It would run quieter and cleaner than any other commercial plane ever made, requiring two-thirds less energy, according to NASA-funded research. The hybrid-powered jetliner of the future would operate on batteries or jet fuel, depending on whether it's cruising or taking off and climbing, when the most thrust is required. The concept of electric aircraft generated a resounding buzz amid the drone of pistons and the roar of gas...

Cesar Ceja's mother won't let him drive, but she'll let him fly. In fact, his mother says airplanes are one of the best things to happen to her almost 16-year-old. Three months ago, Ceja started coming to Young Eagles rallies, recommended by a friend of a friend. The group offers free flights for children 8 to 17 at Hayward Executive Airport. Experienced pilots, who hang around the small airport's hangars like chatty neighbors on a garage sale weekend, take up one or two passengers at a time. After one ride, Ceja was hooked. "I always wanted to be a pilot,"...

11 days and counting. Check here, http://www.airventure.org/, for NOTAMS.

In Oregon, when those Republicans, allegedly protectors of the family from Big Brother, finally took control of the House of Representatives in 1991 the House Speaker appointed a "Children's Care Team" and in the 1993 legislature bills were introduced and passed subsequently establishing those innocent sounding foot-in-the-door "pilot programs".Family Resource Centers in schools have been the result of receiving federal grants as a part of the Goals 2000 Educate America Act. These "centers" serve as the treatment arm of the entire delivery system from abortions to sleep overs for parents and children with sleeping bags in tow as was the...

Mon, Jan 27 2003EAA: New TSA Rule 'Leaves Room for Abuse' Looks For 'Clarification' After ANN broke the news of the TSA's latest coup, the Experimental Aircraft Association expressed concerns regarding new final rules issued Friday by the FAA and TSA.Those rules were mandated by Congress [not exactly; the TSA was given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to make the world safe --ed] under the Aviation Transportation Security Act of 2001 and were made effective immediately, without an opportunity for prior public comment. Under the rules, TSA can call on FAA to immediately revoke or withhold airman certificates if TSA...