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Just one birthday, but three solos in three aircraft
 Drew Gryder knew you had to be 16 to solo an airplane. And he figured that happened a stroke after midnight.
So he sat strapped in his single-engine Cessna 150, positioned on the centerline of a 3,700-foot runway, as he waited for the clock to strike 12. Waiting with him to his right and left were two more Cessna planes, piloted by his father and flight instructor, Dan Gryder, and friend, Scotty Collins.
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Baumgartner freefalls into record books
 What would you be thinking as you stood on the edge of a pressurized capsule, pulled 24 miles high by a 40-acre helium-filled balloon, ready to jump back to Earth?
Felix Baumgartner said he wasn’t thinking about breaking records or gaining scientific data. “The only thing you want is to come back alive because you do not want to die in front of your parents, your girlfriend and all the people watching this,” he said after his Oct. 14 jump.
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Member Profile
 Tyler Hoppe says he got hooked on aviation on his first commercial flight. But that feeling of flight is what has kept his interest soaring.
“Whenever I leave the ground, I get this rush and amazing feeling,” said the 17-year-old from Cocoa, Fla. “I just love the view looking down.”
Tyler said he joined AOPA AV8RS because he wanted to share his passion of flight with other like-minded teens. “In this town, I’m seriously like the only kid who loves aviation,” he says. AV8RS has shown him he’s not the only “aviation nut” in high school.
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R U a Writer?
As an AOPA AV8R, we know you’re passionate about aviation. But are you also an enthusiastic writer? Volunteer as a guest contributor to the AOPA AV8RS e-newsletter. Let us know you’re interested by sending a writing sample to av8rs@aopa.org and place "Writer - Attn: Lauren" in the headline. We look forward to hearing from you!  |
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Pluto had been known as the smallest planet in our solar system. What is it considered now? Why? |
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Who is Yuri Gagarin and why is a party held annually to remember him? |
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These women were the first in America’s history to fly military aircraft. What acronym does the distinguished group go by? |
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Helpful Homework Links |
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NASA’s SkyWatch website lets you know when a spacecraft will be flying over you. The NASA "applet" uses up-to-the-minute data from Mission Control to project the path the spacecraft will make across the sky. |
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NASA’s interactive website has features on rocket science, spacesuits, green living, the Orion research aircraft and more. |
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The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s America by Air website includes activities, stories, news and more from the early years of aviation to the jet age. |
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This PBS/NOVA website answers what the earth sounds like when radiation from the Van Allen belts is converted into sound waves. |
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If you’re pursing an education in aviation, you'll want to check out the FAA’s list of available scholarships and grants. |
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If you have a homework assignment concerning Mars, this is the place to start. Contains quick facts, why Mars is an extreme planet, pop culture about the Red Planet, and much more. |
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 421 Aviation Way • Frederick, MD 21701-4708 • (800) 872-2672 • www.aopa.org
Questions? Comments? Send them to AV8RS@aopa.org.
Contributing Writer: Barbara A. Schmitz |
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Five Harvard University students launched the hamburger into space on Oct. 27, and their YouTube video of the feat has gone viral. The hamburger reached nearly 100,000 feet before the balloon that was taking it upward popped and sent the sandwich plummeting back down to Earth.
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You can tame wild horses or even feral cats. But astronauts living on the International Space Station have one up on you. 
NASA’s Curiosity rover is literally digging up dirt and finding information that is helping to unlock mysteries of the Red Planet.
You need more than a T-shirt with the back cut off to show the world that you completed your solo flight. At least that’s the premise behind NFlightcam.