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Able Flight graduates to give back with ‘freedom flight’
Two graduates of a program that helps disabled individuals earn sport pilot certificates are planning a multi-city tour to give back some of what flying has given them.
Baseball team to give away Cessna 150, flight lessons
The Tucson Toros, a minor league baseball team in Arizona, unveiled its roster for 2010 along with an unusual fan promotion: a free airplane. One fan will win a Cessna 150 plus flying lessons, the team announced at a news conference at Tucson International Airport. The airplane will go to the fan who makes the most accurate throw of a baseball on Sept. 4, 2010, at the last regular season game, according to team owner Jay Zucker.
NASA’s Virtual Skies offers ‘hands on’ challenges
NASA has updated its Virtual Skies website, featuring aviation modules on aeronautics, navigation, weather, air traffic management, communications, and airport design.
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Lawn Chair Larry's legacy
Cluster ballooning was born in chaos with the 1982 flight of Lawn Chair Larry Walters, who soared to 16,000 feet in busy Los Angeles airspace. Here's how it looks when professionally done
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Politicians & Planes: A passion emerges from grief
Vermont Rep. Janice Peaslee has sat on the House transportation committee for 21 years. She earned her pilot certificate in November.
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Couple elopes at Summit
The bride and groom stepped onto the tarmac at Peter O. Knight Airport Nov. 6.
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Students restore airplane for flying lessons
For the past two years a group of seven California high school students has gathered at a small hangar on Flabob Airport at Riverside, Calif., to restore a 1963 Skycoupe.
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Flight Design USA partners with Pilot Journey
Flight Design USA, distributor of CTLS light sport aircraft, has partnered with Pilot Journey to provide its participating network of flight schools with student pilot leads.
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Former deputy sheriff to receive his wings through Able Flight
A law enforcement officer who lost his legs in an accident while he was assisting a stranded motorist is the newest recipient of a pilot scholarship from Able Flight with assistance from Bombardier.
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Born to Fly
I have loved aviation for just about as long as I can remember. When I was 4 years old, I got Microsoft Flight Simulator on our home computer and used it to practice flying different planes around the world. I have used many types of simulator software to practice on our PC since then, and during a summer program at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, I got a chance to fly a Cirrus 20 in the simulator there.
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The Woman Who Went From 'Safe Mother' to World Record-Holding, Base-Jumping Daredevil
When Australian mom and corporate executive Heather Swan turned 40 she decided she needed a big change, and today she is a world record-holding base-jumper. In May 2006 she and her husband climbed Mt. Meru in Tanzania and threw themselves off, breaking the record for the highest-ever base jump.
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At 101, Aviation Pioneer Keeps Going
In 1930, Joe Grant, now 101 years old, went into a new Middle River aircraft plant claiming to be a seasoned plane builder. "I don't think it took them long to realize I wasn't what I said I was," says Grant. Despite some exaggeration on his credentials, Grant was recently honored for his career in aviation, during which he worked at Glenn L. Martin building early commercial and military aircraft.
