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July 11, 2015

EAA/ANN Preview The Most Innovative Aero-News Stories at AirVenture

Aero-News Network’s ‘AirVenture Innovation Preview’ Brings Special Attention to the Best Of Oshkosh

EAA AirVenture…what a place! If you think you can go to EAA AirVenture and just watch a couple of airshows, walk around a little to see what people have for sale, and consider that seeing the whole thing, you’ll find that’s not exactly how it works. In actuality, there is so much more going on -- and so many things to see and learn about – so that even spending the entire week probably won’t get the job done. We know that everyone who goes to Oshkosh has favorite interests and carefully manages their times to at least satisfy those topics. But that also means there may be so much more that you didn’t know about and did

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Hugues Duwal Steals Airbus' Thunder With Electric Channel Crossing

But The Aerospace Giant Still Claims Its Place In History

Sometimes, all it takes is a little inspiration. ANN received an email from Pipistrel USA Master Distributor Michael Coates saying that while the Pipistrel Alpha would not be the first electric airplane to cross the English Channel, neither would the Airbus E-Fan aircraft, which completed the round trip Friday.

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Spitfire Auctioned For $4.8 Million

Seller Donates Proceeds To Wildlife And Veterans' Charities

The airplane had been shot down on May 24, 1940. And while the pilot survived to fly another day, Spitfire P9374 was abandoned to the sands of the beach in Calais, where it was covered and remained until it was rediscovered in 1980. It was in surprisingly good condition, given where it had lain for 40 years.

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FAA Extends SoCal Metroplex Comment Period

Deadline Now September 8, Allows For A Full 90 Days Of Comment

The FAA is extending the public comment period for its Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Southern California Metroplex project to September 8, 2015, to allow for a full 90 days of comment.

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ANN's 'Who's Who' At Oshkosh: Earl Downs

Introducing Staff, Stringers, Videographers, And People Who Make It All Work

Anyone who's ever been to Oshkosh knows that there are hundreds of events and activities as well as tens of thousands of people that descend (some quite literally) on Wittman Regional Airport in mid-summer. While we have a very hard-working and dedicated staff, ANN could not provide you with the extensive information we do without the help of some equally ... some might say more ... dedicated volunteers who give a week of their time to make sure you have the best possible coverage of the show.

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ANN's 'Who's Who' At Oshkosh 2015: Mike Turner

Introducing Staff, Stringers, Videographers, And People Who Make It All Work

Anyone who's ever been to Oshkosh knows that there are hundreds of events and activities as well as tens of thousands of people that descend (some quite literally) on Wittman Regional Airport in mid-summer. While we have a very hard-working and dedicated staff, ANN could not provide you with the extensive information we do without the help of some equally ... some might say more ... dedicated volunteers who give a week of their time to make sure you have the best possible coverage of the show.

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Viking Series 400 Twin Otter Sales Network Expands Into Colombia

Searca To Join Growing Worldwide Twin Otter Series 400 Sales Force

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, British Columbia, has assigned Searca S.A. of Bogota, Colombia, to become a sales representative for the Viking Twin Otter Series 400 in Colombia, expanding the Series 400 Twin Otter sales network to over 20 representatives worldwide.

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NASA Talk Looks At The Future Of Electric Propulsion In Aviation

Lecture To Be Held July 14 At Langley Research Center

Now that a solar-powered aircraft has flown across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Hawaii, are electric planes the future of clean-energy transportation?

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Gone West: Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams

Only 25 Members Of The Unit Survive Today

Another of the famed Tuskegee Airmen has Gone West.  Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams passed away on July 2 at the age of 97.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (07.11.15)

“The E-Fan project and today’s historic Channel crossing show that the pioneering spirit and ingenuity demonstrated by Louis Blériot and the other early aviators is still alive today.” Source: Jean Botti, Airbus Group Chief Technical Officer.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.11.15): Ceiling

The heights above the earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as “broken,” “overcast,” or “obscuration,” and not classified as “thin” or “partial.”

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.11.15)

The Monocoupe Club

It's air show season, and likely you'll be seeing a lot of antique airplanes over the course of the summer. So why not learn a little about some of them now? 

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