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October 21, 2008

ANN Special Feature: Jack Braly, AAI - 10.21.08

Jack Braly, President & CEO if AAI, Inc., briefs reporters at length about progress on his company's development of the A700 very-light jet, following AAI's buyout of the assets of bankrupt Ada

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.21.08)

Aero-Linx!

In the following pages we bring to you a review of Attack Squadron 164. The planes, the ships, the men, the victory, and the sorrow. But most of all our memories. Our aim is to preserve the history of this gallant US Naval Squadron. If you're not a Ghost Rider, we welcome you to our home. As we open the door to what it was like being a Ghost Rider.

Aero-Terms!

If a wing has an airfoil that curves down from the high point, and then curves back up, it`s said to be "reflexed". Reflex is the size of that reverse. Usually found on flying wing designs.

"I feel like it is recognition that he should have had long ago, to be remembered with honor, and it's a legacy I get to pass down to my sons so they are better aware of who he really was."

Source: Helen Tilgner, speaking of her father... a Vietnam helicopter pilot. Armit Tilgner served six tours of duty in Vietnam. In addition to a Purple Heart, he earned four Bronze Stars, five Army Commendation Medals, three Meritorious Unit Commendation Medals, two Valorous Unit Awards and 136 Air Medal Awards. Armit Tilgner was lost in a 1982 accident, while flying medevac missions in Malaysia.