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ANNouncement: Now Accepting Applications For Oshkosh 2011 Stringers!!!

Oshkosh 2011 Stringer Applications Now Welcome!

Get your data in NOW if you want to be considered for what promises to be one of our most intriguing and UNIQUE Oshkosh adventures yet (yup... BIG changes and ideas in store for you this year). You've seen, for several years, what a great job our stringers, news-spies, and helpers have done at a number of high-profile aviation events. GREAT writers, photographers and videographers have helped us gather information and wave the flag for us at these shows!

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 04.28.11

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 04.28.11 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.28.11 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Part II: New Airline Passenger Protections - 04.2

Classic Aero-TV: The Buying and Selling Of LSAs--The Revenge Of 'ITBOA BNITBOB'

The Sebring LSA Show Reveals That The Light-Sport Industry Still Has Much To Learn

Our good friend, Dave Juwel, has done a marvelous job of helping ANN evaluate the sport and general aviation industry's ability to market itself effectively. A number of years ago, Aero-News published an article that he wrote titled, "Does Your Aviation Business Suffer From ITBOA BNITBOB Disease?" ITBOA BNITBOB is an acronym for, "In The Business Of Aviation... But Not In The Business Of Business." To this day, it is one of the most requested of our older feature stories.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.28.11)

“These private companies are building and testing real spaceships that will inaugurate a whole new kind of space race. NASA's Commercial Crew Program is on par with the government Airmail Act.” Source: Commercial Spaceflight Federation President Bretton Alexander.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.28.11): Data Plate

A permanent identification plate affixed to an aircraft, engine, or component.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.28.11)

The Space Frontier Foundation

The Space Frontier Foundation is dedicated to opening the space frontier to all humanity within our lifetimes. An ambitious goal; see what the Foundation is doing to insure we head out to the black.