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Airborne 05.18.12: GA Airports, Onex Flies!, EBACE Highlights

Also: Mama Bird Johnson, Lights out For LightSquared, New Cessnas and LearJets, Nextant 400, ACJs, MLX770 Certs, and Aero-Cat-tastrophe!

The FAA has just released a report called 'General Aviation Airports: A National Asset', which was compiled following an 18-month study to capture the many diverse functions of general aviation (GA) airports. The first customer-built example of the new Onex single-place, folding-wing, aerobatic sport aircraft has flown for the first time. Bill Fisher of Jackson Tennessee flew his AeroVee powered, standard gear Onex on Thursday, May 10th. Bill received the fourth Onex kit sold by Sonex Aircraft, shipped on August 5, 20

Klyde Morris (05.21.12)

C'mon Klyde.... 'Burping Dragon?'

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.21.12): Sea Breeze Front

Sea Breeze Front A coastal phenomena, it is restricted to large bodies of water and their immediate coast lines. This is usually the landward extent of the sea breeze. Due to the imbalance of heating between land and water, a region of maximum upward motion or convergence occurs by mid-afternoon in the summer some 10 to 15 miles inland. Air mass thunderstorms or a line of towering cumulus clouds with showers can form along the front. At the beach, there are blue skies and a light breeze. This often occurs along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida's east coast.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.21.12)

Aero Linx: Cardinal Flyers Online The web site came about through the urging of a number of Cardinal owners who wished for a central location for information about the Cardinal. The goal has always been to capture and retain the accumulated wisdom of the Cardinal Owning population in a way that helps most of us learn and helps all of us remember. Much of the material on this site is based on the CFO Email digest created by Paul Millner. Paul does a great job of editing and moderating that list, and the members of that list do a fine job of telling their experiences for the common good.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.21.12)

"This is a rare opportunity for people in our community to see the aircraft which won WWII... I have no doubt this exhibit will inspire young people in our community to set their sights higher and become successful in life." Source: Shawn Dorsch, President of the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Commemorative Air Force's iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, Fifi-- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- is coming to Charlotte on May 25. The B-29 will arrive with the B-24, Diamond Lil, an equally rare World War II bomber and one of only two still flying.