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January 21, 2009

Soaring Pilot Lost During Record Attempt

Family Believes Dan Bigelow Blacked Out Before Glider Broke Apart

An attempt at a new altitude record ended in tragedy last week. David Bigelow, who attempted to reach 40,000 feet in his DG-400 sailplane Friday, was killed when his glider broke apart in midair.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.21.09

The sale of Eclipse assets to ETIRC has court approval.
NAFI moves forward with changes on its board.
And Northrup gets sued over a 58-year-old plane.

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 01.21.09

The sale of Eclipse assets to ETIRC has court approval.
NAFI moves forward with changes on its board.
And Northrup gets sued over a 58-year-old plane.

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Aero-TV: ICAS Conversations (Part One)--Economic Impact On The Airshow Business

It's Airshow Week--Again!--At Aero-TV! (Part One)

The First in a Three Part 'ICAS Conversation' for 2009, starts off a series of interwoven interviews in which we asked about a dozen airshow professionals the same three questions... each of which will become the topic of its own program over the next three days. In this installment we asked a number of airshow luminaries the following question... with the constant bad news we have to deal with each and every day in terms of the ailing economy, do you see this affecting your airshow business?