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November 02, 2011

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 11.02.11

Sun n' Fun is billing windstorm victims for moving their planes.
The first of the Reno lawsuits has been filed.
And GE celebrates a groundbreaking in Alabama.

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VA Politician Hurt In Ultralight Accident

Suffered A Broken Back On First Solo Flight

A Sussex County, DE, Councilman is recovering from back surgery after his Aeros Trike went down on his first solo flight. He was listed in serious condition at a Virginia Hospital following the accident. Vance Phillips had called the ultralight "his new toy" in a recent post on his Facebook page.

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Victimizing The Victims? SnF Bills Tornado Victims Thousands For Removal/Cleanup

25 Aircraft Owners Billed Several Thousand Dollars Each For Being In Wrong Place/Wrong Time

News/Analysis By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim. Richard Bach ANN has been working for the better part of two weeks to get to the bottom of an intriguing (and continuing) story that (again) came to our attention in mid-October. We started receiving reports that a number, dozens actually, of the aircraft owners who incurred tornado damage at this year's so-called 'Sun 'n Fun' event were receiving bills from the Demi-Gods at Lakeland... invoicing them for the services

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First Lawsuit Filed In Reno Air Race Crash

Family Of Man Killed Sues For $25 Million

The first of what will likely be dozens of lawsuits stemming from the September 16th accident at the National Championship Air Races in Reno has been filed by the family of a Texas man killed when Jimmy Leeward's plane went down.

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Aero-TV: The Legacy Will Go On - Zenith Designer Chris Heintz Honored at Oshkosh

Legendary Designer and Flying Examples of His Work Honored on ConocoPhillips Plaza

Mary Jones, EAA's director of publications, called him a “pillar of the homebuilding community” as she handed him a trophy. The Zeniths to Oshkosh celebration brought dozens of flying examples of his designs to ConocoPhillips Plaza. It was all part of Chris Heintz Day at EAA AirVenture 2011, arranged to honor a designer whose planes have inspired enthusiasts worldwide. There's more to the name "Zenith" than is obvious. The word refers to the highest position directly overhead, an obvious metaphor for achievement, but it is also an anagram, a clever rearrangement of the l

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