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September 01, 2004

Say, What Are We Feeding The Livestock Today?

Hint: Your Classic Auster

It seemed like the perfectly normal thing to do. The pilot of a 1948 Auster J1-N landed in a cow field near Hereford, England, over the weekend for a meal at a local pub. But it was the plane that ended up on the menu.  

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Runways A Little Safer These Days

FAA Says Fewer Chances For Collisions

Runways at the nation’s airports are getting safer for the second year in a row. Runway incursions dropped 20 percent over a four-year period, according to an FAA report released today. US airports recorded 324 incursions last year, of which just 32 were characterized as high risk. Those serious incidents have dropped 50 percent since 2000. For the second consecutive year, none of the most serious incursions involved two large commercial jets.  

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'I've Got To Get To My Passenger'

Stearman Pilot Talks About Fatal Accident

Wisconsin pilot Mark Strub didn't know the name of his passenger when he took off from Alexander Field in his 1941 Stearman PT-13. The Michigan woman wanted to go for a ride at the Children's Miracle Network Balloon Rally. Strub was giving 10-minute rides in the open-cockpit aircraft.  

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In Defense Of Mark Strub

Fellow Aviators Defend Wisconsin Pilot

Mark Strub is a caring man always willing to help a person in need. That's the word from friends of the 42-year old Wisconsin pilot whose 1941 Stearman PT-13 went down in Nepco Lake Saturday while he was giving rides during a balloon rally. His passenger, 39-year old Kimberly Reed of Eau Claire (MI), was killed.  

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Oshkosh Visit Pays Off For Student Pilot

Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. has announced the winner of a Private Pilot Basic Course giveaway. Beau Mongold, Summerton, South Carolina, was selected at random from all entries submitted at the Phoenix East Aviation exhibit during EAA AirVenture 2004 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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Sport Pilot: It's Alive!

The Very First "Sport Pilots" May Fly Today

So far no individual has been allowed to actually fly under Sport Pilot rules... until this very day, September 1, 2004. This is the big day that the FAA has been looking forward to during the many years of development that they have invested in the new Sport Pilot certificate program and airworthiness programs for Light Sport Aircraft.

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