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House & Senate Leaders Reach Agreement on FAA Funding Legislation
“After a five-year delay and 23 temporary extensions, this measure is key to advancing the nearly eight percent of our nation’s economy impacted by the aviation industry,” said Transportation and...
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Keep em Flying: Columbus Air Force Base
-Columbus MS- reprinted by permission from The Dispatch © by Nerissa Young - The first mission of Columbus Air Force Base is training pilots. Student pilots come from around the world to the hometown...
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Alabama's Courtland Air Show Returning This Fall
-Courtland AL- For the third time, Tennessee Valley Air Center at historic Courtland Airport in Alabama will host the Courtland Air Show and Music Festival, September 29, 2012. Kim Prince, TVA Center,...
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New Ground School Openings at Courtland and Madison County Airports
Two new ground school classes will start next month at Madison County Executive- Tom Sharp Jr and Courtland. Whether you are just starting with your Private Pilot License or ready for your Instrument...
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Young Whooping Cranes Find Sweet Alabama Home
WINSTON CO AL- Updated Operation Migration's Class of 2011 whooping cranes will not be wintering in Florida this year. They seem to have settled themselves into a winter location of their own...
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New Ground School Openings at Courtland and Madison County Airports
Two new ground school classes will start next month at Madison County Executive- Tom Sharp Jr and Courtland. Whether you are prepping for your Private Pilot written exam or ready for your Instrument...
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NATCA Honors Top Controller Flight Assists at Annual Archie League Medal of...
ATLANTA - Two Chicago Center controllers guided the pilot of a plane with icing conditions, a lost localizer and low fuel to a safe landing. A team of three Seattle Terminal Radar Approach Control...
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Pelton, Auerbach, Pleasance Elected to EAA Board of Directors
New directors bring extensive aviation, EAA and business backgrounds-From EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH WI - Three directors have been added to the Experimental Aircraft Association board, which...
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Alabama CAP Member Honored with Two FAA Awards
ALABAMA - Maj. Ladde Mayer of the Central Alabama Senior Squadron has been recognized with two prestigious Federal Aviation Administration honors recognizing 50 years of performance - the Wright...
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DoD Budget Cuts Could Affect Maxwell Air Force Base C-130H Planes
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz explained the service's contributions to the new Defense Department strategy during a Pentagon press briefing Jan. 27. Schwartz said the Air Force...
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Harrier Salute
ATLANTIC OCEAN- Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Travion Humphrey, from Sacramento, Calif., renders a salute to an AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 263 during the...
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Near Record Number of Applicants for NASA's Astronaut Corps
NASA- More than 6,300 individuals applied to be a part of NASA's next astronaut class. That is twice as many as NASA typically receives and the second highest number of applications ever received by...
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FAA Reauthorization Bill Travels to the White House
WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2012 - GAMA thanked House and Senate transportation leadership as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill passed its final congressional hurdle today...
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Albertville to Host 1st Annual Free FAA IA Seminar
Officials at Albertville stand squarely behind their Alabama Aviation Training Center where the First Annual Free IA Seminar will be held this month. Airport Manager and Economic Development Board...
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1st USAF Commander Visits CAP Headquarters
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sid Clarke paid his first visit last week to Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters since being named commander of Continental U.S. North American...
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Annual Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE AZ - State of the art and historic military aircraft from around the country will come to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 2-4 during the annual Air Combat...
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Iconic Banks Jet Inspires Restoration Video
BIRMINGHAM AL- In 1961, the Alabama Air National Guard loaned Banks High School a U.S. Air Force F-86D "Sabre", a relic of the Korean War. Painted in school colors of Columbia Blue and Scarlet, the...
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EAA Group Meets with National Weather Service
SHELBY Co AL- During their February meeting, members and guests of Shelby County airport EAA Chapter 825, visited the National Weather Service office. Senior Meteorologist and NOAA employee, Mary...
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Preservation and Sharing of Vintage Aircraft Data in FAA Bill
Aviation Foundation of America applauds new amendment in FAA Authorization Bill that protects the design data of more than 1,000 different aircraft types built from 1927 through 1939. Fans of American...
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NASA Hosts Events to Celebrate 50 Years of Americans in Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL FL - In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host several events Feb. 17 and 18 that will air live on NASA Television. On Feb. 17...
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