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15 hrs ago | The Daily Irrelevant

The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To

When reaching out to Alberta oil sands companies before a trip to Canada last month, I thought all of them mined oil the same way - they don't. The open mining most people think of when they picture the oil sands isA just one way of extracting crude A from the ground, but it is without a doubt the most dramatic.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Environment, Science

19 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Cessna offers single-engine aircraft safety education initiative

Cessna Aircraft has launched an aircraft safety education initiative for owners and operators of 172 and 182 single-engine airplanes.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Aerospace-Defense

Sun May 20, 2012

The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Ezra Eby Elementary School students who learn multiplication tables soar to new heights

MLive.com Ezra Eby Elementary School third grade teacher Brandon Morrow, left, lands his Cessna airplane at Napoleon airport Saturday afternoon after giving his student Alejandro Jimenez, 9, and Jimenez's sister Jennifer, 12, a plane ride Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Sat May 19, 2012

Erie Times News

'Flat Spin' an excellent debut thriller

"Flat Spin," the title of David Freed's debut thriller, is the name of a complex and risky flight maneuver that only the most accomplished pilots should attempt, so it's no surprise that the hero of the story, Cordell Logan, is a first-rate aviator.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

The State

NORAD intercepts 2 aircraft near Camp David

Military aircraft have intercepted two small planes in restricted airspace around Camp David, where world leaders are gathering for an economic summit.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Thomasville, PA, Social Software

ABS-CBN News

Two light aircraft intercepted near Camp David

Azkals - - CJ Corona impeachment - - Gloria Arroyo - - Jessica Sanchez - - Pacquiao Punch - - Ask PNoy - - Divorce Bill - - Reproductive Health bill - - Jose Rizal@150 - - PNoy: Ang Unang Taon - - Ex-Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez - - Maguindanao Massacre - WASHINGTON - US military aircraft intercepted two Cessna 172 general aviation aircrafts late ... (more)

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Examiner.com

Military jets enforce flight restriction in DC area for G8 Summit

Air Force fighter jets will be on alert this weekend enforcing a Temporary Flight Restriction zone during a Group of Eight Summit meeting at Camp David, Md.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, Flying, Life, Hobbies, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Fri May 18, 2012

WGAL-TV Lancaster

F-15s intercept 2 planes near Camp David

Many viewers called in Friday night asking about a fighter jet that was seen in the skies over York and Adams counties.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Autos

Silicon Alley Insider

The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Doing

When reaching out to Alberta oil sands companies before a trip to Canada last month I thought all of them mined oil the same way - they don't. The open mining most people think of when they picture the oil sands is just one way of extracting crude from the ground, but it is without a doubt the most dramatic.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Thu May 17, 2012

AOPA Pilot

Youth aviation initiative picking up steam

Member Alert: The FAA has issued notams restricting large areas of airspace near Washington, D.C., and Chicago from May 18 through 21.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, University of South Carolina, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Tue May 15, 2012

AOPA Pilot

Strong launch sustains pilot club 50 years later

Elkins Pilots Club members Wendell Cramer and K. G. Schmertzler along with original club CFI Perry Dillon with the newly unveiled monument celebrating the organization's fiftieth anniversary.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Senator Joe Manchin, Randolph County, WV, Life, Hobbies, Flying, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Evening Sun

Book Review: 'Flat Spin'has riveting plot

David Freed mixes a hard-boiled attitude with flashes of wry humor in Flat Spin, his debut thriller.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Fri May 11, 2012

Journal Messenger

VIDEO: Fly high at the Wings, Wheels and Warriors airshow

InsideNioVA Managing Editor Steve Pendlebury flies with Team Oracle's Brian Norris to watch aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker practice for the Manassas air show on May 12.

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Related Topix: Manassas, VA, Non-Profit, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Examiner.com

Cessna offers cost-saving aircraft solutions for law enforcement

The worldwide popular Cessna Aircraft Company company announcedA a program to market aerial law enforcement platforms that are more affordable, effective and simpler to implement.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Aerospace-Defense

Thu May 10, 2012

Flight Global

AERO 2012: Slash new aircraft costs to lure pilots, says GAMA

The cost of building and developing new aircraft must be slashed if general aviation is to attract new pilots, sustain the existing population of owners and flyers and drive up safety, said the General Aviation Manufacturers Association at AERO 2012 in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Flying, World News, Germany, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

AOPA Pilot

First pilot completes Redbird's experimental training

Pilots pursuing advanced training and ratings regularly use full-motion flight simulators; some gain type certificates in sims having never flown the actual aircraft.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, San Marcos, TX, Marketing, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Wed May 09, 2012

KBND-AM Bend

Epic Aircraft Owns Facility

The southern half of the Cascades Lakes Highway, from the Deschutes Bridge to Hwy 58 has been cleared of snow and open.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Oregon, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Manitoba Co-Operator

Reflections, January 2012

Bert Gillis loved to fly but never earned his pilot's licence. For most of his life he farmed north of Wynyard, Sask.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Mon May 07, 2012

Times Observer

Brownies visit airport

Youngsville Brownie Troop 30940 toured the Brokenstraw Airport recently. They took some basic ground school regarding the principles of flight and learned about airport operations, then got to sit in a Cessna 172 and try the controls.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Warren, PA

Sun May 06, 2012

Examiner.com

Pilot killed in Cessna 177 Pennsylvania crash

A 67-year-old pilot, Jeffrey S. Gilbert, died in the crash of his 1973 Cessna 177B Cardinal light plane at Cherry Ridge Airport located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 3 miles south of Honesdale, while performing touch-and-go landings on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 12:10 p.m. EDT, as reported on that date by the Aviation Safety Network , The Scranton ... (more)

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Pennsylvania, Wayne County, PA, Honesdale, PA, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

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