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2 hrs ago | Green Bay Press-Gazette

Optimism abounds at Outagamie airport

Outagamie County's strategy for its Greenville-based airport carries some elements of a cliche from the popular movie, "Field of Dreams."

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Outagamie County, WI, Greenville, WI, Scott Walker, US Governors

2 hrs ago | AVweb

Eads-Backed E-Fan Ducted Fan Electric Trainer

In 2011, Didier Esteyne and EADS debuted a tiny single-seat aerobatic electric-powered Cri-Cri at the Paris Air Show and this year returned with the E-Fan, a twin ducted-fan electric powered aerobatic tandem seat trainer project.

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Related Topix: Classical, Cri-Cri, Life, Hobbies

3 hrs ago | Airport Business

GE Aviation and EGAT Sign Material Support Agreement for CF6 Engines

June 19, 2013 - Evergreen Aviation Technologies awarded GE Aviation a support contract to supply CF6-80C2 engine components.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Wed Jun 19, 2013

The Daily Breeze

Second banner-towing business to fly from Torrance airport

Aviad Aerial Media, which already conducts banner-towing operations at Long Beach and three other California airports, won approval from the Torrance City Council on Tuesday for a one-year contract.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

The News-Press

Budget for Lee County airports proposed

Link to budget and supporting documents Buoyed by upswings in passengers and revenues at Southwest Florida International, the Lee County Port Authority has proposed a budget for the next fiscal year that's about $20 million higher than the current one, and which would give authority staffers their first across-the-board raise in four years.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Florida

PSFK

Zipcar For Airplanes Helps Pilots Get In The Air Faster

Established in May of last year, OpenAirplane makes renting an aircraft as easy as renting a car.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

The Times Bulletin

Van Wert pilot competing for Cessna internship

Ryan Todd, a young college student who was born and raised in Van Wert, has been selected as one of six pilots competing for an internship in Cessna's Discover Flying Challenge.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Cessna 172, Cessna Aircraft, Van Wert, OH, Life, Hobbies, Van Wert County, OH, Eastern Michigan University

Basingstoke Gazette

Food charity displays new aircraft at Popham

A CHARITY that flies in medical equipment and food to some of the poorest parts of the world displayed the latest addition to its fleet at Popham.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Africa, South Sudan, World News

RIA Novosti

Austrian-Russian Utility Plane Deal Flies to Rescue Regions

Russia is to build a new light utility aircraft in cooperation with an Austrian plane-maker in response to a need to revive Russia's flagging local air services in remote areas.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Airport Business

Chattanooga Airport, TAC Air Spar Over Aviation Center

Chattanooga Airport and TAC Air officials skirmished Monday after airport officials said their general aviation center will lose about $450,000 in the budget year that ends June 30. June 18--Chattanooga Airport and TAC Air officials skirmished Monday after airport officials said their general aviation center will lose about $450,000 in the budget ... (more)

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Texarkana, TX

Business Wire

Unison Industries Air Cooled Fuel Cooler

More composite aircraft, efficient engines, and higher energy loads are making fuel less available for cooling purposes, and in some cases return-to-tank is not possible.

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Airport Business

Dallas Airmotive Asia Pacific RTC Completes First TFE731 Major Periodic Inspection

Dallas Airmotive's Regional Turbine Center based at Singapore's Seletar Airport has completed its first Major Periodic Inspection on a Honeywell TFE731 engine.

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Rome News

Aerobatic flight competition coming to airport on June 28

The International Aerobatic Club, Chapter 3, will host the Bear Creek Bash Aerobatic Competition at Rome's Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on June 28-29.

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Iol.co.za

Lofty aspirations for Google balloons

Google revealed top-secret plans to send ballons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global population currently without web access.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Surrey Advertiser

'Loophole' fears over Fairoaks Airport hangar plan

Fairoaks Operations Ltd has submitted plans for a 6,000sq-m building to house helicopters and light aircraft owned by existing tenants, Gama Engineering Ltd and Heli Air.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Town and Country, MO, Surrey County, England, United Kingdom

Journal Gazette

Fresh start at Smith Field

Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority officials cut the ribbon on a new terminal building at Smith Field airport Monday.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Fort Wayne, IN, Allen County, IN

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Airport Business

GE Aviation to Create a New Composites Facility at its Hamble, U.K. Aerostructures Manufacturing Site

It is part of a five-year, $50 million-plus investment at the site to support the company's manufacture of wing components for the Airbus A350 XWB jetliner family.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Hampshire County, England, United Kingdom, Airbus A350, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft

The Brooks Bulletin

Local pilots talk about flying career in agriculture

ALLISON DECLERCQ Brooks Bulletin Kelly DubA© and Pat Stinnissen, two spray plane pilots who own Quikway Air Services Inc. in Brooks, said it all started with an interest in a flying career.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Agriculture, Science, Canada,

Customer Interaction Solutions

Unison's New EBU for the LEAP-1A Engine for A320neo

Industries has a newly designed Engine Build-Up for the LEAP-1A engine application on the A320neo.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

SooToday

UGLY has never been so much fun

It's a bird, it's superman, no . . . it's a remote control airplane show Join the Sault Ste.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Sault Ste. Marie, MI