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January 20, 2009

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Press Release 101

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 01.20.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.20.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Press Release 101: 01.20.09 (ANN Special Report, with ANN Managing Editor Rob Finfrock.)

One Of GA's Legacy Manufacturers Wasn't Bashful About Looking To The Future

We thought that the presser that Piper conducted at NBAA 2008 might hold a few clues as to their future and that, combined with other interview material might make for an interesting overview as a revitalized Piper heads into 2009. Jim Bass, President of Piper Aircraft announced during the 2008 NBAA Convention that, against declining industry-wide sales of piston aircraft, Piper's piston sales were up through the 3rd quarter of '08. At a time when General Aviation’s overall piston-aircraft deliveries are down, Piper Aircraft underscored its comparative string of successes by noting that its piston aircraft deliveries were up 24 percent for the 3rd Quarter of 2008. The company also that announced ov

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.20.09)

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Over 60 years ago the skies around Yorkshire resounded to the sound of heavy bombers climbing to altitude before going on their journeys, (some one way), to bomb the industrial and military might of Hitler's Third Reich.

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The average distance from the Earth to the Sun; 1 AU is 149,597,870 kilometers (92,960,116 miles).

"[The F-22 can] kick down the door, sweep out all enemy aircraft and get out without being detected by the enemy."

Source: Capt. Randy St. John, an F-22 pilot with the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which began flight operations last week with Kadena Air Base officials.