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July 22, 2008

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Stolen Aircraft Parts Recovered In Arizona

Anonymous Caller Gives Locations Of Vintage Wings

A sad story appears to have a happy ending. Two vintage aircraft wings were recovered last week, days after the trailer carrying the Lockheed parts was stolen from a parking lot near Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, AZ.

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With the final days before the official start to EAA AirVenture 2008 counting down all too rapidly... and, not quickly enough... ANN's senior staff is all-too-aware of the Herculean task ahead of us in reporting EVERYTHING that's news at The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.

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How did this happen? We have just SIX days (eep!) to go before the aviation version of Christmas -- this year's AirVenture celebration -- kicks off in Oshkosh, WI.

Aero-Linx!

NHA was founded in 1976 to promote the development and use of naval vertical lift aircraft in the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard; provide a forum whereby persons in these organizations involved with vertical lift aircraft can interact with each other at meetings and conventions; to provide recognition to those persons who have made significant contributions to those purposes. In pursuing these objectives NHA keeps members informed of new developments and accomplishments in vertical lift aircraft.

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A form of reciprocating engine in which the fuel-air mixture inside the cylinder is ignited by an electric spark. The spark is timed to occur when the piston is in the correct position on the compression stroke.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.22.08)

"We don’t know at this point who the caller was. He would only speak with the victim and would only identify himself as Fred. The phone numbers came up private."

Source: Sgt. Ed Wessing, spokesman for the Mesa (AZ) Police Department. Two vintage aircraft wings were recovered last week, days after the trailer carrying the Lockheed parts was stolen from a parking lot near Falcon Field Airport in Mesa on July 14. On Friday, an anonymous caller to Falcon Field told Kropp the location of the trailer and one wing... then called back the next day with the location where officials could find the second wing.