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Striking Back At The Empire

The Lighter Side Of Life Thumbing Its Nose At Empire FAA; We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Certifications

The chickens are coming home to roost if the numbers of vendors and consumers visiting the ultralight area of AirVenture this week is any indication. This year there is much more activity in the ultralight area than in the past, more so than any other year I have attended AirVenture.

Where Is The Baddest, Hippest, Grooviest, Place To Visit?

Or 'Where Are All The 20-Something, Co-Ed's Hanging?'

If you hate crowds one of the places you want to avoid is College Park. Housed in a large tent sponsored by American Airlines are a number of Aviation oriented colleges offering aviation degrees of one type or another. Want to be an airport planner, developer, dispatcher or pilot then investigate the various universities around the country who are recruiting for their programs.

Get Paid To Fly Through Aerial Photography

It Actually Can Make Money

As pilots, we have all seen beautiful sights that we wish we had a camera to capture. Aerial photography is something that not only something one can do as a hobby but can actually make money performing according to David Rodwell, the owner of Aerial Photo Academy, located in Winston Salem, NC.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (08.04.13)

"We’re so happy to share the film with the passionate aviation community at AirVenture.” Source: Disney's "Planes" director Klay Hall.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.04.13): Cross-Valley Wind System

Cross-Valley Wind System A thermally driven wind that blows during daytime across the axis of a valley toward the heated sidewall.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.04.13)

American Air Mail Society

The AAMS was founded in 1923, and is the second oldest aerophilatelic society in the world with over 1,500 members worldwide. The AAMS publishes the monthly magazine The Airpost Journal & the Jack Knight Air Log, as well as the American Air Mail Catalogue, and many other aerophilatelic books.