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September 11, 2008

Louisiana Guard Prepares For Hurricane Ike

Houston Airports Brace For Impending Storm

The Gulf coast of the United States is once again bracing for another hard-hitting storm. With parts of Louisiana still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Gustav and National Guardsmen continuing to provide assistance, Governor Bobby Jindal has directed troops to relocate, stage and prepare for possible landfall of Hurricane Ike at a moment's notice.

Albuquerque Waits For News About Eclipse... With ANN Managing Editor Rob Finfrock

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.11.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.11.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Albuquerque Waits For News About Eclipse: 09.11.08 (ANN Special Report, with With ANN Managing Editor Rob Finfrock.

Founder Drew Steketee To Remain In Advisory Role

The board of directors of the Civil Air Patrol Historical Foundation recently elected Lt. Col. Jack Faas of The Colony, TX to be the second executive director of the non-profit foundation preserving and promoting CAP history.

Islands Hit Hard By Ike, Bracing For More Storms

With residents of Haiti, Cuba and The Bahamas now cleaning up following the onslaught of Hurricane Ike -- and with the storm now setting its sights on the Texas Gulf coast -- now is a good time to talk about efforts to help storm victims rebuild their lives.

ANN Special Feature: Rob Finfrock, Eclipse & Albuquerque, NM - 09.11.08

Paul Plack is joined by ANN Managing Editor Rob Finfrock to discuss the suspense in the Albuquerque business community as it waits to see what happens at Eclipse Aviation.

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Middletown Aviation Foundation Presents 'Wings Of Freedom'

Inaugural Event Coming To Middletown Airport On September 20-21

Aero-News has learned the first air show in over 30 years at Middletown Airport/Hook Field Municipal (MWO) in Middletown, OH will take place on September 20 and 21. Presented by the Middletown Aviation Foundation, "Wings of Freedom" will feature dozens of war birds, top aerobatic performers, ground displays, along with a car show, military re-enactors, paratroopers and aviation-oriented kid zone.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.11.08)

Aero-Linx!

Located in Birmingham, AL, the Southern Museum of Flight features a wide variety of aircraft and artifacts. Relics from the Wright Brothers, WWI equipment, rare and exotic aircraft from around the world and the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame round out the collection.

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Aero-Terms are designed to be a daily reminder of the terms, names, acronyms and explanations of the unique language that populates the aviation world. Aerospace, sport aviation, fixed wing, helo, you name it... it's all fair game.

"If I build it exactly the same, that means that every time I walk in... I'll be reliving and going through a lot of the same things that I already went through when my wife was here. Life is testing my faith. Everything I go through day to day is testing my faith."

Source: Joe Woodard, who lost his wife and her infant son when a Cessna 310 owned by NASCAR crashed into their home in Sanford, FL while attempting an emergency landing in July 2007. Woodard is now rebuilding his home... and has come under fire by his homeowners association, which has put him on notice for violations to the neighborhood code... including having the wrong shingles on the roof.