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August 22, 2008

Third Victim Dies In North Las Vegas Velocity Accident

Pilot Was Unable To Gain Altitude

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 08.22.08 0910 MDT: At least two people were killed when an experimental aircraft impacted a home in North Las Vegas, NV early Friday morning.

Pilots Hand-Off Plane On Trip Across US And Back

Over 300 model airplane enthusiasts have come together for Wings Across America 2008 (WAA-08) a mission to fly a battery powered radio controlled airplane, called a Park Flyer, across all contiguous United States.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.22.08

That Spanair takeoff disaster followed an earlier aborted takeoff.
Sturgell rallies his troops to celebrate the FAA's 50th.
And the TSA encourages its agents to use avionics probes as

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ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 08.22.08

That Spanair takeoff disaster followed an earlier aborted takeoff.
Sturgell rallies his troops to celebrate the FAA's 50th.
And the TSA encourages its agents to use avionics probes as

More AERO-Casts

Aero-TV Gets A Look At Flight Design's New MC Model LSA

'Metal Concept' Intended To "Swallow The Flight School Market Whole"

The Aero-News and Aero-TV teams participated in the Oshkosh 2008 unveiling of an all-new light sport aircraft (LSA) produced by Flight Design, the 2009 MC or Metal Concept Model. The aircraft has been in development for approximately 36 months and with significant user input, was designed to respond to the needs of flight schools, flight clubs and the preferences of aviation enthusiasts who value the characteristics and maintainability of a metal fuselage.

But The Plane... Not So Much

A pilot flying in ahead of next month's Reno National Championship Air Races escaped uninjured Wednesday, after his vintage Hawker Sea Fury lost its engine on approach to the airport.