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August 07, 2012

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.08.12

The FAA Suspends Opposite Direction Operations…

Florida Air Museum’s President is Looking for Work…

The FAA May Slap American Ai

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Balloon Fiesta Patrons May Not Find Their Favorite Food This Year

At Least A Dozen Food Vendors Reportedly Considering Pulling Out Of The Event

The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is among the most colorful aviation events that take place in the U.S. each year, but even the slow pace of flight and relaxed atmosphere has not been able to prevent a dust up between food vendors and organizers of the event.

Nearly One-Hundred-Fourty Free-Fallers Decorate The Sky Over Northern Illinois

It took them three days and 15 attempts to get it done, but 138 skydivers hooked up in a massive snowflake formation Friday evening, freefalling together as speeds up to 220 miles per hour over Ottawa, IL southwest of Chicago.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.07.12

America is back on Mars!

EAA’s Chairman of the Board Retires

Glassair has a Change at the Top

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President of Glasair Aviation, Mikael Via, Resigns

Much-Lauded 11-Year Effort Comes To An End

Following the story that first broke on ANN, involving the sale of Glasair Aviation to a Chinese entity, Mikael Via, President and CEO of Glasair Aviation, announced his resignation from the Washington based general aircraft company that he has led for over 11 years. In 2001, Thomas Wathen purchased the Glasair assets out of bankruptcy and immediately brought Mikael Via in to rebuild the company for its customers and employees. At that time, the company had been out of business for over a year, there were no employees, and customers were without parts, service or support.

Aero-TV Takes A Creative Look At The Wilder Side Of Oshkosh

Sometimes, after a week of watching airplanes fly, they begin to seem to almost ... well ... begin to take on a life of their own. When videographers and writers start to look at airplanes in that way, strange things can happen. We call our airplanes "birds." They have names like KitFox, Goose, BearHawk, and ... yes ... Cub. And at an event like Oshkosh they do gather, like all the different animals at the watering hole on the African savannah, for a brief time before moving on. There are the fragile, the small and agile, the large and ponderous, and the swift predators. The only difference is