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From time to time we receive various press releases
concerning aviation in general. Most of this is not relevant to
CONTACT! Magazine, but some of it is still interesting. The
items we find most interesting, we well publish it here on the
internet.
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Posted 10/19/2005 |
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Steve Wood, the first British pilot to fly around the four
corners of America in a homebuilt aircraft, plans a record
setting solo round the world flight in an experimental
aircraft |
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Posted 6/2/2004 |
| Investor and philanthropist
Paul G. Allen and aviation legend Burt Rutan have teamed to create the
program, which will attempt the first non-governmental flight to leave
the earth’s atmosphere. |
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Posted 4/20/2004 |
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Sun ‘n Fun
Fly–In, Inc., today presented a check for $40,000 to the Boys & Girls
Clubs of Lakeland and Mulberry. The check is Sun ‘n Fun’s first
installment of a $250,000 pledge to the Boys & Girls that will be
fulfilled over the next seven years. |
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Posted 12/17/2003
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Today, a
significant milestone was achieved by Scaled Composites: The first manned
supersonic flight by an aircraft developed by a small company’s private,
non-government effort. |
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Posted 10/16/2003 |
| The Octave Chanute
Aerospace Museum is launching a concerted effort via the World Wide
Web to generate support for the restoration of the North American
Aviation P-51H Mustang on display at the museum. |
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