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EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
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EAA is an international 177,000-member organization encouraging and supporting recreational and sport aviation, and the home of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.
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Chapter to Finish Fallen Member's Plane
A special project is occurring at the EAA Chapter 79 hangar on Spokane, Washington's Felts Field. About a dozen chapter members are working to complete panel work on the RV-8 owned by a fellow member, United States Air Force Capt. Tyler Voss, who was tragically killed along with two other airmen when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed on May 3 in Kyrgyzstan.
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Son of EAA Director Emeritus Solos in Grandpa's Stearman
Cormac Siegfried, son of EAA Director Emeritus Rand Siegfried, successfully completed his first solo flight in a powered aircraft on May 5 in his grandfather Robert 'Old Bob' Siegfried's Boeing Stearman PT 17, the iconic World War II trainer.
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GAMA Issues Upbeat First Quarter Report
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released figures for the industry's airplane first quarter shipment and billings, showing a positive increase in all sectors.
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Contract Towers to Remain Open
The Department of Transportation announced today that the 149 contracted air traffic control towers previously slated for closure under sequestration will remain operational through September 30, 2013 - the end of fiscal year.
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EAA Lauds Bipartisan GA Bill to Boost Safety, Lower Costs
EAA applauds the bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers that would establish a date for FAA implementation of its Part 23 Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recommendations that would increase safety and cut aircraft certification costs.
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