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Predator aircraft flies into history (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:59:47 GMT An MQ-1 Predator takes off on a training flight from Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs on Monday, the same day another remotely piloted plane marked the program's 400,000th hour of flight time during a mission over Southwest Asia.

Lexington memorial for Flight 5191 victims enters design phase (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:58:41 GMT As the two-year anniversary of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 approaches, a commission charged with creating a permanent memorial is about to begin the design process for a monument. Over the last year, the Flight 5191 Memorial Commission has been focused on developing a mission statement and identifying the values a permanent memorial should embody. A site for a memorial has not been ...

Morris resident takes a flight plan less traveled (Morris Daily Herald)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:11:29 GMT As Matt Kiger carefully packs his fresh crab cakes from Baltimore, Md. into a to-go container, he knows a treat awaits him upon his arrival home.

Phelps Climbs Out of the Pool and Into the World (New York Times)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:06:54 GMT The first day of the rest of Michael Phelps's life as a sports icon was a trip. It was not unlike a transatlantic flight: tiring, thrilling and a little turbulent.

Older airplanes get needed fixes (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:02:38 GMT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE - It's no secret: We're flying some old airplanes.

UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (Moldova.org)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:35:04 GMT There was talk in the Godolphin barn about running Music Note against the boys in next weekend's Travers Stakes rather than in Saturday's $600,000 Alabama. Her dominating size and strength, the theory had it, would make her tough in any company.Perhaps trainer Saeed bin Suroor should have saved Music Note for the Travers because she never could get past the diminutive but determined Proud Spell ...

Aerobatic pilot takes flight (Creston News Advertiser)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:11:09 GMT Local resident Greg Wurster spins, loops and rolls his aerobatic plane through the sky as often as possible. Here, take a look at photos by Creston News Advertiser reporter Jasmynne Sloan, both from the ground and the cockpit of Wurster’s plane.

"American Idol" hopefuls prepare for auditions (Asbury Park Press)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:39:12 GMT Last year, Jane Hayden gave what she thought was a wonderful performance during the "American Idol" tryouts at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center.

Flight school thrills students (Sarnia Observer)
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:02:11 GMT He isn’t doing barrel rolls . . . yet. But 13-year-old Jon Magwood is one of a dozen local teens who’s a “Top Gun” in his own right. He says the thrill of taking the controls of a plane has him eager to fly the friendly skies again soon, [...]

South Africa: Study for a New Generation of Local Scholars (AllAfrica.com)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:55:06 GMT THERE is a swirling debate in the higher education sector about the focus and value of research outputs in our universities. This is as it should be - we are spending public money.

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