AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - (Page 38) PILOTBRIEFING June 29 | The original “Air Force One,” a Boeing VC137 is taken out of service. July 3 | Cessna’s new singleengine assembly plant dedicated in Independence, Kansas. December 10 | The first North American built DA40–180 Diamond Star flies. December 17, 1993 | The first B–2 stealth bomber is delivered to the U.S. Air Force. 2002 January 5 | After stealing a Cessna 172, a teenager crashes the aircraft into an office building in Tampa, Florida. May 2 | Erik Lindbergh lands the New Spirit of St. Louis in Paris. 1997 May 28 | Linda Finch flies a restored 62-year-old Lockheed Electra 10E to recreate the 1931 Amelia Earhart flight to circumnavigate the globe solo in 73 days. November 24 | Bombardier Aerospace delivers its 400th aircraft, a Challenger 604 wide body business jet. to bomb an enemy target over Iraq during Operation Desert Fox. 2000 January 1 | Despite Y2K fears, the ATC system is unaffected. 1999 January | AOPA buys Flight Training magazine. July 16 | John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister Lauren G. Bessette, are killed when the Piper Saratoga Kennedy was piloting crashes near Martha’s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast. October 25 | Golfer Payne Stewart and six others die when their Learjet 35 crashes. December | AOPA ends the decade with 357,644 members. 2001 November 10 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University celebrates its 75th anniversary. COURTESY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; CORBIS 1998 October 8 | Ken Blackburn keeps a paper airplane aloft for 27.6 seconds (indoors). December 16 | Lt. Kendra Williams, U.S. Navy, becomes the first female combat pilot September 11, 2001 | Using three hijacked airliners, terrorists attack New York City and the Pentagon, while a fourth hijacked airliner crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATIONS We Can Meet ALL Your Avionics, Instrument and Pilot Supply Needs Icom Garmin IC-A24 GPSMAP 496 Lightspeed Aspen Avionics ZULU EFD1000 Pro PFD www.GCA.aero Lakeland Linder Regional Airport • 3650 Drane Field Road • Lakeland, FL 33811 FA A A p p r ove d R e p a i r S t a t i o n N o. U B 4 R 5 6 4 M 1-800-474-9714 http://www.GCA.aero http://www.GCA.aero
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