AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - (Page 40) j TIME FOR AN UPGRADE? The Future of Business Aviation Very Light (VLJ) Exhibition Friday and Saturday March 7 & 8, 2008 Charlotte, NC PILOTBRIEFING December 9 | United Airlines files for Chapter 11 reorganization. It is the largest airline bankruptcy in U.S. history. REGISTER ONLINE www.Flyjetpool.com See Aircraft and Mock-ups From Many Leading Manufacturers! Learn at Seminars: VLJ101 Mentor Pilot Secondary Market & More Presented by Co-Sponsors: 2003 May 28 | Cirrus delivers an SR22 airplane to its first Russian customer. August 11 | Skip Holm, flying the P–51D Dago Red, sets a new closed-course piston-engine speed record of 507 mph. December 17 | The 100th birthday of aviation is celebrated. 2004 June 23 | Mike Melvill takes SpaceShipOne to an altitude of more than 62.5 miles to become the first civilian astronaut. July 27 | Cessna unveils the all-glass avionics system (Garmin G1000) for new Skyhawks. December | AOPA ends the year with 404,000 members. at A veteran owned company 2005 January 18 | The world’s largest passenger airplane, the Airbus A380, is unveiled. Put the world’s LARGEST AVIATION RESOURCE at your fingertips See what’s in store for you at Trade-A-Plane.com, now with more free classifieds. Enjoy premium services with your subscription— aviation weather, NAAA Evaluator, aircraft value trends, more. Call or visit us online today! July 2 | Steve Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz re-create the first nonstop crossing in a balloon of the Atlantic. 2006 February 11 | Steve Fosset sets the absolute world record for “distance without landing,” (25,766 miles) in the Virgin-Atlantic GlobalFlyer. April 4 | The Cessna 172 Skyhawk turns 50. October 11 | New York Yankees player Cory Lidle dies when his Cirrus SR20 crashes in New York City. 2007 April 6 | Mooney’s new M20TN Acclaim sets a new cross-country speed record. June 27 | Barrington Irving becomes the youngest and first African-American pilot to fly solo around the world in his Columbia 400, named Inspiration. September 3 | Steve Fossett disappears while flying his Citabria Super Decathalon in the Nevada desert. November | Cessna acquires Columbia Aircraft Corp. AOP AOPA PILOT • 40 • MARCH 2008 http://www.Flyjetpool.com http://www.Flyjetpool.com http://trade-a-plane.com http://trade-a-plane.com http://www.davtron.com http://www.davtron.com
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