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SSA Booth at the Acadamy of Model Aeronautics Expo.

Larry Tuohino coordinated the SSA's booth at the 2012 AMA Expo. With the help of sevreal other Region 12 volunteers, full scale soaring was well represented. I brought my 1-26 for a static display and it generated quite a bit of interest. Several Expo attendees were quite suprised to find out that they could own and fly a full scale glider for less than some of the RC gliders at the show. In fact, the RC Glider that was hanging from the ceiling right over 113 cost alomst twice as much to own and operate. Here's a couple of photos from the event. You can see the biggest crowd is gathered around the 1-26! You can see more images here.



Calif. airport prepares for lawsuit fallout over avgas

Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, Calif., is bracing for the outcome of a lawsuit to stop the sale of leaded aviation fuel in the state. "We really got to get the message out to the business community ... that aviation in California is facing a threat that exists nowhere else in America today," said James Coyne, president of the National Air Transportation Association. Long Beach Business Journal (Signal Hill, Calif.)



New Landout Sites Added

Peter Kovari has forwarded 2 more landout sites - Crestview and Benton - which have been included in the Landout Sites - Toward Bishop section.



New Landout Sites Added

Peter Kovari has forwarded several new landout sites which have been included in the Landout Sites - Toward Bishop section.