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General aviation - from recreational to business to emergency medical flying - recently got a boost, when Gov. Chris Gregoire declared June "General Aviation Appreciation Month" in Washington. The governor's proclamation was informed by the 2012 Washington Aviation Economic Impact study, recently completed by the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation division. The study helped [...]

Discover Aviation Days touches down the first weekend in June at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport with a full schedule of events promoting general aviation activities. “This will be the largest one we’ve done in the last five years,” said Craig Schiller, lead event organizer. An 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall [...]

If you happen to see the Aerostars formation aerobatic team whipping their precision aircraft around the skies over Wittman Regional Airport this weekend, relax. Airventure has not been moved up three months. Instead, the three-man team will fly its entire performance at dawn and dusk for “The Aviators,” a magazine-style TV program airing on PBS. [...]