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Launch of OnExtendedWings.com!


The GA flying community just witness the launch of a social networking and blogging service specially catered for GA aviators - www.OnExtendedWings.com. The service is free but exclusively for GA pilots and student pilots only.
Members will be able to have their own personlised photo albums, journals or blogs, create and publish their events with RVSP capabilities and even create and manage private groups among members (just like yahoo groups). Privacy is fully controllable by the members as they can choose not to make certain information public.
NOW PLAYING! - Malaysia's 8TV in association with WingsOverAsia.com and Johor Flying Club presents - TRIPPIN episode 13 - World of Aerobatics!.

Lead by WOA's aerial display team leader Markus with flight support for aerial filming by WOA aerial display team members.

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The Singapore Airshow 2008 starts today!

And a usually airliner and military focused airshow has now surprises for GA for the 1st time. Our pre-show scouting has revealed the following GA and light aircrafts that have already arrived onsite the airshow. WOA discovers what is on display - actual photos live from airshow site even before the airshow begins!

Left: Shot through the heart by Black Knights F16 aerobatic display team

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FIRST FLIGHT (รักสยามเท่าฟ้า) - Siam was the first country in Asia to have a flying program
Visit: www.firstflightmovie.com

The film "Rak Siam Tao Fah" will be released in Thai theaters on 31 Jan 2008. This adventure drama is about the early days of aviation in the Kingdom of Siam - first country in Asia to have an aviation program. It about the meeting of two cultures "East meets West" before World War I, when the airplanes were made out of wood, and the pilots were made out of iron. It is a film about believing in the power of your dream and it is based on fact that Siam sent over 70 pilots with their Expeditionary Forces to support the allies in France during World War I. The film uses real aerials over pristine forests, mountains and rivers in Thailand.

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EVERETT, Jan. 16, 2008 - Boeing [NYSE:BA] today announced that first flight of the 787 has been moved from the end of the first quarter of this year to around the end of the second quarter to provide additional time to complete assembly of the first airplane. Deliveries are now expected to begin in early 2009, rather than late 2008.
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With the booming economies of India, China and other Asian nations, there is a growing shortage of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and other aviation personnel.  Until recently, US pilots were required to retire at age 60.  Many of these pilots were then hired by foreign carriers to supplement their ranks with experienced pilots.  Now with the recent extension of the pilot retirement age to 65, this source of qualified pilots has dried up.  With the growth of new airlines in developing countries, the other job categories are hurting as well.


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The Red Arrows aerobatic team from Britain and India's SuryaKirans aerobatic team has arrived in Malaysia way ahead of the LIMA airshow in Langkawi. For those of you who have paid attention to the NOTAMs of out Subang Airport (WMSA), they can be spotted doing practices and performances in Subang, Kuala Lumpur in the late afternoons these few days, look out for them! Next week, they will be at LIMA airshow in Langkawi.

Left: Red Arrows & SuryaKirans parked at Subang

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News clippings of Malaysian Cessna crash landing in Belinyu, Indonesia
Transportation safesty commission investigating Malaysian plane crash in Belinyu
Source: antara.co.id. Photo & report by Uusjio

"The investigation team of the Transportation Safety National Commission will soon go out into the field to find the cause of the crash of the Cessna trainer," he said in Tanjungpandan, Belitung, Friday night.

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Do you like to fly and get your Scout Pilot Wing?  
Here’s your chance !
Open Recruitment for Air Scouts
(boys and girls age 11-16)

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(WIHP–Nusawiru–WIHP) Story & Photograph by Catherine Fitzsimons, Indonesia Flying Club
Pangandaran was a well-kept Javanese secret until a tsunami in June 2006 put it onto the world map for an instant. Unfortunately, the tsunami took it off the Javanese tourism map and it fell off the world map pretty quickly thereafter, too, leaving the devastated region impoverished and with little prospects of a quick recovery. I had wanted to visit Pangandaran, a beautiful fishing village, national park and seaside holiday destination on the south cost of central Java, for some time but had been deterred by the long drive by road and was unsure of how to get there. That was, of course, until I heard that there was a serviceable airstrip only 35 km from the town of Pangandaran itself.

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Bangkok, October 23, 2007 -- Minor Aviation Ltd. today launches its newest business jet charter air service from Bangkok, providing charter flights, aircraft maintenance, management and ground handling services with an experienced, professional team. Minor Aviation is already an established brand name offering private and business jet charter flight to business executives and corporate travellers.