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Many Ninety- funding the FAA month by month. what Tom Poberezny, EAA President, calls “the Nines helped fly the This is both good news and bad news. The abscessed tooth” referring to those user fees. good news is they have not, as yet, had a chance As members of the General Aviation com- WASP from their to institute the dreaded user fees. And this be- munity, it is up to us as individuals to be aware reunion headquarters ing an election year, it is unlikely that they will of the status of the reauthorization bill and how in Dallas to Avenger touch the reauthorization bill until after the it will affect us. Contact your Senators and Con- Field. elections in November. gress members and ask them what their views Photo by Lilian Therein lies the bad news. 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A Quiet Revolution 12 by Lane Wallace Check Ride-itis 15 by Michelle Hovey SSgt Kristi Machado International Director Fran Strubeck 16 by Donna Crane-Bailey 12 Refurbishment of the AEBM Takes Flight Major Samantha Weeks, bottom jet, flies in 20 by Carole Sutton formation with the Thunderbirds. Old Flyers Fade Away While New Flyers 24 Shape the Future by Dick Lochner EAA/Air Adventure Oshkosh 2008 25 by Rita Adams Long-Term Dedication 24 26 by Judy Wayman Sarah Lochner soloed in her grandfather’s Mor2 — and also his Aeronca Champ and Cessna 172.