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The September 11 attacks, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States. On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the third plane into the Pentagon. The fourth plane was intended to hit a federal government building but crashed in a field following a passenger revolt. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the global war on terror.

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Families are always looking for family activities that do not break the bank, yet are entertaining. If you have flying fanatics in your crew then this museum is worth the hour drive south of Palm Brach County to Miami. Let your spirits soar at the Wings Over Miami Air Museum! Tours of the museum’s growing collection, include vintage planes, military trainers, and jet aircraft from the Cold War era. There are flyable aircraft as well as static displays.

The Wings Over Miami Air Museum is located at Miami Executive Airport. The air museum is open to the public. The painting above is of a Navy F-14 Tomcat, the airplane made famous in TOPGUN. The Museum has a Tomcat on display! The name of the image is Last Demo Baby! It was commissioned by the…

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The Stuart Air Show is coming back to town November 12-14, 2021. Aviation enthusiasts and people passionate about giving back to the community will love the 2021 Stuart Air Show.  The Martin County skies, in Stuart,  will be occupied with thundering sounding jets and flying stunt planes as part of the annual Stuart Air Show. The 3-day air show will take place at the Witham Field Airport.

The show will exceed your expectations. This is more than an air show!  It is an interactive experience for the entire family to enjoy.  Come and watch these unbelievable planes perform high altitude stunts and death-defying maneuvers at lightning speeds.  The United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demo Team will perform in the F-16C Fighting Falcon.

The Stuart Air…

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National Aviation Day is August 19, 2021.  It celebrates the “12 seconds that changed the world”!  Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt was the creator of National Aviation Day, deciding for the first time in 1939 that the nation should celebrate the growth and advancements being made in aviation. Get to your local private aviation facility in Palm Beach County and get your “wings”.

National Aviation Day is also Orville Wright's birthday. Mr. Wright, born in 1871, he and his Wilbur Wright developed the world's first successful airplane. Orville was still alive when the proclamation was first issued, and he lived nine more years. 

The national holiday is to memorialize Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first in the world successfully achieve powered…

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