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We have been notified that the Soaring Society of America’s 2010 SSA Convention will be held in Little Rock, AR from Jan 28 to Jan 30.

Registration for the 2010 SSA Convention is now only available on-site during the convention.

The Convention Hotel is Doubletree:

Doubletree Hotel
424 West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-372-4371 or 800-222-TREE
Price is $126.00 for single and double rooms
Rate ends January 5, 2010 at 11:59 PM

On its website, you will see this announcement:

Effective immediately, as of noon on Wednesday, 13 January 2010, Blue Wings airlines is ceasing operation.

The developments of recent weeks, and the tense overall economic situation in the aviation industry, have forced us to take this step.

Blue Wings was established in 2002 chartering flights from from Düsseldorf, and a 48% share was acquired by Russia’s National Reserve Corporation (NRC) under Alpstream AG. Ownership is (was?) Alpstream AG (48%), Jorn Hellwig (26%) and NIL Investment (26%) but apparently a shareholder dispute led to the carrier being banned. Reportedly, staff has not been paid since November.

The airline has a pending order of 16 Airbuses but the airline’s license is currently revoked by German authorities.

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