From WFMY News 2 -

“Greensboro, NC — Marine Corporal Jesse Fletcher always wanted to learn how to fly.

Fletcher wasn’t sure if he would ever get the chance, after losing both legs while serving in Iraq when he stepped on an IED.

Some of his friends wanted to make sure that Fletcher got his chance to learn how to soar. His friends bought him a flying lesson and Fletcher’s love of flying took off from there.

“Just because you’re an injured person, doesn’t have to mean that you can’t go out and try something. You’re only limited to what your brain will let you do,” says Fletcher.”

WFMY News 2  Written by Kelly Heffernan-Tabor

http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article/234520/327/Wounded-Warrior-Learns-How-To-Fly

Pilot traveling to and from Lakeland, Fla., for the 37th Annual Sun n’ Fun will receive a discount of 10 cents a gallon on fuel purchases, according to FBO officials.

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Plans by Fly High Lexington — a private company contracted by the county to run the airport — are part of a larger blueprint to improve the facility and address a decline in activity experienced during the recession. The 75-acre airport is located on I-85 just south of Lexington and primarily caters to general aviation customers.

Fly High will spend between $10,000 and $15,000 each year …

“It is a huge endorsement for Uptown Lexington, Inc. to receive this ‘seal of approval’ from KCBS,” said Chad Hodges, chair of the BBQ Capital Cook-off.  “KCBS sanctioning brings integrity, experience, a base of cookers and judges, and a support system of other organizers. So this provides the platform to make sure we have a respected and successful event right from the start. ”

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday hosted by the Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce at the county airport marked the occasion. WFUBMC President Donnie Lambeth, Lexington City Mayor John Walser and Davidson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Dr. Max Walser commended the arrangement made between the county and the hospital that led to the local stationing of the helicopter.

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The board will enter into a five-year agreement with Colorado-based Air Methods Corp., who will contract a helicopter to be used by WFUBMC starting Nov. 1.

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The event, Business After Hours, sponsored by both the Lexington and Thomasville chambers of commerce, provided Van Der Linden and his wife, Mari-Elena Baldwin, a chance to meet with those officials and discuss future plans for the airport.

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Karel Van Der Linden, 52, replaced former FBO Everette Tate on Aug. 1 after buying out Tate and Carolina Aero Services, LLC. Van Der Linden will operate under the name Fly High Lexington, LLC.

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