| Millville Aviation Art on display at the Noyes Museum of Art
The Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) exhibition of aviation art entitled "Aviation Art -- The Beauty of Flight" will be displayed at the Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville from March 20 through May 1, in their educational wing. The theme of this display is "Thundering Warbirds," a collection of prints and lithographs illustrating the history, technology and beauty of the warbirds of World War II. All of the pieces are signed originals with many bearing signatures of WWII "Aces" who served and flew these fighters, bombers and pursuit planes during the war. The exhibit includes pieces on loan from private individuals as well as a selection from the permanent collection of the Millville Army Air Field Museum. The Noyes Museum of Art, located at 733 Lily Lake Road in Oceanville, has a permanent collection that currently includes more that 1,300 pieces of American art, ranging from paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as an impressive variety of more than 350 vintage waterfowl decoys.
China takes steps to build own jet airliners
SHANGHAI, China -- China's top leaders have approved a program to build large commercial aircraft, lending crucial government support to plans to challenge the domination of Boeing and Airbus in the country's fast-growing aviation market. A Cabinet meeting held last month approved "in principle" setting up a formal program for domestic companies to build large commercial aircraft, according to a statement seen Monday on the Web site of the State Council Information Office. The statement said the decision followed a report by a group set up six months earlier to research the feasibility of the project. No timeframe was given, but last week a top official of state-owned China Aviation Industry Corp. I said the company planned to start making large aircraft by 2020.
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