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May 17, 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Yesterday was an exciting day at the hanger as Tim Finley, Rich and Tom Pengelley, John Winchester, Eric Helpenstell, Bill Eckberg, Sean Rondestvedt, Steve Wallace, Bernard McVay, Von Armstrong, Chris Greene, Omar Chramosta, John Zambrano, Jon Higley, Keith Zanghi and Ed Shadle spent this past weekend working on the North American Eagle™.

Special guests this week was NAE™ team member John Zambrano's kids.

Bernard was busy this weekend finishing up two projects. He built a new stronger front wheel dolly used to move the car around in the hanger. In addition he installed a rear axle truss assembly that will stiffen up the lateral movement of the Eagle.

Steve worked on the cooling system for the onboard computer. A lot of effort was put into working on the antenna system for our Tropos® Networks Ethernet System. Steve built a wooden mockup of a proposed system. The project will need three antennas for our upcoming Black Rock Test. Located every 2.5 miles, the 20 foot antennas will hold a Tropos Ethernet Network that will receive data being transmitted from the Eagle during each run. An onboard Tropos Ethernet Transmitter is located in the nose of the 56 foot long Eagle.

Sean and Von worked on the Lev X Tractor in preparation for this summer's test session.

On the newsstands is an article on the project in the June 2009 issue of FLY RC magazine. The very popular magazine can be found at most grocery stores and all book stores.

This coming week the team will be featured on The Science Channel will be airing our Discovery Channel Show, Mega Builders: World's Fastest Wheels Two (2) more times in March.

Since the original air date of September 22, 2005 the show has been seen all over the world and has aired in the United States over 100 times!

The one hour show directed by Dugald Maudsley features the activities leading up to our first successful test run. The show follows the team as they travel to Magna-Force in Port Angeles, WA and see the remarkable LevX® braking system. Then on to Canada to Eagle Machine, Inc to see the building of the all metal wheels and finally to S&S Turbine Services in Fort St John BC where the team performs engine test on the 42,500 hp LM 1500 Turbojet.

The show will air on the Science Channel on May 19, 2009, 12 Noon.

All times listed are EST. Times will vary in other time zones depending if you have Satellite or Cable. Check your provider for exact times.

Did you know the North American Eagle™ has been featured in over eight television shows. Recently NBC / Universal film the team for a possible pilot. We are currently working with about five production companies to document our upcoming test session this summer.

You can read more about Dugald Maudsley on the very popular IMDb website.

We know a lot of our fans are on facebook. Now the North American Eagle™ is on facebook! In fact many of our team members are also! It is just another great way to let everyone know what we're up to. We have many of our latest Power-On systems test videos up on the site. Just type in North American Eagle and you will find us! Tell your friends! It's fun!

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