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UPDATE: SpaceX Countdown Back On Course

Yep, They Were Bumped By The Ground-Launched Mid-Course Interceptor Program

As we reported, the SpaceX Falcon 1 launch was delayed by a situation relating to another rocket launch in the Kwajalein Atoll launch complex, nothing directly to do with them.

Sporty's 2006 Sweepstakes To Award a G1000 Cessna Skyhawk

This year Sporty's is giving away one of the most exciting planes ever — a brand-new Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP with the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit system.

Aero-News Holiday Aero-Cast For Friday 11.25.05

ANN Daily Touch-N-Go: 11.25.05 Holiday Edition: (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)

NATA Critical of FAA’s Wet Lease Notice

NATA has submitted comments critical of the FAA’s recent notice on certain aircraft lease agreements known as "wet leases,” because it overemphasizes the importance of management agreements instead of adopting a more holistic view of an air carrier’s operational control system.

EAA Weighs In On Contentious McCauley Prop AD

Proposed Propeller AD To Affect T-34 And Navion Owners

As previously reported in an ANN Daily News Report and an accompanyingAero-Cast Special Feature, EAA is weighing in on a recently proposed airworthiness directive (AD) that would affect T-34 and Navion aircraft equipped with McCauley propellers.

NTSB Prelim Sheds A Little More Light on GV Stuck Gear Incident

While the sight of a Gulfstream V circling Portland with one gear stuck up captivated the national news services until they realized that no crash was to take place, it's the aeeronautical details that most concern those of us in the aviation community.

A109 Power Deliveries Commence To Saudi Aramco

Deliveries of AgustaWestland A109 Power helicopters to Saudi Aramco are underway with five of the seven aircraft ordered already accepted. The remaining two aircraft are expected to be accepted by the end of the year.

Aero-News Quote Of The Day (11.26.05)

"Gulfstream Aerospace engineers reviewed the photograph and advised the pilot in how to extend the landing gear. Six hours and ten minutes after takeoff, the airplane landed successfully." Source: The NTSB's succinct preliminary report on the landing gear difficulties experienced by Nike's Gulfstream V, N225GV, and the solution that was developed -- allowing a safe and uneventful landing.

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