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December 25, 2006

Last Call: ANN Wants To Hear From You!

Annual Year-End Edition Incomplete Without Your Comments

ANN would like your opinion on the past year's biggest aviation news and news makers.

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Prominent Experimental Aircraft Avionics Shop May Be Closing Doors

Direct-To Avionics May Be A Goner

ANN has received a number of reports from industry sources indicating that Direct-To Avionics, a leading supplier of Avionics, especially EFIS systems, to the experimental aircraft community, may be shutting its doors.

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MBIA Donates 50 Hours of NetJets Time to Corporate Angel Network

50 Hours of Falcon 2000 Fractional Time to Help Cancer Patients

Corporate Angel Network (CAN), the national non-profit organization that provides free air transportation for cancer patients by using empty seats on corporate and fractional aircraft, announced that MBIA Inc., a provider of specialized financial services has donated 50 hours fractional jet flight time in their NetJet Falcon 2000 aircraft for use by CAN to transport cancer patients to treatment.

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Denver Airport's 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Abates

London and Brazil Also Hampered By Weather And More

It took four days, but Denver International Airport is finally operating at capacity, this day before Christmas. More than 3,000 incoming flights alone were canceled or diverted while Denver International was shut down for 45 hours after a two-day storm hit Wednesday and Thursday. The airport is the nation's 5th busiest.

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Klyde Morris (12.25.06)

It REALLY Likes Euros, Klyde...

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A Slow Year For Russia's Space Program

The Year in Review

With no breakthroughs during the first year of an ambitious government-approved federal space program that runs through 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government have been receiving additional resources; Russia has overhauled its telecommunications satellite cluster, while developing spacecraft for accomplishing socioeconomic objectives.

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Santa Arrives - In A WWII Trainer

Only In Palm Springs

Rudolph and Prancer were nowhere to be seen, as nearly 200 children impatiently awaited the arrival of their favorite man in red at the Palm Spring Air Museum Saturday. They were rewarded first with the noise of a 1943 Boeing Stearman engine, and then with Santa, himself, dressed in his traditional regalia, as the biplane taxied to the Air Museum (where the temperature reached the low 70s).

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PHX X-Ray Scanner Debut Delayed

Excuse Our Technical Difficulties

 Although the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said an X-ray security scanner that takes clear pictures of the human body, along with concealed weapons, would be operating at Sky Harbor International Airport's Terminal 4 by Christmas, it was not to be. Technical difficulties involving the scanner properly working with the airport's wireless connections were encountered, the TSA told AP. Testing has been rescheduled to early 2007.

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Holiday Tragedy: Family of Four Lost in SC Crash

A Cessna 340A crashed in the Stono River, SC, Friday, taking the lives of four, including, its owner, New Bern, NC, orthopedic surgeon Ray B. Armistead. Armistead's 54-year-old wife, Patricia, and their two daughters, Kristin and 27-year-old Lauren Armistead also were killed in the crash, Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten said Saturday.

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Poll Gives Thumbs Down to Renaming Winnipeg International Airport

Winnipeg Public Has Much To Learn About James Armstrong Richardson

He wasn't a prime minister, he wasn't a celebrity. He was, all told, a "commoner," and that, apparently, isn't good enough for the Winnipeg public to have their airport renamed in his honor.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (12.25.06): Stall Warnings

Aero-Tips!

Most airplanes have some sort of stall warning system.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.25.06)

Aero-Linx!

You can’t beat a bird’s eye view and that’s the thought behind Lighthawk. The volunteer organization provides an aerial perspective for organizations dealing in environmental concerns.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.25.06): Traffic Pattern

Aero-Terms!

A rectangular flight pattern around the landing runway at an airport.

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (12.25.06)

"D2A was an authorized, independently-owned distributor for Chelton. Chelton has no ownership or other relationship with D2A. Chelton has received various inquiries from persons who have alleged that they were told by D2A that parts for which they claimed to have paid D2A were 'back ordered.' Chelton currently has no purchase orders from D2A and there are no 'back orders' to be filled. Chelton has also suspended taking any further purchase orders from D2A and has suspended D2A’s status as an authorized distributor."

Source: In a statement posted to the Lancair Mailing List, Chelton Flight Systems has confirmed D2A's shutdown but its taking strong steps to distance itself from any obligations it feels may be D2A's alone.

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