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NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6310 Issue Date: August 14, 2006 at 16:52 UTC Location: Whitefish, Montana Beginning Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 17:35 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 20:45 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6305 Issue Date: August 14, 2006 at 16:45 UTC Location: Boise, Idaho Beginning Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 21:20 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 17, 2006 at 0:35 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6452 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 15:20 UTC Location: Phillipsburgs, Montana near MISSOULA VOR/DME (MSO) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting operations. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Salt Lake (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6386 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 0:47 UTC Location: York/Lancaster, Pennsylvania Beginning Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 17:50 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 23:10 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6393 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 1:58 UTC Location: Sawyers Bar, California near FORT JONES VOR/DME (FJS) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting aircraft operations. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Seattle (ZSE) Center, 253-351-3520

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6400 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 3:18 UTC Location: Gorman, California near GORMAN VORTAC (GMN) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting aircraft operations. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Los Angeles (ZLA) Center, 661-265-8205

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6446 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 14:50 UTC Location: Ely, Minnesota Beginning Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 15:30 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 16:45 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Due to blasting activity at Babbitt Iron Mines Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Minneapolis (ZMP) Center, 651-463-5580

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6401 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 3:41 UTC Location: Jackson, Wyoming near DUNOIR VOR/DME (DNW) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting aircraft operations. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Salt Lake (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6411 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 12:37 UTC Location: 10NM Southwest Casper, Wyoming near MUDDY MOUNTAIN VORTAC (DDY) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Denver (ZDV) Center, 303-651-4248

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6387 Issue Date: August 15, 2006 at 1:14 UTC Location: York/Lancaster, Pennsylvania Beginning Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 17:50 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 16, 2006 at 23:10 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

Chertoff: Changes Coming For TSA Screeners

Aims To Swap Roles Of Contractors, Agency Employees

A change may be coming to security checkpoints at airports throughout the nation... and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff believes it's about time.

BRS Posts Almost 25 Percent Increase In Revenue

But Gains Offset By Long-Term Debt

Whole-airplane parachute recovery system manufacturer Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. told Aero-News this week its earnings for the most recent fiscal quarter saw an increase in revenue of 24.7 percent -- to $2,633,976, up from $2,112,091 in the same period a year earlier.

Airmen Receive Vital Physiological Training For High, Low Flight

Crews Learn About Survival At All Operating Altitudes

In Monday's Aero-Craft audio feature, ANN resident CFI Tom Turner talked of the risks and rewards associated with flying at high altitudes. That lesson is certainly not lost on airmen in the US Air Force... as approximately 35,000 students take physiological training each year to gain a better understanding of survival in the flight environment.

Merlin Simulation Receives FAA Cert For R22 Training Sim

Fly Without Leaving The Ground

We REALLY want one of these. Merlin Simulation Inc. told Aero-News Tuesday the company has received the Federal Aviation Administration's Level 3 Certification for its new R22 VFR/IFR simulator product line.

Border Patrol Orders Five More EC120s For Homeland Security Missions

They WILL Be Watching

Aero-News learned Monday the Department of Homeland Security has ordered five more EC120s from American Eurocopter, increasing to 15 the total number of these single-engine helicopters being acquired for front-line operations by the US Customs and Border Protection agency.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 08.15.06

Does Tighter Airline Security Mean New Opportunities For Charter Ops?

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.15.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.15.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- NATA's Jim Coyne: 08.15.06 (ANN Special Feature, with NATA's Jim Coyne on New Opportunities For Charter and Air Taxi Operators.)

Jobless Pilot Auctions Off Old Uniform

Selling To "Make Ends Meet"

An enterprising New Zealand pilot may be out of a job right now, but he's not at a loss for ideas on how to raise some needed cash.

SpiceJet Exercises Options For NextGen 737s

Valued At Over $700 Million List

Boeing and New Delhi-based SpiceJet announced Monday that the airline converted its 10 options into an order for five Next-Generation 737-800s and five 737-900ERs. SpiceJet first announced the preliminary agreement for this order in February at the 2006 Asian Aerospace Air Show in Singapore.

AD: Turbomeca

AD NUMBER: 2006-02-08R1 MANUFACTURER: Turbomeca SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-02-08R1 SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Turbomeca Arriel 1B, 1D, 1D1, and 1S1 turboshaft engines.

AD: DG Flugzeugbau

AD NUMBER: 2006-16-20 MANUFACTURER: DG Flugzeugbau GMBH SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-16-20 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all DG Flugzeugbau GmbH Model DG-1000S sailplanes.

Another ILS Outage At LAX

Fixed Much Sooner This Time

What, again? For the second time in a week, one of the instrument landing systems at LAX went on the fritz... reducing to about half the rate of landing operations at the airport.

Airlines Reduce Heathrow Flights By 20 Percent

Restrictions Eased, But Delays Continue

Things continue to be very harrowing for passengers trying to fly to and from Great Britain.

Uh-Oh For Pluto?

Planet Status Up For Debate Once Again

It seems that in today's troubled times, not even the planets can be counted on for stability... as over 2,500 astronomers are presently meeting in Prague to come to a universal definition of what qualifies as a planet. And that could spell trouble for the smallest "planet" in Earth's solar system, Pluto.

Aussie Pilot Thanks Homeowner Who Saved Him

Family Grateful For Pilot's Safety, Despite Loss Of Home

An Australian pilot who was narrowly rescued from the burning wreckage of his downed airplane last week has thanked the man who pulled him to safety.

Three Lost In Oregon Helo Accident

Flight Was Retracing Path Of Lewis And Clark

Three people are dead after a Robinson R44 helicopter went down in Oregon over the weekend.

Shuttle Comm Bolts Become A Worry

May Require Replacement

Engineers at NASA have discovered a potentially serious problem with the shuttle Atlantis, as it sits on the pad ahead of a planned launch later this month. At issue are a series of bolts holding the support box for a vital component called the KU-band antenna, to the inside of the orbiter's payload bay.

Bagram Security Forces 'Fly Away' To Support Airlift Mission

C-130s Provide Transport For Varied Passengers

Security forces protect Air Force people and resources worldwide, even when those resources are on the move at more than 300 miles per hour.

Rockwell Collins Earns STC For King Air Pro Line 21 IDS Retrofits

Aero-News has learned Rockwell Collins has earned a new Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for installation of its Pro Line 21 Integrated Display System on King Air 200 and King Air 300 aircraft.

ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (08.15.06): First Flight

Aero-Tips!

My shoes were wet with dew as I climbed into the back seat of the white-and-red Piper Super Cub. Morning twilight ceded to a yellowish haze as the summer sun sprang from behind a line of trees.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.15.06)

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.15.06): MOCA

Aero-Terms!

Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude -- The lowest published altitude in effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off-airway routes, or route segments which meets obstacle clearance requirements for the entire route segment and which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage only within 25 statute (22 nautical) miles of a VOR.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.15.06)

"So far it looks like a stalemate. One half wants Pluto to remain a planet, the other half says Pluto is not worth being called a planet."

Source: Pavel Suchan, one of 2,500 members of the International Astronomical Union who are now meeting in Prague in an attempt to determine a standard definition of what may be called a "planet".

CA TFR: 08.19.06 - 08.20.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6266 Issue Date: August 14, 2006 at 12:53 UTC Location: Santa Rosa, California near SANTA ROSA VOR/DME (STS) Beginning Date and Time: August 19, 2006 at 19:00 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 20, 2006 at 23:00 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Due to high performance aerial demonstrations Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Oakland (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3440

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Aims To Swap Roles Of Contractors, Agency Employees

But Gains Offset By Long-Term Debt

Crews Learn About Survival At All Operating Altitudes

Fly Without Leaving The Ground

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Selling To "Make Ends Meet"

Valued At Over $700 Million List

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Restrictions Eased, But Delays Continue

Planet Status Up For Debate Once Again

Family Grateful For Pilot's Safety, Despite Loss Of Home

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