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January 14, 2006

OK TFR: UFN

NOTAM: 6/0500

Issued: 01/14/2006 22:30 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: OK Facility: ZKC - KANSAS CITY (ARTCC),MO. Type: HAZARDS Description: SELMAN OK.

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NASA's Stardust Passes Moon, Just Hours Away From Earth Return

Less than one day of space travel separates Earth and history's first comet sample return mission. Today, 01.14.06, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time (10:30 a.m. Mountain time), the Stardust spacecraft will cross the moon's orbit as the craft makes its way toward Earth.

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Global Flyer Ready For Departure From Shuttle Runway

The Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer repositioned itself successfully on Thursday in preparation for Steve's next globe-girdling record flight. That attempt could come by the end of this coming week.

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Cubcrafters' Sport Cub Update

What Was Old... Is New -- Again

CubCrafters is on the move -- reporting to ANN that they accomplished a number of milestones in the SPORT CUB program and intro'd an overhauled and upgraded website, to boot.

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Guilty Plea Turned Down In Airplane Stripping Case

Maintains He Believed Aircraft Was Abandoned

He wanted to plead guilty... but everything he said sounded like a case for innocence. That's the reasoning an Iowa judge used this week in failing to accept a guilty plea from John Nocero, the man accused of first degree theft for stripping parts off a disabled Piper Seneca to use for his own plane.

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Aero-News Alert: SR22 Saved by Chute In Severe Icing

An SR22 has been saved by a BRS CAPS deployment while imperiled by severe icing over Alabama. We have confirmed that the stricken SR22 has grounded safely with three persons on board and that everyone is "fine."

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Navy Releases Names In Sabreliner Accident

Aircraft Went Down During Training Flight

The Navy has released the names of the four crewmembers killed in the January 10, 2006 downing of a T-39 Sabreliner training aircraft in Walker County, GA.

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Indian Air Force Pleased With MiG-21 Safety

"Lowest Accident Rate Ever," Says Air Marshal

The venerable Russian-designed MiG-21 is the bulwark of the Indian Air Force fighter force -- fully 50% of the force's combat aircraft, and it racks up about 50% of the hours. Indian officers say that they've put the MiG's safety problems behind them -- and they have the numbers to back that claim up.

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Airbus: Boeing Can Compete Just Fine, Thank You

Boeing's 2005 Success May Hurt In Subsidies Battle

Throwing Jet-A on the contentious, long-smoldering battle over trade subsidies, an Airbus exec stated last week the 1,002 orders Boeing booked in 2005 show the American manufacturer has no trouble competing in the marketplace with its European rival, government subsidies or no.

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Stop The Plane And Kick Her Off

Math Prof Wigs Out On United Flight

How would you react if a woman started screaming that "she had a baby named Jesus, she was impregnated by her uncle and President Bush was behind it all"? If we mentioned that this happened on an airplane in flight, would that make your decision any easier?

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (01.14.06): ADs

Aero-Tips 01.14.06

Airworthiness Directives (ADs) are notification from the Government that a problem exists with an airplane that directly affects safety. ADs describe procedures required to assure the airplane meets its original design criteria. ADs become part of the Federal Air Regulations and therefore are binding as law -- not to mention potentially vital to your safety.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.14.06)

Aero-Linx!

For the aviation crash fanatic, I bid you click to here.  You can find transcripts of the last conversations, the top 100 air disasters and of course photos of burning wreckage. A very user friendly site with an easy to use index.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.14.06): ADS-B

ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast - A new technology that allows pilots in the cockpit and air traffic controllers on the ground to "see" aircraft traffic with much more precision than has been possible before. I hope it can’t see everything...

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (01.14.06)

"We remain as committed as before to ending the Airbus subsidies. The facts remain the same. One year doesn't change the fact that there has been substantial injury." Source: Christin Baker, spokeswoman for the US trade representatives office, on whispers from Airbus -- and speculation throughout economic circles -- that Boeing's successful 2005 sales year may have weakened the American manufacturer's position that government subsidies given to European archrival have hurt Boeing's opportunity to compete in the global marketplace.  

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TX TFR: UFN

NOTAM: 6/0486 Issued: 01/13/2006 23:20 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: TX Facility: ZFW - FORT WORTH (ARTCC),TX. Type: HAZARDS Description: POOLVILLE, TX.

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