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March 14, 2006

TX TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/3245 Issue Date: March 14, 2006 at 19:24 UTC Location: McLean, Texas Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide safe environment for fire fighting aircraft operations Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) System Operations Support Center, 202-267-8276

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He's Off! Fossett Begins Quest For Closed-Circuit Record

Takes Off From Salina On Latest Record Flight

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett took off from Salina Municipal Airport Tuesday morning on his latest quest to put his name in the record books -- this time around, for the longest closed-circuit distance flight.

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NASA Delays Discovery Launch Until July

Fuel Tank Sensors Will Be Replaced

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 03.14.06 1610 EST: NASA today announced the launch of the space shuttle Discovery -- the second since the program's return to flight after the 2003 Columbia disaster -- has been delayed until at least July. Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale said he told his shuttle prep team today that the delay was brought about by the discovery of faulty sensors in the shuttle's external tank.

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Florida Highway Patrol Airplane Nabs Speeding Motorcyclist

Bad Boys... Whatcha Gonna Do?

Although police more often use ground-based radar guns to catch speeders, the 'eyes in the sky' -- police aircraft -- haven't gone away completely. Patrick Plowman can attest to that.

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AMFA: Outsourced Repair Shops Must Stop Fighting FAA Ruling On Testing

ARSA Maintains New Regs Add Unnecessary Burden

Representatives with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) tell ANN the union is calling on outsourced aircraft repair shops to stop fighting a recent FAA ruling that subjects them to the same drug and alcohol testing as aircraft mechanics directly employed by US airlines.

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Aero-News Alert: Thielert Takes Over Superior Air Parts

Thielert: “As An Established Brand, Superior Air Parts Will Be A Key Cornerstone Of Our US Presence.”

Thielert AG is taking over the PMA and aircraft engine manufacturer Superior Air Parts, Inc. (SAP) based in Coppell near Dallas in Texas, USA. SAP is the world’s leading producer of engine spare parts for small aircraft used for general aviation purposes.

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Sikorsky, Teamsters Trade Offers To End Strike

...But No End In Sight

As a workers strike plaguing Sikorsky Aircraft entered its fourth week, negotiators with both Teamsters Local 1150 and Sikorsky met Monday with the federal mediator and presented their revised proposals to end the current strike by members of the labor union.

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Sonex Announces First Flight Of Customer-Built Waiex

Builder Says "Y"-Tailed Plane Offers Benign Handling

Sonex Aircraft, LLC told Aero-News Monday the first customer-built Waiex sport plane took to the skies for the first time January 10, 2006. Drew Waterworth of Butte des Morts, WI flew Waiex SN 24 on a cool Tuesday afternoon at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI.

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Alaska Airlines Announces Transition To All-Boeing 737 Fleet

Sees Streamlined Fleet Necessary For Continuing Transformation

Alaska Airlines announced Monday the Alaska Air Group Board of Directors has authorized a plan to transition the airline to a fleet of all-Boeing 737 aircraft by the end of 2008.

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Glasair Aviation Program Allows Sportsman To Go From Kit To 1st Flight In 3 Wks!

Do It Yourself... In Record Time!

Glasair Aviation tells ANN that it is now possible to build and taxi a new Sportsman in two weeks, and start flying in three. The company recently conducted a "beta test" of a revolutionary "2 Weeks To Taxi" customer assembly program for its Sportsman 2+2 aircraft where a customer went from quick build kit to 1st flight in 22 days.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 03.14.06

Eclipse's Vern Raburn On The ATA And User Fees

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.14.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.14.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Eclipse's Vern Raburn talks user fees: 03.14.06 (ANN's Feature News Program, with Eclipse CEO Vern Raburn on the ATA, and user fees)

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AD: Eurocopter

AD NUMBER: 2006-06-02 MANUFACTURER: Eurocopter France SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-06-02 SUMMARY: This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that currently applies to Eurocopter France (ECF) Model SA 365N, N1, and AS 365N2 helicopters.

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Urgent CASA AD: Eurocopter

Applicability: Model AS 350 B, B1, B2, BA, BB and D helicopters, equipped with upper and lower stabiliser fins pre-MOD 073288. Model AS350 B3 helicopters, equipped with upper and lower stabiliser fins pre-MOD 073288, or, upper and lower stabiliser fins post-MOD 073288, with the upper fin pre-MOD 073148.

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Seneca Goes Down In Dense Fog Over NJ

Parents Die In Crash, Children Injured

A husband and wife are reported dead, and their two teenage children hurt, after a Piper Seneca went down on approach to the airport in Old Bridge, NJ Sunday night.

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NASA's ST-5 Mission Postponed Due To Weather

Will Try Again Wednesday

NASA planned on launching its Space Technology Five mission Tuesday... but alas, Mother Nature has other plans. Instead, NASA's launch of three small satellites designed to test the limits of technology will blast off Wednesday.

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Delta Will Likely Scrap Employee Pension Plans

Gallagher, Grinstein Say Pilot Costs MUST Be Trimmed

The first day of arbitration hearings in Washington between bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc. and its pilots over ongoing contract disputes netted some discouraging news -- "it looks more likely than not" Delta will ultimately terminate its pilots' pension plan.

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Pilot Says He Was Not PIC In Fatal Accident

Was Only IFR Rated Pilot Aboard

A young Ohio pilot -- the sole survivor of a Beechcraft Bonanza V35 accident in Rock Hill, SC last summer -- says he's been wrongly accused.

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C-17 May See Additional Funding Through 2008

That Doesn't Mean More Planes, Though

Last September, Aero-News reported that due to ongoing budget constraints brought about, in large part, by the war in Iraq, Boeing was considering closing its Long Beach, CA plant that produces the C-17 Globemaster III. Well, that's still the case... but an economic lifeline, of sorts, is being thrown to the project by Congress.

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Doolittle's Raiders, Daughter To Speak At Air Force Academy

Brought WWII To Japanese Mainland

Aero-News has learned two aviators who brought World War II to the Japanese mainland, and the daughter of the mission’s leader, will speak at the Air Force Academy March 14.

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Two Commercial Space Companies Join Forces

Rocketplane Kistler May Offer ISS Flights As Soon As 2008

Aero-News has learned that Rocketplane Limited, Inc. and Kistler Aerospace Corporation have joined forces as a new space transportation team. This team -- to be named Rocketplane Kistler -- is made up of two companies with histories dating back to the start of the entrepreneurial space movement in the early 1990’s.

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Hangar Not Enough To Spare Planes At MKC

Wind, Hail Damage Planes Over Weekend

Forget flying; the weather over the weekend was so bad in places that just being parked was hazardous to a plane's health -- and we're talking INSIDE hangars!

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (03.14.06): Single Pilot Workload

Aero-Tips!

When does modern automation make the cockpit too busy for a single pilot? FAA is considering the possibility that modern avionics may require a second pilot in some cases.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.14.06)

Aero-Linx!

So nice, they named it twice. Double your pleasure with a site for Mustang cars... and the planes.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.14.06): CASP

Computer-Aided Search Planning Designed and developed to help and assist Search and Rescue Controllers at all levels to manage case information, plan searches, and evaluate results easily and quickly.  Technology to the rescue.

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (03.14.06)

"In all the years I've been on the bench, I've never seen such an egregious violation of the court's rule on witnesses."

Source: US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, presiding judge in the penalty phase of the Zacharias Moussaoui trial, on the revelation that TSA attorney Carla Martin sent FAA witnesses (four for the defense, and three for the prosecution) a series of emails and transcripts from the trial, in which she spells out problems with the prosecution's opening argument -- including comments that there were gaps that the defense could "drive a truck through."

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