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August 11, 2005

Colorado Lawmakers Demand FAA Ground MU-2

Two Fatal Mishaps In Nine Months Fuel Drive To Keep Mitsubishis From Flying

"I am requesting that you immediately issue a directive to ground all [Mitsubishi MU-2B-60] aircraft until a thorough and complete investigation into its air worthiness can be determined."

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S-76 Mishap An Act Of Terror?

Witness Reports Hearing Explosions Before Helo Spun Into The Sea

Could the downing of a Sikorsky S-76 in the Baltic have been a deliberate act of terror?

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Texas TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM:  5/6933  Issued:  08/11/2005 13:50  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  TX  Facility:  ZHU - HOUSTON (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  15 SE ALVIN TX. 

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Illinois TFR: 08.17.05

NOTAM:  5/6930  Issued:  08/11/2005 13:10  Effective:  08/17/2005 16:00 - 08/17/2005 21:00  State:  IL  Facility:  ZAU - CHICAGO (ARTCC),IL.  Type:  AIR SHOWS/SPORTS  Description:  CHICAGO IL. 

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Indiana TFR: 08.18.05 - 08.19.05

NOTAM:  5/6931  Issued:  08/11/2005 13:10  Effective:  08/18/2005 22:00 - 08/19/2005 03:30  State:  IN  Facility:  ZAU - CHICAGO (ARTCC),IL.  Type:  AIR SHOWS/SPORTS  Description:  CHICAGO/GARY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GARY IN. 

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California TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM:  5/6928  Issued:  08/11/2005 12:10  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  CA  Facility:  ZOA - OAKLAND (ARTCC),CA.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  RED BLUFF CA. 

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Idaho TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM:  5/6929  Issued:  08/11/2005 12:30  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  OR  Facility:  FDC  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  25 M S LEWISTON ID. 

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Feel The Burn: Jet Fuel Bottlenecks Another Woe For Airline Honchos

Some Carriers Forced To Fly In Fuel To Keep From Running Dry

Forget record crude oil prices topping $64 a barrel. Forget hedging. For now, just keep the tanks full.

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Shuttle Astronauts Get Rousing Welcome In Houston

Engineers Count More Than 100 Dings On Orbiter -- That's About Average

As the STS-114 astronauts were getting a big "welcome home!" at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, engineers in the Mojave Desert were counting the dents and dings on Discovery. It's not that there were any more than usual -- 101, 20 of which measured more than an inch in either length or diameter -- it's just that, in the wake of the Columbia tragedy, everybody's counting.

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Utah Gyroplane Hit By Gunfire

Instructor, Student Safe After Gunshot Drills Prop

Somebody in Utah doesn't like gyroplanes, and he has a pretty blunt way of showing it. That's the most likely conclusion as flight instructor Michael Burton and a student took ground fire over Springville on August 2nd.

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Historic Cape Canaveral Tower Toppled

What took years to build required only seconds to knock down Aug. 6 when 171 pounds of strategically placed explosives toppled a historic 179-foot mobile service tower at the Cape Canaveral AFS.

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Upgraded: X PRIZE's Michael S. Kelly

The X PRIZE Foundation has announced the appointment of Michael S. Kelly as Vice President of the Foundation. Mr. Kelly will be responsible for all engineering, safety and operational activities associated with the annual X PRIZE CUP & PERSONAL SPACEFLIGHT EXPO, a partnership of the X PRIZE Foundation and the state of New Mexico.

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China's CAFU Selects C-172 As Primary Training Platform

The Civil Aviation Flying University of China (CAFUC) has purchased 42 Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft for use as its Ab Initio (primary) flight training platform. Twenty of the Skyhawks will be equipped with the new, all glass, fully integrated Garmin G1000 avionics package.

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King Schools Offers ONLINE High-Altitude Endorsement Ground Training

Only Requires Two Hours-Online

Pilots now can get thorough, practical, and useful High-Altitude ground training in less than two hours with King Schools Online's High-Altitude Endorsement Ground Training Course.

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For Sale: Mooney M20J 205

Best Equipped Bravo on the Market! KMD550 Multi Function Diplay with Nexrad Radar, KLN-90B IFR GPS,Call Premier Aircraft Sales, Inc 800-903-8402  Used, will sell for $179,650.00

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SHHHHH! NASA, Industry Leaders Work On Noise Abatement

Testbed: Modified 777

NASA says the space agency, along with industry partners, are flight testing new technologies to see if they can make aircraft quieter. Scalloped edges on engine exteriors and toboggan-like fittings on landing gear are some of the high tech ideas being tested to reduce aircraft noise.   

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ESA Probe Arrives At Baikonur

Venus Express To Launch in October

Blazing hot temperatures welcomed ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft as it arrived at the Yubileiny airport of the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, over the weekend.

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (08.11.05)

"We intend to use every resource available to track down the coward who is responsible for this sick and twisted act. How could someone walk out in the middle of the night and take a gun and fire at a helicopter that's out there trying to protect the public? It's a miracle they're alive." Source: Bernalillo County, NM, Sheriff Darren White, who told reporters at a Tuesday news conference that the department's Hughes 369 didn't crash because of mechanical or piloting problems -- but because it was shot down. The FBI has now been called in to investigate Saturday night's incident.

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Alabama TFR: 08.11.05 - 08.31.05

NOTAM:  5/6873  Issued:  08/09/2005 21:30  Effective:  08/11/2005 12:45 - 08/31/2005 21:00  State:  AL  Facility:  ZTL - ATLANTA (ARTCC),HAMPTON,GA.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT AL. 

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