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August 07, 2007

F-35 Lightning II Completes Pilot Training Program Review

Slated To Come Online In 2010

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II advanced fighter has surmounted another hurdle towards front-line duty. The company tells ANN the program recently completed Pilot Training System Critical Design Review (CDR), a milestone Lockheed says verifies the design maturity of the pilot training system and its subcomponents.

DHS Secretary Chertoff Says Liquid Explosives Plot Would Have 'Rivaled 9/11'

Potential For Considerable Destruction, Constant Threat Remains

It was with more than a little luck authorities were able to thwart a plan to detonate gel-based explosives on several US-bound flights one year ago this week -- which, had it succeeded, would have led to considerable destruction, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told ABC News.

Gone West: Newsman And Aviator Hal Fishman

Longtime KTLA Anchor, Record-Setting Pilot Was 75

The aviation and journalism communities have lost another storied member of their fraternities. Hal Fishman -- a world record-holding pilot, an award-winning newscaster and mainstay on television in the Los Angeles, CA area for almost 50 years -- passed away Tuesday morning. He was 75.

Shuttle Launch TFR: 08.08.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1559 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 2053 UTC Location: Miami Center, Kennedy Space Center Operations Area, Florida Beginning Date and Time: August 08, 2007 at 1921 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 08, 2007 at 2352 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Space Operations Area Type: Space Operations Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Miami (ZMA) Center, 305-716-1589

MT Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1571 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 2200 UTC Location: Salt Lake City Center, Helena, Montana 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 City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

MT Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1583 Issue Date: August 07, 2007 at 0200 UTC Location: Salt Lake City Center, 10 SE Missoula, Montana 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 City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

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MT Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1684 Issue Date: August 07, 2007 at 1808 UTC Location: Salt Lake City Center , 24 N Thompson Falls, Montana near KALISPELL VOR/DME (FCA) 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 City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

WA Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1648 Issue Date: August 07, 2007 at 1649 UTC Location: Seattle Center, 2 Miiles SW of Easton, Washington near ELLENSBURG VORTAC (ELN) 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

OR Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1678 Issue Date: August 07, 2007 at 1725 UTC Location: Salt Lake City Center , 20 SSW Juntura, Oregon 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: Salt Lake City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

ID Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1679 Issue Date: August 07, 2007 at 1727 UTC Location: Salt Lake City Center, 17 NW Malad, Idaho near MALAD CITY VOR/DME (MLD) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting aviation operations. Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Salt Lake City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 08.07.07

Carter Aviation Technologies' Jay Carter, Jr... Part One

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.07.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.07.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Carter Aviation Technologies -- 08.07.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Part One of ANN's talk with Jay Carter, Jr.)

Cessna Announces First Flight For Citation XLS+

Jets Just Keep Coming Out Of Wichita

Cessna Aircraft Company tells ANN last week the planemaker reached another milestone in the development program for the latest version of the evergreen Citation family. The Citation XLS+ completed its first flight.

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Certified! Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Turbofan

On-Schedule Cert Received 7 August 2007... "7-8-7"

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, launch engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has received its airworthiness certification on schedule... and just 18 months after the engine's first ground run.

Virgin America To Start Flights Wednesday

Kooky Carrier Bets On Amenities, Low Cost

Following years of preparation, legal wranglings and oddball marketing gimmicks, new low-cost carrier Virgin America will take off Wednesday on its first flight, from New York to California.

Civil Air Patrol's Board of Governors Suspends CAP National Commander

Pineda Prohibited From Having Contact With Any Member of CAP

The US Civil Air Patrol Board of Governors has suspended the CAP national commander for a period of up to 180 days. According to Maj. Gen. Richard L. Bowling (pictured below), BoG chairman, the 11-member board convened a special meeting Aug. 5 to receive the CAP Inspector General’s Report of Investigation concerning allegations against Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Pineda.

DayJet Scores Serious Dollars, Reaches Major Financial Milestone

In Preparation for Service Launch, DayJet Secures $140 Million in Debt Financing

DayJet Corporation has closed debt facilities totaling $140 million for the acquisition of its fleet of Eclipse 500™ VLJs. The facilities include senior debt on the aircraft and financing of pre-delivery deposits. Combined with previous rounds of private equity financing, DayJet has raised more than $200 million to date, placing it among the best capitalized pre-operational passenger air carriers in American aviation history.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.07.07

FAA gloats and NATCA disputes a labor relations finding.
Adam Aircraft wishes its founder the best in his next adventure.
And industry observers say it will be a rough summer to fly the airli

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ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 08.07.07

FAA gloats and NATCA disputes a labor relations finding.
Adam Aircraft wishes its founder the best in his next adventure.
And industry observers say it will be a rough summer to fly the airlines

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ANN Special Feature: Part I - Jay Carter, Jr., Carter Aviation Technologies - 08.07.07

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Jay Carter, Jr., President and CEO of Carter Aviation Technologies.

FMI: www.cartercopters.com

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CA TFR: 08.11.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1551 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 2000 UTC Type: Special

CA TFR: 08.10.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1550 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 1959 UTC Type: Special

OH TFR: 08.15.07 - 08.16.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1544 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 1922 UTC Type: Hazards

CA TFR: 08.12.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1552 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 2001 UTC Type: Special

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.06.07

Phoenix finally leaves the nest.
Brazil's government moves to restore confidence in its aviation industry.
And Blue Grass Airport is shielded from lawsuits.

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DOT Report Says Flight Delays At Worst Levels In 13 Years

American Public Responds, "No... Kidding"

The Department of Transportation says US airline delays are at their highest level in at least 13 years... and the situation is unlikely to get any better, any time soon. We'll pause while you slap your forehead, and exclaim "golly, guys... really? I had no idea!"

NASA Says Endeavour Remains 'Go' For Wednesday Launch

MMT Gives Green Light, Even Mother Nature Looks Like She'll Cooperate

We imagine there are quite a few fingers crossed at NASA right now... as conditions remain optimal for Wednesday's planned launch of the shuttle Endeavour.

Pilot Will Again Face Manslaughter Charges For December 2006 Accident

DA Plans To Refile Based On Information In NTSB Probable Cause Report

Citing new evidence in the recently released NTSB Probable Cause report on a December 16, 2006 Oklahoma airplane accident, the state's 13th Judicial District Attorney's Office plans to refile manslaughter charges against pilot Thomas Brent Caldwell.

AFSS Personnel Set Briefing Record At Oshkosh

Onsite Specialists Handled Over 8,800 Briefings

With so many pilots flying into and out of Oshkosh, WI recently for AirVenture 2007, it stands to reason those pilots needed briefings, and to file flight plans.

USAF Says It Won't Split KC-X Tanker Order

Says Ordering Boeing, EADS Planes Would Be Too Costly

When it comes to selecting new aerial refueling tankers... the US Air Force will pick a favorite, thank you very much. A senior US defense official said this week the Pentagon will not split the lucrative KC-X contract between offerings from Boeing and EADS.

E-2D Hawkeye Development Plane Completes First Flight

"Delta One" Sports Advanced Equipment

Aero-News has learned the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft -- known as Delta One, built for the US Navy by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation -- completed its first flight Friday afternoon.

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Flight Attendant Appears In Court Following Threat Against Pilot

Officials Say FA Was Drunk On The Job

A flight attendant who allegedly drank alcohol on the job -- and later told a captain "you're dead" as she was dragged from a plane Sunday at Kentucky's Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) -- appeared in court Monday.

Aurora Flight Sciences Now An Authorized DA42 MPP Sales Agent

Low-Cost Sensor Platform Can Be Adapted For Specific Roles

Aurora Flight Sciences announced Monday it has reached an agreement to become an authorized agent for the sale of DA42 MPP Multi-Purpose Platform aircraft from Diamond Airborne Sensing GmbH.

Upgraded: CubCrafter's Blake Maygra

Named Director For New Aircraft Production

On Monday, CubCrafters named Blake Maygra "Director, New Aircraft Production."

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.07.07)

Aero-Linx!

Bios, stories and an online art gallery that spans from the dawn of powered flight to the early days of the jet era.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.07.07): Deadhead

Aero-Terms!

A return trip made by a commercial aircraft in which no cargo or passengers are carried for hire. Deadhead also refers to a crewmember catching a ride to or from a crew base to report for duty or return home after a trip.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.07.07)

"We would need billions and billions and billions more dollars. It is a balancing act of the entire portfolio of warfighting capabilities that we need because we are catching up on the peace dividend. And we can't afford to put all the money in tankers that it would take to do something like that."

Source: Sue Payton, head of acquisitions for the USAF, commenting to The Financial Times the Air Force won't consider splitting its initial 80-plane order for new aerial tankers between offerings from Boeing and EADS.

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WY TFR: 08.08.07 - 08.18.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1478 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 1431 UTC Location: Jackson, Wyoming Beginning Date and Time: August 08, 2007 at 2200 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 18, 2007 at 1900 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NJ TFR: 08.13.07 - 08.15.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1455 Issue Date: August 06, 2007 at 1220 UTC Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey near ATLANTIC CITY VORTAC (ACY) Beginning Date and Time: August 13, 2007 at 1700 UTC Ending Date and Time: August 15, 2007 at 2030 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Demonstrations by the U.S. Army Golden Knights, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and other high performance aircraft Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Atlantic City (ACY) Air Traffic Control Tower, 609-485-6193

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