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Pilot Lost After Plane Impacts Home Near TPF

Was Reportedly Landing In Storm

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 06.12.06 1500 EDT: The pilot of a Beech A90 King Air was killed Monday afternoon after the aircraft reportedly slid off a wet runway at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa, FL and into a nearby home.

AZ TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9471 Issue Date: June 11, 2006 at 22:19 UTC Location: 34 North East of Payson, Arizona near WINSLOW VORTAC (INW) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for the safe operation of firefighting aircraft Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Albuquerque (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4580

NM TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9466 Issue Date: June 11, 2006 at 20:02 UTC Location: 15 Miles South of Raton, New Mexico near CIMARRON VORTAC (CIM) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for firefighting aircraft operations Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Albuquerque (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4580

AK TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9527 Issue Date: June 12, 2006 at 17:57 UTC Location: NENANA , Alaska Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: FAIRBANKS AFSS (FAI) Automated Flight Service Station, 907-474-0788

AZ TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9475 Issue Date: June 11, 2006 at 23:40 UTC Location: 35 Miles North East of Peach Springs, Arizona near PEACH SPRINGS VORTAC (PGS) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for the safe operation of firefighting aircraft Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Los Angeles (ZLA) Center, 661-265-8205

UT TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9461 Issue Date: June 11, 2006 at 18:43 UTC Location: Sevier County, Utah near DELTA VORTAC (DTA) 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 (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560

NM TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/9468 Issue Date: June 11, 2006 at 21:37 UTC Location: 12 Miles North East of Silver City, New Mexico near SILVER CITY VORTAC (SVC) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for the safe operation of firefighting aircraft Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Albuquerque (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4580

FAA Proposes New Bad Weather Landing Regulations

Would Add 15 Percent Safety Margin To Calculations

Less than two weeks before an NTSB hearing into last December's runway overrun accident at Chicago's Midway airport, the FAA has proposed tougher standards for how airline pilots compute available landing distances.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 06.12.06

Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: Inspecting Your Own Airplane

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 06.12.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.12.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: 06.12.06 (ANN Special Feature, with Tom Turner's tips on inspecting your airplane.)

Rare Tu-144 Saved From A Future As Cookware -- For Now

What's The Scrap Value Of An SST?

It was loud, it was fast, it was first. It was the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport, a Soviet-era Russian design that made Concorde look rationally profitable -- if only by comparison.

Composite 'Bubbles' Force Cancellation Of 787 Cert Test

Boeing Says Isolated Incident Won't Affect Schedule

We suspect structural engineers on Boeing's 787 program are working overtime on this one, after a required test for FAA certification was called off due to a possible defect in the aircraft's composite skin.

ISS Crew Gets Break After Long Space Walk

The International Space Station crew wrapped up its week with post-spacewalk tasks and began to turn their focus toward the arrival of a Progress supply vehicle and preparations for Discovery’s upcoming shuttle mission, STS-121.

Klyde Morris 06.12.06

Klyde and eBay... An Accident Waiting To Happen

Pilatus Announces Inaugural PC-12 Regional Operators Conference

Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd. is launching a series of Regional Operators Conferences for its flagship PC-12 business turboprop. The first PC-12 Regional Operators conference is scheduled for August 17th, 2006 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

9/11-Linked Flight Student Expelled From NZ

Hani Hanjour's Old Roommate Was Aiming To Fly Jets

The New Zealand Government concluded, that Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali was "a threat to national security." But under Section 72 of the NZ Immigration Act, Ali had no appeal, and he was escorted onto a plane, and then to Saudi Arabia, by New Zealand agents.

Hawaiian Versus Samoan

Airline, Island Government Disagree

In this corner, the Samoan: Governor Togiola Tulafono of American Samoa. In that corner, the Hawaiian: Hawaiian Airlines, the inter-island carrier that also flies to the mainland and Samoa. The issue: Hawaiian's service to the island's Pago Pago International.

Kaan Air Selected as Turkish AgustaWestland Authorised Sales And Service Center

AgustaWestland has announced that Kaan Air has been selected as an AgustaWestland Sales and Authorised Service Centre in Turkey. The process has already started and it will be completed within the end of 2006.

Upgraded: Glenn Cobb Joins Groen Brothers Aviation As Sales Manager

Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (GBA) has appointed Glenn Cobb to be the Sales Manager for their American Autogyro division.

ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (06.12.06): Lost Comm

Aero-Tips!

Flying under Air Traffic Control (ATC), the radios go silent. You're now "lost comm" -- and you have some decisions to make.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.12.06)

Aero-Linx!

For those that might be interested in more information in the colorful sport of ballooning, there are many organizations that can be contacted at the local level.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.12.06): Gardening

Aero-Terms!

RAF codeword for mine laying by aircraft.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.12.06)

"We know what happened. We learned some things as a result, which is part of what this whole process is about. We know what we have to do to support our certification plan."

Source: Mike Bair, vice president and general manager of the 787 program, on the news that bubbling was found in one of nine composite barrel sections of the 787 fuselage.