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March 10, 2006

Special Notice TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/3082 Issue Date: March 10, 2006 at 19:38 UTC Location: United States Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for national security Type: Special Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

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MRO Successfully Enters Mars Orbit

There's Now A Fourth Eye In The Martian Sky

They've done it -- again! Aero-News just received word that NASA's  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully pulled off its "orbit insertion" and began circling the red planet on Friday.

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IL TFR: 03.13.06 - 03.14.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/3059 Issue Date: March 10, 2006 at 13:57 UTC Location: Chicago, Illinois Beginning Date and Time: March 13, 2006 at 19:45 UTC Ending Date and Time: March 14, 2006 at 1:45 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

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WI TFR: 03.13.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/3058 Issue Date: March 10, 2006 at 13:57 UTC Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Beginning Date and Time: March 13, 2006 at 16:45 UTC Ending Date and Time: March 13, 2006 at 19:35 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

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NORAD Orders Deletion Of ADIZ Meeting Transcript

Were National Security Issues At Stake?

National security... or outright censorship? That is but one of the questions being asked in the wake of news that the North American air defense command ordered the removal of online transcripts of a public meeting on the Washington DC ADIZ earlier this year.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 03.10.06

Jeff Coffey On The Marketing Of Sport Aircraft

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.10.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.10.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Sport aviation marketing with Jeff Coffey: 03.10.06 (ANN's Feature News Program, with Jeff Coffey with sportaviationmarketing.com)

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Cassini Discovers Potential Liquid Water On Saturn Moon

May Help Explain Earlier Unusual Readings

Excited scientists analyzing images from the Cassini spacecraft announced Thursday they may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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FAA, GA Awards Program Names 2006 National General Aviation Winners

The Envelope, Please...

In each of the past 43 years, the General Aviation Awards Program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics and safety for their contributions to aviation safety and education.

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ANG Pilots, B-2 Crews To Make Strange Bedfellows In Missouri

BRAC Ruling Leads To Groundbreaking Move

If you've ever been in the military, you probably know there's something of a good-natured rivalry between fighter and bomber crews. They seldom associate with each other, in fact.

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Montreal's Mirabel Terminal Becomes Theme Park

"Airport of Tomorrow" Ran Out Of Tomorrows

What happens if you build an out-of-the-way new airport, and don't close the convenient old airport? Montreal's Mirabel Airport might be an illustration.

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EADS To Buy Out BAE Systems Stake In Airbus?

Rumors are swirling around the European business community that EADS is in the process of drawing up plans to buy BAE System's 20 percent stake in Airbus, making the planemaker the solely-owned property of the European aerospace and defense group.

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AD: Aerospatiale

AD NUMBER: 2006-05-07 MANUFACTURER: Aerospatiale SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-05-07 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Aerospatiale Model ATR 42-200, -300, and -320 airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2006-05-06 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-05-06 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding three existing airworthiness directives (ADs) that apply to certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes.

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AD: BAE Systems

AD NUMBER: 2006-05-10 MANUFACTURER: BAE Systems SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-05-10 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2006-05-09 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-05-09 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-200C, -200F, -400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes.

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Well, There He Goes Again: Fossett To Attempt Yet Another Record

Closed-Circuit Flight To Take Place By The End Of March

The word out of Kansas is... he's baaaack. Adventure junkie Steve Fossett (right) is headed back to Salina, where he's set to try for yet another aviation record.

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Hawaii Air Ambulance Accident Claims Three

Second Fatal Crash In Two Years

Three are dead after the fiery crash of a Cessna 414 Chancellor air ambulance in a car dealership parking lot on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

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Testimony: Moussaoui 'Dreamed' Of Flying Plane Into White House

Also, He Wasn't A Very Good Pilot

Testimony is underway in the penalty trial for confessed 9-11 conspirator Zacarious Moussaoui, where Thursday... a terror detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay testified Moussaoui had a dream.

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Helowerks Turbine Two-Place Heli Kit Gets FAA Experimental Certificate

"The first kit-built, turbine-powered, two-place helicopter has received its Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA", HeloWerks company president Tony Pena tells ANN. "March 1st is a milestone in homebuilt rotorcraft history," Pena said. "That's when the HeloWerks WASP helicopter prototype received its Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration."

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Klyde Morris 03.10.06

Klyde, This Would Be REALLY Funny... If It Wasn't So True

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HAI Reports Dallas Saw Record-Breaking Heli-Expo 2006

Also: Board Of Directors Election Results Announced

It appears that good news for general aviation as a whole bodes good news for the rotorcraft industry as well -- and HAI has the figures to back that up.

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Gone West: Kenneth L. Tallman

Former ERAU President, Served In Vietnam

Aero-News was saddened to learn this week of the passing of Major General Kenneth L. Tallman, who served as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's second full-time president from 1985 to 1991. He died Monday, at the age of 80.

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Challenger Aviation Products Announces New Lifetime Oil Filter

Pending FAA-PMA Approval

Every year, over 100 million disposable oil filters are thrown into landfills, along with thousands of gallons of residual oil inside the crushed filters -- which is why the latest announcement from Challenger Aviation Products is such an exciting one.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (03.10.06): Aerodynamic Braking

Aero-Tips!

The Northwest DC-9 touched down at Indianapolis. Landing was much smoother than I’ve grown accustomed to, and the pilot did something I’ve not experienced frequently on commercial carriers at all -- he/she held the nose up during the landing roll, keeping the nosewheels off the ground until elevator effectiveness waned, then deftly let the tires kiss the pavement. It was an artful landing.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.10.06)

Aero-Linx!

Need a sound byte of an F-14 flyby, a B-52 taxiing, a sonic boom or a 747 crashing (I’d really like to know how they got that one)? This is the site for you.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.10.06): Canard

Canard Small fixed or variable wings in front of the main wings.

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (03.10.06)

"Steve Fossett is giving K-State at Salina a fantastic opportunity by asking us to lead the effort on the ground to make his next record attempt successful... By choosing K-State at Salina to provide support for his next attempt, he is doing just that -- giving our students a huge part to play in one of the most exciting high-tech projects in the world today."

Source: Kansas State University-Salina dean Dennis Kuhlman, on the expanded role his school will play in adventurer Steve Fossett's latest record attempt, scheduled for this month.

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