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February 07, 2008

Boeing Signs Agreement With New 787 Supplier

TAL Manufacturing Solutions To Supply Floor Beams

Boeing announced Wednesday it entered into an agreement with India-based TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd., for manufacturing structural components for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.

Seven Suspects, Three Rebels Remain At Large

Life terms were handed down this week to three Indian men found guilty in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 to Afghanistan, that resulted in the death of one passenger and the release of three pro-Kashmir Islamic rebels.

Plane Sports New 'Asia's World City' Livery

We admit it... we're running this story almost solely because of the pretty plane picture. Aero-News learned Wednesday that Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways last week celebrated the delivery of the airline's newest 777-300ER, painted in the unique (and quite stunning) "Asia's world city" livery, intended to help promote Hong Kong as the aircraft flies around the world.

AD NUMBER: 2008-03-05 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-03-05 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes; and Model 767-200 and -300 series airplanes; equipped with certain Goodrich evacuation systems. For certain airplanes, this AD requires replacing the evacuation system shear-pin restraints with new ones.

AD NUMBER: 2008-03-13 MANUFACTURER: ATR SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-03-13 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain ATR Model ATR42-500 series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2008-03-08 MANUFACTURER: SAAB SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-03-08 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

AD: Rolls-Royce

AD NUMBER: 2006-11-05R2 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-11-05R2 SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-22B series, RB211-524B, -524C2, -524D4, -524G2, -524G3, and -524H series, and RB211-535C and-535E series turbofan engines with high pressure compressor (HPC) stage 3 disc assemblies, part numbers (P/Ns) LK46210, LK58278, LK67634, LK76036, UL11706, UL15358, UL22577, UL22578, and UL24738 installed.

New Military and Defense Flight Simulations Are Being Built on Microsoft ESP

Throughout last fall's I/ITSEC convention (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference), one sign in particular became a familiar one... adorning a number of high-tech flight simulation displays -- Microsoft ESP.

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FAA Says New Tower Simulators Will Improve Controller Training

Will Deploy Sims To 19 Airports, OKC Training Center

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Wednesday it will deploy new air traffic tower simulators to 19 locations around the country to help train thousands of new air traffic controllers in an operational environment that is interactive and provides realistic scenarios.

Wants TSA To Report On Progress By February 18

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson has given the Transportation Security Administration two weeks to report to his committee what the agency is doing to positively identify police officers, before allowing them to bring their guns with them onto airliners.