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April 20, 2006

China's Hu Tells Boeing His Country Needs More Planes... A Lot More

American Manufacturer Can Probably Count On About Half Of Those Orders

In an historic speech Wednesday at Boeing's massive Everett, WA aircraft plant, Chinese President Hu Jintao told workers that China will need more planes over the next several years -- as in thousands.

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FAA Issues NPRM On Operational Limits For Transport Category Aircraft

Aims To Prevent Widespread Fatigue Damage -- But Operators Would Have To Pay

Earlier this week, the FAA issued its Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on measures the agency intends to prevent fatigue damage in transport category aircraft.

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More Auction Action -- Boeing Bits Under The Hammer

Treasury Department Has 6,000 Aircraft Parts To Unload

It must be the auction season! First Independence Air, now this.

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AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: 2006-08-10 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-08-10 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CT64-820-4 turboprop engines with certain part number (P/N) rotating parts.

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Pax, Crew Safe After RDU Airplane Evacuation

Cockpit Smoke Leads Pilots To Abort Takeoff

Smoke seeping into the cockpit prompted 20 people to evacuate an Embraer regional jet as it was preparing to takeoff from Raleigh-Durham International Airport just before noon Wednesday. The pilots aborted their takeoff, and the three crewmembers and 17 passengers aboard Flight 4646 bound for Newark, NJ fled the plane via inflatable slides.

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NATCA Makes Nice, Agrees To Return to Negotiations With FAA

But Keep The Bucket Ready... Just In Case

After escalating its war of rhetoric with the FAA to levels unseen since the days of Kennedy and Khrushchev, on Tuesday the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, led by President John Carr, announced the union would accept the Federal Aviation Administration’s public offer to return to the bargaining table.

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