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May 20, 2008

MO TFR: 05.21.08

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/8352 Issue Date: May 20, 2008 at 1844 UTC Location: Sedalia, Missouri near COLUMBIA VOR/DME (COU) Beginning Date and Time: May 21, 2008 at 1400 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 21, 2008 at 1600 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Black daggers parachute demonstration during the salute to veteran's celebration airshow Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Columbia (COU) Air Traffic Control Tower, 573-442-1051 Controlling Facility: ZKC ARTCC

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Sukhoi SuperJet 100 Takes To The Air

All-New Russian RJ Completed First Flight Monday

The struggling Russian aviation industry got a boost this week. The first flight of the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 took place Monday, as reported by Sukhoi representatives. The first flight of the airliner was expected in 2007, but construction delays hindered progress.

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March Airline Employment Up 1.6 Percent Over Last Year

They're Flying Less... But Hiring More?

It is, as they say, a puzzlement: US airlines are flying less -- cutting capacity to compensate for higher fuel prices, and a slumping economy -- but most are employing more workers than ever. US scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.6 percent more workers in March 2008 than in March 2007, the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Tuesday.

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FAA Wants Junkyards Removed From Brown Field

Warns Non-Aviation Business Not Part Of Original 1962 Agreement

It's one of the last things you'd expect to see at an airport -- dozens of junkyards and used car lots lining the field on airport property. Yet at San Diego's Brown Field (SDM), that's exactly what you see, and the Federal Aviation Administration has been trying to do something about it.

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FAA Names Senior VP To Oversee Modernization Efforts

Vicki Cox Previously Served With ATO

FAA Acting Administrator Robert A. Sturgell announced Tuesday the appointment of Vicki Cox as Senior Vice President of NextGen and Operations Planning.

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Regional Pilot, FA Arrested After Tryst

Man Found Naked In Woods Near Official's Home

And now, from the police blotter: authorities in Swatara Township in central Pennsylvania responded to a call from a resident Sunday night at 9:30pm.

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Atlantic Southeast CRJ Aborts Takeoff Due To Engine Fire

Plane Evacuated With No Injuries Reported

The local Cajun cuisine wasn't the only hot thing in Baton Rouge, LA Sunday afternoon. Things got a little hot on a Delta Air Lines regional flight, too -- a little too hot.

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First Boeing 777 Freighter Leaves Paint Hangar

Will Be Unveiled To Employees May 21

Adorned in its Boeing livery, the first new, factory-built 777 Freighter was moved from the planemaker's Everett, WA paint facility to Everett field this morning, bringing the airplane one step closer to its world debut.

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