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AD: Turbomeca

AD NUMBER: 2005-17-06 MANUFACTURER: Turbomeca SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-06 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Artouste III series turboshaft engines.

AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: 2005-17-05 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-05 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain GE CF6-80C2 and CF6-80E1 turbofan engines.

No News Is The Big News At NWA

Airline Continues To Fly Despite Mechanics' Strike

While Northwest Airlines continues to say it is weathering the AMFA mechanics' strike virtually unaffected, a recorded telephone statement from the carrier indicates the airline could cancel as many as 400 of this week's 9,900 flights worldwide. That would be about three times the number it had to cancel during the same period last year.

Aero-Analysis: Sit Down, Strap In, Shut Up

...And Out Goes Y-O-Your Suit Against Southwest

Grace Fuller and her sister, Louise Sawyer, wanted money. Southwest Airlines had money. A nursery rhyme was going to be their ticket.

NWA Strike Update: AMFA Talking Naughty About NWA

AMFA: Northwest Airlines On-Time Performance Drops to 50 Percent Over Weekend; Only 15 FAA Inspectors Have Been Assigned to Northwest Worldwide

Grounded: IL-96-300

Problem Aboard President Putin's Plane Leads To Industry-Wide Order

Aeroflot calls it a critical situation -- the grounding of Ilyushin IL-96-300s fter a technical glitch forced Russian President Vladimir Putin to switch to a backup aircraft.=