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January 18, 2006

ANN Special Feature: AOPA's Phil Boyer on ADIZ Hearings 01.19.06

The FAA has finally held public hearings on the Air Defense Identification Zone over Washington. Pilots consider it an onerous burden... trying to skip around two-thousand square miles of restricte

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CJ Systems Aviation Group Selects Turbomeca Engines

American air medical services provider CJ Systems Aviation Group has chosen the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 as the primary engine on their upcoming purchase of five additional EC 135 helicopters. The company will also purchase two EC 145s equipped with Turbomeca Arriel 1E2 engines.

NBAA's Steve Brown On FERMS

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 01.18.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.18.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- NBAA's Steve Brown On FERMS: 01.18.06 (ANN's Feature News Program, with Steve Brown talking about NBAA's new FERMS online program)

AD NUMBER: PL2005-26-53 MANUFACTURER: Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd. SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive PL2005-26-53 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pacific Aerospace Corporation (PAC)Ltd. Model 750XL airplanes.

The NTSB has filed a factual report on the tragic July 13th, 2004 crash of a Bell 407 (file photos, below) serving an EMS role in foggy conditions. Of particular note are some additional statements that seem to indicate that the pilot of this flight may not have been aware that other entities had turned the flight down before he accepted the mission.

Gulfstream Aerospace has received certification from the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee for Gulfstream’s large-cabin, ultra-long-range G550 and G500; large-cabin, long-range G450; and large-cabin, mid-range G350 aircraft models.