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November 28, 2011

ANN Special Feature: Asleep at the Yoke - 11.28.11

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller, who looks back on that case two years ago in which two Northwest pilots overflew their destination Minneapolis, and explains how the case may be relevant

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Republic Of Kazakhstan Takes Delivery Of First Of Six EC145s

Handover Marks Start Of Cooperative Effort With Kazakhstan Engineering

Eurocopter delivered the first of six EC145s ordered to date by the Kazakh Ministries of Defense and Emergencies. A total of 45 of the helicopters are to be purchased, and will be assembled by the new joint venture Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, in which Eurocopter and Kazakhstan Engineering have a 50/50 share.

Plane Talk At NBAA 2011... The Kind That You Wished The Rest Of the World Could Hear

NBAA 2011 was an interesting year for the world's largest gathering of all things BizAv... it also signaled a far more aggressive shift in what and how the BizAv world decided to explain itself. Starting with HBC's Bill Boisture, on the day before the official opening of the event, the "Plane-Speaking" commended and never stopped as one flyer after another decried the nonsense the aviation world had been forced to deal with... at the hands of a public, media and government that fails to understand or appreciate the immense contributions this industry makes, day after day, flight a

Will Use Assets Seized From Drug Arrests To Buy R44

The Fontana, CA City Council has approved the purchase of a police version Robinson R-44 helicopter using assets siezed during drug arrests. The council Tuesday night approved $415,000 for the purchase of the aircraft, as well as $85,000 for the installation of upgraded law enforcement equipment.