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March 16, 2009

ANN Special Feature: FAASTeam & Aero NewsBug - 03.17.09

ANN's Jim Campbell discusses the mission of the FAA Safety Team, and how the new Aero NewsBug will play a role, with FAASTeam Manager Kevin Clover, and Paul Burger, Executive Director, Advocate for

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AD: Bell

AD NUMBER: 2009-05-09 MANUFACTURER: Bell SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-05-09 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Bell) model helicopters.

AD NUMBER: 2009-06-01 MANUFACTURER: Eurocopter France SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-06-01 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC155B and EC155B1 helicopters.

SVT Optional... Approx. 100 Lbs Weight Savings Standard

Garmin has scored yet another big "get" for its increasingly ubiquitous G1000 avionics suite. The avionics manufacturer announced Monday the Federal Aviation Administration granted supplemental type certification (STC) for the G1000 in the King Air 200 and B200.

ANN Special Feature: CFI Bob Miller, Icing Conditions - 03.16.09

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves about issues involved in flight into icing conditions, and Bob's take on the last few moments of Continental Connections Flight 3407.

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Aero-TV: Women in Aviation 2009 -- Uplift, Outreach, Aviation

Aviation's Most Positive Gathering Takes Atlanta by Storm

The theme for the 20th Annual International Women in Aviation (WAI) Conference, concluded late last month, was "A New Approach for Your Tomorrow," but the Conference's underlying thrust was unquestionably jobs and the economy. Despite furloughs, fears and dwindling retirement funds, Conference-goers were full of determined optimism about their futures. Those WAI members who have spent their careers in the aviation industry were quick to assure younger attendees that the aviation industry operates in cycles and this one, too, shall pass.

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Former Eclipse Customers Jump Into Bidding Fray

Eclipse Jet LLC Led By Members Of Ad Hoc Customer Committee

First, there was Eclipse Aviation Corporation; then, when that company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, a foreign-backed entity named EclipseJet Aviation International purported to rescue the diminutive planemaker from the ashes. That promise proved to be a spectacular failure... and Eclipse entered Chapter 7 liquidation last month.