The NTSB recommends the following to the FAA:
Require MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI), to conduct additional tests
to enable the full analysis of all critical load cases for
tension-torsion straps installed in the anti-torque fan of MDHI
model 500N series, 600N, and MD900 helicopters, including load
cases that create regions of transverse shear or compression in the
fiber-reinforced areas of the straps...
Seeks To Educate Businesspeople About GA Advantages
Aero-News has learned of a first-of-its-kind event coming up in
the Northeast. The F1 Air "Drive-To-Fly" Aerospace Gala will be
held April 22, 2006 at F1 Boston's facilities in Braintree, MA. The
featured speaker for the evening will be Al Haynes, the noted pilot
and hero who guided striken United Flight 232 in for landing in
Sioux City, IA in 1989, saving the lives of 184 people onboard.
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