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January 16, 2009

ANN Special Feature: Ed Bolen, NBAA - 01.16.09

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Ed Bolen, President & CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, about Barack Obama's incoming administration and the TSA's Large Aircraft Security Program.<

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FAA Awards Ground Surveillance Contract To Thales ATM

System May Replace Higher-Cost ASDE-X Installations

The first contract to install and test a low-cost ground surveillance system intended to improve runway safety at small to medium-sized airports was recently awarded to Thales ATM by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The TSA's So Funny, We Forgot To Laugh...

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Welcome to the official web site of Aerovision Quebec. Created in 1991, the Foundation Aerovision Quebec was created to generate an awareness of the exceptional contribution of the Province of Quebec has made to the conquest of the air.

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The point that is directly on the opposite side of the planet; e.g., the Earth's north pole is antipodal to its south pole.

"My plane got shot down once and I was badly wounded and I had to land the thing on its underbelly. Jolly difficult things they are to land when the wheels are up... So I don't get to fly in it. It doesn't matter. I am still going down to the show."

Source: New Zealander John Patterson, 91, who piloted a Supermarine Spitfire in World War II. Patterson was to ride along Thursday during a mock "attack" over downtown Wellington in a restored Spitfire TR.9. Alas, the rare vintage aircraft was damaged Wednesday in a wheels-up landing... meaning it will not headline this weekend's Wings Over Wairarapa air show, though the exhibition will go on nevertheless.