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January 04, 2009

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.04.09)

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The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Dive Recovery Team was created to fill four important functions: Research, Locate, Survey and Recover heritage aircraft that crashed in the waters around Ontario. This 100% volunteer team has had tremendous success in creating partnerships that have resulted in a world-class search team, equipped with leading edge technologies and using search methodologies that are among the best.

"I want to thank Virgin Galactic for partnering with us to create a whole new industry that is going to transform the economy of Southern New Mexico - creating thousands of jobs, generating money for education, boosting tourism and attracting other companies and economic opportunities to the area." Source: Governor Bill Richardson, following the signing of a 20-year lease with the state of New Mexico by British billionaire Richard Branson. The agreement paves the way for construction of the first US spaceport. Virgin Galactic expects to break ground on the facility by April, with completion slated for sometime in 2010.

Aero-Terms!

A predetermined geographical position used for route/instrument approach definition, progress reports, published VFR routes, visual reporting points or points for transitioning and/or circumnavigating controlled and/or special use airspace, that is defined relative to a VORTAC station or in terms of latitude/longitude coordinates.