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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 01.08.10

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 01.08.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.08.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Snowbirds Jet Demo Team - 01.08.10 (ANN Special Report, with Lieutenant Colonel Chris Bard, Commanding Officer and team lead of Canada's Snowbirds jet team)

ANN's 'Heroes 'n Heartbreakers' '09: Aero-Heroes #3 -- Captain Sully and Crew

Aero-Heroes #3: Captain Sully and His Crew Wow. Just as it seemed that aviation was never going to pull itself out from under the dark cloud created by so many ponderous factors, we witnessed the enormity of the "Miracle on the Hudson." While Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger performed heroically in the ditching of his Airbus into the Hudson River, pilots like you and I know that there was nothing innately 'heroic' about it... he was doing his job, he was doing it competently, and he and his crew pulled off a magnificent piece of airmanship under extraordinary odds.

ANN's 'Heroes 'n Heartbreakers' '09: Heartbreaker #3 -- The US Congress

Aero-Heartbreaker #3: The US Congress I'm not going to debate party politics this time around -- just suffice it to say that no aspect of our government, least of all the US Congress, distinguished itself in 2009. This grand democratic experiment, started over 200 years ago, has stubbed its toe a bit and for the moment we get to feel the pain. That being said, the actions of our current Congress were some of the most myopic, reprehensible, foolish, and ignorant I have witnessed in nearly 53 years.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.08.10)

"Rest assured that in light of what happened on December 25, we've gone back over these databases and there have been additional actions taken." Source: Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Crowley.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.08.10): Obstacle Departure Procedure (ODP)

A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR) departure procedure printed for pilot use in textual or graphic form to provide obstruction clearance via the least onerous route from the terminal area to the appropriate en route structure.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.08.10)

Parrott AR Drone Videos of this little UAV have been all over the internet for a couple of days, mostly because you control it with your iPhone. And it sends a video feed which you can see on your screen. Does the technology have broader implications? Until they figure that out, it's a cool little toy. FMI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ejh--_56ic