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October 05, 2006

FAA's Chew Highlights Need For Upgraded ATC Equipment At ICAO Conference

Says Current Equipment Cannot Handle Projected Traffic Increase

 In a speech titled "Congested Skies" before the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Conference in Montreal September 28, FAA Air Traffic Organization Chairman Russell Chew made his pitch for expanded capability and new equipment for controllers, that he says are needed to handle the projected growth in air traffic by 2014.

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CAF Fights Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Its Aircraft

Teams With Quantum Group To Test Planes

Aero-News has learned the Commemorative Air Force teamed with Quantum Group Inc., producer of carbon monoxide (CO) detectors, last month to ensure that CAF pilots are adequately protected from carbon monoxide gasses in cockpits.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (10.05.06): Pilot's Discretion

Aero-Tips!

Understand your options and obligations upon accepting a "pilot's discretion" clearance.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.05.06)

Aero-Linx!

The site was designed to pay tribute to the pilots who brought America into the jet age. You can read the story as told by four of these men.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.05.06): Stabilator

Aero-Terms!

On many fighter planes, in order to meet their high maneuvering requirements, the stabilizer and elevator are combined into one large moving surface.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.05.06)

"We know that the transponder was turned off. A pilot only turns it off when he doesn't want to be identified. The Legacy could have turned it off to try some air tricks far from the eyes of the air traffic controllers ... but it also could have been a case of mechanical failure."

Source: Brazilian Airport Authority Chief Jose Carlos Pereira, in a somewhat bizarre statement implying the two American pilots of an Embraer Legacy 600 bizjet suspected of colliding with a Brazilian Gol Airlines 737 Friday may have deliberately disabled their plane's transponder before the accident.

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