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October 07, 2008

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A Little Political Insight And Humor From NBAA: Carville Stage Left, Matalin On The Right

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 10.07.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.07.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- A Little Political Insight And Humor From NBAA 2008, Part One: 10.07.08 (ANN Special Report, with left-wing pundit

The News Keeps Soaring At NBAA2008....

Despite the turmoil outside the sunshine state, the business avation industry is still doing business... and lots of it. NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen welcomed Attendees of the NBAA 61st Annual Meeting & Convention at this morning's Opening General Session, which featured distinguished speaker Roberto Kobeh González, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) president, along with Ron Kaplan, executive director of the National Aviation Association Hall of Fame, who announced this year's recipient of the Combs-Gates Award.

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Aero-TV: Learning About The MU-2 SFAR

Requirements Fall Short Of Type Rating

ANN has always found the controversy over the airworthiness of the MU-2 an argument of political hype over reality. Much maligned over a number of highly visible accidents (often hyped by some politicos with an aviation-ignorant agenda), the truth of the matter is that the MU-2 is a hell of an airplane... and PROPERLY trained and flown, this is a serious working airplane.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.07.08)

Aero-Linx!

A collection of records and firsts in a variety of aviation categories.

Aero-Terms!

The wind, or wind component, along the local parallel of latitude, as distinguished from the meridional wind. In a horizontal coordinate system fixed locally with the x axis directed eastward and the y axis directed northward, the zonal wind is positive if it blows from the west and negative if from the east.

"As business aviation is a small community where it’s difficult to keep a secret for a long time, I am pleased to confirm that our engineering team is actively working on a new aircraft project. Its NTx code-name stands for 'New Twin.' This aircraft is an exciting project that we hope to launch in 2009 to complement the TBM850 from the top. We believe the general aviation market will welcome our project, which will build on the current success of the TBM 850."

Source: EADS Socata Chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard, speaking Monday of his company's upcoming "NTx" twin-engine aircraft project. Expected to be formalized in 2009, little was actually revealed about the NTx... including whether twin turbofans or turboprops would power