ANN Daily Touch-And-Go:
10.11.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
10.11.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Special Feature: Dangers Close to Home -
10.11.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob
Miller)
Braking Action
Advisories
When tower controllers have received runway braking action
reports which include the terms “fair,”
“poor,” or “nil,” or whenever weather
conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing
runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS
broadcast the statement, “Braking action advisories are in
effect” on the ATIS broadcast...
Aero-Linx: AIBF -- Gas
Balloons
We encourage everyone to learn more about the sport and history
of gas ballooning. Fortunately, there are several resources to turn
to here on the Balloon Fiesta website and on the World Wide Web.
Gas balloons fly as a result of a lifting gas in their envelopes.
In the United States pilots fly with helium or hydrogen as the
lifting gas. Both gases are lighter than air. Gas balloons get
their initial lift from the helium or hydrogen pumped into their
envelopes.
"The T-6C offers the Indian Air Force the world's most
proven and cost-effective training system available... It
accommodates instruction in instrument flight procedures and basic
aerial maneuvers and, including its predecessors the T-6A and T-6B,
has accounted for more than 640 deliveries worldwide."
Source: Jim Maslowski, HBC president, U.S. and
International Government Business, commenting on the Indian Air
Force's scheduled evaluation for Hawker Beechcraft
Corporation's Beechcraft T-6C military trainer.
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