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FAA Says No To Jail Abutting Hattiesburg Airport

NIMBY's Can Help Aviation Too...

A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens of Palmer’s Crossing started a petition to quash a 600-bed detention facility planned for a 20-acre plot adjacent to Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport in Hattiesburg, MS near the community of Palmer's Crossing.

Space Scientist Proves Santa Can Deliver

Precise Calculations Show Kris Kringle's Trip Is Possible

University of Calgary scientist Andrew Yau says Santa Claus CAN deliver gifts to billions of children in one night.

ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (12.24.06): Zero-Zero

Aero-Tips!

The weather outside is frightful. It's foggy, with low clouds. It may be dark. You have an instrument-capable airplane, are instrument rated and current, and have your IFR clearance. Can you take off into near zero visibility?

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.24.06)

Aero-Linx!

Few of us can afford to own a piece of aviation history and that’s when or if there happens to be one for sale. Replicas are more within reach of the average pilot.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.24.06): TCAD

Aero-Terms!

Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance Device - A proprietary low cost anti-collision system detecting and alerting pilots to traffic by sensing nearby transponders.