Also: Medevac Tragedy, HBC Sues, Waco Ditches, 2011 Safer, $$AeroNav$$, Buh-Bye VORs, NORAD/Santa (and SO Much More)!!

Airborne 12.30.11 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, December 30th, 2011... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton and Paul Plack, this episode covers:   Bell 206 Medical Flight Crash LightSquared Files with FCC, Releases Interference Study Hawker Beechcraft Files Suit Over LAS Dismissal

Klyde Doesn't Understand the FAA's Crew Rest Rule, Either

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

A Look Back At Friends And Colleagues Who Have Made Their Final Flight

It is never pleasant to review the roster of those who have left us over the course of a year, and it seems as if it's never a short list. But for those who knew each of these pilots and influencers of aviation who passed in 2011, the memories are warm, and we wish their families well.

"With all of the ills that California politicians must address these days... crime, education, deficits, immigration, taxes, a very anti-business climate (and the attendant loss of those businesses to other states); you'd think that the average CA groundhog legislator would have better things to do than to attack an industry that provides transport, emergency medical attention, law enforcement services, traffic watch, even a few recreational pursuits (and so much more) -- but then again, this is California we're talking about -- where political/social engineering isn't supposed to make good sense so long as it gets you 20 egocentric seconds on the Six O'Clock news." Source: Yup... that's ANN Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell's meek/mild-mannered ope

An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8.

North American Trainer Association

Here's a different NATA. The North American Trainer Association (NATA) is an independent, non-profit corporation dedicated to the restoration and safe flying of North American Trainers.