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March 15, 2006

ANN Special Feature: Adam Aircraft's Rick Adam on VLJs and User Fees 03.16.05

Rick Adam's company... Adam Aircraft... is working on certification of its A-700 very light jet... one of several manufacturers getting in on the ground floor of the VLJ revolution. Like other GA m

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (03.15.06): The Other Side

Aero-Tips!

A reader wrote: "Thanks for the great article" on returning a an airplane to service after maintenance (Aero-Tips 3.09.06). "Now on to the other side of the operation... paying for the work."

Aero-Linx!

Sent in by ANN reader Tom Beamer, this site displays the great circle route between the points you enter.

Aero-Terms!

Clear Air Turbulence -- Erratic air currents that occur in cloudless air between altitudes of 7,000 and 12,000. This cat is more like a lion.

"It shows a step in the right direction in terms of at least one management person sharing some of the pain that the US Airways Group employees have gone through over the past few years."

Source: Mike Flores, president of the Master Executive Council for the Association of Flight Attendants for US Airways, on the news US Airways CEO W. Douglas Parker refused to accept a $770,000 bonus he earned as chairman of America West Airlines, now merged with the carrier.