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March 06, 2007

ANN Special Feature: Pt 1 - Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation - 03.06.07

Today, we'll start a two-part replay of Monday's press conference with Eclipse Aviation President and CEO Vern Raburn, who announced the new suppliers for components of Avio, and fielded questions

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.06.07)

Aero-Linx!

Remember the "baby book" that's so "last century?" It's time to make it more about you, oh -- and your new baby. The perfect baby book for the offspring of aviation enthusiasts.

Aero-Terms!

Air Mail Service, which transported mail by airplanes, is a little-remembered organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide.

"[R]ecent news excerpts.... demonstrate that airline lobbying has succeeded in getting the FAA to unveil a funding plan that gives the giant airlines a major tax break while imposing massive tax hikes and onerous new user fees on the businesses that rely on general aviation. The airlines' FAA plan also dramatically reduces Congressional authority over the air traffic system, gives airlines a bigger say in FAA operations, and establishes a huge new multi-billion dollar bureaucracy to assess and collect user fees."

Source: NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, in a letter to members imploring them to write to their elected officials about how they feel about the FAA's funding proposal.