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March 05, 2008

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.05.08)

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The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, bearing the name of Hammondsport's favorite son, is located on Route 54, one half mile south of the village of Hammondsport, NY.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.05.08): Glide Slope

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The angle between horizontal and the glide path of an aircraft. A tightly-focused radio beam transmitted from the approach end of a runway indicating the minimum approach angle that will clear all obstacles; one component of an instrument landing system (ILS).

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.05.08)

"Bono and Bill Gates would be prevented from smuggling a nuke into the US, but a terrorist with a nuke in a Gulfstream who takes off from a remote airfield in Africa or Latin America ... would have no problem getting it to DC. Let's just hope the terrorists fly out of (London's) Heathrow."

Source: Homeland security consultant Randall Larsen. The growing number of business jets outside North America looks like a security threat to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who fears terrorists could exploit general aviation to bring in a dirty bomb or biological weapons. DHS will soon undertake a sweeping review of airport security screening over the next 30 to 45 days, to try to ease passenger hassles, but also to focus more on the threat o

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