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March 04, 2009

FAA Announces Changes At Aviation Safety Organization

Gilligan Named New Associate Administrator Of ASO

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Lynne A. Osmus announced Wednesday several key personnel changes in the agency’s aviation safety organization.

Vern Raburn Speaks, Continued

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.04.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.04.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Vern Raburn Speaks: 03.04.09 (ANN Special Report, with Eclipse Aviation founder and former CEO Vern Raburn.) Part One Part

Aero-Linx!

The HGFA is a non profit sporting body that administers Paragliding, Weightshift Microlights and Hang Gliding under the regulations laid down by the Civil Air Safety Authority.

Aero-Terms!

A term used in aviation meteorology to define the distance over which a pilot of an aircraft on the centerline of the runway can see the runway surface markings delineating the runway or identifying its centre line. RVR is normally expressed in feet or meters.

"I'm actually going to try to take it to Miramar if possible."

Source: Fateful words spoken by the pilot of a Marine Corps F/A-18D that crashed into a residential neighborhood near MCAS Miramar on December 8, 2008. Audio tapes of exchanges between the pilot and ATC, released Tuesday, show the unnamed airman passed up at least two chances to land at a facility with an approach over open water, after reporting engine failure. Four people were killed when the plane crashed two miles short of the runway.