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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 03.08.11

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 03.07.11 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.07.11 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Type Ratings for Composite GA Planes? - 03.07.11 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller)

Klyde Morris (03.07.11)

Klyde: DoT's 'High Speed Rail' Obsession?

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.07.11): Helipad

Helipad A small, designated area, usually with a prepared surface, on a heliport, airport, landing/takeoff area, apron/ramp, or movement area used for takeoff, landing, or parking of helicopters.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.07.11)

Aero-Linx: Alec Buck's EMS Helicopter Site This EMS Heli page was started around 13 years ago with 'just a couple of helicopter photos.' As their audience grew, they started receiving photos of EMS Helicopters from all over the world. They enjoyed the photos so much that they 'decided to share them with everybody.' The site's goal is to have every EMS Helicopter in the US displayed. Based on what we see so far, they seem to be off to a good start... check this site out...

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.07.11)

"Launch is a very demanding business and having what appears to be a successful launch is always welcome news... It is important to remember that this is an experimental vehicle; that this is just the second launch; and that we have just started what is a very systematic checkout of the system." Source: Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs Richard McKinney, commenting on the laucnh of the second USAF X-37B unmanned spacecraft.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.07.11)

"The fee-for-service arrangement provides the academy with a flexible, cost-effective, comprehensive system to train Cadets in the planning and executing UAS missions... The academy will be able to draw upon the considerable assets of this AAI system as they train a core group of future U.S. Air Force leaders." Source:Stephen Flach, division vice president of AAI's Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. commenting on the fact that cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy will learn about Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) using AAI's Aerosonde Mark 4.7 system under a fee-for-service contract announced by AAI Wednesday.