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April 01, 2007

FAA Announces Move Of Headquarters To Dubai

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION REALTIME REPORTING: Hot on the heels of global oil marketer Halliburton's move of its headquarters from Houston, TX to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Aviation Administration announced this week it will also relocate from Washington, DC.

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FAA Administrator Blakey Flunks Private Pilot Written Exam... For Fourth Time

The PP Written Challenges Blakey

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: Recent ANN requests for data under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that the GA Industry's criticism of FAA Administrator Marion Blakey is apparently having an effect -- at least about her lack of a Pilot's license. The Administrator, God Bless Her, has been attempting to take and pass her Private Pilot written exam. Unfortunately, ANN has documented at least four attempts on her part to pass the exam... all of which failed to achieve a passing grade.

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Boeing Finally Announces 'The Big One'

Double Trouble For The A380 Program?

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: "Sick and tired of all the hype... that's what we are," says an anonymous Boeing spokesmen just prior to the surprise roll-out of the doubly fascinating new Boeing 747-38.

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Secret Details About ANN 10.0 Leaked... Includes 3-D Video, Smell-O-Vision

ANN To Bring Intense Realism To The Aviation Public

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: Despite intense secrecy surrounding ANN's forthcoming "ANN 10.0" iteration, details were accidentally released this week when ANN Managing Editor, Rob Finfrock, let a few tidbits slip out while chatting up a stewardess at a pub near DFW.

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AOPA Raffles 'Ultimate Plane Giveaway'

Has AOPA Finally Over-Done It?

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: After years worth of exciting airplane giveaway sweepstakes, AOPA has hit upon what they call the "ultimate" Grand Prize...  the gargantuan Airbus A380 Uber-Jumbo.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.01.07)

Aero-Linx: Aero-News April 1st Special Editions

A group of talented, dedicated, and thoroughly freakin' loony aero-writers hone their comedic talents and vent their pent-up frustrations at various aero-issues once a year. (They spend the remaining 364 days convincing their targets that, c'mon, it was just a joke.) Savor the best... the worst... and the "whah the...?" of Aero-News' past April 1st Special Editions. Aero-Collect them all! FMI: ANN 4/1/03, ANN 4/1/04, ANN 4/1/05, Read More

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (04.01.07)

"OK, folks... ANN did not suddenly lose its mind (though, there ARE moments... oh, never mind). Check the DATE. 04.01.07. It's April FIRST... a/k/a APRIL Fool's Day. Get It? If you believed ANY of this stuff, you have been fooled, bamboozled, and otherwise become yet another victim of our annual attempt to enjoy the First day Of April with a little imagination and a LOT of nonsense. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did." Source: ANN's Jim Campbell, making sure that ANN readers checked the date before they got too involved in any of the stories we publish on April 1st of each year. Happy April Fool's Day!

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.01.07): Vda

Aero-Terms!

Delusional Airspeed. A theoretical value, approximately 120 KIAS in level flight, that all pilots of light sport aircraft tell themselves, and their friends, their planes can actually, really achieve.

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