ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 04.23.09 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.23.09 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: Kitfox President John McBean -
04.23.09 (ANN Special Report, with Kitfox Boss,
John McBean)
Jack Pelton Has A Fascinating Conversation With Aero-TV
Continuing with yesterday's coverage of Jack Pelton's speech to
the AEA 2009 Tradeshow and Convention, we're pleased to present a
more in-depth, one-on-one interview with Pelton, later that day.
Jack talked about everything... the Piston line, SkyCatcher,
Columbus, Citation updates and upgrades...
Eccentric
Jovians
Extrasolar planets, with a mass similar to or greater than that
of Jupiter, which move around their host stars in highly elongated
orbits.
FMI: http://wind.cc.whecn.edu/~marquard/astronomy/jovian.htm
Aero-Linx: Europe Air
Sports
Europe Air Sports is an association of the European National
Aero Clubs, and European Air Sports Unions, with the objective to
co-ordinate regulatory matters in Europe. It is affiliated to the
FAI -the World's Airsports Federation.
FMI: http://www.europe-airsports.fai.org/
"Over the next four months, the FAA will make
significant improvements to the database to improve the search
function and make it more user-friendly. In its current format,
users will only be able to perform limited searches online, but
will be able to download the entire database. The FAA also plans to
work with the aviation community to find ways to improve and
strengthen bird strike reporting."
Source: From an FAA Presser revealing its
capitulation in releasing bird strike data that they had originally
intended to keep from public eyes... the public had a diffderent
opinion about the idea... hence the reversal in the matter.
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