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May 03, 2006

ANN Special Feature: NBAA Pres. Ed Bolen at EBACE in Geneva 05.04.06

The European Business Aviation Conference and Expo is underway in Geneva, Switzerland... and by all indications. Ed Bolen is president of the NB-Double-A here in the US... and says the conference a

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (05.03.06): Course Reversal: In The Hold

Aero-Tips!

A holding pattern-style course reversal is a technique to line up on the approach course while remaining relatively close to the depicted fix. If you’re lined up and ready to go before reaching the fix, you do not need to make a "full turn" in the hold.

Aero-Linx!

We all know that NASA is a fake and that we never landed on the moon, right?

"It's got some advantages but it equally has some disadvantages... we want to know what the parameters are and how the process will be introduced. None of this has been talked about. It has just been legislation by press release."

Source: Laurie Cox -- spokesperson for The Australian Federation for Air Pilots (AFAP), which represents about 2,500 pilots throughout the nation -- on the Australian government's proposed testing program for all "safety sensitive" personnel in the country's aviation industry.