Would End Debate On Amendments To FAA Funding Bill
Don't expect meaningful progress on the Senate's FAA funding
bill until early next week. CNN reports Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV) has scheduled a May 6 procedural vote on the
matter, effectively setting a deadline for lawmakers to stop
quibbling over which amendments should be added to the bill.
Indicates that the pilot is using a hood to restrict visibility
outside the cockpit while simulating instrument flight. An
appropriately rated pilot is required in the other control seat
while this operation is being conducted.
"When they were called upon by their country to save
Berlin, they answered the call without question. They flew their
unarmed C-47s and C-54s around the clock, at paper-thin intervals,
and often under the most horrendous weather conditions. They did
all this under the constant threat of attack. Yet they did not
falter. Thirty-one of these young men laid down their lives to save
the people of Berlin. These aging airmen are to be honored at this
60th Anniversary of this historic event for their unstinting
service to Germany and the US. None deserve our gratitude more.
They were heroes then, they are heroes now and they will remain
heroes to all those who cherish freedom."
Source: Lt. General Michael M. Dunn USAF (ret)
and President of the Air Fo
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