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May 28, 2009

ANN Special Feature: Business Aviation Recovering - 05.28.09

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Brian Foley, President of Brian Foley Associates, about indications that business aviation is now passing the bottom of the recession.

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ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 05.28.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 05.28.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Business Aviation Recovering - 05.28.09 (ANN Special Report, with Brian Foley, President of Brian Foley Associates)

Right Ascension (RA) A coordinate used by astronomers to locate stars and other celestial objects in the sky. Right ascension is comparable to longitude, but it is measured in hours, minutes, and seconds because the entire sky appears to pass overhead over a period of 24 hours. The zero hour corresponds to the apparent location of the Sun with respect to the stars on the day of the vernal (spring) equinox (approximately March 21).

Aero-Linx: Mars Exploration Rover Mission NASA's twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. They landed on Mars January 3 and January 24 PST, 2004 (January 4 and January 25 UTC, 2004). The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet.

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