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June 27, 2006

FAA Names Two New Members To Executive Staff

New Faces Come From USPS, FBI

Aero-News has learned at an executive staff meeting last week, Deputy FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell announced two executive selections.

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If your favorite airshow act is the Blue Angels, you can check out their schedule direct from their site. Plan your vacation to where they're performing.

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Oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Referred to by aviation types as the Embry-Riddle of the ground.

"Until a US airline chooses to acquire and operate the passenger version of the A380, foreign airlines that operate A380 passenger service to and from the US should pay for any needed infrastructure improvements at the airports they serve."

Source: Florida Congressman John Mica, who added it would be "patently unfair" to use taxpayer dollars on beefing up US runways, taxiways, air bridges and terminals to accomodate the upcoming A380 superjumbo, the double-decker plane... the biggest commercial aircraft ever, due to the ongoing World Trade Court row over government subsidies to plane makers.