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June 21, 2007

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.21.07)

Aero-Linx!

This on-line edition of Manfred von Richthofen's 1917 book Der Rote Kampfflieger is based on the English language version originally translated by J. Ellis Barker and published in 1918 under the name The Red Battle Flyer.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.21.07): Tare Weight

Aero-Terms!

Weight of all chocks and other items used to secure an aircraft on the scales for weighing. The tare weight must be subtracted from the scale reading to find the actual weight of the aircraft.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.21.07)

"I've never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like I had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours."

Source: Collin Brock, a passenger onboard Continental Airlines flight 1970 last week. About two hours into the flight from Amsterdam to New Jersey, lavatory problems forced an unscheduled landing in Shannon, Ireland to correct the problem. The unscheduled pit stop morphed into an overnight stay, and the next morning, the same passengers boarded the same jet to continue their trip to Newark. But, shortly after takeoff, the plumbing problems began again, this time in earnest, and raw sewage began seeping into the cabin.

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