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June 21, 2008

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.21.08)

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Walter E. Lees, Pioneer Pilot, soloed in 1912 and continued in aviation until 1945. He flew approximately 12,000 hours and handled over 60 different types of aircraft. In 1931, he set a non-refueling endurance record in a Packard-Diesel powered Bellanca which stood until 1986.

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An angular offset of the localizer from the runway extended center line, in a direction away from the no transgression zone (NTZ) that increases the normal operating zone (NOZ) width. An offset requires a 50-foot increase in the decision height (DH) and is not authorized for CAT II and CAT III approaches.

"There is plenty of work to be done between now and first flight, but with every step forward we grow more and more confident."

Source: Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager of the 787 program, following Boeing's completion of the 'Power On' sequence for the first 787 Dreamliner, marking the completion of the next major milestone on the path to first flight later this year.'Power On' is a complex series of tasks and tests that bring electrical power onto the airplane and begin to exercise the use of the electrical systems. The 787 is a more-electric airplane with the pneumatic, or bleed air, system being totally replaced by electronics.