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OK, we keep saying it was a wild week... and we haven't been lying... but it seems that there is no end in sight to real honest-to-goodness Aero-News.... we just wish it was always GOOD Aero-News. As ANN was putting this episode of Airborne to bed, ANN received some interesting inside info that asserts that Cessna may make a play for bankrupt HBC--interested mostly in the King-Air line. Also; the Air Force has confirmed an accident involving a CV-22 at Eglin AFB--thankfully with no fatalities but there were five injuries requiring transportation to hospital facilities -- we wish those crew-members the best as they recover. In the largest aircraft pur