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September 25, 2008

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 09.25.08

'Pilots 'n Paws,' With Jon Wehrenberg and Debi Boies

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.25.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.25.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Pilots 'N Paws: 09.25.08 (ANN Special Report, with Jon Wehrenberg and Debi Boies.)

ANN Poses The Final of Three Questions For The Cirrus Community

As previously noted, the 2008 COPA 'Migration' (M6) happened to be a GREAT place for ANN and Aero-TV to gauge the mood and feelings of the Cirrus community... about the organization that has gained such a sterling rep throughout GA, about the realities of GA travel... and whether there is an undercurrent of 'jet envy' among the crowd of fast-moving piston drivers. The third and final time around (for now), though, we had top ask a question that was on everyone's mind in the scant few days since the first flight of Cirrus design's LONG-awaited single Jet, the Vision SJ50.... Is There a JET In YOUR Future?

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.25.08)

Aero-Linx!

Yet another excellent resource for the true aviation history aficionado. Bios for the great German pilots of WWII, and statistics galore. Broken down many ways, you can impress you friends when they ask you who the 8th highest-scoring killer of Stormoviks was. (It was Major Franz Eisenach).

Aero-Terms!

The thrust produced by an aircraft gas turbine engine when the power control lever is pulled back to the idle stop.

"The first five seconds will probably define whether he is going to make it or not. The biggest challenge for him is to get into a stable flying configuration once he has left the plane."

Source: Markus Zipperer, an engineer with Germany's JetCat, which helped manufacture the jet-powered mono-wing that adventurer Yves Rossy will use Thursday morning at 0800 EDT for his attempt to fly across the English Channel.