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November 17, 2006

FAA Policy Document Allows DA42 To Meet Definition Of Complex Aircraft

May Be Used For Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor Certification

According to a national FAA Policy document (Notice 8000.331), issued this month, airplanes equipped with retractable landing gear, flaps and Full Authority Digital Electronics Control (FADEC) meet the definition of a complex aircraft and may be used for Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor Certifications. That's particularly important to Diamond Aircraft... as it's DA42 Twin Star is the only aircraft that meets that amended definition.

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6395 Issue Date: November 16, 2006 at 17:05 UTC Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Beginning Date and Time: November 17, 2006 at 18:42 UTC Ending Date and Time: November 17, 2006 at 20:13 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Space Operations Area Type: Space Operations Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: St. Petersburg (PIE) Flight service station, 727-893-3537

AD NUMBER: 2006-23-14 MANUFACTURER: Air Tractor SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-23-14 SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A airplanes.

ANN Special Feature: Pete Combs, USAG Bids for Delta 11.17.06

Today, ANN's Pete Combs is in Atlanta with additional details on US Airways Group's hostile takeover bid for bankrupt Delta Airlines.

AD: Turbomeca

AD NUMBER: 2006-23-17 MANUFACTURER: Turbomeca SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-23-17 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Turmo IV A and IV C series turboshaft engines.

Manufacturer Says System Has Saved Five Lives

AmSafe makes airbags -- for airplanes. You may have heard of them. And if you have, you might have wondered how well they work.

Stemme MotorGlider Down In New Zealand

Father, Son Pilot Team Perish In Crash

Searchers on Thursday found the crash site of a glider missing since the day before.

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) has named three aviation pioneers as Members, to be inducted in 2007. The 2007 inductees are Craig Laurence Dobbin (1935-2006), founder of CHC Helicopter Corp, the world's largest commercial helicopter operator; Fred Harvey Hitchins (1904-1972), official post-war RCAF historian; and Stanley William Deluce, founder of several regional airlines in Canada.