Safety Alert Says High Manifold Pressures can "Substantially
Reduce" Blade Life; Alert Prompted by Blade Separation.
Robinson Helicopter Company recently responded to a main rotor
blade failure with a warning to all R-22 operators. "Exceeding
Manifold Pressure Limits Can Cause Blade Failure," was the title,
and the essence, of Robinson's R-22 Safety Alert.
The December 2004 issue of Popular Science magazine has named
Diamond Aircraft's new DA42 Twin Star as one of the top 100 tech
innovations for 2004. Other selections include the 2005 Lotus
Elise, the twin Mars Exploration rovers and the AGM-158 joint
air-to-surface standoff missile.
The Pennsylvania legislature this week passed a "flying while
impaired" law, joining 47 other states that have laws against
drinking and flying. That was in response to the January drunken,
erratic flight of a Pennsylvania pilot through Philadelphia's Class
B airspace and near a nuclear power plant. Gov. Edward Rendell is
expected to sign it.
Torran McCarthy, a student in the Airframe & Powerplant
Mechanic program at Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville (WI)
was recognized at the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Investiture
Ceremony and Banquet in Oshkosh on November 6. McCarthy, 29,
resides in Milton, Wisconsin. He said he was deeply honored to
accept the $1000 Carl Guell Memorial Scholarship.
NOTAM: 4/3152
Issued: 12/03/2004 19:20
Effective: 12/07/2004 15:00 - 12/07/2004 16:30
State: UT
Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT.
Type: HAZARDS
Description: E OF BONNEVILLE VORTAC.
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