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December 21, 2007

Thielert Touts 250 Service Centers At End Of 2007

Added 93 New Centers, Seven New Sales Partners This Year

Looking to make a big impression in the emerging market for diesel-powered piston aircraft engines, Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH significantly expanded its sales and service center network in 2007.

Sailor Came To Missionary Pilots' Rescue

A good Samaritan with a sailboat came to the rescue of two missionary pilots heading to Florida, when their Cessna 208 Caravan ditched in the ocean near the Bahamas Thursday.

Notes Pilots Are Also Flying Less Hours

On Friday, the AOPA Air Safety Foundation released its 2007 Joseph T. Nall Report, an analysis of general aviation accidents from the previous year. The report shows many signs an increasing emphasis on safety among pilots is paying real dividends.

ANN Special Feature: Ray Jaworowski, Forecast International - 12.21.07

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst with Forecast International, about how the group's industry predictions are developed, and why turboprops are making a comeback

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Cessna Delivers 8,000th Independence-Built Piston To Civil Air Patrol

Service Is Planemaker's Largest Customer

This week, Cessna delivered the 8,000th single-engine piston aircraft since resuming production in Independence, KS some 10 years ago. The customer for the 8,000th aircraft was the US Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Cessna's largest and one of the company's oldest customers.

Puts C150 Down On Road Outside Victorville, CA

What was supposed to be a short hop from Mojave, CA to Palm Springs for world record-setting aviator Dick Rutan this week, instead turned into a dead-stick landing on a small road near Victorville.