Representatives with Premier Aircraft Sales tell ANN the company
recently became a distributor for Satcom Direct, Inc's
Iridium-based handheld global satellite telephones.
A cow moose that had been tranquilized for tracking purposes
made an unexpected move, and ran into the tailrotor of a hovering
Hughes 369D in Alaska Saturday afternoon. The helicopter was forced
to make an emergency landing.
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.05.07 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.05.07 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- The New Britain Project:
03.05.07 (ANN Special Feature, with David Billings, on the
search for Amelia Earhart's lost Lockheed Electra.)
Will Provide Training In High Altitude Recovery Operations
Delta Connection Academy entered into an exclusive agreement
with Southern AeroMedical Institute (SAMI) to develop and implement
a training program incorporating the physiological training
associated with high altitude operations in combination with
computer-based simulation training in high altitude recovery
operations.
The pilot of a Cessna 182 dodged a set of high-powered
transmission lines, flew through wind gusts of 35 mph, and landed
on I-10 in Banning, CA without hitting a car or causing
injuries Saturday afternoon.
Hollister Municipal Airport, CA, is looking for money. Not just
the $250,000 from the FAA to repair its runways in the coming
month, but millions of dollars in federal grants for airport
expansion.