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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6596 Issue Date: May 07, 2008 at 1611 UTC Type: Hazards

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6436 Issue Date: May 06, 2008 at 2338 UTC Location: Waco, Texas Beginning Date and Time: May 08, 2008 at 1505 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 08, 2008 at 1610 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6426 Issue Date: May 06, 2008 at 2336 UTC Location: Crawford, Texas Beginning Date and Time: May 08, 2008 at 1530 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 11, 2008 at 2130 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6540 Issue Date: May 07, 2008 at 1335 UTC Location: EASTERN SIDE OF VIEQUES ISLAND , Puerto Rico near ST CROIX VOR/DME (COY) Beginning Date and Time: May 09, 2008 at 1200 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 09, 2008 at 2000 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: SAN JUAN (ZSU) Automated Flight Service Station, 787-253-8664

Judge Rules Tower Controllers To Blame For 2003 Helicopter Midair

Contradicts NTSB Assertion Student Pilot Caused Collision

A California judge ruled this week air traffic controllers at Torrance Municipal Airport/Zamperini Field (TOA) were primarily responsible for the November 2003 midair collision of two helicopters in front of the airport's control tower -- and not one of the pilots, as the National Transportation Safety Board determined.

Pilot Injured In Accident Near Bowman Field

C182 May Have Lost Power On Takeoff

The pilot of a Cessna 182L was slightly injured when his aircraft came to rest inverted in the backyards of two homes near Bowman Field (LOU) in Louisville, KY Wednesday morning.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 05.07.08

Is ADS-B The Wrong Solution For US Pilots?

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 05.07.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 05.07.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- What's Wrong With ADS-B: 05.07.08 (ANN Special Report, with Robert Poole, director of transportation studies at the Reason Foundation.)

Avidyne, Southern Star Earn Approval For Single PFD In 90-Series King Airs

Envision Display Added To Approved Model List

Avidyne Corporation and Southern Star Avionics have been advised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that their jointly-developed single-PFD integrated flight deck system for the King Air 90-series has been added to its Approved Model List (AML). The two companies announced in March they were pursuing a Supplemental Type Certificate which would apply to 90A through 90E series King Airs.

Wreckage From Missing C310 Found By Brazilian Rescuers

But No Signs Of The Six People Onboard

Rescuers combing through the Bahia region of northeastern Brazil, in hopes of locating a missing plane and the six people onboard, found some wreckage from the Cessna 310 Tuesday night... but so far, there's no sign of survivors or bodies onboard the plane.

California Senate Passes Airport Land Use Bill

Aimed At Protecting Airports From Encroachment

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association tells ANN the California state senate passed S.B.1118, a bill aimed at strengthening the state's airport land-use laws, by nearly a unanimous vote on May 1.