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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/2467 Issue Date: June 13, 2008 at 2119 UTC Location: FALLON , Nevada near MINA VORTAC (MVA) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT RECOVERY OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Automated Flight Service Station, 510-745-3331

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/2299 Issue Date: June 13, 2008 at 0039 UTC Location: NORFOLK , Virginia near COFIELD VORTAC (CVI) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: WASHINGTON (ZDC) Automated Flight Service Station, 703-771-3470

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/2404 Issue Date: June 13, 2008 at 1557 UTC Location: 5 MILES SE OF CHICO , California near CHICO VOR/DME (CIC) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

Virginia Regional Festival Of Flight Coming This Weekend

Take Your Dad To Watch The Planes!

It's Fathers Day weekend... and it may be the best time of the year to hold a fly-in. If Dad says he wants to leave the yardwork until Monday evening so he can go look at airplanes, odds of getting away with it are excellent this weekend.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 06.13.08

You're Being Followed... Right? With CFII Bob Miller

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 06.13.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.13.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- The Benefits Of VFR Flight Following: 06.13.08 (ANN Special Report, with CFII Bob Miller of "Over The Airwaves".)

Gulf Coast CAP Wings Prepare For Hurricane Season

NOAA Says Forecast 'Near-Or-Above-Normal'

As the nation's coastal areas prepare for hurricane season, which stretches from June 1 to November 30, Civil Air Patrol members stay vigilant for whatever Mother Nature may bring.

FAA Orders Eclipse 500 Throttle Checks Before Further Flight

Issues Emergency AD Following Power Loss

In response to a customer notification and subsequent recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board, the FAA issued Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2008-13-51 late Thursday evening requiring pilots of the Eclipse 500 to test their aircrafts' throttle operation before taking flight again in the very-light-jet.

Avidyne Shows Aero-TV How To Avoid Bad WX With The TWX670

A New Generation Of WX Avoidance Systems

While checking out Avidyne's FMS900W, Aero-TV also got a solid briefing on their new TWX 670. The company bills its TWX670 Tactical Weather Detection system as the first color, real-time, lightning-based tactical weather avoidance system for general aviation aircraft.

Thielert Engine Owners, Unite!

Group Formed To Pressure Thielert AG, Diamond Aircraft

Reeling from uncertainty surrounding the insolvency of German aircraft engine manufacturer Thielert AG, owners of Thielert-powered aircraft have organized and retained German legal counsel to represent their interests.

Yingling Aviation Adds G1000 Advanced Aviation Training Device

New Sim Will Offer Cessna 172 Flight Deck With GFC700 Autopilot

Yingling Aviation's instructional fleet expanded this week with new equipment that can provide a myriad of flight training scenarios without ever leaving the ground. A new Frasca Mentor equipped to simulate a Cessna 172/S with Garmin G1000 avionics and a GFC700 autopilot has been delivered and installed in Yingling's Flight Training Department.

ATP Receives Two New PA-44 Seminoles

Part Of Five-Plane Order

If you've spent time around a large general aviation airport in the US, chances are you'll recognize the planes in the picture below. Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) Seminoles are a familiar sight nationwide... and the school recently accepted two more of the twin-engine piston trainers.