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July 31, 2004

Klyde's At Oshkosh: Run For Your Life! -- Day Five

Klyde Does Oshkosh--Day Five

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Opposition to Jetport West Gets Teeth

ATC Expert Backs Opponents To Texas Airport

The Jetport West Airport project proposed for the city of Fulshear (TX) "presents an irreconcilable conflict with several local airports, making it fundamentally unsafe and a hazard to navigable airspace."

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A Party for Paris

No, No, Not THAT Paris...

Instead, it's about the pioneering Paris Jet, first flown on July 29, 1954 -- fifty years ago. The noisy machine was conceived as a personal business jet, but found a niche as a fast liaison plane in the French military. Ironically, it was based on a trainer design that the services had rejected.

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Will Your Airplane Run Out Of Fuel... For Good?

Here at AirVenture 2004, one of the most interesting to see are the smaller forums. One of the ones being held today drew our attention; it was a presentation on the future of avgas, the leaded fuel the vast majority of our piston-engine aircraft need to get us from here to there.

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Heavy-Breathing: A First Look At Lancair’s Columbia 400 (Part Five)

233 Kts, FL230, 26 Minutes From Brake Release... Wow! Part Five

While tanking up for the flight back to GIF and the run to altitude, Mark made arrangements to load up on some oxygen at a local FBO. What happened next was worrisome. Some greasy (and I do mean, greasy) kid walked a poorly restrained oxygen bottle out to the aircraft...

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Pennsylvania To Beef Up Six Airports

Rendell Administration Delivers $4 Million in State Funds

Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Allen G. Biehler today announced that $4 million in state aviation development grants have been awarded to six Pennsylvania airports. "Safe and well-maintained airports are the hallmark of our efforts to support aviation in the Commonwealth," Biehler said. "These grants will be used for a variety of projects, including land acquisition, environmental and airport-development planning, runway and taxiway improvements, security and lighting."

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Aero-Views: TSA Needs to Clean House

The Most Mismanaged Agency Or Department In The United States Government Has Done It Again

By ANN Correspondent Kevin O'Brien

Maybe you've never heard of W. Stephen Thayer III. But prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys in his home state of New Hampshire have. In the topsy-turvy world of inverted ethics that is the TSA, this qualifies him for his position: Deputy Chief of the TSA's Office of National Risk Assessment. In this position, he has run the beleaguered CAPPS II air passenger data mining project. This project has been under fire for, among other things, reckless and irresponsible treatment of passengers' sensitive personal data. Just where you want someone with Thayer's record -- not.

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No Camera? No Film? No Problem!

If you are coming to AirVenture 2004 but forgot to bring your camera, don't fret. Just head over to the Canon Imaging Products shack next to the Media Center, behind the old control tower.

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