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NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4959 Issue Date: August 29, 2007 at 0437 UTC Location: Seattle Center, 35 ESE Grangeville, Idaho Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting. Grangeville Dispatch 208-983-6800 123.025 Rattlesnake Fire Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Seattle (ZSE) Center, 253-351-3520

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5064 Issue Date: August 29, 2007 at 1552 UTC Type: Security

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5078 Issue Date: August 29, 2007 at 1621 UTC Type: Hazards

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5122 Issue Date: August 29, 2007 at 1856 UTC Type: Hazards

Report: Pilot Inexperience Likely Cause Of 2004 NZ R22 Accident

Helo Impacted While Inverted, Uncorrected Low 'G' Situation Likely Cause

A probable cause report by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority said a pilot's inexperience in operating the Robinson R-22 helicopter likely led to a fatal accident in 2004.

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Brevard, Co. FL Airport Master Plan Comes To A Vote

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.29.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.29.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- NIMBYs Fight To Stop Airport Master Plan: 08.29.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Mike Whaley, co-chairman of the Valkaria Air Fest and Open House.)

AD: Enstrom

AD NUMBER: 2007-11-02 MANUFACTURER: Enstrom SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-11-02 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Enstrom Helicopter Corporation (Enstrom) Model F-28A, F-28C, F-28F, TH-28, 280, 280C, 280F, 280FX, 480, and 480B helicopters that requires determining the installation dates for each main rotor push-pull control rod (push-pull rod), inspecting the push-pull rods for corrosion, replacing any push-pull rod which has corrosion that is severe enough to cause pitting, or has visible moisture inside the rod, and repairing each push-pull rod that has corrosion but no pitting.

First Solo Flight Earns New Pilot Possible Federal Charges

Thought He Was About To Land At Lafayette... But Landed At IND

A brand new pilot making his first solo flight in Indiana caused a bit of a problem Sunday, when he caused three aircraft to delay their landings while he tried to figure out where he was.