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All News

September 19, 2006

AOPA: Meigs Settlement Confirms Daley Broke The Law

Whether He Ever Admits It Or Not

Chicago will pay a $33,000 fine for illegally tearing up Meigs Field airport without proper notification. And the city will have to repay $1 million of airport funds that Mayor Richard M. Daley illegally diverted from O'Hare and Midway airports to give to the destruction contractors.

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Space Shuttle TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/0512 Issue Date: September 18, 2006 at 20:34 UTC Location: Kennedy Space Center Operations Area, Cape Canaveral, United States Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: Space Operations Area Type: Space Operations Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Miami (ZMA) Center, 305-716-1589

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NY TFR: 09.22.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/0527 Issue Date: September 19, 2006 at 12:26 UTC Location: Rochester, New York Beginning Date and Time: September 22, 2006 at 19:45 UTC Ending Date and Time: September 22, 2006 at 22:35 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

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MI TFR: 09.25.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/0533 Issue Date: September 19, 2006 at 14:03 UTC Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Beginning Date and Time: September 25, 2006 at 18:45 UTC Ending Date and Time: September 25, 2006 at 23:40 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

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MN TFR: 09.20.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/0544 Issue Date: September 19, 2006 at 15:52 UTC Location: Ely, Minnesota Beginning Date and Time: September 20, 2006 at 15:30 UTC Ending Date and Time: September 20, 2006 at 16:45 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Due to blasting activity at Babbitt Iron Mines Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Minneapolis (ZMP) Center, 651-463-5580

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Daley Cries 'Uncle,' Reaches Deal With FAA For Meigs Mess

What Price Justice? $1.033 Mil

A long-running dispute between the FAA and the office of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley came to an end Monday, with City Hall agreeing to pay a total of $1,033,000 in fines and repayment for the infamous under-the-veil-of-darkness destruction of Meigs Field in March 31, 2003.

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FOM Applauds FAA Fine, Settlement For Meigs Destruction

But Does Settlement Change Daley's Mind On Meigs?

Did Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (right) get off easy in the settlement deal reached Monday between his administration and the FAA over the wanton destruction of Meigs Field?

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Number Of Aviation Deaths Drop In 2005... But GA Shows Increase

Statistics Indicate It's Still Safer To Fly

The National Transportation Safety Board reports fatalities among all modes of travel in the United States increased last year, from 45,092 in 2004 to 45,636 in 2005. In a bit of better news, however, the number of persons killed in aviation accidents dropped to 616 in 2005, down from 652 the year before.

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City of San Bernardino Gets New R44 Raven II Police Helicopter

A new Robinson R44 Raven II Police Helicopter patrols above the City of San Bernardino through a contract with airborne law-enforcement specialist California Aviation Services. Deployed to support the city’s anti-crime program, Operation Phoenix, the R44 Raven II Police Helicopter is on duty 40 hours a week.

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Razor's Edge Halts Sales Of AirPlan Flight Planner

Says Competition, Other Commitments Led To Stoppage

It was a promising technology, with many positive reviews from users... and as recently as last year, it impressed the ANN staff by offering flight planning software for less than many other similar products on the market. In the end, however, there just wasn't enough support to keep AirPlan afloat.

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