Both In Critical Condition; Plane Impacted Tree Near
Airport
Two flight students from the University of Dubuque remain in
critical condition, following the Wednesday afternoon downing of
their Socata TB-20 Trinidad near Cassville, WI.
The Situation At Cirrus Design, With Company President And COO
Brent Wouters
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.05.08 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.05.08
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- The Situation At Cirrus Design:
09.05.08 (ANN Special Report, with Cirrus
President and COO Brent Wouters.)
Join Us As The New $6.3M OSH Control Tower Is Dedicated
Near the close of this year's 2008 rendition of the annual
Oshkosh aerial extravaganza, a new Oshkosh control tower was
dedicated, and done so in the presence of a plethora of federal and
local officials. After some opening remarks by Great Lakes Regional
Administrator Barry Cooper, both EAA President Tom Poberezny and
FAA Acting Administrator Robert Sturgell spoke of the beautiful new
facility and the commanding view from the top. Mark Harris,
Winnebago County Executive, thanked the FAA for funding the tower
and remarked how happy the citizens of Winnebago County are to have
a new facility with no additional taxe
Free TIS-B, FIS-B Available To Pilots With Equipped Planes
The FAA announced Thursday that pilots flying in aircraft
equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)
avionics in South Florida now receive free traffic and weather
information on their cockpit displays. This marks the first time
area pilots are able see the same traffic information that's seen
by air traffic controllers.
Two Students Get Firsthand Instruction On Engine-Out
Procedures
"Any port in a storm," as they say... and, any suitable landing
area when your engine dies. That's a lesson a 24-year-old Canadian
flight instructor was able to impart to two student pilots
Wednesday evening, when he safely landed their stricken Bonanza on
an interstate highway in upstate New York.
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