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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4977 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0213 UTC Location: 18 WSW WEAVERVILLE , California Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4913 Issue Date: June 28, 2008 at 1349 UTC Location: 12 MILES SW OF PHOENIX , Arizona Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately 1200-0500 UTC Daily 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: ALBUQUERQUE (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4580

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4957 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0041 UTC Location: 10NM NW LAYTONVILLE , California near MENDOCINO VORTAC (ENI) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/5003 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 1424 UTC Location: HAVILAH , California near SHAFTER VORTAC (EHF) 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: LOS ANGELES (ZLA) Center, 661-265-8205

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4959 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0042 UTC Location: 16NM NE LAYTONVILLE , California near MENDOCINO VORTAC (ENI) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4954 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0000 UTC Location: 26 MI EAST OF TUCSON , Arizona Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately 1200-0500 UTC Daily 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: ALBUQUERQUE (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4500

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4956 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0027 UTC Location: 6 MI SW OF RESERVE , New Mexico Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately 1200-0500 UTC Daily 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

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/4958 Issue Date: June 29, 2008 at 0041 UTC Location: 10 NM W UKIAH , California Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

ANN Exclusive: Boyer Prepared To Announce Retirement

Official Announcement Expected Monday

ANN has learned Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Phil Boyer is reportedly prepared to announce his retirement from his 17 year tenure as the leader of the organization considered to be the “voice of General Aviation.”

Berlin Airlift Veterans Return To Germany For Anniversary

Pilot Recalls His Days Flying Coal To Support West Berlin

For 50 years, Dub Southers recalled the grueling hours he worked at an air base in northern Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical significance of what he helped to achieve as a flight engineer and crew chief.

Stricken RNO Controller Sparks PR War Between FAA, NATCA

Union Believes It’s Evidence Of Understaffing, Agency Says Not

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association engaged in a strange war of words last week following an incident Monday when a veteran radar controller at Reno-Tahoe International Airport was transported to an emergency room after reporting chest pains. Each side is accusing the other for using the unfortunate incident to promote their political agenda in the media.

Customs Agents Arrest 32 Workers At Washington Aerospace Company

Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Supplies Parts For Several Airliners

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed a federal civil search warrant Friday morning at an aircraft manufacturing plant in Arlington, WA arresting 32 of the company's workers on administrative immigration violations.

CASA 212 Down In Indonesia: 18 Lost

Aircraft Was On Aerial Mapping And Photo Mission

Recovery operations are still underway after an Indonesian military CASA C-212 twin-engine turboprop went down in dense jungle on the side of a mountain in Indonesia Thursday. The aircraft disappeared from radar 1503 local time Thursday. Officials stated the aircraft had departed Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in Jakarta on a mission to test a digital mapping camera system.

New Radar Tag To Blame For LAX Runway Incursion

Controllers Place Airliner On Short Taxiway Due To Confusion Over Plane Type

A case of designation confusion may have been to blame for a minor runway incursion ten days ago at Los Angeles International Airport according to federal officials Friday.

Horizon Air Announces Route Changes For Fuel Cost Relief

Company Moving Up Plans For Transition To Single Aircraft Type Fleet

Yet another airline is making significant changes to its operations to adjust for rising fuel prices. Horizon Air announced a number of changes to routes and fleet Friday in the hope of combating rising costs.

TWC Aviation Orders Two Citation Columbus Business Jets

Cessna Secured 36 Model 850 Orders By End Of Q1

Cessna received an order last week for two Model 850 Citation Columbus business jets from TWC Aviation, Inc., of Burbank, CA.

Passengers Become Overnight Guests On Delayed Chinese Airliner

Group Refuses To Disembark From Aircraft After Flight Cancelled, Waits For Morning Flight

While many passengers in the United States complain about incidents of being “held captive” aboard airliners for hours during weather delays and cancelations, a recent weather delay in China had some passengers doing the exact opposite -- refusing to leave the aircraft after the flight had been canceled.

Malibu Mansion To Be Constructed Of Big Boeing

Recycled 747 Being Used To Build A Unique “Green” Home

Most aged airliners spend their last years sitting in desert compounds before succumbing to the scrappers torch to be melted down and recycled into toasters or soda cans. But according to the San Jose Mercury News, one particular Boeing 747 has embarked onto a more unique retirement -- as a new home in the exclusive Southern California community of Malibu.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.29.08)

Aero-Linx!

The Howard Club was formed in 1969 as a type club associated with The Antique Airplane Association. The first meeting was in Ottumwa, IA during the AAA-APM Fly-in.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.29.08): Hovering Ceiling

Aero-Terms!

The maximum altitude at which a helicopter can support itself without forward motion. Hovering ceiling is normally expressed with two figures: In Ground Effect (IGE) and Out of Ground Effect (OGE).

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.29.08)

Aero-News: Quote of the Day

"The controller union leadership is very good at making dramatic, alarmist pronouncements, but not so good at providing evidence to support their claims."

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Union Believes It’s Evidence Of Understaffing, Agency Says Not

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