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February 09, 2007

Raytheon Offers Electronic Dimmable Window Shades For King Airs

Retrofit Available To All Aircraft Now In Service

Officials with Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) told ANN Friday the company is now offering electronic dimmable window shade systems for all models of its Beechcraft King Air aircraft.

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Washington DC TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/2825 Issue Date: February 09, 2007 at 1412 UTC Location: Washington, District of Columbia Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons Type: Security Replaced NOTAM(s): 6/0223: This NOTAM replaces previously issued FDC NOTAM 6/0223 due to elimination of aeromedical flight operation exemption. Pilots May Contact: Leesburg (LEE) Automated Flight Service Station, 866-225-7410

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Boeing Demonstrates You Can Teach An Old Bomber New Tricks

B-1 Flies With Advanced Weapons Targeting Pod

Boeing told ANN this week the company recently demonstrated the successful use of an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod on a B-1 bomber, increasing the aircraft's ability to minimize ground threats and halt an enemy's advancement.

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Are Bug-Brained UAVs The Next Big (Er, Small) Thing?

Insect-Like Brain Flies Onboard Micro-Helicopter

Lessons learned over 30 years of research into the minds of insects may soon bear fruit in the increasingly complex field of unmanned aerial vehicles, if Nicolas Franceschini has anything to say about it.

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AOPA Announces 'Win-A-Six' Winner

Once Again, Someone Else Wins OUR Airplane. Sigh.

It's the phone call all of us dream of: "You've just won a plane!"

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GAMA: Senator Notes User Fee Scheme Would Raise Less Money

There Ya Go, Applying Logic To The Situation...

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) told ANN this week of an interesting exchange between a Congressional leader and DOT Secretary Mary Peters, regarding the Administration's contention they must establish user fees to achieve transformation of the national airspace system.

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More CRJs For Delta: Bombardier Nets Possible 60-Plane Order

CRJ900 Deal Approved By Bankruptcy Court

Bombardier Aerospace announced Friday that Atlanta, GA-based Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets and has taken options on an additional 30 of the 76-seat aircraft. The approval for this contract was granted by the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 02.09.07

PASS's Tom Brantly, On Outsourced Airline Maintenance

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 02.09.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.09.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Outsourcing Airline Maintenance: 02.09.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Tom Brantly, national president of PASS.)

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The HondaJet Now Has A Home

Honda Aircraft Says Greensboro's The Place

Honda Aircraft Company announced Friday it has selected the site to manufacture its upcoming light jet: North Carolina's Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO).

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Airbus, Northrop Grumman Back In The Bidding For KC-X

KC-30 To Compete Against Boeing's KC-767

In a release Thursday, Northrop Grumman says it will respond to the US Air Force's request for proposal (RFP) for a tanker aircraft to replace its aging fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers.

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Reno Air Race Flyer Steve Brown Confirmed Lost In Sierra Nevada Accident

Body Found In Wreckage Of "Tonopah Low" Biplane

Authorities in Carson City, NV confirmed Friday the body of Reno Air Race pilot Steve Brown was found in the wreckage of a plane found near a frozen Sierra Nevada lake.

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FAA Proposes Changes To FAR Parts 61, 91 And 141

Seeks Changes To Range Of Rules And Requirements

ANN has learned the FAA is seeking public comments on a notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) regarding changes to FAR Parts 61, 91 and 141 the regulations governing airman certification, general operating rules and flight schools.

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More FAA News: Agency Announces New Air Tour Regulations

Many Tenets Of Unpopular 2003 NPRM Remain Intact

Two months after the Office of Management and Budget completed its (somewhat mysterious) review of the FAA's long-awaited final rule on air tour safety, on Thursday the agency unveiled the final notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) placing new restrictions on air tour operators, and for pilots offering rides at air shows and charity events.

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AOPA Takes User Fee Debate Abroad

Shares Association's Opposition With Foreign Experts

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) told ANN Thursday the association's vice president for government affairs Andy Cebula spoke about general aviation and aerial work (GA/AW) at an informational session with nearly 20 transportation experts from embassies from around the world.

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US Urges Foreign Governments To Allow Armed Pilots

Marks First Effort To Take DHS Program Abroad

ANN has learned the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in cooperation with the State Department is asking permission from foreign countries to allow US pilots to carry firearms abroad.

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F-22 Raptor Team Awarded 2006 Collier Trophy

NAA Cites "Unquestionable Superiority"

The team behind the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft is the recipient of the National Aeronautic Association's 2006 Robert J. Collier Trophy, considered America's most prestigious award for aeronautical and space development.

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Klyde Morris (02.09.07)

Klyde Speaks The Truth On The Lisa Nowak Media Circus...

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NASA's MRO Nearing Milestone... But Not Without Some Glitches

Set To Surpass Record For Most Data Returned

NASA tells ANN the space agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft is set to surpass the record this month for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft.

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Judge Approves Delta's Disclosure Statement

Clears Way For Final Vote On Reorg Plan

One small step for the judicial process... one giant leap for Delta Air Lines. On Wednesday, US Bankruptcy Court Judge Adlai Hardin approved the airline's disclosure statement that will be sent to creditors, along with its plan to emerge from Chapter 11.

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March Of Dimes, Continental Airlines Auction Off Seat On 777 Delivery Flight

Bidding Starts At $10,000

If you like to fly first-class, the March of Dimes and Continental Airlines have a once in a lifetime opportunity for you and a friend -- two seats onboard a factory-fresh, even-newer-than-new Boeing 777 as it makes its first journey ever from Seattle to one of Continental's hubs.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.09.07)

Aero-Linx!

In operation since July 3, 1996 -- just two weeks before the crash of TWA Flight 800 -- the goals of AirSafe.com have been to provide the aviation safety community and the general public with factual and timely information on events that involve the deaths of airline passengers.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.09.07): Regimes Of Flight

Aero-Terms!

A way of placing aircraft into different categories based on their speeds. Think subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.09.07)

"It's obvious that there's a threat internationally. We want to work toward having (armed pilots) be able to perform their duties on international flights."

Source: Conan Bruce, spokesman for the Federal Air Marshals Service. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in cooperation with the State Department, is asking permission from foreign countries to allow US pilots to carry firearms abroad.

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