ANN REALTIME REPORTING 03.31.06 1945 EST: Aero-News received the
following message Friday afternoon from the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association, regarding what the organization calls the
"break down" of contract talks between the two entities.
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/4356
Issue Date: March 31, 2006 at 0:17 UTC
Location: WEST OF OGDEN , Utah
Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately
Ending Date and Time: Until further notice
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions
Type: Hazards
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: SALT LAKE (ZLC) Automated Flight Service
Station, 801-320-2560
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/4392
Issue Date: March 31, 2006 at 14:47 UTC
Location: Columbus AFB, Mississippi near CALEDONIA VORTAC
(CBM)
Beginning Date and Time: April 08, 2006 at 19:00 UTC
Ending Date and Time: April 09, 2006 at 22:30 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Aerial demonstrations by the U.S Air Force
Thunderbirds and F-15 teams and parachute jumps by the U.S. Army
Golden Knights
Type: Airshow
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Columbus AFB (CBM) Air Traffic Control Tower,
662-434-2306
ANN REALTIME REPORTING 03.31.06 1045EST: It could be a
shot in the arm for those who theorize the FAA and the ATA are in
collusion over the issue of user fees. The Air Transport
Association (ATA) announced Friday that former FAA assistant
adminstrator Sharon L. Pinkerton has been named the organization's
vice president of government affairs.
Confirming earlier speculation, Emirates, the largest Arab
airline, announced Thursday the carrier will delay its current
order for 20 Airbus A340s, in order to give Airbus time to develop
a more efficient version of the four-engine airliner.
Will New Regional Subsidiary Help NWA Find Its Bearings?
Northwest Airlines has high hopes for its new regional jet
subsidiary, which is expecting to begin flying as early as June
under the name Compass Airlines -- formerly the name of an
Australian low-cost carrier that went belly-up not once... but
twice, in the early 1990s.
"Forgotten" Missions Bring Succor To Pakistani, Filipino
Disaster Victims
Marines break things and hurt people. Navy Structural Mechanics
fix shipboard aircraft. Seabees build airfields and fortifications;
Army helicopters sweep troops into and out of combat. That's the
conventional wisdom about the US military machine; and there's
little reporting about it, until somebody dies in Iraq.
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.31.06 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.31.06
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Transitioning From
Gauges To Glass, Part II: 03.31.06 (ANN's Feature News
Program, with Part Two Of ANN Senior Editor Pete Combs' series on
transitioning to a glass cockpit.)
Pilots Carry Out "Practice" Strikes At ATL, Other Airports
It was, frankly, a demonstration of outrage in Atlanta Thursday,
as some 275 Delta pilots marched through the Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport terminal to protest the company's attempts to
have their contracts run through the shredder.
Work Lamp Falls Onto Fuel Tank, Leaves Impressions In Foam
As if they didn't have enough to worry about... NASA engineers
are now dealing with another mishap at the Kennedy Space Center.
Earlier this week, as technicians were replacing one of the
external fuel tank's problematic fuel sensors, a
halogen work lamp fell onto the tank and hit the tank's relatively
fragile foam insulation.
The third wrongful death lawsuit to be filed against Hendrick
Motorsports following the October 24, 2004 downing of a company
aircraft near Martinsville, VA, focuses on the pilots' actions
leading up to the accident that claimed the lives of all ten people
onboard the King Air 200.
As FAA negotiators left Caracas Thursday to deliberate the
possibility of allowing Venezuela to resume flights to the United
States after an 11-year ban, that country's government eased off on
the deadline for its own move to block US airlines from flying to
the South American country.
Having demonstrated their abilities in combat on the frontlines
of Iraq and Afghanistan, it's little wonder why unmanned aerial
vehicles are being looked at for a variety of roles over US soil.
That could prove to be a blessing... or a curse, a House panel was
told this week.
US military officials and antitrust regulators are dotting the
i's and crossing the t's on an agreement that would allow two
financially-strapped aerospace powerhouses to merge operations for
government rocket contracts.
Former Toledo mayoral and city council candidate Terry
Shankland may be in a lot of trouble. Or maybe not. But he's at
least going to face some very interesting questions for the FAA...
now that they've found him.
For the crew of a Royal Air Force F-3 Tornado, it all started
out as a routine training mission. But it ended in a life-saving
diversion as the crew escorted a crippled Beech King Air to a safe
landing Wednesday.
When you stop to think about it, the traveling public tends to
take jetways for granted. Well, one jetway at Charlotte/Douglas
International Airport was evidently fed up with everyone walking
all over it this week... and decided to vent its aggravations on an
unsuspecting MD-88 parked at the Delta gate Monday.
"You can consider today's actions an exercise and you can stand
by for the real thing."
Source: Lee Moak, chairman of the Delta pilot
union's executive committee, on Thursday's march by approximately
275 pilots through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International
Airport in a so-called "practice strike" against Delta management,
for their plan to toss out existing pilot contracts if allowed to
do so by a federal mediation board.
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/4308
Issue Date: March 30, 2006 at 16:34 UTC
Location: Charleston AFB, South Carolina near CHARLESTON VORTAC
(CHS)
Beginning Date and Time: April 06, 2006 at 16:00 UTC
Ending Date and Time: April 08, 2006 at 20:30 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Aerial demonstrations by the U.S. Navy Blue
Angels, U.S. Army Black Daggers, and various military flight
teams
Type: Airshow
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Charleston (CHS) Air Traffic Control Tower,
843-414-2800
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/4307
Issue Date: March 30, 2006 at 16:21 UTC
Location: Maxwell AFB, Alabama near MONTGOMERY VORTAC (MGM)
Beginning Date and Time: April 06, 2006 at 18:50 UTC
Ending Date and Time: April 08, 2006 at 22:00 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Aerial demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds and various military teams and parachute jumps by the
U.S. Army Golden Knights
Type: Airshow
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Maxwell (MXF) Air Traffic Control Tower,
334-284-0384
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/4352
Issue Date: March 30, 2006 at 22:58 UTC
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Beginning Date and Time: April 03, 2006 at 16:15 UTC
Ending Date and Time: April 03, 2006 at 20:35 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very
Important Person) Movement
Type: VIP
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
AD NUMBER: 2006-07-03
MANUFACTURER: Airbus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-07-03
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for certain Airbus Model A321-100 and -200 series
airplanes.
AD NUMBER: 2006-07-13
MANUFACTURER: Airbus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-07-13
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for certain Airbus Model A310 airplanes, Model A300 B4-600
series airplanes, Model A300 B4-600R series airplanes, Model A300
F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F
airplanes.
AD NUMBER: 2006-07-06
MANUFACTURER: Cirrus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-07-06
SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD)
for certain Cirrus Design Corporation (CDC) Models SR20 and SR22
airplanes.