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All News

November 16, 2008

Another Boeing Airliner Suffers Fastener Woes

Nutplates Used On 737s Since August '07 Lack Anti-Corrosive Coating

Boeing has announced a delay in the delivery of its 737 airliners to replace fasteners that were manufactured without a required anti-corrosive cadmium coating, and is making plans to inspect 394 of the 737s already in service with the defective parts.

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NTSB: Wake Turbulence From 767 Likely Caused Mexican Lear Crash

CVR Records Pilots' Last Statements

US and Mexican investigators speculate the downing of a Learjet 45 in Mexico City on November 4 was caused by the combination of wake turbulence from a landing airliner and the pilots’ unfamiliarity with the aircraft.

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DOT Says DFW ATC Managers Broke Safety Rules

Cover-Up Of Controller Mistakes Continues

An investigation by the Department of Transportation determined Federal Aviation Administration officials again misrepresented numerous breaches of safety at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to a new report released by the US Office of Special Counsel.

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Helo Pilot Jailed Over Reckless Flying

Will Serve Two Months And Lose Pilot's License For Five Years

A helicopter pilot who pleaded guilty last August to reckless flying charges has been sentenced to serve two months in prison, and will lose flying privileges for five years.

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'Fly Girls' Exhibit Honors First Military Women Aviators

WASPs Paved The Way For Future Generations Of Military Women To Serve

On November 14, the same day the first woman was promoted to the rank of four-star general, the "Fly Girls of World War II" exhibit opened in honor of the first US military-trained women aviators.

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Hubble Directly Observes A Planet Orbiting Another Star

25 Light-Years Away, Seven Years Of Persistent Research Pays Off

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The team of astronomers who made the discovery includes researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.

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AAA Announces Air Power Museum Legacy Endowment

Provisions For The Future, Maintenance, And Expansion Of APM

Brent Taylor, Treasurer of the Air Power Museum, and Executive Director of the Antique Airplane Association based at Antique Airfield (IA27) in Blakesburg, IA announced this week the creation of an endowment that will support and preserve the APM.

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Boy Who Snuck Aboard Airliners Gets Felony Charge

Judge Issues Wake-Up Call To Youth On Car Theft Charge

Semaj Booker, age 11, has a record of sneaking onto airline flights, car theft, broken curfew, lying to police, burglary of an apartment, and destroying a mattress in juvenile detention.

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Boeing Completes Destructive Testing On 787 Wing Box

Must Withstand Forces Up To 1.5 Times Of Highest Expected Load

Boeing completed destructive testing Saturday on a full-scale composite wing box of the 787 Dreamliner, the first all-composite wing box ever built for a Boeing commercial airplane. This test is part of the certification process for the all-new jetliner.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.16.08)

Aero-Linx!

The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center is the nation's premier aviation museum devoted exclusively to helicopters. They collect, restore and display historic aircraft and chronicle the origin and development of rotary wing aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.16.08): Underslung Rotor

Aero-Terms!

A helicopter rotor with its center of gravity below the point at which the rotor is attached to the mast.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.16.08)

"We're replacing them as we find them. Also to be addressed is the in-service fleet, and we're still working on a plan for that."

Source: Boeing spokeswoman Vicki Ray. Boeing has announced a delay in the delivery of its 737 airliners to replace fasteners that were manufactured without a required anti-corrosive cadmium coating, and is making plans to inspect 394 of the 737s already in service with the defective parts.

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