NOTAM Number: FDC 6/3041
Issue Date: October 11, 2006 at 12:17 UTC
Location: Hagerstown/Thurmont, Maryland near MARTINSBURG VORTAC
(MRB)
Beginning Date and Time: October 13, 2006 at 19:50 UTC
Ending Date and Time: October 15, 2006 at 17:00 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very
Important Person) Movement
Type: VIP
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Representatives with Boeing announced Wednesday that Singapore
Airlines has ordered 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with purchase
rights for 20 additional airplanes.
ANN REALTIME UPDATE 10.11.06 1845 EDT:
Officials have confirmed that New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle,
34, was killed Wednesday when his Cirrus SR20 impacted a Manhattan
apartment building.
FlightAware.com To Introduce DirectFlight, AirportAware
We're big fans of the website FlightAware.com, which bills itself
as the world leader in flight tracking (given how many times we
check the site each day to track our favorite flights, we see no
reason to dispute that.) Representatives with the company told
Aero-News this week they will release two new products --
DirectFlight and AirportAware -- at the National Business Aviation
Association (NBAA) 59th Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando,
FL on October 17.
Aero-News learned Wednesday the first Boeing C-17 Globemaster
III for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) rolled out of the
company's paint hangar in Long Beach, CA, and has begun
preparations for its first flight, scheduled for later this
month.
NBAA President Ed Bolen, On Next Week's Convention
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 10.11.06 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.11.06
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- NBAA President Ed Bolen:
10.11.06 (ANN Special Feature, with Ed Bolen on what to
expect at next week's NBAA Convention in Orlando.)
AD NUMBER: 2006-21-01
MANUFACTURER: Boeing
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-21-01
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for all Boeing Model 737 airplanes.
AD NUMBER: 2006-20-13
MANUFACTURER: Fuji
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-20-13
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for the products listed above.
AD NUMBER: 2006-21-02
MANUFACTURER: Raytheon,Mitsubishi
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-21-02
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for all Raytheon (Beech) Model 400, 400A, and 400T series
airplanes; and Raytheon (Mitsubishi) Model MU-300 airplanes.
President's Cargo Plane Ruined Las Cruces Strip Two Years
Ago
They were told not to do it, but the crew of an Air Force
C-17 transport said they had permission from a higher power, and
managed to
tear up runway 4-22 in Las Cruces, NM two
years ago. Now, the Air Force has agreed to help pay for
repairs.
Two men missing since they were forced to ditch their Piper PA23
Aztec in the Atlantic Ocean this weekend were found safe and sound
by the Coast Guard on a nearby island.
Aviation experts tell us that a plane crash is almost never due
to just one single cause, but rather a series of mistakes that add
up until the accident is inevitable.
Says Restructuring Will Happen Sooner Than Streiff
Predicted
It will not take 15 years to turn things around at Airbus,
contrary to what former CEO Christian Streiff said. That word comes
from Louis Gallois... the man who succeeded Streiff Monday,
following the latter's resignation from the
position after just three months on the job.
Even Microsoft Can't Program More Flights To The Big Easy
Microsoft, the multi-billion dollar software company, really
wanted to contribute to the rebuilding of New Orleans. It was
going to help the city by bringing in 30,000 conventioneers to
spend their tourist dollars in The Big Easy.
Aero-News has learned Columbia Aircraft has its 500th plane now
on the assembly line... and to pique your interest, you can keep an
eye on its journey in the process of becoming an airplane, in
almost real-time.
The Wright brothers first came up with the idea, after watching
how birds flew through the air by changing the shape of their wings
to alter direction.
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter can fly on just one engine. It can
even fly without benefit of its advanced flight-control system. But
it doesn't get off the ground without fuel.
Do you want to chance to buy back that Swiss Army Knife they
confiscated from you at the airport? Well, there's a good chance a
wholesaler has it... or about 20,000 other knives just like it.
Sky Connect has earned two STCs to Sky Connect LLC which permit
installations of Sky Connect equipment on two popular series of
helicopters – the Bell 206B, L-1, L-3, and L-4 aircraft and
the Sikorsky S-76 (models A thru C). Currently, more than 150
service facilities are authorized to install Sky Connect equipment
worldwide.
The Trend Group has reached an agreement with Pilatus Aircraft
Ltd of Stans, Switzerland. Under the agreement, Pilatus Aircraft
will include one year of The Trend Group’s trend monitoring
and analysis service with the sale of each new PC-12 worldwide.
Dowling College School of Aviation students will be training on
one of the most advanced, realistic air traffic control (ATC)
simulators in the world, according to FIRSTplus supplier Raytheon
Canada Limited.
Goodrich Corporation has won a contract to give 500 mission
operators of the Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control
Aircraft (AWACS) a more comfortable chair when sitting at
their positions.
iviation has released two, i-Learn interactive computer-based
learning (CBL) courses for corporate, charter and commercial flight
operations. The first two courses address human-factors/ crew
resource management (CRM) and aircraft icing.
Located in the heart of former SAC territory, near Ashland, NE, the
museum was originally named the Strategic Aerospace Museum, renamed
Strategic Air Command Museum and now known as the Strategic Air and
Space Museum.
Technologically Advanced Aircraft -- The new general
aviation aircraft with glass cockpits require more familiarization
than the analog instrumentation most pilots are used to.
"We know they wouldn't be flying if it weren't for us."
Source: Army Corporal Charlette Henager, an
aircraft refueler deployed to support a team of three CH-47
Chinooks and their crews flying relief missions in Pakistan.