NOTAM:  5/8830  Issued:  09/27/2005 19:10  Effective:  09/28/2005 16:30 - 09/28/2005 17:45  State:  MN  Facility:  ZMP - MINNEAPOLIS (ARTCC),MN.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  ELY MINNESOTA. 

NOTAM:  5/8804  Issued:  09/27/2005 14:00  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  TX  Facility:  ZHU - HOUSTON (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  SPECIAL  Description:  SPECIAL NOTICE... EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. JOINT TASK FORCE RITA AIRSPACE CONTROL PLAN (ACP), GALVESTON JO... 

NOTAM:  5/8791  Issued:  09/27/2005 05:50  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  LA  Facility:  ZHU - HOUSTON (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  PORT IBERIA LOUISIANA. 

NOTAM:  5/8783  Issued:  09/27/2005 01:10  Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice  State:  TX  Facility:  ZHU - HOUSTON (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  TEXAS/LOUISIANA COASTLINE. 

NOTAM:  5/8781  Issued:  09/26/2005 23:20  Effective:  09/27/2005 12:45 - 09/29/2005 21:00  State:  AL  Facility:  ZTL - ATLANTA (ARTCC),HAMPTON,GA.  Type:  HAZARDS  Description:  ANNISTON AL. 

NOTAM:  5/8779  Issued:  09/26/2005 22:40  Effective:  09/26/2005 00:01 - 09/30/2005 23:59  State:  USA  Facility:  ZHU - HOUSTON (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  SPECIAL  Description:  SPECIAL NOTICE ... EFFECTIVE 0509260001 UNTIL 0509302359 HELICOPTER AIR REFUELING BEING CONDUCTED IN SUPPORT OF JTF RITA OPER... 

AD NUMBER: 2005-20-04 MANUFACTURER: Teledyne Continental SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-20-04 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) GTSIO-520 series reciprocating engines.

AD NUMBER: 2005-20-03 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-20-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the intercostal webs, attachment clips, and stringer splice channels for cracks; and corrective action if necessary.

AD NUMBER: 205-20-02 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-20-02 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 707 airplanes, and all Boeing Model 720 and 720B series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2005-20-01 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-20-01 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, 200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2005-19-27 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-19-27 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A330-200 series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2005-19-26 MANUFACTURER: BAE Systems SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-19-26 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model ATP airplanes and Model HS 748 airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2005-19-25 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-19-25 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes.

FAA: That's Because We're Using Older, Customized Equipment

Is the FAA adequately protecting its information systems from cyber attack? If you ask the General Accountability Office, the answer is a resounding "nope."

Just Another Flight

A crew of six Airmen at a forward deployed location climbed aboard a C-130 Hercules together recently for the first time in their careers. But something distinguished this mission from others they had flown -- it was the first time an all-female C-130 crew flew a combat mission.

Seeking Technology Available Soon To Harden Scout And Utility Birds

The US Army has identified three survivability technologies that it would like to incorporate in its helicopters. Survivability, in military-aircraft terms, is the ability of the aircraft to take hits from enemy weapons systems without any vital damage to the aircraft and its crew. For most military technologies, like vehicles, survivability means hardening the item with armor. But aircraft can only carry so much armor -- which makes this field ripe, the Pentagon thinks, for technological improvement.

After an extended period 'under the gun,' MD Helicopters seems to be working hard to get back to business as usual -- selling helicopters.

Eclipse 500 Test Program Intensifies

Though they're not quite rounding third for home base, YET, there's no denying that the Eclipse 500 program is looking good for it's early 2006 Certification target.

Commercial Pilot Says He's Victim Of Government Retaliation

Robert Gray is out of a job, thanks to the TSA and its decision to put him on a no-fly list. Gray, a Cape Air pilot based in Massachusetts, said no-fly means no job.

Unmanned Fighters Would Incorporate Advanced Artificial Intelligence

South Korea's Defense Ministry says it plans to develop a stealthy UCAV complete with an on-board "brain" by 2020. It's part of a program to update the South Korean arsenal, where defense officials plan to add new stealth technology to their air, sea and land capabilities.

Plenty Of Work To Go Around

With Hurricane Rita having passed through Texas and Louisiana, Civil Air Patrol units from the two states are working to provide aerial damage assessments, transporting officials and supplies, and conducting search and rescue missions.

Want A Ride?

The nation's largest vintage biplane ride company, Waldo Wright's Flying Service, will begin offering nostalgic open cockpit biplane flights over the scenic landscape of Central Florida beginning Saturday, October 1st.

Now THAT'S The Way You Do It!

On November 22, 1953, then Naval Air Station Miramar hosted its first large-scale military air show. Planners expected upwards of 100,000 attendees.

San Diego Group Wants To Replace Lindbergh Field With Offshore Facility

One of the biggest problems in trying to build a new airport(unless you live near Denver) is real estate -- there just isn't enough of it to go around. But a San Diego group has an idea: build the airport out at sea.

All Make Deals With Prosecutors In Seattle Federal Court

Three former TSA workers have pleaded to federal charges after they were accused of stealing items confiscated from passengers at SEA-TAC Airport.

Named Cessna's New Vice President, Marketing

Cessna Aircraft Company says it's named Steve Fushelberger vice president of marketing effective Sept. 26, 2005. He will report to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Roger Whyte.

"I haven't been involved in any kind of terrorism, and I never committed any crime. Ever since I came here I've loved this country for what it stands for, and this goes against everything that I've ever learned about this country and how it treats people. This is the kind of nightmarish situation you think happened in Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany, but not in America." Source: Robert Gray, a Cape Air pilot, who told the Boston Globe that because he ended up on the government's no-fly list, he's now lost his job. He said the TSA has provided his lawyers with information that indicates the Robert Gray who should be barred from flight is Hispanic -- Gray, an immigrant from Northern Ireland, is white.