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April 12, 2010

Shumer Blasts Spirit Airlines For Carry-On Fees

Asks Treasury Department To Ban Such Fees

New York Senator Charles Shumer (D) said over the weekend that Spirit Airline's decision to charge passengers for carry-on bags is "a slap in the face to travelers," and he wants the Treasury Department to exempt luggage carried onto an airliner from additional fees.

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Banner-Tow Plane Grounded In Augusta

The Airplane Had Pulled Banners Referring To Tiger Woods

The FAA grounded an airplane which had towed a banner near the Augusta National golf course during an early round of The Masters tournament last week. One banner read "Tiger: Did you mean Bootyism?" Another said "Sex addict? Sure, me too." Four other messages were waiting to be displayed.

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USAF Investigates CV-22 Osprey Downing In Afghanistan

First Air Force Accident With Fatalities For The Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

An Air Force CV-22 Osprey went down in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three military crewmen and a civilian contractor. Several others were injured It was the first such fatal accident involving the aircraft since it became operational with the Air Force in 2006.

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Rendezvous Sensor Technology Launches On Upcoming Shuttle Flight

LiDAR VNS System Should Make Docking Spacecraft At ISS Easier

For the past two years, NASA engineers and contractors have worked together to develop a technology that would make it easier for future space vehicles to dock to the International Space Station. Their solution, the Vision Navigation Sensor (VNS) will be tested on the STS-134 mission scheduled for July.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 04.12.10

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 04.12.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.12.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Spring Means Ice - 04.12.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller)

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F-35 Moves A Step Closer To Becoming Operational

First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems-Equipped Airplane Begins Flight Tests

The first F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter with a full avionics suite made its first flight Thursday, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.

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Predator Series UAS Family Achieves 1 Million Flight Hours

Over 85 Percent Of All Missions Flown In Combat

The Predator-series UAS has reached a historic milestone, with combat missions over the past weekend pushing the aircraft family over the one million flight hours mark, General Atomics Aeronautical announced last week.

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Garmin G300 and G3X Add Synthetic Vision, SVX

Garmin has confirmed that it will soon be including synthetic vision in the G300 and G3X. The G300 and G3X’s synthetic vision, SVX, is specifically for experimental and light sport aircraft. SVX will be included with newly purchased G300 and G3X systems, and will be available for download for those who are already flying with the avionics.

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FAA Proposes $380K Civil Penalty Against Frontier Airlines

Dig Deep, The Feds Are Hungry...

The FAA has proposed to assess a $380,000 civil penalty against Frontier Airlines of Denver for operating several aircraft on approximately 900 flights when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

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Eurocopter Names Christian Gras Executive Vice President, Customers

Gras Began His Career With EADS Predecessor Aerospatiale

Christian Gras has been named within the Eurocopter Group as Executive Vice President, Customers and will be reporting directly to Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling. In this position, he will be a member of the Eurocopter Executive Committee.

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Garmin Offers Bundled, More Affordable Database Pricing

Pertains To GPSMAP 496 and GPSMAP 696

Garmin is announcing a new bundle pricing program for the GPSMAP 495/496 and GPSMAP 695/696. These new bundled database options will save customers up to 50 percent annually on database updates.

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NBAA Issues 'Call To Action' Over Continuing FL Sales/Use Tax Hazards

Lakeland Bound Flyers May Want To Take Note

 That "ol' debbil" (the tax man), is at it again... even after we thought we might see the last of him on this one particular issue. NBAA has issued a Call To Action expressing concern over the on-going pocketbook peril that might be incurred by pilots operating recently acquired aircraft in the so-called Sunshine State.

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Classic Aero-TV: Bringing History Alive - The Antique Aircraft Association

Organization’s Annual Fly-In Makes ‘Golden Age’ Come Alive for Enthusiasts

Founded in August of 1953 by Robert L. Taylor, the Antique Aircraft Association is the world’s oldest organization specifically devoted to antique and classic aircraft. Committed to “keep the antiques flying,” the AAA has dedicated its fifty-six years to the preservation of this “Golden Age of Aviation.” 

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ROAR!!! World's Largest Rocket Contest Finalists Revealed for May 15 'Fly Off'

Are You Ready For (LOTSA) LIftoff(s)???

AIA tells ANN that the nation's top 100 student rocketry teams will compete in the final round of the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). The finalists include teams from 30 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands who qualified after months of preparation from a field of 669 squads and thousands of students.

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Klyde Morris (04.12.10)

Klyde's 'Pet Cartoonist" Wes Oleszewski Is ON Sick Leave... So We Present This 'Classic' Klyde In The Interim

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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ALPA Comments On Rumors of UAL/USAir MatchUp

Captain Wendy Morse, Chairman, United Master Executive Council ALPA, Comments On Reports of Merger Discussions Between UAL And USAir

 “Media reports of United Airlines and US Airways being ‘deep in merger discussions’ have caused a great deal of consternation among the pilots I represent...."

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Dreamliner Static Frame Passes The Ultimate Test

Boeing Confirms Success On 787 Wing, Fuselage Ultimate Load Test

They're stresses higher than the airplane should ever experience in flight, and the Dreamliner static airframe proved it was up to the challenge. Boeing announced Thursday that all test requirements were successfully met during the 787 Dreamliner's ultimate load wing and fuselage bending test.

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Cessna Celebrates A Quarter Century Of Caravans

2000th Caravan Set For Delivery Later This Year

It's one of those airplanes that nearly everyone can pick out on the ramp at the airport, and there's a pretty good reason for that. Cessna is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Caravan throughout 2010.

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UAVs: Not Just For Combat Missions Or Border Patrol

NASA's Global Hawk Completes First Scientific Flight

The first of five scientific flights by NASA's Global Hawk autonomous UAV scheduled this month was completed successfully on Wednesday. The aircraft flew just over 14 hours high above the Pacific Ocean on an atmospheric study mission ... dubbed GloPac.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.12.10): Hold-Short Point

 

Hold-Short Point A point on the runway beyond which a landing aircraft with a LAHSO clearance is not authorized to proceed. This point may be located prior to an intersecting runway, taxiway, predetermined point, or approach/departure flight path.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.12.10)

Aero-Linx: Aero-TV LIVE! It was quite a start. This past week, the Aero-News Network innovated, yet again, with the addition of professional live web streaming to the growing ANN/Aero-TV suite of programming options. The world's first Real-Time, 24/7 Aviation and Aerospace news and information service, ANN selected the ever intensive Aircraft Electronics Association Annual Convention & Trade Show for the debut of this exciting new programming initiative.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.12.10)

"Under current Florida law, operators of aircraft landing in the state that were purchased within the six months prior to their visit can be forced to pay up to a 6% tax on the aircraft's sales price. This tax policy forces aircraft operators out of Florida and drives aviation related services such as maintenance, repair, and overhaul to other states." Source: From an NTSB 'Call To Action' published this week, warning aircraft operators of potential hazards to their pocketbooks until FL lawmakers change their tune on current Sales/Use tax law.

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