NOTAM Number: FDC 8/9126
Issue Date: May 27, 2008 at 1831 UTC
Location: HIBBING , Minnesota near HIBBING VOR/DME (HIB)
Beginning Date and Time: May 28, 2008 at 1630 UTC
Ending Date and Time: May 28, 2008 at 1730 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions
Type: Hazards
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
NOTAM Number: FDC 8/9083
Issue Date: May 27, 2008 at 1455 UTC
Location: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado near BLACK
FOREST VORTAC (BRK)
Beginning Date and Time: May 28, 2008 at 1745 UTC
Ending Date and Time: May 28, 2008 at 1930 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: USAF Thunderbirds high performance aerial
demonstrations
Type: Airshow
Replaced NOTAM(s): 8/8021: to revise times
Pilots May Contact: Colorado Springs (COS) TRACON,
719-380-6710
NOTAM Number: FDC 8/9081
Issue Date: May 27, 2008 at 1449 UTC
Location: WAUKEGANLINOIS LEWIS AND 10TH ST , Illinois near
NORTHBROOK VOR/DME (OBK)
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: CHICAGO (ZAU) Center, 630-906-8341
NOTAM Number: FDC 8/8962
Issue Date: May 26, 2008 at 1721 UTC
Location: 15 MI NE OF MAXWELL , New Mexico near CIMARRON VORTAC
(CIM)
Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately 1200-0500 UTC
Daily Ending Date and Time: Until further notice
Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE
FIGHTING
Type: Hazards
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: ALBUQUERQUE (ZAB) Automated Flight Service
Station, 505-856-4580
Pilatus announced Tuesday the start of PC-12 NG customer
deliveries, noting keys to the first customer plane were recently
handed off during a delivery ceremony in Broomfield, CO.
Says It Is Being NOT Drummed Out, Despite G1000's
Popularity
It's certainly a question many in the general aviation game have
pondered, since Cirrus Design made the surprising announcement last
week it will now offer a Garmin G1000-based avionics suite as an
option for its high-end SR22 G3 aircraft: are Avidyne's days
numbered as a Cirrus OEM supplier?
Highlights From AEA 2008, With AEA President Paula Derks and
Aspen Avionics VP Doug Cayne
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 05.27.08 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 05.27.08
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- AEA 2008 Highlights:
05.27.08 (ANN Special Report, with AEA President Paula
Derks and Aspen Avionics VP Doug Cayne.)
ANN Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell interviews Aircraft Electronics Association President Paula Derks, and Aspen Avionics VP Doug Cayne, at AEA's 2008 national convention.
Balloon Breaks Free Before Launch, Leaves Fournier On The
Ground
In something of a Monty Python-esque ending to Michel Fournier's
latest attempt to set three new world freefall records, on Tuesday
morning the French skydiver's massive balloon decided to take
flight on its own... somehow breaking free from its ties to the
ground, and ascending into the sky without him.
Retrofittable 21st Century Engine Management... At Last!
AEA 2008 gave the Aero-TV crew a chance to not only get up close and personal with the AuRACLE CRM 2100 but the twin-engine verision, the CRM 2120... and we came away convinced that Xerion Avionix has been thinking up some great things.
Retrofittable 21st Century Engine Management... At Last!
AEA 2008 gave the Aero-TV crew a chance to not only get up close
and personal with the AuRACLE CRM 2100 but the twin-engine, the CRM
2120... and we came away convinced that Xerion Avionics has been
thinking up some great things.
New Departure Procedures To Be Published by End of July
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking quick action after
complaints from controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport
of inadequate publication and awareness of new procedures
instituted in December to ease congestion at it and other New York
City airports.
Trouble Is, My Plane Isn't A Piper... And IS In
Pieces
When I got the letter in the mail, I thought it was a scam. The
folks at Bowen & Associates in Lewisville, TX informed me that
because I had ignored previous invoices seeking payment of my
balance of $152, my account with Miracle Strip Aviation at the
Destin, FL Airport had been referred to them for collection.
Airline's Newest 737-800 Pressed Into Service For Humanitarian
Effort
Boeing, Shenzhen Airlines, Medical Teams International, and
Mercy Corps have joined to deliver nearly three tons so far of
medical supplies for victims of the recent China earthquake in an
effort called "Flight of Hope."
We can certainly understand that NASA is currently in the throes
of Mars fever, as agency workers and scientists at JPL and the
University of Arizona continue to bask in the successful landing of
the Mars Phoenix Lander Sunday evening.
Pilots who fly for Capital Cargo Int'l Airlines (CCIA) question
management's effectiveness with respect to new aircraft
integration, says the Air Line Pilots Association.
A reported $300,000 was spent by the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association during the first quarter of 2008 to lobby
the US government on pay equality and other work related
issues.
Southwest Aviation Specialties LLC of Tulsa, OK is back in
business, after the company reached a settlement agreement last
month stemming from a March 17 revocation by the Federal Aviation
Administration of its repair station certificate, air charter
certificate and the mechanic certificate of owner David Guzman.
Heading Back Home, And Dealing With The Ides Of March
The skies looked gloomy overhead as I sat in the small pilots
lounge Sunday morning at Charlotte County Regional Airport in Punta
Gorda, FL. According to weather information obtained through AOPA's
Flight Planner, things looked even gloomier to the north, right
over the area where Jim and I planned to be flying through within
the next couple hours.
Company Expects Approval For New Baron G58 In Time For
Delivery
At last week's EBACE 2008 convention in Geneva, Hawker
Beechcraft announced the first Beechcraft Baron G58 order from a
European customer who will register the aircraft in Europe with
European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) certification.
Embraer recently signed an agreement with the Finnish Aviation
Academy for two Phenom 100 very light jets. The customer will use
the aircraft for flight training. The Phenom 100s will replace
Finnish Aviation Academy fleet of elderly turboprops, and the first
delivery is scheduled for 2010.
Allows Service Expansion Into Booming Saudi Market
King Aerospace Commercial Corporation (KACC) in Ardmore, OK was
recently approved for a General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA)
Authorization/Repair Station Certificate.
The goal of the Pan Am Historical Foundation is to preserve the
history and accomplishments of Pan American World Airways, and the
people who worked to make her the World's Greatest Airline.
The Roche Limit was first described by Edouard Roche in 1848. It
is the closest distance a body can come to a planet without being
pulled apart by the planet's tidal (gravitationl) force. As a
result, large moons cannot survive inside the Roche Limit.
"It is our intent to pursue collection of this debt
through every means available to us. We extend this opportunity to
settle this debt in a friendly manner. You may either pay this debt
in full to my office or you must call...at once."
Source: From a collection letter received by
ANN staffer Paul Plack, sent by Bowen & Associates in
Lewisville, TX in reference to an unpaid fuel bill at a Florida
airport. Just one problem -- Paul doesn't own the Piper referenced
to in the letter, but rather a Sport Copter Vortex. One that's
still under construction in his garage. Paul attributes the
confusion to an incorrectly-recorded N-number.
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