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March 06, 2007

Aero-News Alert: Indonesian Airliner Down In Yogyakarta

Reportedly Overshot Runway On Landing; Survivors Reported

A spokesman for the Indonesian government tells CNN approximately 115 passengers were onboard a Garuda Airlines Boeing 737-400 that apparently overshot the runway at Yogyakarta airport in central Java.

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Cessna's Busy Building Citation X Bizjets

Fastest Civil Aircraft Selling Briskly, Too

Cessna tells ANN it continues to increase production of its Citation X, to meet customer demand for the speedy bizjet.

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Kennedy Space Center TFR: 03.09.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4962 Issue Date: March 06, 2007 at 2244 UTC Type: Space Operations

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FL TFR: 03.07.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4961 Issue Date: March 06, 2007 at 2231 UTC Location: Crestview, Florida near CRESTVIEW VORTAC (CEW) Beginning Date and Time: March 07, 2007 at 0600 UTC Ending Date and Time: March 07, 2007 at 1200 UTC Reason for NOTAM: For ordinance discharge Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Jacksonville (ZJX) Center, 904-549-1537

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FL TFR: 03.12.07

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4935 Issue Date: March 06, 2007 at 1822 UTC Location: Panama City, Florida near PANAMA CITY VORTAC (PFN) Beginning Date and Time: March 12, 2007 at 2145 UTC Ending Date and Time: March 12, 2007 at 2245 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Aerial demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force F-22 team Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Tyndall (PAM) Tower, 850-283-3815

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Return To Flight, Part Four

First Solo... Third Time

This article was originally intended to be about a lesson I had at the beginning of February, covering emergency procedures... as well as the first time I experienced how the Evektor SportStar handles in strong winds. However, events this Tuesday morning compel me to skip ahead a little bit; I think you'll understand.

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Registration Now Underway For 2007 National Cross Country Air Races

Race Your Way To AirVenture!

On July 15, pilots will arrive at Wichita, KS for the start of the 2007 National Cross Country Air Races.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 03.06.07

Eclipse's New Avio Plan, Part One

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.06.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.06.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Eclipse Reveals 'Avio NG', Part One: 03.06.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Eclipse Aviation CEO Vern Raburn.)

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'Open Skies' NOT Good News for British Airways

Shares Slip As Control Over Heathrow Threatened

This weekend's news of an agreement between the United States and the European Union regarding the long-bandied "Open Skies" deal was met by nearly everyone in the commercial airline industry with guarded optimism... but investors in British Airways think the deal flat-out stinks.

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DayJet Receives BIG Cash Infusion -- $50 Million In Private Equity Funding

Company Says It Gives On-Demand Carrier A Leg-Up

Rule number one for starting an airline, regardless of size: start with money. A LOT of money... and DayJet announced Tuesday it has received $50 million in capital, resulting from the completion of its third round of private equity financing.

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Transportation Labor Releases Agenda For FAA Reauthorization Bill

Says US Aviation At 'Critical Juncture' As Funding Battle Looms

This week, transportation labor leaders unveiled an FAA Reauthorization agenda that "enhances aviation safety, protects aviation employees, supports good jobs and boosts aviation trust fund and general treasury funding to ensure a sound aviation system."

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Crews Expand Search For Missing RV To New Mexico, El Paso Area

Last Radar Contact In Vicinity Of Guadalupe Mountains Nat'l Park

Search crews are combing the plains of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas, in an attempt to locate a missing pilot and his plane.

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Chelton Announces New GPS-WAAS Receiver, ADAHRS

New Gadgets For Fixed- And-Rotary Pilots

March has certainly come in like a lion for Chelton Flight Systems. Hot on the heels of Monday's announcement the company will play a major role in developing the next-generation Avio flight information system for the Eclipse 500 VLJ, Aero-News has learned Chelton recently unveiled two new products destined to make life a little better for pilots in a wide variety of aircraft.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2007-05-06 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-05-06 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model 717-200 airplanes.

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AD: Alpha Aviation

AD NUMBER: 2007-05-03 MANUFACTURER: Alpha Aviation Design SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-05-03 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Socata

AD NUMBER: 2007-05-05 MANUFACTURER: Socata SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-05-05 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Mooney

AD NUMBER: 2007-05-04 MANUFACTURER: Mooney SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-05-04 SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Mooney Airplane Company, Inc., Models M20M and M20R airplanes.

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NBAA's Bolen Urges Members To 'Take Action Now' Against User Fees

Calls Funding Proposal "Big Airlines' FAA Plan"

In an open letter to members of the National Business Aviation Association last week, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen urged members to "take action now" in getting the message out about the dangers user fees pose to business aviation.

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Qantas Takeover Generating Controversy

ACCC Gives Green Light To Buyout

Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello are in disagreement over whether the proposed takeover of Qantas Airlines should proceed.

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Pilot Lost In Weekend Harmon Rocket Accident Near Bakersfield

Flight-Of-Six Encountered Turbulence Over Mountains

The close-knit Harmon Rocket community has been hit with another accident. A pilot flying from Mojave, CA to Bakersfield with a group of five other planes Saturday morning crashed in a vineyard west of the Tehachapi Mountains.

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New Airport Proposed Near Amarillo, TX

Goal Is An Industrial Park With A Runway

A county judge in the Texas panhandle is hoping for an increase in economic development in Randall County, near Amarillo -- and reducing the tax burden for homeowners with a new county airport.

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Another Airport Lost: Festus Memorial Airport Shot Down By City Council

Approves Sale Of Land In 5-3 Vote

The fate of the Festus Memorial Airport has been decided by the Festus, MO City Council. The council voted 5-3 last week to sell the airport.

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USAF Plan To Win Raptor Support: Wow 'Em At Air Shows

F-22s Coming To A Show Near You

It works in car sales: dazzle the buyer with all the things that shiny new automobile can do, in hopes that'll sway him or her to sign on the dotted line. Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force hope a similar tactic will win public support for the hyper-impressive -- but uber-expensive -- F-22 Raptor program.

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More Room For More Students: American Eurocopter Prepares New Training Facility

That Explains All Those Helos In The Pattern At GPM...

American Eurocopter tells ANN its larger training facility in Grand Prairie, TX is scheduled for completion in mid 2007. The new building will offer an additional 20,000 square feet of training space, and will house FAA approved simulators including a full motion Level 6 EC135 simulator.

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Two Spacecraft, One Planet: ESA, NASA Tag-Team Jupiter

Rosetta, New Horizons Gather Data On Sol's Largest Planet

They're in the area anyway... so they both might as well join forces and see what they can find. That's the thinking behind efforts now udnerway by NASA and the European Space Agency to employ two spacecraft to observe Jupiter.

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NAFI Names February 2007 Master Instructors

The Best Of The Best

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of some very special aviation educators. Recently, they were all accredited as Master Instructors by NAFI, their professional aviation education association.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.06.07)

Aero-Linx!

Remember the "baby book" that's so "last century?" It's time to make it more about you, oh -- and your new baby. The perfect baby book for the offspring of aviation enthusiasts.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.06.07): Airmail

Aero-Terms!

Air Mail Service, which transported mail by airplanes, is a little-remembered organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.06.07)

"[R]ecent news excerpts.... demonstrate that airline lobbying has succeeded in getting the FAA to unveil a funding plan that gives the giant airlines a major tax break while imposing massive tax hikes and onerous new user fees on the businesses that rely on general aviation. The airlines' FAA plan also dramatically reduces Congressional authority over the air traffic system, gives airlines a bigger say in FAA operations, and establishes a huge new multi-billion dollar bureaucracy to assess and collect user fees."

Source: NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, in a letter to members imploring them to write to their elected officials about how they feel about the FAA's funding proposal.

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