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January 12, 2011

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 01.12.11

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 01.12.11 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.12.11 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Part I: The Swift Fuel Story - 01.12.11 (ANN Special Report, with Swift Enterprises VP and Engineer John Rusek)

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On New Year's Eve Mid-Air

Two Fatally Injured When A Helicopter And C172 Collided

The NTSB has issued its preliminary report in a mid-air collision between a medical helicopter and a Cessna 172 which fatally injured the two people on board the fixed-wing aircraft.

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Piper Names Western Aircraft AS New Aircraft Dealer

Greenwich AeroGroup Company To Handle Sales In Pacific Northwest

Piper Aircraft Inc. selected Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, as Piper’s dealer for new aircraft sales in Alaska, northern California, Oregon and Washington. The appointment is effective immediately.

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EBAA Puts Illegal Charter Flights In Its Sights

Goals Are Increased Safety, Fair Competition

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has launched a campaign for charter flight operators, brokers and passengers to curtail illegal charter flight activity within Europe.

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New 'ProSky' ATM Subsidiary Launched By Airbus

Will Support Air Traffic Management Systems Such As NextGen, SESAR

Airbus has launched a new subsidiary company, called “Airbus ProSky”, dedicated to the development and support of modern air traffic management (ATM) systems.

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Autobiography Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look At Regional Airline Ops

Former Regional Airline Pilot Provides "Eye-Opening Details" In New Book

Squawk 7700, an aviation autobiography by Peter M. Buffington, tells of a personal adventure into the world of aviation to achieve a professional airline pilot career.

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Miami-Dade Police Take Delivery Of Third AS350B3

One More Aircraft To Head To MDPD Later This Year

A third AS350 B3 helicopter was delivered to the Miami-Dade Police Department’s (MDPD) Aviation Unit Monday. This is the third of four AS350 B3’s that have been ordered by the agency from American Eurocopter.

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NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter Into Space

Particles Form In The "Gamma-Ray Flash" Associated With Lightning

Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

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CubCrafters Announces 2011 Product Updates

Navigation Systems, Better Cooling, Lighting, And More

The New Year will see CubCrafters making a number of updates to their production aircraft.

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Marine Aviation's Largest Group Makes Big Impact In 2010

10 Squadrons Deployed Regularly For Training, Active Duty

The Corps’ largest aircraft group, Marine Aircraft Group 14, can claim a long list of accomplishments for 2010.

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NASA Kicks Off 2011 Nationwide FIRST Robotics Competition

Forty-Five Regional Competitions To Take Place In April

An international robotics competition that develops the next generation of technology leaders kicked off over the weekend. NASA, the largest sponsor of the FIRST Robotics Competition, and its centers across the nation joined local technology firms to launch the event Saturday.

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MANUFACTURER: Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) (Type Certificate A00003SE Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC41-550FG and LC42-550FG Airplanes

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After Only A Year, Piper Jettisons PiperSport

Piper Cites 'Differences In Business Philosophies' With Czech Sport Aircraft

Piper Aircraft Inc. said in a news release Wednesday it plans to terminate its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft, citing differences in business philosophies.

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ANN's Heroes 'n Heartbreakers 2010: The FlightPrep Debacle

Aero-Heartbreaker: The FlightPrep Debacle  As 2010 was coming to an end, an intriguing story started emerging concerning a patent issued to a small company called FlightPrep, who made a number of flight planning products used by pilots. The patent reportedly gave FlightPrep the idea that a number of online flight planning utilities owed them compensation for perceived violations of their patented Intellectual Property...

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Classic Aero-TV: Sikorsky's Project Firefly -- Electrifying Future Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Remains One of Aviation's Most Aggressively Innovative Companies

Oshkosh 2010 was no stranger to innovation... though we must note that this year was a bumper crop in terms of the breadth of excitement we saw within the confines of Wittman Field... sport aviation, GA, BizAv, Military, Aerospace, you name it... there was no shortage of exciting innovations to feast your eyes on... especially where Sikorsky was concerned.

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ANN's Heroes 'n Heartbreakers 2010: Diamond Aircraft

Aero-Hero: Diamond Aircraft The beginning of the second decade of this millennium will not go down as a favorite among devotees of all things aeronautical. For companies already struggling to stay alive, 2009-2010 was a bad time... and often signaled their end. For the more healthy companies, it was a time when everyone went into survival mode no matter how well they had done previously. 

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NTSB Study Shows Airbags Can Provide Protection In GA Accidents

Six Recommendations Passed To The FAA

The NTSB has adopted a study which concludes that GA airplanes equipped with airbags provide additional protection to occupants in accidents involving survivable forward impacts.

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FCC Gives New Life To 121.5 ELTs

Reverses Prohibition Of Manufacture, Sale, Certification Of The Emergency Beacons

Pilots with older model ELTs operating on 121.5 MHz have gotten a reprieve from the FCC, which had sought to ban the devices.

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NBAA Welcomes Rep. Costello's Renewed Call Against User Fees

Organization Feels Fuel Tax Would Be More Effective In Generating Needed Revenue

The NBAA today welcomed a recent call from Rep. Jerry Costello (D-12-IL) to President Barack Obama to keep user fees out of the administration's fiscal year 2012 budget.

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First Flight For Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter

Demonstration Appears To Be Timed To Correspond With Gates Visit

The Chinese J-20 Black Eagle stealth fighter that is reportedly being developed as a rival to the F-22 Raptor has apparently flown for the first time, and the demonstration may have been planned to coincide with a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

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Boeing Celebrates Final Assembly of 1,000th 767

Landmark Airplane Is Last To Be Built Before Assembly Line Moves

Final assembly started Monday on the 1,000th B767 airplane with a celebration at the Everett, WA, factory.

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India's Budget Airline Makes Largest Jet Order In Aviation History

And In The Process Becomes A Launch Customer For The A320neo

India's largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 180 Airbus A320 aircraft of which 150 will be A320neo’s and 30 will be A320s. It is the largest single firm order number for large jets in commercial aviation history.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.12.11)

"Although airbags have been mandated in automobiles for over a decade, the aviation industry has no such requirement for small aircraft."  Source: NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.12.11): Smoke

Small particles produced by combustion that are suspended in the air.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.12.11)

Pilot Getaways

“Where did you fly last weekend?”  The bimonthly magazine, Pilot Getaways, will serve up fresh ideas for some new trips right to your door.

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