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February 02, 2006

Aero-News Alert: Embry-Riddle Dumps CAPT

Preliminary Information... Official Press Release Coming Today

The instructors and students of Embry-Riddle's CAPT (Commercial Airline Pilot Training) Program are being informed today that their program is a lame duck.

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NTSB Releases Prelim On El Paso Mechanic Fatality

The NTSB has released a preliminary report on the tragic accident that occurred last month in which a mechanic was killed when he inexplicably stepped in front of a 737 engine during a high-power run-up.

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$250M Deal: Bombardier Signs Firm Order With Regco For Ten Q400s

Potential Value Of $500 Million US If All Options Exercised

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that REGCO Holdings Inc. of Toronto has signed a contract to acquire ten 70-seat Bombardier Q400 high-speed turboprop airliners and take options on an additional ten aircraft.

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AD: Rolls Royce

AD NUMBER: 2006-03-03 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-03-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211 Trent 553-61, 553A2-61, 556-61, 556A2-61, 556B-61, 556B2-61, 560-61, and 560A2-61 turbofan engines.

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United Emerges From Bankruptcy

United Issues Statement On Future Operations

UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, formally exited bankruptcy Wednesday, as expected, following confirmation of the company’s Plan of Reorganization by the United States Bankruptcy Court.

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Unions Chime In On Obama Bill

No surprises here, but a number of aviation and aerospace related trade unions are lining up to support the recent initiative put forth by Senator Barack Obama and a number of Democratic lawmakers in support of NATCA's contract dispute with the FAA.

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Mineta Announces Nomination of Voss to Become ICAO Secretary General

SecTrans Mineta has nominated William Voss for the position of secretary-general of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

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Airport Cooperative Research Program Board Selects Projects for Airport Research

The governing board of the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) concluded its first meeting by selecting the recipients for 24 grants totaling $7,090,000 in airport research funding from more than 400 projects. ACRP's purpose is to carry out applied research on problems shared by airport operating agencies but not adequately addressed by other federal research programs.

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FAA Tests New Taxiway Screens

FAA airport safety researchers at the William J. Hughes Technical Center have created a prototype taxiway screen that can help prevent runway incursions at airports with taxiways that pass well beyond the ends of runways.

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Aero-News Quote Of The Day (02.02.06)

"We take kids who have never been in a general aviation airplane and take them up in private airplanes to give them a sense that this is something that they might be able to do." Source: Young Eagles Spokesperson, Harrison Ford, discussing the rudiments of the EAA Young Eagles program to Jay Leno on the January 31st, 2006, Tonight Show program.

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