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June 12, 2008

CA Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/2298 Issue Date: June 12, 2008 at 2356 UTC Location: 5 SE CHICO , California near CHICO VOR/DME (CIC) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately 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: OAKLAND (ZOA) Center, 510-745-3331

ANN Special Feature: Ed Iacobucci, DayJet - 06.12.08

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Ed Iacobucci, President and CEO of DayJet, about the company's selection by the FAA to be the beta tester for NextGen air traffic control technology in Florida.

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Aero-TV Gets Briefed On Avidyne's FMS900W

Entegra FMS900W Designed To Reduce Workload In Single-Pilot IFR

Avidyne recently strutted its stuff before the Aero-TV crews with a demo of their upcoming FMS900W FMS system. In the works for some time, the new Entegra FMS900W WAAS-enabled GPS/NAV/COM Flight Management System (FMS) is designed to reduce workload for single-pilot IFR operations. The FMS900W provides a fully-redundant, state-of-the art VHF and TSO C146b Gamma 3-compliant turbine-class FMS capability for all GA aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.12.08)

Aero-Linx!

Welcome to the Ohio Aeronca Aviators Fly-In website. For 2008, they are once again combining their fly-in event with the Taylorcraft and Funk folks. The two grass runways and laid-back, "grass roots" atmosphere of Barber Airport make it the perfect location for a classic airplane fly-in.

Aero-Terms!

Total area as seen in plan view of clean wing, including all moveable surfaces in cruise configuration, and including such areas of fuselage, nacelles etc enclosed by lines joining intersections of leading and trailing edges with them.

"Because replacing its aging tanker fleet is a top priority for the Air Force, it paid special attention to each company's past record. After doing so, it reached this finding about Boeing's past program management, an important sub-factor in the crucial Past Performance category: "There was a notable difference between the two offerors. Northrop Grumman received a rating of 'Satisfactory Confidence,' while Boeing received a rating of 'Little Confidence.'"

Source: From a Northrop Grumman release, the latest in a series of "Why We Won" missives the company has posted ahead of this month's planned ruling by the Government Accountability Office on a protest of the KC-X contract awarding lodged by Boeing.