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June 02, 2009

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 06.02.09

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 06.02.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.02.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Ric Peri, AEA, Part I - 06.02.09 (ANN Special Report, with AEA's Ric Peri)

Alodine A non-anodic protective coating. Alodine {aka Iridite, aka Chromate Conversion} is a microscopic thin film commonly prescribed on aluminum to provide an excellent surface prep for paint, aid in corrosion resistance and to impose desired electrical resistance characteristics, (commonly prescribed for radio and amplifier cabinets.)

Aero-Linx: EAA Chapter 1288's NIMBY Page Sadly, at a great many airports throughout the country, a small (but invariably disproportionately vocal) portion of society believes that moving next to an active airport that's been in place and operational for decades gives them the "right" to dictate how the facility operates, or demand that it be shut down. Not once in recorded human history has an airport just popped up out of the ground in the middle of the night in a subdivision, yet to hear a NIMBY tell it, they "never expected" to hear aircraft operating despite living a mile off the end of a runway!

"In these challenging economic times, we must do more than ever to nurture this vital sector of Maryland's economy while supporting the critical, often life-saving missions of our federal and military partners." Source: Department of Business and Economic Development Secretary Christian S. Johansson in a statement related to the state's search for more Aerospace related business.