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August 21, 2007

ANN Special Feature: Fred Edworthy, VP, Worldwide Aeros - 08.21.07

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Fred Edworthy of Worldwide Aeros, a company developing an airship which can be outfitted as a freight-hauler, mobile office center, or personal air yacht.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.21.07)

Aero-Linx!

The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum began in the summer of 1975 when the legendary aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown, appeared on the horizon of Charleston Harbor.

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The housing in an aircraft cockpit on which the engine controls are mounted.

"Training new controllers can be challenging, but it's part of a certified controller's job duties. The FAA recognizes that we're going to lose most of our controller workforce nationwide to retirement during the next 10 years, and we are aggressively hiring replacements. Hence the high number of trainees at SCT. The simple truth is that we have to bring a lot of new controllers on board to replace those who are retiring."

Source: FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, in response to statements made by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association last week regarding the situation at the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON.)