Georgy Mosolov Will Speak At Daytona Beach, Prescott
Campuses
World renowned Russian test pilot Col. Georgy Mosolov will give
his presentation, "Tales of a Russian Test Pilot," later this month
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach, FL and
Prescott, AZ campuses.
A Number of Eclipse Buyers Talk About Their Decisions
Wow; what a difference a few weeks make... ANN's Aero-TV crews spent some time in Albuquerque a few weeks back, before Oshkosh and the startling events that occurred there -- and chatted up a number of Eclipse owners/buyers about their thoughts about the airplane, the industry, and the issues of the day. We present their discussion for your perusal, and look forward to getting back to some of these same people in the next year to see how their answers, concerns and aspirations have held up as Eclipse remakes itself -- post Raburn.
The 'Friends of Leiston Airfield' was formed in the summer of
1995 by Peter Saunders, Chris Betson and the late Peter Barker,
after a group of people with holiday caravans on the 'Cakes &
Ale Park', had become concerned that a small memorial erected on a
hardstand in an area hidden from view from the general public, had
become neglected and rubbish strewn.
"Management's plan to replace all but nine of our
B-717s with EMB 170s and replace Midwest pilots with Republic
pilots will have a devastating impact -- raising the number of
Midwest pilots who are out of work to approximately 300 of the some
400 pilots who were employed before TPG/NWA purchased the airline
earlier this year. Furthermore, management restated its continued
intent to wring drastic, draconian concessions from our pilots,
holding our very jobs hostage as part of its deal with
Republic."
Source: Captain Jay Schnedorf, chairman of the
Midwest Airlines unit of the Air Line Pilots Association. The
Milwaukee-based carrier announced Wednesday it has secured $60
million in additional financing, including commitments from TPG
Capital and
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