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Adam Aircraft Lays Off Over 300 Production Workers

Cites Need To Manage Existing Funds As Company Seeks New Funding

ANN has confirmed with company officials that Adam Aircraft has cut approximately 300 workers from its staff of 800, due to what the company says is a need to conserve existing funds as the planemaker works to overcome past issues with the certification of its A700 very light jet, and obtain capital to see that program through to TC.

Coast Guard Crews Call Off Official Search For Missing Pilot

Paul Akita's Beech 1900 Ditched Near Kauai Monday

The US Coast Guard has officially ended its search for a pilot known to have gone down in the Pacific on Monday.

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Aero-TV: AmSafe's Interesting Approach To Aviation Safety (Part One)

Aero-TV Looks At The AmSafe Aviation Inflatable Restraint

Ya have to have to hand it to the folks at AmSafe -- aviation safety is a tough gig to pursue, and even tougher when you're thinking "out of the box." AmSafe has done just that... with a novel new way to incorporate air bag technologies into a somewhat conventional lapbelt... making installation and certification a far less strenuous affair than an integrated airframe solution.

Teledyne Mattituck Delivers 50th PowerLink ALPHA TMX Engine

Teledyne Mattituck Services tells ANN that they have delivered their 50th PowerLink FADEC equipped TMX engine. The PowerLink TMX engine will be installed into a California based kit airplane project.

NTSB Releases Factual Report On Fatal 2006 UND IFR Accident

The NTSB has updated its investigation of a fatal 2006 Cessna crash that took the lives of 2 University of North Dakota students. The factual report, a prelude to the ultimate finding of a probable cause notes that IFR conditions appear to have been a significant factor in the accident that took the lives of pilot Jacob Rueth (18), and passenger Jacob Sundblad (19).