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October 31, 2011

NTSB: Downed Luscombe Almost Made Airport After Engine Degraded

Rising Oil Temps Signaled Trouble

The decision to try and make an airport, over a precautionary landing, off-airport, can be a tough one... and often one that really can't be second-guessed unless you were in the cockpit in question. Unfortunately... the few minutes the pilot needed his engine to hang tough to make the airport didn't happen and a forced landing went badly...

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Aero-TV: Speaking Up -- Redbird Simulators Teach Pilots To Talk Back

Communications... Yet Another Aero-Skill That Benefits Greatly From Effective Simulation

Redbird Simulators has added another layer of realism to its flight simulation systems by adding something called "Parrot," a voice recognition system that gives students the experience of talking with ATC during their simulator hours. Redbird chairman and founder Jerry Gregoire told ANN at Oshkosh this summer that the FAA has been asking for this functionality to be added to flight simulation for 30 years, and that the "big" simulator manufacturers keep telling the agency that the technology is "about 10 years away." But Gregoire says the Redbird team has a lot of experience

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SAFE Publishes Progress Report On Training Reform

Responses From Key Stakeholders Were Substantive, Positive

The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has published a progress report based on comments received from key industry and FAA stakeholders to the six proposed projects distilled from the Pilot Training Reform Symposium held earlier this year.

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Enstrom Establishes Chinese Dealership

Enstrom Piston And Turbine Helos To Be Offered Out Of Guandong Province

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has appointed Zuhai Business Aviation Center as an Enstrom helicopter dealer in China. Located in Guandong Province, Zuhai BAC will now sell, service and operate Enstrom helicopters along with their well-established, fixed-wing business. To inaugurate the dealership, Zuhai BAC has placed orders for a new 280FX and a new 480B demonstrator helicopter.

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Bob Miller IFR Online Webinar Starts Tuesday

First Online Lesson Is A Freebie... Come Join In!

Our good friend and fellow aero-curmudgeon, Bob Miller, has an interesting project scheduled to debut this Tuesday evening (1700 ET) -- an 8-week long live webinar on the intricacies of instrument flight. And best of all, the first aviation webinar can be sampled, cost-free (two words you usually don't hear in the same sentence... aviation and FREE).

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U.S. Court Revokes FAA Approval Of Cape Wind

Offshore Wind Farm Opposed By Massachusetts NIMBYs

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday revoked a previous "no hazard" determination by the FAA concerning the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind farm, saying that the FAA failed to consider the very real dangers and risks to the operations and safety of the 400,000 flights that transit Nantucket Sound each year.

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