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TX TFR: 02.05.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/1316 Issue Date: February 02, 2006 at 14:58 UTC Location: Waco, Texas near WACO VORTAC (ACT) Beginning Date and Time: February 05, 2006 at 16:10 UTC Ending Date and Time: February 05, 2006 at 17:15 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

GA TFR: 02.03.06 - 02.06.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/1320 Issue Date: February 02, 2006 at 15:19 UTC Location: Albany, Georgia Beginning Date and Time: February 03, 2006 at 23:10 UTC Ending Date and Time: February 06, 2006 at 0:05 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement Type: VIP Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

Super Bowl TFR: 02.05.06 - 02.06.06

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/1310 Issue Date: February 02, 2006 at 13:17 UTC Location: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan Beginning Date and Time: February 05, 2006 at 21:00 UTC Ending Date and Time: February 06, 2006 at 4:59 UTC Reason for NOTAM: The National Football League Super Bowl Type: Security Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) System Operations Support Center, 202-267-3333

NTSB: Bad Maintenance Downed C177RG

The NTSB has released the probable cause for an April 20, 2004 Cardinal (file images below) accident that took the lives of a pilot and passenger. The NTSB determined the probable cause(s) of this accident as "Improper maintenance by other maintenance personnel, and the reinstallation of an unserviced magneto during an engine overhaul, which resulted in the magneto malfunctioning, a loss of engine power, and the airplane being ditched into the water."

We Have No Dog In This Flight

Upper Midwest Pilots: BOLO For Louie

"Does Aero-News offer Lost & Found service?" a friend of ours asks.

Ohio Pilot Perishes In Off-Airport Take-Off

Plane Struck Poles, Terrain; It Was Borrowed

For Lantz B. Bricker, the chain of events that would end his life began with running low on gas three days prior. Bricker made a safe precautionary landing in a field owned by Darrell Stover near Point Pleasant, WV, just across the Ohio River from Gallipolis, OH, on Sunday. He had become concerned about low fuel.

India: Land Of Opportunity?

Subcontinental Giant Needs 3,000 Pilots

As the dead hand of 1960s socialism loosens its death-grip on the Indian economy, the country's large area and larger population are creating a large demand for air travel.