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March 15, 2005

What CBS Said About GA Security Monday Night

Tiffany Network Again Reports General Aviation Is National Security Threat

From the CBS Evening News broadcast Monday, March 14th, 2005... Bob Schieffer, Anchor: Well, we've learned to take off our shoes, remove the metal objects from our pockets and endure the endless lines at the metal detectors. But for all the time and inconvenience, for all the money spent to make us safer, the government says there are still gaping holes in air travel security. Aviation is still a prime target for a terror attack. Here's CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr in Washington.

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What NBC Said About GA Security Last Night

More Balanced -- But Still Alarming

Brian Williams, Anchor: Good Evening. Last week, it was a group of pilots. Tonight, it's a newly-disclosed report from the feds. They both say the same things. This long after 9/11, that awful day when terrorists used aircraft as weapons, America still has gaping holes in aviation safety -- even after billions of dollars have been spent. This new report finds weaknesses in commercial and private aviation that a terrorist could exploit. We begin here tonight with NBC's Tom Costello.

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Aero-Views: Don't Shoot The Messenger

But Then Again, Some Messengers Should Be Heartily Wounded

By ANN Senior Editor Pete Combs They did it again. Even after Congress heard expert testimony and government officials outright admitted that general aviation poses little, if any, threat to national security, CBS News went over the top Monday night in describing that very threat -- closely followed by NBC. It was the second time in just over a year CBS made the same grievous mistake. In fact, Correspondent Bob Orr even compounded it by referring back to the original, offending, story.

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Brand New Tower... Same Old Equipment

ATC Gear In Fort Wayne's New Tower Was Built In70s

We can't speak to something borrowed, something blue, but there's a lot of old inside the new control tower at Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana. The $12 million tower is chock-full of equipment on the trailing edge of technology.

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Friends Of Meigs On The March

Protest Planned For Tuesday Evening Park Meeting

Saying that the planning process for what was once Meigs Field is only a ruse to reach a pre-determined conclusion, the Friends Of Meigs takes to the streets Tuesday night, in a protest aimed at dramatizing "the unfairness of the process," according to a FOM email to ANN.

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Ohio Senate Removes 'Onerous' Security Regulations From Homeland Security Bill

Senate Bill Nine Would Have Required GA PAX Screening

The Ohio Senate has passed a homeland security bill that is much friendlier to general aviation than it had first appeared.

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NATA Lauds Michael Jackson As Deputy DHS Secretary

Confirmed By Senate Last Week

The United States Senate on Thursday approved by voice vote the nomination of Michael Jackson as Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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WAI Education Sessions Snapshot

Scholarship Winners Panel

By ANN Correspondent Rose Dorcey With 16 scholarship wins to her credit, multi-engine pilot and A&P mechanic Nicole Cagnolatti is well qualified to share her views on the difference between a pass/fail mark on a scholarship application. Cagnolatti and several former scholarship winners shared valuable advice with those looking to advance in aviation at the 16th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference in Dallas.

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