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March 22, 2013

FAA Makes Tower Closing Decision

Nearly 150 Contract Towers To Be Shuttered April 7

You knew it was coming, and here it is. The FAA has reached the decision that 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency’s sequestration implementation plan. The agency has made the decision to keep 24 federal contract towers open that had been previously proposed for closure because doing so would have a negative impact on the national interest.

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Aspen Evolution Backup Display Installed In Seneca V-Series

Piper Aircraft Selects Aspen's All Digital Backup Display For Total Glass Panel Solution

Piper Aircraft has selected the Aspen Evolution Backup Display system for its popular Piper Seneca V-series aircraft. The Evolution Backup Display is a fully digital, independent flight display system designed to replace mechanical backup instruments used in Part 23 glass panel installations.

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NASA Begins New Season of Arctic Ice Science Flights

Will Closely Monitor Arctic Ice Sheet, Scale Back Land Coverage

NASA's Operation IceBridge scientists have begun another season of research activity over Arctic ice sheets and sea ice with the first of a series of science flights from Greenland completed on Wednesday. A specially equipped P-3B research aircraft from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA, is operating out of airfields in Thule and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, and Fairbanks, Alaska.

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FAA Issues SAIB For Ercoupe Elevator Controls

Problem Found During Restoration Of An Ercoupe 415-C

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin concerning elevator controls in Ercoupe 415 model airplanes. The FAA received a field report of a loose elevator horn on an Ercoupe 415-C during restoration of the airplane. Although the external appearance of the elevator was unremarkable, teardown of the elevator revealed the elevator horn attach bracket had only one secure fastener out of four.

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PATCO Questions Contract Tower Closings

Says Air Safety Will Be Seriously Jeopardized

The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) issued a statement Thursday following Wednesday's vote in the U.S. Senate on the Continuing Resolution that will keep the government operating through the end of September which did not include an amendment to preserve the contract tower program.

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Kansas Lawmakers Buck Obama On Aviation Tax 'Loophole'

Even Some Democrats Disagree With The President's Anti-Aviation Rhetoric

After doing everything it could to assure that the Detroit automaking industry was able to survive the recession, Kansas lawmakers, including some Democrats, are scratching their heads over rhetoric coming from the White House concerning corporate aircraft.

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