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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/1493 Issue Date: April 07, 2008 at 1245 UTC Location: SAN ANGELO , Texas near SAN ANGELO VORTAC (SJT) Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: April 11, 2008 at 1100 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: FORT WORTH (ZFW) Automated Flight Service Station, 817-858-7503

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/1641 Issue Date: April 07, 2008 at 2041 UTC Location: SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA , United States Beginning Date and Time: April 09, 2008 at 1930 UTC Ending Date and Time: April 10, 2008 at 0001 UTC Reason for NOTAM: DUE TO EXTENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AVIATION ACTIVITY Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: OAKLAND (ZOA) Automated Flight Service Station, 510-745-3331

Cessna To Launch Garmin's SVT In Citation Mustang

Future Availability In Caravans, SEP Line

Welcome to the future... and it's gonna be SO cool. Hot on the heels of Garmin's announcement of FAA certfication for its G1000 Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) system, planemaker Cessna announced Monday it will offer SVT on all its G1000-equipped aircraft.

Reports: Liberty Aerospace Trims FL Workforce

Company Says More Work Will Go To Romania

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 04.07.08 1220 EDT: Aero-News continues to investigate reports Liberty Aerospace cut a part of its 180-person workforce in Melbourne, FL last week, as the fledgling planemaker looks to shift more manufacturing work overseas.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 04.07.08

Fly The Airplane... With CFII Bob Miller

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 04.07.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.07.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Fly The Airplane! 04.07.08 (ANN Special Report, with CFII Bob Miller of "Over The Airwaves.")

Garmin Earns Certification For G1000 Synthetic Vision System

Designed To Integrate Into Existing Systems, G900X-Equipped Planes

Do you remember life before Garmin introduced the G1000? Neither do we. Early Monday, Garmin announced the next significant advancement to the highly popular and capable glass panel avionics suite... and it's a whopper.

Envision Retrofit Coming For More King Airs

Avidyne, Southern Star Avionics To Add 90-Series To AML

Avidyne Corporation and Southern Star Avionics announced recently they are collaborating on the engineering and certification of another Envision integrated flight deck system retrofit program, this time in a King Air E90. The two firms are pursuing a Supplemental Type Certificate which will eventually add A through E series King Airs to the Approved Model List (AML).

NTSB Issues Prelim On Montana PA28 Accident

Student Pilot Recovering After Overnight Stranding

It's one of the very first things a flight instructor tells a VFR student pilot: if you run into clouds or extremely poor visibility conditions, turn around NOW. A Rocky Mountain College student pilot took that advice on a recent night cross-country flight... and though his plane did crash, stranding him overnight in snowy conditions, who knows how much worse things could have been.