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NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6715 Issue Date: May 02, 2006 at 18:08 UTC Location: Ely, Minnesota Beginning Date and Time: May 03, 2006 at 15:30 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 03, 2006 at 16:45 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Due to blasting activity at Babbitt Iron Mines Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Minneapolis (ZMP) Center, 651-463-5580

NOTAM Number: FDC 6/6665 Issue Date: May 02, 2006 at 13:57 UTC Location: Luray, Virginia Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) System Operations Support Center, 202-267-3333

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 05.02.06

Aero-Craft 101: Stretching Your Fueling Dollar

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 05.02.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 05.02.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: 5.02.06 (ANN Special Feature, with CFI Tom Turner on what pilots can do to stretch their avgas dollar.)

Columbia Rolls Out Its 400th Plane

Factory Now Producing A Plane A Day

Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Co. celebrated a milestone last week as its 400th aircraft rolled off the assembly line in Bend, OR. The company produced its first plane six years ago... and while times are now rosy for Columbia, that wasn't always the case.

Search Crews Continue Attempts To Reach South African Cargo Plane

UN Sending Team To Recover Wreckage Of Chartered Plane

Search crews continued to combat rugged territory near the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Monday to reach the wreckage of an aircraft, believed to be a chartered Cessna Caravan flying for the United Nations' World Food Programme.

Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame Banquet Coming Up

Mark your calendars.... Aero-News has learned the 17th Annual Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame (MAHOF) banquet and induction ceremony will be held Saturday, May 13, 2006, at the Ramada Mall of America/Thunderbird Convention Center in Bloomington, MN.