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April 20, 2005

CAF P-39Q Involved In Incident At Fredericksburg, TX

One of the jewels in CAF's amazing collection of aeronautical treasures has had a landing accident after a weather diversion.

Pilot Error Cited In Near Miss Between Tornado And Puma

The UK Airport Proximity Board says an RAF F3 Tornado pilot should have seen a helicopter carrying oil rig workers about 120 miles off the coast of Scotland. No one was hurt as the aircraft passed within 50-feet of each other.

Pilots Ejected Safely

An F-16 from Shaw AFB in Sumter, SC, went down Monday evening in the Ashley River. The two crewmembers on board the fighter were rescued in a marsh just before 1700 local.

Awarded $13 Million Contract

FLIR Systems says it has received a contract from the US Army Research Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM), Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), valued at approximately $13 million for the development of an advanced stabilized electro-optical infrared system for use on lightweight Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The award represents a phase two award resulting from a down-select among three phase one awardees.