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CASA Emergency AD: Honeywell

AD Number:AD/RAD/84 Honeywell RCZ-83 and RCZ-85 Communications Units 10/2005 TX Applicability: Honeywell RCZ-83 and RCZ-85 Communication Units with Part Numbers (P/N) 7510700-725, -763, -765, -813, -815, -825, -863 and -875.

CASA Emergency AD: Eurocopter SA 360 and SA 365 (Dauphin) Series Helicopters

AD Number: AD/DAUPHIN/81 Tail Rotor Blade Sleeve 10/2005 TX Applicability: Models SA 365 N1 and AS 365 N2, N3 helicopters. Requirement: Check the stainless steel ring on the sleeve of each tail rotor blade in accordance with paragraph 2.B.1. of Eurocopter AS 365 Alert Telex No. 05.00.49. If the stainless steel ring has moved, before further flight, replace the affected tail rotor blade.

NTSB Investigators Arrive In Sudan

They'll Help Investigate Death Of Vice President

Less than a month after a delegation led by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was roughed up by political bodyguards in Sudan, a team of NTSB investigators arrived in Africa Monday to look into a helicopter mishap that claimed the live of that country's vice president.

TSB Investigator Blames Slick Runway For Toronto Mishap

Safety Board Focuses On Long Landing And Effects Of Weather

New information from Canada's TSB indicates the Air France Airbus A340 that ran off the end of the runway in Toronto and burned last week land long and fast -- with a tailwind.

Shuttle Landing Delayed

Blame Weather At The Cape

Why cause problems? That seemed to be the thinking at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, as STS-114 mission managers waived the shuttle off twice from a Monday morning landing and ordered it to remain in space for another day.

AD: Bell

AD NUMBER: 2005-16-04 MANUFACTURER: Bell SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell) Model 206A and 206B helicopters modified by Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SH1392SO with certain part-numbered high crosstubes.

Florida TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6810 Issued: 08/08/2005 16:20 Effective: 08/09/2005 05:26 - Undetermined State: FL Facility: ZMA - MIAMI (ARTCC), FL. Type: SPACE FLIGHT Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FL

Pop-Up TFR: Arizona 08.08.05

NOTAM: 5/6821 Issued: 08/08/2005 19:10 Effective: 08/08/2005 20:30 - 08/08/2005 21:30 State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: YORK VALLEY. AZ.

Montana TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6811 Issued: 08/08/2005 16:30 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: MT Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT. Type: HAZARDS Description: 35 MI SW OF HAMILTONMT.

Texas TFR: 08.08.05 - 08.11.05

NOTAM: 5/6812 Issued: 08/08/2005 17:00 Effective: 08/08/2005 23:55 - 08/09/2005 00:45 State: TX Facility: ZFW - FORT WORTH (ARTCC),TX. Type: VIP

Montana TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6807 Issued: 08/08/2005 15:00 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: MT Facility: ZSE - SEATTLE (ARTCC),AUBURN,WA. Type: HAZARDS Description: 9 SW EUREKA MT.

Montana TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6815 Issued: 08/08/2005 17:30 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: MT Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT. Type: HAZARDS Description: 5 MILES NW OF DARBY MT.

Washington TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6794 Issued: 08/08/2005 00:00 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: WA Facility: ZSE - SEATTLE (ARTCC),AUBURN,WA. Type: HAZARDS Description: 20 NE OF TONASKET WA.

Pop-Up TFR: Wyoming 08.08.05

NOTAM: 5/6813 Issued: 08/08/2005 17:10 Effective: 08/08/2005 17:30 - 08/08/2005 18:20 State: WY Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT.

S-LSA Certified Aircraft Down, 2 Dead

One Of The First Known LSA Fatal Accidents

A recently certified S-LSA aircraft, N9164M, an Allegro 2000 (file photos, below), has gone down, resulting in the deaths of the instructor and student on board.

ATR-72 Crash: More Details Emerge

Terrifying Ordeal

The ATR-72 that ditched into the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Sicily Saturday had suffered failure of both engines, forcing it down short of the Palermo Airport. The most recent reports indicate that 23 of the 39 on board survived the crash. At least 13 bodies have been recovered, and three are reported as missing.

Klyde Morris 08.08.05

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ANN Readers--Last Chance To Give YOUR Oshkosh 2005 Feedback!

Got A Few Things To Say About Oshkosh 2005? Tell Us!

The ANN Editorial Team is just about done with all the summaries we can assemble about the most recent Oshkosh EAA Fly-In. As is our custom, we're taking a few days/weeks to consider things carefully (as well as to recover from the "Big O') and have assembled a few articles and awards lists that quantify and qualify the very best and worst of the Oshkosh 2005 experience.

Best Deal At Airventure: NAFI?

Flight Instructors' Organization Paid For Itself

by Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien I'm about to join the ranks of FAA-licensed instructors -- and I had a question about international students, something we get a few of at my airfield. So I stopped into the National Association of Flight Instructors tent. I didn't get my question answered, but did get signed up for the organization.

$500,000 In Scholarships Almost Ready

Women In Aviation International

By ANN Correspondent Aleta Vinas Around $500,000 in scholarships will soon be up for the taking. Women in Aviation International has announced that as of September 1, 2005, members can start applying for the scholarships on the website. In the past ten years approximately $4 million in scholarships have been awarded.

Flight Test: StrongMobile Magic Dragon Aircar

Well, Maybe Not Quite Yet…

By Rob Finfrock It's a dream that has been around ever since the postwar era, if not before: combining the functionality of an automobile with the "go anywhere, any time" convenience of an airplane.

Ninety-Nines Have A Sinking Feeling

Will You Help?

A cracked and sinking concrete slab floor in the collection storage area of the international women pilots' organization, The Ninety-Nines, Inc., is putting its aviation collection at risk. The problem was discovered during a remodeling project in the headquarters building.

Aero-News Quote Of The Day (08.08.05)

"We're looking forward to coming home." Source: Commander Eileen Collins radioed to Mission Control upon crew wakeup. Collins and her crewmates immediately began preparing the orbiter and themselves for landing. Their first landing opportunity is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 0447 Monday.

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