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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/7336 Issue Date: July 13, 2008 at 1748 UTC Location: 6 S FELTS FIELD , Washington Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: SEATTLE (ZSE) Center, 253-351-3520

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/7328 Issue Date: July 13, 2008 at 1521 UTC Location: WENATCHEE , Washington near MALAGA VOR/DME (EAT) 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: SEATTLE (ZSE) Center, 253-351-3520

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/7342 Issue Date: July 13, 2008 at 2059 UTC Location: TROUT LAKE , Washington near KLICKITAT VOR/DME (LTJ) 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: SEATTLE (ZSE) Center, 253-351-3520

Farnborough '08: Bombardier Launches CSeries With LOI From Lufthansa

Sorry, Kansas City: Plane Will Be Built In Mirabel

Bombardier announced Sunday its Board of Directors has granted approval for the launch of the CSeries family of five-abreast commercial airliners, intended to offer airlines superior economics, performance, environmental and passenger-oriented improvements for the next quarter century.

Rare Autogiro Flies... AND It Will Be At AirVenture!

Pitcairn PA-18 To Be Displayed Outside Famous 'Red Barn'

The Experimental Aircraft Association announced last week Jack and Kate Tiffany and the crew of Leading Edge Restorations have completed the restoration of the only flying Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro in existence, originally built in 1932.

Diamond Outlines Plans For A Post-Thielert Future

Offers DA42 Position Holders Incentives To Transfer Orders

In a customer communique sent hours after Diamond Aircraft publicly announced its intent to forego bidding for the assets of troubled Thielert Aircraft Engines, the planemaker made it clear it plans for a future without TAE powerplants in Diamond planes.

Branson Foresees At Least One Major US Airline Folding

Predicts "Spectacular Casualties" In Global Industry

Dire predictions about the continued existence of a number of airlines have become de rigueur these days... with each prognosticator amping up the doom-and-gloom. Problem is... their predictions are probably pretty close to the mark, if not dead center.

Farnborough '08: Air India To Showcase Its 777 At Show

10th Triple-7 Delivered Off December 2005 Order

It's one thing for a manufacturer to showcase its wares at a high-profile trade show. It's even better when their customers do it for them. Air India's newest Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane arrived Saturday in Farnborough, United Kingdom, ahead of Monday's opening of the Farnborough International Air Show.

Hartzell Gains STC Approval For Top Prop On G36 Bonanzas

Owners Say Three-Blade Prop Offers Improved Performance

Hartzell Propeller Inc. now offers a three-bladed Top Prop propeller for new Beechcraft Bonanza G36 piston single aircraft. The new Supplemental Type Certificate applies to all F33A, V35B, A36 and G36 Bonanzas powered by factory original TCM IO-520 and IO-550 engines, including aircraft equipped with 28 volt electrothermal propeller de-ice systems.

Ballistic Recovery Systems Passes LAMA Audit

First Parachute-Maker To Complete ASTM Compliance Process

Whole-aircraft emergency parachute manufacturer Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. announced this week it had passed its Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) audit for compliance with the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards for production of emergency whole aircraft parachute recovery systems.

Jet Works Air Center Names New Director Of Avionics

Rick Purcella Was Previously With Rockwell Collins

Jet Works Air Center in Denton, TX recently announced the appointment of Rick Purcella as their new Director of Avionics.

NATA Launches 'Hotline' To Report Illegal Charters

Watchdog Effort Funded Through FAA Grant

Funded by a grant from the FAA, the National Air Transport Association announced Friday the availability of a toll-free hotline for certificated operators to report suspected illegal commercial activity.

WACO Classic Aircraft Offers Upgraded Avionics

Panel-Mounted GPS Now Included On New Biplanes

Hot on the heels of its recent transfer of ownership, WACO Classic Aircraft Corporation told ANN this weekend that all newly manufactured WACO YMF biplanes now feature an updated Garmin avionics panel, including panel mounted GPS with moving map.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.13.08)

Aero-Linx!

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established originally in 1984 as the Mercury Seven Foundation by the six surviving members of America's original Mercury Seven astronauts.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.13.08): Hour Angle

Aero-Terms!

The angle between an observer's meridian and the hour circle on which some celestial body lies. This angle is conventionally expressed in units of time (hours, minutes, and seconds), which gives the time elapsed since the celestial body's last transit at the observer's meridian (for a positive hour angle), or the time unit the next transit (for a negative hour angle).

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.13.08)

"While all of us in the Diamond family -- customers, service centers, distributors and Diamond Aircraft – are negatively affected by the TAE insolvency to varying degrees, in the interest of our customers and business partners we are doing our utmost to make the best of a difficult situation. We aspire to provide you with programs that will give you choices, and a better opportunity to make the best out of the hand we all have been dealt."

Source: From a Diamond Aircraft customer communique sent hours after the planemaker publicly announced its intent to forego bidding for the assets of troubled Thielert Aircraft Engines. Diamond made it clear it plans for a future without TAE powerplants in Diamond planes... but also said it continues t