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NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6971 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1737 UTC Location: Beale AFB, California near MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV) Beginning Date and Time: May 15, 2008 at 1425 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 15, 2008 at 1825 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons Type: Security Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6915 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1020 UTC Location: Malmstrom AFB, Montana near GREAT FALLS VORTAC (GTF) Beginning Date and Time: May 16, 2008 at 1845 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 18, 2008 at 2245 UTC Reason for NOTAM: High performance aerial demonstrations Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Great Falls (GTF) TRACON, 406-454-7508

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6966 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1734 UTC Location: Beale AFB, California near MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV) Beginning Date and Time: May 14, 2008 at 1425 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 14, 2008 at 1825 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons Type: Security Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6938 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1452 UTC Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma near WILL ROGERS VORTAC (IRW) Beginning Date and Time: May 21, 2008 at 1815 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 24, 2008 at 2330 UTC Reason for NOTAM: High performance aerial demonstrations during the Tinker AFB Star Spangle Salute Airshow Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Tinker AFB (TIK) Air Traffic Control Tower, 405-734-5232 Controlling Facility: ZFW ARTCC

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6936 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1449 UTC Location: Janesville, Wisconsin near JANESVILLE VOR/DME (JVL) Beginning Date and Time: May 22, 2008 at 2100 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 25, 2008 at 1915 UTC Reason for NOTAM: High performance Aerial demonstrations by the Canadian Snowbirds during the Southern Wisconsin Airfest Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Sothern Wisconsin Regional (JVL) Air Traffic Control Tower, 608-754-2611 Controlling Facility: ZAU ARTCC

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/6937 Issue Date: May 09, 2008 at 1450 UTC Location: Janesville, Wisconsin near JANESVILLE VOR/DME (JVL) Beginning Date and Time: May 22, 2008 at 1900 UTC Ending Date and Time: May 25, 2008 at 2200 UTC Reason for NOTAM: High performance aerial and parachute demonstrations during the Southern Wisconsin Airfest Type: Airshow Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Southern Wisconsin Regional (JVL) Air Traffic Control Tower, 608-754-2611 Controlling Facility: Chicago (ZAU) ARTCC

Former Qantas Exec Will Plead Guilty To Price Fixing

McCaffrey To Serve 8 Months In Prison For Cargo Scam

The US Department of Justice announced Friday the former highest-ranking Qantas Airways Limited cargo executive employed in the United States has agreed to plead guilty, serve eight months in jail, and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.

Boeing Begins Contract Talks With IAM

Both Sides Differ On Health Care, Benefits

Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) began negotiations Friday towards a new labor contract for more than 26,000 employees, largely in the Seattle area, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS.

Two Lost In Extra 300 Downing Near Phoenix

Plane Crashed While Returning To Airport

Two men onboard an Extra 300L aerobatic plane were killed Friday afternoon when their plane went down about seven miles east of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA).

Predator Combat Air Patrols Double In One Year

UAVs Handling More And More Dirty Work

A significant unmanned aerial vehicle warfighting milestone was reached more than two years ahead of schedule May 1, with the beginning of the 24th MQ-1 Predator combat air patrol in the global war on terror, Air Force officials announced this week.

NASA Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests

Important Step Towards Development Of J-2X Motor

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020.

M7 Aerospace Celebrates Five Year Anniversary

Began Operations April 1, 2003

M7 Aerospace recently celebrated its fifth year providing services to the aerospace industry. M7 Aerospace began operations with 175 employees on April 1, 2003.

Boeing Performs Wing Mate On First P-8A Poseidon

Weapons-Carrying 737 To Be Delivered To Navy In 2009

Boeing joined the wing assembly and fuselage of the first P-8A Poseidon for the US Navy on May 1 in Renton, WA.

Duncan Aviation Completes Falcon 900B Honeywell AFGS Upgrade

First Advanced File Graphics Server Upgrade In Type

Duncan Aviation's Glass Box Project recently added to its extensive lineup with the installation and certification of the Honeywell Advanced File Graphics Server (AFGS) upgrade in a Falcon 900B. The AFGS is a computing platform bringing advanced graphics generation capabilities, such as electronic charts and uplinked weather, together with mass data storage to allow for the operation of flight display applications.

Innotech Aviation To Open New Paint Facility In July

Marc Savoie Named Manager Of Montreal Center

With the walls now going up, Innotech Aviation’s new state-of-the art 41,000 paint preparation and application facility is scheduled to open doors to clients in July, 2008. The company began its construction in late November last year, having finalized the design in the Fall.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.10.08)

Aero-Linx!

As the formal Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach, they promote the science and majestic beauty of the universe for use in the classroom.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.10.08): White Dwarf

Aero-Terms!

A whitish star of high surface temperature and low intrinsic brightness with a mass approximately equal to that of a Sun but with a density many times larger.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.10.08)

"They're posturing to take away benefits that we've fought hard for. That strategy is as flawed as their 787 production system."

Source: Tom Wroblewski, president of Machinists Union Local 751 in Seattle, WA. Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) began negotiations Friday towards a new labor contract for more than 26,000 employees, largely in the Seattle area, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS.