Detailed Information In AIR, Inc.’s 2005-06 U.S. Airlines
Salary Survey
Those airline careers ain't quite they used to be... according
to Aviation Information Resources, Inc. (AIR, Inc.), which has
released its 2005-06 edition of the U.S. Airlines Salary Survey
this month.
I've hinted at a major announcement for a few months now,
usually in reference to our many concerns about Sun 'n Fun, and I
guess that it's time to let the feline out of the paper
enclosure.
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of
whole-airplane parachute recovery systems for general aviation and
recreational aircraft, reported a total of $8,115,544 in sales for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
A sad fate may have befallen southern Massachusetts aviator
David Frawley (pictured, right), whose death on December 16th at
age 85 was initially ruled an accidental fall.
ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 12.27.05 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.27.05
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Phil Boyer Looks Back at 2005 and
Forward to 2006 (Part 3 of 3): 12.27.05 (ANN's
Feature News Program, with the AOPA's Phil Boyer, Part Three Of
Three)
Despite his repeated admonishments that NASA's fleet of three
remaining space shuttles will be grounded after 2010, NASA
Administrator Michael Griffin is being cautioned by the ranking
member of the Senate's space subcommittee to not count out the
shuttle fleet just yet -- especially as it remains to be seen if
the shuttles will be able to carry out their mission requirements
by then.
One Six Right is an inspiring documentary film that celebrates
the unsung hero of aviation — the local airport. This film
shares the timeless romance of flying and dispels common
misconceptions about general aviation airports by tracing the life,
history, and struggles of an airport icon: Southern California's
Van Nuys Airport (VNY).
Signs Of the Times: What Goes Up, Must Be Regulated
ANN is currently reviewing an extensive 123 page NPRM that FAA
will place in the public docket this Thursday, December 29th, 2005.
This is the long-awaited NPRM that will signal FAA's opening salvo
in their intent to regulate the fledgling private/commercial
spaceflight market.
Aero-News has learned, sadly, that last week's accident
involving a Cessna 172 that went down outside Gilroy, CA has
claimed a fifth life. In addition to the four passengers who
perished in the Wednesday night accident, one of the rescuers who
valiantly attempted to reach the accident scene, gave his life in
that noble duty.
A new and unique online "museum" is now on the Web to help
launch the 65th year of the Civil Air Patrol, born December 1, 1941
to help blunt the early WWII campaign against U.S. shipping with
civilian pilots and private airplanes.
Two pilots lost their lives Saturday when their homebuilt Kitfox
aircraft went down east of Niwot, CO after performing what
witnesses described as a series of stall maneuvers.
Cautions Carriers Against Dispatching In Ice Pellet
Conditions
Sources within the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
tell Aero-News that last week, the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) issued a reminder to airlines, charter operators and FAA
inspectors that operating in ice pellet conditions with anti-icing
fluids on the critical surfaces of an aircraft is contrary to FAA
guidance and policy expressed in two FAA Notices.
A pilot who is diagnosed with a complex medical condition is no
longer automatically grounded indefinitely. And now, it is even
simpler for a pilot with bladder cancer, melanoma, renal (kidney)
cancer, or breast cancer to renew his or her special issuance
medical certificate.
The semi-official China News Service has reported the country
plans to add as many as 142 aircraft to its commercial fleet in the
next year, to handle the air transport needs of the burgeoning
market.
Singapore Airlines is rumored to be near to completing a deal
that would match or exceed the recent $10 billion order rival
Australian carrier Qantas placed with Boeing.
A Lebanese man who was supposed to serve a life sentence in
Germany for the murder of a US Navy Diver onboard a hijacked TWA
flight in 1985 has been released -- much to the disappointment and
anger of the United States.
EAA is promising that the daily afternoon air shows
at Oshkosh 2006 will be even better for audiences in
2006. The 54th annual Fly-In will be held July 24-30 at Wittman
Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
Testing of the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine in the U.S. Air
Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) C-1 test
cell began Dec. 7, and represents a critical transition between the
development and qualification phases of the overall F135
program.
"These and all other medical conditions included in the
AASI program pose a relatively low risk for incapacitation, and are
therefore eligible for AME reissuance once the FAA has issued an
authorization."
Source: AOPA's Gary Crump, noting
that pilots diagnosed with a complex medical condition
are no longer automatically grounded indefinitely.
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