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Utah TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6129 Issued: 07/20/2005 23:20 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: UT Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT. Type: HAZARDS Description: 16 MILES S OF RICHFIELD.

New Mexico TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6148 Issued: 07/21/2005 18:40 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: NM Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 7 MILES SW OF TORREON NM.

Arizona TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6128 Issued: 07/20/2005 22:50 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAFFORD AZ.

Arizona TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6145 Issued: 07/21/2005 17:40 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 28 MILES NE OF GLOBE AZ.

Montana TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6137 Issued: 07/21/2005 08:20 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: MT Facility: ZLC - SALT LAKE CITY (ARTCC),UT. Type: HAZARDS Description: SW OF JACKSON MT.

Arizona TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6130 Issued: 07/21/2005 00:20 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 2 MILES NW OF BAGDAD AZ.

Arizona TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6160 Issued: 07/21/2005 21:10 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 8 MILES SOUTH OF SUNFLOWER AZ.

Arizona TFR: Until Further Notice

NOTAM: 5/6157 Issued: 07/21/2005 19:50 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AZ Facility: ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. Type: HAZARDS Description: 19 MILES EAST OF TONTO BASIN AZ.

First Flight: Grob SPn Utility Jet

Maiden Flight "Fully Met" Expectations Of Manufacturer

The Grob SPn Utility Jet took off Wednesday from the Allgau/Memmingen airport in Southern Germany for its maiden flight, a mission about which company executives seemed more than pleased.

Drunk Pilots Sentenced

Prison Time For Pilots

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge David Young sentenced Captain Thomas Cloyd to five years in prison, and co-pilot Christopher Hughes to two-and-a-half years Thursday. The two men were found guilty last month of operating an aircraft in July 2002 while drunk.

Another Oshkosh Sneak-Peek: Twin Twin Stars Inbound!

As promised, Diamond will be displaying two versions of its exciting new DA42 Twin Star at next week's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Certified: Bell 210

The Bell 210 medium transport helicopter received its FAA Certification Thursday following a development program that stretched from Texas to Tennessee.

What's In A Name? Onex-Owned Boeing Plants Get New Moniker

Make That Spirit Aerosystems

The company once Boeing Commercial Aircraft, then Mid-Western Aircraft, is calling itself something else again. Onex's plants in Wichita, KS; Tulsa, OK; and McAlester, OK are now known as Spirit Aerosystems.

Excel-Jet's Sport Jet Readying For First Flight

Airframe Comes in 200 Pounds Under Forecast Weight

One of the more intriguing VLJ projects in the offing, is a quiet effort from the fellow who designed the Maverick Twin-Jet...

Aussie Helo Overweight At Time Of Fatal Crash

Four Lost On Way Home From Fishing Trip

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau has issued its final report on the November 8th, 2003 crash of a Robinson R-44 carrying four men on their way back from a fishing trip in Kununurra. The aircraft, headed for Cape Dommett, went down in a stand of trees about 17-minutes after take-off.

ANN Free Classifieds Featured Ad: Stinson 108-3

For Sale: Stinson 108

1948 108-3 165HC Franklin, 2746 TT, 510 SMOH, 88 STOH, restored 1988, Hangared. $37,500 OBO. Owned by aviation artist Sam Lyons in GA. Tell them Herk Strumpf Sent you. Call 770-928-8050 or email sam@lyonsstudio.com Exterior Quality: 9, Interior Quality: 9 Used, will sell for $37,500.00 (or best offer)

Body Of Navy Aviator Found In China Lake Mid-Air

Two Others Bruised, But Doing Okay, Navy Says

The body of a Navy aviator was found in the California desert Wednesday after his F/A-18E collided with an F-model on Monday.

Long Haul, Tight Squeeze

F-100C Makes Last Journey As It's Towed To Georgia Museum

It's not easy being Dennis Oliver. The man in charge of restoration at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA, not only has to know all the nuances of military symbology, paint mixtures and anti-aging tricks. He also has to know how to get an F-100C onto the road and into the museum without dinging it.

Aero-Views UPDATE: Not Such An Ingrate After All

In a recent Aero-Views, "Ingrates on Afterburner," I teed off on one Tom MacRae, who wrote a sarcastic letter to the editor when jets flew overhead early one morning. The paper followed up with a query to Luke AFB, whence the jets launched, only to discover that the planes had been flying low for a solemn purpose -- to conduct a "missing-man" flyby...

Sacramento To Aviation Deputies: Goodbye

More Than 1,000 Turn Out For Memorial Service

A formation of twelve helicopters flew over a four-mile long procession of law enforcement vehicles -- a final goodbye to two Sacramento County, CA, deputies killed in the crash of their Eurocopter EC-120 reportedly suffered a catastrophic engine failure July 13th.

The Countdown Starts (Again) Saturday

NASA Aims for Tuesday Morning Launch

NASA officials have announced plans to the begin the countdown to a July 26 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. The countdown will start Saturday, with a test of the External Tank to follow early on launch day. If all goes well with the test, the countdown will continue to liftoff at 1039 EDT on Tuesday.

NASA Develops New In-Flight Fire Sensors

Hopes To Eliminate Threat Of False Alarms

Second to an actual in-flight fire, the threat of such a fire is one of the most unnerving possibilities a pilot can face. Now, NASA says it's come up with a new fire alarm system agency officials believe will greatly reduce the number of false fire alarms on board aircraft.

NASA Technology Helps Smooth Bumpy Airline Rides

Langley Comes Up With Turbulence Reporting System

Most airline passengers and flight crews have one thing in common: they don't like turbulence. Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, and AeroTech Research (USA), Newport News, VA, have developed an automatic turbulence reporting system.

FAA Sends Six Sport Pilot Experts To AirVenture

Oshkosh Highlights The Latest On New Rule

By ANN Correspondent John Ballentyne Last year at EAA AirVenture, FAA was proud to have just released the new (and complex) rules for sport pilots and light-sport aircraft. Predictably, the past year has been very busy for the folks in FAA Light-Sport Aviation Branch, AFS-610.

Aero-Views: Perception Problem

A Matter Of Public perception

By AOPA President Phil Boyer Most of us in aviation have become familiar with the NASA-FAA-Industry partnership called SATS, the Small Aircraft Transportation System. Looking ahead to 2025 the stated purpose of this endeavor is to revolutionize transportation: "American citizens will enjoy an improved quality of life, and communities and the private sector will reap significant economic benefits."

Servicemembers Get a Sneak Preview of 'Stealth'

Military members from the area and patients from the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., were invited to a special premiere of the summer blockbuster "Stealth" July 19 at a downtown theater.

I Can SE!

Rockwell Collins Completes Successful SE-Vision Test Flights

Rockwell Collins' SE-Vision program has reached a new milestone by successfully completing military and commercial test flights in New Mexico and New Jersey in June. SE-Vision flight deck technology, which integrates synthetic vision generated scenes with real-time enhanced vision imagery, is being developed by Rockwell Collins in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), NASA Langley Research Center and Max-Viz.

Aero-News Quote Of The Day (07.20.05)

"I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." Source: Buzz Aldrin, the Lunar Module pilot, which he uttered shortly after landing on the moon 36 years ago. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, touched down in the Lunar Module as Michael Collins orbited overhead.

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