NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4442
Issue Date: June 14, 2007 at 1708 UTC
Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island near PROVIDENCE VORTAC
(PVD)
Beginning Date and Time: June 21, 2007 at 1600 UTC
Ending Date and Time: June 24, 2007 at 2045 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Aerial demonstrations by the U.S. Navy Blue
Angels and other teams
Type: Airshow
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Providence (PVD) Air Traffic Control Tower,
401-738-8945
Largest Fleet Order So Far For Newest SR22 Variant
PlaneSmart Aviation told ANN Thursday of its signing of a
multi-million dollar deal to replace the fractional's current fleet
of Cirrus SR22-G2s with all new Cirrus SR22-G3s. The agreement is
the largest fleet purchase of this type, since the new G3s were
introduced in April of this year.
Project Has Received $63M In Earmarks Over Almost Two
Decades
On paper, it looks really good. An inexpensive VTOL plane with a
range of 5,000 miles and a top speed of 700 mph, capable of
carrying 48 fully armed soldiers and a Humvee. What general
wouldn't want to have seen such a tool on the battlefield? Turns
out, all of them.
What started as a troublesome glitch in stabilization systems
onboard the International Space Station has grown into a more
worrisome -- though not yet critical -- situation.
Signal Identical To Public Broadcasts On NASA Website
When new mom Natalie Meilinger checked her baby monitor Sunday,
the Palatine, IL resident heard a strange voice apparently coming
out of her three-and-a-half-month old son's room.
Dassault Falcon tells ANN the first Falcon 7X entered service
Wednesday, following delivery to Mr. Gilbert Chagoury, Founder and
Chairman of The Chagoury Group. It arrived at 4:50 AM Thursday in
Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France following a non-stop flight
from Dassault's completion center in Little Rock, AR.
To demonstrate what the company calls "its commitment to giving
flight safety the highest priority," Eurocopter recently created an
in-house flight safety directorate, headed by Jean-Pierre Dedieu,
Executive Director of Customer Support, who reports directly to the
Eurocopter CEO.
Rocket-Powered Jet Would Carry Four Tourists Into Suborbital
Space
And we thought the Airbus A380 was far-reaching. On Wednesday,
European aerospace consortium EADS unveiled a model of its proposed
entry into the growing space tourism industry: a rocket-powered jet
designed to take paying passengers over 62 miles above the
Earth.
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 06.14.07 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.14.07 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Is Now The Time For Air Taxis?:
06.14.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Steve Hanvey of
SATSAir.)
Below is the full text of a speech given Wednesday before the
Joint Planning and Development Office on Capitol Hill by FAA
Administrator Marion Blakey.
ANN's Pete Combs rides along with Steve Hanvey of Smart Air Travel Solutions, an air taxi provider operating for two years now using a fleet of Cirrus SR22s.
NASa reports astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson
continued work to activate the International Space Station's
Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment during STS-117's second
spacewalk. The 7-hour, 16-minute excursion wrapped up at 2144 EDT
Wednesday.
Three Airlines Receive Failing Grades; New Hotline
Announced
Advocates for an airline passenger bill of rights announced
Wednesday that American, United and US Airways had all failed the
group’s first Strandings Report Card, based on the total
number of flights subject to excessive delays and strandings and
other factors.
Jams Signals From Cell Phones, Garage Door Openers
It first appeared at the end of the Vietnam conflict and served
in Kosovo and during the first Gulf war. Its electronic warfare
system is considered so valuable by the Pentagon, it makes sure no
US aircraft carrier goes into battle without a few on board.
Runway Relocation, New Hangars To Support Corporate
Aviation
Commissioners for Carroll County, MD approved a plan Tuesday to
extend and relocate the main runway at Carroll County Regional
Airport/Jack B. Poage Field in Westminster.
Union Demands Extra Security; Airline Says Shorter Work Hours
Real Motivator
Fearing a repeat incident with aggressive passengers, airline
workers went on strike for a second day on Tuesday stranding about
20,000 travelers at Buenos Aires' Jorge Newbery Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration recently performed its
annual re-certification and safety inspection of the Gogebic-Iron
County Airport (IWD) in Ironwood, MI. The airport received a rather
long list of honey-dos that has to be completed by December 31.
The submerged wreckage of a rented Diamond Star DA-40 that went
down in Arizona's Lake Pleasant last month has been located. Using
a special underwater camera, searchers located the wreckage Tuesday
in more than 120 feet of water, according to the Arizona
Republic.
Add yet another high-flying organization opposed to general
aviation pilots being burdened by user fees. The Balloon Federation
of America announced Wednesday it has joined The Alliance for
Aviation Across America, and its fight against proposed user fees
in the FAA's reauthorization plan.
Paramount Airlines has operated safely in Sierra Leone for more
than five years -- but the government of the West African
country is determined to prosecute the carrier following a
helicopter crash earlier this month, killing a 20-member Togolese
sports delegation and the two Russian pilots.
The 22nd Annual Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Fly-In will take
place June 20-23, 2007 at the historic William T. Piper Memorial
Airport in Lock Haven, PA. This year's theme is "70 years of
Piper". Featured aircraft are the L-4 and PA-24 Comanche.
"When it's flying we have greater success and fewer
IEDs going off. It's kind of an insurance policy."
Source: US Navy Capt. David Woods, one of the
Navy's most experienced EA-6B Prowler pilots. The Vietnam-era
aircraft's primary function until now has been to escort US attack
jets while jamming the enemy radios, hostile radars and air defense
batteries aimed at them... but it has recently been redefined to
take on a new mission: jamming ground signals from devices such as
mobile phones and garage door openers that act as detonators for
improvised explosive devices (IED).
NOTAM Number: FDC 7/4258
Issue Date: June 13, 2007 at 1709 UTC
Location: Waco, Texas near WACO VORTAC (ACT)
Beginning Date and Time: June 17, 2007 at 1750 UTC
Ending Date and Time: June 17, 2007 at 1855 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very
Important Person) Movement
Type: VIP
Replaced NOTAM(s): 7/4223: Change due to date error
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