NOTAM Number: FDC 7/6330
Issue Date: September 08, 2007 at 1136 UTC
Location: Jacksonville Center , Eglin Air Force Base Duke Field,
Florida near PANAMA CITY VORTAC (PFN)
Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately
Ending Date and Time: Until further notice
Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for accident
investigation
Type: Hazards
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Jacksonville (ZJX) Center, 904-549-1537
NOTAM Number: FDC 7/6339
Issue Date: September 08, 2007 at 1723 UTC
Location: Salt Lake City Center, 26 NE McCall, Idaho
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: Salt Lake City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560
NOTAM Number: FDC 7/6355
Issue Date: September 09, 2007 at 0249 UTC
Location: Salt Lake City Center, 13 NW Cascade, Idaho
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: Salt Lake City (ZLC) Center, 801-320-2560
NOTAM Number: FDC 7/6366
Issue Date: September 09, 2007 at 1535 UTC
Location: Seattle Center, Dallas, Oregon near CORVALLIS VOR/DME
(CVO)
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 7/6379
Issue Date: September 09, 2007 at 2258 UTC
Location: Los Angeles Center, Zion National Park, Utah near CEDAR
CITY VOR/DME (CDC)
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: Los Angeles (ZLA) Center, 661-265-8205
QinetiQ tells ANN its Zephyr High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) recently exceeded the official world
record time for the longest duration unmanned flight, with a 54
hour flight achieved during trials at the US Military's White Sands
Missile Range in New Mexico.
Are You Ready For Some SERIOUS Recurrent Training?
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.10.07 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.10.07
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Bonanzas To LaGuardia!
09.10.07 (ANN Special Feature, with CFI Bob Miller of "Over
The Airwaves.")
Two months after sky-darkening dust from severe storms nearly killed NASA's Mars exploration
rovers, the space agency reports its solar powered
robots are awake and ready to continue their mission.
Intends To Certify Older Citations With Williams FJ44-3
Engines
The move to re-engine older Cessna Citations has attracted
another interested company. Clifford Development tells ANN it
recently initiated a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) program to
re-engine the Cessna Citation S/II (CE-S550) with Williams
International FJ44-3 engines.
Show To Feature Aerial Salute By USAF Thunderbirds
Kennedy Space Center plays host to the inaugural World Space
Expo, celebrating NASA's 50 years in space exploration. World Space
Expo will take place from Thursday, November 1, 2007 through
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
east of Orlando, FL.
China Airlines has completed the required inspections on its own
and Mandarin Airlines 13 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, according to a
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) and Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) emergency airworthiness directive (EAD).
Projected Budget Surplus Means Refunds For Carriers
Nearly three years after Delta Air Lines pulled its hub operation out
of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport -- leaving scores of
unemployed workers and vacant gates in its wake -- things are now
far rosier for the central US mega-airport... and airport officials
are giving something back.
The Lieutenant Governor of Vermont is reportedly among the
candidates to succeed Marion Blakey as FAA Administrator when she
steps down Thursday, according to industry sources.
One wonders if the pilot of a Cessna 337 Skymaster, who was
"greeted" by two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets Saturday
after he flew into restricted airspace, has been able to slow his
heartbeat yet.
GPS isn't perfect... and during outages pilots need a suitable
backup. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association says while most
pilots use VORs, the FAA plans to decommission them in the next 15
to 20 years.
The Experimental Aircraft Association tells ANN the organization
was honored to welcome eight Medal of Honor recipients on Thursday
as part of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s
national convention being held in Green Bay, WI September 3-10.
US Air Force officials tell ANN two people were injured and five
were unhurt when an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter from Florida's
Hurlburt Field made a hard landing at approximately 2345 September
7 near Duke Field, FL.
Two persons onboard a Cessna 172 were killed, and another two
injured, when their plane apparently stalled shortly after takeoff
Saturday from Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9.)
The St. George Municipal Airport in St. George, UT has been
awarded a $7 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration
to purchase land for a new airport, the second large grant received
towards the project in little more than a year.
How much for an afterburner? Airbus plans to auction off around
1,000 components used on the once-proud Concorde supersonic
airliner fleet, according to Reuters.
In addition to a number of other exhibits, the South Dakota Air and
Space Museum currently features 25 aircraft ranging from World War
Two bomber and transport aircraft to the contemporary B-1B Lancer.
An error in any of the instruments connected to the aircraft static
air system. The error is caused when the static air source is not
located in an area where the air is not absolutely still (static).
Installation error affects the airspeed indicator, altimeter, and
vertical speed indicator, and changes as the angle of attack
changes.
“Every time I meet a Medal of Honor recipient, I
get a sense of the duty, honor, and commitment they have for this
country. I also sense that they received the honor for simply being
committed to those qualities. You represent the very best of our
country.”
Source: EAA President Tom Poberezny, welcoming
eight Congressional Medal of Honor recipients to the EAA Museum
last week.