Sometimes flight attendants, God bless 'em, have to deal with a
Passenger From Hell. Take Mark McGovern, for instance. ("Take" is
used strictly figuratively here. The FBI has him under lock at key
already -- you could say he's "been taken" already -- and you're
about to learn why). McGovern was a passenger aboard United 1502,
service from Orlando to Washington, DC, who pushed the deportment
envelope a little bit too far.
Talk about learning how to take control of a situation... L-3
Communications has announced that its Link Simulation and Training
(Link) division is debuting a helicopter gunner simulator that can
be networked to other simulation systems to provide collective
training of in-flight crew skills.
Medevac Service Has Suffered Two Accidents In Past Two
Months... One Fatal
After two of its helicopters have gone down in accidents less
than a month apart, Airlift Northwest told ANN last week the
company will conduct a one day voluntary "stand down" on Tuesday,
November 29, in order to review its safety procedures as part a
larger comprehensive internal and external review to ensure the
organization operates with the best practices in the aviation
industry.
While it's lamentable nearly all the 53 sleek Beechcraft
Starships built will never see the skies again, it's nice to hear
one airplane has been saved from the scrap pile and given a new
lease on life: as a training tool for students at Utah's Salt Lake
Community College.
A 67-year old Indian textile millionaire appears to have broken
the world altitude record for a hot air balloon this weekend --
with a relative lack of fanfare.
ANN REAL TIME UPDATE: 11.28.05 1530 EST--- The FAA
has requested a federal mediator oversee its talks with
the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, with a goal
of reaching an agreement no later than December 25 with the
approximately 15,000 controllers represented by the
union.
It isn't easy to be Andrew Card. As if President Bush's Chief of
Staff doesn't have enough to worry about -- with falling numbers in
the polls, an ongoing federal investigation and the day-to-day
running of the White House -- Card got quite a scare over the
weekend as he was traveling from the Bush ranch in Crawford, TX
back to Washington.
Have you ever thought about the amount of detail and
organization that goes into planning an air show? Whether its an
endeavour as monumental as Oshkosh, a military demonstration at a
local air force base, or just a weekend fly-in at the grass strip
south of town -- an air show requires a tremendous amount of
logistical preparation and support to pull off. Fortunately, those
who attempt to bring the thrill of flight to the masses have some
help: the International Council of Air Shows, or ICAS.
Thrusters Latest Issue To Strike Trouble-Prone Probe
A Japanese spacecraft on an unprecedented mission to collect
samples from an asteroid and bring them home to Earth is indeed on
its way back -- but may have been damaged in landing.
Murphy double-teamed the SpaceX Launch Team on Omelek Island in
the Kwajalein Atoll this weekend with two separate problems, either
of which would have been enough to lead to a cancellation on its
own. The mission has been postponed again. But what's worse, what
began as a another 24-hour hold is now looking likely to be a
longer delay.
A new generation medium twin AB139 helicopter recently made its
first appearance at the Dubai Airshow. The aircraft on display was
delivered last week to Abu Dhabi Aviation and is the first
offshore/VIP configured AB139 to be delivered in the Middle East
region.
It's getting so you can't improve your facilities anymore. A
colony of rare bats has threatened development of a runway at
Hamburg that Airbus wants to extend to facilitate a completion
center for the A380F; and an elusive wildcat and a small bird that
is said to be a territorial land hog have teamed up to disrupt
Skytruck USA's importation plans.
On January 7th & 8th 2006 the Midwest Aviation Conference
and Trade show will be hosting a wide variety of aviation
celebrities representing the last fifty years of aviation
history.
Several Airmen joined the 22nd Maintenance Squadron's equipment
excellence section in a Refurb Rollout ceremony Nov. 21, which
celebrated the end of McConnell AFB’s first complete KC-135
Stratotanker refurbishment.
Marines flying AH-1W Super Cobras, soaring through the skies of
Iraq, are growing accustomed to using precision guided ordnance,
maximizing the damage to their targets while minimizing collateral
damage.
Airbus and CAE have celebrated the one-thousandth pilot trained
by the flight training cooperation that the two companies first
established three years ago.
Aero Medical Products Mfg., Inc.(formally known as Egan
Aviation) received its 327th FAA/STC-PMA approval for their
Advanced Life Support Stretcher System. The newest approval is for
the Lear 35 and 55.
2000 DA20-C1 Katana, N897CT, Serial CO112, August 2005 Annual
Inspection, Garmin GNC 420 plus Bendix/King Avionics, very clean
& well equipped. Located in Houston TX
Exterior Quality: 9, Interior Quality: 9
Used, will sell for $75,900.00
“We are destroying target after target in support
of ground combat brethren... It’s been rare to have a
day go by without contact with the enemy. We have a lot of young
Cobra pilots. Some are on their first deployment, some are seeing
combat for the first time. But, they are all doing a tremendous
job.”
Source: USMC Maj. John Barranco, the
officer-in-charge of the 'Gunfighters' Al Qaim (Iraq)
detachment.