ANN REALTIME UPDATE 02.17.06 1830EST: Marine officials
say two of the combined 12 people onboard the two CH-53 Super
Stallion helicopters that went down Friday near Djibouti have been
rescued, and the search continues for the 10 who are still
missing.
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/2045
Issue Date: February 17, 2006 at 17:43 UTC
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Beginning Date and Time: February 20, 2006 at
16:00 UTC
Ending Date and Time: February 20, 2006 at 19:25
UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions
for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement
Type: VIP
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/2043
Issue Date: February 17, 2006 at 17:35 UTC
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Beginning Date and Time: February 20, 2006 at
19:15 UTC
Ending Date and Time: February 20, 2006 at 22:30
UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions
for VIP (Very Important Person) Movement
Type: VIP
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Are airlines collaborating to fix prices for running freight?
That's what US, European and Asian regulators want to know, and
they've started to probe more than a dozen airlines this week in
hopes of finding the answer.
NOTAM Number: FDC 6/2031
Issue Date: February 17, 2006 at 16:18 UTC
Location: Manteca, California near MANTECA VORTAC
(ECA)
Beginning Date and Time: Effective
Immediately
Ending Date and Time: Until further notice
Reason for NOTAM: Law enforcement operation
Type: Hazards
Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A
Pilots May Contact: Oakland (ZOA) Center,
510-745-3331
Is a 3.3 percent margin of error good enough? That is the
question being asked after Airbus officials revealed Thursday an
A380 wing failed during stress testing earlier this week.
Bombardier Flexjet, the fractional business jet ownership
program of Bombardier Aerospace, told Aero-News Friday the company
is expanding its services into Canada.
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 02.17.06 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.17.06
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- NM Spaceport Approved:
02.17.06 (ANN's Feature News Program, with New Mexico EDDS
Rick Homans.)
"Consensual Solution In The Best Interests Of All
Concerned"
Just as talks come down to the wire in negotiations between
Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, and their workers, the
Allied Pilots Association (APA) issued the following statement of
support Thursday for the pilots of those beleagured carriers.
Aero-News is looking ahead -- and forward -- to spending some
time in sunny Palm Springs, CA for the 49th annual Aircraft
Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show
in April.
BAE Systems recently demonstrated its vertical takeoff and
landing unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Fort Benning, GA, for the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and US Army
representatives.
In a conference call Thursday, New Mexico Economic Development
Secretary Rick Homans announced the New Mexico state legislature
has approved $100 million in funding for the development of a
commercial spaceport near Truth or Consequences.
Had Been Scheduled To Vote Friday On Voiding Contracts
US Bankruptcy Court judge Allan Gropper has granted a stay of
execution, of sorts, in the ongoing battle between Northwest
Airlines and its pilots and flight attendants.
The good news about 2005 continues to come in. Aero-News learned
Thursday that the final sales figures for Dassault are in... and
2005 was a VERY good year for the French manufacturer.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Sebastian Telfair had some
explaining to do this week... to the team, the TSA, and even his
girlfriend, after a handgun was found onboard the team's private
jet as it was being readied for departure from Logan International
Airport in Boston last weekend.
Lasers are in the news again -- alas, not because of some
scientific development, but instead because at least 16 pilots
landing their planes at Detroit Metro Airport in a single night
report having been flashed by potentially blinding, focused beams
of light.
A man whom authorities say claimed there was a bomb aboard an
AirTran Airways flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta last month was
indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday.
With the recovery of an SH-60 helicopter from Helicopter
Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 8, USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74)
flight deck was certified capable of conducting regular flight
operations February 8, transforming the ship from a carrier in
maintenance back to an operational carrier.
For several days we’ve been demystifying an
airplane’s electrical system by comparing it to water
flow. Check out the diagram, sharpen your #2 pencil, and see
what you’ve learned. Answers are at the end of the
article.
Autogyro
An autogyro (only an autogiro when made by Cierva), sometimes
called a gyroplane or Gyrocopter™, is an aircraft with an
unpowered rotary wing, or rotor, that resembles a helicopter.
Source: New Mexico Economic Development
Secretary Rick Homans, after the state legislature authorized
approximately $110 million in funding for the development of a
commercial spaceport near Truth or Consequences. The bill
authorizes funding for the spaceport through 2009.