AD NUMBER: 2005-18-16
MANUFACTURER: General Electric
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-18-16
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-3A1 turbofan
engines installed on Bombardier series Regional Jets with certain
high pressure turbine (HPT) rotating components installed.
One woman was killed and more than a dozen people injured
Thursday when passengers evacuated a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane
on the ground at Colombo, Sri Lanka. They fled in panic after a
bomb scare that local police later suspected was a hoax.
Rowan Companies says a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter carrying 10
passengers and two crew members crashed in the Gulf of Tuesday
afternoon. All 12 persons aboard, including eight Rowan employees,
were rescued later that night by the US Coast Guard and transported
to nearby hospitals.
But "Sadly, There's Nothing FAA or AOPA Can Do Now To Restore
The Airport"
It's a victory for general aviation advocates, a bittersweet win
in the aftermath of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's midnight
bulldozing session at Meigs Field more than two years ago.
NOTAM: 5/8115
Issued: 09/08/2005 19:40
Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice
State: CA
Facility: ZLA - LOS ANGELES (ARTCC)PALMDALE, CA.
Type: HAZARDS
Description: JULIAN CA.
NOTAM Number: FDC 5/8101
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia near NORFOLK VORTAC (ORF)
Beginning Date: September 15, 2005 at 13:00 UTC
Ending Date: September 18, 2005 at 21:30 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: aerial demonstrations by the U.S. Navy Blue
Angels and other high performance aircraft.
Type: Airshow
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was wrong to bulldoze Meigs Field in
the middle of the night and now, Chicago will have to pay. That
word comes from the FAA, which has ordered the city to pay a
$33,000 fine. But the city still faces the possibility of a much
larger fine -- as the investigation into allegations that Daley
misused $1.5 million in FAA grants continues.
By NATA President James Coyne
Hurricane Katrina has totally transformed the political agenda
in Washington and these unforeseen winds will provide both
opportunities and challenges for pilots and aircraft operators
across the nation.
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp. says it has completed another
vital step in the FAA certification program -- Flight Test Aircraft
Serial Number 0003 has now finished all of its FAA flight testing,
with 100-percent value added to the final FAA certification
program, due later this year.
The NTSB has determined that the probable cause of the May 9,
2004 accident involving Executive Airlines, that crashed while
landing at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport San Juan, Puerto
Rico, was the captain's failure to execute proper techniques to
recover from bounced landings and his subsequent failure to execute
a go-around.
Ground teams conduct search and rescue operations, distibute
relief supplies
Members of the all-volunteer Civil Air Patrol, the auxiliary of
the U.S. Air Force, are conducting ongoing emergency operations in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines have reached an agreement for up
to 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, making LOT the first global network
carrier in Europe to operate the world's newest and most
technologically advanced commercial jetliner.
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists
create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids
and comets in our solar system. Researchers involved in NASA's Deep
Impact mission have been doing this kind of work since the
mission's July 4th collision with comet Tempel 1.
Vintage Warbirds Fly Relief Missions To Gulf Coast
On display for years as memorabilia of wars gone by, at least
two warbirds from the Commemorative Air Force have been pressed
into service on relief missions to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf
Coast.
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 saying either send us a check for $33,000 or request a
hearing."
Source: FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory, in a
statement to the Chicago Tribune. The FAA says Chicago Mayor
Richard Daley was out of bounds when he ordered the destruction of
Meigs Field more than two years ago and has fined the city the
maximum amount possible. But that byno means ends Chicago's trouble
in the wake of the midnight bulldozing. The city still faces the
possibility of a much larger fine -- as the investigation into
allegations that Daley misused $1.5 million in FAA grants
continues.