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Florida Congressman Clay Shaw (R-Fort Lauderdale) introduced H.Res. 500, in the U.S. House of Representatives late last week, in order to honor the 14 men who were lost in the disappearance of Flight 19, and the 13 men of their search and rescue team who also never returned.

Army Museum Had To Let It Go -- And It Was Not All It Seemed

Working for Aero-News, we learn about something new every day. But every once in a while you learn about something that you just can't get your skull around, and one example is shown in this photograph from a rotorcraft fan website...

The FAA is changing its online IFR reservation system (electronic Special Traffic Management Procedure — e-STMP). And AOPA was involved to make sure it meets the needs of general aviation pilots.

Congress Opens New Front In Wright Amendment Battle

Bill Would Allow Service To MO From Love Field

Congress approved legislation Friday that, if passed by the president, might put another chink in the armor suit surrounding the Wright Amendment. The transportation spending bill, which is expected to receive President Bush's signature, contains a provision allowing airlines to begin nonstop flights from Dallas's Love Field (DAL) to Missouri.

Three Mississippi airports will receive more than $7.2 million in federal funds to repair terminal buildings, hangars, airfield equipment and other facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, SecTran Norman Y. Mineta said.

The highly-regarded MacDill AFB Airshow has become the latest casualty of security issues and the ever-shrinking availability of needed resources.

Challenging Refresher Concept In Rockies or Alaska

When it's time for a Biennial Flight Review or Instrument Competency Check, a lot of pilots look for the cheapest and easiest way to check off these requirements. If that describes you, you can stop reading now.

ISS Status Report #57, 4 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2005

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev took a short ride away from the International Space Station Friday, flying their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.

"[I]t was never an aircraft... It never flew. It was essentially an incomplete concept model, the shell of an idea. It was never structurally completed. It was never mechanically completed. It was never electrically harnessed. There was only one rotor head produced, the second was not. There were only blades made for the one head. There were no drive train components. The upper structures both fore and aft were never manufactured. The interior was never completed. In no way, shape, or form did it qualify as an aircraft, historic or otherwise."

Source: R. Steve Maxham, Army Aviation Museum Curator, at Ft Rucker, Alabama, commenting on a controversy that has exploded across the internet very un-helicopter-like speed.

California TFR: UFN

NOTAM: 5/0808 Issued: 11/19/2005 21:20 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: CA Facility: ZLA - LOS ANGELES (ARTCC)PALMDALE, CA. Type: HAZARDS Description: VENTURA CA