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Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean
October 18, 2006, 1:51 PM
November 2005

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept. 24, 2005–The AS 350 air taxi crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Kee Beach near Lihue, Kauai, under unknown circumstances. Three passengers were killed, and three people, including the pilot, were injured.

Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff
October 18, 2006, 1:50 PM
November 2005

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 8, 2005–Metro 5441F aborted the takeoff from Brownsville and ran off the runway. There were no injuries and the aircraft was not damaged. The airplane, registered to North Delaware Corp.

Preliminary Report: New Orleans Photo Flight Hits House
October 18, 2006, 1:48 PM
November 2005

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept. 7, 2005–A JetRanger photo flight operated by Helitrans of Manvel, Texas, crashed while maneuvering within the New Orleans temporary flight restricted area established after Hurricane Katrina.

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway
October 18, 2006, 1:47 PM
November 2005

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Birds Down Falcon 20
October 18, 2006, 1:46 PM
November 2005

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.

Congressional Observer: November 2005
October 18, 2006, 1:44 PM
November 2005

– Among the after-effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was a flood of Congressional bills to provide relief to the communities and people devastated by the storms.

Washington Report: November 2005
October 18, 2006, 1:41 PM
November 2005

Congress Might Clip NASA’s Wings
NASA’s use of seven of its fleet of 85 aircraft to transport employees to routine site visits, meetings, speeches and conferences cost American taxpayers $20 million more than having space agency personnel fly on the airlines.

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon
October 18, 2006, 1:37 PM
November 2005

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb. 16, 2005, en route to California from Richmond, Va., the chain’s headquarters.

Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005
October 18, 2006, 1:35 PM
November 2005

LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon

Operators take another look at fuel tankering
October 18, 2006, 1:31 PM
November 2005

Decades ago, AIN published one pilot’s mathematical formula for calculating the conditions that made fuel tankering viable.

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