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Core lock studied at CL600 crash hearing
October 9, 2006, 7:44 AM
July 2005

“It caught my eye becauseit was…different,” said Brad Brooks, a customer service agent. That difference was an angleof ascent more than 45 degrees– other than a brief correction so violent that the tail pitched over the nose. “I’ve never seen that before,” said Brooks.

Mineta Is Wright Brothers Award Winner
October 9, 2006, 7:41 AM
October 2006

Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is the recipient of the 2006 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy.

Honeywell Mods Fix Mode-S Transponders
October 9, 2006, 7:36 AM
October 2006

A fix has been ordered to resolve the five-second trap of certain Honeywell mode-S transponders. The affected units erroneously go into standby mode if the crew takes longer than five seconds to change codes when using the rotary knob of the radio management unit.

Larger Facility for Bizav Parts Supplier
October 9, 2006, 7:32 AM
October 2006

Ship it AOG, a business aircraft parts distributor, has relocated to a larger facility at Dallas Addison Airport. A new 7,000-sq-ft space is nearly five times the size of the previous headquarters.

Hangar Flying: SATS Progress Report
October 9, 2006, 7:31 AM
July 2005

SATS, the small aircraft transportation system research program funded jointly by industry and government, concludes later this year, five years after it superseded the Agate (advanced general aviation transportation experiment) program, which set this ball rolling in the mid-1990s.

Tancredo Wants FAA, NTSB Leaders Fired
October 9, 2006, 7:29 AM
October 2006

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) has asked President Bush to replace FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker because they have not grounded the Mitsubishi MU-2.

Now NetJets’ Mechanics Start Picketing
October 9, 2006, 7:27 AM
October 2006

First it was NetJets’ pilots who picketed and finally got a new labor contract; now it’s the fractional’s mechanics and other support personnel who last month began “informational picketing” at the company’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Their contract became renewable in January last year.

Airline pilots lobby Congress to change Age 60 retirement rule
October 9, 2006, 7:23 AM
July 2005

A group of current and former airline pilots rallied on Capitol Hill in late May to protest the 45-year-old FAA regulation that forces Part 121 pilots to leave the cockpit once they reach age 60.

Bombardier Enlarging Dallas Facility
October 9, 2006, 7:22 AM
July 2005

Bombardier plans to break ground this month for a 100,000-sq-foot addition to its service center at Love Field in Dallas to accommodate the OEM’s Challenger and Global business jet lines. The new facilities are scheduled to open next fall.

N.Y. Moves To Make Drunk Piloting a Crime
October 9, 2006, 7:21 AM
July 2005

New York’s state Senate passed a bill making it a crime to fly an aircraft with a blood alcohol content of .04 or above, similar to laws covering drunk driving. State law prohibits drunk piloting, but there are no penalties. The bill now goes to the state assembly for consideration.

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