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Obama to nominate retired Army general to head TSA
Sunday, March 07 2010The White House will nominate Robert A. Harding, a retired major general with 33 years of Army experience, as head of the Transportation Security Administration, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced March 8....
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Pilots Rally Behind JFK Kid Controllers
Sunday, March 07 2010Radio Traffic Shows Support For Suspended ATC Parent With departing quips of "adios" and more direct words of support, pilots talking with ATC at JFK are quietly showing support for controller Glenn Duffy....
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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.08.10): Air Traffic Control System Command Center
Sunday, March 07 2010Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) An Air Traffic Tactical Operations facility responsible for monitoring and managing the flow of air traffic throughout the NAS, producing a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic while minimizing ...
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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.08.10)
Sunday, March 07 2010"With, the retirement this year of NASA's Space Shuttle, the nation will now look to the commercial space industry to take on added responsibilities, including commercial human space flights and replenishing equipment and technologies at the International...
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Pratt & Whitney F135 Carrier Variant Gets Initial Service Release
Sunday, March 07 2010Conventional Take Off and Landing Engine Is Cleared For Use in F-35 Pratt & Whitney has achieved initial service release (ISR) for the conventional take off and landing/carrier variant (CTOL/CV) F135 engine, marking another major milestone as the engine i...
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Student Teams Ready To Battle Lunar Terrain
Sunday, March 07 2010NASA Holds 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsvill...
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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.08.10)
Sunday, March 07 2010T-6 Driver This website was built 'to help current and aspiring T-6A pilots find the information that they need. Future students that will be attending Joint Specialized Undergraduate Training (JSUPT) and Pilot Instructor Training (PIT) should be able to ...
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DC Airspace Violation Gets F-16 Response
Sunday, March 07 2010Piper Dakota Landed At Roanoke After Interception The pilot of a Piper PA28 series aircraft got a high-powered escort down to Roanoke Airport (ROA) after flying into restricted airspace over Washington, DC, on Saturday morning....
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Pilot Of Downed T-6 Identified As Alabama Doctor
Sunday, March 07 2010Aircraft Were Not Part Of Any Performance Team The pilot of the T-6 Texan that failed to recover from a formation loop has been identified as Dr. H. Evan Zeiger, Jr, of Birmingham, AL....
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Aero-TV: The 2010 Heli-Expo Market Perspective for the Helicopter Industry
Sunday, March 07 2010The Rotorcraft Industry Looks Forward To Better Times The 2010 Heli-Expo recently concluded in Houston, Texas, and was best described as an event in which the attendees were thankful that they had simply survived the previous year. While 2009 was "trying,...
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Victims of Discrmination? African American Owned FBO To Close Doors in S Florida
Sunday, March 07 2010Discrimination Suits Continue As Opa-Locka Flightline Shuts Down Opa-Locka Flightline, LLC, (OLF) recently announced it will be ceasing operations at the Opa-Locka Executive Airport (KOLF) on Wednesday, March 31, 2010....
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CAPA Opposes Pilot Professionalism Assurance Act
Sunday, March 07 2010Says Cockpit Voice Recorders Should Not Be Utilized For Punitive Action The Coalition of Airline Pilot Associations (CAPA) reached out to their membership on Friday, encouraging commercial pilots to voice their opposition to Senate bill 3048....
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FAA-AST Celebrates 201st Successful Commercial Launch
Sunday, March 07 2010Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) Monitored Operations At Cape Canaveral Thursday, March 4, 2010 marked a significant milestone in FAA efforts overseeing the safety of the nation's commercial space transportation industry with the 201st FAA-...
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Man Arrested For Threatening To Fly A Plane Into A Bank
Sunday, March 07 2010Texas Real Estate Appraiser Did Not Like Assessment Sean Timothy Donnelly was arrested after telling an employee of Chase Bank that he was "ready to fly an airplane into your building."...
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Defendants Face Up To 20 Years In Prison In Aircraft Parts Fraud Case
Sunday, March 07 2010Prosecution Claims Over $7 Million In Charges Were Never Paid After several years spent gathering information, US prosecutors have charged two men for systematical receiving aircraft parts from Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney and then reversing payment....















