August 2007 - Posts

• Judge Says Nowak May Remove Ankle Monitor

  Device Didn't "Fulfill Its Intended Purpose" Former NASA astronaut and Navy Captain Lisa Nowak attended a pretrial hearing last week to determine, among other things, if the court would alter the terms of her pretrial release and remove... Posted Aug 31 2007, 11:35 PM by Aero-News Network

• JetBlue Says 'Bye!' To ATA Over Stand On FAA Reauthorization

  Carrier Objects To The "Hub-And-Spoke" System ATA Endorses JetBlue Airways split from the Air Transport Association Friday over the trade group's stance on financing the Federal Aviation Administration. Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 11:33 PM by Aero-News Network

• Augusta Systems Technologies Support Unmanned Vehicle 'Swarming'

  Technologies Power On-Board Processing During Unmanned Systems Demo Aero-News learned recently unmanned vehicles equipped with on-board sensor data processing capabilities developed by Augusta Systems Inc. successfully "swarmed" during recent... Posted Aug 31 2007, 09:02 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.01.07)

  "They don't tell you what they're looking for, they don't tell you when they're looking for it, they won't tell us what they're doing with the data." Source: Susan Foster, a 40-year employee of NASA's Jet Propulsion... Posted Aug 31 2007, 09:01 PM by Aero-News Network

• JPL Employees File Suit Over Federally-Mandated Background Checks

  Plaintiffs Say Info Doesn't Apply To Non-Classified Positions A new extensive federal background check has some employees at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeing bureaucratic red. Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 09:00 PM by Aero-News Network

• Dubai Aerospace Sours On Auckland Airport Purchase

  Local Strife, Falling Profits Make Buyout Less Attractive Citing a legal technicality in its merger agreement signed in July with leaders of Auckland International Airport, this week Dubai Aerospace Enterprise took its first steps towards backing out... Posted Aug 31 2007, 08:34 PM by Aero-News Network

• Six 'Rosie The Riveters' Fly On The Planes They Helped Build

  Women Kept US Forces In The Air Throughout WWII During World War II, American aircraft factories recruited some six million women into the work force to help build such aircraft as B-17s and B-24s. Popularized by a 1943 promotional film featuring an actual... Posted Aug 31 2007, 08:09 PM by Aero-News Network

• Even Through Adversity, 737 Continues To Add Pages To Boeing's Order Book

  Xiamen Airlines Identified As 25-Plane Customer It's been something of a mixed bag lately for Boeing's Next Generation 737 Family. Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:16 PM by Aero-News Network

• Ultralight Accident Takes Down Power Grid

  Witness Says Pilot Fell out of Plane Prior to Impact "I don't understand what happened," Bob Anderson said. "I am surprised he is alive and not fried or killed." Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:15 PM by Aero-News Network

• VA TFR: 09.06.07 - 09.09.07

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5618 Issue Date: August 31, 2007 at 1724 UTC Location: NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia near NORFOLK VORTAC (ORF) Beginning Date and Time: September 06, 2007 at 1300 UTC Ending Date and Time: September 09, 2007 at 2100 UTC Reason... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:15 PM by Aero-News Network

• NV TFR: 09.10.07 - 09.16.07

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5551 Issue Date: August 31, 2007 at 1000 UTC Location: Reno, Nevada near MUSTANG VORTAC (FMG) Beginning Date and Time: September 10, 2007 at 1500 UTC Ending Date and Time: September 16, 2007 at 2359 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Reno national... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:13 PM by Aero-News Network

• Washington DC TFR: UFN

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/5665 Issue Date: August 31, 2007 at 2058 UTC Type: Security Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:06 PM by Aero-News Network

• Six Workers Sent To Hospital After Incident At Eclipse Aviation

  PhostrEx Fire Extinguisher Discharged Company spokesman Andrew Broom has verified to ANN that Wednesday night's incident at Eclipse Aviation involved the accidental discharge of one, possibly two, PhostrEx fire-suppresant canisters on the production... Posted Aug 30 2007, 09:26 PM by Aero-News Network

• And The Winner Is... ITT Corporation

  Awarded $1.8 Billion Contract To Run ADS-B For FAA The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday ITT Corporation of White Plains, NY, has been selected by the agency as the prime contractor for a vital part of its proposed Next Generation Air... Posted Aug 30 2007, 09:25 PM by Aero-News Network

• Pol Says Horace Williams Airport's Existence Threatened

  University Wants To Build Satellite Campus Where IGX Sits The fate of Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill, NC rests squarely on the leaders of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill... and it looks like they don't want it, says state House... Posted Aug 30 2007, 09:15 PM by Aero-News Network