December 2007 - Posts

• Aero-News Looks At The Year That's Past, And The Year Ahead

  Happy 2008 From The ANN Staff! It's that time again... when the Aero-News staff takes a look back at all that happened in the Aero-World over the past 365 days, and tries our 'durndest' to look ahead at what lies in store for 2008. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:53 PM by Aero-News Network

• Cirrus Sales Rep Lost In SR22 Accident

  Witnesses Say Plane Did Barrel Roll Before Impact Aero-News is was extremely saddened to report the loss of Thom Leveque, West Coast regional sales representative for Cirrus Design, in an accident late Sunday morning near the community of Creston, CA... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:50 PM by Aero-News Network

• TX TFR: 01.01.08

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/8925 Issue Date: December 29, 2007 at 1902 UTC Location: Fort Worth Center, Waco, Texas Beginning Date and Time: January 01, 2008 at 1605 UTC Ending Date and Time: January 01, 2008 at 1710 UTC Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:48 PM by Aero-News Network

• CA TFR: 01.04.08

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/8928 Issue Date: December 29, 2007 at 1904 UTC Location: Oakland Center, Beale AFB, California near MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV) Beginning Date and Time: January 04, 2008 at 1800 UTC Ending Date and Time: January 04, 2008 at 2200 UTC Reason... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:46 PM by Aero-News Network

• CA TFR: 01.03.08

  NOTAM Number: FDC 7/8929 Issue Date: December 29, 2007 at 1905 UTC Location: Oakland Center, Beale AFB, California near MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV) Beginning Date and Time: January 03, 2008 at 1845 UTC Ending Date and Time: January 03, 2008 at 2245 UTC Reason... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:45 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.01.08)

  "We saw a reduction in pilot error crashes where crew interaction was a factor. That, and weather-related decisions. Trends indicate that great progress has been made to improve the decision-making of pilots and coordination between the aircraft's... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:39 PM by Aero-News Network

• 2007 In Review: The Year That Was In Sport Aviation

  Despite a number of new aircraft and product introductions in the sport plane and light-sport aircraft segments -- and noteworthy improvements to a number of existing models -- 2007 was a hard one for Sport Aviation, due to the loss of a number of well... Posted Dec 31 2007, 09:33 PM by Aero-News Network

• Astronomers Say Revised Figures Raise Chances Of Mars Impact

  Show 1-In-25 Odds Asteroid Will Hit Planet Mars had best watch out. One week after scientists with the Near-Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said the asteroid 2007 WD5 had a 1-in-75 chance of hitting Mars at the... Posted Dec 31 2007, 06:48 PM by Aero-News Network

• South Korean Carrier Orders Five 737-800s

  Will Supplement Q400 Turboprops Just in time to still count towards 2007 sales figures, Boeing announced Monday a five-plane order from South Korea-based Jeju Air. The carrier ordered five 737-800s, valued at $370 million at list prices. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2007, 06:44 PM by Aero-News Network

• 2007 In Review: The Year That Was In Aerospace

  Following a very successful 2006, NASA saw its fortunes slip slightly in 2007... as the shuttle program was hit with a series of glitches highlighting the agency's reliance on the aging technology, and casting doubts on whether the agency will be... Posted Dec 31 2007, 06:26 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Awards Contract For Robotics Support

  Canadian Firm Will Support Shuttle, ISS NASA told ANN Monday the space agency recently awarded a potential five-year, $75.8 million contract to Canadian Commercial Corporation of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for support of hardware and software associated... Posted Dec 31 2007, 04:40 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.01.08): Quartz Glass

  Aero-Terms! A type glass made from pure quartz. Quartz glass does not filter out ultraviolet rays. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2007, 03:59 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.01.08)

  Aero-Linx! G'day and Welcome to the website for Suzy-Q, an Australian designed and built WWII CA-13 Boomerang. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2007, 03:57 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's 'Heroes And Heartbreakers' of 2007: Military Aviators In Harm's Way (#1)

  From the Hero's List #1: Every Military Aviator In Harm's Way One of the benefits of running ANN is the incredible volume of email we get from readers all over the world... though little of it has as much value to us as the mail we get from active... Posted Dec 31 2007, 02:53 AM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's 'Heroes And Heartbreakers' of 2007: NBAA's Ed Bolen (#3)

  From the Hero's List #3: NBAA's Ed Bolen Few people got to work the "hot seat" this year, as did Ed Bolen... who, as the head of NBAA, fought many a battle on behalf of business aviation when it became a popular whipping boy for an airline... Posted Dec 31 2007, 01:56 AM by Aero-News Network