September 2008 - Posts

• Nebraska Officials Take Fresh Look At Intrastate Airline

  Last Carrier To Try It Folded In 2005 Local municipalities subsidize commuter rail and buses all the time. Would it make sense for the state of Nebraska to subsidize intrastate airline service? Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 11:44 PM by Aero-News Network

• Boeing Says It Will Take Another Look At 787 Delivery Plans

  Stops Short Of Saying Plane Will Be Delayed By IAM Stike Boeing stopped just short of confirming Tuesday the 787 program will face further delays caused by a machinists strike... a scenario most in the industry view as an inevitable certainty. Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 11:36 PM by Aero-News Network

• Wanna Buy A Moller Skycar? Really? Well... Now You Can...

  Flying Dud Billed As 'Piece Of Aviation History' Hoping to prove the timeless adage there's a sucker born every minute -- er, that there's a buyer for practically anything -- Moller International announced Tuesday it will offer its M200X... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:49 PM by Aero-News Network

• F-22 Fleet Surpasses 50,000 Flight Hours

  Lockheed Martin Says Fighters Have Been Proven The F-22 Raptor advanced fighter aircraft surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August, according to Lockheed Martin. Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:46 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.01.08)

  "We conclude that FAA may not auction slots under its property disposition authority, user fee authority, or any other authority, and thus also may not retain or use proceeds of any such auctions." Source: Gary Kepplinger, general counsel for... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:37 PM by Aero-News Network

• GAO Rules Against FAA Slot Auction Plan

  Opponents Hail Victory... But Agency Doesn't Have To Heed Ruling The GAO has spoken... saying the Federal Aviation Administration has no legal authority to auction off takeoff and landing slots at the nation's largest airports. But how much weight... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:34 PM by Aero-News Network

• AD: Lockheed

  AD NUMBER: 2008-20-01 MANUFACTURER: Lockheed SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-20-01 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Lockheed Model 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, and 382G series airplanes. Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:24 PM by Aero-News Network

• Cirrus Names Patrick Waddick As EVP Of Operations

  Has Been With Planemaker Since The VK30 Days Cirrus Design announced late Tuesday it has appointed Patrick Waddick as executive vice president, operations. Waddick has served as senior vice president of engineering at the general aviation planemaker since... Posted Sep 30 2008, 10:11 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.01.08): Execute Missed Approach

  Aero-Terms! Instructions issued to a pilot making an instrument approach which means continue inbound to the missed approach point and execute the missed approach procedure as described on the Instrument Approach Procedure Chart or as previously assigned... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:20 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.01.08)

  Aero-Linx! Pilot Class 43-D was one of the largest to enter training during World War 2. The designation "43-D" came from the year of graduation, the "D" being the fourth letter of the alphabet, signifying April. In April 1943, 5,275... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:18 PM by Aero-News Network

• US Airways Pilots Mark Three Years Of Failure To Complete Merger

  Joining With America West Announced September 27, 2005 September 27 marked three full years in which US Airways management has failed to complete their merger between the old US Air, and America West. Today, the airline is entangled in labor disputes... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:09 PM by Aero-News Network

• Robert Cabana Named Director Of Kennedy Space Center

  Parsons To Leave Agency For Private Sector NASA announced Tuesday that William Parsons, director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is leaving the agency in mid-October to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Parsons will be succeeded... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:07 PM by Aero-News Network

• Simonyi Says He Plans To Make Second Trip To ISS

  'Tourinaut' First Flew To Station In Spring 2007 Global space tourism provider Space Adventures announced Tuesday that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., intends to train with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew in preparation for a spring mission to the International... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:03 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-TV Looks At Zedasoft's 'Sim-In-A-Box' Mobile Training Strategy

  Take Your Training Right To Where the Action Is Training is a constant issue in the hard-fought (literally) world of the combat pilot. In the areas where pilots are ready for action, there are usually a scarcity of the support systems that they might... Posted Sep 29 2008, 11:40 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.30.08)

  "We think it's a relatively straightforward activity... This may be a doable thing, that we can have our cake and eat it too." Source: Preston Burch, who manages the Hubble program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA will delay... Posted Sep 29 2008, 09:48 PM by Aero-News Network