For those of you keeping track at home, Airbus is off to a
strong start for 2007, after conceding the 2006 sales race to rival
Boeing. On Monday, the European planemaker announced orders for
three of its (arguably) lesser-known offerings -- the A320
Corporate Jetliner, and VIP versions of its four-engine A340-300
and -500 airliners.
Issue Date: January 29, 2007 at 1531 UTC
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Beginning Date and Time: January 30, 2007 at 1435 UTC
Ending Date and Time: January 30, 2007 at 1945 UTC
Reason for NOTAM: Temporary flight restrictions for VIP (Very
Important Person) Movement
Replaced NOTAM(s): 7/1919: Due to change in times
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'Active Protection' From Airborne Attack Military
Based in part on public comments obtained in November
2005, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday said
protecting a nuclear power plant from a 9/11-style attack using an
airliner is impractical given the scope of its responsibility.
Union, Airline Reach Agreement In Eleventh-Hour Talks
British Airways and the Transport & General Workers
(T&GW) reached an agreement Monday on pay and sick leave a
scant 10 hours before an announced two-day walkout of the airline's
cabin crews was set to begin.
A report in the Wall Street Journal says US Airways' parent US
Air Group hinted over the weekend it would increase its takeover
bid of Delta Airlines to the tune of another $1 billion and add a
clause to pay Delta's creditors should the deal fail regulatory
Two years after floodwaters devastated Santa Paula Airport
(KSZP), local flying and non-flying communities are
once again enjoying all the small airport has to offer in the small
California town known as the "Citrus Capital of the World."
It may bring smiles to Boeing supporters, but Northrop Grumman's
potential withdrawal from an Air Force refueling tanker contact --
a widely-circulated story these past few weeks -- could force an
abrupt halt to the entire process.
Robert F. Ayers crashed his Piper PA28 Cherokee into Mount
Shasta at 11,400 feet on June 18, 2005. Nineteen months later,
authorities are still unable to say when, or if, his body and the
wreckage can be recovered -- due to the dangerous area in which
they lie, out of reach of rescuers.
Even as talks between British Airways (BA) and its largest union
resumed Sunday, plans are in place to support the world's 12th
largest airline's customers should the threatened 48-hour cabin
crew strike take place Tuesday and Wednesday.
It comes as no surprise to virtually anybody who
was affected by the blizzard that hit Denver, CO last month -- not
only in Denver, but around the country -- that the Mile High City
and its airport were not prepared to take on a storm of such
Spoons and socks -- and those ubiquitous disposable diapers that
may be here long after we're gone -- are among the unusual items
being testing by the A380's plumbing in what can be only described
as one of the lesser-known -- and certainly less
glamorous -- assessments being conducted on the world's
Through a joint program established in 2002 between Tuskegee
University and Kansas State University, Salina, Chrystal
Cole-Bridges became Tuskegee's first woman pilot in about six
decades, as well as one of a small number of black female aviators
in the US.
A Korean Air Airbus A300-600 was forced to dump its fuel,
and make an emergency landing at the originating Malaysian airport
last Tuesday following an apparent engine failure. The plane was
bound for Seoul from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
It’s never too early to start with the morbid and
creepifying. OK, maybe just mildly so. Want to find out what
celebrities have been involved in fatal AND non-fatal aircraft
accidents? Inquiring minds must want to know because there’s
a web site for it.
"In the initial weeks after our runway washed out to
sea, the future of the airport remained a huge question mark. But a
lot of wonderful people came together and worked extremely hard to
get our airport fully operational again."
Source: Santa Paula Airport Association
President Rowena Mason. A flood washed out the runway at the small
California airport in February 2005.