AD NUMBER: 2008-21-10
MANUFACTURER: Eurocopter France
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-21-10
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (ECF) model helicopters.
This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information
(MCAI) originated by the aviation authority of France to identify
and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.
AD NUMBER: 2007-07-06 R1
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-07-06 R1
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) to revise AD 2007-07-06, which applies to certain Cessna
Aircraft Company (type certificate previously held by Columbia
Aircraft Manufacturing) (Cessna) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and
The Man Behind The Ant, Part Two: Klyde Morris Creator Wes
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 10.31.08 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.31.08
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- The Man Behind The Ant, Part Two:
10.29.08 (ANN Special Report, with Wes Oleszewski,
who draws the Klyde Morris cartoon.)
Even If TA Is Passed, IAM Strike May Have Been Last Straw
While officials of the International Association of Machinists
are high-fiving each other over
a tentative contract settlement with Boeing,
others worry frequent labor disputes are pushing the manufacturer
to look for sunnier skies -- literally.
Industry Meets To Discuss Ways To Safely, Efficiently Battle
Organizers say the Aerial Firefighting Conference 2008, which
took place in Athens, Greece on October 22-23, was highly
successful. Organized by Tangent Link Ltd, the first annual
conference was attended by twenty-two nations.
Jatropha-Based Fuel Arrives At Rolls-Royce Facility
The world's first commercial aviation flight powered by a
sustainable second-generation biofuel moved a step closer this
week. The jatropha-based fuel to power one of four engines on the
Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 arrived at the Rolls-Royce facility
in Derby, UK, for testing prior to the flight.
Now Available For Many Business, Commercial Aircraft
S-TEC/Chelton Flight Systems, part of Cobham's Avionics and
Surveillance Division, announced this week the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) has granted an amendment to STC# SA02254AK,
covering Part 23, Class III and IV aircraft.
Urges Members To Contact Their Representatives In Congress
Beginning last week, the Allied Pilots Association asked its
members to contact lawmakers on Capitol Hill to echo the
union’s concerns about American Airlines’ joint venture
plans and related application for antitrust immunity. The union
says in response to the request APA e-mailed to its members, well
over half of the airline’s active pilots have already
responded by sending messages to their US representatives.
Includes Options For "Several" Additional Rotorcraft
AgustaWestland announced this week the Malaysian Maritime
Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has signed a contract for three AW139
medium twin engine helicopters plus options for "several"
additional aircraft. These helicopters will be used to perform
search and rescue, coastal patrol and law enforcement duties around
Malaysia's extensive coast line.
Just When You Thought The Portable GPS Map Game Couldn't Get ANY More Interesting...
We've been sitting on this secret for several weeks now and FINALLY, we get to let the feline out of the paper sack... Garmin has upped the ante in the ongoing portable GPS/Map wars. They call it the GPSMAP 696.
Part 2: Just When You Thought The Portable GPS
Map Game Couldn't Get ANY More Interesting...
We've been sitting on this secret for several weeks now and
FINALLY, we get to let the feline out of the paper sack... Garmin
has upped the ante in the ongoing portable GPS/Map wars. They call
it the GPSMAP 696.
"I don't like it... It's basically the 2005 contract with
minimal changes." That's how 11-year Boeing employee Kim Dove
characterized the tentative agreement reached this week by Boeing
management and representatives with the International Association
of Machinists. And he's not alone.
NASA managers announced Thursday they will not meet a February
2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the
Hubble Space Telescope. The decision comes after engineers
completed assessments of the work needed to get a second data
handling unit for the telescope ready to fly. The unit will replace
one that failed on Hubble in late September, causing the agency to
postpone the servicing mission, which had been targeted for October
Calls On Mayor To "Stop Wasting Tax Payers' Money" On Thames
Unite, the largest labor union in the United Kingdom, has called
on London mayor Boris Johnson to "stop wasting tax payers' money on
consultants looking at plans to create a new airport on an
artificially created island in the Thames estuary."
Wow! You Can Now Pay Even MORE To Send Your Luggage!!!
Hoping to stake out a presence in the increasingly lucrative
overnight baggage shipping market -- while also reducing the number
of checked bags on its planes -- this week United Airlines became
the first US airline to offer luggage shipping via an overnight
Popular beaches, pristine waters... China's Penghu Islands seem
like a perfect spot to build a casino resort. But the Associated
Press reports officials in the region are fighting a history of
aviation accidents which has prompted comparisons to the Bermuda
A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury
for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen
real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also has produced
several science firsts and is returning hundreds of new photos and
measurements of the planet's surface, atmosphere and magnetic
SE Dealership Now Responsible For Sales Throughout USA
Liberty Aerospace, Inc. announced this week the appointment of
an expanded US sales and marketing organization, Liberty Aircraft
USA, Inc. Formerly known as Liberty Southeast, Inc., Liberty
Aircraft USA will now represent the Liberty XL2 in most of the
contiguous 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii.
If you have ever heard the unique sound of a radial, and know
its timeless design, then you understand why these engines remain
"Ageless." Thus, Ageless Engines is dedicated to the men whose
engineering talents and efforts produced the radial engines that
powered the aircraft of WWII.
"By any measure, this contract proposal is a good
offer. Did it get everything, no. However, we made significant
gains with respect to job security and the ability to help guide
this company into the future."
Source: The International Association of
Machinists, commenting on the tentative agreement reached with
Boeing management earlier this week.