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From AVWeb: FAA Wants Help Eliminating Useless Rules by
Gig 601XL Builder
Have you come across something that's arcane, anachronistic or just plain
useless in your travels through the regs? Well, the FAA says it wants to
know about it. The agency has issued a Review of Existing Regulations that
invites anyone with a beef about how the law of the air is now set to drop...
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Skycatcher to be a import. by
Gig 601XL Builder
According to AVweb
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1004-full.html#196645
Cessna CEO Jack Pelton has confirmed what many suspected when the Cessna 162
Skycatcher - and its $109,000 price tag - were introduced earlier this year.
In an interview with The Wichita Eagle, Cessna CEO...
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From AOPA: Team plans global jaunt on solar power by
Gig 601XL Builder
By Alton K. Marsh
Now under construction in Switzerland is a four-motor aircraft destined to
serve as the prototype of a fragile piloted airplane that will circle the
globe on solar power alone.
It will climb during the day to nearly 28,000 feet and descend at night to
3,300 feet. The combined...
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A380 Not Flying Brothel by
Gig 601XL Builder
OK, that's not how AvWeb headlined it but...
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/SingaporeAirlines_FirstClassBeds_MileHighClub_196470-1.html?type=pf
Considering the areas of aircraft that have served the carnal desires of
their occupants, it would seem likely that the private suite with double...
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Giant Waves Hit Iowa by
Gig 601XL Builder
This is just cool. And it is aviation related because I certainly wouldn't
want to fly in it.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11oct_undularbore.htm?list1043252
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Airlines Threatened With Scheduling Restrictions by
Gig 601XL Builder
Wasn't this my idea a few weeks back?
Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters appears to accept that general
aviation is not to blame for flight delays at major airports and says her
department will impose scheduling restrictions on airlines, if necessary,
improve on-time records. The first...
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NTSB: Lack Of Weather Info Doomed Scott Crossfield by
Gig 601XL Builder
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NTSBLackOfWeatherInfoDoomedScottCrossfield_196245-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
The NTSB on Thursday released its final report on the plane crash that
killed famed aviator Scott Crossfield last year, with an unusual dual
finding of blame, citing both Crossfield's...
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CNN News Alert Comair Transcript by
Gig 601XL Builder
There isn't an entire story on it posted yet but according to the CNN
website...
"Seconds before a Comair commuter plane crashed after going down the wrong
runway, the co-pilot noted it was "weird" that the Lexington, Kentucky,
strip had no lights, according to a transcript released today."
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January 21st 07 03:06 PM
by Ron Lee
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Mexico Border TFR No that bad by
Gig 601XL Builder
Of course the AOPA disagrees and I completely understand the slippery slope
but let's face it the little plane should have no problem flying under the
TFR and the big planes should have no problem flying over or under it.
Since it looks like we are going to have to deal with UAV in the future...
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A day in the life of our Friend... by
Gig 601XL Builder
As posted in Anthony's blog...
http://aprenta.blogspot.com/
....which is linked from his website...
http://www.atkielski.com/default.html
Thursday, November 23, 2006
This was a bit of a bad day.
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New Garmin GPS Newsgroup by
Gig 601XL Builder
I noticed this today. It might be of interest to the group for occasional
reference if not regular reading.
alt.satellite.gps.garmin
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Pilot charged with Manslaughter by
Gig 601XL Builder
PILOT CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER FATAL CRASH
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/766-full.html#194044)
A 30-year-old man who was flying a 1972 Bellanca Super Viking when it
crashed into a pond in northeastern Oklahoma on Saturday night,
killing all three passengers, has been charged...
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Family awarded $3.5 million in Citation crash by
Gig 601XL Builder
The courts really ought to require that all the facts are in before allowing
the suits to go forward.
From AOPA
A February 2005 crash has resulted in a $3.5 million out-of-court settlement
for the family of a Circuit City buyer who was a passenger on the flight to
Pueblo Memorial Airport,...
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