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Boyer gives AOPA International a member perspective...
AOPA President Phil Boyer (right) with EASA Exec. Dir. Patrick Goudou
Feb. 26 — AOPA President Phil Boyer is in Brussels, Belgium, this week, attending an annual Eurocontrol meeting. Eurocontrol is Europe's international air traffic control organization. Boyer's key mission is to defend general aviation in the U.S. by defending GA in Europe. In addition to his role as president of AOPA, Boyer serves as president of the (IAOPA), a coalition of 60 independent pilot organizations from around the world.
"Between the powerful new multinational agencies of the European Union and the FAA's efforts to 'harmonize' U.S. regulations with the rest of the world, what happens to GA pilots in Europe could have a profound effect on GA pilots at home," said Boyer. "And because Europe has not traditionally been GA friendly, we need to use the weight and credibility of our 400,000+ members to support other GA pilots worldwide."
FAA to hold meetings on proposed twin Cessna ADs
Feb. 27 — Twin Cessna owners will soon have an opportunity to tell the FAA what they think about two very expensive airworthiness directives the agency has proposed. The agency will hold two days of meetings next week on ADs that could cost owners more than the aircraft is worth and take years to comply with. AOPA and the Cessna Pilots Association had pressed the FAA to give owners a chance to be heard.
The other shoe drops Navy wants "permanent TFR" turned into prohibited area
Feb. 26 — At the U.S. Navy's insistence, the FAA on Thursday formally proposed turning the Department of Defense (DoD) temporary flight restriction (TFR) over the Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia into prohibited airspace.
"This is a general aviation pilot's worst nightmare and has questionable security benefits," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "The Pentagon is dictating national airspace policy. And it could get worse. AOPA has learned that the DoD has already submitted requests to turn the remaining permanent TFRs into prohibited areas."
TSA to hold public meeting on proposed repair station security regulations
Feb. 25 — With only three days' notice, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has called a public meeting to gather ideas on how the agency should proceed in regulating foreign and domestic repair stations. This is the first time that TSA is proposing to regulate businesses located at general aviation airports. AOPA is concerned that the congressionally mandated repair station security measures may eventually become the model for regulating other general aviation airport businesses.
AOPA raises red flag over Louisiana restricted airspace
Feb. 25 — A planned change to restricted airspace near Alexandria, La., will effectively shut down a segment of a low-altitude Victor airway. AOPA is calling on the FAA and the U.S. Air Force to ensure general aviation retains access to a vital air route.
AOPA provides significant support to Mass. aerobatic pilots 4 sued by local residents for aircraft noise — while flying by the rules
Feb. 24 — AOPA on Tuesday provided initial support to four Massachusetts pilots — all AOPA members — facing a lawsuit filed by a few residents. The suit alleges that the noise signature from the aerobatics performed by the pilots caused significant harm; they are seeking approximately $1 million in damages. The pilots are based at various airports, some 20 miles from the homes of the litigants.
"This is potentially an issue that could affect all pilots engaged in any type of air commerce — from a Cub to a 747," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "We are fully prepared to take this through the federal system if necessary.

Air Force Link

...FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A pilot is hoisted up into a HH-60 PaveHawk helicopter during winter survival extraction training here Feb. 7. The pilot and helicopter crew are from the Air Force Reserve’s 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz....
Officials release report of Sheppard review
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) The preliminary findings of a special review team sent to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, to examine reports of sexual assaults indicate students feel the base provides a safe training, working and living environment.
Leaders talk to Congress about long-range strike
A variant of the F/A-22 Raptor is one consideration for the Air Force’s next long-range strike aircraft, the Air Force’s senior leaders said.
More retirees returning to Tricare
Military retirees are returning to Tricare for their health care, and the service’s senior executive thinks that is a good thing.
Desert Storm veterans return after 13 years
KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) When Saddam Hussein ordered his forces to march south through Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, little did he know of the resolve of the young airmen who would rise to the occasion to repulse the attack.
Policy changes affect civil service employees
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) The 2004 National Defense Authorization Act put in to motion changes to civilian pay, overtime and leave.
Airpower highlighted in joint exercise
AL ASAD AIR FIELD, Iraq (AFPN) Airpower was put on display as a part of a show of force demonstration here during a joint capabilities exercise Feb. 24.
Getting a hookup
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) Staff Sgt. Jason Justice prepares to attach a fuel line to a B-1B Lancer....
Show for Monday, March 1, 2004...

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group

...The Christmas raids: JAAF vs. Flying Tigers, December 1941
The air war for South Burma, January 1942
Closing in on Rangoon, February 1942...

Welcome to AIN Online: February 2004

...from AIN Alerts February 26, 2004...
Texas Firm Offers Learjet 20 Series ‘Total Upgrade’
Asia To Get Business Aviation Show
Prepare Your List of Regs You Would Love To See Disappear
King Air 200 Crash Kills Macedonian President
NTSB: Faulty Maintenance, Aft C.G. Caused Beech 1900 Accident

News Releases at John Wayne Airport except Airport Statistics

... John Wayne Airport Opens Fiberspace: Contemporary Fiber & Weaving Spring 2004 Art Exhibition

WSDOT Aviation Home Page

...WSDOT Aviation Recognizes “Aviation Stars” At Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show

Table of Contents

...Proposed Amendment Places Major Restrictions on GA...
February 27, 2004 - EAA is encouraging its members to contact their congressional representatives to express their concern about a proposed amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HR 3798) that would place additional restrictions on general aviation beyond what has been deemed prudent and effective by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security ... ...
EAA's 2004 B-17 National Tour: A 'Salute To Veterans'...
February 27, 2004 - EAA's B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Aluminum Overcast, an example of one of the greatest military airplanes ever built, will visit more than 20 states this year during its 2004 "Salute to Veterans" national tour beginning April 8 in Oklahoma City. Stops in the western and southeastern United States highlight airplane's 11th annual tour, which runs through this fall. Twenty-eight locations are already scheduled and more fall dates are being finalized. Over the past decade, thousands of aviation enthusiasts have flown in the renowned bomber, and tens of thousands more people have experienced aircraft ground tours ... ...
EAA Urges SC Members to Back Proposed Avgas Definition Change...
February 27, 2004 - EAA Government Programs sent an e-Alert to its South Carolina members and Chapter leaders asking them to contact their elected representatives to support Senate Bill 822 (S 822), which would benefit general aviation in that state. The proposal, presently pending review in the Senate Transportation Committee, proposes to change the definition of avgas from "avgas for piston-powered aircraft" to "gasoline and general aviation jet fuel manufactured exclusively for use in airplanes and sold for such purposes." This change would place tax revenues on the sale of aviation jet fuels into the state aviation fund instead of into the state general fund ... ...
Standing-Room-Only Crowd Hears Tuskegee Heroes...
February 26, 2004 - Two heroes imparted some American history to a standing-room-only crowd Wednesday night at EAA AirVenture Museum's Eagle Hangar. Richard Macon and Robert Martin, two pilots who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first African Americans to fly combat missions for their country during World War II ... ...
EAA Works to Preserve Ethanol Labels at Autogas Stations...
Wisconsin Assembly Proposed End to Labeling at Gas Pumps
February 25, 2004 - EAA recently worked with the Wisconsin Ethanol Producers to help craft a compromise bill that ensures retail gas stations continue to inform customers of their use of gasoline with ethanol additives. State Assembly Bill 675 seeks to remove a requirement that gas stations label their pumps with the percentage of ethanol, unless the device dispenses reformulated gasoline at an airport for use as aircraft fuel. EAA, which holds a series of FAA supplemental type certificates (STC) that provide the right to allow aircraft owners to use auto fuels, argued that clear labeling was needed regarding ethanol in automotive gasolines for flight safety reasons ... ...
A 'New' AirVenture Cup Race Planned For 2004...
February 25, 2004 - Entries are being accepted for aviation's premier air race for homebuilt aircraft - EAA's AirVenture Cup - and significant changes are in store for the annual pre-AirVenture Oshkosh event. This year's race will be a 400-mile "Speed Dash" on July 26, starting from Dayton, Ohio, Wright Brothers Airport (MGY) to Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) - from the "Home of the Wright's to the Home of Sport Flight." Previous races spanned two days and 1,000 miles, from Kitty Hawk to Dayton to Oshkosh ... ...
Virtual Flight Takes Off on Simulator Weekend...
February 24, 2004 - During EAA AirVenture Museum's annual Flight Simulator Weekend on February 28-29, visitors can experience virtual flight through many different simulation platforms. Get hands-on with a radio-control model simulator; instructional sessions on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, Microsoft X-Box and PlayStation 2- based flight simulators; kite and hot air balloon simulators; three-axis simulated flight in the popular MaxFlight F-16 full-motion simulator; and Combat Flight Simulator dogfight missions ...

IATA - International Air Transport Association

..."FIXING THE BUSINESS-Setting the Right Targets-" Giovanni Bisignani, Director General & CEO, Speaking at the IATA Asian Aerospace Aviation Summit, Singapore, 23 February 2004

PAMA

...PAMA Co-Sponsors Salary Survey
PAMA has agreed to co-sponsor Aviation Maintenance magazine's Annual Salary Survey. This important information will be used to identify the progress maintenance technicians and industry professionals are making in their careers. Beginning immediately, PAMA is urging all aviation maintenance professionals to download the form and either fax or mail the form back to Aviation Maintenance magazine. The deadline to submit this important information is April 16. The results will be available during the summer and will be posted here on the PAMA website and in PAMA publications. Click here for survey
Safety Board Calls for “Approved” Maintenance Training, Long Time PAMA Initiative Supported
February 26, 2004 - Today the NTSB published its Conclusions and Safety Recommendations on their investigation of the Air Midwest Flight 5481 crash in Charlotte, N.C. on January 8, 2003. In their Conclusion, the Safety Board focused largely on maintenance training and weight and balance program deficiencies. Most conspicuous among the NTSB’s 21 Safety Recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration is that FAA “Require that all 14 CFR Part 121 air carrier maintenance programs be approved.” This is an issue that PAMA has been working to achieve for many years and the Safety Board’s action fills in the missing link. Click here for the full Synopsis
February 17, 2004 -- The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA)

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DESIGN NEWS 'ENGINEER OF THE YEAR' AWARD GOES TO LIFT FAN INVENTOR AT

LOCKHEED MARTIN

CHICAGO (February 26, 2004) - Paul Bevilaqua, chief engineer of Advanced Development Projects at Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Aeronautics Co., has received Design News magazine's Engineer of the Year award, the publication's highest honor.

Design News presented the award this week in Chicago during the National Design Engineering Show.

Bevilaqua played a leading role in creating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter concept by inventing the shaft-driven lift fan and showing how it could be used to design a family of short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) and conventional variants of the same aircraft. The counter-rotating fan, mounted horizontally behind the airplane's cockpit, works automatically with a vectoring rear engine nozzle to produce unprecedented lifting force during short takeoffs, vertical landings and hovers. Rolls-Royce, under contract to Pratt & Whitney, is developing the lift fan for all future STOVL F-35s.

"The lift fan is a revolutionary leap in propulsion technology that will enable aircraft to do what they've never done before - take off and land vertically, and operate routinely at supersonic speeds," said Tom Burbage, Lockheed Martin executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 JSF program. "It's a transformational technology, and Paul Bevilaqua's contributions to the success of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter program cannot be overstated. He very much deserves this recognition."

In August 2001, the lift fan-equipped Lockheed Martin JSF X-35B completed history's first short takeoff, level supersonic dash and vertical landing in a single flight. The feat was repeated a week later. On Oct. 26, 2001, the Lockheed Martin-led JSF team won the competition to develop the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The F-35 JSF is a stealthy, supersonic multirole fighter designed to replace a wide range of aging fighter and strike aircraft. Three variants - conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL), carrier vehicle (CV) and STOVL - each derived from a common design will ensure that the F-35 meets the performance needs of the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and allied defense forces worldwide, while staying within strict affordability targets.

Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35 in conjunction with its principal industrial partners, Northrop Grumman and BAE SYSTEMS. Companies worldwide are participating in the F-35's

development. Among the aircraft F-35 will replace are the AV-8B Harrier, A-10, F-16, F/A-18 Hornet and United Kingdom's Harrier GR.7 and Sea Harrier.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a business area of Lockheed Martin, is a leader in the design, research and development, systems integration, production and support of advanced military aircraft and related technologies. Its customers include the military services of the United States and allied countries throughout the world. Products include the F-16, F/A-22, F-35 JSF, F-117, C-5, C-130, C-130J, P-3, S-3 and U-2. The company produces major components for the F-2 fighter, and is a co-developer of the C-27J tactical transport and T-50 advanced jet trainer.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2003 sales of $31.8 billion.

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News on AVIA.RU

...***Passengers Of Moscow - Barnaul Flight Got Off Lightly
[27 Feb 2004] The passengers of the aircraft which made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk continued the flight on a reserve aircraft of the Sibir air company.
***Engine Defects Prevent Serial Production Of Russo-Ukrainian An-70 Plane
[27 Feb 2004] Defects in the engine construction of the Russo-Ukrainian An-70 plane prevent its serial production.
***Tu-334 Planes With Rolls-Royce Engines To Be Manufactured In Moscow Region
[26 Feb 2004] The aircraft-building factory located in Lukhovitsy near Moscow will manufacture the Tu-334 new passenger planes for civil aviation. They will have Rolls-Royce engines.
***Family Of Suspected Killer Of Swiss Air Traffic Controller Dies In Air Crash
[26 Feb 2004] The wife, daughter and son of the man suspected of killing a Swiss Skyguide air traffic controller died 1.5 years ago in an air crash in the south of Germany, Swiss Prosecutor Pascal Gossner said on Thursday.
***Macedonia: President Dies In Air Crash
[26 Feb 2004] Macedonia's President Boris Trajkovski died in an air crash today. He was going to an international conference as his plane found its fate in the Bosnian south.
***World War Ii Aircraft Exhibition To Be Held In Moscow Region In August
[25 Feb 2004] An exhibition of World War II aircraft will be held in August 2004 in the town of Monino, the Moscow Region. The exhibition will be devoted to the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against the nazi Germany.

Flightsim Zone- FS2004 & FS2002 Downloads, Aircraft Panels etc.

...FScene News !! Posted Sunday, February 29, 2004 by
Ruud Faber of FScene has released a Press Release announcing the availability of a patch for the 2004 Spring and Summer textures. You can find the link to the download in his full press release (below). Ruud also announces the release of the FS2004 Spring textures for the USA & Canada, scheduled for next weekend ! Read the entire press release and download the patch by
http://www.simflight.com/~reviews/fscene/fscene-patch-2004/fscene-news-five-04.html
Italy Rejects Sky Marshals Posted Sunday, February 29, 2004 by
Italy opposes using armed guards on transatlantic flights, preferring tough pre-boarding measures instead, the interior minister said in an interview published on Saturday.
"The best strategy for us is to concentrate all of our energies on pre-boarding controls," Giuseppe Pisanu told la Repubblica daily following US calls for the introduction of so-called sky marshals on some flights.
"A figure like the sky marshal would require... extraordinary training and capabilities. The number of specialists that could be prepared would be reduced and wouldn't allow us to cover all the flights," he added.
The United States has tried to convince skeptical European Union countries of the need for armed guards on selected flights, but the requests have sparked criticism from some members worried about the risk to passengers of guns on board.
Last month, the European Commission transport spokesman said most EU countries were undecided or not in favor, with only France and Britain ready to accept sky marshals in some cases.
Pisanu said on Saturday that measures like tougher controls were already ensuring greater safety on Italian flights. He cited better controls of personal identification papers, baggage, pre-boarding security checks and the installation of barriers to the pilots' cabins.
"Naturally, if there were no other alternatives we also would adopt the use of sky marshals, but we will continue to focus on prevention," he added.
In December and January several Air France and British Airways flights were cancelled after security alerts, decisions which Pisanu said were "justified" given the information available.
SAA Hopes To Join Star Alliance Posted Sunday, February 29, 2004 by
South African Airways hopes to join the Star Alliance to improve its international network and benefit from the 15-member alliance's buying power, South Africa's Sunday Times reported.
The report quoted sources at the airline as saying the Star Alliance had yet to agree to SAA joining, but said that decision was regarded as a formality.
The Star Alliance was the biggest of the global airline alliances in 2002 by market share, distance flown and number of passengers.
Members include United Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Air Canada and SAS.

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Fsfreeware - Flight Simulation Files - Distribution System

... Las Vegas Photomesh - Release date 29 Feb 04 - We are pleased to announce that Las Vegas Photmesh is about to be released - additional screenshots and infos to come shortly - Available from Mapserver and FSfreeware shareware shop on 29 Feb 04 - - Usa 38.2 Complete coverage for the West coast is expected to be sometimes during the 3 week of March - as usual Direct download from the Mapserver - CD version from Fsfreeware Shareware Shop. Click on Picture to View Screenshots. Available Shortly. - - - - Coming Next at FSfreeware - Boston Photomesh - - - Usa 38.2 m West Coast Terrain - - - - (Miami - San Francisco and Chicago Photomesh Version 2 - April 04 - free to all registered Customers for this scenery and Mapserver Members).

The Falcon 4.0 patches & updates Guide

The SP4 IS OUT! I updated the whole page but, as I'm still not sure whether the SP4 is compatible with FreeFalcon 2 and BMS, I've put a warning in the Newbies/Setup Guide. Enjoy the show!
Click on a letter in the mirror sites list in the table below to get the SuperPak 4 Installer . Because of the size of this patch (over 130 megabytes!), I suggest you to use a download utility like GetRight if you don't have a DSL or faster connection. The best thing you can do is starting the download with the utility program then adding the various URLs as "alternate" locations in case the server from which you're getting the file brokes the connection. Once you have the file, unzip it to a directory of your choice. Execute the unzipped file and follow the on-screen instructions. Reboot your computer. WARNING : I'M STILL UNSURE ABOUT THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE SP4 WITH THE FREEFALCON 2 AND BMS PATCHES, SO USE THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU WANT TO AVOID PROBLEMS, CONSIDER YOUR INSTALLATION COMPLETE.

X-Plane.org

...Lockheed P-3C Orion
Mehve
North American T-6 Texan 360 Interior
Newerer
CAC, CA-12 'Boomerang'
Air inter Airbus 320-200
New United CRJ
Blanik L-33 Solo
Updated 360 Interiors

Air-Scene UK

...Issue 285 (29 February 2004)...
Once upon a time, there were F-16s in the UK...
When Bears roamed Suffolk - Aggressor F-16s...

Welcome at Fabke's AIRSHOW page

...New galleries from Amsterdam airport by Fabke + DÃ¼sseldorf airport by Jan Severijns now online................
*First aircraft for TUI Belgian Airlines will be an ex Futura B737 (EC-IPF) and will have a Belgian registration OO-TUI.
*The first B767-300 (PH-AHY) for Belgian Exel arrived at Brussels on the 23rd February , another B767 is now at Maastricht airport to be repainted and will soon be flown to Brussels too.
*A Thomas Cook A320 (OO-TCC) ran into an airbridge at Brussels airport on the 27th February. The aircraft has been towed but they forgot to block the wheels causing the aircraft driving away from its stand...the aircraft has been damaged and will be out of service for several weeks......
*Spottersday at Kleine Brogel to be held on the 20th July 2004.
*Beauvechain AB is holding a photo call on the 30th June 2004 theme will be European Trainers with participation of several European airforces.
* A list with all the dates for the Belgian solo displays has been added , ...

Aviation Safety the monthly journal of risk management and accident prevention.

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news_updates

...A Professional View of Aviation Safety...
February 23 - 29, 2004
This Week's Photos From an e-mail that's been making the rounds: Landings at Aeroporto de Baía de St.Barth "This ought to be a pretty interesting approach at night, or weather, or weather at night! The runway is 600 meters (1,970 feet) long. The pucker-factor is probably off scale."
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NTSB Says Passengers Should be Weighed because we're now fatter than the average weights used
NTSB Also Says Maintenance Oversight Must Change "The entire system here was in a breakdown situation."
Ready to Fly in a Plane Without a Pilot? - It will happen. Some day
European Commission Gets More Airline Alliance Power so they can assure "preserve competition"
Continental Raises Ticket Prices - Blames it on higher fuel prices. More to come!
Fri day
Macedonian President Feared Dead in Crash trying to attend conference. Looks like bad weather
Russian Held in Death of Swiss Air Traffic Controller - Bereaved husband, father may have had mid-air vendetta
Air Midwest Accident Set "A New Low" in Maintenance according to NTSB. ...
This is just the beginning, third party maintenance will be scrutinized very closely...
NTSB Recommends Changes to Maintenance Programs...
NTSB Press Release on Charlotte Accident
US Airways Must Cut Costs by 25% by Year's End to Survive...
And what's REALLY interesting in this story is that we have a NEW ACRONYM!! LCC for Low Cost Carrier! Get used to it, we are entering a new era, we're following buses and trains, check your transportation histories.
UK Passengers to be Screened for Radioactive Materials to prevent weapons of mass destruction from entering...
Oops, there's a whole BUNCH of boats out there!
JetStar Sells 85.000 Tickets in 24 Hours - Good start for new Australian LCC (see above)
Thur sday
How Much (or little) Will Passengers Take? - RyanAir looks to cut more than frills. Think Greyhound
Qantas Take Low Cost Dive as Jetstar begins operation in May, to go head on with Virgin Blue
Swiss Hunt Killer of Air Traffic Controller - He was in charge at time of deadly crash, killed 52 Russian children...
Revenge is a fear
Sleuth Work Gets Me262 Replica Ready to Fly Again - Not public safety but a great story!
Spirit Airlines to Buy 60+ Planes in Five Years - And chairman will step down
Airline Missile Defense Systems May be Sooner Than Thought according to analysts
Asthma + Second Hand Smoke = Death = Liability - US Supreme Court tells airline to pay $1.4M
A380 Engine Delivered to Airbus Rolls Royce says Trent 900 is "world's cleanest large turbofan engine"
Pilotless Planes Take Center Stage in Singapore at Asian Aerospace exhibition
- A VERY slow news week so far. From an aviation safety perspective, that's all good!
US Open Skies Proposal Falls Short of EU Hopes as US offers partial ownership
US Army Cancels Sikorsky-Boeing Comanche Combat Helicopter Program - Another blow to Boeing...
This isn't civil aviation OR safety, but it certainly means a lot to we who watch the Boeing-Airbus battle
Pacific Rim May be Source of Many Plane Orders as low-fare airlines step up

Embraer

...EMBRAER CELEBRATES THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ENGENHEIRO JUAREZ WANDERLEY HIGH SCHOOL
This year, 600 students receive top quality high-school education
EMBRAER DISPUTES BOMBARDIER’S COMMENTS ON RJ FINANCING
Bombardier CEO Overstates Export Financing Support for Embraer
EASA ISSUES TYPE CERTIFICATE FOR THE EMBRAER 170 JET
Aircraft may now be delivered to European Union customers

Eclipse Aviation | Articles 2004

...AOPA ePilot
Eclipse Gears Up to Train Pilots
Indianapolis Star
Jet Taxis Could Expand State's Economic Potential
Aviation Weeky Show News - AA2004
Eclipse Brings Meggitt, FreeFlight Systems Onboard for the Debut of Its 500
FlightDailyNews.com
Eclipse Eyes Asian Markets for Low Cost Twin-Turbofan
Eclipse Aviation Launches First Exhibit at Asian Aerospace
Aviation International News - AA2004
Eclipse Light Jet in AA Debut
Wichita Eagle
New Mexico, aka New Wichita...
Eclipse launches first exhibit at Asian Aerospace 2004!...

Airbus - About - index

...AIRBUS ENHANCES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Airbus intends to achieve ISO 14001 environmental standardisation levels, and the company has launched a pilot scheme to test an environmental management system.
The management system will enable Airbus to minimise waste and enhance production at a number of sites, and could extend it to achieve valuable environmental and cost savings throughout all Airbus plants.

Cessna In the News

...... TWO G1000 EQUIPPED STATIONAIRS PLANNED FOR CHINA

Sikorsky - Home

...COMANCHE Statement on U.S. Army Program Announcement
Sikorsky S-76 Enjoys Rekindled Asian Interest
Sikorsky S-76C+ Aircraft Begin service in Brasil

Air Canada - Welcome!

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Air Canada provides the following update on flights to and from Haiti.

airmalta - News

...26 February 2004 - AMITEX 2004 - 'We Travel Your Way’
Preparations are in full swing for the organisation of the 11th edition of the Air Malta International Travel Exhibition (AMITEX), which will be held at the Trade Fair Grounds in Naxxar between Thursday 22nd and Sunday 25th April 2004......
19 February 2004 - Air Malta Launches Catania-London Operation In Sicily
During a press conference held recently in a leading hotel in Catania, Air Malta launched its direct scheduled flight service between Catania and London Gatwick...

ALPA Portal

...ALPA Endorses NTSB Findings in Air Midwest Accident
Feb. 26 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. â€“ The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) applauds the findings of the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the Air Midwest Flight 5481 accident. The NTSB formally adopted its findings at the sunshine meeting in Washington D.C. today.

Cockpit

..Cockpit Concepts: February 25, 2004.

Peer Involvement.
In a letter to the editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology this week, an
A320 pilot took responsibility for landing the aircraft with the parking
brake on. Damage resulted but, "It could have been much worse." His reason
for this public acknowledgement of personal error is his desire to locate
the crew of another A320 that made the same mistake, hoping that further
information will be helpful, both to this accident's investigation and to
the industry.

It takes courage, and a good deal of self confidence, to make this type of
public disclosure. But this desire to interact with colleagues expands the
possibility of benefits to the aviation community. Of course, the situation
described is a bit unusual since personal interaction normally occurs in
private settings.

Our June 25, 2003 mailing was titled "Peer Influence" and made reference to
the Icarus Committee report that is posted in Archives. It states, "Peer
influence is a powerful tool ...," one that can have a real impact on
behavior and decision making. Unfortunately, in this busy world the chances
for interpersonal contact seem fewer and fewer.

We have our own community at Aviation.Org, and the opportunity exists for
greater peer involvement. Personal circumstances and experiences vary
considerably--e.g., international makeup; student pilots to ATPs with
multiple hours. The collective knowledge and flight experience is
considerable, and we have the ability to tap this resource. That's the basic
concept behind the forum we call the Ready Room. Topics can and will change,
and suggestions are always welcome. Topics needn't be formal reports; a
personal experience may well stimulate an interesting discussion.

Site Update: February 25, 2004
1. Please direct queries, comments and suggestions to safety@aviation.org.
2. Cockpit Concepts is e-mailed three times a month. This issue is posted to
Hangar 13's Library, and prior issues can be found in Archives.

AirNav Systems - Media

...The article about AirNav Suite concluded "This really is a unique and extremely powerful aircraft tracking package that will appeal to most enthusiasts. The mapping and plotting facilities are exceptionally good and really bring ACARS to life."

News Headlines

...Important Notice

Please note that the Licencing and Examination Offices closed on the following days......
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U.S. Centennial of Flight Home Page

...Aircraft Landing Technology... The Internet's Commercial Aviation Directory

Gliding Magazine | News

...Apathy is the greatest danger facing gliding. This is the opinion of John Roake, Chairman of the International Gliding Commission's Membership Committee. He presented this table, showing membership figures over the last 12 years up to the end of 2003, at the IGC meeting which ended in Lausanne, Switzerland, last night.
News Of Taurus
February 27 2004
The Pipistrel factory are taking orders for Taurus, a two-seater ultralight motorglider. It's an interesting project. After the success of their Sinus motorglider they decided to produce the Taurus using the same wings and tail, but changing the cockpit to increase the visibility and reduce the drag. Initially it’s being produced as an ultralight motorglider with the engine behind the seats and retractable wheels and propeller.
This will keep the costs down, make it quick to complete and it is hoped give a 1:40 glide ratio. Later they plan to redesign the wings. Already the prospects look good with a dozen confirmed orders. The aircraft is designed in Slovenia and it is hoped it will have its maiden flight in April 2005.
The March Issue Of Soaring
February 26 2004
Denise Layton, Managing Editor of Soaring, the Soaring Society of America’s monthly magazine, has sent us the contents for the March issue.[
How It All Started
February 25 2004
Most glider pilots can recall a defining moment when their thoughts latched on to flying and they began to consider whether this should be the sport for them. Kevin Brooker’s introduction came early in life and he has written an entertaining account of that day. See “The Irony of Snow” under Features.
Rodeo In The Sky
February 24 2004
There is now an English version of the "Rodeo In The Sky" video, subtitled "Research for greater flight safety" produced by the Mountain Wave Project (MWP). To order, visit this .[

FLY SOUTH AVIATION NEWS AFRICA

...Gr4- faaircraft-aviation engines - century...
Record numbers visit FlySouth...
More shenanigans - this time it's SAA!...
...and now for the good news - major sponsorship deal for aviation team...
More to fly for less with new airline...
Scorpions in SAA corruption raid...
CAA chief reinstated...
Sasol unveils the "Top Gun Squad" - and aviation is included...
Aircraft skids off runway at Johannesburg airport...
Airline's policy bars foreigners...
Aviation Workers Allege Ethnicity in Retrenchment - Threaten Showdown...
Busia Plane Crash Firm Gets License...
Civil Aviation Authority to probe foreign cargo firm ...
Court Approves Liquidation of Nigeria Airways...
DRC Flights Still Banned...
Groups Sue FG Over Eagles Airline Deal...
Gulf Air Opts Out of Kenya...
Indo Jet Sells 60% Share to Black Group...
Man admits 'air rage' ...
Mpuma airport spreads wings...
Fly-In for Breakfast at the Parys Flying Club ...
Protests Trail Retrenchment in Aviation Sub-Sector...
SA men escape jungle tragedy...
Demo disrupts Jhb International...
Minister calls for dialogue in airport strike...
State picks up SA baggage handlers' strike...
Union accuses Equity Aviation of 'lying' again ...
Time is up for Nigeria Airways ...
Troubled Air Zimbabwe Gets Rid of Top Managers...
UN Wants liberia Govt to Investigate Aircraft Incidents During Charles Taylor's Regime...
$52,000 bracelet 'stolen' at airport...
911 terror pilot dodged CIA ...
999 helicopter pilot cleared over death crash...
Afghanistan signs agreement to rebuild Kabul International Airport ...
Airline can be liable for asthma, smoke death rules U.S. Supreme Court...
Anti-terrorist training plane... christened 'Let's Roll' ...
B-24 pilot receives DFC, Air Medal...
Balance, maintenance blamed in Beech 1900 crash...
Balloon obsession inflates pilot's trophy cabinet...
Black WWII fighter pilot recalls history of Tuskegee airmen...
Boeing eyes idle but viable airliners ...
Busted flying high at Duxford museum...
Commercial aircraft market already in upswing say Airbus...
Corsair story to be retold...
Edmonton International Airport equipment 'antiquated' says pilot ...
Eurofighter single-seat production aircraft airborne...
Federal airport screener punished for sending self through X-ray machine ...
Flying car to be unveiled at motor show...
Foreign airliners grounded by Norway ...
Four indicted for selling used aircraft parts as new...
Ground tests of RF first modernized airplane Tu-204-300 begin...
Indian AF Jaguar pilot killed in crash...
Indian air force to rely less on Western jets ...
Industry experts debate pilotless planes ...
Jaguar fighter plane of Indian AF crashes ...
Model flies into HK airport porn row ...
More than 50 aircraft, helicopters set to steal show at Asian Aerospace ...
Murder clouds skies over Zurich airport

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Airline Accident and Airline Safety and Security Information for Passengers and Aviation Professionals

...President of Macedonia Killed in Crash

AeroKnow

...February 27 -- A major addition to the ADIF B resources list
February 29 - 1964 -- President Lydon Johnson revealed the existence of the
        Lockheed A-11 jet interceptor. It was later re-designated YF-12A.
March 1 - 1970 -- Construction began at the new site of the U.S. Air Force Museum
        in Dayton, Ohio.
Narch 2 - 1946-- The aircraft carrier CV-33 U.S.S. Kearsarge was commissioned.
March 3 - 1953 -- The first prototype Heinkel He-111, twin-engine bomber
March 4 -1948 -- The second man to exceed Mach 1 also happened to be the first
        civilian to break Mach. The man in the front office of the Bell X-1 was NACA test
        pilot Herbert Hoover.
March 5 - 1913 -- The U.S. Army's 1st Aero Squadron was formed.
March 6 - 1944 -- The USAAF's 8th Air Force flew its costliest mission of the war
        when 658 B-17s struck Berlin, Germany. Crews of 69 of the bombers,
         plus 11 escorting fighters, did not come back.
March 7 - 1809 -- Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a pioneer in hydrogen balloon flight,
         died of a heart attack during a balloon flight....
"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."
          -- Richard Herman, Jr. in Firebreak...

AeroKnow News Page

...THE NEXT MEETING of Plastic Wings Model Airplane Club is Tuesday, March 9, starting at 7:08 P.M. For location, email ...

ESA Portal

...Flight 158-Launch postponed... Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
27 February 2004    Today's launch of Flight 158 with the Rosetta spacecraft will be delayed by a few days to allow for a minor repair to the external thermal protection on Ariane 5’s core cryogenic stage....
Matroshka... ISS to receive experimental figurehead during spacewalk
25 February 2004    What resembles the head and torso of a human and will be attached outside the International Space Station? The answer is the European Matroshka experiment facility. During the night of 26/27 February the ISS Expedition 8 crew of Alexander Kaleri and Michael Foale will carry out a 5-hour 30-minute spacewalk and, amongst other tasks, attach Matroshka to the Russian Zvezda module....
ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars
23 February 2004    Before humans can leave their boot prints on the dusty surface of Mars, many questions have to be answered and many problems solved. One of the most fundamental questions – one that has intrigued humankind for centuries – is whether life has ever existed on Mars, the most Earthlike of all the planets....
Once a myth, now an object of study

Press Release

...MIA PASSENGER AND CARGO TRAFFIC UP DURING FIRST QUARTER...
33 New Airline Routes Launched from MIA in 4th Quarter

PATCO News Page

...PATCO Co Founder
Mike Rock

A Brother in the Hospital

is in the hospital under sedation for cancer, which has spread to his spine. Brother Mike's condition has gotten worse with additional areas of cancerous invasion, and the prognosis is not good . He has been receiving cards and contacts from all over the country...and he loves it.
Our prayers go out to Mike and his family during this difficult time....

NASA - Columbia - Home

...+ FY 2005 Budget Request
+ FY 2003 Agency Performance and Accountability Report...

AVweb: February 26, 2004

Controller Linked To Crash Murdered...
On Tuesday, an air traffic controller who worked for Skyguide, the Swiss airspace agency, was stabbed to death in his home in Kloten, near Zurich. The victim had been the sole controller on duty in July 2002 when two airplanes collided in Swiss airspace over Lake Constance, killing 71 people, many of them Russian schoolchildren. He was a 36-year-old Danish citizen, a father of three, and was never publicly identified in connection with the crash. Police said a dark-haired man in his 50s rang the doorbell at the controller's home. When the controller answered the door, a fierce and brief argument ensued. The controller was stabbed and the attacker escaped on foot. Yesterday, some news reports said the police think the suspect is the father of one of the schoolchildren who died.
...As Midair Investigation Continues
Yesterday, Skyguide scaled back flights by 40 percent in Zurich airspace, to help ensure security and out of consideration for its workers. A quarter of Skyguide's Zurich staff did not report for work. Skyguide had been heavily criticized in the wake of the midair collision. Investigators found that only one controller was on duty while his colleague took a break, a collision-alert system was down for maintenance, and a phone warning from German controllers never get through. The Russian pilot of a Bashkirian Airlines Tu-154 was told by the controller to descend, although his onboard anti-collision system was telling him to climb. The pilot obeyed the controller and descended, colliding with the DHL cargo plane, a Boeing 757.
Flying For Freedom, Or Personal Politics...
It was eight years ago Tuesday that two unarmed civilian Cessna 337 Skymasters were shot down by Cuban MiGs, killing four Miami-based pilots as they searched for rafters fleeing from the island. To commemorate that anniversary, Jose Basulto, founder of Brothers to the Rescue , is planning to fly into international airspace near Havana and drop one million leaflets that he hopes will drift over Cuba. Flying conditions this week have not been favorable, Basulto told yesterday, but he is ready to go when the winds are right. He doesn't know exactly when that will be, and if he did know, he wouldn't tell in advance of the flight, he said.
...As Vietnamese "Freedom" Pilot Waits In Jail...
Another pilot who supported the efforts of Cuban exiles is now serving a seven-year sentence in a Thai prison, convicted of hijacking an airplane to drop anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City in November 2000. Ly Tong says he didn't use force against the pilot but bribed him with $10,000 to relinquish control. Ly has a long history of anti-communist aerial pamphleteering, and his supporters around the world say he is a freedom fighter and a hero. In January 2000, he rented an airplane in Miami and flew over Havana, scattering leaflets calling for Castro's ouster. In 1992, he took control of a Vietnam Airlines jetliner that launched in Bangkok and scattered 50,000 leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City, which then was known as Saigon. He escaped by jumping from the cockpit with a parachute, but was captured and imprisoned.
...And Africans Fly To Celebrate Freedom
A pair of microlight pilots from South Africa have found another way to give wings to their ideas. They launched two trikes from Cape Town on December 17, 2003, to embark on a 50,000-mile flight around the world. " Freedom Flight is a joint celebration of the first decade of a democratic South Africa and South Africa's contribution to the commemoration of the [Centennial]," according to the group's Web site. Ricky de Agrela and Alan Honeyborne plan to circle the world on their own with no ground support, taking 18 months to cross 50 countries and six continents. Monday, the two were in Thailand, and headed north along the coast of China and Russia.
Poor English Skills Deadly, ICAO Says
Poor proficiency in English, the international language of aviation, contributed to major accidents that cost the lives of over 1,100 passengers and crew between 1976 and 2000, according to the

VATSIM.net - NOTAMS

...AVC Tuner Released
It is with great pleasure that Simulation Hardware announces the release of their AVC Tuner.The AVC Tuner monitors the VATSIM network and the pilot's COM radio. Then AVC Tuner will automatically move your voice program (AVC) to that controller's voice channel. It will also provide audible feedback to indicate that a controller was found and tuned to. AVC Tuner will monitor the Vatsim network and update the list of controllers every few minutes. For more information, please visit http://www.simhardware.co.nz
ProController Connections Refused Starting 1 March
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2004 23:07 EST
This is a reminder that ProController will no longer be able to connect to the VATSIM network starting 1 March. The approved ATC client for VATSIM is ASRC, which can be downloaded from http://www.asrc.inf

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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2004

...4 Months 4 Weeks to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2004!...
EAA AirVenture Unveils New Homebuilt Aircraft Camping Area, Headquarters Facility in 2004...
February 27, 2004 - Homebuilt aircraft enthusiasts will have new facilities to enhance their participation in the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 52nd annual EAA AirVenture fly-in convention this summer, as a homebuilt camping area and new Homebuilders Headquarters building will open on the grounds ... ...
A 'New' AirVenture Cup Race Planned For 2004...
February 25, 2004 - Entries are being accepted for aviation's premier air race for homebuilt aircraft-EAA's AirVenture Cup-and significant changes are in store for the annual pre-AirVenture Oshkosh event. This year's race will be a 400-mile "Speed Dash" on July 26, starting from Dayton, Ohio, Wright Brothers Airport (MGY) to Wittman Regional Airport (OSH)-from the "Home of the Wright's to the Home of Sport Flight." Previous races spanned two days and 1,000 miles, from Kitty Hawk to Dayton to Oshkosh ...

ERAA : Fly Safely

...THE DIFFICULTIES IN ENSURING A RELIABLE DE/ANTI-ICING SERVICE...
The de/anti-icing service you think you are getting, and the service you actually get may differ in so many ways. It may not be anybody’s fault, but both operators and service providers can find themselves in impossible situations. Trying to fulfil contractual obligations and share responsibilities are just two of the problems that exist …...
REPORTING INSPECTIONS OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT...
The EU is about to direct Member States to change their laws to formalise the inspection process of third countries’ aircraft. On the face of it this can only be a bonus for safety. However, the process of sharing and disseminating data from inspection reports opens the door for political interpretation, which may ultimately do more harm than good. The recent Flash Airlines accident ......
WHAT IS MR GOUDOU THINKING?...
The Executive Director of EASA has been in post now for over 4-months; do we know what his views on aviation safety are? Comparing Patrick Goudou to other CEOs of civil aviation safety might give an idea of where the head of EASA is coming from; where his responsibilities lie and what relationship he should foster with the European governmental institutions. It is hard to tell at the moment, but ......
CHANGING A SAFETY CULTURE...
In this article the investigation report into the Colombia space shuttle accident is used to highlight some areas where actions can be taken to improve a company’s safety culture. After being chastised for lacking a safety culture at almost every level of its structure NASA is responding by taking a long hard look at how it does business. Old values and myths need to be thrown ......
MANAGING SAFETY IN A CHANGING BUSINESS...
The ERA Air Safety Work Group meets four times a year for airline safety managers to exchange information and benefit from the experiences of others. Sometimes their discussions take surprising paths. Business decisions may not preoccupy the thoughts of many safety managers, but an improving business climate can introduce new problems. To protect safety levels care and attention must be given to ......
THE 16TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY SEMINAR, 15-18 MARCH 2004, BARCELONA...
The 16th Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar takes place in Barcelona between 15-18 March 2004. EASS is a seminar that attracts aviation professionals and safety experts from around the World to discuss problems specific to operations within Europe, and especially regional airline operations. It is the main safety conference of the year, within Europe, and is the place for concerned organisations and companies to influence government and industrial policy with the aim of improving aviation safety. Agenda and booking forms here ...

AIRLINERS.NET - The World Of Commercial Aviation At Your Fingertips

AIRLINERS.NET - The World Of Commercial Aviation At Your Fingertips...
By Dickson Ching

The Boeing 737 Technical Site

... - Systems - Hydraulics - Old gauges photographed & standby yaw damper added.

Boeing 737 News Reports

... Ryanair Gives New Meaning to 'no-frills' Experience
The no-frills experience will soon deepen even further for Ryanair passengers who already have to walk up to 15 minutes from air terminals to their aircraft because the budget airline does not provide buses. Window seats will no longer come with shades, and passengers will also not be able to recline their seats during flights as these will be non-adjustable. Those who want to put newspapers or passports in the back pockets of seats can no longer do so as there will be no pockets.
White headrests on seats will be replaced by those that carry advertisements for things such as soft drinks, coffee, sweets and car rental companies. Ryanair, which has just become the biggest cut-price airline in Europe, will save millions of pounds with its new penny-pinching ideas.
Most of the 150 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft that the airline is buying between now and 2010 will be delivered without non-essentials such as window shades, reclining seats and seat pockets.
The absence of seat pockets will not only mean savings of about £100,000 (US$318,800) on the cost of each aircraft, Ryanair will also save on cleaning the pockets after each flight. Currently, up to 50 reclining seats have to be repaired by Ryanair on each of its aircraft every year. By using non-adjustable seats, it hopes to save £1.5 million a year, as well as pay less for aircraft.
As it is, the cost of each aircraft will be reduced by about £200,000 for not having window shades. White cotton headrests also cost the company about £100,000 a year. The company hopes that this amount and much more will be recouped by using seats with advertising.

The International Cessna 195 Club

...Feb 29  ... 2004 Midland Fly-In Program in ...
Feb 28  ... Antique Amphib Cessna Airmaster article ...
Feb 27  ... Ray Arceneaux's Cessna 195B N2171C in ...
Feb 25  ... French Member Philippe Camus' G-BTBJ in ...
Feb 24  ... Re-joining Member Richard Case's N1577D in ...

Wings around the World

...POLLY IS IN AUSTRALIA, arriving in Sydney on February 15.
While her aircraft is now undergoing its annual engineering check ready for the long flight home, Polly has been catching up with old friends in the Canberra area (she lived here of a couple of years in the mid 90s). She has done some radio and TV interviews and had fun visiting pupils at the Arewanga Primary School, Canberra. The pupils have been following her flight through Shell's Education website link to this site.
Polly has quite a schedule of events to attend on her route home, which have been organised by her sponsors. She has been spending time ensuring her route and timings encompass all these plans. She has also had to change her route in the Middle East. Her planned arrival into Bahrain coincides with the Formula 1 Grand Prix as a result of which she has not been able to obtain permission to land there. She will,therefore, be routing via Dubai instead.
Polly with Graham Rock of Adams Aviation, Bankstown, Sydney, local distributors for one of Polly's sponsors Sennheiser
Polly's current location: Canberra, Australia
Total hours flown to Sydney : 389hrs 00mins
Completed miles: 46,906 nautical miles to Sydney
Polly's next leg: Canberra - Bankstown, Sydney(overland)
30 March Muscat â€“ Dubai
3 April Dubai â€“ Amman, Jordan
Polly enjoys a juice at the Old Parliament House, Canberra

Women in Aviation, International

...Julie Clark Biography, Nothing Stood in Her Way, to be Unveiled at 15th Annual WAI Conference

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I'm seriously considering taking Coverunner Radio to the Professional level including advertisers to support the costs of streaming and payment of royalties to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC.

Prime 24 hour Sponsor: . Starting with a 30 cent per 30 second spot, (4 spots an hour for 24 hours a day) on a 12 month contract yields $28.80 day/$864. month- with sponsor's banner on the player - Free production of two spots per 6 months with limited professional voice talent. The player will be imbedded in the Coverunner.com home page and yet still be accessable to people surfing around for a station in Live365. I'd be happy with two of these accounts.

Primetime Ads 5am - 5pm PST plans (Associate Sponsor 6 mo. contract and Business I, II & III 3 months.) on the opposite end of the spectrum, I'll up the spot rate to a dollar a spot 12 times a day in U.S. prime time for a 30 day minimum. There are other offers in between with lower per spot rates but with 3 and 6 month commitments, that also allow a choice of 4 spots per hour in the 12 hour day or 2 spots an hour for 24 hours.

Primetime

1.00 x12 spots per day. One month minuimum

0.75 x 24 spots per day.Three month minimum.

0.625 x 36 spots per day. Three month minimum.

0.50 x 48 spots per day/4 per hour in 12 hours or 2 per hour in 24 hours with a 6mo. contract. One free ad produced.

0.30x 96 spots a day/ 4 times an hour for 24 hours with a year contract. Two free ads produced.

Non-US primetime 5 pm - 5am PST which is European Daytime can run an ad for .50 spot/12 times a day with a 30 day minimum= $6.00 day/$180.00 month. These could work very well for American artists selling CDs to Europe and other countries in the opposite time zones. Great deal for European advertisers. However, most of our listenership is U.S. in the daylight hours based on my Coverunner.com bandwidth use monitoring and available listening data from Live365.com.

Braden: For forwarding to potential advertizers/bands: I'll graph and publish the schedule of rates on Coverunner.com soon.

I may need your production services if I leave the country for sailing Central America.

You can produce an ad for your band or a couple of your friends' bands or your production co. anything music or ocean oriented (surfboard/dive shop, beach resorts, yachts for charter) and I'll run it for free until I can get paying customers. I'll use your ads as decoys for all target advertisers who may want to advertise on Coverunner and as a test for responses from listeners. Deliver a hard 30 seconds: wav. files on CD.

Folks cc'd on this email of Feb. 8, 2004 (Cooper-Ross; Dave Comden; James Beam van Etten; Ferrera, Steve; Tom Cahalane; Tony Irvine; TropicalDreams.net ) may also submit an ad with prior request for submission. I'll run it at my own discretion, with no obligation to you to run it and at no obligation for you to purchase ad space or any services, with the understanding that myself, Noel Diotte will be held blameless for any resulting injury to your business or person.

For those with no good recording gear or experience, I'd be glad to read & record the ad myself if you'll provide the copy. I'll run some music under it. Test your copy against the clock and leave room for a music fade up, pacing- especially music ads where we want to hear short bites of a couple of the songs. I can speed up my voice and become a nerdy sounding guy to fit it in the 30 seconds as well. But, we'll avoid that. I'll cut this offer off as soon as I have enough recordings to start.

A 10% percent per month (as client continues to pay) finders fee is offered here for any qualified, paying advertisers you bring to Coverunner Radio for the first three contractual periods they fullfill. Could be up to $86.40 a mo. for three years or as little as $18.00 a month for one month. I'll be contracting with them to incrementally raise rates 25% as listenership increases by each 2,000 total listener hours per month. Before I have some advertisers lined up, I'll go on the air as a professional station. I'd rather at least have enough adverising revenue to cover the costs of streaming before I do go pro. Chicken or the egg?

I'll follow up with a formatted schedule of rates. If not interested, got your own eggs to hatch, just reply no interest. All help is appreciated.

Noel Diotte

coverunner@earthlink.net

CoveRunner Radio - Ocean/Island Music

www.coverunner.com

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...The remainder of the restoration will be as follows. The exterior will be completely stripped down to the aluminum finish and painted in the original paint scheme and trim of 1949 as delivered. The interior of the Convair will be as follows, new dark blue carpeting, the head liner will be replaced, aft lavatory will be completely rebuilt, forward galley moved aft to original area, damaged seat cushions replaced as necessary, seat coverings to match the original 1949 interior, crew seats need recovering, and reconditioning of avionics and cockpit area. as it was originally delivered will be the

Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter

FAA (Un)Safety Policies Questioned...Again
As Bill Sees It: (Editorial): Seven Years After Flt. 800 Disaster, The FAA FINALLY Makes A Safety
The FAA/Airport Sham Noise Monitoring
As Bill Sees It: (Editorial):

Royal Institute of Navigation : HOME

...Chemical tanker explodes off US...
Bow Mariner...Bulk carrier ran down trawler...
EU - US trade agreement on marine equipment...
Zurich murder - an air traffic community statement...
Mixed news for the no-frills airlines...
Ryanair...
Greenland aircraft to be recovered...
Wind farm would ruin Olympic bid...
RAF pay out to felled rider...
100 aircraft equipped for Link 2000+...
No longer Lost . ....
Lost...
Macedonian President's aircraft hits mountain...
UK goods vehicles to Europe - latest stats...
EU pursues stringent maritime safety directive...
Agreement reached over GPS/Galileo...
Mayday! Mayday! This is Today calling......
Rescue helicopter flies into cables...
Polly Vacher heading for home...
Lufthansa posts loss in 2003...
Air traffic controller stabbed to death...
Rescued seals tracked by satellite...
Indian GLONASS deal?...
GLONASS...
Air ambulance crashes on approach...
Ten foreign ships detained in UK...
TCAS averts collision?...
I have sinned . ....
Aviation Self Reporting Scheme (ASRS)...
What do you think of maritime radio surveys?...
Two sailors drown in Langstone harbour...

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events...
March 6... Barnstormers...
April 3... Air War Over Vietnam ~ Highlighting the Air Commandos ...
May 1... Jet Aircraft...
May 9... Mothers Day ~ Mothers admitted FREE...
May 15 - 16... Airshow 2004...
June 5... Air Power over Normandy...
June 20... Fathers Day ~ Fathers admitted FREE...
June 26 - 27... High Country Warbirds Fly-In ~ Valle Airport, Arizona...
July 3... Forward Air Control Aircraft Operations ...
August 7... Korean Air War...
September 4... Royal Air Force In Action...
October 2... Naval Air Warfare ~ Featuring Carrier-Based Aircraft ...
November 6... Flight Test Ops ~ Featuring the Northrop N9MB Flying Wing ...
November 11... Veterans Day ~ Veterans admitted FREE...
December 4... Remembering Pearl Harbor...
December 25... Museum is Closed for Christmas...
Weather permitting and whenever possible, flight demonstrations by appropriate aircraft will be a part of each museum event and drawings will also be conducted for flights in some of the "Planes of Fame" warbirds whenever the situation permits. The monthly Saturday events will also feature seminars involving participants who will relate their personal experiences with the subjects of those seminars. Any individuals with experiences that might relate to the subjects of those seminars are invited to contact The Air Museum....
Scheduled Events ~ Valle, Arizona...
June 26 - 27...

Press Releases

April 3, 2004... Air War Over Vietnam...
May 1, 2004... Jet Aircraft...
May 15 - 16, 2004... The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" AIRSHOW 2004...
Press Credential Requests (to be returned no later than May 7, 2004)...
June 5, 2004... Air Power over Normandy...
June 26 - 27, 2004... High Country Warbirds Fly-in...
July 3, 2004... Forward Air Control Aircraft Operations ...
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