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| Stay on Top of the Charts / Rose Marie Kern |
| A series of incidents over the past couple years has illuminated a potentially dangerous trend. An accident in Los Alamos, an incident in Belen, and a potential for disaster at Albuquerque exists because the pilots involved used old aviation charts and AFDs.
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| Cell Phone Courtesy / Rose Marie Kern |
“Lockheed Martin Flight Service.”
“Hi, I’m November one two (crackle) ... ix, papa and I’m (crackle, snap, crackle) to Farmington…”
“Sir, Sir, I didn’t catch that, could you say again?”
(crackle, pop, shrrr)”…four, six papa, going from Grants to… (crackle)
“Sir? Was that November one two four six papa?”
“Yes, I’ m in a Bon … (crackle…)
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| Plane gone missing in eastern Indonesia |
| A plane carrying 16 people disappeared over eastern Indonesia on Sunday, an airline official said.
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| Weather in the Deep South / Rose Marie Kern |
| I flew low altitude from Atlanta to Orlando once, and as I looked out of the window I saw lakes, ponds and streams sparkling like a chest of diamonds flung haphazardly on an emerald carpet before a fireplace. All that water! For a girl from the desert it was almost a religious experience.
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| Flight student charged with piloting plane into US |
| Suicide by fighter jet was the goal of a flight student who stole a plane in Canada, entered U.S. airspace and flew an erratic path over the Midwest with the military on his tail before he landed safely on a rural Missouri road, federal authorities said Tuesday.
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| Cessna Expresses Commitment to SkyCatcher Program |
| Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, said it is fully committed to the Model 162 SkyCatcher program despite two incidents experienced during the flight test program.
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| Wicked, Wicked Wind Shear / By Rose Marie Kern |
| You are flying along on a beautiful clear day with a nice little tailwind. Suddenly, as though a freight train had just barreled past, your flight takes on a new dimension in the struggle to be straight and level. Up becomes down, your seat belts barely restrain you from connecting with the ceiling and bolts creak as the fuselage metal stresses against opposing forces. This is wind shear.
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| Pilot who went blind mid-flight managed to land safely |
| A pilot who went blind after having a stroke while flying home from a family holiday kept apologizing to his rescuers as he made repeated attempts to land without being able to see, it emerged today.
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| ELITE GNS 430 Enhancement Package Available In Time for the Holidays! |
| FlyELITE writes "The most requested feature for our software for several years has been the Garmin 430. We have placed real Garmin equipment in our high-end trainers for many years but were reluctant to undertake such an expensive and time-consuming project for our home and Basic ATD users."
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| Six survive plane crash on Lake Malawi |
| Six passengers flying on a chartered flight to the island district of Likoma on Lake Malawi survived a would be fatal crash over the weekend after the plane's front tyre burst, police have confirmed.
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