Hurry Up And Wait: Northwest (File recovery fat) Delays Compass Launch

Hurry Up And Wait: Northwest (File recovery fat) Delays Compass Launch 

Hurry Up And Wait: Northwest Delays Compass Launch 
Plans To Fly Old Independence Air Plane Fall Through Northwest Airlines announced Friday it has delayed the launch of its new lost-cost subsidiary Compass Airlines from later this month, to later this year -- September, to be exact.
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Two Pilots Lost In Long Island Learjet Accident 
Plane Registered To Evangelist May Have Hit Approach Light A Lear 35 registered to religious televangelist Pat Robertson went down in Long Island Sound Friday, a half-mile short of the runway at Groton-New London Airport. The three passengers onboard the plane escaped without serious injury, but both of the aircraft's pilots were killed.
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STAT MedEvac Adds Third EC145 
STAT MedEvac of Pittsburgh, PA, has taken delivery of a third of EC145s it ordered from American Eurocopter. This aircraft, which will be based at STAT MedEvac's new facility at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, is currently in the last phase of completion.
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AD: Boeing 
AD NUMBER: 2006-11-11 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-11-11 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes.
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Congress May Withhold Some UAV Funding 
Government Awaits Crash Investigation In the wake of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crash last month, Congress has taken action on the program's future by tightening at least some of its purse strings. The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday passed a homeland security funding bill that would withhold $6.8 million in UAV funds until U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports on the
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Chicago PD Will Be Flying Another New Bell 206B3 
The City of Chicago has placed an order for a new Bell 206B3 for use by its Police Department. Scheduled for delivery November 2006, the 206B3 will be used for aerial law enforcement missions throughout the City of Chicago.
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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (05.28.06): Picking Up An IFR Clearance Inflight 
Aero-Tips! Departing VFR to pick up an IFR clearance in the air is an expedient that works well in good VFR weather. Resist time pressure to use this technique, however, in areas of IFR weather or rising, obscured terrain.
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MIA C-47 Crew Comes Home... At Long Last 
A Grateful Nation Remembers... The Defense POW/Missing Personnel (DPMO) reports that three servicemen missing in action from World War II have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
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