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2009
January February March April May June July August September October November December TWU Offshore Aviation Maintenance A Disaster Waiting To Happen IATA Safe Skies Will Come From Government And Private Sector Pilot Roster Grows For 2010 Red Bull Air Race Season First Signals Received From DIRECTV 12 Satellite Falcon’s Parents Sentenced In Balloon Hoax The Long Journey Of The Lockheed Super G Constellation Nigerian National Attempted To Blow Up Northwest Airlines Aircraft Flight 253 Spanish Airline Air Comet Is Forced To Suspend Operations Rockwell To Provide Avionics And Pilot Controls On Russia Aircraft Consumer Rule Limits Airline Tarmac Delays Kidnapper Arrested Involving Lakeland Pilot Rolls Royce Engines Powered Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Historic Flight Local Authors Present Seattle's Commercial Aviation 1908-1941 Negotiations Unsuccessful Between Ryanair And Boeing Thai Airways Executive Board Chairman Under Investigation Lisbon, Portugal To Host 2010 Red Bull Air Race Alaska Airlines IAMAW Approves Partial Contract Extension Sikorsky S-76D Helicopter Begins Production Eurocopter EC175 Helicopter Makes First Flight Over Marignane British Air Carrier Flyglobespan Airlines Closes Its Doors Employees At Qantas Airlines Will Stage A Industrial Action Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Makes Historic First Flight NBA Dwight Howard To Endorse AirTran Airways Thirteen Air Carriers Sign Fuel Agreement With Rentech Airline Passenger Employment Down 3.7 Gulf Air Comprehensive Measures To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint British Airways Prepares For Holiday Labor Strike Vanderbilt LifeFlight Pilots Equipped With ITT Night Vision OSHA Cites American Airlines Over Death Of Worker At MIA Rockwell Collins HGS Approved For CAT I Landings Cessna Aircraft Today Announced Closing Of Plants Cutting Personnel Business Traveler Magazine Readers Voted Air Canada With Top Honors Emirates Airlines Takes Delivery Of Sixth Airbus A380 Hawaiian Airlines Reaches Agreement With IAM-C Union BTS Reports Airline Passenger Traffic Up 0.8 From A Year Ago Enhanced Vision System On Challenger 605 Receives FAA Certification Republic Makes Organizational Changes Denver Operations United States Achieves Open Shies With Japan GE To Begin Certification Testing Of Its New H80 Turboprop Engine United Places Order For 25 Airbus A350 And 25 Boeing 787 X-51A WaveRider Gets First Ride Aboard B-52 Airbus A400M Military Airlifter Completes First Flight IATA Addressed Aviation Environmental Goals In Copenhagen Miami Dade Police Receives Second Eurocopter EADS Awarded $247 Million Contract On Lakota Light Utility Helicopter FAA Reluctant Raising Co-pilot Minimum Hours For Airlines NTSB Public Meeting On Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Safety Sikorsky Rollouts Out CBP First UH-60L Helicopter Support Growing On Halt To Pratt & Whitney Closings Garmin Receives FAA Approval TAS And TCAS I Traffic Systems Predator B Guardian To Use For Counter Narcotics Operations Boeing Completes 747-8 Freighter Engine Runs Successfully Blue Angels Headline 2010 Vectren Dayton Air Show Contract Awarded To Reduce Effects of Wind Turbines On ATC System Machinists Support NMB Voting Rule Change American Airlines Sponsors CRP Future Pilots Inaugural Class FAA Solicits Bids For NextGen Contracts Worth $7 Billion MSA Of China Takes Delivery Of AgustaWestland Helicopters Gulfstream G650 Jet Passes Initial Flight Tests FAA Proposes $4 Million Penalty On Spitfire Aviation Services Dover AFB Completes C-5M Test In Surge Operations Boeing Apache Block III Helicopter Makes 1st Flight Bombardier To Sell 22 Regional Jets To American Eagle Delta Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Nigerian Eagle Solar Runway Lights To Improve Airfield Safety In Middle East Kenya Airways Highest Time On Wings Powered By GE CF6 Engines Radar Antenna Installed On Boeing P-8A Poseidon Kidnapped Three Year Old Boy Rescued By Coast Guard F-15E Accident Investigation Report Released By Air Force British Airways To Reimburse Consumers FAA Bans Takeoffs With “Polished Frost” Beijing International Airport Opens Third Runway IATA Reported Air Passenger And Cargo Up Clay Lacy To Be Inducted Into National Aviation Hall of Fame Aviation Industry Legend Edward Stimpson Dies Bomb Threat Made So Boss Could Catch Flight Gulfstream G650 Makes First Successful Flight DOT First Ever Enforcement Against Airline For Stranding Passengers Rockwell Collins To Acquire Air Routing International Arrests In Scheme to Procure Anti Aircraft Missiles Japan Airlines Terror In The Sky FAA Takes Aim At Icing With New Ice Protection Proposal IATA Strategic Partnership Agreement With Russia Air France A380 Makes First Transatlantic Flight FAA Proposes Restrictions On Companies Hiring FAA Inspectors Software Caused FAA Air Traffic Management To Be Offline DOT Calls For Greater Oversight At Aircraft Repair Stations AirTran Will Begin Advertising On The Back Of Each Seat Airbus Develops $5.3 Billion Out Of Dubai Air Show AgustaWestland Awarded Navy Helicopter Contract Black Hawk Helicopter Fleet Surpasses 1 Million Flight Hours Air Algerie Announce Order for Seven Boeing 737-800s NTSB Recommends The Grounding Of Zodiac CH-601XL Comlux Purchases Third Challenger 605 Jet British Airways And Iberia Airlines Agree On Merger Three Perish In Mountain Lifeflight Helicopter Crash Airbus A330 Is First Airliner Certified For ETOPS FAA To Provide Timely Response With “No Radio” Events Boeing First 747-8 Freighter Leaves Factory Boeing 787 Dreamliner Goes From Development To Production Iberia Crew On Strike Merger Talks With British Airways Cell Phones WiFi On Airplanes What You Didn’t Know IAA Reports Flight Figures Continue To Decline Student Pilot Sentenced Flying Stolen Aircraft Into The US FAA Again Struck Down A Bid To Stop Night Flights Air National Guard To Have Its Own Fleet Of Aircraft The C-27J Increasing Pilot Age To 65 Has No Effect On Safety IAM Withdraws Single Carrier Application Delta Responds Air France Takes Delivery Of Its First Airbus A380 Mixed News For International Air Passenger And Cargo Travel Boeing To Cut 330 Workers On Its CAPPS Program Coast Guard C-130 And Navy AH-1W Super Cobra Collide Midair NASA To Launch Space Shuttle Atlantis November 16th Entegra Release 9 Flight Deck Available For PA-46 Aircraft Lufthansa Weak Revenue In Passenger Business US Airways To Layoff 1,000 Employees FAA Approves SafeFlight Throttle System On Gulfstream G150 Pilot's Failure To Hold MDA On Approach Caused Crash Southwest Airlines Official Airline Sponsor Of Denver Nuggets Northwest Pilots Licenses Revoked On Flight 188 By FAA Boeing 787 Dreamliner Plant Has Home In Charleston, SC NW Airlines Flight 188 Pilots Unaware Of Aircraft Position Iberia Cancels Flights Board Of Directors Develop New Business Model PiperJet To Be Equipped With The Garmin G3000 FAA To Investigate Pilots Of NW Airlines Flight 188 Little Rock Airmen Fuel Up To Save Environment, Money World Aviation Authorities Tackle Climate Change Korea Coast Guard Takes Delivery Of Two AW139 Helicopters Garmin Brings Touchscreen And Widescreens To The Cockpit NTSB Investigating A Landing By Delta On Taxiway At ATL Falcon Never Made Flight Turns Out To Be Hoax Northrop E-2D Hawkeye Successfully Completes Catapult Launch Northrop To Provide ATC Communications Upgrades At Gimpo F-16s Collide Over The Atlantic One Pilot Missing FAA Considers Internet Only Flight Training FAA Proposes Civil Penalty for US Airways And United Airlines Aviation Pioneer Richard T. Whitcomb Dies At 89 1968 Pan American Flight 281 Hijacker Arrested Civil Air Patrol To Receive NBAA Al Ueltschi Award for Humanitarian Leadership DOT Issues Lithium Battery Safety Advisory FAA Lists Carriers Yet To Commit To Safety Call To Action Bonhomme Wins Red Bull World Championship Air Race Wright Flyer Replica Crashes Arch wins Qualifying point ahead of Red Bull Air Race finale in Barcelona ATR Unveils The First ATR 600 Series Aircraft Pilot iPhone With My-Cast By Garmin Frontier Airlines Emerges From Chapter 11 Protection Aerial Firefighting Management Is There A Better Way Allied Pilots Association Urges Focus On Safety SkyTrac Systems Appoints Stephen Fuhr To Leadership Role Drug Trafficker Planned Airdrop of Cocaine Air India Pilots Continue Sickout Gulfstream Rolls Out The All-New G650 Little Rock's Dassault Falcon Sees 2nd Round Of Employee Cuts Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger Returns Back For Flight Duty Boeing Advances Security Upgrade for GPS Ground Control System Medical Helicopter Goes Down Killing All On Board Understanding Aviation Emissions GE Lockheed Martin C-5M Set World Aviation Records Dutch Firm Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Export Aircraft Components To Iran NASA Assigns Crew For Final Space Shuttle Mission NATCA Members Vote On Collective Bargaining Agreement With FAA Blue Sky Network Rolls Out Their Latest GPS Receiver David Hempleman Adams Sets Another Hot Air Balloon Record Paul Bonhomme Rides Hot-Streak To Barcelona For Finale TSA Partners With UTA To Enhance Aviation Security Anchorage Pilot And Two Passenger Lucky To Be Alive New Radar Sensors Improve Colorado Air Traffic Safety Bristow Signs Agreement For 3 AW139 Helicopters Airline Career Opportunities Fall For the Month Of July Flight Standards Regional Offices To Have NextGen Specialists Thousands Lined Up For Air Force Marathon Heroes Help Dedicate Airman's Hall ATC Union Has New Leader Air Force Honors Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen AMR Announces New Liquidity, Network and Fleet Enhancements DOT Fines Spirit Airlines For Violating Bumping, Other Rules FAA Issues Quest Aircraft Production Certificate Bear Aircraft Launches The Bear 360 Aircraft Pilots With Color Blindness May Be A thing Of The Past NATCA Supports FAA Control Of Airspace Around Manhattan Eight American Airlines Employees Arrested Battle For The Airfield A Reenactment Of World War II NBAA Offers New Electronic APIS Compliance Resource for Members Trinity Mother Frances Hospital To Receive EC145 Eurocopter EASA European Commission Set Strategy For Flight Crew Licensing, Air IATA States US Needs To Restore Aviation Leadership Role Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy Sets 41 World Records FAA To Amend Airworthiness Standards to Transport Airplanes Embraer Will Attend Reno Air Races For The First Time Bonhomme Has Widen The Lead In Red Bull Air Race Airport Manager Violates Probation Fakes Death Tries To Collect On Life Pace Airlines Lays Off More Employees Company Confronts Vandalism Frontier Airlines’ Plan of Reorganization Confirmed by Bankruptcy Court Kandahar World’s Busiest Single Runway Airport FAA Issues Interim ATC Procedures For Airbus A388 Flights Roseville Man Sentenced for “Lasering” Police Helicopter Report Urges NASA To Shift Space Flight Priorities Enlist The Commercial Sector Russian Airlines KD Avia Ceases Operations Continental Airline Pilots Reserves Men File Discrimination Lawsuit FAA Announces Plan to Enhance Safety for New York Airspace Red Bull Air Race World Championship Heads Into The Home Stretch Tuskegee Airman America’s First Black Air Traffic Controllers Dies AT 84 Piper Cherokee Lance Aircraft Goes Down Killing All 5 Onboard FAA Mandates Plan for Southwest Airlines to Replace Unapproved Parts Our Soldiers Are Getting A Flying Chance Pilot Sentenced In Search And Rescue Hoax All Four Crewmembers Died Special Ops Black Hawk Helicopter Crashed In Restored Embraer CBA 123 Aircraft Delivered To Musal NASA Gives 'Go' For Space Shuttle Discovery Launch- Border Patrol Gets State Of The Art UH-60M Helicopter- Legendary Pilot Jack Zimmerman Remains Located Off The Gulf of St. Lawrence The Wings Of Freedom Tour A Great Friend Of Aviation Will Soon Turn 100 The First Of Its Kind The Arizona Aircraft Expo Pilot Dies After Two Russian Jets Collide Aviation Pioneer Michael Dacre Was Killed In Plane Crash In Malaysia Southwest Airlines' Bid To Acquire Frontier Not Selected At Auction Republic Airways To Takeover Frontier Airlines FAA and NATCA Reach Landmark Labor Agreement Twin Otter Goes Down With 13 Onboard In The Kokoda Mountain Range Miami’s Inner City Kids Graduated Summer Aviation Camp Boeing to Demonstrate Unmanned Cargo Aircraft for US Marine Corps A Parachute Deployment System Might Just Have Saved Lives In The Midair All Nine killed In Airplane And Helicopter Midair Collision Over The Hudson Intoxicated Man Called 911 On A Plane Crash “Amelia” The Movie Version Of Amelia Earhart Pilot Reported Dead In Bangkok Airways Crash Bombardier Global Vision Flight Deck Makes Flawless Flight Test Continental Flight 128 Diverted to MIA After Encountering Severe Turbulence-- FAA Mandates Timely Activation of Ice Protection Systems for New Designs NextGen To Change The Face Of Aviation Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Federation of Indian Airlines Calls Off August Airline Strike Coast Guard Medevacs Man Bitten By Shark P-51 Mustang To Return To Fleming Field After Five Year Restoration Runoff Election Declared In ATC Association Race For President Ford Auctioned Off Mustang For Young Eagles At EAA’s AirVenture RotorWay Introduces New Turbine Helicopter NORAD Scrambles F-16 Intercepts FAA Repeats Mistakes Of The Past P-51 Red Tail Mustang A Crowd Pleaser At EAA AirVenture FAA Certified Garmin’s G500 For Nearly 600 Different Aircraft Frontier Airlines To Be Sold At Auction Next Month NextGen Navigational Challenges In The Air Transportation System Boeing To Bid On NASA's Next Generation Space Exploration Initiative Inadequate FAA Enforcement Of Wildlife Hazard Personal Air Vehicle Is Getting Plenty Of Attention At EAA AirVenture Major Design Milestones Achieved On The SkyHook Honeywell Shows Of The AV8OR ACE GPS Receiver At EAA Airventure US Coast Guard Continues To Search For Missing Haitian Migrants Air Traffic Control To And From Oil Platforms In The Gulf of Mexico Airbus 380 The Worlds Largest Jetliner Will Attend EAA AirVenture In Oshkosh WWRE-2009- Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo Turbine Windmills On Aircraft Approach Path T.P. McCampbell Airport Attorney Urging Feds Adopt Stricter Regulations On Reporting While Flying Canadian Pilots Make Historic Coast To Coast Cross Flight Today Kicks Of EAA 57th Annual Convention At Oshkosh Blériot's Centennial Flight Over The English Channel United Airlines Voluntary Furlough Of Flight Attendants United States Coast Guard's First Black Aviator Dies At 78 Austro engine powered DA42 NG inbound for Oshkosh AirTran Airways Expands Online Payment Options For Travelers Boeing Awarded Contract for US Air Force AWACS Block 40/45 Upgrade FAA Certified Mechanic Falsified Records at Pennsylvania Maintenance School Boeing Get Closer Toward Completing Assembly Of The First 747-8 Freighter New FAA Safety Culture Reflected in Operational Error Reporting Newark International Airport Uses New Runway Safety System JetAmerica Puts Halt To Operations Hearing On Exxon Oilfield Abuses Penalties Could Exceed $1 Billion Air Canada Comments On Ratification Of Labor Agreements NTSB Determines Probable Cause Of Plane Crash Involving Steve Fossett Red Bull Air Race Rises To Logistics Challenge Boeing, Panama’s Copa Airlines Announce Order for 13 737-800s NBAA Member Martha King Outlines Concerns Over TSA's 'LASP' First Female Marine One Helicopter Pilot With All Female Crew Iranian Airline Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 Crashes Kill All Onboard NextGen's Role in Reducing Aviation Noise Winner Of FAI Mamaia World Aerobatic Formula Is Spaniard Castor Fantoba In A Tribute To The Tuskegee Airmen A 15 Year Old Sets Flight Record DOT Fines Delta for Violations of Denied Boarding Compensation Rules Legendary Pilots Help Celebrate Goodyear 100th Anniversary Lithuania, Rojunai Airfield Aerobatic Race Fever With Yak-52 Charter Director of Defunct Jet Company Admits Using Unqualified Pilots Fighting Fires Caused By Lithium Type Batteries in Portable Electronic Devices FAI Mamaia – World Elite Aerobatic Formula Will hit Romanian Mamaia Beach Boeing Announces Agreement to Acquire Vought Operations in South Carolina Billy Mays, OxiClean Spokesman Found Dead Airmen Spend Time With Students During Deployment Development of Alternative Jet Fuel Advances American Airlines Hosts 100 Campers At Airline-Sponsored Flight School Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Has Died At The Age of 50 Northrop Grumman's Expertise Plays Starring Role in TV Documentary Frontier Reaches Investment Agreement With Republic Files Reorganization Air Transport Association Reports Decline in Passenger Demand, Cargo Traffic Platinum Jet Management Owner Pleads To Improper Flights Northrop Grumman Delivers Satellite for Space Tracking and Surveillance Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal to Revolutionize GPS System General Aviation Presents Limited Security Threat Coast Guard Participates In Simulated Mass Casualty Exercise LAX Gets New Runway Safety System Continental Airlines Captain Dies Enroute From Brussels British Airways Flights For Survival Improvements in Pilot Training Better Access to Pilot Records TSA Airport Security Directive Still Causing Confusion Air France’s Boeing 777 Freighter Arrives at Paris Air Show AMR Chairman Spoke At Global Transportation Conference JFK And LaGuardia Airports -New York City To Euthanize Up To 2,000 Geese Training Failures Among Newly Hired Air Traffic Controllers Air Traffic Controller Hiring Outpaces Losses FAA Rejects Concerns From Congress, Natca; Splits Memphis Air Traffic Facility Montana F-15 Pilot Reaches 4,000 Flight Hours Cogan Air Crash Prompts FAA To Inspect Pilot Training At Regional Airlines Clarksville Montgomery County Airport Authority Request Emergency American Airlines 'Eco-Friendly' Test on Trans-Atlantic Flight Air France Flight 447 - Officials Reviewing The Speed Sensor Data US Airways Worker Arrested After Helping Roommate Berkeley Attorney For SLA Members, Medical Pot Growers Dies In Plane Crash Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft Makes First Flight Authorities Have Confirmed The Wreckage Of Air France Flight 447 South Dakota Helicopters Help Improve Hiking Trail TSA Revises Airport Security Directive For Transient Pilots Secretary Napolitano Rolls Out Efficiency Review at TSA Facility NTSB Expands Release Of Accident Investigation Public Dockets Avfuel Charge Cards Accepted By Cessna Citation Service Centers MP-RTIP Initial Radar Performance Verification Flights Completed By Northrop Owner Of Sussex Airport Found Guilty Embezzling More Than $375,000 Bristow Acquires 42.5% of Lider Coast Guard Intercepts Smuggling Boat Boeing KC-767J Aerial Refueling Tankers Join Active Air Wing in Japan International Air Transport Association Calls On Reducing Aviation’s Emissions TSA and Ad Council Raise Awareness of Secure Flight Program Charles Bolden, President Obama's Pick To Head NASA Gulfstream Airlines Disputes Accusations Teamsters Praise House Passage of FAA Reauthorization NextGen Passes The House It's On To The Senate Navy Helicopter Crash Off Southern California Coast During Training Exercise Coast Guard Suspends Search for Survivors Of Mid Air Collision Off Long Beach FAA And NATCA Start Mediation Talks FAA Is Not Realizing The Full Benefits Of The Aviation Safety Action Program FAA Final Rule Combines All Current Drug And Alcohol Testing Requirements Northrop Grumman Honors Legacy of Navy's First African-American Admiral FAA Ruled Santa Monica's City Ordinance Is In Violation Owners Of Equitair Face Criminal And Civil Charges The FAA Withdraws Repair Station Rule 71 FR 70254 CAE To Layoff 10 Percent Of Its Workforce AirTran Airways to Offer Wi-Fi on Every Flight Northrop Grumman Delivers Final Nimitz Aircraft Carrier to the U.S. Navy NTSB Determines Cause Of Ems Helicopter Midair Collision In Arizona Raytheon Wins NextGen Contract Piper Aircraft Company Has Been Sold To IMPRIMIS Man Pleads Guilty to Pipe Bomb Charges for Attempting to Board an Aircraft $229 Million in Economic Recovery Funds for Aviation Delta-Northwest Merger Becomes Visible CDC Issues Flu Guidance for Flights Northrop Grumman Delivers First Operational B-2 Bomber With New Radar A Distraught Young Man Hijacks A CanJet Bound For Cuba Flying Car Takes Wing UK Police Are Fighting Back To Laser Threat A Emirates Jet Came Inches From Crashing At Melbourne Airport Air Jamaica Defends Closure of Miami Route Despite Downturn, Cessna Remains Focused on New Product Development Piper Aircraft Offers The Amsafe Aviation Airbag System Dave Craddock Sets World Record In Mooney Acclaim Type S CubCrafters Unveils The SUPER Sport Cub Aviation Industry Said Worst In 70 Years Garmin G1000 Awarded STC for King Air 200 and B200 Coast Guard Helicopters Provide Rescue Operations CIRRUS AIRCRAFT AND GARMIN PARTNER FOR VISION SF50 AVIONICS FAA Settles Southwest Airlines Civil Penalty for $7.5 Million Massey University Selects Diamond DA40 and DA42 L360 Aircraft Grenade Destroys A Colombian National Police Aircraft Colgan Air Dash 8-Q400 Crashed During An Instrument Approach Tommy Lee's Pilot Has Licensed Yanked For Sex on Tape US Airways Flight 1549 Ditches Into The Hudson After Hitting Geese

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