The News Review:
- US troops arrive with ‘firepower to help’
- AVIATIN: Armed Forces Day events at Naval Air Station Fort Worth …
- FAA Finds Santa Monica Jet Ban Discriminatory
- Group aims to build spaceport in Sheboygan
- Janesville’s SC Aviation Eyes Expansion
- Private Plane Bound for Belize Crashes in Guatemala
- Yeager Airport looks for damage after dump truck crash
US troops arrive with ‘firepower to help’
National Post
troops to southern Afghanistan has arrived bringing old-fashioned pageantry modern-day hardware and big promises to a region struggling to beat back a stubborn insurgency. The North Carolina-based 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade was introduced at this large airbase yesterdayto a crowd of coalition soldiers and a smattering of civilian dignitaries. n display behind some of the brigade’s 3200 soldiers were U. attack reconnaissance transport and medi-vac helicopters. “We’re bringing plenty of firepower to help [in southern Afghanistan]” Colonel Paul Bricker the brigade’s commander said later.
AVIATIN: Armed Forces Day events at Naval Air Station Fort Worth …
Fort Worth Star Telegram
It’s an all-too-rare opportunity for North Texans to get an inside look at this important asset to the region and the nation. The air power demonstration will serve as a stimulating source of entertainment education and inspiration focused on the men women and machines that are a significant part of our community’s past present and future. Tarrant County’s history sports long chapters about this area’s involvement in the development of aviation. It’s a legacy of which native Texans and recent residents can be proud. It’s a story that needs to be told to every newcomer. Saturday’s air power demonstration will serve as a witness to our children and grandchildren of what can happen when patriotism inspires people to excel.
FAA Finds Santa Monica Jet Ban Discriminatory
The Lookout News
City officials who anticipated the decision will likely file an appeal with the FAA’s associate administrator for policy who must make a final ruling by July 8. If the City loses as is widely expected it can then file an appeal in federal court. Thursday’s decision came six days after a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a legal order obtained by the FAA blocking the City from enacting a 2008 ordinance that bans C and D aircraft with approach speeds of between 139 and 191 mph. FAA officials have said the law which the City Council adopted a year ago is unnecessary illegally discriminates against aircraft types and harms jet operators.
Group aims to build spaceport in Sheboygan
Chicago Tribune
The facility would be agateway for space travel or in other words an airport forrockets. The authority has released a to-do list that calls foridentifying by the end of next year the steps needed to get federaland local approval for a suborbital launch. It also calls for securing state and local approval for thespaceport and starting approval talks with the Federal AviationAdministration all within the next five years.
Janesville’s SC Aviation Eyes Expansion
WISC
For more than 80 years it has been a vital part of Green County and the largest employer in Monroe. Nearly 10 years ago Swiss Colony incorporated its own air charter company. Since 2000 SC Aviation in Janesville has grown quickly operating charter flights throughout the continent. “It’s amazing that a little company in Janesville literally is all over North America” said John Bullock SC Aviation’s vice president of marketing. While its customers are typically “well-to-do” the recession is still taking a toll. “We face the same challenges I think most companies are facing today. That is a reduction in demand which obviously puts a burden on the staff” said operations director Gary Helmeid.
Private Plane Bound for Belize Crashes in Guatemala
Channel 7 Daily News
All five passengers on board and the pilot were killed. The plane had just left the airport and crashed into the yard of a home near the airport. “The plane plummeted when it made a turn towards the left’ said the head of the Civil Aviation ffice Juan Jose Carlos. He added that they still do not know if it was an engine failure or a pilot error. The plane was reported to be bound for Belize but indications are that there were no Belizeans on board. We have confirmed with Aero-Dispatch Services at the airport that they were expecting the plane to arrive this afternoon but that is about all they know. And in another item of note from Guatemala President Alavaro Colom is under tremendous domestic pressure tonight as he is being accused of murder.
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Yeager Airport looks for damage after dump truck crash
USA Today
Atkinson says the driver of the large truck at a construction site failed to lower a raised bed that struck the tower at about 1 p. Some bolts were knocked out of the tower and the cross piece was dented. Federal Aviation Administration officials also were headed to the airport to check on the structure. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed.