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AVMAIL AVmail: Dec. 4, 2006AVmail this week about safer, shorter runways, WAAS upgrades, TCAS troubles in Brazil and much more.

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Human remains have been recovered from the wreck of a Halifax bomber that was shot down in Poland in 1944. Ground penetrating radar was used to pinpoint the hulk of the four-engine bomber that was on a secret mission to supply Polish resistance forces. It was brought down by anti-aircraft fire, killing five Canadian and […]

Inspiration for all those little airports out there looking for industry to help justify the business case for their existence comes from Three Rivers, Mich. The small community (8,000) has been chosen by the Clifford Development Group and Hov-Aire as the site for facility to install FADEC-controlled Williams FJ44 engines in Citation II aircraft. The […]

The manager of Barnstable Airport in Hyannis, Mass., says he’s looking forward to the results of an audit by FAA officials last week. “I think it will help us,” said Airport Manager Quincy “Doc” Mosby. “I’m positive that we’ll do fine.” For whatever reason Barnstable, which is served by a handful of regional airlines flying […]

Aerobatic performer and competitor Patty Wagstaff was named the first winner of the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s Amelia Earhart Award recognizing outstanding achievement in aviation by women. Another new award, the Neil Armstrong Award for aerospace leaders, went to Peter Diamandis, the CEO of the X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the competition for privately funded […]

The Government Accountability Office wants the NTSB to tighten up its operation on several fronts while doing more in-depth analysis on transportation safety issues. The GAO recently completed a report on the internal practices of the NTSB and found, essentially, that it was very busy investigating accidents and had not fully implemented so-called “leading management […]

A town hall meeting held in Teterboro this week to discuss traffic patterns at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey (the ILS approach takes aircraft directly over Hackensack Hospital) and safety and security concerns was “an outstanding exchange between the members of the community surrounding Teterboro Airport and the airport operators and tenants,” according to National […]