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Woods’s Return Spurs First Flight Advisory at Masters Update3 – BusinessWeek
Posted by: | CommentsApril 9 Bloomberg — Tiger Woods’s return to professional golf spurred U.S. regulators to suggest that pilots make the Masters Tournament a no-fly zone.Small planes should stay at least two nautical miles 3.7 kilometers from the center of the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia and at least 2,500 feet above the ground to “avoid unnecessary distraction,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in an April 5 advisory. It is a recommendation, not a rule.“Because of the increased attention because of the Tiger Woods scandal, the FAA thought it was prudent to issue this advisory,” said Kathleen Bergen, an agency spokeswoman in Atlanta. Woods is making his season debut after an almost five- month layoff and the admission that he cheated on his wife.
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Amateur Pilot Guided by Hero Controllers – CBS News
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6 Air Traffic Controllers Will Get Award for Helping Man Land Plane after Pilot Dies at 10,000 Feet
CBS There are some 14,000 air traffic controllers guiding the 5,000 planes that are in the skies over the United States at any given time.When one of those controllers does something wrong, we – that is the press and the public – can and rightly do criticize them. Consider the case of the controller who allowed his children to issue directions to pilots at New York’s JFK International Airport earlier this year.When controllers do something right, something extraordinarily right, we should praise them.On a busy Easter Sunday last year, Lisa Grimm, an air traffic controller at the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center heard these words crackle over the radio: “My pilot’s deceased … I need help.”The voice belonged to Doug White, a passenger in a King Air 200. His wife and two daughters were in the back of the plane. The pilot had fallen ill and died at 10,000 feet. White was a private pilot, but had never flown an aircraft as big and powerful as the twin-engine turboprop that he now assumed control of.Listen to Doug White's emergency call.“We’re going to have you hand-fly the plane,” Grimm told White as the aircraft continued to climb. “Hold the yoke level and disengage the autopilot.”
April First Friday in Downtown Lakeland Tied to Fly-In | TheLedger.com
Posted by: | CommentsApril First Friday in Downtown Lakeland Tied to Fly-In
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 11:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 11:42 p.m.
April’s First Friday in Downtown Lakeland will be much more than dining, strolling and shopping.
On April 2, First Friday will take on an aviation theme, with a fly-by evening formation by Ye Mystic Krewe, hot-air balloon rides, music by the U.S. Air Force rock band Reserve Generation, a hot-air balloon glow and night air show over Lake Mirror.
The events are a tie-in to Sun 'n' Fun, which is April 13 to 18. Admission to First Friday is free.
Events begin at 6 p.m., with balloon glow at 8:15 p.m. and air show at 8:45 p.m.
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timesofmalta.com – Mtarfa school sets its aim high
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Mtarfa school sets its aim high
Kurt Bugeja Coster
Some students do drama or woodwork classes for their extracurricular activities but the Boys' Secondary School in Mtarfa is hoping to raise the bar offering 15 of its students a taste of what it takes to fly a plane.
The boys, aged between 12 and 16 years, will be taught aeronautics, meteorology, navigation and will get to fly in a two-seater plane, even though they will not be able to take the controls themselves.
The Aero Club, as it is known, is the brainchild of the Mtarfa school and Diamond Flight Training.
Zachary Tanti, 15, is one of the students who applied to join the club because he was already an avid aviation enthusiast, visiting the Malta Air Show every year and collecting models of fighter planes.
When he finishes secondary school, he plans to take up aircraft maintenance.
A colleague of his, 14-year-old Jean Claude Zahra, wants to become a chef and explained that while he was not into aeronautics he still decided to take part in the Aero Club because the activity was different and would be an interesting experience.
