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Monday, September 18, 2006

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 09.18.06 



Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: Bad Attitudes ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.18.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.18.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: 09.18.06 (ANN Special Feature, on the five "bad attitudes" identified by the FAA.)

USAF F-16 Pilot Ejects Safely In Germany 
Clipped Antenna May Have Started Chain Of Events Nobody flew all weekend at Spangdahlem Air Force Base in Germany after a safety stand-down following a controlled ejection from an F-16 on Thursday.

IWASM To Feature Mercury 13 Exhibit 
Remembering The "Other" Original Astronauts Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace II and Brigadier General Donald Flickinger were nurturing an idea. Fresh from being part of the selection for the Mercury 7 astronauts, these two men thought women had the potential for spaceflight and might offer advantages over male candidates.

Paper: Lufthansa To Buy Over 100 Planes 
Several Makers Expected To Gain Orders German air carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG is reportedly close to emptying its bank account to buy a whole lotta jets... well over 100, in fact, spread out among several manufacturers.