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    • Ten worst air disasters

    Posted by pligger 15 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
    Category: Safety & Accident Reports | Tags: disasters plane crash air accidents
    March 27, 1977
    Two Boeing 747s, operated by KLM and Pan Am, collided on a foggy runway at Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands killing 583 people.
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    • Tom Cruise to sizzle again in Top Gun sequel?

    Posted by Maurice 45 days ago (http://story.malaysiasun.com)
    Category: Videos | Tags: top gun movies entertainment
    The makers of Top Gun are planning a sequel to the 80s super hit and according to the grapevine Tom Cruise may just be sporting his aviator sh Read More »
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    • Brave pilot leaves controls to rescue parachutist

    Posted by pligger 47 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
    Category: Safety & Accident Reports | Tags: parachuting autopilot skilled
    A pilot was hailed for his bravery after he left his controls to rescue a parachutist caught in the plane's undercarriage at 3,000ft. The pilot left his seat Read More »
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    • Tuskegee Airmen have expectations for Lucas film

    Posted by avid 79 days ago (http://www.ajc.com)
    Category: Aviation History | Tags: film movie tuskegee airmen
    The black airmen whose lives will be the basis of a George Lucas movie know the picture will highlight their record of successfully escorting thousands of U.S. Read More »
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    • Charles Kingsford Smith envelope sells for $14,500

    Posted by Maurice 121 days ago (http://www.abc.net.au)
    Category: Aviation History | Tags: first globe circumnavigate auction
    An envelope carried by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on the first flight across the Pacific Ocean has been sold 80 years later, for $14,500.
    A private collector Read More »
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    • Aloha Airlines shutting down passenger operations

    Posted by zulu 158 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
    Category: Aviation History | Tags: bankruptcy passenger competition cargo
    Hawaii-based Aloha Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on March 20, said that Monday would be its last day of passenger operations.
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    • Bullet exited jet at 8,000 feet

    Posted by avid 163 days ago (http://www.denverpost.com)
    Category: Safety & Accident Reports | Tags: a319 instruments cockpit hull
    Details of a gunfire on a Saturday morning flight from Denver began to emerge Tuesday.
    Federal regulators confirmed the pilot accidentally fired the gun in t Read More »
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    • Americans seek employment in India

    Posted by zulu 163 days ago (http://www.siasat.com)
    Category: Aviation Careers | Tags: job cuts visa foreign
    While no official survey of applications for work visa has been done, Kumar said most of the requests for employment visas are either in the IT sector or aviat Read More »
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    • FAA orders inspections of older 737s

    Posted by zulu 163 days ago (http://www.boston.com)
    Category: Airliners | Tags: inspection safety 737 carrier ordered
    More than 650 older model Boeing 737s will be checked in the U.S. for a bolt that may be faulty. The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering the inspection Read More »
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    • Navy Cites Satellite Shootdown Surprises

    Posted by Maurice 164 days ago (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com)
    Category: Resources & Learning | Tags: satellite debris field admiral
    The obliteration of a dying satellite by the U.S. military was declared “a successful mission” in February, but things didn’t go exactly according to plan, a N Read More »
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    • Pearson erased from report after CEO complaint

    Posted by avid 165 days ago (http://www.thespec.com)
    Category: Airports | Tags: survey fees survey ranking
    OTTAWA–Toronto's Pearson airport is being dropped from a global review of airport efficiency after a complaint about its embarrassingly low ranking. Read More »
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    • Indian air cargo industry spreads wings

    Posted by virtual 165 days ago (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com)
    Category: General Aviation | Tags: cargo hub freight carriers civil
    ndia is all set to become the Mecca for all aviation companies. After all, there is no other country which provides you a 360-degree evolution ecosys Read More »
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    • Mobile calls on Emirates flights: The first

    Posted by pligger 166 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
    Category: Aviation History | Tags: mobile call cruising signal interfering
    Dubai-based airline Emirates has become the first commercial airline to allow passengers to make mobile phone calls during flights.
    Emirates said th Read More »
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    • Pilot's gun fires on US Airways jet

    Posted by Maurice 164 days ago (http://www.msnbc.msn.com)
    Category: Airliners | Tags: pilot incident tsa navigator engineer
    No injuries are reported after a pilot's gun discharged on a US Airways flight from Denver to Charlotte, N.C.
    Airline and federal officials say Flight 1536 w Read More »
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    • Prop planes make comeback

    Posted by pligger 167 days ago (http://www.ajc.com)
    Category: General Aviation | Tags: turboprop fuel short-haul efficiency atr
    As fuel prices soar to record highs and airlines struggle to maintain profitability, the unglamorous but fuel-efficient turboprop regional airliner i Read More »
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    • Boeing conducts redesign on key Dreamliner segment

    Posted by zulu 167 days ago (http://uk.news.yahoo.com)
    Category: Commercial | Tags: wings fuselage carbon-fiber jet
    Boeing has said it has carried out a redesign on a key part of the structure of its new Dreamliner 787 jet where wings are attached to the aircraft. Read More »
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    • Runway success leaves city's poor on outer

    Posted by zulu 167 days ago (http://www.smh.com.au)
    Category: Airports | Tags: rehabilitate fuel facilities airport
    For decades the runway slums have been a hallmark of landing in Mumbai, but the airport operator wants that to change. The shanties are on airport la Read More »
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