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Whos Paying for the Private Jet?


One of the major perks of being a celebrity is the free stuff. Just ask the famous attendees of this week's VMA music works.

Fuel Costs and Air Fares Set To Rocket After Hurricane Katrina Punishes The US


It now looks certain that Hurricane Katrina will push fuel prices - and air fares - up through the roof.Hurricane Katrina has just killed hundreds of people, and it could well be thousands of people that we don't know about already.

FAA Intervention in Privatized Space Flight is Ridiculous


Burt Rutan and his team of designers, engineers and test pilots at Scaled Composites did something no private group had ever done. They proved that private space flight is feasible and safe.

Material Memory and NASA High Tech Plastics for Rotor Blades


Some new materials, types of plastics seem to be stronger than steel by quite a bit. Since they are made of polymer plastic blends it will be possible to add in some material memory manufacturing in the process.

Moving Troops and Evacuation Strategies


There are many ways to evacuate people from disasters like Hurricane Katrina for instance. There are also many ways to move troops to the area of conflict.

Flying Blimp Walrus Could Have Assisted in Evacuations


What is a Walrus Super Blimp? It is a giant heavy lift Blimp being evaluated by the United States Department of Defense's special research division; DARPA. What is DARPA? Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Mirrors to Redirect Mini Laser Weapons on Fighters for Vortex Airflows


Recently a new airborne laser system was announced to be put onto fighter jets, once this technology becomes more advanced we will no longer need missiles for air-to-air combat. The system, which will go onto a fighter jet would be called the; "HELLADS" or High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System, it is being tested now.

Fuselage Mounted Laser Vortex Enhancer Directed to Airfoils


DARPA has developed a small laser cannon, just like Star Wars to use as a weapon in a fighter plane for air to air combat, destroying enemy missiles or perhaps using a combination later on of Argon or CO2 (depending on altitude) for close air support. Recently it was announced that they would put this new airborne laser system onto fighter jets.

Jet Lag - 5 Pre-travel Steps to Reduce the Effects of Jet Lag


Ask any regular long-haul flyer about their experience of flying and you will soon discover that everyone has a different "magic" formula for overcoming or avoiding jet lag.In reality of course no magic formula exists - and there is certainly no magic pill or tablet.

Jet Lag - 5 In-flight Tips


The secret to combating jet lag, and arriving at your destination with little or no jet lag, lies in sound preparation well in advance of your date of travel. This, however, is only the foundation of your "anti jet lag" plan and all of your sound preparatory work will be wasted if you don't also ensure that you follow a sensible routine during your flight.

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Pentastar Aviation announces new chief pilot
MarketWatch (press release)
WATERFORD, Mich., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kip Catlin has joined Pentastar Aviation as Chief Pilot for the organization. With over 12500 flight hours, Catlin was most recently a captain at Northern Jet Management, flying Citation Bravo ...

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English Skills a Concern as Global Aviation Grows
New York Times
That recording, on YouTube as Air China 981, is a favorite among air traffic controllers and pilots who have their own stories of language misunderstanding in global aviation. “It's the most beautiful example of the problem,” said Paul Musselman, ...



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Singh meets 12 unions; AI sacks 30 more pilots
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Mumbai: Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh invited 12 unions of state-owned Air India Ltd on Monday to discuss recommendations of the DM Dharmadhikari committee that was appointed to resolve human resources issues dogging the national flag carrier, ...
Air India sacks 30 more pilots on Day 14 of strike: 10 big developmentsNDTV
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McCormick Named Co-Chair of Risk Based Security Working Group for TSA's ...
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McCormick had been named as one of the 27 members of ASAC, TSA's sole Federal advisory committee that gives the agency recommendations for improving aviation security methods, equipment and procedures, in November 2012. "There is nothing more important ...

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Is Aviation Minister fighting a class war or for Nigerians?
Vanguard
By Omoh Gabriel The Minister of Aviation deserves public applause for just one thing- mustering the courage to expose a long standing deal between the affluence bureaucrats in government and the British Airways, BA. Those familiar with the industry ...
Nobody Put a Gun Over Our Heads When We Were Signing AgreementsAllAfrica.com

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EarthTalk: Lead in Aviation Fuel
Kansas City infoZine
Dear EarthTalk: Lead was long ago phased out of automobile gasoline, but it is still in aviation fuel and is now the largest source of lead emissions in the US What's being done? - L. Eber, Rye, NY Westport, CT - infoZine - E/The Environmental Magazine ...

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UBM Aviation Acquires Industry's Top Blogging Website
MarketWatch (press release)
TALLINN, Estonia, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- UBM Aviation Routes Limited announced today its recent acquisition of Airlineroute.net, an online blogging website for route development scheduled changes. Airlineroute.net is the airline ...
UBM Aviation Acquires Airlineroute.net Blogging WebsiteThe Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and

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Renovations Highlighted At Meridian Aviation
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Visitors will then have the opportunity to take complimentary shuttles to Dean Aircraft and Meridian Aviation to tour those sites. "This is a rare opportunity for the public to see major improvements at all three of our properties," said Tom Williams, ...
Renovations highlighted at Meridian airportSunHerald.com

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Elliott Aviation Completes 50th Garmin G1000 King Air Retrofit
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Elliott Aviation's G1000 quality control process includes building all wiring harnesses and connectors in house, laser stamping the wiring, installing original factory wiring tags and removing all existing avionics wiring and connectors from nose to.
Hawker Beechcraft Services Announces Six Orders for G1000 Upgrades on King Air ...Aviation.ca (press release)

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices are climbing as the possibility that China may increase efforts to stimulate economic growth is tempering concerns about Greece's debt crisis. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is set to announce a new $3 billion ...

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