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IATA Disappointed With EU Court Decision On ETS December
27, 2011 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
expressed disappointment in last weeks decision by the Court of
Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which upheld European Union
(EU) plans to include international aviation in the EU emissions
trading scheme (ETS) from 2012. The
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UPS Pilots File An Appeals Challenge To FAA Final Flight & Duty Rule December
27, 2011 ? The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) filed
a Petition for Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit in order to challenge FAA's exclusion of cargo
operations from the final flight and duty time rule issued last
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Boeing 787 Achieves Weight On Wheels Milestone December
21, 2011 - Boeing announced Tuesday that its first South
Carolina-built 787 put weight on wheels for the first time on
December 18. "Our Boeing South Carolina team has achieved
another significant milestone, putting weight on wheels," said
Jack Jones, Boeing South Carolina vice president and general
manager. "This is a result of
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Sikorsky S-76D Helicopter To Be Equipped With Thales Topdeck Avionics Suite December
21, 2011 - The Thales TopDeck avionics suite to be installed in
Sikorsky?s new S-76D helicopter will offer new ?click to fly?
ability based on a concept that has never been installed on a
helicopter before: the Icube-S concept of Intuitivity,
Interactivity, Integration and Safety. The S-76D helicopter is
the newest model in the popular S-76?
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19 Year Old New Yorker Caught Smuggling Cocaine In Shoes At Airport
December 21, 2011 - A New York resident was arrested Monday
at the George Bush Intercon. Airport for being in possession of
1.38 kilograms (three pounds) of cocaine, announced U.S.
Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas. The
investigation is being conducted by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement's Homeland
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InFlight 911 Offers Audio Video Feed To ATC During Aircraft Emergencies December
21, 2011 - InFlight Labs announced it is adding the industry?s
first aircraft-wide InFlight 911 Audio Video Recording System to
its InFlight Emergency Services portfolio. "The new product,
InFlight 911 Recorder is a major step forward in passenger
safety, counterterrorism and aviation security,? said Jay
Bekanich
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The Last Gulfstream G200 Rolls Off Production Line December
20, 2011 - Capping a 14-year production run, the last super
mid-size Gulfstream G200 business jet the 250th has rolled off
the production line in Dallas. It will be replaced in the
Gulfstream fleet by the all-new large-cabin, mid-range
Gulfstream G280, which is scheduled to enter service in the
first part of 2012. |
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Pilot Sentenced In Marijuana Smuggling On Private Plane From Texas To Florida December
20, 2011 - A Florida man was sentenced to five years in federal
prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
marijuana, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI) the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County,
Florida, Sheriff's Office
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Family Of Five Killed In Plane Crash In Edge Texas Weather Was Likely A Factor December
20, 2011 - On Monday night about 10 PM a single-engine airplane,
a Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six (N3590T), crashed killing all
five onboard in central Texas. Authorities report severe weather
had been moving through the area and may have been a factor in
the plane crash. |
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US Airways Employees Pledged $1.2 Million For United Way?s ?Hope Takes Flight? December
20, 2011 - US Airways? 32,000 employees pledged more than $1.2
million to the airline?s annual ?Hope Takes Flight? campaign to
benefit the United Way. This year?s campaign, which ran between
Sept. 23 and Nov. 13, contributed to the nearly $9.5 million US
Airways employees have raised for United Way since 2000. |
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Imams' Suit Accuses Delta And Atlantic Southeast Airlines Of Passenger Profiling
December 20, 2011 - The Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR) and United Firm of Carolina Law (UFC
Law) have filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines and
Atlantic Southeast Airlines for removing two Islamic
religious leaders, or imams, from a flight to a
conference on Islamophobia in Charlotte, N.C., earlier
this year after the pilot refused to fly with them on
board
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This Holiday 2 Out Of 5 Air Passengers Wish For Other Form Of Transportation December
20, 2011 - A new survey by the U.S. Travel Association shows
frustrations remain high this travel season, so high that two
out of every five air passengers would rather not fly. The U.S.
Travel Association says travelers should ask for two gifts from
the airlines and TSA. First, TSA should expand its PreCheck
trusted traveler program to allow more travelers an efficient
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Fitch Ratings Reports Stormy Forecast For Some Airports In 2012 December
19, 2011 - A Securities and Exchange Commission approved
statistical rating organization, Fitch Ratings, predicts flat or
nominal traffic growth for most airports in 2012. The sector
faces headwinds in the form of carriers restraining capacity and
macroeconomic pressures. Some are dealing with the last
operational
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Shot Down U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers To Be Awarded The Silver Star December
19, 2011 - The United Stats Air Force will award the Silver
Star, posthumously to Francis Gary Powers for valor in the face
of the enemy when his U-2 spy plane was shot down on May 1,
1960, while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union
airspace. |
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?The Little Engine That Could? To Power The Thrush 510G Airplane December
19, 2011 - When GE Aviation acquired the Czech airplane engine
maker Walter Motors four years ago, Walter was an 80-year old
turboprop business with some glorious history and top
engineering talent. Walter?s workhorse product was the M601
engine. There were some 1,500 of them in service around the
world, accumulating 17 million flight hours. But the M601 was
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Colton Harris-Moore "Barefoot Bandit" Wrote Letter To Judge Offering Insight Into His Crime Spree
December 18,
2011 - Colton Harris-Moore 20, of Camano Island, Washington, who
became know as the "Barefoot Bandit" wrote a letter to both
Judge Richard Jones, Judge Vikki Churchill in which Harris-Moore
gives a personal account into his behaviors, offering insight
into what lead him to his criminal spree in the Pacific
Northwest and across the
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Compass Airlines Flight Attendant Sentenced 7 Years In Bathroom Fire December
18, 2011 - A former flight attendant with Compass Airlines, Eder
Rojas, 23, of Woodbury, Minnesota was sentenced in United States
District Court in Fargo, North Dakota, Friday to more than six
years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson for
setting fire to an airplane bathroom while in-flight. In
addition he was ordered to pay back more than $100,000, the
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11 Million Verdict Against Winner Aviation For Negligence Resulting In Plane Crash December
18, 2011 - One of the largest air crash disaster verdicts was
handed down on Wednesday, by a Philadelphia jury, which awarded
$11.35 million in compensatory damages to Dr. Robert Marisco Jr.
and his fiancee Heather Moran, both of Akron, Ohio, in an action
against Winner Aviation Corporation. Dr. Marsico and Ms. Moran
were represented by the Wolk Law Firm
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Air Transat, World's First Certified Green Airline December
18, 2011 - Air Transat, a Montreal-based airline, is the world's
first certified green airline. The certification named
Fly-360-Green consists of a comprehensive rating system for the
design, innovation and operation of highly sustainable airlines
and airports. |
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UK, Difficult Economic Times Reflected In November Airline Traffic Figures December
18, 2011 - IAA commercial terminal traffic figures for Shannon,
Dublin and Cork airports dropped by 5.5% in November 2011, when
compared to November 2010. Individually, the November 2011
figures for the three State airports, when compared to the same
month in the previous year are; |
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Fort Lauderdale Men Arrested In $6 Million Aircraft Parts Ponzi Scheme
December 17,
2011 - On Wednesday Victor Brown, 54, of Hollywood, Florida and
Roger Green, 78, of Stuart, Florida
were taken into custody on charges of racketeering and
conspiracy to commit first-degree racketeering. It is alleged
that both men set up a scheme where they would bring in
investors, tell them they were selling C-130
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Alaska Airlines Passenger Wenty The Cat Has Been Found Reunited With Owner
December 17,
2011 - A four-legged Alaska Airlines passenger who had
escaped his pet carrier was found recently safe, sound and a
little bit greasy after a two-day search at Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport. Wenty, a grey and white male cat, was
traveling with its owner on Friday, December 2, from Tucson,
Ariz., to Seattle, but when his owner claimed
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Colton Harris-Moore The "Barefoot Bandit" Sentenced To Seven Years
December 17, 2011 - Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot
Bandit," 20, of Camano Island, Washington, was sentenced
on Friday in Island County Superior Court to more than
seven years in prison after waving his right to a trial.
Harris-Moore lengthy crime spree took him
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Watertown Man Charged With Disrupting Flight To Amsterdam December
17, 2011 - A Watertown man was charged this week with disrupting
an Amsterdam bound flight from Boston?s Logan International
Airport, last month. In a criminal complaint issued on Dec. 12,
Kurt Haberstroh, 20, was charged with interfering with the
performance of duties of a flight crew
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AIAA Designated Space Park Facilities A Historic Aerospace Site December
16, 2011 - In a ceremony on Wednesday, the American Institute of
Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) designated Northrop Grumman
Corporation's Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, Calif., a
Historic Aerospace Site. |
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Interference Confirmed, Lightsquared Offers Concession To GPS Industry December
16, 2011 - It's official. The federal government has confirmed
previously leaked reports that tests conducted by a joint
Technical Working Group show that signals from a proposed
nationwide wireless broadband network interfered with the
majority of commercial GPS receivers tested. |
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Jonee Lynn Helms, FAA Administrator During The ATC Strike In 1981 Dies At 86 December
14, 2011 - Former Federal Aviation Administration,
Administrator, Jonee Lynn Helms died at his home in Westport,
Connecticut on Sunday of cardiopulmonary failure and
complications from pneumonia. |
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TSA Begins Expedited Screening At McCarran International Airport December
14, 2011 - Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Administrator John S. Pistole announced on Wednesday the start
of TSA Pre operations at Las Vegas? McCarran International
Airport, and that US Airways will offer TSA Pre to eligible
passengers in early 2012. These initiatives mark the
implementation of more key components of the agency?s
intelligence-driven
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Caucus Members Receive More PAC Money December
14, 2011 - According to a joint analysis of campaign finance
data by the Center for Responsive Politics and the Project on
Government Oversight (POGO) a new report shows House members of
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Caucus received more than double
in PAC monies from the primary contractors of the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter program than House
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Boeing B-52 CONECT System Completes Flight Test Milestone December
14, 2011 - Boeing on Monday completed all flight testing needed
for the B-52 Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT)
program to receive low rate initial production (LRIP)
authorization from the U.S. Air Force. The flight test program
was conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., by Boeing and
the Air Force. |
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Fed Ordered To Pay In ATC's Negligence Which Result In The Death Of Pilot December
13, 2011 - Miami, Florida District Court Judge Edwin G. Torres
has ordered the Unites States to pay the family of Michael Zinn,
52, $4.4 million as a result of a Miami's Air Route Traffic
Control Center air traffic controller's negligence which was
partially the cause of Zinn's death when his airplane crashed
back in October
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Critically Injured Woman Returns To New York, Angel MedFlight Donates Flight December
13, 2011 - After being struck by a car in the Virgin Islands, a
severely injured Long Island woman is back in New York, thanks
to the efforts of her mother, Congressman Tim Bishop and Angel
MedFlight. Breem was hit by a car in St. Thomas, suffering a
traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis |
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Angel MedFlight Speaks On Medical Aviation?s Safety Practices And NTSB Report December
13, 2011 - CEO of international air medical transportation
innovator Angel MedFlight remarks on recent National
Transportation and Safety Board report, discusses safety
disparities among medical aviation operators and explains how
medflights differ from commercial air travel. With two deadly
accidents making headlines |
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Airlines Report Tarmac Delays, 7 Domestic 11 International Flights December
13, 2011 - Airlines reported a total of seven tarmac delays of
more than three hours on domestic flights and 11 tarmac delays
of more than four hours on international flights in October,
according to the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Air Travel
Consumer Report. The
larger U.S. airlines have been required to report long
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Fantasy Flight Brings Joy To Seriously Ill Children December
12, 2011 - The holiday season is a time for sharing with family
and friends. But, it's also a time for sharing with those in
need. Whether its food, winter clothing, or money, many
Americans choose this season for giving to others. Others choose
to give something we all feel is in short supply, time. And on
Saturday, generous volunteers who devote their time, energy, and
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Alec Baldwin Pokes At American Airlines On SNL After Being Kicked Off Flight December
12, 2011 - Actor Alec Baldwin did a comedy sketch on Saturday
Night Live after being kicked off an American Airlines flight
last Tuesday for getting into a scuffle with a flight attendant
over playing the game Words With Friends. |
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Airlines Report Tarmac Delays, 7 Domestic 11 International Flights December
12, 2011 - Airlines reported a total of seven tarmac delays of
more than three hours on domestic flights and 11 tarmac delays
of more than four hours on international flights in October,
according to the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Air Travel
Consumer Report. The
larger U.S. airlines have been required to report long tarmac
delays on their
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Mokulele Airlines To Begin Normal Flight Operations December
12, 2011 - Mokulele Flight Service, Inc. announces the full
restoration of scheduled flight operations as of December 12,
2011. Mokulele voluntarily suspended operations temporarily to
permit the Company to complete an internal records audit. Having
fully resolved the records review, the Company immediately
resumed operations. ?We deeply regret the inconvenience that
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Machinists Leaders And Boeing Negotiated Landmark Agreement December
11, 2011 - In April National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed
a complaint against Boeing, charging the company with illegal
retaliation against union demands. The NLRB accused Boeing of
taking the 787 Dreamliner work from Washington State and moving
it to South Carolina, a right-to-work state. This would allow
Boeing to strip the union of its powers
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High Ranking Chinese Aviation Official Visits Florida December
11, 2011- The secretary general of one of China?s most
successful aviation industrial city complexes visited Central
Florida this week seeking economic development partnerships in
general aviation. Jin Qian Sheng, secretary general of the China
Aviation Industrial Base in Xian, met with economic development
and county officials and Enterprise Florida, the state?s public
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Sets World Record
December 11, 2011 - Boeing has established two world
records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new marks for
both speed and distance for the airplane's weight class.
This week, Boeing?s new 787 Dreamliner powered by GE?s GEnx engines took off from Seattle for a record flight
to circumnavigate the globe. |
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Airbus Begins Joining The First A350 XWB Front Fuselage
December 11, 2011 - Airbus has started joining the first
21-metre long front fuselage section for the A350 XWB in
Saint-Nazaire (France). This phase will continue over
the coming weeks and once completed, the front fuselage
will be transported by Beluga to the A350 XWB Final
Assembly Line in Toulouse. This will be the first major
section of the A350 XWB to enter the Final Assembly
Line. |
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Deadly Plane Crash Kills Robotics Enthusiasts And Pilot In Sioux Falls
December 10,
2011 - On Friday three passengers and a pilot departed Sioux
Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field) in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota on a charted flight in a Cessna 421C, N421SY which was
owned by S & S Aviation LLC. Just after takeoff the aircraft
crashed about one mile west of the airport killing all onboard.
Tony Molinaro a
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Engine Problems Likely In Lake Mead Helicopter Crash That Took Five Lives
December 10,
2011 - On Wednesday evening at approximately 4:45 PM a
Eurocopter AS350B2, N37SH, owned by Sundance Helicopters of Las
Vegas crashed killing all five people onboard. The Eurocopter
went down in the River Mountains bordering Lake Mead in a
V-shaped canyon about 150 feet deep, 16 miles east of Las Vegas. |
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Coast Guard Pilot Faces Negligent Homicide Charges In Deaths Of Flight Crew December
8, 2011 ? On September 30th, U.S. Coast Guardsmen Lt. Lance
Leone, 31, was charged with negligent homicide, dereliction of
duty, destruction of a government helicopter and the deaths of
his flight crew when Leone was co-pilot of a Coast Guard
Sikorsky MH-60T
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NBAA Releases New Guide On Reimbursement Of Flight Expenses
December 7, 2011 - The 15-page NBAA Reimbursement of
Flight Expenses for Owner-Pilots Handbook is intended to
help NBAA Members understand the accommodations and
limitations that the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs)
allow for both private and commercial owner-pilots
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Northrop Makes Spacecraft Progress For NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
December 7, 2011 - Northrop Grumman delivered to NASA
the flight software that will enable the James Webb
Space Telescope to communicate with its ground station
nearly a million miles away after it passed formal
verification testing. The company is leading the
telescope's design and development effort for NASA's
Goddard Space
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Japanese War Fighters, Remembering Pearl Harbor Seventy Years Ago Today December
7, 2011 - Seventy years ago today on December 7, 1941, a sneak
attack on Pearl Harbor took the lives of more than 2,400
Americans, stunning the nation and catapulting it into war. For
the FBI, the attack and the onset of war opened a new chapter in
national security. Even as Japanese bombs rained down, FBI
Special Agent in Charge
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Sen. Cantwell Calls For Plan To Help Vets Get FAA Certification For Aerospace Jobs
December 7,
2011 - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Senate
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security, called
on key agencies to streamline the process qualifying veterans?
face when obtaining the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
certification needed to work on civilian aircraft. |
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California Teen Wins Sikorsky Youth Innovator Award
December 7, 2011 - Sikorsky Aircraft and By Kids For
Kids Co., an organization that inspires kids to be
successful inventors, awarded a California teenager the
Igor Sikorsky Youth Innovator Award for envisioning a
small unmanned helicopter that could carry critical
relief supplies and electrical power to the scene of a
natural disaster or other
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Alec Baldwin Kicked Off An American Airlines Flight Playing Words With Friends December
7, 2011 - Actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines
flight at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. Alec
Baldwin tweets, ?Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4
playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not
moving.? Apparently when all of the passengers boarded the
flight and
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NASA Measures Low Altitude Greenhouse Gases With Unmanned Aircraft
December 6, 2011 - For the first time, NASA researchers
have demonstrated the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) to collect very low altitude airborne measurements
of greenhouse gases at several sites in California and
Nevada. |
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Boeing To Further Increase The Monthly Production Rate On The 737-800
December 6, 2011 - Boeing rolled out its first
factory-complete Next-Generation 737 at the production
rate of 35 airplanes a month on Sunday. The new 737-800
was towed to nearby Renton Field where Boeing conducts
functional testing and first flights for all new
airplanes. Though
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American Airlines Makes Leadership Changes December
6, 2011 - American Airlines today announced the retirements of
two company officers, as well as a series of changes to the
company's global leadership team. Robert W. Reding, Executive
Vice President of Operations and Mark L. Burdette, Vice
President ? Employee Relations will retire at the end of this
month. Monte Ford, Senior
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Amazon Executive Killed In Plane Crash On Mackinaw Island
December 5, 2011 - On Saturday night just before 8 PM
Thomas Phillips, 52, and Joseph Pann Jr, 29, departed
St. Ignace, Michigan in a Piper Saratoga aircraft which
was owned by Great Lakes Air Inc. for Mackinaw Island.
The flight was to be just under 10 minutes.
Search and rescue controllers at Coast Guard
Sector Sault Ste. Marie
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2011 Cormorant Trophy Awarded, Most Challenging Mountainside Helicopter Rescue
December 5, 2011 - The daring cliff-side rescue of a
lucky British Columbia which pushed both the rescue crew
and their search and rescue helicopter to the limits has
been selected for this year?s winner of the Cormorant
Trophy for Helicopter Rescue. The Cormorant Trophy for
Helicopter Rescue recognized the "Canadian civilian,
government
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Pilots Of Horizon Air Will Receive A 2.8 Percent Wage Increase
December 4,
2011 - Horizon Air and its pilots, represented by the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters APA Local 1224, jointly
announced that the neutral arbitrator responsible for choosing
the 2012-2013 wage structure most appropriate for the Horizon
Air pilots has ruled that there should be a 2.8 percent increase
for all pilots in
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Florida Tech Receives Two Flight Simulators From Emil Perpetual Trust
December 4,
2011 - A generous donation from the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust
brought Florida Institute of Technology two Frasca 242 Piper
Seminole Level 5 Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTDs). The
simulators, valued at $350,000 each, are housed in the Emil
Buehler Center for Aviation Training and Research, at Melbourne
International
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FAA Alternative Energy Investments, Cleaner More Sustainable Jet Fuel
December 3, 2011 - The Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) is awarding $7.7 million in contracts to eight
companies to help advance alternative,
environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for
commercial jet fuel. The FAA funds are being distributed
by the Department of Transportation?s (DOT) John
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Puget Sound Workers To Vote On Deal To Land Boeing?s 737 MAX
December 3, 2011 - Machinists Union members will vote
next week on a four-year contract extension that
includes a commitment by the Boeing. to build its 737
MAX passenger jet in Washington state. Leaders of the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM) said the tentative agreement also would
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Boeing Partners To Offer "Street To Right Seat" Pilot Training Program In Africa
December 2, 2011 - Boeing is expanding its partnerships
in Africa, announcing an agreement to jointly offer a
comprehensive pilot training program with 43 Air School
(Pty) Ltd., Africa's largest flight training
organization. The agreement reflects a shared commitment
by Boeing and 43 Air School to maintain and enhance
aviation safety
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Owner Of Blue Diamond Aviation Flight School Arrested On Visa Fraud Charges
December 2, 2011 - A woman who operates a flight school
in La Verne, California, was arrested Wednesday morning
on federal charges alleging she oversaw a visa fraud
scheme that allowed foreign nationals from Egypt, Sri
Lanka and Taiwan to enter the United States for
commercial pilot training at her school, even though the
school
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Former Executive Of Cielos Airlines Pleads Guilty To Fixing Fuel Surcharge Rates
December 1, 2011 - A former executive of a Peruvian
airline pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a
conspiracy to fix surcharges on air cargo shipments from
the United States to South and Central America following
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Department of Justice
announced. |
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Fuel Burn Saver, Sharklet Fitted Airbus A320 Successfully Completes First Flight Test
December 1, 2011 - Airbus has completed the first flight
of the ?Sharklet? wing-tip devices on the company?s A320
development aircraft (MSN 001). This milestone marks the
start of the early flight-test campaign to capture data
for fine-tuning the flight laws, as well as for
certification and performance validation. |
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