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| 11.23.2009 |
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Security Rules for Foreign Repair Shops Proposed
Aircraft maintenance shops in the U.S. and abroad would undergo increased scrutiny to make sure they are not easy prey for terrorists looking to sabotage U.S. jetliners during routine repairs, under new security rules proposed by the Transportation Security...
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| 11.23.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Korean Air Favors ARINC ARINC's long-time customer Korean Air is renewing its contracts for ARINC GLOBALink data and voice communications and ARINC AviNet wide-area network service. Under the GLOBALink contract, ARINC will continue to provide Korean Air with...
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| 11.23.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 4, 2009 Gainesboro, TN PIPER PA-28-140 N95472 Pilot selected to depart from runway 36, a 3,500-foot-long, unlighted, asphalt runway. It was dark night, and pilot utilized "glow sticks" to...
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| 11.18.2009 |
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Helping Kuwait Airways Fly Safely
Kuwait Airways has selected GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies’ XL Go videoborescope to support its rigorous aircraft inspection regime. The XL Go has advanced image handling and data transfer capabilities, elevating the airline’s...
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| 11.17.2009 |
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Air Traffic Management for Doha International
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SELEX Systemi Integrati of Italy for the provision of an integrated air traffic management (ATM) systems package for the New Doha International Airport in...
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| 11.16.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Paying Tribute The Flight Safety Foundation recognized aviation achievements around the world at its 62nd Annual International Air Safety Seminar in Beijing, China. Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer William R. Voss presented the awards at a...
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| 11.10.2009 |
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Forum to Explore Air Traffic Challenges
Top regional and international air traffic control leaders will explore challenges facing the skies at a conference in Abu Dhabi next month. Regional Air Traffic Control (ATC) and aviation growth and issues relating to capacity, plans and difficulties, will...
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| 11.02.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 01, 2009 Dayton, OH DUSENBERRY MARK J 1905 WRIGHT FLYER N3635N 1905 Wright Flyer, collided with terrain following loss of control shortly after taking off from Huffman Prairie Flying Field at...
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| 11.02.2009 |
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News Notes from All Over: Climate Negotiations, Asia Charters
ATA Urges Climate Tax Proposals Elimintaed The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) yesterday urged climate negotiators to oppose an exorbitant new climate change tax to be imposed on the airlines and their passengers. The so-called "International...
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| 11.02.2009 |
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Automated Weather to Iraq
All Weather, Inc. (AWI) is working with KUANTA to increase the safety for U.S. military personnel who operate near the Kirkuk, Iraq airport. Safety is being enhanced by providing anAutomated Weather Observing System...
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| 10.19.2009 |
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NBAA: Future Looks Robust – After Awhile
Orlando, FL – While a year ago, nervous delegates cited their long backlogs as their saving grace in the financial meltdown, no one expected that those backlogs would begin to whittle down as customers walked away from significant deposits, according to...
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| 10.16.2009 |
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Commentary: NBAA 2009: The Show Begins; More News
As the usual suspects gather, converging on the Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center by the tens of thousands for the National Business Aircraft Association, which starts Monday, questions remain about the impact of the recession on the sector, the...
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| 10.14.2009 |
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Mokulele, go! in JV Creating an LCC; More News
Mokulele will fly as go! under a joint venture announced last night by Mesa Air Group and Republic Airways Holdings (RJET) as part of an effort, according to local press, to compete with Hawaiian Airlines. Considering that go! was instrumental in toppling...
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| 10.13.2009 |
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Aviation Today Webinar Focuses on Business Jets; More News
Business Jets: Separating the Reality from the Hype is the topic of a new Aviation Today webinar scheduled on the heels of the he National Business Aviation Association. Set for October 27 at 11 am, the webinar focuses on how the economic meltdown impacted...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Criminal Deportees Fly Unescorted The Houston Chronicle reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials routinely put illegal immigrants unescorted on commercial flights for deportation, including some who are sex offenders or have other...
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| 10.09.2009 |
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October Trends Looking Up; More News
Citing September’s 1.4% growth, the OAG said global airline capacity for October 2009 is showing positive growth of 1.04% compared to October 2008, although it was down slightly from September. The world’s airlines have 299.9 million seats...
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| 10.08.2009 |
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The LCC story in China, Middle East and South America
Barcelona -- Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines hit the headlines earlier this year when it put forward a proposal for standing-only seats on aircraft, a concept crazy enough to feature on Ryanair’s website as a publicity stunt along with its much...
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| 10.07.2009 |
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Boeing: Mexico, Brazil Hottest Markets for Aircraft; More News
Mexico is second only to Brazil as being the hottest market for regional aircraft, Boeing said on Monday. The company projected a 2.9% GDP growth for the southern most North American county between 2010-2019. The news came as Boeing Commercial Aircraft Vice...
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| 10.05.2009 |
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Air Force Releases Predator Accident Report
A USAF GA-ASI MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial system (UAS) flying a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom lost contact with its ground control station and presumably crashed in a forward operating area May 13, according to an Air Combat Command...
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| 10.05.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Body Bomber? It is reported that a 23-year-old Al Qaeda suicide bomber was able to smuggle up to a pound of explosives hidden within his rectum past layers of Saudi security and detonate his body bomb near the Saudi deputy interior minister in charge of...
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