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(SUMMARY) Seattle To Become First Jointly Served Airport To Fully Combine Operations Into Southwest Southwest Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways confirmed late last week the intent to convert AirTran Airways operations at 22 domestic and...

(SUMMARY) Major Production Achievement For Airbus' Single-Aisle Aircraft Family Airbus delivered the A320 with manufacturer serial number (MSN) 5000 to Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA). The aircraft was delivered from Airbus in Hamburg,...

(SUMMARY) Two Full Days Of Programs In The California Wine Country The 6th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium will be held April 27, 28, 2012 at the Flamingo Resort & Spa in Santa Rosa, California. EAS VI has again confirmed an outstanding faculty that...

(SUMMARY) Klyde Thinks He Knows Why This Admin Wants User Fees FMI: www.klydemorris.com

(SUMMARY) Non-Certified FM Transmitter Interfered With Jacksonville Center The authorization of low-power FM stations by the FCC starting in 2000 has resulted in lots of churches and other non-profits putting up 100-watt FM stations designed to cover a radius...

(SUMMARY) Allied Air Leasing The Aircraft For Africa-Europe Routes World Airways has extended its cooperation with Allied Air Cargo for the lease of two MD-11F aircraft beginning in January 2012 for service between Europe and various cities in Africa. World...

(SUMMARY) Says 'I Urged Caroline To Get On That Plane' An assistant to John F Kennedy Jr. is set to release a book January 24th which tells the story of the President's son and his wife, Caroline Bessette.

(SUMMARY) Competition Designed To Encourage Students Interested In Cyber Security Civil Air Patrol cadet teams will make up one-third of the 12 spots in the All-Services Division finals of CyberPatriot IV, the national high school cyber defense competition.

(SUMMARY) Agree That Overweight People Should Pay More For Fuel Use Ex-Qantas Finance Chief Tony Webber said Tuesday that he believes that passengers who weigh more should pay more to fly on planes due to the additional fuel burned. While this opinion has been...

(SUMMARY) "Due to the widespread political unrest in the country and the number of deaths of peaceful demonstrators, we call for the boycott of the 2012 Bahrain Airshow." Source: Bahrain Freedom Movement Spokesman Sunnah Akhtar.

(SUMMARY) Protest Includes Attack On Consultant In UK A London-based human rights group is attacking Farnborough International Limited for its role as a consultant to organizers of the 2012 Bahrain International Airshow, which is underway now through Saturday,...

(SUMMARY) MIT Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure To Crash The northern goshawk is one of nature's diehard thrill-seekers. The formidable raptor preys on birds and small mammals, speeding through tree canopies and...

(SUMMARY) Company Reports Strong Earnings Propelled In Part By Avionics Sales In releasing Rockwell Collins' first quarter earnings, CEO Clay Jones says that the company is performing well, and that business jet production may increase this year for the first...

(SUMMARY) NASA Considers Museums Another Mission Phase NASA's Space Shuttles won't fly again, but the agency doesn't view that as the end of their mission. In the case of the shuttle Atlantis, NASA says its next mission -- to inform and inspire generations of...

(SUMMARY) A procedure used to test aircraft engines after maintenance to ensure safe operation prior to returning the aircraft to service.