Friday, 7 September 2012

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NTSB Suggests Wingtip Cameras on Planes
ABC News
The National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting that large aircraft be equipped with external cameras to give pilots a better view of a plane's wingtips as they travel along the taxiway -- and possibly cut down on ground crashes. On planes such ...
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Close-plane mishap rattled air traffic controllers
CBS News
WASHINGTON — Air-traffic controllers were rattled after mistakenly flying three planes too close together in the skies near the nation's capital, a federal report released Wednesday says, describing a chaotic scene in an airport tower during those ...
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Planes of the future to fly in formation, say Airbus
Daily Mail
Flocks of planes in the skies above us could be a very real possibility for the latter half of the 21st century, aviation experts have revealed. Holidaymakers may find themselves on planes that are flying in formation to ensure more passengers can ...
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Daily Mail
Vintage planes coming to Barnstable airport Sept. 12-14
Wicked Local
The mighty wings of vintage World War II aircraft – examples of planes that helped to win the war for America and its allies during the 1940s – will be coming to Barnstable Municipal Airport Sept. 12 to 14 for tours and special flights. Two heavy ...
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Audit concludes state owns too many planes
The Newark Advocate
COLUMBUS -- The state of Ohio owns too many planes and lacks any centralized system for tracking their use and expense, according to a report released Thursday by state Auditor David Yost that recommends Ohio develop a single cost center for all ...
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Airline industry under scrutiny
ESPN
Guidelines dictating the minimum numbers of planes for commercial carriers have been established, and new bills and amendments to increase penalties for violations and increase the power of air-safety authorities have been created and are under review ...
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Navy's search for airfield for prop planes moves ahead
The Virginian-Pilot
The Navy is a step closer to choosing an airfield where Norfolk-based prop planes will practice carrier landings, but officials will wait for public input before deciding whether to send them west toward Emporia or east to Wallops Island. The Navy on ...
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Turkish Airlines May Buy Six Widebody Planes, Chairman Says
Businessweek
The company revised down plans from June to place orders for at least 15 jumbos because of unfavorable global economic conditions, Topcu said. The company hasn't ruled out the purchase of the large planes, as reported by Zaman newspaper last week, ...
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US calls on Iraq to inspect Syria-bound Iranian planes for arms
Washington Post
The Obama administration has called on Iraq to require Iranian planes transiting its airspace en route to Syria to land for inspections to prove they are not carrying weapons to Syrian military forces. Administration officials said Wednesday that they ...
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Why look like a slob while traveling?
CNN International
(CNN) -- With travelers getting into trouble as they board planes wearing lingerie, T-shirts with curse words and pants hanging around their ankles, New York City's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has inspired us to turn to veteran fashion experts for an ...
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NTSB: Put cameras on planes to aid pilots
San Francisco Chronicle
SMARTPHONES. Nokia stock tumbles 13%. Nokia Oyj shares tumbled the most in almost three months Wednesday after the introduction of two Lumia smartphones with Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Phone software failed to impress investors. The stock fell ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
U.S. Attack on Iran Would Take Hundreds of Planes, Ships, and Missiles
Wired
Should the U.S. actually take Benjamin Netanyahu's advice and attack Iran, don't expect a few sorties flown by a couple of fighter jocks. Setting back Iran's nuclear efforts will need to be an all-out effort, with squadrons of bombers and fighter jets ...
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Wired
Big Air National Guard cargo planes drop by Modesto Airport
Modesto Bee
Three C-130 cargo planes from the Air National Guard out of Little Rock, Ark., made a short visit to Modesto Airport on Thursday, apparently conducting training sessions on landing approaches. The 112-foot planes made low-altitude passes above the ...
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Modesto Bee
It's plane to see; Chamber coffee attendees learn airport's significance to ...
Fort Scott Tribune
The Fort Scott Municipal Airport, a city asset since the 1940s, played host to the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee on Thursday morning. The 242-acre facility, located one mile south of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 69 and three miles west on ...
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Boeing Raises China 20-Year Plane Demand Forecast 5.2%
Businessweek
Carriers in China will need 5,260 new planes worth $670 billion through 2031, according to a forecast the Chicago-based planemaker released today in Beijing. The company last year predicted the country would need 5,000 new planes with a value of $600 ...
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Techno punks / Planes, trains, and satellite tracking devices
Haaretz
Techno punks / Planes, trains, and satellite tracking devices. Need a new hobby or just bored at work? These five real-time transportation sites all inspire addictive viewing among techno punks who like to keep a close eye on global movement. By Elihay ...
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Haaretz
Canada geese pose slim threat to planes
The Journal News | LoHud.com
For a less fearful perspective, compare this one-in-a-billion chance of being killed on a plane because of a Canada geese strike to these: the odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot (one in 117); or the odds of fatally slipping in a bath or shower ...
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Does The Idea Of Open Source Planes Really Fly?
Techdirt
It's great to see open source methods being applied to ever-broader fields, but we also need to make sure that there are no high-profile disasters -- like open-source planes falling out of the sky -- that could set back the wider application of the ...
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4 pilots entertain crowd as they compete in aerobatics
Galesburg Register-Mail
A remote camera attached to the wing captures Brian Rosenstein of Charlotte, N.C., as he pilots a Stearman bi-plane owned by David Brown of Warrenton, Va., over Monmouth Thursday during the Stearman Aerobatics Contest at the Monmouth Municipal ...
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Close-plane mishap rattled air traffic controllers
The Associated Press
By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — Air-traffic controllers were rattled after mistakenly flying three planes too close together in the skies near the nation's capital, a federal report released Wednesday says, ...
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WestJet, Porter planes fly at fullest level ever
CBC.ca
WestJet planes flew with the lowest percentage of empty seats in the airline's history last month, the Calgary-based airline said today. The plane had a load factor of 88.9 in August, the highest point in the airline's 16-year history. "We are ...
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CBC.ca
Planes, Passports and Postcards - Vietnam (or pho, Ho and an accidental visit ...
ABC Online (blog)
Planes, Passports and Postcards - Vietnam (or pho, Ho and an accidental visit to a brothel). 07/09/2012 , 12:52 PM by Joanne Shoebridge. Vietnam. I loved Vietnam. I LOVED Vietnam. From the coriander-infused traditional beef noodle soups or pho to the ...
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WWII planes in
Times Herald-Record
The planes arrived 2 days late because of weather delays; they are scheduled to leave on Friday. 9/6/12. Photo By: STEVE BORLAND/Times Herald-Recor. A B-17G, part of the Wings of Freedom tour, arrives at Orange County airport on Thursday. The planes ...
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NTSB releases report of air show crash
Quad City Times
There is no evidence the Aero Vodochody L39C single-engine turbo-jet flown by Glenn Smith clipped either of the other planes before it crashed into a field just north of Interstate 80, the report by the National Transportation Safety Board says. The ...
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Video Village With Ask Chris: Buy A Plane With Brad And Kobe
LA Magazine (blog)
I took a ride down to Santa Ana recently to check out the California Aircraft Expo at the John Wayne airport. The new planes for sale were parked out on the tarmac with only a velvet rope (and some no-nonsense security) separating us from the roaring ...
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