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Green Jet Fuel Critical for US Military & Energy Independence (GLGR)

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Sea and Sky Spectacular back at the Beaches (JVLL)

Air Canada aims to bring back business (FPST)

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Redstone has close ties with Fort Hood (AL__)

Copter work key for EADS (AL__)

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Chogm: How Shs3b was lost in car deal (MONI)

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Air India to rationalise routes, fleet size to cut costs (DOMA)

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Sloan new Haines City police chief (NWSC)

FAA grounds parked 737 in Montgomery (MONT)

Doc simulation training could be big for London (LFPR)

Flights of fancy: Airport event helps inspire local students to be pilots (HRDS)

British Airways set to sack 1200 more after record losses anounced (DLYR)

Aviators Have Unique Way of Saying Thanks (DVID)

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Stealth-Blades - new design takes them off-radar

Dreamliner - analyst: delays cost over 5 billion

Amphibious - China plane to take off in 2013

Textron - Q3 income down 27pct

FAA Bill - delayed due to clash between FedEx/UPS

NBAA - attendance down 25pct

PiperJet - six month delay

mini-craft - based on maple tree spiral seeds

NBAA - some sales, lots of interest

Iberia - strike causes flight cancellations

IATA - will approve biofules for 2010 flights

TSA - pushing Behaviour Profiling and more

LBA - NBAA/AOPA joint conference for 2010

Boeing - lower than expected earnings

HondaJet - GE Honda HF120 engine tests

History - Why NASA barred women astronauts

GulfStream - G250 bizjet rollout

GPS - EU unveils EGNOS system

Body-Scans - TSA to greatly expand airport systems

FAA - serious runway incursions down 50pct

AOPA - Light Sport Aviation: trends

Israel - International AirSalon in 2010

Flight-Path - FAA approves Naverus for next gen nav

Science - Locusts reveal insect flight-dynamics

Anti-Missile - ELTA will equip Israeli airliners

EASA - halts efforts for new regulations

Cessna - china made 162 makes first flight

Cabin-Air - the missing active filters

Tankers - Pentagon will try again mid-2010

Kits - FAA resumes kit evaluations

Flight-Tracking - Colorado gets new tracking

Color-blindness - cured using Gene Therapy

FAA - new Safety office; a culture change

NASA - panel urges priorities reset

VTOL-UAV - AESIR to show its UFO like VTOL

SmartRunway - Honeywell gets FAA approvals

Health - high fat/carb diet improves performance

NPRM - allows internet for ground school (pdf)

Boeing - gets WTO tanker deal support

Aeroflot - phasing out Russian planes

Liquid Bomb Plot - what led to convictions

Boeing - commercial division chief replaced

FAA - streamlines VLJ certification

Eclipse - reopens in Albuquerque

DHS - new rules for laptop searching

Age - pilots win Canada ruling

Dreamliner - test flight this year, delivery delayed

FAA - Southwest flies with unapproved parts

Mars - NASA wants to team with Russia

Yemenia - Flight 626 blackbox retrieved

Boeing - Airborne anti-missile laser test success

Stranded - ExpressJet incident, fault is with Mesaba

Beechcraft - 300 layoff notices

Hunger Strike - 100+ employees of AirIndia

Eclipse - court approves sale

Sport Pilot - ultralight training rule extended

FAA - extends Boeing's self certification

AltFuel - Airlines ink deal for biodiesel

Parachute - Rockwell's hands off landing for small a/c

NASA/Goodyear - puncture proof tires

UAVs - AeroVironment shows video of nano flyer

Russia - MAKS airshow features the Superjet 100

UAV - MIT' iPhone app to control UAVs

ATC/FAA - reach tentative agreement

Hudson Crash - 2 controllers suspended

BlackBox - new tech for realtime streaming

TSA - rule requires age/gender reporting

UAV - to evacuate wounded troops

Airliners - reports on failed airspeed sensors

Fuel-Cell - powers a Navy Drone

Materials - Nano strands 1 meter long

Airlines - 47 passengers stuck overnight on runway

Solar-Blimp - student effort to cross the Channel

Safety - FAA Chief vows rule rewrite

GAMA - 59pct drop in piston aircraft sales

Cessna - profit down 42pct

Dreamliner - wing flaw extends into fuselage

AirVenture - electric planes and a choice top 10

EAA - AirVenture attendance up 12 pct

AltFuel - Boeing's hydroplane bio-fuel flight

Ion-Engine - Mars in 39 days

MetaMaterials - vibration routing capabilities

NASA CAFE - 1.5m for 200MPG aircraft

UAV - Patroller completes first test flights

F-35C - Stealth fighter Navy rollout

AirVenture - NASA shows concept lunar habitat, changes to grounds, GPS products, WhiteNightTwo appearance, and more

FAA - orders retest for 1400 mechanics

FAA - culture change for ATC

GPS/texting - 2-Way handheld satellite text Messenger

Materials - Zircotec: first ceramic flex heat shield

Dasault - profit down 44pct

Excalibur - UAS vertical takeoff makes first flight

LearJet - NTSB recommends engine design change

Boeing - profit surge on defense and lower costs

AOPA - humanitarian fly4life at AirVenture

NTSB - chief Rosenker announces departure

Boeing - assembles largest cargo, the 747-8

AltFuel - BP exist Jatropha based ventures

F-22 - program stopped by Senate Vote

JetAmerica - discount airliner folds

UK - reducing heli fleet by 25pct

TSA - to revise GA security rules

Piper - new owners see bright future

Canada - more than 80 planes join centennial flight

NASA - accidently wiped Apollo-11 footage

BA - raises $1bn to avert crisis

UAVs - will monitor ballistic missile launches

Stimulus - small airports receive lots

Boeing - ex-engineer convicted of spying for China

Iran - flaming airliner blackboxes found

NetJets - shrinks by 30 percent

Emissions - G8 agreement: 50% less by 2050

MAV - flapper based on a bat

AltFuels - NASA/Israeli Algae joint

Obama - emergency during campaign-flight details emerge

Cessna - Columbus Jet cancelled

TSA - fed. judge: searches exceed mission

NTSB - downdraft caused Fosset's accident

VirtualHUD - retrofit for props

Airbus - may need to ground long-hauls

Boeing - Qantas cancels, defers Dreamliners

FuelCell - German design makes maiden flight

AF447 - report shows bellyup impact

Traffic - LAX reports 20% less overseas

AirIndia - major management shakeup

Airbus - delivers 1st China built plane

Solar-Plane - Solar Impulse is unveiled

NASA - alt-plan to moon is far less costly

Yemenia - blackbox located, & was banned in France

Nepal - fights airport corruption with pocketless-pants

Boeing - buys supplier to control delays

SpacePort - breaks ground in New Mexico

Tiny-Craft/Spies - AeroVironment phaseII funding, and USAF-context

NBAA - concerns over Emission Legislation

Saab - to build Gripen-jet in Brazil

Standing-Room - airlines seeking 'vertical-seats'

FAA - pilot training and scheduling rules redo

Price-Fixing - Qantas Cargo fined in Canada

Le'Bourget - UAVs dominated by Israel and Northrop; supersonic BizJet; bio-fuels as the future; 'crop-duster' 'fighter plane'

Lockheed - set to sell thousands of F-35s

AOPA - HLS report vindicates GA

Cessna - hands out 800 layoff notices

NBAA - Objects to biz jet travel info release (pdf)

AF447 - biggest search in AvHistory

Le'Bourget - Airbus wants EU loan, Sikorsky/Lockheed USA presidential heli, Honeywells' runway excursion, UAVs on show and analysis

Robotic-Ferret - sniffs bomb/drug/human traces in cargo

Balloons - how many needed to lift a house?

AF447 - airlines replacing speed-sensors

Paris-AirShow - AirBus/Boeing' focus is saving: orders

Open-Rotor - GE/RR design tests

Birds - NYC' effort to remove geese

AirRace - RedBull this weekend

Forecast - Boeing's 20 year future

TSA - GA input on future changes

Flight 447 - expert analysis

Cessna - cuts 1700 additional jobs

Flight-Attendants - seven ways to annoy them

NTSB - Obama names Hersman as new chair

Radar - new mode for better weather projection

Weather - new discoveries about rain

AOPA - House congratulates 70th anniversary

DOT - reorg suggested by NTPP

Paris Airshow - starts next week

NTSB - pilots ill trained for water landings

GE Engines - 50 pct less orders

AF Disaster - pilot reports intense white-flash

Losses - IATA projects 9bn for airlines

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Batteries - 10 fold capacity increase

UAV-Heli - new Hybrid Coaxial design

Heli - Mosquito for under 20K

NanoCoat - to monitor aircraft structural safety

Science - the mechanics of Bird' Yaw

SuperKite - power generating kites

Science - corrosion resist thin nano metal coating

FlyingCar - Terrafugia makes maiden flight

AltFuel - electric aircraft symposium

Satellites - turn gaze onto each other

WingSuit - flying in Norway (video)

AlgaeFuel - 5 startups

Science - new way to produce white light

AlgaeFuel - JetFuel key component breakthrough

Security - Mind-Reading robots for airports

Tadpole - German innovative design test

Nuclear - to power planes by end of century

Engines - Swiss design to use no AvGas fuel

GE/NASA - fuel saving jet engine

NanoTech - BuckyPaper, instead of steel

FuelCell - major breakthrough from Madrid

Engines - 20% increase via EM atomization

airPedals - Frenchman plans channel crossing

Blackwater - scandal-ridden firm changes its name

Bill-of-Rights - why its needed for passengers

WingJet - flight across channel a success

GigaFly - large autonomous parachute

Composites - new continuous glass-fiber sandwich

GreenPrize - CAFE open comment period

UAVs - airliner anti-missile guardians

Solar - power beaming test success

HybridFlyer - a design by Moller

Airborne Laser - initial test firing

Materials - new bonding method for aircraft

Magnetic Core - polarity shift and its likely effects

MIT's RAPT - weather tool saves time/fuel

UAV - Russian X-Shaped rotor

UAVs - Boeing demonstrates shootdown by laser

FuelCell - worlds smallest cell

Composites - Russia develops own capabilities

Flying-Car - Russian design

100m/Gallon - Vari-EZ design by Rutan

UAVs - birds and bees are the model

Solar UAV - 82+ hrs at 60,000 record flight

GoogleEarth - new 50cm/pix satellite imagery

Elec-Plane - ElectraFlyer based on Moni Kit

Flex Heaters - can wrap and be used anywhere

USAF - stops CyberCommand efforts

NZ - morning glory wave flight

AirForce 1 - behind the scenes look 8/25

Balloons - in the study of volcanoes

UAVs - enabled with shortwave vision

Glasses - night vision enhancing and jetlag reducer

Bio-Passports - hacked in 1-hour

FAA - releases radar data on UFO/Texas sightings

Cloak - metamaterials hold promise

Fruit-Trees - source for diesel/jet-fuel

Rocket Racer - celebrates first flights

Bracelet/Stunner - Homeland Security is interested

Tiny Flyer - 10cm MAV equipped with camera

Lightning - the science

Terrafuga - on display at Oshkosh

NASA - Cassini confirms Titan lake

Fire-Tanker - questions on CA fire-usage

TSA - lifts cap on approved flyer

UAVs - electric commuter plans

JetPack - Martin's unveils Jet Suit

Blackwater - audit faults on aviation contracts

UK - fingerprint all passengers

Fossett - questions over his death linger

Northern-Lights - trigger found by Nasa

FuelCell-Plane - Boeing flies the first ever

USAF - engine demonstrator plans

Best-Airports - Forbes freq-flier ratings

Space-Elevator - more than a concept

AutonomousFlight - European UCAVs overview

Blimp - heavy lifter joint, Boeing/Skyhook

Fuel - on price hedging

Jet Engine - patent silencer

Vulcan Engine - DARPA releases scramjet details

Wing Design - corrugation key to dragonfly lift

Fume-Events - 116 in UK reports

LSA - Popular Mechanics review

Jet-Suit - Jet equipped suit over the Alps

UFOs - UK Gov. releases findings archive

PBS - new 10hr series, carrier

SmartFish Plane - collaboration of six groups

TSA - faulty no-flight-list portal handling

NASA - airline safety survey released & criticized

Fuel - producing bacteria found in Iceland

NORAD 9/11 Tapes - discrepancies in mililary chiefs' testimony as well as issues in relation to white house announcements

 
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