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Airline Fee Disclosure May Be Added to Senate Bill (BUSI)

AAR Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results (CNN)

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Ryanair launches boarding card advertising (EASI)

Bad judgment unwelcome in key jobs (NWS_)

Council kills tower zoning effort (TLGC)

Mexican Violence Prompts Tighter Security on Texas Border (NBCD)

Hawkeye Sim Austin Bergstrom International Airport Released (FLIG)

American Air Attendants Ask US Board for Clearance to Strike (BUSI)

Flex Focus Mobile Ultrasound Scanner Wins iF Product Design Gold Award (MARK)

Charges dropped in international cocaine ring (NWSN)

Marine air groups return (TDYE)

US Stocks Rise Broadly As Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged (MARK)

Stricter regulations called for planes, trains, ferries (GZTM)

India Business The Times of India (TMSO)

FAA bill with controversial FedEx provision to be delayed three months (COMM)

Chicago Urban League's Cheryle Jackson Moves to Private Sector (WBEZ)

Gateway considers big fuel storage expansion (CTLA)

Globe and Mail (TMAL)

Rove was only WH staffer in 2001 with BlackBerry (TH)

Delta's Cincinnati hub takes another hit, Memphis International (NWS_)

Full body scanner debuts at O'Hare airport (JRLM)

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Tsb Launches Watchlist, Calls For Action (AVIA)

Russian MiGs to boost naval air power (NWSG)

Air New Zealand CFO's leadership lauded (COMP)

New Travel Warning issued for Kenya (THAI)

Carlyle Backed Applus Makes Two Acquisitions (PEHU)

Northwest's Wandering Crew May Fly Again (AVWE)

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Beach Goer Killed During Emergency Plane Landing (NBCW)

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Mom: Jogger hit by plane was excited to head home (GOOG)

Plane kills Woodstock jogger in SC beach emergency landing (AJC_)

Lancair IV p tragedy: Man killed in emergency landing (NWSM)

Woodstock jogger killed in Hilton Head beach emergency landing (AJC_)

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Runner on beach killed as plane makes emergency landing (MCCL)


 
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UAVs - USAF has big plans

NASA - spacestation wins Collier Trophy

ATC - JFK kid controller causes suspension

Pilots - NTSB wants to monitor the cockpit

Strikes - French ATC and Lufthanse pilots

AirCargo - Cathay Pacific and AirChina accord

911 - 1000 architects call for new investigation

Drones - to patrol Texas borders

3d Air Display - MIT, Aerospace Robotics, ARES Lab joint

Airports - the world's strangest

Scanners - Pope states they breach 'human dignity'

UAVs - IAF receives new generation crafts

Laser - Boeing's ALB test is a success

GAMA - reports on 2009 downturn

Qantas - profits plunge

AltFuel - BA to source from local waste

JA/AA - file for antitrust immunity

Haiti - reopens airport

BA/AA - alliance receives approval

ATC - 1.1bn budget for nextgen GPS system

FAA - seeks input on pilot training

Materials - planes from cork

FAA - watchdog states it fails on safety

Singapore - airshow sales top 14Bn

Bombardier - 2009 orders down 97 pct

TSA/GA - leaves most security details to owners

NASA - Obama' direction is towards stronger science

User Fees - no new GA fees in budget

Singapore - Asia airshow starts

Materials - artificial Bee Silk for composites

Stealth - Russia tests new stealth fighter

BA - headed towards £1Bn loss

Flying Suit - NASA tests its own version

787-8 - Boeing' hacking fears dejavu

JAL - files for bankruptcy

Haiti - bottlenecks slow aid access

Piper - rumors of Czech LSA purchase

Security-Focus - Eye Contact seems best, Scanners present limited results, 'Watch Lists' are flawed, and 'mind reading' is prone to errors

DIY Jet - close to first flight

A400m - AirBus may halt project

Auroras - collisions make the best show

Flying Cycle - a dedicated CA effort

Bomb Threat - Obama: US security missed red flags

Honda - halts LSA plans

Dreamliner - maiden flight

NTSB - FAA-military comm sys. unusable

UAV - next gen. Global Hawk first flight

A400M - AirBus' trasporter first flight

UAVs - military comm. hacked

Dreamliner - reaches runway tests

TSA Blunder - screening manual leaked online

SpaceShipTwo - unveiled

IonTiger - UAV flies 26 hours on FuelCell

FAA - independent panel to review outage

SolarImpulse - makes first test flight

FBI - reports on 'no fly' & 'terror watch' lists

Cessna - likely shut all Columbus facilities

DraganFlyer - 8 rotor prototype UAV

Shuttle - who will get a retired shuttle

Brake Disks - China first home grown

777s - FAA/NTSB/Boeing over engine issues

JetMan - ditches during record run

EcoNews - GAMA pledges carbon reductions

UAVs - India plans home grown

Sikorsky-S92a - fails oil test on main gear

FAA - fines airlines over stranded passengers

Drones - to patrol UK borders

Bombardier - lays off 715 workers

Dubai - sharply lower sales

Solar-Impulse - first test on the runway

CarterCopter - VTOL partnership with AAI

BA/Qantas - new merger is in the works

Widespread-delays - FAA router system fails

FAA - NPRM: limiting hiring of FAA inspectors

Alt-Power - harvested from air flow

Dubai - Airbus doing better than Boeing

Pitch-Down - Airbus PRIM software changes

Martin F-35B - Navy receives first STOVL/Stealth

NoFly-list - money laundering connection

Strike - BA faces cabin crew ballot

Eco-Risk - regional airports elevated pollution

Fighters - on the politics of the Brazil deal

BA/Iberia - agreement on $7b merger

GAMA - GA shipments are 46.8pct lower

JetRepair-Shops - TSA plans full security review

Airport-WiFi - Google's gift for the holidays

Pilots - operational issues flagged in database

Piper - president resigns

Sikorsky - Gearbox crack issues

FAA - rejects night curfew at Burbank

UK - gloomy 30 year forecast

BA - major qtr loss, and 3000 layoffs

Space-Elevator - progress report

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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Auroras - collisions make the best show

Security-Focus - Eye Contact seems best, Scanners present limited results, 'Watch Lists' are flawed, and 'mind reading' is prone to errors

IonTiger - UAV flies 26 hours on FuelCell

Space-Elevator - progress report

Stealth-Blades - new design takes them off-radar

History - Why NASA barred women astronauts

Science - Locusts reveal insect flight-dynamics

Color-blindness - cured using Gene Therapy

Materials - Nano strands 1 meter long

Ion-Engine - Mars in 39 days

MetaMaterials - vibration routing capabilities

Tiny-Craft/Spies - AeroVironment phaseII funding, and

Standing-Room - airlines seeking 'vertical-seats'

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

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