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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 HybridFlyer - a design by Moller |