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• Miami-Dade looks to cash in on old Everglades jetport

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Miami-Herald: Faced with a looming half-billion-dollar deficit from the expansion of Miami International Airport, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department wants to cash in on an Everglades jetport it was forced to abandon decades ago. County commissioners are considering prospecting for oil and gas under the swampy, ...
  3 days ago

• Garmin’s new aera series gets you there by air or by land

  
  Technology Blog — Authority: 169
  Pilots looking for the hardest-core portable nav unit available tend to flock to Garmin’s GPSMAP 696 these days, but there’s a problem: the big, bulky tablet doesn’t do much good once you’re wheels-down and you’ve got to find your way to the hotel. Enter the new aera series, which you can sorta think of as ...
  1 week ago

• First A380 Delivery to Air France

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  Tomorrow Friday 30 October 2009, the first Airbus A380 will be delivered to Air France (MSN0033 / F-HPJA). Air France will be the first European airline receiving an A380. The ceremony will be held at Airbus’ delivery centre Hamburg (Germany). The delivery ceremony will be streamed live on ...
  1 week ago

• Video Shows a How a Laptop Blocks Instruments on Airbus

  
  Max Trescott on General Aviation — Authority: 482
  The strange case of Northwest Flight 188 that we reported last week got even stranger Monday after the NTSB released details of their interviews with the pilots. The aircraft had been out of communication with ATC for 78 minutes, leading to widespread speculation that the crew had fallen asleep. Over the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Zest Air starts Daily Hong Kong Flights at Diosdado Macapagal International Airport

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Zest Air has started last Saturday its international daily flight via Clark-Hong Kong at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here.Clark International Airport Corp (CIAC) president and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano, Chairman Nestor Mangio, Zest Air President and CEO Ambassador Alfredo M. Yao and Subic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pilots Forget to Land - Northwest Plane Overshoots Destination

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  It sounds like a bad joke: Northwest Airlines flight 188 from San Diego (KSAN) to Minneapolis (KMSP) overshot its intended destination by 150 miles on Wednesday evening. What happened in that cockpit? The pilots say they “lost situational awareness” while arguing about airline policy. The immediate suspicion is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest Airlines Flight 188 Pilots Asleep at Controls?

  
  Max Trescott on General Aviation — Authority: 482
  The professionalism of two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew theirMinneapolis destination by 150 miles is seriously in question. While all thefacts are not known, it’s quite possible that the pilots fell asleep at thecontrols. Anyone can make a mistake. But pilots in particular need to beaccountable for their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Boeing 707 Crashed in Sharjah United Arab Emirates

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  Today a Sudan Airways Boeing 707-300 cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off from Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ), United Arab Emirates. The Boeing was leased from AZZA Transport and operated as flight SUD2241, bound for Khartoum (KRT/HSSS), Sudan. The plane crashed near a road, broke up and burned. No one of the 6 crew ...
  2 weeks ago

• FAA Proposes Fine Against US Airways and United Airlines

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed fines against US Airways and United Airlines because of violating maintenance procedures and operating airplanes in unsafe conditions. US Airways is fined a $5.4 million civil penalty for allegedly operating eight aircraft on a total of 1,647 flights from ...
  3 weeks ago

• Aviation Workers Suspend Strike – Thisday

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Aviation workers have suspended their planned industrial action over the proposed takeover of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).BASL had planned to take over GAT yesterday, but suspended the action due to what the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cebu Pacific offers Osaka Seat Sale

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Cebu Pacific is now offering P2,499 seat sale for the Manila-Osaka route starting now until September 21, 2009.This Cebu Pacific Osaka discounted ticket promotions is valid for travel from October 15 to December 15, 2009.The travel period for the seat sale coincides with the fall season of the Kansai area, which ...
  7 weeks ago

• C-5M Super Galaxy Sets 41 World Records

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  A joint U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin flight crew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport claimed 41 world aeronautical records in one flight on September 13. The flight from Dover AFB broke eight existing world marks and established standards in 33 other categories where there had been no previous record ...
  8 weeks ago

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