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Qantas dispute with engineers finally over

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:53 +0000

Qantas Airways\' long-running dispute with its maintenance engineers is finally over now that the engineers have voted in favour of a new work-place agreement. Today... [...]

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Air India to post massive loss

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:53 +0000

Air India, which has been suspending services such as Los Angeles, will be announcing a multi-million dollar loss for the 12 months ending 31 March. The... [...]

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Sky scraping: airlines battle bookings without revenues

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:53 +0000

The airline fight to control distribution and the cost of getting a ticket into a passenger\'s hands - and a passenger into a seat - is far from over and... [...]

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ATK launch aborted 27s after lift off; Unique NASA hypersonic experiments lost

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:52 +0000

NASA safety officials terminated the launch of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) two-stage solid-propellant sub-orbital rocket early this morning after noting ?erratic flight? of the ALV-X1 rocket as it approached 3,658m (12,000ft) altitude close to 27s af [...]

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NASA, safety, officials, terminated, launch, Alliant, Techsystems, (ATK), two-stage, solid-propellant, sub-orbital, rocket, early, this, morning, after, noting, ?erratic, flight?, ALV-X1, rocket, approached, 3,658m, (12,000ft), altitude, close, after, 0510, launch, from, NASA, Wallops, Flight, Facility, Virginia?s, east, coast.,

The, rocket, carried, NASA-built, Navy, provided, payloads, aimed, studying, hypersonic, boundary, layer, aerodynamics,, re-entry, vehicle, shapes, GPS-aided, recovery, systems., NASA, estimated, cost, million, develop,, integrate, launch, experiments., [...]

This Week briefings

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:52 +0000

AMERICAN EAGLE FACES PENALTIES PUNISHMENT The US Transportation Security Administration may levy civil penalties against American Eagle Airlines after... [...]

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NASA's Orion test parachute fails

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:52 +0000

On 31 July NASA\'s Orion crew exploration vehicle parachute recovery system test mock-up was badly damaged when it crashed to Earth because of an uninflated programmer chute.

Dropped from a Boeing C-17 over the US Army\'s Yuma testing grounds in A [...]

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On, July, NASA's, Orion, crew, exploration, vehicle, parachute, recovery, system, test, mock-up, badly, damaged, when, crashed, Earth, because, uninflated, programmer, chute.,

Dropped, from, Boeing, C-17, over, Army's, Yuma, testing, grounds, Arizona,, mock-up, released, from, pallet, then, programmer, chute,, used, mock-up, correct, orientation,, altitude, speed, test,, failed, inflate.,

As, programmer, chute, inflate, actual, recovery, parachute, system, also, failed.,

©NASA, Above:, NASA's, [...]

Avcon expands into Bahrain

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:49 +0000

Austrian charter operator Avcon Jet is opening a branch in Manama, Bahrain, where it will base this newly acquired Bombardier Challenger 300. Avcon has also... [...]

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General Dynamics fuels expansion with surprise swoop for Jet Aviation

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:48 +0000

Last week\'s surprise $2.25 billion acquisition of Jet Aviation by US defence giant General Dynamics should further fuel what has been a whirlwind expansion... [...]

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Sikorsky's X2 speedster completes first flight

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:48 +0000

Sikorsky today launched the flight test phase for the X2 high-speed technology demonstrator, achieving a first flight of 30 minutes in Schweizer Aircraft\'s rapid prototyping facility in Horseheads, New York. [...]

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UH-1Y declared operational after 12-year development phase

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:48 +0000

The US Marine Corps UH-1Y programme has achieved the initial operational capability (IOC) milestone after a 12-year-long, troubled development phase. [...]

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