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US airlines trim fares after FAA shutdown
US airlines have begun rolling back fare increases initiated last month when a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration halted the collection of certain ticket taxes and allowed carriers to raise base fares without increasing prices paid for tickets. The so-called 'tax holiday' expired after US congressional leaders struck a deal last week to resolve a partisan dispute and end a partial shutdown of the FAA.
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Korean Air targets business passengers with A380
Korean Air will operate its first long-haul Airbus A380 flight Tuesday from Seoul Incheon to New York JFK, and believes the aircraft can help it attract new business passengers. "We hope we can increase our corporate sales with the A380," Managing VP and Head of Passenger Business Division Keehong Woo told reporters in a briefing Monday at the carrier's Seoul headquarters. KE now has two A380s in its fleet; in addition to the newest one, which will be operated on the ICN-JFK route, it is utilizing one to fly from ICN to Tokyo Narita and Hong Kong.
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AirAsia to take 20% stake in Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines and arch rival AirAsia are reported to be planning a share swap that would give AirAsia's parent a 20% stake in Malaysia's national airline, according to Reuters. The news wire reported that Malaysia's state investment arm, Khazanah Nasional, which owns nearly 70% of MAS, would take a 10% stake in AirAsia. Analysts suggest the deal would enable MAS to focus exclusively on premium long-haul services and leave domestic routes and short-haul routes to AirAsia.
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German air traffic controller strike averted
A strike by German air traffic controllers planned for Tuesday morning was averted at the last minute after the labour dispute was shifted to arbitration talks.
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Avis Amur An-12 suffers engine fire near Magadan
An Avis Amur Antonov AN-12, freight flight from Magadan to Keperveem [UHMK] (Russia) with 11 crew and 18 tons of cargo, was enroute about 6nm/10km from the village of Omsukchan located 230nm/425km northeast of Magadan when the crew reported an engine fire and announced to return to Magadan. Shortly thereafter the aircraft disappeared from radar at around 14:34L (03:34Z) and the signal of a Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) was temporarily received in the region. Search flights located the aircraft about 170nm/310km northeast of Magadan. The fate of the occupants is not yet known, the ELT signal was lost.
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Comment: Washington is broken. Defense, FAA suffer
The U.S. may have remedied its manufactured federal budget crisis by finally raising its self-imposed ceiling on government debt, but it has not come through unscathed. Default surely would have sent the nation and much of the world into recession again. However, had Congress not acted, it hardly would have been the only time in recent days that Washington had shot itself in the foot.
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Japan charts path for manned space missions
First, deliver things to the International Space Station. Second, deliver things and bring things back. Finally, send people up and bring them back. That, in a nutshell, is the sequence that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) wants to follow as it takes the first step, launching the HTV Kounotori cargo craft, and sets out its plans for the next two.
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Lessons of Air France 447 start to emerge
The crash of Air France Flight 447 may finally galvanize the air transport industry to address long overdue equipment and training shortcomings.
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Kawasaki XP-1 develops cracks in ground testing
Japan's developmental Kawasaki Heavy Industries XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft has developed rips and tears during ground testing, although it is uncertain whether the problems will delay the type's entry into service.
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Garuda Indonesia firms order for 15 A320s, 10 A320neos
Garuda Indonesia has firmed up an order with Airbus for 15 A320s and 10 A320neos. The aircraft will be operated by Garuda's low-cost unit Citilink, replacing its fleet of Boeing 737-300s and -400s.
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NATO probes cause of deadly helicopter crash in Afghanistan
NATO is working to secure the site of a helicopter crash in central Afghanistan, where 38 people, including nearly two dozen members of the elite U.S. Navy SEALS, were killed when their aircraft was reportedly shot down by insurgents.
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Other News

Qatar Airways will increase its Doha-Dubai flights from eight to 11 daily Aug. 25.

Swiss International Air Lines will relaunch its daily Zurich-Beijing route Feb. 11, 2012.

Etihad Airways will launch four-times-weekly Airbus A330 Abu Dhabi-Dusseldorf service Dec. 16.

AeroSvit postponed the launch of its thrice-weekly Kiev Borispol-Ho Chi Minh route from Nov. 2 to Dec. 21. It canceled the launch of thrice-weekly KBP-Hong Kong service that had been planned for Oct. 31.



AVIATION QUOTE
I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night.
— Charles A. Lindbergh, to Wiley Post, 1931.



ON THIS DATE

August 9th

--- In 1884... Built by Frenchmen Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs, the airship La France is powered by a 9 hp electric motor driving one large propeller. It makes a fully-controlled circular flight while traveling about 5 miles at 14 mph.

---In 1896... Otto Lilienthal crashes in his No.11 glider while flying from the Rhinower Hill range and dies the next day. He made approximately 2,500 flights in his various gliders.

---In 1945… Bock’s Car, a Boeing B-29 dropped the second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki.

---In 1949… US Navy Lt. J. L. Fruin loses control of his F2H-1 Banshee and ejects, becoming the first American pilot to use an ejector seat during an actual in-flight emergency.

---In 1952… Four Royal Navy piston-engined Hawker Sea Furies encounter eight MiG-15s near Pyongyang, Korea, and Lieutenant Peter Carmichael of No. 802 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Ocean shoots one down. It is the Fleet Air Arm's first kill of the Korean War and first MiG-15 kill.

---In 1956... The Fiat G.91, produced for NATO as a light strike-fighter, makes its first flight.

---In 1970… LANSA Flight 502, a Lockheed L-188A Electra, crashes shortly after takeoff from Cusco, Peru, killing all but one of the 100 on board, including 49 students from upstate New York. Two farmers on the ground also perish. Investigators find that an engine failure combined with improper engine-out procedures carried out by the crew, as well as inadequate loading procedures, led to the accident.
---In 1976…First flight of the Boeing YC-14 72-1873.



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EDITOR’S CHOICE





HUMOR

Dear John

The Paratrooper serving overseas, far from home was annoyed and upset when his girl wrote breaking off their engagement and asking for her photograph back.
He went out and collected from his friends all the unwanted photographs of women that he could find, bundled them all together and sent them back with a note saying:
"Regret cannot remember which one is you -- please keep your photo and return the others."



TRIVIA

General Trivia

TRIVIA

1.Who was the first U.S. president to ride in a helicopter?


2. What was the world’s first all-metal production airplane?

3. You are at what was one of the most famous and important airports in the world even though it was operational for only nine years and only twenty airplanes attempted to depart from there. Where are you?

4. What famous photographer became an aircraft manufacturer simply because he needed better platforms from which to take aerial photographs?

5. True or false, If a pilot of an F-111 was to wind up in the ocean, he could rapidly move the control stick fore and aft to pump water out of the cockpit.

Zak wrote:Kawasaki XP-1 develops cracks in ground testing
Japan's developmental Kawasaki Heavy Industries XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft has developed rips and tears during ground testing, although it is uncertain whether the problems will delay the type's entry into service.
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Two thoughts:
1. They should've copied a better technology, instead of relying on their "indigenous" development.
2. You've got to start somewhere.

5. True

ANSWERS:

1. Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in a USAF Bell UH-13J from the White House to Camp David, Maryland on 12 JUL 57 as part of an emergency practice to evacuate the White House.

2. The German Junkers J.I observation airplane; it was first built in 1917.

3. Harbour Grace Airport in Newfoundland was built in 1927 and was the first civilian airport intended to facilitate trans-Atlantic flights. It was not used after 1936 until it was re-opened in 1999.

4. Sherman Fairchild found that open cockpit biplanes were unsuitable as photo platforms. He designed and produced high-wing monoplanes with heated, closed cabins to protect cameras and photographers. His cameras were later carried on Apollo spacecraft and used to map the moon.

5. True. The F-111’s crew escape module included the entire cockpit. When in the water, moving the control stick operated the built-in bilge pump.
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen