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Royal Jordanian reports $37 million 1H 2017 net loss
Royal Jordanian (RJ) incurred a net loss of JD26.3 million ($37.1 million) in the 2017 first half, a figure the airline said was driven by seasonality and a decline in average fares because of over-capacity in the industry.
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Delta, Air France and Virgin seek to dominate Atlantic
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways plan to dominate the transatlantic market under a new strategic partnership unveiled on 27 July.
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TSA to enforce large PED screening at all US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revised its security screening procedures for personal electronics devices (PEDs) July 26, requiring all PEDs larger than a cellphone to now be placed in separate bins for X-ray screening.
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SIA to refurbish cabins of 14 A380s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to retrofit 14 of its Airbus A380 aircraft.
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IndiGo laments PW1100G's poor reliability
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is still unhappy about the continued problems with its fleet of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neos.
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Indian Aircraft Market Worth $290 Bln Over 20 Years
Boeing has forecast demand for 2,100 new commercial aircraft in India over the next 20 years, worth USD$290 billion in sales.
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Virgin Orbit Readies For Boeing 747 'Cosmic Girl' Flight Test Build-Up
Virgin Orbit's modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
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June cargo figures a pleasant surprise, says WorldACD
The air cargo market continued to surprise in June, says WorldACD, with a continuation of the volume growth seen for well over half a year, while US Dollar yields have halted their 2015-2016 free fall.
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Record Attendance For AirVenture
With day after day of sunny skies and low humidity in Oshkosh last week, the crowds at EAA AirVenture had nothing to hamper them, and EAA this week reported record-breaking attendance numbers. In his closing news conference on Sunday, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said it’s estimated that more than 600,000 people came to AirVenture this year. “It was an incredible week,” Pelton said. “Ten days for us, if you count the early arrivals, and certainly each day had its own truly unique venue or feature. It was hard to really pick what was the best.”
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Supersonic X-plane's unusual inlet performs well in wind tunnel
A series of wind tunnel tests revealed the unusual engine inlet positioning for NASA’s supersonic X-plane meets the performance goals for the Lockheed Martin-designed aircraft, a NASA Glenn Research Center aeronautics engineer says.
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United Airlines exits Hangzhou: secondary China service became redundant with Shanghai growth
After blaming softer demand in China and Hong Kong for its worse than expected trans-Pacific performance in 2Q2017, United Airlines is returning to Plan A as it ends service to secondary Chinese city Hangzhou from 14-Oct-2017.
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Japan Airlines partners with VietJet to boost Southeast Asian feed for trans-Pacific network
In a pragmatic partnership of the odd couple, Japan Airlines and VietJet Airlines are coming together in a codeshare partnership.
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Boeing takes aim at its avionics suppliers, sending stocks down
Boeing said on Monday it set up an avionics group to make aircraft controls and electronics that compete with its own suppliers such as Rockwell Collins Inc, Honeywell International Inc and United Technologies Corp, whose shares fell.
The world's largest plane maker said the unit had started work and aims to bring systems for military, civil and space vehicles into service after 2020, capturing more of an avionics market worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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Aviation Quote

So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like archangels. The sky rained heroes upon the astonished earth. Surely the last fights of mankind were the best. What was the heavy pounding of your Homeric swordsmen, what was the creaking charge of chariots, besides this swift rush, this crash, this giddy triumph, this headlong sweep to death?

- H. G. Wells, 'The World Set Free,' 1914.

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1. What was the first American aircraft manufacturer to commercially produce airplanes?

2. A pilot lands during poor visibility on a runway with white center-line lighting. During the roll-out and when the white lights begin to alternate with red lights, he/she knows that there are ________ feet of runway remaining. When the alternating red and white lights become red only, there are only _______ feet of runway remaining.

A. 3,000; 1,500
B. 3,000; 1,000
C. 2,500; 1,500
D. 2,000; 1,000

3. What WW2 combat aircraft had the shortest missions?

4. What was the heaviest single-engine, piston-powered airplane ever produced in the United States?

5. Many unimproved airports have a "runway halfway" sign to indicate the midpoint of a runway. According to the Aeronautical Information Manual, what rule of thumb can a departing pilot use to enhance safety when departing from such a runway?

6. A pilot shuts down an engine, but it continues to run in an irregular manner for some time after the ignition is turned off. In an automobile, this is called dieseling. When it occurs in an airplane, it is called ________ and caused by ________.