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Wichita takes care to avoid becoming the next Detroit
Wichita, Kan., may look to Detroit for lessons on how to avoid falling victim to foreign competition for aircraft manufacturing. Wichita is currently the Air Capital of the World, but it faces competition from Embraer in Brazil and other manufacturers. Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft have both shifted some parts manufacturing to Mexico, and Bombardier also opened a plant in Mexico.
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Pilots ask Air Force to limit unmanned aircraft restricted space
Pilots in North Dakota have asked the Air Force to limit airspace restriction plans for unmanned aerial vehicles to as small an area as possible. At hearings Friday, pilots said the restriction on a large area near Grand Forks, N.D., would harm the private air business and restrict people from flying in.
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Boeing to consider India's request for refueling tankers
Boeing says it is taking a look at a proposal from India for six refueling tankers and may respond within two weeks. A company spokesman also said Boeing is expected to begin trials for the C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifter in the spring.
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Continental's 7,603 ground workers unionize
Continental's fleet service employees voted Friday to become members of the Teamsters union. The move passed by just 300 votes. Mike Bonds, Continental's senior vice president of labor relations, said, "We respect the choice our co-workers have made." Teamsters President James Hoffa called it a "big victory" -- one that "proves there are people to organize out there."
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Glitch prevents NASA from finishing space station work
Work on the International Space Station came to a halt Saturday as NASA astronauts discovered that a critical insulating cover for its newest room does not fit. Flight Director Bob Dempsey said NASA engineers were contemplating how to proceed. There are only four more shuttle missions scheduled.
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Observation deck offering panoramic views attached to space station
After some frustrations in dealing with stuck bolts, astronauts attached a new $27 million observation deck to the International Space Station on Monday. The highly anticipated domed outlook, which will be unlocked on Wednesday or Thursday, is expected to provide never-before-seen 360-degree views of Earth, outer space and the space station itself.
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Concern over medical device triggers security event in Detroit
Transportation Security Administration agents greeted a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit Metropolitan Airport Saturday after one passenger's medical device alarmed another passenger. TSA spokesman Jon Allen says the passenger toting the device was interviewed and released after agents verified there was no threat.
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CityJet drops business-class cabin for premium-economy
Air France-KLM subsidiary CityJet is scrapping business class in favour of a premium-economy product.
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UK could use plutonium in space nuclear power demonstration

On Earth, nuclear power is controversial - but for deep space missions it is a necessity. However, the plutonium driving spacecraft power systems is invaluable not only for its ability to keep electricity flowing where solar cells cannot; Pu-238 is also in short supply.
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Alitalia aims to double Malpensa passengers by 2012
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia is intending to double its passenger numbers from Milan Malpensa to 3 million over the next three years.
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AVIATION QUOTE

I really don't know one plane from the other. To me they are just marginal costs with wings.

— Alfred Kahn, 1977.



AEROSPACE TERM

Heat Exchanger

A device for transferring heat from one fluid to another without intermixing the fluids, as (a) a regenerator and (b) an apparatus for cooling or heating the air in a wind tunnel.



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EDITOR’S CHOICE


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HUMOR

More Birdman Wisdom

You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp.

When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.

The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.

Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.

Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds.

Remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.

Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of take offs you've made.

Weather forecast are horoscopes with numbers.

Never run out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at the same time. (Submitted by gonavy505)

It is not a good idea to eject over an area you have just bombed.

Three things an aviator can't use: 1) Altitude above you. 2) Runway behind you. 3) Fuel you can't use.

Equipment problems that go away by themselves will come back by themselves.



TRIVIA

Airports

1. Chicago O'Hare
CGX
OHA
CHI
ORD

2. Kansas City Int'l Airport
KCK
KAN
MCI
KCM

3. Greater Cincinnati International Airport
CNN
CIN
CIA
CVG

4. Orange County International
ANA
SNA
OCC
ORG

5. Orlando International Airport
OLL
MCO
MCM
ORL

6. Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport
HOU
GWB
BUS
IAH

7. Portland International Airport
PIA
POR
PDX
PTL

8. London Heathrow
ENG
LON
LND
LHR

9. Milwaukee Mitchell Field
MLK
MIL
MKE
MKK

10. Dallas - Ft. Worth Intl Airport
DFW
DAF
DLF
DAL

1. ORD
2. MCI
3. CVG
4. SNA
5. MCO
6. IAH
7. PDR
8. LHR
9. MKE
10. DFW

My answers are the same as CO's but with PDX for 7.

Agree with Shanwick.

1. ORD
2. MCI
3. CVG
4. SNA
5. MCO
6. IAH
7. PDX
8. LHR
9. MKE
10. DFW

helvknight wrote:Agree with Shanwick.

1. ORD
2. MCI
3. CVG
4. SNA
5. MCO
6. IAH
7. PDX
8. LHR
9. MKE
10. DFW

^^ What they said...

I completely meant pdx. I guess that's what happens when you're half asleep and using a blackberry.

ANSWERS:
1. ORD
2. MCI
3. CVG
4. SNA
5. MCO
6. IAH
7. PDX
8. LHR
9. MKE
10. DFW