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Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:06:44 +0100

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New Aviation & Flying Article: Fuselage Mounted Laser Vortex Enhancer Directed to Airfoils

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

DARPA has developed a small laser cannon, just like Star Wars to use as a weapon in a fighter plane for air to air combat, destroying enemy missiles or perhaps using a combination later on of Argon or CO2 (depending on altitude) for close air support. Recently it was announced that they would put this new airborne laser system onto... Read More

New Aviation & Flying Article: Automated Satellite Following System for UAV Swarms

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

Much work is being done and the USAF has implemented systems to fly UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in ah hoc formations like swarms of insects or flock of birds. We cannot quite match evolution and bird flock formations but we are on our way. I propose keeping this task of swarming UAVs simple. I propose having every fifth, twentieth or... Read More

New Aviation & Flying Article: The History of the Aircraft Wash Guys, Part One

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

Business scholars and students throughout recent periods have studied the fascinating business model of franchising. In the most history of commerce under a common currency from Amsterdam forward to the Global Power House of the United States of America we have seen franchises lead the way. The first franchise was said to be that of the Singer Sewing Machine. Yet... Read More

New Aviation & Flying Article: Sex in a Cessna, Part II

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

Sex in a Cessna or any light plane can be exhilarating and since your flight instructor never trained you how to do this you will need to read all of this several part series of articles, we do not want you screwing things up so to speak. In part one, we explained the need for a practice area and separation... Read More

New Aviation & Flying Article: NASA SATS for Point-to-Point Air Travel Solutions

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

It appears NASA's studies of the future of air travel and air taxi concepts. By studying these possible futures we may find our selves ready to accept flying cars in everyone's garage.Spoke and Hub and the future of Commercial Air Travel has changed drastically over the last two-decades. The proof being the advancement in the marketplace by discount airline carriers... Read More

New Aviation & Flying Article: Airbus to Build $600 Million Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in US

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:05:44 +0100

Airbus has announced that it will build a $600 million aircraft manufacturing plant in Mobile Alabama. This is significant news and will open doors to US based commercial airlines to buy more Airbus Aircraft in the future. Alabama is quite good at attracting manufacturing facilities such as Mercedes, Nissan and other automobile manufacturers and is known for their tax incentives... Read More

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Interactive exhibit challenges, entertains in field of aviation

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:49:25 +0100

Matt Walters held his 4-year-old daughter's hand Sunday afternoon as she balanced atop a beam, guiding her safely across. "Don't look down,'' he told Anna, as she pretended to be three stories high on a child's display at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, near Ashland, Neb.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Global Aviation Promotes Brian L. Lockhart to Vice President

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:54:52 +0100

HILLSBORO, OR ? Global Aviation Inc. has named Brian L. Lockhart Vice President of the company. Lockhart, a 13-year veteran of Global Aviation, had previously served as the Director of Maintenance.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Banyan and Odyssey Aviation Seal Deal for Satcom Installations

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:54:50 +0100

DUBAI, U.A.E. -- Banyan Air Service and Odyssey Aviation Services reached an agreement for Banyan to perform SATCOM installations on five Cessna Sovereigns in 2009 for a undisclosed client.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Flightline Group Inc. Awards 2008 Careers in Aviation Scholarship

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:39:27 +0100

Flightline Group Inc. Careers in Aviation announces the 2008 Flightline Group Scholarship has been awarded to Saul Meza from Chicago.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Clifford Development Appoints Stevens Aviation As Service Center for Citation 550/S550 Engine Retrofits

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:55:04 +0100

PORTAGE, MI ? Clifford Development announced the appointment of Stevens Aviation as an authorized installation center for the company?s certified installations of Williams FJ44-3A engines on the Cessna Citation 550 and the S550.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: Shawnee Community College has high hopes for aviation facility

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:30:36 +0100

CAIRO - Shawnee Community College President Larry Peterson hopes an aviation technologies facility in Cairo will be a positive move for everyone involved.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: H-GAC sponsors regional aviation system plan

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:00:41 +0100

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is in discussions with 26 airports in the 13-county Houston-Galveston region to acquire information for the 2040 Houston-Galveston Regional Aviation System Plan that is currently being developed.

Latest Aviation & Flying News: NWS To Host Sub-Regional Aviation Workshop In SC (The Aero-News Network)

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:18:20 +0100

All-Day Event Features Seminars With Something Of Interest To Everyone The National Weather Service announced it will host a workshop next month, featuring seminars especially tailored for aviation weather forecasters, airport managers, airline representatives, medevac personnel, and general aviation pilots.