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Congress should let FAA continue work with towers and save workers’ jobs
At LaGuardia, one of the nation’s busiest airports, this workweek began with customary hustle and bustle – except among the workers demolishing the airport’s old control tower. At 8 p.m. on Sunday, the contractor hired to oversee this essential modernization project delivered a painful message to his 40 employees: Because the United States Congress didn’t […]
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Boeing seen posting profit with all eyes on commercial programs
Analysts expect Boeing Co to report a narrowed quarterly profit on Wednesday, but Wall Street will be looking for executive comments on its high-profile commercial airplane programs. The world’s largest aerospace and defense company is expected to post a second-quarter profit of 97 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. A […]
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Boeing and BAE team up to Build Machine Gun Lasers for the Navy
The U.S. Navy has contracted with BAE Systems and, as a subcontractor, Boeing, to develop an integrated weapons system that combines both lasers and machine guns. A solid state laser will be combined with the Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun to provide several levels of integration. Ideally, the system can be used as a […]
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Clark Co. airport work delayed by FAA furlough
A runway expansion at Clark County Regional Airport has been delayed by furloughs at the Federal Aviation Administration. The News and Tribune reports that the airport’s plan to extend a runway is funded mostly by $11 million in FAA grants. Because finance employees are among those furloughed, work has stopped on land acquisition and collecting […]
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Electric aircraft making strides
The planned electric aircraft contest may have been canceled at this year’s EAA AirVenture, but Gary Boggs still declared the Antares, an electric plane he was promoting outside the Innovations Hangar, the clear favorite. “This would have won the contest,” Boggs said. “This was the only one ready for the competition.” The Antares is a […]
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FAA stats show fewer pilots break airspace rules
Even as fighter jets were scrambled on successive days this month to intercept airspace violators near the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., military and civilian aviation officials say fewer pilots are breaking U.S. airspace restrictions this year. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which represents private and business pilots, has been trying to reduce […]
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Businessman is killed in Cornwall air crash
An Eyewitness has told of seeing a helicopter plunge from the sky into a North Cornwall field, killing the pilot. Investigators are examining the wreckage at Week Orchard, between Week St Mary and Marhamchurch, near Bude, for clues about Sunday’s crash. Businessman and farmer Chris Watts died when the Robinson R44 Raven crashed, narrowly missing a house […]
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Lufthansa purchases 30 A320neo Family aircraft
Lufthansa has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft. This contract follows the selection by the Lufthansa Supervisory Board of the A320neo Family in March this year. The order comprises 25 A320neo and five A321neo aircraft. These will be powered by new-generation Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. With this latest order […]
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United Airlines passenger accidentally shoots worker
A United Airlines passenger accidentally shot one of the airline’s workers when his rifle fired while he was checking in at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Edward Deubler, 65, was at the ticket counter when the weapon fired, and part of the bullet hit the airline employee in the leg after first striking the […]
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Moroccan plane crashes killed scores of people
Seventy-eight of the 81 people aboard a Moroccan C-130 military transport plane are believed to have died when it crashed into a mountain on Tuesday in bad weather. The plane was preparing to land at Guelmim military air base in southern Morocco, near the disputed Western Sahara. The remains of 42 people have been found […]