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1 hr ago | Falmouth Packet

New jets touch down at Classic Air Force at Newquay

The number of jets on display at the Classic Air Force hangar at Newquay Cornwall Airport has risen as two new iconic planes land at the attraction.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, BAC Jet Provost, BAC Aircraft, Military Aircraft

Sat May 18, 2013

AVHerald

Lionair B738 at Denpasar on Apr 13th 2013, landed short of runway and came to stop in sea

Indonesia's NTSC released their preliminary report confirming the aircraft was PK-LKS, MSN 38728, which had formerly been registered with Malindo Air under registration 9M-LNB and had first flown on Feb 5th 2013 and been delivered on Feb 19th 2013.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737

Fiji Village

Second Airbus arrives next Thursday

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330, Oceania, World News, Fiji, France,

Post and Courier

S.C. Gov. Haley not going to Paris Air Show

Various aircraft manufacturers from around the world descend on either England or France each summer to promote and sell their planes.

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Related Topix: Nikki Haley, US Governors, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 787, Mark Sanford, Charleston, SC, North Charleston, SC

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'

The Kansas City museum's Constellation, or "Connie," is one of only a handful of the 856 that were built and is still airworthy - with a little work.

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Related Topix: Lockheed Constellation, Commercial Aircraft, Lockheed Aircraft

Detroit Free Press

What do fliers fear more: Crying babies or smelly adults?

A Boeing 787 takes off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Nov.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 787

RIA Novosti

Plane Catches Fire Upon Landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport

MOSCOW/STAVROPOL, May 18 Moscow's Vnukovo Airport was temporarily closed on Saturday morning after a plane carrying about 140 people from the southern Russian city of Stavropol caught fire upon landing, a law enforcement source said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737

Autoblog

Face to giant face with the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class [w/videos]

Mercedes-Benz isn't a brand afraid to put on a show for any old reason at all like, just because it's Tuesday but the premiere of the 2014 S-Class , even by the standards we're used to, was Broadway-theater intense.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Hybrid, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Mercedes-Benz, Sedan, Wagon, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Convertible, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Commercial Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft

Fri May 17, 2013

Business Journal

Airbus, Boeing, will battle for PR at Paris Air Show

With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeing's resurgent 787 Dreamliner.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing 777, Airbus A350, Airbus Aircraft

PC World

Will the Feds ever relax the rules on using phones in flight?

Hop on an Emirates flight in Dubai and get up to cruising altitude. You realize you forgot to tell your assistant to make some crucial plans when you arrive at your destination.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 787

BBC News

Dambusters: Death and glory

The experimental four-tonne bomb had to be dropped at the right height, at the right speed, at exactly the right distance from the target, to allow it to achieve the improbable feat of skipping across water.

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Related Topix: Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Avro Aircraft, World News, Germany

The House of Rapp

Circle-to-Land Complications

If I asked you to ponder the most pucker-inducing aspect of instrument flying, what would come to mind? An icing encounter? Circumventing imbedded thunderstorms? Hand flying that approach to minimums? An instrument failure? Those are all good answers, but for me the one that takes the cake is a low-visibility circle-to-land maneuver to an ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 767

Gadling

Two Pilots Fired After Brazilian Pop Star Takes Captain's Seat Mid-Flight

A Brazilian pop star who calls himself Latino has put TAM Airlines in the hot seat after he was allegedly invited to sit in the captain's chair during a cross-country flight from .

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320

Thu May 16, 2013

The New Zealand Herald

Emirates adds third A380 to NZ

From October the airline will use an A380 to fly the daily Auckland-Brisbane-Dubai service replacing the smaller Boeing 777-300. Auckland will from October become the first airport outside Emirates' Dubai hub to have three Airbus A380 aircraft on the ground at one time when the double-decker aircraft is introduced.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 777, Travel, Pacific Travel, Australia Travel, Sydney, Australia Travel, New Zealand Travel

China Daily

Chinese airlines to get 1st 787 Dreamliners

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Meilan Airport in Haikou, Hainan province. Several Boeing 787 Dreamliners will arrive at Chinese airlines before June and China Southern Airlines Co Ltd and Hainan Airlines Co Ltd will be the first Chinese customers to get 787 Dreamliners.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 787, World News, China, Asia, Airlines, China Southern Airlines Company, Boeing 777,

MSNBC

GE, Boeing alert airlines about 777 engine problem

A worker stands in front of an engine on the Boeing 777 at their assembly operations in Everett, Washington, October 18, 2012.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 777

Dorsetecho.co.uk

Meet the man pivotal in the dambusters raid

Seventy years ago to the day 19 aircraft, crewed by 133 young men, took off on one of the most daring wartime missions that has now become one of the most well-known - the Dambusters.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Avro Lancaster, Military Aircraft, Avro Aircraft, Vickers Aircraft, Vickers Wellington

CNN

Pilot training blamed for Bali crash

A preliminary investigation report into last month's Lion Air crash into the sea off Bali has called on the budget carrier to implement several safety and pilot training recommendations.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Indonesia Travel, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737

Automotive News

New Mercedes S class strives to set new luxury mark

Mercedes-Benz is heralding its latest-generation S class as a flagship that will set new benchmarks for luxury sedans with its packaging of technology, safety gear and opulence.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A380, Marketing, Auto Dealers

Wed May 15, 2013

Trinidad Guardian

Howai insists airline solvent but CAL loses $800m

Fix Caribbean Airlines Ltd first. That was the mandate from Finance Minister Larry Howai yesterday after he announced CAL's bottom line has crashed to an approximate US$110 million loss according to 2012 unaudited figures.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 767