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2 hrs ago | Pleasanton Weekly

Beware the bomb bay

I have never considered myself an adventurous person. I favor turn signals, never go anywhere without a map and a cell phone, and I've made it all the way to 23 without taking candy from a stranger.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Pleasanton, CA, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Aircraft, Consolidated Aircraft, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Military Aircraft

7 hrs ago | The Sun Online

RAF jets scrambled as passengers' 'threaten to blow up Pakistani plane'

TWO RAF jets were scrambled to intercept a Pakistani airliner after two passengers allegedly declared: "We're going to blow this plane up." Stunned crew launched a terror alert yesterday afternoon after the men reportedly started a scuffle by trying to force their way into the cockpit of the Manchester-bound airline.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 777, World News, Pakistan

11 hrs ago | Gretna Breeze

Nelnet says it has 300 openings; Netflix's comeback begins Sunday

Student loan company Nelnet says it will seek to fill more than 300 jobs in Lincoln over the next three months.

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Related Topix: Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 787

15 hrs ago | Rediff.com

AI spent a whopping Rs 1,803 crore on pending staff salaries

Air India spent over 85 per cent of its Rs 6,000-crore equity infusion last year on clearing pending staff salaries, paying off aircraft loans and interest and its debt to oil companies and airport operators.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, World News, India,

Fri May 24, 2013

The Sun Online

RAF escorting passenger plane after mid-air 'alert'

RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to divert a Pakistan Airways passenger flight into Stansted after a mid-air "security alert" today.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 777, World News, Pakistan

Business Journal

Boeing, suppliers work around that Skagit bridge collapse

Boeing and aerospace suppliers are coping with the sudden failure of transportation on Interstate 5 due to the Skagit bridge collapse, by instituting work-arounds and managing delays of several hours.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 777, Boeing 767, Burlington, WA

Flying

Gear Up: Short Winter Trips

It seems like a paradox for an airplane based in Florida, but my wife, Cathy, and I fly our Cheyenne less in the winter months than any other time of the year.

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Related Topix: Key West, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 767

Detroit Free Press

United to offer lie-flat seats on international flights

My wife and I think it might be a good idea to let our 10-year-old son explore the city in which we... United Airlines will offer lie-flat seats on all international long-haul flights from New York.

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Related Topix: Associated Press, us Travel, Travel, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 757, Home Listing, Home

Squamish Chief

Japan's ANA to resume Boeing 787 flights on Sunday, saying battery problems fixed

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smouldering batteries.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, World News, Japan

Thu May 23, 2013

The Independent

The only way in Wessex: an electric car

Clean and cheap -but cheerful? Simon Calder sets the controls of a battery-powered vehicle for an epic journey from the New Forest to nuclear Dorset Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

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Related Topix: Hampshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Boeing 787, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Kent County, England, Isle of Wight County, England, Travel

News Times

GE sees ceramics improving jet engine performance

A worker loads a container holding ceramic matrix composites components inside a high-pressure autoclave for curing.

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Related Topix: General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft

Channelnewsasia.com

China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines

Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the US aerospace giant.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing

Insider Monkey

B/E Aerospace Inc (BEAV), Tiffany & Co. (TIF): Dan Loeb's Leading Picks for the Long Run

In the first quarter of 2013, Dan Loeb seemed to be B/E Aerospace Inc bullish on the aerospace & defense industry as well as the jewelry retail industry.

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Related Topix: Tiffany , Retail, Jewelry, Civil Aircraft, Boeing Business Jet, Aircraft, Boeing

WLTX-TV Columbia

Feds Investigate After Plane Parts Land on GA Home

Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house in Clayton County.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Boeing 747, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Atlanta, GA

Al Bawaba

Emirates to Increase Flights to Colombo from 30th June

Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from 30th June 2013, with the addition of three more flights per week, the airline announced today.

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AVHerald

Malaysia B734 at Medan on May 18th 2013, approached wrong airport

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400, flight MH-864 from Kuala Lumpur to Medan , was destined for Medan's Polonia Airport estimated to land at 15:20L but approached Kuala Namu International Airport's runway.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Flying, Indonesia, World News, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 737, Malaysia

Wed May 22, 2013

AVHerald

Trigana B733 at Wamena on May 20th 2013, overran runway on landing

A Trigana Air Service Boeing 737-300, registration PK-YRZ performing freight flight TGN-7329 from Jayapura to Wamena , overran the end of runway 33 by about 5 meters/15 feet while landing at Wamena at 16:07L and came to a stop with the nose gear on soft ground.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Boeing 777

The Peninsula

Qatar Airways gets three cargo planes

The new A330's have replaced three Airbus A300 freighters that the airline has phased out of the fleet to make way for the new state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330, Airbus A300, Boeing 777

Insider Monkey

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCP): The Latest Aerospace Play Gives Earnings

Another week and another set of earnings in the industrial space that confirms the curious bifurcation in the sector.

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Related Topix: Industrial Machines, Precision Castparts, Aerospace-Defense, Metals, Financial Markets, Boeing, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft, Boeing 787

Reuters

Delta Airlines wants to stop Ex-Im help on big jets

"We would be perfectly willing, if we had a total moratorium on narrow-body and wide-body financing, to forego" export credit help on narrow-body jet purchases from Bombardier

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing 777