Toys for Tots program gets new leaders Oct 6, 2009
He also worked in a community-relations capacity, setting up static aircraft displays, organizing Blue Angels trips and setting up guest speakers for visitors. He was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County. (Santa Maria Times)
Donation of child's organs affects hundreds Sep 30, 2009
An Italian military aircraft, with an honor guard, brought Nicholas' body home to California. Individual gestures of solidarity sprang up immediately and have not ceased. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Airborne Laser Could Save Us From Terrorist Nightmare Scenario Sep 15, 2009
An EMP would effectively knock out all electrical grids, aircraft, trains, ships, automobiles, computers, medical equipment, ATM machines, cooling and heating systems, TVs, radios, telephones, blackberries, flashlights, electric toothbrushes, and children s toys in an instant ... The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, however, have an answer to this threat in the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, essentially a high-energy laser-beam system housed in a Boeing 747-400 aircraft ...... (Human Events Online)
Wal-Mart Web Site Adds Nearly 1M New Items Sep 1, 2009
Digital 'fly-by-wire' technology in modern aircraft may make them less safe. U.S. carrier not ready to roll out new features coming to iPhone users in other countries. (Fox News)
2 firefighters killed amid massive Calif. wildfire Aug 31, 2009
Fixed-wing aircraft and a DC-10 jumbo jet were dropping water and flame retardant on the fire. At the fire command post, Schwarzenegger praised firefighters for successfully protecting subdivisions in the foothills. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north Aug 31, 2009
A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft is overflying Alaska this summer with instruments sampling the air for methane and carbon dioxide. In parts of Alaska, scientists believe the number of "thermokarst" lakes formed when terrain collapses over thawing permafrost and fills with meltwater may have doubled in the past three decades. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Obama returns to DC area from vacation Aug 31, 2009
The presidential aircraft returned to the capital Sunday evening from the first family's vacation spot off the Massachusetts coast. While on the island, Obama played golf, took first lady Michelle Obama to dinner and went for a bike ride with his daughters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
The Marines take a break at Ronald McDonald House where they recently participated in the Chef-for-a-Day program. Seated from left: Bill LaMarr, Ronald McDonald, and Guy Gabbrad and standing left to right: Marine Detachment #1126 Commandant Larry Kossak and Phil Carper, judge advocate. Aug 20, 2009
The aircraft currently used is a 19-seat, two-engine Beech 1900, which has its seats in the main cabin removed to make room for the pet carriers. The company plans to extend services to other major cities including Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver in 2010 and to expand its fleet to 20 planes, including Falcon 20, Convair 580 and Boeing 727 by the end of 2009. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Poll: 53% Support Women in Combat Roles Aug 16, 2009
I am for them on catbat ships and flying combat aircraft. by lorinkundert August 16, 2009 2:22 AM EDT 000030E4. (CBS News)
Tech.view: When less is more Aug 15, 2009
As an aircraft enthusiast since boyhood, your correspondent has long had a special place in his pantheon of heroes for the poet-aviator Antoine de Saint Exup;ry, who pondered the meaning of flight as he ferried mail through the North African night in the 1920s. Perfection is achieved, he mused, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. (The Economist)
Click to read:As Marines Advance, Gunfire From "360" Aug 14, 2009
(CBS/AP) Last updated at 6:42 p.m. EDT U.S. aircraft and missiles pounded Taliban mountainside positions around Dahaneh on Thursday as Marines pushed through mudbrick compounds searching for militants in the second day of fighting to seize this strategic southern town ... Even with piloted aircraft, the ease at which killing is done leaves few participants with close images of death and their responsibility necessary to form a true appreciation for their actions ... When the RAF bought its first... (CBS News)
Fort Huachuca: Site seen as critical to U.S. (6) Aug 12, 2009
FORT HUACHUCA Much of the Air Force s aircraft are so old that the nation could suffer if a major war broke out, said the president of the Cochise Chapter of the Air Force Association. Calling some of the aircraft part of the Air Force s airborne antiques, Ross Lampert said the average age of the service s KC-135 is 35 years old and if current plans continue, the planes will be celebrating their diamond anniversary 75 years in service ... Not long ago, an F-15 fighter broke up in flight, and... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Jeff Vrabel: Oh, G.I. Joe, how I love thee but not your movie Aug 11, 2009
One magical Christmas we got the Aircraft Carrier, which I am capitalizing because we awoke that morning to a massive box sitting in the living room almost dwarfing (elving. the tree, and for the next 30 minutes, little pieces of my brain kept melting out of my ears. (Medfield Press, MA)
Veterans shred uniforms for art, healing Aug 9, 2009
Nate Lewis, who deployed with an Army unit to Iraq in 2003, embedded his paper with Topps trading cards with photos of bombers, cruise missiles and aircraft carriers used during the first Gulf War. He remembered buying them as a boy in the early 1990s. (Athens Banner-Herald)
No ferries to Friday Harbor trims business Aug 8, 2009
Instead, signed a contract for the Victoria Clipper to shuttle hundreds of sailors a day between Everett and Bremerton to work on refurbishing the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. It s a big impact they brought many people here, said Robin Jacobson, media relations manager for the. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Businessman is active volunteer (North Iowa Neighbors) Jul 27, 2009
When he s not at his shop, he s likely to be volunteering for the Marine Corps League, community theater, Experimental Aircraft program, Lions Club or his church ... He worked at McDonnell Doug-las Aircraft Corp. in Long Beach, Calif ... A past president of the Lions Club, member of the Mason City Experimental Aircraft Association, a eucharistic minister and lecturer at St. Joseph Catholic Church and a tireless worker for the Toys for Tots program of the Marine Corps Reserve, Gansemer says... (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
'Bag-ology' testing boosts aviation security Jul 24, 2009
These tests tell researchers whether a particular type of IED has the capacity to bring down an aircraft in flight. Back in Atlantic City, the bombs are also put in luggage and run through screening machines like those deployed at the nation's airports. (CNN -- Travel)
Signs of a deal in the works over F-22 spending Jul 17, 2009
They could recruit ACORN workers as pilots and characterize it as the Air Force s best pilots flying America s best and most technologically advanced aircraft ... The Chinese, Russians and North Koren s all have aircraft that we will need the F-22 and F-35 to fight ... It was really an interceptor designed to shoot down bombers that might attack the Navy s aircraft carriers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Where the skys the limit Jul 12, 2009
He found it frustrating that there were so many rules but hardly any service, and that the aircrafts were mostly run on the whim of the owners ... The Learjet 60XR is a midsize corporate aircraft with a passenger capacity of up to seven ... Flohrs says its fleet consists entirely of brand new Bombardier aircraft, chosen for its ability to provide the highest levels of luxury, safety and security. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
More Business & Money... Jul 5, 2009
Qantas Airways Ltd. said Friday it has canceled orders for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and delayed the delivery of another 15 aircraft due to turbulent market conditions ... Boeing says a reinforcement problem was discovered within the side-of-body section of the aircraft during regular tests. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Surviving Long Flights with Childre... Jul 1, 2009
Children can t sit still for long. When confined in an aircraft for a few hours, they often turn cranky and noisy, much to the embarrassment of their parents. While there are no magic pills to prevent wailing and boisterous kids on the plane, there are several things that parents can do to manage kids while flying. (Suite101.com)
McCurley finds home in Wichita Jun 30, 2009
Eric McCurley has always had a fascination with airplanes from the models he built as a youth to the remote-control toys he and his brother guided in their teens to the small aircraft they pilot today. He s not sure where this passion was born, but it was the guiding factor in choosing Wichita and the insurance brokerage industry he has been working in since leaving college in 1986. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
`Transformers' shape-shifts into noise, nonsense Jun 25, 2009
Know where you're eating tonight. Our BRAND NEW Dining Guide is now open for business. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Movie Review: 'Transformers' sequel shape-shifts into noise and nonsense Jun 24, 2009
You name it, it gets shot up, blown up or otherwise obliterated in a massive fiery ball, from suburban homes and cars to aircraft carriers and even an Egyptian pyramid. Along the way, our sense of sanity and humanity also get destroyed, as we feel as if we are being held captive by these walking, talking, shape-shifting robots both the good guys and the bad. (FOX61, CT)
Hero Pilot: Bird Warnings Not Much Help Jun 20, 2009
The board began three days of hearings into safety issues arising from the Jan. 15 accident, including efforts to prevent bird strikes and the ability of aircraft engines to withstand collisions with large birds. Other issues include whether the Federal Aviation Administration's aircraft certification standards are adequate to protect passengers in event of a forced water landing ... Some experts have also suggested aircraft engines should be designed to withstand bigger birds. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
The Lear Jet repo man Jun 6, 2009
There was just one detail: No one had told Popovich about the heavily armed white supremacist militia that would be guarding the aircraft when he arrived. But then again, no one had told the militia about Popovich, a brawny and intimidating man who has been jailed and shot at and has faced down more angry men than a prison warden. (Salon)
• Watch the wings this weekend May 29, 2009
He gets a thrill out of seeing a large aircraft streak down the airstrip and take to the sky. Then he puts it through a series of 10 maneuvers called a pattern. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Corporate Jets: Luxury Or Necessity? May 18, 2009
Small businesses say they rely on private aircraft to reach small communites not served by major airlines ... Orders for new planes n 00001124 osedived and aircraft manufacturers slashed jobs. (CBS News)
Panetta to CIA: We told Pelosi the truth... May 16, 2009
She is an embarrassment to America and needs to step down and go home in coach not on taxpayer supplied aircraft ... In 1997 NORAD said, "Aircraft flying over our air space are monitored seven days a week, 24 hours a day." The quote above is contradicted by the following 2008 quote from NORAD, "Since the tragic events of 9/11, NORADs role which previously was outward-looking now includes monitoring airspace within North America." See the 5 articles on NORAD at www. (The Drudge Report)
Tippin ready for return to Country Days May 14, 2009
He is also a certified aircraft mechanic. It was a fluke. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Why Star Wars movies still matter May 7, 2009
I now work as an aircraft technician, working with modern aircraft where I get to perform my day to day tasks in flights decks surrounded by enough lights and screens to satisfy the child inside - still longing to fly among the stars. Darryl, Cardiff, UK.. (BBC News)
How can the Taleban be defeated? May 7, 2009
A day on board the Navy's strike aircraft carrier. Is China still a country that needs financial help. (BBC News)
Your 10 questions May 2, 2009
And when we arrive at the destination, I get another buzz because I did it to the best of my ability bringing the aircraft, passengers, crew and cargo safely to the destination on schedule and at optimum cost. I only do the things that I love to do write, speak, fly and spend time with my family. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Manufacturing declines at slower rate in April May 2, 2009
8 percent as strength in demand for commercial jetliners and military aircraft offset weakness in other areas. Orders for nondurable goods, products such as petroleum, chemicals and paper, dropped 1 percent after a 0. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
'Terra' treads familiar ground May 1, 2009
You can tell the militaristic humans are bad because their spaceships are metal and glow neon, whereas Terrians fly low-tech, bird-shaped aircraft made of cloth and love. The robotic Giddy (David Cross) provides comic relief. (Boston Globe)
Pilot wrecks after trying take off from highway Apr 17, 2009
Trooper David Jacobs said it appears a gust of wind caught the aircraft as it was taking off. The plane flipped, crashing through a chain-link fence on the side of the highway. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Relatives, charter lines applaud shift on Cuba Apr 16, 2009
"We're already scrounging around for more aircraft," she said. Gulfstream Charters International, which has daily flights between Miami and Havana, said it will use larger, 172-seat airplanes four days a week instead of three beginning in June. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Trade deficit falls for seventh straight month Apr 10, 2009
Those gains helped to offset a big drop in shipments of commercial aircraft. Big exporters such as Boeing Co. and Caterpillar Inc. have been forced to slash jobs because of the weak global economy. (MSNBC -- Business)
Laser threat Apr 9, 2009
There has been a "phenomenal" increase in the number of incidents in which aircraft are targeted by small hand-held lasers, according to UK police ... The police have new devices designed to record and analyse laser "strikes" on their aircraft, tracking their source and leading to arrests of attackers ... The culprits are usually bored youths, who have got hold of a laser pointer and amuse themselves by playing its beam over passing aircraft. (BBC News -- UK)
Behold the green, renewable world of 2050 Apr 2, 2009
Improved aerodynamics, lighter aircraft and mixing biofuels into jet fuel will bring down the carbon cost of air miles. Carbon reductions in energy production and road transport will mitigate some of the rise in emissions from the growth in flights in China and India, but environmental campaigners will not be satisfied. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Pricey Jet Fighters Add Up To Local Jobs Mar 26, 2009
So are the 120 employees of Amesbury's which manufactures the special coating that makes the F-22 a stealth aircraft ... A cockpit simulator gives some idea of what it's like to fly a super-sonic stealth aircraft. (CBS News)
Basra airport Mar 24, 2009
we are just waiting for the passengers and aircraft ... "We are ready to move any amount of traffic. We have the lighting and facilities. We are just waiting for the passengers and aircraft". (BBC News -- Africa)
China our not-so-silent partner now Mar 15, 2009
I read the Chinese were building an aircraft carrier ... AJC-bloggin RightWingnutterbutters on and off over the years have threatened me with their guns and automatic weaponry, but, recognizing that I m not dealing with any Mensa members, and that the laws of physics make sending bullets over the internet impossible (even most of the idiots that subscribe to intelligent design are dimly aware of the physical impossibility) - and knowing, deep in my heart of hearts, that God Himself is squarely... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Matt's on a different plane ... and it's surreal Mar 13, 2009
Last night he was tracking 20 or 30 aircraft movements. "The challenge - as it is in the real world - is to keep planes from flying into each other and you do that by the use of the simulated radar that we have and we can actually see the targets and following real-world procedures we keep the aircraft separated," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Casual fliers get a leg up Mar 7, 2009
But a tiny, two-seater, 650-pound aircraft is pulling the clouds down low enough for working-class fliers to enjoy. Thanks to the light-sport aircraft and the special license it carries, a would-be flier can get trained for about $2,700 -- half or even one-quarter what it takes to fly a typical Cessna as a private pilot ... Light-sport aircraft must. (News & Observer)
...enough radioactive weapons to carry out 1,248 Hiroshima bombings Feb 17, 2009
This would be similar to the altitudes aircraft are required to fly at above a particular altutude. Those of you who believe that we should do away with all nuclear weapons, please explain how you would propose to gaurentee that no other nation would continee to have nucleat subs with nuclear weapons still wandering around the oceans so the rest of us could sleep soundly at night. (The Drudge Report)
Singapore Airlines to cut capacity, ground planes Feb 16, 2009
The carrier said it will reduce capacity by 11 percent between April and March 2010 from the previous twelve months and decommission 17 aircraft after air cargo shipments fell 20 percent recently. "The drop in air transportation has been sharp and swift," the company said in a statement Monday. (International Herald Tribune)
Banned from Britain, Dutch campaigner against Islam Feb 11, 2009
The film then shows images of the 9/11 aircraft flying into the World Trade Centre, with quotes from calls to the emergency services from people inside the buildings. It also contains images of bloodstained corpses following the 2004 Madrid rail bombings before showing gruesome images of beheadings and attacks. (Independent)
Palestinians: Israeli tank shell kills Gaza man Feb 9, 2009
Earlier Monday, Israeli aircraft struck two Palestinian militant positions in Gaza in response to rocket fire from the territory on Sunday, the military said. No injuries were reported. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
In the Middle East, an equity oasis Feb 8, 2009
For example, Abraaj Capital in June sold a 30 percent stake in National Air Services, a private aircraft company, to Kingdom Holding, a public investment group with interests in hotels and financial services in the Gulf, generating a 55 percent annual rate of return over a two-year holding period, according to Lodhi. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
