Aerospace

Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?

By my watch, the takeoff roll for Air France flight 380 lasted 35 seconds. Either way, all the planiacs on board Air France's inaugural A380 Airbus flight from New York City to Paris agreed the takeoff was a thing of beauty....

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LAUNCHING TONIGHT: Atlas 5 Rocket to Loft New Satellite

By Justin Ray posted: 13 November 2009 The teams working hard to get a good flight profile based on the wind data hopes to have a design ready by 1:40 a.m. EST. The launch team readiness poll is planned for 1:08 a.m., leading...

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Shlachter & Co.: The Trouble with Ink will aim to be a family-friendly tattoo parlor

Posted Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 There aren’t many places you can buy a one-of-a-kind piece of original art for $60. Love ’em or hate ’em, tattoos are becoming increasingly accepted, and the folks at The Trouble with Ink want the...

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Zambia: FRA - Helping Farmers to Have Succesful Marketing Seasons

"Its start was the worst but the ending was the best in recent years." This is how one small-scale farmer in Mbala District in Northern Province described the Food Reserve Agency (FRA)'s crop marketing.

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Rwanda: Plane Crash Never Caused Financial Loss-Rwandair Boss

Kigali — Rwandair has said that it did not incur any financial losses following its plane crash that led to the termination of a contract with Jetlink Express a week ago. In an exclusive interview with Rwandairs' CEO, Gerald...

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Nigeria: Customs Acquires Helicopters to Fight Smuggling

Comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, has said that two Bell Helicopters have been acquired by the service to boost its war against smugglers and cross borders crimes.

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Nigeria: Liberalisation - EU, Seven States Sign Agreement

World airline body, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the signing of a Multilateral Statement of Policy Principles regarding the Implementation of Bilateral Air Service Agreements by seven states and...

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Nigeria: Air Mid-West Nigeria Debuts With B737-500

Air Mid-West Nigeria is set to fly the nation's airspace shortly with the delivery of its Boeing737-500 expected in the country in the fortnight. According to industry sources the airline, in addition to the expected aircraft...

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Arab aviation leaders close ranks

The Arab Aviation Industry leaders yesterday set a six-point agenda to protect its interests at the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Summit. After two-day deliberations, aviation industry leaders in the region decided to urge the...

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Turkey gives Israel deadline for drone delivery: report

Ankara (AFP) Nov 21, 2009 - Turkey has given Israeli contractors 50 days to fulfil a long-delayed deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish army, Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul was quoted as saying Saturday.

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