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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2008 - Answers
In the News 1. Kuwait Airways (1pt) 2. Jim Schuster of Hawker Beechcraft (2pt) 3. The red card (2pt) 4. Accidental discharge of his...
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Let's get personal: flights of fancy
After four decades of snail-pace development, jetpack technology is now rocketing skyward. New concepts making use of strap-on devices promise to make age-old...
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The ultimate yuletide surprise: a car with wings
On eBay there is a Christmas gift sure to garner everlasting gratitude from your favourite aviation buff. All you have to do is buy it. At $3.5 million,...
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Sleep surrender
Sleep is essential to human health and well-being. Yet since the late 1940s, when airlines began flying pressurised propeller aircraft across the Atlantic...
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NewsUncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2008
In the News 1. Which carrier threatened to impound any Iraqi Airways aircraft that landed in "non-friendly" jurisdictions? (1pt) 2. Which chief...
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El Al plans Brazilian flights next year
Israel's El Al is to start direct services to Sao Paulo in Brazil next year, although precise details of dates, frequency and aircraft type have yet to be...
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NewsNeeleman's Azul takes flight in Brazil
Brazilian domestic carrier Azul today inaugurated Embraer E-Jet service from Viracopos airport in Campinas to Salvador de Bahia. The event marks founder...
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Delta to launch Gogo tomorrow; details equipage plan for Northwest
Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to launch Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service tomorrow and laid out a strategy for equipping merger partner Northwest...
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NewsAer Lingus to remain independent: chairman
Aer Lingus chairman Colm Barrington insists the airline intends to remain independent, following its rejection of a takeover bid by Ryanair. Speaking...
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DC-9 depressurised after ramp crew covered up tug strike
US investigators have determined that ground staff covered up an accident in which a vehicle damaged a McDonnell Douglas DC-9's fuselage, and allowed the...
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Sanswire-Tao flight tests vector thrust unmanned airship
A segmented unmanned airship design that uses a single swivelling engine technology enabling vectoring thrust has completed a series of flight tests.
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V-STAR UAV completes wind tunnel testing
Frontline Aerospace has announced that its unmanned air vehicle, Vertical take-off and landing Swift Tactical...
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Lockheed demonstrates autonomous F-16 landing
Lockheed Martin has hailed the first autonomous landing of an F-16 as evidence of its preparations for developing unmanned combat air vehicles ...
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NewsAirbus testing rules tightened after Etihad A340-600 smash
Airbus has tightened its procedures after the testing accident in November last year which destroyed a brand-new A340-600 days before delivery to Etihad...
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