Aircraft makers struggle to match output with big demand swings

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Holidaychatter – Airbus, Boeing Production Rates May Need Further Reduction

2009-04-20 03:47:31

Embraer’s strategy to grow its defense business and reduce a dependence on civil aviation hinges on development of a tanker/transport for Brazil’s air force

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Holidaychatter – Embraer Sees World Market for New KC-390 Tanker/Transport

2009-04-20 03:44:32

Aero-Linx! Known as the “Snafu Snatchers”, this squadron was the first Army Air Force unit of its kind in the Pacific. In July 1944, it was assigned to the 5th Air Force from which it was transferred to the 13th Air Force in September 1944.

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Holidaychatter – ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (04.19.09)

2009-04-19 13:01:32

Aero-Terms! A protoplanetary nebula (i.e., a very young planetary nebula) that lies about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. It is also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula because of its unusually large abundance of sulfur compounds (hydrogen sulfide being the culprit for the smell of bad eggs).

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Holidaychatter – ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (04.19.09): Calabash Nebula

2009-04-19 13:01:31

Suggests Plane Manufacturers Can Survive If Airlines Get Some Help With credit getting more difficult to obtain for new airliner purchases, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders said that governments should provide airlines with financing when other sources are unobtainable.

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Holidaychatter – Airbus CEO Says Governments Should Finance Airliner Purchases

2009-04-19 13:01:29

Findings Said Not To Be Representative Of An Average Day’s Air Traffic Typical of numerous Florida airports built during WWII as training bases, residential areas have built up around the New Smyrna Beach, FL Municipal Airport (EVB) over the years. And equally as typical, residents who now reside near the airport have voiced their objections to noise from airport operations, spurring city officials to study the problem.

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Holidaychatter – EVB Noise Study Results Irk Abatement Committee Members

2009-04-19 13:01:28

FAA Approves Environmental Impact Study The licensing process for construction of a commercial spaceport at Jacksonville’s Cecil Field that could launch up to 52 sub-orbital space flights annually has moved another step forward with the Federal Aviation Administration’s release of a favorable Environmental Assessment of the site.

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Holidaychatter – Jacksonville Spaceport Another Step Closer To Reality

2009-04-19 13:01:26

CBO Says $2 Billion Boost Needed To Avoid Delay Of Constellation Program According to a report released last week by the Congressional Budget Office, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will fail to meet its projected schedule over the next decade, unless funding to the agency is increased by $2 billion a year.

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Holidaychatter – Report: NASA Schedule Will Fall Behind Without Increased Funding

2009-04-19 13:01:24

Defending Champion Hannes Arch Wins First Race Britain’s Paul Bonhomme was “pipped to the post” Saturday in the first race in this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Hannes Arch of Austria came from behind to win the race with Nicolas Ivanoff of France taking third place.

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Holidaychatter – Red Bull Air Racing Season Kicks Off In Abu Dhabi

2009-04-19 13:01:23

UK Carrier Says Key Documents Weren’t Provided To DOT In what has been dismissed as another ploy to thwart an alliance between American Airlines and British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways has said the airlines have failed to produce all required materials for review by the US Department of Transportation in their bid for antitrust immunity.

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Holidaychatter – Virgin Atlantic Blows Whistle On Missing AA, BA Alliance Paperwork

2009-04-19 13:01:22