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January 06, 2014

Boeing, Cathay Pacific Airways Announce Order For Wide-Body Airplanes

Adds 747-8, Three 777-300ERs To The Order Book

Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways have announced that Cathay Pacific has ordered an additional 747-8 Freighter and three 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order, valued at about $1 billion at current list prices, will bolster Cathay Pacific's 747-8 Freighter fleet and 777-300ER fleet to 14 and 53, respectively.

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Southwest Airlines Orders Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar Winglets

Devices To Be Installed On Boeing 737-800 Aircraft

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) today announced that Southwest Airlines has ordered Split Scimitar Winglets for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft.  APB's newest program is the culmination of a five-year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all-new Split Scimitar Winglet.

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Gatwick Airport Opens Probe Into Christmas Eve Delays

Hundreds Of Passengers Found Themselves At The Airport For The Holiday

Gatwick airport officials have started looking into what caused an electrical system problem which caused the power to go out in some portions of its North Terminal on Christmas Eve. Sixty-two departures and 59 arrivals were canceled December 24 following heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding in the area.

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Government Of Okinawa Approves Move Of U.S. Air Base

But Many On The Island Would Still Like To See The Base Closed Entirely

A controversial plan to move a U.S. Air Base to a less populated area of the Japanese island of Okinawa has been approved by the Governor of the island, but he said he would continue to press for the complete closure of the facility.

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Aviation Enterprise Named Poland's Entrepreneurship Leader Of The Year

Company Manufactured The Flaris Lar 1 Single Engine Jet

The Metal-Master company, which manufactured the Flaris Lar 1 jet, has joined the group of Poland's most entrepreneurial companies.

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NASA's Hubble Sees Cloudy Super-Worlds With Chance For More Clouds

Bodies Are Larger Than Rocky Planets Like Earth, Smaller Than Gas Giants

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of planets in the Milky Way galaxy and found both may be blanketed with clouds.

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China Concludes First Aircraft Carrier Drills

Series Of Tests Conducted In The South China Sea

China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, returned to its homeport in north China Wednesday after completing a series of scientific tests and training programs in the South China Sea.

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Career Of Unwilling Helicopter Pilot In Jailbreak In Question

Had Been Forced At Gunpoint To Assist In Escape Plan

The Canadian helicopter pilot who was forced at gunpoint to help two prisoners escape from Canada’s St. Jerome prison earlier this year has not flown since the episode, and his career as a pilot is in serious question.

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Unlicensed Pilot In India Lands On Highway

Precautionary Landing Made After Weather Conditions Deteriorated

The pilot of a Piper Navajo described as a "wealth businessman" landed the airplane on a highway in central India last week after deteriorating weather made continuing the flight inadvisable.

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Two Solar Flares Say Goodbye 2013, Welcome 2014

Called "Mid-Level" Events By Solar Scientists

The sun ushered out 2013 and welcomed 2014 with two mid-level flares on Dec. 31, 2013 and Jan. 1, 2014. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

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AD: The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2013-26-04

PRODUCT: Certain The Boeing Company Model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes

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AD: Rolls-Royce Corporation Turbofan Engines

AD NUMBER: 2013-26-06

PRODUCT: Certain Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A series turbofan engines.

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Airborne 01.03.14: Lear 85 Late, FAA UAS Test Sites, FREE SportPlane Mini-Guide

Also: Model Aviation Expo, Cherry Point Revives Airshow, Benoist Not Quite Ready, NTSB's 5 GA Recommendations, Airborne Upgrading!

Bombardier had hoped to fly the new Learjet 85 before 2013 ended, but on December 31, it announced that there would be another delay in getting the airplane flying. The FAA has announced the selection of the six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems, (referred to as UAS) research and test sites around the country. These test sites will conduct critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace system over the next several y

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ANN Presents Aviation Marketing Expert At Sebring Sport Aviation Expo Forum

Dr. David Juwel To Address Worrisome State Of Aviation Industry Marketing Expertise on Thursday, 1/16, 1045 ET, Area 3

Among the many features the crew of the Aero-News Network, SportPlane Resource Guide and Aero-TV are bringing to this year's Sebring FL, Sport Aviation Expo, is a much needed presentation on aviation marketing. Dr. David Juwel, a regular contributor to ANN and a long-time advocate for greater expertise in sales and marketing for sport aviation companies, will be presenting a forum on Thursday, January 16th, 2014 in Forum Area 3, at 1045 ET. Dave notes that, "Perhaps the one thing that many business owners don't know is, 'What does the potential customer really want from me?' A brochure maybe? To be left alone to browse (I'm just looking, thank you)? A ne

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Bombardier Announces Significant Order For 38 Business Jets

Undisclosed Customer To Acquire 28 Global Jets And 10 Challenger 605 Airplanes

Bombardier Aerospace has received a firm order for 38 Bombardier business aircraft, including 28 Global business jets and 10 Challenger 605 business jets, from an undisclosed customer. The transaction is valued at approximately $2.2 billion based on 2013 list prices.

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Klyde Morris (01.06.14)

Klyde.... DO NOT Go Near The Climate Change Debate!

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Whirly-Girls Says Membership Growing

Private Donations Fund A Limited Number Of Memberships To The Largest Organization Of Female Helicopter Pilots

The Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund is expanding the sponsorship program to include twelve initial memberships to the organization.

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Comp Air Aviation Teams With Privateer Industries

Amphibious Airplane Is In The Works Through Collaboration

A composite-construction amphibious airplane capable of carrying 5-6 passengers is in the works through a collaboration between Virginia-based Privateer Enterprises and Comp Air Aviation in Titusville, FL.

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Kansas Group Hopes To Fly Restored B-29 To Oshkosh

Would Become The Second Airworthy Example Of The Iconic Bomber

A group in Wichita, KS working to restore the B-29 bomber "Doc" to airworthy condition has an ambitious goal ... fly the airplane to Oshkosh for the 2014 edition of AirVenture.

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Red Bull Air Race Announces Pylon Changes For 2014 Season

Says New Gates Are Safest, Most Stable Pylons Yet

Red Bull Air Race prepares to return in 2014 as the fastest motorsport series in the world. And alongside next season's new racing rules and regulations, fans will see the return of the world-renowned pylon Air Gates.

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Airline Fee Increases Likely In 2014

Carriers Raked In Over $6 Billion In Baggage And Change Fees Last Year

U.S. Airlines are likely to look to increase baggage and other add-on fees in the coming year, and some have already started boosting such fees.

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Cherry Point Reverses 2014 Air Show Cancellation

Show Will Take Place May 16-18 At The Marine Corps Base

U.S. Marine Corps Base Cherry Point had announced on December 6 that they would not be able to put on their popular air show in 2014, but now the Public Affairs office says that the show will go on in May of this year.

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China May Have Rolled Out New Stealth Bomber

But Questions Linger If Photos Are Legitimate

Photographs circulating on the Internet are purported be of a new Chinese long-range stealth bomber that looks very similar to the U.S. B-2, but some are questioning the authenticity of the photographs.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.06.14): High Speed Taxiway

High Speed Taxiway A long radius taxiway designed and provided with lighting or marking to define the path of aircraft, traveling at high speed (up to 60 knots), from the runway center to a point on the center of a taxiway. Also referred to as long radius exit or turn?off taxiway. The high speed taxiway is designed to expedite aircraft turning off the runway after landing, thus reducing runway occupancy time.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.06.14)

Aero Linx: Charles Lindbergh Biography Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.06.14)

"I think it's doable. I can't promise we'll make it, but we're sure going to try." Source: J.T. Norman, the project volunteer coordinator for a group in Wichita, KS that is working to restore the B-29 bomber "Doc" to airworthy condition. They have an ambitious goal ... fly the airplane to Oshkosh for the 2014 edition of AirVenture.  

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