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Silverjet Launches Second NY Flight 2007-09-08 09:19:00 Silverjet launches second NY flight
All-business carrier announces new date for launch of delayed service
Silverjet will launch its second daily service to New York Newark from London Luton on 23 September.
The launch of the second service following the completion of a so-called C-check on the airline’s original Boeing 767. These maintenance checks are carried out every 18 months but the Read more:Second
, Flight
Nurses Aboard WestJet Flight Heralded as Heroes 2007-09-08 09:17:00 Nurses aboard WestJet flight heralded as heroes
As two federal agencies investigate why a WestJet plane dropped drastically during a flight on Thursday afternoon, sending several passengers to hospital, two nurses aboard the flight are being heralded as heroes.
Three people aboard the Calgary-to-Halifax flight were hospitalized, then released on Friday.
The captain of Flight
80 told passengers
Joel Osteen Starts Airline: Your Best Flight Now 2007-09-08 09:16:00 Joel Osteen Starts Airline
: Your Best Flight
Now
TomintheBox is reporting that Lakewood Church is announcing the launch of their new airline company AIROST. Beginning October 1 the airline company, officially owned and operated by the 29,000 plus member church, will primarily begin servicing "church members "who live across the United States enabling them to fly into Houston each weekend for
US Air Force Investigating Cross-Country Nuke Flight 2007-09-08 09:15:00 US Air Force
Investigating Cross
-Country
Nuke Flight
WHOOPS: The warheads should have been taken off the missiles or the missiles loaded into the plane's cargo hold, not placed under its wings, an expert said
AP AND AFP, WASHINGTON
A US Air Force B-52 bomber flew for more than three hours across several states while carrying six cruise missiles under its wings mistakenly armed with nuclear
Boeing Completes First Test Flight Of AEW And C Peace Eagle Aircraft 2007-09-08 09:13:00 Boeing Completes First
Test Flight
Of AEW And C PeaceEagle
Aircraft
Boeing has conducted a successful first test flight of a 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft for Turkey's Peace Eagle program. During the 2.5-hour flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, pilot Regis Hancock and first officer Randon Stewart performed a series of functional tests that verified the Read more:Boeing
Airlines to Alter Booking Protocol 2007-09-08 09:11:00 Airlines to Alter
booking protocol
Some to hold seats to minimize hassles
Faced with a frustrating reality that air-travel delay is here to stay, airlines are planning changes in how they operate and refining systems that book customers.
After lessons learned this summer, some say they will now hold back empty seats at peak travel periods, starting at Thanksgiving, to be able to more quickly Read more:Booking
, Airlines
, Protocol
Future of Flight Gets a Lift with 'Blended Wing' Design 2007-09-08 09:09:00 Future of flight gets a lift with 'blended wing' design
Los Angeles — It has taken wing a half-dozen times now, like a white manta ray streaking over the dusty Mojave Desert northeast of here.
The experimental plane is just a scale model, controlled remotely from the ground. With its 21-foot wingspan, it's bigger than a kid's model, but not nearly big enough to hold a human being or much else. Read more:Future
, Flight
Plan for Air Paths Draws Ground Opposition 2007-09-08 09:08:00 Plan for Air Paths
Draws Ground Opposition
Air travelers hoping that a proposed reconfiguration of air traffic in the New York and Philadelphia area will soon reduce chronic flight delays could be in for yet another long wait: some municipalities in New Jersey and New York are suing to stop the plan because it would route noisy jets over areas unaccustomed to such traffic.
The towns and counties
Boeing Reports Further Delay to 787 First Flight 2007-09-08 09:07:00 Boeing Reports FurtherDelay
to 787 FirstFlight
SEATTLE (AP) -- Flight testing on Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner has been delayed until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally planned. But company executives insisted they remain on track to deliver the first plane on time next spring.
Mike Bair, vice president and general manager of the 787 program, said Wednesday it is Read more:Boeing
Taking flight 2007-09-08 09:01:00 Taking flight
Naresh Goyal wants Jet Airways to be India's first global brand—and to escape its domestic market
IT IS not only a lust for power that inspires Naresh Goyal, the founder and chairman of Jet Airways, India's biggest private airline. Nor is it a need for vindication, important though this may be to a man whose application to fly to America was held up for two years by allegations of Read more:Taking
Boeing (BA) Pushes Back Test Flight of the 787 Dreamliner 2007-09-08 08:59:00 Boeing (BA) Pushes Back Test Flight
of the 787 Dreamliner
Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 DreamlinerIt is known as the Dreamliner. But that name may be taking on a certain amount of irony as Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced another delay in the first test flight of the plane, also known as the 787. The first take-off is now scheduled for December and the company is supposed to deliver the Dreamliner to its Read more:Boeing
Boeing Forced to Postpone First Flight of the Dreamliner 2007-09-08 08:58:00 Boeing forced to postpone first flight of the Dreamliner
Boeing has delayed the first flight of the revolutionary new 787 Dreamliner by at least three months and now risks missing its deadline for first delivery of the aircraft next year.
The 787, which will be 50 per cent made from composite plastics, has orders worth $116 billion (£57 billion) and is one of world’s most high-profile industrial Read more:First
, Flight
, Boeing
Flight Risks 2007-09-08 08:56:00 Flight Risks
Dave Johnson, proprietor of Seeing The Forest, is blogging from the Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum at the Carter Center this week. I'm looking forward to reading his commentary. You can read his first day impressions here. It's a wonderful read.
But this post isn't about what he's doing in Atlanta. This post is about what Dave had to deal with to get to Atlanta.
When Dave flew Read more:Flight
NCsoft CEO to Take Zero-Gravity Flight 2007-09-08 08:55:00 NCsoft CEO to Take Zero-Gravity Flight
One may need extraordinary luck, strength, brains and good looks to get on a government-financed space ride like the one awarded to Ko San on Wednesday. For billionaires like Kim Taek-jin, however, there is a faster and less bothersome way: Buying his way into the mock flight experience.
Kim, the founder and CEO of NCsoft, will take a zero-gravity flight
Snake Eater Osprey in Flight 2007-09-08 08:53:00 Snake Eater Osprey in Flight
While the first Marine Osprey squadron floats its way to the Persian Gulf for a deployment to Iraq, Air Force Special Ops pilots are in the middle of a test, evaluation and training period to get their own CV-22s into the fight.
With all the previous disasters in the program, it's good to see the plane finally seems to be somewhat out of the woods. I know a clutch Read more:Snake
Guess a Delta Voucher Number, Get a Free Flight? 2007-09-08 08:52:00 Guess a Delta
voucher number, get a free flight?
Are clever passengers picking random numbers to redeem flight vouchers through Delta Air Lines’ Web site? That’s the contention of one traveler who is stuck in a redemption nightmare from which their appears to be no easy way out.
Jason Plott is a Delta frequent flier who was recently issued $400 in vouchers for being bumped from a flight. But Read more:Number
, Guess
, Flight
, Voucher
Being Delays First Flight for 787 2007-09-08 08:51:00 Being DelaysFirstFlight
for 787
“The real issue is if we have some discovery in the flight test program that causes us to have to go back and do some sort of redesign and rework of the airplane _ we're rapidly running out of time ... be able to deal with anything big”
Boeing Co. will not begin test flights of its new 787 jetliner until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally
NASA: No Evidence of Drunk Astronauts 2007-09-08 08:50:00 NASA: No evidence of drunk astronauts
An internal NASA investigation found no evidence that astronauts tried to fly into space while inebriated but recommends that astronauts be barred from "drinking to excess" six months before launch.
The investigation was carried out by NASA safety chief Bryan O'Connor in response to an external committee's report that two astronauts showed up for their space Read more:NASA
, Evidence
TSB Looking Into Turbulent WestJet Flight that Left Passengers Injured 2007-09-08 08:48:00 TSB Looking Into Turbulent WestJet Flight
that Left Passengers
Injured
HALIFAX (CP) — Transport Canada and the Transportation Safety Board are both looking into a WestJet flight from Calgary to Halifax that hit rough turbulence, injuring several passengers and sending three to hospital.
The Boeing 737 was north of Sudbury, Ont., on Thursday night when the plane dropped several hundred metres
Flight of Anti-Gravity 2007-09-08 08:43:00 Flight of Anti-Gravity
When I was a child, all of my friends wanted to grow up to be astronauts. As the world gets smaller and smaller thanks to the internet and advances in communication, outer space is one of the few places that still hold the kind of fascinating mystery that young people used to find in far-away places on our own planet. As a science fiction geek, every now and then I still Read more:Flight
Airplane Travel with Baby 2007-09-08 07:20:00 Airplane Travel
with Baby
Question:
We’re about to take our first airplane trip with our one-year-old. We flew quite a bit before she was born, but now we’re not sure what to pack or how to make this trip successful.
Learn about it
Even if you racked up your share of frequent flyer miles before your baby was born, forget what you know of travel so far. Flying with a little one is a whole Read more:Airplane
Before You Travel by Air with Baby 2007-09-08 07:15:00 Before You Travel
by Air with Baby
Just how are you supposed to make your plane when you have to haul a baby, car seat, stroller, diaper bag, carry on bag and more through the airport? Air travel with baby isn't always easy, and some of the struggles start before you ever board the plane. These simple tips will help you manage your baby gear before and after you board the airplane and make the
Survival Tips for Air Travel with an Infant 2007-09-08 07:09:00 Survival Tips for Air Travel
with an Infant
From Arlene Fleming
The Flight
Airports are not the most people-friendly places already. Flights often seem to be incubators for illness. Add travel with an infant to the mix and you may wonder how you can get through the experience both sane and safe. Tips for air travel with an infant may not be 100% foolproof, but it is always important to have a
Aussie Bids $123,000 to Fly A380 2007-09-07 09:11:00 Aussie Bids $123,000 to Fly A380
A SYDNEY man is paying $123,000 to be the first person to buy a seat on the first commercial flight of the world's largest airliner, the Airbus A380.
The pair of first class suite tickets, one-way from Singapore to Sydney, with Singapore Airlines, was sold at a charity auction that continues to fill the remaining 520 or so seats on the October 24 flight.
The Read more:Aussie
Thursday Island And Torres Strait 2007-09-22 06:02:00 Thursday Island
And TorresStrait
After reaching the Tip of Cape York Peninsula, freshening up in one of the surrounding rock pools and taking pics of the sign with your vehicle nearby, so that you will have super bragging rights for when you get home, there is not a great deal left to do. Maybe it's time for a sojourn to Thursday Island in order to recuperate from the many days of harsh Read more:Thursday
Why Travel Agents are Still So Popular? 2007-09-22 05:59:00 Why Travel
Agents are Still So Popular?
The online UK market is brimming with a plethora of online travel agents that are serving the most lucrative and attractive travel deals to their clients.
These travel agents and their virtual existence on the Internet has become widespread, with a lot of clients coming in and selecting the most lucrative deals out of all that are available with them.
Hello From Ottawa: The Tulip Extravaganza At The Casino De Lac Leamy 2007-09-21 18:30:00 Hello From Ottawa
: The Tulip Extravaganza
At The Casino
De Lac Leamy
After my historic train travel experience on the Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield Steam Train I decided to explore the surrounding neighbourhood. The Casino du Lac Leamy, located in Gatineau on the other side of the Ottawa River, is less than five minutes away from the train station and is one of the official locations for Ottawa's Read more:Hello
UK Hotels: Better Than The Best 2007-09-21 18:26:00 UK Hotels
: Better Than The Best
No one can rule out the importance of hotels. It is like second home to everyone and specially important for those who are on tours for most part of the year. Hotels play a major role in popularising tourism in the country as well. After all everyone needs a descent place to stay. A place that would provide them a nice, secured and comfortable stay.
If a place
Charter a Private Yacht in Hawaii 2007-09-21 18:22:00 Charter a PrivateYacht
in Hawaii
One of the often overlooked ways to enjoy a vacation to the Islands of Aloha is to charter a private yacht in Hawaii for an unforgettable cruise. There are many options for boat rentals in Hawaii, but they are typically old, rusty tubs that are jam packed with tourists. Not exactly the best way to enjoy a vacation in paradise.
Luckily, there is an alternative. Read more:Charter