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Last Spring, I had the chance to fly with the Trojan Phlyers in their T-28 aircraft. You can read about that here (scroll down a bit). They liked the video I made, and asked if I could make another one, of them performing an airshow routine. They wanted to use it as a promo for the team. Of course I could They invited me up to their Spring T-28 workshop held at their home base of Midway airport at Midlothian, just southeast of Dallas. The intenti ...

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All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines are firmly behind Boeings 787 Dreamliner, saying they have had no second thoughts on orders for several dozen more of the planes. ANA and JAL have been the biggest customers to date for the technologically advanced 787, which is about one third made by Japanese companies from fuselage and engine parts to batteries and toilets. US safety officials said on Thursday they were nowhere close to completing their pr ...

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With deliveries of Boeings 787 suspended pending an FAA review prompted by a string of technical problems, the Civil Aviation Administration of China ( CAAC ) has still not completed certification of the new widebody. To date, Chinese airlines have collectively ordered more than 40 Dreamliners and China Southern Airlines had expected to receive its first aircraft in December2012. CAAC has indicated to AIN that it views the grounding of the 787 as ...

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Yesterday afternoon the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a press briefing to document its preliminary findings and describe its plans as it searches for a root cause of the battery fire aboard the JAL Boeing 787 in Boston and cooperate with the JASB, which leads the investigation of a battery fire that occurred on [.]

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United Airlines barely eked out a profit in 2012, while the majority of its US-based brethren posted impressive results. This was not unexpected. The Chicago-based carrier fell short of its operational and revenue goals during both the second and third quarter, following an eventful move to a single passenger service system in March 2012. Jeff Smisek, chairman and chief executive of United, went so far as to apologise for these shortcomings durin ...

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Editors Note This is the first article in our new series called I Cant Believe I Did That, where pilots fess up about mistakes theyve made but lived to tell about. The aim is not to embarrass or demean the author, but to offer lessons that other pilots can learn (and hopefully avoid). If you have a story to tell, email us at editorairfactsjournal.com . The Geneseo trip 2012 wake-up call By Chris Tarbell During the first few hours after a new priv ...

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Kim Kardashian at the 2011 Grammys in a dress by KAUFMANFRANCO, who has been hired by American to design new uniforms for its employees. (Photo from The Associated Press). First, it was a new paint job for its planes. Now, American Airlines plans to redesign its employees' uniforms. On Friday, the Fort Worth-based carrier announced that it has hired fashion designers Ken Kaufman and Isaac Franco to design the new look. The duo's design firm, KAUF ...

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This is the final installment in a five-part series of articles highlighting EAA's history, in commemoration of the organization's 60th anniversary on January 26, 2013. Sharing knowledge and information, such as teaching the skills to build airplanes, will be part of EAA's future. EAA is increasingly involved in protecting and promoting the freedom of flight. Welcoming more people of all ages into aviation is central to EAA's mission of growing p ...

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This week, I want to share with you a collection of close calls (each with a happy ending) collected from around the Internet. The FAA are investigating this video of a stunt aircraft coming dangerously close to people on the ground. A commenter who claims to have been on site when the video was filmed says that the stunt was planned, briefed and completely safe and that the camera angle makes the aircraft look closer than it is. All I can say is ...

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EARLY AMERICAN AVIATION HISTORY How many of you know that in 1910, mighty Martin Marietta got its start in an abandoned California church? That's where Glenn L. Martin with his amazing mother Minta Martin and their mechanic Roy Beal constructed a fragile biplane that Glenn taught himself to fly. It has often been told how Douglas Aircraft started operations in 1920 in a barbershop's backroom on L.A. 's Pico Boulevard . Interestingly, the barber-s ...