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WestJet Airlines, Canadas second-largest airline, reported a 33 percent rise in profit as it flew fuller planes in the first quarter. Net earnings rose to CAD$ 91.1 million (USD$ 90.3 million), from CAD$ 68.3 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 8.6 percent to CAD$ 967.2 million. Load factor rose to 84.3 percent from 83 percent a year ago. Costs per available seat mile rose 0.3 percent. WestJet said it expects revenue per available seat mile (RAS ...

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The number of passengers flying in and out of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in March fell 8.5 percent, according to new figures from the Wichita Airport Authority. In March, 113,747 passengers used the airport, compared to 124,285 passengers in March 2012. For the first three months of 2013, traffic totaled 303,675, down 7 percent from the first three months in 2012 Air carriers served Wichita in March with 33 daily depatures, compared to 34 for ...

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Majestic has released a number of tutorials and reference material for the Dash-8. Richard Benedikz - 7-May-2013 Majestic Software Resources includes an Electronic Flight Bag that can be used either from your desktop or tablet (iPad or Andriod) to acquire departure destination weather (METARS TAFS) and tables for calculating performance data. Quick reference guides for FMS operations and tutorials on how to upgrade the Navigraph database are also ...

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The new version of the MJC8-Q400 from Majestic Software fixes a number of issues found in the initial V1.005 release. Richard Benedikz - 7-May-2013 Majestic Software FDE o Aircraft.cfg updated gear positions for smoother repositions o Now writing Vertical Speed to the FSX for compatibility with other 3rd party addons o mjc84.ini Power Levers set for 0 position at DISC to enable the Reverse, using F2 button SYSTEMS o Secondary bus will be powered ...

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Fox News actually has a pretty fair update on the F-35 program. Of course that will cause them to be challenged as "media hacks" for Lockheed Martin" I'm sure. On the whole, however, it seems pretty fair and objective treatment of the F-35. Critics won't like it because it is entitled " 5th Generation F-35 Fighters Makes Headway ". We all know that certain among the critical class likely went apoplectic when they saw that. Articles with verbaige ...

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Posted on May 7, 2013 in YebboBlog by Mr. Mail Man DDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday that his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner planes. Tewolde Gebremariam told The Associated Press that his company will soon start discussions with Boeing over compensation. 4535 30th Street San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 282-9326 amnotarypublic.com A Boeing spokesman, Daniel Mos ...

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Hailing an exceptional last two years that have accounted for fully 20 percent of all the 1,250 ATR twin turboprop airliners sold to date, ATR North America sales and marketing vice president Mark Neely pointed out how evenly distributed the European airframers customers are geographically. We dont have spikes in particular areas of influence, he told an RAA Convention press conferencetoday. But one country in which ATR very definitely would like ...

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The update includes a number of new features and fixes. Richard Benedikz - 7-May-2013 SimMarket Ice accumulation is simulated in detail using a complex model that adds or removes ice on the aircraft in relation to weather conditions while airborne or on the ground. De-ice and anti-ice has also been implemented by using different types of fluid (TYPE I, up to TYPE IV) and the aircrafts ice protection depends on the weather and the fluid used. Brak ...

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1912 An American Wright biplane, flown by U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Thomas De Witt Milling at College Park, Md., becomes the first aeroplane to be armed with a machine gun. 1917 British ace Capt.Albert Ball(44 victories) of the Royal Flying Corps is killed in a crash following a dogfight withLothar von Richthofen (younger brother ofRed BaronManfred von Richthofen), who also crashes but survives. 1943 U.S. Army Air Forces Col. Frank Gregory made the ...

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Bombardier has reaffirmed its intention to achieve the first flight of its new CS eries airliner next month, with complete airframe static tests ( CAST ) on track to establish that flight testing can commencesafely. At a May 6 press conference on the first morning of the RAA Convention in Montreal, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft marketing vice president Philippe Poutissou said its engineers are preparing to hand over the first aircraft to the fli ...