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2012 is An Exciting Year for B-52 Bomber - 0 views

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    2012 has been dubbed the Year of B-52 Bomber by the Air Force. The B-52 will reach several milestone this year including, the 60th anniversary of the B-52′s first flight.
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Policy of Truth? Maybe not when it comes to HIMS… | WEYHRAUCH LAW GROUP, LLP - 0 views

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      After four years of not flying, after having been "grounded" w/out pay or benefits, pilot was terminated by major air cargo carrier for voluntarily participating in HIMS.
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    After four years of not flying, after having been "grounded" w/out pay or benefits, pilot was terminated by major air cargo carrier for voluntarily participating in HIMS.
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BA moves Australia flights to Heathrow T5 - 0 views

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    British Airways will switch its Sydney-Singapore-London services from Heathrow's Terminal 3 to the newer Terminal 5 in April this year, after its joint venture alliance with Qantas winds up at the end of March.
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American, Republic Airways sign deal on large regional jets - 0 views

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    American Airlines and Republic Airways Holdings have signed a 12-year capacity purchase agreement for Republic to provide large regional aircraft that will fly with the American Eagle livery.
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Rusty Page returning to Charlotte, opines on US Airways merger - 0 views

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    Rusty Page, a former executive at Bank of America predecessor NationsBank, one-time investor-relations consultant and then a NASDAQ leader, is coming home to Charlotte. Page, 70, retired to the mountains near Linville nine years ago
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Showcase Airplane Models - Largest Selection of Finest Aviation, Maritime and Space Col... - 1 views

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    Showcase Models is the supplier of quality plane and ship replicas for the last 35 years. We provide more than 1,000 model planes and ships. We also offer a comprehensive list of model plane and ship categories from World War I, World War II, propeller-powered planes, jet-powered planes, modern aircrafts, aircraft carriers, space shuttles and shuttle carriers, commercial aircrafts, maritime vehicles, gun ship vessels, patrol boats, submarines and aircraft/ships classified by historical era, etc.
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Famous Aircraft Carrier Set Sail for the Last Time - 0 views

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    The USS Enterprise starts the final voyage of its 50 years of service as it set sail for its 22nd and last deployment. The USS Enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It had been commissioned by the US Navy in 1961 and it is the Navy's largest and oldest combat vessel.
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Aircraft Fuel Systems Market by Application - 2020 | MarketsandMarkets - 0 views

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    The global aircraft fuel systems market is expected to reach USD 9.15 Billion by 2020 from USD 6.52 Billion in 2015, at a CAGR of 7.0% during the forecast period. An aircraft fuel system pumps fuel from fuel tank into the aircraft engine.
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C-17 Globemaster III @ 20: Boeing remembering its first flight - 0 views

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    The Boeing Company celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first flight that was done by the C-17 airlifter in Long Beach, California. Test aircraft T-1 took off from the Boeing Long Beach site on a two hour flight that proved the engineering and design concepts of the aircraft and marked the beginning of the program on September 15, 1991.
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2013: The year's biggest Airport Technology stories - 0 views

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    The UK must build new runways in south-east England to address the growing aviation demand, according to the Airports Commission, Manchester Airports completed the acquisition of London Stansted Airport and an MSU chemistry professor developed bomb-detecting laser technology for airport security checkpoints. Airport-technology wraps up the key headlines from 2013.
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App, app and away - the 10 best airport apps - 1 views

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    Around 2.3 billion people fly every year; a significant proportion of these travellers carry smartphones and could benefit from apps designed for travellers in airports. As well as helping passengers navigate round the airport and fast-track through boarding, airport apps offer novel and quirky ways to inform and entertain in the dull hours before air crew request that all electronic devices are turned off.
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Raleigh-Durham Airport Terminal 1 Modernisation - 1 views

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    Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in Wake County, North Carolina, US, has had its modernised Terminal 1 opened, marking the end of several development projects at the facility over a 20-year period.
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Oslo Airport Terminal 2 - Airport Technology - 1 views

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    Oslo Airport's Terminal 2, also known as Central Building 2, in Norway, will increase the passenger handling capacity of the airport to 28 million travellers a year. The project was conceptualised in 2007, construction works are 50% completed as of mid-2014 and the new terminal is scheduled to open in April 2017.
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Eclipse 550 Light Business Jet - Aerospace Technology - 1 views

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    Eclipse 550 is a twin-engined, low-wing light business jet designed and manufactured jointly by the US aircraft manufacturers Eclipse Aerospace (EA) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC) to operate in domestic and international air routes. It is derived from the Eclipse 500 business jet. About 50 to 100 aircraft will be produced a year.
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A Prescription to End Drinking - WSJ - 0 views

  • prompting addiction experts to make a push for using medications to help people quit or cut down on excessive drinking.
  • As a result, experts say, the most effective treatments are highly individualized.
  • The Food and Drug Administration has approved three prescription drugs to treat alcohol problems. But they are seldom used, largely because 12-step programs have dominated the treatment field, NIAAA experts say.
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  • neurobiologist George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is leading the effort to bring new, evidence-based treatments to more people.
  • “We not only use it, we encourage it. If there’s something that can improve your chances of recovery, all the better,” says Joseph Lee, medical director for youth at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, which uses naltrexone and acamprosate.
  • newer behavioral treatments try to empower patients instead, and focus on developing skills to stay sober.
  • “Over the last 25 to 30 years, much of the neurocircuitry of addiction has been identified,” opening up new targets for interventions, says David Goldman, chief of the NIAAA’s neurogenetics lab
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    A Prescription to End Drinking Data on Medicine for Alcohol Disorders Pushes Doctors Beyond 12-Step Programs -- **Also see Melinda Beck's radio interview on same page**
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Nuclear powered aircraft: Cold War fission to new-age fusion - 1 views

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    Inspired by the promise of vastly increased flight durations, the Russian and American militaries experimented with nuclear powered aircraft for two decades, but the concept never progressed beyond a handful of trials. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works claims to have the solution in its grasp, unveiling plans for a compact nuclear fusion generator that could power everything from aircraft to naval vessels within ten years.
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Minot International Airport - 1 views

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    Minot International Airport won the 2012 Commercial Airport of the Year award from the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.
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WEYHRAUCH LAW GROUP Provides legal support to the aviation community & pilots in the HI... - 0 views

  • 'Special Issuance,' may take several YEARS to accomplish. During this time, there is almost always NO salary, the costs associated with it are NOT reimbursed
  • It is, quite literally, the FAA's way, "or the highway." In effect, the pilot is beholden to his/her assigned medical providers (about whom she has no choice) and treatment philosophy.
  • this becomes the pilot's only mode of maintaining sobriety, and the only method about which she can be forthcoming; other modes of maintaining sobriety will elicit suspicion, and delay issuance of the below:
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    Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) Related Documents: FAA Special Issuance Allowing ONLY Alcohol Breathalyzer and/or Blood Testing for Alcohol and/or Liver Function
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Orlando International Airport Expansion - Airport Technology - 1 views

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    The second busiest airport in Florida and the 14th busiest airport in the US, Orlando International Airport (MCO) is planned to undergo a series of improvement projects to accommodate the growing passenger traffic. Originally designed to accommodate 24 million passengers a year, the airport currently handles more than 35 million passengers, including 1.8 million international arrivals.
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Crandall's Startup Airline, Pogo, Folds | Aviation - 1 views

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    Crandall's Startup Airline, Pogo, Folds
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