January 2009

Maiden’s Flight 666 to take off

January 22, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden are making their film debut in a new feature length documentary following them on tour. Titled Flight 666, it is also the name of Maiden’s specially-converted Boeing 757, which flies them between gigs. The plane is flown by the band’s singer Bruce Dickinson, who [...]

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Kidde Aerospace & Defense Awarded Airbus A350XWB Overheat Detection System

January 22, 2009

Honeywell has selected Hamilton Sundstrand‘s Kidde Aerospace & Defense business unit to supply the overheat detection system for the Airbus A350XWB (Extra Wide Body) family of aircraft. Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) . The A350XWB overheat detection system monitors the aircraft environmental control system’s bleed air ducts for overheat conditions [...]

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Gulfstream International Group, Inc. Announces Change to the Board of Directors

January 21, 2009

Gulfstream International Group, Inc. (NYSE:GIA) announced today the appointment of Gary L. Fishman to the Gulfstream board of directors to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Douglas Hailey who resigned for personal reasons effective January 19, 2009. From 2005 until his retirement in 2008, Mr. Fishman served as Vice President, Sales Operations of [...]

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Eclipse Aviation News

January 21, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Judge Approves Sale of Eclipse Aviation‘s Assets to EclipseJet Aviation International, Inc. ALBUQUERQUE, NM – January 20, 2009 – Today, Eclipse Aviation® announced that Judge Mary Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the sale of its assets for a combination of cash, equity and debt [...]

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Despite Downswing, Finns Plan Travel

January 19, 2009

Sales of package trips abroad for this coming summer and next winter are reported to be brisk. Travel operators say that at least so far, the downswing in the economy has not affected business and a weekend travel trade show in Helsinki was packed with travel shoppers. News of gloomy economic prospects has not yet [...]

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Best airline for Europe. SWISS again!

January 18, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Once again – for the third year in succession – Swiss International Air Lines has been voted “Best Airline for Europe” by the readers of Germany’s reputed Business Traveller magazine. This year’s overall title was secured through number-one rankings in the constituent categories of “Inflight Service”, “Cabin Crew”, “Ground Services and Lounges”, [...]

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Flight Sim Developer “Just Flight” Assists Media

January 17, 2009

Just Flight was approached by BBC and ITN news agencies to replicate the US Airways A320 flight that “terminated” as a cruise on the Hudson River. Scott Phillips of Just Flight reports, “BBC News contacted us to assist them with their report on the LaGuardia plane crash and so our team stepped up to the [...]

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Both Engines Missing From Airliner That Crashed

January 17, 2009

Image by Luke Redmond via Flickr Both the engines from the US Airways plane that came down in the Hudson River on Thursday are gone, probably stripped off on impact, and the Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers were searching for them at the bottom of the Hudson on Friday with sonar, the [...]

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