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MIT Brainiacs Developing Solution To Cut Air Traffic Delays
Some of the world's greatest academic minds have come together to try and solve one of the most confounding problems of our times: how to reduce air traffic delays at our gridlocked airports.
read more »A Strike in Seattle Would Be Bad News for Boeing
For the thousands of Boeing machinists who thought they'd be able to sleep late this morning, it's time to get up and to work. Just hours after overwhelmingly voting to strike Boeing, the 27,000 workers of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has agreed to hold off for 48 hours while federal mediators work with the two sides to hammer some sort of agreement.
Start-Up Says It's the World's First Green Airline
If you travel between Seattle and Portland, and you don't mind flying in a nine seat, single-engine turboprop, then you can be one of the first to say that you've taken a flight on America's first truly green airline.
read more »McCain, Obama Agree to Overlook Transportation
For better or worse, the presidential campaign has kicked into high gear and both Barack Obama and John McCain are touting platforms covering everything from the economy to Iraq. We're disappointed to see neither candidate considers transportation a top-tier issue.
How Long Does it Really Take to Evacuate a Plane?
Looking out the window as your flight finally pulls back from the gate, you're vaguely aware of the flight attendant yammering over the PA system: eight emergency exits...evacuation slides, aisle path lighting, closest usable exit may be behind you...blah, blah, blah.
Sure, when a big crash makes the news I stop to wonder how I'd find my way off a plane in an emergency, but most of the time I don't worry about it. Judging from the number of people paying attention during pre-flight safety briefings, I'm not alone.
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Locals Losing Their Minds as Celebrity Helicopters Descend on St. Tropez
If you live in Europe and you're a celebrity, sports figure, or just very rich, you probably spend part of your summer vacation on the beaches of St. Tropez. There's a good chance you get there via helicopter, and that has locals ripping the hair out of their suntanned heads.
FAA Investigates the Eclipse 500's Scary Safety Issues
Eclipse Aviation is having a tough summer.
The maker of the six-seat, 33-foot, 3,500 pound Very Light Jets has racked up orders for more than 2,000 of its Eclipse 500s, but things aren't going all that well. The company's production line has been a mess, and Eclipse has been forced to push back customer deliveries after vital suppliers missed deadlines.
Despite Airlines' Promises, Customers Find a Way to Make VOIP Calls on Flights
We knew it would happen eventually, but we figured it would take longer than a week.
Just days after American Airlines made the big-deal announcement that it had rolled out in-flight internet on certain routes, hackers have found a way to use the service for voice-over-internet protocol calls, despite promises from the airline that its air-to-ground system, developed by Aircell, would block voice calls.
read more »Walking Catfish Delay Delta Flight
A Delta Airlines flight approaching an airport soaked by Tropical Storm Fay was delayed by four catfish that walked onto the runway. Yes, that's right, they walked, and the plane couldn't land until airport officials dispatched a crew to round up the wayward fish.
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