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Northwest to hire 250 flight attendants

ROMULUS, Mich. Michigan s largest air carrier plans to hire 250 flight attendants for the first time since Nine-Eleven. Northwest s new flight attendants will be based at Detroit Metro airport.Comment ...
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Aisin, Toyota to Launch Parking Assistance System

Tokyo, Sept 29, 2006 (JCN) - Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation have launched Intelligent Parking Assist, the world s first parking assistance system to use a supersonic sensor. Intell... ...
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Re: T-38s as Astronaut aircraft: how much longer in service?

It s my understanding that NASA T-38 s are already no longer supersonic. A few years ago I read in NASA Tech Briefs that one of the centers designed a new intake for the T-38 that allows a greater margin of safety for "high, hot and humid" coditions. The downside is that the inlet is no-longer optimized for supersonic flight. I saw some recent ...
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Flight Attendants Can Stop Hijackings!

Subject: : Flight attendants Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place. Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell - the attendan ... ...
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Supersonic Bizjets -- Why Wait In Line?

When the Concorde quit flying, it seemed like the end of an era for supersonic passenger aircraft -- but more likely, it was a blip in what will be a continuing story. Working on that next chapter are several companies laboring quietly away, hoping to build the transport of the future within the next 10 years. Most are aiming not for mass transport, but for the high-end business and fractional market, with seating for just 12 to 24 or so passengers. Aerion, based in Reno, Nev., and backed by billionaire Robert Bass, is testing its supersonic laminar-flow wing this month in New Mexico. ...
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Malaysians to train for space flight in Russia

The agreement on the training in Russia and the space flight of the first Malaysian was reached in August 2003 during the Russian president s first visit to Kuala Lumpur. ...
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Supersonic Protests at Rupert Murdoch s 5th Ave Apartment in NYC

Like a fictional character she claims to have created (Sqrat aka Scrat), Ivy Supersonic s antics and campaign against Rupert Murdoch cause noise wherever she goes - and at tonight s (4 Time Heavyweight Champion) Evander Holyfield vs. Fres Oquendo aka Fast Fres boxing event on Pay for View first boxing match ever to be on FOX, she promises more of the same. eMediawire.com Nov 10, 2006 ...
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John Cochrane bomber and test pilot

THE co-pilot of Concorde on that memorable day in 1969 when the British prototype of the world s only functional supersonic airliner first took to the skies over Gloucestershire, John Cochrane went on to fly ...Comment ...
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The QSST, A Concorde For The Next Generation

The Concorde may be gone but supersonic flight is far from forgotten. Lockheed s Skunk Works is hard at work on the QSST (Quiet Supersonic Travel). The jet is designed to travel from New York to Los Angeles in two hours. The jet travels at speeds up to Mach 1.8. The unique design curbs the sonic boom making it friendly for U.S. skies. The QSST will sell for an astounding $80 million and could be ready as soon as 2013. ...
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NASA rededicates old Flight Control Room

38 years after the launch of America s first manned Apollo flight, NASA announced the reinstatement of its original flight control room for monitoring the International Space Station (ISS) and its manned missions today. Houston s Flight Control Room 1, affectionately known as "ficker FCR- one", oversaw the Apollo 7 flight from the moment it cleared the launch tower at the Kennedy Space Center on Oct. ...
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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Supersonic s Thunder Heard Across The Country And Just Maybe, On Pay Per View

Supersonic protesting outside at "KILL OR BE KILLED!" at Carolies on Broadway hosted by Sal the Stockbroker of the Howard Stern Show ...
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NASA s Dryden Flight Research Center

Until 2004, Dryden Research Center operated the B-52 bomber, and it dropped a large number of supersonic test vehicles. Amazing pictures and videos. ...
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First GP7200-Powered Airbus A380 Takes Its First Flight

TOULOUSE, France, Aug. 25 -- The GP7200-powered Airbus A380 completed its first flight today, beginning the ten-month flight-testing program that will lead to certification of the aircraft-engine ... ...
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F-35 aircraft nearing inaugural flight

Lockheed Martin s Fort Worth, Texas, factory is gearing up for the inaugural flight of its first all-new plane produced in more than three decades. ...
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Japan s supersonic jet to rival Concorde

Tokyo - Japan s space agency plans to develop a prototype supersonic jet that is quieter and more fuel efficient than the retired Concorde within the next six years, officials said on Wednesday. Ja... ...
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Airbus Superjumbo Goes on Test Flight

The Airbus A380 took off on its first passenger flight Monday, just months before the world s largest airliner is set to begin carrying paying customers with Singapore Airlines. ...
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A New 32-Bit Embedded Flight Control Computer

A new 32-bit digital flight control computer recently completed its first flight aboard the Taiwanese Air Force Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) CD version, also known as the Shiang-Seng Fighter. Th... ...
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Oasis maiden flight finally takes off

OASIS Hong Kong Airlines Ltd s first budget flight to London took off 24 hours late after getting permission to fly over Russia. ...
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First Australia C-17 gets ready for Maiden Flight

The first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has rolled out of the company s paint hangar in Long Beach, Calif., and has begun preparations for its first flight, scheduled for later this month. ...
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Grippen Begins Flight Testing with IRIS-T Missiles

Saab conducted the first flight tests with the air-to-air missile IRIS-T. The test flight is part of the verification phase of the missile s integration with the Gripen aircraft. ...
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Alfred J. Eggers Jr., space flight pioneer

Many brilliant minds made manned space travel possible and Alfred J. Eggers Jr. s was among them. NASAAmes Research Center scientist was famous for his pioneering work on atmospheric re-entry. And according to NASA, Mr. Eggers greatest achievement while in the agency s employ was his work on supersonic interference lift, which led to the XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber. ...
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CYBIS PORCELAIN FIRST FLIGHT GIRL WITH BIRD

CYBIS PORCELAIN FIRST FLIGHT GIRL WITH BIRD PORCELAIN FIGURINE BY CYBIS, TITLED "FIRST FLIGHT" GIRL WITH BIRD. FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1966, AND RETIRED IN 1973. APPROX. 4-12" HIGH. FAINTLY SIGNED... ...
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Lockheed Martin Concludes Testing On RATTLRS Component

October 19, 2006 (FinancialWire) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) completed penetrator warhead sled tests to successfully conclude the high-speed payload employment testing component of its Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike effort, a supersonic, science and technology missile flight demonstrator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. ...
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