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Prizing success in aerospace innovation
The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity...
Tags: Science, Paul Allen, Science and Technology, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Pilot behind vintage airliner saves memories of air travel's golden age
The 44-passenger vintage airliner, a blue Pan Am logo tattooed on its tail, has proven to be every bit the attention-getter that LeRoy H. Brown envisioned when he parked it at Orlando-Apopka Airport about four years ago. Almost daily, someone calls to...
Tags: Embry-Riddle University, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Fort Lauderdale, Apopka
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Cramped airline seats call for desperate tactics
My last column offered the perspective of small women explaining why they sometimes have to put their airline seats back. I can tell you that they were very much in the minority of people who responded to my original column airing my gripes about...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Smaller people defend reclining their airline seats
I'm not the only one who thinks reclining airline seats and some of the people who recline them are obnoxious. Although I got lots of support in the wake of my recent column about the lack of airline leg room, I also heard from a few women who...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Transportation, Travel
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WRAPUP 5-U.S. Senate passes bill to end air traffic control furloughs
Reuters* House vote possible on Friday * Airlines, FAA say safety not affected by furloughs (Updates lead with Senate vote, reaction) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate moved quickly late on Thursday to end...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Darrell E Issa, JetBlue Airways, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing
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WRAPUP 3-U.S. Congress moving toward quick fix to flight delays
Reuters* Lawmakers eager for deal before next week's recess * Airlines, FAA say safety not affected by furloughs (Updates with progress toward deal, adds quote and details) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Darrell E Issa, JetBlue Airways, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Airline groups ask for temporary end to tarmac delay rule
Los Angeles Times Travel editorRemember being stuck on the tarmac for eons before the Department of Transportation instituted a time limit? Those days may be back. Blame it on budget cuts. Airlines for America and the Regional Airline Assn. last week asked the Department of...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Media Industry, Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation Industry
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Airline passenger complaints surged in 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline passengers are getting grumpier, and it's little wonder. Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats that once provided a little more room are now occupied and more...
Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., SkyWest Incorporated, Consumers, JetBlue Airways, Air Transportation Industry
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U.S. airline on-time performance stays steady over spring break
Despite predictions by federal officials that deep budget cuts would lead to long wait times at the nation's airports, airline on-time performance did not change significantly during the busy spring break period. But the cuts brought about by the so-...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Television Industry, Government Debt, U.S. Congress, Samoa
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YOUR MONEY-Flight delayed due to furloughs? Here's what to do
ReutersBy Beth Pinsker and Mitch Lipka NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Furloughs of air traffic controllers because of U.S. government spending cuts are leading to flight delays and cancelations. The Federal Aviation Agency logged 1,200 delays related to the...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Amtrak, LaGuardia Airport
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Flight delayed due to furloughs? Here's what to do
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Furloughs of air traffic controllers because of U.S. government spending cuts are leading to flight delays and cancelations. The Federal Aviation Agency logged 1,200 delays related to the sequester on Monday and 1,025 on Tuesday - in...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Amtrak, LaGuardia Airport
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WRAPUP 1-Southwest, United results top estimates, JetBlue trails
Reuters* Airlines stress need to end air traffic control furloughs * JetBlue profit of 5 cents/shr vs. estimate 10 cents * United loss narrows * JetBlue down 4 pct after stock downgrade April 25 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways on...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Delta Air Lines, Thomson Corporation, JetBlue Airways
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