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NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather
A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth. The National Academy of Sciences in Washington conducted the study.
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PHI S76 Offshore Accident Claims 8 Lives
The Sunday loss of a PHI Sikorsky S76 has cost 8 lives, with one other person known to be hanging on for survival. Weather does not seem to have been much of a factor and little is known about potential causes.
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TSA and St. Lucia Partner to Enhance Aviation Security
The U.S Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the St. Lucian Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation announced today a plan to enhance aviation security on the Caribbean island nation.
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Garmin 'Working Diligently' On XM WX Portables Outage
Problem Seems To Be Affecting Garmin Portables, Primarily ANN has been monitoring reports of problems with a number of the Garmin GPSMAP portable series. According to Garmin sources, device using GXM30/30A/40 antennas are currently having problems with receiving XM WX transmissions and the resultant display of that data.
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2008 rains ease pain for drought-stricken Australia
Good rains gave large parts of Australia some much-needed rain in 2008, easing the severe drought conditions that have made life tough for the past decade.
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Aerospace Contractor Team May Contest NASA Contract Award
PlanetSpace Likely To Protest NASA's Selection Process Trouble may be brewing as a result of an aerospace contractor team losing out on a NASA contract to provide rockets capable of transporting cargo to the International Space Station.
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Fantasy of Flight Founder Inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida's Fantasy of Flight, and a championship aerobatic pilot, has been selected as a member of the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame recently at the society's sixth annual induction ceremony.
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Continental To Make First Biofuel-Powered Flight by a U.S. Carrier
There's no Fuel Like A Biofuel... It's been all the rage of late... bio-fuel this, green-flight that. But, apparently the US Carriers haven't quite caught up with the hype... that is, until this Wednesday.Continental Airlines tells ANN that will conduct the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner.
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