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Air Italy Is Just Qatar Airways Draped In An Italian Flag

Air Italy A330-200Air Italy Exploring new frontiers in commercial aviation, let’s take a chronically money-losing European airline and put it together with a heavily subsidized Middle East airline and then dramatically boost flying to the United States, even though the … Continue reading →

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The Morning After: Bent iPad Pros and drones vs. airplanes

One week down, one to go.2018: The Winners and Losers As Engadget looks back on the year that was, we prefer to think of the world using a different binary: winners and losers. In 2018 the headphone jack basically became … Continue reading →

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Boeing Delivers First 737 MAX Airplane to Royal Air Maroc

SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today delivered the first 737 MAX for Royal Air Maroc, which plans to use the fuel-efficient, longer-range version of the popular 737 jet to expand and modernize its fleet. Morocco’s flag carrier … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Fletcher steers readers of newest book toward automotive history gems – The Florida Times

With Daytona International Speedway a little more than an hour south, and the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in the neighborhood, the Jacksonville area has been a minor mecca for mechanical madness for the past century or more. And these days, … Continue reading →

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For George H.W. Bush, Pearl Harbor changed everything, and World War II made him a hero

A young George H.W. Bush, center, during his service in the Navy during World War II. (Robert B. Stinnett/National Archives) Rachel Siegel December 1 George H.W. Bush died on Friday, just a week before the country marks the 77th anniversary … Continue reading →

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The most talked-about aviation moments in 2018 – WENY

By Maureen O’Hare Bigger, busier, longer, safer — but not faster. This was another record-breaking year for aviation. In 2018, we flew more, but safety records were higher than ever. The world’s longest flight relaunched, between Singapore and New York, … Continue reading →

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A lesson on innocent until proven guilty – Springfield News

Working on a model airplane.(Photo: Zoe Meyers/The Desert Sun) The lady clerk stopped my brother and I at the door, “You boys are going nowhere with those model airplanes. You did not pay. I have caught you stealing.” She took … Continue reading →

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