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May 29, 2006
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Arriving On A Jet Plane Plans for sharing private jets aren't cheap, but carriers are offering more options.   |
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July 1, 2007
Ilana Polyak |
High Net Worth: The Jet Set A look at your options for private jet travel: buying a plane, fractional ownership, or chartering a flight. |
Inc.
November 2003
Robert X. Cringely |
Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane. |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
Snarl In The Sky Private jet traffic is creating commercial flight delays, safety concerns, and calls for small planes to pay more into the system. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Julie Moline |
Fly the Private Skies Using a private jet is more affordable than you might think. |
CIO
September 15, 2003
Christopher Lindquist |
In-Flight Service The need to keep tabs on what its customers want inspired NetJets--a company that provides paying customers "fractional ownership" of private aircraft -- to build a custom CRM system that monitors a fleet of more than 500 jets and tracks 2,800 pilots as they make a quarter-million flights this year. |
National Defense
September 2009
Katie Breitbach |
International Gateway Airports Proposed for Small Aircraft Three Department of Homeland Security agencies are collaborating on a proposal to have small aircraft entering the United States land at so-called "gateway airports" so they can be inspected before traveling to large cities. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Fast Company
Dec 2013/Jan 2014
Tara Moore |
Fly the Friendlier Skies Survey results on what travel executives and airline customers think about flying |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2005
James McManus |
High Flying Holiday: Adventure Travel in the Clouds A growing niche of adventure travelers bypass traffic frustrations and enjoy unparalleled access to Florida's spectacular vacation offerings. |
Aviation History
January 2007 |
Letter From the swashbuckling days of the post-World War I barnstormers to long-distance flying feats such as Charles Lindbergh's iconic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the appeal of flight was on a dizzying climb. |
National Defense
August 2009
Stew Magnuson |
No Further Funding for DHS Shoulder-Fired Missile Program The Obama administration in its 2010 budget has not requested further funding to test a controversial program to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles. |
Entrepreneur
May 2010
Jennifer Wang |
Aisle of Discontent Biz travelers never had it better. So why are they still so cranky? |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Willie D Jones |
Dutch Start-up Hopes to Spark Takeoff of Flying Car Market Engineers at Spark Design Engineering have created a three-wheeled personal air and land vehicle that takes off like a plane and lands like a helicopter. |
Popular Mechanics
March 19, 2009
Kim Grzybala |
Have Our Flying Car Dreams Come True? Yesterday, Terrafugia, Inc. announced its spot in flying car history -- a proof-of-concept, road-ready aircraft's successful test flight. Could this be the start of a new era? |
InsideFlyer
January 2010 |
60 Seconds with Alan Lias, Head of Loyalty & Business Development, Virgin Atlantic Airways Virgin Atlantic is making a strong effort to reach customers in front of a computer. |
National Defense
November 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Despite Rise of Unmanned Aircraft, Pilots Still Needed The Air Force may be on an unmanned aircraft buying frenzy. But it's still way too early to sign the death warrant for conventionally piloted aviation. |
InsideFlyer
June 2009 |
New Delta Bag Fee Most domestic airlines charge bag-check fees when flying within the U.S. However, Delta Air Lines is the first U.S.-based airline to charge passengers $50 to check a second bag on flights to international destinations. |
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft. |
Entrepreneur
September 2009
Kim Orr |
The Traveler's Traveler Joe Sharkey logs thousands of miles a year to help business travelers find an easier route. |
Popular Mechanics
August 27, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
15 Brilliant, Bad and Downright Strange Plans to Save Airlines Possible ideas to make plane trips more profitable and efficient. |
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Teamwork: Simon Sinek Don't forget to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. "It is that well-oiled machine that makes the pilots and the United States Air Force such a remarkable organization." |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring. |
Inc.
November 1, 2009 |
Jet-setting on a Budget A new flight-sharing website for luxury travelers. |
National Defense
June 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Credeur & Schlangenstein |
Tiny Regional Jets Fly Toward the Scrap Heap The 50-seat planes were popular when fuel was cheaper, but they don't suit today's economics |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Mark Wolverton |
Engineers to Push Business Jets Beyond the Sound Barrier In a bid to bring Mach-busting jets to wealthy travelers, aircraft vendors including Gulfstream and Lockheed Martin are designing airplanes with features that may reduce sonic booms. |
National Defense
June 2013
Insinna & Tadjdeh |
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
John Keller |
UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes? |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
General Dynamics Bucks a Trend -- In Style! General Dynamics is paying approximately $2.25 billion for Swiss-based Jet Aviation in an all-cash transaction. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Jim Mueller |
The World's Biggest Game of Out-of-Touch Football A group of Motley Fool writers discuss JPMorgan's plans to buy two new corporate jets. |
InsideFlyer
May 2011 |
Miles & More Bonus With the Miles & More Bonus Promotion, members residing in Germany can earn additional rewards when flying Miles & More airlines. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006 |
Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried. |
National Defense
September 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Cargo Door Opens in Flight This modification to the Dash 8, Series 300 aircraft permits parachute drops in military or fire smokejumper applications. |
National Defense
January 2015
Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar. |
National Defense
October 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Fear of Crashes Keeping Drones out of U.S. Airspace The senior director of unmanned aircraft systems and control technologies at Rockwell Collins, Vos and other industry representatives are advocating a push for the development of automation technologies that will make it possible for piloted aircraft and drones to fly safely in the same airspace. |
National Defense
February 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Why All-or-Nothing Isn't Always Best There are win-win solutions for many financial problems by owning fractional shares of property, mutual funds, and stocks |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2009 |
CMC Electronics Offers GPS-Based Aircraft Landing System CMC is offering the IntegriFlight CMA-5024 aviation global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which has received federal certification in the United States and Canada for GPS-based aircraft instrument landings. |
AskMen.com
September 18, 2014
Jeremy Singer |
The Coolest Guys In America Are Doing This Right Now, And Yes, We're Jealous The National Championship Air Races, the fastest motorsports event in the world, takes place in Reno, Nevada. |
