Aircraft News - North America.Oct 16, 2006 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of crash raises questions about security. Fighter aircraft fighter aircraft Aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. Designed for high speed and maneuverability, they are armed with weapons capable of striking other aircraft in flight. circled major cities moments after a single-engine plane crashed into a New York high-rise on Wednesday. Still, analysts say the reaction to the event was not a true test of the nation's upgraded defense system because the plane was not hijacked or reported missing. Security consultants advise the U.S. government to more carefully examine what goes on small planes, conduct background checks on people who rent aircraft and more strictly enforce airspace rules over U.S. cities. Oct 13, 2006 Two Killed In New York Light Plane Crash. At least two people were killed when a small aircraft crashed into a 52-floor building on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday in what appeared to be an accident, officials said. Oct 11, 2006 Boeing Boeing 2006 sales ahead of 2005 total. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas is on a pace to exceed its record sales result of last year, when it booked net orders for 1,002 aircraft. Through the first nine months of 2006, the manufacturer received orders for 736 aircraft, up from 643 in the year-ago period. Oct 13, 2006 Boeing Boeing September sales were particularly strong, with orders for 175 aircraft comprising 118 737NGs, 28 747s, four 767s and 25 787s. In September 2005, Boeing sold 24 aircraft comprising two 737s, 15 777s and seven 787s. Oct 13, 2006 Boeing Boeing had another robust week, with orders for an additional 16 747s, four 767s and one 787 listed on its website. The customers are unidentified. it seems that 14 of the 747s are dash 8Fs going to two customers while the remaining two are VIP aircraft listed as Boeing BBJs along with the order placed in June for one 747-8 Intercontinental. The single 787 also is a BBJ BBJ Boeing Business Jet BBJ Bad Beat Jackpot (poker) BBJ Black Business Journal BBJ Big Ball Jam (Phish song) BBJ Big Band Jump (radio station) , bringing VIP orders to four. Total orders for the year now stand at 723 net of cancellations. Interestingly, 747 sales have nearly equaled Airbus's A380 sales since that aircraft was launched. A380 firm sales stand at 159 while the 747-400 and 747-8 have a combined 156. Of those, 89 have been sold in the past 20 months. Oct 9, 2006 Boeing, Airbus Boeing Looks To Benefit From Airbus Crisis. Boeing stands to widen its lead in wide-body orders as rival Airbus grapples with persistent production delays and a leadership crisis, analysts said on Monday. Oct 9, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta builds engine maintenance business. Delta Air Lines is building a business that provides third-party engine maintenance to other airlines. In 2005, the business generated $240 million in revenue. Executives expect revenue from the business to grow substantially this year. Oct 9, 2006 Jeppesen, JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). Jeppesen said JetBlue Airways selected the Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Crew Tracking system. Oct 10, 2006 NavAero, Airbus, Boeing, Virgin NavAero said its tBagC22 received an STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club as a Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper. on A320 family aircraft. The EFB EFB Electronic Flight Bag (aircraft/crew computing device) EFB European Federation of Biotechnology EFB English for Business EFB Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber (Esbjerg, Denmark soccer club) will be deployed first by Virgin America Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline that began service on 8 August 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards". . NavAero also received an STC for its Class 2 EFB for MD-10/-11 series aircraft. Although it did not disclose the name of the launch customer, it is believed to be FedEx. Oct 13, 2006 Triumph Group Triumph Group said its Triumph Composite Systems subsidiary located in Spokane was awarded a $49 million contract to provide the composite floor panel system for the 787. 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