Aircraft News.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Sep 11, 2006 Cockpit warning system technology getting more attention. A cockpit warning system used by only a few commercial airlines can pinpoint a plane's location using global-positioning systems and also alerts pilots if they are trying to take off from a taxiway taxiway: see airport. instead of a runway. The software program costs about $18,000 per plane and was developed in response to Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control concerns over runway accidents and close calls. Sep 4, 2006 New jet could revive supersonic flights. Supersonic travel, grounded along with the Concorde, might yet fly again on the wings of a new, smaller, quieter jet under development by Lockheed's "Skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense. Works" unit for advanced aircraft. The luxurious 12-seat jet would travel at 1,200 mph (Mach 1.8), yet produce only a fraction of the loud sonic boom created by the Concorde. Sep 4, 2006 Tecbio, Boeing, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. U.S. and Brazilian companies developing airplane biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi . The president of Brazil's Tecbio says his biofuel company is teaming up with NASA and Boeing to develop a biokerosene aviation fuel. He says rising oil prices encouraged his company to resurrect the 26-year-old fuel invention that uses vegetable oils. Sep 4, 2006 |
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