Friday, April 20, 2012

FlightAware Weekly Aviation News & Photo Newsletter


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FlightAware Weekly Aviation Newsletter 04/20/2012 ᅵ
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Live flight track & map of out of control plane over Gulf of Mexico before crashing

News reports that pilot became incapacitated during flight across the Gulf of Mexico. The plane circled for hours before crashing ... more

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Chip Hermes
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Spitfires buried in Burma during war to be returned to UK

Twenty iconic Spitfire aircraft buried in Burma during the Second World War are to be repatriated to Britain after an intervention... more

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RobLAL
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Space shuttle flight to Smithsonian ready for takeoff

Interesting details on some of the flight characteristics of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft when it is mated with a shuttle orbiter. more

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Jon Geld
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Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane

A sleepy Air Canada pilot first mistook the planet Venus for an aircraft, and then sent his airliner diving toward the Atlantic to... more

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(Video) C-17 Tactical Low Approach into San Clemente NALF

Note the instruments and HUD readings. Also listen to the callouts! more

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Will Ricci
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Sixty years on, the B-52 is still going strong

The iconic aircraft of the Cold War made its debut flight in 1952. The Air Force says the bomber could easily still be flying in ... more

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How to Fold a World Record Paper Airplane

Earning a world record allows paper plane designers to own football teams and marry Russian oil heiresses. And according to ... more

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GigaPan image of shuttle discovery cockpit.

This is the flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery during her decommissioning process in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF)... more

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Delta seeking fuel savings by purchasing ConocoPhillips Refinery

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), whose daily 2011 fuel bill was $32 million, may buy a ConocoPhillips (COP) refinery to help save 10 ... more

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(Video) Isafjordur Spectacular Approach Cockpit Fk50

Beautiful footage of a very unique approach in Iceland. Looks like fun! more

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