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Subject: FlightAware Weekly Aviation News & Photo Newsletter
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:50:35 +0000

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Air Canada flight helps locate sailor off Australian coast

Air Canada B777 dropped down to 3500 feet, flight crew borrows passenger's binoculars to search for stricken yacht which happened ... more

Skydiver jumps into stratosphere 24 miles over New Mexico

An Austrian daredevil leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon hovering near the edge of space 24 miles (38 km) above Earth on ... more

Distracted by Cellphone, Airbus Captain Forgets Landing Gear

An Airbus A320 captain is in hot water after investigators found he was forced to abort a landing below 500 feet after ... more

Yeager re-enacts historic sound barrier flight

Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager ... more

British Airways' First Airbus A380 To Fly Short-Haul Routes To Train Crews

British Airways will reinforce its Airbus A380 crew complement by putting the double-deck type on short-haul routes to maximise ... more

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Spitfires to be dug up in Myanmar (Burma)

The British finally got permission to dig up those spitfires. more

American Adding Seat Locks In 49 Planes

American Airlines is adding secondary locking devices to the seats of 49 of its Boeing 767s, as a precaution, because they have ... more

Southwest Earns $16 Million 3Q Net Profit

Southwest Airlines (SWA) reported a third-quarter net profit of $16 million, reversed from a $140 million net loss in the prior-... more

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Hawker Hurricane Up For Auction In December

Flyable Example Of The Iconic Airplane Estimated To Fetch As Much As $2.7 Million

A Hurricane fighter aircraft like one of the ... more

Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation

The manager at Alaska's main airport says he expects charges to be filed after a bad joke led to the evacuation of a terminal.
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