Understanding Aviation
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There are those few uninformed that spread ill will about commercial aviation. As is the case in just about anything, people who have no understanding of something love to pick it apart. I'm sure we all know someone who refuses to fly. Their reasons most likely include "I just don't feel safe on those things." The fact is, really, that airline travel is exceedingly safe, and becoming ever safer. I will try to explain exactly why this is. I'd also like to introduce general aviation, and relate what I know about the future of air travel. It is a sad fact that the general public knows very little about aviation, and yet has so much to say about it.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--GULFPORT -- The state's eye in the sky was on display at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport on Tuesday.
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The world of science has been busy all through 2004. The probing eye looked in all directions. It looked at the skies, at the ground beneath our feet, at the wings of a butterfly and at the molecules of water.
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NEW YORK  - Air passengers should feel quite safe when the pilot is getting on in years, a new study shows. Older pilots actually show less decline in their aviation skills over time than their younger peers.
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Even if you never fly through Chicago, your plane may end up delayed because of congestion at the O&#39;Hare Airport. Delays there cause a ripple effect through the country&#39;s entire air-traffic system. And that&#39;s why the Federal Aviation Administration is ...
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A mechanician examines a plane of Chinese Bayi aerobatics team at an airport in Zhuhai, Guangdong, Oct. 31, 2004. The 5th China International Aviation &amp; Aerospace Exhibition during which five aerobatics teams
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A Czech-built plane makes the world's first canola-powered jet flight. Next up: modifying a Learjet.
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Welcome to the promise of the Internet at 33,000 feet  -  and the questions of etiquette, openness and free speech that airlines and service providers will have to grapple with as they bring Internet access to the skies in the coming months
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Is there enough Cristal? Is the plane ready? The right pair will know.
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Last week's British Airways crash was unusual, but airplane evacuations happen routinely. Six tips for getting out smoothly
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Problems abound for air travel. But there is hope.
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Federal Aviation Administration's high tech system will use GPS and satellite signals to let more aircraft take to the sky more safely.
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Students of avaiation are watching keenly the developments taking place with the liberalisation of the airline industry in Ireland.
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Statistics show that traveling by corporate aircraft has become safer over the last two decades.
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Air travelers face the biggest risk of death or injury on the ground.
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Description: The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its work to the friendly skies. After random testing found contaminants, the agency decided to start regulating the water aboard airplanes.
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PHOENIX -- For decades, aviation authorities played the role of homicide detectives. When an airliner went down, they scoured the crash site and flight recorders for clues that often showed how to avert future accidents.