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August 2008
- Obama Lives Large on Decadent Jet
  
  CBS | Aug 4, 08 2:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s new campaign plane oozes luxury—at least for Obama. The candidate’s section of the 757 is decked out with leather recliners, a dining booth, and a small table kept stocked with up-to-date newspapers, CBS reports. "O-Force One" is so far beyond the typical charter jet that, after this, “Air Force One may seem a tad claustrophobic,” joked one frequent campaign flier. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • plane • Boeing 737
July 2008
- New-Look 'Obama One' Has Dem Flying High
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 21, 08 1:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The jet bearing Barack Obama on his trip abroad is sporting a new look, the Los Angeles Times reports. The plane is emblazoned with Obama’s “Change You Can Believe In” slogan, and sports the candidate’s rising-sun logo on its tail. Obama is using the jet for campaign-financed portions of his trip, with stops in Jordan, Israel, France, and Britain. (Stops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait were congressional business.) More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • plane
May 2008
- Man Sues JetBlue After Spending Flight in Bathroom
  
  New York Post | May 12, 08 8:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A New York man is suing JetBlue for $2 million, claiming he was put in the bathroom during a cross-country flight, the New York Post reports. Gokhan Mutlu said he was "mortified, disgraced, degraded and shamed" after a flight attendant took his seat and the pilot told him to "go and 'hang out' in the bathroom." More »
  
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  lawsuit • pilot • flight • JetBlue • plane • flight attendant
February 2008
- No Survivors in Venezuela Crash
  
  Associated Press | Feb 22, 08 9:47 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Search helicopters today found what was left of the Venezuelan passenger plane that crashed yesterday with 46 people aboard. No survivors were found in the wreckage, which was nestled among the Andes mountains at an altitude of 13,000 feet, the AP reports. The plane crashed into the mountain head-first, said one Venezuelan general in the civil aeronautical institute. More »
  
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  Venezuela • plane crash • airport • plane • survivors • Andes Mountains
September 2007
- Airbus Goes Light on New A350 Jetliner
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 15, 07 6:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Airbus joined rival Boeing in switching from aluminum to carbon-fiber composites to build its new jetliner’s frame, reports the Wall Street Journal . Boeing has built the new 787 Dreamliner entirely from composites, which are lighter and easier to maintain. Airbus had held out on the A350, claiming its method of attaching composite panels to a metal frame was superior. More »
  
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  Boeing • Airbus • 787 Dreamliner • plane • aircraft • Dreamliner • Aircraft manufacturers
- Solar Plane Beats World Record
  
  BBC | Sep 10, 07 11:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A lightweight, solar-powered plane has broken the world record for the longest unmanned flight by a whole day. The Zephyr, built by a British security firm, flew for 54 hours during a test flight, beating the US Air Force's record for a similar vehicle by 24 hours. But it's not official: The air sports federation wasn't notified in time. More »
  
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  environmentalism • airplane • solar energy • solar power • plane
- Dreamliner Delayed Again
  
  Seattle Times | Sep 5, 07 3:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The maiden flight of Boeing's next-generation jet, the 787 Dreamliner, has been delayed until November or December, the manufacturer announced today, blaming problems in the supply chain and flight-control software. Nevertheless, the Seattle Times reports, Boeing remains on schedule—with much less room for error—to deliver the first aircraft to a Japanese airliner in May. More »
  
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  Boeing • airplane • plane • Dreamliner • jet
August 2007
- FAA Orders Inspections of Boeing 737s
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 28, 07 4:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect hundreds of Boeing 737s after a loose bolt punctured a China Airlines jet last week, causing a fire that destroyed the aircraft. Southwest, Delta, Continental, AirTran, Alaska Air, ATA and Aloha Airlines have 24 days to check for loose nuts on a wing assembly used during takeoff and landing. More »
  
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  Boeing • airline • FAA • explosion • Southwest Airlines • fires • plane • Okinawa • Aloha Airlines • Delta • ATA • Southwest • China Airlines • AirTran • Continental
- Jet Catches Fire in Japan; Passengers, Crew Escape
  
  Associated Press | Aug 20, 07 7:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A jet burst into flames after landing in Okinawa today, moments after all 165 people onboard escaped. The China Airlines plane skidded while landing on arrival from Taipei, and its left engine exploded shortly afterward. The cause of the fire is unknown, the AP reports. Firefighters took an hour to put out the blaze, leaving a blackened hulk. More »
  
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  Japan • Taiwan • explosion • fires • plane • Okinawa • Taipei • China Airlines
- Skybus Soars With No-Frills Flights
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 20, 07 6:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Budget-conscious flyers have snapped up seats on Skybus Airlines from Columbus, Ohio, to 11 cities, with $10 tickets selling out on each new route hours after they go on sale. The Los Angeles Times tests the Skybus experience, where everything costs extra, from pillows to pretzels. The plane, a new Airbus A319, gets high marks, but cost-cutting applies to leg room, too, with 2 inches less per seat than on other airlines. More »
  
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  advertising • travel • airline industry • flight • plane • Skybus
- Hijacking Ends Peacefully in Turkey
  
  BBC | Aug 18, 07 9:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two hijackers of a Turkish plane claiming to be protesting US foreign policy surrendered yesterday after nearly all 136 people on board fled from the tarmac unharmed and the rest were released, the BBC reports. The men, believed to be a Turkish national and a Palestinian, tried to force their way into the cockpit after the Atlas Jet took off from northern Cyprus to divert the craft to Iran. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • terrorism • Turkey • Muslim • plane • Istanbul • Cyprus • hijack
- Snakes on a Plane! Almost!
  
  Associated Press | Aug 12, 07 9:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Flyers could have found themselves reliving the scenario of cheesy horror classic "Snakes on a Plane" had security agents failed to nab a passenger with carry-on bags of live snakes headed for a jet leaving Cairo. Agents found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, after a puzzling security scan, AP reports. More »
  
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  animal • zoo • flight • plane • Cairo • snakes
July 2007
- Pilots Killed at Two Air Shows
  
  CNN | Jul 28, 07 6:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A stunt pilot doing loop-the-loops at a Dayton air show was killed in a crash today, just a day after another pilot died in a Oshkosh, WI, air show. The stunt pilot was flying one of two S2S biplanes when he crashed at the end of the runway, before thousands of fans. More »
  
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  plane crash • pilot • crash • aviation • plane • air show
- Plane Angry: Fliers Blast Lying Late Stats
  
  New York Times | Jul 5, 07 5:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Even as the on-time performance of airlines reaches an all-time low, the reality is worse, the New York Times reports. Since they track how late planes are, not how late passengers are, airline statistics don't reflect a good deal of the waiting time—particularly when a passenger misses a connecting flight or has a flight cancelled. More »
  
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  travel • airline • MIT • flight • plane
- Military Shreds Old Fighter Jets
  
  Associated Press | Jul 2, 07 5:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US military is paying a contractor to destroy its retired fleet of F-14 fighter jets, after evidence surfaced that Iran had been acquiring the old parts and was intending to rebuild the planes, reports the AP. “There were things getting to the bad guys,” the contractor says. In the 1970s, Iran--then an ally--bought the jets from the US. More »
  
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  Iran • US military • Pentagon • plane • fighter jet