Indian faces death penalty in Malaysia for drug smuggling

avindia.blogspot.com | Sep 14, 2008

Kuala Lumpur: A 21-year-old Indian national is facing a death sentence here for carrying drugs in the false bottom of his aluminium suitcase.Alarm bells went off for customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang after they emptied the bag and found a false

http://avindia.blogspot.com/2008/09/indian-faces-death-penalty-in-malaysia.html

Half say deal should go ahead despite worries about fares

www.topix.net | May 22, 2008

<p>Minnesota politicians have been ringing alarm bells for months about the potential harm to fliers and workers that could result from a merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, but only about a ...</p>

http://www.topix.net/business/airlines/2008/05/half-say-deal-should-go-ahead-despite-worries-about-fares

China launches competitor to Boeing, Airbus (The Australian)

www.theaustralian.news.com.au | May 11, 2008

CHINA unveiled its own jumbo jet maker in Shanghai yesterday in a move that could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23681038-23349,00.html?from=public_rss

Airline bankruptcies could spread (The Tennessean)

www.tennessean.com | Apr 9, 2008

NEW YORK Aloha Airlines, ATA, Skybus one week, three airlines out of business. Add in soon-to-be-defunct Champion Air and December casualty MAXjet Airways, and last week's rapid-fire round

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/BUSINESS01/804090398

AIRSPACE

Airspace is classified according to a lettering system. Even though we are not allowed into Classes A, B, C, D, Restricted or Prohibited Areas, we are allowed into nearly all of Class E and all of Class G airspace. (as per FAR 103)

http://www.flytandem.com/airspace.htm

(Left) The captain's switch panel is for landing lights, cabin signs, intercom control, audible...

www.flightglobal.com

(Left) The captain's switch panel is for landing lights, cabin signs, intercom control, audible Mach meter, engine-starter master-switch and (below) screen wiper—off, slow, fast. Beside it is the Ultra radio station-box; the other items are the pilot's oxygen supply and intercom plug.

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1953/1953%20-%200540.PDF

Aviation Schools Online

The FAA on Wednesday released its updated plan to hire air traffic controllers over the next 10 years. According to the FAA, it will hire and train more than 15,000 controllers over the next decade, starting with nearly 1,400 new controllers this year.

http://www.aviationschoolsonline.com/news.php

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