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  • NASA Forecasts Impact of Severe Space Weather on Communications, Power Grids.
    It’s not Armageddon but a  NASA-funded study is showing some of the first clear economic data that quantifies the risk extreme weather conditions in space have on communications and power grids on Earth...

  • Airlines Sue FAA Over Crew Rest Rules.
    Several of the nation’s largest airlines have joined in a lawsuit to block stronger federal rules on crew rest during the longest international flights. The airlines say that the Federal Aviation Administration bypassed usual rule-making procedures and denied them the right to comment before it notified American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. of the new rules in late October...

  • Indian Airline Sacks Overweight Stewardesses.
    NEW DELHI (AFP): India’s state-run carrier Air India has dismissed 10 women flight attendants who were grounded last year for being overweight, a report said Monday. The sackings came after the cabin crew were warned about meeting minimum physical fitness standards and given sufficient time to lose weight, the Press Trust of India news agency reported quoting airline sources...

  • 8 Die in U.S. Oilfield Services Helicopter Crash.
    HOUSTON (Reuters): Eight people died and one was injured in Sunday’s crash in Louisiana of a helicopter carrying oilfield workers, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The crash about 75 miles (121 km) southwest of New Orleans, involved an aircraft operated by Petroleum Helicopters Inc (PHII.O) of Lafayette, Louisiana, a news release said...

  • One Hundred Miles per Gallon.
    Klaus Savier has altered his Vari-EZ and its Continental 0-200 engine by adding computerized fuel injection and ignition systems of his own design. He typically flies at 190 KTAS while getting a Prius-like 50 miles per gallon. If he slows to extend range, Savier’s mileage approaches 100 miles per gallon...


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