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- Plant-derived fuels could be certified for flights within a year …
- Team of 6 to probe fatal copter crash
- Like Many Michigan Aviation School Struggling
- Ahead of the Bell: Bristow Group
Plant-derived fuels could be certified for flights within a year …
New York Times
5 metric tons the airline said. Information like that likely will help the industry get second-generation biofuels certified as drop-in replacements for jet fuel. “Certainly the data from our biofuel test flight will be a critical component towards helping biofuel become a certified aviation fuel” Air New Zealand’s general manager of airline operations and chief pilot Capt. David Morgan said in a statement. Next month a coalition headed by Boeing will release a full report on all the test flights. And after that the international standards board that approves fuels and chemicals could certify plant-derived biofuels as jet A-1 fuel within a year Glover said. nce the fuels are approved as jet A-1 they can immediately be used as drop-in replacements.
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Team of 6 to probe fatal copter crash
Honolulu Advertiser
The pilots aboard the two-seat scout attack helicopter were with the 2nd Squadron 6th Cavalry Regiment 25th Combat Aviation Brigade out of Schofield Barracks. An Idaho TV station reported that one of the pilots is from Pocatello in eastern Idaho. The Pentagon is expected to release the names 24 hours after family members are notified. ne soldier was pronounced dead at the scene and the second died at Wahiawa General Hospital. The 2400-soldier 25th Combat Aviation Brigade is training for a fall return to Iraq.
Like Many Michigan Aviation School Struggling
Aero-News Network
In an interview with the Western Michigan Business ReviewPowell said enrollment has remained strong but job placement isvery low. About 20 percent of the students have switched fromflight training to a management track and some students weretaking jobs in such far-flung places as Saudi Arabia in order tofind work. Part of the reason for the switch to management training is dueto an increase in flight fees he said. Students pay to trainas pilots and the costs do not include tuition or room andboard.
Ahead of the Bell: Bristow Group
Forbes
of a stake in a Brazilian helicopter and aviation company will help it expand its base in Brazil an analyst said Thursday as he raised his profit estimates for the helicopter airlift services company. Bailey of Jefferies & Co. increased his fiscal 2010 earnings estimate to $2.