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It's my post in a loooong while. Something newto chew on.NEWS: British Airways efforts to start a subsidiary, Open Skies, are getting off the ground. The plane was received by the new upstart on March 24 and went into a hangar to be repainted. Lo and behold, on April 4, the new airplane got its winglets and title. The new airline has plans to launch service between New York and Paris, as well as

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Well, since noone is going to read this, I'll make this short and sweet: this blog is suspended indefinitely. Thanks to all who have read this.

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There was a lunar eclipse on March 3, which was seen throughout most of the world, except for parts of the Pacific. I won't explain why the lunar eclipse happens, but many people believe that the Moon doesn't spin. Phil Plait, an astronomer and a blogger (Check his blog out at http://www.badastronomy.com/) proves them wrong:For more of his videos and science (especially astronomy) easily

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NEWS The regional airline ExpressJet was contracted by JetBlue Airways to operate some of its flights, as JetBlue is experiencing software glitches in their Embraer EMB-190 fleet, Bloomberg.com reports. The EMB-190 was introduced to operate flights that its Airbus A320s cannot, due to their size. The 190s operate some long flights, such as JFK to Bermuda's Hamilton Airport.Bloomberg.com reports

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NEWS Boeing's new 787 model, Dreamliner, suffered a bit of a setback. Aeroflot, Russia's national airline, which is 51% owned by the Russian government, put its deal to get 22 Boeing 787 on hold, according to an AP article. The airline was also planning to buy an equal number of Airbus A350s, 787's competitor. Aeroflot asked its major shareholder (Russian government) to approve the deal, but the

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(Image from Bombardier)Bombardier Aerospace, based in Canada, launched a larger regional jet, based on the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) family, the CRJ-1000. The plane will hold up to 100 seats. Its current largest civilian aircraft, CRJ-900 holds up to 90 people. CRJ-900's latest order was placed by Delta Air Lines. CRJ-1000 was launched by Brit Air, an Air France subsidiary, ordering eight and

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NEWS Jetblue announced that it cancelled 23% of its February 17 and 18 flights, due to a snowstorm on Wednesday (AP). The snowstorm forced JetBlue to cancel and delay some of its flights since the storm. According to some FlightAware data, JetBlue leased planes from other companies to get people where they want to go.JetBlue cancelled service to Richmond, VA; Pittsburgh, PA; Charlotte and Raleigh

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(Image by NASA) Victoria Crater's ridges have been fractured by sedimentary bedrock.(Image by NASA) Gully deposits in Terra Sirenum. Picture on the left was taken in 2001, picture on the right in 2005.NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) found even more evidence for something fluid on Mars, perhaps water, and even below the surface. MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera took

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(Image from Nasa.gov)Space Shuttle Atlantis is being moved to the launchpad, to be launched just before dawn on March 15. The mission, STS-117, will deliver and install the third set of solar panels to the station. This will be 28th Atlantis' launch and the first space shuttle launch this year.

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(Image from SHoP Architects and New York Magazine)An article in the New York Magazine wrote how SHoP Architects came up with an idea of completely rebuilding Kennedy International Airport to facilitate a sort of a "moving terminal" environment, where the current definition of terminals, where flyers go to check in, wait for the flight and then fly, is eliminated. Instead, the flyers would board

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Dear readers,If you read this blog continuously, I'd like to thank you. I will also make an effort of making the aeroRant weekly. I'm sure there is always something to talk about.Thank you!

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(Picture by NASA, jhuapl.edu)NEWSThe New Horizons probe is headed for the Pluto system, which it will reach in 2015 and then spend four years in the Kuiper Belt (a belt on the outside of our solar system, containing icy bodies, similar to Pluto). The probe is already close enough for it to take pictures of Jupiter and its moons. It will scan Jupiter's moon Callisto and then do a fly-by of

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THE NEWSAccording to Reuters and MarketWatch, Delta plans to submit its reorganization plan this week, which will have Delta be valued at $10-12 billion after reorganization. This is down from $12-14 billion estimated last week, but definetely more than US Airways is offering ($8 billion).In November, US Airways announced that it wants to merge with Delta Air Lines for $8 billion. Delta

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THE NEWSAs the title suggests, the SS Discovery was launched on Saturday, Dec. 9 2006 at 8:47 p.m. The launch was relatively error-free. In an interview with Spaceflight Now, Tony Ceccacci, shuttle's flight director, said they don't "anticipate any large foam shedding or debris impacts." He also added that it's still important to check if there are any and match those with the data on Earth.The

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Picture from http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/jetblue/THE NEWSJetBlue plans to revive the old TWA terminal (Terminal 5) at Kennedy airport for $875 million. The new terminal would handle up to 210 flights and will serve as an international gateway for the airline since the current JetBlue terminal, Terminal 6, doesn't have customs facilities. The terminal plan is a cooperation between

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I want my first entry to be about the Delta-US Airways merger. Or should I say US Airways-Delta, since US is the one taking over Delta.According to Market Watch, US Airways has submitted a bid of $8.5 Billion to take over Delta Air Lines to its creditors (according to US Airways' site, however, their bid remains at $8 Billion). In exchange, "Delta creditors would receive $4.0 billion in cash and

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Hi. The goal of this blog is to express my opinions and prediction on the aerospace industry. Please note that I am in no way a professional, but just a college student, who is very much interested in aviation and space. If you like my blog, thank you; if you don't, I'm sorry you feel that way. Either way, you can express yourself through commenting.Thank you,Alex

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