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  1. -01-18-10 Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers May Have Water for Haiti (Time.com)
      "Sitting off the coast of Haiti, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson can make some 400,000 gallons of its own fresh water every day, and much of it will soon be going ashore. The nuclear-powered vessel, which had been heading to its new home port in San Diego when it was diverted to Haiti hours after the quake, has massive desalination capacity — purifying the same ocean saltwater it traverses — and the Vinson has a daily excess of 200,000 gallons 'that we can give away,' says Cmdr. William McKinley, who oversees the desalination process." 01-10

  2. -04-23-12 Hypersonic Aircraft Flew Out of Its Skin (ABC News)
      "It turns out that tearing through the atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound is bad for the skin, even if you’re a super high-tech aircraft developed by the government’s best engineers at its far-out research agency." 04-12

  3. Airships (UCLA News - Brown)
      Describes lighter-than-air aircraft. 1-02

  4. Flight Records (CNN.com)
      Provides records made by aircraft, include balloons. 6-02

  5. -10-21-04 Hamas Leader Killed (MSNBC News)
      "An Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a car traveling in the Gaza Strip late Thursday, killing a senior Hamas commander who was among the government’s most-wanted fugitives for years — the latest in a series of Israeli assassinations that have weakened the militant group."

      "The man, Adnan al-Ghoul, a founder and the No. 2 figure of Hamas’ military wing, was killed along with a second unidentified occupant in the car. The airstrike dealt another heavy blow to Hamas’ military wing, Izzedine al Qassam, which is responsible for attacks that have killed hundreds of Israelis during four years of fighting." 10-04

  6. Summit Planned for Indonesia (Bloomberg.com)
      "U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are among the world leaders who will attend an international summit in Jakarta this week to discuss distribution of more than $2 billion in pledged aid to tsunami victims."

      "Coastal areas of Aceh, the northernmost province of Sumatra and the area closest to the epicenter of the biggest earthquake in 40 years, resemble a moonscape with no structures and no people, Cable News Network reported after flying into remote areas with U.S. helicopters dispatched from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast." 01-05

  7. F-16 Military Jets (BBC News)
      "The F-16 has a fearsome reputation. It is one of the most reliable, manoeuvrable and effective military aircraft in the world."

      "Used mainly by the US it is a multi-role fighter with the ability to attack other planes in the air, and seek out and destroy targets on the ground."

      "In recorded dogfights with other aircraft it has defeated its opponents 70 times without a single loss." 3-05

  8. -08-04-05 Preventing "Friendly Fire" (MSNBC News)
      "Some 24 percent of all U.S. combat deaths in the 1990-91 Gulf War — 35 out of 148 killed — were so-called 'blue-on-blue' incidents, primarily fast moving aircraft opening fire on allied troops or vehicles. Add friendly fire deaths among Gulf War allies, including nine British troops killed by U.S. forces, and the Gulf War percentages are even worse." 8-05

  9. September 11th (Wikipedia.org)
      "The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. According to the official 9/11 Commission Report, nineteen men affiliated with al-Qaeda, a network of militant Islamist organizations, hijacked four American airliners. Two were crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City — one into each of the two tallest towers, about 17 minutes apart — shortly after which both towers collapsed. The third aircraft crashed into the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed into a rural field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 80 miles east of Pittsburgh, following passenger resistance." 09-08

  10. -10-19-05 Hurricane Wilma Extremely Dangerous (Bloomberg.com)
      "Hurricane Wilma has become an 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest Web site advisory, citing data from a reconnaissance aircraft."

      "The plane measured winds of 175 mph (280 kph) up from 110 mph yesterday, the center said. The storm has the same punch Katrina had when it slammed into the U.S. gulf coast in August, killing more than 1,200 people. The hurricane was located 175 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman at 1 a.m. Miami time today." 10-05

  11. Worst Airlines List Published by Swiss (BBC News)
      "Swiss aviation authorities have published a partial list of airlines some of whose aircraft have been banned from Swiss airports." 8-05

  12. Military to Test Synthetic Fuel (New York Times)
      "In a series of tests — first on engines mounted on blocks and then with B-52's in flight — the Air Force will try to prove that the American military can fly its aircraft by blending traditional crude-oil-based jet fuel with a synthetic liquid made first from natural gas and, eventually, from coal, which is plentiful and cheaper." 05-06

  13. -02-10-09 Cell Phones in Planes (ABC News)
      "Both Delta and American use Aircell's in-flight Internet service to turn their aircraft into flying Wi-Fi hotspots. But though Aircell is capable of enabling voice services, it says consumer preference is as much of a hurdle right now as the cell phone ban."

      "Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com and ABCNews.com airline industry columnist, agreed that hard evidence backing up the ban is scarce."

      " 'People hate it, but it's money for the airlines,' he said. 'The bottom line is it's going to be on airlines in the next four to five years.' " 02-09

  14. Pirates (Wikipedia.org)
      "Maritime piracy, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982, consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or aircraft that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or property on board a ship or aircraft. Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, persons, or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any state." 04-09

  15. -07-26-09 Gates Wins Big on Defense Cuts (MSNBC News)
      "Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last?"

      "The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins when the Senate voted convincingly to end production of the high-priced F-22 jet fighter and killed an aircraft engine project that he says isn't needed." 07-09

  16. Earhart, Amelia: The Search Goes On (ABC News)
      "Now researchers at the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, or Tighar, say they are on the verge of recovering DNA evidence that would demonstrate Earhart had been stranded on Nikumaroro Island (formerly known as Gardner Island) before finally perishing there." 07-09

  17. -Surviving an Airplane Crash (CNN News)
      "Most commercial aviation accidents occur on take-off or landing -- when aircraft are closer to the ground flying at relatively low speeds. Because the aircraft in these survivable accidents are still close to the airport, pilots often have more maneuverability to land the aircraft safely."

      "The key to surviving a commercial aviation crash is remaining conscious during 'the golden time' -- the critical 90 seconds immediately following impact. In a survivable crash, fatalities occur not only from the impact of the aircraft hitting the ground, but more frequently from smoke inhalation and fire when passengers cannot escape the aircraft quickly." 12-09

  18. Iceland's Volcano a Travel Hazard (Time.com)
      "Volcanic ash, which is made up of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen fluoride, along with fine silica particles, may not block pilots' sight lines, but its chemicals can wreck sensitive aircraft engines. It can also clog an aircraft's ventilation holes, causing engines to stall."

      "When Eyjafjallajokull last erupted, in 1821, it remained active for an entire year. Worse, the current event could trigger the eruption of nearby Mount Katla, which is even more powerful. If Katla were to explode, North Atlantic airspace could be affected for months. It could even impact the climate: the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines threw so much ash into the atmosphere that it reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the planet, cooling the world by about 0.5°C over the next two years. And that's something everyone would notice, even on a clear day."

  19. -11-24-10 U.S. Sends Carrier Group to Korea (MSNBC.com)
      "A U.S. aircraft carrier group set off for Korean waters on Wednesday, a day after North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island, in a move likely to enrage Pyongyang and unsettle its ally, China."

      "The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that the United States believes the North's attack was an isolated action and not part of a wider campaign by Pyongyang."

      "State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley also said the United States expects China to use its influence to get North Korea to cease its provocative behavior, saying Beijing could play a 'pivotal' role in helping to calm the situation."

      "Tuesday's attack was the heaviest in the region since the Korean War ended in 1953, and marked the first civilian deaths in an assault since the bombing of a South Korean airliner in 1987."

      "A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement it had responded in 'self-defense' and accused the South of firing shells into its waters near the disputed maritime border." 11-10

  20. Emergency Inspections of Airplanes (CNN News)
      "Just days after a Boeing 737 flown by Southwest Airlines made an emergency landing with a hole in its fuselage, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a press release Monday that it will mandate operators of about 175 specific older Boeing 737s to conduct inspections for wear and tear."

      "The FAA said the 'emergency directive' it plans to issue on Tuesday would affect about 80 U.S.-registered 737-300s, 737-400s and 737-500s, mostly operated by Southwest. The remaining 95 or so aircraft are registered outside the United States. Each of the 175 or so planes in question have taken off and landed more than 30,000 times and will receive repetitive electromagnetic inspections at regular intervals for fatigue damage." 05-06

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