SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger commercial spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to begin test flights beyond the atmosphere. Spaceship builder Scaled Composites received an experimental launch permit from the FAA on May 23. (news.discovery.com) Meer...
After a one-year investigation, NOAA has announced that in 2010 and 2011 National Weather Service employees at its headquarters “reprogrammed funds.” Unnamed persons moved $26 million out of the budget for local warnings and forecasts and $9 million out of the budget to upgrade the agency’s radar to include the dual-polarization capability. The National Weather Service’s long-time director, Jack Hayes, resigned on Friday. (blog.chron.com) Meer...
Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Once hailed as a symbol of Palestinian statehood dreams, the carrier is a tiny operation, with just two 48-seat turboprop planes, two weekly flights and a borrowed hub in Egypt. But Palestinians say just being on the map again is what matters. “My hands were shaking when I bought the ticket … and it said the name of the carrier is Palestinian Airlines,’’… (articles.boston.com) Meer...
El viajero profirió todo tipo de insultos sexistas antes de colmar la paciencia de la responsable del vuelo, que le invitó a abandonar el avión, eso sí, acompañado de varios policías. El hombre, de unos 40 años de edad, pidió que le devolvieran el precio del billete ya que la compañía aérea no le había avisado con antelación de que el piloto sería una mujer. De momento, se desconoce si Trip Airlines accedió a la petición o si presentaron cargos contra él. (noticias.lainformacion.com) Meer...
Houston contará con dos aeropuertos para vuelos internacionales, luego que el cabildo de esa ciudad texana aprobó hoy que la aerolínea Southwest construya una ampliación del Aeropuerto Hobby, con una inversión de 100 millones de dólares. (univisionhouston.univision.com) Meer...
For the first time ever, comprehensive, web-based flight tracking, real-time maps, and flight alerts for aircraft and airport operators throughout Europe FlightAware today announced the availability of live European data in existing FlightAware products as well as two new products, FlightAware Global and FBO ToolBox Europe. (flightaware.com) Meer...
