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Saab Challenge: Gaining Traction for Gripen NG
As fighter contests heat up, Saab sets its sights on securing Gripen's long-term future
Phoenix Leaves Martian Science Legacy
Lab tests begin to assess Martian habitability potential in Phoenix data
Without a Buyer in Sight, Eventual Bankruptcy Looms for SAS
Lufthansa abandons negotiations for SAS, leaving Scandinavian group in financial jeopardy
Crew to Prepare ISS for Rapid Expansion
Successful assembly mission leaves ISS configured to double its volume rapidly
Britain is pushing ahead with strategic unmanned aircraft work and examining the utility of the EJ200 turbofan as the basis for an unmanned combat air vehicle engine.
AS&E's New Body Scan Machine Aims To Fix Passenger-Privacy Concern
Backscatter X-ray machines are not being used at U.S. airports yet to screen passengers for explosives, weapons and drugs, but American Science and Engineering Inc. (AS&E) may change that with its upgraded system.
Warfighters in Iraq Use Hand-held Video Devices, Live Feeds from UAVs
Looking around the corner or on the other side of a wall is increasingly high priority as urban street fighting becomes the norm for much of the fighting in Iraq.
Striking the right level of technology sophistication to hold down costs will factor highly in the upcoming competition to replace NASA's space shuttle fleet. The agency has already described in some detail the "Apollo-on-steroids" approach it wants to take.
Technology Key to Airline Cost-Savings
How can airlines stay in-the-black while keeping customers steadfast, loyal and true? Trends show the answer lies in offering services that provide efficiencies for both provider and user.
AIA: Civil Aircraft Revenues To Overtake Military Aircraft Revenues In 2007
U.S. aerospace sales will keep rising in 2007 as record orders won by Boeing and business jet manufacturers begin to translate into revenues. The military aircraft, space and missile sectors will likely see flat or declining sales.
The Outside Lomcovak Club
For everything that flies...
The Outside Lomcovak Club - the club without rules for pilots, ex-pilots, aviation enthusiasts, part-time flyers, professional aircrew, lovers of aviation movies and films with great flying scenes, and anyone with an interest in any aspect of aviation, aircraft and the miracle of flight. If you fly an aeroplane, or even an airplane, have always wanted to, or just like watching other people do it, in the movies or in real-life, this is the place for you.
Aviation in the Movies
Under development: We're building a database of movies with aviation themes or flying scenes. We have several hundred films in the database so far which are coming online a few at a time as fast as we can edit the entries and make them suitable for viewing.
Work with us. By registering on this site (it's free) you can make comments on the movies, adding information or providing your input. You can also vote for your favourite (or least-favourite) movie. If you're already registered, just make sure you're signed-in.
Most recently updated movies
Battle of Britain
Dir: Guy Hamilton. Starring: Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, Susannah York, Michael Bates. Aviation content: STAR
Warner Bros, UK, 1969, Colour
The English Patient
Dir: Anthony Minghella. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth. Aviation content: EXTRA
USA, 1996, Colour
The Concorde - Airport '79
Dir: David Lowell Rich. Starring: Alain Delon, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Susan Blakely, Bibi Andersson, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert. Aviation content: STAR
USA, 1979, Colour
Flying in France
Although this site is still under development, a number of people have contacted me about the French for Flyers pages that used to be on the Aero-Andaines web site. That site hasn't been online for some time, so I've posted the pages here.
Latest blog entries
Lost — still only for losers
People said "stay with it, it gets better". It got worse.
It's another world
I've just watched the first episode of 'Lost' and it makes you think — it makes you think 'what world are these screenwriters on?'
Whose Internet is it anyway?
Some see the Internet as a channel for free speech and a new model for democracy. But are the corporates about to steal it?
From the logbook
Night school
At first, I couldn't understand what my instructor was telling me. Dale had a laid-back approach to flight instruction. Blond, six-foot-something and ...
The world turned upside-down
I hadn't been a pilot for long, but I knew the world wasn't supposed to look like that. Even those people equipped with the crudest understanding of ...
Latest features
Disabled Pilots
Helping disabled people become pilots is an option open to any flying school, but Old Sarum has very special facilities
Youth Culture
The Tour Aérien des Jeunes Pilotes provides a model for getting young people excited about aviation
Flying in France
To find the real France you need to look beyond Le Touquet or Cherbourg. With a little effort, you can discover a world of open skies and friendly airfields
Learning to fly
Getting a pilot's licence might be easier and cheaper than you think. But first, you're going to have to travel
Quiet Trader
