Two Men Plead Guilty To Disruptive Behavior On Air Canada
Flight
A bad year for Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry
mobile device, just got worse. Two company executives, 45-year-old
George Campbell and 38-year-old Paul Wilson, both residents of the
Toronto area, have pleaded guilty in a Canadian court to one count
each of mischief after what's described as drunken, disruptive
behavior forced an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Beijing to
turn back and make an unscheduled landing in Vancouver.
The de Havilland Twin Otter is an airplane with a long history,
and it gained a reputation as a workhorse of an airplane. But after
it went out of production, Viking Air became one of the principal
suppliers of spare parts and service to keep the airplanes flying.
Dave Curtis, President and CEO of Viking Air Limited, told ANN at
NBAA in Las Vegas this year that he often heard operators ask why
the airplane wasn't put back into production.
Delivery Process On Track To Meet 35-A-Month Rate In Early
2012
The first factory-complete Next-Generation 737 to be produced at
a production rate of 35 airplanes per month has been rolled off the
assembly line. The new 737-800 was towed to nearby Renton Field
December 4th, where Boeing conducts functional testing and first
flights for all new airplanes.
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