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April 01, 2009

Airbus in Discussion With DoD To Provide An A380 To Fly As New 'Pelosi One'

FOIA Docs Suggest That A USAF Boeing Isn't Big Enough For Speaker and Entourage

ANN APRIL 1st "SPECIAL" EDITION: Recent Freedom of Information Act requests by the Aero-News network, in concert with the Reporters Committee For A Free Press, seem to indicate that Airbus Industries has been involved in high-level discussion with the Department of Defense for several months over the possible lease of an A380 Airbus.

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PETA Sues On Behalf Of Geese Lost In 'Flight 1549 Tragedy'

Asks For $250K, Apologies To Flock -- "But We Can Do Without Apologies"

ANN APRIL 1st "SPECIAL" EDITION: Saying the recent downing of a US Airways Airbus A320 following an inflight encounter with geese was "an avian tragedy unprecedented in the course of modern human events," on Wednesday the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed suit in US District Court of New York against the airline for the "unwarranted slaughter, fricasse, slicing, dicing, julienning and barbequeing of at least four Canadian Geese."

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Former MSFS Staff Reunite On 'Aviation Job Simulator'

Includes Ab-Initio Flight Training, "Furlough" Effect

ANN APRIL 1st "SPECIAL" EDITION: Members of the ACES development team -- the team behind the popular "Microsoft Flight Simulator" series, but who were recently furloughed from their jobs at Microsoft Game Studios -- have banded together under the newly-created 'UltReality' label to launch their inaugural offering, "Aviation Job Simulator 2009."

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Boeing's Carson: 'Enough Already With The Dreamliner Jokes!'

Adds "It'll Fly When It Flies, So Knock It Off"

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson is usually a pretty affable sort of guy... but when a reporter for an aviation news service recently asked him  for the millionth time whether the oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner would actually fly by late in the second quarter -- finally meeting a timeline given by the planemaker, after three earlier missed promises -- Carson lost his cool a little.

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Report: 'Virgin' No More? LCC Considers Name Change

"Maiden America" Would Promote US Roots

ANN APRIL 1st "SPECIAL" EDITION: Aiming to silence critics who accuse upstart low-cost carrier Virgin America of having too many ties to foreign interests, airline executives are said to be considering a significant rebranding effort.

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Commuter Airline To Remove Seats From Short-Haul Flights

Hey... It Works On The Subway... Right?

 It works for a number of other transportation systems... so maybe it will work for aviation... so says a unique program instituted under FAA guidance by a small New York based commuter carrier looking to build upon its rep as a low cost flyer.

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