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October 23, 2008

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 10.23.08

More Thoughts On NextGen... With The Reason Foundation's Bob Poole

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 10.23.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.23.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- More Thoughts On NextGen: 10.23.08 (ANN Special Report, with Bob Poole, Director of Transportation Studies for The Reason Foundati

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Strips of silver paper dropped by British aircraft to confuse the German ground radars. Also known as chaff.

"The airline industry in general and Northwest in particular are well positioned to prosper despite the current economic uncertainties."

Source: Northwest Airlines CEO Doug Steenland. On Wednesday, Northwest posted a $317 million loss in the third quarter of 2008... with that entire loss tied to fuel hedges that lost much of their value as oil prices plummeted over the past two months.