Aero-News EXCLUSIVE: The World's Oldest Pilot, On What
Christmas Means Today
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 12.24.08 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.24.08
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- ANN EXCLUSIVE: The World's Oldest
Pilot: 12.24.08 (ANN Special Report, with the
world-record holding aviator K.Krin
As the Aero-News staff prepares for Santa Claus (or like
equivalent) to visit our homes and hangars, we wanted to let our
readers know that ANN will still be on the job, reporting breaking
news in the aviation and aerospace fields as it happens... in Real
Time.
The Parajet Skycar is the first, two seater, high performance,
road legal, bio-fuelled flying car; capable of providing rally car
performance on and off road, and light aircraft performance after
just a few minutes of wing preparation.
Alas, we're probably going to see a lot of these over the next
few days. When a Ground Stop is initiated, flights that are
destined to the affected airport are held at their departure point
for the duration of the Ground Stop. Ground Stops are implemented
for a number of reasons.
"What has been provided so far amounts to little more
than random numbers submitted in an apparent attempt to appease
Flyersrights.org. It totally misleads the flying public and
represents an application of the familiar principle of 'garbage in,
garbage out.'"
Source: Passenger rights advocate Kate Hanni,
who claimed Tuesday her group has discovered that airlines aren't
accurately reporting -- and that the Department of Transportation
isn't accurately reporting to the public -- critical time-on-the
tarmac data for diverted and canceled flights. Hanni adds DOT's
Bureau of Transportation Statistics has conceded "we screwed up,"
and is reported to be disclaiming its October report.
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