The primary purpose of The F-14 Tomcat Association is to
maintain contact among the members of the Tomcat community, keep
members informed of developments in Naval Aviation, provide support
to museums where F-14s are on display, and sponsor annual reunions
of the F-14 family. Membership is open to anyone who has flown,
worked on, or just plain love the F-14 aircraft.
A large planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, together
with some methane, ammonia, and other light substances, but with a
substantial metal-rock core around which the lighter materials that
form the bulk of the object have accreted. Most of the extrasolar
planets discovered so far appear to be gas giants, though this is a
selection effect stemming from the fact that current detection
methods are heavily biased toward finding massive planets.
"These decisions were very difficult to take but they
were necessary to (put) the company in a viable position in the
present environment and align production to the reduced market
demand."
Source: Guy Hachey, president and CEO of
Bombardier Aerospace. A reduction in the number of expected
deliveries in 2009 plus an excess of used aircraft on the market
have combined to make tough times for the planemaker, spurring last
week's announcement of the planned elimination of 3,000 more jobs
by the end of this year, in addition to 1,360 positions cut in
February.
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