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Escaped: Jin Air B737 leaves Muan Airport after being trapped for 50 days

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The airports runway was immediately closed following the accident to allow investigators to begin their work unencumbered by aircraft operations. The aircraft remained parked at the terminal for fifty days waiting for the Korean aviation authorities to allow the runway to re-open, allowing it to depart. The Jin Air aircraft, a 9.6-year-old

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British Airways A319 in retro BEA livery back flying after period in storage  

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In a surprise to many, the aircraft seems to have escaped retirement and is already back flying commercial flights for BA on domestic routes across the UK as well as internationally.

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Cathay Pacific returns to Kai Tak as carrier sponsors new events arena: video   

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The airline has announced it will be partnering with Hong Kongs new state-of-the-art Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) located at the site of the previous international airport as its exclusive Founding Travel Partner. At its peak, the airport handled around 30 million passengers just using a single runway built from reclaimed land from Kowloon Bay.

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Nepal CRJ Crash Kills 18

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According to local authorities, the Saurya Airlines plane was on a ferry flight for maintenance when it crashed a few seconds after it took off. The reports said 17 of those killed were maintenance technicians traveling to Pohkara Airport where the airline has a maintenance hub.

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Albinati Aeronautics

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In 1992, he started work for Transairco, a Beechcraft dealership, as an assistant aircraft salesman and demo/ferry pilot. One such customer was Breitling, and it was during a ferry flight that Albinati first met Breitling CEO Théodore Schneider. When I was 20, I joined Crossair (the Swiss regional airline) and flew Saab 340s.

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A Stroke of Marketing Genius: Local Businesses, Vintage Aircraft, And Their Unusual Association

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Skidding across the field, the B-17 veered off the runway and crashed into another B-17. A young Art Lacey before the ferry flight. Upon landing, SAAF 1723 ran off the runway and collided with a brick building. At the time the aircraft landed at Baragwanath, ZS-DKH had accumulated 13,881 hours of flight time.

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Rare C-49 ‘WildKat’ Makes First Appearance at Reading World War II Weekend [NEEDS PHOTO SWAP]

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The drop zone at an airshow consists of concrete runways and taxiways, expanses of ground between the two that may contain ditches or drainage culverts, landing lights, directional signage, and other obstacles to avoid. At that time, it was sold to North Central Airlines and operated as a passenger aircraft until 1960.

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