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Key Takeaways:

  • The Government Accountability Office may review plans to remove weather forecasters from Air Route Traffic Control Centers due to safety concerns regarding pilot and controller access to weather information.
  • EAA members in Hawaii are lobbying to amend a bill to include aviation fueling stations for ethanol-free gasoline, which currently only covers marine and RV applications.
  • Dr. Stephen Hawking will make history as the first quadriplegic to experience weightlessness on an April 26 flight with Zero Gravity Corp.
  • China plans to construct a new airport in Tibet at an elevation of nearly 13,000 feet, featuring a 12,000-foot runway and an estimated annual capacity of 85,000 passengers by 2015.
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Plans to remove weather forecasters from Air Route Traffic Control Centers might be reviewed by the Government Accountability Office. Opponents say the move will endanger flight operations because weather information wont be as readily available to pilots and controllers…

EAA members in Hawaii are lobbying the state to include aviation fueling stations in a bill that would ensure ethanol-free gasoline is available to those who need it. The current bill only covers marine and recreational vehicle applications…

Dr. Stephen Hawking will go weightless aboard a Zero Gravity Corp. flight on April 26. The renowned theoretical physicist will be the first quadriplegic to ride the parabolic trajectory on the companys Boeing 727-200…

China intends to build an airport in Tibet at an elevation of almost 13,000 feet. The airport will have a 12,000-foot runway and is expected to handle 85,000 passengers a year by 2015.

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