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Key Takeaways:

  • Virgin Atlantic will conduct a biofuel demo flight on a 747, while Boeing's 787 Dreamliner deliveries are delayed until 2009.
  • Sporty's Foundation is sponsoring four new $5,000 recreational pilot training scholarships.
  • A memorial service for the lost Space Shuttle Columbia crew will be held at Kennedy Space Center on February 1st.
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A Virgin Atlantic 747 will burn burn biofuel during a demo flight from London to Amsterdam next month …

Deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner are now delayed until 2009. The original delivery date was this May …

A Citation jet and a 152 had a close call last week at Palm Beach airport, the FAA says …

The Sporty’s Foundation will sponsor four new $5,000 recreational pilot training awards for individuals from Aircraft Electronics Association member shops …

The lost crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia will be honored in a memorial service at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 1., the fifth anniversary of the accident.

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