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...business-class charter for oil companies from Houston to Luanda, Angola; has signed a commercial contract to start flying from Washington to Kabul, Afghanistan, as soon as U.S. authorities determine that the airport is secure; and was recently hired by Air Canada and Thai Air to provide cargo services...
...Airbus predicts a 5% annual growth in passenger volume over the next 20 years, which is one reason for the A380's larger capacity of 555-840 seats, versus the 747's 416-524 limit. The aircraft, which enters service next year, sports new fuel-efficient technology and larger cargo space, and it's astoundingly quiet for its size - 73 m long, with a wing span of nearly 80 m. Claiming it can achieve 15-20% cost savings per seat, Airbus has already sold 154 of the 250 planes it says it needs to break even. But even...
...first time ever, Houston had help. As NASA engineers took care of the nuts and bolts of the flight from Texas, a team of 160 flight specialists in the sleepy town of Oberpfaffenhofen, 15 miles southwest of Munich, oversaw the German D-1 Spacelab, stuffed into Challenger's cargo bay and carrying an elaborate array of 76 scientific experiments. Said a proud Hubertus Wanke, head of mission operations at Oberpfaffenhofen: "It's all similar to Houston, but in upper Bavaria...
Indeed, last week's highly successful mission was a milestone in space cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. Although ESA's expendable Ariane rockets compete directly with NASA for commercial cargo, the Europeans recognize the unique capability of the shuttle and are eager to get in on the act. For its part, NASA had good reason to relinquish some control of the mission: ESA had built the $1 billion laboratory, and the Germans had also paid $64 million for the privilege of taking charge. The transatlantic comradeship extended further. Included in the crew of eight were two West...
...shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, and Pilot Manuel Cervero was nearly home. Cervero was flying a DC-8 cargo jet from Miami to the Colombian capital, Bogotá, a sprawling city of 5 million in the Andes. The plane was cruising at 24,000 ft., 110 miles or ten minutes from El Dorado International Airport. Then, without warning, Cervero and his aircraft ran afoul of one of nature's most destructive phenomena...