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Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's hopes to build a state-of-the-art open wireless broadband network are put on hold because his signal jams GPS devices.
Read More »Still Ignoring Your Seatmate? Big Mistake
To some, it's a nightmare scenario: a cramped space & no way to escape. But it's still one of the best networking spots you'll find
Read More »BioJet Fuel Struggles to Balance Profit with Sustainability
DURBAN, South Africa--My share of the carbon dioxide my flight to Johannesburg emitted over 15 hours amounted to 1,391.3 kilograms, according to the helpful information provided by South African Airlines. Add a dollop of 53.8 kilograms of CO2 for the jet jaunt to Durban and you can see that the aviation industry--and the Durban climate talks --have an emissions problem.
Read More »Plane from Newark Crash Lands in Poland [Video]
Earlier today, LOT Polish airlines flight 16 traveling from Newark, N.J., to Warsaw, Poland, crash landed after its landing gear failed to deploy. According to The Aviation Herald , the Boeing 767-300 was at 3,000 feet when the pilots reported an unsafe gear indication
Read More »Employee Fired for Donating a Kidney
A mother's attempt to save her son spotlights holes in the Family and Medical Leave Act: It doesn't apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Claudia Rendon , a 41-year-old Philadelphia mother, says she was fired from her job in a school admissions office after she took time off to donate a kidney to her son. Rendon's employer, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, put her back on salary Tuesday after a media firestorm .
Read More »If It Flies, It’s at AirVenture
Shoppers in the market for an aircraft can find just about everything that flies at Wittman Field in Oshkosh, Wis., during the last week in July.
Read More »High-Performance Eyewear for the Skies and Beyond
When avid pilot Jeff Herold created Scheyden in 2000, his goal was to produce precision eyewear designed to the specific needs of the aviation industry. To that end, he fashioned a series of sunglasses that easily and quickly adapts to ever-changing light conditions in the skies. Herold even created a ...
Read More »Finding Jobs for Ex-offenders
Brenda Palms Barber, Chicago's Queen of Second Chances, is dedicated to finding jobs for former prison inmates. But when the nonprofit she runs couldn't overcome employers' resistance to bringing on ex-offenders, she spun out a business so she could hire them herself.
Read More »Brazil’s 10 Most Innovative Companies
01 / Azul > > For converting bus riders into frequent fliers. Brazilian-born David Neeleman, founder of Jet Blue, brought the low-cost airline model to his home country and tweaked it to fit its nuances
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