Daily Archives: April 17, 2012

Video and photo: Space shuttle Discovery’s final flight to Washington DC

Today, the space shuttle Discovery performed her final flight; atop the modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). Here she is, touching down at Washington Dulles airport (IATA: IAD). Here is a video from NASA showing her departing Florida. Thanks for the memories Discovery.

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Your views: Topic of the week: Profits at IndiGo

Amidst all the turmoil in the Indian airline sector, one airline has stood out as a beacon of profitability in the surrounding gloom. Low cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo has once again posted a net profit for the fiscal year ending March 2012, according to a report in the Financial Chronicle. 鈥淲e have recorded profits in 2011-12 too though it鈥檚 likely …

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First Boeing 787 Dreamliner green bio-fuel flight underway

ANA9397 the delivery flight of a brand new All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is making aviation history as it flies to its destination, Tokyo’s Haneda airport, today. Image courtesy FlightAware It is the first time a 787 Dreamliner has flown powered, at least in part, by sustainable biofuels. The delivery flight between Boeing’s Delivery Center in Everett, Wash. …

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