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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology students have made aeronautical history with their concrete airplane recently taking flight. The 18-pound plane with a 40-inch wingspan held its own during a crash landing to become the second known concrete plane to fly and the only one to stay intact upon landing. RAPID CITY, S.D. – (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 -- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology students have made aeronautical history with their concrete airplane recently taking...
PANAMA CITY, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2013:...
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week, Brand USA, the new tourism marketing entity responsible for promoting the United States to world visitors, has organized its first-ever, multi-itinerary familiarization trip for nearly 100 influential international travel agents, May 9-16. "The Brand USA inaugural MegaFam is providing some of the United Kingdom's leading travel agents the opportunity to experience the USA like never before," said...
Airline mixes up its beverage service with an American-made, award-winning craft spirit AUSTIN, Texas, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced that Tito's Handmade Vodka will be the exclusive vodka brand served on all of the airline's flights worldwide. United customers have enjoyed the award-winning craft vodka since the company began serving the spirit on May 1. Tito's Handmade Vodka, an Austin-based company, is one of the fastest growing micro...
Ex-Im Financing will support high-quality Delta jobs in Atlanta WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today approved a Final Commitment for a $45.5 million loan guarantee to VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. (GOL), a Brazilian airline. The Ex-Im Bank supported financing will support the export of engine maintenance services by Delta TechOps (Delta), a subsidiary of Delta Airlines, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This...
SEATTLE , May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., will webcast a presentation by Brandon Pedersen, Alaska's vice president, finance and chief financial officer, at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Transportation Conference on Wednesday, May 15, in Boston. The webcast will be presented live at 10:40 a.m. Eastern time. To participate, listeners should access the "Investor...
MONTREAL, May 9, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada will host its 2013 Investor Day in Toronto on June 10, 2013. The day will begin at 08:30 with opening remarks by Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer, followed by presentations by Ben Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Klaus Goersch, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Michael Rousseau, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The presentations are...
EVERETT, Wash., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has rolled out of the factory the first 787 Dreamliner to be built at the increased production rate of seven airplanes per month. The airplane, which rolled out earlier this week, is the 114th 787 to be built overall and the 100th 787 to be built at the Everett, Wash., factory. Boeing's 787 program is on track to achieve a planned 10 per month rate by year-end. The production rate accounts for airplanes built at the...
SAO PAULO, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL) (S&P: B, Fitch: B-, Moody's: B3), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America announces a key milestone in its partnership with Delta Air Lines: the implementation of GOL codeshare on Delta's flights from Brasilia to Atlanta. GOL will now sell Delta's international tickets through its sales channels - website (www.voegol.com), Voe GOL stores, call centers and...
-- Daily non-stop flights between New York's JFK and twice daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti set to begin December 5, 2013 (a) -- NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced its intent to serve Port-au-Prince, Haiti with daily nonstop service from both New York City and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. From Toussaint Louverture International...
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Duane Carey Duane Carey is an engineer, former Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, and former NASA Astronaut. He was born Duane Gene "Digger" Carey on April 30, 1957 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1975 and went on to continue his education at the University of Minnesota. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics in 1981 and his Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from in 1982....
Charles Duke was a United States astronaut and engineer for NASA, as well as a retired USAF Brigadier General. He is also the youngest of twelve people who have walked on the moon. He was born Charles Moss Duke, Jr. on October 3, 1935 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Lancaster High School and graduated as valedictorian from the Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1953. He then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Sciences from the United States...
