I'm not jet rated and hadn't previously flown any airplane above 18, 000 feet.
Good take on Green hypocrites by Debra Saunders, even if the object of her bon mot is spelled Learjet, not Lear Jet.
Buying a multi-million dollar business jet is not an impulse purchase but Steve Varsano, founder of the Jet Business, reckons his new showroom might catch some passing trade.
The fuel for your limo, yacht and private jet do not come without a price beyond what you pay at the pump.
Every time that you are on a trip, you can leave personal belongings on-board, because your jet is not leaving until you are ready to leave.
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At issue, according to a senior U.S. official directly familiar with the timeline of the incident, is the FAA's apparent delay in notifying NORAD that the Northwest jet was not in contact with controllers.
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The intended market is city pairs (like Seattle-Paris) big enough to support nonstop service with a smallish jet but not big enough to fill a giant long-distance plane like the Boeing 747 or upcoming Airbus A380.
At issue is the Federal Aviation Administration's apparent delay in notifying NORAD the Northwest jet was not in contact with controllers, according to a senior U.S. official directly familiar with the timeline of the incident.
To achieve such a performance, the ships will rely not on their mighty jet engines, nor on being long and thin, but on a revolutionary design to slice through the waves and float above the ocean's drag.
Unlike the capture of big-time criminal Whitey Bulger, the feds will not be using a private jet and helicopter to return him to face a judge for additional charges.
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Study researcher Renee Biss, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, said one of the reasons morning people may be happier is because they tend not to suffer from social jet lag.
Baseball's collective bargaining agreement not only mandates first class jet and travel accommodations for road trips "if practicable"--any exception that has players flying coach must include a minimum of three seats per two players--but also to spring training in February and back to their off-season homes in October.
And it is not just classic Vegas names that jet into Tunica now.
Similarly, Brazil's arms build-up, which includes plans for a nuclear-powered submarine and new jet fighters, has not alarmed its neighbours much.
While the Challenger 300 was not the first super-midsize jet, it has dominated the category since it was first delivered in 2004.
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Drenched in nostalgia as it may seem, the jet-set era is not completely shuttered away in the past.
Francis said that the crashed jet's wiring had not yet been found, and he did not know whether the wiring had been inspected and replaced.
Ground every business jet and infrastructure costs would not change fundamentally.
The main reason for these projects is not to develop primary power sources for jet-turbine powered aircraft, but to build small, highly efficient fuel cells that could be used to make greener airliners.
Despite recent setbacks, the company that Phebe Novakovic will take over on January 1 is better positioned for the future than many of its defense-industry peers because it generates a quarter of corporate revenues from the prestigious Gulfstream business-jet line, which does not depend on the Pentagon for sales.
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But it's not because there's a proliferation of jet-setting billionaire tax dodgers these days.
Jet engines and energy infrastructure did not flex their muscles this quarter, but both make sense from a long-term perspective.
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One U.S. official said details of the U.S. plane's collision with a Chinese fighter jet were discussed, but did not elaborate.
But New Delhi insists the jet developed engine trouble and did not leave Indian-administered Kashmir, where a military campaign against Muslim militants is underway.
Through all this, however, you get the impression of strength - a determination to find out not just what happened to the Pan Am jet but, also, how and why.
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