Meanwhile, Chapman claims to be the owner of real estate search engine, domdot.ru.

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Buckalew was the registered owner of the single-engine Socata TBM 700 and had more than 1, 400 hours of flight time, according to the report.

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These upstart, independent engine companies range from ventures backed by Silicon Valley venture-capital funds to a bootstrap shop run as a hobby by the owner of an aircraft-engine machining company.

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Only occasionally is the engine allowed to come to life, with the owner listening nostalgically to the roar of its great carburettor gulping volumes of air, happily polluting the atmosphere as it used to before environmentalists spoiled all the fun.

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Button, who wanted to switch to Williams for this season but was forced to stay at BAR after losing a legal dispute, was especially critical of engine partner Honda, the team's co-owner.

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In the case of Carnival Cruise Lines, the owner of the Carnival Triumph that spent days in the Gulf of Mexico disabled after an engine fire, the company is incorporated in Panama, its offices are based in Miami and its ships fly under the Bahamian flag a matrix that is not unusual in the cruise line industry.

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