And the increased price of jet fuel only adds to the incentive to shut out frequent flier members.
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The satellites would be launched like a ballistic missile from a jet, only instead of heading for a target, it would head into orbit.
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Rather, the circumstances were: Boulud was in the closet-size galley of a Gulfstream IV private jet, and the only equipment at his disposal was the device beloved by reheaters everywhere.
In fact, the only new jet under 10, 000 pounds that is flying is the Mustang from incumbent Cessna Aircraft, which has made more than 5, 000 jets since its first Citation rolled off the assembly line in 1969.
Before becoming a Jet, Tebow had been only a quarterback in college and the NFL, sometimes in a conventional offense, but usually in a read-option set that accentuated his running ability.
The four-engine C-17 jet can land on a runway only 3, 000 feet long and 90 feet wide, according to a document from the Department of Defense.
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.
Each new design, whether airliner or business jet, has faced issues that were discovered only after the aircraft was placed into routine service.
In this case, Stanford was only interested in profits and maintaining his jet-setting lifestyle.
It would also need to be only half the size of a conventional jet of similar power, says Dr Lior.
The new jet, christened the Eclipse 500, is to weigh only 2, 550 pounds, empty.
Jamaica was once the "it" spot for jet-setting Americans and British in the 1950s, only to follow Cuba down its revolutionary road in the '70s and now starting to break out of its resorts-behind-security-walls status.
Although McDonnell Douglas's share of the big jet market has halved to 6% (and is only 2% in Europe) in the past ten years, it used to be a significant competitor.
Now if only they could come up with a seat that prevents jet lag.
Air France, the only other company to operate the delta-winged supersonic jet, has a fleet of five jets.
Airsafe.com, a not-for-profit venture that compiles airline-safety statistics, notes only four cases in which a flight crew intentionally landed a commercial jet into a body of water.
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Balkh Air boasts only an old British-built, 80-seat BAC 1-11 jet registered in Liberia, acquired by Barnett-Jolley and resold to Dostam.
Meanwhile in Washington, the Pentagon - the heart of the US defence establishment - reopened on Wednesday, even though only half of the building is safe for use after attack by another crashing hijacked jet.
Only last week, for example, Boeing announced that it would make a new regional jet a move that seems designed to undermine Airbus's attempts to design an aircraft for the same market.
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