Predicting Britain's weather (Times Online) bi2360980 We only notice them when we think they?ve got wrong ? during floods, tornados and, of course, Wimbledon. So what the point of forecasters?..

Climate summit ends announcement of effort to gain more energy-efficient bi2360980 The conference on climate change closed an announcement by Gov

Pre-empting Air Rage (Aviation.com via Yahoo! News) bi2360980 We've all heard stories about air rage: Someone's flight delayed by rotten elsewhere and he throws a tantrum, loudly berating the airline. Or a weary traveler vocally miffed because a baggage screener disses him. Or an overworked airline employee, angry at airline management, takes out her frustration on the passengers, whom there would be no airline

New Technology May Help Olympic Sailing, Aviation Safety And Weather Forecast bi2360980 A team of researchers at the Ocean University of China has developed and tested a mobile lidar (light detection and ranging) station that can accurately measure wind speed and direction over large areas real time -- an application useful for aviation safety, forecasting and sports

Pilot error, bad weather blamed for plane crashes (Sun-Sentinel) bi2360980 Pilot error and poor are to blame two separate plane crashes that killed a total of eight South Florida residents, the National Transportation Safety Board has ruled

Bad weather hurts race team (Journal & Courier) bi2360980 An unexpected delay cost Purdue University's Air Race Classic team critical time and eventually the race last week

Flight Management Solution provides data on changing conditions. (ThomasNet) bi2360980 By providing early insight changing flight, airport, and airspace conditions, WSI Fusion(TM) enables air carriers to optimize operations and mitigate impact of disruptive events. Public and proprietary information, airspace constraints, flight information, and operational data are fused to streamline operational decision making. In addition to global turbulence indicators and ..

New tracking system boosts pilot safety (PhysOrg) bi2360980 Pilots no longer be out of sight as they fly cross-country thanks to a new tracking system developed by Massey University mechatronics graduate and a former staff member

Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ????????:????????????? (Japan Today) bi2360980 We?ve all heard stories about air rage: Someone?s flight delayed by rotten elsewhere and he throws a tantrum, loudly berating the airline. Or a weary traveler vocally miffed because a baggage screener disses him

Cheyenne resident finally pursues lifelong dream (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle) bi2360980 CHEYENNE - "There's something about the smell of an airplane," Harlan Ribnik said as he walks around Mooney TLS Bravo hangar. He touches the flaps on the wings and lifts them gingerly

WSI Corporation Announces Latest WSI Fusion(TM) Release (PR Newswire via Yaho bi2360980 WSI Corporation , the most trusted decision support provider the aviation industry, today announced the latest release of WSI Fusion, a proactive flight management solution that provides early insight changing flight, airport, and airspace conditions enabling air carriers to optimize operations and mitigate the impact of disruptive events

As travel gets more stressful, air rage a concern (MSNBC) bi2360980 As the problems pile up, especially money-losing, capacity-cutting U.S. carriers, incidents of air rage pile up, too. As travelers, we can?t control airlines or airports. But there are some things we can do to stop air rage before happens

NASA Langley unit part of prize-winning team (Richmond Times-Dispatch) bi2360980 Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center are part of a team that has received the prestigious Collier Trophy for developing the next-generation system for managing air traffic. The National Aeronautic Association chose the team's development of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system as 2007's greatest achievement aviation

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