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Canada’s Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. has created TerraStar, a real-time in-flight safety monitoring system that could make the post-crash search for cockpit voice and flight data recorders — as well as some crashes — obsolete. TerraStar tracks, and can continuously encrypt and transmit to ground-based monitoring systems, up to 18,000-plus aircraft parameters per minute. [...]

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/14/airport-alert-security-transport-canada.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/corporate-strategy/the-rebirth-of-a-canadian-icon/article1569718/
David Curtis, CEO, Viking Air Ltd. will be the guest speaker at the BC Aviaiton Council lunch on 20 May, in Richmond.    Pre-registration is necessary Registraton Form

The following information is summarized from the Japanese language Wing Daily (April 20 edition) and the Wing Newsletter (April 26 edition) where a summary of a Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) reported on the worldwide market forecast for commercial air transport 2010-2029.
 
Much of the information discussed in the report is similar to that of other [...]

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United / Continental merger will form world’s largest airline.  The deal will first need approval from shareholders and antitrust regulators and is expected to close in the fourth quarter.
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