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		<title>How airlines are saving fuel</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/how-airlines-are-saving-fuel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fuel costs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drastic increase of fuel prices (which have already reached over $116 a barrel) is exerting more and more pressure on airlines, which are fighting against present costs and worrying price projections. Three years ago fuel became the biggest airline expense at the U.S., leaving labor costs behind. Cost cutting measures are urgently needed and even the smallest initiatives, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=70&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TED Talks: Burt Rutan</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/ted-talks-burt-rutan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambastes the US government-funded space program for stagnating: &#8220;Houston, we have a problem. We&#8217;re entering a second generation of no progress.&#8221; He calls for entrepreneurs to lead the next wave of space exploration, funding new crafts, new (manned) missions, and entirely new approaches to space exploration., [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=69&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s 10 scariest runways&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/the-worlds-10-scariest-runways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; according to Travel+Leiruse. The magazine has recently published a list of ten of the world&#8217;s most &#8216;challenging&#8217; runways. Scariest for some&#8230; but an absolute must for others. Location of the scariest runways according to Travel+Leisure. Barra Airport, Barra (Scotland) Gibraltar Airport (Gibraltar) John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York (U.S.A.) Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, Saba [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=57&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which is biggest?</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/which-is-biggest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Antonov]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Galaxy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is the biggest aircraft of the world? It is convenient to know what criteria to use: should the aircraft be compared to each other in terms of wingspan? Or Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW)? What about length and/or height? The second option is the most widely used to rank airplanes, which actually makes sense, since the weight that goes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=47&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Antonov An-124 Ruslan 'Condor'</media:title>
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		<title>&#8216;Go&#8217; for Jules Verne</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/go-for-jules-verne/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ariane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been cleared to dock with the International Space Station, approximately three weeks after launch on an Ariane 5 booster from French Guiana. The Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe&#8217;s Spaceport, 2 days before launch. Image: ESA &#8211; S. Corvaja. This decision follows an intense period of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=35&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safety cards</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/safety-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your safety check out these huge safety cards archives: Online safety card collection by Stefan Roesch Angelo&#8217;s safety card collection page<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=34&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Skies are Open&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-skies-are-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day under the new Open Skies agreement between Europe and the U.S., starting what is considered by many a &#8216;new era&#8217; in air travel. A Continental Boeing 777 was the first to land at Heathrow under the new arrangement, putting and end to roughly three decades of restrictive rules which allowed only four airlines (British [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=21&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A380 delivery to Singapore Airlines: a different perspective</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/a380-delivery-to-singapore-airlines-a-different-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 360º panoramic view of Singapore Airlines&#8217; first A380 delivery cerimony can be found on Gilles Vidal&#8217;s website. Check it out here. Delivery of Singapore&#8217;s first A380 at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. Image: Airbus.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=27&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KC-30 vs. KC-767</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/kc-30-vs-kc-767/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an interesting comparison chart between the Airbus A330-based KC-30 and the Boeing KC-767 tankers. The different capabilities of both models, predicted for several operational scenarios, are plotted against those of the (to be retired) KC-135. Two of the key aspects were size (the A330 derivative is bigger, thus capable of carrying a greater amount of payload, namely fuel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=18&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heathrow&#8217;s T5</title>
		<link>http://clearedtoland.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/heathrows-t5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filipe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Terminal 5 opened its doors to operations on the 27th, last Thursday. But what was supposed to be normal, was anything but. Let&#8217;s face it: one should expect some hickups during the first few days, especially when it comes to technical problems. Take Chek Lap Kok (the Hong Kong International Airport which in 1998 replaced Kai Tak) for example: the freight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clearedtoland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1417278&amp;post=17&amp;subd=clearedtoland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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