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Art contest celebrates state's first airplane with $1,000 grand prizeThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:13PMThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the first airplane designed, built and flown in Delaware. The historic event will be celebrated with an art competition sponsored by the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame (DAHF). Cash prizes will be awarded for original concepts of the Delaplane in two categories: two-dimensional painting and drawing, and three-dimensional models and sculpture in any medium ...

Bombardier to open support office in MumbaiThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:41PMBombardier Aerospace is opening a regional support office in Mumbai from April to cater to the needs of its business aircraft costumers in the country. This will be the company’s fifth new support office for the business jet customers in the past three years worldwide. The other four are in Tokyo, Sydney, Shanghai and Munich.

Boeing 747-8 Freighter achieves flight test milestoneThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:24AMBoeing engineers say the 747-8 Freighter - the biggest plane the company has ever built - has reached its initial airworthiness status.

FAA’s Zodiac Aircraft Report Sets Future DirectionThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:23AMSeveral factors, including a wing structure that does not meet ASTM standards for light-sport aircraft, are indicated as causes for Zodiac CH601XL and CH650 aircraft in-flight accidents, according to a recently released Federal Aviation Administration report.

Elinor Burkett Pulls A Kanye West At The OscarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:02PMPrudence" collaborator Roger Ross Williams' acceptance speech for the Best Documentary Short award. Williams, the film's director, began his speech by relating his complete and utter surprise at winning the award. "Oh my God, this is amazing," he started.

Elinor Burkett Pulls A Kanye West At The OscarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:57PM'Music by Prudence' producer storms the stage, interrupting her collaborator's acceptance speech.

For South Florida companies, business of rebuilding Haiti beginsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:20PMWearing dark glasses and a baseball hat, Adam Finnieston hovered outside a field hospital in the Haitian capital with a prosthetic leg tucked beneath his arm. As groups of doctors rushed by, he handed out business cards and chatted with visitors about how the technology developed by his Miami company could help Haiti's amputees.

Piedmont denies 'deal' to uncover whistle-blowersSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:02AMALBANY -- Piedmont Airlines has offered its pilots a "free pass" on required, annual safety training that tests their flying skills in return for providing names of fellow pilots who anonymously raised concerns to The Buffalo News in January about an airline safety device, its pilot union has charged.

Best of what's free in the Bay AreaSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:29AMAutodesk doesn't have a visibility problem. As one of the world's biggest design software companies, the Bay Area business has influenced everything from the special effects in "Avatar" to the design of the new Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. But...