Most were certainly off-topic and without links none of them were very interesting. I hope that is the end of them. .... Martin

In article , Scet wrote: Installed the program in the past and want to play around again but am having problems installing it. I used to play it quite a lot too. The team-element was very fascinating for me, but the game itself...

The aviators, participating in the Army Air Race-2005, today conveyed the common message that the students and youth can enrich their lives by taking up adventure activities. ... Read more...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, bolstering the hopes of F/A-22 supporters, told lawmakers Thursday that the Pentagon has not made a final decision on limiting production of the next-generation attack jet to 179 planes. ... Read more...

International space station controllers are changing some spacewalk procedures following the near contamination of the U.S. crew member last month when he came too close to station jet exhaust. The issue is related to a mysterious problem controllers are having steering the outpost with gyroscopes...

A loose flight control tube -- which allows the pilot to steer the plane -- could have been the cause of the crash of a home-built airplane last May that sent two men to the hospital. ... Read more...

The concentrated beams of light from lasers are used in all kinds of high-tech gadgets - medical equipment, astronomy gear, or even something as simple as pointers. ... Read more...

The White House Thursday objected to Russian plans to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. The proposed sale has sparked concern in Washington a week before President Bush is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Europe and raises more questions about the extent to which Bush...

A woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and being drunk on an aircraft, police said today. ... Read more...

With the first commercial space flights expected before the next presidential polls, the US government has drafted rules to oversee private space vehicles, operators and passengers, reports UPI. ... Read more...

Two Russian women set a record for blimp speeds during a contest in Moscow. Airship commander Natalia Volodicheva and second pilot Yekaterina Kochetkova set a world record for female blimp speeds on an VH-4 air ship in the category of 1600-3000 cubic meters, the Newsru.com site reported, citing a...

The Canadian Physiotherapy Association has issued some exercise tips for people who log a lot of hours on passenger jets. They often experience pain, especially on those long-haul flights in an economy seat. The tips include getting up and walking down the aisle to the back of the plane as much...

It didn't take long for the world to figure out the combat potential of airplanes. In 1911, only eight years after the Wright brothers got their creation off the ground, the U.S. military started dropping test bombs from above. A few years later, World War I troops were battling it out in the sky...

In 1924, before Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Erhardt etched their names into history with famous flights, a group of American pilots authored one of the most daring and defining feats in aviation history. Racing against five other nations and death itself, the "World Fliers" became the...

The 777-200LR will be capable of flying almost 11,000 miles non-stop, linking cities such as London and Sydney. Boeing, in contrast to European rival Airbus, hopes airlines will want to fly smaller aircraft over longer distances. * ... Read more...

The United States has been flying surveillance drones over Iran since last year to look for evidence of nuclear weapons programs and probe air defenses, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Citing three U.S. officials with knowledge of the effort, the Post said the small, pilotless planes use...

It's one thing to build a really, really big airplane. It's quite another to find a place for it to land. U.S. airports from Seattle to Atlanta say accommodating Airbus SAS's new superjumbo A380 in anything other than an emergency would require major construction. Runways would need widening, and...

There are pilots, even student pilots, so enamored with their new hobby or budding career that they rush out to buy a plane and get on the fast upgrade track. Easy to make a mistake that way.... Read more...

Greece has received several nonbinding bids for national air carrier Olympic Airlines, the government has announced. "Several airlines and other investors from both Greece and abroad have expressed an interest," Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said late Friday. ... Read more...

Aircraft engineering experts today unveiled a restored Second World War combat plane 60 years after it rolled off the production line. ... Read more...