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AIN Blog: Trolling For Dollars: The Games Patent-holders Play 23 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
A year ago, Laminar Research, the maker of the popular X-Plane flight simulator software, was sued by a company called Uniloc, which accused Laminar Research of infringing a Uniloc patent titled “Syst...
AIN Blog: Offbeat Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous 1 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
A little over a decade ago, my wife and I had at least some small chance of becoming rich beyond belief. We were among the first investors in a technology startup that had the potential to be as revol...
AIN Blog: Airshows, Serendipity and Food Trucks 12 Jul 2013 | 05:34 am
I was reminded of the wonderfulness of the Paris Air Show on my last day at Le Bourget Airport on June 20. My job at most shows that we cover is tied up with producing AIN’s daily issues, and for two ...
AIN Blog: Torqued: Listen Now To Stop Whistleblowers Tomorrow 11 Jul 2013 | 12:31 am
Whistleblowers have been in the news a lot lately: Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who some call a whistleblower; Avantair’s whistleblower-initiated shutdown; and the latest TWA 800 conspiracy theorist...
AIN Blog: Golden Fleecing U.S. Taxpayers 5 Jul 2013 | 09:34 pm
For a time in the 1970s and 1980s, Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire gave out his Golden Fleece Awards. But they had nothing to do with Jason and Argonauts. The late senator bestowed his mock trophies ...
AIN Blog: How To Fix Pilot Training 3 Jul 2013 | 04:36 am
Rod Machado, a prolific aviation author and educator, is a voice of reason when it comes to how we can improve aviation safety, and his recent comments in response to an FAA notice on new training sta...
AIN Blog: TWA 800: Bogus Revival of Conspiracy Theory Marks 17th Anniversary 27 Jun 2013 | 10:19 pm
I remember well that night 17 years ago when TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed off the coast of Long Island, killing all aboard. I was settling down with some friends at my brother’s Manhattan apart...
AIN Blog: On Buying Jets...and Kitchen Faucets 26 Jun 2013 | 12:34 am
I’ve always been one to deliberate carefully before spending money, but I might not have labeled myself an obsessive shopper until the day, several years ago, when I went looking for a new kitchen fau...
AIN Blog: Lost and Found? 19 Jun 2013 | 11:56 pm
The search for the world’s most famous missing pilot has gotten strange. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (Tighar) has launched several expeditions in recent decades in the South...
AIN Blog: Torqued: FAA Must Get Its Act Together on ADs 5 Jun 2013 | 11:46 pm
How accurate should airworthiness directives be? Before you answer that question, let me give you an example of an actual AD applicable to the Airbus A318/319/320/321 and then you can decide whether t...
