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RNZAF plane hit by lightning

RNZAF A New Zealand Air Force Orion has been hit by lightning off the coast of Canada.

Wing Commander Nick Olney said the plane was taking part in a joint "exercise" and was carrying 16 people when lightening struck on Monday afternoon (NZ time).

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Anti Flight-Training Drive: Florida

FL The town council of Grant-Valkaria, a small town on Florida's Atlantic coast, voted late on Monday night to go ahead with an effort to restrict flight training activities at the Valkaria Airport.

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All Believed Lost On Air France 447

air FranceSearchers and investigators are now converging on the area where the Brazilian Air Force found a five-mile debris field where an Air France A330 carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew is thought to have gone down while on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris Sunday evening.

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Air NZ Biofuel Update

airnz Air New Zealand is coming out in strong support of alternative fuel, saying that more than 3,000 pounds of fuel can be saved on a 12-hour flight if that flight is flown on a jatropha-seed-oil biofuel blend instead of straight Jet A1.

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