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Deadly plane crash in Peruupdated: Thu Apr 10 2008 03:30:00

Five French tourists visiting Peru's Nazca Lines died after their small plane crashed into power lines.

Single-engine planes collide, killing at least fiveupdated: Mon Jan 21 2008 17:19:00

A midair collision between two single-engine planes over suburban Los Angeles left at least five people dead, including one killed by the falling wreckage, police and federal officials reported.

Business 2.0: Hailing the Air Taxiupdated: Sat Jul 01 2006 00:01:00

LIKE MORE THAN 260 MILLION OTHER AMERICANS, Bill Sims lives within 30 minutes of a municipal airport that's too small for major airlines to serve. So when the human resources consultant makes one o...

Cubans' spying convictions overturnedupdated: Tue Aug 09 2005 16:33:00

Citing the influence of Miami's large Cuban community, Atlanta's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the spying convictions Tuesday of five men found guilty of spying for the Cuban government.

Fortune: Cessna Tackles Lean Manufacturing Introducing modern methods at a new plant has been a struggle for the top maker of business jeupdated: Mon May 01 2000 00:01:00

Stand on the mezzanine of Cessna Aircraft's new factory in Independence, Kan., look down on the crowded assembly lines below, and you might conclude you're in a time warp. From up here, the single-...

Fortune: Experimental Airplanes: On A Wing And A Prayerupdated: Mon Nov 09 1998 00:01:00

All across America, thousands of flying machines are emerging from backroom workshops--the same nesting grounds where the Wright brothers once shaped their dreams with sailcloth and spruce. These e...

Fortune: CAN'T AFFORD A GULFSTREAM? THEN BUY A PIECE OF ONEupdated: Mon Oct 16 1995 00:01:00

Shareholders getting uppity about that high-priced company jet? Tell them you only own part of it. Fractional ownership, a cousin of the charter business, is to private jets what time shares are to...

Fortune: PIPER'S DOWNDRAFTupdated: Mon Jun 17 1991 00:01:00

Talk about the trials of Job! The Old Testament figure had it easy compared with M. Stuart Millar, 66, the ex-World War II fighter pilot and entrepreneur who heroically swooped in to save ailing Pi...

Fortune: THE CORPORATE JET MAKES A COMEBACKupdated: Mon Sep 25 1989 00:01:00

Sales of corporate jets are finally pulling out of their decade-long nose dive. Last year deliveries increased 29% over 1987, and the order books are filling up even faster. For the latest model of...

Fortune: LEGAL PROFITS IN THE DRUG WARupdated: Mon Aug 29 1988 00:01:00

Wars need supplies, and as the war on drugs heats up, several U.S. companies are cashing in. The U.S. Customs Service and the Coast Guard have spent almost $450 million on equipment to catch traffi...

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