Keep that top up or you may be looking for a new hairpiece. :)

This.... Now if there had been a unexplained ship sinking soon afterward....

This is correct. He gave away the company sedan, I believe it was either a Ford Crown Vic or Chevy Malibu. All the Porsche's in ATL are for HVC's.

I completely agree. I was just adding info about missiles, didn't mean to sound like I believe the conspiracy bs.

Wonder if ALPA will release a statement on this after the show airs. Getting some back channel pings from retired ALPA safety hierarchy who are e-mailing buddies and saying "what? that never happened..."

Recall the FBI was involved. This was being dealt with as a criminal investigation which would have skewed the investigation towards the search for an IED, or similar source.

Notwithstanding Buzz's first person accounts ... the actual investigators and admin for those parties think the NTSB got it right.

Harpoon is an anti-shipping missile. Pretty sure it can't hit an airplane.

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Airbus wins A350 order from Air France-KLM

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FZ...b5cec5193.jpeg| Reuters – 5 hrs ago

• PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus (Paris: NL0000235190 - news) sealed a long-awaited order for 25 A350-900 aircraft from Air France-KLM (Other OTC: AFLYY - news) worth $7.2 billion (4.6 billion pounds) at list prices after Rolls-Royce and the airline reached a deal over engine maintenance.

The airline also took a further 25 options on the planes, the companies said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday.
Industry sources had told Reuters on Tuesday the carrier was about to announce the deal after talks narrowly avoided collapse.
Air France-KLM has been at loggerheads with suppliers over issues mainly including maintenance of the plane's Rolls-Royce engines ever since the deal was first mooted in 2011. Air France (Paris: FR0000031122 - news) and Rolls had clashed over conflicting ideas for engine supply deals.
The airline said on Wednesday, however, that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls-Royce to equip the A350s with Trent XWB engines, including their maintenance by Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
Rolls said the deal to power the 25 A350s was worth $1.1 billion at list prices.
Air France traditionally orders engines from Rolls' U.S. rival General Electric (Other OTC: GEAPP - news) , but the A350 is powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.
Air France-KLM is seeking to lower costs by cutting jobs and restructuring its network as it aims to return to profit and cut debt by 2 billion euros by the end of next year. It faces soaring fuel costs, a worsening cargo business and tough competition from Gulf and low-cost carriers.
"This shows that despite some difficulties Air France-KLM is facing, we are in sufficiently good shape to be able to plan the renewal of our long-haul fleet," said Alexandre de Juniac, who is due to become Air France-KLM chief executive from July 1.
Air France-KLM currently operates a fleet of just over 190 Airbus aircraft.

RIP
 

Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

RIP Slim...

Ha. That's funny.