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The first Mobile-made Airbus A321 is shown taking off on from Downtown Mobile Airport on its first flight in March 2016. A fresh round of Airport Improvement Program funding from the FAA means millions of dollars in grants for Alabama facilities, including $7 million for the Downtown Mobile Airport.
While Airbus and Boeing will again hog the spotlight at the Paris Air Show with their battle for ever-larger slices of the lucrative pie in the sky, a lot of the really interesting stuff will be going on elsewhere at the upcoming biennial aviation and defense industry gathering. Lockheed Martin's F-35 jet will crane necks with high-speed aerial displays, drones will again be a hot topic and a would-be flying car will aim to show that it is closer to getting off the ground as a consumer ride.
The airliner landed safely in Honolulu after the threat of terrorism prompted authorities to scramble two Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor fighter jets to escort it. Passengers subdue man trying to enter American Airlines cockpit as fighter jets scramble The airliner landed safely in Honolulu after the threat of terrorism prompted authorities to scramble two Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor fighter jets to escort it.
President Donald Trump has expressed disappointment as he faced a severe political defeat after Republicans abandoned their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare policy with a new healthcare bill , due to lack of votes in the US House of Representatives. Trump was offering his support for House Speaker Paul Ryan at a White House event announcing the presidential permit about the Keystone XL pipeline.