Airplanes

Cheap Seats on Charters

The Tennessean: If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to fly on those fancy private aircraft that rich people use for getaways such as skiing or beach weekends, a new Web-based company in Smyrna, Tennessee aims to put you in the jet set — at prices that rival those of regular airline seats. SocialFlights.com allows

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Startup Offers Learning Experience For Young Entrepreneur

According to The Bellingham Herald, Chase Larabee found himself bit by the entrepreneurial bug at a young age. As many entrepreneurs already know, that urge is hard to ignore. Larabee, 21, started ALLFBO.com in June, an online program to help airport fixed-based operators handle refueling, hotel and transportation reservations and other requests from private pilots.

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Inventor’s Vision Takes Wing

ArgusLeader.com: Bouncing cartoon-fat arctic tires across a clover-covered grass runway near Brandon, pilot Wes Hebert gunned the Piper Super Cub 18’s 160-horsepower engine, pulled back on the stick and lifted effortlessly into the air at a harsh, 50-degree angle of attack. “That was about 100 feet, I’d guess,” Mark Erickson, owner of Dakota Cub Aircraft,

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