Joining the jet set: My first time flying on Arrow’s new private jet service

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My first mistake in testing out Arrow — the new private jet club which unveiled plans today to run daily flights between Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area — was a simple one. I got to the King County International Airport too early. Way too early. The flight was to depart at 8 a.m.,… Read More…

Meet Arrow: New private jet club looks to launch service between Seattle and Bay Area

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No lines. No security. No airport parking fees. And, yes, you can even bring your vanilla latte on board. Here comes Arrow, a new private jet club that’s looking to connect busy professionals in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. Let’s just call it … the nerd bird. Founded by aviation geek Russell Belden… Read More…

Imperium, Boeing consortium wins DOE grant to develop renewable jet fuel

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A consortium led by LanzaTech, and consisting of Imperium Renewables, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and The Boeing Co., will receive up to $4 million to study new methods of converting biomass-based ethanol into jet fuel. In a statement, Imperium CEO John Plaza said the grant will help make commercial airlines and the Department of Defense… Read More…

Fighter jet maker Dassault using Microsoft Surface 2.0

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The new version of the Microsoft Surface tabletop computer made an unexpected appearance at the recent Paris Air Show, as Dassault Aviation showed a trio of Surface applications that work in conjunction with its Rafale military aircraft. It’s an early glimpse of a new wave of applications on tap for the Surface 2.0. Microsoft this week… Read More…

Boeing, Alaska Air, WSU and others set ‘flight plan’ for renewable aviation fuels in the NW

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A group of more than 40 regional companies, government entities and educational institutions have come together to explore the possibilities of creating an aviation biofuels industry in the Pacific Northwest. The group, operating under the acronym SAFN or Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest, released a report today which offers “flight paths” to tap into the Northwest’s vast… Read More…