/* * ------- * :ATTRIBUTION NOTICE BEGINS * * The following JSMsg functions are: * * (C) Copyright 2002 - 2006, Creativyst, Inc. * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED * * For more information go to: * http://www.Creativyst.com/Doc/Std/JSMsg/JSMsg.htm * or email: * Support@Creativyst.com * * Licensed under the Open Software License version 1.1 * * END ATTRIBUTION NOTICE: * ------- * * The following version token is * required by aggregators * ------- * JSMsgVersion:1.0a * ------- * * Made by: JSMFeed.pl v1.0f */ /* JSCpragma:StartCompress */ /* These functions are free software; you can redistribute * them and/or modify them under the terms of the Open * Software License (OSL) version 1.1 as published by * the Open Source Initiative; * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the Open Software License * version 1.1 for more details. * * For the complete details of the Open Software License * please visit the Open Source Initiative website. * * * These functions are part of a shared convention. * called JSMsg. Please see the JSMsg document * for more details. * * www.creativyst.com/Doc/Std/JSMsg/JSMsg.htm * * ------------------------------------------- * Parts of this code were automatically * generated and may contain copyrighted * content from other sources as well. * Such content may not be used without * first obtaining explicit permissions * from their sources. * * */ function pn_JSMsg() { this.Title = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.Desc = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.Author = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.Link = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.Cat = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.DateN = Array([this.ShortListSize]); this.MetaKeys = Array([5]); this.MetaVals = Array([5]); this.ShortListSize = 20; this.BeenLoaded = 0; this.dispNumb; this.Msg = function(msgPart, msgOffset) { document.write( this.Get(msgPart, msgOffset) ); } this.MsgDay = function(msgPart) { document.write( this.GetDay(msgPart) ); } this.MsgN = function(msgPart, msgNumber) { document.write( this.GetN(msgPart, msgNumber) ); } this.Get = function(msgPart, msgOffset) { if(!msgOffset) { msgOffset = 0; } if(!this.BeenLoaded) { this.BeenLoaded = 1; dispNumb = this.getRandInt(this.ShortListSize); } return( this.GetN(msgPart, (dispNumb + msgOffset)) ); } this.GetDay = function(msgPart) { var d = new Date(); var x = d.getDate(); return( this.GetN(msgPart, x) ); } this.GetN = function(msgPart, msgNumber) { return( this.GetNCore(msgPart, msgNumber) ); } this.GetNCore = function(msgPart, msgNumber) { var myTmp; if(!msgPart) { msgPart = "Body"; } if(!msgNumber) { msgNumber = 0; } if(msgNumber >= this.ShortListSize) { msgNumber = msgNumber % this.ShortListSize; } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Type") ) { return(this.Type[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Title") ) { return(this.Title[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart, "Desc Description Content") ) { return(this.Desc[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Body") ) { return(this.Body[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart, "Attrib Attribute Source") ) { return(this.Attrib[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart, "Author") ) { if(!this.Author[msgNumber]) { return(this.Attrib[msgNumber]); } return(this.Author[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"DayN Day2N Day") ) { myTmp = this.DateN[msgNumber]; if(myTmp.length) { myTmp = myTmp.substr(6,2); if( this.ok(msgPart,"Day2N") ) { return(myTmp); } if(myTmp.charAt(0) == "0") { return(myTmp.substr(1,1)) } return(myTmp); } } if( this.ok(msgPart, "MonthN Month2N") ) { myTmp = this.DateN[msgNumber]; if(myTmp.length) { myTmp = myTmp.substr(4,2) if( this.ok(msgPart,"Month2N") ) { return(myTmp); } if(myTmp.charAt(0) == "0") { return(myTmp.substr(1,1)) } return(myTmp); } } if( this.ok(msgPart, "Year2N Year4N YearN Year") ) { if(this.DateN[msgNumber].length) { if( this.ok(msgPart,"Year2N") ) { return(this.DateN[msgNumber].substr(2,2)); } return(this.DateN[msgNumber].substr(0,4)); } } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Time") ) { myTmp = this.DateN[msgNumber]; return(myTmp.substr(8,6)); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Hour2N") ) { myTmp = this.DateN[msgNumber]; return(myTmp.substr(8,2)); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Minute2N") ) { myTmp = this.DateN[msgNumber]; return(myTmp.substr(10,2)); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Link") ) { return(this.Link[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"LinkTitle") ) { if(this.MetaMsg(msgPart,"Link") && this.MetaMsg(msgPart,"Title") ) { if( !this.Link[msgNumber] ) { return(this.Title[msgNumber]); } if( !this.Title[msgNumber] ) { this.Title[msgNumber] = this.Link[msgNumber]; } myTmp = '\n'; myTmp = myTmp + this.Title[msgNumber] + '\n'; return(myTmp); } if( this.MetaMsg(msgPart,"Title") ) { return(this.Title[msgNumber]); } if( this.MetaMsg(msgPart,"Link") ) { if( this.Link[msgNumber] ) { myTmp = "\n"; myTmp = myTmp + this.Link[msgNumber] + "\n"; return(myTmp); } } return(""); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Cat Category Subject") ) { return(this.Cat[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Thumb") ) { return(this.Thumb[msgNumber]); } if( this.ok(msgPart,"Alt") ) { return(this.Alt[msgNumber]); } return(""); } this.getRandInt = function(RandSz) { var t, t2, t3; t = 0; while(t < .000001) { t = Math.random(); t = Math.abs(t); } t2 = t * 1000000; t2 = Math.round(t2); t3 = t2 % RandSz; return(t3); } this.ok = function(a, b) { var t, t2; if(!this.is(a,b)) { return(0); } return(this.MetaMsg(a)); } this.is = function(a, b) { var t, t2; t = a + " "; t2 = b + " "; t2 = t2.toUpperCase(); t = t.toUpperCase(); if(t2.indexOf(t) == -1) { return(0); } return(1); } this.MetaMsg = function(msgCmd) { var i,l; if( this.is(msgCmd, "Title LinkTitle Desc Description Author Link LinkTitle Cat Category SubjectDayN Day2N MonthN Month2N Year2N Year4N YearN Year Time Hour2N Minute2N ") ) { return(1); } else if( this.is(msgCmd, "MetaCount") ) { return(20); } else { if(this.MetaKeys) { l = this.MetaKeys.length; for(i = 0;i < l;i++) { if(this.MetaKeys[i] == msgCmd) { return(this.MetaVals[i]); } } } return(0); } } } pn = new pn_JSMsg(); /* how slow is the with statement */ with( pn ) { /* Meta values */ MetaKeys[0] = "MetaTitle"; MetaVals[0] = "Planenews Aviation News"; MetaKeys[1] = "MetaLink"; MetaVals[1] = "http://planenews.com"; MetaKeys[2] = "MetaLinkTitle"; MetaVals[2] = "Planenews Aviation News"; MetaKeys[3] = "MetaUpdateDate"; MetaVals[3] = "20100528144040"; MetaKeys[4] = "MetaDesc"; MetaVals[4] = "Your Aviation News and Services"; /* content vaues: */ Title[0] = "Garmin Unit Approved for Helicopters."; Desc[0] = "The FAA has granted a supplemental type certificate for Garmin’s G500H, an all-glass avionics system designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market. 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"; Author[0] = "gil"; Link[0] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/Ku8IjPYkQlw/13890"; Cat[0] = "Business"; DateN[0] = "20100528144040"; Title[1] = "Cessna Corvalis TT."; Desc[1] = "Someone at Cessna was fed up. Sure they’ll tell you it was economics, there was a market, and the customers requested it. But there’s no doubt if some Cessna executive is being honest, the jokes hurt. Slowtation. Nearjet. Gutless. There are more.\n\n


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"; Author[1] = "gil"; Link[1] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/FfhSrCDwH2Q/13888"; Cat[1] = "Business"; DateN[1] = "20100528143724"; Title[2] = "Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract For Kuwait Air Force KC-130J Tankers."; Desc[2] = "MARIETTA, Ga.: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: (LMT)] has received a $245 million contract from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of three KC 130J tanker aircraft to Kuwait. The program will be managed by the U.S. Navy.\n\n


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"; Author[2] = "gil"; Link[2] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/6qw--TCJ0xQ/13886"; Cat[2] = "Business"; DateN[2] = "20100528143212"; Title[3] = "Balloons Daredevil Completes Channel Crossing."; Desc[3] = "A daring adventurer has crossed the English Channel after setting off from Kent strapped in a chair beneath several dozen helium-filled balloons. Jonathan Trappe set off from a field early on Friday morning hoping to become the first cluster balloonist to cross the stretch of water.\n\n


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"; Author[3] = "gil"; Link[3] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/m7MJXAs0BSc/13884"; Cat[3] = "Balloons"; DateN[3] = "20100528142909"; Title[4] = "Boeing’s Salvo Makes Less Sense Than Usual."; Desc[4] = "Either Boeing is getting desperate or we missed the European Union’s declaration of war on the United States. Those are the only two possible conclusions we can draw from Boeing Corp.’s latest pitiful attempt to manipulate the Air Force tanker contest. Boeing is now claiming that EADS would put U.S. national security at risk if the Airbus parent’s North American affiliate wins the refueling tanker contract worth potentially $40 billion.\n\n


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"; Author[4] = "gil"; Link[4] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/ED6aU7Davno/13882"; Cat[4] = "Business"; DateN[4] = "20100528142509"; Title[5] = "SAA Orders Five Airbus After Row Over Ending Contract."; Desc[5] = "Johannesburg: IN A surprise move, South African Airways (SAA) has ordered an additional five Airbus A320 aircraft, taking its order to 20, the French aircraft manufacturer said yesterday. The increase in the order comes after a year of tough negotiations in which Airbus was forced to sharpen its pencil and is believed to ultimately have resulted in a favourable deal for SAA.\n\n


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"; Author[5] = "gil"; Link[5] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/jMpdFhKNTLg/13880"; Cat[5] = "Africa"; DateN[5] = "20100528142138"; Title[6] = "NASA’s Airborne Infrared Observatory Sees The “First Light”."; Desc[6] = "MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint program by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, achieved a major milestone May 26, with its first in-flight night observations.\n\n


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"; Author[6] = "gil"; Link[6] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/mXGiYnc-QUI/13876"; Cat[6] = "NASA"; DateN[6] = "20100528141807"; Title[7] = "Boeing Receives 1st F-16 for Conversion into QF-16 Aerial Drone."; Desc[7] = "JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: The first retired F-16 Falcon arrived at Boeing\'s [NYSE: BA] Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville on April 22 to begin conversion into a QF-16 aerial drone. Boeing received a $69.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on March 8 for the first phase of the QF-16 program.\n\n


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"; Author[7] = "gil"; Link[7] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/UC-knnXZQj8/13873"; Cat[7] = "Business"; DateN[7] = "20100528133021"; Title[8] = "FAA Announces Performance Standards for Critical NextGen Avionics."; Desc[8] = "WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today the performance requirements for aircraft tracking equipment that will be required under the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen. The avionics will allow aircraft to be controlled and monitored with greater precision and accuracy by a satellite-based system called Automatic Dependent Surveillance, Broadcast (ADS-B).\n\n


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"; Author[8] = "gil"; Link[8] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/SjxLRh6DVqA/13871"; Cat[8] = "FAA"; DateN[8] = "20100528132330"; Title[9] = "Boeing and Chinese Energy Officials Announce Sustainable Biofuel Initiatives."; Desc[9] = "BEIJING (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: (BA)) and PetroChina, together with representatives of the Chinese energy sector and the global aviation industry, today announced the signing of an agreement to evaluate establishing a sustainable aviation biofuels industry in China. The strategic assessment is the first such effort in China and will take a comprehensive look at the environmental and socio-economic benefits of developing sustainable alternatives to fossil-based jet fuels.\n\n


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"; Author[9] = "gil"; Link[9] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/WrLOtry2k3o/13869"; Cat[9] = "Airlines"; DateN[9] = "20100528132036"; Title[10] = "Airport Body Scanners Raise Radiation Concerns."; Desc[10] = "A group of doctors and professors from UC San Francisco are raising new concerns about the safety of a type of airport full-body scanner built by Torrance, Calif.-based Rapiscan Inc.\n\n


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"; Author[10] = "gil"; Link[10] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/nNSoP7YAQ2o/13867"; Cat[10] = "Airports"; DateN[10] = "20100527152926"; Title[11] = "Boeing X-51A WaveRider Breaks Record in 1st Flight."; Desc[11] = "Boeing Phantom Works, a division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, performed the overall air vehicle design, assembly and testing for the X-51A\'s various components. The X-51A program is a collaborative effort of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with industry partners Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.\n\n


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"; Author[11] = "gil"; Link[11] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/iYf-X8zw7eg/13863"; Cat[11] = "Engineering"; DateN[11] = "20100526222744"; Title[12] = "The Sports Hub – New Video Channel for Air Sports."; Desc[12] = "At its recent Annual Convention in Dubai, SportAccord launched The Sports Hub, a new multi-sports video platform hosted by YouTube. Aiming at bringing new audiences to the world of Air Sports, we are proud to announce that FAI was one of the launching International Federations of The Sports Hub.\n\n


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"; Author[12] = "gil"; Link[12] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/-1-NcmC-CZ4/13861"; Cat[12] = "FAI"; DateN[12] = "20100526183106"; Title[13] = "AOPA Foundation, Air Safety Foundation to Merge."; Desc[13] = "AOPA President Craig Fuller announced May 24 the intention to merge the association’s two 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, the AOPA Foundation and the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, into a single entity known as the AOPA Foundation. Bruce Landsberg, currently president of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, will lead the combined organization as president of the AOPA Foundation.\n\n


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"; Author[13] = "gil"; Link[13] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/iF0vHEwAdUQ/13859"; Cat[13] = "AOPA"; DateN[13] = "20100526162641"; Title[14] = "Airshow Renaissance."; Desc[14] = "In the midst of the deep recession that caused so much pain in the aviation industry in 2009, airshows provided a rare and surprising bright spot. Attendance at U.S. airshows leapt 15 to 18 percent to more than 26 million spectators, roughly twice the draw of NFL football, as people around the country sought out inexpensive, local family entertainment.\n\n


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"; Author[14] = "gil"; Link[14] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/NS1YMulj2Ps/13857"; Cat[14] = "Air Shows"; DateN[14] = "20100526160620"; Title[15] = "Shipping Traffic Delays X-51A Launch."; Desc[15] = "EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS): The scheduled May 25 launch of the X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test vehicle has been postponed 24 hours. The delay was due to the presence of a freighter transiting in a section of the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center Sea Range several hundred miles off the California coast.\n\n


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"; Author[15] = "gil"; Link[15] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/xeof0uk3URg/13853"; Cat[15] = "Engineering"; DateN[15] = "20100526160328"; Title[16] = "China to Launch First Aviation Biofuel Flight This Year."; Desc[16] = "BEIJING (Reuters): China will launch its first flight using aviation biofuel this year after signing an agreement with U.S. aviation giant Boeing (BA) in Beijing on Wednesday.\n\n


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"; Author[16] = "gil"; Link[16] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/39ikFYrh6xU/13850"; Cat[16] = "Airlines"; DateN[16] = "20100526155714"; Title[17] = "Plane Crash Kills 158, Raises Questions About Runway Safety in India and Beyond."; Desc[17] = "On Saturday, an Air India plane overshot the runway at the airport in Mangalore, a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, and crashed into a ravine. The plane exploded into flames and 158 people were killed. Eight survived, although one of the survivors, a toddler, died en route to the hospital.\n\n


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"; Author[17] = "gil"; Link[17] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/mcOxAq3ABP8/13848"; Cat[17] = "Accidents"; DateN[17] = "20100526155349"; Title[18] = "Build Your Own Dreamliner: Inside Boeing’s Design Studio."; Desc[18] = "In December 2009, the long-delayed and much talked-about Boeing 787 Dreamliner set off for its maiden flight from Paine Field, next to the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. More than 3,000 hours of scheduled flight testing is now underway, with Air Nippon Airways scheduled to be the first airline selling seats on 787 flights, perhaps by the end of this year.\n\n


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"; Author[18] = "gil"; Link[18] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/9EovPdH2DA8/13846"; Cat[18] = "Airlines"; DateN[18] = "20100526154559"; Title[19] = "Design Your Own Airplane, Get it on Display."; Desc[19] = "Who hasn\'t doodled a few aircraft designs before? I know I have and I also know they kinda bite! But who cares? The passion for aviation doesn\'t care if the plane can fly or not (Boeing and Airbus probably care a bit more). Inspired by Harry Windsor\'s drawing of a new Boeing airplane for Alaska Airlines, the Future of Flight is holding The Harry Winsor Design Your Own Aircraft Show. You can be a professional or using crayons to enter. And the best part? EVERYONE WINS!\n\n


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"; Author[19] = "gil"; Link[19] = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/planenews/~3/baPBVjX_DR4/13844"; Cat[19] = "Aviation News"; DateN[19] = "20100526153902"; } // end with block