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Guest Gavin Werbeloff is a long time aviation enthusiast who tweets as travel_buddha. He’s active on the online aero community, initially through fleetbuzz and then flyertalk, and he’s written a few pieces for travelcrisis.com.

The week’s aviation news:

• Only Two Bids for KC-X — US Aerospace/Antonov is OUT
• Report: Skywest might be interested in Comair
• Regional airlines SkyWest, ExpressJet agree to join
• July traffic rose 3.4 pct at Southwest Airlines
• Airbus A350 gets Asian boost as Cathay endorses jet
• Zimbabwe officials spark ‘unnecessary panic’ over London to Harare plane ‘accident drill’
• School Launches Aging Aircraft Maintenance Site

Mentions:

• Aging Aircraft Education & Training
• The World Airport Data app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. (Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later)
• Addison Schonland’s IAGblog Podcasts
• FlightMemory

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Opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. You can find his great music at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.