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South Suburban news in briefMonday, September 8, 2008 @ 12:34AMLANSING Municipal airport to host light jet show this month

Spirit spurs aviation subcontractor growth with Columbus fuselage workSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:40PMWichita subcontractors are putting together quotes and bids, hoping to get spinoff work from Cessna Aircraft Co. and Spirit AeroSystems Inc., following the decision to design, manufacture and build the Citation Columbus in Wichita.

Revamp of KCI seems certainSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:08PMSave KCI! Too early to start that campaign? Aviation Department spokesman Joe McBride says so. The feds require updated airport master plans every 10 years, which means the current one-terminal-versus-three-terminal debate at Kansas City International will probably be revisited in 2018, so don’t get too hysterical.

Advertisement startsSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 5:22PMmarket that Bombardier’s commercial aerospace chief Gary Scott believes is being neglected by Boeing -- the Seattle-based titan from which he defected to Bombardier four years ago.

Gloucester man part of downed Coast Guard crew in HawaiiSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 5:21PMHONOLULU A Gloucester man was part of a four-person U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew that crashed during a training exercise in Hawaii. Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Nichols, 27, was the flight mechanic aboard the helicopter that crashed Thursday night, during a training flight five miles south of the Honolulu International Airport.