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Flight is accessible to anyone! You just have to have the ambition and sometimes accept and overcome your condition!

Flight is accessible to anyone! You just have to have the ambition and sometimes accept and overcome your condition!

[ 4 ] 25 decembrie 2012

Exclusive interview for the press in Romania with the aviation group WEFLY!, The world’s only aerobatic group consisting of pilots with disabilities!

Boeing delivers 3 more F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea

Boeing delivers 3 more F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea

[ 0 ] 16 octombrie 2012

Boeing delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base.

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BA rewards its loyal British customers with tickets to the Olympics

[ 0 ] 7 octombrie 2012

   The official airline partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games, British Airways, is giving away 24 tickets every 24 hours, every day between 17- 24 August. The give-away includes highly desirable tickets to some of the Women’s Athletic Finals, as well as other Final and Semi-Final tickets, and entry to some of the most [...]

F-35 fleet grounded after electrical subsystem failure

F-35 fleet grounded after electrical subsystem failure

[ 0 ] 7 octombrie 2012

During a standard ground maintenance engine run, aircraft AF-4′s Integrated Power Package (IPP) experienced a failure. Following standard operating procedures, the engine was immediately shut down and the jet was secured. No injuries to the pilot or ground crew occurred. The F-35‘s IPP is a turbo-machine that provides power to start the engine and generates [...]

Qatar Airways Named Airline Of The Year At Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011

Qatar Airways Named Airline Of The Year At Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011

[ 0 ] 5 septembrie 2012

Over 18 million air travellers from more than 100 different nationalities took part in the 10-month long survey. The awards are recognised around the world for being the only global independent passenger survey monitoring airline standards and as the ultimate benchmark for excellence in the airline industry.

FAA Chart New Course With iPads

FAA Chart New Course With iPads

[ 0 ] 3 septembrie 2012

As Alaska Airlines becomes the first airline to ditch traditional flight manuals in favor of the Apple iPad, the Federal Aviation Administration is revising its rules to account for the rising popularity of tablets, writes wired.com. The agency, like the airlines, is catching up with the times to establish guidelines for the use and certification [...]

A 'misassigned Minnesotan's' last shuttle mission

A ‘misassigned Minnesotan’s’ last shuttle mission

[ 0 ] 1 septembrie 2012

Paul Dye, 52, a Roseville, Minnesota native, (profiled here five years ago) will not have to worry about anyone breaking his record as the longest-serving space shuttle flight director in this country’s history. After the Atlantis completes its mission in a few weeks, there won’t be any more space shuttle flight directors to break it [...]

What is Helicopter Ground School?

What is Helicopter Ground School?

[ 0 ] 19 august 2012

Our friends from Fort Wayne Helicopters explain us about the helicopter ground school. Helicopter Ground School simply put is how you gain the knowledge you will need to become a helicopter Pilot! It can be one on one with your instructor. There are also ground school courses available where you can be in a classroom [...]

America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot

America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot

[ 0 ] 15 august 2012

Aaron is one of a kind. Literally. He is the only pilot in the United States licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly aerobatics in a helicopter. He’s been flying helicopters for 37 years, and doing crazy things in them for five, write the guys from wired.com “First I had to convince myself I [...]

Boeing receives delaware county port surveillance contract

Boeing receives delaware county port surveillance contract

[ 0 ] 5 august 2012

The Boeing Company and the Delaware County Council  announced that Delaware County has awarded the company a multiyear contract to provide an integrated surveillance system for the Delaware River’s north segment. Work on the $4.4 million contract will begin immediately. “We are pleased to partner with The Boeing Company to significantly increase the ability of [...]

Garmin Brings Voice and Text to the Cockpit

Garmin Brings Voice and Text to the Cockpit

[ 0 ] 2 august 2012

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – Garmin is taking the satellite connection used to feed the increasingly ubiquitous GPS units found in small airplanes and opening it up for both voice and text communication. The company says pilots will now be able to make satellite calls as well as send and receive SMS text messages from anywhere in [...]

German Electric Airplane Completes First Flight

German Electric Airplane Completes First Flight

[ 1 ] 30 iulie 2012

During the first flight, performed by former Scaled Composites test pilot and engineer Jon Karkow, the Elektra One climbed to more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) and used roughly half of the 6 kilowatt hours available in the batteries.

Keeping the  sky safer for airliners at modest cost. Flight Design CT pressed into airborne ash measurement duty

Keeping the sky safer for airliners at modest cost. Flight Design CT pressed into airborne ash measurement duty

[ 1 ] 29 iulie 2012

European travel was again interrupted by the eruption of the Grimsvötn volcano in Iceland. Airborne ash from these volcanoes represents a major expense for airlines and airports plus inconvenience for passengers. The Eyjafjallajökull eruption, in April 2010, caused the largest closure of European airspace since World War II, with losses estimated at between 1.5 and [...]

Self-Healing ‘Magic Skin,’ A Condom for Aircraft

Self-Healing ‘Magic Skin,’ A Condom for Aircraft

[ 1 ] 26 iulie 2012

NASA has awarded Cessna Aircraft Co. with a $1.9 million development contract for its self-healing “magic skin” condom for future aircraft.

New Helicopter training online check-ride preparation

New Helicopter training online check-ride preparation

[ 0 ] 16 iulie 2012

Our favourites helicopter pilots, Fort Wayne Helicopters had an awsome ideea: online check-ride preparation. Listen here their explications:  

Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

[ 0 ] 13 iulie 2012

High-altitude long endurance unmanned airborne system marks major milestone in preparation for 1st flight. The Boeing Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned airborne system completed 12 days of ground vibration and structural mode interaction tests this month at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Phantom Eye is being [...]

All you need to know about beacons of an airport

All you need to know about beacons of an airport

[ 0 ] 12 iulie 2012

Heliport Beacon, Hospital Heliport Beacon, Airport Beacon

Cessna commemorated founder’s first flight

Cessna commemorated founder’s first flight

[ 0 ] 11 iulie 2012

After several attempts at flight and 12 crash landings, the founder of Cessna Aircraft Company, Clyde Cessna, completed his first successful flight in June 1911, one hundred years ago, according to company archives. The 31-year-old Cessna had added an engine and propeller to a copy of the Blériot XI fuselage and was teaching himself to [...]

Boeing Awarded Contract to Upgrade E-4B Cockpits

Boeing Awarded Contract to Upgrade E-4B Cockpits

[ 0 ] 4 iulie 2012

The Boeing Company announced it has been awarded phase one of the Communications Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) E-4B upgrade contract by the U.S. Air Force. The CNS/ATM upgrade, a Federal Aviation Administration requirement, will allow the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center to operate more efficiently at airports and in crowded airspace. The four E-4B [...]

Second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental begins flight test

Second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental begins flight test

[ 0 ] 1 iulie 2012

The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight yesterday (26 april). The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental.

Boeing Reports Continued Environmental Improvements

Boeing Reports Continued Environmental Improvements

[ 0 ] 23 iunie 2012

While increasing airplane production, The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) generated year-over-year improvements in environmental performance, the company reported today in its annual Environment Report. At manufacturing and office locations in 2010, Boeing consumed less energy, reduced carbon dioxide emissions and water intake, and generated less hazardous waste compared to the previous year. “Boeing has taken [...]

New livery from Airbus

New livery from Airbus

[ 0 ] 15 iunie 2012

Airbus has revealed a new livery and brand for their line of corporate jets. The new livery reflects the look that many customers choose for their own private jets. Along with the new livery, Airbus Corporate Jets will have new nomenclature, writes AirlineReporter.com.

China Has the Opportunity to Lead a Transformational Air-Traffic Management System

China Has the Opportunity to Lead a Transformational Air-Traffic Management System

[ 0 ] 11 iunie 2012

The China aviation market is well situated to lead a transformation in air-traffic management, according to a Boeing (NYSE: BA) expert speaking today at the 2011 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing. “China is not burdened by the fragmentation of the European Union or by the dated infrastructure of the U.S.,” said Neil Planzer, [...]

Tanis Aircraft Products Opens Administrative Offices in Twin Cities Metro Area

Tanis Aircraft Products Opens Administrative Offices in Twin Cities Metro Area

[ 0 ] 8 iunie 2012

The new Tanis offices will be located at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie.

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