Reading Time: 2 minutes The debate surrounding the Colgan accident in Buffalo strikes at the core of how aviation safety has developed since the dawn of aviation. It also explains why so many are uncomfortable with the regulations that resulted and why it is so important to get beyond the political deadlock caused by Senator Chuck Schumer. The normal […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Michelin announced today that beginning in July 2016, it will be the sole source tire supplier for the main landing gear on the final assembly line for the Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range), the 777-200LR (Long Range) and the 777 Cargo. As a result, this long-haul aircraft, which can transport 400 passengers on flights covering distances […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ethiopian Airlines has launched its refurbished aviation academy, rebuilt at a cost of $100 million. The rebuilt academy, the airline said earlier this week, will increase its annual intake capacity to 4,000 students. The newly refurbished academy has education centres, with five categories of studies for the pilot training school, aviation maintenance training school, commercial […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first A321neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines completed its maiden flight on February 9th from Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft, registration D-AVXB, was flown by Experimental Test Pilots Martin Scheuermann and Bernardo Saez Benito Hernandez. Accompanying them in the cockpit was Test-Flight Engineer Gérard Leskerpit and monitoring the flight’s progress were Flight-Test Engineers Sandra […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The romance of flying is such that it is very easy to miss those on the ground — and often in the background — who make travelling a pleasure. How does an aircraft get ready for take off? Who placed the in-flight magazines where they are easily accessible? Who packs the meals and how come […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Минтранс России совместно с экспертами разработает правила для беспилотников. На эту работу отвели девять месяцев, сообщает Агентство “Москва”. “Должны быть разработаны правила, в том числе и по вопросу предоставления людьми, управляющими беспилотниками информации о маршрутах. Сейчас мы ведем активную работу”, – заявил заместитель министра транспорта России Валерий Окулов. Порядок учета дронов-квадрокоптеров и других беспилотников массой […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute So you want to go snowboarding, and you have snow and a board but — critically — you don’t have an incline. Droneboarding is the newly developed practice of using a drone to drag around someone on a snowboard. Video filmed in late January shows a standard-sized human (adult) being dragged around on a snowboard by […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Четвертый аэропорт московского авиационного узла Раменское откроется 15 марта, рассказал журналистам гендиректор «Рампорт-Аэро» (УК аэропорта) Томас Вайшвила. «Аэропорт с марта будет работать круглосуточно. Через 5–6 дней ждем распоряжение правительства по разрешению международным пилотам спускаться на нашу полосу. И второе решение правительства — постановление по открытию международного гражданского и грузопассажирского аэропорта», — сказал он. По его […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Европейский авиастроительный концерн Airbus в течение 2016 года проведет испытания нового беспилотного летательного аппарата Zephyr 8, который, по расчетам конструкторов, сможет непрерывно находиться в воздухе на протяжении не менее трех месяцев, сообщает N+1. Как пишет Aviation Week, первый аппарат этого типа уже собран. В покупке беспилотников Zephyr 8 заинтересовано министерство обороны Великобритании, которое намерено приобрести […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lufthansa Technik AG is to provide comprehensive technical support for the new Eurowings long-haul fleet. The agreement was reached with SunExpress Germany, which operates intercontinental flights from Germany for the Lufthansa Group under the Eurowings brand. In the framework of a Total Technical Support TTS®, Lufthansa Technik will among other aspects handle component supply, aircraft […]