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Phoenix Takes Another Look Around

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:17 — doug

Phoenix Takes Another Look Around - North is up (the 12 o'clock position) in this seam-corrected 360 degree polar projection using images from sols, or Martian says, 1 and 3 [NASA Image of the day]

NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches With Japanese Laboratory

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:17 — doug

NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches With Japanese Laboratory - A fanciful vision of a lunar traffic jam took first place. [NASA News]

The NOTAM Database Crash: What Happened

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:16 — doug

The NOTAM Database Crash: What Happened - A nearly 20-hours-long crash of the FAA's NOTAM database last week occurred because of a drive failure that took place "in the middle of updating the information on the hard drive," which in turn "screwed up the database," Barry Davis, manager of the aeronautical information management for the FAA, told ComputerWorld.com. The box in question was a Sun Microsystems Inc. server, according to the FAA, that was nearing the end of its life expectancy.

Rising Fuel Costs; Falling Flight Hours

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:15 — doug

Rising Fuel Costs; Falling Flight Hours - As an economic barometer, the figures for general aviation suggest fuel prices and the economy may be hitting the little guys hard. The evidence is indirect and correlational, but abundant. Friday, AVweb's fuel finder, located at AVweb.com, showed prices for 100LL averaging more than $5.30 per gallon and that they had climbed eight cents since the previous week.

F414-Powered Gripen Demonstrator Makes Successful First Flight.

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:15 — doug

F414-Powered Gripen Demonstrator Makes Successful First Flight. - LYNN, Mass: The Saab Gripen Demonstrator aircraft powered by a GE F414G engine successfully completed its first flight on May 27 at Saab, Linkoping, Sweden. The flight lasted 30 minutes and completed all planned goals... [Plane News]

Swiss Air Carrier Banned from Flying to Russia

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:15 — doug

Swiss Air Carrier Banned from Flying to Russia - The Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow has been trying to reach agreement
with the Federal Agency for Air Transport of Russia over flights of the
Swiss air carrier Flybaboo to St. Petersburg. Last week the Russian authorities did not let Flybaboo carry out its first flight to Russia. Full Story [Plane News]

Flying First Class for Less

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:14 — doug

Flying First Class for Less - Often you can get a U.S. domestic first-class seat for a lot less than you might think. Here are some ways to do so. [Aviation.com]

Learning to Fly: Choosing a Flight School

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:14 — doug

Learning to Fly: Choosing a Flight School - When learning to fly, choosing the right flight school for your own particular needs is very important. [Aviation.com]

Orion land landing airbags to work in water impacts

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:13 — doug

Orion land landing airbags to work in water impacts - NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle landing work has produced a 180kg (400lb) airbag system for emergency onshore touchdowns, replacing a 680kg design... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

ILA 2008: Replacement Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 narrowbodies to take longer than planned

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:12 — doug

ILA 2008: Replacement Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 narrowbodies to take longer than planned - The prospective dates for the launch of replacement narrowbody jets to take the place of the current Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families may not now appear until 2020 according to both airframers and enginemakers at ILA, Berlin's air show.

ILA 2008: Lockheed Martin reveals next generation C-130J Hercules variant

Tue, 2008-06-03 20:12 — doug

ILA 2008: Lockheed Martin reveals next generation C-130J Hercules variant - Lockheed Martin used ILA 2008, Berlin's air show to reveal its latest version of the new-generation C-130J Hercules.

The HC/MC-130J is a tailored common core special operations variant intended to replace all of the ‘Heritage Herc’ types now used by the USAF’s Special Operations Command.

Creating the Future

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:51 — doug

Creating the Future - Bob Peters, of Kendel Welding and Fabrication, welds part of an internal access support for the Ares I-X upper stage simulator at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland [NASA Image of the day]

Boeing starts final body join on first 777F

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:49 — doug

Boeing starts final body join on first 777F - Boeing today started preparing the first 777 Freighter to enter final assembly next week in advance of an official roll-out ceremony in late-May.

Production workers started the process of joining three sections of the fuselage in a process called final body join, a Boeing spokesman says.

Boeing has completed installation of the aircraft systems and the main deck cargo door for the widebody freighter.

US carrier ATA ceases operations after losing military contract

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:48 — doug

US carrier ATA ceases operations after losing military contract - US carrier ATA Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and discontinued operations after the sudden cancellation of a crucial military charter contract.

ATA Airlines, based in Indianapolis, is a subsidiary of Global Aero Logistics whose carriers also include World Airways and North American Airlines.

Celebration at 15 Wing Moose Jaw

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:45 — doug

Celebration at 15 Wing Moose Jaw - A special mess dinner at 15 Wing Moose Jaw celebrated 84 years of Canada’s Air Force. Members of the RCMP, the Army Reserves and Air Force were in attendance along with Federal, provincial and municipal representatives.
Lieutenant General... [Aviation Canada]

Three Young pilots suspended after drinking a cool one

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:45 — doug

Three Young pilots suspended after drinking a cool one - Transport Canada had suspended the licenses of three pilots stemming from an incident in September. The pilots were suspended without pay after having a beer with their supper and not waiting the eight hour period before take-off.... [Aviation Canada]

Snowbirds Getting Ready to Soar

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:44 — doug

Snowbirds Getting Ready to Soar - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be gearing up for the 2008 air show season from their spring training camp in Comox beginning on Monday April 7th. The team will practice twice daily over mountains, water and varied terrain. [Aviation Canada]

Russia to Create Aircraft Carrier Groups

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:43 — doug

Russia to Create Aircraft Carrier Groups - Russia plans to have a fleet of five or six aircraft carrier joint task groups by 2060, the commander of its navy said Friday. Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said that the navy is shifting strategy, the Novosti news agency reported. Russia currently has only one carrier. Full Story [Plane News]

EAA Chapter Hangar Damaged In Little Rock Tornado

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:43 — doug

EAA Chapter Hangar Damaged In Little Rock Tornado - Fortunately, No Injuries Reported The Experimental Aircraft Association states several single-engine airplanes and a hangar owned by members of EAA Chapter 165 of Little Rock, AR were damaged Thursday night after a tornado swept through North Little Rock Municipal Airport. [Aero-News]

AOPA Kicks Off Campaign To Save Maine Airport

Sun, 2008-04-06 14:43 — doug

AOPA Kicks Off Campaign To Save Maine Airport - Biddeford Muni Faces November Vote With the fate of Biddeford Municipal Airport (B19) in Biddeford, ME in the hands of city residents, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association kicked off an all-out campaign recently to educate the residents, and save the airport. [Aero-News]

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