Lockheed Martin rolls out first LM-100J Super Hercules commercial freighter

Employees who designed and built the aircraft celebrated this new Super Hercules with a traditional "rollout" ceremony held at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility located here. Team members walked this LM-100J out of the building that is home to the Super Hercules production line. The next stop for this milestone Super Hercules is the flightline, where it will prepare for its first flight this spring. (www.c-130.net) עוד...

"You're smoking a whole lot, you may just want to land"

Young pilot, as he takes-off in Cessna 172RG from Addison, Dallas, receives serious guidance from ATC. (www.dallasnews.com) עוד...

Air Canada New Livery and Uniforms

Air Canada is touting its Canadian credentials as it introduces a fresh look for its staff uniforms and fleet of planes for the first time in a dozen years. The country’s largest airline unveiled its new livery at events for customers and employees on Thursday at airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. (www.theglobeandmail.com) עוד...

The famed 'Warthog' will stick around until at least 2021

WASHINGTON — A-10 Warthog fans can breathe a sigh of relief: The Air Force won’t start retiring the famed close-air support plane until 2021, at the very earliest.....followed by much Pentagon bureaucrat double speak. (www.defensenews.com) עוד...

Singapore Airlines orders 20 x Boeing 777-9 and 19 x 787-10s in US$13.8bn buy

Singapore Airlines is turning to Boeing to shape its long-range fleet for the next decade, with a US$13.8 billion (A$18bn) order for both the Boeing 777-9 and 787-10 Dreamliner jets. (www.ausbt.com.au) עוד...

Emirates says Seattle flight delayed 6 hours as Delta withheld $300 spare part

A Boeing 777 that was to fly from Seattle to Dubai was delayed for more than six hours by a mechanical issue. Emirates acquired and installed a spare part from Delta’s local engineering office but a senior manager later ordered that it be removed, Emirates said. (www.seattletimes.com) עוד...

South Africa's Wild Coast gives up another likely bit of MH370

MH370 wreckage finds are like signs of an unsolved crime or tragedy that just won't stay buried (blogs.crikey.com.au) עוד...

AI grounds top pilot for `skipping' booze tests

New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK He Was In Charge Of 1,500 Pilots Air India's executive director (operations), who is in charge of the airline's 1,500-odd pilots, has been grounded for allegedly skipping the mandatory preflight breath analyser (BA) test on some flights this January. This test is conducted to ensure that only perfectly sober pilots fly planes. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed AI on Wednesday night to immediately ground captain Arvind Kathpalia, also one… (epaperbeta.timesofindia.com) עוד...

Incident: Westjet B737 at Calgary on Feb 3rd 2017, fumes and smoke in cockpit and cabin

A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-GWSV performing flight WS-662 from Calgary,AB to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 137 people on board, was in the initial climb when flight attendants reported an odour in the cabin (avherald.com) עוד...

Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Air Traffic Control Spending (and other things)

U.S. President Donald Trump lamented what he called an out-of-date U.S. air traffic control system on Thursday, but also criticized current modernization efforts as the "wrong system" and too expensive. "I hear we're spending billions and billions of dollars, it's a system that's totally out of whack," Trump told a meeting of airline and U.S. airport executives, referring to the air traffic control system. (www.foxbusiness.com) עוד...

Iran Aseman Airlines to Lease Airbus A320neo as Iran and Ireland Sign MoU

Iran and Ireland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) early on Wednesday morning, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO.IRI) announced. The agreement, signed by CAO.IRI’s Mohammad Javad Taghvaei and the Irish Aviation Authority’s Ralph James is reportedly the first ever aviation agreement between the two countries (www.aviationiran.com) עוד...