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U.S. flight simulator lands at Air India
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Coutesy: Air India
U.S. flight simulator lands at Air India
Photo courtesy of Alteon Training LLC
Air India has received a new Boeing 737NG flight simulator, above, from Boeing Co. subsidiary Alteon Training LLC. Air India will use the simulator to train pilots. Ac...
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Airlines lacking CAT III trained pilots in trouble
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1833161,0008.htm Airlines lacking CAT III trained pilots in trouble
Gaurav Choudhury
New Delhi, October 31, 2006 With winter fast approaching, the government has decided to crack the whip on airlines that fail to appoint the requi...
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Honeywell to make aircraft engines for HAL
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http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=340769&sid=BUS&ssid=53
Honeywell to make aircraft engines for HAL Bangalore, Dec 08: US aerospace major Honeywell is engaged in discussion with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to manufacture e...
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Sturdy airframe Airbus or Boeing or??
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Hi,
I know I am commiting the aviation equivalent of sacriliege here by opening this topic. but I would really like to know if there is a grain of substance in this argument. So here goes-
I know that all modern planes Boeing as well as Airbus are designed to the same exacting standards for certifica...
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Indian engineer invents device for safer landings by aircraft
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www.uninews.com
Indian engineer invents device for safer landings by aircraft
New Delhi, Nov 24 (UNI)
An Indian aeronautical engineer has invented a device that accurately measures the distance between an aircraft and the runway in adverse weather conditions, thus enabling pilots to ma...
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Winglets
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Something i came across, and wanted to share with my fraternity
Winglets
1) The A3100/310/318/319/320/321/380 "winglets" are the least effective, but also increase wing bending moments the least. I have never seen a published n...
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Cockpit DVD from Spice and World Air Routes
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The link : http://www.worldairroutes.com/SpiceJet.html
Please scroll down and you shall be happy to see a lot of pictures
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NACA scoop
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Just wanted some help if anyone can sum up the NACA scoop working and functionality in less than 300words. Need it for a refresher assignment that is due next week. Any help would be more than welcome. I've done the google bit, so would appreciate if i could get YOUR version of thi...
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Bonderman a frequent aviation investor
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Bonderman a frequent aviation investor By Doug Cameron in Chicago
Published: November 22 2006 05:42 | Last updated: November 22 2006 05:42
David Bonderman, the founding partner of Texas Pacific Group, has never shirked from opportunistic interest in the airline industry, highlighted by an...
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Info on British Airways
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Any idea where i can find the latest info on BA and their a/c along with the tech specs and pictures.
Last year i could manage to get the same from the BRITISH AIRWAYS fact book 2005.
Any updates this year. -- Edited by JumboJet at 13:11, 2006-11-16
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Rolls Royce looks at India
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http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=146279 Charting a new flight A thriving Indian aviation sector tempts UK based aircraft engine maker, Rolls-Royce, to pursue engine component design and manufacturing here, writes Atreyee Dev Roy Post...
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'Silent jet' could ease airport noise
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A conceptual design for a quieter, environmentally friendly passenger plane unveiled by researchers in London. Photo: Reuters
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-11-06T000710Z_01_N03403320_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-TRANSPORT...
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IIT develops technology to produce stealth aircraft
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www.uninews.com
IIT develops technology to produce stealth aircraft Nov 7, 2006, 3:15 GMT Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Materials scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee (IIT-R) have developed microwave absorbing nanocomposite coatings that could make aircraf...
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DGCA mulls removal of flying time limits to address pilot shortage
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http://www.indianexpress.com/printerFriendly/15962.html
DGCA mulls removal of flying time limits to address pilot shortage
Raghvendra Rao
Posted online: Saturday, November 04, 2006 at 0000 hrs IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 3 With the problem of pilot shortage in the count...
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C-47 Skytrain Army Air Force Handbook
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Saw this online. Might interest the Technical people.
C-47 Skytrain Army Air Force Handbook
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Airbus A318 continues steep approach tests for compatibility approval at London City Airport
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www.airbus.com
Airbus A318 continues steep approach tests for compatibility approval at London City Airport 30 October 2006
An Airbus A318 powered by CFM International CFM56-5 engines successfully performed a series of compatibility tests, including steep approaches, at Lo...
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UAV Directory 2006
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I came across an interesting link and wanted to share the same with all of you.
www.flightglobal.com/uavdirectory
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Alphabet meanings
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In aviation alphabets from A-Z have different meanings i dont know the whole list also many mayn't be knowing it
All i know
A-Alpha
B-Bravo
C-Charlie
D-Delta
E-Echo
F-Foxtrot
G-Golf
H-Hotel
I-India
Pls i dont know many others except
L-Lima
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Painting an Airbus A320
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http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/painting_an_airbus_a320.php
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Maths may hold key to speedy security checks at airports
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www.uninews.com
Maths may hold key to speedy security checks at airports Washington, Oct. 13 (UNI): Mathematicians from the University of Manchester and airport security specialists ’Rapiscan Systems’ are working together to develop a new 3D scanner that will make security checkups at airp...
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Electronic tagging of air passengers to counter terror threat
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www.uninews.com
Electronic tagging of air passengers to counter terror threat London, Oct 13 (UNI): As part of the global campaign in the war on terror, airlines may start electronically tagging passengers at airports. Researchers at University College London say the prototype technology i...
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India looking to accommodate more aircraft in its airspace
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www.uninews.com
India looking to accommodate more aircraft in its airspace New Delhi, Sep 25 (UNI)
Seeking full utilisation of the Indian airspace, civil aviation authorities are in the process of training pilots and ATC personnel and introducing advanced technology to gradually reduce a...
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Aircraft Technicalities
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With due respects to Sir Mel i suggest a site on aircraft maintainence
http://www.aircraftmech.com/
I think Sir Mel should also make one
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After Boeing, it’s Airbus in Nashik:
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www.uninews.com
After Boeing, it’s Airbus in Nashik: Patel
Mumbai, Oct 1 (UNI)
After getting the Maintainance, Repairing and Overhaul (MRO) facility of Boeing at Nagpur with an investment of Rs 10 crore, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel is all set to bring Airb...
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Irish software to detect airline threats
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/irish_terror_detecting_software/
Irish software to detect airline threats Hazard IQ to 'restore faith in air travel' By Ciara O'Brien, ElectricNews.net → More by this authorPublished Friday 29th September 2006 09:36 GMTFind your perf...
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IGRUA EoIs for JV in IGRUA invited, foreign participation sought
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www.uninews.com
IGRUA EoIs for JV in IGRUA invited, foreign participation sought
New Delhi, Sep 30 (UNI)
Rae Bareli, the high-profile constituency of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, will be literally flying high with major global aviation players being invited to manage the Indira...
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India ATC & CPDLC
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Hi guys was just reading a TR on airliners.net which has actually made me really more curious about the technical aviation stuff. The TR was by EK pilot and he seems to be abusing BOM ATC big time. Can someone tell me what are the problems which our ATC are facing and what exactly in CPDLC i...
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Aviation MRO industry holds immense potential for India
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http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=15935&lmn=1 Aviation MRO industry holds immense potential for India India Infoline News Service / Mumbai Sep 22, 2006 17:10 V Thulasidas, CMD, Air India says that that the exponential projected growth in the avi...
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Beijing starts building Asia’s largest hangar
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www.uninews.com
Beijing starts building Asia’s largest hangar
BEIJING, Sept. 22 (UNI)
China started building Asia’s largest hangar at Beijing Capital International Airport on Friday.
The hangar, a service bay for the new Airbus A380 plane, will be located to the north of...
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Boeing B757-200 Catfish
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Want to share this with all those unaware of this...
This is an image of a specially modified B757 it is used as a testing bed for F-22 Raptor...
MEL do u have any info on this particular version as ur on the 757s...
More of this pics
http://www.ai...
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World’s largest airline hangar ready for service ---at Suvarnambhoomi
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www.uninews.com World’s largest airline hangar ready for service September 08 (UNI) BANGKOK, SEPT 7: Thai Airways International (Thai) began trial for the world’s largest commercial airline hangar on Wednesday at Suvarnabhumi Airport. This facility, ex...
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Air-India to pick up stake in Nagpur MRO
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=104486&tab=r
Air-India to pick up stake in Nagpur MRO
P R Sanjai / Mumbai September 13, 2006
National flag carrier Air-India is all s...
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Types of Fuel in planes
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Source : The company i work for
ATFor more commonly called as JET FUEL. CIVIL JET FUELS Aviation turbine fuels are used for powering jet and turbo-prop engined aircraft and are not to be confused with Avgas. Outside former communist areas, there are currently two main grades of turbine f...
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3 more MRO firms may follow Boeing to Nagpur
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=104203&tab=r 3 more MRO firms may follow Boeing to Nagpur BS Reporter / Mumbai/ Nagpur September 11, 2006 The industrially backward region of Vidarbha see...
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TAECO starts building the 6th hangar
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www.uninews.com
TAECO starts building the 6th hangar
XIAMEN, Sept. 9 (UNI)
The Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Co.Ltd (TAECO) started on Saturday construction of its6th hangar which will become one of the world’s biggest aircraft maintenance centres.
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Does an A320 burn more fuel than a B737?
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as the topic suggests.... in todays times of india... theres an article on the first page as well as on the 7th page.. there it states that a B737 burns 4.5 tons of fuel while an A320 burns 5 tons.. true?
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How many ATF dispensing companies are there in the world
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How many Air Turbine Fuel dispensing companies are there in the world.....
Let me suggest a few:
Exxon Mobil Aviation.
Shell Aviation.
Air BP. (British Petroleum).
Indian Oil Aviation.
Bharat Petroleum Aviation.
Hindustan Petroleum Aviation.
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Boeing 747-Firefighter
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Boeing 747 in firefight
Agency
June 02, 2006
A US company has demonstrated to local officials how the Boeing 747 jet it modified to carry water would revolutionise the way fires are doused from the air.
The plane, a giant 747-200 cargo dubbed the Evergreen Supertanker, was stripped of its se...
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Tibet’s third civil airport operational
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www.uninews.com
Tibet’s third civil airport operational
LHASA, Sept. 1 (UNI) Nyingchi Airport, the third civil airport in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, inaugurated its operation when a Boeing 757 plane landed on Friday. The plane left Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Prov...
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HAL launches newspaper
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www.uninews.com
HAL launches newspaper
Bangalore, Sep 1 (UNI)
Defence aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited today launched a weekly Tabloid ‘‘Minsk Square Matters’’ to reach out to the employees, customers and the media the happenings in the Company. It was launched by Ms Pallav...
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HAL to foray into MRO business
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www.uninews.com
HAL to foray into MRO business
Bangalore, Aug 31 (UNI) Public sector aviation giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up for a foray into the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) business for civil aircraft and their engines, a top HAL official said.
‘‘We s...
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HAL inks MOU with EADS
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www.uninews.com
HAL inks MOU with EADS
Bangalore, Sep 1 (UNI)
Enlarging on the existing cooperation Defence aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EADS to target new market segments mutually cashing on each other’s expe...
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Brazil firm links with U.S. to produce aviation biokerosene
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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-08-28T183709Z_01_N28337399_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-ENERGY-BRAZIL-BIOFUEL-DC.XML Brazil firm links with U.S. to produce biokerosene Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:37 PM BST Email This Article | Print T...
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FAA orders closer checks of GE jet engines
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http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/08/18/100bus_a11geengines001.cfm Published: Friday, August 18, 2006
FAA orders closer checks of GE jet engines
Los Angeles Times Prompted by the explosion earlier this summer of an engine in an unoccupied Boeing 767 parked at Los Angeles Internat...
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watz next after localizer is estd..
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Hi mates,
i was listening to the DEL approach today in the morning. as the 9w flight was about to land or cleared for land. the pilot communicated localizer established and then said bbye... so just wondering do pilots stop communicating after that or does the channel of communication changes...
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Engines
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Often Engines have intrigued me.
How do aircraft companies decide on the engines.
Do airliners play an important part
In short : Is there any bench mark or a clear guideline in companies using a particular model/engine type to be used in the air frame.
Lookin...
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How can we find out an aircraft's length, how much fuel it carries or how fast it flies
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http://www.airnz.co.nz/aboutus/fleet/aircraft_statistics.htm
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B737 Website
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For those Interested.
B737 Website
http://www.b737.org.uk
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Algorithms hold key to help engines stay in good shape
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Source: EU
Algorithms hold key to help engines stay in good shape Algorithms hold key to help engines stay in good shape
By Aimee Turner in Toulouse
Complex algorithms are being used for the first time as virtual sensors in an effort to advance engine health monitoring techniq...
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Aviation Safety Website
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http://aviation-safety.net/index.php
Very Informative Website with Statistics
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