You are at netAirspace : Forum : Air and Space Forums : netAirspace Daily News

NEWS

Boeing says no timetable to resume 787 flight testing exists yet
Boeing said Monday that it has not made a decision on when 787 flight testing will resume as it continues to investigate the electrical malfunction that led to a fire onboard aircraft ZA002 last week.
Link

Cathay forecasts 2010 profit to be ‘not less than $1.62 billion’
Cathay Pacific Airways has announced in a trading statement that it expects its consolidated profit for the year ending Dec. 31, 2010 will not be less than HK$12.5 billion ($1.62 billion), “as demand for passenger and cargo services had remained very strong with revenues at high levels.”
Link

EasyJet reports $195 million net fiscal-year profit
EasyJet, which celebrated its 15th birthday last week, reported a £121.3 million ($195 million) net profit for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, a 70.4% increase on the £71.2 million it earned in the prior year. The carrier indicated it might pay its first ever dividend in 2012 based on current fiscal year results.
Link

Israel offered 20 more F-35s to extend settlement freeze
The US administration has offered Israel another 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters as part of a "persuasion package" to encourage the Israeli government to agree to another three-month halt in building settlements in the disputed West Bank.
Link


Other News

The US Air Transport Assn. said the actual cost of FAA's proposed rule governing flightcrew duty and rest requirements issued two months ago could cost $19.6 billion—15 times more money than the $1.25 billion the government projects—as it submitted final public comments calling for significant revisions to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways placed a firm order with Airbus for two A330-300s and six A321s. The aircraft will be used primarily on direct services between Taiwan and mainland China, as well as on new regional routes. The A330s will become the first widebody aircraft to join the airline's fleet. Engine selections for both the A330s and the A321s will be made in the near future, the carrier said.

The European Commission on Monday approved a €52 million ($71 million) loan from the Maltese government to Air Malta to keep the struggling airline afloat while it works on its restructuring plan.

Air Astana is launching thrice-weekly service from Almaty to Dushanbe Nov. 21 and Tashkent Dec. 2 as part of its strategy to further develop ALA into a regional hub. It will commence a twice-weekly TSE-Yekaterinburg service from Dec. 8 and weekly SCO-Istanbul flights from Nov. 28.

Alaska Airlines will operate four-times-weekly 737-800 Portland, Ore-Kona service through April 9.

British Airways will launch 12-times-weekly A320 London Heathrow-Paris Orly service Jan. 10.

Air Southwest will launch a daily Newquay-Cardiff service Jan. 4 aboard a Dash 8-300.

AirAsia will increase daily Kuala Lumpur-Chennai service to 11-times-weekly Jan. 21 with an A320.

Bombardier Aerospace delivered the 1,000th Dash 8/Q-Series aircraft, a Q400 NextGen, delivered to Pinnacle Airlines. The Dash 8-100 aircraft was launched in 1980 and entered revenue service in 1984.

Skytech-AIC secured an agreement from TUI Aviation GmbH to market three 1993 Corsair-operated 747-400s for sale/leaseback.

BAE Systems Asset Management arranged the sale of five MD-83s on behalf of Avianca, as part of an exclusive remarketing mandate for eight. Four of the aircraft have been sold to Kansas City-based Jet Midwest Group of Missouri and the remaining aircraft has been sold to Sierra American Corporation, the leasing affiliate company for Ameristar Air Cargo.



AVIATION QUOTE

It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1922.

ON THIS DATE

November 17, 1962

In 1962... President John F. Kennedy dedicates the Dulles International Airport in Herndon, Virginia.

Washington Dulles International Airport serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. It serves as a hub for United Airlines and as the primary hub of Independence Air.

The airport was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy on November 17, 1962. It was the first airport in the world specifically designed for jet aircraft, but its first flight was an Eastern Airlines Super Electra turboprop, arriving from Newark International Airport in New Jersey.



DAILY VIDEO





EDITOR’S CHOICE





HUMOR

The Copilot

I am the copilot. I sit on the right.
It's up to me to be quick and bright;
I never talk back for I have regrets,
But I have to remember what the Captain forgets.
I make out the Flight Plan and study the weather,
Pull up the gear, stand by to feather;
Make out the mail forms and do the reporting,
And fly the old crate while the Captain is courting.
I take the readings, adjust the power,
Put on the heaters when we're in a shower;
Tell him where we are on the darkest night,
And do all the bookwork without any light.
I call for my Captain and buy him cokes;
I always laugh at his corny jokes,
And once in awhile when his landings are rusty
I always come through with, "By gosh it's gusty!"
All in all I'm a general stooge,
As I sit on the right of the man I call "Scrooge";
I guess you think that is past understanding,
But maybe some day he will give me a landing.



TRIVIA

Commercial Pilot – Airplane Exam Questions

5440
Hatching on a Constant Pressure Analysis Chart indicates
A) hurricane eye.
B) windspeed 70 knots to 110 knots.
C) windspeed 110 knots to 150 knots.

5430
Which provides a graphic display of both VFR and IFR weather?
A) Radar Summary Chart.
B) Weather Depiction Chart.
C) Surface Weather Map.

5417
What type of Inflight Weather Advisories provides an en route pilot with information regarding the possibility of moderate icing, moderate turbulence, winds of 30 knots or more at the surface and extensive mountain obscurement?
A) AIRMETs and Center Weather Advisories (CWA).
B) Convective SIGMETs and SIGMETs.
C) Severe Weather Forecast Alerts (AWW) and SIGMETs.

5470
If an airplane is consuming 95 pounds of fuel per hour at a cruising altitude of 6,500 feet and the groundspeed is 173 knots, how much fuel is required to travel 450 NM?
A) 248 pounds.
B) 265 pounds.
C) 284 pounds.

5504
To use VHF/DF facilities for assistance in locating your position, you must have an operative VHF
A) transmitter and receiver, and an operative VOR receiver.
B) transmitter and receiver.
C) transmitter and receiver, and an operative ADF receiver.

5360
Which situation would most likely result in freezing precipitation? Rain falling from air which has a temperature of
A) more than 32 °F into air having a temperature of 32 °F or less.
B) 32 °F or less into air having a temperature of more than 32 °F.
C) 0 °C or less into air having a temperature of 0 °C or more.

5043
Excluding Hawaii, the vertical limits of the Federal Low Altitude airways extend from
A) 1,200 feet AGL up to, but not including, 18,000 feet MSL.
B) 700 feet AGL up to, but not including, 14,500 feet MSL.
C) 1,200 feet AGL up to, but not including, 14,500 feet MSL.

5212
An airplane will stall at the same
A) angle of attack regardless of the attitude with relation to the horizon.
B) angle of attack and attitude with relation to the horizon.
C) airspeed regardless of the attitude with relation to the horizon.

5076
A pilot flying a single-engine airplane observes a multiengine airplane approaching from the left. Which pilot should give way?
A) Each pilot should alter course to the right.
B) The pilot of the single-engine airplane should give way; the other airplane is to the left.
C) The pilot of the multiengine airplane should give way; the single-engine airplane is to its right.

5085
What is the minimum flight visibility and proximity to cloud requirements for VFR flight, at 6,500 feet MSL, in Class C, D, and E airspace?
A) 5 miles visibility; 1,000 feet above and 1,000 feet below.
B) 1 mile visibility; clear of clouds.
C) 3 miles visibility; 1,000 feet above and 500 feet below.

5608
What will occur if no leaning is made with the mixture control as the flight altitude increases?
A) The volume of air entering the carburetor decreases and the amount of fuel decreases.
B) The density of air entering the carburetor decreases and the amount of fuel increases.
C) The density of air entering the carburetor decreases and the amount of fuel remains constant.

5761
Hypoxia is the result of which of these conditions?
A) Insufficient oxygen reaching the brain.
B) Excessive oxygen in the bloodstream.
C) Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream.

5163
If the airspeed is increased from 90 knots to 135 knots during a level 60° banked turn, the load factor will
A) remain the same but the radius of turn will increase.
B) decrease and the stall speed will increase.
C) increase as well as the stall speed.

5961
Which of the following is the final step of the Decide Model for effective risk management and Aeronautical Decision Making?
A) Estimate.
B) Eliminate.
C) Evaluate.

5002
NTSB Part 830 requires an immediate notification as a result of which incident?
A) Damage to the landing gear as a result of a hard landing.
B) Engine failure for any reason during flight.
C) Any required flight crewmember being unable to perform flight duties because of illness.

In 1962... President John F. Kennedy dedicates the Dulles International Airport in Herndon, Virginia.

Washington Dulles International Airport serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. It serves as a hub for United Airlines and as the primary hub of Independence Air.

The airport was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy on November 17, 1962. It was the first airport in the world specifically designed for jet aircraft, but its first flight was an Eastern Airlines Super Electra turboprop, arriving from Newark International Airport in New Jersey.

Indy Air went belly up several years ago.

Interesting that Kennedy helped dedicate the arport for John Foster while Allen his brother was a suspect among some for Kennedys murder.

And that's past tense on the Independence Air part.