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New Flight School For Women Wants To Tackle Pilot Shortage
On International Women’s Day, it seemed the perfect opportunity to highlight an initiative close to taking off in the US, which aims to bring together female pilots, cutting edge technology and environmental kudos for a brand new, groundbreaking pilot school. Here’s what you need to know about the forthcoming Lear Academy.
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A Look At The Ships Airbus Uses To Move Aircraft Parts
The ships that Airbus uses aren’t exactly what you’d imagine when mentioning the phrase ‘aircraft carrier’. However – that’s exactly what the company’s ships do in order to move components to where they need to be. Airbus and its production facilities around the world utilize several vessels to move components between the sites at Broughton, Hamburg, Mobile, Tianjin, and Toulouse. Some are external charters while others are exclusively part of the Airbus family.
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How The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Drive Down Aircraft Sales
Coronavirus has developed from a small regional outbreak into a worldwide health threat in the space of less than two months. Aviation has been one of the industries worst affected by the disease. But how seriously is it affecting aircraft sales?
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Aeroflot Inducts A350 While Pledging to Take Indigenous Jets
Aeroflot began revenue flights with its first Airbus A350-900 on Friday, making the Russian flag carrier the 30th operator of the type worldwide and first in Eastern Europe and the CIS. The airplane is the first to bear Aeroflot’s new color scheme.
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Delta Highlights Gender Diversity On International Women's Day
On International Women’s Day, Delta highlighted its progress in gender diversity. Over the last two years, the airline has worked to hire more women in a number of positions– including Senior Vice Presidents.
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Breaking: Lufthansa To Ground Entire Airbus A380 Fleet
Amid plunging demand due to the coronavirus outbreak, Lufthansa is taking some major steps with its A380 fleet. After previously considering grounding its entire A380 fleet, Lufthansa is now preparing to ground the type through May.
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United Airlines Negatively Alters Refund Policy
In the spirit of saving money, United Airlines has announced that it has altered its Schedule Change policy for customers seeking a refund. As of yesterday- 7th March, United passengers will only be eligible for a refund if their trip has been changed by more than 25 hours. The airline says this change works in the best interest of its customers. However many believe this is the airline making up for coronavirus losses.
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Austrian Airlines Cuts European Network By 20%
The continued spread of novel coronavirus – also known as COVID-19 has forced Austrian Airlines to make further reductions to its services. The cuts will impact 20% of all flights in the carrier’s entire European network during the month of March.
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Taiwanese Government Sets Aside Money To Support Airlines
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan has put 4.2 billion Taiwan New Dollars (US$140 million) aside to assist the Island nation’s airlines if the coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen.
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Airlines Are Flying An Incredible Number Of Ghost Flights Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Certain airlines are wasting vast quantities of fuel by flying empty aircraft to various destinations in order to maintain rights to their slots. These flights, nicknamed ‘ghost flights’ are being carried out due to rules around airport slots – something that is especially important at busy airports where a slot at an ideal time of day may be hard to come by.
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ANA and Japan Airlines Announce Domestic Flight Reductions
Two of Japan’s largest carriers, ANA (All Nippon Airways) and Japan Airlines (JAL), have announced major domestic reductions in recent days. Combined, these changes will affect hundreds of flights across Japan for the next few weeks as the airlines deal with reduced travel demand due to coronavirus.
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Malindo Air Now Asks Employees To Take Up To A 50% Pay Cut
On Friday it was revealed that Malindo Air will be imposing a 50% pay cut on its staff in order to cope with the slowdown in business due to the coronavirus outbreak. The airline issued the order for the pay cut in addition to two weeks of unpaid leave.
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United Plans Direct Aisle Access Business Class Seats On 737 MAX 10
It appears that United Airlines is installing lie-flat business class with direct aisle access onboard Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This would be a huge move on United’s part and would be the first narrowbody in United’s fleet to offer this type of premium product up front.
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Brussels Airlines To Cut European Flights By 23%
Brussels Airlines will make further reductions to its services amid the continued spread of coronavirus – also known as COVID-19. This decision came on Thursday after the flag carrier of Belgium previously reduced its flights to northern Italy.
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Heinemann opens 18th shop at Kiev's Boryspil Airport
Boryspil International Airport in the Ukraine has opened a new duty free shop in its revamped Terminal F in conjunction with travel retailer Gebr Heinemann and its local partner, BF Group.
Heinemann has signed a five year contract to run the new 191 square metre shop, which is located just behind passport control in Terminal F.
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Heathrow Airport to tackle noise emissions with new charges
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) has announced that, during 2020, it will begin to apply tougher noise charges to all flights that arrive and depart within the Night Quota Period, between 23:30 to 06:00. By introducing the higher charges, Heathrow hopes to disincentivise activity between the identified hours and, subsequently, reduce noise emissions.
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Aviation Quote
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
- Prime Minister Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 20 August 1940. The Royal Air Force has been known as 'the few' ever since. M. Hastings (2009) Winston's War states that Churchill came up with the phrase a few days earlier on 16 August, after visiting Fighter Command's 11 Group operation room. His chief of staff 'Pug' Ismay made some remark in the car riding back to Chequers, and Churchill said, "Don't speak to me. I have never been so moved." After a few minutes he spoke the classic line.
This quote is often changed by writers and speakers, giving us material such as 'Never . . . was so much owed by so few to so many,' seen after the Falklands War. Other folks have wondered if Churchill was referring to the RAF's bar tab.
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1. “I apparently was the first to pilot a heavier-than-air aircraft in controlled flight. I also was first to use the term, ‘aero plane,’ and even wrote a small book with that title. I died following a crash in an aircraft of my design, and my last words were, ‘How is the machine?’ Who am I?”
2. True or False? A pilot is about to land an airplane with the right landing-gear leg and nosewheel extended but with the left landing-gear leg stuck in its well. The ailerons are equipped with conventional trim tabs that are controllable from the cockpit. During landing and rollout, the right aileron tab should be deflected fully downward.
3. Why did some airmen training at Midland, Texas, during World War II have a higher incidence of black eyes than airmen training elsewhere?
4. How can you tell the difference between a U.S. Naval aviator and a traditional Naval officer who does not fly simply by looking at their feet?
5. A pilot wants to fly a perfectly rectangular pattern while in the left traffic pattern for Runway 36 when the wind is strong and from the northeast. This requires that the radius of all turns be the same with respect to the ground. Assuming a constant airspeed throughout the pattern, the most steeply banked turn will be required when turning from
a. base to final.
b. crosswind to downwind.
c. downwind to base.
d. upwind to crosswind.
6. True or False: Most of the American aircraft that took off from Oahu during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor were shot down.
7. True or False: It is legal for a VFR-only pilot to fly extended distances in a small airplane above a solid undercast with no more than the instruments required for VFR flight.
8. Who was the first woman in the United States to become a licensed glider pilot?
