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Qantas forms sustainable aviation fuel alliance with major Aussie companies Qantas teams up with domestic corporate customers to help fund SAF cost for the airline’s flights out of London Link(AeroTime)
Russia will deliver just half of its planned SSJ100s in 2022: report Only eight new and two refurbished SSJ100 airliners will be delivered from a planned 19 aircraft in 2022, Russian media claims Link(AeroTime)
Data Privacy vs Personalisation for Airports We discuss how airports can strike the right balance of offering a personalised experience without breaching passengers’ privacy. Link(International Airport Review)
Denver Airport completes final areas in gate expansion programme Denver International Airport and United Airlines have announced the completion of the Gate Expansion Programme with the opening of new gates on Concourses A and B. Link(International Airport Review)
Dubai Customs prepared for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 In preparation for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Dubai Customs has completed all preparations for passengers and air cargo at Al Maktoum International Airport and Dubai Logistics City. Link(International Airport Review)
Man who inspired Tom Hanks movie 'The Terminal' dies at Paris' CDG airport The man who was the inspiration for the Tom Hanks movie ‘The Terminal’ dies at Terminal 2F of Paris’ CDG airport Link(AeroTime)
NASA begins countdown to fourth attempt at launching the SLS rocket NASA has set the date for its fourth attempt to launch the SLS, the world’s most powerful rocket Link(AeroTime)
Australia’s NTAS airline places new order for 20 Alice all-electric aircraft Eviation has won a potential new order for 20 all-electric Alice commuter aircraft from Australia’s Northern Territory Air Services (NTAS). Link(AeroTime)
Report: 2022-2023 U.S. Winter Outlook November – March The report discusses the long-range forecast, meteorological impacts and how the forecast impacts utilities, transportation, and airport operations.
First non-stop Kigali to Heathrow service takes flight London Heathrow has welcomed RwandAir's first non-stop flight between Kigali International Airport and the UK. Link(International Airport Review)
Aviation Quote
If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
- Astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom. On 27 January 1967, astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee died from a flash fire aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft.
1. What airplane produced by a well-known aircraft manufacturer was rejected by the U.S. Army in 1973 because it could be brought down by bow and arrow?
2. What is the largest, post-World War II, piston-powered, twin-engine airplane designed from scratch and produced exclusively as a general aviation airplane?
3. Why should every dedicated pilot fly at least once to KFFA?
4. Several types of liaison airplanes served the U.S. military during World War II. Best known of these were the first five, the L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, and L-5. Can you identify these utilitarian “L-birds?”
5. Almost everyone has heard of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, but what is the Lightning II?
6. U.S. military flight-crew positions often have nicknames. What are the official positions of a boomer, a GAFO (pronounced GAY-fo), a raven, a GIB (pronounced gib), and a whizzo?
7. The Pratt & Whitney J58 (JT11D) engines that powered the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird use JP-7 fuel so inert that it could not be ignited with spark or ignition plugs. How was this exotic fuel ignited during engine start?
8. On November 13, 1942, and after having survived in a life raft in the western Pacific for 23 days, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Hans Adamson, and Pvt. John Bartek were found by the pilot of a Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher, a U.S. Navy seaplane. What was so unusual about the subsequent rescue?