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UK and France continue to reinforce Ukraine air defense
UK and France mulls supplying additional air defense systems to help Ukraine withstand Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Link (AeroTime)
Singapore Airlines redeploys its A380 away from New York
In its latest network update, Singapore Airlines indicated that its Airbus A380 will not fly to New York and will be redeployed to other destinations.
Link (AeroTime)
Groupe ADP to deploy self-service solutions for passengers
Groupe ADP has revealed the deployment of self-service options across its two primary airports to improve the passenger experience.
Link (International Airport Review)
ARN to welcome new marketplace in summer 2023
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has announced the first phase of a new marketplace and modern security checkpoint, to open in summer 2023.
Link (International Airport Review)
Polaris spaceplane demonstrator completes first flight
The Athena spaceplane demonstrator, built by the startup Polaris on behalf of the German Armed Forces, completed its maiden flight.
Link (AeroTime)
In conversation with Ramón Miró, CEO of Quito Airport
Watch this exclusive interview at ACI Customer Experience 2022, with Ramón Miró, President and CEO of Quito International Airport.
Link (International Airport Review)
In conversation with Megan Bozarth, Assistant Vice President, Customer Programs at DFW Airport
megan bozarthWatch this exclusive interview which took place at Future Travel Experience Global in Las Vegas.
Link (International Airport Review)
Norwegian to take over some flights to Romania from indebted Blue Air
Norwegian Air Shuttle announced plans to enter the Romanian market by taking over some passenger flights to the country from the now indebted Blue Air.
Link (AeroTime)
COMAC C919 to fly as soon as possible: state media
While the COMAC C919 received certification in September 2022, the aircraft has yet to fly commercially. But this may be about to change.
Link (AeroTime)
Pittsburgh Airport introduces autonomous delivery robots
Pittsburgh International Airport has announced a pilot project with fully autonomous delivery robots, which will offer passengers a contactless delivery system.
Link (International Airport Review)
Aviation Quote
Harmony comes gradually to a pilot and his plane. The wing does not want so much to fly true as to tug at the hands that guide it; the ship would rather hunt the wind than lay her nose to the horizon far ahead. She has a derelict quality in her character; she toys with freedom and hints at liberation, but yields her own desires gently.
- Beryl Markham, West With The Night,—1942.
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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?
