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miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 21 Mar 11, 10:48Post
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NEWS

Boeing 747-8I completes first flight
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The largest passenger aircraft in Boeing's 95-year history, the 747-8 Intercontinental, has completed it maiden sortie. The aircraft - designated RC001 - departed from runway 34L at 9:59PST local time from Boeing's Everett, Washington, facility at Paine Field and landed at 14:25PST at nearby Boeing Field in Seattle, where the company's flight test operations are housed.
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Air New Zealand criticizes Qantas for ‘misleading and defamatory’ statement
Air New Zealand criticized Qantas and the New Zealand Commerce Commission over press releases issued Friday related to the Australian airline agreeing to plead guilty to cargo price fixing.
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China Airlines said to be planning to add strategic investor for fleet expansion
Taipei-based China Airlines plans to introduce a strategic investor to help fund fleet expansion as air traffic across the Taiwan Strait increases, according to widespread news reports from Hong Kong. Although CI Chairman Zhang Jiazhu declined to name a carrier, he noted a strategic investor could help improve its management level.
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Swiss best performing Lufthansa Group carrier in 2010; Austrian, bmi incur losses
Despite a successful year in which it rebounded from a €34 million 2009 loss to earn a €1.1 billion ($1.53 billion) net profit in 2010, Lufthansa Group Chairman and CEO Christoph Franz conceded last week in a letter to shareholders that the performance of LH subsidiary airlines was "mixed."
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Korean Air orders two more 747-8Fs; converts 787 orders to -900s
Boeing said Friday that Korean Air placed an order for two more 747-8 freighters, adding to the five of the type it already has on order.
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Will EADS ever crack the USA?
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Ever since the Beatles managed it, "cracking the USA" has been an obsession for European musicians. However, it appears that imperative also weighs equally heavily on the European aerospace industry.
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Pakistan forges ahead with new fighters, upgrades
Pakistan has inducted its new Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 52+ fighters, while its first two full-strength squadrons of Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunders are also on the verge of becoming fully operational.
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Thai Gripens begin operational flights
Saab Gripens have begun operational flights from Surat Thani air base in southern Thailand, following their delivery in February. On 15 March a two-seat Gripen D flew the first flight with a Royal Thai Air Force pilot at the controls and a Swedish air force pilot in the back seat, says Saab. The aircraft will see service with 7 Wing in Surat Thani province.
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Libyan military action closes Trapani Airport to civil flights
Italy's Trapani Airport, on the west coast of Sicily, is to be closed until further notice tomorrow owing to the military action launched against Libya. The Italian civil aviation authority ENAC states that the airport will be shut to civil traffic from midnight on 21 March - although aircraft which have already arrived will be allowed to depart for early flights until about 07:30.
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Other News

IATA warned there will be "a major slowdown" in the Japanese air transport market in the near-term that could impact a number of key markets worldwide. "Japan is an important link in global air transport," IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said in a statement Friday. "The $62.5 billion Japanese aviation market represents 6.5% of worldwide scheduled traffic and 10% of the industry's revenues."

LAN Airlines and TAM under LATAM Airlines Group, which had seemingly been headed for a smooth conclusion this year, hit a possible roadblock last week when Chilean antitrust tribunal TDLC announced it would investigate the proposed combination. A Chilean consumer group filed a petition against the merger with TDLC that the carriers had pushed the panel to reject.

United Continental Holdings said Friday that United Airlines’ technicians, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, have reached a tentative labor contract.

Premium Aerotec, partner of Airbus, has completed the curing of the largest A350 XWB fuselage panel made from carbon fiber at its site in Nordenham, Germany. Airbus said the 93 sq. m. panel will undergo ultrasonic inspection, trimming and drilling prior to being joined with the other panels that together will become the forward fuselage. Airbus said it opted for large fuselage panels for the A350 XWB design as they can be tailored in terms of their thickness according to the different loads required at each part of the airframe. This approach enables Airbus to optimize the airframe overall, which results in enhanced performance, greater robustness and less weight, it said.

LOT Polish Airlines will receive its first Boeing 787 in 13 months, CEO Marcin Pirog told the Polish Press Agency PAP last week. The first aircraft will arrive in Poland in April 2012, the next four between August and November. The carrier has eight on order.

Amentum Capital delivered one new Boeing 737-800 to TUI Travel.

Interfast and AVIC International Zhuhai Co. signed a LOI to create a JV in Zhuhai City to supply specialized fasteners and hardware and "value-added services" to the aerospace market in China and the Asia/Pacific region.



AVIATION QUOTE

You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.'

— Antoine de Saint Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939.



ON THIS DATE

March 21st

• In 1877... Maurice Farman (1877-1964), aviation pioneer and manufacturer, is born in Paris, France. In 1908, he made the first circular flight of more than one mile (1,6 km) with his brother, Henri.

• In 1908... Henri Farman covers 6,275 feet in 3 minutes 47 seconds in his Voisin-Farman No.1 bis at Issy-les-Moulineaux.

• In 1933... Fairey’s TSR.1 torpedo spotter-reconnaissance airplane makes its first flight at Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England.

• In 1933... James L. Kinney makes the first cross-country test of blind flying and landing from College Park, Maryland to Newark, New Jersey.



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EDITOR’S CHOICE

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HUMOR

Flying Truths

It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here, and If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn'em back off.

A check ride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but still be long enough to cover everything. Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one has ever collided with the sky.

Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands, and never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.

Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone. An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi.

"Unskilled" pilots are always found in the wreckage with their hand around the microphone.

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger; if you pull the stick back, they get smaller. (Unless you keep pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.)

Hovering20is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go; the only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire; flying is the second greatest thrill known to man, landing is the first!

Everyone already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away.

The probability of survival is opposite to the angle of arrival.

IFR: I Follow Roads.

You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.

Those who hoot with the owls by night, should not fly with the eagles by day.

A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and reciprocating parts going up and down - all of them trying to become random in motion.

Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.

Pilots believe in clean living. They never drink whiskey from a dirty glass.

Things which do you no good in aviation: Altitude above you; Runways behind you; Fuel in the truck; Half a second ago; Approach plates in the car; and Airspeed you don't have.

If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.

Flying is not dangerous; crashing is very dangerous.

A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a corpse.

Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a tree what it thinks about dogs.

Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.

An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.

Any pilot who relies on a terminal forecast can be sold the Brooklyn Bridge. If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.

The friendliest flight attendants are those on the trip home.

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

Being an airline pilot would be great if you didn't have to go on all those trips.

Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.

The nicer an airplane looks, the better it flies.

There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are, but it's always a good landing if you can still get the doors open.

Passengers prefer old captains and young flight attendants.

One thing worse than a captain who never flew as a copilot is a copilot who once was a captain. No matter which, it’s best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.

If an earthquake suddenly opened a fissure in a runway that caused an accident, the FAA would find a way to blame it on pilot error.

Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.

A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside. It's much worse.

It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You have to start with a large fortune.

A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying, and about flying when he's with a woman.

A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.

The last thing every pilot does before leaving the aircraft after making a gear up landing is to put the gear selection lever in the 'down' position.

Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs, and remember takeoff's are optional, but landings are mandatory.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.



TRIVIA

Airline Scramble

1. POMCILY
2. LIUVNGE
3. SIIANCANDVNA
4. BTIERN
5. SAGWGRNENMI
6. IHNTAIEOP
7. HISTIBR
8. AWHMOK
9. FRTROEIN
10. ATPICLO
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
PA110 (Founding Member) 21 Mar 11, 13:21Post
Trivia:
1.
2. Vueling
3. Scandinavian
4. Binter
5. Germanwings
6.
7. British
8. Mohawk
9.
10. Capitol
Look, it's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.
miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 22 Mar 11, 09:12Post
ANSWERS:
1. Olympic
2. Vueling
3. Scandinavian
4. Binter
5. Germanwings
6. Ethiopian
7. British
8. Mohawk
9. Frontier
10. Capitol
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
kmh1956 (Founding Member) 22 Mar 11, 21:22Post
Ref: the 747-8I first flight...what were the chase planes? They looked like T-33s, but can't be certain...old eyes.
JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 22 Mar 11, 21:35Post
kmh1956 wrote:Ref: the 747-8I first flight...what were the chase planes? They looked like T-33s, but can't be certain...old eyes.


Ex RCAF Canadair CT-133 Silver Stars. They also have a Northrop T-38A Talon.
A million great ideas...
kmh1956 (Founding Member) 22 Mar 11, 21:38Post
Thanks!
Click Click D'oh (Photo Quality Screener & Founding Member) 22 Mar 11, 22:26Post
miamiair wrote:
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