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22 Dead In Saab 340 Crash in Patagonia
A Sol Air Lines plane carrying 22 people crashed and exploded Wednesday in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, killing all on board. Sol Air Lines said its Flight 5248 carrying three crew members and 19 passengers, including a baby, communicated an emergency while flying from Neuquen near the Andes to Comodoro Rivadavia along the coast of Patagonia. The company confirmed that the wreckage was found about 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of the town of Los Menucos, and that local firefighers and police found no one alive. "Unfortunately there are no survivors. We see burnt remains, everything burned," Ismael Ali, who directs the hospital in the nearest town of Los Menucos, told the Todo Noticias channel.
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Omega 707 tanker crashes in California

A Boeing K-707 tanker operated by Omega Aerial Refueling Services has crashed taking off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu in California, but media reports said the three-person crew escaped without injury. A video clip on the website of Los Angeles ABC news affiliate KABC-TV showed a 707 burning at the end of runway, the Omega logo clearly visible on the tail. A report quoting an Air Station spokesman said the aircraft was carrying 150,000 pounds of jet fuel.
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Airbus appears to gain edge in WTO case on state aid
Airbus and Boeing both claimed victory in Wednesday's ruling by the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, the latest round of their dispute over government support that is in its sixth year. But it appeared that Airbus gained significantly more than it lost in its appeal of last year's ruling, which found that Airbus benefitted from illegal launch aid and other development support. Airbus called the Appellate Body decision, "the final blow to the Boeing-sponsored myth that government support to Airbus somehow caused harm to Boeing."
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Airbus to boost A320 production rate to 42 per month by late 2012
Airbus on Wednesday announced it will raise the production rate of its A320 family to 42 aircraft per month beginning in the fourth quarter 2012. The move had been expected since EADS indicated last week that an increase was warranted in light of current trends.Airbus currently produces 36 a month, a rate which is scheduled to increase to 38 in August 2011 and to 40 in the first quarter of 2012.
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Bombardier: Demand for 13,100 new 20-149 seat aircraft through 2030
Bombardier said in its latest Commercial Aircraft Market Forecast released this week that 13,100 new aircraft in the 20-149 seat range will be needed through 2030, an increase of 300 units over its previous 20-year forecast. Total value of the aircraft is approximately $639 billion, the Canadian manufacturer stated.
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Moscow evaluates additional Israeli UAVs
Moscow is evaluating the purchase of additional Israeli-made unmanned air vehicle types, in a move which could build on its previous purchase of two Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) designs.
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JAL Group reported a consolidated operating profit of ¥188.4 billion ($2.3 billion) for the 2010-11 fiscal year ended March 31, the company said in a brief statement. It reported operating revenue of ¥1.36 trillion. The Japan Airlines unit posted an operating profit of ¥147.7 billion and operating revenue of ¥1.14 trillion for the 20010-11 year. Net figures and results for the prior fiscal year were not supplied, but JAL lost ¥649.5 million in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. It filed for creditor protection in January 2010 and emerged from its court-monitored bankruptcy restructuring in March 2011. It endured a steep drop in demand in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

EasyJet stepped up its campaign to halt what it calls “destructive” government changes to the air passenger duty tax, citing the results of a report it commissioned by Frontier Economics which forecasts the proposals would be “bad for the environment and the economy.” It also called on the government to switch from a per-passenger duty to a per-plane tax.

China Southern Airlines signed a cooperation agreement with the Beijing government paving the way for the Guangzhou-based carrier to enhance its position at the new Beijing Daxing airport, which is projected to open in 2016. Construction is set to begin this year.

Boeing and Alaska Airlines are working together to develop a "Component Management Optimization Program" under which the airline has agreed to use its fleet and Seattle-based MRO organization to "develop, test and validate" RFID and "Contact Memory Button" technology that can be used to track parts information such as serial numbers, manufacturing date and maintenance history. Boeing, in partnership with Fujitsu, will provide automated identification technology devices, device readers, software applications and system integration service.

Aveos signed a five-year contract with ABC Aerolineas to repair and overhaul all components on its fleet of 24 Airbus A320s, including access to an inventory pool and placement of main base stock in Toluca, Mexico.

GE Aviation has a $30 million, five-year OnPoint solution agreement with Linea Aerea del Ecuador for the maintenance of its CF34-10E engine fleet powering three Embraer 190 aircraft.

Volga-Dnepr was awarded certification from the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia’s Ministry of Transport to perform its own cargo handling at Russian airports.

Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services announced it has completed the fourth heavy maintenance inspection on an Embraer 190 for TACA Group, under a maintenance agreement signed in the fourth quarter of 2010.



AVIATION QUOTE

Flexible is much too rigid, in aviation you have to be fluid.

— Verne Jobst



ON THIS DATE

May 19th

• In 1934... The first flight of the Russian Tupolev Ant-20 Maxim Gorkii, at this time the largest aircraft in the world. Powered by eight engines, capable of carrying 80 passengers, it is used mainly as a mobile propaganda office.

• In 1949... The U.S. Navy flying boat Marshall Mars lands after flying from Alameda, near San Francisco, with a record 301 passengers.

• In 1959... The first Boeing 707-436 Intercontinental destined for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) makes its maiden flight, landing at Boeing Field, Seattle, after 1 hour, 11 minutes in the air. BOAC ordered 15 Intercontinentals in 1956.



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HUMOR

Aviation Humor

Blue water Navy truism; There are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.

If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.

Navy carrier pilots to Air Force pilots: Flaring is like squatting to pee.

When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.

Without ammunition the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.

What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.

Never trade luck for skill.

The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh S#!+!"

Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.

Progress in airline flying; now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.

Airspeed, altitude or brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.

A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.

I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.

Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!

Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries.

Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding it or doing anything about it.

When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.

Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.

Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II. When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.

The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. (Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot)

A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. (Jon McBride, astronaut)

If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot)

If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the bastard down. (Ernest K. Gann, author & aviator)

Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing. (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena, Japan).

You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)

Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.

There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. (Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970).

The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time. (Author unknown, but someone who's been there)

"Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV." (A DC-9 captain trainee attempting to check out on the 'glass cockpit' of an A-320).

If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.

Basic Flying Rules
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.

You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.



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The NAS banner at the top, and the images for the trivia are not showing up for me this morning, nor are some images in other threads. Yet, the pics I posted are showing up, along with some others...... kind of weird. I tried a different browser, and re-booted as well - no go. I'll check my laptop when I get home and see if it is just my work computer.

Edit: And some images are not showing up on that whiners site either.

ORFflyer wrote:The NAS banner at the top, and the images for the trivia are not showing up for me this morning, nor are some images in other threads.

Don't worry mate, I can see the trivia images and they're not helping

1 Vietnam Airlines
3 Lynden Air Cargo
5 Garuda
11 Air India

ANSWERS:

1. VN, Vietnam Airlines
2. Q8, pacific East Asia Cargo
3. L2, Lynden Air Cargo
4. JT, Lion Airlines
5. GA, Garuda Indonesian
6. FY, Firefly
7. 8F, Cardigair
8. AK, Air Asia
9. AK, Air Asia
10. AK, Air Asia
11. AI, Air India