Wed, Dec 11, 2013
An Amazing Melding Of Motion, Visual And Aerodynamic Response In An Affordable Training Device
While at the Redbird Migration 2013 meeting, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell talked with Redbird Flight Simulations CEO, Todd Willinger about their prototype helicopter simulator. Willinger said they started looking at a helicopter simulator designed a couple of years ago. Within the last few months a prototype has been developed to test their design concepts. Willinger said motion was a key factor in the design. He admits that the prototype simulator is a bit odd looking, but it proved that their motion system works. Helicopter training is expensive, and Redbird Simulations feels that the prototype testing proves they can market a simulator that can reduce these costs.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Letter To Boeing Touts The State As Planemaker Seeks Manufacturing Site
Citing “miles wide and miles deep” support for aerospace manufacturing, Washington’s federal delegation made their case Monday in a letter to The Boeing Company to base 777X production in Washington State.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Says 'It's Just Common Sense ... To Stay Off The Phone’
Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) introduced a bill Monday prohibiting in-flight cell phone voice communications on commercial aviation flights.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Parties Call The $100 Million Program 'Game Changing' For The Airport
Development and management agreements presented Monday to the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority by the airport's public-private partnership (P3) committee propose a $100 million total investment in Gary/Chicago International Airport and the City of Gary over 40 years by private interests.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Providing Firefighting Services To Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated ... a provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, has won a 10-month contract to provide firefighting services to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in the country of Turkey.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
AAIB Initial Report Outlines Early Investigation
The U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch has released an initial report from an accident in which a Glasgow Police helicopter came down on the roof of a pub, resulting in the fatal injury of at least nine people. Three were on board the aircraft, and six were attending an event inside the building. Thirty-two other people suffered injuries, twelve serious, according to the report.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
APFA President Laura Glading, AFA US Airways President Roger Holmin Help Introduce Newly Merged Airline
Members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the union representing the flight attendants of American Airlines, and AFA US Airways President Roger Holmin were on hand Monday morning to help introduce the new American to the flying public.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Bird Strike Cited In Loss Of $8 Million Airplane
Air Force officials announced Tuesday the accident investigation results of a July 19 T-38C accident at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
An Amazing Melding Of Motion, Visual And Aerodynamic Response In An Affordable Training Device
While at the Redbird Migration 2013 meeting, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell talked with Redbird Flight Simulations CEO, Todd Willinger about their prototype helicopter simulator. Willinger said they started looking at a helicopter simulator designed a couple of years ago. Within the last few months a prototype has been developed to test their design concepts.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Forced Airport To Close To Inbound Flights For About Three Hours
A Gulfstream G550 landing at Stansted Airport in Essex in the U.K. damaged the airport's ILS transmitter on the runway, forcing the airport to close to arriving flights for about three hours Tuesday.
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