Midway Airlines B717 Lands Safely After Circling... And Yes,
It's On Tape
In a shower of sparks and before the watchful eyes of television
cameras, a Midway Airlines Boeing 717 made a safe landing just
before 10 pm EST Tuesday night at Logan International after an
unknown problem was discovered with the aircraft's landing
gear.
Finnish Company To Design, Deliver Structures For Military
Transport
Development work continues on Airbus's A400M military transport
plane, with Airbus's announcement that Patria Aerostructures
Business Unit has been selected to design and deliver the A400M
vertical tail plane tip fairing to the European aerospace
consortium. Peak production rate will be some 30 aircraft per year
-- with deliveries scheduled between 2006-2021.
BAE Systems' digital electronic warfare system (EW) has
successfully completed the first phase of developmental flight
tests on the U.S. Air Force's F -22A Raptor. The tests of the
digital EW system were conducted aboard Raptor "4009" at Edwards
Air Force Base, CA, over the past four months.
Witness Video Shows Wing Separated From Plane, Fire
One person remains missing in Monday's fatal accident involving
a Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101, a Grumman seaplane, as
investigators continue the search for clues in the
fiery mishap that claimed 19 lives. A horrific video caught
just after a witness heard an explosion shows the stricken Mallard
falling to the water, with what appears to be the right wing
separated from the aircraft engulfed in flames.
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AD NUMBER: 2005-25-27
MANUFACTURER: Airbus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-25-27
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
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A300 B4-103 and B4-203 airplanes, and A310-203 airplanes.
Planes Can Land With Lower Ceilings, Reduced Visibility
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Tuesday that
a new navigation procedure at Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport. Called "Required Navigation Performance" (RNP), the
procedure takes advantage of a plane's onboard navigation
capability to fly a more precise flight path into the airport.
Part One Of The EAA's Tom Poberezny On The Year That Was
It was an interesting year for the Aero-Biz... and few
organizations had as big a stake in 2005 as did EAA. EAA Boss Tom
Poberezny (below) went through the year, warts and all, with ANN
Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell to talk out the best and worst of
2005, and to check with the Poberezny crystal ball for a gander at
our collective prospects for 2006.
A $29 billion relief bill passed by the US House of
Representatives Monday, to fund rebuilding efforts in the
hurricane-ravaged states along the US Gulf Coast, also contains
$350 million to repair damage incurred to NASA facilities in the
wrath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But the bill still must pass
in the Senate... where it likely faces a battle.
Don’t be surprised when you start seeing TV commercials
this week on the Weather Channel... saying general aviation is NOT
a threat to national security, period. It's all part of a
campaign by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association to send a
clear and concise message to the public, media and political
community.
Simulation Flight Included Partial Cabin Depressurization
Experts now report a flight attendant was at the controls of a
Helios Airways 737 for as long as 12 minutes before it went
down on a Greek hillside August 14, killing all 121 people on
board.
It was an interesting year for the Aero-Biz... and few
organizations had as big a stake in 2005 as did EAA. EAA Boss Tom
Poberezny went through the year, warts and all, with ANN
Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell to talk out the best and worst of 2005
and to check with the Poberezny crystal ball for a gander at our
collective prospects for 2006.
Canadian lawmakers who passed a series of campaign finance
reform laws in 2003 had the best of intentions... but
unfortunately, they wound up hurting themselves. The laws now
prevent candidates from flying to campaign in far-flung Arctic
communities -- because the candidates simply can't afford it.
For the second time in just over two weeks, a Boeing 737 has
slid off the runway during landing. This time, an airliner flying
for Turkish Airlines left the runway at Germany's Dusseldorf
Airport Sunday, and slid 100 meters before coming to rest in a
security zone at the end of the runway.
Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (CAM) announced
Monday it has appointed a new International Sales Center to
serve Italy. The firm will market, sell and support the Columbia
350 and 400 aircraft models exclusively in the southern European
nation.
The anticipated December 26 launch of the European Space
Agency's Galileo spacecraft has been bumped back a few days... and
it's not the spacecraft's fault.
While as kids we may have had to imagine a tire swing was really
a Gemini capsule to send us to the stars, students at Ophir
Elementary School in California can play and dream in an authentic
Gemini-type space capsule that has been on the school grounds since
1969.
Former Passenger Airplane Enters Service As Freighter December
21
Cathay Pacific Airways is certainly getting its money's worth
out of one of its 747-400s, as the airline -- along with Boeing --
has announced completion and certification of the first 747-400
Boeing Converted Freighter at a redelivery ceremony held in Xiamen,
People’s Republic of China, Dec. 19.
"Is it unfair? Absolutely. There are going to be a
number of small communities who are just not going to get
candidates in."
Source: Kirby Marshall, campaign manager for
Canadian Northwest Territory Tory candidate Richard Edjericon, on
the effects of a 2003 campaign reform bill that limited corporate
contributions to individual candidates, including complimentary
airline tickets, to $1,000 -- more than a single ticket to some
communities in Nunavet and the N.W.T. costs -- and airline service
is pretty much the only way to reach some communities that lack
roads.
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