All Aircraft Expected To Be Delivered This Year

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, the largest independent aircraft operating lessor in China, is pleased to announce that it has signed lease agreements with Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. for the lease of three Airbus A320 aircraft on a 144-month lease term. The three aircraft are expected to be delivered in 2016.

Agency Has Developed Multiple 'Green-Related' Technologies In The Past Six Years

NASA says the nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by the agency's aeronautics researchers during the past six years.

First Flight Training Device To Be So Approved In That Country

Korea Aerospace University (KAU) has received Dah approval (the equivalent of FAA Level 6) on their Frasca Cessna 172S Flight Training Device (FTD). This is the first FTD to achieve this level of approval in Korea. The FTD was installed at the Korea Aerospace University Flight Training Center located on Jeju Island last month and will be used by KAL for initial pilot training.

Will Demonstrate FMS Applications On Military Hardware

Under a U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contract, Rockwell Collins will support government development of a standard set of interfaces for Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation (RNP RNAV) capability aligned to the FACE Technical Standard.

Aircraft Will Be Placed With The French Army Aviation

The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has ordered six additional NH90 helicopters in tactical troop transport (TTH) configuration, bringing the total amount of NH90 TTHs on order for the French Army Aviation to 74.

Total Of $31.8 Million Obligated To The Company

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.8 million contract in December 2015 to sustain the AH-64D/E Apache's targeting and pilotage system, the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS).

Allows Tracking Of Ground Targets In All Weather Conditions

The U.S. army has awarded a contract to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and its partner, Reston, Virginia’s, Leidos, to design, produce, integrate and test for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced (ARL-E) program of record. The ARL-E program is a manned, multiple intelligence (multi-INT) airborne platform that provides a persistent capability to detect, locate, classify/identify and track surface targets in day/night, near-all-weather conditions with a high degree of timeliness and accuracy.

Contract Modification Granted By The U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy has modified a contract with Northrop Grumman Corporation for non-recurring engineering and recurring support to configure the first Japanese E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

Presented By Innovation Company Accelerator In San Diego, CA

Connect, an innovation company accelerator in San Diego, awarded its highest honor for a technology or product developed in San Diego to the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation. The William W. Otterson Award was given in recognition of Global Hawk's significant impact on society and quality of life.

Phenomenon Spotted In A Small Galaxy About 26 Million Light Years From Earth

Evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole has been discovered using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This is one of the nearest supermassive black holes to Earth that is currently undergoing such violent outbursts.

Will Provide Advanced Countermeasure System For 'J' Model Airplanes

The U.S. Special Operations Command has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide advanced countermeasure systems for AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft.

Complies With Chinese Part 145 Maintenance Rules

West Star Aviation's Grand Junction, CO location has been approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

Top Air Show Performers Commit To EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016

Some of the world’s top air show performers have made their commitments to fly at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 fly-in – The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration – as part of the afternoon and night air show lineups. Those performers include national aerobatic champions and longtime Oshkosh favorites. They will add to the one-of-a-kind aircraft and performances that are part of the popular daily flying programs. EAA AirVenture 2015 is July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

The Ultimate Combination Of Aero-Sports Has Been Achieved By Combining Physical Fitness Training And Recreational Aviation

When EAA reported the successful flight of the Dead Simple Human Powered Airplane (DaSH PA) on December 5th at the Half Moon Bay Airport, just south of San Francisco, California, we just had to check it out. What we found was the perfect merger of recreational aviation and a physical fitness training program.

Day In The Life Of A U2 Pilot

Gliding more than 13 miles above the Earth’s surface, the U-2S reconnaissance aircraft, nicknamed Dragon Lady, flies silent and unnoticed by all but a select few.

'Steam Gauges' Removed From Sims That Can Emulate Nine Different Aircraft

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach Campus recently chose to convert their Elite RC-1 Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) from conventional gauges to a G1000 glass cockpit. Most of the components from the original device were able to remain the same, lowering the cost of the new G1000 AATD system.

Also: Liberty University, Elite RC-1 To RC-1000, Southwest Expands, Malaysia Suspends Baggage, First Japanese E-2D, NASA Research

During a meeting with the editorial board of the Conway, New Hampshire Daily Sun last week, a reporter asked Hillary Clinton about a conversation they had in 2007 about UFOs. The Daily Sun reports that Clinton "seemed to have fun" discussing this topic, and the topic of Area 51, saying "Yes, I'm going to get to the bottom of it." When the mighty Concorde supersonic airliner was relegated to the status of a museum piece, supersonic airline travel came to an end. Now, the test p

Klyde Remembers The Randy Babbit Era... His Way!

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Eva Murray Was Aboard Cessna 206 That Went Down In The Atlantic Ocean In 2011

In July 2011, Eva Murray was a passenger aboard a Penobscot Island Air Cessna 206 that went down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine. She was the last of three passengers to get out of the sinking airplane and survive. She had been underwater so long that the pilot of the airplane had dove down to see if he could find find her.

Third Straight Year For The Designation From Airline Safety Website

The safety and product rating website AirlineRatings.com has announced its top 20 safest airlines for 2016 from the 407 it monitors ... and for the third year in a row Qantas came out on top.

Culmination Of A Years-Long Effort For Daily Service

As the home of the Daytona Beach International Speedway, the greater Daytona Beach area is used to victory celebrations. But no celebration means more to this seaside resort area than the news that its years-long effort to recruit JetBlue Airways to serve Daytona Beach International Airport (KDAB) had finally succeeded.

Adcock Range National low-frequency radio navigation system (c.1930-c.1950) replaced by an omnirange (VOR) system. It consisted of four segmented quadrants broadcasting Morse Code "A" (dot-dash) and "N" (dash-dot) signals in opposing quadrants so that pilots could orient their position relative to a "beam" broadcasting a steady tone, and a Morse Code station identifier. Using a "build-and-fade" technique, a pilot could (ideally) pinpoint his location by the strength or weakness of a signal.

Aero Linx: The Combat Air Museum The Combat Air Museum has served as an educational institution and tourism destination for close to forty years. It is one of a handful of major aviation museums in the United States located on an active air field. Visitors to our Museum are regularly treated to flying activities of Air Force fighter aircraft and Army helicopter operations. With the longest runway in the State of Kansas, large refueling tanker aircraft of the Kansas Air National Guard and army troop transports often fill the skies around the Museum. The Museum's "Young Aviators" classes offer students a unique opportunity to be immersed in the midst of a museum covering aviation history from the earliest days of flight to t

"Some days you’ll go up and she’ll be perfectly well-behaved and she’ll be just like dancing with a lady. It’s going to be smooth and everything just goes great and it’s the best flight of your life, but then there are those days when (she’s) not a lady, she is a dragon, and you’re just trying to hold on while she tries to kill you. A lot of it has to do with visibility,” Source: Capt. Jacob, a 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2S pilot, describing the amzing airplane he gets to fly...