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PeopleUS pilots want arms in cockpit
Washington, Usa - Tsa is creating a training program
Pilots are stepping up their campaign to pressure the Bush administration into arming and training more of them. Captain Phillip Beall, member of the Airline Pilots' Security Alliance, a grass-roots organization... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines expands its service by codesharing with Klm
Houston, Usa - 10 more destinations in Europe, Africa and Middle East
Continental Airlines is improving its transatlantic travel service by expanding destinations served in Europe and Africa through codesharing with the Dutch carrier Klm. The service will be available by... more
PeopleCommercial flights for Basra postponed
Basra, Iraq - Lack of facilities but also the fear of terroristic attacks
The first flights that would have connected the Iraqi city of Basra with localities in Europe and in Middle East would have to start this week, but the Anglo-American authorities that manage the Country... more
CuriositiesBald Ibis flying after hang-gliders
Faenza, Italy - An unusual migration program
A bevy of Bald Ibis flying from Austria to Tuscany led by two hang-gliders: it's the singular display which can be seen raising the eye to the sky. A searcher group of the Konrad Lorenz Institut in Grunau... more
IndustryTu-324 the plane in competion with the RRJ project
Moscow, Russia - 3 the proposed versions, one to be certified this year
That one of the Russian aeronautical industry will be a market in competition, as it has been understood from the will of many constructors to gain the own share; it is the case of the new commercial aircraft... more
AccidentsColombia: the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of the police was hitten
Bogota, Colombia - No one was harmed
Yesterday some shoots were fired against the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of Colombian police Hector Castro while arriving at Ronsesvalles, in Tolima district. The chief of national police, Luis... more
AirlinesRyanair suspends London-Strasbourg route after a French Court decision
Paris, France - The carrier would have abused of subsidies for the tourist development in Alsace region
Since next September 24 the low-cost Ryanair airline will suspend all the flights from London to Strasbourg because of a French sentence; according to the verdict, indeed, the Irish carrier would have... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Turbomeca Arriel 1 series turboshaft engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent engine failure due to rubbing of the 2nd stage turbine disk on the 2nd stage nozzle guide vanes, which could result in complete engine failure and damage to the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 94-ANE-08-AD; Amendment... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-100, -100B, -100B SUD, -200B, -200C, -200F, -300, -400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes; and model 747SR series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent the loss of an inboard trailing edge foreflap during flight, and subsequent damage to the airplane in flight
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-117-AD; Amendment... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on MD Helicopters, Inc., model MD-900 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of a bolt, loss of a main rotor blade, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-SW-33-AD; Amendment... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747 series airplanes equipped with General Electric CF6-45 or CF6-50 series engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent leaking fuel line couplings, chafed fuel lines, restricted or clogged strut drain lines, fluids or vapors migrating to ignition sources, and flashback of external flame into the strut, which could result in uncontained engine
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-232-AD; Amendment... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Systems Integration awarded of a over 47 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CP-140 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $47,315,853 ceiling priced order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-00-G-0231) for the procurement of 24 ALQ-217... more
IndustryRaytheon Co., Electronic Systems awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Raytheon Co., Electronic Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $9,700,000 letter contract for the procurement of time critical parts for the Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared... more
IndustryAgreement between Us-Russia firms to develop an airliner defence system
Moscow, Russia - A need become more urgent after September 11
The Maks-2003 held last week in the city of Zhukovsky has been concluded with the important contracts also between Russian and American societies, as in the case of the agreement signed between the Us... more
AccidentsCollision between 2 helicopters in the Russian Far East
Moscow, Russia - Also the Defense Minister was present
They are still poor of details the news that are coming from the airport of Chernigovka, in the Russian Far East, where this morning 2 Mi-24 helicopters crashed during the phase of landing: 5 victims and... more
AerospaceColumbia: the accusations of a Boeing ex-engineer
Washington, Usa - A program had foresee the blast
A few hours before the publication of Nasa report on the Columbia tragedy (see AVIONEWS), the Boeing ex-engineer J. Richardson declared the indications of the software he created were misinterpreted. The... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $14,624,557 firm-fixed-priced order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0009)... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-3 helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,188,110 firm-fixed-price contract with a provision for an option for purchase of new main rotor blades for the UH-3 helicopter. Work will... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64 Apache helicopters
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,592,346 firm-fixed-price, award-fee contract for post-productions system support for U.S. Army AH-64A Apache helicopters. Work will... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $9,800,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract... more
IndustryBoeing: new ethic behaviour rules
New York, Usa - The company wants to be competitive again
Boeing, the first world air manufacturer, announced it wants to impose new stricter ethic rules inside the company, so that it can demonstrate to American authorities it is still a responsible contractor. The... more
Latest newsUS air attack kills 14 fighters in Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan - The "Operation Warrior Sweep" goes on
US and Afghan officials reported that US jets pounded a Taliban mountain hideout overnight killing at least 14 insurgents in the deadliest air assault since rebels launched a series of strikes against... more
Weather forecastsFlying over Auschwitz with F-15s to not forget
Jerusalem, Israel - They'll be pilot by the relatives of the victims
They are approximately 1,1 million Jews captured in Europe occupied from the Nazi regimen and killed in the concentration camp of Auschwitz, one of the most sadly famous for its inner efficiency in destroying... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: nonstop flights between New York and Bahamas
Houston, Usa - Daily flights on Embraer ERJ-145
Continental Airlines announced that on December 17 it will begin nonstop daily service from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International to Freeport in the Bahamas, pending government approval. The... more
Industry8 Tu-214 passenger planes ordered from 2 carriers
Moscow, Russia - But they'll be built in Kazan
According to contracts recently signed at the Maks-2003, 2 Russian airlines will receive 8 new Tu-214 airplanes, whose assemblage will occur in the plant of the Kazan constructor Kapo. It has told the... more
Latest newsRussian Tu-160 bomber join exercise in Pacific
Moscow, Russia - Ships localization and aid delivering were their main tasks
Also the Russian bombers have taken part, on last week-end, to the exercises that the Russian Navy, in command of Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, is carrying out in Pacific Ocean. It's a matter of announced... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent fracture of the 7th and 9th through 12th stage high pressure compressor (HPC) disks and 8th stage HPC hub, resulting in uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NE-41-AD; Amendment... more
AerospaceTomorrow the Nasa report on Columbia
Washington, Usa - No one saw anything
The "Washington Post" anticipated yesterday the Nasa official report which is going to be published tomorrow: no one saw the fragment pulling away during the launch, on January 16, 2003, which condemned... more
DefenseFirst military jets will arrive this week in Indonesia, but the scandal on the order is still high
Jakarta, Indonesia - Wednesday the first 2 Su-27 should be delivered
Although the first 2 Russian 2 Su-27 Flanker will arrive on next Wednesday to the air force base of Iswahyudi on board of an Antonov cargo plane, that could not be enough to stop the investigating committee... more
Latest newsIraqi drones were for reconnaissance
Washington, Usa - They were not meant to threat Usa as formerly stated
Air Force intelligence analysts argued in a national intelligence assessment of Iraq before the war that the remotely piloted planes were unarmed reconnaissance drones. But senior Bush administration officials... more
HelicoptersMtu Aero Engines to overhaul German CH-53 engines
Berlin, Germany - A contract worth EUR 28m
MTU Aero Engines has communicated to have won an EUR 28m to modernize the engines of 20 Sikorsky CH-53GS helicopters; an urgent necessity as the German Defense Minister has explained, because the old General... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-319, A-320, and A-321 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent moisture ingression and delamination of the cockpit lateral fixed windows, which could result in the loss of the outer glass ply and consequent damage to the airplane and injury to people or damage to property on the ground
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-16-AD; Amendment... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-11 and -11F airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent overheating and internal component failure of the dimmer control unit of the overhead instrument lighting, which could result in smoke and/or fire in the flight compartment
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-357-AD; Amendment... more
IndustryBoeing Capital settles in Russia
Moscow, Russia - 30 aircraft to be delivered by 2004
As more times emphasized that one of the Russian air transport is a market in increase, and rather than the European American ones, it is composed of old airplanes. For this reason Capital Boeing, subsidiary... more
IndustryBoeing Co. awarded of a 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For B-2 aircraft
Boeing Co. is being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for 40 landing gear cylinder assemblies in support of the B-2 aircraft. At this time, $6,000,000 of the funds has been obligated.... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $7,040,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-03-C-0011) for the refurbishment and replacement of tooling... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp awarded of a over 29 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For components for the F-15 aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $29,375,162 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for spares for AN/ALQ-135 Band 3 system components applicable to the F-15 aircraft.... more
Civil aviationSeveral items missing from US Air Force Museum
Dayton, Usa - Among them also three bombs
After an audit of the world's oldest and largest military aviation museum, about 1000 artifacts were reported missing - from NASA and Wright brothers technology to a variety of military weapons. Among... more
AccidentsFire on board of a Lufthansa plane, emergency landing in Austria
Innsbruck, Austria - No one of the 84 passengers was enjured
According to the first available information a small fire raged in the passenger hand-baggage compartment, but then it has been quickly extinguished by the crew. This the cause that has forced, on Saturday,... more
HelicoptersEnstrom 480B receives the Caa certification
Michigan, Usa - A new market for the Us firm
Caa (Civil Aviation Authority), the UK's equivalent to America's Faa (Federal Aviation Administration) has emitted a certification for the Entrom 480B model. "This is very good news for us, as it opens... more
AirportsIgnazio hurricane arrives, the first of the season in the Ocean Pacific region
La Paz, Mexico - All the airports have been closed
With a speed of its winds of 150/170 km/h, Ignazio is considered a Category 1 hurricane, and the first of the season on the Pacific coast. Its more catastrophic effects are attended in these hours in... more
AccidentsIranian plane makes an emergency landing
Teheran, Iran - Fire in the cabin
On August 23 an Iranian plane was forced to an emergency landing because of a fire in the cabin. The aircraft, a Fokker 100 flying from Shiraz to Mahshahr, in the Khizistan south-west province south-west,... more
HelicoptersPalm Beach: training helicopters fly to low
Palm Beach, Usa - Their noise is similar to bombing
More than a dozen homeowners living near the Palm Beach County Park Airport west of Lantana complained about helicopter traffic from the airport: according to their statements the aircrafts fly over their... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F (KC10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, DC-10-40F, MD-10-10F, and MD-10-30F airplanes
Washington, Usa -To prevent heated localized temperatures within the fuel boost/transfer pumps due to frictional heating, which could result in a potential source of ignition in a fuel tank and consequent fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-NM-144-AD; Amendment... more
HelicoptersNext month the first made in Vietnam helicopter makes its debut
Hanoi, Vietnam - They 're many the helicopters of which the country needs
It is not known yet the name with which, the next month, will be introduced the first helicopter constructed from a Vietnamese firm, the Vietnam Mechanism Association, but it's known it belongs to the... more
Latest newsIsraeli helicopters attack kills four Hamas fighters
Gaza, Israel - The target was the leader of an unit that pioneered the firing of homemade missiles
Israeli helicopters killed four Hamas fighters in a missile strike this morning, after its Army Chief, Gen Moshe Yaalon declared yesterday all Hamas members "Potential targets for liquidation". The strike... more
Weather forecastsViolins and helicopters in Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria - Triumph of techno music among rotary blades
On Friday 22 there was a great acrobatic show in Salzburg skies: 4 violinists on board of 4 helicopters performed the "String Quartet for Helicopter", composed by master Karlheinz Stockhausen. The event... more
AccidentsUs base of Samarra under attack: it's waiting for a confirmation or deny
Baghdad, Iraq - While helicopters are flying to carry the casualties
According to news that need to be officialy confirmed, the American base of Samarra in Iraq would have been attacked last night, strong blows have been heard. But journalists confirm several helicopters... more
AirlinesQantas could sell its terminal
Sydney, Australia - It's better to have cash selling the assets
The Australian airline Qantas is considering the opportunity to sell its terminal at the airports of Sydney and Melbourne, a decision that could assure USD 500m. Nothing has been decided yet, but it... more
AccidentsTropical Airways aircraft crashes, 21 victims
Port-au-Prine, Haiti - Unknown the causes of the incident
The news are contrasting about the causes that yesterday would have provoked the crash of a Tropical Airways airplane, killing the 19 passengers and 2 members of the crew on board. The tragedy has taken... more