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In February 2010, AirNav Systems announced its release of AirNav RadarBox 3D, a tri-dimensional worldwide flight tracking software.
AirNav Systems is the leading provider of ADS-B real-time global flight tracking solutions. The company owns the only existing global ADS-B flight tracking network. The company’s new release, AirNav RadarBox 3D, is the world's first tri-dimensional worldwide flight tracking software.
Alicante, Spain – November 10, 2011 - Airlines are responsible for verifying that passengers have the correct documentation before they travel. Failure to do so could result in formidable fines for each violation, easily wiping out the airline's profit from the entire flight.
Roland Ondrus, one of our aviation news editors talks us through a day in the life of a real airline pilot. If you're a keen aviation enthusiast, you will enjoy this article and if you're a dedicated flight simmer, you may enjoy it even more! He talks through a flight step by step, discussing each of the main points of the flight.
After the bankruptcy of the national carrier Air Slovakia on June 1. 2010, a brand new firm is ready to enter the market. Air Slovakia was formerly owned by an Indian businessman who transformed the airline into an exotic carrier that was not very much used by Slovak citizens. The airline consisted of one Boeing 737-200 (ex Southwest aircraft) and two Boeing 757-200 until it went bankrupt. The primary Hub was Bratislava International Airport (Letisko Milana Rastislava Stefanika).
Everyone has an opinion about airline food. And it’s rarely good.
Bryan Miller, a NY Times restaurant critic, once said, "The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings. Airplanes are an extreme example.”
Why is there a huge hole in the side of the World Trade Center?
On the morning of Sept 11, 2001 I flipped on the Today Show morning news program in Los Angeles a few minutes before 6am. They were showing a video of a huge gaping hole in the side of one of the World Trade Center buildings, with a massive black cloud billowing out. One of the anchors, Katie Couric said, “As Matt just mentioned we have a breaking news story to tell you about. Apparently a plane has just crashed into the World Trade Center here in New York City.”
As the airplane banked over the Swiss Alps, Kurt looked out his window. He could see them all in a little line: Samedan, St. Moritz, Silvaplana and Chamfér. He smiled to himself – he just ended the greatest skiing weekend of his life. He turned his head to the pillow to take a nap.
Boeing's newest and biggest passenger plane took off for the first time at 9.59am on Sunday Mar, 20, 2011. The newest model of the 747 line, the 747-8 Intercontinental was resplendent in orange and white as it took off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington under a canopy of blue skies. It was followed by two T-33 chase planes and the cheers of a throng of Boeing workers gathered for the event.
The aviation industry has been directly hit by the triple blow of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor crises. Fuel costs have risen, travel to Japan has been reduced, tourism from Japan to other countries has dropped, freight rates have increased by upwards of 50% and the airline manufacturing supply chain has been severely tested.
What exactly is R2? R2 is a robotic helper for the space station. With hands and arms and stereovision, is expected to perform some of the repetitive or more mundane functions inside the orbiting laboratory to free astronauts for more complicated tasks and experiments. It could one day also go along on space walks.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp, Space X has announced its goals for heavy lift vehicles, beginning with the Falcon X and Super X family of launch Vehicles. At the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Joint Propulsion Conference in Nashville, Space X unveiled its exploration vision. Until recently Space X focused on (LEO) Low earth orbiting vehicles, but now they want to help get us to Mars and beyond! To get to Mars, it would take as many as 15 chemical-powered vehicles to perform the same mission as two nuclear-powered Earth-departure stage vehicles. The nuclear thermal vehicles would also be capable of faster transit times in the order of 170-210 days, With standard chemical rockets it would take up to 6 months and perhaps more!
Bern, Switzerland - 40 laser attack's on airline pilot's are reported around Switzerland for the year 2009. This year has proven even more shocking, over the running 7 months 40 attack's are reported, that's much more than over the whole last year. These lasers are not given enough of a "danger rating", but in reality these lasers are very dangerous.
The battle between Boeing and Airbus is one with long tradition and one that never loses on it's interestingness. The airplane manufacturer industry is one that requires the companies to be flamboyant, adaptable and aggressive. The most famous manufacturer battle was when Boeing introduced the 737 series and Airbus had problems coming up with a adequate answer that would bring it up to even terms. The Airbus family of the A318, A319, A320, A321 is today seen as direct competition, but in today's world the spotlight shifted away from the short-haul airplanes to the long-haul planes.
The International Airport at Bratislava, Slovak Republic has had a historic moment in the last month. This moment is has been historic because a brand new terminal has been opened up. The previously used one has been built in 1970 and could not handle the growing passenger volume that has been generated by the largest active airline flying to the airport, Ryanair.
Back In January The FAA The federal government has granted the Jacksonville Aviation Authority a license to operate a commercial, horizontal launch spaceport at Cecil Field. Living around Cecil Field (KVQQ) all my life, this is a real exciting prospect, The Ex Navy Master jet base has been a part of my life since 1969 and to see it listed, as a spaceport is good for the local economy and for our Countries space tourism/space research.
Space ship two, officially names VSS Enterprise Completed it’s second Captive test flight over the Mohave Desert Sunday May 16th All test goals where achieved in this test flight. Spaceship two was pressurized and powered by the mother ship and climbed to 51,000 ft .The ship was flown to that altitude to test its flight worthiness and to test it’s descent from a space flight.
With the last launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis I am reminded that there are two more scheduled flights left in the Shuttle program. What Alternatives do we have? Well there is the Russian Soyuz ships and that is it!
The US Air Force launches it’s X37 from Cape Canaveral Air force station Thursday night. This space plane was originally to carry up to 6 astronauts but since being handed over to the US Air Force it has been relegated to testing for unmanned purposes
Pay to pee? Ryanair may begin charging for passengers to use the toilet, which amounts to One pound or $1.43 just to use the bathroom. Michael O'Leary Ryanair's CEO commented on BBC television and also said "One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door."
On March 26th at 10:15am local time the FAA Great Lakes Region office was notified that the Tower at Flint Bishop Airport (KFNT) was on fire and that the fire dept was enroute. All Air Traffic Controllers from the 5th floor was evacuated safely. The fire was found to be on the 1st floor.
As we all know or have heard, through the grapevine, the A380 has now entered service with numerous airlines around the world and because only a few fortunate readers will have the experience of actually flying in one, to whatever destination, I thought I would give those of us who cannot afford to take a trip in one of these behemoths, a brief glimpse as to what it feels like to fly in the real thing. While I will only be able to give readers a firsthand account of what it’s like to travel in the A380 in June, my story is an adaptation of ‘Andrew Blake’s account as it appeared in SA Flyer last month.
While not confirmed by authorities, it has been rumored by volcanologists that the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland could be erupting for months, bringing chaos to flights in Europe and surrounding nations. They state, "it is impossible to predict when the eruptions might cease, pointing out that eruptions in Iceland could continue for months."
There truly is nothing worse than missing your exit on a stretch of road that you have never traveled before. You have to try and turn around or worse yet, get off on another exit and try and work your back on track. If that's not bad enough, now try doing the same thing at 20,000 feet. Two Northwest pilots did just that and then had to explain themselves not only to the people in their vehicle, but to the world.
The Queen and the members of the royal family is going to have their own £3 million private jet to cut the cost of their traveling bill. The new plane will be exclusive only for the queen and the royal family only and will not fly the government ministers.
In a followup story to the Northwest flight that wandered 100 miles off course, it may be possible for those involved to get back in the pilots seat. After losing their FAA licenses following the incident, they have been given a second chance to pick themselves up and try again.
NASA’s Cognitive State Monitoring Lab is using a Dreamflyer-driven flight simulation system combined with optical neuroimaging technology to monitor Human Performance and Cognition in Extreme Environments. One of NASA’s core objectives is to improve flight deck safety by monitoring and thus better understanding physiological reactions of personnel to extreme conditions.
Nasa's managers are now in a meeting at The Kennedy Space Center to determine the flight readiness of the Shuttle for a Scheduled Launch date of April 5th. After a week of systems checks on maneuvering thrusters which control the shuttle during Space flight.
Officially named the X-37B/OTV will take flight next month, it is a small sized version of The Space shuttle, and Witch can fit inside the cargo bay of its bigger cousin! This space vehicle was originally designed to fly with a 6-person crew, but after NASA turned the project over to The US Air Force, The vehicle will fly Unmanned To test concepts for future shuttle type spacecraft.
Following on my Airbus story I thought it would only be fair to do an article on Boeing and where they are at present in the Aviation sphere.
Following my article last week about the first landing of the Air France A380 here in Johannesburg, I thought I’d give you the heads-up about the ongoing challenge for ‘supremacy’ which the world foremost aircraft manufacturer Airbus is facing.
By the time de Havilland Canada ended production of their DHC-6 Twin Otter in 1988, they had produced a whopping total of 844 aircraft that would later become widely recognized for their amazing STOL (short take-off & landing) capability. The Twin Otter, or “Twotter” as some call it, earned its mark in aviation history through countless hours of service to some of the world’s most dangerous airports.
