Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is set to receive an aviation award.
The “Top Gun” star will be the guest of honour at the upcoming seventh annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards.
NASA astronaut Edwin Aldrin will present Cruise with his coveted prize Jan 22, reported contactmusic.com.
The Legends event is produced by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, a [...]
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Tom Cruise to get aviation prize
January 19th, 2010 |
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Jan. 13, 1908: Pilot Flies Whole Kilometer to Win Big Aviation Prize
January 13th, 2010 |
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1908: French aviator Henry Farman makes the first official flight of 1 kilometer around a predetermined closed course. He wins a huge monetary prize.
When Farman first flew an airplane in 1907, it was a time when simply being a pilot meant you had a good chance of setting records. Within a few weeks of his [...]
A-Sonic Aerospace gets $11m compensation from GE Aviation for terminating distribution agreement
January 8th, 2010 |
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A-Sonic Aerospace says one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has received a once-off compensatory payment of US$8 million ($11 million) from GE Aviation Systems LLC (GE Aviation) after a distribution agreement between the two parties was terminated.
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Jan. 6, 2000: Computer Glitch Fouls East Coast Air Traffic
January 6th, 2010 |
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2000: Less than a week after Y2K passes without a global computer meltdown, a glitch in a 1960s computer at the air traffic control center in Washington, D.C., slows and shuts down airlines in the Northeast.
Anybody who has ever listened to an air traffic controller knows they operate like a well-oiled machine, talking at speeds [...]
Dec 22: Hongkong Land, China Aviation Oil, Popular Holdings, Aspial
December 22nd, 2009 |
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The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.6% to 2,786.81.
US stocks rose last night, with the Nasdaq hitting 15-month high after a healthcare reform bill advanced in the senate and brokerages upgraded the Dow components on improving profit forecasts.
Hongkong Land Holdings (HKL SP): One of the biggest landlords in Hong Kong’s financial centre named John Witt as chief financial officer with effect from April 1, 2010. The stock was unchanged at $4.7.
Dec. 17, 1903: Bicycle Brothers Make Aeroplane Work Wright
December 17th, 2009 |
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1903: Orville Wright successfully makes a flight in a heavier-than-air machine that takes off from level ground under its own power and is controlled during flight. He flies the first airplane.
If it seems there are a few caveats to the Wright brothers’ achievement 106 years ago, it’s because there had been several people before them [...]
Efficient aviation: V for victory
December 3rd, 2009 |
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Copying birds may save aircraft fuel
BOTH Boeing and Airbus have trumpeted the efficiency of their newest aircraft, the 787 and A350 respectively. Their clever designs and lightweight composites certainly make a difference. But a group of researchers at Stanford University, led by Ilan Kroo, has suggested that airlines could take a more naturalistic approach to cutting jet-fuel use, and it would not require them to buy new aircraft.
The answer, says Dr Kroo, lies with birds. Since 1914, and a seminal paper by a German researcher called Carl Wieselsberger, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape, echelon or otherwise—expend less energy. The air flowing over a bird’s wings curls upwards behind the wingtips, a phenomenon known as upwash. Other birds flying in the upwash experience reduced drag, and spend less energy propelling themselves. Peter Lissaman, an aeronautics expert who was formerly at Caltech and the University of Southern California, has suggested that a formation of 25 birds might enjoy a range increase of 71%. …
Nov. 18, 1913: U.S. Pilot Loops the Loop
November 18th, 2009 |
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1913: Flying at 3,500 feet over North Island near San Diego, pilot Lincoln Beachey points his Curtiss airplane downward. He pulls back on the controls at 1,000 feet, climbing until the nose of the airplane falls back beyond the vertical, and he completes the first inside loop by an American pilot.
Within weeks Beachey was [...]
US probes pilots who overshot airport by 240km
October 24th, 2009 |
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US aviation officials and the FBI probed Friday how pilots of an airplane with 149 people aboard managed to overshoot their destination by 240km, prompting fears of a hijacking. The US National Transportation Safety Board said controllers lost radio contact late Wednesday with the Northwest
Sept. 17, 1911: First Transcontinental Flight Takes Weeks
September 17th, 2009 |
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1911: Pilot Cal Rodgers takes off from New York City and begins the first transcontinental flight across the United States. He hopes to win a $50,000 prize by completing the trip in 30 days, but the inexperienced pilot has little idea of what such a trip will actually entail.
Powered airplanes had been flying for only [...]
Aug. 28, 1988: Ramstein Air Show Disaster Kills 70, Injures Hundreds
August 28th, 2009 |
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1988: Three Italian Aermacchi MB-339 fighter jets collide in midair at the Ramstein air base in Germany, killing 70 people and causing serious injuries to 346 others. It’s one of the worst air show disasters in history.
The accident occurred at the culmination of a complex maneuver by Frecce Tricolori, Italy’s military stunt-flight team. Known as [...]
Thai plane accident probe continues
August 5th, 2009 |
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Aviation officials were investigating on Wednesday how a commercial jet skidded off a runway on a Thai tourist island and ploughed into an old control tower, killing its pilot and injuring dozens. The captain of Bangkok Airways flight PG 226 died after landing the 70-seater ATR-72 on Ko Samui
BJP demands parliamentary probe into Air India’s management
July 22nd, 2009 |
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The BJP has sought a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the working of Air India, which has recorded 8000 crore rupees losses.
Raising the issue in Lok Sabha, Shatrughan Sinha accused the Civil Aviation Ministry of “completely mismanaging” the national carrier that has resulted in the ”Maharaja” turning a ”pauper” with a 8000 crore rupee [...]
EU lifts Indonesian airline ban
July 14th, 2009 |
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The European Commission has taken Garuda Airlines and three other Indonesian carriers off its aviation blacklist, citing safety improvements.
The EU banned all Indonesia-based jets from its airspace in July 2007, after a series of air crashes in Indonesia.
The Yemeni airline, Yemenia, is not on the new list, despite safety concerns raised after one of its aircraft crashed last month, killing 152 people.
Many of the airlines blacklisted by the EU are African or Central Asian.
A Commission statement said "significant improvements and accomplishments of the Indonesian civil aviation authority are recognised in the area of safety".
Apart from Garuda, the ban was lifted on Airfast Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and Premiair.
The statement also said TAAG Angola Airlines could now operate again into Portugal "only with certain aircraft and under very strict conditions".
EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani repeated his call for an international blacklist of airlines deemed to be unsafe.
He first proposed such a list after it emerged that the Yemenia jet that crashed off the Comoros had previously given EU inspectors cause for concern.
"It is high time that the international community rethinks its safety policy; those airlines which are unsafe should not be allowed to fly anywhere," he said in a statement.
"We should gradually move towards an international strategy based on co-operation between countries around the world."</p
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July 2, 1982: Up, Up and Away With 42 Balloons
July 2nd, 2009 |
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1982: Frustrated in his dream of becoming an Air Force pilot, a southern California truck driver gets himself airborne anyway with the help of a lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. Airborne, as in 16,000 feet worth of airborne.
Poor eyesight put the kibosh on Larry Walters‘ top-gun dreams, but the man was determined to [...]
June 17, 1947: Pan Am Launches ’Round-the-World Service
June 17th, 2009 |
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1947: Pan American World Airways begins the first regularly scheduled around-the-world passenger service.
Pan Am, already an innovator in passenger aviation, was the undisputed doyenne of American carriers when it began this unique worldwide service. Flight 001, originating in San Francisco, winged westward over the Pacific Ocean. A passenger boarding 001 at San Francisco Municipal Airport [...]