A research study conducted by Hotelscheap.org found the Ten Must-Have Travel Apps, and FlightAware was ranked as the 3rd best Travel App. See the ranked list in a nicely wrapped Infographic here: http://new-york.hotelscheap.org/top-ten-travel-apps (new-york.hotelscheap.org) Plus d'info...
SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger commercial spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to begin test flights beyond the atmosphere. Spaceship builder Scaled Composites received an experimental launch permit from the FAA on May 23. (news.discovery.com) Plus d'info...
This 747 is sitting in a boneyard in Mojave, CA awaiting scrapping. On May 23rd, 2012 the area experienced extreme winds of 70+ miles per hour due to a low pressure zone. Without the weight of its engines, the slightly tail heavy 747 tries to take to the skies one last time. The next day the plane was found to have also rotated about 45 degrees from its original position. (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...
Buyouts, transfers or pink slips oh my! I still don't understand how LUVs Latin America expansion has anything to do with UA's Auckland route :( bye bye 787 (www.chron.com) Plus d'info...
But if you did, here’s what you’d learn: That almost every step the agency has taken to protect us from airborne terrorists has either been ineffective or wasteful, or both. And that they’ve got the data to prove it. One Freedom to Travel member, who also happens to be a tenured mathematics professor, applied something called Bayes Rule and the concept of Base Rate Fallacy to the TSA’s behavior-detection methods. Stay with me, here. It revealed that even if TSA’s current screening practices were… (www.elliott.org) Plus d'info...
May 30, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A 747 airliner clipped the tail of a regional jet at O'Hare International Airport this afternoon causing some damage to the aircraft. (abclocal.go.com) Plus d'info...
A man released from jail on Memorial Day wound up boarding a plane without a ticket on Tuesday, San Diego Harbor Police said. United Airlines flight 6323 was bound for Los Angeles from San Diego International Airport when flight attendants counted an extra passenger aboard the plane. (overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com) Plus d'info...
Around 2 p.m. Monday, Air Canada flight AC001 took off from Pearson Airport en route to Japan, when onlookers noticed the plane was smoking. Air Canada officials say one of the Boeing 777’s engines shut down and the crew carried out a routine emergency procedure that saw the aircraft carrying 318 passengers land safely back at Pearson around 4 p.m. (news.nationalpost.com) Plus d'info...
Investigators learned that the planes involved in Monday afternoon's mid-air crash in Fauquier County, near Washington DC, were registered to employees of the FAA and the NTSB. Canadian TSB invited to investigate the crash. (www.nbcwashington.com) Plus d'info...
Air India is set to refuse their first expected 787 Dreamliner due to their current negotiation dispute with Boeing. (australianaviation.com.au) Plus d'info...
May 31, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A regional jet landed safely at O'Hare International Airport Thursday morning after reporting mechanical issues. (abclocal.go.com) Plus d'info...
Houston City Council voted Wednesday in favor of Southwest Airlines' plans to fly internationally from Hobby Airport. Southwest Airlines plans to expand Houston's smaller airport so it can fly to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. The airline said it will pay $100 million for a five-gate expansion, customs facility and new employees at Hobby so the airline can run international flights as early as 2015. (www.click2houston.com) Plus d'info...
Tested.com says a total of 1,455 pounds of stuff was hauled up to the International Space Station—primarily grub for those hungry astronauts. (www.scribd.com) Plus d'info...
Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed "severe storm sentinels" above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about hurricane formation and intensity changes. (www.aircraftpilots.com) Plus d'info...
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are going to find it harder to sit together without paying fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars over the original ticket price. "Children need access to their parents, and parents need access to their children," Schumer said in a statement. "Unnecessary… (www.sfgate.com) Plus d'info...
Thousands of passengers expecting to arrive at London Gatwick have been diverted to other airports after their flights were unable to land there (www.bbc.co.uk) Plus d'info...
The first commercial mission to the International Space Station ended Thursday with the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashing down after a flight the company's founder declared a "grand slam." The Dragon drifted beneath parachutes to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, about 560 miles off Baja California, on Thursday morning. It hit the water about a mile from its target. (www.cnn.com) Plus d'info...
Chinese airframer Comac will be the biggest threat to Boeing and Airbus and most likely to succeed in developing a program comparable to those offered by the duopoly, says Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (www.aviationweek.com) Plus d'info...
Six UAV test sites are up for grabs -- and state governments are eager to get their hands on them. More than a dozen state governments across the country are scrambling to get into the drone business with the expectation that unmanned aviation will create new jobs in the near future. (www.salon.com) Plus d'info...
Houston City Council today voted overwhelmingly to expand Hobby Airport for international flights, rejecting our argument that dividing the City’s international air service is the wrong decision for Houston’s future. (www.click2houston.com) Plus d'info...
Mr Kersen de Jong, president of the Dutch American Community Trust was forced to take off both of his artificial legs during a flight from Istanbul to Amsterdam. (www.btmagazine.nl) Plus d'info...
A House committee will examine FAA plans to close control towers to prepare for the new satellite-based navigation system. (thehill.com) Plus d'info...
Singapore Airline's (SIA) newest budget airline, Scoot, has named its first two aircraft following a successful Facebook campaign. With some 10,000 submissions, Mr Campbell said: "The response was fantastic, and yielded a huge variety of potential names." (news.asiaone.com) Plus d'info...
Boeing’s first South Carolina-built 787 Dreamliner, shown during its maiden flight at Charleston International Airport, flew to Texas Wednesday to be painted for customer Air India. The painted jet is scheduled to return to the Lowcountry early next month. (www.postandcourier.com) Plus d'info...
One of the Academy of Model Aeronautics and aeromodeling legends has passed away. Bill Northrop, 89, was a champion free flight and radio control competitor, columnist, publisher and model builder in an aeromodeling career that began in 1936, the same year AMA was founded, when he was 14 years old. (www.aero-news.net) Plus d'info...
Alaska Airlines on Thursday unveiled its new "Aztec Plane," a Bombardier Q400 turboprop painted in the colors of the San Diego State University Aztecs. The 76-seat aircraft, which will fly for Alaska Airlines regional affiliate Horizon Air, is the ninth to be painted for a university located in an Alaska Airlines market. (www.aircraftpilots.com) Plus d'info...
There is starting to be a routine to this: as Airbus and Boeing advance development of new products, their family concepts start to shrink. (www.aviationweek.com) Plus d'info...
After a one-year investigation, NOAA has announced that in 2010 and 2011 National Weather Service employees at its headquarters “reprogrammed funds.” Unnamed persons moved $26 million out of the budget for local warnings and forecasts and $9 million out of the budget to upgrade the agency’s radar to include the dual-polarization capability. The National Weather Service’s long-time director, Jack Hayes, resigned on Friday. (blog.chron.com) Plus d'info...
About 158 passengers on board Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight on Monday escaped unhurt after a fire broke out in the left engine of the aircraft on its landing here. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Plus d'info...
Canadian investigators launch investigation into failure of GE90 on an Air Canada 777-333 that left trail of derbis underneath the flight path. (www.thestar.com) Plus d'info...
Airbus offers two extra inches for overweight passengers, and one Asian airline launches the world's widest first class seats (www.cnngo.com) Plus d'info...
Dozens of employees from Turkey's national flag-carrier Turkish Airlines went on strike Thursday, a day after parliament passed a controversial bill to ban strikes in the aviation sector. (my.news.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...
So why the 787, you might ask? Well, it’s all about fuel consumption, efficiency and lower operating costs. Boeing’s new aircraft is very versatile and can access any airport, unlike the A380 that required custom runways and terminals. (www.gayot.com) Plus d'info...
Even to many who have to compete with him, Bob Showalter is "Mr. FBO." A veteran of decades of service to the GA and BizAv communities, Bob and Showalter Aviation have been working the leading edge of the airport services industry by running Orlando Exec's premier FBO. (www.aero-news.net) Plus d'info...
After the long awaited arrival of the French made and French operated A380, it finally happened on Monday afternoon. Air France joins the 3 other airlines that already operate daily flights with the A380 to Los Angeles. (KAL, QFA, and SIA) Emirates is also planning on adding A380s to the multiple daily flights between Dubai and Los Angeles. (flightaware.com) Plus d'info...
Verne Troyer Multitalented actor Verne Troyer has laughed off reports he was trapped in an airplane toilet for 20 minutes because he could not reach the door handle. (www.starpulse.com) Plus d'info...
Airshow stars from the U.S. and around the world will be part of the daily performance lineup at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 23-29 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, joining homebuilts, vintage aircraft, warbirds, ultralights and other airplanes at what’s called “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.” (www.generalaviationnews.com) Plus d'info...
Kenya Airways (KQ) has detailed plans for a major expansion of its operations, which callsfor launching services to North and South America, plus Australia, by 2017. (atwonline.com) Plus d'info...
Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Once hailed as a symbol of Palestinian statehood dreams, the carrier is a tiny operation, with just two 48-seat turboprop planes, two weekly flights and a borrowed hub in Egypt. But Palestinians say just being on the map again is what matters. “My hands were shaking when I bought the ticket … and it said the name of the carrier is Palestinian Airlines,’’… (articles.boston.com) Plus d'info...
Sit back,Relax and Listen to the Tunes of Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...
OAG, the global leader in aviation intelligence and a UBM Aviation brand, today released the latest in its series of Aviation Market Reports. Having suggested earlier in the year that "US Carriers should look to the South for growth", OAG investigates further with a closer look at the opportunities presented by the aviation market in Brazil - this new report explores how tapping into new oil & gas reserves is fuelling aviation as well as GDP growth in South America's largest… (www.aviationnews.us) Plus d'info...
“The biggest problem is the equipment,” Sergey Kovalyov, president of air traffic controllers trade union, told RT. “Some of the biggest air traffic control centres, including Moscow, work with machines made in the 1970s. There are cases when they stopped working and the controllers lost the picture of the air space, having to work in blind conditions.” (www.rt.com) Plus d'info...
