Flight International articles from April 2009

Flight International archives from April 2009

Air Transport.(Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... air traffic managemente_SFlbdavid learmount london ATM fees rise or service gets cut warns CANSO Air traffic management charges are certain to have to rise considerably next year, says the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation....

Air Transport.
April 7, 2009... TECHNOLOGY john croft washington dc Airbus reveals self-powered landing gear, braking concept System would store kinetic energy generated by rotating wheels during take-off Airbushas applied for a US patent for an A320 power...

Air Transport.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... upgrades Intercept for 767 with winglets Austriaused the arrival of the national carrier's first winglet-equipped Boeing 767-300ER to demonstrate the air policing capabilities of its air force's new Eurofighter Typhoons. The Austrian...

Air Transport.(continuous descent approaches)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... environment AIMEE TURNER GENEVA CDAs could slash Europe's CO2 emissions Aviation groups have ambitious plans to introduce continuous descent approaches (CDA) across Europe. The plans are part of an effort to reduce commercial air...

Air Transport.(Lease Corporation International )(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... LCI will receive its first CS300 in early 2015 orderolivier bonnassies london LCI first to opt for CS300 stretch model Operating lessor LCI has joined Lufthansa as a customer for Bombardier's CSeries small airliner and is the first...

Air Transport.
April 7, 2009... regulation aimee turner geneva Europe warned of legal challenge on emissions trading US airlines told to comply with rules under protest for now Europe has been warned to expect an international legal challenge as soon as its new...

Air Transport.(CSeries twinjet)
April 7, 2009... product development mary kirby philadelphia max kingsley-jones london Embraer mulls response to CSeries Brazilian airframer studiesaircraft sized above its E-Jet familyand expectsto decide on any move in18 to 24 months There are...

Air Transport.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... The airline looks set to fly just four 777Fs, rather than the eight originally envisaged freightersmax kingsley-jones london Emirates halves cargo fleet plan through DAE deal As Emirates prepares to introduce its first Boeing 777...

Air Transport.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... safetykieran daly london Manchester conducts trial of incursion warning device Airport runs operational test of system that uses marker beacon receiver to give alerts Manchester airport in the UK is about to begin operational...

Air Transport.(Aircraft Interiors Expo )(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... IFE graham dunn hamburg Panasonic set to launch eXconnect Panasonic plans to launch its eXconnect Ku-band satellite passenger connectivity service later this year with an initial customer base of five airlines. Speaking at the...

Air Transport.
April 7, 2009... IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT Thales takes on rivals with TopSeries for single-aisles Thales has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors Panasonic and Rockwell Collins. The company has announced a version of its TopSeries in-flight...

Business.
April 7, 2009... ILFC delivery schedule 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total A319 7 1 1 - - - - - - - - 9 A320 11 3 - - - - - - - - - 14 A321 9 1 - - - - - - - - - 10 A330-200/300 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5 A350...

Business Aviation.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... elite jets expands Dubai-based private jet operator Elite Jets has added a second Gulfstream G450 to its expanding fleet. The 14-seat large-cabin aircraft is scheduled to enter service this month. The company also operates a Cessna...

Business Aviation.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... FORUM Flight safety officers trade best practices A safety forum has been established by flight safety officers of two European business aircraft operators. The forum will be dedicated to discussing, sharing and developing best...

Business Aviation.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... fractionals john croft washington dc CitationShares makes push to corporate USA Cessna Aircraft's fractional subsidiary, CitationShares, is offering corporate America unfettered access to the company's fleet of 80 Citation...

Defence.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... ENGINES STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC GE/Rolls-Royce team plans to resume F136 testing in May The General Electric/Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team plans to resume testing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternative...

Defence.( US Air Force Research Laboratory )(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... weapons STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC USAF next-generation missile contract attracts three bidders At least three industry bidders have confirmed plans to compete for small technology contracts which could eventually generate the US Air...

Defence.
April 7, 2009... airlifterS STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC Qatar plans to buy two more C-17s Follow-on purchase would offer another international boost to strategic transport's threatened production line Qatar has confirmed plans to order two more...

Defence.(Unmanned aerial vehicles)
April 7, 2009... UNMANNED SYSTEMS CRAIG HOYLE BRISTOL UK MoD details 15-year UAV strategy Study with industry highlights 16 capability areas where unmanned systems should be used in the future The UK Ministry of Defence is close to completing an...

Defence.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... Test air vehicles will use ParcAberporth from later this year TESTING CRAIG HOYLE BRISTOL Thales extends Watchkeeper trials Thales UK expects to launch flight trials with the British Army's Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle system...

News Focus.
April 7, 2009... Hawk user nation Model Active Ordered Australia 127 33 - Bahrain 129 6 - Canada 115 17 - Finland 51/66* 49 18* India 132 24 41 Indonesia 53/109/209 38 - Kenya 52 7 - Kuwait 64 10 - Malaysia 108/208 19 -...

News Focus.
April 7, 2009... modernisation craig hoyle muscat BAE shows enhanced Hawk Upgrade proposals centre on extensive work to legacy aircraft, plus modifications to more recent production examples BAE Systems has demonstrated its proposed package of...

General Aviation.(general aviation aerodrome procedures)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... OPERATIONS EMMA KELLY PERTH Mid-air collisions force Australia to revisit aerodrome procedures Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has launched a review of the country's general aviation aerodrome procedures (GAAP).The move...

General Aviation.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... The DC-10 is available for summer lease to any interested country charterKATE SARSFIELD LONDON DC-10 water bomber to fightEuropean fires A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 firefighting-configured aircraft is available for lease to European...

General Aviation.
April 7, 2009... safety survey david learmount london Manoeuvring accidents head fatal crash tally But decision to continue visual flight rules trip into instrument meteorological conditions is most lethal Analysis of US general aviation safety...

This week.(All Nippon Airways contracts with Boeing Co)
April 7, 2009... production jon ostrower washington dc ANA to take bulk of early 787s in delivery reshuffle Carrier accepts slots previously set for Chinese airlines Boeing has implemented a major reshuffle of the customers receiving early 787...

This week.(Times Aerospace Korea )(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... munitions Boeing and TAK link on JDAM ER Boeing and Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) are to jointly develop a wing assembly for the 910kg (2,000lb) Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) bomb. The two partners will co-develop...

This week.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... accident david learmount london Second Bond Super Puma in North Seacrash Some form of catastrophic failure, rather than weather, looks more likely to have played a part in last week's fatal crash of a Eurocopter Super Puma operating a...

This week.(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... launchers ROB COPPINGER COLORADO SPRINGS China's new rocket to carry astronauts, says spaceflight chief China's new Long March 5 rocket could launch astronauts as well as space station modules for a Chinese low Earth orbit outpost,...

This week.(flight time limitations regulations by European Aviation Safety Agency)
April 7, 2009... safety david learmount brussels Airlines claim report findings on flight time limitations are 'flawed' A European Aviation Safety Agency-commissioned scientific report on crew fatigue has been heavily criticised as irrelevant by...

This week.
April 7, 2009... tender siva govindasamy singapore Hawk 132's Indian future in doubt Request for information for new advanced jet trainer issued as New Delhi declines options for additional 40 aircraft India has issued a request for information for...

This week.(Bombardier's CSeries)
April 7, 2009... fleet plansaimee turner stockholm & geneva SAS, Air Canada eye CSeries as narrowbody replacement Airbus and Boeing new generation timings too latefor airlines'near-term renewal needs Major airline groups SAS and Air Canada have...

This week.(Bombardier Inc.'s job losses)(airline scheduling law in Indonesia)(Thielert Aircraft Engines reorganizes as Centurion Aircraft Engines)
April 7, 2009... Bombardier axes another 3,000 jobs in North America and UK AIRFRAMERS Slumping business aircraft demand has pushed Bombardier to cut another 3,000 workers from its aerospace division in North America, Mexico and Northern Ireland by the end...

This week.(Bombardier Aerospace North America's job losses)(airlines safety regulations in Indonesia)(reorganized as Centurion Aircraft Engines)(Financial report)
April 7, 2009... BOMBARDIERAXESANOTHER 3,000 JOBS AIRFRAMERS Slumping business aircraft demand has forced Bombardier to cut another 3,000 workers from its aerospace division in North America, Mexico and the UK by the end of this year, in addition to 1,360...

Letters&Flannel&Blogs.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2009... I am perplexed at the use of language in your article "Lufthansa revamp will result in Avro and BAe 146 cull" (Flight International, 23-30 March). The strict dictionary definition of culling is the killing off of an unsuitable animal from...

Letters&Flannel&Blogs.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2009... In your article about potential noise of new aircraft (Flight International, 10-16 March) there was nothing on the impact of noise on mental and physical health. As for trade-off between air emissions and noise, one should not be traded...

Letters&Flannel&Blogs.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2009... Why don't airliners have some sort of grill or mesh over their engine intakes? Drag. Not an issue at car nor conventional locomotion speed, which is why cars and trains have grills. David Connolly Brussels, Belgium

Letters&Flannel&Blogs.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2009... Has the Boeing B-52 got a design fault (Flight International, 17-23 March)? All aircraft that have highly swept wings will encounter problems with spanwise airflow along the wing underside, if turning at low speed with flaps down and not...

Letters&Flannel&Blogs.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2009... I was intrigued, and saddened, to read David Newbery's letter "Change attitudes to recurrency" (Flight International, 24-30 March), in which he bemoans the fact that simulator use in this present day and age is pretty much limited to repetitive...

Straight and Level.(UK Royal Air Force's donation to Help for Heroes)(CAE and Hindustan Aeronautics forms a training centers)(Ryanair Ltd.'s services)
April 7, 2009... Tipping our hat The prize this week for the worst forced acronym goes to CAE and Hindustan Aeronautics who have formed a training centre rather awkwardly dubbed "Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying" or HATSOFF for short ...

Business Aviation.(business jet pilots to be trained to prevent accidents)
April 7, 2009... research kieran daly london Training shake-up call to slash business jet deaths CAA wants more simulation and airline-grade automation to reduce fatal accident rates UK regulators are poised to act on research findings that...

Business Aviation.(Jet-Allianceis acquires jets from Eclipse Aviation )
April 7, 2009... VERY LIGHT JETS BRENDAN SOBIE WASHINGTON DC Jet-Alliance expansion may save Eclipse 500 deposits Ex-DayJet aircraft to boost fleet and rescue part-owners from unfulfilled order predicament Very light jet shared ownership and...

Will Bombardier win CSeries gamble?(Comment)(jet planes developing technologies)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... Developing a major new aircraft type is always risky. For Bombardier, however, the CSeries carries more than a whiff of a high-stakes roll of the dice. Simply, its CRJ range is losing ground in the regional jets market, so it may take...

Comment.(flight time limitations legislation issued by European Aviation Safety Agency)
April 7, 2009... Flight time limitations regulation was never going to be framed according to a single set of considerations. But the optimum solution should at least take medical research into account Agencies have been deluged with definitions about...

Cover.
April 7, 2009... world airlines our dip-in guide continues with carriers C to L directory part 2 hypersonic odds Boeing faces long shot at Mach 6 cruise missile success in just four test flights of X-51A 23 ILFc's aig woes No return...

This week.(United States. Marine Corps plans to convert tanker ships)(United States. Air Force uses Beechcraft Corp.'s survelliance equipment)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... The aircraft retains its wing-mounted refuelling pods and tanker mission DEVELOPMENT STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC USMC plans to convert KC-130Js into gunships The US Marine Corps has decided to convert some Lockheed Martin...

Technology.(Pratt and Whitney's aircraft engines)(Brief article)
April 7, 2009... X-51A specifications Length overall 7.8m Weight 1,815kg Cruise stage length 4.27m Cruise stage weight 680kg Engine Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJ61-2 scramjet Fuel JP7, ethylene Engine housing aluminium Nose...

Technology.(Boeing Co. tests its hypersonic aircraft engines)
April 7, 2009... CRUISE MISSILES stephen trimble washington dc Waverider faces long odds Chances of successful flight-test programme for hypersonic X-51A threatened by lack of funding beyond four attempts Boeing X-51A programme officials...

Working Week.(Di Carter of Aerospace BWT speaks about her aerospace engineering job)(Interview)
April 7, 2009... Dr Di Carter is a materials development engineer with Senior Aerospace BWT based in the UK at Macclesfield, Cheshire. A large part of her time is spent encouraging young people to follow her into the industry An ambassador for engineering...