French flight-training device (FTD) manufacturer Alsim has secured its first North American customer, with delivery of an AL200MCC FTD to Sky Wings Aviation Academy in Penhold, Alberta. The reconfigurable device, with 180°-wide visual system and dual controls, will be used by the Canadian flight school to provide turboprop training. Alsim opened an office in Montreal this year to serve the North American market.
Source: Flight International
Investigators are probing an in-flight oscillation at cruise altitude which affected a South African Airways Airbus A330-300 operating a domestic service. The aircraft – flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 27 October – had been cruising at 41,000ft when it started to oscillate in pitch, between nose-up and nose-down. ...
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 did not notice that the aircraft’s bleed-air system was not active before the jet took off from Manchester, triggering a cabin-altitude warning that remained active for over 40min. UK investigators found that the bleed-air switches had incorrectly been left off during air-conditioning pack maintenance, and ...
GE Aerospace is partnering with NASA to carry out a series of flight tests designed to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails.
