All articles by David Learmount – Page 20
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PARIS: Safran creates safety services partnership
The Safran Group has announced at Paris that it is entering the safety services sector and has teamed up with two expert partners
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PARIS: Rockwell Collins wins Chinese simulator deal
Rockwell Collins has announced a follow-on contract from China's Xian Simulation Science and Technology Company (XASC) to provide major components for two MA-60 full flight simulators.
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PARIS: Morpho pushes security boundaries as tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches
With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack on New York and Washington DC approaching, despite the shock effect created by the atrocity there have been no revolutionary security developments implemented on the ground since then.
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PARIS: Boeing warns airlines time's running out for training
Airlines are seeing greater numbers of their pilots being poached by competing carriers, a sure sign that the long-expected pilot shortage is kicking in despite continued economic gloom in the US and Europe.
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PARIS: Thales's flightdeck of the future on show at Paris
The primary flight display in Thales's vision of the future flightdeck is a broad screen showing a blue-sky synthetic vision of the real outside world, but...
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PARIS: Thales Eurocat ATM system goes live
Thales (hall Concorde) has revealed at Paris that an expanding partnership of air navigation service providers has launched its Eurocat air traffic control...
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PARIS: Dassault proceeds with caution over Falcon 7X re-entry
Dassault Aviation (hall 2A, stand A251) is still proceeding with caution over the re-entry into passenger service of its Falcon 7X business jet.
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ACI warns Europe's politicians that its economy will be isolated
Airports Council International Europe president Ad Rutten has warned Europe's politicians that the continent's economy risks becoming isolated from growth areas unless they address aviation infrastructure capacity and embrace more liberalised bilateral aviation treaties
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PARIS: 7X troubles cleared in time for Paris displays
Dassault Aviation is relieved that its flagship fly-by-wire Falcon 7X business jet will be cleared to display with no restrictions at Le Bourget, because it has just overcome a technical setback that the company hopes has successfully been consigned to history.
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PARIS: Boeing's 787 training system is as advanced as the aircraft itself
Boeing Training and Flight Services has been working nearly as long on the preparation for training 787 pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew as the aircraft itself has been in gestation.
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'Flying' the 787 full flight simulator
Flightglobal's operations and safety editor David Learmount tested the Boeing 787 simulator at Boeing UK Training and Flight Services near Gatwick, and gives his impressions:
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ACI chief warns Europe will be isolated from growth unless politicians act
Airports Council International Europe president Ad Rutten has warned Europe's politicians that the continent's economy risks becoming isolated from the growth areas of the world unless they address aviation infrastructure capacity, and embrace more liberalised bilateral aviation treaties.
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Strikes make 2010 a bad year for European ATM performance
Last year saw a decline in European air traffic management efficiency by almost every measure, and industrial action was the largest single factor, according to the Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit's report on 2010.
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Boeing: The industry needs to get its act together on training
Boeing points out that the airline industry as a whole cannot afford to downplay the task represented by the need to train massive numbers of skilled personnel for the future
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EASA clears modified Dassault 7X for passenger operations
The Dassault Falcon 7X fleet, grounded since 26 May awaiting rectification of a technical fault, has been cleared to resume passenger operations by the European...
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UK CAA approves Welsh airspace for UAV testing
A new area of segregated airspace in Wales is to be set aside specifically for the use of unmanned aircraft conducting flying operations from the West Wales...
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Vinga project proves airlines can drive down costs and emissions
If airlines could make departures and approaches shorter, less time-consuming, and more fuel-efficient, they would save money. If the secondary effect of adopting procedures to achieve these objective could cause less local noise nuisance and lower emissions, that would increase the incentive.
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More efficient approaches in sight as Vinga project delivers
An Airbus A321 operated by Swedish charter airline Novair has achieved a world first by flying a seamless continuous descent approach required navigation performance (RNP) letdown to the instrument landing system at Landvetter airport.
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Dassault finds fix for grounded 7X
Dassault's Falcon 7X business jets, currently grounded because of a stabiliser trim fault, are expected to be airborne again shortly. Dassault said...
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Boeing prepares for pilot training surge as 787 nears service
The industry will have to train 466,650 new pilots and nearly 600,000 new technicians between now and 2029 according to the latest update of Boeing's industry training needs forecast.