All articles by David Learmount – Page 47
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TAG sells US charter operation to Sentient Flight Group
Geneva, Switzerland-based business aviation group TAG Aviation Holding has sold its US-based aircraft...
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NewsGMR and Sabena Flight Academy in pilot training joint venture at Hyderabad
Brussels, Belgium-based Sabena Flight Academy and the India-headquartered infrastructure group GMR have just signed an agreement to set up a pilot training...
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SkyEurope bids to be Europe's first requied navigation performance precision approach user
SkyEurope Airlines has engaged Seattle, Washington-based...
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US air taxi community mystified over AMI Jet Charter's operating certificate
One of the USA's biggest and longest-established business jet charter operators and brokerages AMI Jet Charter has become the victim of a...
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Behind the US Federal Aviation Administration's action on AMI Jet Charter
Following the investigation into the February 2005 take-off crash of a chartered Bombardier Challenger 600 at Teterboro airport, New Jersey, the US Federal...
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Fire and smoke checklists set to change
Radical changes to emergency routines for pilots confronted with smoke, fire and fumes incidents are being jointly worked out by Airbus and Boeing, but experts...
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Opinion
Comment: The way back from the brink
It would be easy to write off commercial aviation safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) as a lost cause. But actually, aviation...
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Kinshasa sees repeat of ground carnage after crash
An Antonov An-26 freighter operated by El Sam Airlift crashed into houses near a market soon after taking off from Ndjili International airport at Kinshasa,...
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SESAR target concept enabling technology
Enabling technology Technology enablers have been identified, says the SESAR report. They will include: Airborne and ground networked communication...
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Single European Sky trajectory is plotted
Failure by states to expand runway capacity at major airports would negate almost all the capacity, efficiency and environmental gains that are planned for...
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More research sought on differences between simulator training and reality
More research is needed into the differences between simulator training and reality, according to several speakers and expert delegates at a UK Royal Aeronautical...
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Multi-crew pilot licence reservations
Cabair Group's director of flight training Mike Watt is concerned that the multi-crew pilot licence depends completely on airlines mentoring or sponsoring...
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New offshore helideck lighting system looks promising
Early feedback from pilots about a new offshore oil-rig helideck lighting system under test by the UK Civil Aviation Authority is proving favourable, according...
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EASA prepares to release vision of airport and air traffic management safety regulation
Publication of the European Aviation Safety Agency's vision for overseeing airport and air traffic management...
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Light helicopters are prone to pilot loss of control in degraded visibility, says study
Light helicopters flying under visual flight rules are particularly prone to loss of control when the pilots are gradually deprived of sufficient external...
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Low-cost simulation can transform helicopter training
Low-cost simulation is bringing a new kind of helicopter pilot training to the market, and making it far more widely available. This phenomenon is not unique...
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US helicopter safety drive may be paying dividends
After stagnating for two decades, US helicopter accident rates fell by 32% and were down 13.7% in the rest of the world in 2006. And a study by Bell...
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NewsAir traffic conflicts prompt UK authorities to take action
Dangerous conflicts between general aviation, military and airline traffic outside controlled airspace in the UK have become so common that the Civil...