UND Aerospace at the University of North Dakota is forecasting an almost 30% increase in its student pilot training flight hours by next year, fuelled by demand in North America and from contract customers in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The school anticipates completing over 80,000h next year, up from 60,000h last year. UND Aerospace will add 45 New Piper aircraft by the end of this year.
Source: Flight International
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
