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The NSW Rural Fire Service Large Air Tanker (LAT) drops fire retardant on the Morton Fire burning in bushland close to homes in Penrose in the NSW Southern Highlands, south of Sydney, Australia on January 10, 2020.
Aircraft Fighting Bushfires Crashes In Australia, Killing Three Crewmembers
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January 23, 2020 - by / for RANCE 24.com
Three American crew helping to battle Australia's devastating bushfires were killed Thursday when their water-bombing plane crashed in mountainous terrain during a sortie to tackle another outbreak of the deadly blazes.
Officials said the Hercules C-130 plane erupted in a large fireball on impact in a national park in the Snowy Mountains shortly before 1:30pm (0230 GMT).
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons had said earlier in the day that high winds were making flying the water tankers "very difficult".
"We've got a number of firefighters and a number of crew that are in the area and working to contain and work around the fire," Fitzimmons said.
The incident brought the death toll in Australia's bushfires to at least 31...
Read more https://www.france24.com/en/20200123-aircraft-fighting-bushfires-in-australia-may-have-crashed
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The F-35 Fighter Jet Fiasco
Design failures and fiscal problems haven't stopped Congress from buying more of them
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January 23, 2020 - by BRIAN MCNICOLL for spectator.org
- Design failures and fiscal problems haven't stopped Congress from buying more of them
But what it means is the per-hour cost of operating F-35s — already about $35,000 per hour overall and as much as $67,000 per hour for the Air Force version — will continue to rise.
Meanwhile, the A-10 flies for about $6,000 per hour, the F-16 for about $8,000, and the F-15s — the most comparable to the F-35s in terms of capabilities and use — for between $21,000 and $23,000 per hour.
And now, the last advertised benefit — low cost to repair and maintain the fleet — has fallen by the wayside. Earlier this month, Flight Global reported that...
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Boeing grounded 737 MAX aircraft
New Boeing CEO Calhoun Speaks About The 737 MAX Plans & The NMA Project...
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January 23, 2020 - by Ajay for boardingarea.com
The new CEO of Boeing, David Calhoun, took the reins of the Boeing organisation last week on January 13, 2020. This came on the back of the earlier CEO of Boeing being fired in December 2019.
The new CEO has a long and winding road in front of him, untangling the 737 MAX affairs and ensuring a return to service and recertification of the 737 MAX when the FAA and Boeing are ready. Not just that, he needs to ensure that the 777X programme, which was hit with snags on account of the GE9X engine, setting back the timeline of first delivery by about a year from 2020 to 2021. Not just that, there is a CST-100 Starliner somewhere, which needs to be fixed up after the testing not delivering the desired results last year for US space missions. And then there are challenges on the military programmes and the long-overdue integration of Boeing and Embraer.
The long-time member of the Boeing board, and now CEO, has already put some wheels in motion, it seems.
He had a company-wide town hall, and right after, he did a press conference over the telephone with select media. Dominic Gates of Seattle Times, Jon Ostrower of The Air Current and others were on the call.
You can read their complete texts following the links. Here is a brief excerpt of what the Boeing CEO is putting the company towards:...
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British Airways' Brand New Airbus A350-1000 Gets Damaged Second Time In Two Months
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January 22, 2020 - by airlinerwatch.com
Tel Aviv, Israel - A British Airways Airbus A350-1000 with registration G-XWBD made a hard landing at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport.
The aircraft taxied to the gate without further incident, but the return flight was canceled. The incident happened on Jan.19 during landing at the Ben Gurion Airport after a four-hour flight from London.
According to a passenger, the ceiling panels in the cabin came down in the aft galley due to the severe touchdown. Ground checks also revealed damage to the aircraft.
This is the second incident that...
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Video: How Boeing crashed: The Inside Story Of The 737 MAX - The Fifth Estate
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January 22, 2020 - by The Fifth Estate
"Boeing used to represent the gold standard in aircraft safety, but critics say it has lost its way in the pursuit of profit.
We tell the story of two fatal crashes involving the 737 Max 8 jet: the Ethiopian Airlines crash last March that killed 157 people and the Lion Air disaster in October 2018 that killed all 189 on board.
We explore why experts say those disasters were preventable. The story is told by pilots, legislators, Boeing insiders and the families of the people killed.
But the biggest revelations come from Boeing itself, through internal messages and emails showing Boeing officials knew about the potential for a catastrophe well before the two crashes occurred."
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Mitsubishi Ends 2019 With ~500 Commitments For SpaceJet
Mitsubishi was the launch customer of the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine family
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January 22, 2020 - by Scott Hamilton for leehamnews.com
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) ended 2019 with 495 commitments for the M100 SpaceJets from multiple continents, LNA learned.
All but 100 from US regional carrier Mesa Airlines are unidentified.
Mesa announced a commitment for 50 firm orders and 50 options in September at the US Regional Airline Assn. annual meeting in Nashville.
MITAC wouldn't comment, but LNA understands that commitments come from North America and Europe. It's unclear if additional commitments are from Asia.
Japan's ANA and Japan Air Lines are launch customers for the M90 SpaceJet, previously called the MRJ90. This model was rebranded in June at the Paris Air Show when the M100 SpaceJet program was launched.
The SpaceJet is powered by the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine. It's not recognized that Mitsubishi was the launch customer of the GTF family.
Bombardier followed with the CSeries. Airbus and Irkut were next, with Embraer bringing up the rear...
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Japan Airlines Reduces Business Class In Tweaked Airbus A350 Layout
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January 22, 2020 - by David Flynn for executivetraveller.com
- Some of JAL's domestic Airbus A350s will see fewer business class seats as the airline caters for seasonal demand
Japan Airlines will slash the size of its Airbus A350 business class cabin, in favour of a significantly larger economy class cabin, to cater for a seasonal shift in passenger demand.
The good news is that only some of its four A350-900s, which are dedicated to domestic routes, are going under the knife – and this itself will be a short-term arrangement.
In what the airline calls its A350 'X02' layout, the jets will retain their 12 first class seats – although, and in common with the US market, domestic first class is what most countries would actually categorise as 'business class'.
In the case of JAL's Airbus A350 this means two rows of 2-2-2 recliners with "sofa-like comfort" and a 15.6-inch video screen...
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Wisk’s Electric Air Taxis Will Fly Themselves, Says CEO - Joint Venture Between Boeing And Kitty Hawk
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January 22, 2020 - by Elan Head for evtol.com
Wisk Aero plans to bypass pilots with its two-seat electric air taxi, Cora, pursuing autonomous operations from launch.
"We're going direct to autonomy," Wisk CEO Gary Gysin confirmed in a recent interview with eVTOL.com. "At this point, we're not announcing or talking about any piloted versions."
The decision to develop the passenger-carrying Cora as a fully autonomous aircraft — generally expected to be more difficult to certify than piloted models — is a bold bet by Wisk, the joint venture between Boeing and Kitty Hawk Corporation created on July 1, 2019, and announced five months later.
Other eVTOL developers, such as Joby Aviation, are preparing to launch with piloted aircraft, even if they expect to transition to autonomous operations over time.
But if Wisk is taking a gamble that regulators will approve autonomous air taxis in a timely fashion, the company is also doing what it can to stack the odds in its favor.
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My name is Normand Hamel. After a 35 year career in aviation I retired in 2009 to better concentrate on my favourite activities: reading and writing. If you wonder what Run-up Pad means it refers to this special section of a run-up area on an airport that can be heated up in cold temperatures to prevent an aircraft from slipping forward when power is applied to test the engines. It also refers symbolically to the yellow pad I am using to write these articles for which I intend to bring our readers to contribution to test my ideas, like one would test an engine to make sure it works properly.