Aircraft News - North America.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 28, 2006 Microjets may complicate air travel, regulators say. The Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control say very light jets could pose problems for air-traffic control air-traffic control air n → Flugsicherung f . Controllers will have to handle three times as many takeoffs and landings than they currently do if VLJs become popular. Aviation officials fear privately owned VLJs will use the airport infrastructure without having to pay for it, leaving commercial carriers to shoulder a disproportionate share of the cost. Aug 27, 2006 Pilots, lawmakers raise concerns about UAVs. Some pilots and lawmakers worry that the growing number of drone planes flying in the U.S. could compromise flight safety. Some large unmanned aerial vehicles
Boeing Boeing unveils new radar jamming jet. Boeing on Thursday unveiled the Navy's first EA-18G Growler growl·er n. 1. One, such as a dog, that growls. 2. A small iceberg. 3. Informal A container, such as a pail or pitcher, that is used for carrying beer. 4. electronic attack aircraft. The plane, a next-generation radar jamming jet, will take its first flight later this month and join the Navy's fleet in 2009. Boeing will produce 90 planes as part of a $9 billion project. Aug 27, 2006 Boeing Air Force reviews C-17 payment to Boeing. The Air Force is continuing its review of a $412 million contract adjustment Boeing received on the C-17 aircraft program in November 2000. The Air Force may eventually ask Boeing to return a portion of the payment if it determines the payment was excessive. A Boeing spokesman says the entire sum could be subject to renegotiation. Aug 27, 2006 Boeing Boeing would build tankers in Everett. Boeing would build Air Force supply tankers in Everett, Wash., if it wins the contract, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's James Wallace James or Jim Wallace may refer to one of the following individuals:
Boeing Air Force says problems will delay GPS satellite launch. The Air Force says problems Boeing is having completing the latest generation of global positioning system Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. satellites will delay their launch by at least 16 months. In a statement, Boeing says the difficulties, which include technical issues and late hardware deliveries from a subcontractor, "were not atypical for advanced spacecraft development projects." Aug 23, 2006 Boeing Boeing announced the rollout of the first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter last week in Taipei. It is the first of three aircraft that will transport major assemblies for the 787. It will undergo initial flight testing this month in Taipei before finishing in Seattle. Aug 22, 2006 Boeing Boeing apparently also has decided to lengthen the 747-8 Intercontinental to the same length as the 747-8F to meet demands for greater capacity. Currently, the passenger variant has a 3.6-m. stretch and the freighter is stretched by 5.6 m. Lengthening the passenger version to match the freighter adds 20 seats, plus an additional 12 when combined with overhead galley cart storage, lifting passenger capacity to 496 in a standard Boeing three-class configuration. It is expected that the stretch will be confirmed at a 747-8 airline conference to be held in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. the first week of September. Boeing has been working with 25 carriers interested in the passenger version to determine range/payload definition. Range of the larger 747-8 will remain the original 8,000 nm. after wind tunnel wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed stream of air to flow past a model of the aircraft (or part of an aircraft) being tested. gains earlier this year lifted the baseline aircraft to 8,300 nm. The manufacturer has sold 143 747-400s and 747-8s since early 2000 and 74 in the past 18 months. Aug 22, 2006 Boeing Boeing set to announce new 747-8F customers, stretched Intercontinental. Boeing looks set to announce more customers for its 747-8F as it closes the case for stretching the Intercontinental version.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. US sources, Atlas Air Atlas Air is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled freight flights on an ACMI contract basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo Polar Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, USA. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Its main base is John F. , will order up to 12 747-8Fs. The carriers currently operate a combined fleet
The Combined Fleet ( of 37 747s including 20 Classics. Last week, Atlas President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. William Flynn said that airline would announce a freighter order shortly. This website also understands that another freight operator is close to an order for both dash 8Fs and 777Fs. Aug 22, 2006 Boeing Boeing logged another 787 order for its BBJ BBJ Boeing Business Jet BBJ Bad Beat Jackpot (poker) BBJ Black Business Journal BBJ Big Ball Jam (Phish song) BBJ Big Band Jump (radio station) unit, bringing the number of Dreamliners sold as VIP transports to three. Aug 21, 2006 Boeing End of Boeing's C-17 program will result in job cuts. Thousands of U.S. aerospace workers could lose their jobs as Boeing shuts down its C-17 cargo plane program. Boeing plans to start producing planes at a slower pace and end the program by mid-2009. Aug 21, 2006 Boeing, Connexion Connexion gives Boeing a lesson in diversification. Boeing's decision to shut down its Connexion high-speed wireless unit demonstrates how difficult it is to diversify operations, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Bill Virgin writes. Still, he says total reliance on a single core business has risks, and the failure of Connexion is not likely to deter Boeing from seeking new businesses. Aug 22, 2006 Bombardier Bombardier has delivered 1,360 regional jets since spearheading the development of the CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper format in 1992. Over that time, it has delivered 226 units of the original CRJ-100 50-seat model and 709 of the comparable CRJ-200. The Montreal-based manufacturer, which also makes business jets and has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Belfast, Northern Ireland, also makes 70-seat and 90-seat regional jets and turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a aircraft. Aug 27, 2006 Comair, Bombardier Bombardier said it had not yet been provided with a tail number for the aircraft involved in the fatal accident. Bombardier would not speculate on the cause of the crash but said it would be cooperating with the US Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board. The Kentucky crash appears to be the second-worst in terms of fatalities involving a Bombardier regional jet. In November 2004, 47 passengers and six crew members died in the crash of a Bombardier regional jet flown by China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (Simplified Chinese: 中国东方航空股份有限公司) (SSE: B>600115 in Baotou, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region. One person was killed on the ground. Aug 27, 2006 Comair, Bombardier Bombardier, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, said the 50-seat CRJ-100 regional jet in Sunday's crash in Lexington, Kentucky, was delivered new to Comair in 2001. Bombardier, the world's third-largest civil aircraft maker, said the plane that crashed was acquired new in January 2001 and was delivered January 30 of that year to Comair, a regional carrier operated by Delta Air Lines, and had a clean maintenance record, Bornhorst said. The aircraft had performed 12,048 takeoff and landing "cycles," he said. The crew was well rested and the weather did not appear to be a factor, he said. The plane's flight data recorder The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. A separate device is the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), although some versions (including the original) combine both in one unit. and cockpit voice recorder A Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) is a flight recorder used to record the audio environment in the flightdeck of an aircraft for the purpose of investigation of accidents and incidents. were both recovered, according to media reports. Aug 27, 2006 Comair, Bombardier Kentucky Plane Crash - 49 Dead. A small airliner carrying at least 50 people crashed and burst into flames on Sunday shortly after taking off from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX, FAA LID: LEX) is a public airport located in unincorporated Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, west of the city limits of and four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of the City of , killing all but one on board, officials said. The plane was carrying 47 passengers and a three person crew but may also have been carrying an off-duty crew member. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of Comair Flight 5191, which was bound for Atlanta, though visibility was good and it was not raining at the time, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said. Local media said the plane, a Bombardier Canadair CRJ-100 jet that seats 52 passengers, may have departed from a runway that was too short -- half the length of the airport's longest 7,000-foot runway. There was no indication that terrorism was involved, a US Transportation Security Administration official said. One man survived and was in critical condition, a University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. Hospital spokesman said. It was not immediately known if the survivor was a passenger or a crew member. The local coroner, Gary Ginn, said the fire burned "very hot." All the bodies had been removed, he said. A Federal Aviation Administration official said the plane crashed in a farm field in rugged terrain and the fuselage was largely intact. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the crash investigation. Flights resumed at Lexington's 64-year-old airport, which serves half a dozen carriers, about four hours after the crash. Kentucky officials were on hand at a staging area at the adjacent Keeneland Race Course trying to determine if state workers might have been on board the flight. Aug 27, 2006 Crane Aerospace Crane Aerospace & Electronics was selected by Diehl Avionik Systeme to provide proximity-sensing equipment for doors on A380 freighters. Aug 25, 2006 Honeywell Aerospace Honeywell Aerospace Trading - your fast, responsive source for certified equipment that's good to go. Because we have it on hand, we can put it in your hands right away. Our high-quality, pre-owned equipment comes with a one-year warranty. Check out our wide variety of parts, including avionics, engines, auxiliary power units, wheels and brakes, and get moving today. Aug 23, 2006 Lockheed High-speed weapons program completes test, Lockheed says. Lockheed Martin successfully completed tests demonstrating tactical suitability of the Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike system. The goal of the RATTLRS RATTLRS Revolutionary Approach to Time-Critical Long Range Strike program is to improve performance for expendable supersonic vehicles. Aug 27, 2006 Lockheed Lockheed cut from cargo aircraft competition. The Army has eliminated Lockheed Martin from a competition to build 100 small cargo aircraft. The Army told Lockheed that the manufacturer's submission, a version of the C-130J Hercules, did not meet the competition's standards. Aug 27, 2006 Lockheed Lockheed's F-22 Raptor remains top priority for Air Force. The Air Force remains enthusiastic about the F-22 Raptor despite delays and cost overruns. "We're ready now," says Lt. Col. Wade "Troll" Tolliver, commander of an F-22 squadron at Langley Air Force Base Langley Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,195 acres (1,293 hectares), SE Va., N of Hampton; est. 1917 and named for aviation pioneer Samuel P. Langley. , Va. "If the call and flag went up today, they could call us tomorrow and we could deploy to anywhere in the world." Aug 27, 2006 Lockheed Lockheed to cut 300 F-35 positions in coming months. Lockheed Martin says it will eliminate about 300 positions assigned to the F-35 Lightning II The F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine, stealth-capable military strike fighter, a multi-role aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air-to-air combat. The F-35 is descended from the X-35 of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. fighter jet program. The company will make the cuts over the next few months, but not all affected workers will be laid off. Aug 24, 2006 Lucent, Boeing Lucent joins Boeing team on bid for border security pact. Boeing has included Lucent Technologies in its team competing for a $2 billion Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States contract to develop systems to help secure U.S. borders. Lucent will bring its wireless and network management and integration expertise plus Bell Labs research capabilities to the effort. Aug 27, 2006 |
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