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NEWS Outrage After Passenger Posts Photos From Cathay Pacific Cockpit
(Photo: Ada Ng) The passenger, Ada Ng, was traveling from Taipei to Hong Kong on Feb.26 but when she boarded, there was no where to sit. “Fortunately the pilot was so nice and even let me sit on the [jump] seat behind him!” The Civil Aviation Department has requested that Cathay Pacific provide an explanation…
NEWS: Passengers on board diverted AirAsia flight tell of their distress
Passengers on a diverted AirAsia flight have finally taken off for their destination, after turbulence, a diversion and grounding in Melbourne left many unwell. AirAsia X flight 223 was diverted to Melbourne after its departure from Sydney at lunchtime and was left sitting on the tarmac as engineers carried out technical inspections to determine the…
NEWS A Beginner's Guide to the Secret Language of Airport Runways
For most of us, the sight of blue lights and yellow lines outside an airplane’s window is the cue to turn our phones back on. For pilots, it’s more like a secret language—a language that is vitally important to safety and, increasingly, embedded with emerging technology. Link
NEWS Need a light?? Check out the B-1 bomber night takeoffs!
Red Flag training events at Nellis AFB. Love the Afterburner videos! Link
NEWS Test Pilots Say AW609 Tiltrotor is Easy to Fly
Current pilots should find the tiltrotor aircraft “easy to fly”, according to test pilots Link
NEWS Everything You Need To Know About The First Civilian Tilt Rotor Aircraft
The V-22 Osprey has dominated the rotary wing, vertical take-off market for years, but its only available to the military. Now, AgustaWestland is on pace to begin production of the AW609, the first civilian tilt-rotor, at its plant in Philadelphia while moving most of the flight test activity from Italy to the U.S. Link
NEWS Indonesia AirAsia X wins approval for Australia service
The new AirAsia X franchise in Indonesia has gained permission to operate to Australia, with safety regulators granting clearance more than two months after services were scheduled to begin. The Bali-Melbourne route was supposed to launch Dec. 26, as Indonesia AirAsia X’s (IAAX) inaugural flight. Link