martes, 8 de noviembre de 2022

EXCLUSIVE - Team Tempest Roundtable highlights

F-16 349 Sqn Belgian Air Force 80th Years 1942-2022 . Presentation of special Painted F-16

Russian September airline traffic down 20% under effect of sanctions

Emirates expands cargo fleet with five Boeing 777F

Study: eVTOL Industry Needs 10,000 Engineers


Some 10,000 additional engineers will be needed over the next decade to meet the demand for advanced vertical flight aircraft development in the U.S., according to a just-published study by the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) and Hysky Society


https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2022-11-07/study-evtol-industry-needs-10000-engineers 

Boeing no lanzará un avión nuevo hasta la próxima década

Lockheed Martin’s Layered Laser Defense in action – Defense Here

Chinese planemaker COMAC received new orders for 330 planes

All The Air Combat Developments Out Of China's Massive Air Show

China Southern Retiring Airbus A380 Fleet

lunes, 7 de noviembre de 2022

LMS-901 "Baikal" for aviation protection of forests



Representatives of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) and FBU "Avialesookhrana" visited the production site "Aramil" of JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (JSC "UZGA") in order to get acquainted with the design and flight performance of the light multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal »and determining the appearance of the modification for performing forest aviation work. 

 

https://uwca-ru.translate.goog/news/2022/lms-901-baykal-dlya-aviatsionnoy-okhrany-lesov/index.php?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=es&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Ver "Why Do We Use Distributed Multi-Rotor Configuration for the Flying Car?" en YouTube

Pontifications: Boeing is fighting the last war instead of the present one - Leeham News and Analysis

Greek, Turkish, Italian And U.S. Combat Aircraft Take Part In NATO Exercise PODA 22

Airbus partners with Space Compass to serve the Japanese market with mobile connectivity and earth observation solutions

Airshow China 2022 attracts American aerospace industry leaders

First non-stop Kigali to London Heathrow service takes flight with RwandAir

How Boeing can pursue new airplane sooner than 2030 decade - Leeham News and Analysis

Black Hawk(R) autónomo realiza misiones de logística y rescate sin pilotos a bordo

COMAC C919 To Make 1st Public Appearance At China's Largest Airshow

2 Weeks On: Korean Air Airbus A330 Remains At The End Of Runway

Two weeks after an Airbus A330-300 overshot the runway during a landing attempt, the remains of the severely damaged aircraft still remain at Cebu International Airport in the Philippines. However, the name and logo of Korean Air - the aircraft's operator, have been erased from the fuselage, leaving only the blue paint livery.


https://simpleflying.com/korean-air-airbus-a330-remains-end-runway/ 

AFSOC receives final AC-130J > Air Force > Article Display

Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command's transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U and AC-130H fleets.


https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3209455/afsoc-receives-final-ac-130j/ 

Precision AT42 at Bukoba on Nov 6th 2022, overran runway on landing and ended up in Lake Victoria

Republic E175 at Milwaukee on Nov 4th 2022, all instruments lost

Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 dead | Reuters

Admiral Richard says “the big one” with with China is coming and the “ship is slowly sinking” in terms of U.S. deterrence.

USA: How Army helicopter pilots learn the dangerous art of mountain flying

sábado, 5 de noviembre de 2022

Seoul scrambles jets after detecting 180 N. Korea warplanes

Sustainable Air Transport. Part 44. eVTOL operating costs.

Bjorn's Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 44. eVTOL operating costs. https://leehamnews.com/2022/11/04/bjorns-corner-sustainable-air-transport-part-44-evtol-operating-costs/ 

Boeing’s product move kills direct 767F replacement, puts 787F in doubt


David Calhoun's decision to tank all-new airplane development kills the direct replacement for the Boeing 767-300ERF that was under development. It also places in doubt the development of the 787F.

Italy Will Buy Six KC-46 Tankers To Replace Its KC-767As

Chinese Rocket Re-Entry Leads To Spanish Airspace Closure

Zhuhai static display offers insights into H-6K bomber, Y-20U tanker

Kratos announces successful test of Valkyrie autonomous jet

Romania signs $385m deal to acquire 32 surplus Norwegian F-16 fighters

China confirms orders for 140 Airbus jets worth $17 bln

Indonesian ambassador warns against hypersonic ‘arms race’

Autonomous Black Hawk Flies Resupply, Medevac Missions

Boeing CEO: No Clean-sheet Aircraft This Decade

jueves, 3 de noviembre de 2022

Avogadro project: high-performance hydrogen refuelling station

Maersk, Spanish Government to explore large-scale green fuels production - Port Technology International

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul says

U.S. Army’s Q-53 MMR Demonstrates Counter-UAS Mission


The U.S. Army's AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) successfully integrated with an Army command and control system and provided tracking data to launch a counter unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) defeat system in Yuma, Arizona.


Aurora Flight Sciences Announces New Fixed-Wing eVTOL Small UAS



Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has released its latest small UAS product, the Skiron Expeditionary sUAS, or SKIRON-X

Istanbul Airshow flies back on radar after pandemic delay

Boeing rolls out plan to hike deliveries to 800 jets within several years

Joby Aviation pushes back commercial service launch to 2025

Greater consideration of risks might have averted BA 787 nose-gear collapse

UK investigators believe a British Airways Boeing 787-8 nose-gear retraction accident at London Heathrow might have been prevented if health and safety risks in an airworthiness directive had been given greater attention by the operator


https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/greater-consideration-of-risks-might-have-averted-ba-787-nose-gear-collapse/150822.article 

Brussels Airport preventively cancels 40% of the flights on 9 November as unions call for a general strike

Sweden to axe NH90 fleet under revised defence equipment plan | News | Flight Global

Aeronaves "autogiros" são testadas no exercício REPMUS 22

REPMUS22 and DYMS22 – two NATO experimental exercises

The First MH-139A Grey Wolf Flight • UH-1N Replacement @ YouTube

New Swedish PM Says Open To Nukes Under NATO | Barron's

McConnell AFB completes KC-46 flight with limited crew (w/o co pilot)

The 22nd Air Refueling Wing flew a KC-46A Pegasus without a copilot Oct. 25 to validate procedures for operating with a limited aircrew for certain potential high-end combat scenarios.

This employment concept allows the KC-46 to complete its primary mission with a reduced crew complement when needed to rapidly launch aircraft with threats inbound or extend long-range operations in the air with offset crews.



https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3206722/mcconnell-afb-completes-kc-46-flight-with-limited-crew/ 

Bell Completes U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Program of Record - Bell (news)

In a ceremony at the Amarillo Assembly Center, Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, celebrated the delivery of the 189th AH-1Z Viper to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing the Program of Record (POR) for the latest version of the storied H-1 platform. Bell completed the UH-1Y POR of 160 aircraft in 2018 bringing the combined H-1 POR to 349 aircraft. 


https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/219854-bell-completes-u-s-marine-corps-ah-1z-program-of-record 

Qantas and Australia Post centenary flight takes off

One hundred years after the first customer and bag of letters winged its way across the Queensland outback, Qantas and Australia Post will today follow the flightpath to recreate the historic airmail and passenger service from 1922. To mark the historic occasion, family members of Qantas founders, top-tier frequent flyers and guests with a connection […]


https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/qantas/qantas-and-australia-post-centenary-flight-takes-off/ 

Australia: We need more bombers and drones quickly, says Shadow Minister

Australia: CASA clears Black Sky Aerospace weapons launch

Korean Air Launches Special Safety Audit of A330s

Un nuevo coche que vuela, eVTOL esta vez, hace su primer vuelo

miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2022

Unwanted UAVs: Belarus’ Military Drones - Oryx

Movilidad Aérea Urbana: ¿Y si certificar los eVTOL no fuera tan sencillo? - Sandglass Patrol

Q3 Results: Momentum Building, Led by GE Aerospace; Solid Revenue & Free Cash Flow, Growth in Services | GE News

First Production AW609 Tiltrotor Takes Flight

This maiden flight brings the world's first commercial tiltrotor closer to certification and delivery to the first customers. The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor recently reached a new milestone, with the maiden flight of the first production [...]


https://theaviationist.com/2022/10/31/first-production-aw609-flight/ 

Let’s Talk About The New Manned Sixth-Generation Fighter Renderings

The notional design for the Next Generation Air Dominance program was shown during a briefing about the LMXT tanker, which the company is proposing for the KC-Y competition. Lockheed Martin released new renderings showing a [...]


https://theaviationist.com/2022/11/02/new-lm-ngad-renderings/ 

ZeroAvia Wants To Bring Zero-Emission Flights To Scotland

1,000 Technicians By 2026: United Airlines Launches Apprenticeship Program

First flight of Racer high-speed helicopter slips again to 2023


Supply chain problems have put paid to Airbus Helicopters' target of performing a first flight of its Racer high-speed rotorcraft technology demonstrator in 2022.

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/first-flight-of-racer-high-speed-helicopter-slips-again-to-2023/150799.article 

USA: 5G may have caused dozens of troubling in-flight avionics failures

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspects new 5G cellular networks may have caused roughly 80 instances of aircraft system interference this year, with pilots reporting a range of malfunctions since the latest generation of mobile connectivity went live in January.


https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/5g-may-have-caused-dozens-of-troubling-in-flight-avionics-failures/150780.article 

France to order 16 Canadair tankers

Bye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launch

Biomass, the European Space Agency's (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to Toulouse for final testing ahead of launch.



https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-11-bye-bye-biomass-forest-monitoring-satellite-departs-for-final

 

Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects first Starship launch to orbit this year

Saudia to buy up to 100 Lilium electric aircraft for domestic network

IAG may possibly purchase easyJet and/or TAP

China says B-52s in NT could ‘trigger arms race in region’

Bird Strike Research Seeks Mitigation Strategies

Electric R44 Completes First Airport-to-airport Flight

https://www.tier1engineering.com/news/tier-1-engineering%E2%80%99s-3rd-generation-electric-helicopter-achieves-historic-airport-airport-cross

The World’s First eVTOL Flying Car Displays Upgraded Design, Completing Maiden Flight

Press release
https://www.aeroht.com/article/article?id=130 
XPENG AEROHT, an affiliate of XPENG, unveiled the latest version of the world's first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flying car on XPENG 1024 Tech Day. Designed for both air flight and road driving, the flying car conveniently features a sleek rotor fold-away system for seamless conversation between driving and flying. It is equipped with a new flight control system equipped with fault-tolerant control functions and a dual-engine backup system to ensure safety.


Videos

"Stratolaunch Talon-A Captive Carry Test Flight" @ YouTube

"Airborne-UnCrewed 11.01.22: Hypersonic UAV Prototype, Starlink, Soaring Eagle BVLOS" @ YouTube

UK launches post-Mosquito ‘drone' effort

The UK has launched an effort to develop and bring into service unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a faster pace than the recently cancelled Mosquito 'loyal wingman' programme, with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcing on 31 October that an industry day is to be held in the near future.



https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-platforms/latest/uk-launches-post-mosquito-drone-effort?utm_campaign=Social_News&utm_content=226733492&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-70529694 

Iran is preparing to send additional weapons including ballistic missiles to Russia to use in Ukraine, western officials say | CNN Politics

History of Agricultural Aviation Reveals a Series of Turning Points - FLYING Magazine

Hoy es el 75 aniversario del primer y único vuelo del Hughes H4 Hércules

lunes, 31 de octubre de 2022

Stratolaunch Completes First Flight with hypersonic Talon-A Separation Vehicle

Government launches new campaign to boost aviation recruitment - GOV.UK

Generation Aviation is a new recruitment campaign aimed at encouraging people to consider a career in the UK's aviation sector

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-new-campaign-to-boost-aviation-recruitment 

US Air Force to deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia as tensions with China grow - ABC News

Former US Marine who 'trained Chinese crew' to face Australian court

PressRelease_Hydrogen-Aviation-Lab_Oct2022 - Press Releases - Media | Lufthansa Technik

A decommissioned Airbus A320 is being given a new lease of life in the service of science. The Hydrogen Aviation Lab, Hamburg's new field laboratory for testing maintenance and ground processes for future hydrogen-powered aircraft, was unveiled today. 


https://www.lufthansa-technik.com/press-releases/-/asset_publisher/Xix57wMv0mow/content/pressrelease_hydrogen-aviation-lab_oct2022


United Airlines San Francisco - Brisbane Nonstop Makes History

What Are Jet Engine Compressor Stalls & How Can They Be Prevented?

Icelandair Plans To Fly Domestic Carbon Free By 2030

Spanish Airbus Unions Set To Strike

KAI to develop attack version of Surion for Korean marines

Korean A333 at Seoul on Oct 30th 2022, engine shut down in flight

Eyes in the sky: NATO's E-3 plane fleet watches over Ukraine

MH370: New Research Paper Confirms WSPRnet Tracking Technology - Airline Ratings