Wouldn't it be amazing and great if you could have a car which can fly as well!
No need to wait for a friend of yours to come and pick at the airport, no traffic delays.
Terrafugia has completed the flight test of the caroplane, land at an airport and just fold your wings and drive home, awesome isn't it? It requires the Pilot/Driver to have a special license to operate it.
Range - 725 Kilometers at 185 KMPH max both on air and road.
For now it can be operated only under VFR. Terrafugia is expected to do a flight test under IFR, so that it can be operated under IF conditions as well.
The first flight of the Light Combat Helicopter already a year late happened at the HAL airport Bengaluru (Bangalore) , India. The LCH is facing a lot of criticism for being over weight.
The LCH has got one of the most complex aeronautical stealth sensor and weapon technology. It is aimed at crashing the other light attack copters like the Eurocopters' Tiger and the China's ultra secret Zhisheng-10 (Z-10).
It is capable of high altitude performance like taking off from altitudes of 10,000 ft, operating guns and rockets upto 16,000 ft and launching missiles at over 21,000 ft. It is also capable of flying 20-30 ft AGL to escape the radar.
It is expected that LCH might enter service by 2015-2016, and HAL is gearing up to deliver 65 of these to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and 114 to the Indian Army.
HAL remains confident that the LCH will not let them down, as the key technologies used in this have already proven in the Dhurv Light Helicopter, of which 160 are already being build for the IAF and Indian Army.
Looks like the National Transportation Safety Board have already started their investigation for the near mid air collision at San Fransisco.
It was reported that a United Airlines flight 889 was departing to Beijing, China. It was a Boeing 777 carrying 251 passengers, scheduled to depart 11h15m. As it got its departure clearance and got airborne, the pilot quickly spotted a light aircraft reported as Cessna 182 was on the jumbo's flight path.
According to United Airlines spokes person, the C182 pilot was cautioned about the jumbo on its flight path. But there was no action taken by the Cessna pilot to divert from the jumbos' flight path.
United Airlines flight 889 pilot had to maneuver to avoid a mid air collision. How ever the flight continued to China with out any Incident.
Air Canada's CEO C Rovinescu has hinted that the Nations' largest airliner is showing signs of recovery.
He claims that the cargo traffic has increased, which is a clear sign that is marking the end of recession.
How ever the airliner is still flying empty on the business class which is the main revenue generator for the airliner.
C Rovinescu is positive enough that the airliner will fly with business class passenger very shortly.
A world war II US Navy plane has been spotted in the woods along the Oragon coast.
The tail section, a wing and the landing gear where the debris spotted scattered over 200 yards.
It seems the area has been preserved untill the investigators can come to a conclusion, no signs of explosives that could have resulted to the fatal. The aircraft has been identified as a Dash five.
Air India the flag carrier, is all set to receive 27 B787's starting 2011.
It is expected that it might need 100 pilots to operate this fleet, out of which 40 odd are already wait listed.
It is expected that it would be an all Indian pilot's operated fleet, as the Indian Government has come up with a law to evacuate all the expats.
As the entire world was crippled due to recession, Indian Aviation industry was one amongst the worst hit.
The industry is showing some sort of recovery, was flipping through the news papers and was happy to see that the Indian market is also showing some sort of recovery.
Spicejet and Kingfisher have plans of expanding their fleet by 2012.
Spice jet is looking to add another 9 aircraft's to its fleet and surprisingly Kingfisher is looking to double itsi fleet.
Atlast there is something to chear for, if you are a Pilot in the making or with Commercial wings but still job hunting. The worldwide airline industry is expected to turn the tables and make profit from mid 2010. So 2011 might see some bulk hiring and even better in 2012.
So guys be rest assured that something is in store for every one, but the time factor might vary. Its all about hanging in and keeping your cool.
Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) is likely to choose Delta Airlines as its overseas partner, ending its ties with American Airlines and the Oneworld alliance. JAL Asia's largest airlines by revenue has denied this it seems.
"We are still in discussions with JAL and we continue to maintain that American Airlines' offer is superior to that of any other rival," said Carlo Niederberger, a public relations official representing American Airlines in Japan.
Looks like the Delta spokeswoman denied to comment on this issue.
If JAL prefers Delta over American, this is adding salt to the wound for the crippled airliner.
At least seven out of ten flights that the beleaguered state-owned carrier National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) operated from April to October 2009 made cash losses, as per figures released by the civil aviation ministry. The carrier has accumulated losses up to Rs 7,200 crore as of March 2009 and is awaiting government bailout to come out of the red. During this period, the carrier operated 192 flights, of which 133 made cash losses and only 59 were able to achieve operation break even, according to the provisional figures provided by civil aviation minister Praful Patel in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. On these loss-making routes — accounting for almost 60-65 per cent of total routes operated by the carrier — Air India lost Rs 1,924 crore in 2007-08.
In 2008-09, these shot up to Rs 3,214 crore as loss-making routes accounted for 70-75 per cent of total routes. For the period April to October 2009, these routes resulted in losses of Rs 1,522 crore. This figure may come down as compared with the previous year as load factors have improved considerably, said a senior ministry official. The Delhi-New York and Mumbai-New York route figures on the list of loss-making routes, official added. Having embarked on a turnaround plan, the carrier will be undertaking route rationalisation and fleet rationalisation. The carrier will be trimming its fleet from 146 at present to 105 by March 2011, Patel informed the Lok Sabha. The fleet rationalisation will result in reduction of future requirement of pilots, cabin crew and engineers, Patel added. The airline, with employee to aircraft ratio of 203 employees per aircraft, has been trying to come out of the red by undertaking various cost-cutting measures including wage restructuring. Some of the other international airlines that have high employees to aircraft ratio include Air France (408:1), Thai Airways (306:1) and Lufthansa (202:1).
