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CVR Recovered In UPS Crash

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:18:06 +0000

The UPS Boeing 747-400 that crashed in Dubai Friday was only three years old and had less than 10,000 hours on it according to a news release issued by the company on Saturday. UPS identified the pilots killed in the crash as Capt. Doug Lampe, 48, of Louisville, KY and FO Matthew Bell, 38, of Sanford, FL. They were based in Anchorage. The aircraft. According to Dubai’s National newspaper, the pilot reported a fire on board and was trying to return to the airport. The aircraft had been airborne for 38 minutes before the crash. There is also speculation the pilot deliberately headed for an empty area of a military base where it crashed. There were no injuries on the ground. The cockpit voice recorder was recovered on Saturday but the flight data recorder has not been recovered.

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Warning: Suspicious Activity May Include Yours

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:13:35 +0000

A flyer left by the DHS in an FBO at Hickory Regional Airport in North Carolina makes bullet points of suspicious behavior associated with illegal activities but ensnares some behavior pilots might consider routine. The flyer was left at the FBO about two weeks ago by federal agents and lists suspicious activities that include customers who: insist on paying in cash; are vague about their itinerary; fly in with a dirty undercarriage; use self-service fueling early in the morning or late at night; seek temporary hangarage for their aircraft; fly a “worn out” plane with a “very nice” GPS; or travel with “excessive” luggage. The posting listed special agents to contact “if you encounter such suspicious activity.” It also offered a reward of “up to $250,000″ for information “relating to the transportation or storage of contraband and/or criminal proceeds.” The list did also include some activities that might be considered suspicious by a larger group of pilots.

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Computer Virus Linked (Loosely) To Airline Crash

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:23 +0000

Two years ago, a Spanair MD-82 crashed on takeoff at Madrid, killing 154 people and marking Spain’s worst air tragedy in 25 years; now, malicious code infecting a maintenance department computer has been implicated in the crash. To be clear, the code was not flown on the aircraft’s own systems and did not cause the crash. This specific crash could have been avoided regardless of the malware’s existence. But the discovery of malicious code introduced into an on-ground system operated by the airline’s maintenance department does suggests certain negative possibilities. One possible scenario is that the code slowed a program which, if properly maintained, would have flagged the aircraft for service and disallowed the takeoff because of a series of smaller problems already noted with the plane. That’s a lot of qualifiers. But the fact that the system was infected and didn’t flag the aircraft in this case closed one door on an opportunity to save the flight. It also suggests the urgency of proper computer maintenance throughout the entire airline system to assure safety of flight.

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Labor Day hiatus for The Pulse

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:18 +0000

The Pulse of Aviation will not publish Monday, Sept. 6, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed for Labor Day. Look for The Pulse to return to your e-mail boxes Tuesday, Sept. 7. ===> Posted on September 2, 2010 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2010 Labor Day hiatus for The Pulse is [...]

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Question of the Week: Is It Safe to Panic Yet

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:10:55 +0000

By now you’ve likely heard about John and Martha King being held at gunpoint by police in Santa Barbara last weekend. We’ve already heard from more than 100 readers about how they feel about the whole thing. Now, we want to know how you feel not about what happened to the Kings, but where GA fits in the whole scheme of security and crime.Plus: Last week, we asked AVweb readers about a mid-air collision between a radio-controlled model airplane and a biplane and whether than indicated a need for new regulations. Click through to see the breakdown of answers.

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AVweb Insider Blog: Up Against the Fence, Martha

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:10:27 +0000

The Santa Barbara police chief had the decency and class to apologize to John and Martha King after holding them at gunpoint over the weekend following an erroneous stolen aircraft report. Unfortunately, as Paul Bertorelli reports on the AVweb Insider blog, pilots are uniquely vulnerable to this sort of thing and we wonder how many agencies would bother with the apology, much less the extra mile to avoid these things in the first place. Read more and join the conversation.

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Gulfstream Claims "Fastest Civil Aircraft" Title For G650

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:09:28 +0000

Gulfstream’s new G650 recently reached Mach 0.995 on a test flight, which the company says establishes the business jet as the world’s fastest civil aircraft. That title that has long been held by Cessna’s Citation X, which flies at Mach 0.92. Gulfstream said the G650 achieved the maximum speed during flutter testing, when the test crew took Serial Number 6001 into a dive, pitching the nose 16 to 18 degrees below the horizon. During the dive, flutter exciters introduced a range of vibration frequencies to the wing, tail and flight control surfaces to ensure the aircraft naturally dampened out the oscillations without input from the pilots. “The airplane is very predictable,” said test pilot Tom Horne. “It’s very easy to control and to get precise control at those speeds.”

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Short Final

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:12 +0000

Heard on the air near KTRK (runways 19 and 28 in use today):Cessna:”Truckee Unicom, Twin Cessna XXX eight miles southwest. Runway advisory, please.”Unicom:”Winds are 190 at 20, gusting 30. All runways are open.”Cessna (slightly clueless sound in his voice) :”Do you have a suggested runway?”Unicom:”Most aircraft are using 19, right traffic.”Cessna:”Roger. 19, right traffic.”Eric Niedrauervia e-mail

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Keep your $100 hamburger money close

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:11 +0000

Pilot’s License? Check. FAA Medical? Check. Credit cards? Check. $100 for a hamburger? Check. All these items are easily carried in the AOPA Money Clip Wallet from Sporty’s, the only one made just for pilots.

Mexicana Stops Flying

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:49:49 +0000

Mexicana, Mexico’s largest airline, stopped flying at noon on Saturday telling passengers still holding tickets it was sorry for the inconvenience. The airline entered bankruptcy protection earlier and was trying to reorganize when parent company Grupo Mexicana pulled the pin, citing, among other things, the inability to reach deals with unionized employees. “Financial deterioration and lack of agreements forced Grupo Mexicana to stop flying,” the company said in a statement. .The collapse also shut down the company’s budget spinoffs Click and Link, even though both were reportedly making money. Those who’ve paid for flights can apply for refunds and efforts are being made to help out at least some passengers who had already flown one or more legs of their trip. Meanwhile, Mexicana’s chief competitor Aeromexico is offering discounted fares to those holding Mexicana tickets.

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