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Rio-Paris AF 447 crash – Incomplete investigation report

Aug 3

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A330, Flight AF 447 crash, France, Hum. Fact., Instrumentation, LISTEN, Monit., Pilots, PLS 2 / SLP 2, Sensors | No Comments

Regarding the 2009 Air France Rio-Paris crash, and according to the BEA investigation, it seemed to show a lack of training. But it now seems to be more complicated- it turns up that the elements of the report on the investigation were actually incomplete. This scoop – according to this France24 video – comes from the French paper La Tribune. Several elements would have been taken out of this report, and more importantly an element about a malfunctioning stall alarm:

Tags: A330, A330-203, AF 447, Air France, Airbus, ALARM, BEA, Cockpit, Crash, Equipment, Failure, Flight SAFETY, FRANCE, France 24, French, Glitch, Human factor, Investigation, La Tribune, LISTEN, NEWS, Newspaper, Paris, Pilots, Plane crash, PLS 2222, Press, Report, Rio de Janeiro, Stall, Video

Rio-Paris Flight 447 Crash Analysis

Jul 31

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A330, Brazil, British, FCL 1.028, FCL 1.200, Flight AF 447 crash, France, Hum. Fact., ICAO levels, Icing, LISTEN, Misc., On board, Pilots, PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, Storm, Weather | No Comments

Special thanks to Thierry Hermas who teaches English radiotelephony at the French Air Force Academy (EOAA Salon de Provence). Indeed, he has analyzed, and compiled some extracts of the Air France Flight 447 reports issued by the BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile – Flight safety investigations and analyses bureau www.bea.aero) for training purposes.

CLICK HERE:

In addition to this document, Mr Hermas suggested two videos about the Rio-Paris crash which happened on June 1, 2009. The video hereafter is the first of a series of four:

The second video is available here: http://www.france24.com/en/20110527-air-france-flight-rio-paris-pilots-crash-brazil-airbus

Here is another video about a few extracts of the cockpit audio transcript translated into English:

Tags: A330, A330-203, Accident, AERO & MILITARY PUBLICATIONS, AF 447, Airbus, Atlantic, BEA, Co-pilot, Copilot, Crash, Emergency, FCL 1.028, FCL 1.200, FDR, First officer, Flight SAFETY, Flying, Icing, LISTEN, Paris, Pilots, Pitot, PLS 2222, PUBLICATIONS, READ, Reports, Rio de Janeiro, Sea, Situation, Situational awareness, Speed, Stall, Storm, Thierry Hermas, Transcript, Video, Weather

U.S. Air Force Airman online magazine

Oct 6

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Aero & military publications, C1, Magazines, PLS 4 / SLP 4, READ, US & DoD, USA, USAF | No Comments

Everything you want to know about the USAF is available on the webpage below:

http://www.airmanonline.af.mil

If you want to know almost everything about the USAF, Airman book 2010 is available here

(click on the cover):

Airman the book 2010

This month’s magazine is available here (click on the cover):

Airman magazine September/October 2010

U.S. Air Force Link courtesy: www.af.mil

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EMERGING CYBERPOWERS listed in brand new NIS report

Sep 16

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A2, about PLS/SLP, ACADEMICS, Aero & military publications, AMERICAS, Analysis, ASIA, Asymmetric, B - Independent user, B1, B2, China, Contractors, Cyber, Cyber warfare, DETERRENCE, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, EXAMS, GLOBAL, HOT SPOTS, Interoperability, Iran, ISR, J2 Intelligence, Korea, N., MEDIC, Mid. EAST, Misc., NEWS, NRBC, Nuclear, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PLS 3 / SLP 3, PLS 4 / SLP 4, Prospective, READ, RUSSIA, Sc. & Tech., Strategy, US & DoD, USA, WARFARE, Weather | No Comments

The latest US National Intelligence Strategy Report was released last night. However, the Director of National Intelligence website was unserviceable for a few hours. The document is now made public and available at this address:

http://www.dni.gov/reports/2009_NIS.pdf

This report which is released every four years, is considered as a guide for the future US strategy, procurement policy, economic trend, threats, etc. It also points out major cyberpowers in the world i.e. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

This is a quite interesting prospective summary of what the next US/global challenges are deemed to be. Financial and sanitary situations are examined as well as asymmetric threats and proliferation. A document that needs reading from everyone, actually.

The French Defense White Paper had already stressed threats from non-state actors, and for the first time, cyber warfare had been pointed out in an official document.

Tags: 9/11, AERO & MILITARY PUBLICATIONS, Agility, Asymmetric, Business, Challenges, Change, CHINA, Climate, Coalition, Community, Counter terrorism, Criminal, Cyber, Cyber warfare, Direction, Director, DNI, ENERGY, Enterprise, EOs, Espionage, Extremists, Finance, Flu, Fossil, Fuel, H1N1, IC, Influenza, Information, Insurgents, Intelligence, Iran, Korea, Lethal, MEDIC, Missile, Mission, MOs, National, NEWS, NIP, NIS, North Korea, Objectives, ODNI, Organization, Pandemic, Program, Proliferation, PUBLICATIONS, Radicalization, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, Report, RUSSIA, S&T, Science, Security, Share, Strategy, Technology, Terrorism, Threats, Transnational, US, USA, WMDs

Article published in the latest Air Salon, the French Air Force Academy magazine (click on the article below to enlarge)

Jul 19

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A2, Aero & military publications, B1, B2, EUAFA, FAFA, FUN, General English, Internet, Magazines, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ | No Comments

Tags: Academies, AIR FORCE, EOAA, EUAFA, FAFA, French Air Force Academy, Magazines, Military, PLS 2222, PLS 3333, Prepaplsanglais, PUBLICATIONS, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, Salon de Provence

FRENCH DEFENCE 2009

Apr 26

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A400M, about PLS/SLP, ACADEMICS, AIR FORCES, AIRCRAFT, Armée de l'Air, ARMS, ARMY, CARGO, CFSP / ESDP, DETERRENCE, EU, EUAFA, Eur. AFs, EW, EXAMS, FAFA, FIGHTERS, French Defence 2009, GLOBAL, HELICOPTERS, Humanitarian, ISR, J1 Personnel, J2 Intelligence, J3 Operations, J4 Logistics, J5 Planning, J6 CIS, J7 Training, J8 BUDFIN, J9 CIMIC, Military, Mirage, Misc., MISCELLANEOUS, MULTIROLE, NATO, NAVY, NEWS, NRBC, Peacekeeping, PLS 3 / SLP 3, PLS 4 / SLP 4, RAF, Rafale, READ, S3, Schools, SERVICES, TANKERS, THEATERS, TRAINERS, UAVs, WARFARE | No Comments

Philippe ROSTAING has made a superb piece of workmanship once again. He has just written this file called “French Defence 2009″. This document is rather dedicated to SLP 4 preparation (PLS 4). However, this publication will undoubtedly help those who want to make headway in English as well as in their knowledge of the French military and defence. Click on the book on your left to download French Defence 2009

Contents:

1. French Defence Organization
2. French Defence Policy (including the White Paper 2008)
3. The French Army
4. The French Air Force
5. The French Navy
6. The French Gendarmerie
7. Intelligence and the French Intelligence Community

Mr Rostaing and Prepa PLS anglais are very grateful to LA DOCUMENTATION FRANCAISE and its magazine QUESTIONS INTERNATIONALES. Special thanks to Jean Berton (from La documentation française) who gracefully allowed us to copy paste their brilliant French intelligence community diagram which is available on the 35th Questions Internationales, page 47. For those who want to beg him for the keys of the FRENCH DEFENCE 2009 exercices, they can send him a mail to this address: philippe.rostaing2@laposte.net

Philippe Rostaing teaches military English at the French Air Force Academy (EOAA – Salon de Provence). He was an English teacher at the military college of St Cyr Coetquidan. Last but not least he wrote a fabulous French-English / English-French dictionary of land forces.

Please, visit these sources: http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/ and http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/revues-collections/questions-internationales/index.shtml

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