Posts Tagged Aviation

Jan. 23 – 1st flight anniversary of both BLERIOT XI & TU-126

Jan 24

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Armée de l'Air, Aviation, Bleriot XI, France, Pilots, PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, RUSSIA, Russian AF, Tu-126, WW1 | No Comments

Thanks to the new Twitter technology, we can now embed some Twitter posts. A great aviation history’s tweep – @OlePrimdahl – pays tribute to both the Russian Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Tupolev Tu-126 Moss (January 23, 1962), and the famous French Blériot XI (January 23, 1909) flown by Louis Blériot to cross the Channel for the first time ie 6 months later:

#Onthisday in #aviation #history: First flight of the Tupolev Tu-126 “Moss” AEW & C aircraft in 1962. bit.ly/xw7toq

— Ole Primdahl (@OlePrimdahl) January 23, 2012

#Onthisday in #aviation #history: First flight of the Blériot XI light monoplane aircraft in 1909. bit.ly/xWjfA0

— Ole Primdahl (@OlePrimdahl) January 23, 2012

Tags: 1909, 1962, AEW&C, AIRCRAFT, Aviation, Bleriot XI, Channel, Flight, FRANCE, FRENCH AIR FORCE, HISTORY, Louis Blériot, Maiden, Ole Primdahl, Pilots, PLS 2222, READ, RUSSIA, Russian AF, Tu-114, Tu-126, Tupolev, Twitter

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK & WWII

Dec 7

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A6M Zero, American, Aviation, B5N Kate, D3A Val, Guam, Japan, Japan ASDF, LISTEN, Pearl Harbor, PLS 2 / SLP 2, Sailors, USA, USAF, Veterans, Wake Isl., Warships | No Comments

The Pearl Harbor Attack(called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters – Operation Z in planning – and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) happened on Sunday December 7, 1941 ie 70 years ago. Here is a video of remembrance of the infamous day which dragged the United States of America into World War II:

Pearl Harbor: A Landmark in History, part 5 from Pacific Historic Parks on Vimeo.

Tags: 1941, 1945, A6M, Aichi, American, ARMY AVIATION, ASIA, Attack, Aviation, B-29, B29, B5N, Bombing, Burma, Capsizing, Congress, D3A, Death toll, Declaration, Doolittle Raid, Empire of Japan, Ground-Attack, Guadalcanal, Guam, Hawaii, Hiroshima, HISTORY, Islands, James Ralph Doolittle, JAPAN, Japanese, Kate, LISTEN, Midway, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nakajima, NAVY, Pacific, Pacific fleet, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, PLS 2222, Remembrance, Rescuers, Sailors, SHIPS, Survivors, Tokyo, U.S., US, USA, USAAF, USAF, USS California, USS Hornet, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah, Val, Veterans, Video, Wake, War, World War, WW2, WWII, Yamamoto, Zero

BOEING 787 Dreamliner maiden flight to JAPAN

Aug 2

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in American, Aviation, B-7E7 / B-787, Cockpit, Flight Engineer, Japan, LISTEN, Pilots, PLS 3 / SLP 3, USA | No Comments

It was the first time a Boeing B-787 Dreamliner had taken off for Japan. The Japanese ANA – All Nippon Airways – has ordered 40 Boeing B-787-8; and 15 B-787-9. This video was shot a month ago as the wide-body jet airliner departed from Seattle on July 3, 2011:

Tags: AIRCRAFT, Airline, Airport, American, ANA, Analyst, Aviation, B-787, B-787-8, B-787-9, B-7E7 / B-787, Boeing, Boeing-787, Cabin, Captain, Chief pilot, Dreamliner, Evaluation, Flight, Flight deck, Flight engineer, Haneda, Hiroshima, JAPAN, Japanese, LISTEN, Maiden, NEWS, Nippon, Osaka, Pilots, PLS 3333, Seattle, Software, Systems, Technical pilot, Tests, Tokyo, USA, Validation, Video

FAA revolutionary AIR TRAFFIC system

Jul 22

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Air TRAFFIC, Air traffic, American, CIVILIAN, FAA, Instrumentation, LISTEN, Nav., PLS 3 / SLP 3, USA | No Comments

According to the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) the new GPS systems would reduce the airline delays by up to 35% as reported in this video:

Tags: 2025, Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airspace, Alaska, Atlantic City, Aviation, Congress, Delay, Delta, FAA, GPS, LISTEN, Navigation, New Jersey, NEWS, PLAN, PLS 3333, Program, Prospective, R&D, Systems, Traffic, USA, Video

AIRBUS VISIONARY PROJECT – TRANSPARENT AIRLINER

Jun 16

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in AIRSHOWS, Aviation, Concept Cabin, ENERGY, France, Fuselage, Industry, LISTEN, Noise, Passengers, PLS 1 / SLP 1, R&D, READ, Tail, Wings | No Comments

Airbus has just unveiled a revolutionary concept through images of a transparent airliner design.

This aircraft of the future will use the latest technology – bionic structure; blended airframe; enhanced laminar flow and noise reduction; blended V-tail; biomorphing seats; leading-edge relaxation systems; human body thermal recycling; dramatic panoramic view; round of golf; etc.

Airbus will showcase their project called Concept Cabin during the Paris Air Show, at Le Bourget Airport. A movie – Airbus Future of Flight – will also be shown in a 360° planetarium at the Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace from 20 to 26 June 2011. Watch what travelling by plane could be… 40 years ahead:

Special thanks to Thierry HERMAS – Aeronautical English teacher at the French Air Force Academy (EOAA, Salon de Provence) – who passed the video link on. Thank you very much indeed.

Tags: Acupressure, AERONAUTICS, Aeroplane, Aerospace, Air shows, Airbus, AIRCRAFT, Airflow, AIRFRAME, Airliner, Airplane, Airshows, Aviation, Blended, Body, Cabin, Champion, CIVILIAN, Concept, Concept Cabin, Design, ENERGY, Enhanced, ENVIRONMENT, EUROPE, European, Film, FRANCE, French, Fuselage, Future, Futuristic, Golf, Heat, Industry, Interactive, Le Bourget, LISTEN, Movie, Museum, NEWS, Noise, Paris, Paris Airshow, Passengers, Plane, Planetarium, PLS 1111, Project, R&D, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, Recreational, Recyclable, Recycling, Round, Showcase, SIAE, Structure, Thermal, Thierry Hermas, Transparent, V-tail, Video, View, Visionary, Vitalising, Vitalizing, Wings, Zone

On what may have caused AF flight 447 crash

May 29

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A330, Accidents, American, Brazil, Cabin crew, Cockpit, Flight SAFETY, France, Icing, Instrumentation, LISTEN, Misc., Passengers, Pilots, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ, Sensors, SPEED | No Comments

As the Flight Data Recorder (FDR); the CSMU (Crash Survival Memory Cockpit); and the CVR – Cockpit Voice Recorder – have been recovered from the shell of the Air France Airbus A330-203 registered F-GZCP, we may learn more about the crash that happened to the flight AF 447 in the Atlantic Ocean between Rio de Janeiro GaleÃ£o and Paris Charles de Gaulle on May 31, 2009.

According to the French BEA – air accident investigations bureau – report, the aircraft was plunging at a speed of 10,912 feet per minute; a ground speed of 107 knots; with a pitch attitude of 16.2Â° nose-up; a roll angle of 5.3Â° left; and a magnetic heading of 270Â° when the recordings stopped.

It has been deemed by aviation pundits that the pitot tubes might have failed due to icing at FL 380. However, no piece of evidence but the weird speed indications has demonstrated that these probes were actually icing. Moreover, there is no pitot tube mentioned in this report. This tragic accident killed all the people – cabin crew members; passengers; and pilots – on board. There were 228 of them. May they rest in peace.

Tags: A330, A330-203, AERONAUTICS, AF 447, Air France, Airbus, AIRCRAFT, Aircrash, American, ASI, Atlantic, Attitude, Aviation, BEA, BRAZIL, Brazilian, Cabin crew, Charles de Gaulle, Cockpit, Crash, Crashes, CSMU, CVR, Death toll, F-GZCP, Failure, FCL 1.200, FDR, FL380, Flight Data Recorder, Flight level, Flight SAFETY, FRANCE, French, Galeao, Icing, Indications, Instrumentation, Investigation, LISTEN, NEWS, Ocean, Passengers, Pilots, Pitch, Plane crash, PLS 3333, READ, Report, Rio de Janeiro, Sea, Sensors, Speed, Stall, Video, VSI

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