http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/04/02/340250/spanair-crash-prompts-faa-best-practices-list.html
The US FAA has created a specific website that directs airline officials to a large number of documents and studies the agency says can be considered best practices in the areas of checklist design, training, procedures, crew resource management and error trapping.
viernes, 2 de abril de 2010
Sikorsky X-2
Aero-TV: X2 Advancement – Sikorsky Prepares to Speed Benchmark
Aiming to achieve the highest speed ever recorded for a helicopter, the X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended to advance the state-of-the-art, counter-rotating coaxial rotor helicopter. It is designed to demonstrate a helicopter can cruise comfortably at 250 knots while retaining such desirable attributes as excellent low speed handling, efficient hovering, and a seamless and simple transition to high speed.
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Aero-TV: Revolutionizing Rotorcraft-Sikorsky Launches 'Innovations' Organization
An ebullient Sikorsky Boss, Jeffrey Pino, talked up the future of Sikorsky with all the pride and enthusiasm of a new Father. Pino noted that the company could be positioned to become the world's biggest helicopter company in the not-too-distant future, while also reporting that 2009 was a strong year for Sikorsky, which showed over $6.3 billion in turnover for the year... $1.1 billion of that in its commercial helicopter business.
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Aiming to achieve the highest speed ever recorded for a helicopter, the X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended to advance the state-of-the-art, counter-rotating coaxial rotor helicopter. It is designed to demonstrate a helicopter can cruise comfortably at 250 knots while retaining such desirable attributes as excellent low speed handling, efficient hovering, and a seamless and simple transition to high speed.
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Video
Video (Youtube)
Aero-TV: Revolutionizing Rotorcraft-Sikorsky Launches 'Innovations' Organization
An ebullient Sikorsky Boss, Jeffrey Pino, talked up the future of Sikorsky with all the pride and enthusiasm of a new Father. Pino noted that the company could be positioned to become the world's biggest helicopter company in the not-too-distant future, while also reporting that 2009 was a strong year for Sikorsky, which showed over $6.3 billion in turnover for the year... $1.1 billion of that in its commercial helicopter business.
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Video (Youtube)