lunes, 1 de diciembre de 2014
AeroSports Update: Jabiru Disputes Aussie Proposed Limitations [feedly]
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AeroSports Update: Jabiru Disputes Aussie Proposed Limitations
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Australian Aviation Safety Authorities May Have Jumped The Gun In Reporting Disproportionate Reliability Issues With Jabiru Engines The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) may have released its proposed operational limitations for airplanes powered by Jabiru engines before gathering all the facts, according to the Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) and the company.
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Boeing, Ryanair Finalize Order for 100 737 MAX 200s [feedly]
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Boeing, Ryanair Finalize Order for 100 737 MAX 200s
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Irish low-cost carrier is launch customer for 737 MAX 200
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Cirrus flies second SF50 jet certification aircraft [feedly]
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Cirrus flies second SF50 certification aircraft
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Cirrus Aircraft has marked another major milestone in the the development of its Vision SF50 personal jet following first flight late last month of its second production conforming aircraft. The third and final certification aircraft is being readied for first flight this month.
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Israel approves order for 14 more F-35s [feedly]
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Israel approves order for 14 more F-35s
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Israel is to acquire a second batch of 14 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters, after the nation's cabinet approved the purchase on 30 November.
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Azul orders 35 A320neo [feedly]
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Azul orders 35 A320neo
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Brazilian airline complements fleet with A320s for domestic long haul flights
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NASA is considering a stratospheric airship challenge to incentivize the demonstration of a long duration scientific platform for both Earth and space sciences
NASA is considering a stratospheric airship challenge to incentivize the demonstration of a long duration scientific platform for both Earth and space sciences. In 2013, a Keck Institute study (Airships: A New Horizon for Science) demonstrated significant interest in airships as a science platform from the academic community and possible industrial partners. The final study report can be found at http://kiss.caltech.edu/stu dy/airship/final-report.pdf .
There are few opportunities for space missions in astronomy and Earth science. Airships (powered, maneuverable, lighter-than-air vehicles that can navigate a designated course) could offer significant gains in observational persistence over local and regional areas, sky and ground coverage, data downlink capability, payload flexibility, and over existing suborbital options at competitive prices. We seek to spur a demonstration of the capability for sustained airship flights as astronomy and Earth Science platforms in a way that is complementary with broad industry interests.
This 20-20-20 Airship Challenge is currently contemplated as a two-tiered challenge that could provide opportunities to evaluate a wide range of innovative methods to launch an airship into the stratosphere, maintain altitude, and station-keep for a defined period of time. This challenge would seek to engage the aerospace industry, educational institutions, and amateurs to provide solutions. The Challenge is considering a total prize purse ranging from $1 to $1.5 million dollars, which would be split into multiple prize awards for successful demonstrations of a stratospheric airship that could accomplish the following tasks:
Reach a minimum altitude of 20 km. Maintain the altitude for 20 hours (200 hours for Tier 2 competition). Remain within a 5 km diameter station area (and navigate between two designated points for Tier 2). Successfully return the 20 kg payload (200 kg for Tier 2 competition) and payload data. Show Airship scalability for longer duration flights with larger payloads through a scalability review.
The competition could take place over the next 3 to 4 years. Comments must be submitted in electronic form no later than 5:00pm Eastern Time on December 1, 2014 to Mr. Sam Ortega at e-mail address: HQ-STMD-CentennialChallenges@mai l.nasa.gov . Please use 202020 Challenge on the Subject lineAiworthiness detective:787-800
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=24a8ceb8-da18-4198-91e4-09c3eef3a59d
: This AD was prompted by a report indicating that, on a different Boeing airplane model, there was an oxygen-fed fire, which caused extensive damage to the flight deck.
This AD requires replacing the low-pressure oxygen hoses with non-conductive hoses in the crew oxygen system.
The FAA is issuing this AD to prevent inadvertent electrical current from passing through an internal, anti-collapse spring of the low pressure oxygen hose, which can cause the low-pressure oxygen hose to melt or burn, leading to an oxygen-fed fire and/or smoke beneath the flight deck in the forward electronics equipment bay