The News Review:
- ViaSat Ku-band Mobile Broadband Satellite Communications Network …
- Aviation chief warns on safety
- Eclipse to sell off DayJet aircraft
- Qantas mechanical problems ‘bad luck’
- Holographic Infill Radar Offers Potential Solution for the Wind …
ViaSat Ku-band Mobile Broadband Satellite Communications Network …
MarketWatch
The Ku-band
satellite service, the only one licensed by the FCC, offers faster
speeds at a lower cost than either cellular or other satellite
mobile broadband alternatives, as well as better service in
congested airspace. Aircraft are free to roam the entire coverage area,
which today includes North America, the North Atlantic, and Europe. ViaSat and communications service provider ARINC initiated broadband
in-flight service in early 2005. Since then the mobile network has grown
to serve maritime vessels and ground vehicles as well as aircraft.
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Aviation chief warns on safety
The Australian, Australia
article-tools –> Cameron Stewart and Steve Creedy | October 21, 2008. module-subheader –> AUSTRALIA must not compromise on air safety standards despite the current shortage of maintenance engineers, pilots and air traffic controllers, the president of the world’s peak aviation body has warned. International Civil Aviation Organisation president Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez said an acute shortage of aviation professionals was a worldwide problem and that Australia was not immune. "But it is important that safety standards are not compromised as a result," he told The Australian. "This is a global problem, not a national problem. The main concern is (a shortage of) pilots, maintenance mechanics and (air traffic) controllers and it will become a bigger problem if we do not take action globally. "
Mr Kobeh left Australia yesterday after a four-day visit during which he met aviation authorities, including the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese.
Eclipse to sell off DayJet aircraft
Bizjournals.com, NC
DayJet was the largest buyer of the Eclipse 500 jet until the air tax service closed its doors in September. Eclipse, based in Albuquerque, N.
Qantas mechanical problems ‘bad luck’
The Age, Australia
Malaysia Airlines said the claims were baseless and that the repairs on the aircraft had been overseen by 12 Qantas engineers and all problems had been rectified to the Qantas team’s satisfaction before it was delivered to Australia. Malaysia Airlines’ E&M has over 80 customers including Lufthansa, Saudi Arabian Airlines and GECAS, one of the world’s largest fleet owners and lessors. Malaysian Airlines said its E&M was a certified approved MRO organisation by 31 national aviation authorities including the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The latest incident to plague Qantas was flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on October 7, which resulted in more than 70 people being injured when the Airbus A330-300 suddenly dropped in altitude. © 2008
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Holographic Infill Radar Offers Potential Solution for the Wind …
MarketWatch
22, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Wind farms have been found to confuse existing radar systems,
compromising Air Traffic Control. This has led to a situation where
around 40 wind farm projects – with a combined capital value of
approximately GBP12bn and a potential output of
nearly 6GW of renewable energy – are delayed because of objections from
the aviation sector. Although the vision for the UK government’s
mitigation strategy – the Aviation Plan – states that “there is no
universal solution” to the issue, tests are now indicating that
Cambridge Consultants’ proposed solution, based on its Holographic Radar
technology, can successfully distinguish between wind turbine blades and
aircraft. We believe it is the ‘silver bullet’
the industry is looking for. Tests of a prototype Holographic Radar system at Ecotricity’s
66m diameter 1. 5MW turbine at Swaffham in Norfolk have provided a proof
of the principle, with a small-scale system discriminating effectively
between the turbine and a moving target. Further tests are planned with
a scaled-up system of the same instrument and moving airborne targets,
before a full-scale system is developed for testing at the site of a
large wind farm.