China is Starting to Build Military Fighter Trainers
The JL-19 or FTC 2000 aircraft is a tandem two-seat, single engine jet fighter aircraft developed by Guizhou Aviation Industry. The first flight of this new aircraft was made in December of 2003 and mass production is expected to start by the end of 2005. These same aircraft are expected to flood the developing nations with fighter planes. There are already plans to have no less than 10 aircraft to be delivered by the end of the year, Chinese Year. The JL-19 Mountain Eagle or the FTC-2000 it's NATO number will use the Chinese built WP-13 jet engine.
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Diamond Twinstar
Probably one of the coolest experimental aircraft twin-engine aircraft is the Diamond DA 42 Twinstar. The Twinstar is propelled by twin diesel engines which burn Jet A or even conventional diesel fuel. Since the aircraft is all-composite, it is light and fast. The slow airspeed characteristics are great and low stall speed range is certainly a plus. The new four-seater twin has retractable landing gear and will cruise at 18,000 feet on 11.
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Helicopters Outfitted With Airbags
Normally if the engine quits in a helicopter it can auto-rotate and the rotor blades spin around like a pin wheel or like the Da Vinci model helicopter. There are critical altitudes for helicopters incase of engine failure, altitudes that if the engine quits the helicopter will come crashing to the ground. We are just losing way too many troops to helicopter accidents, which have nothing to do with actual combat and we all know we must protect the top brass and our nations leadership too. The company that makes these is RAFAEL and the name of their product is REAPS Rotorcraft External Airbag Protection Systems. This keeps the aircraft gliding and as long as the pilot glides at the proper ratio, the helicopter hovers to the ground and just before getting their it changes the pitch of the rotor blades enabling the helicopter to take a bigger bite out of the air and thus flair for a soft landing.
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Concorde Crash Conspiracy - It Could Have Been Prevented
The young man's device is said to be able to spot even a single nut on the runway, which could be picked up by a tire or sucked into a jet engine. It is a small real-time video camera, which runs along the runway on a track and videos the aircraft as it lands or takes off. In studying the Concorde crash the investigators determined it was caused by debris on the runway, which had fallen off a Continental Airlines Aircraft, which went down the same runway prior to the Concorde. The young man wants is counting on becoming a mechanical engineer if he ever grows up and I think he will make a damn good one. The aircraft on fire took off and then immediately crashed.
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Young Men Trying to Imitate the 9-11 Scenario, Part IV
Let the older pilots talk with the kids, take them up in aircraft, show them, explain their experiences. The Eagles program with the EAA took 400,000 young people for aircraft rides last year. There is also a group out of Houston of Helicopter Pilots, mostly law enforcement who take kids for aircraft rides. On a mission that most did not come back from. How many Congressmen had to wash airplanes to learn to fly at a young age? One maybe two.
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Mexico to Manufacture Aircraft
Of course this will mean that they must acquire some expertise and some trading partners to sell to once they build these aircraft. This agreement does not affect the United States in anyway, but the Mi Helicopter series does include the Mi-24 pictured here. Although some say that it might keep workers in Mexico and out of our country. The Ukrainian President announced the two countries may draft an agreement to protect their investments and relief for problems with double taxation. Currently there are estimated some 15 million plus illegal aliens from Mexico in the US and the number grows each day.
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General Aviation Manufacturing is in the Tank; Hang On It is Going to Get Worse
Even so we are seeing the small business jet opening market as a long term positive in the private jet market, but a short-term problem for the small single engine turbo prop and piston markets of Beechcraft, Cessna and others. The light aircraft market in the US has been dominated by Piper, Beech, Cessna but in the last two and a half decades the finish products liability has skyrocketed as lawyers lawsuits have increased both in number and monetary awards. We still cell our aircraft all over the world, yet also entering the small airliner market is Bombardier, a market niche, which has been dominated for decades by Boeing with many famous models like the 737. Many light aircraft manufacturers had stopped making aircraft and discontinued several popular lines. Many aircraft had increased in price 100% to allow for the incessant lawsuits.
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Getting Cheap Airfares
During roundtrips, you may choose a single airline if they provide the service through that route or you can take different airlines for different routes so that you arrive at cumulative cheap airfares. Data like the date of travel and date of return are also taken in to considerations. The web application in this site searches the database and provides you with the cheapest airfare and the airline, which provides that. All you have to do is to key in the places from which you would like to travel and the destination to which you would like to travel. Other services you get while you book air tickets.
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American Airlines; Crash: Nov. 12, 2001
Remember Chicago O hare disaster with the DC-10, engines are not suppose to fall off airplanes and aircraft should not be born with defects, airlines should maintain aircraft, and pylons which attach powerful engines to wings. The aircraft involved in that crash was an old Eastern Airlines plane, which was probably not too sturdy anyway for lack of maintenance back when that airline was falling apart. These pylons and engine attachments should never be so rigid as to break off at the first sign of wind shear, adverse yaw at slow speeds or wake turbulence. If you ask those aircraft to do a maximum climb out which slows the aircraft down on departure then do not take off another aircraft with a fast closing speed directly behind them at a three-minute interval, which may soon be 90 seconds or less. If you want International Trade, you will have more noise from less complying aircraft, get use to it.
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The History of the Aircraft Wash Guys, Part One
Sometimes he would insist that every buyer fly every single aircraft on the line for sale and many that Lance had brokered agreements, before they were allowed to make and offer, sign a conditional sales contract or buy an airplane. It was in the business of aircraft washing and waxing. Lance after being forced to sell his third of the business went to work for Air Camarillo and started the Aircraft Sales Department determined to out-sell those gentlemen. Although he really did not like to do sales, he loved to fly the aircraft for sale. Thus Lance got more flying time in lots of cool aircraft and he doubts he ever had an unhappy customer, they always gave referrals and always came back.
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Fuel Costs and Air Fares Set To Rocket After Hurricane Katrina Punishes The US
Shelter and drinking water are the first priorities now for the survivors. That is a disaster I don't think the US has faced before. The survivors are in an environment with contaminated water. You can't drink the water anymore because it's contaminated by sewage, bodies and toxic chemicals. And with everything flooded, how will anyone boil water to make it safe to drink.
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Starting an Aircraft Washing Business
To learn more about aircraft washing, I have put some additional ideas online to assist you. Owning an Aircraft Washing Service small business can be quite rewarding and although hard work, it can be an extension of your flying hobby. My Car Wash Guys company was originally founded over twenty years ago and started as an aircraft washing service. When in the aircraft washing business you will not only wash exteriors of planes, you must also have carpet-cleaning capabilities. After cleaning Thousands of aircraft over the years, I have paid for my flight school, first aircraft and then started an aircraft washing franchise as a module of another franchising company I had founded.
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Cleaning Air Cargo Containers
Ground Equipment at airports is parked all over the ramp, many pieces of equipment and if you charge by the unit you may find yourself cleaning hundreds of pieces of equipment in a single visit. Yes, those are low prices, but that's how you secure large accounts, which will lead to more work around industrial areas and airports. Before your pressure washing company or cleaning service will be chosen to do such accounts you must convince your potential customer that you believe in. I hope you'll take this advice and follow it, as it uplifts the industry the more professional companies there are out there and together we also add a safety net to the new Homeland Security paradigm. We really believe that because in the service business you either give good service or perish.
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Essential Oil Skin Care Tips for Frequent Fliers
For dry scalp (which causes embarrassing flakes) and lips in-flight, rub several drops of Lavender oil into your scalp and a single drop onto your lips to help eliminate dandruff and alleviate chapped lips. After you land, take a nice, long bath to soak up more moisture and soothe your nerves. Add 10 drops of a good Dry Skin essential oil blend to 1 ounce of your favorite shea butter-based body lotion for maximum benefit as well. I like a blend of equal parts Roman Chamomile, Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang, Rose, and Sandalwood. Don't forget to dunk your head under as well! I like to add 15 drops of Lavender and 15 drops of Grapefruit to 2 ounces of Epsom salts to my post-flight baths - it has the added bonus of putting me straight to sleep and helping me get over jet lag.
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Business Aviation Networking Notes
Some of these operators utilize larger cabin aircraft and are in need of flight attendants. Finally, you have a whole host of independent flight departments with one, two or more aircraft. You could send out a copy of your resume to every single company that flies a Falcon, Gulfstream, Challenger, or any of the other larger cabin jets. Additional training including galley services, a wine class, emergency training, can all help you out. Make sure that there are no spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, that it is formatted professionally, printed on bond paper and that you include correct contact information including your name, address, phone numbers, and e-mail address.
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