Last week a large flock of Geese was told to contact the tower upon landing…. they had crashed ATC radar computers. Early Wednesday morning thousands of geese started to appear on ATC radar in St. Louis. Apparently the computer system couldn’t quite keep up with thousands of new “aircraft” in the airspace and the system […]
The Dayton Daily News has published a short video showing a Wright Flyer replica in flight. There is also a view shot from within the plane that shows you what the Wrights would have seen while flying their plane.
Wright Flyer Replica Video. (4MB Quicktime).
There is a neat article at the NY Times that talks about some of the logistics of operating a huge cargo operation like FedEx. One thing that really struck me about the article was the airplanes they keep in the air, empty, in case they are needed elsewhere.
FedEx launches five empty jets every night and […]
American pilot Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann flew a new Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner nonstop from Hong Kong to Heathrow with 35 passengers onboard. The 11,664-mile, nearly 23-hour flight shattered the record for passenger-jet flight distance. The flight was apparently designed to highlight the distance superiority of Boeing’s new jet compared with its closest rival, the Airbus 340-500, […]
A new ATC client for VATSIM begins closed beta testing this week. VRC, or Virtual Radar Client, has been under development since April of this year. VRC was created as an alternative to ASRC primarily for users with multiple monitors. The interface was designed to maximize the available space on the main radar display by […]
Major Airports to Receive New Runway Safety System The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that 15 airports, including some of the nation’s busiest, will soon receive an advanced runway safety system.
The new system, called Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), […]
A new Pocket PC application from Hilton Software provides pilots with fast aviation weather information.
Called the WingX Browser, the application uses advanced data compression algorithms to minimize download time for METARs and TAFs, as well as winds aloft and temperatures. The Browser also shows trend information.
The WingX Browser is free and available now.
The Federal Aviation Administration is presenting its 2005 Excellence in Aviation Research Awards to Richard Dolbeer, Ph.D., Coordinator of the Aviation Safety and Assistance Program for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Colin Drury, Ph.D., University of Buffalo Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the university, for their work in […]
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Written by Jarkko Haarala [email] for b5media.
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