19-yr-old Indian trainee pilot was on routine flight check during mid-air crash

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Writer

Washington: Police and aviation authorities in Florida’s Miami-Dade are scouring a swampy grassland for clues to help explain what caused the midair collision between two small aircraft in which an Indian woman trainee pilot and three others were killed.

The body of the fourth victim of the midair collision between the two small aircraft of a Miami flight school over a swampy grassland was retrieved on Wednesday, ending the mission to look for survivors, the Miami Herald reported.

 

But searchers continued to scour the razor-like sawgrass in hopes of finding clues to help explain what caused the accident, the daily said.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will take over the investigation about the causes of the crash and how it happened, said Miami-Dade Detective and spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta.

On Tuesday, two aircraft, Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172, belonging to Dean International Flight School based at Miami Executive Airport, smashed into each other in the sky and plummeted to the ground, 14 km west from where they took off.

Read: 19-yr-old Indian girl among 3 killed after 2 training planes collide in US

After a frantic search, police and fire rescue staff recovered the bodies of 19-year-old Indian woman Nisha Sejwal, Jorge Sanchez, 22, and Ralph Knight, 72.

Police later pulled the body of another 22-year-old trainee pilot Carlos Alfredo Zanetti Scarpati from the swampy grassland, according to Zabaleta.

Police believe that Zanetti Scarpati was flying with Sanchez and that Ralph Knight and Nisha Sejwal were in the other

Article source: https://deccanchronicle.com/world/america/190718/19-yr-old-indian-trainee-pilot-was-on-routine-flight-check-during-mid.html

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Protect hobby aviation: Your Letters to the Editor for July 21

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Writer

 

Letters to the Editor for July 21: 

Protect hobby aviation

Right now, the U.S. Senate is considering important legislation that could potentially harm future aviators and aerospace professionals across the country. Federal lawmakers must remember that protecting the model aviation hobby is good for everyone, not just for those like myself who love to fly model airplanes in South Dakota.

I am a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), a nationwide organization that has represented those who fly model aircraft for fun and educational purposes for more than eight decades. AMA safely manages a niche group of responsible hobbyists through Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, more commonly known as the Special Rule for Model Aircraft.

My club, the Rapid City Propbusters Club, has hosted events to raise money for charitable organizations in the Rapid City area for nearly 50 years. This June, we held our annual Community Appreciation Day to share our love of model aircraft with the community and raise money for local charities and youth-related STEM activities through the AMA Foundation.

Unfortunately, some in Washington want to gut Section 336 and force new regulations on responsible model aviation hobbyists. I urge Congress and Senator John Thune (R-SD) to preserve this important provision, especially for the AMA clubs in South

Article source: https://www.argusleader.com/story/opinion/readers/2018/07/21/protect-hobby-aviation-your-letters-editor-july-21/808171002/

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Telstra poised to cut 110 jobs across enterprise and service teams

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Writer

Telstra is on the verge of cutting a further 110 jobs, should changes to enterprise sales and service teams go ahead.

As reported by sister publication Computerworld Australia, the telecommunications giant has issued proposed operating model changes which could also result in cuts to local and international contractors.

According to a Telstra spokesperson, the redundancies are “directly linked to our strategy to improve the way we service our customers and drive profitable growth”.

“The proposal is subject to an open and thorough period of consultation with employees and their representatives that will take place over the coming weeks,” the Telstra spokesperson added.

“The roles make up part of the net reduction of 8000 employees and contractors announced last month, however, the roles are not related to the Telstra2022 organisational structure to be announced at the end of this month.”

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World’s strangest-looking airplane? New Airbus ‘Beluga’ takes flight

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Writer

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Presidential visits ground model airplanes for thousands of square miles

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Writer

Trump jet

Model aircraft flyers throughout Central New Jersey are hoping they could one day be allowed to fly while the president is in town.

Whenever President Donald Trump makes a visit to his private golf course in Bedminster, or anywhere else in the country for that matter, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for a 30-mile radius.

This year, Trump has visited the Central New Jersey golf course twice. Last year, he came several times during the summer.

The TFRs ground aircrafts as large as a Boeing 757 — like Trump’s own personal jet — and as small a model RC plane.

“It affects our ability for educating people, bringing them into the hobby, because our hobby is family-oriented and community-based,” said Eric Williams, vice president of District II for the Academy of Model Aeronautics. “It also affects the community events and organizations that we support.”

Just how many people does this impact? Williams said there are around 30 clubs associated with the AMA within the 30-mile radius of the TFR when the president is at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. He also said there are about 2,500 members affected by the TFR. 

Last year, for example, members of the Broken Props Airplane Club, a part of Somerset County 4-H, could not fly their model airplanes at the Somerset County 4-H Fair because Trump was visiting his golf course in Bedminster. 

In addition, the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning had to meet with the Secret

Article source: https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-now/presidential-visits-ground-model-airplanes-for-thousands-of-square-miles/465-a3e81ad2-a2f0-4d4c-a8be-8bb35b3490f5

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Melbourne hobbyist wins model airplane national championship in Indiana

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Writer

MELBOURNE — One of America’s foremost model airplane builders carefully assembles balsa-wood aircraft inside his garage near the Indian River Lagoon, adding to his wall of plaques and trophies dating to 1959.

Consider Ed Mason’s meticulously detailed Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation. Crafted from roughly 3,000 wooden pieces, this mini-airliner boasts four tiny engines and flies about 65 mph.  

Mason spent about a year constructing this 12-pound aircraft from a $500 Japanese kit that was produced about 60 years ago — and didn’t have written instructions. Earlier this month, his Super Constellation won the CL Sport Scale division at the Academy of Model Aeronautics National AeroModeling Championships in Muncie, Indiana. 

“This is almost a dying art. Nobody sits around and does this stuff,” Mason said, standing next to his garage workbench. The longtime hobbyist turns 74 next month.

“Even the guys I fly radio (controlled airplanes) with, they’re not going to sit down and work on a damn thing for a year — and then maybe crash it,” he said, laughing.

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His gray-and-white Super Constellation was designed on a 3/4-inch-to-1-foot scale. Judges in Indiana scored the

Article source: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/19/melbourne-man-wins-model-airplane-national-championship-indiana/778410002/

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VietJet commits to 100 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Writer

Boeing VP Randy Tinseth reveals the commercial market outlook at a packed Farnborough press conference. (Photo: Eric Brothers)

Boeing officials have raised the company’s long-term forecast for commercial airplanes to 42,730 new jets – valued at $6.3 trillion – throughout the next 20 years. Increasing passenger traffic and upcoming airplane retirements will drive global airplane fleet expansion, which also will sustain growing demand for commercial aviation services, presenting a total market opportunity of $15 trillion.

The company’s annual forecast, renamed the Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) to include detailed analysis of the dynamic aviation services market, was presented Tuesday at the Farnborough International Airshow. Recognized as an industry benchmark for global air travel forecasting, the 2018 CMO projects the total number of airplanes increasing 4.1% from the previous forecast.

“For the first time in years, we are seeing economies growing in every region of the world. This synchronized growth is providing more stimulus for global air travel. We are seeing strong traffic trends not only in the emerging markets of China and India, but also the mature markets of Europe and North America,” says Randy Tinseth, vice president of Commercial Marketing for The Boeing Company. “Along with continued traffic expansion, the data show a big retirement wave approaching as older airplanes age out of the global fleet.”

According to fleet data, more than 900 airplanes today are more than 25 years old. By the mid-2020s, more than 500 airplanes a year will reach 25 years of age – double the current rate

Article source: http://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/vietjet-commits-100-boeing-737-max-071918.aspx

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