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Aviation Central is giving away two double tickets to the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2010 Expo at Ysterplaat Air Force base in Cape Town, which runs from the 21st to to the 25 September. All you have to do is join the Aviation Central Fan Page on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aviation-Central/128228483636 – and submit an original flying [...] Due to the ever changing nature of online industry, Aviation Central has begun working with industry specialists to further enhance the online service that we provide to you. We are currently working with Wikidworx for our design elements, and Alfalfa Content Generators for our content and SEO strategy, as well as a number of other freelance [...] The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic statistics for June which showed continued strong demand growth as the industry recovers from the impact of the global financial crisis. Compared to June 2009, international passenger demand was up 11.9% while international scheduled freight traffic showed a 26.5% improvement. Capacity increased only slightly above demand [...] A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital on Wednesday morning, officials said. Rescuers were trying to reach the scene amid rain and difficult roads. The cause of the Airblue crash was not immediately clear, said Pervez George, a civil aviation official. He said the plane was flying from Karachi to Islamabad [...] A Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire in mid-flight crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, but its two pilots were safe with minor injuries, a Saudi aviation official said. “The captain and the copilot are in good health, they only had minor injuries,” said Khalid al-Khaibri, a spokesperson for the Saudi civil aviation authority. “The [...] Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator has unofficially broken the speed record for rotorcraft, achieving a maximum speed of 225 knots in a one-hour test flight at the Development Flight Center. X2 Technology demonstrator Chief Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck executed the successful record-breaking test flight. The previous record for a 3,500 kg class of rotorcraft – 216 knots [...] Boeing has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first F/A-18 Super Hornet featuring a gun bay door manufactured by India-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HAL manufactures the doors at its facility in Bangalore, India. The gun bay door contract is the first military contract between Boeing and HAL. It is a direct result of Boeing’s industrial participation [...] Boeing on July 16 successfully completed the final design review (FDR) for P-8I, India’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The P-8I, based on the Boeing 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy. Completion of the FDR locks in the design for the aircraft, [...] Cirrus Aircraft announced a range of new software upgrades to its innovative Cirrus Perspective by Garmin avionics suite, adding even more functionality and ease of use to the most capable cockpit in GA today. Jon Dauplaise, Cirrus Vice President of Domestic Sales, noted the importance of the new features. “The Cirrus Perspective by Garmin cockpit is [...] South Africa has inked a deal with US defence giant Raytheon Company for an undisclosed number of Paveway II laser-guided bomb (LGB) kits for its fleet of Saab Gripen advanced light fighter aircraft. Raytheon, who made the announcement at the Farnborough airshow, did not disclose a value for the deal, which is also not yet [...] |
 
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