Eurocopter launched in early April a series of flights for a new rotary-wing solution that will expand the mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters. The optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) program, which was conducted at the French Air Force base in Istres, France, was revealed on April 25 durin...

Investigation Progress Update 2012-02-09 Beechcraft King Air 100 Accident, 27 October 2011, Richmond, BC Near Vancouver International Airport (A11P0149) On 27 October 2011, a Northern Thunderbird Air Ltd. Beechcraft King Air 100 (registration C‑GXRX) departed Vancouver International Airport (YVR) w...

Sea Land Air, CZBB: DA20, DA40, DA42 and D-SIM-42.

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Nice swiss cheeze ! CHECK - 3 green ( no, 1 green on the video ) Check - wisdom of not hooking horn audio into intercom The pilots managed to operate the gear switch , got to hand it to them for that,,, but forgot to confirm it worked though ,,,,, You mention 1 green light, when in fact, the gear l...

BEA investigators able to download the data: interim report expected this summer. 16 May 2011 briefing Following operations to open, extract, clean and dry the memory cards from the flight recorders, BEA Safety Investigators were able to download the data over the weekend. These operations were film...

The CVR has been found too BEA 3rd May 2011 briefing Flight AF 447 on 1st June 2009 A330-203, registered F-GZCP 3rd May 2011 briefing The investigation team localized and identified the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) at 21h50 UTC on Monday 2 May, 2011. It was raised and lifted on board the ship Ile de...

SPACE WEATHER EFFECTS ON GPS http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/images/effectsgps450.gif Modern navigational systems that use radio-wave signals reflecting from or propagating through the ionosphere as a means of determining range, or distance, are vulnerable to a variety of effects that can degrade perf...