• Air New Zealand and the ‘perfect flight’

    Updated: 2010-04-30 09:35:47
    Air New Zealand on September 12th conducted what has been hailed 'the perfect flight' from Auckland to San Fransisco. Taking advantage of optimal flying conditions and the help of aviation authorities in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, the flight saved an estimated 4600 litres of aviation fuel. From a ...

  • Airlines turning to in flight advertising to meet rising fuel costs

    Updated: 2010-04-30 09:35:47
    Everyone seems to be turning to media and advertising as a source for generating new revenue. The airlines industries are no exception. In a bid to combat rising fuel costs, some US airlines are beginning to sell advertising to passengers. Examples include displaying ads to passengers who check in electronically, either ...

  • How many passengers can you have on a commercial airplane?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 09:35:47
    Well, it looks like the record for the number of passengers that can fly on a commercial airplane is about to be broken. Air Austral – which operates between Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean and Paris – has now confirmed it has ordered two A380s in a single economy class ...

  • General Aviation Industry Prepares for an Unleaded Future

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:00:00
    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally begun the regulatory process required by the Clean Air Act that may ultimately result in standards mandating the industry's transition to unleaded aviation gasoline (avgas). Read more at EAA.org.Got Comments?

  • FAA Regs and Aviation Publications – What’s New as of April 18, 2010

    Updated: 2010-04-28 00:53:12
    What’s New on the Biweekly 2010-09, 18 April 2010 CD New or Updated Publications Federal Aviation Regulations and associated Preambles. Updated through April 10, 2010. Airworthiness Directives and associated AD Preambles. Updated through April 10, 2010. Air Carrier Regulations, 14 CFR parts 200 – 1199. Updated through April 10, 2010. Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System [...]

  • The Hangar Hotel and Airport Diner, Fredericksburg, TX

    Updated: 2010-04-26 20:23:39
    , , When once you have tasted flight , you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward , for there you have been , and there you will always long to return . quot Leonardo da Vinci , 1452-1519 Home Fun Places to Fly Aviation Events Aviation Blog New FORUM Aviation News Membership Sign In Flight Planner courtesy of NavMonster.com : From : To Advertise FREE Classifieds 1991 Beech A36 Bonanza 1969 Cessna 310P 1970 Cessna 150-K Classifieds Link to Us Advertise Employment Trip Planner N Number Search Fuel Prices AVDirectory Videos Photo Contest Weather Fun Places To Fly Blog The Hangar Hotel and Airport Diner , Fredericksburg , TX Monday , Apr 26, 2010 Guests staying here are not road warriors who check in at late at night and rise the next morning to make that early sales call .

  • FAA Regs and Aviation Publications – What’s New as of April 4, 2010

    Updated: 2010-04-19 22:12:30
    What’s New on the Biweekly 2010-08, 4 April 2010 CD

  • Garmin discounts databases, adds synthetic vision upgrades

    Updated: 2010-04-12 19:23:38
    Garmin is lowering database prices up to 50 percent for GPSMAP 495/496 and 695/696 database subscribers who sign up for bundled electronic charts, airport diagrams, and AOPA’s airport directory, the Kansas firm announced in advance of the Sun ’n Fun fly-in.Garmin also will provide free synthetic vision upgrades for G3X and G300 customers; and it will offer Pilot My-Cast flight planning and filing applications on Android smart-phones.Got Comments?

  • Video: Using the iPad as EFB

    Updated: 2010-04-11 16:15:12
    A demonstration using the iPad as an "Electronic Flight Bag" to store and view aviation instrument approach plates. <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"Got Comments?

  • Schedule - Lufthansa A380 Test Flights

    Updated: 2010-04-10 18:32:00
    Some news for our German visitors. Lufthansa’s new flagship, the Airbus A380, will undergo a number of test flights in early June. Before the first Lufthansa Airbus A380 flies the German soccer team to Johannesburg (South Africa) for the Football World Cup on Sunday, 6 June, Lufthansa will carry out numerous flights. The flights - [...]

  • Video - Ilyushin IL-76 Landing Accident

    Updated: 2010-04-05 15:05:45
    The landing of a Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-76MD (RA-86863) comes to a sudden end as it touches down late due to strong crosswinds. According to information on Youtube, this accident already occured on August 09, 2008 at Pskov (PKV/ULOO) (Russia). Video via Landingshort

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