A rather complete report by Reuters with Black boxes, search update, lack of proper license investigation and insurance commitments:

Search for the black Boxes in good path

“We found what has a high probability of being the tail of the plane,” Yayan Sofyan‎, captain of the patrol vessel[…] “I am not saying it’s the tail yet,” the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, told a news conference in Jakarta. “That is suspected. Now we are trying to confirm it.”

Thirty-seven bodies of the mostly Indonesian passengers and crew have been recovered, including some still strapped in their seats. Many more may be trapped in the body of the aircraft.

The transport ministry said some officials at the country’s airport operator and air traffic control agency who were involved with the AirAsia flight will be moved to other duties while the accident investigation is completed.

The ministry gave no reason.

“A circular has been signed by the transport ministry on December 31, stating that pilots must have a face-to-face briefing with a flight operation officer so the briefing officer will know the pilot is in a healthy condition and so on,” said Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting director general of air transportation.

Aviation experts said this was a common practice in the industry, but it was not immediately clear if it has been normal procedure in Indonesia.

While the license investigation could have serious consequences for the airline’s operations, insurance industry experts said insurers were expected to pay claims whether or not the airline was properly licensed to fly on the day.

It’s too early to say so, but I have the impression that Indonesia will stand rather as an example in the way it handles this awful crisis.

Source:
http://www.reuters.com

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Hummm… The Su30MKI? 😉

Just seems neither side (for its own reasons) has the guts to admit it publicly yet….

More probably, India makes some efforts to not to humiliate Fr and ban itself from access to its mil markets and products.

The sad part is that the ones in charge on the other side are in a complete denial mode and that immature posture refrains them to put the momentum on others Products or what ever I don’t know that could balance the loss.

Frankly, the tide has turned away from the old bellicose days of Argentina. Up to the finest politicians in Uk not to make it back just for a matter of internal policy. I have in mind that it’s a matter of a national interest if we speak in term of direct benefits for UK Economy: secure that straits, build strong ties offshore to ease the logistic, make the F/M a rear base for the next big moves for the Industry: the poles (not the north in that case, obviously 😉 ).

And in term of aviation, an indigenized Gripen will be no match for a Typhoon with updated systems for a long time.

Thanks for reporting so much in 2014!!

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That was amazing. Thanks!

TVIP – So what you’re suggesting is that the F-35 will be as agile as an F-104? Maybe. It will certainly never be as good-looking.

Your lack of discernment when it comes to the 35 is turning increasingly worrisome. Where did you get that idea ? L. I. F. T. and roll. That should not be that difficult to browse it even on Google? Plenty of handy books also dealing with aerodynamics.

When the aircraft turn upside down around it’s vector of displacement, the amount of downward translation is proportional to the difference of airfoils lift. To simplified, If the wing had a symmetrical profile, there will be no vertical motion once the aircraft is rolled perfectly on its back.

What is noteworthy in those sequences is that the aircraft get a large amount of down drift that reflect the “efficiency” of it’s thin and small wing if we speak in term of surface area. This in contrast to all the slide rule “experts” claiming that the plane have a too small wing to be of anything useful during a fight.

After all these years, the most spectacular flight maneuver they can show is a two-second-plus roll (0:19>>) during which the jet drops like a fat pheasant taking a blast of 12-gauge to the kidneys.

As you may hve noticed alrdy as an aviation enthusiast, that kind of roll gives a good indication of the lift generated by the wing profile and other artifacts as compared to its “surface only” lift.

In that case, that kind of filmed sequences depicting the 35 during a roll are very encouraging and should hve stopped long ago most of the debater claiming that the wing area of the bird is too small.

Have a look here (sry it’s another LM plane):