Yak-42D Clobber RA-42434
Passengers: 37
Crew: 8
Survivors: 2
Flight origin: Tunoshna Airport (IAR / UUDL)
Destination: Minsk-1 Airport (MHP / UMMM)
RIP to the crash victims, especially the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team…:(
Poor quality fuel could be a cause of Russian plane crash
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes Certification & United Update
Article excerpt from The Seattle Pi
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes Certification & United Update
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is one step closer to starting normal operations around the world — that is a good thing. Saturday, August 13th marked the final flight needed to certify the 787 Dreamliner with Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines using the ninth test aircraft, ZA102. Certification testing will continue for 787s with GE engines. The nine test aircraft have flown just over 1,700 flights and more than 4,800 flight hours to perform more than 25,000 tests.
Test pilots have taken the aircraft to its limits and beyond to make sure the 787 is able to handle any possible future situation. “I’m used to landing the airplane 100,000 pounds overweight,” said Captain Mike Carriker , chief pilot for the 787 via Boeing’s website. “I’m used to flying it with the overspeed warning going on for hours on end or flying the airplane with an engine turned off.”
It is expected that ANA will take delivery of their first 787 (ZA101) sometime next month and then start flying the aircraft in Japan starting in October (and you can win tickets on one of the flights). Even though ZA101 is being prepared for delivery, to date it still has not flown. Boeing is not saying exactly when it will first fly, but I have been told that they will give notice, allowing fans the opportunity to catch a glimpse.
FAA orders GE to modify engines for 787, 747-8
Article excerpt from the Seattle Times
FAA orders GE to modify engines for 787, 747-8
The Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) is requiring GE to modify its jet engines for Boeing’s two new airplanes, the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 jumbo jet, because flight tests have revealed releases of small amounts of fuel into the air after the engines are shut down.
GE has been given more than a year to comply, so the Boeing jet programs won’t be delayed by the requirement.
“Small quantities of fuel (up to 5.5 ounces) are being released intermittently under certain conditions,” stated an FAA filing made Tuesday concerning a decision dated July 14. “Under certain atmospheric conditions this release of fuel results in a visible vapor.”
The inadvertent releases from the GEnx engines are caused by unexpectedly high pressures inside tubes that distribute the fuel.
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015736608_geengines27.html
Lithium ion battery packs?
It surely reminds us of UPS Airlines Flight 6.
N571UP
Lithium ion batteries
I wonder why such a hazardous cargo continues to be transported aboard 747 freighters…surely it would raise the ire of ICAO.
My favorite commercial aircraft:
Boeing 747-200 Freighter
Boeing 777-200LR ‘Worldliner’
Ilyushin Il-76TD Candid
Co-Pilots the Focus of Air France 447 Crash
Article excerpt from The Epoch Times
Co-Pilots the Focus of Air France 447 Crash
Black boxes recovered from the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 show that it stalled before it crashed into the ocean, killing all 228 people on board, according to the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) on Friday.
When it headed straight into the ocean, the aircraft was falling at more than 10,000 feet per minute, as the two co-pilots attempted to steer the plane in the right direction. When it stalled, it fell from 38,000 feet and crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The aircraft climbed from 35,000 feet to 38,000 feet, but stalled and started to fall. Three and a half minutes later, it crashed into the ocean killing everyone on board.
Source: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/air-france-black-box-reveals-final-flight-moments-56873.html
Here’s a simulation of the final moments of AFR 447.
Surely after sending troops to suppress the revolution in Bahrain , they dont plan to ally themselves with the rebels do they 😉
Since the UAE is not experiencing any unrest compared to its neighbors, how about a flight of 4-8 of their Desert Falcons?
Since the J-20 is only on the taxi trials stage, with a pending date for the first flight, one thing comes to mind:
Can a proper 5th Gen jet engine be successfully developed for the J-20, if squadron service is intended? A PW F119 class engine?
Look at the engine on the top right corner…
…in comparison to this…
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