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POPSGalileo European Galileo with US GPS and Russian Glonass systems : si ça marche pas mieux que le LHC ou l'Airbus ... on passera pour des charlots
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POPS'Miracle on the Hudson' Pilot Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger to Return to N.Y., Cockpit Thursday
He has also been given a spot on US Airways's flight operations safety management team. Sullenberger, 58, had taken a break from flying to write an autobiography and required catch-up training before he could get back in the cockpit. Despite being the nation's most celebrated and trusted pilot, Sullenberger had to go back to ground school, take some new simulator training and fly with a captain from the training department. "The months since January 15 have been very full, and my family and I have had some unforgettable experiences," Sullenberger said in a statement. "However, I have missed working with my colleagues at US Airways and I am eager to get back in the cockpit with my fellow pilots in the months ahead." "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters," Sullenberger's engaging account of his life and the crash - in which his calm Gary Cooper-esque personality shines - comes out in October. "We welcome Capt. Sullenberger back to work and
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POPSTwo Passengers on Doomed Flight Linked to Terroris Now we are teetering toward the theory that the destruction of Flight 447 as being a possible victim to Muslim terrorists. Some may remember I posted a news message about a bomb threat to an Air France airliner just a few days before this crash. Although, Brazilian authorities searched the "bomb threat plane" meticulously, it left and landed in Paris without incident. This plane flew the same flight plan as AF 447. Now we may have a possible coincidence according to the French that the names listed on the doomed flight were indeed a match to a list of Islamic terrorists. But, coincidences are easy to accept in hard to believe circumstances. We do have the bomb threats on a previous flight and we have two names of passengers that are considered "a threat" to the French Republic. I wonder if these two names were on the passenger manifest that was held up for the bomb threat flight?. ..... lakotahope.blogspot.com
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POPSAir France #447 - Facts Long list of what the author terms facts. Sounds fairly factual. Of special interest: philosophically different views of the role of computers in aircraft between Boeing and Airbus designs.
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POPSAirbus A380 Virtual Cockpit Tour This is pretty impressive. I put it on my blogsite and decided I need to put this out there for more aviation people to see.... lakotahope.blogspot.com
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POPSBomb Theory Remains Alive As always, the bomb theory is always on the back of everyone's minds, whether we admit to it or not. Satellite data has already shown that storms were sending 100mph winds straight into the Airbus's path at that time. Ten minutes later, the plane sent a burst of automatic messages, indicating the autopilot had disengaged, the flight-control computer system had been switched to alternative-power and controls needed to keep the plane stable had been damaged. Three minutes later, automatic messages warned that two other fundamental systems that monitor air speed, altitude and direction had failed. Then came a cascade of electrical failures in systems that control the main flight computer and wing spoilers. The last message came at 11.14pm, indicating loss of air pressure and electrical failure. The newspaper said this could mean sudden depressurisation, or that the plane was already falling into the ocean. http://lakotahope.blogspot.com
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POPSA Unique Search Vessel Joins Search Submarines do have very sensitive acoustic abilities. Apparently, they can detect and catalogue a ship's screws from as far away as the United States is to Europe.
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POPSFlying Too Slowly When I first heard about airspeeds, I believed the investigators and Airbus personnel were discussing too high an airspeed for penetrating bad weather. Above the Design Maneuvering Speed, but stalling? I heard about a phenomenon called a 'high speed' stall. This involved Learjets or some similar corporate jet at high altitudes. Anyone know about this?
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POPSAir France plane disappears from radar screens The plane was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew. The French authorities have set up a crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport. The Brazilian air force told the Associated Press that a search was under way near the island of Fernando de Noronha. A spokesman said the search and rescue mission was mounted after the jet failed to make regular radio contact.
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POPSAirbus 330 - Electric Jet Still Missing One of the statements made about a loss of pressure, reminds me of a Turkish flight that lost a cargo door. This resulted in a catastrophic cabin pressure loss that collapsed part of the cabin floor, pulling out several passengers, Worse, it also severed hydraulic systems that controlled the aircrafts wing surfaces. This plane plowed into the ground at over 500 mph just outside of Paris. Loss of cabin pressure--bomb??? Too soon to speculate....
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POPSFrench economy shines while US, Britain collapse Smash-and-grab capitalism's inherent instability reveals a much-ignored fact: the French economy, employment, and infrastructure are in much better shape than what business lust has left to the USA. Its healthcare is the best in the world. The average household's debt is half that of the USA.
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POPSSuper Sully: How Crash Landing Hero Pulled Off The Incredible have resulted in the plane cartwheeling on impact with the water and potentially killing those on board. 'Fantastic job' "By the look of it he's done a fantastic job, the aircraft looks to be in fantastic shape," Mr Jackson said. The successful ditching has energized pilots, many of whom appeared skeptical as to whether it was possible. Pilots also did not train for ditching, both Mr Jackson and Mr Glynn said. "He needed to keep the wings level as much as he could but, given one engine could have had more damage than the other, this would have been difficult," he said. "If a wing had pitched into the water first, the aircraft would have cartwheeled" As it turned out, Mr Sullenberger brought the plane down nose-up with wings level, allowing the tail to break the surface of the water first, Mr Jackson said. In a comment reflective of many of the comments on the online pilot forum, user PPRuNe said: "Remarkable, just proves you can ditch."
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