COMAC has posted an update of ARJ21 crosswind testing taking place in western China. Apparently all is going well, with an ARJ21-700 (aircraft 102) conducting tests at Jiayuguan airport in Gansu province.
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The Singapore Flightglobal team finally had the opportunity to check out the new full motion Eurocopter Dauphin simulator at Seletar Aerospace Park yesterday. The simulator is the first AS365 N3/N3+ simulator in the Asia Pacific.
I visited the simulator during the Singapore Airshow but at
that time the full motion capability was deactivated. Yesterday it was
definitely on. Among the operations we executed were landing on a warship
rolling in heavy swells, landing atop an oil rig - perhaps recognizing the
number helicopters employed in the offshore business, there was a cluster of
three oil platforms right next to each other, all of which seemed to have
different configurations - and then landing on a tall building.
There was all sorts of weather, from hot and arid to cold and snowbound - day and night. As for graphics, improvements in processing power in recent years mean that details such as the foam on waves and blowing dust (important cues for helicopter pilots) were faithfully recreated. The images accompanying his blog post were taken with @FHavg's camera phone.
When handling the controls my colleague @tohmavis and I found the auto-trim switch on the control column to be very useful in maintaining a straight heading. Certainly the most ambitious manoeuvre I executed was taking off from a skyscraper. Not being used to helicopters, I managed to get it off the landing pad well enough, but I don't think the instructors were terribly impressed when I rammed the stick forward, thus forcing the nose well down and pushing the ship too rapidly out over the city.
That said, the instructors were not about to allow me to get
into an accident. One of them explained that for all practical purposes they
treat the simulator like a real, authentic helicopter. Though the simulator is
not open for customers until next month, Eurocopter sees a big opportunity in
providing simulator training for Dauphin operators both in the Asia Pacific and
the Middle East.
It's not Kung Fu Panda but for Hong Kong Airlines cabin crews, they learn wing chun, a form of kung fu that is characterised by short, sharp movements to deal with air rage.
The airline's deputy general manager for corporate communications, Eva Chan, said to South China Morning Post that all staff has been invited to enrol in the training but made it compulsory for cabin crews. On average, the airline has three incidents with disruptive passengers every week.
The idea to incorporate martial arts training came during a company function when senior manages watched a wing chun demonstration and a dance performance by cabin crew. A tailor made course was developed for the airline.
Maybe every cabin crew should learn a form of martial arts so that passengers with preying eyes and itchy fingers can deal with them, swiftly. But swift martial arts movements reminds me of Martin Yan's chicken massage.
Image via South China Morning Post
These photos were sent to me, reportedly first posted in a Malaysian aviation forum. If you're the photographer let me know.
The photos show the seriousness of the incident, first reported as a minor sliding off the runway. The incident has largely been downplayed in the press by AirAsia's and Tony Fernandes's open comments, especially in social media channels.
Click here to read our article on the incident, which temporarily shut down Kuching airport.
The photos show the seriousness of the incident, first reported as a minor sliding off the runway. The incident has largely been downplayed in the press by AirAsia's and Tony Fernandes's open comments, especially in social media channels.
Click here to read our article on the incident, which temporarily shut down Kuching airport.
Our premium new service ATI reports that a jetbridge collapsed at Taipei's Taoyuan
International Airport on 28 June:
The collapsed aerobridge was one of two aerobridges at boarding gate D6 at the airport's terminal two, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) says. Preliminary investigations indicate that the bridge's column and wheel frame had separated, resulting in the bridge collapsing, says the CAA.Before you say this post is useless without photos, have a look at the fallen jetbridge here. (And if you were there or saw the jetbridge on the ground, let me know.)
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