Nyttårshilsen til mine lesere

Foto: Per Gram

Verden er mer utrygg en noen gang i min levetid.
Kanskje med unntak av Cuba krisen.
Uroen i Europa, inkludert Brexit og økende høyreekstremisme, samt vår ustadige venn "over there", har ført til at Kina og Russland har fått fritt spillerom. Min forsvarsbevissthet har øket i takt med det som skjer ute i verden nå. Dette er delvis anskueliggjort i bildet over fra Duxford tatt i 2016. Dux er en del av historien om de som kjempet for at vi skulle bli frie i 1945. Dessverre synes ikke våre politikere dette er noe å bry seg om nå, vi skrenker heller inn på forsvarsutgiftene, eller disponerer midlene på en slik måte at det virker uforståelig, selv på folk som har ganske god greie på ting, Eksempelvis å flytte 333 skvadron til Evenes. Det er særdeles bekymringsverdig at ikke rapporten etter AW101 velten er klar. Det kan imidlertid virke som om Forsvaret ikke takler flere hendelser som har et Human Performance aspekt ved seg samtidig. Vi kan bare være takknemlige for at ikke mennesker omkom eller ble skadet i hendelsene, som altså også inkluderer KNM Helge Ingstad. Jeg legger nok en gang merke til innsatsen til sivile besetninger i SAR oppdrag hvor liv er i fare. Jeg mener bestemt at vår redningstjeneste, som er sivil, bør siviliseres. Politi- og beredskapsdepartementet dekker utgiftene til driften, mens Forsvaret opererer den sivile tjenesten.

2018 var et nesten utrolig luftfartsår.
En merker seg dessverre at året som straks ligger bak oss, har vært et ulykkesår for luftfarten med 10x flere omkomne enn året før. Det er særdeles trist at moderne teknologi kan bidra til ulykker, og ikke bare hindre dem i å skje. Mange mener at flygerne kan være skurkene. Det kan skyldes mangel på trening og/eller opplæring, men det er grunn til å spørre seg om ikke AI, artificial intelligence, sammen med avanserte datasystemer kan greie jobben uten flygernes innblanding. Pre-programmerte ubemannede fly har alt fløyet i mange år.

Jeg er også forbauset over at antallet helikopterulykker ikke avtar. Jeg mener veldig sterkt at to flygere i all kommersiell helikopterflyging og i HEMS, må være med to kvalifiserte flygere.

Urban Mobility Systems er i skuddet som aldri før. Det er fly- eller helikoptre, eller en blanding av disse, som kan fly, gjerne uten flyger, i urbane strøk. Problemet akkurat nå er at det ikke finnes sertifiseringsregler for slike, men de kommer. Hvilke regler som skal gjelde for separasjon av trafikken er enda ikke klart.

Elektriske- eller hybride fly kommer for kommersielle operasjoner, kanskje alt om fire-fem år. Heller ikke innen dette segmentet er det klare regler for sertifisering. Det synes som om teknologiene akkurat nå fokuseres på en blanding av el. og hydrogen/brennselceller. Å gå rett på kun el. er det ikke mange som tror på akkurat nå.

Elementene over er kun et lite utdrag av det som skjer i luftfarten nå. Jeg presenterer det jeg mener er viktigst på bloggen, så følg med i mitt 10. år som blogger neste år. Da setter jeg igjen kursen mot Paris og Le Bourget, samt Duxford Flying Legends.

Godt og trygt Nytt År!

Drone forstyrret flytrafikken i Tromsø - VG

 

                   Flytrafikken ved Tromsø lufthavn ble
                   midlertidig stengt  etter meldinger om
                   en drone i området.

                               
• Martha Holmes
• Fredrik Kampevoll

Publisert:31.12.18 13:09

Politiet er sikre på at det var en drone i området rett nord for innflyvningstrase til rullebanen, bekrefter operasjonsleder Rune Nilsen i politiet til VG.

– Ettersigende skal det ha vært en turist som fløy en drone. Vi kjørte ut, og før vi kom til stedet hadde turisten dratt. Vi søkte i det aktuelle området, men vi fant ham ikke, sier Nilsen. 

Flytrafikken skal nå gå som normalt igjen.

Det var en privatperson som observerte en drone rett nord for flyplassen på Tromsøya, og han varslet da videre, forteller lufthavnsjef, Ivar Helsing Schøren.

– Vi stengte ned luftrommet over flyplassen i 20 minutter, mens vi ventet på avklaring av situasjonen. Det var ikke noe særlig med trafikk på tidspunktet vi måtte stoppe flytrafikken, så stengingen påvirket ikke passasjerene noe særlig, sier han til VG

Hele Tromsøya er forbudssone for droneflyging, med mindre du har spesialtillatelse, opplyser lufthavnsjefen.

– Dette har vi informert om til reiseliv og hoteller, og passasjerer som ankommer vår lufthavn får opplyst dette. Vi ser at det er atskillig færre hendelser med droner i år enn i fjor.

Space - Kina vil kikke på baksiden - De vil sikkert erklære det som kinesisk område - Curt Lewis

China Probe Set To Land On The Far Side Of The Moon A Chinese space probe is getting ready to be the first ever craft to land on the far side of the Moon, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The Chang'e 4 spacecraft started its planned elliptical lunar orbit this morning, coming as close as 15km to the surface. Chang'e has actually been in orbit around the Moon since December 12, but getting this precise route has taken two lots of manoeuvers over the last few weeks. Chinese mission control has also been testing the comms link between Chang'e 4 and the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge) which is in orbit at the second Lagrangian point awaiting data from the probe and its surface rover. A three quarter moon photographed from Italy (Credit: Getty)GETTY Spacecraft have seen the far side of the Moon before, but no lander or rover has ever made it there. If Chang'e 4 is successful, the mission will be a first and a big step towards its ambitions to be on a par with the US and Russia in space exploration. China has made it clear it hopes to become a major space power by 2030. The science side of the mission includes astronomical observation of the Moon's terrain and mineral composition and measuring the neutron radiation and neutral atoms of the environment on the far side of the Moon, according to the Chinese national space agency. Here on Earth, we only see one side of the Moon, because it's rotating at the same rate that it orbits our planet. The other side, referred to as the far side or the dark side, is not actually in darkness at all, it's just uncharted from our perspective. Chang'e 4 aims to change that. The probe, lander and rover were launched by a Long March-3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on December 8. The national space agency has not said when the Chang'e 4 aims to attempt the rover landing. But it said that it had "checked the imaging instruments and ranging detectors on the probe to prepare for the landing" and given that the craft is now in place, it's reasonable to assume that they will be trying soon.

 

Luke AFB mangler instruktører - Curt Lewis

Arizona's Luke Air Force Base feels effects of national pilot shortage


Pilots and instructors are in short supply for both the F-16, front, and F-35 fighters at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix.

GLENDALE - Luke Air Force Base is feeling the effects of a national pilot shortage, which has left the Air Force without enough pilots, maintenance crew and support staff to fully power U.S. military needs.

"Right now we don't have enough of certain types of pilots to actually account for all the jobs that we need to do in the Air Force," said Maj. William Andreotta, operations director for Luke's 56th Training Squadron. "Those can be anything from here in the front line of actually flying the aircraft all the way to staff jobs that require pilot knowledge as a background to be able to do the job."

The Air Force is trying to make training more efficient, and programs around the state are playing their part by building passion in high schoolers, teaching them the intricacies needed to become a pilot, mechanic or air-traffic controller.

As of September, the Air Force had unfilled positions for 1,500 pilots. At Luke, a training base, the shortage of instructors to train fighter pilots to fly F-16 and F-35 fighter jets is particularly acute.

Pilots have tough work lives and those undergoing training often leave to pursue a better balance between work and family life, leaders said.

Luke spokesman Jensen Stidham said that as of September, there were 58 instructor pilots, leaving 26 open positions for F-16s. For F-35s, 85 out of 101 instructor-pilot positions were filled.

A backlog of aircraft mechanics also has led to a decrease in available aircraft, which leads into an ongoing loop: The number of pilots who can train depends on the number of aircraft available.

Andreotta said one way the Air Force is trying to solve the problem is to make training more efficient.

"Where we can decrease the course length but not decrease the quality of the product that we're sending out there, so that's how we produce more" pilots, he said.

Air Force officials say their goal is to have most positions manned at 95 percent by 2024, Andreotta said. But that's going to be longer for fighter pilots: the 95 percent goal is set for 2029.

For the high-schoolers, students are learning what it takes to build a kit airplane through Southern Arizona Teen Aviation, a nonprofit organization. They're building a two-seat Van's Aircraft RV12 and will fly it, according to the group's website.

The students are involved in building all parts of the single-engine airplane, the website says. The experience gives the students skills to pursue careers ranging from pilot to aircraft mechanic.

"We're trying to give the kids an opportunity to get their hands on an airplane, see what an airplane's like, fly on an airplane, work with an airplane, build an airplane," co-founder Alan Muhs said.

At Phoenix's South Mountain High School, senior Jaja Obasi enrolled in his school's aerospace program.

According to the school's website, students enrolled in the program learn aviation fields such as aircraft maintenance and air-traffic control and can work towards their private-pilot certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Obasi said he loves aviation and that he wants to become a pilot.

"Then just getting up in the air, that feeling that you get in your stomach," he said.

Flygere med falske papirer avslørt i Pakistan - Curt Lewis

Five Pilots of Pakistan's National Airline Did Not Even Study Till Class 10, Reveals Aviation Authority

At least 50 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees have been suspended for not furnishing their documents.


Lahore: Five pilots of Pakistan's flag carrier PIA have not even completed their matriculation, the country's aviation body told the Supreme Court after finding the academic credentials of seven pilots bogus.

Justice Ijazul Ahsan said a non-matric person could not even drive a bus but these people were flying planes, putting the lives of passengers in danger, Dawn news reported.

At least 50 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees have been suspended for not furnishing their documents, the three-judge bench of the apex court was told, it said.

Academic credentials of seven PIA pilots were found to be bogus and five of them had not even done matric, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed before the Supreme Court (SC) bench, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, on Friday, the report said.

The bench was hearing a matter relating to the verification of degrees of pilots and other staff of the PIA. The CAA complained that educational boards and universities were not cooperating with it in carrying out the degree verification process.

It said that cases of 4,321 employees of the PIA had been verified while 402 were pending, the report said. Justice Nisar asked the PIA to submit a list of its all 498 pilots along with their result of licence examination, the report added.

Last month, the cash-strapped Pakistani government approved a Rs 1,700 crore bailout package for its ailing national flag carrier PIA which has been running into losses for years.

The government approved the bailout package to keep it afloat. The PIA's accumulated losses surged to Rs 36,000 crore by the end of June, which, according to the finance ministry, speaks volumes about the persistently deteriorating performance of the carrier.

The PIA has been in losses for years but successive governments have failed to improve its financial situation.

Ikke akkurat flying start ..... - Curt Lewis

Airline Cancels All Flights, Blames Pilot Shortage


A fledgling California airline says it is canceling flights until further notice because of a shortage of pilots. California Pacific Airlines began service to and from its base in Carlsbad, California, in November with four 50-seat ERJ145s and was plagued with delays and cancellations shortly after it launched. In one case, a plane was damaged when it was hit by a backhoe on a ramp in Pierre, South Dakota, but other cancellations were blamed on mechanical issues. In late December the airline announced it was canceling all flights until it could get more pilots hired and trained.

The airline's reservation website shows no availability through the end of February. Airline officials told the NBC San Diego affiliate that the company hoped to resume service in February. Those who have booked flights in January will get refunds. The airline lists its destinations as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Reno and San Jose with one-way fares starting at about $100.

Pussig historie - Greit med visum til land som krever det - Curt Lewis

Aircraft Captain Deported As 'Stowaway'


A Nigerian airline is claiming one of its pilots was deported from the U.K. as a suspected "stowaway" leaving one of its aircraft and the first officer stranded there. Max Air, which is based in Kano, Nigeria, sent one of its aircraft to Bournemouth for maintenance. According to a story in the Independent, Capt. Adam Dilli Ibrahim, 36, didn't have a visa and was detained by immigration authorities. He left the country voluntarily after being told he would be deported. Under U.K. rules, pilots from other countries can spend up to seven days without a visa but the maintenance on the aircraft was expected to take longer than that.

Ibrahim left after his seven days were nearly up and the maintenance wasn't finished until three days later. The airline says it can't find another pilot-in-command to fly the airplane back and that it's costing them $200,000 a day. "The captain has done nothing wrong. I feel terrible, I feel ashamed. It is so much bureaucracy," said Frank Unokasan, who owns Feemsmak, the Bournemouth-based company that claims to be the maintenance company that looks after Max Air's planes."Whenever they see a green (Nigerian) passport they have doubted they are the captain and believe he is a stowaway, that's their mindset," Max Air operates at least three Boeing 737-300s, three 747-300s and an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet. It's not clear which type was involved.

2018 - Et dårlig flysikkerhetsår med 10x flere omkomne enn i 2017 - Curt Lewis

Airline Fatalities Grow Tenfold In 2018


Assuming a safe New Year's Eve, Monday ends what can best be described as an average year for airline-related fatalities. According to one measure (fatalities involving airliners in flight, not necessarily in revenue service) there were 16 accidents that killed 555 people (as of Dec. 27) in 2018. That compares to the safest year on record in 2017 when there were only 59 deaths. Aviation Safety Net opined that the tenfold increase "is not acceptable. The airlines, regulators and crew must work together to ensure this troubling trend does not continue," the publication said in its annual review. For perspective, there were 45 million airline flights in 2018 carrying 4.5 billion passengers.

The most serious crash was the loss of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX in Indonesia in October, which killed all 189 on board. The cause hasn't been determined but the investigation is focused on sensors related to an automatic system designed to prevent the aircraft from being inadvertently stalled. The crash of a Cubana Boeing 737-200 in Havana in May killed 112 of 113 people on board. The only U.S. passenger fatality was a woman who was partly sucked out of the window of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that experienced an uncontained engine failure over Pennsylvania in April. Aviation Safety Net counted the death of a suicidal Horizon Air ramp attendant who stole a company Q400 and intentionally crashed it near Seattle in August.

T-38 i landingsuhell i USA - Curt Lewis

Ingen stor sak, men tar den med siden T-38 snart tilhører historien. Tipper at flere av disse vil fly med sivil registrering (Red.)

Military jet slides off runway during training


An Air Force T-38 Talon slid off a runway at a Virginia airport during training exercises Friday, but no injuries were reported. Pictured: A T-38 Talon touches down on the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 30, 2018. (Ilka Cole/Air Force)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Officials say a military jet slid off a runway at a Virginia airport during training exercises, but no injuries have been reported.

Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport spokeswoman Jessica Wharton said Friday that the aircraft based at nearby Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton was training at the civilian airport. She said it's unclear what happened, but weather doesn't appear to be a factor.

The base said in a statement that no one was injured in "an aircraft landing incident" involving a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon, a trainer jet. The base says that a board of officers will investigate.

Wharton said the airport is temporarily closed because the jet came to rest near the intersection of two runways. She said one or two commercial flights will be affected.

Helikopter - HEMS maskin traff zip line i UAE - ASN

Zip lines begynner å bli populære, også i Norge. De må merkes og annonseres som andre hindringer. (Red.)

 

Agusta Westland AW139 - Wire Strike Accident (UAE)

Date:	29-DEC-2018
Time:	17:50 LT
Type:	Agusta Westland AW139
Owner/operator:	National Search and Rescue Center
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Jebel Jais, Ras Al Khaima -    United Arab Emirates
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
An AW139 SAR helicopter crashed while on a mission to airlift an injured man from Jebel Jais in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The helicopter reportedly crashed after hitting a 2.8km zip line cable.

Uklarert stigning - Farlige greier - Curt Lewis

Incident: NAC B744 near New Delhi on Dec 23rd 2018, climb without clearance causes loss of separation with two aircraft

A NAC National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400, registration N919CA performing flight N8-840 from Bagram (Afghanistan) to Hong Kong (China), was enroute at FL310 about 65nm northeast of Delhi (India) when the crew requested to climb to FL350, ATC replied "Standby, expect FL350". The aircraft began the climb to FL350 however. A KLM Boeing 777-300, registration PH-BVB performing flight KL-875 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Bangkok, was enroute at FL330 exactly above N919CA. An Eva Air Boeing 777-300, registration B-16716 performing flight BR-61 from Bangkok (Thailand) to Vienna (Austria), was enroute at FL320 on the same airway in opposite direction. When the 747 began the climb an alert activated at the controller's desk, who in response immediately turned the 747 to their left off the airway and as a precaution turned the Eva Air to their left, too. TCAS advisories occurred between the 747 and the two other 777s, the 747 reached a maximum FL330 then began to descend again already turned to their left and was subsequently cleared to climb to FL350. All three aircraft continued to their destinations for safe landings. According to ADS-B position data the separation between N8-840 and KL-875 reduced to 0 feet vertical and 2.2nm horizontal at 05:04:43L (23:34:43Z Dec 22nd).

Nyttårshilsen fra Eurocontrol - NPA krever stor aktsomhet - Eurocontrol

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SKYbrary Highlights     Alarming story of pressing on in poor visibility On 7 March 2017, a crew making a daylight non-precision approach at Sint Maarten continued it without having established the required visual reference to continue beyond the missed approach point and then only realised that they had visually ‘identified’ a building as the runway when visibility ahead suddenly improved. At this point the approach ground track was corrected but the premature descent which had inadvertently been allowed to occur was not noticed and only after the second of two EGPWS Alerts was a go-around initiated at 40 feet above the sea.   Learn more   Related articles Flying a Visual Approach Visual Approach Slope Indicator Systems (VASIS) Continuation Bias

GA - Ulykke i USA - ASN

Date:	29-DEC-2018
Time:	10:23 LT
Type:	Cessna 172K Hawk SP II
Owner/operator:	Fly Ride
Registration:	N1095V
C/n / msn:	R1722117
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Saginaw County near Chesaning, MI -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
After the engine cut in flight the aircraft crashed near a building the terrain in Showboat Park east of Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G), Chesaning, Michigan, and was totally destroyed.
The sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries. The aircraft was registered to a flying club from Owosso.

GA - Spesiell uykke - ASN Video

Date:	30-DEC-2018
Time:	pm
Type:	Flight Design CTLS-ELA
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	HB-WYA
C/n / msn:	F-09-03-06
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Near Chachoengsao -   Thailand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	VTCT (Chiang Rai)
Destination airport:	VTBT (Bang Phra)

Narrative:
The aircraft was one of two Flight Design CTLS-ELA aircraft being flown solo around the world by two paraplegic pilots in an adventure known as Handiflight Around the World promoting the inclusion of disabled people and raising funds for handicap international with the support of Lions International. The two aircraft were accompanied by a Piper PA24-250 Comanche being flown by another disabled pilot. The three aircraft were on approach to Bang Phra Airport in the Si Racha District, south east of Bangkok when HB-WYA went down. It has been reported that several broken power cables were found in the vicinity and it is believed that the aircraft struck these before crashing and being engulfed in flames.

Sjekk video her: https://tinyurl.com/ybzrtqtl