Diamond lanserer 6-seter på Oshkosh - AVweb

 

Sjekk video her: https://tinyurl.com/2fmzfjjm

UAM - Volocopter flyr på Oshkosh - AVweb Video

 

Sjekk video her: https://tinyurl.com/dxm6fctw

Volocopter på Le Bourget - Twitter

Norwegian - Kommentarer kommer, kanskje, når jeg har fått roet meg..... Jeg har 4400 cashpoints - Nettavisen

 

© Skjermdump/Nettavisen MÅ BRUKE MER: Nå må du kjøpe billetter for over 1000 kroner for å kunne betale med cashpoints når du reiser med Norwegian.

Mens du tidligere kunne bruke cashpoints uansett hva flybillettene kostet, er det nå innført begrensninger.

- Det skyldes den finansielle rekonstruksjonen selskapet har vært gjennom, sier Eline Hyggen Skari, kommunikasjonsrådgiver i Norwegian, til Nettavisen.

Medlemmer i fordelsprogrammet til Norwegian får cashpoints hver gang de kjøper flybilletter, og har man Bank Norwegian-kort får man også cashpoints hver gang man handler. Disse poengene kan blant annet brukes til å kjøpe flybilletter.

Én cashpoint er lik én krone, så tidligere kunne du få en gratis flyreise om du billetten kostet for eksempel 499 kroner og du hadde spart opp 499 cashpoints. Det er ikke lenger mulig.

Nå må du kjøpe billetter for minst 1000 kroner for å betale med cashpoints, og om billetten koster opptil 1999 kroner kan du bruke maks 500 poeng.

- Det er en midlertidig endring som vil vare inntil selskapet er kommer mer tilbake til normalen, påpeker Skari.

Oshkosh fyrverkeri avslutter Night Airshow - Twitter

Det du ser her er en spesiell utgave av C-130J, en AC-130J Gun Ship, også kalt Ghost Rider. Kanonen er en 105mm. Flyet kan også slippe bomber fra vingestasjoner.  (Red.)

 

Ubåter - 4x Kilo Class med moderfartøy - Twitter

 Kanskje det mest potente våpenet i dag er ubåter.

Ubåter og Air Independent Propulsion forklart her i video - Covert Shores

Våre nye ubåter som leveres om noen år vil få dette systemet. Jeg har ved flere anledninger skrevet om svenskenes "massakre" av en Task Force i 2005 da deres Gotland Class med AIP gjorde vei i vellinga utenfor San Diego. Red.)

Type 212 som Norge har bestilt 

 Sjekk video her: https://tinyurl.com/8puxz6hd

Drone - Nordic Unmanned får storkontrakt - Stavanger Aftenblad

Sjekk Aerosonde video her: https://tinyurl.com/fpjh566f

Mer om det velkjente Aerosonde selskapet her: 

The company gained prominence on 21 August 1998 when an Aerosonde "Laima" became the first unmanned aerial vehicle to cross the North Atlantic, covering a 3270 km route in a time of 26 hrs 45 min. On 22 June 2006, Aerosonde Ltd was acquired by the AAI Corporation. AAI was acquired in 2007 by Textron.

Aerosondes have also been the first unmanned aircraft to penetrate tropical cyclones, with an initial mission in 2001 followed by eye penetrations in 2005. On 5 March 2012, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) awarded AAI a contract to provide the Aerosonde-G for their Mid-Endurance UAS II program.

Det lugger hos Boeing - AW&ST

 

MAX Cancellations, 787 Issues Dim Boeing’s June Orderbook Momentum

July 13, 2021

Credit: Flydubai

Boeing’s fifth straight month of positive net orders and several delivery-data bright spots were offset by flydubai’s cancellation of 65 737 MAXs and news of more 787 production-quality issues, the company’s June commercial program activities update shows.

Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage Alice Springs - AW&ST

Sjekk bilder her:  https://tinyurl.com/2982favv

AI -basert visuelt hjelpemiddel - AVweb

 

Avidyne, Daedalean To Develop AI-Based Avionics Vision Systems

Kate O'Connor

July 28, 2021

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Avidyne Corporation is teaming up with artificial intelligence (AI) software company Daedalean to develop, manufacture and certify AI-based airborne systems for aviation. The initial offering, to be called the Avidyne PilotEye Vision System, is designed to serve as a “never-tired, never-distracted second set of eyes” that will scan for and identify everything from traffic and airborne hazards to potential emergency landing sites. PilotEye is aimed at the general aviation, special missions and advanced air mobility markets.

“Through this symbiotic partnership, we are combining the industry-leading artificial intelligence neural network software and certification methodology pioneered by Daedalean, with the proven hardware design, manufacturing and certification expertise here at Avidyne,” said Avidyne President Dan Schwinn. “Leveraging advanced AI technologies, these solutions will initially include visual-spectrum camera-based systems for visual positioning and traffic detection, hazard avoidance, and landing guidance, as well as providing the data that pilots need for quicker and more-accurate land-anywhere decision-making assistance in the event of emergency.”

According to Avidyne, pricing and availability for PilotEye will be made public later this year. Avidyne and Daedalean also said they expect to announce additional AI-based products over the next few months. Switzerland-based Daedalean, which primarily builds autonomous piloting software for civil aircraft, was founded in 2016.

Lett lastefly - Cessna viser sin SkyCourier på Oshkosh - AI N

 

July 28, 2021

SkyCourier Makes Public Debut at AirVenture

by Matt Thurber

 - July 27, 2021, 8:26 PM

Textron Aviation's SkyCourier, which marked a brief debut at AirVenture this year, flew two passes along Runway 18-36 before departing the area. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

On the opening day of EAA AirVenture on Monday, the Cessna SkyCourier arrived for its first public appearance. The twin-engine turboprop dominated the entrance ramp to Boeing Plaza while curious onlookers gathered around for a gander at the next-generation cargo and passenger hauler.

Powered by two 1,100-shp Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65SC turboprop engines, this SkyCourier is serial number one, and it took a brief time off from flight testing to participate in the AirVenture Innovation Showcase before departing on Tuesday. After taking off, flight-test pilot Todd Dafforn flew two passes along Runway 18-36 before departing the area.

A clean-sheet design, the SkyCourier resulted from discussions with FedEx Express. “In 2017 we knew the feeder fleet [of Cessna Caravan single-engine turboprops] needed updating,” said Bill West, FedEx v-p of supplemental air operations. FedEx Express operates nearly 300 aircraft in 250 locations globally, and it has ordered 50 SkyCouriers. Certification and first delivery are expected later this year.

The design’s 87-by 69-inch rear cargo door and fuselage are designed to accommodate three standard LD3-size containers, giving the SkyCourier twice the capacity of a Caravan, West said. This will allow FedEx to deliver oversize cargo to smaller markets. The SkyCourier fleet will also be part of Fedex’s Purple Runway training program, which will recruit new pilots to fly the smaller cargo airplanes and work their way up to larger FedEx aircraft.

With a maximum ramp weight of 19,700 pounds and a maximum takeoff weight of 19,000 pounds, the SkyCourier can carry a 6,000-pound freighter payload or 5,000-pound passenger payload. The FedEx SkyCouriers have no windows and are the pure freight version. The airplane is also available in a passenger configuration with windows, overhead baggage bins, and an airstair door or in a convertible passenger/freighter version.

To reduce turn time on the ground, the SkyCourier has a single-point refueling port on the aft lower rear of the right engine nacelle. Air conditioning is optional as are kevlar ice panels to protect the fuselage from ice slung off the propellers.

Avionics are a Garmin G1000 NXi suite with GFC 700 autopilot. Garmin’s electronic stability and protection limit-cueing system is optional. The flight deck has cupholders and USB ports for pilot convenience. Any fluid levels that need checking can be seen by pilots on the avionics displays, so there is no need to climb up to the engines to look at anything. Although the PT6s are not electronically controlled, the avionics do have a power mode indicator to help pilots set power based on the outside conditions.

The non-pressurized SkyCourier comes with a 50-cu-ft oxygen bottle, with a 77-cu-ft bottle optional. For the 900-nm maximum range, pilots would have to use supplemental oxygen to cruise near the maximum altitude of FL250, according to Dafforn. The maximum speed of 200 knots comes at 10,000 to 11,000 feet, he said. The takeoff field length is 3,300 feet. With a 5,000-pound payload, the range is 400 nm.

Final-approach speed is between “the 90s” at lighter weights, Dafforn said, and under 120 when heavy. “It’s like flying a big twin-engine Caravan.” He added that it’s easy to keep speed high when requested by controllers, then chop the power and slow down quickly, thanks to the large flat-plate area of the McCauley Blackmac aluminum propellers.

All icing tests were completed in March, so icing approval won’t hold up the certification plan, Dafforn said.

In addition to the SkyCourier, Textron Aviation marked the debut of the King Air 260 and CJ4 Gen2 at Oshkosh.

F-35B på jobb - Defence News

 

Sjekk videosnutt her: https://tinyurl.com/2xbu8and Mye leamikk.

Tidligere ansatte i Qantas vinner sak mot selskapet - Australian Aviation

 

Signalet til luftfartsarbeidere generelt er: Meld deg inn i fagforening. (Red.)

BREAKING: TWU WINS LANDMARK OUTSOURCING CASE AGAINST QANTAS

written by Hannah Dowling | July 30, 2021

The TWU’s national secretary, Michael Kaine

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has won a historic court battle against Qantas over the dismissal of more than 2,000 ground handlers whose roles were outsourced.

The Federal Court delivered the verdict on Friday morning, and largely found in favour of the union. It means outsourced employees could potentially regain their jobs or receive compensation, though that has yet to be determined.

Both Qantas and Jetstar removed ground handling operations this year at the Australian airports where the work was done in-house, which included Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, shifting them to external businesses including Swissport and dnata.

The TWU hired Waterfront dispute lawyer Josh Bornstein to argue the airline’s actions contravened the Fair Work Act because employees at the new companies are now no longer entitled to terms secured through enterprise agreements. Qantas had consistently denied it has done anything unlawful.

In his ruling, Justice Michael Lee said, “Although I do not think that the intent of the outsourcing decision was to hobble the industrial influence of a perceived ‘militant’ industrial organisation, given the nature of the Union’s membership and its members’ roles, outsourcing ground operations to third party contractors would be an effective way of going about the fulfilment of such an aim.”

However, he also said, “I am reasonably satisfied on the balance of probabilities, that the fact affected employees were members of the Union was not, in itself, a substantial and operative reason for deciding to make the impugned outsourcing decision. That aspect of the Union’s case fails as a consequence.”

Finally, he concluded he was not satisfied that Qantas had proved on the balance of probabilities that its domestic and international chief, Andrew David, did not decide to outsource the ground operations for reasons which included the “Relevant Prohibited Reason”.

 “As will already be obvious, this conclusion reflects my unease as to the state of the evidence on this fact in issue and, in particular, Mr David’s evidence when viewed in the light of all the other evidence to which I have made reference.”

Bornstein called the decision a legal first.

“The Federal Court has found for the first time that a major employer has sacked over 2000 workers because it was seeking to deprive them of the ability to collectively bargain with the company for a new enterprise agreement,” he said.

“It is also the first successful challenge to a major corporate outsourcing exercise in 20 years. We put Qantas’ outsourcing on trial and Qantas lost. Large companies have used outsourcing for decades to prevent employees from being able to collectively bargain with them.

”As a result, employees have lost the ability to obtain proper wage rises. Once Qantas outsourced its workers and sourced them indirectly from labour hire agencies, it did not have to bargain with ground staff again.”

Qantas has yet to respond to the ruling, but has previously said in response that COVID has meant it has had to make major changes in order to survive.

“We recognise that this was a difficult decision that impacted a lot of our people but outsourcing this work to specialist ground handlers who already do this work for us in other cities across the country is not unlawful,” it said in a statement.

Qantas has previously accused the TWU of not telling the truth. In particular, it has rejected accusations that it has transferred ground handling roles to “labour hire firms” and denied it has abused JobKeeper subsidies. It’s also hit back at the central claim that it removed in-house roles to avoid collective bargaining agreements.

The case has been controversial because Qantas forged ahead with outsourcing the roles before the outcome of today’s case. It said it was able to do this because the union didn’t obtain an ‘interlocutory injunction’.

Svenskene med i utviklingen av 6. generasjons jagerfly - Defence News

 

Det jeg spør meg er hvor langt har utviklingen kommet av helt ubemannede fly, altså droner, også kalt UCAV? Det er mye eksperimentering med AI i fly, også skrevet om her. Jeg innbilte meg en stund at 6. generasjons jagerfly ble av denne typen, men det er åpenbart prematurt. (Red.)

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Britain inks $200 million contract with Team Tempest for future fighter jet

By: Chris Martin    16 hours ago

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Go up close with the Tempest demonstrator. Check video here: https://tinyurl.com/4ejd4vxc

WASHINGTON — The British Defence Ministry has signed a £250 million (U.S. $199 million) deal with Team Tempest, a group of companies working on the country’s future combat jet, to provide digital and physical infrastructure to develop the aircraft.

The ministry said the latest contract is part of the government’s investment of more than £2 billion on the project, which will be spread out over the next four years.

With the contract signed between the government and BAE Systems — one of the four founding members of Team Tempest that also includes Leonardo UK, Rolls-Royce and MBDA UK — the Future Combat Air System program has entered its concept and assessment phase.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made the announcement Thursday at BAE Systems’ Warton facility, calling the deal a “multimillion-pound investment that draws on the knowledge and skills of our U.K. industry experts.”

“Boosting our already world-leading air industry, the contract will sustain thousands of jobs across the U.K. and will ensure that the U.K. remains at the top table when it comes to combat air,” he said.

The government’s lead for future combat air capabilities, Richard Berthon, called the FCAS effort “hugely important in ensuring the U.K. and its partners have the skills and technology we need to give us the battle-winning edge for the future.”

“Developing the system allows us to drive a revolution in digital development and harness the power of open-systems architecture,” Berthon added.

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Italy and Sweden are also involved with the sixth-generation fighter jet program, having signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.K. in 2020, with plans to share the workload on developing the aircraft. Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo said Thursday that the Tempest project will serve as “a game changer” for British and Italian technological innovation.

And earlier this month, Wallace met with his Japanese counterpart, Nobuo Kishi, in Tokyo where they agreed to accelerate bilateral discussions on developing subsystems for the program, including for power and propulsion.

Meanwhile, the Franco-German-Spanish effort to produce a future combat jet — also called the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS for short — is set to launch its research and development phase this fall.

Germany’s Air Force chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz, told Defense News this month that he hopes the two programs will merge so there is more interoperability between NATO allies.

“It can be that we go on different tracks. Hopefully we will merge eventually,” Gerhartz said.

Tysk selskap kjøper A330-900neo - Aviation24.be

 

German leisure carrier Condor orders 16 Airbus A330-900neo

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 Bart Noëth

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28 July 2021

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Germany’s leisure carrier Condor has decided to order 16 Airbus A330-900neo of the latest generation. The Supervisory Board has already agreed. The first aircraft is expected in autumn 2022, whilst the replacement of the entire long-haul fleet is scheduled to be completed by mid-2024.

“As the German launch customer for the Airbus A330neo, Condor is thus focusing on latest technology, maximum efficiency and the highest level of customer comfort. Fuel consumption per passenger per 100 kilometres will be 2.1 litres, which makes Condor the European frontrunner on long-haul flights,” the airline wrote in a press statement.

“We are introducing the two-litre aircraft into our operations and will be setting new standards: with our modern long-haul fleet, we will inseparably combine sustainability and holidays with Condor in future. On board the quietest cabin in the world on an aircraft of this size, our guests can also expect the highest level of comfort in a brand new Business, Premium Economy and Economy Class,” says Ralf Teckentrup, CEO of Condor. “With our fleet modernisation we reach another milestone in our company’s history and take the next step towards the future.”

The Airbus A330-900neo is designed with innovative enhancements for exceptional efficiency while offering the highest levels of comfort. Guests relax with a significantly enhanced sense of space, regardless of the booking class, and enjoy the latest generation of in-flight entertainment and connectivity on board. The A330neo has special aerodynamics through improved wing design and is equipped with state-of-the-art engines from the manufacturer Rolls Royce. The Trent 7000 engines incorporate the latest technology, deliver exceptional efficiency and are capable of operating on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). Thus, the Airbus A330neo sets new standards with 20 per cent lower CO2 emissions and significant fuel savings. In fact, the Airbus A330neo is the first aircraft in the world to already be certified for the regulatory reduction in CO2 emissions, which will apply as of 2028. Besides, State-of-the-art flight and navigation systems are installed on board, which are being further developed tailor-made for Condor to meet the special requirements of the leisure airline. Noise- and CO2-efficient approach and departure procedures are thus possible even at particularly high-altitude airports – but noise pollution is also reduced by up to 60 per cent at German airports.

All details of the contracts were not disclosed. By using the new long-haul aircraft, Condor is not only reducing its emission values, but also its operating costs and further improving its already particularly lean cost structure.

Under condor-a330neo.com, Condor’s preparations for the new aircraft can be followed as well as much more information in the coming weeks and months.

Elfly - Hawaiian vurderer slike for flyginger mellom øyene - Curt Lewis

 

Hawaiian could consider electric aircraft for inter-island flights: CEO Hawaiian Airlines may consider acquiring electric aircraft in the future for its inter-island flights, chief executive Peter Ingram says on 27 July. The Honolulu-headquartered carrier, which operates a robust network of connections to neighbour islands with a fleet of 19 ageing Boeing 717s, will be looking to replace them with more modern aircraft in the coming decade. According to Cirium fleets data, the 128-seat jets, which fly up to 16 cycles every day in punishing tropical conditions, have an average age of 19.3 years. “Neighbour island routes provide an interesting application for electrification of aircraft,” Ingram says on the airline’s quarterly analyst call. “We have a lot of traffic that travels between 100 and 250 miles, so the replacement with electric aircraft on those routes is more foreseeable rather than [an aircraft] that has to fly 2,500 miles to get to the West Coast.” Hawaii is an archipelago about 2,500nm (4,000km) southwest of the US mainland. The airline serves five airports on four of the islands with an average of 135 daily flights. In addition, it flies to the US mainland as well as international long-haul connections with a fleet of 18 Airbus A321neos and 24 A330s. Long-haul destinations in the Pacific Rim include Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti and American Samoa. The airline has 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners on order from the Chicago-based airframer, which will begin entering the fleet in 2022. But that said, the electrification of regional aircraft along with the battery technology may not yet be mature enough in time for when the 717s begin exiting the fleet, Ingram says. “The technology is still a ways off,” Ingram says. “I can see it, but it may be a generation or two of replacement aircraft [first].” The first electric aircraft that might be be considered a replacement for the 717 will not likely be available for commercial use until the mid-2030s, he adds In any case, the airline is interested in learning more as the industry segment develops. “We are trying to understand the landscape and the direction in which some of the producers are going,” Ingram says.

 

Russisk selskap kjøper Airbus A320neo - Curt Lewis

 

Russia’s S7 Airlines plans to order 24 A320 Neo Airbus planes by 2024

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s S7 Airlines plans to order 24 new A320 Neo Airbus planes for its low-cost airline by 2024, Chairman of the airline’s board of directors Tatiana Fileva said on Wednesday.

Fileva earlier said S7 would create a new low-cost carrier for regional traffic, seeking to fly more than 7 million passengers by 2024.

American Airlines med dårlig personellbehandling - Curt Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

Sleeping at the airport: American Airlines flight attendant, pilot unions complain about lack of hotel rooms

·     The unions say American is failing to provide adequate hotel rooms in a timely manner.

·     The pilot and flight attendant unions filed grievances with the airline over the issues.

Labor unions representing 40,000 American Airlines pilots and flight attendants say the carrier has failed to provide crews with enough transportation or adequate hotels during layovers, a trend that is depriving them of rest in some cases.

In grievances filed with the carrier on Tuesday, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Allied Pilots Association said crews are facing hotel booking and transportation delays while on the road.

“We have Flight Attendants sleeping in airports and outside of baggage claim due to the company not providing hotel accommodations in a timely manner,” APFA’s national president Julie Hedrick

said in a statement. “Crew rest is being impacted, and clean, comfortable, and quiet rooms are not being provided for required rest.”

APFA said it has received complaints from crew members such as finding that no rooms are available when they get to a layover hotel and that they face “excessive” hold times for hotel booking services.

“Taking care of our crewmembers while they’re away from home is a priority for American,” the airline said in a statement. “We’re looking into the concerns raised by APA and APFA.”

The pilots’ union, APA, said it wants pilots reimbursed for lodging expenses including when they have to find hotel rooms themselves.

A lack of hotel rooms and long wait times for customer service are issues that have also faced airline customers this summer as the industry grapples with a shortfall of workers to handle the spike in demand.