Ka52 havari - Nær Moskva

Helikopteret har to utskytningsseter. De fungerer på den måten at alle rotorbladene skytes av før setet går, muligens.....

 

 

Ka-52 helicopter crashes in Moscow near residential neighborhood

A helicopter crashed just meters away from residential houses in the South East of Moscow. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said the pilots managed to bail out in time, but received trauma injuries.

The Defence Ministry confirmed it was an experimental military helicopter Ka-52K.

Eyewitnesses of the accident told Interfax the helicopter's crash was followed by two loud explosions. The aircraft fell in a wooded area, reportedly near a helipad. Thick smoke from the fire is now covering the neighborhood.


"A green helicopter is on fire, the area of the blaze is around 20 square meters," an Emergencies Ministry spokesman told RIA.

The preliminary cause of the accident, provided by a source, was the malfunction of the ejector mechanism, which caused it to involuntarily activate. Reports quoted by Interfax said the combat helicopter was a naval version of Ka-52 undergoing tests for the future deployment on Russian Mistral-class carriers.

The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed it was an experimental military helicopter, the Ka-52.

"The crash-landed Ka-52 helicopter was undergoing tests in the Kamov design bureau as part of a research and development process. The aircraft was piloted by a crew from the design bureau," the ministry said in a statement.

The Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator" (NATO reporting name Hokum B) is a modified two-seat model of a renowned Russian attack helicopter, the Ka-50 "Black Shark." The distinctive coaxial rotor system of these attack helicopters allows high maneuverability, and they have become support helicopters of choice for Russian special forces.

UAV eller RPAS - Ikke drone

Jeg er naturligvis helt enig i dette og opprettholder UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle som en fellesnevner for disse flyene som altså ikke skal skytes ned slik droner skal.

 

‘We are not drones’: USAF RPA crews fight back

By Craig Hoyle on 24 October, 2013 in Defense With an 'S'

The US Air Force has come out with some great coverage this week about its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations, as the use of its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper has broken through the 2 million flight hour barrier.
First came an eye-catching article from official USAF magazine Airman, with the suitably shouty headline ‘WE ARE NOT DRONES’.
“Drones get shot at for target practice. We are not drones,” says Capt Blain, an instructor pilot at Holloman AFB in New Mexico. “There’s a pilot, sensor operator, tactical intelligence, ground commander – a team of humans trained to make decisions at all times. We are just remotely piloted.” The story’s well worth a read, whether you’re for or against the use of RPA, as it succeeds in getting the reader – if not inside the cockpit – then at least inside the ground control station (picture courtesy of Airman’s Flickr feed).

While the USAF is trying to stop short of having to establish a previously-planned 65 unmanned aircraft orbits around the globe, its volume of flight activity with the Reaper and Predator is simply staggering.
On 22 October, the service announced that a crew at Creech AFB in Nevada had logged its 2 millionth Predator/Reaper flight hour, and revealed just how quick that total is now being added to.
“It took 16 years for the community to reach 1 million hours, and a mere two and a half to double those flight hours,” the USAF says. Watch the skies, folks

SAR - Spennende mot innspurten den 8. november

 

Sea King- Move over

 

Sola 2000. Undertegnede fløy to turer med Cormorant, den kanadiske SAR utgaven av AW101, denne dagen. Foto: Per Gram

 

Det er en del rykter som florerer, og ikke minst at AW101 må trekkes fra konkurransen fordi det pågår en korrupsjonssak i India. Det er særdeles skummelt, særlig fordi det ikke er riktig. Det er ikke tatt noen rettslige skritt mot Finmeccanica eller AgustaWestland i India. Tvert imot, AW har startet en prosess mot arbitration, voldgift, mot India for å få utbetalt store beløp de mener landet skylder dem.
Dersom AW101 utelukkes på grunn av de etiske retningslinjer som gjelder for offentlige innkjøp, så viser jeg til den nylig avsagte dom mot UiO hvor universitetet ble dømt for ikke å la G4S kunne konkurrere om en offentlig kontrakt fordi selskapet hadde brutt UiO`s etiske retningslinjer i Israel.

Det ryktes videre at den 8. november vil bli flyttet, samt at EC725 alt er valgt. Det siste er i alle fall en katastrofe for de som har sitt arbeide langt til havs.

Nei, det er kun èn kandidat og det er AW101. Sjekk http://no.agustawestland.com/

FlyNonstop med full stopp

OVERLEVDE KUN ET ÅR: Tidligere iskonge Espen Hennig-Olsen startet opp FlyNonstop så sent som i oktober i fjor. Foto: Tor Erik Schrøder (Scanpix)

Norsk flyselskap begjærer oppbud

Det norske flyselskapet FlyNonstop, som med en rekke ruter til utlandet har basert hele virksomheten på ett innleid fly, begjærte tirsdag oppbud.

Tekst: NTB

Foto: NTB Scanpix

Tirsdag 29.10.2013, kl. 11:30 2013-10-29T11:30:08

– Dette betyr at alle våre flyginger fra og med tirsdag 29. oktober klokken 6 har blitt innstilt, opplyser FlyNonstop på sitt nettsted.

Flyselskapet henviser sine kunder til SAS for hjelp til å reise på de samme strekningene, og ber samtidig kundene om å ta kontakt med bank og kredittkortselskap for å få billettutgifter refundert.

FlyNonstop ble etablert i 2012 av Espen Hennig-Olsen. Han startet selskapet etter å ha jobbet 20 år som markedsdirektør og medeier i Hennig-Olsen Is.

Det nye flyselskapet etablerte base i Kristiansand, inngikk avtale med Bølgen & Moi til utforming av meny, og alle passasjerene fikk utdelt iPad til bruk under reisene. Selskapet baserte sin virksomhet på å lease et Embraer 190-fly fra CIT Aerospace og nederlandske Denim Air. Bemanningen og operasjonen av flyet ble utført av Denim Air.

Dette flyet fraktet reisende fra Kristiansand til Frankrike, Italia, Kroatia, Spania, Storbritannia og Tyskland. I tillegg gikk det samme flyet i rute mellom Ålesund og Frankrike, og mellom Alta og Storbritannia. Selskapet hadde planer om å starte ruter til fra Kristiansand til Hellas, Irland, Sverige, Sveits og Tyrkia, samt mellom Bodø og Storbritannia.

UAV - Fjær i hatten til Askerfirmaet

Prox Dynamics Gets $2.5M US Army Black Hornet Contract

Posted on October 29, 2013 by The Editor

US Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for infantrymen and Special Forces warfighters.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Natick, Mass., are awarding a $2.5 million contract to Prox Dynamics AS of Nesbru, Norway, to develop the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS) — a one-pound force-protection micro UAS for soldiers and small infantry units.
The Army Contracting Command is awarding the contract for the Black Hornet pocket UAS on behalf of the Army Natick Soldier Systems Center as part of the Army Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) for the transition of technologies developed by small businesses to solve immediate defence needs.
Prox Dynamics researchers will base the Black Hornet pocket UAS on the company’s PD-100 personal reconnaissance system, a mobile unmanned helicopter designed to provide infantry soldiers with immediate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
The Prox Dynamics PD-100 PRS consists of the PD-100 nanocopter UAS and base station. The entire package weighs less than two pounds, excluding display, and measures 8 by 3.5 by 2 inches.
The PD-100 micro UAS system is for applications such as search and rescue; reconnaissance in confined areas; look behind, between, and below obstacles; birds-eye view for situational awareness; object identification; proximity surveillance; crowd control; nuclear installation inspection; and checking chemical plants after incidents and accidents.
The complete system fits inside a pocket; can be airborne within one minute; operates in confined areas and outdoors; is small and silent; requires little training and no pilot experience; represents no risks to other aircraft or personnel; and reusable or expendable, Prox Dynamics officials say.
The PD-100 UAS rotor diameter of less than five inches, weighs less than an ounce including camera, and flies as fast as 32 feet per minute on missions lasting as long as 25 minutes. The micro UAS has a digital data link with a range as far as 3,200 feet line of sight, GPS or visual navigation through video, autopilot with autonomous and directed modes, and can hover and stare, search patterns automatically, or fly preplanned routes.
The tiny helicopter UAS’ sensor payload has a steerable electro-optical camera with pan and tilt capability to provide live video and snapshot images.
The PD-100 base station provides mission planning, execution and analyses; display connections, functions and system controls; storage of mission data including video and images; and provides connections to PC, network, and other peripherals.

Airbus streeeeekker A350

Airbus Studying Prospects of ‘Double-Stretched’ A350

AIN Air Transport Perspective » October 28, 2013

by  Ian Goold

A350 program chief Didier Evrard

October 28, 2013, 11:10 AM

In what might seem a 180-degree heading change, Airbus confirmed the possibility of a second stretch of its A350XWB that could help fill a gap between the largely composite-bodied twinjet and the A380 superjumbo.
While the European manufacturer previously insisted that “double-stretches” don’t typically succeed, A350 program head Didier Evrard conceded last week that Airbus has begun studying the prospect. “Stretching [it] further is possible; it is no show-stopper,” he said, while failing to address questions about the feasibility of using the current wing and engines. However, he appeared to acknowledge the danger of overtaxing the company’s resources, given its plans to increase twin-aisle production to 10 per month. “It’s a question of priorities,” he said. “For us, we have a big order book to deliver already so we are not in a hurry to define another product.”

B787 - Boeing gir gass

Boeing Plans for Future without 787 Reliability Headaches

AIN Air Transport Perspective » October 28, 2013

by  Gregory Polek

 

Boeing expects 787 production rates to reach 12 a month by 2016 and 14 a month before the end of the decade. (Photo: Boeing)

October 28, 2013, 11:30 AM

Less-than-satisfactory dispatch reliability of the Boeing 787 hasn’t discouraged the company’s ambitions to ensure enough airplanes roll out of the two Dreamliner factories to meet delivery commitments. Now building 787s at a rate of seven per month, the company announced plans last week to raise rates from the 10 per month targeted for the end of this year to 12 per month by 2016 and 14 a month before the end of the decade.