Garth Calitz
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
Cirrus Vision Jet Emergency Autoland
Cirrus Aircraft recently ushered in a new era of innovation with the introduction of Safe Return™– a revolutionary emergency autoland system that enables passengers to land the Vision Jet™ with just the touch of a single button. Once activated when available, Safe Return assumes control of the aircraft and transforms the Vision Jet into an autonomous vehicle that navigates to the nearest suitable airport for landing, communicates with air traffic control, lands and brings the
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
Airbus’ “e-Delivery” process assures health & safety for customers and employees
A new aircraft hand-over and “e-Delivery” virtual process has recently commenced operation, guaranteeing the continuation of Airbus’ delivery stream, while integrating the required health & safety requirements during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first customer to adopt the remote end-to-end process is Pegasus Airlines, which in the last few days received three brand new ‘e-delivered’ A320neo Family aircraft. More airlines will follow likewise in the coming days and week
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
Saab’s New Fighter Radar in the Air
Saab has successfully completed the first air trials with its new fighter X-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which will be offered as a new addition to Saab’s PS-05/A radar family. Saab continues to develop core AESA technology and has now successfully completed the first air trials with the new X-band AESA radar. The trials were flown successfully, collecting data while detecting and tracking objects. The radar is designed for fighter aircraft and can b
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
SA Express placed under provisional liquidation
The embattled SA Express has been placed under provisional liquidation by the Johannesburg High Court, making it the very first state-owned enterprise (SOE) to do so following failed business rescue. SA Express Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) Phahlani Mkhombo and Daniel Terblanche, felt it necessary to launch an urgent court application on 25 March to “provisionally liquidate” the airline after their efforts to mitigate its financial losses proved futile. The Department
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
SAA - Is there Light at the end of the Tunnel ?
Just when South Africans were reading the last rights for our ailing National Carrier the Unions and Government once again seem to have a "plan" to save the airline. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan this morning convened a high-level meeting between senior government leadership and representatives of the SAA Unions: SATAWU, NUMSA, SACCA, SAAPA, NTM, AUSA, Solidarity, and non-unionised staff formation (SAA Labour Unions). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Embraer “Cry Foul“ as Boeing terminate their Master Transaction Agreement
Boeing announced today that it has terminated its Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer, under which the two companies sought to establish a new level of strategic partnership. The parties had planned to create a joint venture comprising Embraer's commercial aviation business and a second joint venture to develop new markets for the C-390 Millennium medium airlift and air mobility aircraft. Boeing and Embraer will maintain their existing Master Teaming Agreement, or
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
AN-225 Mriya Delivered Medical Equipment to Ukraine
On April 23, 2020, the world's largest AN-225 Mriya transport aircraft returned to Airport Kyiv-Antonov-2 with medical equipment to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Ukraine. A cargo weighing 103,880 kg with a total volume of about 1000 cubic meters, aircraft delivered from Tianjin, China. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky participated in the meeting of the legendary Ukrainian aircraft. “We are proud of changing Ukraine's position in the world. We are not asking abou
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Cessna Citation CJ4 celebrates 10 years
Textron recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first Cessna Citation CJ4 business jet delivery which took place on April 20, 2010. Regarded for its incredible versatility and reliability, the Citation CJ4 is valued by customers around the world for a wide range of missions including, air ambulance, maritime patrol, search and rescue and aerial survey. “With more than 320 CJ4s in service today, this network of operators is a part of the largest owner-operated light je
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Garth Calitz
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
World’s first fully automatic refuelling contact
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the year over the Atlantic Ocean, involved an Airbus tanker test aircraft equipped with the Airbus A3R solution, with an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force acting as a receiver. This milestone is part of the industrialisation phase of A3R systems ahead of its implementation in the A330 MRTT tanker developmen
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