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Presidents Trophy Air Race - Entries open for race #79

Jan 13
4 min

Presidents Trophy Air Race - Entries open for race #79

This Air Race, one of the most prestigious events on the aviation calendar, has a long and wonderful history. It was originally known as the Governor General's Cup Air Race and was first held in 1937. The cup was originally presented by the then Governor-General of South Africa. His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir Patrick Duncan, G.C.M.K.C. The trophy, which is still in the possession of Aero Club, was manufactured in Sheffield, England by Mappin & Webb Ltd at a cost of a

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Douglas DC-3 Dakota Celebrates its 85 Birthday

Jan 12
5 min

Douglas DC-3 Dakota Celebrates its 85 Birthday

The Douglas DC-3 recently celebrated its 85 birthday, the first flight was made on17 December 1935 on a sunny but cool afternoon in Santa Monica, California. The DC-3, that made air travel popular and airline profits possible, is universally recognized as the greatest aircraft of its time. Some would argue that it is the greatest of all time. Design work began in 1934 at the insistence of C.R. Smith, president of American Airlines. Smith wanted two new planes — a longer DC-2

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Airlines stepping up for the largest airlift operation in human history

Jan 12
2 min

Airlines stepping up for the largest airlift operation in human history

The world's airlines are stepping up efforts to start delivering COVID-19 vaccines as health regulators in various countries approve the vaccine for use. Conservative estimates reveal that it will take the equivalent of 8000 Boeing 747’s to safely distribute billions of doses of vaccines to the world's population. Airfreight companies are adjusting schedules to meet the growing demand, and some airlines are redeploying passenger aircraft to help add capacity to their cargo fl

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Gyrocopters from1923 to the Present

Jan 12
6 min

Gyrocopters from1923 to the Present

Gyrocopters have become a regular sight at all airfields around the country and at fly-ins, in recent years they have even made their way onto the airshow scene. Not many people know where these amazing machines hail from. Titanium Autogyro (TAG) Juan de la Cierva a Spanish engineer and aeronautical enthusiast participated in a design competition to develop a bomber for the Spanish military in 1921. De la Cierva designed a three-engine aircraft, but during an early test fligh

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Paramount Group launches Advanced Training and Support Division

Jan 12
3 min

Paramount Group launches Advanced Training and Support Division

Paramount Group, the global technology company, today announced the establishment of a new division that will provide advanced training solutions for modern-day ‘concept of operations’ and battlefield management to governments experiencing rising security challenges such as terrorism, violent extremism and insurgencies. The new division, Paramount Advanced Training and Support, will also consolidate the Group’s existing global training, support and skills development capabili

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Volocopter 2X Autonomous Aerial Taxi

Jan 12
3 min

Volocopter 2X Autonomous Aerial Taxi

The world of city travel seems to in for some massive changes very soon and Dubai officials say they want theirs to become the world’s smartest city. A project certain to help reach that goal is developing a fleet of autonomous vehicles to handle a quarter of all passenger transport by 2030. Ignoring critics who scoffed at the claim earlier this year that the German-designed Volocopter 2X, recently renamed the Autonomous Aerial Taxi (AAT), would begin testing a two-place vehi

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The Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier

Jan 5
20 min

The Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft carriers have over the years evolved from balloon-carrying wooden vessels into nuclear-powered vessels carrying entire squadrons of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Since their introduction, they have allowed naval forces to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Balloon carriers were the first ships to deploy manned aircraft, used during the 19th and early 20th century, mainly for observation purpos

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How Smartphone Apps Affect Flying

Jan 5
3 min

How Smartphone Apps Affect Flying

Smartphones have only been on the scene for short while, less than twenty years, yet in that time they have changed the world. Aviation’s changing resulting from smartphone capabilities and aviation apps is undeniable. For better or for worse, smartphones are in almost every pilot’s hand. How pilots use this resource varies with technological savvy and in some cases resistance to change. Flight planning, navigation, training, logbooks, and regulations are forever changed wit

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Fuel Contamination - Unseen Danger

Jan 5
8 min

Fuel Contamination - Unseen Danger

It is of critical importance that the fuel taken onboard at uplift is not contaminated in any way since the effects of any such contamination are likely to affect all engines and this may not be evident until after an aircraft has become airborne. In common with one other subject also critical to aircraft operational safety, aircraft ground de/anti-icing, the quality of fuel ‘into-plane’ has been omitted from the ICAO system of safety oversight and there is no corresponding S

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The Five Generations of Fighter Jets

Jan 5
4 min

The Five Generations of Fighter Jets

The notion of aircraft generations, a term that applies to only jet rather than propeller-driven fighter aircraft, appeared in the 1990s and attempted to make sense of the leap-frogging improvements in performance to jet fighter aircraft brought about through major advances in aircraft design, avionics, and weapon systems. While the rationale that constitutes a generational shift is debatable, a generational shift in jet fighter aircraft occurs when a technological innovation

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