Aerotime

AUGUST 11, 2024

Brazilian authorities have confirmed that all 62 bodies have been recovered from the Voepass ATR 72-500 crash site in São Paulo. The Voepass ATR 72-500 turboprop crashed on August 9, 2024, while flying between Regional West Airport (CAC) in Cascavel and São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU). Video footage captured of the crash showed the aircraft falling from the sky while spinning uncontrollably.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 11, 2024

After months of preparation and fundraising, the big day has finally arrived. Today, Sunday, August 11, 2024, the Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber will make its final flight to its permanent home as the centerpiece of the museum’s expanding BC Wildfire Aviation exhibit. This historic event, compared to the spectacle of a space shuttle launch, is open to the public.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 11, 2024

Pattaya Airways, a new cargo airline based in Thailand, is celebrating news that it has received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Pattaya Airways said that after nine months of “relentless effort and dedication” had finally led to the “significant achievement” of securing its AOC. Pattaya Airways, a subsidiary of Pattaya Group, intends to launch cargo services later this year with two ATR 72-500 freighters that it acquired earlier this year.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

The B-36 was the largest combat aircraft ever designed and fielded by the United States Air Force. While it entered into service too late to be pressed into service during World War II, it none-the-less played an initial and important role during the outset of the Cold War.

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AV Web

AUGUST 11, 2024

A Skywest pilot told his passengers he wasn’t qualified to land the E175 he was flying them on to Jackson Hole last Thursday so they went to Salt Lake City instead. The flight, operating as Alaska Airlines Flight 3491 took off from San Francisco as scheduled but spent a couple of hours on the ground in Salt Lake City while another pilot was found to complete the trip.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

When I'm not writing about military aviation for Simple Flying, you'll often find me listening to music while completing projects around the house. Such was the case recently when an "80's Old School Classics" playlist pushed a nearby speaker to its limits as I painted the walls of our mud room.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 11, 2024

The MAPS Air Museum has recently received a significant addition to its collection—an F-104D Starfighter from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This iconic aircraft, known for its sleek design and high-speed capabilities, served as a training variant for the mighty F-104 Starfighter inteceptor. The arrival of the F-104D marks an exciting moment for the museum, enhancing its display of historic military aircraft and offering visitors a closer look at a piece of aviation history that play

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

Link: Apply now for the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card Both American Express and Chase issue co-branded Marriott credit cards. In this post, I wanted to take a closer look at the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card , which is the most premium credit card in the portfolio. This card is quite compelling, and the easiest way to earn Platinum Elite status with Marriott Bonvoy.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

The Caribbean is among the most popular holiday destinations among Americans. An estimated 16.3 million stay-over arrivals to the region came from the United States in 2023, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

As consumers, we’re bombarded with emails and push notifications from companies requesting feedback. Whether it’s a pizza order, an Uber ride, a flight, a hotel stay, or a phone call with a customer service representative, the requests for feedback are endless. For the most part, I don’t fill out these surveys, simply because that could be a full time job, in and of itself.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

A few weeks ago, Airbus reported its half-year results following the quarter that ended June 30th, 2024. While consolidated revenue increased slightly compared to last year, adjusted operating profit declined in the second quarter.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

Marriott has filed an interesting lawsuit against the owners of what was supposed to become a franchised Marriott hotel, after the owners instead decided to turn the property into a migrant shelter. Aloft & Element near New York JFK becomes a migrant shelter Marriott has filed a $2.6 million lawsuit against the owners of a hotel in New York, located in Queens, near JFK Airport.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

This story is a first for me, as it started out to be a celebration of T'way Air's first flight from South Korea to Rome, but while researching that one, a more urgent story about T'way Air popped up. Today, a T'way Air flight from Singapore to Seoul departed from Singapore, but within the hour, it was back where it had started, and passengers were looking at a lengthy delay waiting for a replacement aircraft.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 11, 2024

PRESS RELEASE Registration is now open for the 2024 National WWII Glider Pilot Association reunion /symposium in Dayton, OH, from October 2-5, 2024. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit two fantastic venues: the WACO Museum on Thursday and the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) on Friday. Dinners will be held in the museums, surrounded by WWII vintage airplanes, with exciting and engaging presentations following the meals.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has been using artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure every flight is safe and efficient. On Friday, the carrier announced that it has renewed its partnership with Air Space Intelligence (ASI) to optimize its flight paths and reduce emissions.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

It’s pretty standard for hotels to provide compensation (or “gestures of goodwill”) in the event that something significant goes wrong with a hotel stay. However, the way that one hotel in Mexico seems to be going about this is a bit ridiculous, if you ask me. A Hyatt’s laughable compensation contract An OMAAT reader had an awful stay at a Hyatt all-inclusive property in Mexico.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Cabin crew training is an extensive process designed to equip aspiring flight attendants with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure passenger safety and comfort during flights. This training encompasses many topics, including safety and emergency procedures, first aid, customer service, and in-flight operations.

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Altitudes Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2024

Leah Alexander, from Duncan Aviation’s Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions team, was the first IADA-certified aircraft sales broker in the EMEA region to speak at EBACE.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Multiple international airlines have recently announced cuts to their flights to China. Once a highly promising market for global carriers, the Chinese market now seems to be losing its appeal.

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AV Web

AUGUST 11, 2024

Yes, we’ve done a lot on the Martin Mars and its final flight in the last few weeks but if you’ve seen a better aviation video in the past few days then by all means send it along. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds happened to be at the Abbotsford International Airshow, about 15 minutes away from the Mars’s intended route, on Sunday and put together a plan to escort the giant flying boat to its final destination of Pat Bay in Victoria, B.C.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Since its founding 95 years ago, Hawaiian Airlines has grown from a small inter-island taxi service to an intercontinental airline. Over that time, its brand has evolved, and its livery has become one of the most eye-catching on any commercial aircraft. So let's look back at how the Hawaiian Airlines livery has evolved over the years.

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AV Web

AUGUST 11, 2024

A Renegade Air Dash-8 with 38 passengers and crew aboard made a successful belly landing after the gear was mostly torn off when it struck a dyke on takeoff from Maban in South Sudan. With portions of the long gear struts dangling from the nacelles, the aircraft continued to Malakal. The plane went into a holding pattern at Malakal to burn off fuel and all 38 people were evacuated from the plane when it finished its slide.

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Pilot 98

Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

A Renegade Air de Havilland Dash 8-300 operating for the United Nations suffered a loss of its main landing gear wheels, along with a portion of its struts, while the aircraft was taking off. Despite this, the flight made it to its destination, where the aircraft performed a belly landing, and all 35 passengers, along with the three crew members onboard the aircraft, were safely evacuated.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

We often generically use the term “credit card” to refer to cards that allow us to make purchases that we can pay for later. However, there are also charge cards (often referred to as hybrid cards, or cards with no preset spending limits). In this post, I wanted to cover the differences between these cards, as there are some important distinctions. What’s the difference between a charge card and a credit card?

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

For years now, some of the world's largest arms importers have been the Gulf States - with the biggest spender being the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has an existing large 48-jet Eurofighter Typhoon order but appears to be considering placing another large fighter jet for France's Dassault Rafales. These two European jets started as the same pan-European project , but disagreements saw France go by itself and produce its own jet independently.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 11, 2024

During the early years of the jet age, between the end of World War II and the swinging ’60s, there were very few new ideas that were not worth a try. While today’s latest jet fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, has taken more than 20 years to bring to life, in those days it was not uncommon to go from radical idea to flying prototype in no time.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

It was September 28, 2018. Air Niugini flight 073 was flying from Pohnpei to Chuuk airport in Micronesia before heading to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The Boeing 737-8BK had 35 passengers on board and unusually, 12 crew. What was about to happen would shock the world but be something of a miracle too.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 11, 2024

The Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card ( review ) is one of the all-around most compelling credit cards out there, and there are so many reasons to apply. While lots of people find the card to be valuable in the long run, there are also some people who may try out the card and decide it’s not for them. For people in that situation, I wanted to take a look at the potential downgrade options available.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

The United States is home to some of the biggest and busiest airports on the planet. While we might think that these airports are iconic in their own way, let's consider those that are actually small but mighty and have some of the shortest runways on the continent. Not all runways are built the same; some are short, and some are long. They can be built of asphalt, concrete, dirt, or even reclaimed riverbeds.

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AV Web

AUGUST 11, 2024

More than half of respondents are far behind on their flying goals for this year. The post Last Week’s Poll Results: We’re Not Flying Enough appeared first on AVweb.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

United Airlines operates flights to all six inhabited continents, including five flights to the African continent. Africa is a massive continent (the second largest in the world with the second-highest population) and is made up of around 56 countries, and United is planning to operate a record six routes to Africa by the end of the year. After examining the data from Cirium , an aviation analytics company, we have looked at United's five African flights scheduled for the month of August.

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AV Web

AUGUST 11, 2024

We’ve made good progress on migrating to our new platform and most things work. The exception is comments, which we hope to have working Aug. 12. Since we can’t do comments, We haven’t put up the fresh blog on fuel that we’ve been working on all week. Also, we don’t know how to run the Question of the Week in the new system.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

More and more airlines have added a premium economy cabin in recent years - in fact, the product is now one of the highest profit-spinners for airlines, giving passengers an enhanced onboard experience more affordable than the price of business class.

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Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI When I began flight training, I had no intention of flying for the airlines or becoming a flight instructor. My goal was to learn how to fly so I could fly along with my husband in our little Cessna 172 to visit family, explore new places, and try out “$100 hamburgers” at airport restaurants. Flying affords the possibility to get to where you’re going faster, and I believe safer, than driving a car.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Indias largest airline, IndiGo, has always been quick to adopt the latest technology to improve operations. And now its latest initiative involves giving the 9th generation iPads to pilots of its ATR fleet in an attempt to enhance cockpit efficiency.

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The Aviationist

AUGUST 11, 2024

The U.S. Air Force continues to make its exercises more and more realistic while preparing for a possible near-peer fight in the Pacific, training to defend against cruise missiles and UAVs simulated by microjets. In [.] The post U.S. Air Force Uses Contracted JSX-2 SubSonex Microjets to Simulate Cruise Missiles in Exercise Northern Strike 24 appeared first on The Aviationist.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

How Many Engines Do Airliners Go Through In A Typical Lifespan? To answer what seems to be a relatively simple question, it is essential to understand the factors that define the life of an airliner and a jet engine. Airliners and jet engines are complex machines whose lifespan is difficult to determine in absolute flight cycles, flight hours, or operational years.

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