Month: November 2020

HomeNovember 2020

Mayor Holt and public health officials continue to monitor data following ‘Power 10’

On Nov. 19, Mayor David Holt implored the residents of Oklahoma City to take a break from higher-risk activities for 10 days in order to lessen the skyrocketing spread of COVID-19. New cases had tripled in the first three weeks...

Continue Reading  

Pentagon joins with Australia to develop SCIFiRE, an air-breathing hypersonic missile

The US Department of Defense and Australian Department of Defence have joined to develop an air-breathing hypersonic missile called the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE). The US Department of Defense and Australian Department of Defence have joined to...

Continue Reading  

Comair chief Stander steps down ahead of restart

Comair chief executive Wrenelle Stander has stepped down ahead of the South African carrier’s resumption of services tomorrow after its grounding because of the global pandemic and a subsequent formal restructuring. Comair chief executive Wrenelle Stander has stepped down ahead...

Continue Reading  

Indian carrier SpiceJet makes belated Ras Al Khaimah debut

SpiceJet has carried out its first service to Ras Al Khaimah airport a year after the Indian low-cost carrier identified the emirate as its first international hub. SpiceJet has carried out its first service to Ras Al Khaimah airport a year after the Indian...

Continue Reading  

​TAP cuts winter capacity up to 70% after heavy nine-month loss

TAP Air Portugal has reported a third-quarter net loss of €119 million ($142 million), and expects to reduce its winter capacity by 60-70% year on year as Europe’s second Covid-19 wave continues to heavily impact operations. TAP Air Portugal has reported a...

Continue Reading  

Power, Pulchritude and Performance: Flight Testing the Pipistrel Panthera-Part 5

Power, Pulchritude and Performance: Flight Testing the Pipistrel Panthera, Part 5 ANN E-I-C Note: Slowly… but… surely… the flight test series progresses… to the point where we are nearly finished. Let’s look at low-speed handling and landing manners before we...

Continue Reading  

ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (11.28.20): Cross (Fix) At Or Above (Altitude)

Cross (Fix) At Or Above (Altitude) Used by ATC when an altitude restriction at a specified fix is required. It does not prohibit the aircraft from crossing the fix at a higher altitude than specified; however, the higher altitude may...

Continue Reading  

Greece’s Sky Express shows off first A320neo

Greek carrier Sky Express has received its first Airbus A320neo, one of six aircraft destined to be delivered to the airline. Sky Express says it aims to open Athens-Thessaloniki services on 14 December. The aircraft (SX-IOG) is powered by CFM...

Continue Reading  

Air India A320 left with 600m to stop after unstable approach

Pilots of an Air India Airbus A320 were left with just 600m in which to bring the aircraft to a halt after the jet landed long at Surat following an unstable approach. The threshold of Surat’s runway 22 had already...

Continue Reading  

Brazil boosts AEW&C capability with upgraded Embraer E-99M

The Brazilian air force has accepted its first Embraer EMB-145 airborne early warning and control system aircraft to have undergone modernisation. The Brazilian air force (FAB) has accepted its first Embraer EMB-145 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft...

Continue Reading