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Shifting sands – aviation and Middle East unrest

Added on 25 February 2011 by Tim Robinson

The events currently unfolding in the Middle East as the people protests, fanned by social media, has profound implications for the region – which as yet are still unclear. Autocratic regimes, their rule, formerly seeming strong, are now either under siege or facing major challenges. But what are the implications for aviation?

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Flight sims in 2011

Added on 18 February 2011 by Tim Robinson

After a barren few years, PC flight simulation in 2011 is set to be a bumper year with two major franchises returning and other exciting releases.

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VIDEO: Captain Frank Santoni - Chief Test Pilot, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Added on 11 February 2011 by Tim Robinson

On 1 February the Flight Test Group Evening Lecture was given by Captain Frank Santoni - Chief Test Pilot, Commercial Airplanes, Boeing on the 787 and 747-8. A former naval aviator, Captain Santoni now heads the civil aircraft test pilot group at Boeing and, as was described in his introduction during the lecture, “is rated to fly anything with a 7 on the end of it.”

We took the opportunity to ask Captain Santoni about the 787 test schedule, his day-to-day job and the challenges of glass cockpit airliners.

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Judgement Days – Joint Helicopter Command training exercise

Added on 04 February 2011 by Tim Robinson

A full report as the UK’s Joint Helicopter Command hones its edge in pre-deployment exercises for Afghanistan - and how the latest training can help replicate the complex and difficult decisions faced in theatre.

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Fresh greens - why the environment is back on the aviation agenda

Added on 02 February 2011 by Royal Aeronautical Society

With the aviation industry now moving out of survival mode, the environment is now firmly back on the agenda for decision makers. TIM ROBINSON reports from the first Imperial College Aviation Forum held on 6 January.

This is a full article published in Aerospace International: February 2011

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