Does anyone have the exact location of Norse’s office in Fort Lauderdale? Haven’t had any luck in finding it. Three entities with the same address: NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS AS, INC NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS US LLC. NORSE ATLANTIC USA LLC 5525 NW 15TH AVE., STE. 202 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 This appears...
Jump to postCurious, why does the reported value of the actual contract differ significantly from the original DSCA filing? DSCA: 64 aircraft + spares + munitions + support for $12.5 billion. https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/finland-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-aircraft-air-air-missiles-and-air C...
Jump to postSTARS, the radar system used by terminal facilities (TRACONs/ATCTs), currently uses UNIX. STARS is supposed to switch to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the S8R1 software in 2023. As for future changes, it's too hard to guess because we're talking about dealing with the U.S. government. I suspe...
Jump to postThe FAA had a story about the CLT ATCT last week available only on its internal website. These are the Top 10 tallest ATCTs in the U.S., with the heights to the tops of the air terminals: 1. Atlanta Tower (ATL): 398 feet. Completed in 2006. The ATCT at ATL is the fifth-tallest in the world, behind r...
Jump to postFrom my experience as an air traffic controller in the U.S.... vehicles authorized to operate in movement or critical areas - fire trucks, operations vehicles, ATC equipment technicians, etc. - generally use all flashing and emergency lights when inside the movement area. In non-emergency situations...
Jump to postToo much information - correct and incorrect - in this analysis to type a post. But it is worth a read. PRIMED & POSITIONED STRATEGIC MOVES BY AMAZON AIR | WINTER 2021 https://las.depaul.edu/centers-and-institutes/chaddick-institute-for-metropolitan-development/research-and-publications/Document...
Jump to postAmazon Prime Air will be operating flights at RIV beginning on or about November 1st. The plan initially calls for 3 flights daily thru 2023 (early schedule below), then increasing to 5 flights daily in 2023 (schedule TBD). The operating agreement extends for 10 years and permits two 5-year extensio...
Jump to postWhite House Press Office stated the stops in Guam and HNL were so POTUS could visit the troops.
Jump to postCanadian airline (Sunwing Airlines) considers Daytona Beach-Toronto flights
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/ ... to-flights
What can be done to help this weapons system succeed? I have not given much thought to this, but here are my two cents. Halt any and all work on the C-model; dump the remaining development money into the A- and B-models; buy the USN more F-18E/F (or a Gen 4.5 F-18); retire older USN F-18A/B/C/D; go...
Jump to postI grew up on the Space Coast so NASA has a small part of my heart. Trump said little about NASA and space while campaigning and his website had even less; however, here is a post-election article I read - one I consider to be the best written, so far - concerning NASA in a Trump Administration. Trum...
Jump to postNASA has flown a RQ-4 from EDW to loiter over the hurricane above FL600.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA872
Just anecdotal about how busy a delivery season it has been, but I did witness this at my home yesterday. Amazon delivery via <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym> from UPS delivered by UPS driver in a UHaul rental truck. Wal-Mart delivery via <acronym...
Jump to postUPS has been running flights to/from <acronym title="Riverside - March ARB (AFB / Field) (RIV / KRIV), USA - California">RIV</acronym> for Amazon: <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS923" target="_blank">http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS923</a> <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/fl...
Jump to postNot sure this will add much, but the SoCal angle is generally easy to figure out. Amazon did this last year at <acronym title="Riverside - March ARB (AFB / Field) (RIV / KRIV), USA - California">RIV</acronym> using UPS. Many will know how busy <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), US...
Jump to postHoliday overflow. Nothing more, nothing less. The last scheduled flight is the morning of 24 December. The reason, largely, is Amazon built a massive warehouse just a few miles ESE of the airfield. <acronym title="Riverside - March ARB (AFB / Field) (RIV / KRIV), USA - California">RIV</acronym> on t...
Jump to postU.S. Army <acronym title="LAM (Mozambique)">TM</acronym> 55-1500-345-23, Painting and Marking of Army Aircraft. Para. 7-1.c. "Center Identification Iettering UNITED STATES ARMY as nearly as possible on each side of fuselage...When identification lettering UNITED STATES ARMY does not fit in allotted ...
Jump to postBetter hurry. The Dreamlifter flights into <acronym title="Riverside - March ARB (AFB / Field) (RIV / KRIV), USA - California">RIV</acronym> are all but done. The plan was to have no more than 45 total flight for the following: AMRO Fabricating out of El Monte - a metal fabricating company - subleas...
Jump to postToledo and Louisiana-Monroe flew the same aircraft, but different flights (obviously). Nicholls State at Oregon: <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX8630" target="_blank">http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SCX8630</a> Buffalo at Ohio State: <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BSK3...
Jump to postGood link of all the proposed moves. Some moves won't happen until FY16.
Opens to a 16-page pdf.
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120306-047.pdf
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Jump to postThere are 2 x Theater Aviation Commands. They are the 11th & 66th Theater Aviation Commands.
Jump to postIs there not enough room at March (RIV) for a squadron?
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Jump to postI'll wait a month and hit the March Air Fest 3-4 May. March is going to have an air demonstration of the F-22. This is sweet because there is only one pilot and one F-22 in the US to perform airshows. March is lucky enough to have secured him during this weekend.
Jump to postLooks like the House is getting in on the C-17 bandwagon. <i><b>House Members Join Senators Calling For C-17s</b></i> <i>Fifty-five house lawmakers are warning the Pentagon that excluding funding for Boeing C-17s in its fiscal 2009 budget will bring about a "strong negative response" from Congress.<...
Jump to postI believe Title 10 of the US Code waives the US military from lawsuits with regards to physical standards pre- and post-enlistment. The Feres Doctrine would also cover the military for any post-enlistment issues. So long as the physical standards set in DOD and service pubs are adhered to and a waiv...
Jump to postThe contract was going to be awarded December 2003 but was cancelled as a result of an awarding scandal. The RFP was issued January 2007. The winner was to have been announced this year but was slipped into February 2008. Now it looks like it'll be later after an announcement today. Below is a story...
Jump to postLooks like the Senate wants C-17s to go in the budget and not the supplemental. The story talks about needing 250 x C-17s because it is an intratheater airlifter, the increase in end strength of the Army and US<acronym title="Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">MC</acronym>, addition of AFRICOM, and and t...
Jump to postInside the GovExec story was a link to a Congressional Budget Office paper on Army Aviation and the funding issues it perceives. Generally some good info. <b>Army modernization plans face funding challenge</b> <i>The Army's plan to modernize its aging helicopter fleet is at risk because it will have...
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Jump to postWithout me knowing what is defined as a "rescue" aircraft, I would throw in the numerous aircraft used in Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War.
Jump to post<b><i>Bush Puts Lipstick On Blakey's Pig</b></i> <i>Our hero the Decider Guy ambled up to the microphones yesterday and saved the day for stressed out, burned out, tired, underpaid, heading for retirement---travelers with his big Thanksgiving Eve turkey of an air traffic control announcement. The Di...
Jump to postI've seen Barry McCaffrey, former NATO commander and Presidential candidate, come out and say in 15 years we'll be falling behind China. He is advocating roughly 350 x F-22s and, without hijacking this thread by going into details, 600 x C-17s. Yes, 600 x C-17s. He is also advocating other command a...
Jump to postI can't explain the bluster by either side. Both sides have offered reasons why they feel the way they do. However, when you get down to it, there is a very small chance this will result in a strike by the pilots. No President, in his or her right mind, would let <acronym title="American Airlines (U...
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Jump to postThe most obvious solution is to take the C-5 RERP/AMP money and buy new-build C-17s. Look, this boondoggle is going to run $15-20 billion for essentially new engines and glass cockpits. Why not replace the 100 x C-5s with 100 x C-17s at $200 million each for the same $20 billion price tag?
Jump to postWhy would an airline want to fly into <acronym title="San Bernardino - International (Norton AFB) (SBD / KSBD), USA - California">SBD</acronym> with <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym> available? It can't be all because of cost. I would think LAWA wo...
Jump to postSenator Sessions from Alabama. Of course, that's where Airbus plans to modify the A330s into <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-30s. He doesn't so much as want an open competition as much as he wants Airbus to win and bring the jobs to his state. Seems like typical polit...
Jump to post<b>Air Force will not be executive agency for drones</b> <i>After an intense turf battle within the Pentagon, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England on Thursday ruled out the creation of an executive agency for all medium-and high-altitude drones. Instead, the Office of the Secretary of Defense ...
Jump to postFrom the September 1st Press-Enterprise: <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym>/Ontario International Airport had 678,503 passengers in July, up 6.53 percent compared to a year ago, according to airport statistics. ExpressJet Airlines, which launched its regional service at the airport in April, ha...
Jump to post<b>US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> Says It Won't Split <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-X Tanker Order</b> <i>- Sue Payton, head of acquisitions for the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>, told The Financial Times splitting the deal would prove too c...
Jump to postHave no doubts. The US government will be purchasing or paying for upgraded UH-60s for a long time. It is an absolute beast that has become the workhorse of the US Army. Just a few reasons, without going into detail, for the Lakota over the Blackhawk: 1. Reorganized Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) Ar...
Jump to postThe Star Alliance Lounge at the TBIT opened Tuesday!!! <b>Press Release</b> <a href="http://www.staralliance.com/en/press/press_releases/2007/20070718_StarAlliance_Opens_First_Lounge_In_NorthAmerica.html" target=_blank>http://www.staralliance.com/en/press..._First_Lounge_In_NorthAmerica.html</a> <b>...
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Jump to postStatus as of Friday, 13 July from the <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> website: <b>Shared Use Lounge Project</b> - Star Alliance, One World, and LAXSUL (Shared Use Lounge) have begun construction and work is approximately 70% complete. - Skyte...
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