http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:24:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/12/a330-200-freighter-receives-type-certification-from-easa/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/12/a330-200-freighter-receives-type-certification-from-easa/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:26:59 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2160 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/12/a330-200-freighter-receives-type-certification-from-easa/feed/ 0 TOULOUSE FRANCE – The A330-200F has been granted Type Certification today by the European Aviation Safety Agency following a successful 200-hour flight-test campaign. The trials were performed by two aircraft, covering both engine types on offer: the Pratt and Whitney PW4000 and the Rolls-Royce Trent 700. This dedicated freighter aircraft, which is a derivative of the [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/05/1930/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/05/1930/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:45:22 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1930 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/05/1930/feed/ 0 PHOENIX, AZ – Honeywell has announced that its Light Emitting Diode (LED) wingtip navigation lighting is now standard on new production Airbus A320 Family aircraft, comprising the A318, A319, A320 and A321. Honeywell’s LED wingtip navigation lighting lasts up to 40 times longer than current halogen technology, greatly reducing operator maintenance costs. Drop-in LED replacements [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/02/03/airbus-military-a330-tanker-marks-new-milestone/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/02/03/airbus-military-a330-tanker-marks-new-milestone/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:40:43 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1616 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/02/03/airbus-military-a330-tanker-marks-new-milestone/feed/ 0 ARLINGTON, VA – The Airbus Military A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has marked a new milestone with the aerial refueling of a French Air Force E-3F AWACS radar aircraft, transferring more than 65,000 pounds of fuel during two missions. This new achievement validates the A330 MRTT’s capability to refuel a wide range of receiver aircraft, [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/31/circor-aerospace-selected-for-a350-xwb-speed-transducers-and-sensors/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/31/circor-aerospace-selected-for-a350-xwb-speed-transducers-and-sensors/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:41:05 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1558 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/31/circor-aerospace-selected-for-a350-xwb-speed-transducers-and-sensors/feed/ 0 CORONA, CA – The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group, a business unit of CIRCOR International, has been selected by SAFRAN / Messier-Bugatti to design, develop, and manufacture a complete suite of new, integrated speed sensing and control solutions for the Airbus A350 XWB, including the landing gear wheel tachometers and cockpit brake pedal transmitter units. CIRCOR [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/19/emirates-a380-becomes-airbus-6000th-aircraft/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/19/emirates-a380-becomes-airbus-6000th-aircraft/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:48:36 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1422 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/01/19/emirates-a380-becomes-airbus-6000th-aircraft/feed/ 0 DUBAI, U.A.E. – An Emirates’ A380 has become the 6000th Airbus aircraft to roll off the production line in Hamburg, as the airline continues to weather the financial storm and thrusts ahead with its ambitious expansion plans. More than 200 VIP guests including football stars, politicians and representatives from the aviation industry attended a ceremony yesterday [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/13/emirates-takes-delivery-of-sixth-airbus-a380/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/13/emirates-takes-delivery-of-sixth-airbus-a380/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:56:45 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1145 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/13/emirates-takes-delivery-of-sixth-airbus-a380/feed/ 0 DUBAI, U.A.E. – Forging ahead with the airline’s immense fleet expansion Emirates has taken delivery of its sixth Airbus A380 aircraft. The colossal aircraft landed in Dubai late last night after travelling from the Jürgen Thomas Delivery Centre in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is currently being fitted with the airline’s service hallmarks at Emirates’ world [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/06/a350-xwb-first-composite-lay-up-manufactured-in-nantes/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/06/a350-xwb-first-composite-lay-up-manufactured-in-nantes/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:05:24 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1092 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/06/a350-xwb-first-composite-lay-up-manufactured-in-nantes/feed/ 0 The first composite lay-up for the A350 XWB has been manufactured today in Nantes, France, and marks the ‘coming to life’ of Airbus’s new long range aircraft. This panel for the centre wing-box (CWB), entirely made of carbon, has a surface area of 36 square meters, making it the largest “monobloc” composite panel ever manufactured [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/25/turkish-airlines-orders-a330-freighters/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/25/turkish-airlines-orders-a330-freighters/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:49:48 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=927 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/25/turkish-airlines-orders-a330-freighters/feed/ 0 Turkish Airlines has signed a firm order for the purchase of two A330-200F freighter aircraft, becoming a new customer for this aircraft type. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce engines and will join Turkish Airlines’ existing all Airbus freighter fleet of four Airbus A310s from Autumn 2010. The aircraft will be used to support [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/20/auction-of-seats-on-a380-inaugural-flights-paris-new-york-paris-benefit-children-in-need/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/20/auction-of-seats-on-a380-inaugural-flights-paris-new-york-paris-benefit-children-in-need/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:21 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=878 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/20/auction-of-seats-on-a380-inaugural-flights-paris-new-york-paris-benefit-children-in-need/feed/ 0 On Friday, 20 November 2009, the first Air France Airbus A380 left from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to New York with 380 passengers on board, who took part in the auction organized last October for the benefit of the humanitarian projects sponsored by the Air France Foundation. Nearly 90% of the bidders are French and 10% [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/19/lufthansa-takes-delivery-of-its-100th-airbus-a320-family-aircraft/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/19/lufthansa-takes-delivery-of-its-100th-airbus-a320-family-aircraft/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:33 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=858 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/11/19/lufthansa-takes-delivery-of-its-100th-airbus-a320-family-aircraft/feed/ 0 Airbus has delivered Lufthansa’s 100th A320 Family aircraft from Airbus’ Final Assembly Line in Hamburg. The aircraft, an A320, was handed over to Lufthansa yesterday evening. Nico Buchholz, Lufthansa’s Head of Corporate Fleet Management said: “The acquisition and delivery of the 100th A320 Family aircraft is another milestone in our partnership with Airbus. We are [...]