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Finnair is going to Tokyo…

Mr. Plane — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:23:17 +0000

Finnish airline Finnair is launching daily flights to Tokyo in 2010. Finnair expands its Asian markets again like they have done in many years now. It may have been Finnair’s save as many other airlines are struggling with financial problems, Finnair did the right thing and took all Asian flights to itself.Finns are travelling to Asia more and more nowadays and therefore Finnair have many many flights to Asia. That is the reason they are getting Airbusses (A350) to long range routes and MD’s are going to be history.I know one pilot myself from Finnair and he said that the company is now very wanted in a pilot markets. He said also that he is very lucky to have a chance to educate him to the Airbus series. He is now a Embraer pilot, new planes as well to Finns.

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Finnair is going to Tokyo…

Chinese are building Airbuses

Mr. Plane — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:58:41 +0000

Well, part of the plane anyway. There is a final assembly line in Tiajin and it will be open from today officially. All parts are transported from Europe to China via Hamburg according to Flightglobal.com. Chinese are coming to aviation markets too like they have done it in many industrial scenes like paper production and clothing. I guess Airbus have noticed that the labor works there many times cheaper than in western countries. Post from: EveryJoe Chinese are building Airbuses

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Chinese are building Airbuses

CH Products announces the latest release in their controller product line.

Mr. Plane — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:51:43 +0000

Sept. 11, 2008 VISTA, California — Joystick Technologies, LLC. dba CH Products announces today the latest release in their controller product line.

From LA to Sydney, over torrential bodies of water and massive terrain, through farmlands and wetlands, the CH Flight Sim Yoke has been a constant companion in the countless journeys you’ve taken for many, many years. It’s time to finally retire that indestructible co-pilot now and say hello to a new friend.

CH Products is proud to release the latest and greatest in Flight Simulation hardware with the release of its new high end yoke, the new CH Eclipse !! Built with the same high end components you find in our industrial products, the CH Eclipse brings value added functions to compliment all your favorite sims.

The Eclipse Yoke includes the following new features:

Fully programmable fingertip paddles, ideal for flight and racing sims
Programmable trim / scroll wheels with center push function
Two backlit push buttons and a third traditional push button
Two 8-way hat with rocker switch and trigger on both sides of handle
Configurable POV hat for either left or right hand use
Colored handles for throttle / prop / fuel mixture
Three color LED selector dial giving you a total of 240 programmable functions with CH Control Manager software
Six analog 10 bit axes for aileron, elevator, throttle, propeller pitch, fuel and rudder
New and improved industrial grade material / components; indestructible robust plastic, free floating shaft and clamp extenders for the thinnest of desks

Scheduled for takeoff in time for the holidays, this ruggedized yoke is the first of several products added to our flight line. Visit our website at www.chproducts.com for pricing / availability.

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India on airplane majors’ radar

Mr. Plane — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:24:02 +0000

Even as the domestic aviation sector is undergoing a financial crisis, world’s top plane makers are optimistic about the Indian civil aircraft market.
Almost all top airplane makers, such as Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Gulfstream and Dassault, are expected to showcase their new products in Hyderabad next month. Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter and Cessna are also going to unveil some of their flying machines in the country’s first civil aviation airshow in the IT city.

Rest of this is here

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India on airplane majors’ radar

Pilots sleep through landing procedure

Mr. Plane — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:11:32 +0000

Captain Scott Oltman, 54, and First Officer Dillon Shepley, 24, dozed off during the brief midmorning flight from Honolulu to Hilo, on Hawaii.

The Federal Aviation Administration suspended the men for the careless and reckless operation of an aircraft. Both were fired by Hawaii’s Go airlines, operator of the February 13 flight which was carrying 40 passengers.

Mr Oltman was also cited for failing to maintain radio communications and banned from flying for 60 days. Mr Shepley had his flying licence suspended for 45 days. Both completed their suspensions earlier this month but an FAA spokesman said he did not know if they were flying again with a different airline. You can find the rest of the story here

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Plane Crash Kills 4, Injures Blink 182 Drummer

Mr. Plane — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:45:32 +0000

A Learjet has crashed in South Carolina, killing four people and critically injuring former Blink 182 band member Travis Barker as well as DJ AM.

The plane was carrying six people and was leaving shortly before midnight on Friday when air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen on Saturday.

Debbie Hersman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, says the plane went off the end of the runway, crashed through antennas and a fence and careened into an embankment across a five-lane highway, where it was engulfed in flames.

Read the whole story here

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Plane Crash Kills 4, Injures Blink 182 Drummer

Finnair offers single on-line shop for travel services

Mr. Plane — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:41:23 +0000

Finnair passengers are now able to use the Finnair web site to make all their travel arrangements on-line at the same time as booking their flights.

Tickets for special events, tours and other transport bookings can be made at the following link: www.finnair.com – Plan & Book – Tickets, Tours & Transfers.
Mikko Tuomainen, responsible for Finnair’s Internet sales says, "Our customers now have the chance to make bookings for all the services they want at one location." "Unaira has produced the new service in cooperation with Amadeus, and that means the service is easy to use."

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The TweakFS ScreenShot ToolBox Out.

Mr. Plane — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:28:32 +0000

TweakFS has released the second member of its ToolBox Series of utilities.

The TweakFS ScreenShot ToolBox is a utility that will bring out the artist in you! Some screenshot artists are becoming very skilled, applying similar techniques used by real-world photographers in their use of angles, lighting and shot composition.

Screenshots are a great way to immortalize your FS flight adventures, moments that can be shared with your FS buddies and uploaded to forums for all the world to enjoy. With the TweakFS ScreenShot ToolBox you can easily create, display, edit, upload, download and email FS screenshots.

The major feature is the Apple "Coverflow" style 3D image display system which uses cutting-edge DirectX technology. Check it out, your screenshot masterpieces will have never looked better!

The built-in ScreenShot Creator supports automatically adding logos, banners and anti-aliased text when the snapshot is taken which saves a lot of post-editing time, or they can be added later. The logo and banner adding feature supports the use of images with transparent backgrounds and objects with shadows, such as PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and PSD (Adobe Photoshop) files. The banner/logo and text feature all support alpha-blending or transparency.

The logo and banner adding feature supports the use of images with transparent backgrounds and objects with shadows, such as PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and PSD (Adobe Photoshop) files. The banner/logo and text feature all support alpha-blending or transparency.

ScreenShot ToolBox – Features in Brief:

Display Screenshots in 3D Viewer (Apple iTunes Coverflow style)
Configurable 3D Viewer (background color, various 3D Animation styles)
ScreenShot Creator Supports adding banners/logos (Adobe PSD or transparent PNG)
ScreenShot Creator Supports transparent and anti-aliased text
Real-time capture preview window
Email images to your buddies from within the utility
Built-in FTP tool for image upload (supports multiple FTP profiles)
Tool to generate image tags for use in HTML or forum posts
Tool for previewing and downloading screenshots from web
Tool for downloading screenshots from web pages and forums

Download Free Demo

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Stunning FSX London scenery released

Mr. Plane — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:15:23 +0000

Horizon Simulations has released VFR London X, a detailed city expansion for Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X.

Horizon Simulations has released VFR London X. The scenery adds hundreds of buildings to London and 60cm land textures.

“…Having been built using an aerial photographic template, it is such an accurate and faithful representation that it is already being used by $multi-billion defense contractors for counter-terrorism and contingency planning for the London 2012 Olympics (among other things). If you want to bring that extra level of realism to your simulation experience, VFR London should, without doubt, be top of your list of FSX add-ons. It has been fully optimized and we’ve had reports from beta-testers and others, that they get 25fps even set on full density! (Performance will vary depending on your system specification)…”

You’ll find details of how to purchase and download this scenery at the official website

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Pacific Simulators Sells Its First Flight Training Device To DAE Flight Academy

Mr. Plane — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:13:32 +0000

Pacific Simulators today announced the sale of its first professional flight training device – to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Flight Academy.Modelled on the Boeing 737-800, the flight simulator will be deployed by DAEFA as part of its airline focused pilot training programme. The device is compliant with a recognised European standard for flight training devices, and is due to be independently certified by the Scandinavian CAA later this month. Pacific Simulators’ Chief Executive Bill Highet said the sale was a significant milestone for the company, and would be the first of many sales of its flight training devices internationally. Post from: EveryJoe Pacific Simulators [...]

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Pacific Simulators Sells Its First Flight Training Device To DAE Flight Academy