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Vulcan-Themed STEM Education Initiative Takes Off Across Yorkshire

Vintage Aviation News

Photo via Vulcan to the Sky Trust Doncaster UTC claimed the top prize with their design, impressing a panel of industry experts. Lisa Wild, an engineering teacher at Doncaster UTC, praised the competitions impact on her students. Their challenge was to design an engaging exhibit for the 2025 Get up to Speed event.

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How to Read METAR and TAF Reports

Pilot Institute

Example TAF: TAF KNUW 2615/2715 13020G36KT 9999 VCSH SCT010 BKN030 OVC060 620509 560009 550909 QNH2916INS Lets break down this TAF to decode its meaning. m/s) gusting to 41 MPH (36 knots; 18.5

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Air India 171 Preliminary Accident Report

Adventures of Cap'n Aux

Air India 171 Preliminary Accident Report GENERAL FACTS Crew, Passenger and Aircraft Info Pilot Experience & History Excerpt : The aircraft was scheduled to operate flight Al171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick with ETD 07:40 UTC ( 13:10 IST ). The crew is seen arriving at the boarding gate in the CCTV recording at about 07:05 UTC ( 12:35 IST ).

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The Mystery Deepens Around Air India 171 Crash

Jetwhine

An Air India Boeing 787 That’s because of a short piece of text on page 13 reads, “The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec.

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Boeing Announces More Top Leadership Changes

Flying Magazine

UTC), serving as vice president and CFO of Carrier Corp. when it was an operating unit of UTC, and was also vice president and CFO at UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace). Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and CFO at L3Harris Technologies and spent more than 20 years at United Technologies Corp.

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LIVE Live from Farnborough 2024: Boeing receives first orders

Aerotime

22 July, 2024, 14:46 (UTC +3) Luxair orders up to four Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft (Boeing) European regional carrier Luxair placed an order for two Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft with options for two more. Luxair’s regional fleet consists of 21 aircraft, with two leased 737-8s and eight Next-Gen 737s.

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B737 engine severely damaged by bird strike in Kyrgyzstan

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UTC) with an expected arrival at the destination airport approximately 45 minutes later. How dangerous is bird strike on airplane? Based on data from flightradar24.com com , the aircraft departed from FRU airport at 11:47 a.m. According to the flight record, on May 5, the plane was still on the ground.

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