Travel to fires a risky business.
Byline: Jill Aho The Register-Guard The most dangerous part of fighting a wildfire is not the fire; it's getting to and from the fire. It's a fact that hit home Thursday for a firefighter community reeling from the news that nine people, including seven from...

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Begin Upset Recovery Research Flights.
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's ("ETC" or the "Company") National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center today announced that it, in conjunction with Embry Riddle Aeromedical University (ERAU), has begun conducting research flights under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funded research project aimed at examining...

Govt plans new body to scan air mishap cases.
Byline: Nirbhay Kumar NEW DELHI: The government may set up a separate body for investigating accidents in the aviation sector including plane crash. The move is aimed at unbiased investigation by disassociating the investigation agency from the technical regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The proposed...

'MiG -21' safest flying machines.
Byline: Varun Chadha CHANDIGARH: MiG-21 aircraft, once known as 'flying coffins', are now not only among the safest flying machines, but are more lethal for the enemy. Number of mid-air crashes is now almost zero since these have been upgraded. And induction of a training schedule for...

Recognizing an act of valor some sixty years later.
In March 2005, a Frenchman named Olivier LeFloch contacted the Air Force Historical Studies Office, at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. M. LeFloch was seeking information about Eugene Fleming, a World War II Army Air Forces pilot, concerning an episode connected with the village of Sonzay, about 15...

Wakes of war: contrails and the rise of air power, 1918-1945 Part II--the air war over Europe, 1939-1945.
Behind the engine-carrying body (fuselage or nacelle) a turbulent region or wake is formed as the airplane flies. The exhaust moisture and some of the engine heat are discharged into this wake and become diffused throughout the wake as a result of the mixing action of the turbulence. The...

ASEAN Senior Transport Officials meet today in Cebu.
Secretary Leandro Mendoza of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DoTC) said, "It is an honor and privilege to host this very important meeting of the senior transport officials of the ASEAN member-countries bonded by common interests, commitment, and goals in the pursuit of opportunities for further cooperative work...

Industry Risk Report: Air Transport.
Risk managers in the airline industry have a tough job, made more difficult by higher oil prices and prickly labor relations. Add to that risks related to aircraft accidents, and airline executives deserve some credit for keeping their airplanes aloft at all. Looming beyond the near-term horizon is the...

Psychological factors affecting pilots' decisions to navigate in deteriorating weather.
Poor pilot decision-making in deteriorating weather is the leading cause of a significant percentage of fatalities arising from aviation accidents in the last two decades. Research has identified psychological factors underlying pilot decision strategies as the primary reasons for faulty decision making during inclement weather conditions. In the present...

IAF plans to gauge stress level of pilots.
Byline: Rajat Pandit NEW DELHI: With "human error" accounting for almost half of all aircraft crashes in IAF, the force now wants to find out whether its pilots are stressed out. Even as it awaits induction of "Hawk" AJTs (advanced jet trainers) and new-generation simulators...