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Do you know Air Traffic Control?
ATC (Air Traffic Control) organizes and expedites the flow of air traffic, on ground and in the air. Most of the communication between Air Traffic…
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Zeppelin NT as Platform for Air Quality Research
How is air quality affected by the ongoing corona crisis? Atmospheric researchers from the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany are investigating this question and have launched…
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DLR works on Concept for sustainable Air Transport
Over the next four years, DLR (German Aerospace Center) wants to develop a concept that brings together visions for sustainable air transport. The focus is…
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Biotechnology to enhance Aviation Security
Airbus and Koniku Inc. have made a significant step forward in the co-development of a solution for aircraft and airport security operations. The two companies…
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CAE Women in Flight Scholarship Programme
CAE is keeping up its Women in Flight scholarship programme through 2020 (initially launched in 2018) to encourage exceptional women to become professional pilots. Every year,…
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Aircraft Icing: Detecting supercooled Water Droplets
In the SENS4ICE project, DLR (German Aerospace Center) and its partners are exploring icing caused by supercooled large droplets and its impact on flight characteristics.…
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First Woman with a Pilot Licence: Raymonde de Laroche
Today 110 years ago, on 8 March 1910, the French lady Elise Deroch became the first female pilot in the world to hold a pilot…
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Int’l Women’s Day – Eurocontrol promotes Women in Aviation
Women make up 22% of the aviation workforce – but 41% of Eurocontrol’s new recruits since 2018. Great news on International Women’s Day! Aviation is…
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Piloting – Not Only for Men!
BAA Training joined Women of Aviation Worldwide Week (WOAW) inviting ladies to discover pilot career opportunities open not only for men. According to global statistics,…
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Integration of Drones into Airport traffic
Drones can be a valuable tool at an airport, but can they fit safely into regular traffic? Eurocontrol, DSNA (the French air navigation service provider (ANSP))…
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Rollout of ANA’s third ‘FLYING HONU’
Like the preceding two, ANA’s third A380 is painted in a special livery depicting the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle (also known as the Honu). This…
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Controller-Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC)
Most European Area Control Centres have started to operate controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) over the past years to help mitigate the shortcomings of traditional voice…
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Are physical Air Traffic Control Towers dead?
Remote towers may be all the rage, but classical physical towers are most likely set to continue in enhanced digital form. Much has been written about…
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Super-Efficient Wing takes off
In a joint effort by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), researchers have successfully developed new technologies for lighter…
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Cirrus Vision Jet: Autonomous Emergency Autoland feature
Cirrus Aircraft announced the introduction of ‘Safe Return’ – a revolutionary emergency autoland system that enables passengers to land their Vision Jet with just the…
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Developments in Training – Instructor Insights from L3Harris
The need to train Pilots for the Unexpected L3Harris’ Training Standards Captain, Peter Tholen: “The airline training requirements are changing as the aviation world undergoes…
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Project fs36: World’s First FlyByWire Glider
A new Dimension of Performance and Safety A new glider prototype is being built at Akaflieg Stuttgart, Germany. The most important feature of the fs36…
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