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Welcome to Aviation Dimension. www.aviationdimension or AvDim, began as South African Aviation\'s first true on-line magazine, news and gallery resource. Today it is an international resource. The site is also known as www.avdim.com , www.avdim.co.za , www.aviation-dimension.com you choose. AvDim through Andrea Serra and Frans Dely, provides the public with a free aviation publication and image gallery handling both military and civilian aviation matters. The publication does not only handle a full magazine but also caters for news snippets, general articles and regular columns together with services such as aviation classifieds, classified submissions, forums, a pilot shop and general aviation shop, calendars, posters, museum updates and reviews, join the air force information, general recruitment, specific and general aviation links, a full aviation guide, services directory or for that matter an information directory which is a "yellow pages" of aviation type of production, web design services, web redesign services, advertising and advert creation, graphic services, digital video productions, curriculum vitae posting and evaluation, test flight analysis of general aircraft, flight training, school coverage, a what\'s new section, a general newsletter section, an aviation business letter section, statistics of web media, marketing of aviation products, presentations, promotions, air show coverage and attendance by marketing teams, a general aviation links section, link submission, link exchange, commercial and company links, resource links, airline representations. With this and so much in our future plans you will have the aviation world and industry at your finger tips. The galleries spearheaded by Frans Dely, known to some as Snapperjack and to others as Dely, include the likes of Gripen International, SAAB (with special coverage of the Gripen and Hawk weapons platforms), Eurofighter, Boeing, McDonnel Douglas, Fairchild, Dassault, Airbus, Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, Lockheed, Tupolev, Mikoyan-Gurevich, NASA, Sukhoi, British Aerospace or BAe, various airlines such as South African Airways, 1time, British Airways, Lufthansa, United and so much more. Some military aircraft types currently covered either in air forces from all over or at military airshows include: fighters, air superiority fighters, bombers, fighter bombers, tactical strike, stealth, reconnaissance, low level interdiction, spy planes, ground strike, trainers, transport, remotely piloted vehicles, land and ship borne aircraft, carrier aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, tactical lift, experimental and project platforms, space research vehicles, short take-off and vertical landing, vertical take-off and landing, Hind and Rooivalk gunships, Apache, Cobra, single-engine, multi-engine from propellers or turboprops to turbojets and turbofan equipped aircraft, subsonic to supersonic not to forget transonic either afterburner equipped or not, armed aircraft, armored aircraft, SST or rather Supersonic Transport Aircraft, the joint strike fighter and more. These galleries are shot with various equipment including Kodak, Nikon and other well known Digital photographic names. www.faa.gov/index.cfm Military helicopters include: armed and unarmed types, single-engine and multi engine, piston or turbine, battlefield support, naval support, casevac specialized, ambulance types, trooping specific, anti-tank and anti-armour or for that mater anti-personnel, search and rescue types as well as airborne jammers or signal intelligence orientated, hoisting, survival support, encompassing all types from the mighty Chinook to the Kamov models, the Mi-24 Hind and Eurocopter Tiger not to mention other United States Air Force models such as the Huey, Cobra and more. AvDim\'s civilian galleries will baffle you with our own photography of rare aircraft such as Harvard, Spitfire, Sea Fury, Bell helicopters, Robinson R22 or R44, Aerospatiale, Mil, Yakovlev, Antonov, various wallpapers, Agusta, Mooney, Aero-Vodochody L39 and L29 jets, the SASOL Flying Tigers, the Shurlok Team under Scully Levin\'s leadership, Glen Dell and his Slick 360, the new Ravin 500, Pierre Gouws in the AvDim L39 jet display, the Wesbank team under Dennis Spence, various schools such as Blue Chip, PFS, Central Flying Academy, Progress Academy and so much more! Ballooning and micro light aviation also receive our attention with coverage of experimental and homebuilt aviation. We often attend Oshkosh EAA or Airventure where we bring you experimental projects such as the Lancair, Rand Robinson, Bush Baby, ultra-lights, sailplanes, parachuting, gyrocopters, seaplanes, space ship one, airport information, aerospace developments, air traffic control matters, weather matters and the list continues. Articles and images also handle matters such as air to air and air to ground weapons, laser guided bombs, survival aids and matters which relate to cabin attendants, pilots, navigators, flight engineers while also looking into missiles and their capabilities related to aero planes or for some aircraft. As long as it is flying, sailing in the sky or ballooning we do our best to cover it. Furthermore, Aviation Dimension tries to promote South African Aviation by working together with the likes of African Pilot Magazine (serious about flying), SA Flyer Magazine, World Airnews and at the same time we are approaching the likes of Air Forces Monthly, Air International, Flight International, Flying, Aviation Weekly, Professional Pilot, Sport Pilot and other mags in order to improve aviation awareness world-wide. Our working together with Siyandiza and Vulindlela as well as the Royal Air Cadet Organization ensures that we remain in a position to ensure that aviation development and growth receives the fullest attention offering air forces such as the South African Air Force and hopefully in the future the likes of the US Air Force, the Russian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and other world Air Forces the opportunity to contact potential candidates through offering recruitment information. Future plans include our hoping to cover matters from elite sites such as NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency), Zukhovsky Test Centre, Star City (Russian Space Agency), Empire Test School and others such as the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB and the Navy School at Patuxent River, Epner, Denel, Armscor and more. The shop section now also sports a wide variety of ASA and many other aviation products. Garmin, Telex, David Clark, Softcom, Avcomm are just some of the names of the carried products. Aviation Shops and Pilot Shops are also offered for hosting to companies wanting to sell their goods on the web. The e-commerce section through Iveri is a secure connection which allows you to use your credit card and mail order capabilities safely and discreetly. Classifieds allow for submission, removal and browsing of any products offered for sale and are free to view. Soaring with Eagles has now established itself as a leading book and is available in the shop. 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Thursday, April 30 · 3 dead in Congo plane crash Tuesday, April 21 · A Jamaican Defense Force counterterrorism unit ends the hijack of a CanJet B737. · QATAR AIRWAYS TEAMS UP WITH IATA FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE CARBON OFFSET TRADING SCH Thursday, February 19 · Super Puma ditches next to Oil Platform - all survive Friday, February 13 · Continental Airlines Crash in Buffalo, USA Monday, February 09 · 24 dead after Bandeirante crashes in Amazon Thursday, February 05 · Microsoft confirms the end of Flight Simulator series Wednesday, February 04 · Boeing links two Trent 895 incidents on Boeing 777-200ERs Thursday, January 22 · SAAF Parade day next week Tuesday, January 13 · A400M service-entry hit by further two-year delay
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Headlines From: http://www.avweb.com Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase
Scott Peterson of Santa Rosa, California didn't have to visit 1945 to get this photo; he just went to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and "happened by when these guys came in period uniforms and posed for another photographer." Thanks to the internet, Scott's good luck is now yours and ours to enjoy. Question of the Week: Time to Phase Out ELTs?
In some high-profile recent accidents, emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) have failed to activate or their signals were obscured. The technology has existed for some time to track individual aircraft by satellite. Should we scrap ELTs in favor of satellite tracking?Plus:Last week, we asked why aviation incidents and accidents are so appealing to the mainstream media — and got some great letters on that topic, by the way. Click here to read a couple. And click through on the headline to see the complete breakdown of answers to last week's poll. Alaskans Question Value Of ELTs
Recent crashes in Alaska have illustrated the limits of current search-and-rescue technology that depends on ELT signals, according to a story in Monday's Alaska Dispatch. The Otter that crashed last month, killing former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and four others, carried a new-generation 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter, but the force of the crash separated the unit from its antenna cable. As a result, according to the Dispatch, satellites were unable to detect the signal. The Dispatch also reported that another airplane that has been missing since Aug. 21 in the same region of Alaska where Stevens crashed is equipped with an older 121.5 transponder, and no signal at all has been detected. Some pilots told the Dispatch they depend on non-approved supplemental gear such as personal locator beacons, Spot messenger units, and Spider Tracks tracking systems, which use GPS technology and communications satellites, to supplement their FAA-required ELTs. Terrafugia Preps For "Low-Volume Production"
The developers of the Transition folding-wing roadable aircraft are preparing a 19,000-square-foot facility in Woburn, Mass., for low-volume production to begin as early as late 2011. The company is currently working on construction of two of its newly redesigned vehicles, which will serve as road test and light sport aircraft certification flight test vehicles, respectively. Terrafugia is currently targeting a low- to mid-$200,000 purchase price for the Transition, and says construction of the two test prototypes will help finalize final pricing. If all goes well, thecompany hopes to provide "fifty skilled manufacturing jobs" at its new facility by 2013 as it ramps up toward high-volume production. But those plans have not yet been finalized and will similarly be affected by the lessons of low-volume production, according to the company. NTSB Pushes (Again) For Child Seat Rules
The NTSB last month asked regulators to require children to have their own seats and seat belts, but the FAA squashed that idea back in 2005, citing statistical data, and may do so again. The new call (specific to commercial aircraft, though relevant to small aircraft) is tied to a March 2009 crash of a Pilatus PC-12/45 that had been configured to seat 10 but crashed killing all 14 that were actually loaded aboard. Seven of those aboard were children and several appeared to have been thrown from the aircraft after initial impact. The crash itself was severe enough thatit's unlikely anyone would have survived regardless of seating choice. But the FAA agrees that infants and toddlers are safest in their own seat using a child-specific approved restraint like those approved in 2006. But in the larger picture, the agency believes applying the requirement (buying anextra seat on a commercial airline for a small child) would ultimately drive more travelers to other, statistically less safe, modes of transportation. First Flight For Four-Engine Electric Airplane
The tiny all-electric four-engine aerobatic aircraft known as Cri-Cri, which is "cricket" in French, has flown for the first time, EADS has announced. The company's Innovation Works developed the airplane together with Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association. The first flight launched from Le Bourget airport near Paris last Thursday morning. "Take-off and climb were smooth, no vibrations could be felt and maneuverability was excellent," EADS said in a statement. The project may seem like pure fun, but it has a serious purpose, according to Jean Botti, EADS's chief technical officer. "The Cri-Cri is a low-cost test bed for system integration of electrical technologies in support of projects like our hybrid propulsion concept for helicopters," he said. "We hope to get a lot of useful information out of this project." Brainteasers Quiz #151: Something Special in the Air(space)
Special Use Airspace (SUA) isn't special because Mr. Rogers said so. Instead, it's special because someone inside that airspace may be taking aim at you. Show your special grasp of SUA by acing this quiz.Take the quiz. AVweb Insider Blog: Clinging to Skills — Or to the Past?
Paul Bertorelli recently blogged on the state of sim training, and that (plus your letters) got him thinking about the state of the art — and how so many of us insist on teaching skills that technology may have already rendered obsolete. In his latest post to the AVweb Insider, Paul asks if we're being traditionalists — or just getting a jump on becoming the cranky old farts of tomorrow. Read more and share your comments. Mello at ARGUS
Norman MelloNorman Mello has joined ARGUS PROS as Director of Business Aviation. He was formerly at Delta AirElite Business Jets. Carr New CAP Vice Commander
Col. Chuck CarrCol. Chuck Carr was elected Civil Air Patrol's National Vice Commander. He was the Great Lakes Region Commander and is a longtime member of CAP.
Avstar South Africa ceases B737-200 operations.
It is rumoured that Avstar South Africa has ceased operations as of today.
Posted by admin on Thursday, July 29 @ 19:09:41 BST (38 reads) (Read More...
The 2009 Dubai International Airshow
The Dubai airshow proved to be a great commercial success, attracting hordes of business in rivalry to the very well-known Paris and Farnborough shows. Hailed as the most expensive airshow in the world, the airshow lived up to its claim offering a platform for the signing of multibillion-dollar deals.
Posted by admin on Thursday, November 19 @ 18:51:45 GMT (189 reads) (Read More...
The Winner of the May to July 2009 Aviation Photography Competition is Announced
In one of the closest competition results yet on Aviation Dimension, a unique image has won by 0.01 above its closest competitor.
Posted by admin on Monday, September 07 @ 14:17:12 BST (248 reads) (Read More...
More debris found from Air France plane crash
From CNN: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Searchers found four more debris fields Wednesday from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean early Monday with 228 people on board, the Brazilian Air Force said.
Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 03 @ 19:45:55 BST (274 reads) (Read More...
Air France A330 Disappears over the Atlantic Ocean
An Air France A330 has tragically disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Air France has confirmed the aircraft is missing and has probably crashed into the ocean.
Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 02 @ 08:31:58 BST (273 reads) (Read More...
The King Air Shows Military Muscle.
The King Air 350 has seen itself being beefed-up to be able to offer an extended range mission capability. The Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has modified 23 King Air 350’s to become 350 ER turboprops which the United States military is designating the MC-12W.
Posted by admin on Sunday, May 17 @ 09:31:02 BST (321 reads) (Read More...
The Chinook is alive and well and Australia wants more.
The Chinook helicopter initially considered as not having a great future when it was first developed has not only shown its resilience but also its incredible operational capability and Australia wants more.
Posted by admin on Sunday, May 17 @ 09:28:58 BST (330 reads) (Read More...
SAAF A109 Agusta Helicopter Crashes, Three Lost
A SAAF Agusta A109 has crashed tragically causing the loss of three crew members.
Posted by admin on Thursday, May 14 @ 12:52:05 BST (511 reads) (Read More...
Royal Air Force's Boeing C-17s Surpass 50,000 Hours of Flight Time
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 30, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) today announced that the RAF fleet of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters has surpassed 50,000 flying hours in eight years of service.
Posted by admin on Friday, May 01 @ 17:14:18 BST (316 reads) (Read More...
Is RVSM in Africa premature?
RVSM - Reduced Vertical Separation Minima. The minimum height between flight levels has been reduced throughout Africa in accordance with RVSM.
Posted by admin on Thursday, April 30 @ 11:35:01 BST (313 reads) (Read More...
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