substantially damaged due to impact to the top of oak trees on Peak Mountain Ridge in East Granby‚ Connecticut. The aircraft also hit the Instrument Landing System (ILS) localizer antenna‚ which was on its way to Runway 15 of Bradley International Airport (BDL). The aircraft‚ lastly‚ crashed while on approach to Runway 15 of BDL at 00:55 Eastern Time. Fortunately‚ there were no fatalities and all 73 passengers and crew of 5 survived the impact. Accident Factors Among many contributing factors
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Student Resource Materials – AE02 Airmanship AE02 Airmanship Page 1 of 13 1. What is Airmanship? Airmanship is something very close to a `Road-Sense‟ in the air to help a pilot to fly safely. “Do the right thing at the right moment” can be regarded as a simplified meaning of airmanship. Behind this phase‚ there are many things that a pilot must think about if he is to fly safely. A combination of knowledge‚ skills‚ situation awareness‚ flight discipline‚ and to exercising excellent
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governments. These airports do not meet the requirements for a federally operated control tower due to inadequate activity-level criteria. Advocates in favor of restructuring the ATC system‚ and making it similar to the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak model‚ lament that federal laws inhibit the FAA’s endeavor to update information systems that would lead to flight improvement for the public. Opponents quickly argue that the two leading flight delays in the industry are weather and airport congestion; which
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came in the blink of an eye. All of a sudden‚ it was my departure date. It was around 7:30 am and I was like an owl starring at the clock waiting for my alarm to go off. Since my flight departed from San Antonio‚ my parents had to drive me to the airport very early in the morning. My brother was carrying my extra large-sized suitcase and my dad was turning on the car. “Irene‚ do you have Andrea’s plane tickets?” My dad asked my mom. “Oh my God I almost forgot!” She replied with one hand on her mouth
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multiengine retractable landing gear airplane reported that during takeoff‚ two deer ran onto the runway as the airplane became airborne and that he heard and felt one of the deer hit the left main landing gear. He further reported that he diverted to an airport with an operating control tower‚ where he performed two passes in front of the tower‚ and was informed by tower personnel that it "appeared" that the left main landing gear was no longer "attached to the airplane." The pilot reported that he decided
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Airside Driver Trainer Summary Specification Issue 1.4 Contents 1. Introduction _____________________________________________________________ 3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6.1 1.6.2 Airside Safety ................................................................................................................. 3 ICAO Documentation...................................................................................................... 3 FAA Documentation ...................................
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March 10‚ 2009 Rose Schmitt Prof. J.W. Zuggi The Urban Experience LOVE Park In the heart of Center City‚ Philadelphia is the JFK Plaza‚ which is known to many Philadelphians as LOVE Park. The plaza is the home of The Fairmount Park Welcome Center‚ a single-spout fountain‚ and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. The plaza serves as a terminal point for The Ben Franklin Parkway and merges it to City Hall. The plaza itself was designed in 1965 by city planners Vincent King and Edmund Bacon as
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goes about its business. It has brought about a boom in low-cost carriers‚ which has made travelling by air cheaper for the masses. Services offered by airlines and airports are also of higher standards to make people want to travel by air. The economic downturn has seen a significant drop of investments in the aviation market. Airport ground handlers and airplane part manufacturers have also had to retrench their workers in order to counterbalance the poor market. The amount of air traffic is likely
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choice & other unconventional approaches to maintenance have enabled Air Deccan to save on cost considerably. Other operational design choices in the service delivery system include elimination of in-flight food‚ business class & lounges at airport. There are no refunds‚ & compensation or accommodation facilities for missing a flight. These choices made in the design of the service delivery system are consistent with the operation strategy. The ticketing service & distribution is very
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airline pilot’s uniform. Moments later‚ he receives another admiring glance from the checkout clerk who gladly cashes his Pan American World Airways paycheck for him. The young man leaves for the airport and‚ once there‚ he fills out a pink form granting him deadheading privileges on the next flight to Rome. Airport personnel address him as First Officer Frank Williams. In the cockpit‚ Williams is greeted by the pilot‚ co-pilot and flight engineer as he takes his place in the jump seat. At 30‚000 feet‚
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