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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Overview, Significance and Reason Behind the Delay
SpaceX's latest mission is part of the Polaris Program, a human-spaceflight initiative funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. Polaris Dawn is set to make history by conducting the first-ever private spacewalk, with Isaacman commanding the mission alongside pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.
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US Pilot Who Tried To Shut Down Plane Engine Mid-Air Avoids Attempted Murder Charge
An off-duty US pilot who tried to shut down the engines of a commercial passenger plane in mid-flight has been indicted on 84 counts, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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AFCAT 2024: Indian Air Force Issues Notification For 317 Posts, Check Details
AFCAT 2024: For the Flying Branch, the age limit is 20 to 24 years as of January 1, 2024, with an upper age limit of 26 for candidates holding a valid Commercial Pilot License.
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Off-Duty US Pilot Tried To Shut Down Plane's Engines Mid-Flight
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who was sitting in a cockpit jump seat on a US commercial flight has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down the plane's engines in flight.
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Commercial Pilot Licenses To Be Valid For 10 Years: Aviation Ministry
The Ministry said the amendments to the Aircraft Rules, 1937, notified on October 10, mark a crucial shift in promoting ease of doing business and ensuring safety and security within the aviation sector.
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Nepal's Manang Air Helicopter Crashes, Injuring Pilot
Pilot Prakash Sedhai, who was the only person in it, sustained injuries, the officer said, adding that the injured pilot had been airlifted to Kathmandu for medical treatment.
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"Super Impressed": Pilot Shares How She Found Her Lost Watch At Dubai Airport
A commercial pilot named Hana Mohsin Khan praised the Dubai Airport authorities and said "Law and order is just brilliant".
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Plane Nosedives Into Hangar Roof In US, Pilot Was Practicing Take-Offs, Landings
Kate Kuykendall, a spokesperson for the Long Beach Airport, told KTLA that the incident did not disrupt any commercial flights.
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Air India Pilots' Unions Decide To Accept Revised Service Terms
Air India's two pilot unions on Thursday decided to accept the revised service norms and new compensation structure offered by the airline.
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Mumbai Pilot Gets 13 Crores To Build 19-Seater Plane
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 12.91 crore to a company set up by Mumbai-based commercial pilot Captain Amol Shivaji Yadav to be used for research in indigenous aircraft manufacturing.
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In Need For Mid-Week Josh? Anand Mahindra's New Post Talks About Women's Power At Work
Mr Mahindra shared a list of countries with the highest share of female pilots in the world in 2021.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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Aviation Body Asks Transgender Trainee Pilot To Reapply For Medical Test
Aviation regulator DGCA today asked transgender trainee pilot Adam Harry to reapply for a medical test to get a commercial pilot license.
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Murder-Suicides By Pilots Are Vexing Airlines As Deaths Mount
For decades, commercial airline travel has gotten progressively safer. But one cause of deaths has stubbornly persisted: pilots who intentionally crash in murder-suicides.
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Overview, Significance and Reason Behind the Delay
SpaceX's latest mission is part of the Polaris Program, a human-spaceflight initiative funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. Polaris Dawn is set to make history by conducting the first-ever private spacewalk, with Isaacman commanding the mission alongside pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.
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US Pilot Who Tried To Shut Down Plane Engine Mid-Air Avoids Attempted Murder Charge
An off-duty US pilot who tried to shut down the engines of a commercial passenger plane in mid-flight has been indicted on 84 counts, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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AFCAT 2024: Indian Air Force Issues Notification For 317 Posts, Check Details
AFCAT 2024: For the Flying Branch, the age limit is 20 to 24 years as of January 1, 2024, with an upper age limit of 26 for candidates holding a valid Commercial Pilot License.
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Off-Duty US Pilot Tried To Shut Down Plane's Engines Mid-Flight
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who was sitting in a cockpit jump seat on a US commercial flight has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down the plane's engines in flight.
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Commercial Pilot Licenses To Be Valid For 10 Years: Aviation Ministry
The Ministry said the amendments to the Aircraft Rules, 1937, notified on October 10, mark a crucial shift in promoting ease of doing business and ensuring safety and security within the aviation sector.
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Nepal's Manang Air Helicopter Crashes, Injuring Pilot
Pilot Prakash Sedhai, who was the only person in it, sustained injuries, the officer said, adding that the injured pilot had been airlifted to Kathmandu for medical treatment.
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"Super Impressed": Pilot Shares How She Found Her Lost Watch At Dubai Airport
A commercial pilot named Hana Mohsin Khan praised the Dubai Airport authorities and said "Law and order is just brilliant".
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Plane Nosedives Into Hangar Roof In US, Pilot Was Practicing Take-Offs, Landings
Kate Kuykendall, a spokesperson for the Long Beach Airport, told KTLA that the incident did not disrupt any commercial flights.
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Air India Pilots' Unions Decide To Accept Revised Service Terms
Air India's two pilot unions on Thursday decided to accept the revised service norms and new compensation structure offered by the airline.
-
Mumbai Pilot Gets 13 Crores To Build 19-Seater Plane
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 12.91 crore to a company set up by Mumbai-based commercial pilot Captain Amol Shivaji Yadav to be used for research in indigenous aircraft manufacturing.
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In Need For Mid-Week Josh? Anand Mahindra's New Post Talks About Women's Power At Work
Mr Mahindra shared a list of countries with the highest share of female pilots in the world in 2021.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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Aviation Body Asks Transgender Trainee Pilot To Reapply For Medical Test
Aviation regulator DGCA today asked transgender trainee pilot Adam Harry to reapply for a medical test to get a commercial pilot license.
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Murder-Suicides By Pilots Are Vexing Airlines As Deaths Mount
For decades, commercial airline travel has gotten progressively safer. But one cause of deaths has stubbornly persisted: pilots who intentionally crash in murder-suicides.
