Flight Safety Information July 23, 2018 - No. 147 In This Issue Incident: Eurowings A332 at Las Vegas on Jul 21st 2018, rejected takeoff due to shimmy vibrations Incident: Cathay Pacific A359 near Manchester on Jul 20th 2018, hydraulic leak Incident: China Airlines B744 at Chicago on Jun 21st 2018, touched down off the runway and went around Incident: Asiana A359 at Fukuoka on Jul 21st 2018, could not retract nose gear Incident: Polar AN24 enroute on Jul 19th 2018, hailed nose Accident: Kaz Trans AN26 near El-Alamein on Jul 20th 2018, fuel starvation Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330 returns to Brisbane Airport, reportedly with two pitot tubes still cover Cessna 750 Citation X sustained a nose wheel burst (Ireland) Robinson R44 Raven II Fatal Accident (New Zealand) 21-JUL-2018 - Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lakes Squadron Douglas C-47B (DC-3) accident (Burnet, TX) Air China flight turns back to Beijing just after take-off because of smoke in cabin EVAS - Codkpit Smoke Prtoection Vintage military jet crash kills Michigan pilot and businessman (Wisconsin) LIBIK Fire Suppression Kits for the Cabin and Flight Deck. Nippon Cargo disciplined for maintenance irregularities Industry warning for Super Absorbant Polymers (SAP) jet fuel contamination after Boeing 777 incident US watchdog flags flaws in India's air safety checks TSA launches new training program for airport screeners, but the union is not impressed TSA And American Airlines To Launch 3D Scanning Technology For Carry-On Bags IBAC congratulates Coulson Group on safety standard achievement New FAA Drug Policy Eases Certificate Reinstatement Aerobatic Pilot Patty Wagstaff to Keynote NTSB "Safety Road Show" at Oshkosh Rare Twin Mustang among vintage military aircraft coming to EAA AirVenture United Cites Fleet 'Complexity' as Hurdle to New Aircraft Types Garmin Pilot App Updated with Real-Time Engine Monitoring Middle Georgia State prepares next generation of Delta pilots Female pilots still face uphill struggle over perceptions A Soviet Ace Shot Down Nazi Pilots With Great Skill, But Her Feats Are Mostly Forgotten Today Parachutes for NASA's Next Crewed Spaceship Pass Key Test Cranfield: There's still time to book your place on Applied Safety Assessment Workshop ISASI 2018 2018 CHC SAFETY & QUALITY SUMMIT October 2nd - 4th, 2018 PROVIDING ASSURANCE IN YOUR SYSTEMS 64th Air Safety Forum - Join Us! HIGH ALTITUDE FLYING: WHAT EVERY PILOT NEEDS TO KNOW - New Online Course - Fall 2018 GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 Incident: Eurowings A332 at Las Vegas on Jul 21st 2018, rejected takeoff due to shimmy vibrations A Eurowings Airbus A330-200, registration D-AXGE performing flight EW-175 from Las Vegas,NV (USA) to Cologne (Germany), was accelerating for takeoff from Las Vegas' runway 26R when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 60 knots) and stopped on the runway. The crew advised they had strong shimmy vibrations from the nose gear, they were able to vacate the runway. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Las Vegas 19 hours after the rejected takeoff. A passenger reported the flight had already been delayed by about 2 hours, announcements indicated a technical problem. During takeoff some vibrations could be felt, the passenger did not perceive those vibrations unusual however. The crew announced they had rejected takeoff due to strong vibrations. Emergency services inspected the aircraft, which subsequently returned to the apron. The passengers were again told of a technical problem. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bb76445&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Cathay Pacific A359 near Manchester on Jul 20th 2018, hydraulic leak A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900, registration B-LRB performing flight CX-219 from Hong Kong (China) to Manchester,EN (UK), was descending towards Manchester when the crew reported a hydraulic leak. The crew performed a manual gear extension and continued for a safe landing on Manchester's runway 23L. A ground observer reported the gear doors were still down and the flaps still fully extended a day later, the access doors to both engines were open while maintenance was working on the aircraft. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Manchester 64 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bb76275&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: China Airlines B744 at Chicago on Jun 21st 2018, touched down off the runway and went around A China Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration B-18711 performing freight flight CI-5148 from Anchorage,AK to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 4 people on board, was on an ILS approach to runway 10L at 09:57L (14:57Z) when the crew advised they were going around having had a last minute deviation on the runway. The crew of another aircraft on the ground advised the aircraft had gone off the runway, a third crew advised tower the runway needed to be inspected. A runway inspection found debris on the runway, the windsock (WDI) to the left (north) of the runway between taxiway DD and N1 was found damaged, the runway was closed for about 50 minutes. In the meantime B-18711 positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 09R about 25 minutes after the go around. The FAA reported the flight touched down in the grass, went around and returned to land. None of the 4 occupants was injured, the aircraft sustained minor damage. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago about 27 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ba33b1c&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Asiana A359 at Fukuoka on Jul 21st 2018, could not retract nose gear An Asiana Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration HL7578 performing flight OZ-131 from Fukuoka (Japan) to Seoul (South Korea) with 219 passengers, was climbing out of Fukuoka's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb at about 13,000 feet due to the nose gear not retracting. The aircraft returned to Fukuoka for a safe landing on runway 16 about 55 minutes after departure. The airline reported the nose gear could not be retracted due to a technical fault. A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration HL7755 was dispatched to Fukuoka and reached Seoul with a delay of 9 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bb6be00&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Polar AN24 enroute on Jul 19th 2018, hailed nose A Polar Avia Antonov AN-24, flight RKA-4434 from Olenyek to Yakutsk (Russia) with 33 passengers and 4 crew, was enroute when the aircraft encountered hail. The aircraft continued to Yakutsk for a safe landing. The airline reported the aircraft suffered adverse weather conditions enroute from Olenyek to Yakutsk and received damage. The aircraft continued to Yakutsk for a safe landing on schedule. Rosaviatsia have opened an investigation. The hailed nose (Photo: Polar Air): http://avherald.com/h?article=4bb63390&opt=0 Back to Top Accident: Kaz Trans AN26 near El-Alamein on Jul 20th 2018, fuel starvation A Kaz Air Trans Antonov AN-26, registration UP-AN611 performing flight KUY-9554 from Kiev (Ukraine) to El-Alamein (Egypt) with 6 crew, was nearing El-Alamein when the aircraft disappeared from radar screens prompting El-Alamein tower to notify Egypt's Search and Rescue center. A search located the aircraft about 48nm from the aerodrome. Egypt's Ministry of Transport reported all 6 members of the crew were rescued uninjured and are safe. An investigation has been opened. The airline reported they have been able to contact the crew, which is currently being take care of at a military base in Egypt, all crew are alive, the captain received minor injuries. The aircraft had been in perfect technical condition prior to the 6 hours flight. The crew was forced to make an emergency landing 48km from El-Alamein after they ran out of fuel. The captain had decided to continue to the refueling field at El-Alamein although other members of the crew recommended to divert to their alternate due to concerns with the amount of fuel remaining. Headwind played a major role in this accident. A commission will be investigating the occurrence. The aircraft was destined for Khartoum (Sudan) with a fuel stop at El-Alamein. The occurrence aircraft UP-AN611 is MSN 11404 and started operation in September 1981. The aircraft was last seen flying in 2005 as 4L-26020 for Global Georgian Airways and was then seen again on Jul 19th 2018 flying for Kaz Air Trans. A photo showed the aircraft in storage at Kherson (Ukraine) in 2013. The flight plan filed: (FPL-KUY9554/A6366-IN -AN26/M-SDY/S -UKKK1750 -N0230F190 SULUM M856 GOBLI L919 ODSAN L986 RAPUL L140 ODS T219 BAGRI L919 DINRO L620 RIXEN G1 IST G8 YAA A16 RASDA W725 DBA -HEAL0515 LCLK LTBS -DOF/180719 REG/UPAN611 EET/UKBV0010 UKOV0042 LTBB0210 LTAA0255 LCCC0350 HECC0440 ORGN/UKKKZPZX RMK/OVF FOR REPOSITION POR/KAZAIRTRANS) The aircraft was handed over to Egypt Air Traffic Control at position N33.1 E30.95 at 00:40L (22:40Z Jul 19th) and had been enroute 4:53 hours at that point. The last portion of the planned flight track: http://avherald.com/h?article=4bb5ff57&opt=0 Back to Top Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330 returns to Brisbane Airport, reportedly with two pitot tubes still covered Date: 18-JUL-2018 Time: 23:34 LT Type: Airbus A330-323 Owner/operator: Malaysia Airlines Registration: 9M-MTK C/n / msn: 1388 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Unknown Category: Incident Location: Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) - Australia Phase: Take off Nature: International Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) Destination airport: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK) Investigating agency: ATSB Narrative: Malaysia Airlines flight MH134, an Airbus A330-200, returned to land at Brisbane International Airport, Australia after the airspeed indicators failed during takeoff. The aircraft took off from runway 01 at 13:31 UTC (23:31 LT, July 18). The flight crew circled and landed back on runway 01 at 14:33 UTC (00:33, July 19). 7 News Brisbane reported that the aircraft took off with several pitot tubes still covered. A photo has surfaced online, purported to be of the A330 after landing, showing covers on the captain's and standby pitot tubes. Airlines cover pitot tubes during turnaround at Brisbane Airport to prevent obstruction by mud wasps. This measure was taken following an incident in November 2013 when an Etihad Airbus A330 returned to Brisbane Airport with airspeed indication anomalies. It appeared that the captain's pitot probe was almost totally obstructed by an insect nest, consistent with mudwasp residue, during the 2 hour and 3 minute period while the aircraft was in transit on the ground at Brisbane. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=213551 Back to Top Cessna 750 Citation X sustained a nose wheel burst (Ireland) Date: 22-JUL-2018 Time: 15:15 LT Type: Cessna 750 Citation X Owner/operator: Textron Inc. Registration: N752TX C/n / msn: 750-0511 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Minor Location: Cork Airport, Co Cork - Ireland Phase: Taxi Nature: Private Departure airport: Cork Aiport (ORK /EICK) Destination airport: Narrative: A Cessna 750 Citation X sustained a nose wheel burst before departure blocking Runway 16. No injuries are reported. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=213569 Back to Top Robinson R44 Raven II Fatal Accident (New Zealand) Date: 21-JUL-2018 Time: 13:30 LT Type: Robinson R44 Raven II Owner/operator: Alpine Helicopters Registration: C/n / msn: Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Stevensons Island, Lake Wanaka, SI - New Zealand Phase: Nature: Departure airport: Wanaka (WKA/NZWF) Destination airport: Mount Aspiring National Park Narrative: The helicopter reported crash in the lake. The experienced pilot (39) sole on board is missing. An oil slick 1km north of Stevenson Island and wreckage on the island's shoreline have been found. Search is still in progress the sunday and monday. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=213549 Back to Top 21-JUL-2018 - Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lakes Squadron Douglas C-47B (DC-3) accident (Burnet, TX) Status: Preliminary Date: Saturday 21 July 2018 Time: ca 09:00 Type: Douglas C-47B (DC-3) Operator: Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lakes Squadron Registration: N47HL C/n / msn: 157758/27203 First flight: 1945 Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Burnet Municipal Kate Craddock Field, TX ( United States of America) Phase: Takeoff (TOF) Nature: Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Burnet Municipal Kate Craddock Field, TX (KBMQ), United States of America Destination airport: Oshkosh-Wittman Field, WI (OSH/KOSH), United States of America Narrative: A Douglas C-47, named "Bluebonnet Belle", was involved in an accident during takeoff from runway 19 at Burnet Municipal Airport, Texas, USA. The aircraft came to rest in the grass next to the runway and burst into flames. All 13 on board survived the accident; five suffered minor injuries. A video of the takeoff and accident sequence shows the aircraft accellerating on the runway, with the tailwheel leaving the ground very briefly. A few seconds after the tailwheel touched down again, the aircraft seems to drift off the left side of the runway. The aircraft banks right, causing the left hand main landing gear to become airborne. The right hand wing tip touched or almost touched the ground before the aircraft became airborne. The left wing dropped and the wing tip touched the ground, causing the plane to slew to the left and touch down again. The right hand main gear then seems to fold as the aircraft comes to rest in a cloud of dust. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180721-0 Back to Top Air China flight turns back to Beijing just after take-off because of smoke in cabin Passenger says plane 'filled with smoke' and they were told to leave the aircraft as soon as it landed, according to local newspaper An Air China flight had to return to Beijing's main airport shortly after it took off on Saturday evening when smoke appeared in the cabin, a local newspaper reports. Flight CA1639 bound for Harbin, in Heilongjiang province near China's border with Russia, turned back at about 8.30pm after crew and passengers noticed the smoke, The Beijing News reported on Sunday. The airline transferred passengers to a different plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport for their flight to Harbin. One passenger told a family member that the cabin had "filled with smoke" and they had been asked to leave the aircraft immediately after it landed and not to take their luggage with them, the report said. An Air China spokesperson told the newspaper the plane had returned because of a "strange smell" on the plane, without elaborating. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2156345/air-china-flight-turns-back-beijing-just-after- take-because-smoke Back to Top Back to Top Vintage military jet crash kills Michigan pilot and businessman (Wisconsin) Date: 20-JUL-2018 Time: 16:11 LT Type: de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB54 Owner/operator: World Heritage Air Museum Registration: N747J C/n / msn: 917 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: SW of Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, WI - United States of America Phase: Take off Nature: Training Departure airport: Sheboygan Memorial Airport (SBM/KSBM) Destination airport: Narrative: The aircraft impacted farmland and buildings southeast of the departure end of Runway 13 at Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (KSBM), Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The airplane was partially consumed by the post-impact fire and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries. Two individuals on the ground were injured, one seriously. The pilot was participating in the "Air Clinic" that takes place every year before EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=213548 Back to Top Back to Top Nippon Cargo disciplined for maintenance irregularities The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism faulted Nippon Cargo Airlines for inadequate aircraft maintenance, according to a statement made by the ministry. The Japan News reports that disciplinary action was taken against Nippon Cargo Airlines for its inadequate aircraft maintenance and failure to report accidents, as well as the manipulation of maintenance records. The airline is said to have tried to cover up the violations. Eight maintenance staff members are said to have been involved in three cases of data falsification. In one of them, a maintenance manager and a mechanic manipulated an airplane's lubricating oil level to avoid a mandatory checkup at Narita International Airport in April 2018. Between August 2013 and May 2018, there also were inadequate maintenance cases including the testing of aircraft control functions by an unqualified worker. As a result, the ministry stripped the company of its exemption from annual safety inspections. https://news.aviation-safety.net/2018/07/22/nippon-cargo-disciplined-for-maintenance-irregularities/ Back to Top Industry warning for Super Absorbant Polymers (SAP) jet fuel contamination after Boeing 777 incident The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a safety information bulletin, warning for Super Absorbant Polymers (SAP) contamination of jet fuel, following a recent Bangladesh Boeing 777 engine failure incident. In June 2016, a Bangladesh Biman Boeing 777-300ER suffered an engine failure when Low Pressure Turbine vanes broke following a small combustion during takeoff from Dhaka Airport, Banglades. The takeoff was aborted. An investigation revealed that fuel nozzles were contaminated by SAPs. These apparently entered the fuel tank during refueling. EASA recommends aircraft operators to be aware that SAP in jet fuel can cause engine in-flight shutdowns or operational problems and are advised to report events of SAP contamination to the engine and aircraft type certificate holders, to the fueling service provider and to the national aviation authorities. Competent authorities are advised to take this issue into account during their oversight activities. https://news.aviation-safety.net/2018/07/21/industry-warning-for-super-absorbant-polymers-sap- contamination-of-jet-fuel-following-boeing-777-incident/ Back to Top US watchdog flags flaws in India's air safety checks The Federal Aviation Administration of the USA conducted the audit between July 16 and July 20 in areas covering aircraft operations, airworthiness and licensing of pilots and technical staff. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the USA, which carried out a five-day audit of India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has pointed out certain shortcomings related to regulatory and guidance material essential for ensuring air safety which will now have to be set right within the next 65 days. DGCA said in an official statement on Sunday that "time-bound action will be taken" on the observations made by the FAA. It further said that the FAA, under its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme, conducted the audit between July 16 and July 20 in areas covering aircraft operations, airworthiness and licensing of pilots and technical staff. DGCA did not elaborate on the observations or the concerns flagged by the US regulator, but said the FAA team would come for a final consultation within 65 days wherein the DGCA shall present the action taken on the observations. The FAA conducts the audits to determine whether the civil aviation authority has the appropriate practices and manpower in place to oversee the safety of airlines that fly in and out of US airports. Failure to meet the FAA norms would mean that more flights by India's commercial airlines would not be permitted to the US. Besides, existing flights that land at US airports would be subjected to more stringent checks which could result in delaying the turnaround time of aircraft. According to the FAA's established process, a written report will be provided within next 30 days and thereafter an FAA team will come for final consultation within 65 days, wherein the DGCA shall present the action taken on the observations, the statement said. During the course of the IASA audit, the FAA team was shown regulations including extensive technical guidance in the areas of operations, airworthiness, surveillance and enforcement for the use of safety inspectors of DGCA to carry out licensing, certification, and approval obligations along with certification records. The training programme provided to the technical officers and inspectors and records therein were also shown to the FAA audit team, the DGCA said. DOUBLE FAULT The flaws flagged by the FAA assume significance as they come against the backdrop of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) recent audit which rated India even below Pakistan and Nepal in the surveillance of air safety. ICAO carried out the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme for India in November 2017, and another team of the regulator came in February this year. The audit result showed that the country's score declined to 57.44 per cent from 65.82 per cent earlier. With the falling score, the government had last week said that it would soon empower the DGCA to regulate air traffic controllers. The decline was mainly due to ratings of air traffic controllers being given by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is also the provider of air traffic control services. The audit had viewed this as a conflict of interest. Minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha, civil aviation secretary R N Choubey and senior DGCA officials had emphasised that there are no safety concerns for the country's civil aviation space. "Now, it has been decided that the DGCA would carry out regulatory and safety oversight of air traffic controllers," Choubey had said. The ICAO had told the Ministry that there was a need for an independent regulatory oversight by the DGCA on the AAI with respect to air traffic controllers. https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/aviation/us-watchdog-flags-flaws-in-india-air-safety- checks/story/280520.html Back to Top TSA launches new training program for airport screeners, but the union is not impressed In this Nov. 21, 2014 photo, a Transportation Security Administration agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport in Chicago. To reduce turnover, the TSA has proposed a new training program, but the union for screeners is not impressed. (Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press) Faced with an unusually high turnover rate among airport screeners, the Transportation Security Administration is starting a program to "foster career growth" by letting screeners learn new skills while on the job. The union representing TSA workers likes the sentiment, but says the program, which launches Aug. 5, doesn't go far enough. With demand for air travel continuing to grow and airports getting increasingly crowded, a robust team of TSA screeners at the nation's airports has never been more important. But the TSA has had a hard time retaining screeners, with the turnover rate among TSA officers as high as 19%, according to a congressional budget report. With that in mind, the TSA announced a program earlier this month to help newly hired screeners learn new skills on the job, such as operating the X-ray machine or the full-body scanner, among other things. The TSA officers who agree to train the new screeners while on the job will be paid an extra $300 per quarter, on top of their regular salary. There are so many new places and exciting experiences around the world for you to discover. Begin exploring the endless opportunities with Hilton! "We are committed to investing in our transportation security officers by giving them the tools they need to grow," TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement. But Bobby Orozco Jr., a TSA screener at Los Angeles International Airport and president of the local union for TSA workers, said the program doesn't guarantee promotions and the pay increase is a one-time, lump sum that doesn't count toward higher retirement benefits. Will the program reduce the TSA turnover rate? "Not at all," he said, suggesting instead that the agency adopt a system for giving screeners raises more quickly. Asked to respond to criticism of the program, TSA spokesman Michael England said the program "provides a transparent career path that directly links officer pay to skill and position, and increases technical and leadership training at each level." http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-tsa-training-program-20180719-story.html# Back to Top TSA And American Airlines To Launch 3D Scanning Technology For Carry-On Bags analogic's CT scanner, which will soon be deployed at JFK New imaging technology is coming to the American Airlines security checkpoint in New York's JFK airport that may help speed the screening process. According to a joint release between the airline and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), American is trialing a new type of 3D X-ray scanner that will give screening staff better and more comprehensive images of carry-on bags. The resulting images should better-help screeners identify materials and cut down on flagged bags that require a manual search. The new technology, which is provided by analogic, uses Computed Tomography, or CT to produce 3D images of each scanned bag. That technology, which has been employed by the healthcare industry for years, has already been deployed to scan checked bags in most airports, but due to size constraints, has so far not been widely integrated at passenger screening checkpoints. The latest scanning tools from analogic, however, seem to rectify the footprint issues. CT's advantages over traditional 2D X-rays, which are currently used at most checkpoints, are significant. "CT provides volumetric information rather than projection information," says Dr. Arjun Sharma, a radiologist at AMITA Hinsdale Hospital in Illinois and associate editor of the Journal of Digital Imaging. "It removes the problem of overlapping objects and instead tells the observer the exact density of material at any point in space. In effect, the observer knows the shape and material of every object scanned." Lest the technology sound like a silver bullet for slow and ineffective screening lanes around the country, there are still hurdles to widespread adoption."The main drawbacks to CT technology are cost and logistics," says Dr. Sharma. "CT is a more advanced technology, but requires slightly different infrastructure and generally more energy consumption. It may also have increased shielding requirements, which may present problems in congested security screening environments." Despite those caveats, CT's benefits may still outweigh some of its costs while helping ease the burden to both passengers and screeners at the security checkpoint. JFK's new CT scanner will be online in one lane at Terminal 8 by the end of July. Separate CT scanners are also being tested with American Airlines in Phoenix Sky Harbor and Boston Logan airports. https://www.forbes.com/sites/grantmartin/2018/07/22/tsa-and-american-airlines-to-launch-3d- scanning-technology-for-carry-on-bags/#18cf39401aab Back to Top IBAC congratulates Coulson Group on safety standard achievement Coulson Aviation has modified a Sikorsky S-61 to allow for firefighting at night, recently completing trials in Australia. The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) recently acknowledged the Coulson Group for its accomplishment of Stage 1 registration with the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO), the industry standard for best safety practices. Coulson Aviation has modified a Sikorsky S-61 to allow for firefighting at night, recently completing trials in Australia. Paul Filmer PhotoCoulson Aviation has modified a Sikorsky S-61 to allow for firefighting at night, recently completing trials in Australia. Paul Filmer Photo "Coulson's achievement once again demonstrates that our program is scalable and applicable to a variety of businesses and not dependent on the size or mission of the operation," commented Bennet Walsh, IS- BAO program director. "We congratulate them on this accomplishment and are excited about their safety system being teamed with the IS-BAO. We are looking forward to the evolution of their safety culture." The Coulson Aviation Group's IS-BAO achievement includes its international fleet operations of C-130 Hercules, Boing 737 Fireliner, and Sikorsky S-61 aircraft based in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The key values for the family business that began in 1960 as a small logging company include safety, sustainability, and environmental friendliness. "Our team has been working hard for the past few years to get to this point and the IS-BAO achievement means a lot to everyone here at Coulson" said Britton Coulson, vice president of aviation. "Emergency response and aerial firefighting are high-risk operations and anything we can do to reduce these risks is beneficial to our business, and that is what IS-BAO is all about." Launched in 2002, the IS-BAO is a voluntary, global code of best safety practices for the business aviation industry designed by the business aviation industry. IS-BAO is built upon and consistent with the standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization and has the safety management system (SMS) concept at its core. IS-BAO registered business aviation operators are located in 50 different countries and the Standard is recognized by several national regulatory authorities. The Coulson Group utilizes tools such as its SMS to empower employees to focus on a safety-oriented culture. Becoming IS-BAO-registered takes the SMS to a new level by using industry-proven best practices to help Coulson achieve the highest level of safety, professionalism, and customer service. "We hear other operators in our industry refer to IS-BAO as only being beneficial for business aircraft operators, but we can say, with absolute certainty, that going through this process has not only helped us identify our risks, but it has made us better at what we do," added Britton Coulson. The Coulson's family roots go back to the forestry industry and evolved into a conglomerate of companies across a variety of industries, including aviation. Today, Coulson is a leader in aerial firefighting with its unique tanker fleet used to battle wildfires for various entities, including the US Forest Service. "IS-BAO standards represent best business practices that have been vetted world-wide," stated John Kent Hamilton, aviation safety manager for the US Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain region. "The USFS has committed to these standards and knowing that Coulson has achieved Stage 1 IS-BAO builds on the confidence and trust that facilitate the continual improvement of the USFS Aviation Safety Management System. Congratulations!" added Hamilton. https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/ibac-congratulations-coulson-group-on-safety-standard- achievement/ Back to Top New FAA Drug Policy Eases Certificate Reinstatement The FAA is issuing a new policy that will offer eligible commercial pilots whose certificates were revoked for allegedly violating drug or alcohol testing a process for quick settlement of their case and re-issuance of their certificate. The new policy goes into effect October 1. Currently, a commercial pilot who receives a disqualifying drug or alcohol test result or refuses to take a test may face certificate revocation and may not apply for recertification for a minimum of one year. The period of time between the FAA's discovery of a violation and the re-issuance of a certificate or issuance of a special certificate can be lengthy. During this period, a pilot may have long successfully completed FAA-required steps necessary to be found eligible for issuance. Under the new policy, a pilot whose certificate was revoked may within 10 days request consideration for a prompt settlement of the legal enforcement action. This procedure is expected to allow pilots who have established the qualifications to hold a new certificate, and have met the requirements for a special issuance consistent with participation in the agency's "human intervention motivation study (HIMS) program," to more quickly assume commercial flight crewmember duties. "Indeed, it should allow pilots to apply for a new pilot certificate closer in time to a determination that the pilot is eligible for a special issuance (following timely evaluation, treatment, and continuing comprehensive care in accordance with the HIMS program)," the FAA said. "Further, the added predictability of this process should allow...both the pilot and the FAA to better allocate limited resources." However, this program is available only to first-time violators. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-07-20/new-faa-drug-policy-eases- certificate-reinstatement Back to Top Aerobatic Pilot Patty Wagstaff to Keynote NTSB "Safety Road Show" at Oshkosh WASHINGTON (July 19, 2018) - The National Transportation Safety Board will host a "safety road show" at EAA AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, highlighting the prevention of in-flight loss of control. More general aviation pilots and passengers die from accidents involving loss of control than any other single cause. WHAT: A panel of industry and government general aviation safety experts will discuss loss-of-control causes, prevention strategies and solutions, and NTSB air safety investigators and medical officers will present accident case studies. WHEN: Tuesday, July 24, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT WHERE: Wittman Airport Forum Building 6 WHO: Patty Wagstaff, U.S. and International Aerobatic Champion Aviator NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt NTSB Board Member Earl Weener Tim LeBaron, NTSB, Deputy Director for Regional Operations Sean Elliott, EAA, Vice President, Advocacy and Safety Richard McSpadden, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Executive Director Corey Stephens, FAA, Accident Investigation and Prevention Jim Higgins, University of North Dakota, Educator Dr. Nicholas Webster, NTSB, Medical Officer Pam Sullivan, NTSB, Senior Air Safety Investigator Mike Folkerts, NTSB, Air Safety Investigator Dan Bass, General Aviation Pilot The NTSB will have a booth in the Federal Pavilion. Other NTSB presentations during Oshkosh are listed here. https://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12421242/aerobatic-pilot-patty-wagstaff-to-keynote-ntsb- safety-road-show-at-oshkosh Back to Top Rare Twin Mustang among vintage military aircraft coming to EAA AirVenture Had World War II lasted longer, it's possible the XP-82 Twin Mustang would have earned a more distinguished place in military aviation history. But before the unusual fighter/escort aircraft could begin rolling off assembly lines just as Mustangs, Corsairs and Hellcats before it, the war ended and only a few hundred XP-82s were manufactured. All but five of them were eventually scrapped, but one of those survivors will be on display and flying at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh when the weeklong aviation convention starts Monday. "I'm really excited about the XP-87," said EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. "I saw pictures of it as a kid. To see one that is a ground-up restoration will be really interesting." Aircraft restorer Tom Reilly discovered a complete XP-82 airframe at an Ohio farm and then found engines, propellers and other parts to complete the 10-year restoration. EAA AirVenture will be the first public appearance for the restored plane. Based on the P-51 Mustang design, the XP-87 featured twin fuselages and two specially designed Rolls- Royce engines. It was designed late in World War II as a long-range fighter escort to accompany B-29 bombers for thousands of miles on missions in the Pacific. Following World War II, the U.S. used the plane, by then known as the F-82, as all-weather interceptors and during the Korean War, it was the first U.S. Air Force plane to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean aircraft destroyed by U.S. forces were shot down by F-82s. "They've been restoring this plane for some time and they view Oshkosh as the place where they want to unveil the plane," Pelton said. The restored XP-82 is just one of more than 300 vintage warbirds scheduled to appear at AirVenture among the 10,000 planes that fly in for the event. Advance ticket sales have been similar to last year though weather can impact the number of visitors from Wisconsin deciding to drive to the convention. Last year, a record crowd turned out to see the Navy's Blue Angels. Though no military flight demonstration teams are scheduled to visit AirVenture this year, there are plenty of things to see and do. "This is a great opportunity for families to see all aspects of aviation from homebuilding, vintage planes and vintage military aircraft to the most modern jets," said Pelton. "I think that's what caused us to create such a stable, large crowd is the diversity." Among this year's highlights: * A lighted drone show featuring dozens of drones flying in formation during the Wednesday and Saturday night air shows. * The "One Week Wonder" project will allow AirVenture visitors help build a Van's RV12 single engine plane during the seven days of the convention. * The centennials of the end of World War I and the Royal Air Force will be celebrated with vintage aircraft, re-enactors and lectures. * The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command is bringing a Boeing E-4 Airborne Command Post for the first time to Oshkosh. The Air Force has four E-4 planes with one on alert at all times because they can be used to run the country from the sky in case of a disaster. If you go What: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018. When: Monday through Sunday. Gates open at 7 a.m. each day. Exhibit buildings open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Airshows are held each afternoon. A night airshow is scheduled to start about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, followed by fireworks. How much: Daily rates for non-EAA members are $49 for adults; $27 for students 6-18; and free for children 5 and younger. Parking is $10. For more information: www.eaa.org/en/airventure https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/07/20/twin-mustang-among-rare-warbirds- coming-airventure/792662002/ Back to Top United Cites Fleet 'Complexity' as Hurdle to New Aircraft Types Airbus SE and Embraer SA are facing a higher hurdle in selling their newest regional jets to United Continental Holdings Inc. because the carrier is increasingly reluctant to add the costs of managing a new aircraft type in its fleet. The airline has become more sophisticated about "understanding the cost of complexity" in its fleet, Gerry Laderman, United's acting chief financial officer, said Wednesday on a quarterly earnings call. Even if a particular new aircraft is perfect for a route, "if that means bringing in a new fleet type, you've got to burden that with all the cost associated with that,'' he said. For several years, United has analyzed various options for smaller, single-aisle aircraft. The carrier currently flies older Boeing Co. 737-700s with 118 seats and Airbus A319s with 128 seats. That's led to speculation that United may be in the market for a newer generation of larger regional jets such as the E2 family from Embraer SA or the Airbus A220, a model developed as the C Series by Bombardier Inc. The A220 has typical seating capacity in the 100 to 150 range. The E2 models seat 80- 146 people. United's labor contract with its pilots limits how many jets the airline can fly under agreements with its regional partners. The carrier isn't considering moving large regional jets into its mainline fleet because it would cost more than $1 million annually in additional pilot compensation for each of the planes, which generate only about $10 million in revenue per year, President Scott Kirby said Wednesday. "You take an airplane that's nicely profitable and you turn it unprofitable with that kind of cost structure,'' Kirby said. On Monday, United said it's buying 25 Embraer 175 aircraft to replace Bombardier Inc. CRJ-700s. United currently flies 190 of the larger Embraer, and 65 CRJ-700s. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-18/united-cites-fleet-complexity-as-hurdle-to-new- aircraft-types Back to Top Garmin Pilot App Updated with Real-Time Engine Monitoring Analytics, Data, engine tracking, Garmin, Garmin Pilot, real-time monitoring, weather Garmin Pilot engine monitoring on iOS. (Garmin) Garmin International is adding new features to the Garmin Pilot mobile app. New functions include wireless real-time display and play-back of engine data via Flight Stream 510 and a document viewer that provides easy access to the Garmin aviation library. Real-time engine performance and trend data is available when the app is paired with an EIS-capable TXi flight display or the G1000 NXi-integrated flight deck. Upon landing, the flight data log is wirelessly uploaded to the flyGarmin website and is stored securely within the app and on flyGarmin. Within the flyGarmin website, pilots can access detailed information related to any flight, play back the flight and download data logs. Pilot-configurable exceedances can also be set within the flyGarmin website. In the event an exceedance occurs, pilots can receive an email alert. The new document viewer within Garmin Pilot helps pilots better organize and access a variety of informational products, including the latest Garmin library of manuals such as pilots guides, cockpit reference guides and aviation handbooks. The premium version of Garmin Pilot allows customers to access popular cloud storage sites like DropBox. Additional updates are coming depending on whether the app is used on Apple or Android. For the Apple version, the enhancements are expected to include: * Pilots can view the Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) within Garmin Pilot, which is a plain-English narrative developed by meteorologists at the National Weather Service. * Model Output Statistics (MOS) are accessible within the app, which displays a forecast similar in format to the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF). The MOS is updated hourly and the forecast extends 72 hours into the future. * Within the U.S. and Europe, pilots can view base reflectivity radar, which utilizes the lowest elevation scan to display precipitation falling from the clouds better than other radar scans. * Pilots can create a custom map shapefile on a computer to design a customized map so it's easier to reference their position relative to a specific geographic area, such as a practice area. This map file is transferred from a computer via email and then uploaded within the app. Enhancements to the Android version are expected to include: * Storm cell movement displays the projected path of a storm. An orange circle paired with a line that extends from the strongest storm cells shows its potential path in 15, 30, 45 and 60-minute intervals. If hail or tornadic activity is present, a corresponding icon will also be displayed alongside the particular storm cell line. * Pilots can also view the Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) that is disseminated in a plain-English narrative within the app. https://www.aviationtoday.com/2018/07/22/garmin-pilot-app-updated-real-time-engine-monitoring/ Back to Top Middle Georgia State prepares next generation of Delta pilots Middle Georgia State University School of Aviation student Ty Templeton hops off the University's Piper Archer III while performing a pre-flight inspection Friday. The university has been selected to participate in the Delta Propel Pilot Career Path Program. MACON, GA - Middle Georgia State University is one of eight schools in the nation chosen to be a pipeline for new Delta Air Lines pilots. The Atlanta-based airline is looking to hire 8,000 pilots over the next decade as pilots begin to reach the mandatory retirement age of 65, according to a news release. The Delta Air Lines Propel Pilot Career Path Program will provide selected students with a "qualified job offer," which puts them on a specific, accelerated path to becoming Delta pilots. Students also will receive mentoring from Delta. "Obviously Delta is one of the premier institutions in aviation," said Chad Fischer, assistant chief flight instructor at Middle Georgia State. "We're just glad that they've chosen to have this agreement with us." The number of students selected to participate in the program will be up to Delta. But Middle Georgia State has about 100 students that are qualified to apply for the program, said Adam Holloway, department chair and chief flight instructor at the university. One of Delta's goals of the program is to help rectify a pilot shortage, Fischer said. Over 630,000 new commercial airline pilots will be needed worldwide between 2017 and 2036, according to a 2017 study by Boeing aircraft manufacturing company. North America alone will require 117,000 pilots. "The Propel program will supplement the airline's current recruiting structure, which includes recruiting and hiring pilots currently flying in the airline, military and corporate sectors," Catherine Simmons, Delta corporate communications leader, wrote in an email. Students must be involved in the Restricted Airline Transport Pilot Program at one of the eight selected schools to apply, according to the Delta Propel program's website. They also have to be at least a private pilot in their junior or senior year, or flight instructors who graduated within the previous six months. Eligibility also requires applicants to have completed at least one Part-141 flight course. Applications open for students Aug. 1. Ty Templeton, a junior and recent transfer student, said he looks forward to applying. "This is what I could do for the rest of my life," he said about being a pilot. "Delta would be a perfect place for me to work hopefully in the future." Pilots can make about $60,000 their first year, Holloway said. The next year they can make as much as $100,000. The other schools selected for the Propel program are Auburn University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach and Prescott, Middle Tennessee State University, Minnesota State University at Mankato, University of North Dakota and Western Michigan University. "We feel like we provide just as good a quality flight training, if not better, than the schools that are a part of this program as well," Holloway said. https://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article215085390.html Back to Top Female pilots still face uphill struggle over perceptions * Today, just 3 per cent of professional pilots worldwide are women Salma al Baloushi, Etihad's first female pilot, talks to new recruits. Reem Mohammed / The National When a stricken Southwest Airlines jet was expertly landed after an emergency descent in April, saving 148 lives, it was a surprise to some that a woman was at the controls. Role models remain few and far between for women wanting to enter the cockpit, rather than serve the onboard drinks, despite a huge shortage of pilots worldwide. "So often we're shown men as pilots, and women as cabin crew. This could be sending a message to young girls that if they want to work in aviation, it can't be as a pilot," the British Airline Pilots' Association told AFP. But things are finally starting to change and a few airlines are trying to redress the gender imbalance. Europe's biggest budget carrier easyJet, under an initiative named after pioneer aviator Amy Johnson, wants 20 per cent of its new cadet pilots to be women by 2020. Today, just 3 per cent of professional pilots worldwide are women, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The UN agency estimates that passenger numbers will double over the next 20 years, and that airlines will need to recruit 620,000 pilots to keep up with the demand. Tammie Jo Shults is one of those few women. Ms Shults, one of the first female fighter pilots for the US Navy, performed heroics in safely bringing down her Southwest Boeing 737 after an engine blowout. One passenger died in the incident. According to retired captain Kathy McCullough, "having someone in the spotlight who's a lady who does a great job just points out that it can happen and does happen and isn't really that much of a surprise". Nevertheless, Mr McCullough said after Ms Shults hit the headlines that her generation of female pilots were still waiting to pass the baton to another. "Until we reach a tipping point, which is supposedly 20 per cent, I don't think we'll see much in the way of a change," she told National Public Radio. The Top Gun machismo attached to aviation runs deep. In the UAE, there has been positive change but, like everywhere else, there are assumptions women face that men don't. "What will you do when you get married?" was the first question Salma Al Baloushi was asked a decade ago during a job interview to become a pilot, The National reported last summer. That question stings Etihad's first female pilot to this day. Ms Al Baloushi said it was family support that helped her wear down the naysayers who disapproved when she travelled from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi to apply for a pilot's position that she saw in a magazine. "My mother was worried but she supported me even though some people cut off relations with me because they thought the job was not appropriate for a woman. Now their girls are engineers and wear the same dress that I'm wearing and they realise they were wrong." Ms Baloushi graduated as first officer in 2012. Like most women, she has learnt to juggle career, home and acknowledges that her husband's involvement in caring for their two children has helped her devote time to work. "People felt I would have to choose between my career and family. But I love both my work and my family and it is support at home, from my husband, my family and from my batch mates that have helped me focus on my job." Commercial flying doesn't lend itself to a work-family balance, giving organisations such as the ICAO and the International Society of Women Airline Pilots an uphill challenge to entice more women into the profession, AFP said. The society says just over 7,400 pilots flying for commercial airlines are female, or 5.2 per cent of the global total. United ranks best with 7.4 per cent. Ironically Southwest, Ms Shults's employer, has just 3.6 per cent. It is not just employment practices that the International Society of Women Airline Pilots has to confront but passenger prejudices as well, according to former chairwoman Liz Jennings Clark. A captain with Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia, 55-year-old Ms Clark likes when possible to come out of the cockpit and say goodbye to her passengers at the end of a flight. But she said that many still hand their litter to her, mistaking her for cabin crew. Girls who want to grow up as pilots still lack role models, agreed Sophie Coppin, diversity officer at the French Civil Aviation University in Toulouse. Among both students and their parents, "there is a conscious or unconscious suppression" of the idea of women as aviators, she said. About 15 per cent of the student pilots at the French university are women. Double that figure are training as air traffic controllers, another sector suffering an acute shortage of entrants. There has, at least, been some progress since 1979 when Ms Shults, 56, was at high school and attended a careers lecture on aviation by a retired colonel. The Southwest pilot said she was the only girl in the class, and he started by asking her if she was lost. "I mustered up the courage to assure him I was not and that I was interested in flying," she wrote in a book about female military aviators. "He allowed me to stay, but assured me there were no professional women pilots." https://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/female-pilots-still-face-uphill-struggle-over-perceptions- 1.752878 Back to Top A Soviet Ace Shot Down Nazi Pilots With Great Skill, But Her Feats Are Mostly Forgotten Today Yekaterina Budanova, who died in combat 75 years ago today, reveals a larger story about the complicated history of women soldiers in the Red Army Pictured at center, Yekaterina Budanova was one of the only women fighter pilots of World War II, and remains one of the most successful in history. (Wikimedia Commons) "I am now devoting my entire life to the struggle against the vile Nazi creatures," Yekaterina Budanova wrote to her sister in the early years of World War II. "If I am fated to perish, my death will cost the enemy dearly. My dear winged 'Yak' is a good machine and our lives are inseparably bound up together; if the need arises, we both shall die like heroes." It was a prescient letter. On July 19, 1943, just two years after enlisting in military aviation for the Soviet Red Army, Budanova was shot down by German Messerschmitt planes. Killed at age 26, she was one of the world's first female fighter aces (a pilot who shoots down enemy aircraft) and remains one of the most successful, along with fellow Soviet pilot Lydia Litvyak. That Budanova was able to achieve so much is a testament to the willingness of the Soviet military to allow women into their ranks at all levels, at a time when no other Western nations did. But Budanova and her fellow women soldiers faced plenty of challenges along the way, including disapproval from their superiors and a lack of recognition from the government. The war was won with the help of women-but that's not how Soviet leadership wanted history to be remembered. Although thousands of women fought for the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (which began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended with the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922), it wasn't until a law on "universal military duty" was passed in 1939 that women could formally be accepted into the military. But even that law proved more theoretical than practical: at the time of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, very few women served in the Soviet military. "Initially, Red Army recruiters were very reluctant to accept women into the military, although thousands volunteered in the belief that they had the right and obligation to take up arms in defense of the Soviet Motherland," said Roger D. Marwick, professor of modern European history at the University of Newcastle, Australia, by email. The co-author of Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War, along with Euridice Charon Cardona, Marwick added that once women proved their ability to accomplish any number of tasks-from working as snipers to anti-aircraft gunners-they earned the respect of their commanders. This was true of women in aviation as well. Budanova, like other women, belonged to a civilian aeroclub before the war, where she earned her pilot's license and eventually became a flight instructor. The enthrallment with women pilots occurred across the country, as more women began working in factories in the pre-war years. In 1938, a state-sponsored all-women crew piloted the plane Rodina across Russia, setting a new record for nonstop flight by women and surviving a crash-landing in Siberia. One member of this expedition, Marina Raskova, would go on to found three women's air regiments, including the one that Budanova flew in. While those regiments were meant to be reserve troops, the high casualties inflicted on the Red Army meant women aviators went on more and more actual missions and were increasingly integrated with men's units. Eventually, Budanova was assigned to a regiment that included men, and she "earned the right to conduct 'lone wolf' or freelance operations just like the best male pilots," which involved going on patrol without any backup, writes Kristal Alfonso in Femme Fatale: An Examination of the Role of Women in Combat and the Policy Implications for Future American Military Operations. But even at that level, the men could be dismissive of women pilots. "They met us with distrust in the division," remembered squadron navigator Galina Ol'khovskaia. "The male pilots could not accept the idea that, just like men, some girls had mastered complicated equipment and would be able to complete any sort of combat mission." At times, the male pilots even swooped in on formations by the women pilots, forcing them to scatter. Despite facing harassment and disdain, thousands of women continued enlisting in the military. By the end of the war, estimates for women participants go as high as 800,000. While many acted in traditionally feminine roles-nurses, secretaries, cooks-plenty of others fought on the frontlines. The Soviet Union, desperate for manpower, sent more women into combat than any other nation before or since, writes Lyuba Vinogradova in Avenging Angels: Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps. But apart from highlighting the stories of a limited number of women soldiers for propaganda purposes, the Soviet government mostly hid the work women were doing. Yekaterina Budanova, left, with fellow ace Lydia Litvyak, posing together in 1943. (Wikimedia Commons) "In good part this was because they did not want the Red Army to appear weak because it was recruiting women," Marwick said. "More fundamentally, Soviet authorities did not want to raise the expectations of women that they would have permanent or frontline roles in the military." The concern about appearing weak seems to have been at least somewhat ill-founded, if German opinions are anything to go by. They "looked upon armed Soviet women as 'unnatural' and consequently had no compunction about shooting such 'vermin' as soon as they were captured," writes D'Ann Campbell. And although the United States refused to allow women soldiers to fight, an experiment conducted by Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall found that mixed-gender units performed better than all-male units. While American and British women played roles in their respective militaries, they weren't allowed to actually fire weapons. "What stopped the British, Americans, and Germans from allowing the [anti-aircraft] to pull the trigger was their sense of gender roles-a sensibility that had not yet adjusted to necessity," Campbell writes. "Young men furthermore saw military service as a validation of their own virility and as a certificate of manhood. If women could do it, then it was not very manly." Yet Soviet women did do it, often putting themselves in extreme danger. Marwick notes that women in night-bomber crews were "really breaking new and very dangerous ground when they took to the skies in tiny, vulnerable bi-planes," and that women soldiers were almost certainly tortured and killed if they were captured by Nazi fighters "who regarded them as monstrous Amazons." Budanova would die at the hands of German pilots, but only after she took down several herself. On July 19, 1943, she and several other pilots were on an escort mission, protecting bomber planes over Ukraine. While the bombing run was successful, the team came under attack by three Luftwaffe fighters on their return flight. Budanova engaged them, shooting down one and hitting a second, but her own aircraft suffered serious damage. She crashed in the countryside of Novokrasnovka and was found alive by some farm workers, but died before any doctors could arrive. Although her exact number of hits remains uncertain, it's believed that Budanova took down six enemy aircraft on her own and shared in four group victories at the time of her death. Although Budanova's accomplishments were celebrated, most of the work done by women was quietly dismissed at the end of the war. Even before the Allied troops won, Soviet paper Pravda wrote that the women soldiers should not "forget about their primary duty to nation and state-that of motherhood." Women who served in the military were forced to turn in their uniforms and take up more traditional roles, though they also continued in the workforce due to the enormous death toll-27 million-at the end of the war. "Wartime saw a temporary challenge to traditional gender roles, but once victory was in sight women were needed to reproduce and rebuild the country," Marwick said. "In the long run, meaning the 1960s onward, women took on workforce roles that Western feminism had to agitate for, in engineering and medicine particularly. Soviet men, however, continued to dominate supervisory and leadership roles." As for the Russian military today, women are allowed to serve, but still confront various forms of sexism, including being encouraged to participate in state-sponsored military beauty pageants. The women of the past and present may be allowed to act as "Amazons," but they're also expected to be feminine mothers as well. While Budanova was posthumously awarded the prestigious Hero of the Russian Federation award in 1993, her legacy remains little-remembered in the annals of World War II history. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/soviet-ace-shot-down-nazi-pilots-with-great-skill-but-her- feats-are-mostly-forgotten-today-180969698/ Back to Top Parachutes for NASA's Next Crewed Spaceship Pass Key Test The parachutes for NASA's next crew vehicle, the Orion capsule, passed a drop test over the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona, on July 12, 2018. Credit: NASA The parachutes that will slow NASA's Orion crew capsule during its descent back to Earth aced an important test last week. Orion's parachute system "deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles [10.6 kilometers) on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona," NASA officials wrote in a statement Wednesday (July 18). "Data from the successful seventh drop in a series of eight qualification tests will help NASA engineers certify Orion's parachutes for missions with astronauts." The last of those eight tests is planned for September, when the chutes will fly with a capsule that looks a lot like Orion, the officials added. (Last week's trial used a dart-shaped "test article.") [The Orion Space Capsule: NASA's Next Spaceship (Photos)] NASA is developing Orion to help get astronauts to distant destinations such as the moon and Mars. The capsule has flown to space once: In December 2014, it launched on an uncrewed mission to Earth orbit called Exploration Flight Test-1. That mission ended, after 4 hours and two laps around Earth, with a successful, parachute-aided splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast. Orion's next spaceflight is another uncrewed test, called Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), which will send the craft on a three-week trip around the moon. NASA plans to launch EM-1 - which will also be the maiden flight of NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket - by June 2020, and perhaps as early as December 2019. After that will come Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2), the first crewed flight of the Orion-SLS system. EM-2, which is scheduled to lift off in 2023, will launch four astronauts on a lunar flyby mission. Orion's parachute system consists of 11 individual chutes - "three forward-bay cover parachutes, two drogue parachutes, three pilot parachutes and three main parachutes that will reduce the capsule's speed after re-entry in support of a safe landing in the ocean," NASA officials wrote in the same statement. Each main parachute expands to a diameter of 116 feet (35 meters) when deployed in Earth's atmosphere, they added. But all this material is packed into a container the size of a large suitcase for loading aboard Orion. In its compressed configuration (which is achieved with the aid of hydraulic presses, baking and vacuum sealing), each main chute has a density of about 40 lbs. per cubic foot (640 kilograms per cubic m) - about the same as a chunk of wood from an oak tree, NASA officials said. https://www.space.com/41222-nasa-orion-capsule-parachute-test-photo.html Back to Top There's still time to book your place on Applied Safety Assessment Workshop This continuing professional development (CPD) programme has been developed to provide you with practical experience in conducting a system safety assessment (SSA) on an aircraft. There are still places available on the next iteration of this short course: Applied Safety Assessment Workshop: 06 - 10 Aug 2018 Key topics include: * Functional hazard assessment (FHA) * Particular risks * Enhanced fault tree analysis (EFTA) * Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) * Zonal safety analysis This course is presented in association with RGW Cherry and Associates and you will benefit from Cranfield's unique combination of academic rigour and industry experience. We look forward to welcoming you to Cranfield soon. Contact us on: E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk T: +44 (0)1234 754189 ACM122 Back to Top ISASI 2018 Intercontinental Hotel, Festival City, Dubai. 30 October to 1 November, 2018 "The Future of Aircraft Accident Investigation" ISASI is pleased to announce that the preliminary Technical Program for ISASI 2018 is now posted. It is, of course, subject to change between now and the end of October. All up to date information, including registration forms for the seminar and a reservation link for the hotel can be found at http://isasiannualseminar.com/ We look forward to seeing all of you in Dubai. Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top 64th Air Safety Forum - Join Us! safetyforum.alpa.org July 30 - August 2, 2018 | Washington, DC CONFIRMED KEYNOTES INCLUDE * Senator Tammy Duckworth * Capt. Tim Canoll - President, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l * The Honorable Dan Elwell - Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration * The Honorable Howard "Skip" Elliott - Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) * Mr. Paul Rinaldi - President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association PANELS INCLUDE(visit safetyforum.alpa.org for panel descriptions) * Fire In The Hold: Anticipating/Preventing Fires from Passenger Checked Baggage * Meet the Doctors * Pilot Peer Support: The Next Phase In ALPA's Approach to Pilot Wellness * Disruptive Passengers: Keeping Problems Off the Airplane * Data Mining for Safer Skies * Flight Deck Access in the Post 9/11 Age * Pilots & Controllers -- Managing Change in an Evolving NAS AGENDA AT A GLANCE (visit safetyforum.alpa.org for agenda details) MONDAY, JULY 30 (all Monday sessions are invite only) 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. General Session (Open only to ALPA Members) 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ASO Workshops, Council Meetings, Trainings, Jumpseat Forum & Aviation Security Forum TUESDAY, JULY 31 (all Tuesday sessions are invite only) 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - ASO Workshops, Council Meetings, Trainings, Jumpseat Forum & Aviation Security Forum WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Jumpseat Council Meeting (ALPA members only) 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Ask Your ASO (ALPA members only) 12:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Air Safety Forum (open to the public) THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 (open to the public) 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Air Safety Forum 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - ALPA Air Safety Forum Awards Reception 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - ALPA Air Safety Forum Awards Banquet THANK YOU SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS! Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities available. Email airsafetyforum@alpa.org for more information. Back to Top This course was created in collaboration with Curt Lewis's Flight Safety Information. Learn more from Beyond Risk Management Producer, Captain Elaine Parker, at https://vimeo.com/273989821 Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY Dear pilots, My name is Michail Karyotakis, F-16 Fighter Pilot and postgraduate student 'Air Safety Management' at City University of London. Currently, I am working on my research project, which is the final part of my studies at City to gain a Master of Science (MSc) degree. My research project, entitled 'Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the 21st century. On attaining safer UAS flights based on current and future challenges and considerations.', aims to determine how UAS flights can become safe enough, so manned and unmanned air operations could be conducted simultaneously without compromising the safe performance of the entire aviation industry. To support my project research with data I have created a web survey for pilots, and via this way, I kindly ask your help by participating in the survey. The survey is not affiliated with any airline, training organisation, or any other. Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous (if desired by the participant). The survey will take about 12 minutes of your time to complete and is open for participation until 13 August 2018. Also, I would be very grateful if you could forward this message to other pilots in your contact list or spread the word in the airline or air force you are working for. Please click the link below to enter the survey: SURVEY WEB LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LC6RXZN Thank you in advance for your time and patience. Your participation is highly appreciated. Kind regards, Michail Karyotakis * Mobile phone number: +30 6983514058 * Student email: michail.karyotakis@city.ac.uk Curt Lewis