The new X-51 by Boeing has successfully flew three and half minutes at a record breaking speed of Mach 5. It is basically a unmanned aerial vehicle.It flew at 70,000 feet above ground level .
One more good news from Jet Airways, the order for B-777 and A 330 has been approved by the Board of Directors. Presently Jet is operating with a fleet of 97 aircraft and slowly & steady they are planning to increase the strength.
In order to revive Air India, the board of directors has approved the order to increase the fleet to 245 planes, which means to add 100 more planes to the loss making airline. Spokeman said that this step is favorable as according to normal terms per aircraft there is need of 100-110 persons ,whereas currently airline has
In order to prevent forging of marksheet to get fake CPL licenses, DGCA has decided not to issue marksheets anymore. Now candidates has to download the result from the website and apply for the license directly.
Now Aero modelling championship in India,which was recently organized in Pune. Aero Modellers from all over world came and presented their models. More than 125 models were flying in the sky.This championship was organized by Wings India.
Recenlty, Air India annoucned that females can fly in just Rs 99 plus taxes specially on womens day i.e. 8th March. Rs 99 is for economy class and with Rs 1,199 they can travel in business class.
Taking the account of Indian Airlines crash which happened last year, DGCA is going to set new rule which says hiring of more Pilots and cabin crew. This is going to reduce pilot’s fatigue which will affect a lot for the aviation.
CAE is going to lauch ab initio program for helicopter pilot training at CAE,Gondia. It will train around 100 pilots in a year. This school is a combined venture of Airport Authority Of India and CAE. This academy will give training on around 12 helicopters .
Air India is expecting another bailout package of Rs 2000 Crores in upcoming budget. The cash crunched airline is still bleeding despite other airlines are on a green mark. Air India already received Rs 2000 crores in past two years. Presently,Air India is getting Rs 22 Crores daily,while its expenditure is more than Rs. 30
Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) chief Mr. V K Saraswat said that India’s first indigenous subsonic medium range cruise missile NIRBHAY (Fearless) will be ready to join all three forces of India.
