Remember Mathias Rust? German pilot proud of Red Square flight 25 years on.
German pilot proud of Red Square flight 25 years on (via AFP)
A German aviator who stunned the Kremlin in May 1987 by landing near Red Square said he helped bring about change in the Soviet Union, in an interview published Monday on the 25th anniversary of his flight. Mathias Rust, 43, told Russian mass-circulation newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda he flew to Moscow…
2012 Reno Air Races: This Year Let’s Make It About The Racing
Less Proving, More Piloting
A story out by the Associated Press, says the 2012 Reno Air Races are still on after a few changes were recommended. That’s great. I had been hoping that the event would continue, and given that the organization has been optimistically going full throttle on their website for many months now (it’s quite shn-azzy) I had a feeling it might go ahead. But I can’t say I was always 100% confident that it would happen again this year (if at all), and to some degree, I wouldn’t have blamed the license issuers if they declined it. Why? Because, (and this purely my opinion), the reason for the crash last year was almost certainly due to stupidity.
Qantas slashes 500 aviation maintenance jobs as part of restructuring
Qantas slashes 500 jobs as part of restructuring (via AFP)
Embattled Australian flag carrier Qantas said on Monday it will axe 500 jobs in its heavy maintenance and engineering operations as part of a restructuring to help slash costs. The move follows an 83 percent slump in first-half net profit in the six months to December and an announcement it would delay…
‘Singapore Girl’ stewardesses can now fly into their 50s: airline (welcomes the 1970′s)
Singapore Airlines stewardesses will now be able to fly well into their 50s after the airline agreed to add up to three years to their careers, the company said Monday. Under the new agreement signed by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Singapore Airlines Staff Union, junior stewardesses — who usually…
Indonesian crews find bodies in Russian Sukhoi SuperJet crash
Indonesian crews find 12 bodies in Russia jet crash (via AFP)
Indonesian rescuers on Friday found the bodies of 12 of the people killed when their Russian jet crashed into the face of a mountain during a sales flight. Questions mounted over how the twin-engine Sukhoi Superjet 100, a new passenger plane with a veteran pilot at the controls, crashed into Mount…
