NYCAviation Forum - Aviation News http://nycaviation.com/forum/ Discuss the airline and aerospace industries here. en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:38:50 GMT vBulletin 60 http://nycaviation.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png NYCAviation Forum - Aviation News http://nycaviation.com/forum/ MSR985 CAI-JFK diverted to PIK 15/06 http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46022-MSR985-CAI-JFK-diverted-to-PIK-15-06?goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:09:17 GMT Egyptian flight 985 from CAI to JFK was diverted to PIK today 15th June following a security alert. (Hand written threatening note found on board).... Egyptian flight 985 from CAI to JFK was diverted to PIK today 15th June following a security alert. (Hand written threatening note found on board). The flight was escorted into PIK by 2 Typhoon fighters from RAF Leuchars.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22920907 ]]> Aviation News McG http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46022-MSR985-CAI-JFK-diverted-to-PIK-15-06 Photos: Wing of TAM Airlines Aircraft Clips Hangar at JFK Airport http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46021-Photos-Wing-of-TAM-Airlines-Aircraft-Clips-Hangar-at-JFK-Airport?goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:12:28 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Photos: Wing of TAM Airlines Aircraft Clips Hangar at JFK Airport... NYCAviation:
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An Airbus A330 being towed at JFK struck a hangar at JFK Airport Saturday morning.
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46021-Photos-Wing-of-TAM-Airlines-Aircraft-Clips-Hangar-at-JFK-Airport Ford Trimotor at Brookhaven Calabro Airport! http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46016-Ford-Trimotor-at-Brookhaven-Calabro-Airport!?goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:53:48 GMT This weekend there is a 1929 Ford Trimotor N8419 from the Kalamazoo air Zoo operating at Brookhaven Calabro airport! I'll be photographing it tomorrow. ]]> Aviation News sdspinelli2 http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46016-Ford-Trimotor-at-Brookhaven-Calabro-Airport! Competitors, Airlines Flock To Twitter, Congratulate Airbus On A350 Flight http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46014-Competitors-Airlines-Flock-To-Twitter-Congratulate-Airbus-On-A350-Flight?goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:40:05 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Competitors, Airlines Flock To Twitter, Congratulate Airbus On A350 Flight... NYCAviation:
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All the cool companies are on Twitter, that is a fact. Occasionally, these companies decide to have a bit of a chat between each other on Twitter, and the conclusion of the first Airbus A350 was one of those moments. As the celebration at Toulouse began, several competitors and airlines took to Twitter to congratulate [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46014-Competitors-Airlines-Flock-To-Twitter-Congratulate-Airbus-On-A350-Flight Airbus Successfully Completes First A350 Flight http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46013-Airbus-Successfully-Completes-First-A350-Flight?goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:10:13 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Airbus Successfully Completes First A350 Flight (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/iVAmYwCrOiA/) In the... NYCAviation:
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In the early morning hours of Friday, Airbus A350 “MSN1″ climbed into the skies over Toulouse for the very first time. The first flight, just days before the 50th Paris Air Show, is a huge milestone in the A350 program, which is the latest widebody aircraft in the Airbus family. Much like the Boeing 787, [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46013-Airbus-Successfully-Completes-First-A350-Flight US Airways CR2 Damaged @ ORF (PIC) http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46010-US-Airways-CR2-Damaged-ORF-(PIC)?goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:13:01 GMT While I was waiting in ORF for my flight back to DCA (flew down for business) a nasty gail came through and caused some havoc on the ramp. A US... While I was waiting in ORF for my flight back to DCA (flew down for business) a nasty gail came through and caused some havoc on the ramp. A US Airways CRJ-200 that was en-route from BOS to RIC diverted to ORF and soon after the passengers had deplaned, the system came through - the winds moved the plane, blocks and all, and sent an AA baggage tractor from across the ramp right into the side of the plane. As the flight attendant from the flight later commented in the terminal "this was not what I expected when they said we were merging!"

Not terribly news worthy but it sure made for some exciting activity to pass the time at the airport.

Here's a photo I snapped from my phone - you can't make out the hole but it was below the cargo hold door on the left side.

]]> Aviation News Iberia A340-600 http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46010-US-Airways-CR2-Damaged-ORF-(PIC) Airbus Prepares For First A350-900 XWB Flight Tomorrow Morning http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46006-Airbus-Prepares-For-First-A350-900-XWB-Flight-Tomorrow-Morning?goto=newpost Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:06 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Airbus Prepares For First A350-900 XWB Flight Tomorrow Morning... NYCAviation:
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Tomorrow is a big day for Airbus, as the A350-900 XWB is scheduled for its first flight at 10:00am Paris time. The current plan, which is subject to weather conditions, calls for a four hour test flight out of and back to Toulouse. The A350-900 is slated for delivery in the second half of 2014, [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46006-Airbus-Prepares-For-First-A350-900-XWB-Flight-Tomorrow-Morning Emirates Announces Los Angeles A380 Service http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45997-Emirates-Announces-Los-Angeles-A380-Service?goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:10:47 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Emirates Announces Los Angeles A380 Service (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/3iIWGx5dFRY/) On Wednesday... NYCAviation:
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On Wednesday morning, Emirates Airline announced that they will be upgrading their service to LAX from the Boeing 777-300ER to the Airbus A380 starting December 2nd, 2013, adding to the already incredible amount of A380s that LAX sees on a daily basis. “Demand for our award-winning onboard service has steadily grown since we commenced operation [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45997-Emirates-Announces-Los-Angeles-A380-Service Reports: Southwest 737 Escorted To Phoenix By F-16s http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45991-Reports-Southwest-737-Escorted-To-Phoenix-By-F-16s?goto=newpost Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:10:26 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- Reports: Southwest 737 Escorted To Phoenix By F-16s (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/EVXcVKYBaho/) ... NYCAviation:
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NYCAviation is receiving word on Monday evening that Southwest flight 2675, from Los Angeles to Austin-Bergstrom, has been escorted by 2 F-16 fighters into Phoenix. It is unclear what has happened at this point, but we will bring you the latest as it develops. From the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Facebook page: “A Southwest [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45991-Reports-Southwest-737-Escorted-To-Phoenix-By-F-16s ANA Ambassador Trip Report: San Jose to Hong Kong, via Tokyo http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45990-ANA-Ambassador-Trip-Report-San-Jose-to-Hong-Kong-via-Tokyo?goto=newpost Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:50:25 GMT NYCAviation: ---Quote--- ANA Ambassador Trip Report: San Jose to Hong Kong, via Tokyo... NYCAviation:
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  On June 1st, ANA restarted their Boeing 787 service between San Jose, California, and Tokyo, Japan. I previously reviewed the ANA 787 as a part of the ANA Ambassador program, but now it’s time to tell more of the story. This journey began in San Jose, makes it’s way through Tokyo to Hong Kong, [...]
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]]> Aviation News NYCA News http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45990-ANA-Ambassador-Trip-Report-San-Jose-to-Hong-Kong-via-Tokyo Wake up! Photos, video show JFK Airport security guards dozing at key posts http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45988-Wake-up!-Photos-video-show-JFK-Airport-security-guards-dozing-at-key-posts?goto=newpost Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:36:53 GMT From NY Post, what we already knew-

Terror-targeted JFK Airport has become a giant slumber party for some of its security guards — who regularly doze on duty at key posts, according to a former boss and damning photos obtained by The Post.

Although the airport has been at the center of at least one terror plot — and an embarrassing security snafu involving a jet skier last summer — these disturbing infractions seem to mean little to the cadre of guards who catnap on the job, says the ex-boss, Stephen Jackson, 39.

“It was a regular occurrence finding the guards sleeping,” said Jackson, a former manager for FJC Security, which employs about 300 security guards at JFK Airport.

Jackson, an ex-Marine, began working at FJC in August 2011 and became a security-guard supervisor at JFK in December. He was fired May 28 after what he calls a campaign of harassment over everything from his whistle-blowing to his being Hispanic.

The married Staten Island father of four said he typically supervised between 58 and 65 guards over an eight-hour shift at JFK — and regularly caught about six sleeping on duty.

Read the rest of the article here... http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/d...gQIXKp39jaquOI ]]> Aviation News yankees368 http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45988-Wake-up!-Photos-video-show-JFK-Airport-security-guards-dozing-at-key-posts Emergancy landing at EWR after getting hit by lightning http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45981-Emergancy-landing-at-EWR-after-getting-hit-by-lightning?goto=newpost Sat, 08 Jun 2013 05:10:08 GMT A JetBlue flight from Boston to West Palm beach makes an emergancy landing at EWR after getting strucked by lightning at about 11pm Friday night, The... A JetBlue flight from Boston to West Palm beach makes an emergancy landing at EWR after getting strucked by lightning at about 11pm Friday night, The A320 circled around JFK burning some fuel and safely lands at EWR. No one was injured

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I had the flight on flightradar
http://www.flightradar24.com/#!/2013-06-08/01:00/JBU425 ]]> Aviation News Delta777LR http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45981-Emergancy-landing-at-EWR-after-getting-hit-by-lightning Lufthansa to replace the Boeing 747-8I in next decade http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45977-Lufthansa-to-replace-the-Boeing-747-8I-in-next-decade?goto=newpost Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:11:32 GMT In long term replacements, LH is looking to replace the 19 Boeing 747-8Is by sometime in 2025 with the propose 777-8X/777-9X which is not official... In long term replacements, LH is looking to replace the 19 Boeing 747-8Is by sometime in 2025 with the propose 777-8X/777-9X which is not official yet

Story Here:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article...._p0-584172.xml ]]> Aviation News Delta777LR http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45977-Lufthansa-to-replace-the-Boeing-747-8I-in-next-decade FedEx to complete retirement of its last 727Fs in late June http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45969-FedEx-to-complete-retirement-of-its-last-727Fs-in-late-June?goto=newpost Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:46:47 GMT News item & link: http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/new...s-in-late-june ]]> Aviation News teriyakisoz http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45969-FedEx-to-complete-retirement-of-its-last-727Fs-in-late-June TSA Drops Plan to Allow Small Knives on Planes http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45966-TSA-Drops-Plan-to-Allow-Small-Knives-on-Planes?goto=newpost Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:03:26 GMT ---Quote--- The Transportation Security Administration is abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs...
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The Transportation Security Administration is abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes in the face of fierce congressional and industry opposition, the head of the agency said Wednesday.

By scuttling the plan to drop the knives and sports equipment from TSA's list of prohibited items, the agency can focus its attention on other priorities, including expanding its Pre-Check program to identify ahead of time travelers who don't pose a security risk, TSA Administrator John Pistole told The Associated Press.
Full Story: http://seattletimes.com/html/politic...sonplanes.html

So, I can't carry my 2" Swiss Army pocketknife on an airplane, but I can bring a 7" screwdriver... ]]> Aviation News moose135 http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/45966-TSA-Drops-Plan-to-Allow-Small-Knives-on-Planes