Tag: PILOTS
British Government releases UFO files
The UK government has unveiled its secret UFO files, and the contents are sometiems surprising, sometimes amusing."The most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air traffic controllers and...
Airline pilots flying slower to save fuel
It may take longer to get to your destination now, as airline pilots are slowing down in order to try and cut their airlines' rising fuel bills."This is saving the aviation industry money and helping carriers fend...
Scott Weiland Pleads No Contest to DUI
This is the second DUI conviction for the former-Velvet Revolver singer and STP frontman. Let's give him a hand for consistent inconsistency..."Scott Weiland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving...
Predator Pilots Burning Out
I find this very surprising: pilots of unmanned combat aircraft are burning out faster than pilots of conventional fighter jets."A US military report says pilots operating the well-known Predator drone aircraft suffer far higher levels of mental stress than flyboys who are...
Probe blames pilots for Adam Air crash: Indonesia...
"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An investigation into the January 2007 crash of an Indonesian Adam Air plane in which all 102 passengers and crew died has blamed pilot error for the disaster, transport officials said here Tuesday.The two pilots accidentally disconnected the...
AJT for Indian Air force
"Bangalore (ABC Live): The search for Advanced Jet Trainer by Indian Air force ended on Saturday when Indian Air Force officially inducted Britain built AJT ‘Hawk’ to train its budding pilots."
Reporter carries knife and toy gun on to plane un...
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JUST 24 hours after two pilots were stabbed in their cockpit over Christchurch, I boarded a plane at our largest airport with a knife and a fake revolver
Nervously arriving at Auckland Airport yesterday for the 10.30am Air New Zealand flight to Napier, I expected to...
Woman Attacks Pilots During New Zealand Flight
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A 33 year-old Somalian woman was arrested after she stabbed two pilots in an attempt to hijack a New Zealand passenger plane. The flight, a 19-seater Air New Zealand NZ2279, was traveling...
Behavioural Profiling of Air Travellers urged
The article below says that 70,000 people were pulled aside in U.S. airports and screened very carefully. Behavioral Profiling is the tool that was used to identify them as potential risks. Of these 70,000 people, all of whom were no-doubt aggravated by the experience of...
Pilots warned of magnetic threat
"Pilots warned of magnetic threat" The City Airport in London (UK) is built on a disused dock, and it has just emerged, after a decade of use, that there are metal stuctures in the runway, and that these might...
Turbulence surprised Air Canada pilots
"View Looking at the Nav Canada forecast for Thursday used by pilots across Canada, Mark Benson, an instructor for Mount Royal College's aviation program, said there was no turbulence forecast anywhere in...
A Few Seconds: Airliners Narrowly Miss In-Air Col...
In this case, when a controller made a mistake, a cockpit alert saved the lives of those aboard two aircraft over Indiana. What's even scarier than the near-miss: normally, the planes would have been flying even...
VIDEO: Former pilots, officials call for UFO study
"An international panel of two dozen former pilots and government officials have called on the U.S. government to reopen its generation-old UFO Investigation as a matter of safety and security, given continuing...
Call for US to re-open UFO file
"A group of former pilots and government officials has called on the US government to re-open an investigation into claims of UFO sightings.
Project Blue Book, run by the US Air Force, was stopped in the late 1960s.
The group, which includes former military officers from...
Iraqi Air Force conducts first mission without U....
"CAMP TAJI — The Iraqi Air Force (IAF) recently flew its first mission without the assistance of its American partners.
Iraqi pilots flew a mission to survey and monitor the power lines here during a mission...
