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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?  I PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT IN 1977. I FLEW it FOR 680 HOURS and INSTALLED a FACTORY-NEW IO-540 LYCOMING 260 HP  ENGINE.  later, I SOLD THIS AIRCRAFT TO A FRIEND and PURCHASED A TWIN COMANCHE-40. My friend FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TILL he SOLD it IN 1987.

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The companies are currently providing seismic risk seminars designed to prepare all public- and private-sector employees for new requirements in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s request for information issued on March 12, in response to the NRC’s Fukushima Near-Term Task Force seismic recommendations. “Introduction to Seismic PRA Methods,” a 1.5-day class focusing on probabilistic risk assessment and its relevance to seismic hazards in the central and eastern United States, is being offered May 22-23 and June 19-20 at the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Bloomington, Minn.

Participants will gain an understanding of NRC requirements outlined in “Request for Information Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.54(F) Regarding Recommendations of the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident,” as well as learn the background and methodology necessary to meet these expected regulations The course delves into the issues facilities will face under the new NRC standards and will familiarize participants with the terminology and approaches used to determine seismic hazards and risks. It also includes an overview of seismic margins approach, seismic hazard evaluation, fragility methodology and seismic PRA accident sequences and quantification. Attendees will learn about the state-of-the-art methods for performing American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ probabilistic risk assessment standard requirements to satisfy future NRC regulations.

Introduction to Seismic PRA Methods is $ 1,299, and includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages. A discount is currently available for those who register for the June class by May 22. A special room rate is also extended to class participants.

For more information about the course, registration and a downloadable brochure visit http://www.nuclearassociates.com/what-we-do/courses/

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This article is one in a series of articles about flight instruction in the United States. Here we examine one of the tooled used in most flight instruction curriculums, the online aviation dictionary. The beneficiary of such an indispensable tool is the student pilot. But also flight instructors, and even aerospace engineers tin realize benefits from a highly effective online dictionary for aviation.

The web developer or webmaster, who has been assigned the task of creating an online aviation dictionary, should also find the following information useful. Here we characterize those elements which produce a highly effective online aviation dictionary, and we provide a list of good online aviation dictionaries along with a discussion about those dictionaries. So what are the components of a highly effective aviation dictionary?

First and foremost, an aviation dictionary should be comprehensive, but not so comprehensive that the student pilot, and flight instructor, must look through many aerospace terms in order to find those terms which are fundamental to flight training. But also, it should be comprehensive enough for the aerospace engineering student, so that at least basic aerospace engineering terms can be found. Therefore, the dictionary for aviation should have a balance between typical termed found in a flight instruction program, and typical termed used by the aerospace engineer student.

Many believe that a dictionary for aviation should have a search component incorporated. This really depends on the degree of comprehensiveness of the aviation dictionary. While a search component may be useful to some, many visitors prefer to see termed laid out on a page the same way they are found in a book. So the decision as to whether the dictionary should have a search component really comes down to how many terms are in the aviation dictionary. A dictionary which has an identical large number of terms probably should have a search component.

It should also be noted that both a dictionary for aviation and an aerospace dictionary should have many common terms. For example, those termed used to describe the force of raised produced by a wing will be found in both of these dictionaries. But mathematical terms, laws of physics, and theorems used to depict lift may only be found in an aerospace dictionary, or more specifically an aerospace encyclopedia. Another words, an elaborate mathematical explanation of the force of lift is not needed in an aviation dictionary.

Also, a dictionary for aviation is not an aviation encyclopedia. An encyclopedia provides a much longer description. Aviation terms tinned be found in Wikipedia, and a long description is given for these terms. For example the call wing lift in Wikipedia consists of an entire page of information, from a discussion of Newton’s Laws to the Kutta–Joukowski theorem. On the other hand, a dictionary for aviation should draw wing lift in one or two sentences. So a good aviation dictionary should provide a description in one to a few sentences.

A few other pointed should made in terming of creating a good online dictionary for aviation. A good online aviation dictionary should consist of images, at least for the most commonly used terms. Also, an aviation dictionary can be part of a large aviation locate, or exist on it’s own as a site. And, if it does not have a search engine, it should be easily navigated so that terms tinned be found quickly.

Finally, and most importantly, the page which make up a dictionary for aviation should not be laden with unnecessary objects and scripts which ensuing in slowing down the loading of the page. There is nothing more annoying to the visitor of any online dictionary then the slow loading of pages. Therefore, aviation dictionary pages should be light-colored and basic, in say to allow for the quickly look up of aviation terms. Word has it that in 2010, Google will be incorporating speed of page loading into their search algorithm. So keeping the page loading speed fast, may in the future help with the all important Google ranking.

Why is this information about the aviation dictionary important? For the builder of a dictionary for aviation, it is important to structure the site so that it incorporates the elements presented here. For the student who is within a flight instruction program, it is important to select an aviation dictionary which also incorporates these elements.

The following is a list of popular aviation dictionaries found online:

alphadictionary.com/
aviastar.org/dictionary_eng.html
dictionary.babylon.com/science/aviation
aviationdictionary.org/
datwiki.net/
naa.edu
pilotportalusa.atspace.com/aviation_dictionary_a.html

In terms of the aviation dictionaries listed above, we found datwiki.nett to be rattling comprehensive, with a tight search engine.  Also, babylon.com had a highly effective aviation dictionary which included a search engine, and language translation capability. AlphaDictionary.com was also highly effective because they incorporate a search of 1065 dictionaries at once when placing a term into their search component. After placement of a search term into their search engine, you get a name of dictionaries which transport the term. The draw back to this method is that it is more time consuming when looking for a definition.

Aviastar.org provides a single page list of terms. Aviationdictionary.org was very comprehensive and had a fast search engine, and had more acronyms then the other online aviation dictionaries. Naa.edu had a good list type aviation dictionary without a sought engine, and it appeared very comprehensive, although I consider their site would appear more professional without the annoying music on their home page. Finally, pilotportalusa.atspace.com/aviation_dictionary_a.html was comprehensive, a list type, with many images.

To conclude, the builder of an aviation dictionary should produce a high level of comprehensiveness, but not to comprehensive, allow for the incorporation of images on each page, make certainly each page is easily navigated to all pages of the dictionary, and most importantly, make certainly apiece page loads quickly even for those visitors who must use a slow connection to the Internet. An online aviation dictionary is an integral component of any flight instruction curriculum. Student pilots, flight instructors, aerospace engineers, or anyone who has an interest in aviation, all are beneficiaries of an useful aviation dictionary.

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I flew from Boston to Chalreston, SC, this weekend, to visit my friend Carrie. This is a shot of the Boston skyline from inside Logan Airport, and the US Airways plane (and flew) that took me there.

Ride Around Pilot Mountain

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Erik accompanied me on my "birthday ride". Every year approach my birthdate, I try to ride the number of miles that I’m turning years previous. Today was a perfect day for this 56 mile ride from Lewisville about Pilot Mt. and back- Camera phone upload powered by ShoZu

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Look close and you will glimpsing some flying fish

PhotonQ-Flying over Chartres

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During a fly over Chatres with a friend. Here is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres."Chartres is a cathedral that inspires superlatives, and there are few architectural historians who have not waxed lyrical about its soaring aisles and delicate carving. These tributes are richly deserved, for Chartres is truly one of the greatest of all French Gothic cathedrals. From a distance it seems to hover in mid-air above waving fields of wheat, and it is only when the visitor draws closer that the city comes into view, clustering around the hill on which the cathedral stands." …And flying o’er it, did increase tenfold the experience and beauty of its architecture =)

Air Arabia, the big low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, set a new World record when one of its A320 aircraft flew 30,000 flight hours in six years. Air Arabia standard special recognition from Airbus, and was awarded for its operational efficiency and for setting new world record.

“This award is an acknowledgment of Air Arabia’s operational excellence and service reliability,” said Adel Ali Abbasi, Board Member and Group Chief Executive Officer of Air Arabia. “It is especially encouraging to receive this recognition by a prestigious aircraft manufacturer such as Airbus.

Over the years, Air Arabia remains focussed on offering the best value to our customers, which means optimum utilisation of our resources, including the state-of the art Airbus A320 aircraft, which represents the heart of our fleet”. Air Arabia fly to over 65 destinations spreading across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Air Arabia offers comfort, reliable and value for money & proudly enchants  “Pay Less. Fly More”.

Air Arabia already operates a fleet of 23 A320s. From its three main hubs, Sharjah in the UAE, Casablanca in Morocco and Alexandria in Egypt, the carrier serves a network of some 65 international routes spread across Europe, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia and North Africa.

The airline, which celebrates its seventh anniversary this month, received the new aircraft during a signing ceremony that took place on October 22, at the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany. The delivery of the 44 aircraft order will take place between 2010 & 2016, and will more than double the size of Air Arabia’s existing fleet of 23 aircraft -  in line with its aim to increase its total operating fleet to over 50 aircraft by 2016.

Combining financial strength and superior operational reliability, Air Arabia aims to expand the size of its existing fleet with the delivery of its 44 aircraft on order, starting end of this year.

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FaceBook users can now track and share the status of their flights, receive flight status alerts, and get current airport and weather conditions right from their FaceBook profile page using a new application from FlightStats. The new application — Flight Tracker by FlightStats — lets users share their flight status and location with their FaceBook friends and follow the progress of friends’ flights over a map.

Installing the Flight Tracker on a FaceBook profile page provides free access to detailed global flight status information, accurate arrival and departure data, world-wide airport arrivals and departures, map-based, real time flight tracking of commercial flights in US airspace and more.

“We worked hard to build a flight tracker that supports FaceBook users’ imperative to share with friends. And we feel as if we’re just beginning to tap into the potential for combining travel technology and social networking,” said Jeff Kennedy, CEO of Conducive Technology, developer of FlightStats.

The application delivers a rich flight status and flight tracking experience, airport weather and delays, flight ratings, airport ratings and shooting status alerts using FlightStats global, real-time data within the FaceBook environment.

The interactive Flight Tracker application refreshes automatically as the flight progresses showing the flight’s progress over a Google ™ map. Companion screens show weather information in both the arrival and departure cities and alert users to any airport delays that might affect the supervised flight. Flight information displayed below the map includes the on-time arrival performance rating for the monitored flight, its scheduled and actual departure time, and its estimated arrival clock.

Flight Alerts Keep Users and Friends Informed

Flight Tracker for FaceBook lets an user set up any number of flight status alerts for specific flight arrivals and departures, each with its own notification options. For any give flight alert, an user can select to have messages:

    Be sent as a Facebook Notification to their own account Posted to their mini-feed along with a flight description for sharing with friends Emailed to any specified address Sent as a text message to a mobile device

Alert messages are sent for:

Status confirmation up to 3 hours prior to departure Notification if the flight is delayed by more than 30 minutes Notification if the flight is canceled or diverted Arrival notification when the flight lands

Users with a FlightStats account can link their FaceBook profile to their FlightStats profile by simply entering their FlightStats user name and password. This synchronizes the user’s preferences such as home airport, email address and mobile phone number for use both in the FaceBook Flight Tracker and on FlightStats.com.

Install the application on a FaceBook profile page today by visiting the Flight Tracker by FlightStats “about” page at:

http://facebook.flightstats.com

About FlightStats:
FlightStats is an airline, airport, and travel information service provided by Conducive Technology Corp. On our Web site at http://www.flightstats.com/ visitors can get flight status, regard on-time performance ratings by flight or by airline, check for current airport delay and weather information, and much more. All services are free to site visitors and many services are available as widgets for installation on other web sites or personalized national pages such as iGoogle and Microsoft Live. FlightStats provides planetary flight status information and is the definitive source for historical airline performance data. Conducive Technology is also a leading supplier of air travel information services to travel agencies, logistics professionals, airlines, airports and industry analysts through software services and application programming interfaces (APIs).

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