Aviation News May 13

Nose Landing Gear
A Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) Embraer 190 regional jet has been forced to make an emergency landing without its nose-gear in Mandalay.
Apart from the aircraft’s forward fuselage being in direct contact with the runway, no other damage is apparent. Skillful piloting of a  Myanmar National Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 saw passengers escape injury after the aircraft landed without the nose gear.
Flight  UB-103 from Yangon to Mandalay with 82 passengers and 7 crew was on approach to Mandalay’s runway 17 at about 9:00 am local time when the crew discovered they could extend the nose landing gear.
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/
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Airport Beijing Daxing
New Beijing airport tests its capabilities - Plans for 45 Million passengers
The new airport is scheduled to be operational at the end of September
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1149754.shtml
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Dornier Introduces Orca Amphibian

The highly customizable twin turboprop is being positioned as a cost-effective alternative to helicopters. Based on the company’s Seastar CD2 design, the Orca is intended for governmental missions and can be outfitted for security, search and rescue, and environmental monitoring roles. Features include an all-composite airframe and optional internal and external mission equipment stations.
Dornier says the Orca can be typically equipped with camera and radar systems for search and surveillance, stretchers for medical evacuation and self-protection items for defense purposes, and it can be highly customized for other missions.
https://www.flyingmag.com/dornier-introduces-orca-amphibian

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United Airlines Again...
Amputee Forced to Crawl After United Airlines Confiscates Batteries for His Mobility Scooter
https://www.theepochtimes.com/amputee-forced-to-crawl-after-airline-confiscates-batteries-for-his-mobility-scooter_2903637.html 

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Don’t miss the Paris Airshow in Le Bourget
From June 17 to 23, 2019
See a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsCYn5_Zy-Q&t=14s

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Transat Airlines
Montreal, Canada: The head of communications company Quebecor Inc. says he is exploring a possible acquisition of Montreal-based tour operator Transat A.T., but another prospective buyer is already a step ahead.
https://canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com/2019/05/10/quebecor-ceo-mulls-transat-acquisition/

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Why Aren’t There More Women Pilots?
Cultural Stereotypes and Early Childhood Development:
Is There Anything Being Done to Encourage More Women Pilots?  “Gender equality is achieved when women and men, girls and boys, enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations, and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored. “ – from the ICAO Aviation Gender Summit. Read more:
https://pilotjobcentral.com/the-importance-of-women-pilots-past-present-and-future/

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Cruel Calculation:
Boeing Crash Fight Will Set Price on Victims' Minutes of Terror
The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two doomed jets will be dictated in part by one particularly grim calculation: How long did the victims know they were plunging to their deaths…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-11/boeing-crash-fight-will-set-price-on-victims-minutes-of-terror

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Intern. Aviation Women Conference
Oct. 16 - 18, 2019
Lima-Peru
Exchange ideas and experiences, explore solutions and network with the aviation and aerospace industry’s foremost women leaders in person.
https://iawa.org/

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Air Travel Tips
17 Tricks to Make Your Next Flight Healthier
https://www.rd.com/advice/travel/healthy-flight/1/

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Another MH 370 Theory?
MALAYSIA AIRLINES flight MH370 was a “simple accident” that can be easily explained, according to a private investigator.US pilot and aviation engineer Bruce Robertson claims this was no coincidence.  He suggests the 221kgs of lithium-ion batteries in MH370's cargo caught fire sending a cloud of deadly carbon monoxide into the cabin, forcing Captain Shah to try and save the doomed jet.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1125450/mh370-news-aviation-expert-simple-solution-carbon-minoxide-lithium-ion-battery-spt

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Northern Canada
Mining industry forecast tied to northern air operations. In May 1924, Laurentide Air Service Limited launched the first scheduled flight in Canada to access gold deposits near Rouyn, Que. Explorers and prospectors realized the benefits of air access to remote mining sites, and from that point on, the fortunes of aviation and mining were inextricably linked.
https://www.skiesmag.com/news/mining-industry-forecast-tied-to-northern-air-operations/

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