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Make no mistake the US stock market is in crisis mode and some of America's greatest companies have lost almost all of their shareholder's value. One industry that is getting hit hard is the airline industry, no, not as bad as the banking sector, but still things are pretty devastating considering the last few years of turbulence due to ultra-high fuel costs.
And as if that was not bad enough there are back-orders for the most fuel-efficient aircraft and the Boeing Company is having yet another huge labor dispute and mechanics strike. While everyone was watching the bank stocks tank and investment banks fail, the airline industry was busy getting hammered also, but not everyone was even watching.
It appears that US Airways, which tried for a merger last year had slipped below two-dollars in July of 2008 and climbed back up for a bit of altitude only to fall again back during the massive sell-off and crash of the stock market in October of 2008. It's been widely predicted that there would be several bankruptcies in the airline sector in 2008 and with all the losses and tightened credit it appears this prediction will come true.
Even with fuel costs coming down in October of 2008, which helps ease the losses and produce profits, investors are scared and running from airline stocks. Of course, all airline stocks have been hit lately. American, Northwest, and Delta Airlines also experienced sell-offs, many of these stocks had lost 75% or more. Indeed, the Airlines are just one victim of the financial crisis. Please consider this.
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Instrument Flight Simulator - Federal Aviation Administration Approves of Flight Simulators For Credit Toward Instrument Flight Rating
If you are a private pilot who is seeking to add an Instrument Rating to your ticket, then you might already be informed of the fact that the Federal Aviation Administration permits you to commit up to a maximum of 20 hours of instruction training in an instrument flight simulator to be used as credit towards your instrument rating.
Of course you may spend more than 20 hours training using a simulator, but only the initial 20 hours will apply, and each of those 20 has to be spent with an instructor and not by yourself, using an FAA approved flight simulation program. (You are of course free to devote as much time as you want on a home-based simulator for the PC to maximize the amount of time you get to practice and perfect your techniques.)
There are several reasons why the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) encourages you to use a flight simulator to log instrument training time in lieu of time spent operating an actual airplane.
Among those reasons is because instrument flight simulator software is able to imitate the behavior and performance of an actual airplane down to the minutest detail. Therefore, training for instrument flight in a simulator is practically the same experience as training for instrument flight in an actual airplane under the hood.
The primary difference between the two experiences of simulated versus actual flight (with respect to instrument training) is that you will not be able to experience the sensations of movement that could otherwise fool you, causing spatial disorientation, during certain maneuvers in flight such as climbs, turns, and descents.
With regard to all of the advancements in computer programming technology that we have available at our disposal in this day and age, in the twenty-first century, one of the greatest and most essential resources that every pilot, without regard to whether he or she happens to be a newbie pilot or an experienced pilot, must have at his or her disposal, is a reliable flight simulator.
A flight simulator can help to bridge the gap during those inevitable periods of indeterminate downtime in between flights.
It could even assist you to touch up on your skills, help you maintain proficiency, and could even enable you to get some additional experience in those areas in which you could use some improvement.
Flight simulator software can help you become a safer pilot.
They can even help you to save money, as well as time, on unnecessary training or unnecessarily having to repeat flying the same practice maneuvers over and over again.
The good news is, flight simulation software is so sophisticated, that flying a simulator is almost every bit as realistic as flying the real deal. The instrument panel is identical. The control inputs are identical. The world "map" built into the simulation is based on real life cartographic information. The way the aircraft performs to various internal (weight and balance, fuel, aircraft performance) as well as external (weather phenomena, air temperature) forces is intended to mimic real life scenarios.
For many people, a flight simulator is nothing more than a really high-tech video game. And in many respects, it can be enjoyed as such. After all, you'll never have to worry about crashing the airplane in a simulation!
But for many others, a flight simulator is a heavy duty learning tool, and for counltess professional pilots, it is an integral part of one's aviation career.
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Need info on Bendix prototype aircraft from 1944-1945?
Trying to help my father-in-law locate information on a prototype aircraft he worked on at the Bendix Aviation Corporation in Detroit Michigan around 1944-45. Been all over the 'net and the closest I've come is this bit from http://www.helis.com/UpTo50s/f_bendix.php:
"After Mr. Bendix’s retirement, the Bendix Corporation founded the Bendix Aviation Division in 1944. This small organization in Detroit developed several aircraft, including a 2 place all metal light plane and an amphibian. For a variety of reasons, none of these aircraft obtained certification by the government or went into production "
My FIL says it was a high wing aircraft, looked like a Stinson (taildragger). Didn't think it ever went into production, like the above quote indicates.
Anyone out there have any pictures, drawings, info or know anyone who used to work at Bendix Aviation in Detroit? Thanks in advance!
Thanks for reminding me of this part of aviation history. Hope the little bit of info I had helps, at least I found some photos on aerofiles.
Bendix Helicopters occupied a building on East Main Street in Stratford, Connecticut, USA from 1945 to 1949. A part of the town’s history that is unknown to most of the area’s population.
Vincent Bendix became famous in automotive fields for inventing an automobile starter motor drive and after that, the four wheel automotive brake system. From there he went to manufacturing aircraft instruments and by 1936, he had become very rich and was sponsoring air races and competitions. Originated in 1931,the Bendix Trophy became a highly honored award for aviation excellence. Jimmie Doolittle won the first Bendix race and trophy for his transcontinental flight from California to the Cleveland Air Races at a speed of 223 miles per hour. Other winners for the cross-country flight were such famous aviation figures as Louise Thaden and Jacqueline Cochran.
After Mr. Bendix’s retirement, the Bendix Corporation founded the Bendix Aviation Division in 1944. This small organization in Detroit developed several aircraft, including a 2 place all metal light plane and an amphibian. For a variety of reasons, none of these aircraft obtained certification by the government or went into production
Helicopters, mc, was founded in 1943, encouraged by the growing success of helicopters manufactured by Sikorsky. The name was changed to Bendix Helicopter, Inc. in 1944. After Mr. Bendix died in March, 1945, the company was reorganized and moved the operations to Stratford, where a labor force with aircraft, especially helicopter, experience was more available now that the war had ended
Initially occupying a small building just north of the railroad, they subsequently built a 10,000 square foot factory for helicopter production. The first Bendix helicopter design proposed was the two place Model G. It was to have a coaxial main rotor system, eliminating the need for a tail rotor, and be powered by a single 165 horsepower engine. While this proposed design was never built, the Model K (NX41817) was their demonstrator/prototype that first flew in 1946. This 2,000 pound gross weight helicopter with a 25 foot coaxial rotor system was powered by a single 100 horsepower engine.
Their test pilot was Les Morris who had helped pioneer the Sikorsky helicopters as an early test pilot. The next year a larger Model L with four seats was constructed. By early 1948 100 hours of flight testing had been accumulated on the Model J.
Due to lack of sales and capital, in January 1947 the large factory building was sold to Manning, Maxwell and Moore, who were taken over by Dresser Industries in 1964.
By September, 1949, Bendix Helicopter was forced to close. In an auction the assets of the company were sold for $4,100 to Gyrodyne, lnc, St. James, Long Island, New York. Gyrodyne continued development of the Helicopters, Inc, Model J as the G.C.A. Model 2.
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Bendix
1936: (Vincent) Bendix Products Corp, 401 Bendix Dr, South Bend IN. 1944: Bendix Personal Airplane Div, Detroit MI.
Bendix 51 [NX34106] (Eric Blocher coll)
51 1945 = 4pClwM; 100hp Franklin 6AC pusher; load: 1000# v: 168/157/53. Twin-boom, twin-tail. POP: 1 [NX34106] with tricycle gear.
Bendix 51A [NX40051] (Eric Blocher coll)
51A 1945 = 4pCmwMAm; 100hp Franklin 6AC; v: 149/138/55. Amphibian version. POP: 1 [NX40051].
Bendix 52 [NX34103] (Eric Blocher coll)
Bendix 55 [NX34110] (Eric Blocher coll)
Bendix 55 Project drawing (Bendix)
55 1945 = Tricycle gear version of 52. POP: 1 [NX34110]. Flight tested at Windsor, Canada, to avoid US newsmen, the four Bendix prototypes were built for market testing, but when no interest was stirred up by 1946 the project was dropped and the planes donated to schools.
I have the original 24-page report on the Bendix model 55 prepared by LaVerne Biasell. According to this report the plane was to have a 100hp Franklin 4A4-100-B10. Max speed: 145, cruise: 136, stall (ailerons drooped): 47. Initial rate of climb: 900 fpm; ceiling: 19000'; range: 650 miles; gross wt: 1620#, empty wt: 1050#; span: 33'0". Further in the report it was estimated to take 164 hours to build each plane at a start-up cost of $1.3 million. (— Eric Blocher 1/11/01)
NASA/NIA 'Aviation Unleashed' to Imagine Future of Aviation
HAMPTON, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About 50 years ago TV animators created a vision of life almost 50 years from now. They predicted in 2062 people would be flying to work and using robots for housework. How close are we to that fictional world of the Jetsons and what are the possibilities – at least for aviation and related fields?
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