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Flight Safety Detectives episode 41: End of a long day and weather add up to disaster
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Greg and John examine the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from American Flight 1420, a MD-80 that crashed at Little Rock Airport in 1999. Greg served as the NTSB investigator in charge (IIC) and John was part of the headquarters support team.

The 30-min recording reveals the pilots were racing the weather as well as fatigue from a long workday. John and Greg walk through the conversation reflected in the recording, highlighting how different decisions could have changed the deadly outcome.
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FAA Chief Dickson likes what he found on 737 MAX test flight
The Seattle Times
The flight included practicing high angle-of-attack patterns, activating the flight control software — the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System — that went wrong on the MAX crash flights in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.
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Lufthansa Technik's voice commands coming to bizjet cabins
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Lufthansa Technik’s in-development "nicechat," which can control cabin entertainment and environmental systems via voice command, is coming to market next year aboard an unnamed aircraft manufacturer's new business jets.
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Why is my engine backfiring?
General Aviation News
Q: I have a Lycoming O-320 (150 hp) on a homebuilt Super Cub. I am using 91 octane auto fuel (no alcohol). This engine has developed a backfire problem after starting. At idle (700-750 rpm) there are some pops and then several louder pops for several minutes and then it seems to quit. My hearing isn’t wonderful, but I think it is coming from the left side of the engine.
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Trouble coming for stored aircraft
Aerotime Hub
As airlines were forced to put their aircraft into short or long-term aircraft storage, companies including maintenance organizations had a heyday as there was an unprecedented amount of demand to store or preserve jets.
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West Star Aviation receives Platinum Award from Garmin
AviationPros
West Star is pleased to accept the Platinum Award from Garmin for Elite Performance in 2019. This is the first time West Star has been awarded this honor. To qualify and receive this award West Star sold and installed multiple Garmin units, with the majority of the installs being performed at its satellite location in Minneapolis, MN (MSP). Dave Brown from Garmin presented the award to Lynn Boyd on September 24, at the MSP location.
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    Touch up your plane's paint
    General Aviation News
    Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings has introduced JetPen. The new touch-up pen can be used on aircraft exteriors and interior cabins at any point during the application or maintenance process, according to Sherwin Williams officials. "JetPen allows aircraft owners, operators, and service personnel to save time and money on most any aircraft with quick and easy touch-ups on chips, dings, and scratches," company officials said.
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    STS Aviation Services creates 60 jobs in Birmingham to support aircraft conversion work
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    STS Aviation Services has hired 60 aircraft maintenance professionals in Birmingham to support conversion work on the United Kingdom's fleet of Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning MK1 aircraft.
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    Missing out on a dream-come-true scenario
    General Aviation News
    According to author Jamie Beckett: Occasionally I launch off on a tangent expounding on the underperforming nature of so many local general aviation airports. I did so recently. I will again in the future. You can be sure of that much. This is not to suggest I have a lack of respect for local airports. Not at all. In fact, I prefer them. While there are about 500 towered airports in the United States, many of those fine fields are places I’d rather not go.
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    MTU aero engines: Hydrogen puts the future at our fingertips
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    As the industry moves toward emission-free aviation, MTU Aero Engines welcomes the ZEROe concepts from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. "Hydrogen is a highly attractive future option for us as an engine producer as well," says MTU Chief Operating Officer Lars Wagner. "It should be used as a fuel right away," he adds. Germany's leading engine manufacturer sees three possible uses for hydrogen: Converted to sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), hydrogen could be dropped into existing aircraft and engines right away.
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