Prepa PLS Anglais

Anglais des Mécaniciens Navigants

Recce 233 Savoie — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:06:48 +0000

Pour obtenir une licence de mécanicien navigant (FEL – Flight Engineer License), tout candidat doit savoir conduire une communication radiotéléphonique entre l’aéronef et toute station radio. Le candidat doit savoir intervenir pour toute phase de vol y compris la transmission d’informations météorologiques. L’appendice 3 du FCL 4.160 donne le détail de l’utilisation de la [...]

ATTENTION le FCL .055 remplace les FCL 1.200 et 1.028 à partir d’AVRIL 2013

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:40:28 +0000

Chers lecteurs et abonnés, Aujourd’hui samedi 30 mars 2013, les examens de radiotéléphonie aéronautique JAA/JAR FCL 1.200 et FCL 1.028 en France n’ont plus que quelques jours à vivre comme vous pouvez le voir sur ce calendrier >>>>>. Attention toutefois aux dates et aux centres car ce calendrier semble avoir subi déjà quelques modifications comme [...]

U.S. DEFENSE – Sequestration Cuts Looming

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:20:37 +0000

As explained in the video here below, the U.S. military could undergo the most dangerous budgetary cuts ever. As far as the Air Force is concerned, the 5th-generation fighter aircraft programs had widely been questioned already as a RAND study issued in 2008 (then withdrawn, following the Australian press statements about the JSF war game [...]

SUPERB French Navy RAFALE Video

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Make your life a dream, and this dream a reality. Fais de ta vie un rêve et de ce rêve, une réalité. (Antoine de Saint Exupéry)

European Drone Dassault nEUROn UCAV MAIDEN FLIGHT

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:29:28 +0000

The news was broken this morning (December 1, 2012) thanks to this tweet: Historical day. Successful first flight for the European UCAV nEURONn today twitter.com/Steven__Strong… — Stéphane Fort (@Steven__Strong) December 1, 2012 Dassault-Aviation released the news a few minutes later: #DassaultAviation : Successful first flight for nEUROn dassault-aviation.com/en/aviation/pr… — Dassault Aviation (@Dassault_OnAir) December [...]

ER 2/33 SAVOIE – AMONG OLDEST SQUADRONS

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:01:40 +0000

December 1, 2012 The French Air Force 2/33 “Savoie” Reconnaissance Squadron celebrated its centenary on June 22, 2012. The centennial was presided over by General de Rousiers, a former 2/33 pilot in the 1980s, who is now the permanent Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC). This ceremony [...]

For Those Who Attended The AERONAUTICAL ENGLISH Class

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:28:05 +0000

First of all, thank you so much for attending this aviation English class at “Festival des Langues” in Tours today, Saturday, November 24, 2012. Important information: FCL 1.028 and FCL 1.200 will be replaced by FCL .055 and FCL .055 D from April 9, 2013. Here is the soundtrack we listened to this afternoon. You [...]

WWI REMEMBRANCE DAY

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:00:18 +0000

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In [...]

Iranian Su-25 Fighterjets Shot at U.S. Drone

Recce 233 Savoie — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:18:40 +0000

BREAKING NEWS : Thursday November 8, 2012 – Two Iranian Sukhoi Su-25s (Su-25K Frogfoot-A? or Su-25UBK Frogfoot-B?) would have fired at a U.S. drone last week on November 1, at 04.50 am (Eastern Time) as it was flying above international waters – 16 miles off the Kuwaiti coast, according to the Pentagon. The General Atomics [...]

CHINESE J-31 STEALTH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:36:27 +0000

The brand new 5th-generation fighterjet Shenyang J-31 – or F60, which would be nicknamed Gyrfalcon – took off on October 31, 2012. She thus performed a test flight – probably her maiden flight – on Wednesday. This futuristic PLAAF (People’s Liberation Army Air Force) stealth multirole jetfighter looks like an F-35 Lightning II though the [...]

ROLLING HALLOWEEN !

Recce 233 Savoie — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:54:36 +0000

I guessed it could be an appropriate single for this blog today as you can hear Mick Jagger singing “DOOM and GLOOM”, the latest hit of THE ROLLING STONES who still ROCK! It’s a short story well appropriate indeed since it talks about a doomed airplane as you can read the lyrics on the video [...]

LANDING – HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE…

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:56:01 +0000

Warning – This voice communication does not comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) recommendations. However, you can click off, and listen without reading the script on this video in order to jot down this radio communication for listening training purpose: Click on the map above to enlarge. (U.S. Department of Transportation, [...]

Mach-3 SR-71 Blackbird’s HOT COCKPIT

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:49:42 +0000

As you may have heard, the mythical Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was a strategic reconnaissance aircraft able to fly at more than Mach 3 – Mach 3.3 ie around 3,500 km/h; or 1,900 kts; and at a maximum flight level of… FL 850 or 26 kilometers high! The Blackbird indeed had a unique flight envelope with [...]

Brand New AVIATION NEWSPAPER Born on Sound Barrier’s Day…

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:18:21 +0000

I guessed it might be a good idea to start a new aviation newspaper on the “Sound Barrier’s Day” if I may put it this way (October 14, 1947 ==> Chuck YEAGER, and maybe in a few minutes… October 14, 2012 ==> Felix BAUMGARTNER – Let us hope he will succeed in breaking both the [...]

SKYDIVER Felix BAUMGARTNER’s TOP 5 JUMPS

Recce 233 Savoie — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:56:20 +0000

Felix Baumgartner, the famous Austrian skydiver, is still waiting for better meteorological conditions to make a new attempt in the Red Bull Stratos project to break the sound barrier while freefalling. This new feat might happen within the next few days as it has already been scheduled on October 14. According to the video below, [...]

Tutorial on AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION AIDS

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:53:12 +0000

Thanks to Rising Wings Aviation Channel, here is a very interesting video on airplane navigation aids (NAVAIDs) such as VOR (Very high frequency Omnidirectional radio Range), and how to use the OBS (Omni Bearing Selector) knob both on CDI (Course Deviation Indicator), and VOR; DME (Distance Measuring Equipment); VOR/DME; TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation); VOT (VOR [...]

CAEA – Certificat d’Aptitude à l’ENSEIGNEMENT AERONAUTIQUE

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:46:22 +0000

Chers lecteurs et abonnés, une fois n’est pas coutume: un article en français! Les professionnels de l’aéronautique sont de plus en plus amenés à communiquer en anglais. Il importe de bénéficier d’une formation en anglais général mais aussi en anglais spécialisé pour pouvoir rester compétitif sans compter qu’il y va de la SECURITE DES VOLS [...]

Future Airbus Aircraft Concept

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:46:24 +0000

This is what the next Airbus aircraft should be in the 40 years to come. The new Airbus concept is to match the passengers’ demand. According to a consultation with the customers, 96% of them want more environmentally sustainable aeroplanes. The aircraft of the future will have to be fully recyclable, more sustainable ie eco-efficient, [...]

BRAZIL puts off its decision to buy new Fighterjet

Recce 233 Savoie — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:36:38 +0000

Brazil is to spend up to 7 billion dollars (around 12 billion reals) for its Brazilian Air Force (FAB – Forca Aerea Brasileira) next procurement – fighter aircraft. There is no way to predict whether it will be Rafales, Gripens, or Super Hornets. Nobody knows much about what the tender outcome will be. We just [...]

TOP 10 DANGEROUS AIRFIELDS

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:02:51 +0000

Here are the ten most dangerous airports in the world (some of them closed down, or they were upgraded): Lukla airport, or Tenzing-Hillary Airport (IATA: LUA, ICAO: VNLK) in Nepal. Located at 2,860 meters above sea level. Its 460-meter long runway has a slope at a 12 percent incline, facing a steep, sloping Himalayan valley [...]