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The association holds the largest collective resource of pilot qualification and experience in the UK. [3] BALPA is one of the founder members of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations , which co-ordinates the views and opinions of well over 100,000 flight crew around the globe. [4]
The pilot and observer sat in tandem, the pilot in front under the upper-wing trailing edge and the observer behind with a ring-mounted 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun. At first, the Badger had almost no fixed fin. Construction was the usual for the era fabric covered wood-and-fabric. The undercarriage was a single axle plus tailskid arrangement. [1]
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, [1] representing more than 79,000 pilots [1] from 42 US and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress .
At a meeting in London in April 1948 a conference of pilot associations was held that formed the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations. [2] IFALPA was located in the UK from 1948 to 2012. In 2012 the Federation established its headquarters in Montreal, Canada, the World Capital of Civil Aviation, [3] and is located near ICAO ...
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BWIA West Indies Airways Limited, known locally as "Bee-Wee" and previously as British West Indian Airways and BWIA International Airways, [2] was the flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. At the end of operations, BWIA was the largest airline operating out of the Caribbean , with direct service to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
On 16 July 1947, Avro York C.1 G-AGNR crashed at Az-Zubair, Iran due to pilot and ATC errors, killing all six crew; all 12 passengers survived. [50] On 23 August 1947, Short Sandringham 5 G-AHZB crashed on landing at Bahrain Marine Air Base due to the pilot using an incorrect procedure for landing and takeoff, killing ten of 26 on board. [51]