Boeing says that its Phantom Ray will fly to NASA’s Dryden, CA flight test center as a piggyback passenger on NASA’s Shuttle Carrying 747

jueves, 29 de julio de 2010

Unmanned but not "unmanned"



When Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth accused her husband of being “unmanned in folly,” the word unmanned was meant as an insult. But when Boeing’s Darryl Davis and Chris Chadwick use the word in discussing unmanned systems, it’s definitely a positive thing.

Today, Davis and Chadwick accentuated the positive in their briefing on Boeing’s wide range of unmanned systems. And there are a lot of positives to talk about. The duo, head of Phantom Works and head of Boeing Military Aircraft respectively, reminded their audience that Boeing’s work in the unmanned arena includes “a lot more than unmanned aerial systems” and includes undersea, ground-based and high altitude systems too.

Davis and Chadwick also announced that Boeing contracted with NASA to use the Shuttle Carrying Aircraft -- the specially configured 747 that normally carries the Space Shuttle -- to transport the Phantom Ray from its home in St. Louis to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The flight to California will occur sometime in the next few months.

This partnership agreement came about because of a Boeing-funded Commercial Space Act Agreement with NASA.

According to Davis, a Boeing engineer suggested using the Shuttle Carrier, because it would be the most cost-effective way to transport the Phantom Ray. The Boeing team had to develop an attachment to allow the Ray to connect to the structure that normally carries the much larger Space Shuttle.

While at NASA Dryden, Phantom Ray will undergo an extensive series of tests that will extend its mission as a test bed for advanced technologies. Those tests are expected to culminate in a first flight late this year.

The Weird Sisters (The Three Witches) in “Macbeth” are famous for saying “double, double, toil and trouble,” as they stirred their potion. At that time, there were no unmanned systems to detect, assess or respond to the trouble they were brewing up.

Today, however, Boeing’s range of unmanned vehicles is on the job, whether trouble is found in a warzone, an undersea environmental disaster or a raging wildfire. And the Phantom Ray testing at NASA Dryden will ensure that responders will have the very best technologies at their disposal when they arrive on site.

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An-148 to refine performance

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/07/29/345557/vaso-takes-back-rossiya-an-148-to-refine-performance.html

Russia's first serial production Antonov An-148 is to be transferred back to airframer VASO in Voronezh to undergo modification in a bid to improve the type's performance.

The aircraft, registered RA-61701, is one of four in service with Rossiya. It is being flown back to VASO today where, the airframer says, it will spend six weeks to two months being refined.

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El aeródromo de Casarrubios ya es de Interés Regional

El aeródromo de Casarrubios ya es de Interés Regional
http://www.dclm.es/news/167/ARTICLE/71113/2010-07-27.html
Esta Declaración de Interés Regional cuenta con el respaldo de empresarios de la provincia de Toledo, que han remitido escritos al Gobierno regional mostrando su apoyo al proyecto, agrega.

El aeródromo actualmente en funcionamiento está considerado en términos de aviación deportiva como el principal aeródromo privado por número de operaciones de España.





El Consejo de Gobierno también aprueba ayudas para el ahorro y la eficiencia energética por 5 millones
http://www.abc.es/20100728/toledo/junta-declara-aerodromo-casarrubios-20100728.html






El aeródromo de Casarrubios se ampliará con 60 millones. Esta actuación supondrá la creación de una nueva pista de más de dos kilómetros de longitud y aumentar su superficie de 37 a 320 hectárea
http://www.abc.es/20100729/toledo/aerodromo-casarrubios-ampliara-millones-20100729.html





El «espaldarazo» de la Junta impulsa a los promotores del aeropuerto de Casarrubios. Los gestores del aeródromo destacan el apoyo del Gobierno castellano-manchego para sumar al proyecto a empresas de aviación deportiva y de ejecutivos que buscan instalaciones

http://www.latribunadetoledo.es/noticia.cfm/Provincia/20100728/espaldarazo/junta/impulsa/promotores/aeropuerto/casarrubios/153F0B4B-EBE4-064F-A9E9DEE53DF58FD6

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Ingeniería Aeroespacial, una de las carreras más demandadas

http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/index.php?view=noticias&id=4c5117015036a&viewTemplate=1


El próximo mes de septiembre darán inicio las clases en la nueva Escuela de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (EIAE), que nace de la fusión de los centros de la UPM que venían impartiendo hasta el momento Ingeniería Aeronáutica e Ingeniería Técnica Aeronáutica (ETSI Aeronáuticos y EUIT Aeronáutica, respectivamente).

Todos los admitidos tienen una nota de selectividad igual o superior al 10,248, cifra en la que se ha establecido la nota de corte tras las peticiones de los estudiantes. Esa puntuación responde a las calificaciones de la nueva prueba de acceso a la universidad (PAU) que este año comienza a medirse sobre 14 puntos, en lugar de sobre 10 como venía siendo habitual.

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