martes, 16 de octubre de 2012

Fotos: CHINA: J-15 EN PRUEBAS SOBRE EL PORTAVIONES LIAONING

CHINA: J-15 EN PRUEBAS SOBRE EL PORTAVIONES LIAONING: Parece ser que por lo menos dos de los prototipos del J-15 chino que está destinado a ser el futuro caza embarcado de la Armada de la República Popular China están o han estado realizando pruebas de apontaje en el portaviones chino Liaoning. En la imagen vemos al que parece ser el "554" con un acabado en gris naval, muy apropiado por cierto y diversas marcas de calibración a lo largo del fusel

HAL and UAC-TA sign MTA preliminary design phase contract or a proposed Il-214 multirole transport aircraft

HAL and UAC-TA sign MTA preliminary design phase contract: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a preliminary design phase (PDP) contract with United Aircraft Corporation - Transport Aircraft (UAC-TA) and JV-Multirole Transport Aircraft Limited (MTAL) for a proposed Il-214 multirole transport aircr…

Cielo único europeo: 10 años y todavía sin resultados

Cielo único europeo: 10 años y todavía sin resultados:
Bruselas.- El cielo único europeo, el proyecto emblemático de creación de un espacio aéreo europeo único que triplicaría la capacidad y reduciría a la mitad los costes del tráfico aéreo, no está dando resultados, según reconoce en un comunicado la Comisión Europea en el décimo aniversario del proyecto.

Electric Racing Plane Company Sets Sights On Speed Record

Electric Racing Plane Company Sets Sights On Speed Record: Teaco Bat Could Top Current Record Of 202 Miles Per Hour The U.K. company developing an electric-powered racing airplane hopes to be able to break the speed record for electric aircraft next year. The founder of The Electric Aeroplane Company (Teaco) in Gloucestershire, U.K. says the airplane may be "substantially faster" than any previous electric-powered aircraft.

United Airlines Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Program

United Airlines Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Program: Wearing Pink Uniform Accessories From The Cockpit To The Ramp United Airlines employees are showing their support for Breast Cancer Awareness by sporting pink uniform items throughout the month of October. United's Pink Program allows frontline employees to purchase exclusively-produced pink uniform items to wear to work – including ties, neck scarves and hats – with proceeds benefiting nonprofit organizations dedicated to breast cancer awareness, greater access to screening services and support services for individuals battling breast cancer.

Científicos trabajan para convertir agua de mar en combustible para aviones

El desarrollo está teniendo lugar desde el U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, un trabajo para extraer el dióxido de carbono y producir gas hidrógeno a partir del agua de mar. Según cuentan los investigadores, la clave es convertir el dióxido de carbono y el hidrógeno en los hidrocarburos que pueden ser utilizados para desarrollar el combustible JP-5 y tenerlo en existencias, informó el portal

El JP-5 es un combustible derivado del queroseno, una mezcla de distintos hidrocarburos, con alcanos, cicloalcanos e hidrocarburos aromáticos. Se trata del principal combustible para la aviación embarcada con motores de reacción, el que "alimenta" a la Armada de aviones de Estados Unido


http://www.panorama.com.ve/portal/app/vista/detalle_noticia.php?id=38788

Iberia redecora su librea

http://blog.mirayvuela.com/iberia-redecora-su-vida/

Se trata de un rumor antiguo, que en estos
días parece recobrar actualidad a la vista
de su mención en algunos medios y redes
sociales. Efectivamente, la aerolínea Iberia
ya tendría decidido o estaría a punto de
decidir el cambio de imagen corporativa del
aspecto externo de sus aviones. Se trataría
de alterar el diseño de la pintura de los
aviones, tal y como se mencionó que podría
hacerse hace aproximadamente cuatros
años

Sound barrier pioneer celebrates 65 years


10/15/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ground breaking event with a re-enactment here Oct. 14.

Yeager was serving as a test pilot and flying the experimental Bell X-1 named the, "Glamorous Glennis," Oct. 14, 1947, when he successfully broke the sound barrier.

"Up until that time we weren't able to do it," Yeager said. "Finally, in Oct. 14, 1947, we succeeded, and that opened up the doors of space to us."

Yeager's re-enactment flight began when he and the aircraft's pilot, Capt. David Vincent, 65th Aggressor Squadron pilot, flew an F-15D Eagle to 45,000 feet over Edwards AFB, Calif., and at 10:24 a.m. broke the sound barrier again.

"It was the greatest moment of my life so far," Vincent said. "It's like being with Christopher Columbus when he discovered the new world or like being with Orville and Wilbur Wright on the first flight."

Vincent said Yeager hadn't lost a step and pointed out landmarks over Edwards AFB.

"It was a smooth flight today," the general said. "I'm very familiar with the area and got a good view."

Yeager finished his day with a meet and greet with Nellis Airmen followed by a question and answer segment.

"I want to thank you all at Nellis," Yeager said. "The F-15 is my favorite airplane, and that's why I came here to fly it."

Yeager enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces Sept. 12, 1941. Later he was accepted to flight training in the flying sergeants program and, upon completion, was promoted to flight. Yeager demonstrated his flying skill during World War II when he became an, "ace in a day" after downing five enemy aircraft in one mission.

"What I am, I owe to the Air Force," Yeager said. "They took an 18-year-old kid from West Virginia and turned him into who I am today."