lunes, 25 de abril de 2016
FAA Orders ‘Urgent’ 787 Repair After Engine Fails at 20,000 Feet
- FAA says pilots need updated instructions within seven days
- New version of General Electric's GEnx-1B engines prone to ice
Dutch students open world's first pop-up drone cafe [feedly]
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Dutch_students_open_worlds_first_pop-up_drone_cafe_999.html
The Hague (AFP) April 23, 2016
Would you like a drone with your cocktail? The world's first cafe using the tiny domestic unmanned aircraft as servers has opened in a Dutch university. The pop-up drone cafe will be serving up all weekend as part of celebrations for the "Dream and Dare" festival marking the 60th anniversary of the Eindhoven University of Technology. The 20 students behind the project, who spent nine mon China to become aerospace power by 2030 [feedly]
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China aims for deeper space with new generation rockets [feedly]
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_aims_for_deeper_space_with_new_generation_rockets_999.html
Beijing (XNA) Apr 22, 2016
China will take its new generation heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 to the skies later this year, and is planning even bigger models. According to Wang Jue, head of the Long March-5 project, the rocket has a liftoff weight of 869 tonnes, with a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to the low Earth orbit (LEO) and 14 tonnes to the geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). "It can carry more than two Airbus calls for new aviation inventors - News24 [feedly]
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Airbus Gains New Financing Ally in US - Wall Street Journal [feedly]
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Airbus Gains New Financing Ally in US
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Airbus Group SE will open itself up to financing from an unlikely source when the first jet is delivered Monday from its new factory in Alabama: the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The government-owned bank's guarantees have helped finance hundreds of Boeing ...
Students wowed by star UAV on China's space day - China.org.cn
China.org.cn | Students wowed by star UAV on China's space day China.org.cn Some 150 middle school students had a chance to take a close look at the Caihong [rainbow] series unmanned aerial vehicles – China's most popular UAVs on the export market – at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) on April 24, 2016, ... |
US Approves Sale of Surface-to-Air Missiles to Qatar | LM Awarded $73.8M FMS Contract for Japan’s F-35A | Maiden Flight of X-2 Stealth Pleases Mitsu Heavy Industries [feedly]
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-approves-sale-of-surface-to-air-missiles-to-qatar-lm-awarded-73-8m-fms-contract-for-japans-f-35a-maiden-flight-of-x-2-stealth-pleases-mitsu-heavy-industries-033578/
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Bombardier Creates Dedicated, Worldwide Learjet Aircraft Sales Team [feedly]
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NASA Marks Success for Most Complex Drone Traffic Management Test Yet at FAA Test Sites
“We didn’t have any testing problems today,” said Parimal Kopardekar, manager of NASA’s Safe Autonomous Systems Operations project and lead of NASA’s UTM efforts. “NASA extensively tested Technical Capability Level one and worked very closely with the FAA test sites, and the UTM research platform performed well. This test would not have been possible without the six FAA test sites – it was a collaborative effort to ensure a successful test.”
Full Text: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/nasa-marks-success-for-most-complex-drone-traffic-management-test-yet-at-faa-test-sites
sábado, 23 de abril de 2016
What’s the best (and cheapest) way to take a trip to space?
Now that the idea of space tourism has become more established, it's worth rating what you actually get for your money. BBC Future compares the current players. Bored of beaches, cruises, ancient cities and great works of art? Does the thought of another week in a high-end spa, on a private islan...
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Time Machines and Airships: Flying On Ed Force One With Iron Maiden [feedly]
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Time Machines and Airships: Flying On Ed Force One With Iron Maiden
// Things With Wings
Aviation Week's Guy Norris recently had the rare opportunity to fly in 'Ed Force One', Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 747-400 with lead pilot and band front man Bruce Dickinson.
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Flydubai crash: Stabiliser shift commanded from yoke trim switch [feedly]
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Flydubai crash: Stabiliser shift commanded from yoke trim switch
// Flight Global HEADLINES
Russian investigators have revealed that substantial nose-down trim on the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 was applied through the manual trim switches on the pilot s control column.
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Magnus Aircraft, Siemens Fly eFusion Electric Airplane [feedly]
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Magnus Aircraft, Siemens Fly eFusion Electric Airplane
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First Electric Airplane Completely Designed And Built In Hungary The all-electric airplane Magnus eFusion has made its maiden flight at the Matkópuszta airfield in Kecskemet, Hungary on April 11. The eFusion of Magnus Aircraft Corp. is a two seat side-by-side low-wing monoplane with non-retractable tricycle landing gear.
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XTI AIrcraft Exceeds $1 Million In Equity Crowdfunding Investments [feedly]
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XTI AIrcraft Exceeds $1 Million In Equity Crowdfunding Investments
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Will Accelerate Development Of TriFan 600 Prototype After capturing the imagination of the public with its TriFan 600 vertical takeoff airplane, XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) is accelerating its development program and redoubling efforts to translate excitement about the aircraft into $3 million in actual investments.
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Siemens previews additive manufacturing on the move with 3D-printing spider bots [feedly]
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Siemens previews additive manufacturing on the move with 3D-printing spider bots
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If the thought of your workplace being invaded by hundreds of laptop-sized, creepy-crawly robots fills you with dread, Siemens' vision of the future industrial worker probably isn't going to be your cup of tea. A research team working in the Siemens Robotic Labs at Princeton, New Jersey, has developed what are essentially autonomous 3D printers with legs, which could work together to manufacture complex structures such hulls of ships or the fuselage of an airplane.
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