miércoles, 6 de mayo de 2015

Acro aims to revolutionize recliners like it shook up economy seats [feedly]

Why is every premium economy and domestic US first class recliner seat basically the same? Acro Aircraft Seating managing director Chris Brady is out to change the way airlines use the space he calls "pre-determined by economics" with Acro's new Series 7 offering. And newsflash: it's probably going to involve less seat pitch.

NASA Tests Shape-Changing Wing for Next Generation Aviation [feedly]

----
NASA Tests Shape-Changing Wing for Next Generation Aviation
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

NASA researchers, working in concert with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and FlexSys Inc., of Ann Arbor, Michigan, successfully completed initial flight tests of a new morphing wing technology that has the potential to save millions of dollars annually […]

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
----

Shared via my feedly reader

AUVSI: Airbus to continue weaponisation of Tanan UAV [feedly]

----
AUVSI: Airbus to continue weaponisation of Tanan UAV
// Aircraft news

​Airbus Defence & Space is continuing development work on its Tanan vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, including weaponising the platform, despite the lack of a confirmed customer.
----

Shared via my feedly reader

AUVSI: Unmanned Coanda-effect saucer makes debut [feedly]

----
AUVSI: Unmanned Coanda-effect saucer makes debut
// Aircraft news

​A saucer-shaped unmanned air vehicle with a unique approach to vertical lift and forward flight made its public debut at the Unmanned Systems convention.
----

Shared via my feedly reader

BEA preliminary report Accident on 24 March 2015 at Prads-Haute-Bléone (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France) to the Airbus A320-211 registered D-AIPX operated by Germanwings

http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2015/d-px150324.en/pdf/d-px150324.en.pdf

BEA: Accidente ocurrido el 24 de Marzo de 2015 en Prads-Haute-Bléone (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Francia) a la aeronave Airbus A320-211 matrícula D-AIPX operada por Germanwings

http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2015/d-px150324.es/pdf/d-px150324.es.pdf

New Boeing patent: Convertible compounded rotorcraft

martes, 5 de mayo de 2015

Avianca firms up order for 100 A320neo Family aircraft [feedly]

----
Avianca firms up order for 100 A320neo Family aircraft
// Airbus All news

Order becomes largest in Latin America aviation history


Share this
Read more +
----

Shared via my feedly reader

Lufthansa's image, bottom line take a beating; will it recover? - Runway GirlRunway Girl

http://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2015/05/05/lufthansas-image-and-bottom-line-takes-a-beating-will-it-recover/

Workhorse Group to Exhibit Horsefly Delivery Drone, E-GEN Electric Truck Chassis at ACT Expo 2015 [feedly]

----
Workhorse Group to Exhibit Horsefly Delivery Drone, E-GEN Electric Truck Chassis at ACT Expo 2015
// Drone News Forums Pictures Sales

E-GEN Electric trucks are currently making deliveries in the field. Workhorse was recently named a …

The post Workhorse Group to Exhibit Horsefly Delivery Drone, E-GEN Electric Truck Chassis at ACT Expo 2015 appeared first on Drone News Forums Pictures Sales.

----

Shared via my feedly reader

United Technologies to determine Sikorsky fate by mid-year - Middletown Press [feedly]

----
United Technologies to determine Sikorsky fate by mid-year - Middletown Press
// sikorsky: Google Noticias

CBS Local

United Technologies to determine Sikorsky fate by mid-year
Middletown Press
Sikorsky revenue has fallen due to dropping oil prices that have led to reduced helicopter business shuttling workers to offshore platforms. United Technologies Chief Executive Greg Hayes, speaking with investor analysts in March, praised the ...
United Tech: Review of Sikorsky spinoff to end in midyearBelleville News Democrat

los 30 artículos informativos »

----

Shared via my feedly reader

FAA: Boeing 787s need to be powered off every 120 days [feedly]

----
FAA: Boeing 787s need to be powered off every 120 days
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Boeing is working on a software fix for 787 generator control units (GCUs), but in the meantime FAA has ordered 787 operators to power off Dreamliners at least once every 120 days to avoid the potential loss of electrical power in flight.

read more

----

Shared via my feedly reader

ATR 72 crew’s ingenuity cited in rare sea salt incident [feedly]

----
ATR 72 crew's ingenuity cited in rare sea salt incident
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

The crew of an Aer Arann ATR 72 flying for Aer Lingus is credited with "good airmanship" in finding a way to remove salt deposits that had completely blocked the view forward from the twin turboprop's windscreen while attempting to land at Ireland's Cork Airport in January 2014.

read more

----

Shared via my feedly reader

Air France details Perform 2020 cost-cutting strategy to staff [feedly]

----
Air France details Perform 2020 cost-cutting strategy to staff
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info

Air France senior management has laid out its Perform 2020 strategy to the airline's Central Works Council, as it seeks to improve its finances over the medium term.

read more

----

Shared via my feedly reader

Russia to Create World's First Rocket Engine Manufacturing Holding [feedly]

----
Russia to Create World's First Rocket Engine Manufacturing Holding
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

Moscow (Sputnik) May 01, 2015
Russia's United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) is drafting a proposal on creation a unique holding, which is set to unite several manufacturers of engines for rockets and missiles, Russia's daily newspaper Izvestia reports on Tuesday. The exact structure of the holding and its head-enterprise are yet to be defined. "Yes, we are working on the creation of a rocket engine manufact
----

Shared via my feedly reader

Boeing, SWISS Finalize Order for Three Additional 777-300ERs [feedly]

----
Boeing, SWISS Finalize Order for Three Additional 777-300ERs
// MediaRoom

----

Shared via my feedly reader

Boeing Upgrading Australian F/A-18 Trainers to Aid Maintenance Effectiveness [feedly]

----
Boeing Upgrading Australian F/A-18 Trainers to Aid Maintenance Effectiveness
// MediaRoom

Improvements tailor training devices to Royal Australian Air Force fleets
----

Shared via my feedly reader

All-new Zero-G set to restart science flights [feedly]

----
All-new Zero-G set to restart science flights
// Latest news

One of the world's most demanding flight programmes is set to resume on Tuesday, 5 May, when Bordeaux Mérignac-based Novespace resumes microgravity flying in its new "Zero-G" Airbus A310.
----

Shared via my feedly reader

AUVSI: Colorado startup unveils large ducted fan UAV [feedly]

----
AUVSI: Colorado startup unveils large ducted fan UAV
// Latest news

Colorado-based start-up Reference Technologies on 5 May unveiled a new ducted fan-powered unmanned air vehicle in the 120lb-class called the Hummingbird.
----

Shared via my feedly reader

Embraer announces new Amsterdam headquarters: Report - NL Times [feedly]

----
Embraer announces new Amsterdam headquarters: Report - NL Times
// embraer: Google Noticias

NL Times

Embraer announces new Amsterdam headquarters: Report
NL Times
Aircraft manufacturer Embraer is opening a new headquarter office in Amsterdam, Patrice Candaten, head of the company's European sales, told De Telegraaf. The arrival of the manufacturer in the Netherlands is expected to generate around 300 jobs.

----

Shared via my feedly reader