Civil aviation

Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs Engine Service Agreement With Hawker Beechcraft Services

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Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an engine service agreement with Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) for the support of Beechcraft King Air series turboprops and Hawker business jets. P&WC is a division of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX). Under this agreement, P&WC will provide HBS with comprehensive engine support, including repair, hot section inspection and … Dowiedz się więcej

Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment Orders a Bombardier 415 Aircraft

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Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that, after months of negotiations, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment signed a firm purchase agreement for one Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain on October 17, 2013. Based on the list price, the contract is valued at approximately $37 million USD and includes spares, … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Planck on course for safe retirement

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In preparation for its final switch-off on 23 October, mission controllers today fired Planck’s thrusters to empty its fuel tanks. The burn is one of the final steps to ensure that Planck ends its hugely successful mission in a permanently safe configuration. The satellite, which mapped the relic radiation from the Big Bang – the … Dowiedz się więcej

US Airways Expands International Reach at Charlotte Hub

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US Airways (NYSE: LCC) will launch new nonstop service between its largest hub at Charlotte, N.C. and Barcelona, Spain; Brussels, Belgium; Lisbon, Portugal and Manchester, England this spring.  The four flights from Charlotte supplement the airline’s current service to these destinations from its international gateway at Philadelphia International Airport. Service to Barcelona, Lisbon and Manchester … Dowiedz się więcej

A Giant Misalignment in a Multiple Planet System

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A long-standing puzzle in the study of exoplanets is the formation of hot Jupiters, gas giant planets that snuggly orbit their host star. To explain their short orbital periods, theory suggests that hot Jupiters form in long orbits and then quiescently migrate through the protoplanetary disc, the flat ring of dust and debris that circles … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing Adjusts 747-8 Production Rate

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that it will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from 1.75 airplanes to 1.5 airplanes per month through 2015 because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. „This production adjustment better aligns us with near-term demand while stabilizing our production flow, and better positions the program … Dowiedz się więcej