Stearman 87TL flew successfully for the 1st time since the late ’40’s or early ’50’s on Sunday October 6, 2013. That is Sixty plus years! It had been 36 years & nine days since Tim’s dream started (The project was purchased September 26, 1977) which he never gave up on. 87TL first taxied July 29th. … Dowiedz się więcej
Arianespace’s payload for the Soyuz VS06 mission in November is now ready to take in some sun on its upcoming deep-space trip, as the completed sunshield for Europe’s billion-star surveyor – Gaia – has been opened and validated for the final time at the Spaceport in French Guiana. During activity in the Spaceport’s S1B clean … Dowiedz się więcej
ARINC Direct, the leading Flight Services solution provider for business aviation, today announced Vector SMS, a web-based quality and Safety Management System (SMS) that facilitates compliance with SMS requirements, improves operational effectiveness and enhances flight safety. ARINC will be demonstrating Vector SMS in booth N-4510, at this year’s NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention in Las … Dowiedz się więcej
IASI-NG is an infrared atmospheric sounding instrument designed to fly on the three MetOp-SG satellites of EUMETSAT’s Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) being developed under an integrated European Space Agency (ESA) and EUMETSAT team. IASI-NG offers far superior performance to the first-generation IASI instruments currently operating on the MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites, which have enabled … Dowiedz się więcej
A Mars rover prototype designed by Astrium to advance new interplanetary exploration technology is being put through its paces in an environment that is as close as possible to that of the Red Planet – the Atacama Desert in Chile. Among the driest places on Earth, it lacks any vegetation and its reddish brown soil … Dowiedz się więcej
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that CDB Leasing Co., Ltd. (CLC), one of China’s top leasing companies, is the previously announced undisclosed customer that signed a conditional purchase agreement for five CS100 and 10 CS300 jetliners. The purchase agreement also includes options on an additional five CS100 and 10 CS300 aircraft, for a total of up … Dowiedz się więcej