Beidahuang General Aviation Company received its first six H80 powered Thrush 510G aircraft on September 6. Beidahuang General Aviation Company, a subsidiary of the State-Owned-Enterprise Beidahuang Group ordered 20 Thrush 510G aircraft powered by GE’s H80 turboprop engines in 2012, and it was also the largest single order of Thrush Aircraft ever received. The Thrush … Dowiedz się więcej
xpedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA and Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency have returned to Earth from the International Space Station, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. EDT Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Sept. 11 Kazakh time). Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin, who launched to the station March 29, … Dowiedz się więcej
NASA Television will air pre- and post-launch news conferences and provide live launch coverage of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s cargo resupply demonstration mission to the International Space Station. The company’s Cygnus cargo carrier will be the first spacecraft launched to the orbiting laboratory from Virginia. It will be launched aboard Orbital’s Antares rocket at 11:16 a.m. … Dowiedz się więcej
The third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been encapsulated into its payload fairing in preparation for a Sept. 18 liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The AEHF system is the nation’s only protected strategic and tactical satellite communications program. It … Dowiedz się więcej
These Sharklet-equipped A321ceo (current engine option) jetliners – of which Airbus is scheduled to provide the first version to American Airlines later this year – are specially tailored for the carrier’s transcontinental flights across the United States. In addition to the upgraded seat offerings in first and business class, passengers throughout the cabin will experience … Dowiedz się więcej
n a major milestone for Airbus’ A320neo (new engine option) family jetliners, CFM International conducted the first run of its LEAP-1A turbofan at GE’s Peebles, Ohio outdoor test facility – kicking off an extensive certification programme. During these initial evaluations, the engine – which is a new choice offered for the A320neo, along with Pratt … Dowiedz się więcej