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AEROSPACE ndash YOUR FUTURE Aerospace career development = APRIL 2012

PUBLISHER Tom Teel - 607 322 4068 TFTEELGMAILCOM

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NOTES FROM THE PUBLISHER NEW This month we start a new section entitled

rdquoRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVE PROJECTSrdquo These active R amp D projects are ongoing and will affect your future in aerospace

NEW This month we start a new section entitled ldquoWhen did you Knowrdquo The objective is to publish pictures of young people experiencing aerospace (THEY ARE OUR FUTURE) Please forward pictures that you may have for publication in this section We will not publish any personal information regarding the children

Please forward this newsletter to individuals (youth amp adult) and organizations who may enjoy receiving this newsletter

AEROSPACE ndash THE FUTURE

Please forward additional ldquoINNOVATIONrdquo websites THANK YOU

INNOVATION AIRBUS INNOVATION httpwwwairbuscominnovation

BOEING-INNOVATION VIDEO httpwwwboeingcomstoriesvideoshtml

EADS-INNOVATION httpwwweadscomeadsintenour-innovationhtml

HONEYWELL-INNOVATION httpwww51honeywellcomaerotechnologytech-areashtml

LOCKHEED-MARTIN ndash INNOVATION httpwwwlockheedmartincomuswho-we-arecenter-for-innovationhtml

RAYTHEON-INNOVATION httpwwwraytheoncomourcompanyinnovation

SAFRAN - AREAS OF EXPERTISE httpwwwsafran-groupcomsite-safran-eninnovation-429areas-of-expertise

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Please forward additional active ldquoR amp Drdquo websites THANK YOU

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVE PROJECTS

RED BULL STRATOS httpwwwredbullstratoscom Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground

SOLAR IMPULSE httpwwwsolarimpulsecom Solar Impulse is a demonstration of what can be achieved with todayrsquos technologies In July 2010 HB-SIA became the first solar-powered airplane in history capable of flying through a complete daylight cycle thereby establishing 3 World Records

TERRAFUGIA httpwwwterrafugiacom Terrafugia (ter-ra-FOO-gee-ah) The Companyrsquos mission is to provide innovative solutions to the challenges facing personal aviation The result the Transitionreg Roadable Aircraft

PAL-V ONE httppal-vcom The launch of the PAL-V ONE marks a truly historic event the birth of a new class of vehicles offering unprecedented freedom adventure flexibility and pleasure ndash all in one product

SCALED COMPOSITES ndash PROJECTS - (HELP WANTED) httpwwwscaledcomprojects Scaleds aerodynamic analysis and design capability when combined with our proof-of-concept building experience provides our customers with the most cost-effective and accurate development data available

NASA CLAIMS SUPERSONIC BREAKTHROUGH FOR BIZ JETS httpwwwaviationweekcomawgenericstory_channeljspchannel=busavampid=newsavd2012040208xmlampheadline=NASA Claims Supersonic Breakthrough For Biz Jets Apr 2 2012 By Graham Warwick

NASA is claiming a breakthrough in the design of supersonic aircraft with wind-tunnel tests proving it is possible to design configurations that combine low sonic boom with low cruise drag characteristics once thought to be mutually exclusive The tests involved scale models of small supersonic airliners designed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin and aimed at entry into service about 2025 Although the measured shock wave signatures are at the high end of what would be publicly acceptable they proved the design tools could produce a supersonic business jet capable of unrestricted overland flight says Peter Coen NASArsquos Supersonic Fixed-Wing project manager

TERRAFUGIA ENVISIONS FLYING CARS ON AUTOPILOT April 0 2012 A future of flying cars may need to follow the path of driverless cars if its to become a reality

HYDROGEN-POWERED SCAN EAGLE FLIES httpwwwflightglobalcomnewsarticleshydrogen-powered-scan-eagle-flies-370483 By Zach Rosenberg Dallas The first Insitu Scan Eagle has flown powered by a hydrogen fuel cell instead of traditional fossil fuel successfully completing a 2h flight The Scan Eagle flight marks the first time a widely-flown unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has been modified with a hydrogen fuel cell

BOEINGS NEW CREW-CARRYING SPACESHIP TAKING SHAPE httpwwwspacecom15173-boeing-cst100-spaceship-updatehtml by Leonard David SPACEcomrsquos Space Insider Columnist 05 April 2012



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Boeings CST-100 space capsule falls to Earth in a successful

parachute drop test held April 3 2012 at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo Nev CREDIT Boeing

CLEAR LAKE Texas mdash Boeingrsquos new private spaceship may be ready to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other locales in low-Earth orbit by 2015 company officials say

PROPOSED SATELLITE WOULD BEAM SOLAR POWER TO EARTH 06 April 2012 Leonard David SPACEcomrsquos Space Insider Columnist httpwwwspacecom15189-solar-power-beaming-satellitehtml

Space-based energy factory SPS-ALPHA ndash the Solar Power Satellite via

Arbitrarily Large PHased Array CREDIT John Mankins

PASADENA Calif mdash For decades researchers have been appraising the use of power-beaming solar-power satellites But the projected cost complexity and energy economics of the notion seemingly short-circuited the idea Now a unique new approach has entered the scene dubbed SPS-ALPHA short for Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array Leader of the concept is John Mankins of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions of Santa Maria Calif

RECOVERING EXHAUST HEAT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND BOOST EFFICIENCY httpwwwsaeorgmagsaem7916

08-Jul-2011 GM engineers are testing a prototype thermoelectric exhaust-heat energy-recovery device on a Chevy Suburban Despite the unprecedented technical sophistication of todayrsquos cars automotive engineers can never really

overlook the fact that those same vehicles waste more than two-thirds of the energy that is in the gasoline they burn Most of thatmdasharound 40mdashis squandered out the exhaust system as hot gases exit at a temperature from 300 to 700degC (570 to 1300degF)

HOW IT WORKS A FUTURISTIC FIRE TRUCK PUTS OUT AIRPLANE FIRES April 11 2012 Andrew Rosenblum A plane engulfed in flame is about the hardest fire to extinguish How does this truck do it

Aircraft fires pose unusual challenges for first responders Extinguishing jet fuel requires thousands of gallons of flame-smothering foam and the fuel burns so hot (up to 2500degF) that firefighters typically have only three minutes to respond before passengers would be overcome by heat and smoke inhalation Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles then must balance a heavy payload with quick acceleration Since its release in 2001 the Oshkosh Striker has become the industry-leading ARFF today itrsquos used at the White House nearly every Air Force base and more than 200 US airports In 2010 Oshkosh revamped the $600000-to-$800000 vehicle for the first time streamlining the design and refining the controls See how this fire truck works here

SYNERGY AIRCRAFT UPDATE httpwwwavwebcompodcastpodcastAudioPodcast_SynergyAircraft_JohnMcGinnis_206520-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 13 2012 Glenn Pew Video Editor

The Synergy aircraft design gained the attention of NASA and Burt Rutan for its unorthodox and aggressive integration of high-efficiency aerodynamic principles Now designer John McGinnis is hoping similarly ambitious steps will help see the project to production SYNERGY AIRCRAFT httpwwwsynergyaircraftcom

PROPULSION IS KEY TO US NAVYS FA-XX httpwwwflightglobalcomnewsarticlespropulsion-is-key-to-us-navys-fa-xx-370854 By Dave Majumdar Washington DC Propulsion is key to the US Navys next-generation FA-XX fighter to replace the services Boeing FA-18EF Super Hornet fleet in the 2030s

The USN will have to engage with industry to determine where the art of the possible might lead the service Propulsion has a lot of benefits and we know itrsquos kind of the critical path to new developments he says



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EUROFIGHTERrsquoS FUTURE TRANCHE 3 AND BEYOND httpwwwdefenseindustrydailycomEurofighters-EUR-9B-Miltinational-Tranche-3A-Contract-05674utm_campaign=newsletteramputm_source=didamputm_medium=textlinkamputm_term=Eurofighterrsquos20Future20Tranche20320and20Beyond Apr 24 2012 Latest updates EUR 2 billion support contract AESA radar ndash just a study Major Eurofighter maintenance contracts Eurofighter weapons list Eurofighter vs Gripen lists

The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine ldquoteen seriesrdquo fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15 continued with the emergence of the FA-18 Hornet and extends through to the most recent FA-18 Super Hornet variants Aerodynamically itrsquos a half generation ahead of all of these examples and planned evolutions will place the Eurofighter near or beyond parity in electronic systems and weapons

PICK UP WHERE NASAS SHUTTLES LEFT OFF httpwwwspacecom15417-dream-chaser-space-plane-private-spaceflighthtml Denise Chow SPACEcom Staff Writer 25 April 2012

An artistic rendition of the Dream Chaser vehicle launching into space

CREDIT Sierra

The new spaceship being built by private aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp may look like a miniature space shuttle but while the design takes cues from the past company officials are hoping this vehicle shepherds in a new era of commercial human spaceflight

END AEROSPACE ndash THE FUTURE

SCIENCE THAT CAN AFFECT AEROSPACE

THE COMPUTING TREND THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING httpwwwtechnologyreviewcombusiness40016ref=rss Computing isnt just getting cheaper Its becoming more energy efficient That means a world populated by ubiquitous sensors and streams of nanodata April 9 2012 Jonathan Koomey

Less energy The number of computations carried out by computers for the same energy has been increasing by a factor of two every 15 years Jonathan Koomey See the rest of our Business Impact report on Computers Storm the Grid

NASA DOWN TO EARTH FUTURE AIRCRAFT httpwwwnasagovtopicsaeronauticsfeaturesfuture_airplanes_indexhtml

Image credit NASA

Three industry teams spent 2011 studying how to meet NASAs goals for making future aircraft burn 50 percent less fuel than aircraft that entered service in 1998 emit 75 percent fewer harmful emissions and shrink the size of geographic areas affected by objectionable airport noise by 83 percent

NASA AIRBORNE SCIENCE PROGRAMS CORE RESEARCH AIRCRAFT httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jwWxwKLxpig The NASA Airborne Science Program aircraft catalog provides unique NASA aircraft and commercial aircraft that benefit the earth science community These manned and unmanned aircraft carry the sensors that provide data to support and augment NASA spaceborne missions

WHY WOODPECKERS DONT GET CONCUSSIONS httpwwwlivesciencecom19586-woodpecker-skull-concussionshtml Stephanie Pappas LiveScience Writer 10 April 2012 Notably the woodpeckers brain is surrounded by thick plate like spongy bone At a microscopic level woodpeckers have a large number of trabeculae tiny beamlike projections of bone that form the mineral mesh that makes up this spongy bone plate These trabeculae are also closer together than they are in the skylark skull suggesting this microstructure acts as armor protecting the brain



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OPENING THE GATE TO ROBUST QUANTUM COMPUTING NEW TECHNIQUE FOR SOLID-STATE QUANTUM INFO PROCESSING httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120409133916htm ScienceDaily (Apr 9 2012) mdash Scientists have overcome a major hurdle facing quantum computing how to protect quantum information from degradation by the environment while simultaneously performing computation in a solid-state quantum system The research was reported in the April 5 issue of Nature

HOW WELL DOES SCOTCH AGE IN ZERO GRAVITY A DISTILLER LAUNCHES SOME TO FIND OUT April 10 2012 Paul Adams

Ardbeg makers of extremely peaty Scotch whisky has launched samples of its product into space Not as a gift from Earth to extraterrestrial races nor even as a refreshment for human astronauts -- no the idea is to study how whisky ages in zero-gravity conditions

Scotch gets a lot of its flavor and all of its color from aging in oak barrels for decades on end Precisely what happens in those barrels on a chemical level is a very complex and not-entirely-understood process Theres been a lot of analytical science devoted to it and efforts to get the benefits of aging much faster -- but this is the first time to my knowledge that its been aged in space

SULFUR IN EVERY PORE IMPROVED BATTERIES WITH CARBON NANOPARTICLES httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120410130704htm ScienceDaily (Apr 10 2012) mdash Lithium-sulfur batteries may be the power storage devices of the future Newly developed porous nanoparticles containing sulfur deliver optimized battery performance

AIRCRAFT OF THE FUTURE COULD CAPTURE AND RE-USE SOME OF THEIR OWN POWER httpwwwecofriendcomfuture-aircraft-power-regenerative-braking-taxiinghtml ScienceDaily (Feb 23 2012) mdash Tomorrows aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity They could use this to power their taxiing to and from airport buildings reducing the need to use their jet engines This would save on aviation fuel cut emissions and reduce noise pollution at airports

NASA MAKES PROGRESS IN QUIET SUPERSONIC FLIGHT httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashnewsNASAMakesProgressInQuietSupersonicFlight_206511-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 11 2012 Mary Grady Contributing editor

New wind-tunnel tests by NASA of designs by Boeing and Lockheed show its possible to build jets that can fly at supersonic speeds quietly enough to fly over land according to the National Business Aviation Association The game-changing technology out there is having tools available to design the external shape of the vehicle to give you a low sonic boom on the ground Tom Jones project manager for the NASA research team told NBAA The latest experiments which have been heralded as a breakthrough show that the aircraft might not create a boom at all or if it does it would be very quiet

HYBRID COPPER-GOLD NANOPARTICLES CONVERT CO2 httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120411120529htm ScienceDaily Apr 11 2012 mdash Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated with voltage copper acts as a strong catalyst setting off an electrochemical reaction with carbon dioxide that reduces the greenhouse gas to methane or methanol

NEW METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120412105109htm ScienceDaily (Apr 12 2012) mdash A group of researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have successfully created a new method for producing carbon nanotubes The new method is capable of reducing the price of carbon nanotubes from $100 - $700 US to just $15 to $35 US for each gram much lower than world market prices

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS BREAKTHROUGH FAST httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120412105430htmMolecular ScienceDaily (Apr 12 2012) mdash Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm Sweden have managed to construct a molecular catalyzer that can oxidize water to oxygen very rapidly In fact these KTH scientists are the first to reach speeds approximating those is natures own photosynthesis The research findings play a critical role for the future use of solar energy and other renewable energy sources

THE PROTECTIVE COATING AGAINST RADIATION FOR THE COMBAT AIRCRAFT CANOPY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN RUSSIA RUAVIATIONCOM April 17 2012 httpwwwruaviationcomnews2012413922 The specialists of Obninsk-based Technologiya research and development enterprise have developed the metal-optic nano-coating for the canopy of combat aircraft which protects the pilots against radiation and intense



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solar radiance during altitude flights It has been declared by the Director of Steklo research and development division of Technologiya Valery Temnikh Lentaru reports

Graphene-Based Electronics Entirely New Carbon-Based Material Synthesized from Graphene httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120416130404htm

Physics Professor Michael Weinert and engineering graduate student Haihui Pu display the atomic structure on GMO (Credit Photo by Alan

Magayne-Roshak) ScienceDaily (Apr 16 2012) mdash Scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have discovered an entirely new carbon-based material that is synthesized from the wonder kid of the carbon family graphene The discovery which the researchers are calling graphene monoxide (GMO) pushes carbon materials closer to ushering in next-generation electronics

TINTED WINDOWS GO ORGANIC GENERATE ELECTRICITY Heliatek httpwwwfutureoftechmsnbcmsncomtechnologyfutureoftechtinted-windows-go-organic-generate-electricity-720690 Semi-transparent flexible organic solar panels are being integrated into

windows The technology is under development by German startup Heliatek and aims to ldquobe instrumental in establishing environmentally friendly solar energy as a widespread commonplace technology available to everyonerdquo To do this they are rolling out solar panels that are made via a vacuum deposition process that puts small organic molecules on flexible films MIT Technology Review explains in a profile of the company VACUUM DEPOSITION PROCESS (WIKIPEDIA) httpenwikipediaorgwikiVacuum_deposition Reference B-787 Windows

RETHINKING ICING CERTIFICATION httpwwwaviationweekcomawgenericstory_genericjspchannel=awstampid=newsawst20120423AW_04_23_2012_p84-445436xmlampheadline=Rethinking Icing Certification Apr 20 2012 Guy Norris Michael Mecham Winnipeg Manitoba Thompson Manitoba

The spate of incidents ranging from complete multiengine flameouts and surges to unexpected power ldquoroll-backsrdquo is forcing US and European airworthiness agencies into an urgent rethink on icing certification With more than 150 such events recorded so far the phenomenon continues to pose a risk Given the inexorable growth of longer-range twin-engine operations over remote regions and no ready explanation yet found the phenomenon has attracted international concern

ENGINEERING REVIEW BOARD CONCLUDES REVIEW OF HTV-2 SECOND TEST FLIGHT April 20 2012 httpwwwdarpamilNewsEventsReleases20120420aspx

Aerodynamic design validated and new understanding of thermal material properties gained Following an extensive seven-month analysis of data collected from the Aug 11 2011 second flight of DARPArsquos Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) an independent engineering review board (ERB) investigating the cause of a flight anomaly completed its report The findings of the ERB validated the vehiclersquos aerodynamic design and uncovered new information regarding the thermal material properties of the vehicle

DEATH OF DARPAS SUPERFAST HYPERSONIC GLIDER EXPLAINED httpwwwinnovationnewsdailycom1077-darpa-hypersonic-glider-demise-explainedhtml Tariq Malik SPACEcom Managing Editor 23 April 2012 0247 PM ET An ultra-fast US military drone that streaked across the sky at 13000 mph and met its demise in the Pacific was doomed by the excessive heat of hypersonic travel which literally peeled away the drones metal skin military officials have revealed

AERION PREPARES FOR UPCOMING NASA F-15B SUPERSONIC FLIGHT TESTS Fabrication Of Test Article Expected To Be Completed In May Aerion Corporation has released details about its next round of supersonic test flights a vital element in the companyrsquos plan to design the worldrsquos first supersonic business jet (SBJ)

Aerion has designed the next test article that will fly in the centerline position under NASArsquos F-15B aircraft The last round of tests during the summer of 2010 reached Mach 20 and used an instrumented flat plate to map the high-speed flow field under the F-15B and validate computer modeling

VIDEO FLYING OBJECT PROPELS ITSELF BY FLIPPING INSIDE OUT httpwwwnewscientistcomblogsnstv201204flying-object-propels-itself-by-flipping-inside-outhtml 20 April 2012 Sandrine Ceurstemont editor New Scientist TV Its not a bird or a plane its an unusual flying object that propels itself by flipping inside out Created by engineers at Festo in Esslingen Germany the floating band filled



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with helium takes on different shapes while expanding and contracting to generate thrust and move through the air

SECOND WIND AIR-BREATHING LITHIUM BATTERIES PROMISE RECHARGE-FREE LONG-RANGE DRIVING--IF THE BUGS CAN BE WORKED OUT httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=lithium-air-oxygen-battery By Larry Greenemeier | April 20 2012

IN THE AIR In this screen capture from an IBM computational

simulation scientists study the simulations of the interaction of an organic solvent electrolyte (propylene carbonate) with lithium ions (white) and oxygen near a surface of Lithium-peroxide (the planar structure near the bottom of the screen)Image Courtesy of IBM

Research-Zurich Researchers predict a new type of lithium battery under development could give an electric car enough juice to travel a whopping 800 kilometers before it needs to be plugged in againmdashabout 10 times the energy that todays lithium ion batteries supply It is a tantalizing prospectmdasha lighter longer-lasting air-breathing power source for the next generation of vehiclesmdashif only someone could build a working model Several roadblocks stand between these lithiumndashair batteries and the open road however primarily in finding electrodes and electrolytes that are stable enough for rechargeable battery chemistry

THE SUIT THAT WILL HELP FELIX BAUMGARTNER WITHSTAND A 120000-FOOT FREE FALL Today April 2 2012 Steven Kotler The life-saving technology behind the daredevils attempt to accomplish the longest free fall in history

Sometime before the end of this year skydiver Felix Baumgartner intends to climb into a capsule suspended beneath a helium balloon rise 23 miles above Roswell New Mexico open the capsule door and jump out On the 120000-foot free fallmdashthe longest ever attemptedmdashhe will face temperatures as low as ndash70degF and speeds of more than 700 miles an hour becoming the first person to accelerate through the sound barrier without a craft At the outset of the project dubbed Stratos by its sponsor Red Bull no high-altitude full-pressure suit had ever been built specifically to withstand this kind of controlled free fall Engineers at the David Clark Company which builds full-pressure suits for NASA and the Department of Defense spent four years developing one Baumgartnerrsquos jump will be the first live trial at Mach speeds DAVID CLARK COMPANY httpwwwdavidclarkcomaerospaceaerospacshtml

IMPROVING ON THE AMAZING SCIENTISTS SEEK NEW CONDUCTORS FOR METAMATERIALS httpwwwsciencedailycomreleases201204120424121748htm ScienceDaily Apr 24 2012 mdash Scientists at the US Department of Energys Ames Laboratory have designed a method to evaluate different conductors for use in metamaterial structures which are engineered to exhibit properties not possible in natural materials

A model of a three-dimensional metamaterial Ames Laboratory

scientists developed a method to evaluate different conductors for use in metamaterial structures (Credit Image courtesy of DOEAmes

Laboratory)

TESTING A HUMAN-POWERED PLANE httpwwwflightglobalcomblogsflight-international201204testing-a-human-powered-planehtml April 25 2012 Miquel Ros The dream of flying has always captivated humans and while aircraft and other machines have made this possible some have not totally given up on the idea of human-powered flight

SHAPED BOOM SUCCESSES INCREASE DEMAND FOR SUPERSONIC DEMONSTRATOR httpwwwaviationweekcomArticleaspxid=article-xmlAW_04_23_2012_p54-447688xml April 23 2012 Graham Warwick Source Aviation Week amp Space Technology

Success in the wind tunnel is increasing pressure on NASA to find funds for a supersonic flight demonstrator to take low-boom testing out of the confines of Edwards AFB Calif and into communities not inured to sonic booms While confidence is growing that aircraft can be designed that have both low sonic boom and good cruise efficiency exactly what level of boom the public will judge acceptable for routine supersonic flight over land is not so clear



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COMMERCIAL SPACE SHUTTLE REPLACEMENTS COMPLETE WIND TUNNEL TESTING httpwwwwiredcomautopia201204commercial-space-shuttle-wind-tunnel-testing April 27 2012 Jason Paur

Image Blue Origin

Two of the companies competing in NASArsquos Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program have been busy in the wind tunnel The overly secretive Blue Origin broke its silence this week with pictures of its unique capsule design and Sierra Nevada Corporation also released news of its Dream Chaser completing scale model wind tunnel testing in Texas

END SCIENCE THAT CAN AFFECT AEROSPACE

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY MILITARY GOVERNMENT NEWS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR CAREER

FLYING CAR MAKES SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT httpwwwmarketwatchcomstoryflying-car-makes-successful-maiden-flight-2012-04-02

April 2 2012 - RAAMDONKSVEER The Netherlands April 2 2012 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- The Dutch company PAL-V has successfully concluded test flights of its flying car PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle) During the past two weeks

several test flights were conducted The patented vehicle flies in the air like a gyrocopter with lift generated by an auto-rotating rotor and forward speed produced by a foldable push propeller on the back On the road it drives like a sports car No new infrastructure is required because it uses existing roads and airstrips PAL-V httppal-vcom VIDEO httpwwwyoutubecomwatchfeature=player_embeddedampv=SgHSaNtAMjs

FEARS OF AN AIRCRAFT ORDER BUBBLE httpwwwaviationweekcomawgenericstory_channeljspchannel=commampid=newsawst20120402AW_04_02_2012_p30-441893xml Apr 2 2012 - By Joseph C Anselmo Guy Norris Phoenix It is a truism of statistics that two people can study the same data and see radically different outcomes Such is the case with the large commercial jet market First the facts Airbus and Boeing took more than 2200 net orders in 2011 twice the level of 2010 and far above the 1011 jets they delivered The two airframers are sitting on backlogs equivalent to about seven yearsrsquo worth of output

VIDEO TRANSITION FLYING CAR PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE SKIES By Kate Sarsfield London httpwwwflightglobalcomnewsarticlesvideo-transition-flying-car-production-prototype-takes-to-the-skies-370266 US start-up manufacturer Terrafugia flew the first production prototype of its Transition flying car on 23 March from its base in Plattsburgh New York The two-seat light sport aircraft - designed as a street legal aircraft that can be driven safely on the highway - successfully conducted initial drive and conversion testing During the eight-minute flight the aircraft reached an altitude of 1400ft (430m) says Terrafugia The proof-of-concept Transition took to the skies in 2009 and completed 28 flights TERRAFUGIA httpwwwterrafugiacomindexhtml

SOLAR PLANE SET FOR NEW RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT httpwwwinnovationnewsdailycom1009-solar-plane-record-flighthtml InnovationNewsDaily Staff 02 April 2012

A solar-powered plane that has shattered three world records plans to go the distance again this year The pilots of the Solar Impulse want to fly more than 1500 miles (2500 kilometers) without a drop of fuel during a two-day journey mdash a dress rehearsal for the ultimate goal of flying around the world in 2014 SOLAR IMPULSE httpwwwsolarimpulsecom httpwwwsolarimpulsecomsitvindexphplang=e

nampvideo=140

FREE-MARKET FANS ENCOURAGE RUSH FOR OFF-PLANET REAL ESTATE April 02 2012 Rebecca Boyle

Getting to the moon is a noble and ambitious goal for any country and other nations will probably follow in our footsteps here pretty soon But private companies wonrsquot go without the promise of profit and until they do space will be left unsettled advocates say The latest in a drumbeat of pro-colonization comes from the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute which is advocating the recognition of property rights on the moon or other celestial bodies Space settlement activist Rand Simberg says in a new white paper that the US should recognize land claims off-planet which would allow for legal land titles sort of like the former Homestead Act Moon land titles could be used as collateral for loans or sold to raise money to develop the lunar landscape he argues



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BUYER SOUGHT FOR LANCASTER NY AIRPORT Apr 03 2012 Current Owners Frustrated Over Taxes Regulations NIMBYS Since being designated as a reliever airport for Buffalo Niagara International (KBUF) the owners of Buffalo-Lancaster (NY) Regional Airport (KBQR) say they have been the target of a determined group of city residents who have complained about noise and fought further growth of the facility Couple that with high taxes and strict regulations and the owners say the airport is on the market

COMPETITION IN TWIN-AISLE RACE BECOMES CLEARER httpairinsightcom20120403competition-in-twin-aisle-race-becomes-clearerutm_source=dlvritamputm_medium=twitter April 3 2012 leehamnet As details emerge on Boeingrsquos 777X the line-up in the twin-aisle competition is now becoming clearer The following table is based on known data and our estimates of some of the technical detail What is emerging is that the 777-8X mdash ostensibly a replacement for the 777-200 series mdash is in reality closer to the current specifications of the 777-300ER The 777-9X is an entirely new airplane category mid-way between the current 777-300ER and the 747-8 Boeingrsquos proposed 787-10 will be the replacement for the 777-200

DIAMOND FLIES ITS NEW DA52 April 3 2012 Paul Bertorelli Editorial Director httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashnewsDiamondFliesItsNewDA52_206462-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS

Diamond reported Tuesday that its new DA52 twin completed its first flight with Diamond CEO Christian Dries and test pilot Ingmar Meyerbuch at the controls The DA52 is essentially the cabin of the DA50 SuperStar which was proposed a few years ago paired with new wings and two 180-HP Austro AE300 engines The engines are manufactured in a new facility adjacent to Diamonds factory in Weiner Neudstadt Austria According to Diamond the aircraft took off at a gross weight of 3900 pounds and climbed to 12000 feet in nine minutes for an average two-engine climb rate of about 1300 FPM On the initial flight the aircraft achieved a true airspeed of 190 knots with no abnormalities Diamond said

DELTA AIR LINES LOOKING TO BUY AN OIL REFINERY April 0 2012 - Delta Air Lines is seriously considering the purchase of an oil refinery CNBCs Kate Kelly reported on Wednesday This would be a first for a major airline

MOTORGLIDER AUTOLAND A SUCCESS httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashnewsMotorglider_Autoland_Success_206472-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 4 2012 Russ Niles Editor-in-Chief

German motorglider manufacturer Stemme has demonstrated an automatic flight control system that is under development for airborne sensor versions of its aircraft The LAPAZ system will eventually be able to take control of a flight from takeoff to landing and on March 22 it put a STEMME S15 right on the centerline of the runway at Neuhardenburg near Berlin

MH-60RS THE USArsquoS NEW NAVAL WORKHORSE HELICOPTERS httpwwwdefenseindustrydailycommh-60rs-the-usas-new-naval-workhorse-helicopters-04435utm_campaign=newsletteramputm_source=didamputm_medium=textlinkamputm_term=MH-60RS20The20USArsquos20New20Naval20Workhorse20Helicopters

The US Armyrsquos UH-60 Black Hawks have always had a naval counterpart SH-60BF Seahawk LAMPS helicopters were outfitted with maritime radar sonobuoys and other specialized equipment that let them perform a wide variety of roles from supply and transport to anti-submarine warfare search and rescue medical evacuation and even surface attack with torpedoes or Kongsbergrsquos AGM-119 Penguin missiles Like their land-based counterparts however the Seahawks are getting older The Reagan defense build-up is receding into history and its products are wearing out

NEAR-MISSES BETWEEN SPACE STATION AND DEBRIS ON THE RISE httpspaceflightnowcomnewsn120405spacedebris Statistics show the International Space Station came under growing danger from space junk after 2007 with half of the orbiting labs close calls since then due to near-collisions with debris from a Chinese anti-satellite missile test the mysterious explosion of a Russian military spacecraft and the cataclysmic high-speed crash of two satellites

FAT HEAD ENTERS UAS MARKETPLACE Ben Sclair | General Aviation News The UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) market is coming There is a lot of work yet to be done but itrsquos coming all the same Late last month Wichita-based Fat Head Solutions announced its hung out its shingle in the UAS market and ldquowill provide low cost high value and complete subsystem solutions for small unmanned aerial systemsrdquo



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BOEING MAKES 737 MAX DESIGN DECISIONS httpboeingmediaroomcomindexphps=43ampitem=2212 RENTON Wash April 11 2012 PRNewswire -- Boeing (NYSE BA) has made a series of design updates to the 737 MAX to further optimize the new-engine variants performance The 737 MAX is on-track to deliver substantial fuel-savings to customers starting in 2017 said Beverly Wyse vice president and general manager 737 program Weve made several design decisions that support the performance targets for the MAX and evolve the Next-Generation 737s design within the scope of the 737 MAX program Those design decisions include

New-engine variant Aft body aerodynamic improvements Engine installation Flight control and system updates strengthening the main landing gear wing and

fuselage

FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT AIRCRAFT FASTER WITH LESS LOGISTICS FOOTPRINT Thu Apr 12 2012 httpwwwaero-newsnetindexcfmdo=maintextpostampid=c1cad908-19f4-46e1-bec2-2261360bba52

While what is now being called Future Vertical Lift or FVL by the Army is still a concept its capabilities are already known The FVL concept will be able to support the Army and the ground commanders better than we can do it today said Maj Gen Anthony G Crutchfield commander US Army Aviation Center of Excellence I see this aircraft being able to do all the missions that we currently do I see the aircraft that can do it because it can be scaled It may be a medium variant something that is the size of maybe a Black Hawk or an Apache is today that can do the attack mission or the assaultlift mission I see the same aircraft scaled smaller that will be able to do the reconnaissance mission similar to what a Kiowa Warrior does today

NEW AIR FORCE ONE DEBUTS IN PENTAGON PLANNING httpwwwdefensenewscomarticle20120410DEFREG02304100010New-Air-Force-One-Debuts-Pentagon-Planningodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE Apr 10 2012 MARCUS WEISGERBER

Air Force One sits on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport A replacement of the long-serving Boeing 747 is in the Pentagons latest

version of its aviation plans (Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images) A new Air Force One presidential transport has appeared in the latest version of the Pentagonrsquos aviation plans marking the first time the Pentagon has included a replacement for the long-serving Boeing 747 jet transport

A BOEING PHONE AEROSPACE GIANT PLANS ANDROID DEVICE httpwwwtechnologmsnbcmsncomtechnologygadgetboxboeing-phone-aerospace-giant-plans-android-device-715010 Todd Bishop GeekWire via Technolog

Boeing is jumping into the smartphone business developing a new mobile device mdash but we probably wonrsquot be buying this one at our local wireless store The company is working on a secure communications device for the US government defense and security market a spokeswoman for the company confirmed this morning

HOW END OF SHUTTLE ERA COULD USHER IN NEW SPACE AGE Denise Chow SPACEcom Staff Writer Date 18 April 2012 httpwwwspacecom15321-nasa-shuttle-era-space-age-futurehtml Just because the shuttle is retired doesnt mean NASA is shuttered mdash far from it NASA administrator Charles Bolden told the audience here at the 28th National Space Symposium I believe the best is yet to come Our bigger dreams are just starting to come to fruition

ECLIPSE OPERATOR RECEIVES PART 135 PAPERLESS COCKPIT APPROVAL Apr 20 2012 North American Jet Charter Group Moves To iPad EFB North American Jet Charter Group (NAJ) has recently been approved for a paperless cockpit on Part 135 flights The iPad will now become an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for all NAJ operated Eclipse Jets This approval gives pilots the option to use Foreflight or Jeppesen en route and approach charts as well as paperless versions of General Operating Manuals and Minimum Equipment Lists mdash all stored and referenced through the iPad interface



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SENATORS REIN IN AERONAVS FEE PROPOSAL httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashnewsSenators_Rein_In_AeroNav_206571-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 21 2012 Russ Niles Editor-in-Chief The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee has rapped the knuckles of the FAA over its handling of proposed changes to the delivery of online navigation information services and suggested more congressional oversight on the implementation of those changes The committee whose report must be approved by the full Senate and House says AeroNav the arm of the agency that publishes navigation and airport information should immediately restore the 17-day advance availability of the next iteration of online publications which it abruptly reduced to 24 hours last year The change made it difficult if not impossible for third-party online navigation information providers to fully update their data bases before the effective dates of the new charts The committee is concerned that these changes may conflict with the FAAs mission to provide timely and accurate information for pilots in the interest of safe and efficient navigation the committee said It also warned against using online products as a cash cow to make up for lost revenue from diminishing paper chart sales

Video PC-Aeros New Solar One Electric Cruiser httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashexclusivevidsExclusiveVideo_Aero2012_ElectraSolarOne_ElectricAirplane_206573-1html

April 22 2012 Paul Bertorelli Editorial Director PC-Aero has come out with its second solar-powered airplane the Electra Solar One PC-Aeros Calin Gologan gave AVweb a briefing on it at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany

MOVIE MONDAY A MASTER AIRCRAFT DESIGNER ON HIS HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT -- THE SR-71 httpwwwflightglobalcomblogsflightblogger201204movie-monday-a-master-aircrafthtml Stephen Trimble April 22 2012 On 24 April 1962 -- 50 years ago on Tuesday -- Lockheed test pilot Lou Schalk climbed into the A-12 Oxcart the CIA-funded precursor of the SR-71 and attempted a brief hop at the end of a high-speed taxi test He nearly crashed Schalk had intentionally turned off the A-12s stability augmentation system (SAS) dampers only to find out almost too late that his Mach 32-speed aircraft is SOS without them Two days later with SAS dampers switched firmly on Schalk completed the real first flight launching the short-lived operational career of the CIAs A-12 fleet and the US Air Forces three-decade history with the SR-71 Blackbird

BRITAINS CAMERON OFFERED AIR TANKER AS VIP JET httpwwwreuterscomarticle20120423uk-cameron-airbus-idUSLNE83M00120120423 Tim Hepher Sun Apr 22 2012 809pm EDT (Reuters) - Senior British politicians and royals might consider making foreign visits in converted air force refueling jets after a row over the use of a rented Boeing for a trade mission to tout European-made Airbus planes

Britains aerospace industry lobby group said proposals were being drawn up by the industry that could allow Prime Minister David Cameron and even Queen Elizabeth to use modified Airbus jetliners that double as refueling planes

PLANETARY RESOURCES GOOGLE EXECS AND DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON BACK GOLD RUSH TO MINE ASTEROIDS (VIDEO) httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20120424planetary-resources-googl_n_1447871htmlref=scienceampir=Science Reuters Irene Klotz 04242012 CAPE CANAVERAL Florida (Reuters) - Google Inc executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron are among those bankrolling a venture to survey and eventually extract precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit near Earth the company said on Tuesday PLANETARY RESOURCESrsquo httpwwwplanetaryresourcescom

VIDEO NASA Public News

AIRPORT COURTESY CAR PROJECT CELEBRATED Janice WoodAirports General Aviation News The courtesy car at Alexandria Field Airport (N85) in Pittstown NJ represents much more than a way for general aviation pilots to get from the airport to the surrounding area The successful initiative began in September 2010 when N85 became involved with the Garrett A Morgan Technology amp Transportation Education Program Grant As part of the grantrsquos aviation education programming an Aviation Science Club was formed with local school districts and airport flight students The club was just one of 20 programs introduced to the community over the 12-month period of the grant

Pilots flying to N85 are asked to call the airport and reserve the courtesy car In addition to use of the car pilots will receive discount coupons to a variety of products and services offered by members of the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce including discounts for local bed and breakfast museums skydiving river rafting golf courses town shopping balloon rides and restaurants Upon arriving at Alexandria Field pilots are given the keys to a 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid (donated by Muller Hyundai) to drive to their destination No payment is required for the use of the car Instead if pilots enjoy the car and feel the coupons were worthwhile they are encouraged to do two things Add fuel to the tank (not much at 40 mpg) and make a donation to support the Aviation Science Club airport officials said



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NASA PUSHES AERONAUTICS TO GUIDE FLIGHT RESEARCH httpwwwaviationweekcomArticleaspxid=article-xmlAW_04_23_2012_p52-448572xml April 23 2012 Graham Warwick Aviation Week amp Space Technology

Is NASAs aeronautics research misdirected and irrelevant or is it the victim of its own success in producing meaningful results despite insignificant funding And does a commercial aerospace industry with record order books even need government RampD support These are questions the agencys aeronautics research leadership is wrestling with as it tries to make more of its meager budgetmdashjust 3 of NASAs totalmdasheven as funding is being reduced again Their answer for now is to try to convince their industry and government partners to agree on priorities for US aeronautics research and push for public-private funding of two or three big-ticket national-level X-plane programs

RELEASE 12-142 NASA STATEMENT ON JOHN GLENN SELECTION FOR MEDAL OF FREEDOM httpwwwnasagovhomehqnews2012aprHQ_12-142_Bolden_Glenn_MOFhtml April 27 2012 David Weaver Headquarters Washington davidsweavernasagov WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the following statement by Administrator Charles Bolden about President Obamas announcement that astronaut John Glenn has been selected as a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom

NASA sends its warmest congratulations to Sen John Glenn on being named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Both of Johns historic missions to space personified Americas dreams and what we believed we could be Just as President Obama has set us on a course to explore farther destinations in the solar system John Glenn helped this nation forge a path to a brighter future with greater capabilities We will build on his achievements to remain the worlds space leader for generations to come

FAAs Pilot Qualification NPRM Endangers Pilot Supply RACCA Says httpwwwaviationweekcomArticleaspxid=article-xmlawx_04_24_2012_p0-451492xml April 24 2012 Kerry Lynch kerry_lynchaviationweekcom Source AWIN First FAArsquos proposal to increase the qualifications for first officers and other pilots has the potential to deplete the available pool of pilots and impose burdensome new costs says the Regional Air Cargo Carriers (RACCA)

AIRBUS PLANNING STRETCHED A380 httpwwwavwebcomavwebflashnewsAirbus_Stretched_A380_206606-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 29 2012 By Russ Niles Editor-in-Chief

The director of Airbuss A380 program has told an Australian television station that the company intends to build a stretched version of the worlds largest airliner adding about 100 seats Richard Carcaillet told Ten News the super jumbo is an environmentally more responsible answer to airport congestion because it will enable fewer aircraft to serve the burgeoning demand for airline seats worldwide It is a way to grow without adding to congestion he told the TV station Airbus is planning first deliveries in 2020 according to the report

END AEROSPACE INDUSTRY MILITARY GOVERNMENT NEWS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR CAREER

AEROSPACE CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

Please forward ldquoCAREER amp JOBSrdquo websites THANK YOU

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AIRBUS httpwwwairbuscomwork

BE AEROSPACE httpwwwbeaerospacejobsbe_careersindexhtm

BEST AVIATION httpwwwbestaviationnet

BOEING httpwwwboeingcomcareers

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LOCKHEED MARTIN httpwwwlockheedmartinjobscomindexaspx

NASA httpnasajobsnasagov

EMBRY-RIDDLE OFFERS SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR TEENS httpwwwdcouriercommainaspSectionID=1ampSubSectionID=1ampArticleID=104987 Prescott Daily Courier Teens interested in aviation aerospace and global security are eligible for six-day summer programs that run from June 3 through August 3 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universitys Prescott campus



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SLIDE SHOW TOP 10 AEROSPACE COMPANIES IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA httpwwwtechflashcomseattle201204slide-show-

top-10-aerospace-companieshtml httpwwwbizjournalscomseattlenews20120402s

lide-show-top-10-aerospace-companieshtmls=image_gallery

FAA - OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION Aerospace Careers Join the new race to space in the exciting field of commercial space transportation As an aerospace engineer or transportation industry analyst in the Federal Aviation Administrationrsquos (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation you will work in the newest transportation sector and work on the latest developments for space flight We are accepting resumes from applicants seeking challenging career opportunities Here is a general Aerospace Engineer position description to assist in completing your resume Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation Washington DC Salary $44827 -$125943

CRISIS FOR US SCIENCE IS LOOMING PHYSICISTS WARN httpwwwlivesciencecom19526-american-science-funding-futurehtml 06 April 2012 Clara Moskowitz LiveScience Senior Writer ATLANTA mdash The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science a number of physicists agreed Monday (April 2) though there was less of a consensus on a clear solution to the problem Five physicists shared their worries about Americas scientific future during a panel discussion here at the April 2012 meeting of the American Physics Society saying that governmental funding for science research is in crisis and not enough US students graduate with degrees in science technology engineering and math

Help Wanted at Scaled Composites Janice Wood | General Aviation News | 17 hours ago With several high-profile projects like Virgin Galacticrsquos SpaceShipTwo and the Stratolaunch Carrier in progress Scaled Composites is in need of employees According to a post at EAAorg Scaled will conduct an open housecareer fair on April 21 at its headquarters in Mojave California

HELP WANTED AT SCALED COMPOSITES Janice Wood General Aviation News With several high-profile projects like Virgin Galacticrsquos SpaceShipTwo and the Stratolaunch Carrier in progress Scaled Composites is in need of employees According to a post at EAAorg Scaled will conduct an open housecareer fair on April 21 at its headquarters in Mojave California

STUDENTS A COOL $5000 httpwwwmsnbcmsncomid47010181nstechnology_and_science-innovation Jeremy Hsu InnovationNewsDaily Sr Writer 10 April 2012

Astronaut Clay Anderson Expedition 15 flight engineer waves to the camera

during a construction spacewalk on the International Space Station in July 2007 Credit NASA

An old NASA idea for keeping astronauts cool could finally become reality US high school students recently won $5000 to make spacesuit undergarments using materials that can absorb heat without changing temperature

IN FOCUS MIDDLE EAST CAREERS 2012 April 16 2012 As the global aviation industry slowly finds its feet again airlines and employers in the Gulf are not finding it easy to persuade pilots and professionals to relocate to the region from countries where jobs are scarce However expatriates moving to the Arabian Peninsula can still live the dream - with a rewarding well-paid job and a chance to live in some of the most dynamic cities on the planet

Cantwell pushes for more aerospace workers in visit to Kitsap April 13 2012 Rachel Pritchett httpwwwkitsapsuncomnews2012apr13cantwell-pushes-for-more-aerospace-workers-in-to BREMERTON mdash Washington state must grow its aerospace workforce by 20000 people in a decade if it has a prayer of staying competitive That was the sobering message US Sen Maria Cantwell D-Wash delivered to educators and others during a local stop Friday The educators reminded her that funding for more college instruction in aerospace could solve the shortfall Read more httpwwwkitsapsuncomnews2012apr13cantwell-pushes-for-more-aerospace-workers-in-toixzz1s0iyQwi0

RUSSIAN ENGINEERS ONCE TURNED BACK NOW FLOWING TO BOEING AGAIN httpseattletimesnwsourcecomhtmlbusinesstechnology2017969432_boeingrussians15htmlsyndication=rss By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter After flying more than 13 hours from Moscow 18 Russian engineers arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Oct 14 for two-to-three-month stints at Boeing Some in the group all contractors at Boeings engineering design center in Moscow had done up to seven similar tours in the previous four years They carried letters of invitation from Boeing and short-term B-1 business-visitor visas



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BOEING CHIEF PILOT TRAINING MUST TRANSFORM TO MAXIMIZE FULL PILOT httpboeingmediaroomcomindexphps=43ampitem=2224 ORLANDO Fla April 17 2012 PRNewswire - called today on the aviation industry to transform aviation training for the next generation of commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians At the World Aviation Training Symposium in Orlando Fla Mike Carriker Boeing Test amp Evaluation chief pilot for New Airplane Development focused on training future aviation personnel to their fullest potential to maximize the capabilities of todays high technology airplanes

YOUR NEXT JOB ASTEROID MINER httpwwwfoxnewscomscitech20120426james-cameron-backed-space-venture-seeks-asteroid-miners April 26 2012 FoxNewscom

Looking to reboot your life

A new asteroid mining venture backed by Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron is hiring Planetary Resources Inc announced Tuesday at a news conference in Seattle that it wants to mine near-Earth asteroids for water and precious metals like gold and platinum within the next 10 years if all goes as planned And the brand-new company is looking for a helping hand Since my early teenage years Ive wanted to be an asteroid miner I always viewed it as a glamorous vision of where we could go company founder Peter Diamandis told reporters at the Museum of Flight in Seattle Diamandis hopes others share his passion for space exploration The company website is now accepting applications for a ldquofew good asteroid minersrdquo to help the firm find new ways to ldquoexplore space beyond Earth orbitrdquo Read more httpwwwfoxnewscomscitech20120426james-cameron-backed-space-venture-seeks-asteroid-minersixzz1tN4BJAXn

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NEW This month we start a new section entitled ldquoWhen did you Knowrdquo The objective is to publish pictures of young people (THEY ARE OUR FUTURE) experiencing aerospace Please forward pictures that you may have for publication in this section We will not publish any information regarding the children

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Flying semi-trucks courtesy of one of April 3rds twisters near Dallas

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Boeings CST-100 space capsule falls to Earth in a successful

parachute drop test held April 3 2012 at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo Nev CREDIT Boeing

CLEAR LAKE Texas mdash Boeingrsquos new private spaceship may be ready to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other locales in low-Earth orbit by 2015 company officials say

PROPOSED SATELLITE WOULD BEAM SOLAR POWER TO EARTH 06 April 2012 Leonard David SPACEcomrsquos Space Insider Columnist httpwwwspacecom15189-solar-power-beaming-satellitehtml

Space-based energy factory SPS-ALPHA ndash the Solar Power Satellite via

Arbitrarily Large PHased Array CREDIT John Mankins

PASADENA Calif mdash For decades researchers have been appraising the use of power-beaming solar-power satellites But the projected cost complexity and energy economics of the notion seemingly short-circuited the idea Now a unique new approach has entered the scene dubbed SPS-ALPHA short for Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array Leader of the concept is John Mankins of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions of Santa Maria Calif

RECOVERING EXHAUST HEAT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND BOOST EFFICIENCY httpwwwsaeorgmagsaem7916

08-Jul-2011 GM engineers are testing a prototype thermoelectric exhaust-heat energy-recovery device on a Chevy Suburban Despite the unprecedented technical sophistication of todayrsquos cars automotive engineers can never really

overlook the fact that those same vehicles waste more than two-thirds of the energy that is in the gasoline they burn Most of thatmdasharound 40mdashis squandered out the exhaust system as hot gases exit at a temperature from 300 to 700degC (570 to 1300degF)

HOW IT WORKS A FUTURISTIC FIRE TRUCK PUTS OUT AIRPLANE FIRES April 11 2012 Andrew Rosenblum A plane engulfed in flame is about the hardest fire to extinguish How does this truck do it

Aircraft fires pose unusual challenges for first responders Extinguishing jet fuel requires thousands of gallons of flame-smothering foam and the fuel burns so hot (up to 2500degF) that firefighters typically have only three minutes to respond before passengers would be overcome by heat and smoke inhalation Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles then must balance a heavy payload with quick acceleration Since its release in 2001 the Oshkosh Striker has become the industry-leading ARFF today itrsquos used at the White House nearly every Air Force base and more than 200 US airports In 2010 Oshkosh revamped the $600000-to-$800000 vehicle for the first time streamlining the design and refining the controls See how this fire truck works here

SYNERGY AIRCRAFT UPDATE httpwwwavwebcompodcastpodcastAudioPodcast_SynergyAircraft_JohnMcGinnis_206520-1htmlCMP=OTC-RSS April 13 2012 Glenn Pew Video Editor

The Synergy aircraft design gained the attention of NASA and Burt Rutan for its unorthodox and aggressive integration of high-efficiency aerodynamic principles Now designer John McGinnis is hoping similarly ambitious steps will help see the project to production SYNERGY AIRCRAFT httpwwwsynergyaircraftcom

PROPULSION IS KEY TO US NAVYS FA-XX httpwwwflightglobalcomnewsarticlespropulsion-is-key-to-us-navys-fa-xx-370854 By Dave Majumdar Washington DC Propulsion is key to the US Navys next-generation FA-XX fighter to replace the services Boeing FA-18EF Super Hornet fleet in the 2030s

The USN will have to engage with industry to determine where the art of the possible might lead the service Propulsion has a lot of benefits and we know itrsquos kind of the critical path to new developments he says



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