Aug 22, 2011
TACOMA, Aug. 22, 2011: Lots happened in 1927: Babe Ruth hit 60 homers, âSilentâ� Calvin Coolidge was quietly running the White House and prohibition was in full swing. Also, a verbose 1927 LaSalle 303 Roadster, conceived by flamboyant GM Design Chief Harley Earle, strolled off the assembly line. More agg ... Continue reading
Aug 22, 2011
FULLERTON, Aug. 22, 2011: Yokohama Tire Corporation will be joining hands with Infineon Raceway in the upcoming Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California on August 25. Yokohama will be among the panel speakers consisted of innovators and thought leaders from the business, eng ... Continue reading
Aviation - REBTECH Provides NVG Compatibility To Virginia State Police
Aug 22, 2011
Bedford, August 22, 2011: As the result of a competitive bid award by the Virginia State Police Aviation Unit, REBTECH has teamed with Paradigm Aerospace Corporation (PAC) to provide the first night vision compatible cockpit and cabins for the agencyâs Bell 407 helicopters. Installation of the REBTECH night vision ... Continue reading
Aviation - Flightsafety Opens New Sim Facility In Broken Arrow Okla
Aug 22, 2011
LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, August 22, 2011: FlightSafety International will celebrate the grand opening of its new flight simulation training system design, manufacturing and support facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on August 23, 2011 âFlightSafetyâs new flight simulation training system design and manufacturing f ... Continue reading
Aviation - Autonomous ScanEagle, Procerus Unicorn Communicate Over Search Area
Aug 21, 2011
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern Oregon. The July 7-10 mission used two ScanEagles manufactured by Boeing subsidiary Insitu and one Procerus ... Continue reading
Aviation - FAA, European Aviation Safety Agency Certify Design Of New 747 Family
Aug 21, 2011
U.S. SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2011: Boeing received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification Friday for the new 747-8 Freighter, passing two of the final landmarks on the airplane's journey to entry into service. The FAA granted Boeing an Amended Type Certificate (ATC ... Continue reading
Aviation - Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment
Aug 19, 2011
San Diego, Aug. 19, 2011: The Northrop Grumman Corporation -built MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was credited with providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy anti-piracy actions during the system's second at-sea de ... Continue reading
Special Motorsports Event - JDRF Unveils Groovy Car
Aug 19, 2011
DEARBORN, Aug. 18, 2011: Seven-year-old Katie Hahn of Omaha, Neb. used every crayon in the box when she created her entry for the âJDRF Race Car Design Contest,â� hosted by the Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She named it âDriving Our Way t ... Continue reading
Aug 18, 2011
<b>Tire maker to go âgreenâ and feature a sustainable âliving wallâ display at Aug. 21 classic car celebration</b> FULLERTON, Aug. 18, 2011: For the seventh consecutive year, Yokohama Tire Corporation is a major sponsor of the annual Pebble Beach Concours dâElegance. Yokohama is dubbed âth ... Continue reading
Aviation Business - NLRB Sued For Documents Concerning Boeing Lawsuit
Aug 18, 2011
Washington, August 18, 2011: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit has been filed by Judicial Watch against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The suit seeks records concerning the NLRB's decision to file a lawsuit against Seattle-based Boeing for opening a $750 million non-union assembly plant in North Cha ... Continue reading
Aviation - CSC Completes Upgrades for FAA Modernization
Aug 17, 2011
Washington, August 17, 2011: CSC, Computer Sciences Corporation, announced this week it has successfully implemented a series of upgrades to the FAA's Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) in the first half of 2011. The upgrades include two separate software releases improving the performance and functionality of TFMS, ... Continue reading
Aviation - NASA, NIA Announce Student Engineering Competition
Aug 17, 2011
Cape Caneveral, August 17, 2011: NASA has launched a competition which will involve university students in helping to solve space exploration challenges. The RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage) contest, sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), seeks engineering id ... Continue reading
Aviation - Centennial Celebration Of Wright Soaring Record Planned For The Fall
Aug 16, 2011
Point Harbor, August 16, 2011: Motorless aviation enthusiasts and historians are teaming up to celebrate the centenary of an historic aviation milestone at the Outer Banks of North Carolina from October 21 through 24. The celebration of Orville Wrightâs record 9 minute 45 second soaring flight near Kitty Hawk, NC ... Continue reading
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