Aviation - ViaSat High-Speed Internet Will Be Offered In Bombardier Aircraft
Aug 24, 2011
Carlsbad, August 24, 2011: ViaSat Inc. has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to provide airborne communications terminal equipment as part of a new high-speed Internet option on Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. The Bombardier option combines the ViaSat VMT-1500 shipset along with the EMS Aviation CNX-200 route ... Continue reading
Aviation - DOT Issues New Airline Passenger Regulations
Aug 24, 2011
Washington, August 24, 2011: New consumer protections for airline passengers established by the U.S. DOT went into effect Tuesday, which Secretary Ray LaHood says will make flying more convenient and hassle-free for air travelers nationwide. The new consumer protections, finalized earlier this year, include requirement ... Continue reading
Aviation - NASA Reports "Off-Nominal Situation"
Aug 24, 2011
Moscow, August 24, 2011: Mission Control Moscow reported an abnormal situation from the Progress 44 cargo craft that launched on time at 0900 EDT Wednesday. According to NASA, Progress 44 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome into a cloudless sky at 1900 Kazakhstan time bound for the International Space Station and a d ... Continue reading
Aviation - Boeing Delivers New F15Ks To South Korea
Aug 23, 2011
DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea, Aug. 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Aug. 20 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. ... Continue reading
Aviation - TAI Announces First Flight Of T129 Attack Helicopter
Aug 23, 2011
Ankara, August 23, 2011: Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) is pleased to announce the successful first flight of the first T129 prototype, produced at TAIâs facilities in Ankara, Turkey. The first flight, conducted by TAIâs test pilots, of T129 âP6â� prototype helicopter has timely and s ... Continue reading
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
227 MPH Skoda Octavia vRS Breaks Landspeed Record at Bonneville
Aug 22, 2011
On Friday 19 August at 07:45am, a Skoda Octavia vRS officially became the fastest 2.0-litre supercharged production car in the world when the 600 bhp 'salt spec' racer - built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge - registered a Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) sanc ... 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
Motorsports Business - Most R&D Tax Credits Remain Unclaimed - Even By Motorsport!
Aug 20, 2011
London, August 19, 2011: MIA wants all innovative companies to get this financial benefit, urgently, and have called a meeting on Wednesday 21 September to help them do so. The Department of Business, Innovation & Skills say: "R&D Tax Credits are the single most important funds for SMEs in the UK" - yet most companies ... Continue reading
Aviation - NTSB Releases Report On Montana Loss Of Control Crash
Aug 20, 2011
Washington, August 20, 2011: On March 22, 2009, about 1432 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus PC-12/45, N128CM, was diverting to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, when it crashed about 2,100 feet west of runway 33 at BTM. The pilot and the 13 airplane passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was substa ... Continue reading
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