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
Aviation - NTSB Opens Public Docket On 2010 American Airlines Decompression
Aug 20, 2011
Washington, August 20, 2011: As part of the continuing investigation into the 2010 rapid decompression that occurred following a fuselage rupture aboard an American Airlines flight shortly after departing Miami, FL, the NTSB opened its public docket on Friday. On October 26, 2010, American Airlines flight 1640, a Boein ... Continue reading
Aviation - FAA, EASA Certify Boeing 747-8 Freighter
Aug 19, 2011
Seattle, August 19, 2011: Boeing has received FAA and EASA certification 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) and an Amended Production Certificate for the 747-8 Freighter, while the EASA ... 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
Singapore Businessman Peter Lim Invests In Mclaren Automotive
Aug 19, 2011
McLaren Automotive, the new high-performance sports car company based at the McLaren Group headquarters in the UK, today announces that Singapore-based businessman Peter Lim has completed a significant investment in the company. Lim, a successful business leader and philanthropist in Singapore, joins the McLaren Automo ... 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
Red Bull Skoda Team Thinks Positive Ahead Of The German Rally
Aug 18, 2011
German asphalt after Finnish gravel - the Red Bull Skoda team is getting ready for the German Rally, and it is mainly the German crew, Hermann Gassner jun/Kathi Wustenhagen, who can't wait to appear on the track in the surroundings of Trier, wanting to finish high on their home ground. ... Continue reading
Aug 17, 2011
Former game show model to make her NASCAR debut this weekend SPRINGFIELD, IL - August 16, 2011: Officials from Tony Marks Racing announced today that the team is forgoing its plans to compete in Sunday's Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in order to allow its driver Maryeve Dufault to concentrate on her ... 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
Aviation - Lynx Spacecraft Will Help Investigate Upper Atmosphere, Edge Of Space
Aug 16, 2011
Mojave, August 16, 2011: NASA has selected XCOR Aerospace to provide suborbital flight and payload integration services for research and scientific missions in a program that will offer up to $10 million dollars in contracts to match payload customers with flight vehicle services. The awards were announced by NASA's Fl ... Continue reading
Aug 16, 2011
Grand Prairie, August 16th 2011: The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) announced that it has launched social media profiles in an effort to increase awareness about the organizationâs goal to reduce the civil helicopter accident rate by 80 per cent by 2016. American Eurocopter created the profiles in Fac ... Continue reading
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