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Every TWO SECONDS, an aircraft with GE engine technology is taking off somewhere in the world...how do GE service them all? Well, meet OnPoint - http://invent.ge/1vOQ3Wy
Third quarter earnings results for GE were fueled by strong orders growth, a few of which include the new GE9X engine. Set to enter service in 2020, the GE9X received its first orders valued at $3.8 billion. Like the LEAP, it will have advanced composites and 3D-printed parts. Read more about what's coming up next: http://invent.ge/1DiiuhR
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AWAS reaffirms commitment to A350 XWB programme, converting positions to A350-900 widebodies
Super-efficient, long range aircraft with next generation engines to open up new markets for non-stop air travel, drive down airline operating costs, increase passenger comfort and convenience
Ray Sisson, President & CEO AWAS commented, “AWAS is very pleased to be able to offer our global airline customers the breakthrough performance and efficiency of the A350 XWB. Our conversion to larger A350-900 model reflects our overall confidence and the strong development of the programme to date.”
Aviation Safety Advisors will be delivering a new series of AvSafety seminars in the second half of 2014. The seminars will include: Information about the new Part 61 Flight Crew Licence (to be issued from 01 September 2014), including look, structure, details, transition arrangements and resources to help you understand your new licence. The latest news on the regulatory reform process. This will include the next phase of regulatory reform, how to find information, what might affect you and what you need to know. Information about the educational programs and resources available online to help keep you safe in the air and on the ground. They include the recently revised visual flight rules guide (VFRG), and the updated and improved OnTrack interactive guide to operating in and around controlled airspace. Aero clubs and other aviation organisations are welcome to run AvSafety seminars with ASAs presenting. However, CASA is unable to support the events financially beyond reasonable operating costs. The seminars will offer opportunities to discuss operator and individual obligations, as well as to ask questions, share knowledge and raise issues relating to regulatory reform. During November, seminars are being held in: Port Macquarie Coffs Harbour Kalgoorlie Gloucester Toowoomba Darwin Broken Hill Scone Geraldton The Aviation Safety Advisors will also be presenting at the Coonamble Aero Club Safety Day, 0930-1500 on 11 November 2014, Coonamble Airfield. For further information please contact the Coonamble Aero Club. The presentations are based around the content of the CASA website. Please feel free to bring your tablet or smartphone to follow the information live. For a list of all seminars (and to register) please go to www.casa.gov.au/avsafety click on your location, and (if available) follow the Register now link to confirm your attendance. The seminars are free, but registration helps us to contact you in the event of any changes. Demonstrate and reinforce your professionalism and safety culture by attending a CASA AvSafety in 2014.
Amerikalı uçak üretici Boeing, Türkiye için internet sitesi açtı.
Dünyanın en büyük iki uçak üreticisinden biri olan Boeing, Türkiye web sayfasını www.boeing.com.tr adresiyle resmen açtı. Boeing’in ticari uçakları ile savunma alanındaki ürün, hizmet ve Türkiye’de yürüttüğü program ve projeleri hakkında oldukça kapsamlı bir içerik sunduğu web sayfası yayın hayatına başladı.
Sitenin Türk uzay ve havacılık sektörüne olduğu kadar havacılığa ilgi duyan bireyler için de faydalı ve değerli olmasının amaçlandığı kaydedildi.
Boeing aircraft travel over 38.7 million miles per day!It is amazing to know this information!
September 2014: The continued market demand for Airbus’ product line of widebody and single-aisle jetliners was underscored by the 76 orders logged during September for its A320ceo (current engine option) and A320neo (new engine option) families, along with the A330ceo, while the company maintained its 2014 delivery pace with 54 aircraft provided to international customers. Read the full article: http://lnkd.in/dkYb4s8
Thirty years ago, Richard Branson started Virgin Atlantic. But what made him decide to go into the travel business in the first place?
As he reveals in a new film put together by HP Matter, it all came after getting stuck in Puerto Rico while trying to get to the British Virgin Islands.
“They didn’t have enough passengers to warrant the flight, so they cancelled the flight” he explains.
“I had a beautiful lady waiting for me in BVI and I hired a plane and borrowed a blackboard and as a joke I wrote Virgin Airlines on the top of the blackboard, $39 one way to BVI. I went out round all the passengers who had been bumped and I filled up my first plane.”
After that, Richard decided that he was fed up with airlines that didn’t care about their passengers and he wanted to do something about it. A phone call to Boeing to find out if they had any 747s for sale and an airline was born.
“We just made it that much more special than all the other airlines we were competing with,” Richard says.
And that’s still true today. Where some airlines might have you in a cramped seat for hours during your flight, Virgin airlines offer a much more comfortable journey, with inflight entertainment as standard. Virgin Atlantic were actually the first to offer individual TV screens and a choice of channels to passengers in all classes in 1991.
Despite originally being in the entertainment industry, it certainly seems that Richard was always destined to go into aviation. His mum, Eve, was a stewardess in the 1940s, and his uncle flew spitfires in World War II - and survived being shot down.
For more about the history of Virgin Atlantic, have a look at the film from HP Matter below.
$35 Nike firmasının kurucusu Phil Knight, bugün hâlâ kullanmakta oldukları logoyu, 1971 yılında grafik tasarım öğrencisi Carolyn Davidson’a çizdirmişti. O tarihte Portland Eyalet Üniversitesi’nde ders vermekte olan Knight, bir gün Davidson’ın parasızlıktan şikayet ettiğini duyar ve saati 2 dolara iş teklif eder. Davidson, şirketin tablo ve grafiklerini çizer, logoyu da tasarlar. Knight, “Aşık olmadım ama belki zamanla alışırım” der ve logo için 35 dolar öder. Daha sonra bazı küçük değişikliklerden geçse de ana konsept bugün de kullanılmaya devam etmektedir. Nike daha sonra Davidson’a bugün değeri 600 bin doları bulan 500 adet şirket hissesi verir.
By the time the A350 XWB enters service in 2014, the Trent XWB will have 70 million hours of Trent experience
Photocredit:RT Two helicopters collided en route to the Malaysian Navy's 90th-anniversary celebrations, resulting in 10 fatalities. Inve...
