aerospace – your future

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AEROSPACE – YOUR FUTURE
Aerospace career development = APRIL 2012
PUBLISHER: Tom Teel - 607 322 4068 [email protected]
TERRAFUGIA:
http://www.terrafugia.com
Terrafugia (ter-ra-FOO-gee-ah) The Company’s mission is to
provide innovative solutions to the challenges facing personal
aviation. The result: the Transition® Roadable Aircraft.
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PAL-V ONE
http://pal-v.com
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 – all in one
product!
SCALED COMPOSITES – PROJECTS - (HELP WANTED)
http://www.scaled.com/projects
Scaled's 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.
AEROSPACE – THE FUTURE
NASA CLAIMS SUPERSONIC BREAKTHROUGH FOR BIZ JETS
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp
?channel=busav&id=news/avd/2012/04/02/08.xml&headline
=NASA Claims Supersonic Breakthrough For Biz Jets
Apr 2, 2012 By, Graham Warwick
Please forward additional “INNOVATION” websites
THANK YOU!
** INNOVATION **
AIRBUS INNOVATION:
http://www.airbus.com/innovation/
BOEING-INNOVATION VIDEO:
http://www.boeing.com/stories/videos.html
EADS-INNOVATION:
http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/our-innovation.html
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, NASA’s Supersonic Fixed-Wing project
manager.
HONEYWELL-INNOVATION:
http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/technology/techareas.html
LOCKHEED-MARTIN – INNOVATION:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/who-we-are/center-forinnovation.html
RAYTHEON-INNOVATION:
http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/innovation/
TERRAFUGIA ENVISIONS FLYING CARS ON AUTOPILOT
April 0 , 2012
A future of flying cars may need to follow the path of
driverless cars if it's to become a reality.
SAFRAN - AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
http://www.safran-group.com/site-safran-en/innovation429/areas-of-expertise/
HYDROGEN-POWERED SCAN EAGLE FLIES
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hydrogenpowered-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.
NEW
Please forward additional active “R & D” websites
THANK YOU!
**RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT**
ACTIVE PROJECTS
RED BULL STRATOS:
http://www.redbullstratos.com
Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to
ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a
freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds
before parachuting to the ground.
BOEING'S NEW CREW-CARRYING SPACESHIP TAKING SHAPE
http://www.space.com/15173-boeing-cst100-spaceshipupdate.html
by Leonard David, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
05 April 2012
SOLAR IMPULSE:
http://www.solarimpulse.com
Solar Impulse is a demonstration of what can be achieved
with today’s 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.
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Boeing's 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
Aircraft fires pose unusual challenges for first responders.
Extinguishing jet fuel requires thousands of gallons of flamesmothering foam, and the fuel burns so hot (up to 2,500°F)
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 it’s used at the White House,
nearly every Air Force base, and more than 200 U.S. airports.
In 2010, Oshkosh revamped the $600,000-to-$800,000
vehicle for the first time, streamlining the design and refining
the controls. See how this fire truck works here.
CLEAR LAKE, Texas — Boeing’s 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, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
http://www.space.com/15189-solar-power-beamingsatellite.html
SYNERGY AIRCRAFT UPDATE
http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast/AudioPodcast_Syn
ergyAircraft_JohnMcGinnis_206520-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
April 13, 2012, Glenn Pew, Video Editor
Space-based energy factory, SPS-ALPHA – the Solar Power Satellite via
Arbitrarily Large PHased Array. CREDIT: John Mankins
PASADENA, Calif. — 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.
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: http://www.synergyaircraft.com
RECOVERING EXHAUST HEAT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
AND BOOST EFFICIENCY
http://www.sae.org/mags/aem/7916
08-Jul-2011
GM engineers are testing a
prototype thermoelectric
exhaust-heat energyrecovery device on a Chevy
Suburban.
Despite the unprecedented
technical sophistication of
today’s 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 that—around 40%—is squandered out the exhaust
system as hot gases exit at a temperature from 300 to 700°C
(570 to 1300°F).
PROPULSION IS KEY TO US NAVY'S F/A-XX
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/propulsion-iskey-to-us-navys-fa-xx-370854/
By: Dave Majumdar Washington DC
Propulsion is key to the US Navy's next-generation F/A-XX
fighter to replace the service's Boeing F/A-18E/F 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 it’s kind of the
critical path to new developments," he says.
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?
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EUROFIGHTER’S FUTURE: TRANCHE 3, AND BEYOND
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Eurofighters-EUR-9BMiltinational-Tranche-3A-Contract05674/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=did&utm_
medium=textlink&utm_term=Eurofighter’s%20Future:%20Tr
anche%203,%20and%20Beyond
Apr 24, 2012
Latest updates: EUR 2 billion support contract; AESA radar –
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 “teen series” fighters that began with the F-14
and F-15, continued with the emergence of the F/A-18
Hornet, and extends through to the most recent F/A-18 Super
Hornet variants. Aerodynamically, it’s 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.
Less energy: The number of computations carried out by
computers for the same energy has been increasing by a
factor of two every 1.5 years.
Jonathan Koomey
See the rest of our Business Impact report on Computers
Storm the Grid.
NASA: DOWN TO EARTH FUTURE AIRCRAFT
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/future
_airplanes_index.html
PICK UP WHERE NASA'S SHUTTLES LEFT OFF
http://www.space.com/15417-dream-chaser-space-planeprivate-spaceflight.html
Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer, 25 April 2012
Image credit: NASA
Three industry teams spent 2011 studying how to meet
NASA's 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.
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.
NASA AIRBORNE SCIENCE PROGRAM'S CORE RESEARCH
AIRCRAFT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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.
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AEROSPACE – THE FUTURE
SCIENCE THAT CAN AFFECT AEROSPACE
THE COMPUTING TREND THAT WILL CHANGE
EVERYTHING
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40016/?ref=
rss
Computing isn't just getting cheaper. It's becoming more
energy efficient. That means a world populated by
ubiquitous sensors and streams of nanodata.
April 9, 2012, Jonathan Koomey
WHY WOODPECKERS DON'T GET CONCUSSIONS
http://www.livescience.com/19586-woodpecker-skullconcussions.html
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Writer, 10 April 2012
Notably, the woodpecker's 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
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/1204091
33916.htm
ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2012) — 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.
NASA MAKES PROGRESS IN QUIET SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASAMakesPr
ogressInQuietSupersonicFlight_206511-1.html?CMP=OTCRSS
April 11, 2012, Mary Grady, Contributing editor
HOW WELL DOES SCOTCH AGE IN ZERO GRAVITY? A
DISTILLER LAUNCHES SOME TO FIND OUT
April 10, 2012, Paul Adams
New wind-tunnel tests by NASA of designs by Boeing and
Lockheed show it's 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
20529.htm
ScienceDaily, Apr. 11, 2012 — 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.
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. There's
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 it's been aged in space
SULFUR IN EVERY PORE: IMPROVED BATTERIES WITH
CARBON NANOPARTICLES
30704.htm
ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2012) — Lithium-sulfur batteries
may be the power storage devices of the future. Newly
developed porous nanoparticles containing sulfur deliver
optimized battery performance.
NEW METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF
CARBON NANOTUBES
05109.htm
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — 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.
AIRCRAFT OF THE FUTURE COULD CAPTURE AND RE-USE
SOME OF THEIR OWN POWER
http://www.ecofriend.com/future-aircraft-powerregenerative-braking-taxiing.html
ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2012) — Tomorrow's 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.
ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS BREAKTHROUGH: FAST
05430.htmMolecular
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — 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 nature's 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
RUAVIATION.COM, April 17, 2012
http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2012/4/13/922/
The specialists of Obninsk-based Technologiya research
and development enterprise have developed the metaloptic 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, Lenta.ru
reports.
ENGINEERING REVIEW BOARD CONCLUDES REVIEW OF
HTV-2 SECOND TEST FLIGHT
April 20, 2012
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/04/20.
aspx
Graphene-Based Electronics: Entirely New Carbon-Based
Material Synthesized from Graphene
30404.htm
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 DARPA’s
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 vehicle’s aerodynamic design and
uncovered new information regarding the thermal
material properties of the vehicle.
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) — 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.
DEATH OF DARPA'S SUPERFAST HYPERSONIC GLIDER
EXPLAINED
http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/1077-darpahypersonic-glider-demise-explained.html
Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor
23 April 2012 02:47 PM ET
An ultra-fast U.S. military drone that streaked across the
sky at 13,000 mph and met its demise in the Pacific was
doomed by the excessive heat of hypersonic travel, which
literally peeled away the drone's metal skin, military
officials have revealed.
TINTED WINDOWS GO ORGANIC, GENERATE ELECTRICITY
Heliatek
http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/technology/fut
ureoftech/tinted-windows-go-organic-generateelectricity-720690#
Semi-transparent, flexible organic solar panels are being integrated into
windows.
The technology is under development by German startup
Heliatek and aims to “be instrumental in establishing
environmentally friendly solar energy as a widespread,
commonplace technology available to everyone.”
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):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_deposition
Reference: B-787 Windows
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
company’s plan to design the world’s first supersonic
business jet (SBJ).
RETHINKING ICING CERTIFICATION
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.
jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2012/04/23/AW_04_23
_2012_p84-445436.xml&headline=Rethinking Icing
Certification
Apr 20, 2012 Guy Norris, Michael Mecham Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Thompson, Manitoba
Aerion has designed the next test article that will fly in the
centerline position under NASA’s F-15B aircraft. The last
round of tests during the summer of 2010 reached Mach
2.0 and used an instrumented flat plate to map the highspeed flow field under the F-15B and validate computer
modeling.
The spate of incidents, ranging from complete
multiengine flameouts and surges to unexpected power
“roll-backs,” is forcing U.S. 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.
VIDEO: FLYING OBJECT PROPELS ITSELF BY FLIPPING
INSIDE OUT
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/04/flyingobject-propels-itself-by-flipping-inside-out.html
20 April 2012, Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV
It's not a bird or a plane: it's 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.
IMPROVING ON THE AMAZING: SCIENTISTS SEEK NEW
CONDUCTORS FOR METAMATERIALS
21748.htm
ScienceDaily, Apr. 24, 2012 — Scientists at the U.S.
Department of Energy's 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.
SECOND WIND: AIR-BREATHING LITHIUM BATTERIES
PROMISE RECHARGE-FREE LONG-RANGE DRIVING--IF
THE BUGS CAN BE WORKED OUT
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lithiu
m-air-oxygen-battery
By Larry Greenemeier | April 20, 2012
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 DOE/Ames
Laboratory)
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
TESTING A HUMAN-POWERED PLANE
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightinternational/2012/04/testing-a-human-poweredplane.html
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.
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 again—about 10 times the energy that today's
lithium ion batteries supply. It is a tantalizing prospect—a
lighter, longer-lasting, air-breathing power source for the
next generation of vehicles—if only someone could build
a working model. Several roadblocks stand between these
lithium–air 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 120,000-FOOT FREE FALL
Today, April 2 , 2012, Steven Kotler
The life-saving technology behind the daredevil's attempt
to accomplish the longest free fall in history
SHAPED BOOM SUCCESSES INCREASE DEMAND FOR
SUPERSONIC DEMONSTRATOR
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/articlexml/AW_04_23_2012_p54-447688.xml
April 23, 2012, Graham Warwick, Source: Aviation Week &
Space Technology
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 120,000-foot free fall—the longest ever attempted—
he will face temperatures as low as –70°F 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. Baumgartner’s
jump will be the first live trial at Mach speeds.
DAVID CLARK COMPANY:
http://www.davidclark.com/aerospace/aerospac.shtml
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
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/04/commercialspace-shuttle-wind-tunnel-testing/
April 27, 2012, Jason Paur
VIDEO: TRANSITION FLYING CAR PRODUCTION
PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE SKIES
By: Kate Sarsfield London
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/videotransition-flying-car-production-prototype-takes-to-theskies-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 1,400ft (430m), says Terrafugia. The proof-ofconcept Transition took to the skies in 2009 and
completed 28 flights.
TERRAFUGIA: http://www.terrafugia.com/index.html
Image: Blue Origin
Two of the companies competing in NASA’s 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.
SOLAR PLANE SET FOR NEW RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT
http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/1009-solar-planerecord-flight.html
InnovationNewsDaily Staff, 02 April 2012
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SCIENCE THAT CAN AFFECT AEROSPACE
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY / MILITARY / GOVERNMENT NEWS
THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR CAREER
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 1,500 miles
(2,500 kilometers) without a drop of fuel during a two-day
journey — a dress rehearsal for the ultimate goal of flying
around the world in 2014.
SOLAR IMPULSE:
 http://www.solarimpulse.com
 http://www.solarimpulse.com/sitv/index.php?lang=e
n&video=140
FLYING CAR MAKES SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/flying-car-makessuccessful-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:
http://pal-v.com
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd
ed&v=SgHSaNtAMjs
FREE-MARKET FANS ENCOURAGE RUSH FOR OFF-PLANET
REAL ESTATE
April 02, 2012, Rebecca Boyle
FEARS OF AN AIRCRAFT ORDER BUBBLE
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel
.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/awst/2012/04/02/AW_04_
02_2012_p30-441893.xml
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 2,200 net orders
in 2011, twice the level of 2010 and far above the 1,011
jets they delivered. The two airframers are sitting on
backlogs equivalent to about seven years’ worth of
output.
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 won’t go
without the promise of profit, and until they do, space will be
left unsettled, advocates say. The latest in a drumbeat of procolonization 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 U.S. 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 BuffaloLancaster (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.
MOTORGLIDER AUTOLAND A SUCCESS
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Motorglider_A
utoland_Success_206472-1.html?CMP=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.
COMPETITION IN TWIN-AISLE RACE BECOMES CLEARER
http://airinsight.com/2012/04/03/competition-in-twinaisle-race-becomesclearer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
April 3, 2012, leehamnet
As details emerge on Boeing’s 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 — ostensibly a replacement for the 777-200
series — 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. Boeing’s proposed 787-10 will be the
replacement for the 777-200.
MH-60R/S: THE USA’S NEW NAVAL WORKHORSE
HELICOPTERS
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mh-60rs-the-usasnew-naval-workhorse-helicopters04435/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=did&ut
m_medium=textlink&utm_term=MH60R/S:%20The%20USA’s%20New%20Naval%20Workhors
e%20Helicopters
DIAMOND FLIES ITS NEW DA52
April 3, 2012, Paul Bertorelli, Editorial Director
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/DiamondFliesI
tsNewDA52_206462-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
The US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawks have always had a
naval counterpart. SH-60B/F 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 antisubmarine warfare, search and rescue, medical
evacuation, and even surface attack with torpedoes or
Kongsberg’s AGM-119 Penguin missiles. Like their landbased counterparts, however, the Seahawks are getting
older. The Reagan defense build-up is receding into
history, and its products are wearing out.
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 Diamond's factory in Weiner
Neudstadt, Austria. According to Diamond, the aircraft took
off at a gross weight of 3,900 pounds and climbed to 12,000
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.
NEAR-MISSES BETWEEN SPACE STATION AND DEBRIS ON
THE RISE
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1204/05spacedebris/
Statistics show the International Space Station came
under growing danger from space junk after 2007, with
half of the orbiting lab's close calls since then due to nearcollisions 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 it’s coming all the same. Late last
month, Wichita-based Fat Head Solutions announced its
hung out its shingle in the UAS market and, “will provide
low cost, high value, and complete subsystem solutions
for small unmanned aerial systems.”
DELTA AIR LINES LOOKING TO BUY AN OIL REFINERY
April 0 , 2012 - Delta Air Lines is seriously considering the
purchase of an oil refinery, CNBC's Kate Kelly reported on
Wednesday. This would be a first for a major airline.
8
BOEING MAKES 737 MAX DESIGN DECISIONS
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=22
12
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 variant's
performance.
"The 737 MAX is on-track to deliver substantial fuelsavings to customers starting in 2017," said Beverly Wyse,
vice president and general manager, 737 program. "We've
made several design decisions that support the
performance targets for the MAX and evolve the NextGeneration 737's 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
NEW AIR FORCE ONE DEBUTS IN PENTAGON PLANNING
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120410/DEFREG
02/304100010/New-Air-Force-One-Debuts-PentagonPlanning?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Apr. 10, 2012, MARCUS WEISGERBER
FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT AIRCRAFT FASTER, WITH LESS
LOGISTICS FOOTPRINT
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
http://www.aeronews.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c1cad90819f4-46e1-bec2-2261360bba52
A BOEING PHONE: AEROSPACE GIANT PLANS ANDROID
DEVICE
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadg
etbox/boeing-phone-aerospace-giant-plans-androiddevice-715010#
Todd Bishop , GeekWire via Technolog
Air Force One sits on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport. A
replacement of the long-serving Boeing 747 is in the Pentagon's 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 Pentagon’s aviation plans,
marking the first time the Pentagon has included a
replacement for the long-serving Boeing 747 jet transport.
Boeing is jumping into the smartphone business,
developing a new mobile device — but we probably won’t
be buying this one at our local wireless store.
The company is working on a secure communications
device for the U.S. government defense and security
market, a spokeswoman for the company confirmed this
morning.
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, U.S. 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 assault/lift 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."
HOW END OF SHUTTLE ERA COULD USHER IN NEW
SPACE AGE
Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer, Date: 18 April 2012
http://www.space.com/15321-nasa-shuttle-era-spaceage-future.html
"Just because the shuttle is retired doesn't mean NASA is
shuttered — 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 — all
stored and referenced through the iPad interface.
9
SENATORS REIN IN AERONAV'S FEE PROPOSAL
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Senators_Rein
_In_AeroNav_206571-1.html?CMP=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 FAA's 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.
Britain's 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)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/planetaryresources-googl_n_1447871.html?ref=science&ir=Science
Reuters, Irene Klotz, 04/24/2012
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 RESOURCES’:
http://www.planetaryresources.com/
VIDEO: NASA Public News
AIRPORT COURTESY CAR PROJECT CELEBRATED
Janice Wood.Airports, General Aviation News
The courtesy car at Alexandria Field Airport (N85) in
Pittstown, N.J., 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 & Transportation Education Program Grant.
As part of the grant’s 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 12month period of the grant.
Video: PC-Aero's New Solar One Electric Cruiser
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/Exclusi
veVideo_Aero2012_ElectraSolarOne_ElectricAirplane_206
573-1.html
April 22, 2012, Paul Bertorelli, Editorial Director
PC-Aero has come out with its second solar-powered
airplane, the Electra Solar One. PC-Aero's 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
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2012/04
/movie-monday-a-master-aircraft.html
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 CIAfunded 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-12's stability
augmentation system (SAS) dampers, only to find out
almost too late that his Mach 3.2-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 CIA's A-12 fleet,
and the US Air Force's three-decade history with the SR71 Blackbird.
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.
BRITAIN'S CAMERON OFFERED AIR TANKER AS VIP JET
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/ukcameron-airbus-idUSLNE83M00120120423
Tim Hepher, Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:09pm 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.
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NASA PUSHES AERONAUTICS TO GUIDE FLIGHT
RESEARCH
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/articlexml/AW_04_23_2012_p52-448572.xml
April 23 , 2012, Graham Warwick, Aviation Week & Space
Technology
AIRBUS PLANNING STRETCHED A380
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Airbus_Stretch
ed_A380_206606-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
April 29, 2012, By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief
The director of Airbus's A380 program has told an
Australian television station that the company intends to
build a stretched version of the world's 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.
Is NASA's 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 R&D support?
These are questions the agency's aeronautics research
leadership is wrestling with as it tries to make more of its
meager budget—just 3% of NASA's total—even 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 U.S. aeronautics research and push for
public-private funding of two or three big-ticket, nationallevel X-plane programs.
END
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY / MILITARY / GOVERNMENT NEWS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR CAREER
AEROSPACE CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
RELEASE : 12-142 NASA STATEMENT ON JOHN GLENN
SELECTION FOR MEDAL OF FREEDOM
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/apr/HQ_12142_Bolden_Glenn_MOF.html
April 27, 2012, David Weaver, Headquarters, Washington
[email protected]
WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the following
statement by Administrator Charles Bolden about
President Obama's announcement that astronaut John
Glenn has been selected as a recipient of the 2012
Presidential Medal of Freedom:
Please forward “CAREER & JOBS” websites
THANK YOU!
** AEROSPACE – CAREER & JOBS **
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION:
http://www.aero.org/careers/jobs/index.html
AIRBUS:
http://www.airbus.com/work/
B/E AEROSPACE:
http://www.beaerospace.jobs/be_careers/index.htm
BEST AVIATION:
http://www.bestaviation.net/
"NASA sends its warmest congratulations to Sen. John
Glenn on being named a recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom. Both of John's historic missions to
space personified America's 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 world's space leader for
generations to come."
BOEING :
http://www.boeing.com/careers/
BOMBARDIER:
http://www.bombardier.com/en/aerospace/careers
HONEYWELL:
http://www.honeywell.com/sites/honeywell/careers.htm
LOCKHEED MARTIN:
http://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/index.aspx
FAA's Pilot Qualification NPRM Endangers Pilot Supply,
RACCA Says
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/articlexml/awx_04_24_2012_p0-451492.xml
April 24 , 2012, Kerry Lynch
[email protected] , Source: AWIN First
FAA’s 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).
NASA:
http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/
EMBRY-RIDDLE OFFERS SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR TEENS
http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSection
ID=1&ArticleID=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 University's
Prescott campus.
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SLIDE SHOW: TOP 10 AEROSPACE COMPANIES IN THE PUGET
SOUND AREA
 http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2012/04/slide-showtop-10-aerospace-companies.html
 http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2012/04/02/s
lide-show-top-10-aerospacecompanies.html?s=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
Administration’s (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: $44,827 -$125,943
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. U.S. high school students recently won
$5,000 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
CRISIS FOR US SCIENCE IS LOOMING, PHYSICISTS WARN
http://www.livescience.com/19526-american-sciencefunding-future.html
06 April 2012, Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer
ATLANTA — 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 America's 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 U.S. students graduate with degrees in science,
technology, engineering and math.
Cantwell pushes for more aerospace workers in visit to
Kitsap
April 13, 2012, Rachel Pritchett,
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/apr/13/cantwellpushes-for-more-aerospace-workers-in-to/
BREMERTON — Washington state must grow its aerospace
workforce by 20,000 people in a decade if it has a prayer of
staying competitive.
That was the sobering message U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, DWash., 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:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/apr/13/cantwellpushes-for-more-aerospace-workers-in-to/#ixzz1s0iyQwi0
Help Wanted at Scaled Composites
Janice Wood | General Aviation News | 17 hours ago
With several high-profile projects like Virgin Galactic’s
SpaceShipTwo and the Stratolaunch Carrier in progress,
Scaled Composites is in need of employees. According to a
post at EAA.org, Scaled will conduct an open house/career
fair on April 21 at its headquarters in Mojave, California.
RUSSIAN ENGINEERS, ONCE TURNED BACK, NOW FLOWING
TO BOEING AGAIN
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/
2017969432_boeingrussians15.html?syndication=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 Boeing's 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.
HELP WANTED AT SCALED COMPOSITES
Janice Wood, General Aviation News
With several high-profile projects like Virgin Galactic’s
SpaceShipTwo and the Stratolaunch Carrier in progress,
Scaled Composites is in need of employees. According to a
post at EAA.org, Scaled will conduct an open house/career
fair on April 21 at its headquarters in Mojave, California.
STUDENTS A COOL $5,000
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47010181/ns/technology_an
d_science-innovation
Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Sr Writer, 10 April 2012
12
NEW
BOEING CHIEF PILOT: TRAINING MUST TRANSFORM TO
MAXIMIZE FULL PILOT
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=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 & Evaluation chief
pilot for New Airplane Development, focused on training
future aviation personnel to their fullest potential to
maximize the capabilities of today's high technology
airplanes.
This month we start a new section entitled “When did you
Know?”. 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
WHEN DID YOU KNOW?
YOUR NEXT JOB: ASTEROID MINER?
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/26/jamescameron-backed-space-venture-seeks-asteroid-miners/
April 26, 2012, FoxNews.com
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, I've 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 “few good asteroid miners,” to help the
firm find new ways to “explore space beyond Earth orbit.”
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/26/jamescameron-backed-space-venture-seeks-asteroidminers/#ixzz1tN4BJAXn
END
WHEN DID YOU KNOW?
PICTURE OF THE MONTH
Flying semi-trucks, courtesy of one of April 3rd's twisters
near Dallas!
END
AEROSPACE CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
END
PICTURE OF THE MONTH
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