Participating In Month-Long Vocational Training Sessions At Community College

Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation's fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn - then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He's one of several operations managers at GE's Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community College near Auburn to prepare GE's growing foster of hourly workers.

Dayton, OH Area Becoming Hub For Aviation Education

Delta and United Airlines are partnering with Air Camp, Inc. in the Dayton, OH area in an effort to grow the pool of STEM-educated graduates to bolster the aviation job market.

Part Of Horizon 2020 Initiative

Airbus has launched the OPTIMA project, which will deliver a proof of concept demonstrator for the use of photonic payloads in telecommunications satellites. The OPTIMA project, which is led by Airbus Defense and Space in Stevenage and part of Horizon 2020 funded by the European Commission, comprises specialist partners from across Europe.

Marks Beginning Of Celebrations Of The 20th Anniversary Of OCCAR Convention Signature

Airbus has for the first time formally delivered two A400M new generation airlifters to two different nations in one day.

Bent Wing Flight Services Will Take Over As Airport's Only FBO April 1

Avfuel welcomes Bent Wing Flight Services, Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport’s new FBO, to its branded Network of Independents. Bent Wing Flight Services will take over as KFHB’s only FBO beginning April 1, and move into a new terminal in June. The FBO will provide its full array of services out of a temporary terminal until that time.

Ramping Up Global 7000 Jet Activities

This year, Bombardier Business Aircraft is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Global Completion Center in Montreal. The facility continues to ramp up activities surrounding the highly anticipated Global 7000 business jet, and is at the halfway point in its large-scale hiring objective to add 1,000 new positions to its local workforce.

Netherlands Aerospace Center Helped Design Rotor Blades And Propeller

At the recent Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland the PAL-V Liberty was unveiled to the public as the first Dutch-made flying car. The PAL-V is a ‘gyrocopter’, a flight-capable vehicle with retractable blades that doubles as a car. The Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR) was jointly responsible for designing the composite rotor blades and propeller, for developing the required manufacturing methods and for making the first products for flight tests.

Ariel Mission To Be Launched In Mid 2028

The nature of planets orbiting stars in other systems will be the focus for ESA’s fourth medium-class science mission, to be launched in mid 2028. Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey mission, was selected by ESA today as part of its Cosmic Vision plan. The mission addresses one of the key themes of Cosmic Vision: What are the conditions for planet formation and the emergence of life?

Height Above Touchdown The height of the Decision Height or Minimum Descent Altitude above the highest runway elevation in the touchdown zone (first 3,000 feet of the runway). HAT is published on instrument approach charts in conjunction with all straight-in minimums.

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The Aero-News Network, in a decade-long partnership with the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA), is pleased to announce the schedule for this week's programming initiatives and programs for the upcoming 2018 AEA Convention and Trade Show, to be held in Las Vegas, March 26-29, 2018, in what will be our record-setting 10th LIVE online programming initiative. Primary LIVE coverage will commence Monday, March 26th, with the webcasting of AEA’s pivotal New Product Introduction (NPI) series in which nearly 40 avionics innovators will reveal new products and programs for a live audience. Show coverage will commence at 0830 Pacific Time and conclude at 1200 PT. Source: LIVE Coverage of our TENTH (!!!) Airborne--Live presentation of the A