Carrier Transported More Than One Million Passengers Between Europe And Colombia In 2018

Avianca Airlines celebrates its 100-year anniversary in 2019. The carrier says that the milestone confirms its position as the oldest airline in the Americas and the oldest in the world with uninterrupted operations.

Aliu Recognizes Significant Aviation Development Leadership Presently Being Demonstrated By India At Mumbai Summit

Heightened regional cooperation and cutting edge technologies will be crucial to the delivery of sustainable air connectivity to all communities, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu declared at India’s Global Aviation Summit in Mumbai.

Delivery Of A Total Of Five Airbus Aircraft Have Been Confirmed To The Carrier

Air Lease Corporation has announced long-term lease agreements with SAS for three new Airbus A321-200neo LR aircraft, scheduled for delivery in 2020 and 2021 from ALC’s order book with Airbus. The three new A321LR aircraft add to two A320-200neos on lease to the airline, for a total of five Airbus aircraft confirmed to deliver to SAS from ALC.

Damage Discovered During Inspection In September Last Year

On September 6, 2018, the 55-foot arm attached to the International Space Station .... humankind’s most distant outpost ... began to move. Its instructions were to survey the spaceship’s European science laboratory for signs of impact damage from marauding bits of space rock or space debris.

Hong Kong’s Home Airline Rejuvenates Strategy With A Focus On Youth Development, Diversity And Inclusion, Environmental Protection And Global Cultural Exchange

Youth development, diversity and inclusion, environmental protection and global cultural exchange form the focus of Cathay Pacific’s rejuvenated community engagement strategy, which saw the inauguration of two new initiatives at a ceremony held recently in Hong Kong.

Based On Equipment Moved To The U.S. From Germany After WW II

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) J-1 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base has reached is 60th year providing altitude testing for medium and large turbine engines.

Contract Valued At $439 Million

Bell Helicopter has been awarded a contract modification valued at $439,563,841 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract (N00019-17-C-0030). This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of 25 Lot 16 AH-1Z aircraft and 25 stores control units.

Node Was Launched Into Orbit In October

SpaceChain, a community-based space platform, announces the successful test of its second blockchain node in space, launched into orbit on October 25, 2018, by a CZ-4B Y34 rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Xinzhou, China.

Chaff Thin, narrow metallic reflectors of various lengths and frequency responses, used to reflect radar energy. These reflectors when dropped from aircraft and allowed to drift downward result in large targets on the radar display.

ATC Security Services Communications and security tracking provided by an ATC facility in support of the DHS, the DOD, or other Federal security elements in the interest of national security. Such security services are only applicable within designated areas. ATC security services do not include ATC basic radar services or flight following. 

Aero Linx: The Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc. The Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc. was organized in July of 2001 by a small group interested in preserving the rich history of all engines used in aerial propulsion, including rocket engines. The organizers hoped to achieve this goal by bringing together aircraft engine authors, collectors, operators, researchers and enthusiasts within a single non-profit organization. Since that time, the AEHS quarterly journal, Torque Meter, has been read by tens of thousands, and the AEHS web site has been visited by millions of people from around the world. Publication of Torque Meter was abandoned at the end of 2008 in favor of an all-web presence

"These little dents in the outer part of the Columbus module show how the space around Earth is not so empty after all. They also show what a good job the ESA-built module is doing to protect astronauts living and working in space." Source: Detlef Koschny, an expert from ESA's Planetary Defence Office focussing on space safety and security, commenting about the robotic arm camera on the International Space Station having now completed the first two scans of the outer panels of the Columbus module, in search of micro impact 'craters.'