Monday, September 24, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Megafactories TV Series Features Learjet 60XR Manufacturing
The Learjet 60XR was featured in a recent episode of National Geographic Channel’s Megafactories TV series. In this episode, the assembly of businessman David Morgan’s $14 million Learjet 60XR is highlighted to tell the story of how each business jet is assembled at the Wichita plant, as well as how Bombardier Learjet has reinvented itself to optimize production. The film crew captured how the production line runs and the technical expertise and monumental logistics behind each aircraft.
Jetex Helps Operators To Get VAT-free Fuel
Jetex Flight Support has introduced a new program that allows qualifying aircraft operators to buy fuel more easily without paying value added tax (VAT). The service is provided through the flight planning and support group’s new subsidiary, Jetex Fueling Services. Initially the program will be available in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland and Switzerland. Jetex intends to extend it to other countries in the future, according to program manager Ahmed Ghazal
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Boeing wins United Airlines order for 150 737s
United Airlines ordered 150 Boeing 737s on Thursday, a big win for the jet-maker and a clear sign that the world's largest airline is shifting increasingly toward Boeing planes.
United ordered 50 Boeing's 737-900ERs, which begin arriving late next year. It's also buying 100 new 737 Max 9s, a revamped 737 that is getting new engines and other tweaks to make it more fuel efficient. They start arriving at United in 2018.
The order would be worth more than $14 billion at list prices, although big airlines like United don't pay list prices.
At the time of the United-Continental merger in 2010, Continental flew 737s and United flew the competing A320 from Airbus. The combined airline's fleet of 701 planes still includes 152 of those Airbus planes. It also has an order, placed by United before the merger, for 25 Airbus A350s set to begin arriving in 2016.
"We'll have Airbus planes for a long time," Smisek said.
Still, the airline has 25 Airbus planes under firm order, compared to some 250 Boeing jets, including Thursday's order. And some of the new planes could potentially replace A320s, Smisek said.
Boeing Co. has been hoping to boost orders for the Max. Airbus beat Boeing to the punch last year by offering a competing version of its own A320 with a new engine earlier than Boeing did. And Airbus scored big when it got American Airlines to order 260 jets last year, versus 200 for Boeing.
Smisek said his airline had "extensive discussions with both Airbus and Boeing" before picking Boeing. He spoke at a news conference in Chicago, where both Boeing and United Continental Holdings Inc. are based.
Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney also attended the news conference, along with Ray Conner, the new CEO of Boeing's commercial airplanes division. Connner was recently back from the Farnborough Airshow near London, where Boeing booked orders and commitments for 396 planes, worth $37 billion, including the United order. That was more than double Airbus' orders and commitments for 115 planes worth $16.9 billion.
Shares of United Continental Holdings fell $1.01, or 4.1 percent, to close at $23.78. Boeing shares rose 19 cents to close at $71.71.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
India developing UAV similar to American Predator drone
BANGALORE: India is developing an umanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to American Predator drones with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore and planning an unmanned combat vehicles, a key official involved in the project said today.
UAV Rustom-2 project is spread over 66 months, Director of Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) laboratory, P S Krishnan, told PTI here.
Rustom-2 would have a wing-span of 21-odd metres and an endurance of 24-hours-plus, as against seven-odd metres and 12-15 hours of Rustom-1, which has already completed five flights. ADE is the nodal lab for these projects.
Rustom-2 would have new payloads such as synthetic aperture radar, maritime patrol radar and collision avoidance system, among others, he said.
"With its capability and the amount of payload it can carry, it (Rustom-2) compares well with (American) Predator (drones) and other class of vehicles," Krishnan said.
The Predator is a nickname given to one in a series of UAVs, or pilotless drones, operated by the Pentagon, the CIA and, increasingly, other agencies of the US federal government such as the border patrol.
Asked if India is also developing unmanned aerial combat vehicles, he said "we are thinking of that one. Some plans will be there".
Meanwhile, Rustom-1, the Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV), would be integrated with payloads by next month, Krishnan said.
"We have demonstrated all the flying characteristics of the Rustom more or less in the final form".
Krishnan said the Indian Army is keenly watching the developments of Rustom-1, which has the potential military missions like reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition, target designation, communications relay, battle damage assessment and signal intelligence.
India has also started working on solar-power UAVs but is still at the R&D stage.
DRDO's Chief Controller (Aero), A Subhananda Rao, said this solar-powered UAV would have an endurance of "almost one week".
"Solar power will have to be harnessed and energy converters of higher efficiency will have to be designed," Rao told reporters.
"Lot of technological challenges are there. But definitely we will be getting into that. We are making a case for project sanction".
UAV Rustom-2 project is spread over 66 months, Director of Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) laboratory, P S Krishnan, told PTI here.
Rustom-2 would have a wing-span of 21-odd metres and an endurance of 24-hours-plus, as against seven-odd metres and 12-15 hours of Rustom-1, which has already completed five flights. ADE is the nodal lab for these projects.
Rustom-2 would have new payloads such as synthetic aperture radar, maritime patrol radar and collision avoidance system, among others, he said.
"With its capability and the amount of payload it can carry, it (Rustom-2) compares well with (American) Predator (drones) and other class of vehicles," Krishnan said.
The Predator is a nickname given to one in a series of UAVs, or pilotless drones, operated by the Pentagon, the CIA and, increasingly, other agencies of the US federal government such as the border patrol.
Asked if India is also developing unmanned aerial combat vehicles, he said "we are thinking of that one. Some plans will be there".
Meanwhile, Rustom-1, the Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV), would be integrated with payloads by next month, Krishnan said.
"We have demonstrated all the flying characteristics of the Rustom more or less in the final form".
Krishnan said the Indian Army is keenly watching the developments of Rustom-1, which has the potential military missions like reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition, target designation, communications relay, battle damage assessment and signal intelligence.
India has also started working on solar-power UAVs but is still at the R&D stage.
DRDO's Chief Controller (Aero), A Subhananda Rao, said this solar-powered UAV would have an endurance of "almost one week".
"Solar power will have to be harnessed and energy converters of higher efficiency will have to be designed," Rao told reporters.
"Lot of technological challenges are there. But definitely we will be getting into that. We are making a case for project sanction".
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Rising tensions with India and China over the European Union's "arrogant" law on carbon emissions could rob the region of the markets that can rescue it from economic malaise, airline leaders said on Thursday
They also said they had prepared contingency plans for a possible exit of Greece from the euro, as part of the industry's extensive crisis management, and they were worried about a domino effect of more countries' being forced out of the currency bloc, with implications for all businesses.
"Europe is going to have to go outside of Europe to deliver the sort of growth that everyone wants, and that means doing business with the likes of China, Russia, India, with Latin American countries, all of whom are opposed to this Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)," International Airlines Group Chief Executive Willy Walsh told reporters.
"To have a crisis in Europe and concerns about growth, and political leaders coming together to talk about a growth agenda, and at the same time have something going on in the background that risks undermining that fragile growth we believe is absolutely the wrong thing to do."
Since the start of this year, all airlines have been bound by an EU law making them acquire carbon permits under the ETS.
The European Commission last week issued figures showing more than 1,200 airlines had complied with its ETS and only 10 - all from China and India - had not.
"We should not confuse compliance with agreement," Walsh said. "The fact that India and China have not complied we believe is significant and of great concern."
Chinese and Indian opposition has been largely about the principle of sovereignty. The airlines said for them it was financial too as they battle rising costs and competition.
Speaking after a meeting of 34 airline CEOs in Brussels, Walsh said they had met EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas.
"We expressed to him the frustration and anger of the industry at what many believe is an arrogant approach by the Commission," he said.
"We believe the Commission has to defuse the tensions that are rising rapidly on a daily basis and to take concrete steps to move towards a global solution."
WOULD IT STOP WITH GREECE?
Any Greek exit from the euro zone would be a business issue in general, not just for airlines, executives said.
"We've looked at what we would do if Greece left the euro zone, if there were major problems with the euro. I don't think it's an airline issue, it's a business issue," Walsh said.
"For the Greek exit, I don't really see it for my company as a significant issue. The issue is, does it stop with Greece, if Greece exits, is that the end of it?"
Bernard Gustin, co-CEO of Brussels Airlines, said the aviation sector offered a way to get Europe back to growth.
"We believe that airlines can really fuel the growth of the EU economy. You are talking about an industry that in terms of GDP has a real impact on the European economy," he said. "It can be a vector for EU economic growth."
But he argued EU policy, notably the ETS, meant there was "a lack of fertile soil" for the industry to grow.
CARBON BILL
Even though it will not face a carbon bill until April next year, Walsh said IAG, formed from the merger of British Airways and Spain's Iberia, was already feeling the impact of the ETS.
"The reality is that we've accounted for the cost of emissions trading in IAG's first quarter results released the week before last," he said.
"We had 15 million euros in fuel bills and associated costs for the ETS, and we've projected 60 million euros for the course of this year. So it's already impacting on the airlines."
For Brussels Airlines, part-owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Gustin said first-quarter extra costs were 1.2 million euros.
The European Commission is looking to the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Administration (ICAO) to come up with a global approach to curbing emissions from airlines.
The airlines say they would also be happy with an ICAO solution. Many analysts, however, doubt it can deliver.
The Commission has said it only decided on its law after more than a decade of talks at the ICAO failed to agree on a global scheme to combat rising carbon emissions.
In December last year, the EU's highest court, the EU Court of Justice, ruled the ETS law was valid and did not breach international treaties. It also agreed with the Commission that the ETS was a market-based mechanism, not a tax.
Friday, November 18, 2011
BTECH 3-1 MID EXAMS TIME TABLE FOR AERONAUTICAL ENGG
28/11/11--->FM-2(10AM to 11:30 AM) & MS(2PM to 3:30PM)
28/11/11--->ASP-1(10AM to 11:30 AM) & AVS-2(2PM to 3:30PM)
28/11/11--->ATS(10AM to 11:30 AM) & AD-2(2PM to 3:30PM)
28/11/11--->ASP-1(10AM to 11:30 AM) & AVS-2(2PM to 3:30PM)
28/11/11--->ATS(10AM to 11:30 AM) & AD-2(2PM to 3:30PM)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Software's useful in Aviation industry
Catia V4/V5,
UG,
Pro/Engineer,
NASTRAN,
PATRAN,
ANSYS,
HYPERMESH,
LS DYNA,
ABAQUS,
MathCAD,
VeriCut,
MasterCAM,
FrameMaker,
Epic Editor,
Quick Silver,
Corel Draw,
Photoshop,
ISO Draw,
Autotrol,
Autodesk MAYA,
3D studioMAx,
SCADE.
UG,
Pro/Engineer,
NASTRAN,
PATRAN,
ANSYS,
HYPERMESH,
LS DYNA,
ABAQUS,
MathCAD,
VeriCut,
MasterCAM,
FrameMaker,
Epic Editor,
Quick Silver,
Corel Draw,
Photoshop,
ISO Draw,
Autotrol,
Autodesk MAYA,
3D studioMAx,
SCADE.
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