All India Institute of Aeronautics Dehradun (UK)

“ALL india INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS” Dehradun feels proud to warmly welcome you to one of the most renowned and esteemed educational organizations where professionals in the aviation field like Pilots, Air-hostesses and Flight Pursers, Airport Managers, Flight Dispatchers, BBA (Aviation/Flying) and MBA (Aviation) are successfully trained.

Road of progress takes one successfully from what he/she is to what he/she is capable of. Our institute with an amalgamation of tradition and modernity envisions holistic development of students to keep in step with the progressive strides being made in the 21^st century. We firmly believe in the adage ‘The sky is the limit’ and do our best to orient our students to achieve that ultimate objective. We also inculcate values of discipline, character building and team work in our students. Various facilities provided at our institute coupled with the individual attention paid to each student help bring about multidimensional personality growth and put students on the path of success.

We train our students in a manner that no other institute does for, we may not do big things but we do small things with great care and commitment. We boast of one of the best faculties in terms of experience, calibre and competence. All our faculties had long association in the fields of aviation and hospitality. We continuously strive for excellence not only in imparting high class education but also in upgrading our facilities with the help of creating effective resources and environment. In order to stand apart among the horde of institutes teaching the same curricula, AIIA relentlessly tries to keep pace with ever changing demands of the industry. Our campus is located at a serene and noise free zone of the city affording conducive environment for undisturbed learning. Students passing out from the portals of our institute are able to create a niche for themselves which others find hard to match. In the institute our endeavour is to bestow students with finer qualities such as morality, truthfulness, patriotism and spirit of healthy competition. Nurturing outstanding professional skills and character building traits go along way in lifting students’ composite personality to a much higher plane.

NASA Astronaut Fincke to Appear Virtually in Tezpur University

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA has approved a virtual appearance of astronaut E Michael “Mike” Fincke with Tezpur University’s National Level Annual Technical Festival ‘TechXetra 2012’ on November 2, 2012. This has been stated by Rajen Barua, president of the Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS) International, in a press release from Houston. FASS International is the sponsoring organization of the event on behalf of Tezpur University. The astronaut’s virtual appearance programme is an exciting and memorable experience for all involved. Normally NASA receives thousands of such requests for astronaut appearances each year. However, very few of these requests can at present be accommodated due to NASA’s heavy ongoing support programme of the International Space Station (ISS) and many other exciting NASA programmes.

With the personal collaboration and help of FASS International members in Houston such as Rupesh Saikia and others, it was possible to schedule an appearance of Mike Fincke on November 2 as requested by Tezpur University. The virtual appearance of astronaut Mike Fincke in the TechXetra 2012 will be very meaningful for the students of science to connect with the latest technology as well as to know more about NASA’s ongoing programmes which includes the International Space Station, Mars Rover Mission and many more.

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International Aviation

Over the last 30 years, the European Union has created the world's largest and most successful example of regional market integration and liberalisation in air transport. The single EU aviation market has been developed through dramatic changes in the economic and regulatory landscape of air transport in Europe. All players in the air transport sector (customers, airlines, airports and employees) have benefited from new routes and business opportunities, lower prices and better overall quality of service.
However, airlines still have limited market access when flying to countries outside the EU, and passengers therefore have less choice. International aviation has traditionally been governed by bilateral agreements between individual countries which have typically restricted the number of airlines and routes concerned as well as the number of flights and the possible destinations.
To overcome these limitations, since 2005, the EU has been extending its aviation policy beyond its borders. This policy is based on three pillars. First, the bilateral agreements that are not in line with EU law, most importantly, the freedom of establishment which derives from the EU Treaties need to be amended to ensure legal certainty and to put all EU airlines on an equal footing for flights to countries outside the EU. Second, the EU is working to develop a Common Aviation Area with neighbouring countries to the South, South-East and East of the EU. Third, the EU is negotiating comprehensive agreements to integrate the EU aviation market with those of its key international partners.
Closer international relations will not only open markets, but also allow the EU to ensure high standards of safety and security in international air transport as well as to work with others more effectively to address the impact of aviation on the environment.

Carbon Fiber

One of the most significant goals in the international aeronautics industry today is increasing efficiency and thus reducing the use of fuel, which would save on high fuel costs and help reduce global warming. One strategy is to reduce the weight of planes. And an increasingly popular method of weight reduction is the use of composites, especially carbon fiber reinforced plastics, in place of the metals that have been standard throughout the history of aviation.

These composites consist of plastic that has been impregnated with filaments of carbon fiber to form a thin fabric. To create structures such as those used in airplane parts, these fabrics are layered into a mold, with the weave aligned in particular directions to ensure optimal strength. The composite is then cured and checked, usually with ultrasound, to ensure that each piece has no interior imperfections. The resulting material is light, strong, durable, and resistant to swings in temperature.
Spain began developing its expertise in carbon fiber composites when Spanish companies created parts for the European space launcher decades ago. Though the aeronautics industry has long relied on sturdy metals that have been tested and employed for decades, Spanish companies bet on investing in further research on carbon fiber, a bet that has paid off as these materials gain wider use in aviation. The Airbus 400 military plane will be the first Airbus plane to be made with carbon fiber wings. About a quarter of the structures in the new Airbus 380 will be made of carbon fiber, and the A350, still in the design stages, is expected to contain even more. Boeing is increasing the carbon fiber percentage of its 787 to 50 percent. Spanish companies are in a unique position to capitalize on this growth.
Much of the research on carbon fiber in Spain takes place at the sprawling ­Airbus and EADS-CASA facilities located in Madrid, Toledo, and Seville. These facilities are some of the largest in Europe. In Toledo, research at the Airbus Advanced Composites Center has focused on how to design and manufacture large curvature panels from carbon fiber. Because of this research, the material has been used in large sections of the fuselage of major commercial aircraft for the first time.
Another top player in the Spanish market is Aernnova, formerly Gamesa Aeronáutica. The company began operations in 1993, building parts for the aviation company Embraer and soon thereafter for the helicopter company ­Sikorsky. By developing, designing, and building major parts for planes out of carbon fiber and titanium, Aernnova created new methods and techniques to ensure product strength and safety.
The company today is taking its expertise to American aviation giant Boeing, with hundreds of engineers in both Seattle and Madrid working to make planes lighter (thus more environmentally friendly) and designing structures for the fuselage. As part of its continuing work, Aernnova is part of a new European consortium working on "clean skies"— the design and production of environmentally friendly aircraft.
"From a technological point of view, we are developing and continuously applying R& D to new product development," says Ignacio López Gandásegui, president of Aernnova. "Logically these activities are primarily taking place in structures, which is our main activity. We are continually working with new materials and new production systems for these materials."

History Dassault Aviation

The Société des Avions Marcel Bloch was founded by Marcel Bloch in 1929. In 1935 Bloch and Henry Potez entered into an agreement to buy Société Aérienne Bordelaise (SAB), subsequently renamed Société Aéronautique du Sud-Ouest. In 1936 the arms industry in France was nationalised as the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest (SNCASO). Marcel Bloch was asked to act as delegated administrator of the Minister for Air.^[1]
During the occupation of France the country's aviation industry was virtually disbanded.^[2] Marcel Bloch was imprisoned by the Vichy government in October 1940. In 1944 Bloch was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp by the German occupiers where he remained until it was liberated on 11 April 1945.
On 10 November 1945 at an extraordinary general meeting of the Société Anonyme des Avions Marcel Bloch the company voted to change its form to a limited liability entity, Société des Avions Marcel Bloch, which was to be a holding company. On 20 January 1947 Société des Avions Marcel Bloch became Société des Avions Marcel Dassault to reflect the name adopted by its owner.
In 1954 Dassault established an electronics division (by 1962 named Electronique Marcel Dassault), the first action of which was to begin development of airborne radars, soon followed by seeker heads for air-to-air missiles, navigation and bombing aids. From the 1950s to late 1970s exports become a major part of Dassault’s business, major successes were the Dassault Mirage series and the Mystere-Falcon. The average rate in the period 1952–1977 was 58%.^[3]
In 1965 and 1966 the French government stressed to its various defense suppliers the need to specialize to maintain viable companies. Dassault was to specialise in combat and business aircraft, Nord Aviation in ballistic missiles and Sud Aviation civil and military transport aircraft and helicopters.^[4] (Nord Aviation and Sud Aviation would merge in 1970 to form Aérospatiale) .
On 27 June 1967 Dassault (at the urging of the French government) acquired 66% of Breguet Aviation. Under the merger deal Société des Avions Marcel Dassault was dissolved on 14 December 1971, with its assets vested in Breguet, to be renamed Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (AMD-BA).
Dassault Systèmes was established in 1981 to develop and market Dassault’s CAD program, CATIA. Dassault Systèmes was to become a market leader in this field.^[5]
In 1979 the French government took a 20% share in Dassault and established the Societé de Gestion de Participations Aéronautiques (SOGEPA) to manage this and an indirect 25% share in Aerospatiale (the government also held a direct 75% share in that company). In 1998 the French government transferred its shares in Dassault Aviation (45.76%) to Aerospatiale. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with other European companies to form EADS.
In 2000 Serge Dassault resigned as chairman and was succeeded by Charles Edelstenne. Serge Dassault was appointed honorary chairman.

Aerospace engineering degrees

Aerospace engineering may be studied at the advanced diploma, bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels in aerospace engineering departments at many universities, and in mechanical engineering departments at others. A few departments offer degrees in space-focused astronautical engineering. The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands offers one of the top European aerospace educational and research platforms, while the programs of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rutgers University, and University of Southern California are examples of American schools.^[11] In 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranked the undergraduate aerospace engineering programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan as the top three best programs at doctorate granting universities in the United States. The other programs in the top ten were Purdue University, California Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, University of Illinois, Stanford University, University of Texas at Austin, and Virginia Tech in that order.^[12] The magazine also rates Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Naval Academy as the premier aerospace engineering programs at universities that do not grant doctorate degrees.^[13] University of Kansas School of Engineering has earned more first and second place AIAA awards than any other academic institution in the world in the 42-year history of the competition.^[14] Wichita State University is renowned for its Aerospace Engineering program and also has the third highest research budget for Aerospace Engineering in the United States.^[15][16]
In Canada, undergraduate degrees in aerospace (or aeronautical) engineering can be earned at Carleton University, École Polytechnique de Montréal, École de Technologie Supérieure, the Royal Military College of Canada and Ryerson University. Undergraduate aerospace engineering options, or related programs, are available through Concordia University, McGill University, the University of Manitoba and the University of Toronto. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board is responsible for accrediting undergraduate aerospace engineering programs,^[17] graduate study in aerospace engineering is also available at several Canadian post-secondary institutions, though Canadian post-graduate engineering programs do not require accreditation.
In the UK, Aerospace (or aeronautical) engineering can be studied at the B.Eng., M.Eng., MSc. and Ph.D. levels at a number of universities. The first institution in the UK to teach in this field was Queen Mary, University of London.,^[18] which, with the dissolution of the University of Paris (whose chair was founded at around the same time ^[19]), maintains the longest continuous experience of doing so in the world. The The Times' top 10 universities are University of Cambridge, University of Surrey, University of Bristol, University of Southampton, Queens University Belfast, University of Sheffield, Newcastle University, University of Bath, Imperial College London, Loughborough University and University of Nottingham for 2010.^[20] The Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London is noted for providing engineers for the Formula One industry,^[21] an industry that uses aerospace technology.
Aerospace can be studied at University of Limerick in Ireland. In Australia, the RMIT University offers Aerospace (or aeronautical) engineering and has more than 60 years teaching experience in this profession. Monash University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Adelaide and Queensland University of Technology also offers Aerospace Engineering.
European universities that are renowned for their teaching and expertise in aerospace engineering include TU Delft in the Netherlands, ISAE, ENAC, IPSA and ESTACA in France, RWTH Aachen, TU München, the University of Stuttgart, TU Dresden, TU Berlin and TU Braunschweig as well as Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and the Centre for Structure Technologies at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. In Austria the FH Joanneum and the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt. In Portugal the Instituto Superior Técnico.^[22] In Spain the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia and University of Seville offer the degree, while in Italy there also several universities where aerospace engineering can be studied including the Politecnico di Torino, the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Bologna,the University of Pisa, the University of Napoli, the University of Padua and the Sapienza University of Rome. In Eastern Europe they are the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania, the Technical Military Academy of Bucharest in Romania the University of Belgrade in Serbia, the Warsaw University of Technology and Rzeszów University of Technology in Poland and Brno University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic.
In India Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is well known for its Aerospace Engineering department, which offers degrees at post-graduate level. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is credited to have been the nucleus point and incubation center for various leading academic and industrial aerospace related organizations in India. IIT Kanpur possesses its own flight test aircraft and airfield for students in the discipline, while few other IITs also offer degrees in this discipline. PEC Institute of Technology, Chandigarh and Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai are two premier non-IIT colleges which offer courses in Aeronautical Engineering. IIST Trivandrum,sponsored by ISRO offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses focusing on aeronautics, astronautics and space sciences. Amrita University^[23] Coimbatore is another institute in private sector that offers Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering. Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur has offered an undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace Engineering since academic year 2010. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Indian Institute of aeronautical engineering, Dehradun also one of the leading institute. The Manav Rachna International University is an established institute and has a 4-year full-time B.Tech. degree in Aeronautical Engineering. NIMS University, Rangapur offers B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Aerospace Engineering.^[24]
In Bangladesh, only Military Institute of Science and Technology offers a four years B.Sc in Aeronautical Engineering in two different disciplines named aerospace & avionics. In China Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University is a regional leader in the field of aerospace engineering education. In Pakistan Aerospace Engineering can be studied at National University of Sciences and Technology at (CAE), at PAF Academy in Risalpur & at Air University which is Pakistan's only university that grants a Doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering & Avionics Engineering. In 2002, SUPARCO established IST which is a federally chartered public sector institute of Pakistan offering under graduate and graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering. The MS degree at IST is being offered in collaboration with Beihang University (BUAA), China and Seoul National University, South Korea.
Another university that offers Aerospace Engineering degrees (B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Eng, Phd) is the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in Israel.
In Brazil the B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering are offered by the some prestigious Universities like:Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC at Sao Bernardo do Campo campus, Universidade de São Paulo – USP at São Carlos campus, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica – ITA and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG. The admission for these courses features among the most difficult in Brazil, partly due to its competitive Vestibular (similar to ACT and SAT in USA).
In Africa the only University that offers an undegraduate BSc in Aeronautical Engineering is the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. They also offer a MSc and Phd in Aeronautical engineering.

Aviation history

The origin of aerospace engineering can be traced back to the aviation pioneers around the late 19th century to early 20th centuries, although the work of Sir George Cayley has recently been dated as being from the last decade of the 18th to mid 19th century. One of the most important people in the history of aeronautics,^[5] Cayley was a pioneer in aeronautical engineering^[6] and is credited as the first person to separate the forces of lift and drag, which are in effect on any flight vehicle.^[7] Early knowledge of aeronautical engineering was largely empirical with some concepts and skills imported from other branches of engineering.^[8] Scientists understood some key elements of aerospace engineering, like fluid dynamics, in the 18th century. Many years later after the successful flights by the Wright brothers, the 1910s saw the development of aeronautical engineering through the design of World War I military aircraft.
The first definition of aerospace engineering appeared in February 1958.^[2] The definition considered the Earth's atmosphere and the outer space as a single realm, thereby encompassing both aircraft (aero) and spacecraft (space) under a newly coined word aerospace. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded in 1958 as a response to the Cold War. United States aerospace engineers launched the first American satellite on January 31, 1958 in response to the USSR launching Sputnik on October 4, 1957.^[9]

Aerospace Overview

Flight vehicles are subjected to demanding conditions such as those produced by extreme changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature, with structural loads applied upon vehicle components. Consequently, they are usually the products of various technological and engineering disciplines including aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, materials science, structural analysis and manufacturing. The interaction between these technologies is known as aerospace engineering. Because of the number of disciplines involved, aerospace engineering is carried out by teams of engineers, each having their own specialised area of expertise.^[4]
The development and manufacturing of a modern flight vehicle is an extremely complex process and demands careful balance and compromise between abilities, design, available technology and costs. Aerospace engineers design, test, and supervise the manufacture of aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles. Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space.

The proceedings are designed around three main Topics:

Evolving trends and latest directions for space and aeronautics strategy and advanced research...
In this track, senior officers from the two organizers will present their strategies, evolving directions, initiatives and programs. NASA will discuss the new frontier of Space Exploration, while KACST will present its activities, and related focus on: Earth Observation, Navigation, and Telecommunications Technologies.
The discussed trends will include: diffusion of satellite technology in the private sector, especially in realm of the growing private sector involvement in space-based projects. The emergence of privately financed earth observation and space-based initiatives are another fundamental shifts in the international space and aeronautics sector with implications to future activities, products and services in the Kingdom.

Topic 2

Space exploration missions... first hand accounts by astronauts of STS 51-G flight...
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of STS 51-G, HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz will participate with a distinguished group of Astronauts that participated in flight STS 51-G. The Astronauts will recount first hand accounts of their mission, discuss their experience, memorable moments and their reflections as to current directions and developments in Space Exploration.

Topic 3

A review of advanced research by NASA, leading universities, and KACST...
In this track, Directors of research programs and senior researchers will present their current focus, findings and the future of advanced research areas

The stakeholders of the Strategic Development Plan for the Kingdom’s Space and Aeronautics sector will be able to discuss with leading scientists the implications of current research and findings to the future of the sector, in particular when collaboration between the public and the private sector maybe be possible.

The Kingdom’s industrial stakeholders offer growing capabilities in manufacturing and flight systems modification as well as specific components relevant to satellite systems, navigations, communications, remote sensing and earth observation.

History & Heritage

AIAA has the distinction of being both a historic and a historical organization.

In its historic role, AIAA has been an integral part of the aerospace community since it began as a group of science fiction writers dreaming of spaceflight in 1930. Over the past 80+ years, AIAA and its predecessor societies have supported the aerospace community in so many ways – with publications; public lectures and later, technical conferences; journals, and many other activities. A group of the earliest members even performed their own rocket experiments, later forming a commercial company that became a leader in the industry. AIAA has also monitored and often recorded the activities of its members, through those same books, papers, journals, conferences. We watched as airplanes developed into jets; as jets went supersonic; and as spaceflight went from a dream to reality. AIAA can say with pride that an AIAA member has been involved with most of the major milestones in flight, so our history is interweaved with the history of aerospace. We present here a brief history of AIAA as an organization as well as a recognition of important events and pioneers from around the world.

Airnews On Aviation Sports And Helicopter Charter Flights Kenya|Africa|East Africa|Uganda|Tanzania

There several aviation sports events that have and will take place in exhibition of aircrafts of different types to the aircraft operators from all over the world. Some  aircraft manufacturers will be celebrating their anniversaries since inception and others will be bring their new aircrafts into the market for the operators to be able to view and decide on inventing them into their fleet.

All these events are provided through monthly air news which the aircraft operators and travelers and able to get this information on internet, in magazines.

Air Venture 2010- A Year of Celebration.

The Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing B-17 celebrated and marked, both 75 years young, at Air Venture, in Oshkosh, Wisconsis this year. It also marked the celebration and honoring of all veterans and those who serve now, with war bird fly-bys held every day.

The aircraft got into the field before any of those celebrations could get underway.

Oshkosh was under a storm that at one point delivered seven inches of rain in a 12-hour period for almost 72 hours preceding the show. Someone called it “Sploshkosh”.Even Milwaukee International Airport,150 miles south of Oshkosh, was closed because of runway flooding, and that was a “first”!

At Wittman Field, Oshkosh, venue for AirVenture, most of the 10000 incoming aircraft were diverted to nearby airports when the taxiways became clogged with aircraft. Once the rain stopped, officials had to wait until the ground dried out before they could recover (and park) any aircraft.

As EAA made arrangements to move campers and motor homes to nearby malls as the rain and mud caused four empty camp-grounds. By noon of opening day,(July 26) ,warm temperatures and low humidity had things almost back to “normal”, but residual issues lingered until late in the week. More than 10000 aircraft found spots to park on the grounds. A total of 2380 show planes, included 1106 homebuilt aircraft, 635 vintage airplanes, 374 warbirds, 115 ultralights, 120 seaplanes and 30 rotorcraft were there.

DAKOTAS RULE

A cavalcade of 21 DC-3/Dakotas roared over Air Venture Monday afternoon as part of a mx*&$ arrival.By mid-week, the event would become the largest gathering of DC-3s since World War 11 with 36 aircraft scattered around the airport.

Since the plans were to park the DC-3s Dakotas together but the soggy ground washed out the plans. There is no doubt this was the last time that this many Dakotas will meet.

The original goal was 25 aircraft making an hour-long flight from the staging area at Rock Falls 111,to Wittman Regional Airport for a formation fly-by at 10000 feet to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the iconic aircraft. Organizers were deluged with requests to take part in the flight. The current record is 28 set in South Africa in 1985.

There are only two airworthy examples of the DC-2 remaining. One is in The Netherlands, and the other, in the TWA livery of The Lindbergh Line, arrived at AirVenture.It was given a coveted place at  Aero shell square, and the centre of attention.

There was at least one forum on the Dakota each day with veteran C-47 pilots, Spooky and EC-47 drivers, private owners, and airline pilots all sharing funny, and often times hair-raising, stories of how the beloved Gooney Bird saved their bacon.

On Tuesday evening saw an exclusive DC-3 community (about 600) cookout hosted by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh.Basler refurbishes DC-3s from its base at Witt man Regional Airport which is technically where Air Venture takes place.

On the Thursday evening, there was a special DC-3/C-47 reunion at the Theatre in the Woods. Special guest, Jim Douglas, the last surviving son of DC-3 designer Donald W Douglas, shared a perspective on growing up with his famous father. Almost 4000 people attended the event which featured a three-part program me: the early history through the Super DC-3: World War 11  and Vietnam and  what the old girl is doing today, which included the missions of the turbine-powered Basler BT-67 and the appearance of the stars of hit Canadian reality TV series “Ice Pilots”.

The Ice pilots, of Buffalo Airways, still operate the last scheduled daily Dakota px*&$enger service in the world. They fly in the frozen country of the Yukon Territory, in Northwest Canada.

SHARING THE LIMELIGHT

The DC-3 shared the limelight with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress as Wednesday, July 28, marked the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the B-17. Between Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas, more than 12000 were built, and 75 years later, four of the believed nine airworthy Flying Fortresses in North America, flew Air Venture.

According to Boeing historians, the B-17 went from its design as the model 299 prototype of flight testing in less than 12 months. By the time the war was over, the design was up to the “G” model, which carried twelve .50 calibre machine guns. In all, there were 8680 B-17G models built by Boeing, Vega, and Douglas to make this the largest production variation. The four Fortresses included the EAAs Aluminum Overcast, the Thunderbird, from the Lonestar Flight Museum, in Galveston, Texas, Texas Raiders belonging to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), and Yankee Lady.

EAAs own B-17G Aluminum Overcast operated out of Appleton (about 60 miles away) this week to provide rides. Seen and heard overhead throughout the week, the EAAs flagship Fortress survived a major rebuilding .Earlier this year, its lower ball turret, was refurbished to operating condition. It did land on the field later in the week to help celebrates its 75th birthday.

Thunderbird, which, like the Texas Raiders, hails from the Gulf Coast, has financial challenges during these economic times.”We used to do 20 shows year”, said pilot Doug peoples.”Now, five or six raod trips, and some local hops make up a season for the B-17, beleaguered withy a scarcity of sponsors to foot the bill.

Texas Raiders has spent the past 47 years in the care of the CAF, but was out of action for seven years after inspections revealed extensive corrosion resulting from exposure to the saltwater of the Gulf Coast. The rehabilitation cost almost 0000.

Yankee Lady B-17G, N3193G, was delivered to the US Army Air Corps as 44-85829, then transferred to the US Coast Guard as PB-1G, BuNO 77255 in September 1946.Since then, it has worked in various configurations. It was a tanker in 1966, and in January 1969, Yankee Lady appeared in the movie Tora Tora Tora.Yankee Air Museum at Yspilanti, Michigan.

NEW COMPANY

News from around the circuit at Oshkosh included the fact that Alan Klapmeier,co-founder and former CEO of cirrus, is back creating a new airplane.

Klapmeier and a group of investors are merging with Farnborough Aircraft to create the 37-foot kenstral JP 10, a carbon fibre, 6-8 px*&$enger turboprop, at a former naval base in Brunswick, Maine.

So far, Klapmeier says he has no specs for weight, performance, development schedule, or price tag. Of course he does, but he will not be revealing them so early in the game. What he does have is a great deal of confidence in the data collected by Farnborough Aircraft during testing of what may be the prototype of the final aircraft.

The leading edge of the wing will be straighter, the tip slightly curved back and the engine power ratcheted down slightly, and at the request of the FAA this is according to kenstral spokesman in regard to plans to modify its Proof of Concept aircraft. Alan Klapmeier said “we’re looking forward to changing the future of general aviation”, and there will be more models beyond the Kestrel.

The company will hire about 300 people initially and it has put a budget of $ 100-million into the development of the aircraft.

INTRODUCING THE TRANSITION

Terrafugia,Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car”, released specifications and computer graphics of the new Transition. The company unveiled a scale model of the next generation design, currently under construction at its factory in Woburn, Mx*&$achusetts.

The company has been collecting data acquired during driving tests and flight testing of the Proof of Concept Transition, successfully completed in 2009.The improvements to the design will be based on these data, with extensive computer-aided optimization.

The recent allowance of 50 kg by the FAA, for the Transition, keeps it within the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) category. The design also allows the flexibility to incorporate modern automotive-style safety features currently unavailable in other light aircraft.

Terrafugias Transition is the only LSA to simulate crash testing using advanced computational fluid dynamics, airbag deployment, and digital crash test dummies.Terrafugia expects that when combined with a full-vehicle ballistic parachute system, and the ability to drive in bad weather, the Transition will be one of the safest LSAs in the world. Deliveries of the Transition are scheduled to begin in late 2011.

LEAD-FREE AVGAS

In 2006, Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to minimize, or eliminate lead in Avgas through legislation.

Earlier this year the EPA recommended the public find ways to eliminate the offending tetraethyl lead (TEL) found in the fuel. What is unclear was what they meant by “the public,” pilots, on-pilots or environmentalists?

That action prompted concerned GA pilots and industry representatives to form an alliance of general aviation and petroleum industry organizations to develop a process by which an unleaded avgas solution could be identified.

The alliance reported at Air Venture that if necessary it would identify and transition to an unleaded fuel in a methodical process. It announced a two-pronged strategy: the short term strategy is to reduce emissions by developing a “drop-in” alternative to 100LL to be called 100ULL, (ultra low-lead), one which may satisfy the needs of piston-engine aircraft without pricey modifications. The long term approach is a detailed five-step program me which we will report on in a future issue.

Meanwhile, the EPA is examining whether 100LL poses a health risk and, if it does, whether that risk is great enough to mandate eliminating low-leaded gasoline.

Regardless of the sabre rattling, most concerned parties do not think 100LL will disappear any time soon, and the EPA confirmed that it had not set a deadline for the removal of lead from Avgas.

COBALTS CO50

Cobalt Aircraft industries, a French start-up, unveiled its new five-place all-composite, pusher design at Air Venture .The CO50 has sleek fighter-plane looks and features, such as under fuselage engine intake(ala P-51) ,canard, and split-vertical stabilizers which liken it to an FA-18 or su-27.

It features a wide, electrically-actuated panoramic canopy and a canard for stall resistance and high-speed performance. The rear-mounted engine will house a TCM 350 hp twin turbocharged, continental TSIOF-550-D2B in a pusher configuration, with FADEC and its attendant single-lever power control.

The company claims it will push the CO50 to 245 knots at a 75% cruise power setting at 8000 feet, and cruise at 220 knots. Cobalt also claims the aircraft will have a 600-nm range with a full load of px*&$engers.

Cobalt says the CO50 is for the business pilot, and aims to offer certified aircraft that can compete with the airlines on short and medium business trips. The prototype is nearing completion and cobalt will soon begin its joint EASA/FAA certification program me which is expected to last two years.

ENSTROM FOR VIRGINIA

Durban-Based JNC helicopter had two very good reasons to celebrate recently when it held a gala dinner at its Virginia Airport headquarters for about a hundred specially-invited guests to mark the tenth anniversary of its formation and the delivery of the first Enstrom F28C-2 in its fleet.

The helicopter is also the first of its type to be based at a flying school in KwaZulu-Natal, and it has been leased from Aerosales Africa, part of Safomar Holdings, which holds the distributorship for both Enstrom and MD helicopters. The JNC Helicopters team is lead by Carol Scobey with chief flying instructor Grant Surtees.

The Enstrom has been placed with JNC Helicopter which can cater for different market categories. It is powered by a turbocharged 205 hp Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD engine.

Aero sales Africa’s strategy is to place as many Enstrom helicopters with flying schools as possible, the idea being that if a pilot flies the Enstrom he or she will buy an Enstrom.The company adopted this strategy to aggressively market the Enstrom and MD range of helicopter in the African market.

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The first airplane to visit the Holy Land was a Bleriot XI, flown by the French aviator Jules Vedrines, who participated in a competition to fly from Paris to Cairo. He landed near Jaffa, on the Mediterranean coast, on December 27th, 1913 - at a time when Palestine was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Vedrines took off from Nancy in eastern France on November 20, 1913, and headed his Bleriot XI for central Europe, where his main stops were Prague, Vienna and Belgrade. His last stop in Europe was the Ottoman Empire capital Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey), after which he flew over Ottoman territory around the eastern Mediterranean, finally reaching Egypt via Beirut and Jaffa.

A few days later, on December 31st, 1913, a second French airplane reached Palestine - a Nieuport flown by Mark Bornier and Joseph Bernie, which landed near Jerusalem.

As Turkish pilots wanted also to prove their ability to perform long-distance flights, the "Cairo Expedition" was announced at the beginning of 1914. The aim was to complete a travel of about 2,370-km from Istanbul in Turkey to Alexandria in Egypt, through Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. Two airplanes - a Bleriot XI and a Deperdussin with Turkish pilots - took off on February 8th 1914 for the attempt. The Bleriot XI crashed near the Lake of Galilee and its two pilots were killed. The Deperdussin managed to reach Palestine and landed near Jaffa on March 9th, but when taking off to continue the journey, it crashed into the Mediterranean; one pilot drowned in the accident, while the other survived. Another Bleriot, named "Edremit" and flown by Salim and Kemal Bey, finally completed the "Cairo Expedition" successfully in mid-May 1914.

Aviation played a limited role in the Middle East during World War I. British military forces trying to conquer Palestine had to confront German airplanes, which came to the help of the Turkish army. By the end of the war, the British captured the entire land of Palestine. In 1923, the League of Nations gave the U.K. a mandate for the administration of Palestine, which continued until May 1948.

The minority Jewish population in Palestine started to show interest in aviation in the mid 1930s. Initially, a few aero clubs were founded for glider training - the Carmel Club, the Flying Camel Club and the Aero Club of Palestine. The next step was obviously to train pilots on single-engine light planes. This activity commenced at the Palestine Flying Service, which operated three Taylorcraft light planes. The first 11 graduates received their private pilot licenses in April 1939. A second flying school was run at the same time by the Aviron ("Airplane") company, operating a Tiger Moth biplane and three Polish-made RWD-8 biplanes. First graduates of the Aviron flying school received their licenses in July 1939. Aviron grew bigger with the years, merged with Palestine Flying Service and acquired more aircraft. By January 1942, already 95 private pilot's licenses were obtained in Palestine. Aviron also assisted the Jewish underground military organization ("Haganah") in defense operations.

The first local airline - Palestine Airways - started operating inland flights in July 1937 with two Shorts S.16 Scion twin-engine aircraft. Later it acquired a Shorts S.22 Scion Senior and a DH-89A Dragon Rapide, and extended its services to Egypt, Lebanon and Cyprus. Palestine Airways continued operating until August 1940, when its aircraft were taken over for British military service in WWII.

Between July 1937 and the end of the British mandate in May 1948, 22 commercial and private aircraft were registered in Palestine. Following the UN resolution in November 1947 to divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, effective upon the termination of the British Mandate in May 1948, there was an outbreak of severe hostilities. The need for air power became critical to the Jews' survival, and from this dire necessity was borne the Sherut Avir ("Air Service") - an illegal, clandestine Jewish air force. Only 10 light planes were available then in Jewish hand. Additional aircraft were acquired from every possible source. When the state of Israel was founded in May 14th 1948, Sherut Avir had already 25 aircraft. It became the Israeli Air Force, which played a vital role in the War of Independence. In less than a year the Israeli Air Force introduced into service 178 aircraft of 30 different types - an outstanding achievement from the operational and maintenance aspects. Those included heavy bombers, fighters, large and small transports, trainers and various other types.

Aviation progress in Israel was very rapid over the years, in almost every aspect. Notable aeronautical milestones in the first years are:

• Establishing an Israeli Society of Aeronautics in February 1951 (which merged in 1968 with the Israel Astronautical Society and became the Israeli Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics).
• Establishing the national airline EL AL in November 1948.
• The maintenance facility Bedek Aviation opened its gates in 1953, forming the basis for an aircraft industry - later to become Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI).
• A department of aeronautical engineering was inaugurated in the Technion in 1954, later to become the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

55 years after its foundation, Israel has one of the biggest and most modern air forces in the world, successful international and regional airlines, hundreds of registered general aviation and sport aircraft, renowned research and educational academic institutes, and above all - a most advanced aerospace industry. Israeli defense companies have been developing and manufacturing for years combat aircraft, business jets, all kinds of missiles, UAVs, space launchers and satellites. Israel has become a world leader in many aerospace fields.

Today in Aviation History – January 26

In 1911… The first practical seaplane is flown. Built and flown by American Glenn Curtiss, it lands and takes off in the waters off San Diego, California.

In 1939… : The Boeing Model 314 Clipper is given permission by the Civil Aeronautics Authority to be used for commercial service by Pan American Airways.

In 1945… The McDonnell XFD-1 prototype of the FH-1 Phantom naval jet fighter makes its first flight.

In 1951… First flight of Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket supersonic research aircraft is made. It is launched from underneath its B-29 mother-ship and exceeds Mach 1 (the speed of sound) in a dive.

In 1953… EAA holds first meeting at Curtiss-Wright Field in Milwaukee. The first EAA Fly-In was held in September of 1953, in conjunction with the Milwaukee Air Pageant, which Poberezny had helped organize in 1950. Fewer than 50 airplanes were registered at the inaugural event — a far cry from the 12,000 airplanes the week-long event attracts today at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The Convention became too big for its Milwaukee home and moved to Rockford Municipal Airport in Rockford, Illinois in 1959. Continued growth prompted EAA to move to its current location in 1970. Now known as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the convention is the largest and most significant aviation event in the U.S.

In 1984… The U.S. Army accepts the first production model of the Hughes/McDonnell Douglas AH-64A.

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Fundamental Aeronautics Program Technical Conference

The NASA Fundamental Aeronautics 2011 Technical Conference will convene the aeronautics community—NASA along with our partners from industry, academia, other federal agencies, and the international community—to look at the current work and future plans of the four projects within the Fundamental Aeronautics Program. Planned events include an opening day plenary session, keynote addresses, a panel discussion, parallel technical sessions detailing the work of the projects during the past year, and a luncheon.

Attendees will be able to interact with leading researchers in NASA aeronautics, and network with peers in aeronautics-related disciplines from across the nation. Last year's event at the Weston Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta drew almost 600 aeronautics professionals and students and featured approximately 120 presentations in four parallel tracks over three days.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is an agency of the United States, responsible for the nation's public space programme. NASA was established on 29 July 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
In addition to the space programme, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research."
NASA's motto is: "For the benefit of all". The motto of NASA's Office of Education is: Shaping the Future: Launching New Endeavors to Inspire the Next Generation of Explorers.
After the Soviet space programme's launch of the world's first human-made satellite (Sputnik 1) on October 4, 1957, the attention of the United States turned toward its own fledgling space efforts. The U.S. Congress, alarmed by the perceived threat to U.S. security and technological leadership (known as the "Sputnik crisis"), urged immediate and swift action; President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his advisors counseled more deliberate measures. Several months of debate produced an agreement that a new federal agency was needed to conduct all non-military activity in space. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was also created at this time and many of DARPA's early space programs were soon transferred to NASA.
Explorer 1, officially Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first Earth artificial satellite of the United States, having been launched on 31 January 1958. President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. When it began operations on 1 October 1958, NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 80 employees of the government's 46-year-old research agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). A significant contributor to NASA's entry into the Space race was the technology from the German rocket program, led by Wernher von Braun, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States after World War II. He is today regarded as the father of the United States space programme. Elements of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (of which von Braun's team was a part) and the Naval Research Laboratory were incorporated into NASA.
NASA's earliest programmes involved research into human spaceflight and were conducted under the pressure of the competition between the U.S. and the USSR (the Space Race) that existed during the Cold War. Project Mercury, initiated in 1958, started NASA down the path of human space exploration with missions designed to discover simply if man could survive in space. Representatives from the U.S. Army (M.L. Raines, LTC, USA), Navy (P.L. Havenstein, CDR, USN) and Air Force (K.G. Lindell, COL, USAF) were selected/requested to provide assistance to the NASA Space Task Group through coordination with the existing U.S. defense research and defense contracting infrastructure, and technical assistance resulting from experimental aircraft (and the associated military test pilot pool) development in the 1950s. On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard—one of the seven Project Mercury astronauts selected as pilot for this mission—became the first American in space when he piloted Freedom 7 on a 15-minute suborbital flight. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 during the 5 and a quarter-hour flight of Friendship 7.
After the Mercury project, Project Gemini was launched to conduct experiments and work out issues relating to a moon mission. The first Gemini flight with astronauts on board, Gemini 3, was flown by Gus Grissom and John Young on March 23, 1965. Nine other missions followed, showing that long-duration human space flight was possible, proving that rendezvous and docking with another vehicle in space was possible, and gathering medical data on the effects of weightlessness on human beings.
During this time NASA also began to explore the solar system with unmanned probes. As with the manned program, the Soviets had the first successes, such as the first photographs of the lunar far side, but NASA's Mariner 2 was the first space probe to visit another planet, Venus, in 1962.

Apollo programme

The Apollo programme was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. Apollo 1 ended tragically when all the astronauts inside died due to fire in the command module during an experimental simulation. Because of this incident, there were a few unmanned tests before men boarded the spacecraft. Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photographs. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11, landed the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction, but did return photographs. The six missions that landed on the Moon returned a wealth of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples. Experiments included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar wind experiments.^[1]

Skylab

Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. The 75 tonne station was in Earth orbit from 1973 to 1979, and was visited by crews three times, in 1973 and 1974. Skylab was originally intended to study gravitational anomalies in other solar systems, but the assignment was curtailed due to lack of funding and interest. It included a laboratory for studying the effects of microgravity, and a solar observatory. A Space Shuttle was planned to dock with and elevate Skylab to a higher safe altitude, but Skylab reentered the atmosphere and was destroyed in 1979, before the first shuttle could be launched, landing over parts of Western Australia and the Indian Ocean, with some fragments being recovered.

Apollo-Soyuz

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (or ASTP) was the first joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. The mission took place in July 1975. For the United States of America, it was the last Apollo flight, as well as the last manned space launch until the flight of the first Space Shuttle in April 1981.

Shuttle era

The Space Shuttle became the major focus of NASA in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Planned to be a frequently launchable and mostly reusable vehicle, four space shuttles were built by 1985. The first to launch, Columbia, did so on April 12, 1981.^[2]
Shuttle flights were much more expensive than initially projected, and the public again lost interest as missions appeared to become mundane until the 1986 Challenger disaster again highlighted the risks of space flight. Work began on Space Station Freedom as a focus for the manned space programme, but within NASA there was argument that these projects came at the expense of more inspiring unmanned missions such as the Voyager probes.
Nonetheless, the shuttle launched milestone projects like the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), and its success has paved the way for greater collaboration between the agencies. The HST was created with a relatively small budget of $2 billion but has continued operation since 1990, delighting both scientists and the public. Some of its images, such as the groundbreaking Hubble Deep Field, have become famous.
In 1995 Russian-American interaction resumed with the Shuttle-Mir missions. Once more an American vehicle docked with a Russian craft, this time a full-fledged space station. This cooperation continues to today, with Russia and America the two biggest partners in the largest space station ever built, the International Space Station (ISS). The strength of their cooperation on this project was even more evident when NASA began relying on Russian launch vehicles to service the ISS during the two year grounding of the shuttle fleet following the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which killed the crew of six Americans and one Israeli, caused a 29-month hiatus in space shuttle flights and triggered a serious re-examination of NASA's priorities.

It is the current space policy of the United States that NASA, "execute a sustained and affordable human and robotic programme of space exploration and develop, acquire, and use civil space systems to advance fundamental scientific knowledge of our Earth system, solar system, and universe."