The Great Reno Balloon Race fans will recognize some of their favorite Major sponsors at this year’s event, scheduled for September 7, 8 and 9 at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. However, some new Major sponsors will help to ensure that the Balloon Race remains free for everyone.
Swissport, the global leader in the airport services sector has been awarded the management contract for the new Star Alliance Lounge at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles Airport. As part of the agreement, Swissport will be responsible for the management, care, administration and the day to day running of the lounge. The new 15,000 square foot facility is open to First and Business Class travellers as well as to Star Alliance Gold Card holders. It can accommodate up to 264 passengers and will mainly be used by customers travelling on Star Alliance member airlines ANA, Asiana Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, SWISS and THAI, who currently operate (jointly) a total of 74 weekly flights from Los Angeles.
Under Italian leadership, over 50 fighter aircraft from four NATO members deployed to Decimomannu air base, under a United Nations mandate to provide ‘Peace Support Operations’ over a simulated conflict between two countries. This is the scenario for the Italian Air Force’s main annual exercise; ‘Spring Flag’ the objective being to train personnel to prepare for complex or Composite Air Operations (COMAO) and Tactical Air Support Maritime Operations (TASMO).
RAF Waddington played host to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) most potent air superiority fighter, the Sukhoi Su-30MKI ‘Flanker-H’ for Exercise Indra Dhanush. The aim of the exercise, which ran from July 2-12, was to further develop a good defence relationship. The IAF is the fourth largest air force, with over 600 combat aircraft. The RAF is constantly involved in exercises, mostly with its NATO allies. This exercise however was remarkable for a number of reasons; this year the Indian Air Force is celebrating its 75th Anniversary, and it was the first time they have deployed to the United Kingdom and also the first time their Su-30MKI’s have deployed overseas. The six Su-30 MKI’s of 30 Squadron IAF (The Rhinos) from Pune airbase were supported by Ilyushin IL-78 MKI ‘Midas’ tankers of 78 Mid-Air Refuelling Squadron (MARS) from Agra airbase also IL-76 ‘Candid’ transports.
Saturday 21 July, 4.15 eyes were riveted upward. It was indeed time to admire the aerial parade of military aircraft coming from different Belgian military airbases. No less than 45 aircraft paraded in the air. The aerial parade included beautiful helicopters: one Sea-King helicopter and two Alouette helicopters, in “V” formation coming from Koksijde airbase, six Agusta helicopters in “V” formation, coming from the Wing heli of Bierset airbase and three Alouette helicopters in “V” formation, also coming from Bierset.
Wichita, Kan., July 10, 2007 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced it will proceed with its Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) program and will unveil a full scale mock-up and program details at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Air Venture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month. “After conducting extensive market research, it is clear to us there is a great need for this aircraft as we strive to drive down the cost of flying and learning to fly,” said Cessna Chairman, President and CEO Jack J. Pelton. “We believe this aircraft will make a major contribution to stimulating new pilot starts and will encourage already-licensed pilots to continue to fly because it will be more affordable.
Last Tuesday, great armadas of combat aircraft crowded the skies of Kleine Brogel (Belgium). The Operational Integration Exercise 07 (OIE 07) and the celebration of 20 Years F-16 OCU were indeed coinciding with the 8th International Spotters’ Day, held on Tuesday 17 July 2007 at the Kleine Brogel Airbase.
With the purchase of these two 70-seat latest-generation ATRs, the States of Guernsey-owned airline will increase and update its current fleet of 3 ATR 72-200s. Both aircraft will be delivered in 2010 and will be equipped with the “Elegance” cabin as well as the newest technological innovations in passenger comfort, communications and navigation tools. Commenting on the announcement, Aurigny Air Services Managing Director Malcolm Hart declared: “We are very satisfied with the service given by our fleet of ATRs since we started flying them in 2003. We look forward to introduce our new ATR 72-500s as they will offer improved passenger comfort, together with low maintenance costs and outstanding economics. This will enable Aurigny Air Services to guarantee to all our passengers and especially the community of Guernsey a great flight experience at affordable fares.”
Paul Bonhomme (GBR/Team Matador) beat Mike Mangold (USA/Team Cobra) in the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series event of the season in Interlaken, Switzerland on Sunday 15 July, flying through a low-level obstacle course of air gates in front of a spectacular vista of snow-capped Alpine peaks.
Northrop Grumman, EADS and the KC-30 supply base contributes $2 billion to Mississippi’s economy annually. A KC-30 win will generate economic growth of $12 million annually. Northrop Grumman and teammate EADS currently employ 11,000 Mississippians. Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) KC-30 Tanker program will contribute nearly $12 million annually to Mississippi’s economy if the KC-30 Tanker aircraft is selected by the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman and principal KC-30 teammate EADS currently employ 11,000 Mississippians, support more than 34,000 jobs statewide and bring a combined economic impact of $2 billion annually to Mississippi. Northrop Grumman injects an employee payroll of $574 million into the state’s economy each year.
QinetiQ and The Boeing Company have today opened The Portal, a new decision-support capability at QinetiQ’s Cody Technology Park site in Farnborough, UK. The state-of-the-art centre will enable customers to explore and understand implications of proposed network-enabled systems in a real time, dynamic environment using the latest in modelling, simulation, analysis and experimentation. Concept war fighting customers can test logistical requirements across a wide range of existing and future operational settings and against a variety of threats. Experiment designers can create an optimal environment hosting multiple concurrent activities to compare the effectiveness and survivability of competing systems, test future scenarios, and assess potential solutions before they are delivered to the front line. Coalition war fighting interoperability issues can also be addressed by operators participating with live assets and in virtual simulations.
Munich Airport continues to gather momentum as a growth engine: In the first half of 2007 the airport posted double-digit growth in total passengers as compared with the same period a year earlier. The 16 million passengers taking off and landing in Munich from January to June represented a yearon-year increase of 11 percent, and exceeded the total for the entire year of 1996. About one in three of all additional passengers counted at German airports in the first half of 2007 flew via Munich. Among Europe’s top ten airports, only Madrid reported a faster growth rate. “Whether we measure ourselves against domestic airports or at the international level, it is evident that Munich is obviously among the most attractive aviation locations on the European map at present,” said Dr. Michael Kerkloh, the CEO of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), the Munich Airport operating company, speaking at the Munich Press Club today.
Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), the Munich Airport operating company, expects to submit an application to initiate a planning procedure for the construction of a third runway by late summer or early in the fall of this year. This was announced at the Munich Press Club today by Dr. Michael Kerkloh, the CEO of FMG. The company received authorisation from its shareholders – pending approval by Munich city council – to submit the application documents at the end of June. In February of this year the District Government of Upper Bavaria completed the regional planning process for a third runway by issuing a positive regional planning assessment.
(Larkspur, CA) – H3R Aviation, makers of Halon and Halon alternative portable fire extinguishers, has unveiled a new website at www.H3RAviation.com. The site is a source of comprehensive information for pilots, FBOs and OEMs. It includes information on how to choose the right aviation fire extinguisher, a listing of aviation fire extinguisher regulations, issues regarding inspection and maintenance and other important resources.
Mountain View, CA—Thousands of WAAS capable Garmin GPSs are shipping, but there’s been no single, comprehensive source of WAAS information available, making it hard to learn to fly these exciting new approaches. Now this new CD-ROM course, which runs on Windows and Macintosh, makes it easy to learn all of the details of flying with WAAS. Designed for the Garmin 430W, 530W, 480, G900X and G1000, the course leads you step-by-step through flying these approaches. Videos demonstrate the flying of actual approaches, and software simulators let you practice loading and flying these approaches.
ST. LOUIS, July 13, 2007 — Decades of successful spaceflight and aircraft avionics integration and a highly experienced network of suppliers are the key to the Boeing [NYSE: BA] bid to provide a low-risk approach to producing Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) for the next-generation Ares I crew launch vehicle. Boeing will submit its final IUA proposal July 30 — just eight weeks after NASA issued its initial request. NASA plans to select an IUA contractor in November.
ST. LOUIS, July 13, 2007 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Illinois will benefit from an estimated 3,300 direct and indirect jobs if it is selected to build the U.S. Air Force’s new tanker aircraft fleet. The economic activity generated in Illinois will exceed an estimated $140 million annually. “Our state has a strong and capable aerospace industry — one that is ready and able to deliver the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation tanker,” said Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. Boeing formally submitted its proposal to the Air Force on April 10. The offering, the KC-767 Advanced Tanker, is designed for aerial refueling of other aircraft, but also is able to move cargo, passengers, patients and medical crewmembers. These capabilities, combined with best-in-competition fuel efficiency, global flexibility and space usage, provide a strong value proposition to the Air Force.
São José dos Campos, July 13, 2007 - Embraer announces that Republic Airlines Inc., a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, has increased its orders for the EMBRAER 175 by 13 firm orders, totaling US$ 403 million, at list price, based on January 2007 economic conditions. Eight aircraft of this order were already included in Embraer’s first quarter backlog as “Undisclosed”, and the other five refer to options confirmed during the second quarter. As of today, Republic is operating 76 EMBRAER 170 and 11 EMBRAER 175 jets, and the company’s firm order backlog totals 32 E-Jets.
São José dos Campos, July 13, 2007 – Embraer delivered the first Legacy jet to SIMPORTEX, located in Luanda, Angola. The State-run company is responsible for purchasing the country’s military materiel. Besides the newly-delivered Legacy 600 jet, the deal with SIMPORTEX covers a broad parts and services contract. The Angolan company will also begin operating a twin-turboprop EMB 120 Brasilia in the coming months, and both aircraft will be used to carry Angola’s government authorities.
Duluth, Minn. (7/13/2007) - Cirrus Design Corporation today gave its Grand Forks (ND) employees and distinguished members of the community and state, including ND Governor Hoeven, their first look at “the-jet” – the most anticipated aircraft in the company’s history. “We’re calling it a ‘personal jet’, not because of its size but because it’s a natural extension of our SR22 line,” said CIRRUS Co-founder and CEO Alan Klapmeier. “Like the SR22, ‘the-jet’ is designed to be owner flown and it will be loaded with innovative features, including the CIRRUS Airframe Parachute System™. While it’s technologically advanced, it’s designed to be exceptionally easy to fly, offering customers the opportunity to grow into yet another lifestyle change with CIRRUS.”
Brussels, Belgium – The EUROCONTROL Performance Review Commission (PRC) has issued its fifth ATM Cost-Effectiveness Benchmarking Report (ACE). The report analyses and benchmarks the cost-effectiveness and productivity of 35 Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP), identifies performance indicators, analyses trends and gives an outlook on forward-looking cost-effectiveness performance. The report analyses forward-looking information for the years 2006-2010, drawing inferences with respect to future financial cost effectiveness performance at both system and ANSP levels, and displaying future capital expenditures.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today confirmed that all UK Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) that were compliant with new European Common Requirements in advance of the 21 June 2007 deadline have been certified in accordance with the Regulation. ANSPs provide air traffic services, meteorological and aviation information and aviation communications, navigation and surveillance services. Although UK ANSPs are currently approved against relevant national safety standards for the provision of air traffic services, the Common Requirements, which are part of the Single European Sky (SES) initiative, will introduce new areas of oversight in the form of economic, security and quality management that apply throughout the European Union.
ST. LOUIS, July 12, 2007 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week sent 85 public school teachers from around the world to the 16th Annual Boeing Educators to SPACE CAMP® program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The Boeing Educators to SPACE CAMP® program uses space exploration initiatives to enhance teachers’ skills in presenting math, science and technology lessons that will inspire students and help ensure a skilled workforce for a globally competitive technology market. Since 1992, more than 600 teachers have participated in the annual Boeing program, reaching an estimated 30,000 students around the world.
Ahead of a US-led Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) on the Eastern seaboard of the United States, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS welcomed the very first embarkation of a US Marine Corps Bell/Boeing MV-22 Osprey onto the Royal Navy aircraft carrier today. It is the first time that an Osprey has embarked in a non-US vessel. The world’s first tilt-rotor aircraft, with a unique vertical takeoff and landing capability, is ideally suited to working from the deck of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS which is currently the UK’s high readiness strike carrier. With US Marine Corps Major Frank Conway piloting the aircraft, the visit gave the Osprey’s crew a unique opportunity to demonstrate the aircraft’s flexibility as well as the versatility of the UK’s primary Maritime Strike capability. Whilst there are no current plans to operate the MV-22 from UK Ships, close co-operation of this kind is vital should the need arise for ILLUSTRIOUS to conduct operations in a coalition environment.
Its efficiency, state-of-the-art avionics and outstanding flight characteristics have yet again resulted in a twin-engine DA42 Twin Star being chosen as the best training aircraft, this time for future airline pilots at Turkish Airlines. The aircraft was delivered to Turkish Airlines in Wiener Neustadt on 5 June 2007 and flown to Istanbul the next day. As a new fleet customer, Turkish Airlines is in illustrious company: other schools of aviation that are satisfied with Diamond aircraft include famous names such as Embry Riddle United Air Force Academy Training in the USA, Flight Training Adelaide in Australia, CTC Aviation Group in New Zealand, Atlantic Flight Training in the United Kingdom, PanAm International Aviation Academy in China, and many more.
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