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In October 2012, a routine refueling mission to the International Space Station had profound impacts on the future of spaceflight.
It was SpaceX’s first contracted refueling mission with NASA and the first time a private company has docked at the ISS. This step turned out to be a turning point for the flourishing commercial space flight industry, as billions of dollars were invested and more than 500 startups sprang up in the years that followed.
ASU NewSpace helped facilitate a collaboration between an ASU researcher and World View Enterprises that landed competitively priced NASA flight opportunities. Photo courtesy of World View Enterprises
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Today, private spaceflight companies are making their own way to the stars, building their own vehicles, systems and infrastructure to do so. This is a break from the space exploration model of the past, in which NASA hired companies to design and build spacecraft and technology that the United States then owned and operated. Although NASA remains the biggest player in space exploration – in July, NASA awarded SpaceX a $ 2.9 billion contract to create a lunar lander – private companies that go their own way have changed the space exploration landscape.
This disruption caused by companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic has created new opportunities for collaboration – opportunities that Arizona State University’s Space Technology and Science Initiative (NewSpace) was created to find.
Start with a moon stroke
Created in 2013 to forge partnerships between industry and academia to meet the ever-changing needs of NASA, ASU NewSpace has proven this strategy with one of its first projects: the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper.
A small satellite the size of a shoebox, the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map, is a NASA mission led by ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Craig hardgrove. A former postdoctoral fellow at ASU NewSpace, Hardgrove secured funding for LunaH-Map by collaborating with commercial space entrepreneurs, including several Arizona-based companies such as AZ Space Technologies, KinetX Inc. and Qwaltec. The LunaH-Map mission is expected to launch aboard NASA’s SLS Artemis 1 rocket in 2022 and begin its mission of mapping water ice on the moon’s south pole.
“This was our first and biggest award, and it really demonstrated that this model works – academic researchers and entrepreneurial space companies can work in tandem to win great prizes,” says Jim bell, director of ASU NewSpace and planetologist at the School of Earth and Space Exploration.
Since LunaH-Map, a series of awards obtained with the support of ASU NewSpace reflect the initiative’s long-term efforts to connect researchers with opportunities that forge relationships with private industry.
“These awards sample a range of opportunities that I think are representative of what we’re trying to help do across all ASU campuses,” says Bell, “of an early career researcher who is very interested in getting involved in the space world but don’t have a lot of experience with NASA to those who have a lot of experience but just need to make the right connections.
A smaller, better and lighter sensor
Sean bryan, Associate Research Professor at the School of Earth and Space Exploration, has partnered with Tucson-based World View Enterprises to secure a $ 450,000 prize on NASA Flight Opportunities . Using World View’s high-altitude Stratollite balloon, Bryan will test his CubeSounder sensor, a millimeter-wave atmospheric water imaging sensor.
CubeSounder is based on a proven decades-old detection technique for imaging water vapor for meteorology, but updates it to use a lighter, more energy-efficient detection system. Forgoing the heavier, more power-hungry components that are typically used to separate radio frequencies, Bryan instead built this capability into the sensor itself.
“We have developed a structure with resonant cavities that respond to every frequency we want to measure,” says Bryan. “Unlike existing sensors, we don’t need an active mixer or local oscillator source, which allows our sensor to operate with much less power. “
If successful, Bryan hopes to see CubeSounder technology implemented on a continental or global scale, or perhaps on a CubeSat program like LunaH-Map.
While Bryan’s background in radio astronomy prepared him well for working with NASA, it was ASU NewSpace’s focus on networking that helped him secure the Flight Opportunities Award. Bryan said everything clicked as he attended a conference in early 2020 with program manager ASU NewSpace Scott smas. There, Bryan had the opportunity to speak with representatives from NASA and World View, and he realized that a proposal from the ASU and World View team had a lot of potential.
“So when we wrote the proposal, it was against the backdrop of this moment that ASU NewSpace created,” Bryan said.
Arizona’s business landscape provides a great launching pad for NewSpace to continue this type of collaboration.
When people think of the hubs of the space industry, they can imagine rockets built in California or lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. But companies that make transistors and circuit boards are just as important to creating space technologies as those that build rockets, Bell says.
“When we launched ASU NewSpace, I was really surprised to learn how many specialist companies in Arizona are building rockets, spacecraft and balloons at high altitude,” Bell said. “The depth of Arizona’s presence in the commercial space is truly impressive. “
In an effort to strengthen the success of local businesses in space entrepreneurship, ASU NewSpace has joined the Arizona Commerce Authority Small Business Administration’s FAST Partner Program. The ACA uses the program to award federal and state technology grants, or FAST, to small businesses in Arizona and connects them to innovation research opportunities for small businesses and technology transfer for small businesses. (SBIR / STTR).
This partnership will increase access to ASUs Basic research centers and create new relationships between local businesses and ASU researchers.
Connecting researchers for connected robots
In addition to matching well-suited partners, NewSpace – in collaboration with ASU research – runs workshops and courses for researchers looking to break into the world of NASA awards.
“The problem with different funding agencies is that they all have slightly different priorities,” explains Sze Zheng Yong, professor at the Higher School of Matter, Transport and Energy Engineers. “They have slightly different jargon and different requirements.”
ASU NewSpace helped Yong overcome these differences, which resulted in an early-career faculty space technology fellowship in 2020 from NASA. Yong is working on an algorithm designed to coordinate robots that are physically tied together to navigate and estimate terrain.
“If the robots are tied together, they can do more than if they were just to be alone,” Yong explains, comparing him to mountaineers. “Think of someone trying to go down a steep hill or a cliff. If you have a rope with someone holding you at the top then you can do a little more than you would otherwise.
Yong’s research is funded up to $ 200,000 per year for three years. Tethers Unlimited, a small entrepreneurial aerospace company, collaborates with Yong for the award. If successful, he imagines that his algorithm could be used in future rover missions.
“There are some places rovers probably wouldn’t want to go because it’s too risky to explore,” Yong says. “If it breaks or falls somewhere, then that’s it – you just lost I don’t know how much money and how long.” So the idea is to have multiple rovers, and by having more than one, they help each other explore.
Lunar lander photo shoot
In addition to leading ASU NewSpace, Bell continues to pursue his own research in space exploration. With another professor from the School of Earth and Space Exploration Jnaneshwar Das, Bell supports the Lunar ExoCam project, developed by entrepreneurial space startup Zandef Deksit Inc.
“They basically created this little deployable camera that would come out of a lunar lander as it approached the moon, land on the surface, then look back and take movies of the descending lander,” says Bell.
If the Lunar ExoCam finds its way aboard a rocket, it could capture the very first video of a lunar descent and landing from the moon’s surface.
The project was funded for $ 650,000 under NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Flight Opportunities program, with Zandef Deksit’s Jason Achilles Mezilis as a principal investigator. Other commercial space companies, including Honeybee Robotics and Ecliptic Enterprises Corp., are also on the team.
The price includes an educational component, where Das and Bell fit in. The pair helped define an aerial drone test bed for Das students to use to evaluate ExoCam prototypes, with support from the School of Earth and Space Exploration’s Autonomous Exploration Systems special. thematic courses.
“It was natural for this group of landers and cameras, which were really, really focused on technical implementation, to reach out to ASU,” Bell said. “We had already established the relationships. They knew ASU. They know we have amazing students, we have amazing programs. We are used to working with companies on the space side to advance both our goals and theirs.


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Finnair flew their brand new Airbus A350 plane to London for the first time with passengers on Thursday.
The Finnish national airline received the first of the 19 A350 aircraft they have on order making them the first European airline to fly the plane and only the third in the world after Qatar Airways and Vietnam Airlines.
The plane is currently undertaking crew familiarisation flights before it enters into long haul service on 21 November giving passengers an opportunity to view the stunning Finnish scenery as they depart Helsinki on flights to a number of European destinations.
Finnair have already announced the routes from Helsinki they intend to use the A350 on including Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore. They also recently announced that they intend to be the first airline to offer flights on the A350 to New York.
The A350 is the latest innovation in aircraft and was developed by French manufacturer Airbus. Officially called the A350XWB, the XWB standing for extra wide body, it is claimed by Airbus that airlines will see a 25% improvement in fuel efficiency.
Passengers will also notice a difference with a large cabin offering a more spacious environment and with advanced air filtration and lower cabin altitude, passengers can expect to arrive at their destination feeling much fresher than they would on older aircraft.
The plane also features onboard cameras that give passengers a pilot’s eye view of the flight on their in flight entertainment screen with a camera on the planes tail for anyone wanting to see the plane in flight .
One of the lucky passengers to be on board for the flight from Helsinki to London Heathrow was self confessed avgeek Colin Alexander-Brown. After his flight he said:
“When i found out that Finnair were flying their new A350 to Heathrow i just had to try it out. One thing that surprised me about the plane was how specious it feels. It is also very quiet in the cabin compared to most other planes I’ve been on.
“The crew were all really friendly and as excited as the passengers to be trying out the new plane. I’m looking forward to flying on it again some time.”
All images courtesy of Colin Alexander-Brown


Coronavirus: Leaving Thousands of Airplanes to Die
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated aviation to a degree never seen before
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated aviation to a degree never seen before. Air travel fell by 95% in the United States, and the rest of the world has suffered similar hits.
With demand falling massively below what it used to be and supply remaining relatively the same, the difference between the two can be measured in terms of excess workers, excess flights, and excess aircraft.
Airlines have already slashed their schedules to match the reduced demand for air travel, leaving as many as hundreds of aircraft per airline without any scheduled flights.
Even the aircraft that are still kept in service are flying significantly less, partially because airlines are intentionally using more aircraft than what is necessary to operate their barebones networks of flights.
By using more than the minimum number of aircraft required, airlines can keep more aircraft airworthy and up-to-date from a maintenance perspective whereas if these aircraft were kept grounded, they would be forced to undergo lengthy maintenance evaluations before they were allowed to fly again.
Still, not all aircraft can be cycled into the airlines’ flight networks and must be parked indefinitely instead.
It may seem relatively easy to park an aircraft, but what goes on behind the scenes is a logistical masterpiece, a process that begins before the aircraft is even parked, and won’t finish until it’s flying again.
The process begins when airlines decide where to park their aircraft. Many may wonder why parked aircraft can’t simply be left at an airport gate; after all, travel demand is low enough that these gates won’t all be needed, right?
In some cases, this is exactly what happens. Some parked aircraft are kept at gates, but there aren’t enough gates to go around.
After there’s no more room at the gates, the next available location is open space on the airport ramp. When ramp space runs out, even runways can be used to park aircraft.
Airports with multiple runways, like Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, can be seen with entire runways full of parked aircraft, owing to the fact that these runways are no longer required for operations due to the reduction in flights.
If an aircraft cannot be parked at one of the operator’s hub airports or the operator simply doesn’t want it to be parked there, the airline must look for other airports to park its aircraft.
The best candidates are airports that receive little or no commercial service, leaving plenty of room to park potentially hundreds of aircraft, while also being located in a hot and dry climate, which helps to prevent corrosion while the aircraft are parked.
Delta Air Lines chose Victorville Southern California Logistics Airport, a site that meets all these criteria, as a location to park hundreds of excess aircraft.
Victorville already functions as an “aircraft boneyard” where old planes are parked, some of which may see a new spell of service under a different operator while others will be parted out and scrapped.
Victorville is an especially ideal site for temporarily storing aircraft due to the specialized maintenance facilities and services located on-site, services that are especially important for keeping parked aircraft airworthy and damage-free.
Once it has been decided where an aircraft will be parked, the aircraft is flown to the location just like any other flight, only there are no passengers and minimal crew members on board.
After it arrives there, the aircraft will be parked in very close proximity to aircraft of the same type in order to maximize available space.
On narrower surfaces such as runways, aircraft will often be parked at a slight angle in order to fit two rows of aircraft on a single runway, because runways are typically too narrow to hold two rows of aircraft if the aircraft are parked in straight lines due to their large wingspan.
All parked aircraft will typically be left with fuel in their tanks in order to keep them balanced and firmly planted on the ground, a step that is especially important because winds can sometimes be strong enough to push aircraft slightly off their parking positions.
The engines and sensors of the parked aircraft will then be covered by a protective material to keep out sand, dirt, and other contaminants. Some airlines may opt to cover cockpit windows and even passenger windows with protective material, but this action is typically reserved for aircraft that will be stored for years on end.
Even while the aircraft are stored, they require maintenance checks before they can fly again to make sure all critical systems are still operating correctly.
According to Boeing, “Because of airplane system inactivity and the lack of regular maintenance checks during parking, the following may also occur: component mechanisms may lose lubrication, batteries may discharge, contamination of potable water systems or fuel tanks may occur, and some systems or components (such as oxygen cylinders, tires, hydraulic systems, and landing gear shock struts) may lose pressure.”
These are just some of the potential issues that may arise when an airplane is left inactive for an extended period of time.
Detailed maintenance checks must be performed as the aircraft sits to prevent them from occurring, followed by several other procedures and evaluations before the aircraft reenters service to ensure no issues were missed and to fix problems if any are found.
After all these checks have been performed, the aircraft can finally return to service…or maybe not.
Even once aircraft begin reentering service, they won’t all take to the skies at the same time. International travel has suffered far more than domestic travel, meaning aircraft that typically fly international routes will see longer spells on the ground.
As demand for air travel returns, short-haul aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 will see plenty of use, especially on domestic routes, but also on some international routes in certain regions where many international flights are short enough to be flown by these relatively small aircraft.
On the other end of the scale, it will take much longer to reintroduce long-haul aircraft because they require a very large amount of paying passengers on board in order to fly profitably.
The Airbus A380, configured by most airlines to carry between 500 and 600 passengers, is sitting grounded worldwide despite nearly 250 of the massive aircraft having been built.
In recent weeks, the number of A380s in the air at any given time has fluctuated between zero and two, with nearly all of these flights being operated by a single carrier: China Southern Airlines.
It is almost a certainty that China Southern is operating these aircraft at a loss if they are carrying passengers, but it is also known that a fair portion of their recent A380 flights have been cargo-only.
It is these massive four-engined aircraft like the A380 and the 350–400 seat Boeing 747 that are having their lifespans cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic more than any other aircraft; Europe will lose 46% of its A380 fleet and the Middle East will likely see similar losses as UAE based carrier Emirates is expected to retire many A380s as well.
Announcements have yet to be made regarding early retirement of the Boeing 747, but these announcements can be expected given that the 747–400 is old; the final passenger 747–400 aircraft was built in 2005, and Boeing already offers replacements for the aging, inefficient aircraft through the 777–300ER, 747–8, and 777X types.
Unfortunately, due to the inefficiency of flying a four-engined aircraft (often with many empty seats) instead of flying one or more fully booked twin-engined aircraft, A380s and 747s just don’t fit into our skies the way they used to.
With the retirement of these types already on the horizon and with demand for air travel taking months or years to return to something comparable with what it used to be, it’s simply more economical to retire these old jets than to operate them at a loss for an unknown duration.
So, what happens to all these retired aircraft?
In a typical situation, a retired aircraft would be saved from immediate scrapping to allow airlines to get the most value out of it, usually by “cannibalizing” the aircraft, or taking spare parts from it to support the rest of the fleet.
However, the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic is so great that rather than simply retiring a few aircraft, airlines are retiring their entire fleets of certain aircraft types. American Airlines announced it would be parking all 80 of its Boeing 757, 767, Airbus A330, and Embraer E190 aircraft, none of which would be returning to service with the airline.
In this case, cannibalizing these aircraft for parts does not benefit the airline, so they are left with two choices: have the aircraft salvaged for parts to support the fleets of other airlines and then scrapped after all valuable parts are removed, or attempt to find a new owner for the aircraft.
The former is typically easier to arrange but is much less profitable because a working aircraft, even an old and inefficient one, is almost always more valuable than just the parts from the aircraft.
The latter is often difficult to arrange because prospective buyers are becoming less and less interested in old aircraft due to new technological developments that mean buying a newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft is generally more economical than buying an older aircraft at a bargain price.
It is easier to find a buyer for a smaller aircraft such as the 100-seat Embraer E190 because it can be used for shorter routes with lower demand, just the kind of routes that a new or low-cost carrier (the most common buyers for these smaller old aircraft) would be flying.
In today’s market, the only companies that would typically be interested in an old widebody aircraft such as the 200+ seat Boeing 767 are those in the cargo industry.
This business strategy can easily be seen through the fleets of FedEx and UPS, two cargo-only airlines that both use older aircraft such as the Boeing 757 (production ceased in 2004) and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (production ceased in 2000) because they were able to purchase them secondhand for bargain prices.
For American Airlines and their 767s, finding a buyer through a cargo company is just what happened. Flight-tracking service Flightradar24 showed the beginning of the process as an American Airlines 767–300ER was flown to Tel Aviv, Israel for conversion from a passenger configuration to a cargo configuration by Bedek Aviation Group, after which the aircraft will be redesignated as a 767–300ER(BDSF) or Bedek Special Freighter.
As for aircraft that are not supported by these conversion processes, airlines must hope they can find a buyer for at least some of these aircraft, or else they will inevitably be parted out and scrapped.


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As soon as you enter Mission Control, you find yourself plunged in the 1960s, golden age of the American Space Program. President Kennedy had expressed his wish to see man walk on the moon, and funded a space program for the first astronaut to do so to be American. Mission accomplished!
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is located about 18 miles from Houston. Built in 1962, it serves as ground control for human space flight programs. 30 years later, the centre opened part of its facilities to the general public.
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Out of their flight suits, back into their space suits; SpaceX just tweeted that the crew of Inspiration4 have suited up ahead of their return to Earth.
While some spacecraft land on the ground, Crew Dragon, the SpaceX capsule that carried the Inspiration4 crew to orbit, does water landings. It’s much like the method used by NASA astronauts to return to Earth during the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury eras. The splashdowns occur off the coast of Florida, either in the Gulf of Mexico or in the Atlantic Ocean — SpaceX has selected the Atlantic for this mission. Two NASA missions returning crews from the International Space Station have splashed down safely in the past year, one of them at night.
Because the Inspiration4 mission is considerably higher than earlier Crew Dragon missions, it started dropping in altitude on Friday night, to about 225 miles from 360 miles, in order to get into better position for re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Dragon will perform two burns tonight to reduce the spacecraft’s altitude to ~365km and line up the ground track with the landing site
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2021
Later on Saturday, shortly before preparing to land, the vehicle will jettison what SpaceX calls the “trunk” section of the spacecraft — the cylindrical compartment below the gumdrop-shaped capsule. The trunk will burn up in the atmosphere.
Then the capsule will begin firing its thrusters to drop out of orbit. Once it is low enough in Earth’s atmosphere, parachutes will deploy to gently lower the capsule into the sea.
The crew of Inspiration4 lifted off on time from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday at 8:02 p.m. Eastern time. It was a flawless flight to orbit.
The evening sky was nearly devoid of clouds when the nine engines of the Falcon 9 rocket ignited, lifting the rocket and its passengers to space.
Once the flight launched, the crew’s enthusiasm was unbowed by the forces pressing down on them, as a video inside the capsule showed Sian Proctor, the flight’s pilot, and Christopher Sembroski, the mission specialist, fist-bumping.
The capsule then headed to an orbit some 360 miles up, higher than the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Indeed, the Inspiration4 crew will be farther from Earth than anyone else since the space shuttles worked on the Hubble in the 1990s.
After three days in orbit, the crew of the Inspiration4 mission — the first trip to orbit where no one aboard is a professional astronaut — is headed home to Earth.
The Crew Dragon capsule that is carrying the astronauts is scheduled to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida at 7:06 p.m. Eastern time. SpaceX will stream video of the landing and recovery of the capsule on their YouTube page.
In the event that weather prevented the astronauts from returning, the crew could circle the planet for an extended period of time. In response to a CNBC reporter’s question about the potential for a delayed return to Earth because of weather or other factors, Jared Isaacman, the billionaire who commands the mission and financed it, said on Tuesday they would be able to stay in space for “about a week.”
Christopher Sembroski, 42, of Everett, Wash., works in data engineering for Lockheed Martin. During college, Mr. Sembroski worked as a counselor at Space Camp, an educational program in Huntsville, Ala., that offers children and families a taste of what life as an astronaut is like. He also volunteered for ProSpace, a nonprofit advocacy group that pushed to open space to more people.
Mr. Sembroski described himself as “that guy behind the scenes, that’s really helping other people accomplish their goals and to take center stage.”
He is the mission specialist for Inspiration4, and responsible for certain tasks during the mission.
Sian Proctor, 51, is a community college professor from Tempe, Ariz.
Dr. Proctor, who is African American and holds a doctorate in science education, had come close to becoming an astronaut the old-fashioned way. She said that in 2009, she was among 47 finalists whom NASA selected from 3,500 applications. The space agency chose nine new astronauts that year. Dr. Proctor was not one of them.
She applied twice more and was not even among the finalists.
She still pursued her space dreams in other ways. In 2013, Dr. Proctor was one of six people who lived for four months in a small building on the side of a Hawaiian volcano, part of an effort financed by NASA to study the isolation and stresses of a long trip to Mars.
She is the pilot on the Inspiration4 mission, the first Black woman to serve as the pilot of a spacecraft.
Hayley Arceneaux, 29, is a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Almost two decades ago, Ms. Arceneaux, who grew up in the small town of St. Francisville, La., was a patient at St. Jude when bone cancer was diagnosed in her left leg, just above the knee. Ms. Arceneaux went through chemotherapy, an operation to install prosthetic leg bones and long sessions of physical therapy.
“When I grow up, I want to be a nurse at St. Jude,” she said in a video shown at the ceremony in 2003. “I want to be a mentor to patients. When they come in, I’ll say, ‘I had that when I was little, and I’m doing good.’”
Last year, Ms. Arceneaux was hired by St. Jude. She works with children with leukemia and lymphoma.
Ms. Arceneaux is the youngest American ever to travel to orbit. She will also be the first person with a prosthetic body part to go to space. She is the health officer for the mission.
He grew up in New Jersey and in ninth grade started a company offering help to befuddled computer users. One of his clients was a payment processing company, and its chief executive offered him a job. Mr. Isaacman took the job and dropped out of high school at age 16. He obtained a general educational development certificate, or G.E.D.
After half a year, Mr. Isaacman figured out a new way to handle payment processing, and in 1999 he founded his own company in his parents’ basement. That evolved into Shift4 Payments, which went public in June 2020.
Mr. Isaacman started flying as a hobby, learning to pilot more and more advanced aircraft including military fighter jets. In 2012, he started a second company called Draken International, which owns fighter jets and provides training for pilots in the United States military. He has since sold Draken but still flies fighter jets for fun.
Last year, Mr. Isaacman wanted to invest in SpaceX, which remains a privately held company, but missed the latest investment offering by the company. Mr. Isaacman tried to convince SpaceX officials of his enthusiasm by telling them he wanted to buy a trip to orbit someday. That led to conversations that resulted in Mr. Isaacman undertaking the Inspiration4 mission. He is serving as the mission’s commander.


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SWISS’ leisure subsidiary, Edelweiss Air, has announced plans to completely overhaul its long haul fleet.
Edelweiss acquiring six A350-900s as of 2025
Zurich-based Edelweiss Air currently has a fleet of 18 aircraft, including 13 Airbus A320s and five Airbus A340-300s. The carrier has an average fleet age of nearly 20 years, and now plans to modernize its fleet. Edelweiss Air will acquire six Airbus A350-900s, which will replace the carrier’s five Airbus A340-300s:
- The first A350-900 will join Edelweiss’ fleet by the summer of 2025
- By the end of 2026, all existing A340-300s will be retired
- With this fleet renewal, Edelweiss’ long haul fleet size will be restored to pre-coronavirus levels
- Edelweiss is acquiring some A350-900s that used to fly for LATAM, as the airline retired these aircraft during the pandemic; Delta also flies some ex-LATAM A350-900s
- These A350s aren’t part of the Lufthansa Group’s overall A350 order, as the airline has dozens of those jets on order
Here’s how Edelweiss Air CEO Bernd Bauer describes this fleet renewal:
“The modernisation of the long-haul fleet is a milestone in Edelweiss’ almost 30-year history. Edelweiss will thus operate one of the youngest long-haul fleets in Europe from 2026.”
“The design of the Airbus A350-900 sets new standards in efficiency with state-of-the-art technologies and outstanding aerodynamics. It is one of the most environmentally friendly long-haul aircraft in the world. Latest generation engines and the use of lightweight materials make the twin-engine Airbus A350-900 one of the most fuel-efficient wide-body aircraft. It consumes 25 per cent less fuel and produces 25 per cent less CO2 than the four-engine Airbus A340-300, and noise emissions are up to 50 per cent lower.”
I’ve gotta say, I’ve always been a fan of Edelweiss’ livery, and I think it looks absolutely gorgeous on the Airbus A350!
Edelweiss Airbus A350 cabins & interiors
What should we expect from the interiors of Edelweiss’ Airbus A350s? For the first four aircraft, Edelweiss will initially just offer the same product that LATAM used to offer on these planes, with slight modifications to the branding. That means the plane will feature 339 seats, including:
- 30 fully flat business class seats, in a 2-2-2 configuration
- 63 extra legroom economy seats, in a 3-3-3 configuration
- 246 economy class seats, in a 3-3-3 configuration
All seats will have personal entertainment, plus USB outlets. Unfortunately the aircraft won’t feature Wi-Fi, though, at least initially.
Eventually Edelweiss plans to introduce new cabins on its A350s, representing an investment that’s “a three-digit million sum.” Edelweiss is claiming not to be initially reconfiguring these aircraft “due to worldwide material shortages and reduced maintenance & engineering capacities.”
For what it’s worth, Edelweiss’ A340-300s currently have a staggered configuration in business class, almost identical to what you’ll find on SWISS’ A340-300s. For a leisure airline, it’s also noteworthy that Edelweiss doesn’t have a premium economy cabin. I can’t help but think that this will be added in the future when new interiors are introduced.
I’m kind of going to miss Edelweiss’ very unusual A340-300 configuration. The airline puts business class between extra legroom economy and economy, which you don’t often see.
Edelweiss Air is refreshing and growing its long haul fleet, as the airline is replacing its five Airbus A340-300s with six Airbus A350-900s. You can expect the aircraft to join Edelweiss’ fleet in 2025 and 2026, and for all A340s to be retired by late 2026. These A350s will initially feature former LATAM interiors, and at some point in the future the airline claims to be investing in new cabins.
What do you make of Edelweiss acquiring Airbus A350s?


First came the scattered reports in the late evening of a possible downed aircraft in the forests along the California/Oregon border. A few hours later came the surprise admission by the United States Air Force that an experimental aircraft may have crashed in the same area. This may have all gone unnoticed as nothing more than a military exercise gone awry if it were not for the witnesses to the actual event.
A number of those first few witnesses describe the aircraft as a UFO. Almost all the witnesses agreed that the aircraft had suffered some sort of catastrophic mechanical failure as there was smoke pouring from the side of the aircraft.
As for the military’s excuse of the aircraft being some sort of experimental jet fighter may be in dispute by some of the witnesses who were in or live near the area where the aircraft went down. As one witness said, “I can’t remember seeing so many jet fighters and helicopters in my life in one area.” In fact, a number of witnesses report seeing a wide variety of helicopters and jet aircraft circling the area for most of the night. A number of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) were identified along with the standard complement of stealth fighters the Air Force is currently using. The kinds and types of helicopters were just as varied with more than a few gunships providing cover for the helicopters that landed in the area.
Several hunters that were in the area not far from where the actual aircraft came down were surprised by the soldiers that suddenly seemed to appear in the area to safely escort them away from the danger zone. While none of them actually saw the aircraft, a couple of those hunters did report seeing what looked like a bald naked young woman about 5 feet in height with a very light almost gray complexion running through the woods. If they had been inclined to be of assistance to the young woman it would not have been possible to do so as within moments of seeing the woman they were surrounded by soldiers.
A number of our inside sources with military have confirmed that the downed aircraft was extraterrestrial in nature. And, that there were two occupants in the aircraft one of which was found dead at the crash site. The other occupant was captured a few hours later and it along with the remains of the aircraft and all its contents were transported to area 51 before daybreak the next day. We cannot help but note that if this had been a normal aircraft, experimental or not, from this planet, the whole operation of looking for evidence and trying to piece together the cause of the crash would have taken up days if not weeks.
Given our sources and the number of witnesses to the event and the massive use of manpower and machines to secure the area we cannot help but question the official story. A number of reporters and other people who made their way to the site after the fact reported seeing nothing. The area was so clean that even the impact crater where the aircraft actually hit the ground had been covered over leaving only fresh dirt to mark the long gash from the impact in the earth.
We can only conclude that this is another UFO crash site. Unlike the UFO crash site in Roswell, New Mexico, this cannot be explained away as being just another weather balloon.
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As the magnet moves with respect to the coil, the magnetic flux linkage of the coil changes. Lots of magneto parts for Wisconsin engines, Kohler engines, Lincoln Welders, Caterpillar starting engines, and numerous other engine models. This is for estimation purposes only. Here Is What All Those Colored Shirts Mean On An Aircraft Carrier's Deck massive aircraft elevators, drive tractors and work as messengers and verbal liaisons. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SCHOOLS. Preflight does not offer any advice to move the propeller. We manage the maintenance of aircraft registration records, including channels where you can view or download publicly available aircraft data. If one magneto should fail then all cylinders will have a spark plug firing allowing the engine to continue to run. Given these conditions, carburetor adjustments once made properly, do not need changing. For some, the Liaoning was a symbol of China’s global power; for others,. A magneto does that in one unit. 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John Staughton 11 Feb 2016 (Updated: 2 Aug 2017) We’ve all seen a movie or two where a plane has mysteriously disappeared or crashed somewhere in the ocean, sending officials and rescue crews into a frenzy to find something called the black box. If an aircraft ignition switch is turned off and the engine continues to run normally, the trouble is probably caused by a) primary lead grounding b) arcing magneto breaker points c) this is normal, if the RPM is in the green arc d) an open ground lead in the magneto. I wish there was better news. Magnetos should religiously be disassembled, inspected and serviced every 500 hours; doing so drastically reduces the likelihood of an in-flight magneto failure. WW2 German Jet Aircraft (1939-1945) Aviation / Aerospace Through ingenuity - and sheer desperation - the Germans were developing a slew of ground-breaking rocket- and jet-powered aircraft before the close of World War 2. How does magnetos work? Traditional Aircraft Engines. 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We'll be adding more in the future so if you don't see what you need here now keep checking back or e-mail us and ask. At that point the aircraft is grounded in some hole-in-the-wall airport with an angry wife and screaming kids. The right magneto, typically mounted on the right side of the engine accessory case, is connected similarly to the remaining spark plugs. Give Aircraft Accessories of OK a call and get a real "quality aircraft accessory". This is a nice way to browse new aircraft and make sure your favorites are always kept up to date. My purpose, however, is to talk more about the maintenance and repair aspect of the Cessna 172. 008 inch to 0. CBD, along with other specific cannabinoids binds to the cannabinoid receptor sites found in the human body that make up the endocannabinoid (EC) system. Magneto Hydrodynamic drives work by passing an electric current through a fluid in the presence of a magnetic field. 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The magneto consists of a rotating magnet (rotor), coil. There are a total of 222 World War 1 Aircraft (1914-1918) in the Military Factory. When they do, your alternator comes to a screeching halt, and so does your flow of electricity from the alternator. As maintenance professionals. Aircraft magnetos are not dependent on external power from the electrical system and therefore remain the preferred ignition system for aircraft engines. How does it work? The most simple form of magneto is in your lawn mower. Magneto ignition - perhaps the bane of antique motorcyclists. How a Magneto Works Taken from the book "Motorcycle Repair Handbook", by Paul Dempsey, First Edition, published by Tab Books, Inc, Library of Congress Card Number 76-24787, International Hardbound Standard Book No. If the brushes wear too much and the internal components get out of round, the brush can bounces, cause a break in the electric flow. 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The purpose of this post is to help show differences in the two services from a technical perspective. 5 mm (as specified by Lucas for slow-running tests of their post-war magnetos). The moment of flux reversal must coincide with the point opening and both must be timed to piston movement. Instead they have separate switches for the magneto and starter. Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps. This is because helicopters are "rotary wing aircraft," meaning that the rotor which is turned around rapidly by the engine(s) is shaped like a narrow wing and provides the Lift necessary to overcome the Weight of the aircraft. Container —It all starts with an empty steel can – the battery container. FAASTeam Industry Members are industries, organizations, businesses and associations that support the FAASTeam at a national level and who have a vested interest in aviation safety. But you'll still find. Since the alternator is carrying the load when the engine is running and the magnetos don't need electrical power to keep the spark plugs firing turning the battery master off in flight (in most planes) actually doesn't do anything. If you want one, order that separately. That's why it's so important to have some "hands-on" experience with magnets. A magneto is a small electric generator which is rotate by the engine and is capable of produce a very high voltage and does not need battery as a source of external energy. Electroair Unveils Hybrid Magneto. A Lead Aircraft Mechanic is responsible for planning and leading the work of aircraft mechanics; responsible for assuring the airworthiness of aircraft owned by the College and for compliance with applicable federal regulations and guidelines; performs necessary repairs and scheduled preventive maintenance on aircraft; does related work as required. The magneto is always trying to put out the same amount of power, this creates a problem when the battery is fully charged, or there is no heavy load on the system. Aircraft differ in that they often lack an alternator and still utilize magnetos, as they can generate their own electrical power. I know Magneto can perform this task, but the question i. New aircraft are win-win for the passenger's comfort, wallet, the environment and the company's costs. For redundancy, virtually all piston engine aircraft are fitted with two magneto systems, each supplying power to one of two spark plugs in each cylinder. A device called a Hobbs meter records the time, usually activated by the engine oil pressure. We supply new and used aircraft parts to aircraft owners, mechanics, FBO’s and engine shops through our retail outlets. How magnetos work!. If you just wanted to check the timing with the engine running using a timing light, you'd attach the timing light pickup to the number one cylinder sparkplug wire and use the FIRE mark. A magneto begins with a double-wound coil of enameled wire, mounted to cut through a. Starting Vibrator. An accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage. The magneto has a large, U - shaped, permanent magnet at the top. (a) (Controllable pitch propeller). In fact, they can be tested on a bench by simply twisting the drive mechanism on the base of the mag. Drag is the force of air resistance against the motion of the plane. So "R" is on the left because that position actually completes the circuit for the left mag, turning it off. The timing must be such that the energy wave induced in the coil's secondary windings is at its peak at the correct engine timing. The magneto on your lawnmower operates by using the power from the engine to generate alternate currents and send them to the spark plug. After reading this, you will have a much better idea on whether you will like working as an Aircraft Mechanic and Service Technician or not. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is responsible, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the registration of civilian aircraft in Australia. Marine Corps. Here's an extract from Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. Aircraft do have some immunity from EMP, they don't just fall from the sky if you make sparks with a 12V car battery 35,000 feet below them. And, yes, if you can find aircraft wire please use that and never use PVC covered wiring as used in most cars. When connected to a voltage source such as a battery it will momentarily act as a closed circuit while current flows to charge the plates, negative electrons on one plate and positive on the other. View all categories. Mainely Magnetos will FIX your magneto. Whatever the type of engines, they all work by the same principle. An aircraft magneto is an engine driven electrical generator that uses permanent magnets and coils to produce high voltage to fire the aircraft spark plugs. My purpose, however, is to talk more about the maintenance and repair aspect of the Cessna 172. The three-axis autopilot systems are capable of controlling an aircraft in all the 3 axes- roll, pitch & yaw with the help of all three - ailerons, elevators & rudder. To meet border security threats and challenges, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) deploys aircraft and maritime vessels to air and marine branches and units throughout the country to provide rapid air and marine response capabilities. Key point: It is still unclear just how reliable the Pantsir S-1 is. You will be able to understand the Working of the magneto type. The charging system of the Rotax 503 is a 12 pole, flywheel generating system. So you see, a given RPM. Sign-up for the Lycoming Flyer E-Newsletter. A Lead Aircraft Mechanic is responsible for planning and leading the work of aircraft mechanics; responsible for assuring the airworthiness of aircraft owned by the College and for compliance with applicable federal regulations and guidelines; performs necessary repairs and scheduled preventive maintenance on aircraft; does related work as required. Capabilities Telepathic Resistance/Immunity: The helmet protects its wearer from all but. The Subject Matter Of This Service Bulletin Is Incorporated In Whole Or In Part In An FAA Issued Airworthiness Directive. A magneto begins with a double-wound coil of enameled wire, mounted to cut through a. GE Aviation is a world-leading provider of commercial, military and business and general aviation jet and turboprop engines and components as well as avionics, electrical power and mechanical systems for aircraft. The aircraft has a bulk capacity of 2,630 cubic feet (74. MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETIN. We know how guns work and we know how to fight people who use them. This process is done by either a carburetor or by an high pressure injection system. The magneto is designed to produce a high voltage spike when influenced by a. It has everything to do with aerodynamics and propulsion. There are two types of winding in it. Being an aircraft mechanic is both challenging and rewarding, and it's a qualification deployed in a wide area of operations. In piston aircraft engines, the battery does not generate the spark for combustion. They are load-power output, propeller pitch, and mixture strength. How long does it take to get to Mars? The total journey time from Earth to Mars takes between 150-300 days depending on the speed of the launch, the alignment of Earth and Mars, and the length of. But it isn't the cold that's a. They work to promote rainfall by inducing nucleation – what little water is in the air condenses around the newly introduced particles and crystallises to form ice. Seems that SOS systems are not highly regarded in some circles. If you want to see a basic two-stroke engine in its simplest application, then a chain saw is the best place to start! In this article, we'll learn about chain saws and two-stroke engines by completely dismantling a typical 16-inch chain saw. In an autogyro, the wings are the rotor and are moving through the air at the speed at which the rotor is spinning, not the speed at which the aircraft is moving. For example, their newly refurbished A321 planes do have outlets, while A320 series and the E-190 series currently do not have individual outlets, according to Upgraded Points. Joe was educated at Villanova University as a mechanical engineer, who started his career in the 1960's at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford Connecticut. If you can not find aircraft wiring anywhere, go for silicone insulated wire. CBD, or cannabidiol, oil is currently being studied for its health benefits. The right magneto, typically mounted on the right side of the engine accessory case, is connected similarly to the remaining spark plugs. In this job description guide, you will find out what do Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians do and what is their typical work day like. An Airplane Ignition System Video Series. Then select the small blue remote control icon on the left-hand side of the menu. What exactly does all of this mean? What could you do to avoid this situation entirely? Your P lead is the wire connecting the starter switch to your magneto's primary windings, thus P lead. Most modern aircraft engines use magnetos to generate the spark. Whatever the type of engines, they all work by the same principle. Aircraft intended for high-altitude flight often have pressurized magnetos. (4) If the work performed on the aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part has been performed satisfactorily, the signature, certificate number, and kind of certificate held by the person approving the work. While the IA does the 100 hour inspection, I know pretty much what to expect, as I do check plugs and compressions when I change the oil. Aircraft Magneto Service Logo is Trade. The moment of flux reversal must coincide with the point opening and both must be timed to piston movement. It's located on the magneto or starter end of the engine and consists of 12 integrated permanent magnets built like a flat "cup" and mounted on the crankshaft. It should be noted that magnetos are not free energy devices. Magneto Timing on a Pratt R985 or R1340 Radial Engine. Increases the intensity of the spark at the spark plugs. The buzz box allows the mechanic to accomplish this quickly and accurately. Now imagine how much less the oil cost a place like Walmart or Jiffy Lube. What are magnetos & how do they work? Another episode in our brand new flight training series from US Sport Flight Academy: 60 Second Flight Training! 60 Second Flight Training will involve quick. Newport News Shipbuilding took a big step toward that day when it flooded the dry dock where the. Beat Your Addiction Today!. New aircraft are win-win for the passenger's comfort, wallet, the environment and the company's costs. MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETIN. Magneto Ignition System -Diagram ,How does it Works IGNITION SYSTEM In spark ignition engines, a device is required to ignite the compressed air-fuel mixture at the end of compression stroke. Magneto Timing Tips Here's a few tips on timing that ole magneto to your engine. An electronically dimmable panel is installed between the inboard dust cover and outboard structural cabin window. In most aircraft the ignition switch also applies power to the starter motor during engine start. As the batteries require DC power, the AC is converted to DC via Transformer Rectifier Units (TRUs). What difference do you see in the spark? Why do you think this is so? Find a coil that people say is bad. We complete the circuit to turn the magneto off by grounding the P-lead. In fact you don't really don't even need a battery. Most often this relates to when a military aircraft is intercepting a civilian aircraft that is entering national airspace without a filed flight plan, entering restricted or prohibited airspace through misnavigation, aircraft having communication failures or aircraft that can not otherwise be identified. The starter solenoid can be located inside or adjacent to the starter motor. This is a computer drawing of the electrical system of the Wright brothers' 1903 aircraft engine. A new spark plug may require around 10,000 volts to jump a. Shop in our online store for rivet guns, riveting kits, sheet metal tools, inspection equipment, aircraft engine tools, and other specialty aircraft tools. 6 cubic meters). Since the beginning of World War I in 1914, magneto-equipped aircraft engines have typically been dual-plugged, whereby each cylinder has two spark plugs, with each plug having a separate magneto system. If you do not assign a yaw axis, X-Plane will attempt to stabilize yaw movement for you. We meet factory new engine specifications and comply with all Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins. The magneto is always trying to put out the same amount of power, this creates a problem when the battery is fully charged, or there is no heavy load on the system. Shimmy damper problems have plagued the RG but do not stand out in the most recent SDRs. DO -160E tested and certified. How does the Rotax ignition circuit work? - posted in Vintage Ski Doo's: I don't under stand how Rotax's ignition circuit works compared to automotive circuits. But when it comes to airplanes, dual spark plugs are important for 3 major reasons. Due to the complexity of the spring-drive system, the need for special tools and testing equipment, and the internal workings of a magneto, it's usually best to have any adjustment or rebuilding performed by a professional shop. They are commonly used in small engine applications where no battery is present, like lawn mower, chain saw, leaf blower. Aircraft toilets are constructed primarily of stainless steel with the exception of the holding tanks, which are usually of a composite material. Although they switch faster, use far less electricity, take up a fraction of the space, and cost much less than relays, they generally work with only tiny currents so relays are still used in many applications. Now imagine how much less the oil cost a place like Walmart or Jiffy Lube. Optional accessories mounted on the aft side of the accessory case are driven by the internal splines of the magneto drive gears. The starter, however, will not work with the Master switch off. Once you have considered all else you will eventually find a way to pay for the project of choice. Magneto coils: as seen in the video above, for vintage bikes this is the most common reason for not having spark, the insulation has broken down so current induction cannot occur. If the brushes wear too much and the internal components get out of round, the brush can bounces, cause a break in the electric flow. He was born in 1910 and watched our country evolve from horses to tractors. With the engine idling,. For this process to be as perfect as it can be the system needs to take into account, power setting, mixture control and such. I did just to make a better picture. Its founder, Joseph Polizzotto, is now the current CEO. In modern aircraft, it is done automatically, and the propellers are referred to as constant-speed propellers. On Line Community for Piper Super Cubs and Similar Aircraft, Backcountry Flying, and Switch to Magneto Wiring (14) SEARCH THE SUPERCUB. 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Pilot Retirement NewsAmerican Airlines pilots approve new contract, with nearly two thirds in favor
By Terry Maxon January 30, 2015
American Airlines pilots have approved a new five-year contract that gives them 23 percent pay raises this year and 3 percent pay raises on Jan. 1 for the next five years.
The Allied Pilots Association said 65.68 percent voted in favor of the deal, with 34.32 percent against. Of those eligible, 94 percent cast votes. Only the Miami pilot base had a majority voting against the deal.
American thanked the pilots, while the union said the airline needs to address “shortcomings” in the new contract.
“Today’s results provide immediate and significant pay increases to our pilots, and represent another step forward in our integration,” AA president Scott Kirby said in a statement. “We are especially pleased that American is in a position to support pay increases that recognize the contributions of our pilots this early in our integration.”
Kirby also thanked APA president Keith Wilson, other national officers, the APA board and the union and company negotiating teams.
Wilson thanked the pilots for their participating, noting the high voter turnout.
“By voting in favor of the JCBA, our pilots will benefit from higher pay rates. In effect, the pilots of American Airlines made a business decision,” Wilson said in a statement.
“APA will now focus on further engagement with American Airlines management to address ongoing shortcomings in our contract. Our total compensation will still trail industry-leader Delta, while work rules affecting our pilots’ quality of life need meaningful improvement. There’s a lot of work remaining to achieve the industry-leading contract our pilots deserve,” Wilson said.
“True culture change will require a contract commensurate with our status as the pilots who fly for the world’s largest carrier,” he said.
The decision avoids a scenario in which the Allied Pilots Association contract combining US Airways and American Airlines pilots under a single agreement would have gone to binding arbitration.
In a regulatory filing Jan. 12, American said the pilot contract would increase its cost by $650 million in 2015, and it would incur another $50 million in December 2014 costs because the pay raises would be retroactive to Dec. 2.
The new contract combined three contracts into a single collective bargaining agreement for pilots of American and US Airways, which merged in December 2013.
American pilots were operating under a contract forced on them in late 2012 in American’s bankruptcy proceedings. US Airways pilots were operating under two contracts – one for the pilots of America West, which merged in September 2005 with US Airways, and one for the pre-AW merger US Airways.
Friday’s win for American follows December’s approval of a new contract combining flight attendants at the two carriers.
In that case, Association of Professional Flight Attendants members voted down a joint collective bargaining agreement that would have increased the value of their contracts by $193 million.
The dispute went to binding arbitration, which established a contract worth $112 million. But APFA president Laura Glading appealed to American executives to consider giving flight attendants the extra $81 million, notwithstanding the vote.
American management agreed to the same contract the flight attendants had rejected after the APFA board voted unanimously to sign off on the deal.
NOTE: The pay raise has been variously described as a 24 percent or a 23 percent pay raise. We’ve changed its description to conform with AA’s most recent description.


How safe is it to fly on regional airlines and commuter flights? Now a lawsuit involving a pilot for a regional airline and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is shedding light on serious problems that affect commuter flights and that could well lead to airplane accidents, airplane injuries, and airplane fatalities.
In far too many cases, it seems that small regional airlines are ignoring mechanical problems, safety issues, and even complaints by crew members and pilots. For example, one commuter airplane had reported landing gear problems seven times without a result – within a month, the plane crash-landed without its landing gear. In many cases, crew members who complain or blow the whistle are fired by the airline company.
In addition small airlines may be training a number of new pilots poorly – another mistake that has lead to small plane accidents in recent years.
Some of the problems stem from the rising cost of flying – and the fliers’ wish to travel as cheaply as possible. In many cases, the regional airline with the lowest operating costs will attract more customers. But it may also be the most likely to crash. Other problems stem from poor pilot pay on regional airlines – many receive paychecks that put their family below the national poverty line and many work long hours that span beyond federal regulations.
Many question whether the FAA’s response to the dangers and poor performance of the regional airlines has been harsh enough. Currently, the FAA has simply asked regional airlines to write a letter outline their plane accident prevention programs.
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Those in HVAC&R often talk about the impacts this industry has had in supporting our modern way of life. Now another achievement can be added to the list: interplanetary exploration.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) landed one its largest and most advanced rovers, named Perseverance, on Mars on February 18, 2021. The aim of the mission is to search for evidence of life on Mars.
Perseverance has complex temperature controls to help it survive. The planet has extreme temperature variations of up to 113°C per Mars day. It’s high temperature days reach around 20°C, while low temperature days can drop by up to -100°C.
This requires significant cooling during the day and heating at night.
The external parts of a rover body are painted with a gold coating to help prevent heat escaping and cold air entering. The NASA website describes this effect as “similar to that used in a thermos bottle, where the reflective coating on the inner vacuum bottle helps keep coffee hot by minimising radiation heat transfer across the bottle”.
The complex parts of the rover, such as batteries, electronics, and computers, reside in a warm electronics box (WEB). The WEB walls help to keep excess heat in during the night, and the rover can release excess heat via radiators during the day.
Thermal switches are used to automatically monitor temperatures, and turn the rover’s heaters on and off. The batteries that power a rover are heated using radioisotope heater units (RHUs), which help conserve nighttime battery power.
The Perseverance rover uses a power source called a “multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator” to generate its electricity. The system “converts heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity”, according to the NASA website.
Mars missions can last for years once they land. NASA scientists carefully selected the landing site for Perseverance, and it is searching for current or former signs of life.
For more information about the Mars exploration program, please click here.


Many travelers have faced the unfortunate news that their flight to a vacation destination, conference, or back home has been delayed as a result of an electronic system on the airplane. That being said, most travelers don't have much understanding of what sorts of electronic systems exist on an airplane and what their purpose even is. With so many news stories focusing on airline safety lately, many people are trying to learn more about what makes an airplane work. More importantly, consumers and journalists alike are diving into the world of airborne electronic hardware, which is the electronic hardware airlines use for instrumentation. If you're wanting to learn more about the electronic hardware that's used by airplanes, read on.
There's a wide range of systems that fall under the category of airborne electronic hardware. Flight and engine controls, for example, are some of the most critical components of an airplane's airborne electronics. These are the tools that pilots use to control the aircraft during flight, as well as during takeoff and landing. As such, it's critical that the hardware controlling these systems are appropriately checked before each flight using a checklist that verifies each component is properly configured. That being said, autopilot systems have an equally vital role to play and are another piece of electronic hardware. One of the primary roles that a plane's autopilot system is used for is helping maintain the aircraft's trajectory during flight. Note that autopilot doesn't eliminate the need for an airplane pilot. Instead, autopilot assists them in some of the most basic flight functions so that they don't need to manually handle every adjustment during the flight. This frees up their flight time to focus on more important aspects of the aircraft's electronic systems.
The types of people who mainly deal with airborne electronic hardware are design or verification engineers and project managers or certification managers. These sorts of individuals are tasked with ensuring that each plane's hardware is properly manufactured and configured. In order to serve as a hardware engineer or any of the previously listed roles, it's important that you receive the appropriate design assurance guidance and certification. D0-254 training ensures that you have the proper certification and knowledge of best practices to work in avionics hardware development. During a DO-254 training session, you'll learn the ins and outs of how to use the latest FAA and EASA guidance in your assessment of avionics hardware. This includes taking a closer look at the lifecycle and application of DO-254 standards, as well as how to conduct various safety assessments in conjunction with appropriate DO-254 documentation. You'll also learn how to verify different requirements under DO-254 using hardware tests as well as simulations. Beyond conducting tests, you will also gain a deeper understanding of how to write and program various logic devices, as well as how to deal with different tool assessment techniques. Generally, training is conducted over a series of days in multiple sessions.
When it comes to ensuring FAA and EASA compliance and offering a wide range of guidance, training, and certifications, AFuzion is one of the leaders in the aviation and avionics industry. From offering classes in DO-254 training and sharing DO-178B whitepapers so that your avionics engineers are capable of gap analysis and quality assurance, there are numerous ways that you can improve the way you work with airborne electronic hardware. AFuzion offers DO-254 training publicly and privately, as well as online training videos. This makes it easier to find a training solution that fits your needs or your company's interests. Keep this resource in mind, and you'll be well on your way to staying compliant with all aviation regulations.


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The altimeter is an instrument which measures vertical distance with respect to a reference level. The altimeter is an instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface or any object such as an airplane. Louis Paul Cailletet was the French physicist who invented the altimeter and the high-pressure manometer.
Louis Paul Cailletet (1832-1913)
French physicist and inventor who in 1877-78 was the first to liquefy oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and air.
In 1928, German inventor Paul Kollsman changed the world of aviation with the invention of the world’s first accurate Barometric Altimeter also called the “Kollsman Window”.
Lloyd Espenschied invented the first radio altimeter in 1924. In 1938, the fm radio altimeter was first demonstrated in New York by Bell Labs. In the first public display of the device, radio signals were bounced off the ground, showing pilots the altitude of an aircraft.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his Independence Day address that India will attempt a manned mission into space by 2022 on board ‘Gaganyaan’.
Technologies that will help in sending an Indian astronaut to space – like human crew module and environment control and life support system – have already been developed, ISRO chairman K Sivan said on Wednesday.
Prior to the actual launch by 2022, the Indian Space Research Organisation will have two unmanned missions and spacecraft will be fired using Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III, Sivan said.
His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his Independence Day address that India will attempt a manned mission into space by 2022 on board ‘Gaganyaan’.
If successful, India would be the fourth nation to achieve that feat.
Is India prepared? Here’s all you need to know:
- The ISRO has been talking about a human spaceflight for over a decade. But it has been low-key, primarily because a mission had not been formally approved.
- Putting a human in space entails a lot of technical challenges which aren’t there in a normal launch.
- Apart from mastering new technologies, it also means a higher order of quality assurance for every small component.
- Aerospace experts say the ISRO has been working on several of the technical challenges over the years.
- The ISRO has already developed a space flight suit
- It is working on an environmentally controlled chamber for astronauts.
- On December 18, 2014, the ISRO tested the atmospheric re-entry of a crew module. Called CARE (Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment), the module entered the atmosphere after being separated from the launch vehicle, deployed its parachutes and splashed into the Bay of Bengal.
- Last month, the ISRO conducted a pad-abort test. The experiment was to demonstrate the safe recovery of the crew module in case of an exigency at the launch pad
- Rakesh Sharma, a former IAF pilot, was the first Indian to travel to space. Sharma was a part of Soviet Union’s Soyuz T-11 expedition, launched on April 2, 1984, as part of the Intercosmos programme.
- Indian-born Kalpana Chawla and Indian-origin Sunita Williams are among the known names to have gone to space.
- Chawla was one of the seven crew members who perished in the space shuttle Columbia’s disaster during its re-entry to the Earth’s atmosphere.
- K Radhakrishnan, former ISRO chairman under whose leadership the Mangalyaan mission was launched in 2013, termed the announcement of Gaganyaan mission a “turning point” for ISRO.
- ISRO is known for its space programme, focus on projects that matter to the day-day lives of people.
- However, of late, it has launched missions like Chandrayaan-1 (moon mission) and Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission) that has aroused tremendous interest among people.
- It will launch Chandrayaan-2, which will land a rover on the moon, next year.
Source: Outlook India