Aerospace & Defense Seminar in Hartford, CT
By Vik Kachoria | February 22, 2010
The Consulate General of Canada has organized an Aerospace & Defense Seminar in Harford, CT on Thu March 25, 2010 at the Hartford Marriott Hotel.
The event will focus on North American innovation challenges and opportunities in the A&D industry. The briefing session will explore best practices in public-private collaboration and cross-border partnerships in the aerospace defense industry. Top industry experts will look and current and future strategies of leading companies to address challenges in promoting innovation at all levels of the supply chain. Read the rest of this entry »
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NAS Simulation Engineer
By CCG | February 22, 2010
We want to hire engineer (NAS Simulation, aviation simulation models – SDLC, C++, Java) to work for us on a government contract for the FAA. The position is in the Boston area (within the area serviced by the “T”); we pay our employees very competitive salaries and offer benefits that most companies no longer offer (for example, we pay 100% of the monthly medical insurance premiums for individual plans). Candidates will be interviewed by our firm and also by members of the project team (including government and/or teaming partner employees). Interested engineers should forward their resumes via email to kcondon@corecomputergroup.com and reference “NAS Simulation”. All inquiries are considered confidential. Only applicants with either US citizenship or appropriate visa status will be considered.
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Aviation Outlook China 2010
By liwei | January 30, 2010
Event name Aviation Outlook China 2010
Event date 6-8 July 2010
Event venue Shangri-La’s Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing
URL http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/avchina
Aviation Outlook China 2010 brings together senior airline executives, civil aviation authorities, airport operators, investors and aviation service providers to discuss strategies, challenges and needs facing the Asian aviation industry, with a high-level focus on the Chinese market to fully understand the potential of the region’s aviation developments and growth.
Contact person Chua Yee Ling
Contact telephone +65 6322 2757
Contact email yeeling.chua@terrapinn.com
This post was submitted by liwei.
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Meeting of the Eastern Mass. Chapter of the National Space Society
By Martha Adams | November 23, 2009
The next meeting of the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Space Society is scheduled for Thursday, December 10, 2009. It will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 125 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Building 33, Room 419 (Aero/Astro Dept) from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
This post was submitted by Martha Adams.
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40th Anniversary Celebrations of Apollo 11
By Vik Kachoria | June 30, 2009
The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is coming up – the mission that put the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969 @ 8pm GMT. Neil Armstrong, mission commander, stepped off the lunar lander with the famous quote “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
The National Space Society’s Boston Chapter is celebrating the event on July 15, 2009 with a presentation by chapter member Gerard Doran, including film/video clips of our space program from the 1960s.
Date: July 15, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
Location: 125 Massachusetts Avenue (Guggenheim Laboratory), Room 33-419, Cambridge, Massachusetts
More Info: NSS Boston Chapter Announcement
Description: National Space Society’s Boston Chapter celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission, with presentation by chapter member Gerard Doran, including film/video clips of our space program from the 1960s.
There are a number of celebrations and events elsewhere in the country. A list has been compiled by the California Space Authority.
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Emergency Landing In Water By Commercial Jetliner Saves All 155 Lives
By Vik Kachoria | January 16, 2009
January 15, 2009, US Airways flight from NYC-LaGuardia bound for Charlotte, NC crash landed in the Hudson River minutes after take-off. The plane encountered a flock of geese and lost both engines resulting in complete loss of power.
Pilot Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger saved all 155 passengers and crew members by successfully making an emergency water landing – a rare feat in commercial aviation history.
Captain Sullenberger is a U.S. Air Force Academy grad who flew F-4 fighter planes while in the Air Force. He has flown for US Airways for 29 years.
Small aircraft, corporate jets & military craft make water ditching almost once a day in US waters. Commerical jet pilots are not required train for emergency water landings and perception has been that large jets would not survive such a landing which could result in significant loss of life.
Many including a Ralph Nader group and various articles in the Economist have argued (incorrectly) that there has never been a successful emergency water landing by large commercial jet liners. Thus, they suggest, that life vests & rafts serve little purpose other than making passengers feel safer.
But according to a WikiPedia entry on landing planes in water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditching), there have been several (not many) landings over the past 40 years worldwide. Survival rates have varied.
The Federal Aviation Administration says there were about 65,000 bird strikes to civil aircraft in the United States from 1990 to 2005, or about one for every 10,000 flights. But since 1960, only 25 have resulted in crashes by large aircraft. 23 of these incidents occured below 400 feet.
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Terrafugia’s Innovative Roadable Plane (Flying Car)
By Vik Kachoria | January 13, 2009
Here’s a problem that every private pilot has experienced:
You hop into your Piper or Cessna at Hanscom and fly to the Vineyard for the weekend. But once you land on the island, how do you get from the airport to your vacation home in Edgartown?
Terrafugia, based in Woburn, MA, is developing the first ‘roadable plane’ which solves this problem by providing a plane whose wings fold vertically next to the fuselage after landing so the plane can be driven away like any car.
The company’s founder, Carl Dietrich takes pains to call this a roadable plane instead of a flying car since you have to first be a pilot to fly this plane. (you also have to have a driver’s license to drive the car).
Mr. Dietrich is a Phd aeronautical enginner from MIT, a winner of the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Student Prize For Innovation, a runner-up in MIT’s $100k Entrepreneurship Competition and a private pilot.
The company demoed a 1/5 scaled remote-control version of the car at Oshkosh in 2007. It also conducted a high speed taxi test of a full version in December 2008.
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Mass Kids Score High In Math & Science
By Vik Kachoria | December 20, 2008
Seems kids in Massachusetts are right there at the top when it comes to brains in math & science.
Mass High Tech journal reports that in an international test, Massachusetts 8th grade students tied with Singapore for first place in science aptitude tests.
The test, Trends in International Mathematics & Science Study, also showed that Massachusetts 4th grade students placed second in science (behind Singapore) and third in math. Eighth grade students placed sixth in the international math aptitude tests.
We knew there were brains for math & science in this state, now lets see if we can nuture the studnts, coax in to engineering & aerospace careers and then keep them in the state.
Source: Mass High Tech Journal, Dec 12-18, 2008
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Economic Climate Impacting Logan & Massport
By Vik Kachoria | October 31, 2008
Logan International Airport is seeing 5% YTD decline in passenger traffic due to airline cost cutting & passenger belt tightening.
Growth has been slowing year-over-year since 2005. But this slide is expected to continue through 2009 and likely into 2010.
Massport operating budget of $364.6m has been reduced by 5% or $18m.
Travel expenses have been cut by 20% and hiring freezes are in place.
The dollar’s considerable recovery has reduced the the growth in Europeans traveling to Boston. This was one of the key areas Massport was counting on for growth.
Bond rating agencies are not worried yet about the the drop in passenger traffic. But if the decline accelerates, a review may be warranted.
Source: “Logan Intl cutting costs as passenger traffic slides”, Jesse Noyes, Boston Business Journal, Oct 31, 2008
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Massachusetts Air & Space Museum
By Vik Kachoria | October 16, 2008
Just got a call from Albert Mundo introducing his new organization Massachusetts Air & Space Museum (MASM). Since late 2006 they have been working on a concept to establish a museum at Hansom Airport to celebrate the rich heritage of aerospace in Massachusetts.
In the very short period since their first meeting, they have brought together a number of aviation and historical groups to work on the concept, formed a 501c3, built a board of directors and advisors, secured a site at the airport for the museum, obtained a grant from Wolf Family Aviation Foundation AND secured one of the F-15s that the Massachusetts Air National Guard launched on 9/11.
Albert Mundo is director & president of MASM following a 30 year career as a TWA commercial pilot. Earlier in his career he served as a fighter pilot for the US Air Force & MA National Guard. MASM board includes members with experience in or at Raytheon, General Electric MassPort, FAA and the Ninety-Nines.
From their website:
“Significant aviation oriented museums exist in many states but sadly, Massachusetts with its long and rich aeronautical history is lacking in this regard.”
“…when considering the achievements and contributions to aviation and space brought about by individuals and institutions in this state, and which indeed are continuing, then an effort to establish such an entity is certainly a worthwhile endeavor.”
“The museum should not be just a collection of relics but rather a living institution where people learn of the past as a foundation of the present, and from there are able look into the future.”
The website highlights a number of important aerospace contributions from Massachusetts including:
- Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926 in Auburn, Mass
- MIT has produced more astronauts than any other university – 30 so far with 15,000 hours in space
- Four of the 12 astronauts who walked on the moon came from MIT
- Draper Labs, Avco, Raytheon and David Clark Company all contributed to the Apollo program
- Since the end of the 19th century, Massachusetts has been involved in the develoment of gliders, balloons & aircraft
- Check out the full list of Massachusetts Aerospace firsts at: Mass Aerospace Firsts
I’ll be meeting with Albert Mundo in the next couple of weeks and look forward to working with MASM to raise the profile of aerospace activities and contributions in Massachusetts.
Check out their website at: http://www.massairspace.org/
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