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First Gripen for South Africa Delivered On April 30th, the South African Air Force received and accepted its first new Gripen fighter aircraft opening a new chapter in the forces modernisation and transformation. 08/05/2008 ¦ As part of its 1999 Strategic Defence Procurement, South Africa ordered 26 modern Gripen fighters for its front-line air defence and fighter requirement. The new multiple capability aircraft are replacing the SAAF?s fleet of Cheetah aircraft. South Africa will receive 26 Gripen new generation fighters ? 9 dual-seat and 17 single-seat. Delivery of the first Gripen follows an extensive two-year flight test programme in South Africa to integrate local avionics, defence and combat systems. Initial work was conducted in Sweden before migrating to a dedicated Gripen Flight Test Centre established at the SAAF?s Test Flight Development Centre near Bredasdorp in the Southern Cape. Motorbike World Champion Mick Doohan Takes Delivery of a Grand Helicopter AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Motorbike World Champion Mick Doohan has taken delivery of a Grand light twin turbine engine helicopter during an official handover ceremony held at AgustaWestland?s Vergiate plant in Italy today. Mick Doohan is one of the most famous Australian sportsmen having been crowned MotoGP world champion five times and winning 54 Grand Prix races between 1989 and 1999. He also has set a number of motorcycling world records and has been awarded numerous honours in recognition of his outstanding motorcycle racing career. EUROCONTROL launches new wiki-style web page on aviation safety: Skybrary Brussels, Belgium ? SKYbrary - www.skybrary.aero - a new wiki-style web site which aims to be the single point of reference for aviation safety knowledge was launched today by EUROCONTROL in partnership with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Flight Safety Foundation. SKYbrary provides in-depth information for aviation professionals, backed-up with an attractive search engine. It already hosts some one thousand articles, covering fifteen areas, including critical safety issues such as Level Bust and Runway Incursions. Articles are added regularly, and search words inside the articles link to additional information both on SKYbrary and on external sites. The wiki format means that visitors can contribute both articles and information to SKYbrary. An open discussion forum aims to enhance visitors? awareness of and interest in safety. AD Group Plans To Fit FlightVu To Capture Historic Vulcan V-Bomber?s Return To Flight CCTV specialist AD Group is sponsoring the ambitious 'Vulcan to the Sky' project designed to return an original Vulcan V-bomber to flight and allow the majestic delta-wing design to once again wow the crowds at public air displays. As part of its support for the project, AD Group plans to supply a state-of-the-art FlightVu digital video recorder - and associated CCTV cameras - from its subsidiary AD Aerospace to provide valuable in-flight footage of this historic aircraft. To reach a position where Vulcan XH558, which left RAF service in 1993, is only weeks away from obtaining a CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) permit-to-fly is the end result of an eleven year restoration project. An outcome which has only been made possible by the hardwork of a network of volunteers and funding from business and private donations. Boeing Begins Contract Talks with IA: MBoeing committed to excellent pay and benefits - Boeing seeks to reward employees for productivity gains - Company focused on resolving issues early in negotiations process SEATTLE, May 09, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today began negotiating a new labor contract for more than 26,000 employees, largely in the Seattle area, Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. "Boeing is committed to providing employees with outstanding pay and benefits, and we intend to reward employees for generating productivity improvements that help us meet our commitments to customers and win new business," said Doug Kight, the Boeing vice president of Human Resources responsible for these negotiations. "Working with the union, we've agreed to start discussions much earlier than usual. This will allow us to spend more time listening, understanding each other's positions, and resolving issues early. NASA and JAXA to conduct joint research on Sonic Boom Modeling The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) intend to conduct joint research on Sonic Boom Modeling. Sonic Boom Modeling is one of the key technologies needed to enable a next generation supersonic aircraft quiet enough that it can fly supersonically over land without significant disturbance to the public. Such a vehicle also could connect Los Angeles and Tokyo in about 5 hours, flying at Mach 2. NASA to Announce Education Initiative at San Jose Future Forum SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will announce a significant new education initiative at a NASA Future Forum on May 14 at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif. Dale will make the announcement during a keynote address at 8:45 a.m. DT and be available to answer questions during a media opportunity at 10 a.m. The forum focuses on how space exploration benefits California's economy and is part of a year-long series celebrating NASA's 50th anniversary. Ames Research Center Director S. Pete Worden will serve as master of ceremonies. NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests STENNIS, Miss. -- NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020. The Ares V will carry cargo and components into orbit for trips to the moon and later to Mars. NASA conducted nine tests of heritage J-2 engine components from December to May as part of a series designed to verify heritage J-2 performance data and explore performance boundaries. Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., conducted the tests on a heritage J-2 "powerpack," which, in a fully assembled engine, pumps liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the engine's main combustion chamber to produce thrust. The test hardware consisted of J-2 components used from the Apollo program in the1960s through the X-33 program of the 1990s. Finnair goes retro to celebrate 85 years of flying Finnair, one of the oldest operating airlines in the world, is celebrating 85 years of operations by painting one of its Airbus A319 in the livery of a Convair aircraft, which Finnair flew under its original name Aero in the 1950s. The retro aircraft will begin flights at the end of July and the aircraft?s crew is also dressed in the spirit of the times in 1950s uniforms. ?With this special aircraft we want to pay respect to Finnair?s long experience in flying. Even though our sights are set on the future as we build Finnair into the airline of choice in air travel in the Northern Hemisphere, it is also a good idea to look back and remember our distinguished history,? says Finnair SVP Commercial Division Mika Perho. Flight time cut by half: Finnair Launches Flights to Yekaterinburg Finnair begins flights from Helsinki to the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals region of Russia at the beginning of September. The route is to be served three times a week with Airbus A319 aircraft. The flight time will be just three hours, with excellent connections in both directions. ?The flight time from Helsinki to Yekaterinburg is half that of any other connection via Western Europe,? says Finnair?s Sales director in Russia, Vesa Vilkkula. ?There are fast connections in both directions to about 40 Europe destinations and especially to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. ?The opening route also serves our long-haul connections to North America and Asia as well as growing demand for domestic traffic to Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Kuusamo in northern Finland,? says Vilkkula.

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