The CH-53GA has successfully completed its first flight on the Bavarian town of Donauwörth in front of a crowd of about 150 Guests. The Eurocopter test pilot René Nater and flight engineer Antoine Van Gent were at the controls.
The first flight came just three years after the contract was awarded, and represents a milestone for the CH-53GA, as well as for the center Eurocopter Germany. With the new updates, life of the helicopter service has been extended to 2030. Training flights are scheduled for 2011, with the first deliveries of the helicopters later in the year. The German armed forces will then be able to use the CH-53GA with its state of art facilities for international missions (For example, the Afghanistan).
The Senior Vice-President Ralf Barnscheidt, responsible for military contracts Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, Recalls: "In the last 30 age, support center for Eurocopter helicopters german army has carried out many important updates on the CH-53G. I am extremely pleased to see the CH53-GA in flight ".
Eurocopter Press
The Alitalia Group presented the three-year development of its offer from the airports of Milan, which provides for the consolidation of Alitalia's premium from Linate Airport, a new intercontinental airport of Malpensa and starting a new business model for the flights of Air One, with important objectives of passenger growth and destinations within 2012.
From Malpensa, Alitalia Group will offer a revamped product, tailored to the passenger business and for what leisure, according to a dual brand and customer hub, with the ability for the customer to create, within the same airport, the ideal combination of flights, fares and connections. The new product offering on the Milan basin Alitalia will be operational by 28 March, the start of the summer season 2010 and day of the flight of the new Smart Carrier Air One from the Malpensa hub to 14 destinations in Italy and the Mediterranean. At the airport of Malpensa, the Alitalia Group is a leader in intercontinental, offering 9 direct connections of which 5 operated directly and 4 operated in code share agreement with SkyTeam partners and Etihad.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Public Security Bureau of Shenzhen has ordered an AW139 helicopter. This aircraft will be used to perform a variety of roles including police, Civil Protection / Disaster, transport and control of missions throughout the Province. The AW139 was chosen due to its outstanding performance, operational capabilities, safety and ease of maintenance as a result of a rigorous process of global assessment for the provision of a new helicopter for serving the community Shenzhen.
This aircraft, the second AW139 ordered in China, adds to the AW109 Power in service at the Public Security Bureau of Shenzhen, confirming that client trust in products AgustaWestland.
AgustaWestland Press
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The sito web Eurofighter, è stato premiato da Flight International come vincitore del ‘Miglior sito Aerospace’ thanks to its impressive functionality and interactivity. Eurofighter Typhoon has won the award thanks to the His "good general usability", secondo i giudici e per i suoi "divertenti moduli interattivi compreso lo ‘sparatutto’", widely appreciated by users of Flight Global.
Secondo Flightglobal, Eurofighter site offers a clear and easy site navigation, as well as the use of "creative interactive graphics to present information about the products and technical specifications".
Marco Valerio Bonelli
Head of PR & Communications
Today at 10:14:08 CET has been launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour Direct International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Dome. The installation of these two modules will mark the completion of the part of ISS not of relevance Russian, with more than one third of the elements of the ISS designed and built in Europe.
Node-3 is part of the joint launch with NASA's Columbus laboratory, through which the ESA provides two of interconnection modules for the ISS, Node-2 and Node-3, in addition to equipment and laboratory services to advanced technology, in exchange for the launch to the ISS by NASA of the European Columbus laboratory, occurred in February 2008.
Node-3 was developed by Thales Alenia Space Italy on the basis of his experience with ASI (Italian Space Agency) in the design and construction of Node-2 and the MPLM, or the Multifunctional Logistics Modules, used to transport cargo to the ISS. The Node-2 and Node-3 are produced by a consortium of European companies led by Thales Alenia Space Italy as main contractor.
The Dome is instead the subject of a separate agreement which provides for the launch and return of five ESA payloads by NASA, and has also been built by European companies, under the guidance of Thales Alenia Space Italy as prime contractor.
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