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• International Space Station Comes Together

  Created: Sunday, 06 December 2009 14:35 Author:

  International Space Station Comes Together The ISS is very close to completion when it's done it will be supplied by the Russians, or USA Commercial Space Transportation providers. Space X is working on the Dragon Spacecraft in order to supply the Sp...

• Get Desert Falcon Rising updates to your Email!

  Created: Friday, 04 December 2009 16:48 Author:

  Get Desert Falcon Rising updates to your Email! Now you can be notified whenever we post an interesting article to Desert Falcon Rising.With a simple service called "Feed My Inbox" you can have updates sent straight to your mailbox! How cool is ...

• California gives green light for space-based solar

  Created: Friday, 04 December 2009 02:36 Author:

  California gives green light for space-based solarDecember 3, 2009 2:03 PM PSTby Martin LaMonica(Credit: Space Energy) California regulators on Thursday approved an ambitious project to beam solar energy from space starting in 2016. Under a power purchase...

• Bombardier Deepens Layoffs

  Created: Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:43 Author:

  Bombardier Deepens LayoffsDec 1, 2009 By Darren Shannon A dearth of orders has prompted Bombardier to proceed with a cut in regional jet production, a move that will also reduce the manufacturer’s staff levels by an additional 715 employees.The cuts, wh...

• Senate Prods FAA On Duty-Time Rule

  Created: Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:26 Author:

  Senate Prods FAA On Duty-Time RuleDec 2, 2009 By Frances Fiorino  The Senate aviation subcommittee, at its most recent in a series of air safety hearings, yesterday zeroed in on the dangers of fatigued pilots – and prodded FAA to move swiftly on is...

• Senate Prods FAA On Duty-Time Rule

  Created: Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:18 Author:

  Senate Prods FAA On Duty-Time RuleDec 2, 2009 By Frances Fiorino  ...

• U.S. Approves ADS-B Equipment Standards

  Created: Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:07 Author:

  U.S. Approves ADS-B Equipment StandardsDec 2, 2009 Graham Warwick graham_warwick@aviationweek.comFrances Fiorino fiorino@aviationweek.comTechnical and operational standards for automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) equipment have been appro...

• Russian DNA Discoveries

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2009 16:47 Author:

  Russian DNA Discoveries All information is from the book "Vernetzte Intelligenz" von Grazyna Fosar und Franz Bludorf, ISBN 3930243237.Article edited and translated from German.  Summarized and commented by Baerbel. The book is unfortunately only av...

• Mission Accomplished: STS-129 Lands In Florida

  Created: Saturday, 28 November 2009 00:48 Author:

  Mission Accomplished: STS-129 Lands In Florida Fri, 27 Nov '09Virtually Trouble-Free 11 Day Mission Completes On ScheduleSpace shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

• Simcom Adds Training Programs For Falcon 20, Westwind, King Air

  Created: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 11:00 Author:

  Simcom Adds Training Programs For Falcon 20, Westwind, King AirAll Programs Will Be Offered At Orlando, Florida FacilitySimCom Training Centers has added Falcon 20 and Westwind training programs to its portfolio of services. To support these programs, Sim...

• Global Express Successor set for 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 10:54 Author:

  Global Express Successor set for 2010 Nov 5, 2009Fred George fgeorge@san.rr.com When Gulfstream announced the 7,000 nm range, .85 Mach cruise G650 in March 2008, it surely got the attention of product planners at Bombardier Business Aircraft in Montreal...

• NetJets Pegged For Modest Profit In 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 10:43 Author:

  NetJets Pegged For Modest Profit In 2010Nov 12, 2009 Fred George fgeorge@san.rr.comBerkshire Hathaway believes its NetJets subsidiary will post a small profit next year, a welcome contrast to grim 2009 results.The company disclosed that NetJets suffered ...

• Race to build a 1000 mph car!

  Created: Saturday, 21 November 2009 22:12 Author:

  Race is on to build a 1000 mph car!18 November 2009 by David Cohen Strapped into a custom built seat, Andy Green prepares for the ride of his life. The pancake-flat desert stretches out for miles ahead. The computer indicates all systems are normal. He ea...

• Forcast Sees Better BizAv Prospects

  Created: Friday, 20 November 2009 13:57 Author:

  Forcast Sees Better BizAv ProspectsNov 19, 2009 Benet Wilson benet_wilson@aviationweek.comDubai Airshow - Dassualt Falcon, Airbus, Boeing, Cessna, Hawker-Beechcraft, Gulfstream, Embraer A new report released yesterday by Connecticut-based Forecast Intern...

• Atlantis Spacewalkers Move Quickly

  Created: Friday, 20 November 2009 13:46 Author:

  Atlantis Spacewalkers Move Quickly  Nov 20, 2009 By Frank Morring Jr. Astronauts Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher moved so quickly through their assigned tasks on the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Station (ISS) Nov. 19 ...

• China Close To Testing Next-Gen Fighter

  Created: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 18:56 Author:

  China Close To Testing Next-Gen Fighter Nov 16, 2009 A Chinese fighter of nominally the same technology generation as the Lockheed Martin F-22 will soon enter flight testing, while a jet airlifter larger than the Airbus A400M should be unveiled by year-e...

• Citation CJ4: Right-Sized For Recovery?

  Created: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 18:38 Author:

   Citation CJ4: Right-Sized For Recovery?With yesterday's rollout of the first production version of Cessna's eight-cabin-seat Citation CJ4, all eyes will be on the company's newest model, which already had attracted 70 orders the day it was announced. At...

• STS-129 is Up-Up and Away!

  Created: Monday, 16 November 2009 16:27 Author:

  STS-129 is Up-Up and Away!KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The shuttle Atlantis vaulted into orbit on Monday and set off after the International Space Station, carrying 15 tons of spare parts and equipment as a hedge against failures after the shuttle fleet...

• Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share

  Created: Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:15 Author:

  Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market shareNovember 14, 2009 7:02 PM PST by David Meyer Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year's third quarter and this year's third quarter, according to market researcher ...

• Space Shuttle On Track for Monday Launch

  Created: Friday, 13 November 2009 13:35 Author:

    Space Shuttle On Track for Monday LaunchBy Clara MoskowitzStaff Writerposted: 13 November 200911:40 am ET NASA is on track to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Monday, but only if an unmanned rocket lifts off early Saturday as planned.Six astr...