Tom Herman is sitting on a leather couch, explaining why the University of Houston could – no, should – compete with college football’s powerhouse programs each year for the top prospects in the area.
Article source: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/Herman-s-goal-for-recruiting-at-UH-is-to-pain-the-6327000.php
By Keith Laing – 06/12/15 01:52 PM EDT
Airplane manufacturer Boeing is showing off its 787 “Dreamliner” model in a new viral video after a rocky inital rollout that involved the plane being grounded for two weeks in 2013.
The Chicago, Ill.-based company released the video ahead of the upcoming Paris Air Show for its 787-9, which is a slightly longer version of the Dreamliner model that can fly farther than the original.
The video shows pilots practicing tricks on a 787-9 that has been purchased by Vietnam Airlines, including taking off and flying nearly vertically before the plane levels into a cruising altitude and ultimately lands safely.
The company is also planning to display a 787-8 that is operated by Qatar Airways and a 777 that is owned by China Airways at the Paris Air Show, which is scheduled to take place on June 15-21.Boeing said the planes it is planning to have on display will illustrate the benefits of the both the 777 and the Dreamliner.
“Boeing Commercial Airplanes designs and builds excellent airplanes that provide passenger-preferred comfort, fly farther on less fuel, reduce airport noise and cost less to operate,” the company said in a post on its website. “That high level of performance gives both airlines and passengers a better way to fly.”
The 787 was rolled out
Article source: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/244840-boeing-seeks-to-redeem-dreamliner-after-rocky-rollout
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Neighborhood volunteers put some muscle into McKinley beautification project
Article source: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/06/14/3839903/unmanned-aerial-vehicles-catching.html
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Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/automobiles/in-the-woods-of-georgia-an-old-junkyard-has-rusted-into-automotive-art.html
Is the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 to be another Amelia Earhart?
As hard as it is to imagine that in this age a 330-ton airplane with 239 people on board can vanish without trace, like Earhart, some important people are now prepared to make that comparison.
And that is just one part of what is turning out to be a nightmare month for those searching for the Boeing 777.
First there were charges that the Dutch company hired to take a leading part in searching the southern Indian Ocean for the remains of the 777 was ill-equipped for the task.
Then one of the specialized vehicles used for deep water searching was badly damaged while it was sitting on the deck of its mother ship in atrocious weather conditions.
Finally Sir Tim Clark, the head of Emirates Airlines, which operates the world’s largest fleet of 777s, said last week, “It will be an Amelia Earhart repetition” and compared the search to a “goose chase.”
So what is going on here? Is Sir Tim’s bleak outlook justified?
For whatever reason, Sir Tim seems to be leading a rush to judgment and, in the process, angering a lot of people who are dedicated to unraveling the most elusive and complex mystery in aviation history.
There are many motives at play here and the longer the mystery goes on the more invested those motives become.
And without doubt the least attractive of these motives is the evasion of responsibility, which is shared by many parties.
First, there is the airline industry itself, which was caught being derelict in its attention to a major weakness in airline safety
Article source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/14/the-search-for-mh370-unravels.html
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PARIS AIR SHOW, Paris, June 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), is expanding its rescue hoist and cargo winch systems maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities in Asia, Europe and the Americas. The expansion activities include local affiliates opening new MRO centers of excellence, adding capability to existing UTC Aerospace Systems MRO sites, and licensing preferred providers to perform MRO services to exacting standards. Activities are underway now and are expected to continue worldwide through 2016. The expanded capabilities join existing UTC Aerospace Systems hoist and cargo winch MRO centers of excellence, operated by affiliates in Brea, California, and Saint Ouen L’Aumone, France.
“This expanded MRO capability is a game-changer in the way we do business with our rescue hoist and cargo winch customers worldwide,” said Brian Sartain, director of Business Development for UTC Aerospace Systems, Sensors Integrated Systems. “Having high quality MRO capabilities regionally throughout the world is expected to reduce our
Article source: http://www.sys-con.com/node/3343389
