Boeing 747SP

Type: Product

Name: Boeing 747SP

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

How to avoid the nightmare of LAX

Flying via Hawaii offers an alternative to entering the US through Los Angeles International Airport.For a small, but growing minority of travellers to North America, it’s a well-kept secret way to avoid the crush and the customs queue when you enter ... [Published Wauchope Gazette - May 13 2013]

Entities: Peter Ingram, Honolulu, Nightmare, Los Angeles, Sydney (Australia)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc

L-3 MAS delivers test pylon for Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G-JM engines

L-3 MAS has delivered a fourth experimental engine pylon to Pratt & Whitney Canada for deployment on Boeing 747SP aircraft to flight test the new PurePower PW1100G-JM engines, which are designed to power the Airbus A320neo aeroplane.The pylon has been ... [Published Aerospace Technology - May 09 2013]

Entities: L-3 Communications Holdings Inc, Pylon, Pratt & Whitney PurePower, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

NASA's SOFIA observatory sheds light on massive star formation

SOFIA's FORCAST telescope was used to collect infrared readings from protostar G35.20-0.74Image Gallery (2 images)Observations made by NASA's airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have led to a development in our understanding ... [Published Gizmag - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: ProtoStar, NASA, Infrared

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 4 reports

Boeing 747SP

Airborne Observatory Reveals Mystery Of Star...

Using observations from an airborne observatory, NASA researchers have discovered new details on how massive stars form within a cloud of interstellar gas and dust.An emerging star known as G35 has been observed forming in an orderly process similar to ... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: NASA, ProtoStar, Infrared, Boeing 747SP, Carla Thomas

First reported Dec 06 2012 - Updated Dec 06 2012 - 1 reports

SOFIA Upgrades: Integrating Telescope Onboard Command and Control Systems

The cockpit of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) received an avionics modernization upgrade in 2012 that replaced the outdated avionics suite with new avionics systems. Most of the analog gauges and associated hardware were ... [Published Space Daily - Dec 06 2012]

Entities: Avionics, C2 Command & Control, NASA, Infrared Astronomy

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"L-3 MAS and Pratt & Whitney Canada have a successful, collaborative history on many development projects and we look forward to further growing our relationship" Comtois said

L-3 MAS delivers test pylon for Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G-JM engines [Published Aerospace Technology - May 09 2013]

"Massive stars, although rare, are important because there is evidence they foster the formation of smaller stars like our sun, and because at the ends of their lives they create and distribute chemical elements that are the basic building blocks of Earth-like planets" said co-author James De Buizer, a SOFIA staff scientist with the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett...

SOFIA reveals surprise in massive star formation [Published NewKerala.com - Apr 17 2013]

...literacy in science, technology, engineering and math," said astronomer Dana Backman, manager of SOFIA's education and public outreach programs. "Published studies have shown that personally participating in scientific research increases the educators' enthusiasm for teaching, and measurably improves their career retention rates. The same studies have shown that this enthusiasm carries over to the students with tangible increases in test scores and science fair participation."

Educator Teams Fly on SOFIA Airborne Observatory [Published SpaceRef - Feb 21 2013]

...and spatial coverage of these images is astounding, showing what modern infrared detector arrays can do when flown on SOFIA," Becklin said. "We hope to use these data to substantially advance our understanding of the environment near a supermassive black hole."

SOFIA Spots Recent Starburst in Galactic Center [Published SpaceRef - Jan 11 2013]

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