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September 19, 2016
Guest blog post by Patrik Ragnarsson, Senior Manager Automotive & Transport Group at European Aluminium. To meet the ambitious emissions limits of the future, European car manufacturers will have to use every tool in their toolbox in order to meet the targets in a cost-efficient way. Looking back, much of the focus has been on… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
September 14, 2016
Here’s a time-lapse view of the world’s “Largest solid 3-D printed item” being made. Boeing and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory created the object, which measures 5.3 metres long, 1.7 metres wide and half a metre tall. The component, a wing trim and drill tool that Boeing will use to build… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
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Aviation, blogactiv, Innovation & Enterprise, Research & Innovation, Transport |
September 6, 2016
Recent passing of the legendary Joe Sutter has touched the entire aviation world. We would like to remember the Father of the 747 through the words of Randy Tinseth, vice president marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “I got to know Joe very well during my time on the 747-8 program. His love for the airplane… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
August 30, 2016
Freighter conversion is doubling the life of passenger airplanes. To convert them, engineers create original design solutions for each airplane. After extensive work, the converted airplanes are sent back to work as freighters for another 20 years, saving them from being parked and replacing less efficient freighters at the same time. Learn more about Boeing… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
August 22, 2016
Next time you fly, imagine that the interior of the airplane was made from plant-based materials, making much of the cabin sustainable. Boeing’s improving the environmental performance of airplane interiors through novel use of flax. See more Boeing innovations at http://www.boeing.com/innovation/ Discover more on the Boeing YouTube channel
Posted by The Aviation Blog
August 16, 2016
The 737 MAX is living up to its name in a new video demonstrating the maximum performance capabilities of Boeing’s newest airplane. The video was captured in Moses Lake, Wash., as Capts. Mike Bryan, Greg McCann and Chris Dobb, all Boeing Test & Evaluation pilots, practiced the flight demonstration they performed at the Farnborough International… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
July 20, 2016
Another busy air show has come to a close at Farnborough. As usual, the daily flying display was the highlight. Crowds was amazed by the awe-inspiring near-vertical takeoff from the 737 MAX, similar to the 787. … » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
July 15, 2016
Boeing celebrates its first centennial on the 15th of July 2016!! The last episode of “The Age of Aerospace” called “Dreamliner” reveals the technology, resources and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of the most recent revolution in jet design, the 787 Dreamliner. >> Full Episode Online: Dreamliner… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
Last week, more than 50 students aged 13-19 attended the Coding Summer School, where they had the opportunity to learn basic computer programming. Through sessions with renowned coding experts, they experienced the importance of coding in everyday life. The ambition of the five-day Coding Summer School is to help students explore future job opportunities that… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
That the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is having some seriously detrimental effects on EU-Russia relations is nothing new. But I think we’ve heard enough about this so-called ”new Cold War”. This is a repost of Playing with Russia in the Baltic Sea Sandpit: Challenges and Opportunities, originally published on LinkedIn by Clarissa Hirst (@clarissa_hirst, LinkedIn),… » read more
Posted by Europe in My Region
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Regional Policy, Science & Policymaking, Transport |
ThinkYoung has partnered with Boeing this year to fill the gap in digital skills and help students shape their future career while exploring the exciting world of programming. As modern society continuously requires a more sophisticated use of technology and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) skills, coding abilities are generally seen as the new type… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
Boeing has partnered with ThinkYoung to help teenage students learn the basics of programming during the Coding Summer School between the 4th and 8th of July in Brussels. Starting today, the Aviation Blog will follow the Coding Summer School during the entire week. The 5 days long coding school has been designed for teenage students… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
July 4, 2016
Although the average age of the bus fleet in Polish cities is constantly decreasing, new buses are still fuelled mainly by diesel oil. However, this could be changed easily, as has been demonstrated by cities that have decided to go green and have chosen biogas buses. This is a repost of Biogazowe autobusy to ekologiczne… » read more
Posted by Europe in My Region
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, Regional Policy, Transport |
July 1, 2016
Railways are known as an ‘old-fashioned business’, a 150-year-old means of transport that is nowadays used less and less, and where it is still used requires large sums to keep it working, as with all old technologies. This is a repost of Rail Baltica projekt on mõttetu raha raiskamine and Miks mitte Eestisse hyperloop?, originally… » read more
Posted by Europe in My Region
“In the Vastness of Space” tells the story of Project Apollo, which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon, and humankind’s first journey to the Moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity’s future in space. >> Full Episode Online: In the Vastness of… » read more
Posted by The Aviation Blog
