Andalusian Technology to train air traffic controllers in Afghanistan
GECI Spanish company located in Technology Park Bay of Cádiz, El Puerto de Santa Maria, has undertaken an interesting project after winning an international competition organized by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation), an agency owned by Montreal-based United Nations.The project involved the creation of a simulator for the training of air controllers in Afghanistan, a contract that has been channeled through the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Afghanistan (MoTCA) and includes the supply and installation of the latest technology available for training air traffic controllers.During yesterday morning were tested at the factory of the simulator, with software created by British company Micronav.As explained yesterday the Spanish GECI vice president, Daniel Jimenez Randell, "thanks to this project, the Afghan Ministry will have a technologically advanced system that will allow them to conduct training programs for their drivers for seamless air traffic management in airports in this country. "The simulator is based on a three-dimensional modeling of airports Afghans in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, although physically located in the premises of the Kabul airport dedicated to the Civil Aviation institute in that country.The system is fully assembled at the plant in the port and after the last tests performed yesterday, next week will start to dismount and begin the task of packing, so the team can be in Afghanistan by the first week of June. From that date, company technicians based in El Puerto will travel to Afghanistan to ride there the simulator, a task that will run for about three weeks.The contract is around $ 1.5 million. Among other things have been taken into account the specific characteristics of the destination country, where there are frequent power outages, so the equipment is designed so you can have a range of food close to eight hours.The project manager, engineer Antonio Calvo, he was proud that yesterday Andalusian technology is so appreciated by an organization such as ICAO.The project has involved not only in the construction of the simulator, but also includes the necessary auxiliaries, such as the provision of furniture, a communications system, the power supply and air conditioning. The project also includes the form of 'turnkey', ie, offering not only the installation and commissioning, but also the training of personnel who will use it in the destination country.During yesterday's test session was attended by various agencies responsible for aviation in Venezuela and Bolivia, GECI regular customers as well as other countries such as Cuba, Vietnam, Angola and Mozambique, among others.
Austral announces its first manned only by women
Few remaining exclusively male territory. And the commercial aviation is no exception. This morning depart from Jorge Newbery Airport Austral flights to Salta composed of a 100% female crew: from pilots to board staff. The flight commander will Maluff Ana, accompanied by Nuria Estebez passenger, while the flight attendant will be Ana Maria Sabljak and auxiliary Mariana Bringas Agherreberi Burguete and Florence, the company said yesterday.
The departure of the Embraer 190 aircraft is scheduled for 11:20, with arrival in Salta at 13:35, and the return from the northern capital at 14:15 with arrival at 16:10 Aeroparque. Since the airline confirmed that the flight is full, no seats available.
For Southern will be a historic flight as it will be the first time an aircraft of the airline will be manned only by women. But not the first in Argentina, in April last year, Aerolíneas Argentinas had already dispatched a flight with a crew of five women. It was the number 1498 which left Buenos Aires to Jujuy with 96 passengers on board.
The addition of female crews on commercial flights is a growing trend in the world of aviation, which has already been implemented even in companies in the region. One of the pioneer was the Mexican Volaris in 2008. The budget airline then joined all the women who made up his squad in a single crew to fly the routes Toluca Toluca and Toluca Mérida-Hermosillo-Toluca.
Uruguay's Pluna is closest example: last year, the airline launched a flight commanded by women only to meet the targets Montevideo-Buenos Aires and Porto Alegre, Campinas-Bombardier aircraft.
And although it is still a male-dominated profession, in 2010 the Brazilian Tam and Gol already had about 50 women in positions of pilots and copilots.
Globally, Air France is one company that operates more domestic and international flights exclusively manned by women. The French company also has a tradition to schedule a series of "female flight" every March 8 to mark International Women's Day. These flights departing from Paris to various destinations such as Beijing, Tokyo, Bombay, Miami and New York. Air France has 4,200 pilots, of whom 7% are women. And there are aircraft commanders women in all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. This initiative female spaceflight program was later imitated by KLM and Alitalia.
Airlines worldwide are encouraged to integrate their flight crews only with women, is also Air India, which it did in 2010 with four connections, including a nonstop flight between Mumbai and New York. JAL Japan also formed all-female team to operate a Boeing 767 from the airport in Tokyo and Kumamoto (southern Japan). JAL began to have female staff in the areas of mechanics in the late? 80 and began to call women pilots in 1994
The departure of the Embraer 190 aircraft is scheduled for 11:20, with arrival in Salta at 13:35, and the return from the northern capital at 14:15 with arrival at 16:10 Aeroparque. Since the airline confirmed that the flight is full, no seats available.
For Southern will be a historic flight as it will be the first time an aircraft of the airline will be manned only by women. But not the first in Argentina, in April last year, Aerolíneas Argentinas had already dispatched a flight with a crew of five women. It was the number 1498 which left Buenos Aires to Jujuy with 96 passengers on board.
The addition of female crews on commercial flights is a growing trend in the world of aviation, which has already been implemented even in companies in the region. One of the pioneer was the Mexican Volaris in 2008. The budget airline then joined all the women who made up his squad in a single crew to fly the routes Toluca Toluca and Toluca Mérida-Hermosillo-Toluca.
Uruguay's Pluna is closest example: last year, the airline launched a flight commanded by women only to meet the targets Montevideo-Buenos Aires and Porto Alegre, Campinas-Bombardier aircraft.
And although it is still a male-dominated profession, in 2010 the Brazilian Tam and Gol already had about 50 women in positions of pilots and copilots.
Globally, Air France is one company that operates more domestic and international flights exclusively manned by women. The French company also has a tradition to schedule a series of "female flight" every March 8 to mark International Women's Day. These flights departing from Paris to various destinations such as Beijing, Tokyo, Bombay, Miami and New York. Air France has 4,200 pilots, of whom 7% are women. And there are aircraft commanders women in all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. This initiative female spaceflight program was later imitated by KLM and Alitalia.
Airlines worldwide are encouraged to integrate their flight crews only with women, is also Air India, which it did in 2010 with four connections, including a nonstop flight between Mumbai and New York. JAL Japan also formed all-female team to operate a Boeing 767 from the airport in Tokyo and Kumamoto (southern Japan). JAL began to have female staff in the areas of mechanics in the late? 80 and began to call women pilots in 1994
aceALVARO IBÁÑEZ 'ALVY' (Special RTVE.es) 30/05/2012The company automated control systems and testing Saginomiya is developing a car simulacón system in order to more faithfully reproduce even the feeling of driving and vehicle behavior while driving.
It is currently used simulators of this type for all types of transport: cars, airplanes, boats and even trains. Usually used in training and in diseñoo phases. All include big screens showing the simulation of what happens outside the vehicle, the most advanced, such as cars, planes and also incorporate some mechanical systems, called actuators, that move the vehicle simulated external conditions, to provide an idea of how the physical response according to the movements they perform.
Simulating the physical laws
The creators of specialized software, as it could be for some racing games, always strive for "simulating the physical laws" so that the behavior of the vehicle, and other objects you have on stage is as real as possible . However, it is difficult to pass a certain limit.
To test their systems Saginomiya uses two types of simulation systems: one is a car "real" that incorporates sensors, in order to understand how it "feels" the driver steering response as you move . With this may be better adapted during the design and manufacture components such as steering or suspension of vehicleÕs. The objective of this system design is simply more quickly and efficiently the final product.
The other system is more advanced and includes actuators that move and shake the vehicle, tilting and causing it to vibrate as the details of the driving simulation: if there is a bump in the road, slippery terrain, obstacles ... the driver perceives all in the form of real-time movements. Interestingly, unlike the games, to decide what happens next used the same models and answers that have been used for the simulations for the design of the car.
The result is a much more realistic simulation, which is not limited only to "graphics engine physics and gravity" of the software but also the data obtained in response to a normal driving during testing. When in operation, this dynamic system plays in real time, without delay and with better quality of response, what really suceder'a road, using both models programmed into the software as real reactions of drivers.