A MALAYSIAN airliner carrying 295 people shot down

A MALAYSIAN airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine, with 27 Australians believed to be among the dead. The Ukrainian government said the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

Malaysia Airlines said it had “lost contact” with flight MH17, 30km from the Tamak waypoint, 50km from the Russian-Ukraine border after 12am. The plane came down near the town of Shaktarsk, in the Donetsk region.

The crash comes just four months after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which remains missing.

A Double Shoot of Happiness

T im and Judy Sharp's story is one of great love and inspiration. Tim Sharp was diagnosed with Autism at age three, his mother was told that she should "put him away and forget about him". Ignoring this advice, Judy Sharp, a single mother of two young sons, tried everything she could think of to communicate with Tim, including drawing. Tim is now an internationally acclaimed 25 year-old Australian artist and his artistic creation, the quirky super hero Laser Beak Man is world famous. Tim's creativity has seen him become the first person in the world with Autism to have his art turned into an animated television series screening on the ABC and internationally. In 2012, a film about Tim was shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. His art is sold to collectors from around the world and in 2012, Tim's collaboration with a young rock band from Nashville Tennessee inspired a music festival raising awareness of Autism. Judy is currently working on a book about her life with Tim. Find out more about Tim Sharp at http://www.laserbeakman.com/

Torque Meter

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Unit Conversion for Aviation Industry

CONVERSION FACTORS (US AND METRIC) __________________________________ The following table of conversion factors includes all the units used in the maintenance of an engine and for all the practices described in the Standard Practices Manual. After making the conversion calculation, the answer should be rounded off to the nearest decimal unit to the accuracy required by the appropriate instructions. LENGTH ______ 1 mil (mil) = 0.001 in. or (25,4 microns) 1 inch (in.) = 25,4 millimeters (mm) 1 foot (ft) = 0,3048 m or (30,48006 cm) 1 yard (yd) = 0,9144 meter (m) 1 meter (m) = 39.37 inches (1.0936 yards) 1 centimeter (cm) = 0.3937 inch 1 millimeter (mm) = 0.03937 inch 1 micron ( ) = 0,001 mm or 3.937 x 10-5 in. AREA ____ 1 square inch (in2) = 645,16 square millimeters (mm2) (6,4516 square centimeters (cm2) 1 square foot (ft2) = 0.0929 square meter (m2) 1 square meter (m2) = 1.196 square yards (yd2) (10.764 square feet) 1 square centimeter (cm2) = 0.1550 square inch VOLUME ______ 1 cubic inch (in3) = 16,387 cubic centimeters (cc) 1 cubic foot (ft3) = 0,028 cubic meter (m3) (28,316 liters) 1 cubic centimeter (cc) = 0.06102 cubic inch 1 cubic meter (m3) = 35.314 cubic feet (1.308 cu yd) 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 29,57 cubic centimeters (cm3) 1 quart (qt) = 0,946 liter (946,333 cm3) 1 US gallon (US gal) = 3,785 liters 1 liter (1) = 1.0567 quart (0,001 cubic meter)(0.264 US gallon) WEIGHT ______ 1 ounce (oz) = 28,35 grams (g) 1 pound (lb) = 0,4536 kilogram (kg)(453,5924 grams) 1 gram (g) = 0.035 ounce 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2046 pounds PRESSURE ________ 1 pound/square inch (psi) = 6,90 kilopascal (kPa) 1 kilopascal (kPa) = 0.145 pound/square inch (psi) 1 torr = 1 mm Hg 1 bar = 14,5 pound/square inch (psi) CONCENTRATION _____________ 1 ounce per US gallon = 7,5 grams/liter 1 fluid ounce/us gallon = 7,8 ml/liter 1 pound/US gallon = 0,1190 kg/l, or grams/cc (119,8 grams/liter) 1 g/l = 0.1335 oz/US gallon 1 ml/l = 0.128 fl oz/US gallon TORQUE ______ 1 pound-foot (lb ft) = 12 (lb in.) 1 pound-inch (lb in.) = 0,113 Newton meter (N.m) 1 N.m = 8.85 pound-inch (lb in.) TEMPERATURE ___________ Fahrenheit (`F) = 9/5`C + 32 Celsius (`C) = 5/9 (`F - 32) Kelvin (K) = `C + 273,15 Kelvin (K) = 5/9 (`F + 459.67) Rankin (`R) = `F + 459.688 SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY ______________________ 1 Btu/lb = 0,55 cal/g 1 cal/g = 1.8 Btu/lb DISTANCE ________ 1 mile (US Statute) = 1,609 kilometers (km) 1 mile (Nautical) = 1,853 kilometers 1 kilometer (km) = 0.621 miles (US Statute) METRIC RELATIONSHIPS ____________________ 1 micrometer ( m) = 0,000001 meter (0.001 millimeter) 1 millimeter (mm) = 0,001 meter 1 centimeter (cm) = 0,01 meter 1 decimeter (dm) = 0,1 meter 1 meter (Metric Standard of length) 1 liter = 0,001 cubic meter 1 gram = weight of 0,001 liter of water 1 bar = 105 Pascal (Pa) 1 Pascal (Pa) = 1 N/m2 1 Newton (N) = 0,102 kilogram (kg) 1 kilogram/square millimeter (kg/mm2) = 9,81 Megapascal (MPa) MAGNETIC FIELD ______________ 1 Ampere/meter (A/m) = 2,54 x 10-2 Ampere inch (A/in.)

Best Airline Staff Service Australia/Pasific 2014

Virgin Australia has been awarded Best Airline Staff Service Australia/Pacific in the 2014 Skytrax World Airline Awards.

Lockheed Martin to Develop UK Space Industry

LM excited to open a new office in the United Kingdom that will help cultivate an even stronger global space industry through partnership with local business and academia.

World's Best Airline 2014

Cathay Pacific delighted to be voted Skytrax “World's Best Airline” for the fourth time. Fly with us to over 190 destinations worldwide – and accept a heartfelt thank you for your support. Visit cathaypacific.com

360 Degree

Nothing like admiring your work from 360 degrees.

Honeywell made it possible!

It’s now possible to predict what time planes will arrive based on the existing three-dimensional trajectory, plus time. Watch the video from SESAR: http://hwll.co/2a57

B787-9 Dreamliner is Woving Everyone

New 787-9 Dreamliner is wowing everyone at the Farnborough Airshow. Check out this video of our flight crew getting ready for the show with a rehearsal in Washington ... And yes, this is real footage, not computer graphics!"

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