One of the better-kept training secrets in the Air National Guard is becoming harder to ignore—the Mississippi ANG’s Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in and around Gulfport.
Aug. 21-22—Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide UAS Workshop. Daytona Beach, Florida. See proed.erau.edu or email [email protected]. Aug. 22—54th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine. Bangalore. www.isam.in Aug. 25—Ninth Asia-Pacific Congress of Aerospace Medicine. Beijing. www.apfama.org/2014
Robin Coackley has become an account manager for U.K.-based Envitia. He was an executive with Exelis and has been a member on the Geological Remote Sensing Group.
Reader Kenneth Madl spoke eloquently of “Lockheed’s Earlier ‘Magic,’” ( AW&ST July 21, p. 8). But I would like to offer one small correction: The Direct Lift Control on Lockheed L-1011s used the spoilers, not the slats, to vary the lift on the wing on landing approach. If landing flaps of 33 or 42 deg. were selected, the spoilers would deploy approximately 25% and modulate up or down, depending on yoke or autopilot pitch input.
The recent interview of Boeing CEO James McNerney ( AW&ST July 14, p. 62) was disappointing, especially compared with SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s vision. It sounded like Boeing was ready to throw in the towel. If there is ever going to be a breakthrough in science, technology, flight and whatever is beyond, it will come from outside of our two traditional airframe manufacturers. SpaceX? Possibly, but it could emerge from an entity none of us know of yet.
Craig Pluim has been named sales director for Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America, Richmond, British Columbia. He was a regional sales director for Heli-One and had been director of maintenance/general manager for Arctic Air Service Inc.
Patrick Neary (see photos) has been promoted to vice president-engineering for the Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Redondo Beach, California-based Aerospace Systems sector unmanned systems programs from director of systems integration and test and evaluation.
David Read has been appointed vice president-sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Atlanta-based Maintag. He was director of business development for Europe for Xerafy.
