Engineers Study The Natural World For Modern Aircraft Design Solutions

The growing science of biomimicry focuses on what humanity can learn from the world, and Airbus engineers are learning quite a lot about efficient solutions for aircraft design that nature has spent millions of years refining.

Vortices Circular patterns of air created by the movement of an airfoil through the air when generating lift. As an airfoil moves through the atmosphere in sustained flight, an area of area of low pressure is created above it. The air flowing from the high pressure area to the low pressure area around and about the tips of the airfoil tends to roll up into two rapidly rotating vortices, cylindrical in shape. These vortices are the most predominant parts of aircraft wake turbulence and their rotational force is dependent upon the wing loading, gross weight, and speed of the generating aircraft. The vortices from medium to heavy aircraft can be of extremely high velocity and hazardous to smaller aircra

Aero Linx: The Canadian International Air Show (CIAS) The Canadian International Air Show (CIAS) is Canada's largest and longest-running aviation display; and one of the largest air shows in North America! Over its six-decade-plus history, the CIAS has been proud to feature many air show 'firsts' including appearances by the Concorde, F-22 Raptor, the V-22 Osprey and more! Powered by the incredible efforts of almost 200 volunteers, the CIAS continues to thrill air show fans from around the world with its diverse line-up of aviation awesomeness each Labour Day weekend.

“Year after year, quarter after quarter, JetBlue Airways posts industry-leading profit margins. However, when management comes to the negotiating table, they refuse to offer market-rate pay and benefits to the professional pilots who fly their planes.” Source: Capt. Patrick Walsh, head of the JetBlue unit of ALPA, discussing the fact that JetBlue pilots, represented by ALPA, have responded to JetBlue Airways’ fourth quarter financials by calling on management to come to the negotiating table with a contract.