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Liu has published a number of articles, and has lectured on international air transport regulation and aviation law. She earned a PhD in law at Wuhan University of China, where she specialized in international law. She also has a Master of Laws degree from Leiden University of the Netherlands, where she majored in air and space law. Liu begins her term on Aug. 1.
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK DELIVERS ZERO-G AIRCRAFT BACK TO NOVESPACE
Having arrived in Hamburg as a former German government aircraft, this very special Airbus A310 has now left Hamburg again in a completely new role. Lufthansa Technik AG has delivered the new Zero-G aircraft to its French owner Novespace following extensive modifi cations. The former 10+21 “Konrad Adenauer” bearing the registration F-WNOV will operate in the future as a parabolic aircraft in the name of space exploration and technology - in true refl ection of the spirit of Franco/ German friendship. Some 1,300 modifi cations were required in the
framework of the conversion program in order to convert the aircraft back to its original factory default state as required by the European aviation authority EASA. The cabin refi t then commenced, with the approx. 20 meter long “test area” proving particularly challenging.
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This is the area where prospective astronauts will be able in the future to experience weightlessness for the fi rst time, for example, or where scientifi c investigations will take place. Extra powerful light installations were required in particular for this purpose, with care being taken to ensure that these would not pose a hazard for the “weightless” passengers. Novespace will use the aircraft fromits home airport in Bordeaux from May. According to Christophe Mora, Technical and Operation
Director at Novespace: “We chose Lufthansa Technik because they know this aircraft very well, they modifi ed this aircraft a long time ago and have maintained it ever since. They also off ered us a good modifi cation and C-check package and today we can see that they have been doing very good work.” The German Aerospace Center uses the converted Airbus A310 for zero-gravity research. Dr. Ulrike Friedrich, head of parabolic fl ight projects: “We are very pleased that the new parabolic aircraft is well maintained thanks to the professional collaboration between Novespace and Lufthansa Technik and is now ready for scientifi c fl ights, having been fi tted with all the necessary conversions. Many researchers are already waiting impatiently to carry out their biological, physical and medical experiments with zero gravity.” The German, French and European Space Agencies are looking forward to their fi rst joint fl ight campaigns in May.” One thing is for sure according to Joerg Paisen,
Project Manager with responsibility for modifying the new parabolic aircraft at Lufthansa Technik: “The EASA requirements were a real challenge when it came to demonstrating the structural integrity of this aircraft. It is solely down to the good interaction between the customer, engineering planning and the technicians from the diff erent divisions that the project was implemented successfully.” The principle of concurrent engineering was followed, with engineering activities, work planning and manual execution running largely in parallel. A team of 50 technicians was involved directly with the aircraft in Lufthansa Technik’s Hangar 5 in Hamburg. The new Zero-G aircraft from Novespace was already
the third so-called “Special Mission Aircraft” in a row for Lufthansa Technik. Before this, the SOFIA airborne observatory, a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), had been in Hamburg for several months for a major overhaul. And Lufthansa Technik also converted a Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 on behalf of the Federal GermanGovernment to an evacuation aircraft for highly contagious Ebola patients in the shortest possible time.
ROCKWELL COLLINS INTRODUCES SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION OF VECTOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Rockwell Collins has introduced a Spanish language version of its Vector SMS (Safety Management System) software for its ARINCDirect customers. The Spanish language version of Vector SMS is the fi rst available for fl ight departments
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