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BEIJING, China, November 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dassault Falcon has established a 'wholly owned foreign entity' to represent the Falcon brand in the growing Chinese market. The subsidiary, known as 'Dassault Falcon Business Services (Beijing) Co. Ltd', is based in Beijing, China. Mr Jean Michel Jacob has been named General Manager of the subsidiary and Mr Jean Rosanvallon, the Chairman. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120925/564526-a ) (Photo:...
DENVER, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TMone, a leading U.S. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm and one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies for the past six years in a row, today announced that it has appointed Jason Falco as Executive Vice President of Business Development. This new position will support a growing client base throughout TMone's operations. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121106/CG06902) With 20+ years of experience in...
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. During the company's first milestone, a technical baseline review, NASA and SpaceX reviewed the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket for crew transportation to low-Earth orbit and discussed future plans...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) During the company's first milestone, a technical baseline review, NASA and...
ORLANDO, Florida, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dassault Falcon's 500th Falcon 900, a Falcon 900LX, is in final assembly in Bordeaux-Merignac (France), marking yet another significant milestone for one of the world's most popular families of business jets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120925/564526-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121031/573156 ) This Falcon 900LX, which will initially serve as a demonstration aircraft,...
ORLANDO, Florida, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- System will include Wireless Cabin Media Server and Airshow iPad App Dassault Falcon today unveiled two new features that further enhance its innovative FalconCabin HD+ cabin management system. The new options developed by Rockwell Collins, include a wireless cabin media server and an iPad moving map application. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121031/573150 ) The Skybox wireless...
ORLANDO, Florida, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 4,000 nm Falcon 2000LXS is the newest aircraft in the Falcon 2000 family and inherits the same qualities as its siblings: a spacious cabin, outstanding performance and efficiency, cutting edge technology and maximum flexibility. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/572861-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/572861-b ) The Falcon 2000LXS is built on the proven and...
ORLANDO, Florida, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Category-Leading Airport Performance and Efficiency Dassault Falcon today launched the Falcon 2000LXS, offering improved airport performance, payload and cabin comfort compared to the Falcon 2000LX which it will replace in 2014. The 4,000 nm Falcon 2000LXS will allow operators to access more airports because of new full-length inboard slats which give the aircraft category-leading airport performance...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online News out of Cape Canaveral, FL has many in the burgeoning private space industry disheartened. In what was to be a coup for this new incarnation of the American space program, SpaceX, a private firm started and run by Elon Musk, one of the co-founders of PayPal, sent up one of Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 rockets with an experimental communications satellite flying piggyback. This is the same SpaceX mission that was...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While the Dragon capsule was able to survive an engine failure with the Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, news broke that a satellite aboard a secondary payload suffered from the event. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, with both the Dragon capsule and Orbcomm's prototype OG2 communication satellite onboard. During launch, one of the rocket's nine Merlin engines lost pressure and suddenly shutdown, leaving its secondary...
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This bird of prey is known more as a pigeon hawk. The Merlin is from the Northern Hemisphere with some migrating to subtropical and northern tropical areas during the winter. There has also been a discovery that there are two different, very distinct, species: the North American and the Eurasian. The North American Merlin was first described by a Swede taxonomist, Carl Linnaeus. The Merlin is between 9 and 13 inches long with a wingspan of 20-29 inches. The Merlin is an exceptionally...
The Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans), also known as the Snake Hawk (erroneously, since it’s not a hawk), is a medium-sized bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae, the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is an expert snake-eater. Its common and scientific names are both in reference to its distinctive voice. The English name comes from its loud voice, as does the specific name cachinnans, which is Latin for “laughing aloud” or...
The Yellow-headed Caracara is a bird of prey belonging to the Falconidae family. It’s found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern part of Central America. Not like falcons in the same family, the caracara is not a fast-flying aerial hunter, but it is rather sluggish and often gets food by scavenging. The caracara is 16 to 18 inches long and weighs 11.5 ounces on average. Just like many other birds of prey, the females are larger than the males, weighing 11 to 13...
The Gyrfalcon, also spelled as gerfalcon, is the largest of the falcon variety. This falcon breeds on Arctic coasts, and the islands of North America, Europe, and Asia. It mostly lives there as well, yet some Gyrfalcons disperse more widely after breeding season or in the winter. This bird is isolated throughout the Northern Hemisphere, with populations in Northern American, Greenland, and Northern Europe. The plumage varies with location, with birds being colored from all white, to dark...
The Guadalupe Caracara, also known as Quelili or the Calalie, is an extinct bird of prey belonging to the falcon family, Falconidae. With the closely related Crested and Southern Caracara, it was formerly placed in the genus, Polyborus. Until the beginning of the 20th century, this species lived on Mexico’s Guadalupe Islands. This bird was described as “evil” or “vicious” by early observers. Goat herders led a poisoning campaign that ended up in the extinction of The Guadalupe...
