Space-based solar power could really work, experiment shows
The new experiment was just a small step, but it could lead to big things.
今日の週末英語の習慣化の題材は...
Space Solar PowerのNewsです。
簡単ですのでさっと目を通してみて下さい！
European aerospace giant Airbus demonstrated how solar power could be beamed from space in a new experiment.
So far, the wireless transmission system has only bridged the distance of a little over 100 feet (30 meters), but engineers are confident they can increase its range to reach all the way to space within the next decade.
The demonstration, which took place at Airbus' X-Works Innovation Factory in Germany in September, saw electrical power transmitted from a photovoltaic panel in the form of microwaves to a receiver some 118 feet (36 m) away. The beamed energy lit up a model city and powered a hydrogen generator and a fridge containing alcohol-free beer that the audience later enjoyed.
Even though it might seem as a long way to go from 118 feet to Earth's orbit, Airbus engineers believe that "the first operating Power Beaming prototypes could be in use" by the early 2030s.
A Rare Fee Reduction! The TSA Trims the Cost of PreCheck
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
かなり遅くの更新になりました。
米国に入国するためのTSA Pre-Checkがmember ship feeとして価格を下げ、手続きの進展を進める発表がありました。$85 から現在$78Downとなっています。
ご興味のある方は方は、ご一読ください。
You don't see this very often these days: prices going down.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration and its enrollment partner IDEMIA, eager to get more travelers signed up for the queue-cutting TSA PreCheck program, have marked down the price of membership.
The enrollment fee is now $78, down from $85.
Members of TSA PreCheck are issued a special Known Traveler Number (KTN) valid for 5 years. When a KTN is added to a reservation for a flight on 80+ participating airlines at more than 200 airports, ticket holders are entitled to use the expedited PreCheck security inspection lanes, where passengers speed through the checkpoint without having to remove their shoes or most of their consumer electronics from luggage. (Here's our indispensable guide to applying for TSA PreCheck.)
Investigation Following Dallas Airshow Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board briefed the process on Sunday afternoon.
The Commemorative Air Force confirmed the names of the B-17 Flying Fortress and P-63 Kingcobra flight crews involved in the accident during the Wings Over Dallas airshow. [Courtesy: Commemorative Air Force]
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
先日、日曜 DallasでのAir Showの事故のニュースからです。
記事を見てみましょう！
お馴染みの単語も出てきます。
The go-team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is painstakingly sifting through wreckage of two World War II-era aircraft that collided midair during the Wings Over Dallas airshow on Saturday. Six people were killed—five on the B-17G Texas Raiders and one on the Bell P-63F Kingcobra. Both aircraft, B-17G, N7227C, and Bell P-63F, N6763, are registered to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum. Both were part of the Dallas, Texas-based Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and showing historical aircraft. The CAF has released the names of the pilots killed in the accident. Aboard the B-17G: Terry Barker, Dan Ragan, Leonard “Len” Root, Curt Rowe, and Kevin “K5” Michels. Aboard the P-63F: Craig Hutain. The accident happened in full view of the spectators, many of whom caught the event with smartphone cameras. These images quickly flooded social media and the accident was viewed from several angles. During a press conference held late Sunday, Michael Graham of the NTSB requested that, “If anyone in the public has photos or videos of the accident, we would like to ask that you please share them with the NTSB; send to: witness@NTSB.gov.”
Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
ComputerのChip争いのニュースから...
世界的に民衆主義国家と覇権主義国家(共産国)間の熾烈な争いがComputer Chipsを巡ってbattleを繰り返しています。
今やChip争いは未来の支配権を制する問題です。英語を通して世界を見てみましょう！
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s move to block exports of advanced computer chips to China is signaling a new phase in relations between the globe’s two largest economies — one in which trade matters less than an increasingly heated competition to be the world’s leading technological and military power.
The aggressive move, announced last month, will help set the tone for President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Asia. It’s evidence of Biden’s determination to “manage” the U.S. competition with China, whose officials were quick to condemn the export ban.
After more than two decades in which the focus was on expansion of trade and global growth, both countries are openly prioritizing their national interests as the world economy struggles with high inflation and the risk of recessions. The U.S. and China have each identified the development and production of computer chips as vital for economic growth and their own security interests.
Wheels Up Outlines Path to Profitability After Another Quarterly Loss
The on-demand private aviation company said it hopes to regain profitability by 2024.
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
ちょっとマニアックなBusiness Jet業界のニュースです。
取り敢えず読んでみましょう！
On-demand private aviation company Wheels Up (NYSE: UP) reported third-quarter revenue of $420.4 million, a 39 percent increase over the same period last year, which it attributes to strong customer demand amid its embattled stock price.
“Our strong foundation, with an iconic brand and large base of loyal customers, helped drive another record revenue performance in the third quarter. It further reinforces the strength of our demand, even in this uncertain macroeconomic environment,” Kenny Dichter, Wheels Up chairman and CEO, said in an investor statement.
Since going public via a SPAC-IPO last summer, Wheels Up’s share price, however, has slumped in the public markets amid questions about its addressable market and profitability.
Gulfsteam G700 Ready for World Tour Debut
Gulfstream returns to the NBAA-BACE 2022 static display and makes an impression.
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
先日のニュースでもお伝え致しましたGulfstream G-700が、World Tour Debutを行うようです❗️
早速記事を読んでみて下さい！
BusinessAir TV spoke with Stefan Eling, Sr. International Captain at Gulfstream Aerospace (NYSE: GD) at NBAA-BACE 2022 to discuss the G700 and its upcoming maiden world tour with stops in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.
Enhanced Performance and Capabilities
The G700 offers new enhancements beyond the previous G500 and G600 generation’s Symmetry Flight Deck. Now featuring a predictive landing performance system, a new enhanced checklist and a second heads-up display with a combined vision system that is a blending of synthetic vision and enhanced vision systems.
追記: Flying Videoもありますので、caption でご覧下さい♪
Screams, violence, and fires: After 17-hour blackout sparks chaos, read SUE REID's dramatic account of riot from inside Heathrow deportation centre
今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
英国からのBreaking Newsとして入って来た、題材をご提供。
HeathrowのDeportation Center(国外退去のための一時センター)で騒動があったみたいですね！
お目を通してみて下さい。
When night fell last Friday, pandemonium erupted at Britain's biggest immigration deportation centre next to Heathrow.
Electricity and water had been off for 17 hours. In darkness, screaming inmates, earmarked for removal from the UK, broke up furniture and banged it on floors and walls.
They used tables and chairs to make fires in the exercise yard and crafted them into weapons to fight each other.
An acrid smell hung in the air as the inmates, failed asylum seekers and convicted criminals, burned bedding.
During the riot at the Harmondsworth centre in west London, staff locked themselves in offices. The interior of double-storey Beech House – for Albanian, Indian, Vietnamese, African and Algerian deportees – was almost completely destroyed.
