STAR ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES THE 21 WINNERS OF ITS 20th ANNIVERSARY MILEAGE MILLIONAIRE COMPETITION
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, Star Alliance ran an online competition offering 21 winners, one from each of the 21 Frequent Flyer Programmes (FFPs) of the member airlines, one million miles or equivalent* to be credited to their selected FFP account.
An independent panel selected the winning entries from a large number of high-class submissions. These feature cultural experiences from across the globe, stretching from the Grand Canyon in the USA, through the ancient cultures of South America, across various cities in Europe, to the stunning beautiful cultures of
SKF is increasing its capacity to innovate by opening a new European Test Centre dedicated to high-speed aeronautical bearings.Gothenburg, Sweden, 04 October 2017: The new European High-Speed Aeronautical Bearings Test Centre, located at the SKF Aeroengine site in Valenciennes, France, will enable full-scale, high-speed bearing testing under representative operating and environmental conditions.
Due to their critical role in aircraft and helicopter engines and transmissions, development cycle times for engine shaft bearings, accessory drives and transmission gearboxes remain significant.
Due to advancing urbanization, there is an acute lack of living space in many metropolitan cities. An attractive solution to create new living space is to add wooden storeys to existing buildings. To make this approach more popular, Metsä Wood carried out an architecture competition "City above the City" last year. One of the honored works, "Dachkiez", is designed to Berlin by Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture.Focus of the competition was to point out how wood can solve the problems of urbanization. Centrally located buildings in the world’s metropolises formed the playground for
