CASI TORONTO FLYER JANUARY 2019, Volume 26 #3
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CANADIAN AERONAUTICS AND SPACE INSTITUTE CASI TORONTO FLYER JANUARY 2019, Volume 26 #3 Toronto Branch Membership Newsletter THE FLYER WILL BE PUBLISHED ON A BI-MONTHLY BASIS UNTIL A NEW EDITOR VOLUNTEERS NEWSLETTER LINKS Our current Executives are: The 2019 CASI Senior Awards Click on the links below to move to Chairman other sections of the Newsletter Chris Hayball CASI is n o w accepting Vice Chair & Flyer Editor nominations for 2019 CASI Senior Local News Gillian Clinton Awards. Over the decades these Industry News Councillor A wa r d s have celebra t ed Academic News Alex Tsoulis excellence in Canadian aerospace: Museum News Treasurer a v i a t i o n , e n g i n e e r i n g , Bhavik Mody management and ingenuity. For Education Chair full details on the criteria for each UPCOMING CASI EVENTS Amir Masoud Tahvilian Award as well as nomination Secretary forms, click the button at the end Fatemeh Mousavilar of this message. THERE IS A $5 CHARGE FOR Full details are available at the NON-MEMBERS CASI website. Presentations will be made to the Our next CASI Toronto Branch SPREAD THE WORD honourees during the traditional meeting will be a tour of the Pratt CASI Senior Awards Gala & Whitney, Mississauga plant in Help us to publicize our Toronto Reception and Dinner. The Gala is late January 2019. Branch meetings. Share your being held in the ballroom of the meeting notice with friends and Sheraton Laval Hotel on the Watch our Facebook page for colleagues, and post them around evening of Wednesday May 15, information about CASI Toronto your school or workplace. 2019, as part of the program of the Branch meetings. three-day CASI AERO 2019 Conference. YOUR NEWSLETTER If you know someone or a team of CONTACT US The CASI Toronto Flyer brings you individuals deserving of recognition l o c a l a e r o s p a c e n e w s . as the recipient of one of our Get in touch with CASI Toronto Suggestions and/or contributions prestigious Awards, we strongly Branch Executive with questions, are always welcome. If you’ve encourage you to submit a comments or suggestions: been to an interesting lecture or nomination. [email protected] or want to see coverage of an Nomination deadline: on Facebook (“CASI Toronto”). aerospace business in southern Ontario, let us know. January 28, 2019 Contact information for specific Executive members and additional Contact the Editor at: event information is also available [email protected] on the CASI website. LOCAL NEWS much tougher than metal counterparts, but much lighter and heat-resistant will advance hypersonic travel. And don’t forget Mentoring the Next biology and bio-fuels! Generation of Women in Aviation In order to facilitate more girls and young women to consider aspects According to the Air Line Pilots of aviation as a future career Association International, the option, mentors are needed. At percentage of women pilots in present, there are several commercial aviation was about voluntary organizations in Canada 5.18% in 2018. This extremely low that provide a mentoring and Upcoming Meeting number of women is considerably networking role such as Canadian Information - CAHS Toronto less in other aviation related fields Women in Aviation (CWIA), BizAv Chapter Meeting as well, and therefore, begs the Young Talent Initiative, and question why this is so. Elevate Aviation. One of the reasons most often A long time CASI member who has When: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 noted is the scarcity of women role advanced the role of women in models who are able to provide science and engineering is Dr. Time: 1:00 PM information on the various career Catherine Mavriplis. She was Location: Canadian Forces options available in aviation related selected as the NSERC/Pratt and College, 215 Yonge Blvd. at fields if one has a basic Whitney Canada Chair for Women Wilson Avenue, Toronto, (Lt. – understanding of science, in Science and Engineering, the Gen Guy Simonds Auditorium – technology, engineering, and first woman from aviation and Ground Floor) mathematics (STEM). Given the aerospace to advocate for current emphasis on artificial advancing women in aviation and intelligence, remotely piloted aerospace. Her students are now All aviation enthusiasts are aircraft and drones, an being recognized by the Northern understanding of social science Lights Foundation as “Rising welcome! especially cognitive psychology Stars”. More CASI mentorship and applied sociology will be an vo l u n t e e r s a n d in d u s t r y added advantage. Very few participants that provide internship aviation programs attempt to opportunities will considerably integrate these subject matters enhance future gender balance in with aviation. For example, student Canadian Aviation and Aerospace. interest in mathematics and statistics can be enhanced Many thanks to K.Victor Ujimoto, considerably if integrated and Ph.D of the Commerical Aviation applied within an aviation accident Management Program at Western investigations course. University for this article. Look for more articles from Prof. Ujimoto in Contemporary aircraft today future issues. consists of thousands of new material and the next generation of aviation professionals must also have a basic understanding of chemistry and biology. The field of c e r a m i c m a t r i x p o l y m e r components (CMC) technology for commercial jet engines that are Page 2 INDUSTRY NEWS initiative includes two actions. Bombardier Selling Q400 First, with the heavy aerospace Program to Viking investment phase successfully completed, Bombardier will right-size and redeploy its central aerospace engineering team. Key engineering team members will be Bombardier Announces Sale redeployed to the business of Non-Core Assets and segments, with the largest group Strategic Actions to moving to Business Aircraft, to Streamline the Company and ensure they have all the necessary capabilities for future business jet Drive Productivity TORONTO – November 7, 2018 development programs. – On November 7, 2018, the TORONTO – November 8, 2018 – Bombardier will also establish a Corporation entered into a ... new Advanced Technologies definitive agreement for the sale of Focusing the Portfolio, Divesting Office (ATO), which will be led by the Q Series aircraft program Non-Core Assets François Caza, who has been assets, including aftermarket Bombardier also announced today appointed Bombardier’s Chief operations, to a wholly owned the sale of a number of non-core Technology Officer. The ATO will subsidiary of Longview Aviation assets, in line with its strategy of focus on systems design and Capital Corporation, for gross focusing on growth opportunities in engineering, including applying proceeds of approximately $300 its Transportation, Business experience from Bombardier’s million. The agreement covers all Aircraft and Aerostructures aerospace programs to its rail assets and intellectual property segments. The Company entered transportation business. and Type Certificates associated with the Dash 8 Series 100, 200 into definitive agreements for (i) In addition to right-sizing and and 300 as well as the Q400 the sale of the Q Series aircraft redeploying central engineering, program operations at the program and de Havilland Bombardier has launched a Downsview manufacturing facility trademark to a wholly owned company-wide restructuring in Ontario, Canada. The subsidiary of Longview Aviation initiative focused on optimizing transaction is expected to close by Capital Corp. for approximately production and management the second half of 2019, subject to $300 million; and (ii) the sale of processes, flattening management customary closing conditions and Business Aircraft’s flight and structures and further reducing regulatory approvals. Net proceeds technical training activities to CAE indirect costs. and the monetization of royalties for this transaction are expected at Collectively, these actions will for approximately $800 million. approximately $250 million net of result in a reduction of fees, liabilities and normal closing Both transactions are expected to approximately 5,000 positions adjustments. close by the second half of 2019, across the organization over the Viking is part of Longview. following the usual regulatory next 12 to 18 months, leading to Headquartered in Victoria, British approvals. Net proceeds from the a n n u a l i z e d s a v i n g s o f Columbia, Viking is the global transactions are expected to be approximately $250 million at full leader in utility aircraft services, approximately $900 million after run rate, which we expect by 2021. and manufacturer of the the assumption of certain liabilities, Bombardier anticipates recording a world-renowned Series 400 Twin fees, and closing adjustments. restructuring charge in 2019 of Otter. Viking is the Original Type Streamlining the Organization approximately the same amount as Certificate holder for all special items. out-of-production de Havilland Bombardier also launched a new aircraft, DHC-1 through the enterprise-wide productivity ... DHC-7, as well as the Canadair program to further streamline, lean NOTE: The complete Report is 215 and CL-415 aerial firefighters. out and simplify the Company. The available online. Viking provides exclusive global Page 3 spare parts manufacturing and of the transaction. The Downsview product support for these fleets. site was sold by Bombardier earlier Viking will now take over the Q400 this year but, under the terms of a series. lease with the new owners and a license from Bombardier, Longview Aviation Capital production will remain on-site until Kepler’s Next Wideband Corporation, parent company to at least 2021. As part of the Satellite Reaches Orbit on Viking Air Limited, a leading transaction Longview also looks the Indian Polar Satellite Canadian aircraft manufacturer, forward to welcoming Bombardier today agreed to acquire, through Launch Vehicle employees currently associated an affiliate, the entire Dash 8 with the production, support and TORONTO – November 29, 2018 program including the 100, 200 sales of the Dash 8 program.