At 35,000ft, the klaxon-like howl of a distressed toddler screeches through a pressurised cabin. For travellers already stressed by lengthy security checks, crammed into cramped seating and unnerved by the very fact of being so high above ground, it’s almost enough to make them shatter the Plexiglas windows and jump. One airline is offering what it says is a solution. Budget carrier Air Asia says from February it will provide a “quiet zone” for passengers aged 12 and over at no extra cost.
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Spirit, MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover — A), is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010. It was one of two rovers of NASA’s ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Nuestros compañeros organizadores del Simposium de la SEMA , Jose Ignacio Castro, Miguel Lortes y MarÃa Jesús Rúa, presentaron ayer  ante la prensa local el Congreso que celebraremos el mes que viene en Pontevedra; pequeña histórica ciudad que aunque no cuente con aeropuerto o alguna otra instalación aeroespacial, ha contado con la iniciativa y la generosidad de nuestros queridos  compañeros. Recordamos a nuestros socios y lectores que tienen una cuota de inscripción reducida si se realiza antes del 25 de Septiembre. ¡Os esperamos en Pontevedra¡
Police are investigating whether a man found dead on a west London street was a  stowaway who fell from a plane. No-one saw the body fall from the sky on to Portman Avenue. It is not the first incident of this kind on the Heathrow flightpath. Dr Stephen Veronneau, of the US Federal Aviation Administration, has identified 96 individuals around the world who have tried to travel in plane wheel wells since 1947. The incidents happened on 85 flights. Veronneau is working on the assumption that the Mortlake fatality was a stowaway. Of these, more than three-quarters have proved fatal.
This article answers following questions : Just how often does this happen and what are the riks?
Queridos compañeros, la Junta actual de la SEMA cumple cuatro años el próximo mes de  Noviembre, por lo que según los Estatutos finaliza su mandato. Creemos que hemos conseguido los objetivos que nos propusimos, el principal de ellos es nuestra página WEB. Con ella hemos conseguido ponernos en contacto con toda la comunidad mundial aeroespacial . Con el siguiente comunicado se disuelve la actual Junta Directiva y se convoca las elecciones a la nueva Junta a celebrarse durante el Simposium que tendrá lugar en Pontevedra el próximo mes de Octubre.
Saludos cordiales y gracias a todos por vuestra confianza durante estos años
The 83-year-old United Airlines flight attendant will appear in the Guinness World  Records book in October for having the “longest career as a flight attendant” in the world. In over six decades, he has seen the transformation of air travel. He saw meal service improve, the start of in-flight movies, passengers go from dressing up to dressing down, smoking become a federal offense and tighter security in the post-9/11 world. After being offered a buyout, he is retiring, the AP reported.
The leading cause of death in the United States is coronary heart disease (CHD). In 2004,  the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against electrocardiogram (ECG) in asymptomatic adults. Besides, ECG is not recommended as part of periodic health examinations, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. This report from the USPSTF updates the 2004 recommendations on ECG screening for asymptomatic adults at low, intermediate, or high risk for CHD events.
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You can see herein below the whole article published by MedScape / August 2012
This is the post sent by Dr. Hardicsay Gábor from Budapest regarding this issue to AeromedList, very important for all of us, International Aviation Medicine Physicians. Our gratitude to Aerospace Medical Association “The idea of making the AsMA annual meeting slide presentations available in PDF format come true. The ASMA International Activities Committee strongly supported [...]
Exposure to carbon monoxide (CO), which is formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials such as aviation fuels, is associated with headache, dizziness, fatigue, and at elevated doses, death. Exhaust system failures in general aviation (GA) aircraft can result in CO exposure. When this occurs in an aircraft, the end result could be an [...]
Although there is a vast amount of information available on the internet, sometimes relatively simple questions are difficult to resolve because the answers are scattered across multiple websites. Denis started wiseGEEK in 2003 in an attempt to answer real questions. They are a team of researchers, writers and editors dedicated to providing short, clear and concise [...]
The Aviation Health Conference that was held in London  last October continued to emphasize cabin crew and passenger health, but will also targeted a wider audience, including flight deck crew when appropriate. Here you can see presentations regarding to Cosmic Radiation, Flight fatigue, Cabin Hygiene, Malaria and crews and Health effects of volcanic ashes. Very advisable [...]
The 83-year-old United Airlines flight attendant will appear in the Guinness World  Records book in October for having the “longest career as a flight attendant” in the world. In over six decades, he has seen the transformation of air travel. He saw meal service improve, the start of in-flight movies, passengers go from dressing up [...]
 (SS) de México emitió un aviso a todas las Unidades de Vigilancia Epidemiológica del paÃs para redoblar la alerta y detectar casos sospechosos del virus del Nilo, dado el aumento de casos en EEUU. El secretario de Salud advirtió que los mosquitos no respetan fronteras y es por ello que se ha delineado una zona de control de insectos y precisó que se dio el aviso para vigilar principalmente en aeropuertos internacionales y hacer una detección temprana
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