FIRST Robotics Competition - A First Timer's Perspective
Posted on Apr 6, 2010 by R. Steven Justice |
In early March I had the pleasure to attend the FIRST Robotics Peachtree Regional competition at the Gwinnet County Convention Center. I had some knowledge of the FIRST organization and thought I was ready for what I would experience. I was wrong. As background for those of you not familiar with the organization, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ) was found...
Posted on Feb 9, 2010 by Gary O'Neill |
This week had three aviation events that beg some attention for those in the aerospace business. First, congratulations to the Boeing Company for its maiden test flight of the latest incarnation of the 747, known as the 747-8. It lifted off on the 41st anniversary of the flight of very first 747! Contrary to many who thought the aircraft was outmoded years ago, this ‘graceful monster’ has ...
Posted on Jul 6, 2009 by Gary O'Neill |
No one needs to be told that Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has become one of the busiest airports in the world. Jokes abound about changing planes in Atlanta, and it is a perennial rival for the nation’s busiest airport along with Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The activity surrounding ATL has made it a sizeable economic engine for the state and the region. Mil...
Tagged: aviation, delta, hartsfield, atlanta airport, customer service
Georgia's soaring Value-Added Output
Posted on Mar 15, 2009 by Nick Fuhrman |
The Ohio Aerospace and Defense Advisory Council analyzed aerospace states like Georgia in terms of value-added output and value-added per employee. Net value-added calculations are statistical measures of the amount of wealth created over and above the cost of the inputs. By one interpretation, the data contained in the Ohio report show that Georgia's aerospace workforce is more highly prod...
Tagged: workforce, economy, georgia
Posted on Feb 12, 2009 by Nick Fuhrman |
With so much industry information and so much opinion "out there," I struggle with when or why to "blog." Georgia's economy is reflecting the same impacts from the financial markets collapse in December, and as we keep close tabs on our various industry segments and work with particular companies day-to-day, it's obvious that there is not much I can say in a blog that will right the ship. M...
Tagged: economy, aerospace, innovation