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26 Apr

Divyang students from Pallavanjali enjoy an outing at FSTC

Gurgaon/ New Delhi: In a once in a lifetime experience for a group of Divyang Children, FSTC (Flight Simulation Technique Centre) hosted a group of young students from Pallavanjali school at their world-class pilot training centre in Gurgaon. The students experienced the world of aviation on state-of-the-art flight simulators at FSTC’s Gurugram facility. The experience simulated the motor skills of these children and exposed them to the wonderful world of aviation and flying. Pallavanjali is an Inclusive School, Intervention Centre, and an Institute for young adults in difficult situations, whether special needs, school dropouts or under-privileged. Pallavanjali has a fully equipped…

03 Feb

Dassault Systemes rolls out online ‘3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace’

New Delhi: Global 3D experience major Dassault Systemes has launched "3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace" -- its online ecosystem for industrial services and content providers. The Cloud-based "Marketplace" is a new trading platform for digital design, engineering and manufacturing transactions. It features 50 digital manufacturers with more than 500 machines and 30 million components from 600 suppliers. The move will allow them to iterate on design and manufacturing specifications, ensure that a part or product can be manufactured, and reduce risk and errors, the company said in a statement. "Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, the "Marketplace" transforms the supply chain into a value chain:…

02 Mar

Age no bar for this sprightly 81-year-old pilot

Bengaluru: "There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old-bold pilots." Try telling this to 81-year-old Air Vice Marshal Ajit Lamba (retd) and he'll laugh in your face. Such is his undying spirit. "At the moment I am not flying very regularly because of non-availability of aircraft. I have been flying off and on any time I can get hold of an aircraft," Lamba told IANS on the sidelines of the just-concluded Aero India defence exposition, where he made quite a splash when, dressed in blue overalls, he flew an indigenous Hansa single-engined trainer aircraft, swankily painted in grey and…