Recently in General messages Category

The awards, now in their fourth year, celebrate and acknowledge individuals, teams and innovations at work in the aviation and aerospace industries. If you would like to reward those aviation professionals or teams that really stand out, this is your opportunity to cast your vote!

Go to our nominations page now and tell us who you think deserves to be rewarded in the following categories:

Leader of the Year: Awarded to the aviation or aerospace industry executive who has displayed exemplary business vision and inspirational leadership throughout the year, whether by steering a challenging project to fruition or by bringing together an exceptional team.

Aviator of the Year: This award will be presented to the individual or team that has done the most to advance the cause of safety and operational best practice in the field of aviation over the previous 12 months. Nominations may be for individuals, flight crews or support teams.

Innovator of the Year: This award recognises people, teams or companies that have demonstrated new technologies, products or even ways of doing business that have been developed or have come to market in the past year.

Lifetime Achievement Award: The person who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry or to the development of aviation.

In last year's awards, which culminated in a ceremony at the 2011 Dubai Airshow, Emirates president Tim Clark, BEA AF447 investigation team, Sikorsky's X2 pilot Kevin Bredenbeck and airline pioneer Burt Rutan were named the respective Leader, Innovator, Aviator and Lifetime Achievement award-winners.

The deadline for nominations to recognise the great and good in aviation is 30 March 2012. A shortlist of finalists will result from this round of voting, and you will then have the chance to cast your vote again to decide the winners.

Making your choice could not be easier. Simply fill in the nomination form, explaining the reasons behind your choice in no more than 300 words. Please include any relevant web links.

Nominate your favourites in aviation now!

Once again, the Boeing Company, in association with Flightglobal, is proud to sponsor the Engineering Student of the Year Award, which recognises the outstanding talent of tomorrow - both at graduate and undergraduate levels.

For the first time, as well as the overall award, a special prize will be presented to the best undergraduate submission, giving global recognition to those working on their first degree. Students may nominate themselves or be nominated by their professors.

View the criteria and enter here.

 

We launched the annual Webbies to find the best aviation resources on the internet. The awards, in their fourth year, include several new categories, such as best mobile app. The deadline for entries is 13 January.

See the new categories and enter now 

FlightBlogger Jon Ostrower continued his unrivalled Boeing Commercial Airplanes coverage, focusing this week on the deal with unions to ensure the 737 Max is made in Seattle.

Aviation safety is the subject of entries from John Croft on his general aviation blog As the Cro(ft) Flies, and from David Learmount on his eponymous blog.

Croft praises the robustness of the Air Tractor after a crash in which the pilot survived and was quoted as saying: "If I'd had been flying anything else, I'd have been dead."

Learmount bemoans the lack of risk awareness among sections of the helicopter community in a blog accompanied by real-time video of a low-altitude accident on an Auckland construction site, in which the chopper was torn in two but from which the pilot walked away, albeit shakily.

See Paris your way by deciding on the content that you want to see from this year's air show.

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page, filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza.

This free MyParis service allows you to:

• Create a personalised Paris web page that only you can access
• Decide the show coverage you want to see, including customised videos, social media, images and much more. 
• Configure the industry sector that most appeals to you or receive it all.

Creating your unique view is free, quick and easy. All you have to do is select the type of show coverage you want to see and we will create your unique page and send you your personalised link when the coverage starts.

You don't have long to wait. Sign up now and see Paris your way.

See all the thrilling action from this year's Paris air show streamed directly to you through Flightglobal. Filmed in glorious high-definition using FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, we will make sure you're right in the thick of the action at the aviation event of the year.

Stay informed about the latest news and flying display information on our special flying page, so you can make sure you don't miss a thing from 12pm Monday 20th through Thursday 23rd at this year's show.

Highlights include:

• Experience the latest image technology in action - FLIR will capture full-spectrum, infra-red HD images via a FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, transmitting in real time back to the Flightglobal Media Lounge at the heart of the show. 

• Get involved - 
You can interact live with show presenters through Twitter and Facebook - a great way to take part and to share your thoughts and views on the action
• Catch up - Visit our Paris page for highlights of the previous day's flying, plus full coverage of the stunning aerial displays. You can also revisit highlights from last year at Farnborough too.
  

To get you excited about this exclusive service, here's some highlights from last year's Farnborough air show:

See Paris your way with MyParis

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page , filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza. Sign up now  and see Paris your way

Flightglobal prides itself on providing you with the tools to enhance your career, and so is pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new training site dedicated to providing you with the best courses from the world's leading training providers.


Flightglobal Training provides the latest aviation and aerospace training courses including Flight Training, Air Safety, Maintenance and Management.
 


Whether you're an aspiring engineer embarking on the first steps of your career or a pilot looking to make that next step, Flightglobal Training has the course for you.
 


Key features include:



• Search by discipline, including Flight Training, Air Safety, Academic, Maintenance and Management courses, and get an RSS feed of that search

.
• Registration is free and you can upload your CV, set up email alerts, subscribe to RSS feeds and apply for the latest aviation and airline training courses online

.
• Apply in minutes to the best aerospace and aviation courses listed by the biggest training providers.




As well as this exciting new addition to Flightglobal, remember to check out Flightglobal jobs, which allows you to search for more than 1,500 live vacancies around the world.

Would you like to work for the market-leading media and information provider in the aviation and aerospace industries?

Flightglobal is hiring across several departments in order to fuel the growth of our award-winning digital portfolio.

This is your chance to work, travel, live and breathe the exciting world of aircraft and aviation.

So if you're serious about aviation and you've got what it takes to works for the best in class we welcome your application to one of the following positions:

---

Job title: Product Manager - Flightglobal Pro

Location: Sutton, UK

The Product Manager for Flightglobal Pro is responsible for the user experience of all Flightglobal Pro subscribers, wherever they come in touch with the product.

This is senior role within the online team, at the cutting edge of new roles being defined and created within Reed Business Information.

Flightglobal Pro is a portfolio of professional packages designed to facilitate professional decision-making within the industry.

---

Job title: UAV and spaceflight editor - Flightglobal

Location: Alexandria, USA

Flightglobal is recruiting an Umanned Air Vehicles & Spaceflight Editor to join our Washington DC-based editorial team.

This person will lead our coverage of the exciting and rapidly expanding UAV market both online and in print, as well as championing our spaceflight channel, with particular emphasis on space tourism.

We are looking for an experienced journalist, ideally with knowledge of the aerospace industry. Experience of video and social media journalism is essential.

Please email if you are interested in applying for this position.

---

Job title: Content Editor - Airline Business, Flightglobal

Location: Sutton, UK

We are looking for a Content Editor to help maintain our enviable reputation among this high level and demanding audience.

This senior editorial role will see the journalist taking a lead role in producing regular feature, analysis and video content for the brand's print and on-line products, as well as taking the lead role in engaging with our audience through social media such as blogs, twitter etc.

Airline Business is established as the leading publishing brand for the airline boardroom. It is part of Flightglobal's portfolio of aviation media products.
 

---

Job title: Account Executive - Flightglobal

Location: Sutton, UK 

We're looking for a highly self-motivated and conscientious go getter to join our award-winning UK-based Sales Team to help deliver new business,

The position of Account Executive will be responsible for building and maintaining key client and industry relationships.

---

We're also on the look out for talented web developers and a test analyst to join our fast-paced agile development team:

Lead Developer

Web Developer

Test Analyst

2010 was a year which saw Flightglobal gear up its mobile offering, grow its strong offering on the Social Web and introduce Pro - a premium service offering and expert level of news and data.

2011 - will be a year building upon those foundations.

Going social

As digital social interaction gains ubiquity across the planet, we'll be plugging all activity into the Social Web.

This means you'll be able to move neatly between your favourite Flightglobal content - news, blogs, images etc ... - and your favourite social services - Twitter, Facebook, Youtube etc ... with greater ease than before.

Going Pro

Flightglobal will continue to launch new professional services this year designed to facilitate professional decision-making within the industry.

These Pro services will be integrated throughout Flightglobal as well as accessible via a personalized dashboard.

Going mobile

The lightning-fast growth of the smart phone and tablet market means that more and more of our million-strong audience want us to develop apps, updates and feeds to stay in touch with the industry while out and about.

We'll be continuing to develop in this space in order to keep pace with demand.

Going all show business

Our industry-leading event coverage has transformed the way people have been staying in touch with air show and exhibition news.

In 2011, we'll be at more shows than ever, with more reporters producing more content, publishing more iFlight magazines and more mobile updates, and producing an unrivalled digital experience for anyone who's serious about aviation ... you get the idea.

Happy New Year.

Michael Targett

If you're struggling for ideas of what gifts to buy family, friends and co-workers for the Holidays, then maybe we can help you out.

We've set up a 20% discount for month of December on the Flightglobal Image Store (use the following discount code on checkout: SLH10).

There's loads of great gift ideas for people who love aviation and aircraft, both historic and modern.

For example, a canvas-mounted cutaway drawing such as the EA-18G Growler below would look smashing on anyone's wall. A 20inch wide canvas would set you back around £40 (or the equivalent in US Dollars or Euros) + p&p.


Or why not keep your Dad happy with an iconic historical photograph turned into a jigsaw? This jigsaw is made from the image of A.V.Roe walking away from a tricky landing, and costs around £15 +p&p.





Happy shopping!

Dear site visitors and friends of Flightglobal,

We're currently experiencing severe technical issues with the Flightglobal.com domain, potentially caused by a sustained and large-scale attack on our web service.

Our experienced security and infrastructure teams have the situation under control and are dealing with the issues as they arise but for the time being visitors to the site may experience intermittent time outs and site downs.

As I'm sure you can appreciate this is an extraordinary event and difficult to predict, so please be patient while we work through the issues.

Kind regards, Michael
Editor - Flightglobal
 

Flightglobal walked away with two awards at last night's Digital Publishing Awards organised by the PPA and Data Publishers Association.

We won Digital Service of the Year for flightglobal.com and also the Flightglobal Pro sales team won the award for Paid Content Sales Team of the Year.

Gaining recognition in the wider world of our rapidly developing and successful online services is extremely gratifying.

This follows our success at the Association of Online Publisher Awards earlier this year where Flightglobal was named Business Website of the Year 2010.

It's great to gain this recognition from the media and publishing industries and it's a reflection of the fact that everyone here has worked extremely hard this year to keep moving our business forward and sustain such high levels of quality and professionalism.

Here's a few photos from the night: