Airbus Fly Your Ideas

07 May 2013

AVALON AIRSHOW REDUX

Music: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik allegro" composed by Mozart. Performed by Advent Chamber Orchestra.

28 April 2013

our final design

Integrated-external pod design for a dual fuel system

26 April 2013

Design concept

Another look into some of our design concepts.

22 April 2013

countdown

Only 15 days left!!

22 April 2013

our Initial pod design

Take a look at one of our initial design options a single external pod design.

22 April 2013

Airbus innovation

Airbus showcases innovations at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2013. Check out the link below. http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/airbus-showcases-innovations-at-aircraft-interiors-expo-2013/

17 April 2013

Airbus and china

Airbus announces partnership with China to complete a sustainability analysis of potential biojet feedstocks in China. Check out the link below. http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/8042/airbus-announces-chinese-partnership-opens-student-competition

16 April 2013

ALMA Video

Check out one of the videos we produced for the Round 2 video submission!

12 April 2013

Round 2 submitted!

We've submitted our Round 2 proposal! After 3 months of hard work and dedication we'd like to thank everyone who has helped and supported us along the way! Fingers crossed for Round 3!

11 April 2013

Round 2 is almost over!

Almost time to submit our final report and video!

11 April 2013

Liquid biomethane already at airports

Liquid Biomethane is already being stored at airports in the UK. Have a look at the link below to see the company currently using biomethane to fuel buses at airports http://cnch4.com/process.php

10 April 2013

Comparison of aviation fuel alternatives

Check out our blog for a detailed discussion comparing different aviation fuel alternatives. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

10 April 2013

CO2 emission comparison

CO2 emission comparison for an A320 aircraft based on 6 key aviation fuelling options.

10 April 2013

From planes to ships

Have a look at ExxonMobil's latest proposal for joining the LNG rush! http://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2013/04/02/exxonmobil-joins-the-floating-lng-rush/

08 April 2013

LCH4 cost savings

The results of our calculations showing the fuel savings of an LCH4 aircraft

08 April 2013

Good luck! The deadline is approaching!

You are nearly there! Don’t wait until the last minute to upload your files. We can’t wait to see your video!

08 April 2013

LNG's carbon footprint

Projected life-cycle carbon emissions of various fuels. LNG is expected to have the lowest carbon footprint in relation to other fuels!!

08 April 2013

Fuel tank design

Our fuel tank configuration catering for both Kerosene and LNG

06 April 2013

MEET THE TEAM: MERT BERDILEK

Studying: 3rd Yr Aerospace Engineering. Interests: Propulsion & Aerodynamics. Hobbies: Watching Films, Writing and Filmmaking, everything regarding Cinema!

06 April 2013

LNG: The facts video

Need a quick summary of LNG? Check out the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh8DtjzCumE

06 April 2013

LNG the safe fuel

Check out this youtube video. Looks like LNG really is a great fuel!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jB74GtZwg

05 April 2013

A350

Admiring the lovely A350 to help keep us motivated in this last week

05 April 2013

We’re awarding the most visited Team!

You worked hard to keep us all updated, so now it’s time to award your efforts! The Best Teamline for R2 title will go to the team who received the highest number of visits during R2. Don’t miss out on the chance to be featured on Airbus TV!

04 April 2013

biofuel test flight

QANTAS demonstrates a test flight from Sydney to Adelaide on biofuel.Check out the video below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQy09jKOsz0

04 April 2013

A greener QANTAS

QANTAS supports a transition to a new sustainable aviation fuel. Check out the video below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgV2m0vDys

04 April 2013

Meet the team: Takehiro Hirotsu

Studying: 4th Yr Aerospace Engineering Interest: Aircraft Structures Hobbies: Soccer, Ski, Travelling

03 April 2013

FYI INTERVIEW

An interview with our own Timothy Conroy from ALMA and Luke Spiteri from CLIMA about the FYI competition!

03 April 2013

RMIT - FYI Short Documentary

A repost from before with the video embedded on our team line! This video is a courtesy of Dan Murphy

03 April 2013

RMIT - FYI short video

This video is courtesy of Dan Murphy. Have a look at all 3 teams from RMIT competing in round 2 of FYI. ALMA, CLIMA and PIES!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=769GfPgUZQc

03 April 2013

MEET THE TEAM: KIROS LIM

Studying: 5th Yr Aerospace Engineering/ Business Management.Interest: Reading,travelling,networking.

03 April 2013

RMIT support

Check us out on the RMIT website. http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vq3eiyjq81obz

03 April 2013

meet the team: zena assaad

Studying: 4th Yr Aerospace Engineering Interests: Aircraft propulsion Hobbies: Reading and watching movies

03 April 2013

USAF struggles with increasing fuel costs

Looks like the commercial aviation industry isn't the only industry suffering from high fuel prices. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

03 April 2013

Meet the team: Tim Conroy

Studying: 4th Yr Aerospace Engineering and Business Management Interests: Aircraft systems, international business Hobbies: Running, basketball, netball, any sport!

02 April 2013

Last minute innovation

The seeds of innovation sometimes sprout late, but we still have time!

02 April 2013

Are biofuels the answer?

Are biofuels really the best option as an alternative fuel? Check out this new blog post and see. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

01 April 2013

Moment of truth!

Did you already start working on your video? At the end of R2 up to five teams will be selected for the video competition which will be decided by an online vote. Check out the tips in the Knowledge Centre to help you make a start if you didn’t do so yet!

Video Teaser

Don't hold your breath!

31 March 2013

Greener Flights

Narrater: Richard Branson, Virgin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-_m3cOfPV8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

30 March 2013

Happy Easter From Team ALMA!

Happy Easter Everyone!

30 March 2013

Meet the Team!

From Left to Right: Takehiro Hirotsu, Zena Assaad, Tim Conroy, Kiros Lim and Mert Berdilek

30 March 2013

Another day of filming

Mert and Takehiro setting up for another day of filming

30 March 2013

Easter Filming

Mert and Takehiro setting up for another day of filming

29 March 2013

Energy outlook

We have a great new blog post on energy outlook and the role of alternative fuels in the future of global energy. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

29 March 2013

Lockheed Martin Announces LNG Project

LNG is getting more attention in the aerospace industry than we thought! http://www.industryweek.com/expansion-management/lockheed-martin-announces-liquefied-natural-gas-project-new-orleans

28 March 2013

Twitter Q&A with Expert

ALMA is participating in the twitter Q&A with Ian Lane tonight! Be sure to check out our twitter feed to see our questions and Ian's responses: https://twitter.com/ALMA_RMIT

28 March 2013

LNG Show Story video

Check out Conocophillips' LNG demonstration video. Informative, fun and shows the safety of LNG! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgau8rGHZ0

27 March 2013

Looking for tips? Ask the Expert!

Have you tweeted your questions for tomorrow’s live Twitter Q&A with Ian Lane, Composite Materials Expert @Airbus? He’s going to be online on 28th March at 3:30 PM GMT. Make sure to tweet to @Airbus using the hashtag #AskFlyYourIdeas. See you there!

Seminar

Tim and Takehiro getting ready for our seminar today

26 March 2013

Comparitive trend

A comparison between jet fuel price and crude oil price

21 March 2013

Industry Consultations

This morning Team Leader Tim Conroy had a productive and insightful meeting and discussion with executives from an international aviation fuel supplier who are also global leaders in LNG for transport, biofuels for aviation and GTL processes.

20 March 2013

Happy Day!

Today we celebrate the International Day of Happiness. Fly Your Ideas is a big advocate of happiness! Together we can help travelers be happier and eco-efficient, so that a more sustainable world will also be a happier world. How are you celebrating?

Liquid Biogas for Aviation?

Liquid Biogas can be produced from upgraded biogas, possibly used in the existing natural gas network. Why don't we fuel it to our aircraft? More information on our blog site! http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/liquid-biogas.html

19 March 2013

ALMA AT THE AVALON AIRSHOW

Music: 'Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3, 3 allegro' from 'Advent Chamber Orchestra: Selections from the December 2006 Concert'

19 March 2013

Ready, Set, Go!

You have registered and are ready to take part in Round 1 of Fly Your Ideas! Good luck guys!

17 March 2013

Future LNG designs

Just put up a new blog post on some interesting future LNG technology. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

16 March 2013

Correction

Correction to the previous post it's an 83% reduction in annual profit not annual fuel price

16 March 2013

83% plummet in annual profit for Cathay Pacific!

As a result of increased fuel prices Cathay Pacific airlines has reprted an 83% drop in annual fuel prices. Read the full description on our blog! http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

15 March 2013

Video

We finally have our script done. Time to start filming!!!

11 March 2013

Mert Berdilek

Entered the ALMA team

11 March 2013

Kiros Lim

Entered the ALMA team

10 March 2013

Renewable Methane

Large quantities of biogas derived methane can be produced from waste material. Werribee sewerage plant in Melbourne produces methane to generate more than 25,000MWh pa saving 20,000 tonnes of CO2 whilst currently undergoing expansion!

10 March 2013

FLNG

Shell is currently building their floating LNG concept to revolutionize the natural gas exploration industry! http://www.shell.com.au/aboutshell/who-we-are/shell-au/operations/upstream/prelude.html

10 March 2013

GE Gas Turbines

GE have nearly 9000 turbines powered by natural gas! The turbines take advantage of the higher calorific value of methane, reducing carbon emissions! http://www.ge-energy.com/content/multimedia/_files/downloads/Fuel%20Flexibility%20White%20Paper.pdf

07 March 2013

Follow up

The meeting last night went great. We need to continue working on our report and video. We need to finalise our script and add more to the report. Still lots of work ahead!!

06 March 2013

Teleconference

Hey all just a reminder that we have a meeting tonight with our mentor. Please make sure you prepare your questions for her and the questions for our expert. See you all tonight!!

03 March 2013

101!!

We just reached 101 likes on facebook. Lets see if we can get to 200!! https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/AffordableLiquidMethaneAircraft

03 March 2013

LNG 2017

Did you know that Australia is predicted to be the world's largest LNG producer by 2017? http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/australia-set-to-be-worlds-liquified-natural-gas-kings/story-fndo486p-1226496546490

02 March 2013

Support

thankyou to Airbus for all the support at the Avalon airshow! Check out our feature on the Airbus Fly Your Ideas homepage!

01 March 2013

Conversation with an industry expert

Tim and Kiros deep in discussions with an industry expert. He gave us a lot to think about!

01 March 2013

Mentor & expert

We have a lot to present to our mentor for next week and some questions for our expert. Everyone make sure to have all your questions ready for Monday's group meeting.

01 March 2013

Work ahead

This past week at the airshow has definately given us more to think about and ofcourse more work!! Monday meeting is going to be very detailed and busy! We have a lot to do!

01 March 2013

Ending on a high note

Our last day at the airshow was fantastic! Thankyou to everyone for all your support and advice. It was great to see such a strong amount of interest, support and encouragement!!

28 February 2013

Our supervisor

Takehiro was cut off in the last image so we uploaded it again!

28 February 2013

Last day!

The public show will start today. We will be there until 5pm so please visit our booth if you have not already been there! Today is our last day and we would love to end the week on a high note!

28 February 2013

Our supervisor

It was a fantastic day at Avalon yesterday! Our supervisor, Assoc Prof. Cees Bill visited our booth! Thank you everyone who visited our booth to show your interest, we were pleased to see you all!

28 February 2013

Meeting

We've just scheduled another meeting with our mentor for next week. Very excited to update her on our progress!!

28 February 2013

Qantas

More recomendations from Mr. Michael Story and Mr. V. Mafushevsky from Qantas. We may need to get an opinion from our expert.

28 February 2013

Response to article

We got an interesting response to the article publication. Some concerns for high initial costs of implementing liquid methane were raised. The responder made some good points which we need to adress more specifically.

28 February 2013

Australian Aviation article

The article from our first official interview yesterday! Check it out: http://t.co/gK1DHC40To

28 February 2013

Progress

Getting some fantastic advice, opinions and recomendations on our project from plenty of industry members

28 February 2013

Team meeting

We had a great team meeting last night. Definately prepared for our third day at the airshow

28 February 2013

Dale King

Great chat with Dale King

28 February 2013

Team ALMA

All of team ALMA posing infront of an elaborate Airbus corporate jet

28 February 2013

Icing

Put up a great blog post on icing and how a liquid methane aircraft would behave in such conditions.

28 February 2013

ALMA table

Zena presenting our idea at the airshow

28 February 2013

Airbus representatives

Getting to know some Airbus representatives

28 February 2013

Ian McMillan

Kiros talking to Ian McMillan from the department of education

28 February 2013

ALMA table

Our table is getting popular at the airshow!

28 February 2013

Blog post

See our blog for an interesting comparison of liquid hydrogen aircraft, liquid methane aircraft and kerosene aircraft performance and their impact on greenhouse house gas emissions

27 February 2013

Team ALMA

Team ALMA only missing Merc that day

27 February 2013

Twitter

Follow us on twitter!! https://twitter.com/ALMA_RMIT

27 February 2013

ALMA blog

Check out our blog! We've got some great posts up!! http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

27 February 2013

Facebook

Don't forget to like us on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/#!/AffordableLiquidMethaneAircraft

27 February 2013

Ross Nolan

Our team leader Tim talking to Mr. Ross Nolan from the air-car industry

27 February 2013

Exhibitor

Team ALMA are official exhibitors at the Avalon airshow!!

27 February 2013

Tim & Takehiro

Tim and Takehiro hard at work at the airshow

27 February 2013

Give aways

Got some great give aways from Airbus today

27 February 2013

Meet and greet

We had a great chat with a member of the airforce

27 February 2013

Biofuels Conference

Today we attended an international biofuels conference where we gained insight into the biofuel industry, cultivation and application in aviation as both a key competitor to our proposal but also a means of sustainability methane fuel systems.

27 February 2013

Media Interview

Our first direct media interview with Austalian Aviation!

27 February 2013

Avalon Airshow

Team meeting with Airbus representatives discussing our ideas and organizing media opportunities!

26 February 2013

Twitter

Follow us on twitter @ALMA_RMIT

26 February 2013

Avalon Airshow

Great first day at the airshow! Our team leader Tim as well as the rest of ALMA were hard at work promoting our project

26 February 2013

ALMA Social Media

For on the spot updates about our project and live from the Avalon Airshow this week, check out our Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AffordableLiquidMethaneAircraft and twitter https://twitter.com/ALMA_RMIT pages!

26 February 2013

Airbus at Avalon

Met up with Airbus representatives at the Airshow today and they were kind enough to show us around their Corporate Jet!

25 February 2013

Avalon Airshow

A reminder that ALMA will be presenting in the Youth Technology Precinct at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon from the 26th of Feb to the 1st of March. If you are attending the airshow we welcome you to our stand located in Hall 1!

25 February 2013

Media Coverage

Our first official media coverage has now been published ahead of the Australian International Airshow beginning tomorrow: http://www.aviationbusiness.com.au/news/australian-fly-your-ideas-projects-on-display-at-avalon-airshow

21 February 2013

Avalon Update

All banners, posters and flyers for the airshow are now being printed! And have a look at our aircraft display model wing, fresh from the rapid prototyper!

20 February 2013

Working hard

Trying to get our banners and posted finished by next week. They're all looking great!!

19 February 2013

Meeting

Don't forget everyone team meeting tomorrow at 1pm

18 February 2013

ALMA blog

Just uploaded a new post on the blog looking at the use of LNG in ships. The link for the blog is attached below. http://projectalma2013.blogspot.com.au/

18 February 2013

Key ring

Here is our latest key ring design for the air show next week.

17 February 2013

Airshow

Getting ready for Avalon air show. Only one week away!

14 February 2013

ALMA logo

Here is our new logo!!

14 February 2013

ALMA blog

Hey all I just uploaded a new post on our blog. Let me know what you think.

13 February 2013

Meeting

Meeting went great. Well done everyone

12 February 2013

Meeting

Don't forget guys, meeting tonight with our mentor!!

15 January 2013

round 2

15 January 2013

Won a new Badge

Congratulations Round 2 competitor!

Well done on making it to Round 2. The competition is hotter than ever.

06 December 2012

Their project

Airline Direct Operating Cost (DOC) reduction through Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) aircraft retrofitted with cryogenic, self-cooling, underwing tank pods.

06 December 2012

Won a new Badge

Round 1 documents submitted

Now you've submitted your questionnaire - then Round 1 is complete - well done you.

21 November 2012

Zena Assaad

Entered the ALMA team

21 November 2012

Tim Conroy

Entered the ALMA team

17 November 2012

Cees Bil

Is the mentor of the ALMA team

17 November 2012

Won a new Badge

Expert help is at hand

Good job! Your academic mentor is confirmed and you are one step closer to winning.

13 November 2012

Won a new Badge

Ready to go!

Hooray - You have accepted the invitation of your Team Leader and can now take part in Fly Your Ideas.

13 November 2012

Takehiro Hirotsu

Entered the ALMA team

13 November 2012

Won a new Badge

In it to win it

Phew! You have registered and can now take part in Fly Your Ideas