Note:
(a) 安东诺夫 Antonov
(b) Hongdu L-15 Falcon 猎鹰
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongdu_L-15
(manufacturer Nanchang-based Hongdu Aviation Industry (Group) Corporation 洪都航空; twin engines of each aircraft made by Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB; supersonic; introduced 2008; )
I am at sea as to why Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB is translated as 西奇发动机公司. Just now I searched the web with the latter and found nothing.
(c) 雅克-130教练机 Yakovlev Yak-130 (manufacturer Yakovlev; introduced 2009)
The manufacturer is formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. Wikipedia.
(2) Faster helicopters/ More rotors, more speed; A new type of helicopter breaks speed records. Economist, Sept. 9, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/16990748?story_id=16990748&CFID=143249778&CFTOKEN=32191785
(Sikorsky X2, at 430kph or 267mph)
(3)
(a) Andy Greenberg, Scanner Vans Allow Drive-By Snooping: X-ray Vans That Can See Through Walls--and Clothes--Hit America's Street. Nervous Yet? Forbes, Sept. 9, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/technology-x-rays-homeland-security-aclu-drive-by-snooping.html
My comment:
(i) Th eprint edition has a second photograph showing people--possibly illegal immigrants--packed inside a truck.
(ii) American Science & Engineering
http://www.as-e.com/
The web site of the company does not say much. So there is no need to visit.
(b) John Hughes, For the modest traveler, upgrade may ease concerns; New software will end naked airport scans. Boston Globe, Sept. 12, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/09/12/for_the_modest_traveler_upgrade_may_ease_concerns/
(4) Kenneth Chang, Boeing Plans to Fly Tourists to Space. New York Times, Sept. 16, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/science/space/16nasa.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=nasa%20boeing&st=cse
My comment: It suffices to read the first five paragraphs.