Monthly Archives: July 2012

Engine Testers Keep Busy Around the Clock and Throughout the Year

Passing the Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) jet engine testing facility off Highway 6 on the coldest day of winter, you might wonder what sort of test might be underway at that time. But most likely, says Don Pereira, who manages the facility on behalf of MDS AeroTest, the answer would […]

Jet Engine Testers Get Federal Funding

When it comes to jet engine testing facilities in Manitoba, the federal government is an equal opportunity funder. Lynn Yelich, the Conservative government’s minister of state for Western Economic Diversification, announced in Winnipeg on June 8 that the Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER), a joint-venture partnership between jet engine manufacturers Pratt […]