CURRENT EVENTS:

Free Seminar

Hybrid Air Vehicles: A Transportation Solution

Room 343 Drake Bldg.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.

January 31, 2012

For Immediate Release

As part of its continuing research on lighter than air vehicles, The University of Manitoba Transport Institute is pleased to announce a FREE seminar on

Hybrid Air Vehicles: A Transportation Solution

to be held Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 343 of the Drake Centre, I.H. Asper School of Business. The seminar speaker is Mr. Stephen Newton, Director, Business Development, Discovery Air, Inc. A bio for Mr. Newton and a company profile follow below. A spec sheet for the HLAV is attached. DAI will also be announcing a graduate student competition for a paper on the use of hybrid air vehicles for humanitarian logistics.

Parking is available for a nominal fee at various locations on the Fort Garry Campus including the main University Parkade. Link to campus map: http://umanitoba.ca/maps/

For media inquiries, please contact Dr. Barry Prentice, Professor, Dept. of SCM, at 204.474.9766 or by email at barry_prentice@umanitoba.ca

For all other inquiries, please contact the Transport Institute directly at 204.474.9097

ABOUT DISCOVERY AIR AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Discovery Air Inc. is a Canadian specialty aviation company, operating over 140 aircraft with our 850 team members. They deliver airborne training to the Canadian military; airborne fire services; VFR helicopter operations; fixed-wing air charter services; expediting and logistics support; and a range of maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification, engineering and certification services.

Company website: www.discoveryair.com

ABOUT STEPHEN NEWTON

Stephen spent 28 years in the Canadian Forces conducting airborne ISR and operational training in the Maritime Helicopter community before transitioning to Industry. Stephen holds a BEng in Fuels and Materials Engineering and an MSc in Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics. Between 2001 and 2004 he conducted concept development and experimentation on networked Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Beginning with workshops and brainstorming sessions, the Concept Development built a series of live experiments to guide Canadian Forces UAS development. The culminating refined hypothesis experiment saw the NASA Altair equipped with multiple Maritime payloads integrate into the commercial airspace between the Arctic Circle and the Canada-USA border south of Nova Scotia.

Stephen retired from the CF in 2007 and worked with L-3 MAS until 2010 as a Director of Business Development focusing on UAS and Airborne C4ISR. He currently works in Business Development for Discovery Air Innovations where he uses his experience introducing UAS to service to deliver Hybrid Air Vehicles to operational service.

Who We Are

ISO Polar was founded in March 2005 as a not-for-profit airship research institute to undertake economic and engineering studies, coordinate demonstrations, facilitate certification tests and other activities that are in the public interest. A consortium approach is employed that gives all the parties the opportunity to become involved in a meaningful way, while excluding no one, including direct competitors. The membership of ISO Polar is broad and intended to encompass businesses with specific interests, as well as individuals with more general interest in the development of an airship industry worldwide.

ISO Polar's Mission Statement. To encourage the development of airship technology for sustainable transportation and logistics applications in the Northern Latitudes.

Membership in the ISO Polar Airship Association is open to all individuals, organizations, and corporations having an interest in advancing the development or application, of airships and airship technology in commercial transportation. Membership is free to University Students who apply.(Proof of enrolment is required)

Airships to the Arctic IV Conference proceedings are now available for viewing. Just click on Publications, then click on Conference proceedings then click on download Airships to the Arctic IV proceedings

Visit links and click on Asper School of Business to view an interview by BNN with Dr. Barry Prentice discussing Airships.

Interview with Barry Prentice and article entitled "Flying Flatbeds" published in Today's Trucking, January 2011, go to Links and click on Today's Trucking, it starts on page 30