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Neil Armstrong

American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person ever to set foot on the Moon

Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and saw action in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C aircraft, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev. He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.

His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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Every day, around the globe, Bombardier manufactures state-of-the-art planes and trains that help people and goods get where they need to go.

And every day, we work diligently to earn our worldwide leadership in aerospace and rail transportation.

We do this by engineering ingenious and sustainable solutions to today’s mobility challenges and opportunities.

Industry-Leading Transportation Manufacturer

Bombardier is a global transportation company, present in more than 60 countries on five continents. We operate two industry-leading businesses:

Aerospace
Rail transportation

Our 62,900 employees design, manufacture, sell and support the widest range of world-class products in these two sectors. This includes commercial and business jets, as well as rail transportation equipment, systems and services.

Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, and its shares (BBD) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010, we posted revenues of $19.4 billion US.

Bombardier Aerospace

With more than 28,900 employees and well-positioned in global markets, Bombardier Aerospace ranks as the world’s third largest civil aircraft manufacturer. Its high-performance aircraft and services set the standard of excellence in several markets, including:

Business aircraft - Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft families
Commercial aircraft - new CSeries program, CRJ Series and Q-Series aircraft families
Amphibious aircraft - Bombardier 415 and Bombardier 415 MP aircraft
Jet travel solutions - Flexjet
Specialized aircraft solutions - Bombardier aircraft modified for special missions
Aircraft services and training - aircraft parts, maintenance, comprehensive training, technical support and publications, and online services

Bombardier Transportation

With operations in 35 countries, Bombardier Transportation leads the world’s rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its 33,800 employees continue a proud tradition of delivering ingenious rail transportation solutions, including:

Rail vehicles - automated people movers, monorails, light rail vehicles, advanced rapid transit, metros, commuter/regional trains, intercity/high-speed trains and locomotives
Propulsion and controls - complete product portfolio for applications ranging from trolley buses to freight locomotives
Bogies - product portfolio for the entire range of rail vehicles
Services - fleet maintenance, operations and maintenance (O&M), vehicle refurbishment and modernization, and material management
Transportation systems - customized “design-build-operate-maintain” transportation system solutions
Rail control solutions - advanced signalling solutions for mass transit and mainline systems