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http://theavion.com/the-next-step-in-manned-spaceflight-orion-to-launch-aboard-delta-iv-heavy-in-first-test-flight/ | 2018-02-22T13:03:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814105.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222120939-20180222140939-00667.warc.gz | 0.865346 | 370 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__135727254 | en | Richard Weakley / Advertising Manager
NASA’s Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 4 will be NASA’s most ambitious test flight since Ares 1-X in 2009. EFT-1 will test Orion, America’s next generation spacecraft that will take our astronauts beyond low Earth Orbit for grand expeditions into space. Orion will launch atop a Delta IV Heavy from the storied Space Launch Complex (SLC) 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Before SLC 37B was transformed to begin launching Delta IV rockets in 2003, the launch complex served as the launch site for the Saturn IB. The Saturn IB was the vehicle that launched the Apollo capsules on their first test flights. Just like the Apollo capsule launched from SLC 37B atop a Saturn IB during its flight testing phase before moving to the Saturn V at Launch Complex 39, the Orion spacecraft will launch from SLC 37B on a test flight before moving to the Space Launch System at LC 39.
The launch window for EFT-1 begins on Dec. 4 at 7:05 a.m. EST and extends until 9:44 a.m. EST. This windows opens four minutes after sunrise for a spectacular launch silhouetted by the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean. The flight test will last four hours and 23 minutes, encircling the Earth twice. The Orion spacecraft will reach an altitude 3,600 miles and re-enter the atmosphere at 20,000 miles per hour at maximum temperatures of 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The 78,010 lb weight of the Orion spacecraft and all associated equipment required the use of America’s most powerful launch vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy. This flight test will evaluate the Orion Crew Module, Service Module, Launch Abort System and Orion-to-Stage Adapter. | aerospace |
https://fm96.com.fj/man-experiences-the-best-plane-ride-ever/ | 2024-04-18T11:03:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418093630-20240418123630-00495.warc.gz | 0.974233 | 278 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__178515131 | en | In the great scheme of things their only a few times where we can be wowed , this is one if those times.
American Phil Stringer experienced a dream scenario when he boarded a flight and hit the ultimate travel goal, try this for size: an entire plane to HIMSELF.
Well, he had to show a bit of patience just cause on the morning of the flight there was whole lot of delays due to storms that saw more than 9,000 US flights cancelled or delayed over the weekend.
As the delay got longer and longer – Stringer says
departure was pushed back no fewer than seven times – other passengers due to travel either rebooked their flights or gave up entirely, but he kept waiting.
By the time the plane finally took off at 12 minutes past midnight, he was the only one to board.
He filmed the process and posted a video to Tiktok , showing the experience.
“I’m the only person on the plane and they have an entire flight crew, they don’t want to do this flight,”
Well these are the fruits of waiting over 18 hours for a flight and oh did he score big.
It would sound a bit snobbish but having a whole plane to yourself and have attendee….That sounds like a vibe!! | aerospace |
http://theunion.com.ng/news/south-african-airways-commences-flights-to-abuja/ | 2016-10-27T22:36:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721405.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00241-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96251 | 1,151 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__43397077 | en | To Establish MRO Services In Nigeria and Ghana
The South African Airways, one of Africa’s leading airlines yesterday announced the extension of direct flights from Johannesburg to Abuja, come 26th January, 2016.
This is just as the airline said it is establishing aircraft maintenance, repairs and overhaul MRO, facilities in Nigeria and Ghana as part of plans to share its expertise with other African countries.
The airlines Regional General Manager for Africa and the Middle East, Aaron Munetsi made the disclosure while briefing Newsmen in Abuja on the plans to expand its operations to Abuja, come January, 2016.
The airline said it will operate three non- stop flights weekly from Johannesburg to Abuja as from January 26th, 2016, which it hopes will go daily depending of the flow of traffic on the route.
The plans to open the second entry point to Nigeria, according to the airline operators, is to enable trade as well as unlock mobility and add additional travel options in and out of the West African region
“We are delighted to be everywhere on the African continent and because we are Africans, everywhere we are, we call home. So, when we are here in Nigeria, it is also home”
The South African Airways is recorded to be the oldest airline on the African continent and has been operating for over 80 years on the continent.
” We are so proud to be an African airline and we want to share everything that we have, all the experiences, the expertise and all the knowledge that we have, we want to share with our fellow Africans because for us, there is no responsibility without leadership. That is why today, we are so proud to be announcing the commencement of South African Airways operations to Abuja”
The airline has been operating the Johannesburg to Lagos since 1998 and has been expanding it business and relationships in Nigeria, so much so that it has become absolutely necessary to add the Abuja second gateway, come 26th of January, 2016, commencing operations with three flights a week from Johannesburg, non- stop to Abuja.
He disclosed that for 14 consecutive years, the South African Airways has been awarded the best airline in Africa, beating the likes of British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airline, KLM, amongst others.
Baggage allowance, that will allow for 32kgs free luggage for those flying economy and 33kgs for those flying business class.
Others include full Nollywood videos, some of the best wines in the world and other juicy packages that will enhance the comfort of travellers, during their flights to and from Nigeria.
” For us, we are Africans, we are the best in Africa and we want to serve Africa, the best way we possibly can. That is our song.
“We are bringing a very young fleet of aircraft, with technical expertise. We have our own technical base which is a separate business unit. We look after aircraft from what is called the line checks.
Speaking further on the establishment of the MRO facilities, he noted that the move will help to build local aircraft maintenance personnel in both Nigeria and Ghana.
“Right now we have this expertise that we share with the rest of African countries and we are in the process of establishing Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul MRO, services to overhaul aircraft facilities in places like Nigeria and Ghana”
“When the aircraft arrives, it goes on to the Tarmac, we service the aircraft, it turns around and is ready to go somewhere else. As the life line of the aircraft progresses, we go to the A Check, or the basic check, B check, C check and the D check”
“D check is the most complicated engineering checks carried out for an airline. You basically strip every nut and bolt down from the aircraft and the aircraft is rebuilt afresh. Just to show you the expertise that we have, we have airlines like Lufthansa, Atlantic Pacific, Australian Airlines, they send their aircraft to us in Johannesburg, to do the D check”
“These are the expertise that we want to share with the rest of Africa continent
” Let me disabuse your mind on an issue, there is no such thing as an old aircraft as long as you follow the directives of the manufacturers of the aircrafts. After certain number of flying hours, the aircraft must go for A check, B check and so on and so forth, until you get to the D check.
” When you get to the D check level, the manufacturers of the aircraft says the aircraft must be grounded and everything, including the nuts and bots, everything of the aircraft must be brought down and rebuilt afresh and when you have done the D check and you have rebuilt it, it becomes a brand new aircraft. Everything that is on that aircraft is brand new and it can serve you for another 30 to 40 years, as long as you follow the instructions of the manufacturers”
” According to a study done by Boeing, by the year 2030, there will be 1,700 new aircraft will be delivered to Africa. So, who is going to maintain and fly them? So the MRO provide the opportunity, if I have two or three technicians here based in Abuja and they start to teach Nigerians, when they learn and also transfer their knowledge, when we have these aircrafts, we will have enough man powers to be able to maintain them”
The briefing was attended by the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Lulu Louis Mnguni and Thobi Duma, South African Airways Country Manager in Nigeria. | aerospace |
http://culturemass.com/2013/08/08/robots-in-spaaaaace-kirobo-takes-flight/ | 2017-12-18T01:27:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948599549.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20171218005540-20171218031540-00008.warc.gz | 0.944958 | 374 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__93068045 | en | Kirobo will be the name of the newest member of the International Space Station, launched from Japan early in the morning on August 5 aboard the Kounotori 4 (HTV4) unmanned cargo transfer vehicle (the fourth of its kind to be launched from Japan, hence the numerical identifier). The cargo transfer vehicle is meant to be discarded after a successful docking has been made. Members of the Kibo Robot Project watched as it launched from Tanegashima Space Center and hope for it to arrive safely at the ISS tomorrow morning. The project is ambitious and two-fold. The Kirobo is designed for astronaut duty and the Mirata is the design meant for earth bound use.
Kiro is just over a foot tall and will be able to hold conversations with astronauts on long space flights. The project is designed to encourage robot/human interactions for a human society that becomes more and more isolated in space and at home. The robot includes features such as face and voice recognition technology, emotion recognition and language cognition, and an internal camera. The Kiro robot has been specially tested to withstand the zero gravity conditions of spaceflight.
Kiro speaks Japanese and will be under the command of JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakat during its eighteen-month stay. The Japanese cargo ship which carries Kirobo and 1,880 pounds of supplies will be captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm, controlled by NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy on Aug. 9, at 7:29 a.m. EST, and be attached to the space station at about 9:30 a.m. EST. You can see all of this at NASA TV, live.
Video and images courtesy of Kibo Robot Project which is sponsored by Toyota Motor Corp., Dentsu Inc., Robo Garage, and The University of Tokyo. | aerospace |
https://www.iflymysky.com/aircraft-management | 2023-03-31T19:59:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949678.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331175950-20230331205950-00354.warc.gz | 0.953068 | 589 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__170151212 | en | You want to own an aircraft. That shouldn’t mean another full time job for you. Time is valuable and you shouldn’t be wasting it on making sure your aircraft is ready to go and that maintenance is done on time.
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https://www.176wg.ang.af.mil/Media/Photos/igphoto/2002177525/ | 2024-04-22T08:38:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818105.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422082202-20240422112202-00405.warc.gz | 0.863381 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__162817341 | en | Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director, Air National Guard, walks with Brig. Gen. Darrin Slaten, 176th Wing commander, Aug. 26 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The director is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 107,100 Guard members and civilians. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard/Released)
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https://latamflights.com/2021/01/06/baumgartner-joins-pa-consulting-from-etihad-news/ | 2021-10-22T06:23:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585460.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022052742-20211022082742-00262.warc.gz | 0.957546 | 260 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__9288544 | en | Peter Baumgartner, former chief executive of Etihad Airways, will join PA Consulting’s specialist aviation team.
The unit includes the 2017 acquisition, Nyras.
Baumgartner has had a prolific career to date and joins PA from Etihad Aviation Group.
He will join as a senior advisor and establish PA’s Aviation Advisory Board – a non-executive group of senior aviation professionals.
The board will help shape the strategy of PA’s growing aviation business and support the ongoing delivery of the best service to its aviation clients and the wider industry.
Richard Davey, global head of aviation at PA Consulting, said, “I have worked with Peter for over twenty years, and have the highest respect for his achievements in the industry.
“I am extremely pleased to be able to continue to work with him as he moves on from Etihad Aviation Group.
“He will provide the industry insights and perspectives to take our business to its next stage of development.”
PA’s aviation business provides consulting advice to the global aviation industry with a focus on transactions and investments, competitive strategy, business efficiency, sustainability, and the application of technology from a strong industry perspective. Its
Its diverse team of aviation… | aerospace |
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=iss-spacewalks-a-bit-bumpy-but-obam-2009-03-24 | 2013-12-05T03:22:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163038799/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131718-00042-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.970255 | 478 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__198669350 | en | Mar 24, 2009 02:57 PM
In space, no one can hear you scream, as the old saw goes. Does the same hold true for yelps of frustration at maintenance tasks gone awry? No doubt the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has the answer after its recent spate of glitches and repair woes.
The third and final spacewalk of the Discovery shuttle mission to the ISS hit a snag yesterday, as a cargo carrier refused to swing out. The platform, one of two intended to store spare parts on future missions, was also the center of a snafu in the second spacewalk Saturday, when astronauts apparently installed a pin in the assembly upside down. ISS flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho told Reuters, however, that the pin was not to blame for the stuck platform. "We thought initially that the incorrect installation of the pin was the reason we were not able to rotate the (mechanism) down to its proper configuration," he said. "We now believe that (it is) just much, much stiffer than expected."
The hang-up led mission managers to secure the platform, deferring its deployment for a later date, and to skip an attempt to ready the carrier on the other side of the station's truss.
There was some good news out of the ISS as well—solar upgrades to the station to help double its capacity to six were completed during the mission, and a balky urine-to-water recycling system seems to be working after Discovery delivered a replacement unit. NASA says crew members have collected 15 pounds of water from the system, but samples will be returned to Earth on the shuttle for testing before ISS inhabitants can begin to imbibe.
President Barack Obama spoke to the astronauts on board the station today from the White House, thanking them for their hard work. "I'm told you're cruising at about 17,000 mph so we're glad you are using the hands-free phone," he joked to the crew, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Photo credit: White House/Pete Souza
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https://circadianpost.com/isro-mulls-gateway-ground-station-in-french-guiana-bengaluru-news-times-of-india/ | 2023-12-09T08:34:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100873.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209071722-20231209101722-00632.warc.gz | 0.937392 | 527 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__311922303 | en | A senior Isro scientist said: “This will be what we call a gateway station, which will be used to link the proposed Indian Data Relay Satellites (IDRS). We’ve made the proposal and the site has been identified by our partners in France. Acquisition of required permissions and other processes are ongoing. While the first major use case for the station could be Gaganyaan, this will have benefits for all future telemetry and tracking operations, monitoring of launch vehicles during launches, downloading data from remote sensing satellites etc.”
This project is being enabled by department of space (DoS) and Isro’s international cooperation with France. As on date, India, through DoS and Isro has signed space cooperative documents with space agencies of 61 countries. “In order to intensify the existing space relations and also to establish new relations with other nations in the peaceful uses of outer space, 12 cooperative documents with foreign entities were signed during April 2022 and March 2023,” Isro said.
Some key agreements are: Aerosol and greenhouse gases monitoring (UAE); establishing and operating transportable telemetry terminals for Gaganyaan (Australia); deep space network for Chandrayaan-3 (US); space situational awareness (US & France) etc. As part of the cooperation with France, Isro-CNES have signed an agreement on HSP under which Indian flight surgeons and ground support technicians had undergone specific training at CNES, Toulouse, France, and at Astronaut Training Centre, Cologne, Germany. An Isro team also participated in the debriefing session of an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut who returned from ISS.
“Wind tunnel testing of Gaganyaan crew module and crew escape system is progressing at the Glavkosmos facility in Russia with three models supplied by Isro. The discussion has also progressed well with respect to the establishment of the NavIC reference station in Russia and the GLONASS reference station in India,” Isro said.
Aside from this, India-Japan space cooperation is currently focusing on lunar exploration, satellite navigation, and earth observation. Isro and Jaxa (Japanese space agency) are specifically working on completing the phase-A study of the joint lunar polar exploration mission, finalising instruments to be accommodated in lander and rover, sharing earth observation data for agro-meteorology products and rice crop monitoring; and establishing Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System’s (IRNSS) NavIC Navigation with Indian Constellation) reference station in Japan. | aerospace |
https://defencenewsupdates.com/saabs-gripen-su-75-checkmate-top-challenger-to-rafale-in-indias-multi-billion-mmrca-2-0/ | 2023-03-22T19:07:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296944452.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322180852-20230322210852-00502.warc.gz | 0.952191 | 1,203 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__6293945 | en | SAAB’s Gripen, Su-75 Checkmate Top Challenger To Rafale In India’s Multi-Billion MMRCA 2.0
The tender for 114 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRFA) or MMRCA.20 is a program that Delhi attaches great importance to. In 2018, the Government of India issued an RFI for the procurement of 114 fighter jets under MRFA.
The new fighters are set to replace the Indian Air Force’s aging MiG21, Mirage 2000 and Jaguars, Gripen JAS39 E/F, Russian MiG35 and SU35 and Eurofighter Typhoon. To understand the MRFA race and the possible winner. Choosing the right aircraft Air Marshal Anil Chopra (ret.), author and military analyst, said: “We need more modern aircraft because the Chinese will switch from the MiG 19 to the fifth generation J20 fighter and they will buy these aircraft by the hundreds. So we also need numbers.
We certainly need 4.5 to 5th generation planes so MRFA is required.”Whosoever we contract with should be able to get us critical technologies that will support our 5th generation aircraft the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
This requirement is beyond the simple technical consideration of how good or bad the aircraft is. Since it relates to national capability building, the one we select should be willing to give us the technology to support the engine and the other aspects of the AMCA.
Rafale In The Lead? Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (Retd), former Vice Chief of Air Staff, spoke about the Air Force having too many types of jets.”The IAF feels that it must not have too many types of eggs in its basket.
If we go for something new now, we might end up in a situation where we have various types of aircraft in our inventory. The IAF may try to convince the government to perhaps get more Rafales since we already have 36 of those.
This could be a problem that could give if we continue now and choose any aircraft we want.“After all, there are always political and economic factors involved in large arms purchases, and here too Rafale has well-known advantages. Rafale, therefore, has three very important advantages,” added Shukla. Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (retd), former Chief of the Integrated Defense Staff and Commander-in-Chief of Western Naval Command and a member of the Eurasian Times editorial board, appears to have supported this view. on the way.
Navy test pilots must burn the midnight oil to draw maps to explore the uncharted frontiers. They should be ready for Super Hornet testing sometime in March. Not to be outdone, Boeing is even considering going ahead with its demo. said Sinha.
In the end, I think the ease of installation on the truss stage and the economies of scale might influence the decision. For the government, the cost is important, while for the manufacturer, economies of scale are important. From the buyer’s point of view, it is advisable to choose an IAF and an IN aircraft from the same stable in order to keep costs, logistics, and life cycle costs within a manageable budget.
That is one in hand is better than two in the bush,” he added. Amit Gupta, Associate Professor at Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, USA, also endorsed the French jet, saying “India should go with the Rafale.
It will lead to economies of scale, make logistics and maintenance easier, and give the country more aircraft that can be used as nuclear delivery systems. Drawing upon the fact that most of the aircraft participating in MRFA a
Bit of a statement on how badly the UK has messed up its defence procurement that it refused to build a carrier capable version of the Eurofighter leading to france leaving the project and building the raffale, only then to build carriers big enough for catapult aircraft but without the catapults, decide to put the catapults on but not have the aircraft then decide it is too expensive to fit catapults and have to fly stovl aircraft. Meanwhile France happily deploys its aircraft on both land and sea and exports them all over the world, including to countries that supposedly have strong links with the UK.
Why can’t the IAF settle for the most advanced F35? Which most Democracies of the World now use. It’s also most suitable for Aircraft Carriers, with their Vertical T/O and Landing. As the Indian Navy wishes to invest more on Aircraft Carriers.
The IAF insisting on twin engine fighter configuration to start with, perhaps justifiably so, but look at the costs involved, including the long term life cycle costs including their Engine maintenance. The rather uncertain IAF specs being another reason for the delays in addition to Bureaucratic hurdles. A proven single engine fighter with suitable technology should help us bridge the yawning gap between inventory & need, until our own 4.5 & 5th gen fighter is ready. Understand there are a few options available which meet the bill of a single engine 4.5 gen fighter. Need to expedite the deal at the earliest. Blaming only the Govt for delaying is not correct. Even the IAF must exert due pressure. Availability is an issue which is becoming critical, now with other Countries also making purchases.
The SU 75 is a joke. Even if Russia could find the money to build it. It would take about 15 years to put it into production.
Su 75 use a lot of Su57’s technologies and parts, its first flight will be in 2023, production will be in 2026, delivery will be in 2027, but buyers have to invest to finance the project | aerospace |
https://defensesystems.com/articles/2017/01/14/engility.aspx | 2021-10-17T17:59:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585181.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017175237-20211017205237-00556.warc.gz | 0.945943 | 711 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__278742973 | en | Air Force, industry seek to cyber-protect weapons, fighter jets
- By Kris Osborn
- Jan 14, 2017
The Air Force is working closely with industry partners to strengthen cybersecurity for larger service platforms such as an F-22 or F-35 fighters.
“We have to understand that today’s weapons systems are not operating in isolation. They are operating as part of a netted enterprise. Each weapons system will interface with a broader DOD network,” said Allan Ballenger, vice president of the Air Force division at Engility Corp.
Engility was recently awarded a $31 million task order deal from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, at Hanscom AFB, Mass.
The F-22, often referred to by Air Force developers as an “aerial quarterback,” relies upon data link technology connecting to other aircraft and ground stations as more of the F-22’s technologies and avionics--such as radar warning receivers, mission data files, navigation and target mapping systems--are computer based,
The emerging F-35’s “sensor fusion” is entirely contingent upon modernized computer algorithms able to help gather, organize and present combat-relevant information to a pilot by synthesizing otherwise disparate data such as targeting, mapping and sensor data onto a single screen.
“The real focus is on the cyber vulnerability assessments across many Air Force platforms, such as command-and-control and battle management systems,” Ballenger said.
Engility’s focus is closely aligned with cybersecurity priorities recently articulated by senior Air Force leaders. (For the Defense Systems story on Air Force Cybersecurity going on CLICK HERE)
Part of the focus, Ballenger explained, is to examine trends and current security controls with a mind to the kinds of attacks likely to emerge in the future against IT systems, platforms and networked weapons.
While increased interoperability among networks, weapons and platforms vastly expedites combat efficacy in a wide range of scenarios, Ballenger emphasized that greater connectivity can also increase vulnerability to malicious penetration and server attacks, among other problems.
“We are looking much earlier in the life cycle of these systems with a concern not just about their security but how they interface with other elements of the network. We want to embed cybersecurity earlier in the process,” Ballenger added.
Seeking to emulate threat vectors and anticipate potential methods of attack -- such as how a web-based application could be exploited or the extent to which a trap door may interact with other elements – is an important ingredient in establishing the most effective security protocols.
Also, much of this begins and ends with network IP protocol--codes which can both further enable interoperability between networks and systems while also possibly exposing networks to additional vulnerabilities
“When you have an IP address that is assigned to you, you need to have the appropriate controls in place to reduce that vulnerability,” Ballenger added.
The need for better information security extends from larger systems down to an individual soldier or airmen on a particular combat mission. Tactical Air Controllers are an instance cited where ground targeting technology is used to identify and secure targets for nearby air assets. This kind of air-ground synergy is itself reliant upon computer networking technologies, he explained.
“You do not want someone to manipulate data going from airmen on the ground to a shooter in the air,” Ballenger said.
Kris Osborn is a former editor of Defense Systems. | aerospace |
http://a-flying-motorcycle-simulator-motor-bike-flight-ios.soft112.com/ | 2017-04-29T19:15:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123560.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00408-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.857269 | 330 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__126875274 | en | Like to drive fast down city streets? Fly high in an airplane? Look no further and get straight into the sky fun that is in the flying car! This game is great for you. You can test your helicopter or airplane pilot skills and motor bike driving ability at the same time! Fly your bike like plane around the amazing world discover new worlds. Drive your sport bike to drifts!
Get in the driver seat of the specially modified Flying Motor Bike, do amazing stunts and drifts in the city streets or off road or activate airplane flight mode and turn your fast sports bike into a unique flying car!! In an instance you went from a top bike driving expert to a professional airplane pilot!
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Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Flying Motorcycle Simulator Pro TRIAL Get Ready for Flying Bike Racing after flying car games with amazing flying bike ride adventure an addition to the flying car games. Fly around the world travel beautiful landscapes be a real flying motorbike driver. Get Set to Ride Your Flying Motorbike games simulator at Blazing Fast Speed and... Download
Flying Motorcycle – Real Police Pilot Helicopter FREE Flying helicopter transformed Police Bike Policeman get ready for a bone crushing thunder jet flight on the Bike. Be the motorbike stunt rider in this epic flying motorcycle simulator. Have a flip flapper flight experience filled with amazingness. On duty policeman get ready for an extreme... Download | aerospace |
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/AI-pilots-strike | 2013-05-18T16:02:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382503/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.949636 | 294 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__86418148 | en | DGCA, probing the landing of an Air India flight, has derostered the surface movement controller at the city airport following the preliminary report.
The US Air Force has ramped up training of drone operators - even as the nation increasingly debates their use and US forces prepare to leave Afghanistan.
The pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it "dragged" down by wind.
Government may take up tomorrow the issue of rationalisation of pay and allowances of Air India's pilots, engineers and cabin crew to keep them on par with global industry standards, official sources said today.
The United States and its allies plan to buy more than 3,100 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter warplanes in coming years.
Strange things happen aboard Air India flights and eerily the regularity of the mishaps have become a frequent occurrence.
Chinese President Xi Jinping today warned that no one should be allowed to throw the region into chaos for "selfish gains".
On AI's plans to sell off five Boeing 777-200s, AI chief said, "We have an offer for all the five planes" but refused to disclose anything further.
This is despite the strike by the pilots
The first commercial flight of the Dreamliner will start tomorrow from Delhi to Kolkata. Out of six of these Boeing 787 planes, two have been already modified following the battery fire incidents | aerospace |
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/664596-Bf-109-ground-adjustable-rudder-trim?p=8209098 | 2017-04-28T18:09:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123046.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00433-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.948927 | 120 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__103562788 | en | Bf 109 ground adjustable rudder trim
It is possible to adjust the ground adjustable rudder trim of the 109. If not at which speed I need to fly to it work?
I ask this because I was using the rudder to keep the ball centered, but noticed it creates a lot of drag, and I'm having difficulty to keep the plane leveled without it. That adjustable trim tab certainly is there for something.
If someone can explain me the correct procedure, I would be glad.
Last edited by Wildnoob; 03-30-2012 at 01:41 PM. | aerospace |
https://brainstorminonline.com/tag/nasas-jet-propulsion-laboratory/ | 2023-12-08T15:29:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100762.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208144732-20231208174732-00463.warc.gz | 0.733832 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__109973347 | en | T.L. Keller is rocket scientist who’s interested in space exploration and extra terrestrial intelligence. We discuss his findings from extensive interviews with qualified people about UFOs and alternative energy sources that will propel us into deep space.
https://brainstorminonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/T.J.-Keller.jpg 258 200 Bill Frank https://brainstorminonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/brainstormin-logo.png Bill Frank2011-06-14 16:40:202023-06-12 19:58:06T.L. Keller Tells Us What We Need To Know About UFOs And Extraterrestrials | aerospace |
https://www.idsa.org/awards/idea/automotive-transportation/500-very-light-jet | 2021-05-17T12:53:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991772.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517115207-20210517145207-00278.warc.gz | 0.949711 | 209 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__89823160 | en | The Eclipse 500 is a small twin-engine turbofan jet aircraft that seats six people, including the pilot. It is also the first very light jet to receive approval from the FAA. One of the design challenges was to ensure that the Eclipse 500, despite its small size, exudes the high performance and luxury of a full-size jet. Taking cues from the automobile industry, the Eclipse 500 has a fully integrated exterior and interior design with a consistent design language. The jet has a highly mechanized, automated, modular build, much like a model kit. It takes two hours to assemble the interior (versus three to six weeks for conventional jets) and an average of four days to assemble the entire jet (as opposed to three months). The Eclipse 500 is currently the least-expensive high-performance twin-engine jet to own and operate. Since Eclipse Aviation was founded in 2000, it has sold more than 2,500 jets.
Contact: Whitney Mortimer
Credit: IDEO and Eclipse Aviation
Client: Eclipse Aviation Corporation | aerospace |
http://goefoundation.org/eagles/eaglesbyyear/2003/291/Watson-Florene-M | 2019-04-18T11:10:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578517558.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20190418101243-20190418123243-00491.warc.gz | 0.982998 | 650 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__94162870 | en | Florene Miller Watson was one of the original members of the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS), later known as the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), and one of its first commanding officers. Born in 1920 in San Angelo, Texas, Watson's interest in flying started at the age of eight when her father bought her a ride in an open-cockpit barnstormer. In 1940, while she was at Baylor University, her father purchased a Luscombe airplane so the family could learn how to fly. He predicted the United States would go to war against Germany and he wanted his eldest children to contribute to the war effort as aviators.
Over the next two years, Watson obtained her commercial license, trained in aerobatics, and earned her instructor rating in both ground school courses and in flight. She taught many civilian men in the classroom and in the air who were enrolled in the government-sponsored War Training Programs. On 10 September 1942, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) created the WAFS. Its mission was to transport aircraft from the factory to point of embarkation, freeing male pilots for combat duties. Watson joined the following month. (The following year, the WAFS merged with the Women's Flying Training Detachment to form the WASPs.) Applicants were required to have a commercial license and 500 flying hours, double what the USAAF required for men. However, Watson, like most of the other women, had over 1,000.
After her initial checkout in Wilmington, Delaware, in a Fairchild PT-19 Cornell, she was assigned as the first commanding officer in charge of women pilots at the 5th Ferry Group at Love Field, Texas. By the time the WASPs were deactivated in 1944, Watson had expanded her flying experience by piloting every USAAF fighter and bomber built by the US aircraft industry during World War II, including the Lockheed P-38F Lightning and her favorite, the North American P-51D Mustang. She also served as a pioneer test pilot, assessing radar equipment prior to its operational use overseas, and was one of only two women evaluated by the military to become airline pilots based on their skills in the Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
After her service with the WASPs, Watson continued her education and obtained her Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston. She then taught college for 30 years before retiring. Today, Watson is an active member of numerous organizations to include the Texas Aviation Historical Society, the Ninety-Nines, and the Confederate Air Force. She has been serving as the National Chaplain of the WASPs organization for the last 13 years. In addition, she actively speaks around the country, educating audiences about aviation history.
During World War II, a handpicked group of young women pilots became military aviation pioneers, national heroines, and role models. These WASPs flew their way into the annals of history as the first women ever trained to fly American military aircraft. Despite making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, the WASPs were deactivated in 1944 without its members earning military status. It wasn't until 1977 that this injustice was corrected. | aerospace |
https://mulberryoutletuk.me.uk/2023/03/08/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-terran-1-rocket-is-getting-ready-for-its-debut-launch-area-information/ | 2023-03-26T08:43:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945440.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326075911-20230326105911-00248.warc.gz | 0.939635 | 849 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__248058660 | en | The world’s first 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket is getting ready for its debut launch | area information
Nicknamed “Good Luck, Have Enjoyable,” the rocket, produced from metallic aluminum alloy, is designed as a low-cost launch platform.
The 3D-printed rocket, constructed by California-based startup Relativity Area, was scheduled to launch its first orbital mission on Wednesday in a key take a look at of the US firm’s new technique to chop manufacturing prices.
The 35-meter (115-foot) Terran 1 rocket, 85 p.c of which was 3D-printed, was scheduled to carry off from the launch pad at US Area Power Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:00 pm ET. (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
“The launch we’re gearing up for is a chance to showcase an entire bunch of issues directly,” mentioned Josh Brost, Relativity Area’s senior vice chairman of income. He known as Terran 1 “by far the most important 3D printed construction ever assembled.”
The rocket, nicknamed GLHF, that means “Good luck, have enjoyable,” is not going to carry a industrial payload as it’s its first flight, however will as a substitute carry a failed 3D-printed a part of the rocket from a earlier try to construct the ship. It took the corporate seven years to attain this launch, and success just isn’t assured. Not a single industrial firm managed to succeed in orbit on the primary attempt.
Relativity Area can be the primary firm to try to launch a printed rocket.
The 3D printing course of, extensively utilized in numerous industries, entails machines that autonomously “print” successive layers of sentimental, liquid, or powder supplies that shortly solidify or fuse to type strong, three-dimensional objects. Object designs are scanned from digital drawings.
Relativity Area, one of many few US rocket startups competing to fulfill rising demand for low-cost launch companies, has wager on the fee financial savings it hopes to attain by utilizing big robotic 3D printers to simplify its rocket manufacturing traces. Most of its rivals have centered on reducing prices by constructing reusable rockets, just like the Falcon 9 boosters made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Using 3D printers permits Relativity Area to hurry up a lot of its manufacturing processes and make it simpler to make adjustments to enhance the design of the rocket, if vital, after it has flown, eliminating the necessity for a fancy provide chain that will in any other case sluggish rocket enchancment, Brost mentioned. .
Whereas the expendable Terran 1 is designed to ship 2,755 lb (1,250 kg) satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO), declining demand for this class of launch autos has prompted Relativity Area to develop a bigger, reusable, 3D printed rocket, the Terran. . R – that he plans to fly in 2024.
Demand is presently being spurred by so-called mega-constellation plans by corporations like SpaceX, OneWeb and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon to deploy tens of 1000’s of internet-transmitting satellites to LEO within the subsequent few years.
SpaceX is launching its personal heavy-lift rockets to take its Starlink community into orbit, whereas OneWeb and Amazon plan to make use of related giant rockets from numerous provider corporations for their very own satellites. OneWeb will launch its next-generation satellites on Relativity Area’s Terran R, which the businesses introduced final 12 months.
Relativity Area, headquartered in Lengthy Seashore, California, has roughly $1.65 billion value of launch contracts for each of its rockets, with the majority of that income coming from the bigger Terran R.
Whereas market demand for rockets just like the Terran 1 has waned, Brost mentioned upcoming rocket flights will inform how the Terran R is designed.
Requested if Relativity Area continues to be promoting Terran 1s to clients, Brost mentioned the corporate “continues to speak to individuals about each autos.” | aerospace |
https://www.telegram.com/article/20091129/NEWS/911290554 | 2019-10-17T19:41:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986675598.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20191017172920-20191017200420-00556.warc.gz | 0.978807 | 363 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__27046587 | en | After a Northwest Airlines plane flew past Minneapolis last month, air traffic controllers asked the pilots repeatedly for explanations about why they didn’t heed radio calls, according to transcripts released on Friday.
The Oct. 21 flight had been out of contact for 77 minutes before the pilots responded. The pilots told controllers right away that they had been distracted, but didn’t give details, according to the transcript of their radio conversations released by the Federal Aviation Administration.
After almost 90 seconds of conversation about the route they should take to Minneapolis, the controllers said, “I just have to verify that the cockpit is secure.”
“It is secure, we got distracted,” one of the pilots responded. The transcript says the pilot then said that they never heard a call.
A different controller took over and, after five more minutes of directions about routes and altitudes, asked, “Do you have time to give a brief explanation on what happened?”
“Cockpit distractions that’s all I can say,” was the response from Northwest Flight 188.
About 12 minutes after contact had been re-established, the same controller asked, “is there any way you can elaborate on the distraction?”
The pilot said that they were dealing with some company issues, and that’s “all I can tell you right now at this time.”
Air traffic controllers ultimately had the pilots perform several turns to verify that they were in control of the plane. It landed safely, and was met at the gate by police.
The FAA has said that after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, controllers have been told to alert the military when a plane goes out of contact for five to 10 minutes. | aerospace |
https://www.net-film.ru/en/film-22498/ | 2018-01-21T20:43:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084890874.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20180121195145-20180121215145-00184.warc.gz | 0.710858 | 116 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__78292733 | en | Seeing the first Soviet cosmonauts in Baikonur. (1961 - 1965)
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Scene №1 Seeing the first Soviet cosmonauts in Baikonur
Launch on startup.
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ObjectsThe astronauts at Baikonur | aerospace |
https://mezha.media/en/2023/05/04/the-explosion-of-the-up-aerospace-rocket-prevented-the-launch-of-120-capsules-with-cremated-human-remains-into-space/ | 2024-04-15T13:21:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816977.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415111434-20240415141434-00108.warc.gz | 0.956105 | 227 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__156107030 | en | 120 capsules containing cremated human remains were found after the Up Aerospace rocket carrying the ashes for a space memorial service exploded over the New Mexico desert. This is written by Gizmodo.
Up Aerospace launched the suborbital rocket on Monday at 12:45 p.m. ET. It carried more than ten student experimental cargoes for NASA and the cremated remains of an astronaut and a chemist whose families decided to send them to a suborbital memorial service. But an anomaly a few seconds after the rocket took off led to its explosion.
The Celestis memorial service reported that the cremated ashes were found. The remains will be sent back into space after investigations and implementation of the necessary corrections.
“All 120 flight capsules are safely in the hands of launch personnel and will be returned to us awaiting our next flight,” Charles Chafer, Celestis co-founder and CEO, explained.
We remind that the Celestis Aurora Flight mission included the cremated remains of NASA astronaut Philip K. Chapman, who died in April 2021, as well as chemist Louise Ann O’Deen. | aerospace |
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-05/China-s-aviation-takes-off-with-good-start-during-New-Year-s-period-1q7eyhxJoYg/p.html | 2024-03-03T18:36:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476397.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303174631-20240303204631-00116.warc.gz | 0.932107 | 317 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__111207839 | en | China's aviation market got off to a good start during the recent New Year's Day holiday period, showing a trend of rising flight volumes alongside falling prices.
During the three days between December 30, 2023, and January 1, 2024, the number of domestic civil aviation passenger trips exceeded 4.2 million, marking an increase of nearly 90 percent year on year, according to data from Chinese flight tracker Umetrip.
This number represented an increase of over 10 percent over the same period of 2019.
At the same time, China's domestic air ticket purchases increased by 110 percent year on year, while the average price of air tickets for the economy class was 606 yuan, down by 11 percent year on year, Chinese aviation data platform Flight Master told The Paper.
In 2024, China will promote the steady growth of the domestic aviation market, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) officials said at its annual work conference on Thursday.
For the entirety of 2024, passenger traffic on domestic routes is forecast to reach 630 million passenger trips, 7.7 percentage points higher than that in 2019, said CAAC.
China will also intensify its efforts to bring international flights to pre-COVID-19-pandemic levels in 2024, with 6,000 flights per week by the end of this year, the civil aviation regulator said.
CAAC officials said China will comprehensively stimulate demand in the aviation market, make plans to expand domestic demand, improve supply-side structural reforms, and contribute to the construction of a new development pattern for aviation services. | aerospace |
https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/air-scare-flight-miami-36326035 | 2021-01-26T03:41:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704795033.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20210126011645-20210126041645-00234.warc.gz | 0.966385 | 325 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__231904849 | en | Transcript for Air Scare on Flight to Miami
Now to the air scare on board an American airlines flight from New York to Miami hitting ex-treeks turbulence. There were several injuries, passengers and crew. This flight attendant injured rushed to the hospital. Eyewitnesses now describing the moment the turbulence hit. ABC's David Kerley covers aviation for us. Reporter: That flight attendant with the bloodied nose on a stretcher. The American airlines jet heading to Miami into this weather hit severe turbulence. Passengers were screaming. Children crying. It felt like a roller coaster. It was just very uncomfortable, and everybody was afraid. American 1410, we have one flight attendant with a broken nose, and we have several minor injuries to passengers. Reporter: Other planes were hit too. Severe turbulence can toss people, their belongings, even heavy drink carts around the cabin. Predicting turbulence like this has always been the problem, but some new software is giving pilots a view inside the storm. We were on board this test flight around Miami recently where these test pilots aim for turbulence. We're headed right for this turbulence? Yes, we are. Reporter: On purpose. Rockwell has developed radar software which American airlines is installing on its jets. Green means go, a path through the storm. And when we have actually flown through those areas, it has been smooth as glass. There hasn't even been a ripple. Reporter: Technology which may prevent these turbulent rides. David Kerley, ABC news, Washington. David, thank you.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. | aerospace |
https://www.appliedcompanies.net/systems/aerospace-systems/agse/ | 2023-09-22T05:45:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506329.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922034112-20230922064112-00658.warc.gz | 0.893266 | 461 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__248002332 | en | Applied is an OEM of Advanced Ground Systems Engineering (AGSE).
Designing and building Advanced Ground Systems Engineering for over 40 years. Our focus is building robust, rugged AGSE to withstand the rigors of weather and environment to perform in austere locations.
Our Mobile Aircraft Ground Power and Air Conditioning Carts for Aerospace and Defense Programs are constructed and designed to strict Aviation standards set by industry. We are a world leader in the development and manufacturer of innovative aerospace ground support equipment and aircraft cooling solutions. Our top priority is providing the end user with quality equipment, reduced maintenance workload, and enhanced reliability to support a wide range of aviation ground support requirements. We manufacture tailored design AGSE systems that operate in extreme environmental conditions.
Advanced Ground Systems Engineering, aerospace solutions PACC 20-36-4-80kW Genset and Chiller. The Chiller System HVAC (144,000BTU/Hr or 12 Tons) relies upon a refrigeration subsystem that uses R407c refrigerant to chill 50% Ethylene Glycol / water mixture provided to a cooling coil through which the Blower delivers air to be cooled. The Air System has been designed to maintain 1,050 SCFM air delivery at a temperature between 35degF and 51degF.
AGSE systems: Super PACC with Duct Attached. The PACC 20-36-4 consists of an Air System to provide cooled air via a flexible duct and a Power System to provide power for the Air System and export power via two external power cables (24VDC and 28VDC respectively).
20kBTU PACC diesel. The 80kW diesel generator also supplies 208 V, 60 Hz, 3 phase power to a Power Supply which produces 28 VDC power for the aircraft systems and 115 V, 60 Hz, 1 phase power to the battery charger and utility outlets. A redundant battery system provides 24VDC to the generator and export power cable.
Advanced Ground Systems Engineering customized a 20kBTU PACC Cooling system with Duct. The PACC-20-36-3 (below) provides 1.7 Tons of Cooling, with 650 CFM; Export Power: 110VAC, 28VDC & 24VDC. | aerospace |
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-07/22/content_12960612.htm | 2020-02-21T18:40:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145534.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20200221172509-20200221202509-00548.warc.gz | 0.940084 | 729 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__42740456 | en | Launch and recovery of aircraft
Updated: 2011-07-22 11:06
A Rafale fighter jet makes a catapult launch on the flight deck, where in two seconds the jet goes from 0 to 250 kms per hour, aboard France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier March 28, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
As "runways at sea," modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck design that serves as a flight deck for the launch and recovery of aircraft. Aircraft are launched in a forward direction, into the wind, and recover from astern. Carriers steam at speed, for example up to 35 knots (65 km/h), into the wind during flight deck operations in order to increase the wind over the deck to exceed a safe minimum. This increase in effective wind speed provides a higher launch airspeed for aircraft at the end of the catapult stroke or ski-jump, plus it makes recovery safer by reducing the difference between the relative speeds of the aircraft and ship.
On conventional carriers, a steam-powered catapult is used to accelerate the aircraft to a safe flying speed by the end of the catapult stoke after which the aircraft is airborne and further propulsion is provided by its own engines. On other modern carriers, aircraft do not require catapult assistance for take off, instead an upwards vector is provided by a ski-jump at the forward end of the flight deck. Which form of assistance provided is dependent on aircraft design and performance and is part of the overall design of the carrier and aircraft as a system.
A Rafale fighter jet returns from a mission on the flight deck of France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier March 27, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
Conversely, when recovering onto a carrier, conventional aircraft rely upon a tailhook that catches on arrestor wires stretched across the deck to bring them to a stop in a short distance. Helicopters and V/STOL (Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft usually recover by coming abreast the carrier on the port side and then using their hover capability to move over the flight deck and land vertically without the need for arresting gear.
Conventional ("tailhook") aircraft rely upon a landing signal officer (LSO, sometimes called "paddles") to monitor the plane's approach, visually gauge glideslope, attitude, and airspeed, and transmit that data to the pilot. Before the angled deck emerged in the 1950s, LSOs used colored paddles to signal corrections to the pilot (hence the nickname). From the late 1950s onward, visual landing aids such as optical landing system have provided information on proper glide slope, but LSOs still transmit voice calls to approaching pilots by radio.
To facilitate working on the flight deck of a US aircraft carrier, the sailors wear colored shirts that designate their responsibilities. There are at least seven different colors worn by flight deck personnel for modern United States Navy carrier air operations. Carrier operations of other nations use similar color schemes.
The disadvantage of the ski-jump is the penalty it exacts on aircraft size, payload, and fuel load (and thus range): large, slow planes such as the E-2 Hawkeye and heavily laden strike fighters like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Sukhoi Su-33 cannot successfully launch using a ski-jump because their high loaded weight requires either a longer takeoff roll than is possible on a carrier deck, or catapult assistance, although the Su-33 does launch with a light fuel and weapons load from a ski jump. | aerospace |
https://news.un.org/en/story/2001/06/5622 | 2023-11-28T12:23:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099514.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128115347-20231128145347-00189.warc.gz | 0.977955 | 141 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__196396967 | en | Shooting incident prompts UN emergency relief flights to abort mission in Angola
Spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said the planes were carrying 17 tonnes of maize to Kuito when one pilot saw an explosion in the air, which he identified as a missile. The incident occurred 20 nautical miles from Kuito, which WFP says has only six days worth of food left to feed an increasing number of internally displaced persons.
The spokesman said only one of the aircraft, which were forced to return to Catumbela, bore WFP markings. However, this flight has been occurring on a daily basis. This is the second such incident reported by WFP in recent weeks. | aerospace |
http://nssofnt.org/2015/09/29/oct-10-world-space-week-finale-noble-planetarium/ | 2018-02-18T01:30:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891811243.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218003946-20180218023946-00258.warc.gz | 0.827569 | 186 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__179126960 | en | Oct 10 World Space Week Finale Noble Planetarium
The Noble Planetarium of the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH), 1600 Gendy St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107 is featuring the National Space Society of North Texas (NSS-NT) for the World Space Week Finale event!
NSS-NT will have display tables with free flyers, stickers, magazines, and more from NASA and NSS. Participation in the World Space Week Finale is included with museum admission.
Also, NSS-NT President Ken Ruffin will give the presentation The Moon, Asteroids, and Mars: the Future of Human Spaceflight at 3 p.m. in “Oak Room West” within the museum.
Learn about the latest and greatest information in space travel and space development with NSS-NT: the 2015 NSS Excellence – Public Outreach Award Winners! | aerospace |
https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/series/oceanorbiter/3c4da893-3475-4d87-a71e-b67e60d89fbc | 2024-02-24T17:16:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474541.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224144416-20240224174416-00189.warc.gz | 0.916602 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__143031320 | en | Leaving the Earth is a dangerous business, and probably always will be. But in the long run, the greater danger is not leaving - something that legendary comics writer Warren Ellis makes vacuum-clear in this pair of suspense-filled space adventures, collected here for the first time in a single volume. In OCEAN, the acclaimed art team of Chris Sprouse and Karl Story joins Ellis for a journey to the research station Cold Harbor orbiting the Jovian moon Europa, where the discovery of ancient artifacts beneath the frozen crust sets off a power struggle that threatens to expand into a full-scale holocaust for all of humanity. In ORBITER, Ellis and renowned artist Colleen Doran investigate the mystery of the space shuttle Venture, whose disappearance in orbit effectively ended the United Statesquote manned space program. When Venture reappears ten years later with new instrumentation, new engines, and an outer covering of something very much like human skin, a team of specialists must discover where she and her one surviving crew member have been - and how sand from Mars got in her landing gear. Complete with Ellis’s trademark blend of canny characterization and sterling storytelling, OCEAN/ORBITER: THE DELUXE EDITION also features an afterword from the author and a special section of preliminary art and character designs from Sprouse, Doran, and cover artist Michael Golden. | aerospace |
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https://hotinfonow.com/space-coast-is-securing-a-contract-with-nasa-for-the-lunar-artemis-program/ | 2020-10-27T09:49:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107893845.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20201027082056-20201027112056-00681.warc.gz | 0.899857 | 770 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__85151368 | en | An animated short, produced by NASA, tells in detail how the agency plans to return to the moon by 2024 through its Artemis program.
Eta Space, which has operations in Merritt Island and Rockledge, has joined the list of 13 other US companies selected for NASA’s Tipping Point contracts, all worth about $ 370 million. The program is designed to find technologies on the verge of maturity and help them push them through their critical points.
Wednesday’s contracts focus on cryogenic technology or the storage and distribution of super-cold fuels in space. NASA expects them to be crucial not only for missions originating from Earth, but also for turning the moon’s water ice into fuel for long-term lunar operations and possibly even trips to Mars.
Eta Space, which focuses on cryogenics, provided a total of $ 27 million, making it the fifth tallest in the group. Co-founder Bill Notardonato said the company was founded by three former NASA employees, including himself, and plans to expand to other parts of the Space Coast in the near future.
Notardonato said Eta Space plans a more detailed announcement after the contract and a description of its activities next week.
“Most of the funding will help mature cryogenic fluid management technologies through space demonstrations led by small businesses Eta Space, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and ULA,” NASA said on Wednesday. “Each approach is unique, ranging from small to large-scale and short-term to long-term.”
In addition to kirogenic fluids, the contracts were awarded to companies involved in lunar surface operations and landing and landing demonstrations.
The 14 companies selected in the order of the value of the award were:
- Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado, $ 89.7 million
- United Launch Alliance (ULA) of Centennial, Colorado, $ 86.2 million
- SpaceX from Hawthorne, California, $ 53.2 million
- Intuitive machines from Houston, $ 41.6 million
- Eta Space on Merritt Island, Florida, $ 27 million
- Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance of Houston, $ 22.1 million
- Nokia of America Corporation of Sunnyvale, CA, $ 14.1 million
- SSL Robotics from Pasadena, California, $ 8.7 million
- Pittsburgh astrobotic technology, $ 5.8 million
- pH The Columbus issue, Ohio, $ 3.4 million
- Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California, $ 10 million, $ 2.8 million
- Teledyne Energy Systems of Hunt Valley, Maryland, $ 2.8 million
- Sierra Nevada Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin, $ 2.4 million
- Precision Combustion Inc. from North Haven, Connecticut, $ 2.4 million
If the schedules are maintained, NASA plans to test the launch of its Artemis rocket, the space launch system, in mid-November at the Stenis Space Center in Mississippi. This will pave the way for its first unwrapped test flight in late 2021, followed by more tests until the planned landing of two astronauts on the moon in 2024.
Contact Emre Kelly at [email protected] or 321-242-3715. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @EmreKelly. Support space journalism by subscribing to floridatoday.com/specialoffer/.
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Northrop Grumman Corp., one of the U.S. Defense Department’s biggest contractors and the driving force behind the Navy’s experimental X-47B drone, has developed a new classified unmanned aircraft for the Air Force, according to a news report.
The system, known as RQ-180, is designed to fly undetected through contested airspace, similar to the now-retired SR-71 Blackbird plane, according to an article by Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman of Aviation Week. That may make it a potential weapon against countries such as North Korea, Iran or China.
While the Falls Church, Va.-based contractor and the Air Force have been tight-lipped about the drone and its so-called “cranked kite” design, the reporters pointed to corporate financial statements and satellite imagery of infrastructure that hints at the classified program.
For example, Northrop recently disclosed that an unnamed aircraft program entered early production — several years after reporting a $2 billion backlog increase in the unit that develops cutting-edge weapons programs such as the X-47B drone, according to the article. What’s more, satellite imagery shows new infrastructure such as hangars to accommodate an aircraft with a wing span of more than 130 feet at Northrop’s Palmdale, Calif., site and at the Air Force’s Area 51 test center in Groom Lake, Nev., according to the report.
That would make it much bigger than Lockheed Martin Corp.‘s RQ-170 Sentinel, which has an estimated wingspan of between 65 feet and 90 feet. The RQ-170 has been used for high-profile covert operations such as the 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the Bethesda, Md.-based contractor last month unveiled plans for an unmanned successor to the famous SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The new twin-engine, hypersonic aircraft, known as SR-72 and nicknamed “Son of Blackbird,” will be designed to fly as fast as Mach 6. That’s six times the speed of sound – more than 3,500 miles per hour – and twice as fast as its predecessor.
Northrop’s new drone – which is unlikely to go by the moniker “Son of Sentinel” for obvious competitive and legal reasons – has already begun test flights and may be ready for operational missions in 2015, according to Aviation Week. The timeline may explain why the Air Force has pushed to buy fewer of the company’s Global Hawk drones.
Northrop made headlines earlier this year when its experimental X-47B unmanned craft successfully landed aboard the deck of a moving aircraft carrier and is competing for the chance to build the Navy’s carrier-based drone fleet. | aerospace |
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/exclusive-dubai-develops-new-tech-detect-drone-threats-airport-670581.html | 2019-12-12T03:29:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540536855.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20191212023648-20191212051648-00186.warc.gz | 0.958224 | 496 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__95849045 | en | By Parag Deulgaonkar
DCAA says it will live test spectrum analysing technology within three months
The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) will test its indigenously built technology that can track threats of rogue drones and pinpoint their location in the next three months, a senior government official has said.
In 2016, Dubai International Airport was shut for more than an hour after an inbound airplane spotted drone activity near the airport and immediately communicated that to air traffic control. A police helicopter was scrambled to try to find any activity around the airport, but nothing was discovered.
“The next level of technology is spectrum analysing, which we are self-developing in the emirate with another company. The technology will be able to determine a drone that has the permission to fly and a rogue drone which is causing all the issue such as airspace disruptions,” Michael Rudolph, head of airspace safety, aviation safety and environment sector, DCAA, told Arabian Business.
“With the spectrum analyser, we will be able to identify in a certain parameter from the airport or otherwise a state asset whether there is a threat, what the threat is and where it is being operated from.”
Rudolph revealed that the DCAA was also working on signing memorandum of understandings with the Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to ensure the holding companies of most of the retail outlets in the country adhere to Dubai’s new aviation safety law.
“It is the DED and the DMCC that register these holding companies of the retail outlets. And we are saying to them, ‘please help us’,” he said, adding the MoUs are expected to be signed by Ramadan.
The official also said the authority was putting in regulations to restrict import of drones.
“When someone purchases a drone online, we do ask them for a customs release letter which is issued only after critical and careful scrutiny of the drone,” Rudolph said.
On Tuesday, the DCAA said it was making it mandatory for all drone operators to apply for a license and undergo a training programme that will help them to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle.For all the latest UAE news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily. | aerospace |
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/douglas_globemaster.php?p=3 | 2017-02-28T07:46:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501174154.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104614-00647-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.973268 | 3,716 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__264122355 | en | There was little doubt of the load-carrying capability of the C-74 and when, in late 1947, the newly-formed US Air Force decided it needed a heavy strategic cargo transport, discussions between the.USAF and Douglas resulted in development of the C-124 Globemaster II, based on the C-74.
In fact, the prototype YC-124 was basically the fifth C-74 provided with a new, deeper fuselage and strengthened landing gear. Powered by 2610kW R-4360-49 radial engines, it was flown for the first time on 27 November 1949. The type entered production as the C-124A, of which 204 were built, the first of them entering service with the USAF in May 1950. The next, and final, production version was the C-124C, with more-powerful R-4360 engines, weather radar in a distinctive nose radome and, equally useful recognition points, wingtip fairings housing combustion heaters to de-ice the wing and tailplane leading edges and to heat the cabin. C-124C production totalled 243, the last machine being delivered during May 1955.
The fuselage of the Globemaster II had clamshell nose loading doors with an associated built-in loading ramp, an electric hoist amidships which was a carry-over from the C-74, and two overhead cranes (each with a capacity of 7257kg which could traverse the entire length of the 23.47m-long cargo hold. The flight deck, accommodating a crew of five, was mounted high in the nose, over the clamshell doors. When used in a transport role (with two decks installed), the Globemaster II could carry a maximum of 200 fully-equipped troops, or 123 stretcher cases plus 45 ambulatory patients and 15 medical attendants.
Serving with the USAF's Air Materiel Command, Far Eastern Air Force, Military Air Transport Service, Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command, and used in conjunction with Douglas C-133s, the Globemaster Us remained in service until replaced by the Lockheed C-5A Galaxy during 1970.
When the Globemaster Is ended their useful, service life; some were acquired by civil cargo operators.
| ENGINE||4 x P+W R-4360-63, 2795kW|
| Take-off weight||84000 kg||185189 lb|
| Wingspan||53.1 m||174 ft 3 in|
| Length||39.8 m||131 ft 7 in|
| Height||14.7 m||48 ft 3 in|
| Wing area||233.0 m2||2507.99 sq ft|
| Cruise speed||520 km/h||323 mph|
| Ceiling||6100 m||20000 ft|
| Range w/max.fuel||6500 km||4039 miles|
| Range w/max.payload||1970 km||1224 miles|
|kitty headley, 22.07.2015|
All i can say is we lived off base as a dependent of a young service man he was a machanic with the1503 squadron and these planes would fly right over our house. I wad young so i just took it in stride. Don't know how it would sound to me today. Miss that time in my life and all the people that were in it.
|Steve Terry, 17.05.2015|
I'm hoping to find out some information about my uncle. His name is Capt. Howard L Pruden and he flew C-124's out of West Palm Beach AFB. On August 21, 1956 he and the crew were apparently doing touch and go's when a prop "cuff" came off the #2 engine, went through the wing, severed the controls and the plane crashed shortly after take off. Tragically 3 of the crew of 6 died. My Uncle was one of the 3 survivors. His daughter (my cousin) recently passed on and I was given his "Distinguished Flying Cross" and a photo album showing pics of the wreckage, my Uncle with the Sgt. whose life he reportedly saved and him receiving the DFC. It's been long time since the crash and my Uncle pass away in 1980, but if anyone knew my uncle or has any information or remembers anything about what happened I would like to hear from you and would share any information or pics that I have.
Steve Terry 801.263.3331
|Walt Martley, 15.05.2015|
Engine mech/flight mech non-431 style, at 19th Log in 55-56 on A/C 51-150.
I am looking for an aviation art painting of some guys playing cards on the flyaway kit behind the elevator. If anyone knows of it, please scribble to me at [email protected].
I just came across this site today. Glad to see so many fellow "Old Shaky" lovers. I was a recip. engine mechanic on the ole girl from 1966 to 1971. I have a piece of equipment that I think came from the 124 that I would like to identify. Not sure how to load a photo of it on this blog. It is U-shaped, 27 inches tall, 20 inches wide, and the bar itself is 1" diameter. Each end of the U has a slot that attaches to something. It is very light, probably aluminum. I believe it came from the inside of the fuselage, and may have something to do with the web seats. Let me know if you can help. I can send a photo. Thanks, Reece
|Fred May, 20.03.2015|
John Way Just started reading and got the biggest kick out of Mag Check Charlie. I also flew the 124 as a loadmaster 63-64 and every time we were leaving Wake Island we also had a Shark at the end of the runway and his name was Reject Charlie and if you did rotate you would be his meal
I was a loadmaster on C124 A/C out of the 7th Troop Carrier Sqd. McChord AFB in 63-64. Trying to locate crew members who may have flown the Saigon sorties around Sept -Nov 63 delivering Agent orange and other Hazardous chemicals to Tan Son Knut. Va is saying C124 aircraft did not haul agent orange or hazardous material to South Viet Nam in63 as part of the build up. Can anyone verify what I know to be true. 828-863-4748
|Alyce Hansen, 08.03.2015|
My dad David gouge flew the c-124 at castle and pinecastle afb I in the mid and late 50s They were my aunt and uncle but we're the only real parents I knew--they are both gone but my memories of af life and them are unforgettable--some names I knew were Krause,temple,high,blum
|David Saaks, 02.03.2015|
I flew the C-124 out of Travis AFB from 1963-1967. My first assignment was with the 75th ATS where I flew co-pilot and then upgraded to Aircraft Commander. When the 75th transitioned to the C-141 I opted to go to the 85th ATS where I flew as an instructor pilot and flight examiner. I left the Air Force in 1967 with approximately 3300 hours of flight time, mostly in "Old Shakey" Many wonderful memories of those years.
|Michael Vega, 25.02.2015|
I went to Aircraft Mechanic school Shepard AFB for 43131A school in April 1969. After completing school was assigned to the 61st OMS squadron at Hickam AFB Hawaii. Worked on C-124 in Major Inspection Hanger night shift working Landing gear and flight control cabeling. Remember Jacking Aircraft and doing adjustments and changing braking dics and wheels. Interesting work. Crawling through the wings lubeing cables wasn't much fun..Working flight line was exciting.Watching those R4360's rev up. Only was in 61st for a few months then reassigned C-124's to reserve units. Got assigned to the 619th MASSQ then we worked on every acft stopping at Hickam C-124. C-118, C-121 C-97 C-133 Went to Travis to train on Jets 43151E school then worked on C-141 and C-5A was last acft I worked on before Getting out in Augt 1972. What a experiance Loved my time at Hickam Would love to hear from anyone assighed to 61st or 619th during that time.
|jerry zieman, 11.02.2015|
was at robins 1961 -66.Was on the crew whenwe lost53-10 at Wright Pat due to fire.Don Cook are you still there?
|James C. "Speedy" Wheeler, 02.02.2015|
In Feb. 1956 and fresh out of Tech School I was assigned to the 19th Logistics Support Squadron (LSS) at Kelly AFB and went to work for MSgt William J. Nichols on C-124A number 51-150. I worked here and flew with the aircraft all over the Pacific, Europe, North Africa, the North country (Thule Greenland, Iceland, etc..) until I drew my first overseas assignment to Lajes AB, Azores in April 1960. Flew literally Hundreds of hours as a Flight Mechanic here.
Then on my return from Vietnam in 1967, I was again assigned to the 19th LSS an YES, Nick was again or still here. Nick would pass away about a year after I return and a larger funeral I have never seen.
I have for 50 years said that William J. Nichols (Nick) (CMSGT)retired, was the greatest influence on my later life with his professionalism.
|Deborah Gregory, 24.01.2015|
I am looking for anyone who flew c124's out of Hickam 1958-1962 and who might have flown with my father. His name is Raymond Clark and he was a Major at that time. In particular, I'm looking for anyone connected to an incident on a flight from Hickam to Travis where engines were feathered and cargo was jettisoned in order to make the mainland. He was flight commander on that flight.
He passed away a year ago, but he always said that of all the planes he flew in his 33 years in USAF, starting in WWII and through Korea and Vietnam, the 124 was his favorite.
Thank you to all of you who served.
|Gene Clayton, 14.01.2015|
I was crew chief on the C-124A & the C-124C for 12 years. 1961 to 1972. In 1972 I had one with a GTPU. The only one in our squadron with a GTPU. The C-124A had the old removable engine cowling. The exhaust system was terrible. The exhaust ports were sweated in on the old -20 engines & were bad to blow out. The Ignition system was the high tension ignition system with seven magnetos. I remember when a contract field team changed the engine cowling to the "Orange Peel' A great idea. We would fly from Tinker AFB to Vietnam. 100 hours flying time. We would fly from Hickam to Tinker in 18 hours nonstop. We delivered a big red firetruck to Ascension, Is in the Pacific. We had to remove the upper deck from the cargo section, let the tires on the firetruck half-flat & remove the red rotating light from the firetruck in order for it to fit inside. I practically flew around the world on "Old Shakey" & loved it. Worked my tail off!!
|tom siwek, 13.01.2015|
was also a member of the 61st field transit squadron at hickum and loved every minute of it. worked on 124-c97-and others. still remember the anchor inn right outside the back gate. They Had the best french onion soup I have ever had.
|ira g' briggs, 31.12.2014|
I was a panel flight engineer In old shakey and have over
8000hrs in the air in this aircraft.
and was an instructor of ingineers on C124 aircraft for
|John Walls, 26.12.2014|
how do I get a Picture of radio operator position and equipment
If anyone knew my father, Major George K. Giakovmis,who died in a C-124 Accident on Iwo Jima please contact me.He raced hydroplanes in Japan as well as belonging to model airplane clubs. Based at Tachikawa AFB from 1946-1955 with a short time at Moses Lake,Washington.I would especially like to talk to Mr. Watkins who was a crew chief for the C-124 and was to return to Japan on that fatal flight back but was replaced by another person.Thank you for any information I can get on [email protected]
|James C. "Speedy" Wheeler, 25.11.2014|
Forgot to leave you my email address so here it is:
[email protected] I was in the 19th LOG from Feb. 56 until May 60 and again from Aug. 67 until it was de-activated.
Remember them they were called "Bird Cages" about a dozen would make a load.
|James C. "Speedy" Wheeler, 24.11.2014|
How many of you old 19th LSS folks remember what entire Load for our birds as big as it was, could be hauled out to us in One Pickup Truck and in just One Trip?? SPEEDY
|Ura A. Matthews, 22.11.2014|
Ssgt U.A. Matthews, I was the loadmaster on acft 490258 that went to Nebraska in July 1969 along with L/C Billy Morrison, pilot, Capt Sam Lane, co-pilot, Tsgt E.J.Blanchard, Flight Engineer, and Tsgt R.P. Lloyd, Flight Engineer. When we were on approach, I was sitting in the back scanning the right wing when the pilot said we were going to do a pop-up. I grabbed ahold of the bar that the seats are attached to and held on. We were really "busting up the base" and then we popped up. Old Shakey really shook!!! The inside compartment buffed and expanded over and over until we leveled out and started our approach again. There is a dvd of this event and it is put out by the Military History Archives. We taxied in and stopped engines and I opened the nose doors and lowered the ramps and we proceeded to be greeted by the Governor of Nebraska and the Air Force Commanders and dignitaries. It was quite a day and the weather was great. Now the aircraft is at the muesuem (sp) at Dover. There is a tour video of this aircraft if you go to Google and type in "C-124 In Action" and watch the tour. There are some minor errors but they are forgiven. This plane can not carry 440 combat troops and in the movie Stratigic (sp) Air Command with Jimmy Stewart this aircraft can not carry a 18 wheeler fuel truck and all those troops together. Makes for a long day loading. I got on the C-124 in Aug 1965 after we lost our other acft C-119 which went to Clinton County, OH. When I got on we were hauling troops from Charleston to Travis constantly due to an airline strike. Later we started picking up missions that the C-141's were suppose to do but they were getting thin. I read in a comment up above about hauling AO. Yes, we hauled AO from Travis to Vietnam. I was briefed that I was hauling "automobile parts" and I didn't find out what I was really hauling until I got to Clark and the traffic sergeant looked at my cargo manifest and jumped up and down and wanted to look at my load. I was hauling "bars, rockets, hand grenades, all kind of munitions." When I got back to Travis I reported the one who briefed me with an "OHR" and he was removed.
The ramps are lowered by cables that came off of a hoist and were stowed on each side of the plane by what we called "a closed circuit cable", just to keep the cables from getting tangled during on-load and off-load. @joe schara, the elevator platform measured 88" x 108" and was raised and lowered by two hoist that were on a rail system at the top of the fuselage. I am sure there are photos around somewhere due to when I was at Wake a photographer was taking pictures of me loading an aircraft engine. The aircraft engine container was longer that the opening of the elevator well, so it had to be tilted and you had to make sure you didn't attach the cables at the bottom of the container or it would be flipped upside down and that is not good, so the cables had to be hooked at the top of the container. Seems like the ramp cables were hydralic driven because you opened them while the engines were still running using the hydralic pumps., The hoise up above on the rail used acft power or power generator power, since they were electric. Also, you had to stow the hoist on the rail to the floor so the hoist wouldn't run up and down the rails during take-off and landing. I flew on Old Shaky from Aug 1965 to July 1972. It was fun and I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.
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https://www.petflytrap.com/blog_archive_2_2021.html | 2023-06-03T08:23:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00009.warc.gz | 0.865887 | 114 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__262379685 | en | Help me go to SPACE, and help St. Jude at the same time!
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https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mars-mission-donald-trump-nasa | 2023-03-22T01:00:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943747.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321225117-20230322015117-00420.warc.gz | 0.941311 | 512 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__194463557 | en | US president Donald Trump to fund future human space exploration, signing a bill giving the go ahead for $19.5bn in NASA funding to be used to send astronauts to Mars.
Despite massive public spending cuts for governmental organisations like the Environmental Protection Agency, US president Donald Trump appears to be much more willing to fund humankind’s bid to land on another planet.
According to The Washington Post, Trump yesterday (21 March) signed a bill into law that would give NASA $19.5bn in funding over the next seven years to further its aims of landing humans on Mars, among other things.
The funding will contribute towards the building of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule, with the aim of sending astronauts to Mars in 2033.
Having received support from both the Democrats and Republicans in Congress, Trump commented at the signing ceremony that humankind’s future lies in deep space exploration.
“It’s been a long time since a bill like this has been signed reaffirming our national commitment to the core mission of NASA: human space exploration, space science and technology,” Trump said.
Also commenting on the bill was NASA’s acting administrator Robert Lightfoot, who said: “Our workforce has proven time and again that it can meet any challenge, and the continuing support for NASA ensures our nation’s space programme will remain the world’s leader in pioneering new frontiers in exploration, innovation and scientific achievement.”
Astronauts get healthcare for life
Other features of the new bill will come as welcome news to NASA’s astronauts, both in service and retired. The TREAT Astronauts Act will support the payment of healthcare for life relating to any issues that arise from space travel.
The challenges the human body faces in the rigours of space and zero gravity have been well documented in astronauts who have stayed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for up to a year at a time.
If humans do make it to Mars with the intention of establishing a colony, recent research has warned that they could be facing a significant risk of developing cancer.
The bill also reintroduces the National Space Council, which previously operated under President George HW Bush as an advisory council between the government and NASA.
One thing that has been cut from NASA’s future plans is the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which had planned to land a spacecraft on the asteroid Bennu. Lightfoot has stated that the mission is now dead. | aerospace |
https://jointhebrightestminds.com/jobs/job/39446/radiation-effects-engineer/ | 2021-07-30T02:14:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153899.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729234313-20210730024313-00175.warc.gz | 0.890898 | 361 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__281894293 | en | Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Radiation Effects Engineer
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We are looking for a Radiation Effects Engineer, on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), for their location in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to support the Component Space Evaluation and Radiation Effects Section.
Please note, the successful candidate will be employed by ATG Europe and not by ESA.
The successful candidate will be tasked with, but not limited to:
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- Provide support to the Agency’s Projects in the field of EEE component Radiation Hardness Assurance;
- Prepare and conduct radiation tests campaigns including developing test set-up and subsequent data analysis (with emphasis on TID, DD and SEE) on EEE components, test structures and materials in support of Agency’s projects, studies, evaluation, qualification or radiation hardening activities;
- Define relevant radiation studies, experimental and development activities (also including in- flight component radiation characterisation experiments); to initiate and manage such activities implemented under ESA contracts;
- Support the sections’ standardisation activities, particularly those involving general Radiation Hardness Assurance procedures, irradiation test guidelines (SEE, TID and Displacement Damage), modelling and simulation issues;
- Conduct simulations of radiation effects in components and materials using suitable device physics based SW-tools and to produce new or improve existing models;
- Coordinate such activities with internal and external partners and promote the results achieved in the form of publications, presentations and training to be provided. | aerospace |
http://www.jlthsw.net/index1.html | 2022-10-04T03:53:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337473.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004023206-20221004053206-00380.warc.gz | 0.939251 | 484 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__242422002 | en | Keystone is the leading provider of aerospace and defense additive manufacturing solutions – from technology development and application discovery; through product design, testing and qualification; to production, sustainment, and service. Over the last 18 years, Keystone has strategically built additive manufacturing capability proven in products, alloy systems, customer qualifications, and industry production and quality standards. The compilation of capability is built around our vast industry and materials processing experience in transferring highly innovative technologies into aerospace production.
We make the complex easier. The applications of our products include challenging operating environments. There is a lot of industry excitement regarding metal additive manufacturing, but most companies do not have an appreciation for the differing types of additive manufacturing or the complexities involved in the application and qualification of additive manufacturing as an alternative to casting, forging, or fabrication. Customers rely on our experience in qualifying innovative technologies into full scale production, having done this twice in major disruptive technologies for aerospace production. We understand the relationship between design, materials, processes, quality, and application integration, and have built our additive manufacturing capability strategically over 18 years to address the underlying issues limiting rapid adoption of metal additive manufacturing. We have the flexibility to offer hybrid additive manufacturing capability. We evaluate customer challenges and provide tailored additive manufacturing solutions to achieve production level qualification.
We built our additive manufacturing capabilities to address issues of repeatability and inspectability — the two primary issues limiting rapid adoption of metal additive manufacturing, especially in demanding aerospace applications. Our real-time closed-loop process controls coupled with our metallurgical algorithms yield a stable, reliable, and repeatable process. Third-party validation of our process confirm that a uniform and repeatable process and properties can be achieved with large-scale additively manufactured components.
Keystone recently partnered with Advanced Core Concepts (“ACC”), a Georgia-based solutions provider of research and development, technical services, and products to the the space, defense, and intelligence markets. Keystone’ partnership with ACC will help us to further qualify and commercialize key technologies developed through research and development, as well as to broaden our ability to manufacture production hardware and serve customer throughout product life cycles.
We are interested in partnerships and collaborative opportunities, including captive operation and/or exclusive operating agreements, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, and innovation center membership. | aerospace |
https://www.airports-worldwide.com/articles/article0570.php | 2023-12-04T23:17:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00669.warc.gz | 0.900726 | 152 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__197713243 | en | the free encyclopedia,
The heat shield of the Space Shuttle, showing the ceramic tiles and reinforced carbon panels that constitute its construction.|
Discarded heat shield of the Opportunity rover on Mars. It has been inverted by its impact with the ground.|
A trans-atmospheric heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft or ballistic missile that is designed to protect it from the high temperature of atmospheric entry, on a body with an atmosphere, such as Earth, Mars and Venus.
Heat shields also exist as part of modern automobiles.
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https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/332nd-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/News/Article/1583593/deployed-brothers-reunite-for-reenlistment/ | 2021-12-08T21:52:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363598.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208205849-20211208235849-00245.warc.gz | 0.966877 | 536 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__164749335 | en | SOUTHWEST ASIA --
As a sand storm blows outside, Staff Sgt. Christopher Cagle, 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron cyber transport supervisor, made the last minute decision to move his reenlistment ceremony indoors, July 21, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.
Being deployed is not the only unique thing about Cagle’s reenlistment ceremony. Cagle’s older brother, Capt. Stephen Cagle, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group deputy chief medical officer, was able to reunite with his younger brother and preside over his reenlistment.
“Having my brother be here and reenlist me really makes it special, and it just adds to it that we are both in a deployed location,” Chris said.
Both Chris and Stephen grew up as Air Force ‘brats’ with their dad retiring after 24-years of service.
“My dad is going to love this, Chris said. “He told me to make sure I got pictures.”
This is the first time the brothers have seen each other in over a year and it will be at least another six months until they will be reunited again.
Chris is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and Stephen is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and both claim Ratcliff, Arkansas as their hometown.
Both brothers said they plan to retire from the Air Force.
“I’m really enjoying the Air Force,” Chris said. “By reenlisting for another four years I get to keep learning and developing my skills. I do information technology at home for fun so the fact that I get to do it as a job is amazing.”
Stephen shared similar sentiments about loving his job.
“I enjoy my job, I like being able to see everything full spectrum,” Stephen said. “At Scott AFB, I take care of patients, deliver babies, give vasectomies, colonoscopies and staying in the Air Force allows me to do that, and maintain those skills.”
Chris always knew he wanted his brother to reenlistment him, they just never knew when it was going to happen with their schedules.
“I’ve never actually delivered the oath of enlistment to someone, and for the first opportunity to reenlist someone and it’s my brother, that’s pretty cool,” Stephen said. “I’d love to do the next one too.” | aerospace |
https://advanced-television.com/2018/12/03/russia-to-build-iot-satellite-constellation/ | 2022-10-05T13:03:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337625.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005105356-20221005135356-00741.warc.gz | 0.939001 | 269 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__228598438 | en | Russia to build IoT satellite constellation
December 3, 2018
By Chris Forrester
Russian space agency Roscosmos says it will create a new mega-constellation of satellites to serve Internet of Things demand.
The ‘Marathon’ constellation will likely comprise hundreds of craft and operate alongside Russia’s Glonass GPS system and as part of Russia’s planned ‘Sphere’ project which calls for 640 satellites, and to be fully deployed by 2026.
Russian Academy of Cosmonautics member Andrei Ionin told news agency Sputnik that it was necessary to involve international partners into the Marathon creation, as the system should be designed to work across the globe. He went on to say that Roscosmos should cooperate with global technology giants able to produce both equipment for the satellites and customer terminals.
“There are several segments of the satellite communication. While [US] Iridium has been long operating successfully on the voice satellite communications market,… [US] OneWeb and Starlink will dominate the broadband Internet segment. The Internet of Things is the third segment. [Work in] this segment will be successful if services are provided at the lowest prices, as the systems that I have mentioned will provide such services as well,” Ionin told Sputnik. | aerospace |
https://www.airpilots.org/what-we-do/trophies-and-awards/award-winners/the-award-of-honour/ | 2022-07-04T20:28:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104496688.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220704202455-20220704232455-00642.warc.gz | 0.9163 | 827 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__7555583 | en | Awarded for an outstanding and enduring contribution to aviation.
Martin Baker is a British family run business, which started as an aircraft manufacturer to become a global pioneer in aviation safety.
Best known for its development of the ejection seat starting with a test ejection in 1945, Martin Baker has delivered over 70,000 seats to 93 air forces worldwide and to date, saved over 7,646 lives. Often not appreciated, the company has also manufactured some 20,000 "crashworthy seats” for 60 helicopters variants, and other fixed-wing aircraft.
In 2000 Martin Baker was selected to develop and deliver the next generation of ejection seat for the F-35 Lightening II programme. In 2020 they will have delivered 180 seats in step with aircraft production. A magnificent achievement on the international stage, and one which thoroughly deserves recognition.
But there is a further dimension – the personal stories from those who have sat on “The Seat” for many hours but living with the confidence that if it “all went horribly wrong” – they could eject. To one who did eject and is with us today, read his comment below:
“Martin Baker is a class act. An ejection seat must work to the very corners of its design envelope. And as history informs it has frequently been used well beyond these limits, and often successfully. But the only way this can happen is for every component of every seat to perform perfectly the first time it is called upon: there is not a second chance or to put it another way – failure is not an option”.
This is the strength of Martin Baker: a relatively small, yet highly skilled, and dedicated workforce which consistently produces excellence with hundreds of components working together resulting in a superb outcome: survival. This in turn engenders the total trust pilots have in their Martin Baker seat and affords them the confidence to operate their aircraft to its operational limit in both peace and war. Both the individual pilots (their family) and the country have every reason to be proud of this first-class company.
Martin Baker is a thoroughly deserving recipient of the Award of Honour.
1999/2000 awarded twice:
Sir Arthur Marshall
Sir George Edwards
2000/2001 awarded twice:
Group Captain John Cunningham CBE
Wing Commander Roland Prosper Beamont CBE
2002 Not Awarded
2002/03 Squadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO OBE DFC** AFC
2003/04 awarded twice:
Lionel Peter Twiss OBE DSC* QCVSA
Joseph Sutter Hon FRAeS
2004/05 Sir Michael Cobham CBE
2005/06 awarded twice:
Captain Eric Brown CBE DSC AFC KCVSA MA FRAeS
2006/07 awarded twice:
Sir Michael Knight KCB AFC
Albert L Ueltschi
2008 - 2009 Not Awarded
2009/10 Sir Maurice Flanagan KBE BA Hon.FRAeS FCILT
2010/11 Duncan Simpson OBE CEng FIMechE FRAeS
2011/12 Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis MBE
2012/13 Captain James Arthur Lovell USN (Retd)
2013/14 Sir Michael John Marshall CBE DL
2014/15 UK Military Search and Rescue Force
2016 Captain Robert "Hoot" Gibson DSM DFC
2017 awarded twice:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine GCB GBE FRAeS
John Tribe BSc(Eng)
2018 The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows
2019 Stuart King FRAeS
2020 Greg McDougall
2021 Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd
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CLERK: PAUL J TACON BA FCIS
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https://www.spinintech.com/about | 2024-04-14T01:54:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00417.warc.gz | 0.916646 | 476 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__35984584 | en | WHO WE ARE
Space Products and Innovation spins in technology and concepts into the space industry.
SIMPLIFY SPACE MANUFACTURING
SPiN offers modularity as a service, providing expertise in designing, software integration and hardware integration reducing design costs by 50%, production costs by 30%, and integration time by a year through its universal adapter, MA61C.
In addition to selling different versions of MA61C, the intelligent data node to serve the design needs of our customers, SPiN provides a service to design satellites in a flexible concept using model-based system engineering methodology.
SPiN democratizes access to space and empowers satellite manufacturers to spend high-value time and money where it counts: pursuing new ventures.
SPiN was selected for the Top 70 Innovative Companies for Pioneers in 2016 and chosen as one of the Top 500 Companies for Hello Tomorrow in 2019. The adapter was awarded best business solution at the Startup Weekend Space in 2015, at the INNOSpace Masters in 2016 and won the pitch competition at the NewSpace Europe in 2019.
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SPiN received seed funding round led by Galaxia, the Italian Technology Transfer Hub on Aerospace powered by CDP Venture Capital, together with Obloo Ventures, with participation from Scientifica Venture Capital and Innova Venture.
The ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Bavaria promotes companies with disruptive products and digital businesses in areas such as robotics, mobile, mobility, automotive, aviation, satellites, etc.
Allied Space Cohort
The Techstars Allied Space is a virtual accelerator program for the next generation of space technologies. It runs in partnership with the US Air Force, the Norwegian Space Agency as well as the Dutch and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense.
Hyperspace Challenge is a business accelerator that forges valuable relationships between the government, startup, and university communities to accelerate innovation for the space domain.
Fit 4 Start is the leading programme for launching and accelerating startups in Luxembourg and provides entrepreneurs with intense coaching, attractive pre-seed funding and access to networks. | aerospace |
http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=156763&start=25 | 2015-10-10T18:12:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443737961332.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001221921-00155-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.942662 | 1,147 | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__66603814 | en | I was away from town for a couple of days, and look at how much stuff there is to respond to! It's not often that I get to geek out about interstellar rocketry.
What? Ion drives can have an ISP on the order of 10 000 seconds, which beats VASIMIR by 100% and NERVA by 1000%.
And it's still too low for anything beyond interstellar precursor missions. 100,000 seconds is a good rule-of-thumb minimum ISP for an engine intended for interstellar travel.
NASA thinks that there might be a possibility to use antimatter or some sort of uber ion drive to achieve ISP of 50 000 seconds, but that seems to the physical upper limit of reaction drives.
50,000 seconds for an antimatter rocket sounds like it might be a reference to the AIMStar concept (or something similar), which used antimatter-initiated fusion to heat propellant instead of using the reaction products directly. It's nowhere near the maximum achievable even with fission
, let alone fusion or antimatter. An ideal fission drive would, IIRC, have a Ve of ~0.055c (an ISP of ~1.7 million seconds). Fusion maxes out at a Ve of 0.089c, or ~2.7 million seconds. Antimatter? An ideal beam-core antimatter rocket can achieve a Ve of 0.58c (~17.7 million seconds), and if you can also utilize the gamma rays then the Ve maxes out at .96c, or a staggering 29.4 million seconds!
Are you actually going to be able to build rockets that can achieve those velocities with those engine types? No, because this is the real world and you can't make an idealized perfectly efficient rocket. But there's a whole three orders of magnitude of potential improvement beyond 50,000s before you hit the physical upper limit of reaction rockets.
But besides that, Orion's only advantage is that the fuel is dense ; But the ISP is only around 3000-4000 so you'll still need an absurd mass of it.
This is true of the in-depth design studies for an interplanetary orion, but those were relatively small vehicles and 50's-era pure-fission pulse unit designs. The maximum specific impulse for an orion increases with size, since it can survive using more powerful pulse units and yield rises a lot faster than mass until you hit the energy density limits of nuclear weapons. Using thermonuclear pulse unit designs will allow for more powerful pulse units at a given weight, increasing the specific impulse considerably.
For reference, the momentum-limited interstellar orion design concept had a specific impulse of ~710,000 seconds.
Just thought of something...when you factor in relativity, would that cause the craft to consume less fuel? Think about humans for instance, at high fractions of lightspeed we age slower, consume less food, etc... Would a mechanical device such as an engine consume less fuel then?
... no. It means you use more fuel. In fact, as you get into the relativistic velocity regime (past .5c or so) the required amounts of fuel start rising a lot
faster than predicted by the regular rocket equation. The idea of using high time dilation factors to get large reductions in apparent trip times is probably not workable without engines based on fantastically high-energy processes unknown to modern physics.
I swear, the relativistic rocket equation hates our guts.
If we want to accomplish something within our grandchildren's lifetimes, antimatter is not something we should put on the list of objectives. THere is no remotely cost-effective way to create it, and making it in particle accelerators a particle at a time is so staggeringly inefficient that we'd be at it all century to get anything done.
A large part of the problem with antimatter is that we currently produce it with ultra-high precision-scientific instruments on the bleeding edge of modern technology and which are optimized for things other than the production of antimatter. Forward estimated that a purpose-built antimatter production facility would be something like 10,000 times more efficient at antimatter production than scientific colliders and would bring the cost of antimatter down to ~10 million dollars per milligram, at which point it is cheap enough to be realistically used for space travel.
The bigger issue is storing antimatter for lengthy periods of time.
You could alternatively go with a laser-propelled optical sail, but that requires some intense infrastructure.
No, at least not at first. You could get away with slowly raising additional power plants and lasers to orbit over time, you would need full power after the probe would have covered a lot of distance.
You're forgetting the lenses.
Forward's original concept used a 1,000-kilometer
zone plate, levitated in place by rockets near the orbit of Neptune. While later research has reduced the necessary lens size (mostly by using materials with much higher thermal limits and therefore allowing for much higher acceleration), you still need optical elements of a size such that they cannot be feasibly lifted into orbit; you need to construct them in space, and they should be far enough out that gravitational distortions don't play merry hell with their shape.
Interstellar travel of any sort is hard
. If you're still at the point where you build your space infrastructure at the bottom of a gravity well, chances are you won't be able to pull off an interstellar mission with a low enough travel time that it won't get passed by later generations of probes. | aerospace |
https://av1tv.com/15-african-countries-agree-to-ease-travel-restrictions/ | 2023-12-09T19:15:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100942.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209170619-20231209200619-00536.warc.gz | 0.976199 | 297 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__295907767 | en | 15 African countries have agreed to further unify the continent by easing travel restrictions. Dubbed the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), this initiative has won 15 signatures from 15 African countries that have all agreed to merge to some degree their aviation markets.
The initiative was launched in January 2018 but enjoyed little to no success. However, a recent report reveals that the SAATM Pilot Implementation Project, which affiliates some of Africa’s most pronounced aviation sectors, was launched on the 14th of November 2022 by the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).
The goal of this initiative is to first and foremost strengthen the ties between African countries via restricting severe air travel restrictions.
It also has the goal of boosting the air economy of the member states involved. Based on a recent study by the African Union on the potential benefits of SAATM implementation, member states could potentially gain an additional $4.2 billion in GDP, 596,000 new jobs, and a 27% reduction in airfares.
This initial stage of SAATM which was created to improve connectivity and integration of Africa is set to be finalized before the year runs out.
The 15 signed states are set to reach a conclusion and align their respective air service agreements to the SAATM regime, during its next meeting. The meeting will be held in Abuja on the 5th of December 2022, during the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation. | aerospace |
https://reason.com/2013/05/13/military-jet-crashes-in-yemen/ | 2020-11-25T02:48:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141180636.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125012933-20201125042933-00571.warc.gz | 0.980337 | 151 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__147669310 | en | A Russian-made Yemeni military jet has crashed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa killing the pilot, an army official told AFP news agency.
The Sukhoi crashed on Monday into "Al-Asbahi residential district in southern Sanaa," the official said.
The official did not provide further details.
The accident is the second of its kind in the capital this year after 12 people died in February when another military aircraft ploughed into a building in a residential area.
That plane had also been identified as a Sukhoi SU-22 attack aircraft, and had been on a training mission.
An air base is located near the Sanaa international airport, just 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of the capital. | aerospace |
https://sbvaa.org/nsnroundlogo150/ | 2021-07-26T20:49:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152144.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20210726183622-20210726213622-00053.warc.gz | 0.816977 | 97 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__45459637 | en | November 26, 2018 / 150 x 150 px
- On This Day in Space! July 26, 2005: Space shuttle Discovery returns to flight
- Neutron star 'mountains' may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves
- Russia discards Pirs docking port to clear way for new space station module
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- The rise of space tourism could affect Earth's climate in unforeseen ways, scientists worry | aerospace |
https://offyonder.com/tag/florida/ | 2024-03-05T04:13:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948217723.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305024700-20240305054700-00203.warc.gz | 0.961933 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__26801489 | en | It’s been a childhood dream to see a Space Shuttle launch and only with the threat of the program ending have I put a concerted effort towards actually getting there to see it. Last fall I spent a week on the Space Coast in Florida waiting for STS-133, the Shuttle Discovery to fly it’s last mission. Each day they delayed the launch until finally I couldn’t afford to spend more time in Florida and they scrubbed the launch for at least a few weeks.
After months of going over the leaky fuel tank and related components the launch was scheduled again for 24 Feb 2011 and I was there, again.
As I suspected, after having so much time to get ready for the launch, Discovery was ready to go and lifted off without a hitch, much less any major holds in the countdown sequence.
At the range of about 7 miles on the 5th floor of a condo complex where some friends have a unit I got to see, hear and feel the excitement of witnessing humans breaking away from the grasp of gravity into space. It is awe inspiring.
STS-133 carried a storage module to the International Space Station as well as a new and permeant crew member: Robonaut 2. Click below for more photos. | aerospace |
http://www.kvoa.com/news/helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-near-florence/ | 2015-01-26T16:27:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115864313.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161104-00014-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.974513 | 88 | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-06__0__84649187 | en | Jun 25, 2013 1:56 PM by Associated Press
FLORENCE, AZ - Authorities say a helicopter has made an emergency landing in Pinal County after its pilot experienced some type of engine failure.
Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tamra Ingersoll says the helicopter landed safely Tuesday just north of Interstate 8.
She says the helicopter was carrying three people and they were not injured.
No further information was available. | aerospace |
https://www.iotinsider.com/podcast/iot-unplugged-s2e1-satellite-iot-is-evolving-how-and-when-will-we-see-the-benefit/ | 2024-04-24T15:08:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819668.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424143432-20240424173432-00080.warc.gz | 0.909021 | 602 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__72388745 | en | IoT Insider Editor Kristian McCann speaks with Oliver Potter, COO of Ground Control, on Satellite IoT, its evolution in IoT connectivity, the challenges it still faces, and what it’s growing development means for IoT as a whole.
Satellite IoT’s ascent in the technological landscape has been both significant and transformative, spurred by advancements in satellite communication and data processing. Originating from the early days of satellite technology, its evolution has been marked by innovations in miniaturisation and cost reduction, enabling wider access and diverse applications. Today, satellite IoT extends connectivity to the most remote areas, offering unparalleled reach in sectors ranging from environmental monitoring to global logistics. This expansion revolutionises how we manage and interact with distributed assets, facilitating real-time data exchange over vast distances. However, the journey is not without challenges. Satellite IoT grapples with issues like high deployment costs, regulatory complexities, and the need for robust, secure communication channels. Furthermore, the integration of these systems with existing terrestrial networks presents technical hurdles.
Potter highlights the need for this extra layer of connectivity due to the limited scope of cellular coverage, which encompasses only 15% of the world. This limitation positions satellites as pivotal in our data-driven era, essential for gathering information from remote assets. This data is crucial across various sectors, from predicting weather patterns using oceanic data to monitoring renewable energy sources and ensuring efficient utility operations.
“The efficient operation of our utilities, getting our gas and electric to our houses, means we need to know what the renewables are doing or what’s happening in oil and gas pipelines,” explains Potter.
The conversation further explored the diverse applications of satellite IoT, emphasising its importance in logistics and climate-responsive agriculture. These use cases underscore the technology’s critical role in areas outside cellular coverage.
Discussing the advancements in satellite technology, Potter explains: “With the low Earth orbit networks, it’s cheaper to put the satellites up, and if you’ve got hundreds or thousands of satellites, you can afford to have a few spares and move them around. So companies are then started using off the shelf parts in order to make the satellites, and therefore the cost, again, has fallen.” This insight sheds light on the economic and technological shifts enabling the expansion of satellite IoT networks.
The conversation also covered regulatory challenges, the trajectory of the satellite IoT industry, and the potential future developments, including the standardisation of satellite IoT akin to cellular networks. Potter’s insights provided a comprehensive overview of the current state and exciting future of satellite IoT.
Satellite IoT is evolving: how and when will we see the benefit? – IoT Unplugged
If the idea of appearing on the podcast to talk about IoT inspires you, feel free to reach out to us and pitch a topic you want to talk about and help us unplug the potential of IoT and explore the limitless opportunities it presents. | aerospace |
https://cornwallfreenews.com/2012/01/30/ask-captain-dan-our-resident-pilot-answers-flight-questions-january-30-2012/ | 2024-04-14T05:29:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816864.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414033458-20240414063458-00737.warc.gz | 0.939043 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__55296782 | en | CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News.
If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below.
A bit more about Captain Dan:
Captain Dan Baz enrolled in Flight School at the age of 16.
He has completed studies in Aircraft Engineering and Master of Business Administration. He has been at the controls of many different types of aircraft, from single engine Cessnas to large intercontinental jets on global routes.
Over the last four decades he has flown thousands of hours up in the blue sky.
Have a question for the Captain ? Send it to Captain Dan Baz [email protected] Every week a question from the readers will be selected and answer posted in this column. | aerospace |
https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-to-bring-aviation-safety-reporting-system-to-compliance | 2023-12-10T07:13:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101282.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210060949-20231210090949-00675.warc.gz | 0.939132 | 1,934 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__157145592 | en | Legacy Safety Reporting Systems Increase Auditing & Financial Risk
Aviation safety managers commonly tell me that audits become much less painful after switching over to their new aviation safety management system (SMS) database software.
This doesn't mean that their company always passes audits without findings, but auditors love that all SMS documentation requirements are managed within one centralized data management system instead of being scattered around in:
- File cabinets stuffed with safety reports at different locations;
- Disorganized Word files in networked drives;
- Sharepoint documents;
- Excel files that are difficult to navigate; and
- PDF audit results.
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Inefficient SMS Documentation Strategies Cost Time and Money
Another safety manager told me last week that their time spent with an SMS auditor had been reduced from the typical average of eight hours for an audit to only two hours after adopting a well-known aviation SMS software to manage SMS documentation requirements. Instead of spending all their time preparing for audits, they can now focus on "what they were hired to do," which includes but is not limited to:
- manage SMS documentation;
- provide SMS training;
- promote safety;
- interface with employees and safety managers from other companies;
- monitor safety performance;
- keep the accountable executive briefed as to the state of the aviation SMS implementation;
- identify safety trends; and
- increase safety reporting to optimal levels.
Home-Grown Safety Reporting Solutions Satisfied Requirements
After working with aviation service providers for over a dozen years with their aviation SMS implementations, we have witnessed our own trends in how operators' SMS mature over time. At first, the organization may try to manage all SMS documentation requirements using existing tools within the organization, like
- Excel and
In fact, your SMS history may resemble the following scenario. Read the following story and ask yourself, "does this resemble your SMS implementation journey?"
Since the very beginnings of your SMS implementation, your safety reporting system and risk management system were probably cobbled together from either:
- A homegrown MS Access database;
- Paper-based reporting forms;
- Excel spreadsheets; and maybe an
- Electronic safety reporting form to capture safety reports.
Safety reports would come into the system. You'd break out your spreadsheet and start to copy and paste data to where it needs to be within your cobbled-together system of isolated tools.
In the early days, these rudimentary safety reporting and risk management systems probably served their purpose, as auditors were not as thorough or demanding in those earlier days. To make these home-grown systems even more appealing, these in-house tools do not strain the budget, which in many companies, aviation SMS software is not a high-priority item, as the return on investment isn't readily apparent.
Unfortunately, maintaining your legacy safety reporting and risk management system may be more costly than you realize.
When safety managers neglect to replace older, inefficient safety reporting tools, they are needlessly burdening their company with both hidden and obvious costs.
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Maintenance Costs of Legacy Systems
Legacy aviation risk management tools become more difficult to maintain over time. Additional complexity is added to the safety reporting and risk management system each time a change occurs.
Changes may include:
- Data collection requirements from civil aviation authority;
- Integration with third party systems;
- Browser upgrades;
- Hardware upgrades;
- Database version upgrades; and/or
- Operating system upgrades.
Simple updates to one part of the safety reporting solution put in jeopardy another part. This happens especially when your aviation SMS solution is not modularly designed, but exists as an integrated tangle of several disparate systems. When product support for one system is discontinued, it costs your company with system downtime and perhaps even data losses in extreme cases.
Replacing a legacy safety reporting and risk management solution with a modern, commercially available, aviation SMS solution reduces business risk and operating costs by 20 to 30 percent.
Development Costs to Keep Your Legacy System Alive
Some operators consider hiring a developer to modify their initial aviation SMS solution. Paying software developers and subject matter experts to design a fully functioning solution that satisfies the ICAO SMS documentation requirements can become very expensive and time-consuming. Only companies with very deep pockets can afford to go down this road.
As one begins to really dig into the SMS documentation requirements, the realization comes that this a very large task that could take months of software development time. This becomes very expensive in a very short amount of time.
When considering software development costs, it pays to familiarize yourself with the software development life-cycle. There is more to writing code and pushing it out to users than most laymen realize. There are:
- requirements gathering;
- feature design;
- software development;
- user acceptance activities;
- bug fixes; and, if you are lucky,
- implementation and testing in production environment;
- final release to production;
- monitoring for anomalies not detected in previous steps; and
- more bug fixes and dealing with enhancement requests.
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- When to Design Your Own Aviation SMS Database
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Supporting Your Upgraded Safety Reporting System
If you choose to upgrade your legacy system, you need to ensure that your company can support this upgraded system. Will your development team be available for the next several years to fix any bugs or add any additional enhancements?
Enhancements are almost always to be expected. For example, the Europeans just started their SMS implementations a couple of years ago. In November 2015, another regulation went into effect requiring aviation service providers to submit mandatory reports in an XML format. Will your developer be around to handle such a task? While these are not common occurrences, they do happen every couple of years.
Compliance Is Number One Driver to Acquire Aviation SMS Database
Aviation service providers have not been creating or purchasing aviation safety reporting solutions because they are interested in promoting safety. If this were the case, there would not be any need for aviation SMS regulatory requirements. Operators are developing or acquiring SMS database software because they have realized that the SMS documentation requirements are not a trivial matter. Why? There is a requirement for demonstrating continuous improvement in your aviation SMS!
How do you demonstrate continuous improvement if you do not have the necessary tools to measure and track safety-related activities? This is perhaps the number one driver for operators to either build or acquire an aviation SMS database.
There are many benefits to having a state-of-the-art aviation SMS database, including:
- Marketing your "state-of-the-art" safety program to potential customers;
- Reducing risk exposure;
- Saving money on insurance premiums (possible, but not always);
- Increased employee morale; and
- Reducing operating costs.
Despite these benefits, aviation service providers seldom implement aviation SMS data management strategies until it becomes a regulatory requirement. Sure, there are a few proactive operators out there, but they are definitely not the typical operator. Most operators initiate SMS implementations to get ahead of the regulatory requirements.
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Civil Aviation Authorities Influence SMS Data Management Strategies
As we stated above, industry regulations change over time. Operators know this. As an example from the United States, most operators refused to pursue aviation SMS implementations until they knew what would eventually be required by the FAA. These operators refused to even start the implementation process because they didn't want to implement a system only to learn that the requirements had changed as soon as they were well underway in the implementation process.
The costs for software developers to keep your safety reporting and risk management tools compliant can be surprisingly high. Yet this may be a necessary expense for some companies. Would you protect your personal data on your computer with anti-virus software that was eight years old? Then why risk your aviation SMS' reputation on outdated tools that fail to meet aviation authority requirements?
Modernize Your Aviation SMS Tools to Become Regulatory Compliant
As you consider the above points, the costs of maintaining or modernizing your legacy aviation SMS solution may seem too high. Upgrading the programming languages, servers, and workflows needed to bring your aviation SMS data management strategy into compliance can be very expensive. However, failing to address these SMS requirements can cost you your certification and possibly cause you to lose clients.
You do have options.
Build your own solution, or choose another alternative. Ask us for a demo of the best aviation SMS solution on the market. Yes, we can say this is the best. After hearing this stated by consultants and customers alike, we finally believe SMS Pro is the best SMS database software available today.
If you want to see for yourself what an integrated aviation SMS database can do, please watch these short demo videos.
Last updated in December 2023. | aerospace |
http://investor.sirius.com/releasedetail-xm.cfm?sh_print=yes&Releaseid=333711 | 2015-10-05T17:07:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736677497.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215757-00205-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.921441 | 1,651 | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__146037830 | en | Delivery represents the first fruits of Alcatel Space's industrial cooperation with Hughes Space & Communications
National, April 17, 2000 -- Alcatel Space, Europe's leading satellite exporter, today announced the completion and delivery to Hughes Space & Communications Company of the first of two state-of-the-art communications payloads for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR). The second payload is scheduled for delivery in May 2000.
The XM payload was manufactured and integrated onto its module at Alcatel Space's Toulouse, France, facility. On Friday, April 14, 2000, it was shipped to Hughes' spacecraft factory in El Segundo, CA, where the 3,500-pound payload module will be integrated into Hughes' 702 spacecraft bus. Hughes Space & Communications (HSC), the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, will conduct functional, antenna range and environmental testing on the spacecraft in preparation for launch later this year.
In making the announcement, Alcatel Space President and CEO Jean-Claude Husson stated, "We designed the largest payload ever made, and we successfully demonstrated our capabilities to meet the challenge of its very high-power requirement. Our collaboration with Hughes went extremely well, and I am proud of the confidence placed in us by both Hughes and XM Radio."
Hugh Panero, XM's President and CEO commented, "Completion of this payload module represents a tremendous milestone in XM's development. XM is on schedule and well on its way to launching its satellites later this year. It has taken an enormous engineering and manufacturing effort to produce the most powerful payload in the world, and everyone, from XM's space segment team to crews at Hughes and Alcatel Space, can be proud of this achievement."
"We call the Hughes 702 satellite our 'powerhouse,' and thus it is particularly well-suited for the XM Satellite mission," said HSC President and CEO Tig H. Krekel. "With 18 kilowatts total spacecraft power at beginning of life, these will be the most capable satellites Hughes has built."
The XM payload provides two very powerful S-band downlink channels over the contiguous United States with an equivalent radio-frequency (RF) transmit power more than 7 megawatts per channel, a first in the satellite industry.
The payload benefits from several innovative developments from Alcatel Space in paralleling power amplifiers. XM's high channel transmission power is obtained by combining sixteen 228-watt S-band traveling wave tube amplifiers through a multi-stage configuration. This power level is needed to allow digital radio satellite signals to be received with ample margin in cars or at home throughout the contiguous United States, thereby offering excellent sound quality and a large reception footprint.
XM's Hughes 702 satellites, dubbed "XM-Rock" and "XM-Roll," will operate in geostationary orbit, positioned on either side of the United States at 115° West Longitude and 85° West Longitude, respectively. XM's uplink facility, provided by Calian's SED Systems, will be collocated with the company's Washington, DC, studios and broadcast center, and Telesat Canada will provide in-orbit operations.
Alcatel Space's involvement in the field of Satellite Digital Audio Broadcasting started back in 1994 with the company's cooperation with WorldSpace, today the world's first operational digital audio broadcasting system. With WorldSpace's AfriStar satellite launched in 1998 and in service since October 1999, and the second satellite, AsiaStar, launched this past March 21, the WorldSpace program continues to progress under the prime contractorship of Alcatel Space. For WorldSpace, Alcatel designed sophisticated payload solutions using on-board baseband digital processing techniques, allowing easy uplinking of radio programs and the possibility of bandwidth-on-demand to broadcasters. XM Radio's satellite system technology and design capitalize on Alcatel's experience.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is developing a new band of radio. Starting the first half of 2001, XM Radio will beam up 100 channels of digital quality music, news, sports, talk and children's programming directly from its two powerful satellites to vehicle, home and portable XM-Ready radios coast to coast. Listeners will be able to drive from New York to Los Angeles, Chicago to Corpus Christi while continuing to listen to their favorite XM channels without searching the dial as they travel through unfamiliar parts of the country.
The XM sound will combine leading brand-name channels with distinctive formats produced in XM Radio's fully digital Programming Center by some of the country's leading artists, producers, programmers and radio format designers. XM-ready radios will be manufactured by such household names as Sony, Alpine, Pioneer Electronics Corporation, Delphi Delco Electronic Systems, Audiovox, Clarion, Mitsubishi Electronic Automotive America, Motorola and the Sharp Corporation.
The service will be easy to order, with XM-Ready radios available at car dealerships and consumer electronics stores across the country. The company has a long-term distribution agreement with General Motors to integrate XM-Ready radios into its vehicles commencing in 2001. XM will be available to truckers, boaters and airplane passengers through deals with Freightliner and Pana-Pacific, Marine Audio, and LiveTV respectively.
American Mobile Satellite Corporation (NASDAQ:SKYC) holds a controlling interest in the company, which is also backed by General Motors, Clear Channel Communications and DIRECTV, respectively, the leading car, radio and satellite TV companies in the US.
First there was AM, then FM and soon ... XM Satellite Radio. For more information, please visit XM's new website: www.xmradio.com.
About Hughes Space and Communications:
HSC is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, having built nearly 40 percent of those in operation. It also is a major supplier of spacecraft and equipment to the U.S. government, and a builder of weather satellites for the United States and Japan.
HSC introduced the 702 model spacecraft in 1995 to meet customer requirements for satellites with more than 10 kilowatts of power, and with flexible payload capacity. A total of ten of these powerhouses have been ordered by such customers as PanAmSat Corporation, XM Satellite Radio, Telesat Canada, and Hughes SpacewayTM. This year three more Hughes 702s are scheduled for launch.
HSC is a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. The earnings of Hughes Electronics, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock. For more information about HSC, visit its website www.hughespace.com.
About Alcatel Space:
Alcatel Space, Europe's leading satellite exporter, ranks among the world's leading space systems industries. With expertise in civil and military applications, Alcatel Space develops satellite technology for telecommunications, navigation, optical and radar observation, meteorology, science. With partners around the world, subsidiaries throughout Europe, and a strong commitment to R&D, Alcatel Space plays an important role -- as prime contractor, operator, investor, or service provider -- in a majority of ongoing space programs. An affiliate of Alcatel (51%) and Thomson-CSF (49%), Alcatel Space generated a 1999 turnover of 9.3 billion francs (1.6 billion Euros). The Company employs 5,500 people. For more information, please visit our Web site on www.alcatel.com/telecom/space.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include uncertainties associated with the launch of our satellites, the company's dependence on third party vendors, its continuing need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Inc.'s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio' s Investor Relations Department.Press Contacts | aerospace |
http://apollolaunchcontrol.com/ | 2017-09-19T15:01:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818685850.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170919145852-20170919165852-00594.warc.gz | 0.90942 | 246 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__178335511 | en | Resources on this site, apollolaunchcontrol.com
This site serves as a companion to my books and research, specifically related to the technology and processes used at Kennedy Space Center during Apollo. The website will be significantly expanded throughout the coming year, so check back often.
The interactive format of a website gives me the opportunity to highlight some interesting things that you just can't show well in a book. On the other hand, a book allows you to provide more descriptive narrative than you can in a website.
So, please enjoy the books and website together! Information is cross-referenced whenever possible. We will be expanding this website frequently with new information and photos.
My other Apollo website is www.apollo-saturn.com. It focuses on the people, teams, and organizations that assembled, tested, and launched the Apollo missions from Kennedy Space Center.
www.BringingColumbiaHome is dedicated to the STS-107 mission and the recovery and reconstruction of shuttle Columbia after the February 1, 2003 accident.
The People of Kennedy Space Center During the Apollo Era
Resources on apollo-saturn.com
Our Two Sites on Apollo/Saturn at Kennedy Space Center | aerospace |
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1186680800/Rockets-fill-the-sky | 2015-08-02T22:35:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042989301.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002309-00272-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.972497 | 809 | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__64123430 | en | Rockets fill the sky
To help sponsor the team’s trip to the April rocket competition in Alabama, contact Jeffrey LaCosse at [email protected].
It was rocket science, and it was simply fun.
High school students from Durham literally had a field day Sunday afternoon as they launched their self-created rockets toward the heavens from a stretch of open land off South Lowell Road in Bahama.
A team from Jordan High School and a second team of students from Jordan, Durham School of the Arts and the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics took turns sending their rockets hundreds of feet into the air.
The Jordan team’s first try fizzled, but they were undeterred. Within minutes, they had their rocket tearing away from the launch pad with a deafening SWOOSH. Instead of going straight up, it took a slight turn and landed on the other side of the field.
“Wow!” one student said. “Where did it go? Oh, there it is!”
The hope was that it would shoot straight up 850 feet instead of 577, according to Jeffrey LaCosse, a Jordan science teacher who mentors the team. But Sunday’s launch was part of the team’s research to determine what was flawed and needed improving.
The other group is part of the Student Launch Initiative Team program, which recently won NASA’s approval to develop a rocket that will be launched with those from 20 high schools and 30 university teams around the United States at the Marshall Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., in April.
LaCosse, who also serves as team administrator for the Durham Area Rocketry Team, is thrilled that the group will be at the nationwide event.
Sunday’s launch used half-scale versions of the rockets they’ll use in Huntsville.
Once NASA gives final OK on the design, the Durham team members can build their full-scale rocket that will shoot about 6,000 feet high.
Logan Herrera, a 17-year-old senior at NCSSM and member of the NASA-sponsored team, said he got a rocket for Christmas one year, and has loved them ever since.
“I’ve just stayed with it, going to bigger and better stuff,” he said. “This is a great opportunity to do some high-powered rocketry, and do it in a structured way with NASA.”
Kevin Ostrowski, a 17-year-old senior at Jordan and team leader of DART, said physics has always been his passion. He said creating rockets takes him from the abstract to the concrete.
“It’s been a great experience,” he said.
Andrew Adams, 16, is an 11th-grader at NCSSM who will be at the Alabama rocket launch.
“It’s just fascinating, because here on earth, we have a chance to impact just about everything else,” he said. “Normally, our thinking is limited to earth, but when we launch rockets, it makes us think: ‘What’s out there? How can we expand our horizons?’ And I want to be part of that.”
LaCosse, who teaches physics and math at Jordan, said he’s been drawn to rockets since he was 12. He’s 49 now, and hasn’t lost that loving feeling.
“When the students do their calculations and see that the rocket goes almost as high as they predicted, it’s very fun to watch,” he said. “It’s the first time some of them have ever seen a rocket fly. And when I see them, I see myself a long time ago when I was a kid.” | aerospace |
https://jobs.ngc.careers/jobs/JSD20180409-47359?lang=en-us | 2018-09-19T06:01:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267155924.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20180919043926-20180919063926-00353.warc.gz | 0.872301 | 522 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__202946101 | en | Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Careers
Sr Design Tech
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people?s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation?s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work ? and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they?re making history.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Under limited supervision, designs relatively simple mechanical and/or electro-mechanical components and/or assemblies. Develops layouts and detail drawings in accordance with engineering standards. Understands and utilizes geometric tolerancing methods to check fit, form, and function.
- Modifies CAD models and changes drawings.
- Modifies layouts and performs limited mathematical computations to tolerance stacks
- Verifies the syntax of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing for accuracy
Education and Experience
Generally requires HS & 4years or equivalentcombination of education &experience.
Full knowledge of product line. Complete understanding of our specific CAD and/or PLM toolsets, design practices, procedures and standards.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
Job Type: Full Time
Desired Travel: less than 25%
Years of Experience: 5-8 Years
Education: High School/GED | aerospace |
https://www.usairports.com/ | 2024-04-20T13:06:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817650.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420122043-20240420152043-00167.warc.gz | 0.952272 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__6118797 | en | Welcome to USAirports Flight Support!
USAirports is a family-owned, full service FBO conveniently located at the Frederick Douglass-Greater Rochester International Airport and serves the General Aviation community in a state-of-the-art facility 24/7/365. We provide a full range of ground support services such as fueling, hangaring, aircraft maintenance, cargo handling, tie down, and ramp parking. USAirports has a long history of being committed to customer satisfaction, providing cost effective quality services to the aviation industry.
The most important aspect of USAirports Flight Support's mission is to provide a safe, efficient and customer focused airport to serve the Greater Rochester area. We offer a 24/7/365 full-service Part 145 certified Aircraft Repair Station (UG6R085O). Our staff of certified Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics supports both the general aviation community as well as provides line maintenance to the commercial aircraft serving Rochester, NY. | aerospace |
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.161 | 2022-05-20T17:34:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662533972.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520160139-20220520190139-00640.warc.gz | 0.927831 | 520 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__67520380 | en | 14 CFR § 61.161 - Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
(a) A person who is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with a rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating, must have at least 1,200 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least:
(1) 500 hours of cross-country flight time;
(3) 200 hours of flight time in helicopters, which includes at least 75 hours as a pilot in command, or as second in command performing the duties of a pilot in command under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof; and
(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions, of which at least 50 hours are obtained in flight with at least 25 hours in helicopters as a pilot in command, or as second in command performing the duties of a pilot in command under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, an applicant may receive credit for not more than a total of 25 hours of simulated instrument time in a full flight simulator and flight training device.
(3) A maximum of 50 hours of training in a full flight simulator or flight training device may be credited toward the instrument flight time requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this section if the aeronautical experience is accomplished in an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.
(c) Flight time logged under § 61.159(c) may be counted toward the 1,200 hours of total time as a pilot required by paragraph (a) of this section and the flight time requirements of paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (4) of this section, except for the specific helicopter flight time requirements.
(d) An applicant who credits time under paragraph (c) of this section is issued an airline transport pilot certificate with the limitation, “Holder does not meet the pilot in command aeronautical experience requirements of ICAO,” as prescribed under Article 39 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
(e) An applicant is entitled to an airline transport pilot certificate without the ICAO limitation specified under paragraph (d) of this section when the applicant presents satisfactory evidence of having met the ICAO requirements under paragraph (d) of this section and otherwise meets the aeronautical experience requirements of this section.
The following state regulations pages link to this page. | aerospace |
https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Dewoitine_D.520 | 2024-04-17T00:25:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817112.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416222403-20240417012403-00208.warc.gz | 0.975459 | 418 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__74834106 | en | The Dewoitine D.520 was designed in response to a 1936 requirement from the French Air Force for a fast, modern fighter with a good climbing speed and an armament centred on a 20 mm cannon. The first flight occured on 2 October 1938 but deliveries started at autumn 1939, the first flight unit, the Groupe de Chasse I/3, receiving its first aircraft in January 1940. By 10 May 1940, when Germany invaded France and the Low Countries, 228 D.520s had been manufactured, but the French Air Force had only accepted 75. This valuable fighter was slower than the Bf 109E but superior in manoeuvrability. By the armistice at the end of June 1940, 437 D.520s had been built with 351 delivered. After the armistice, 165 D.520s were evacuated to North Africa. A total of 153 D.520s remained in mainland France, in service for the Vichy Air Force as the main fighter. Other examples sized by german forces were sold to Regia Aeronautica and Bulgaria or used by the Luftwaffe as advanced trainer (once the invasion of Vichy done in November 1942). Several airframes left by retraiting german units were used by Free French (F.F.I.) units in ground attacks against the isolated German pockets of resistance on the South West of France and the Western coast. These battles the second half of 1944 were preceded by a handfull of D.520 used by Free French in Middle East in 1941 (when Vichy forces left Lebanon) for training purpose (look at Normandija – Neman). North Africa examples after november 1942 flew a few patrols during the Tunisia Campaign, but were relegated to training duties at the fighter school in Meknes from 1943. Last examples flew as advanced trainers until 1948.
More 900 Dewoitine D.520 were built.
This page lists all films that feature the Dewoitine D.520. | aerospace |
http://www.multichannel.com/news/satellite/intelsat-loses-bird-sale-jeopardy/302134 | 2017-03-25T06:49:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218188824.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212948-00313-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.924692 | 190 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__39896299 | en | Intelsat Loses Bird; Sale in Jeopardy?11/30/2004 5:19 AM Eastern
Intelsat Ltd. said its “Americas-7” satellite was lost following a sudden "electrical distribution anomaly" Sunday, AP reported.
The satellite, which launched in September 1999, provided service to North America, Alaska, Hawaii and parts of South America, according to AP.
The bird’s electrical failure could threaten the planned $3.1 billion sale of Intelsat to Zeus Holdings Ltd., which now has the option of canceling the transaction, AP reported.
Intelsat said the upcoming launch of its “IA-8” satellite, currently scheduled for Dec. 17, will help to mitigate the loss, adding that it is working with Space Systems/Loral, the bird’s manufacturer, to identify the cause of the problem, according to AP. | aerospace |
https://www.azyok.com/spacex-will-launch-turkeys-first-nationwide-communications-satellite-tv-for-pc-turksat-6a-into-space/ | 2021-10-27T22:11:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588244.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027212831-20211028002831-00183.warc.gz | 0.945768 | 481 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__41731240 | en | SpaceX Will Launch Turkey’s First Nationwide Communications Satellite Tv For Pc Türksat 6A into Space
Turkey has been making severe investments in house and satellite tv for pc applied sciences for a while. in this context; considered one of the projects being worked on is the satellite tv for pc called Türksat 6A. The satellite, that is anticipated to be finished on the end of 2022 and launched into house in 2023, shall be registered as Turkey’s first national communique satellite tv for pc.
The Minister of Delivery and Infrastructure, who met with the members of the press today, >Adil Karaismailoğlu made vital statements referring to Türksat 6A. Pronouncing that Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has agreed to release this satellite into house, Karaismailoğlu stated that SpaceX will perform this operation with the Falcon NINE rocket. Türksat A.Ş. provides release services for Türksat 6A. Minister Karaismailoğlu emphasized that the settlement is the primary agreement with an instantaneous launcher company.
“Checking Out segment has all started”
the following statements were made by means of Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu; “The engineering type integration actions of the undertaking had been completed and the take a look at section has all started.
Work and preparations are carried out in coordination with Mission Supervisor Establishment TÜBİTAK UZAY and other stakeholders.Solutions and recommendations of many launcher companies have been meticulously inspected As a results of the evaluations and negotiations, the Falcon-NINE rocket of SpaceX, situated within the U.S.A., which gives the best resolution in phrases of each technical, administrative and monetary aspects, was once selected because the launcher.in this context, Türksat and House Exploration Tech. Corp. (SpaceX) >) signed a release carrier contract for Türksat 6A satellite tv for pc.This settlement additionally provides release services and products as Türksat A.Ş. it is the first settlement straight away signed with the launch company, instead of the Chinese satellite tv for pc manufacturer. Actions and transactions within the scope of the stated launcher carrier agreement will likely be performed via Türksat A.Ş. professional workforce.” | aerospace |
https://wstale.com/science/nasa-reveals-more-about-school-bus-sized-asteroid-on-earth-close-approach/ | 2020-10-31T04:08:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107912807.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20201031032847-20201031062847-00237.warc.gz | 0.940795 | 727 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__95373511 | en | Asteroid 2020 SW will safely barrel past our planet this Thursday, astronomers at NASA have announced. The small space rock will briefly visit Earth’s neighbourhood in the coming hours, the US space agency said. This event is of particular interest because the asteroid will blast past the blue planet at only 13,000 miles (22,00km) distance.
Although this might actually seem a long way, it is actually highly unusual for an asteroid to make such a close approach.
There are a large number of tiny asteroids like this one, and several of them approach our planet as close as this several times every year
Dr Paul Chodas
The range will in fact encroach below the ring of geostationary satellites in orbit approximately 22,000 miles (36,000km) from Earth.
NASA is able to inform the public a great deal about 2020 SM based only on the asteroid’s brightness.
The asteroid is now known to be roughly 15 to 30ft (5 to 10m) in diameter, equating to the size of “school bus”, the space agency said.
To prevent any panic, NASA are at pains to point out the rock is not heading for Earth and instead pass our planet safely.
In fact, even if the asteroid were on an impact trajectory with the planet, the space rock would certainly incinerate in the atmosphere.
This would result in the cosmic debris becoming a bright meteor commonly called a fireball.
Dr Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, said in a statement: “There are a large number of tiny asteroids like this one, and several of them approach our planet as close as this several times every year.
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“In fact, asteroids of this size impact our atmosphere at an average rate of about once every year or two.”
As its name indicates, asteroid 2020 SW was only discovered this year.
The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona was responsible for this incredible find.
Researchers also revealed it will make its closest approach at 12.12pm BST (7.12am ET) on September 24 over the Pacific.
Then following this close approach, the space rock will continue its trajectory around our Sun.
The asteroid will then not return to our neighbourhood until 2041 at the very earliest. 2020 SM will then make a far more distant visit.
NASA has in recent years been given the goal of finding 90 percent of the near-Earth asteroids 460ft (140m) or larger.
This is because such space rocks pose an existential threat threat should they ever impact Earth.
Their large dimensions mean these can easily be tracked far away from Earth.
This is because they are simply much brighter than their smaller cousins.
There are now believed to be more than 100 million small asteroids such as 2020 SW.
However, smaller space rocks are actually harder to keep an eye on unless they pass very close to our planet.
Dr Chodas added: ”The detection capabilities of NASA’s asteroid surveys are continually improving, and we should now expect to find asteroids of this size a couple days before they come near our planet.”
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http://blog.martin-riley.co.uk/2017/02/ | 2024-02-29T11:46:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474808.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229103115-20240229133115-00793.warc.gz | 0.948893 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__157452726 | en | You've got your plans in place. But how do you know you're on track for success?
In January we took time for thinking, planning, and preparing our next move. Now that we know where we're going and how we're going to get there, we need to evaluate our progress along the way.
Are we hitting the right checkpoints, at the right time, and in the right order?
When a Boeing 777 sets off from Gatwick with 350 passengers, and a hold full of luggage, the pilot has more than a vague idea of where to point the plane. The dashboard is full of dials to help the pilot monitor global position, air speed, altitude, time travelled, fuel levels, engine performance etc. Ensuring that when the plane touches down it lands not only in the right country, but at the right airport and with 350 happy passengers! | aerospace |
https://pappleaviation.ca/air-taxi-2/ | 2021-07-31T21:56:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154126.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20210731203400-20210731233400-00331.warc.gz | 0.929772 | 591 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__189086625 | en | We offer air taxi services between points within Ontario for up to 3 passengers during daylight hours. Our air taxi flights are usually between points that are not serviced by the major airlines (we can’t beat the prices of the airlines)
One of our most popular destinations is to Gore Bay, on Manitoulin Island (scroll down for pricing), since we can get there from Seaforth or Goderich in 2 hours or less – saving you a lot of time over travelling there by car and or ferry. If you need to travel to downtown Toronto for a meeting or social outing we can land at Toronto Island Airport, right in the heart of Toronto.
We can take up to 3 passengers with a combined weight of up to 600 lbs from airports and 500 lbs from our farm (including any small luggage), we may also be able to accommodate heavier groups on a case-by-case basis.
“Wait & Return” service is available if you have an appointment or meeting you would like us to fly you to, wait, and then fly you home. Pilot waiting time is charged at $40/hour.
Having a flexible schedule is recommended, as our flights are weather-dependent. We want you to have a safe and enjoyable flight getting to your destination so if the weather forecast isn’t predicting good conditions the flight will need to be postponed or rescheduled.
Air taxi flights are charged as a round-trip package, even if passengers in your group are only travelling one way. Pricing is $2.35/nautical mile. For flights where a group is only going one way we are able to charge a reduced rate of $1.75/nautical mile for the portion of the flight when that group is not in the plane. We’re able to offer this reduced rate because we occasionally are able to find a group with flexible travel dates who wants to fly a portion of the flight that would otherwise be without passengers.
Most airports don’t have landing or ramp fees, but a few such as: Toronto Island, Hamilton, Sudbury, and Owen Sound do – for flights with landings at these these airports the landing and/or ramp fees will be added to the cost of the flight.
Pricing for popular routes from Seaforth:
|Destination||Drop-off price||Wait and Return price|
|Gore Bay |
(see notes below)
*All prices shown include up to 3 passengers.
*HST will be added to the above prices.
*Wait and Return price will have a $40/hour waiting fee added to the total listed above
*For Toronto Island the airport charges a landing fee (approx. $17) + parking/drop-off fee ($40-80, depending on length of stay). These amounts will be confirmed at time of booking and added to the trip cost. | aerospace |
https://www.hawaiisbestgunshop.com/web-stories/indigo-indigo-to-ground-more-than-30-airbus/ | 2024-04-24T02:19:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00489.warc.gz | 0.944456 | 219 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__196014421 | en | IndiGo To Ground More Than 30 Airbus A320s
IndiGo, India's largest airline, had been talking to Pratt & Whitney about the GTF engine problem's impact
on its fleet. The airline had anticipated the grounding of multiple planes, but now has an estimate.
IndiGo now knows how many planes it must withdraw for Pratt & Whitney GTF engine inspection. The airline expects the figure to be in
the mid-30s and that the grounding will occur in the fourth quarter of 2024, from January to April.
A preliminary assessment after P&W conversations led the airline to this number. The engine builder indicated
earlier this year that the powder metal issue affecting its new GTF aviation engine could require the testing of 600–700 engines worldwide.
P&W's GTF engine troubles will ground the aircraft, adding to IndiGo's 40+ A320s out of service owing to
global supply chain issues. IndiGo may retire 80 planes in the first three months of next year.
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https://hal149.com/tag/automotive/ | 2021-12-08T19:51:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363520.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208175210-20211208205210-00444.warc.gz | 0.964964 | 183 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__45176323 | en | Afterburners are commonly agreed to be the coolest feature of military fighter aircraft. Injecting raw fuel into the exhaust stream of a jet engine, afterburners are responsible for that red-hot flaming exhaust and the key to many aircraft achieving supersonic flight. [Integza] wanted to see if the same concept could be applied to an electric ducted fan, and set out to find out.
Of course, building an afterburner for an EDF does add a lot of complication. A flame tube was installed downstream of the EDF, fitted with a brass tube drilled carefully to act as a fuel injector. The flame tube was also fitted with an automotive glow plug in order to ignite the fuel, which was lighter refill gas straight from a can. The whole assembly is wrapped up inside a clear acrylic tube that allows one to easily see what’s happening inside with the combustion. | aerospace |
http://www.aviationheritage.org/view_person.asp?id=120510 | 2019-07-18T11:52:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525627.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718104512-20190718130512-00086.warc.gz | 0.715534 | 160 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__63778080 | en | NAMOLA, CHESTER T.
|Service:||United States Army Air Forces|
|Date of Death:||16 June 1942|
|Units:||8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, USAAF †|
|28 March 1942||P-40 41-5576: Aircraft force landed at 'Wheat Hill', Berridale, NSW, after becoming lost in bad weather.|
|THIS PERSON HAS NO KNOWN GRAVE|
|Memorial:||MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY|
|Panel:||Walls of the Missing|
American Battle Monuments Commission
Record updated on 10 June 2018.
|Website Designed and Built by Daniel J. Leahy, 2016-19.| | aerospace |
https://teddriver.net/Navigating/GpsOutages/ | 2022-05-22T20:43:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662546071.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522190453-20220522220453-00075.warc.gz | 0.884495 | 762 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__276192722 | en | GPS satellite outages are determined by the US Space Force using a Notice Advisory to Navstar Users (NANU). NANUs are categorized by their type and can represent forecasted, current or summary outages. See the full list of outage types on the CelesTrak website.
NOTE: The Satellite Outage File supplied by 2SOPS and made available to the public on the NAVCEN website has inconsistencies. I have worked with Analytical Graphics Inc. to produce a consistent Satellite Outage File. I use this consistent file to display the outages on this page. Please contact me to learn more about how this file was modified.
GPS satellite outages identified as current by the US Space Force. Current outage types are usually reserved for unscheduled outages.
There are no current outages at this time.
GPS satellite outages identified as predicted by the US Space Force.
There are no predicted outages at this time.
GPS satellite outages identified as historical by the US Space Force, occurring within the last month.
|PRN||SVN||NANU||Type||Outage start||Outage stop||Duration|
|18||75||2022023||FCSTSUMM||May 19, 2022 20:19:00||May 20, 2022 02:03:00||00d:05h:44m:000s|
Last checked for outage data: 2022-05-22 20:43:46Z
ICD-GPS-240C defines the Satellite Outage File fields in Section 30: Appendix 3. In that section, specific NANU types are associated with specific Satellite Outage File states; Historical, Predicted and Current. In the currently published satellite outage files, there is a NANU type that is not covered: FCSTUUFN. This NANU type is defined in the ICD, but not covered by the SOF definition in Appendix 3, so there is no ICD controlled way to add this outage type to the SOF.
The basics of how GPS works with some technical content.
How Long Can You Use an Almanac?
GPS position data is contained in almanac files. Learn how long you can use these for analysis.
Quantitative Analytics for BVLOS Operational Risk Assessments
Using quantitative analytics, we show that functions describing metrics of interest in BVLOS ORAs can be used to define risk likelihood. This leads to a way to automate operational risk assessments, and visually display risk likelihood for faster, more accurate UAV operator decision making.
Understanding GPS Navigation in Contested Environments
Review of GPS errors, their source and how we can mitigate them. Review of terrain datums and their operational usage and an overview of alternative navigation techniques.
Operational Considerations for Improved Accuracy with an IOC Galileo Constellation
This paper looks at how the Galileo operators can improve the performance of an initial Galileo constellation by managing their ephemeris and clock errors. Keeping those errors small can help keep initial positioning errors small, even when large DOPs are present.
Long term prediction of GPS accuracy - Understanding the Fundamentals
Topics on prediction methods for GPS and how long GPS errors can be predicted. Starting from an understanding of the elements of prediction, including almanac use and ephemeris and clock errors, I look at the statistics of GPS position error predictions under various scenarios.
Statistical Analysis of Military and Civilian Navigation Error Data Services
This paper examines the difference between ephemeris and clock errors generated using civilian data versus those generated using military data. The different data sources result from civilian GPS receiver and military GPS receiver. | aerospace |
https://weareppa.com/articles/court-of-appeals-rules-hobbyis | 2022-12-07T20:58:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711218.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207185519-20221207215519-00506.warc.gz | 0.961775 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__153171757 | en | On May 19th, the District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against the FAA's regulations requiring hobbyist drone users to register their drone with the FAA. The Court stated:
"...Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act prohibits the FAA from promulgating 'any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft.' The Registration Rule is a rule regarding model aircraft. Therefore, the Registration Rule is unlawful to the extent that it applies to model aircraft."
This basically means that since the Reform Act of 2012 was passed three years before the regulations were put into place, and since, according to the court, drones classify as model aircrafts, the requirements for hobbyists are unconstitutional.
Looking over the Court's opinion, we at PPA respectfully disagree. According to the FAA, 1.6 million drones have been registered for recreational purposes. This number is only going to increase as time goes on. Since many hobbyists are not fully aware of the regulations, limitations, and drone waivers required by the FAA, there must be some way to track and regulate all drones that go up into the air.
Additionally, with the number of close calls reported by airplane pilots and air-traffic control men, it is more important than before to have a way to track drones and ensure they are being operated safely.
PPA believes that having ample knowledge and understanding of drones is so necessary that we are in the process of introducing our own Drone Certification Program coming in July of 2017. For more information, please email Julia Boyd at [email protected].
Stay updated about changes to drone regulations and much more at PPA.com/Drones. | aerospace |
https://onlinenews9.in/business/wencor-announces-an-exclusive-multi-year-defense-partnership-with-regal-rexnord-aerospace/ | 2023-12-11T00:16:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102697.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210221943-20231211011943-00259.warc.gz | 0.910581 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__44161909 | en | Wencor announces an exclusive, multi-year defense partnership with Regal Rexnord Aerospace and an extension of their current exclusive commercial aftermarket agreement.
Peachtree City, GA (March 30, 2023) Regal Rexnord Aerospace has selected Wencor as its exclusive distributor supporting the global military and government aftermarkets for Regal Rexnord’s seal and bearings products. In addition to the agreement, Wencor and Regal Rexnord Aerospace recently announced the extension of their exclusive global agreement, in which, Wencor will continue to distribute Regal Rexnord Aerospace seals and bearings to the commercial aviation aftermarket through 2027.
“Regal Rexnord Aerospace has enjoyed a strategic partnership with Wencor for nearly two decades, which has proven to be value-added in servicing the growing needs of the aerospace market. We are pleased to continue our joint efforts in supporting our mutual commercial and defense customers with the highest quality of engineered solutions,” said Regal Rexnord Vice President and General Manager – Aerospace Division, Jamie Quilter.
“Regal Rexnord has been a great partner for almost twenty years, consistently offering a growing portfolio of products. We are excited to extend and expand our long-term relationship, both of which allows Wencor to continue delivering on its value proposition of providing innovative solutions that enhance reliability and availability to our commercial and defense customers through our best-in-class service levels,” adds Wencor Chief Executive Officer, Shawn Trogdon.
Wencor has been a trusted partner in aerospace and defense for over 60 years, offering CMM and DER repairs, PMA design and development as well as an extensive network of distribution solutions to help customers lower the cost of aircraft ownership while increasing reliability. We support most of the commercial airlines, repair stations and OEMs worldwide through our corporate affiliates; Absolute Aviation Services, Aerospace Coatings International, Accessory Technologies, Aviatron, Fortner Engineering, PHS Aviation, Silver Wings Aerospace, Soundair Aviation Services, Aero-Glen International, ASC International and Kitco Defense. Wencor is headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia area with additional offices in Utah, Alabama, California, Florida, New York, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Amsterdam, Singapore, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Istanbul. For more information, please visit www.wencor.com and follow Wencor on LinkedIn.
About Regal Rexnord Aerospace
For over 65 years, Regal Rexnord has provided quality bearings, seals, gears and electrical components used in the aerospace industry all over the world. As the premier leader in the supply of highly engineered specialty bearings and mechanical seals, Regal Rexnord products can be found in every aspect of the aerospace industry, from engine systems and flight controls, to landing gear and aircraft structures. Whether it’s the rudder of a plane or a landing gear, Regal Rexnord Aerospace products help guarantee a smooth operation. | aerospace |
http://bluewavepix.blogspot.com/2011/01/runway-sign.html | 2021-08-03T06:41:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154432.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20210803061431-20210803091431-00501.warc.gz | 0.967474 | 107 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__76576928 | en | To designate where a pilot and their aircraft are at an airport, there are these signs near each intersection. I took this shot during the media flight of Hawaiian Air's Bellanca Pacemaker. The photo above shows us at the intersection of Taxiway F and Runway 4R/22L. The control tower instructed our pilot to hold short of Runway 4R. The workers in the background are from the US Air Force. They are doing maintenance on the barrier cable that runs across Runway 4R for fighter planes in distress. | aerospace |
https://www.onetravel.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines-dt | 2022-12-06T00:22:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711064.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20221205232822-20221206022822-00600.warc.gz | 0.939302 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__239180867 | en | TAAG Angola Airlines is the state-owned national airline of Angola. Founded in September 1938, TAAG Angola Airlines commenced operations on July 17, 1940. The airline is headquartered at Luanda, Angola, and has its hub at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, and its subsidiary include Angola Air Charter. With a fleet of 12 aircraft, Taag Angola Airline flights operate to 31 destinations. The airline operates an all-Boeing fleet on domestic services within Angola, medium-haul services in Africa, and long-haul services to Brazil
, Cuba, China, Portugal, and the United Arab Emirates
. The airline is a member of both the International Air Transport Association, and the African Airlines Association. | aerospace |
https://www.robertnovell.com/the-man-who-changed-the-complexion-of-aviation-and-space-using-simplicity-as-the-foundation-for-his-success-may-27-2016-2/ | 2024-02-29T14:32:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00136.warc.gz | 0.952968 | 2,904 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__54850182 | en | Good Morning and welcome to the 3DB. This week I want to talk about a man whose name is familiar to all of us in aviation – Burt Rutan. I am certain that most of you are familiar with his long list of accomplishments so my purpose here today is to showcase the highlights of his career and then take you to the point where he, his company, and his partners have taken commercial space travel. This article is a reprint from 2014 but after doing a little research on another article I ran across a different article on Burt Rutan and decided to revisit that list of accomplishments.
Click HERE for photos of Burt Rutan’s innovative designs.
The Man Who Kept Simplicity as a Cornerstone of His Philosophy to Challenge The Establishment and Conquer Space.
Burt Rutan was born in 1943. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering at California Polytechnic University in 1965. His education includes the Space Technology Institute at Cal Tech and the Aerospace Research Pilot’s School at Edwards Air Force Base. Rutan holds, in addition, the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, June 1987; Doctoral of Science, honoris causa, from Daniel Webster College, May 1987; Doctoral of Humanities, honoris causa, from Lewis University, May 1988 and Doctorate of Technology, honoris causa, from Delft University of Technology, January 1990.
Rutan worked for the U.S. Air Force from 1965 until 1972 as Flight Test Project Engineer at Edwards Air Force Base, California. His projects ranged from fighter spin tests to the XC-142 VSTOL transport.
In March 1972, Rutan became director of the Bede Test Center for Bede Aircraft in Newton, Kansas. In June of 1974, at Mojave, California, Rutan formed the Rutan Aircraft Factory (RAF) to develop light homebuilt aircraft. Through this company, the VariViggen, VariEze, NASA AD-1, Quickie, Defiant, Long-EZ, Grizzly, scaled NGT trainer, Solitaire, Catbird, and the world-flight Voyager aircraft were developed.
In April 1982, Rutan founded Scaled Composites (Scaled) to develop research aircraft. Since its founding, Scaled has been the world’s most productive aerospace prototype development company, developing new aircraft types at a rate of one each year. Past projects include the 85% scale Starship 1 for Beech Aircraft Corporation, the Predator agricultural aircraft for ATAC, the Scarab Model 324 reconnaissance drone for Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, the Advanced Technology Tactical Transport (ATTT) for DARPA, the 1988 America’s Cup wing sail, the Triumph light executive jet for Beechcraft, the ARES close air support attack turbofan, the Pond Racer, the Pegasus Space launch vehicle flying surfaces, the Model 191 general aviation single for Toyota, a 40% scale B-2 bomber RCS model, General Motor’s 1992 show car (the GM Ultralite), the Bell Eagle Eye prototype tilt rotor RPV, the Earthwinds pressurized gondola, the McDonnell Douglas DC-X single stage rocket structure, the VisionAire Vantage business jet, the Raptor and Raptor D-2 high altitude RPVs for BMDO, a 40-meter wind generator for Zond,. three NASA X-38 crew return vehicles, the Williams, International V-Jet II, the high-altitude Proteus aircraft, the Adam Model 309 business aircraft, and the Rotary Rocket Roton atmospheric test vehicle. In 2008 Rutan was named Chief Technology Officer and Chairman Emeritus of Scaled Composites in a move that would allow him to focus on the company’s creative and entrepreneurial strengths.
Recent projects include the White Knight and Space Ship One, the world’s first privately funded spacecraft. He made international headlines on 21 June 2004, when with Mike Melvill at the controls, SS1 flew history’s-first private manned space flight. On 4 Oct 2004, SS1 won the $10M Ansari X-prize (two flights within 5 days flown by Melvill and Brian Binnie). The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer designed and built at Scaled made its maiden flight in March 2004 and a record setting solo world flight in March 2005.
Two documentaries about Space Ship One, which was financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, aired on the Discovery Channel. Rutan was profiled in by 60 Minutes and featured on the covers of LIFE and TIME, which named Space Ship One “Invention of the Year” and Rutan “one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2005.”
Named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Inc. Magazine and described by Newsweek as “the man responsible for for more innovations in modern aviation than any living engineer,” Mr. Rutan is a bold entrepreneur and designer with the vision and passion for the advancement of technology. “Manned space flight is not only for governments to do,” says Rutan. “We proved it can be done by a small company operating with limited resources and a few dozen dedicated employees. The next 25 years will be a wild ride, one that history will note was done for everyone’s benefit.”
The Spaceship Company, jointly owned by Virgin and Scaled Composites, has been developing Space Ship Two for the past several years. The project, based on technology developed for Space Ship One, is a suborbital spaceplane designed to carry passengers and will be launched in 2009. Retiring from Scaled Composites as Chief Technical Officer in April 2011, he now assumes the title of founder and Chairman Emeritus.
Rutan is currently working with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on a new project, the Stratolaunch – part airplane, part spaceship – scheduled to fly by 2016.
A few of the awards which Mr. Rutan has received include:
Now, let’s look at how Burt Rutan challenges the establishment beginning with his joint venture with Richard Branson.
As of late 2012, Virgin plans to operate its flights out of the Spaceport America complex in New Mexico, but it has also signed an agreement to develop a spaceport in Abu Dhabi. The company has more than 530 customers who have made deposits for space flights and flights may begin late in 2014.
A quick video now, to give you a break from the text, and let’s hear how Richard Branson, and others, describe the possibilities.
The X-Prize was intended to award $10 million to the first non-government organization that flew people into space, using a reusable spacecraft, twice in a two-week span. Scaled Composites safely made it to space – twice – in September and October 2004 using Space Ship One and won the X-Prize.
Richard Branson had been interested in spaceflight since the 1960s, and sponsored Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites’ bid to get the prize. That same year, Virgin pledged to bring ordinary people into space with Scaled Composites technology, for the reported low price of $200,000 a flight, and also added the following to their announcement:
“We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty of our planet from above, the stars in all their glory and the amazing sensation of weightlessness, thereby allowing every country in the world to have their own astronauts rather than just a privileged few.”
In July 2005, Branson and Rutan announced a joint venture between Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites to get space flights going. The Space Ship Company would manufacture Space Ship Two, a new generation of spacecraft that built on Space Ship One’s technology, as well as a launching aircraft called White Knight Two.
Space Ship Two would carry six passengers and two pilots into space with enough space “to allow for an out-of-seat zero gravity experience as well as plenty of large windows for the amazing views back to Earth.”
With a spacecraft in hand, the next step was finding a launching area. In December 2005, the state of New Mexico officially offered Virgin Galactic a taxpayer-funded $225 million facility, Space Port America, where the company could put its world headquarters and send flights into space.
Construction and development occupied Virgin’s attention in the coming years. A fatal explosion at Scaled Composites occurred in July 2007 during a routine test, delaying development of the rocket engine as the company searched for the cause. The next major flight milestone came in July 2008, when the company showed off the first White Knight Two air launch vehicle.
While testing continues on Space Ship Two, Virgin Galactic has been working to diversify the business. In July 2012, Branson announced the company would offer commercial satellite launches beginning in 2016. He also announced the development of Launcher One, an expendable liquid-fuelled rocket.
“It will unlock new technologies and will help fast-track the potential of space as a positive force for powerful change,” Branson said during the unveiling.
At the same time, the company said it is “poised” to begin powered rocket tests on Space Ship Two. The Federal Aviation Administration granted approval in early 2012 for these tests to go forward.
However, Virgin Galactic may face a fight with the FAA for another business idea, which is to offer zero-gravity parabola flights on Earth.
Although Rutan is no longer as active at Scaled, he’s still involved in space exploration in other ventures. He recently joined the board of Stratolaunch Systems, an air-to-orbit launch system that is slated to have its first test flight in 2017.
The company – which also has financial backing from Allen – initially planned a system that would work with a SpaceX rocket. It aimed to bring 6,100 kilograms to low Earth orbit or 2,300 kg into geosynchronous orbit.
Scaled is involved in the project as well, as it is building a 490,000 pound (222,000 kg) “mothership” airplane able to fly up to about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) before releasing the rocket. But the system may undergo some changes amid a shakeup in late 2012. Space X announced it would pull out, and Orbital Sciences Corp. is now going to step in to try to keep the project on track.
“We have been engaging Orbital over the past few months and have them under a study contract through early next year with specific design deliverables,” Stratolaunch chief executive Gary Wentz wrote in a November 2012 e-mail to SPACE.com partner Space News.
The companies provided few details about the potential pact. “They are currently evaluating several alternative configurations that appear promising,” Wentz added. “We expect more information to be available in the February 2013 timeframe.”
Rutan is also keeping busy with an idea for a hybrid flying car, which was revealed publicly amid a short test flight in 2011. Its advertised range is 760 miles (1223 km) in air, and 820 miles (1320 km) when skimming the ground.
The car, also a Scaled project, was unveiled to seek interest from potential customers. Company officials cautioned it was best not to get excited yet, but if it does come true, Rutan could be the architect of the long-held dream of flying cars. The car, also a Scaled project, was unveiled to seek interest from potential customers. Company officials cautioned it was best not to get excited yet, but if it does come true, Rutan could be the architect of the long-held dream of flying cars.
Taking a flight into space without mortgaging the house may seem a long way off, but it just got a step closer to reality with the groundbreaking of the Stratolaunch Systems production facility and hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s company could one day compete with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, driving down the price tag for commercial human spaceflight. The first phase of production has also just begun on the aircraft that will serve as the delivery system for Allen’s spaceship: a 1.2-million-pound behemoth with a wingspan larger than a football field.
Allen has teamed up with Scaled Composites owner Burt Rutan to develop the mothership, an updated version of Rutan’s WhiteKnightOne and WhiteKnightTwo designs. The aircraft will be capable of carrying a SpaceX-designed rocket ship up to 1,300 nautical miles to the launch point, where the rocket would detach and blast into the stratosphere. But this time out Rutan is going really big: The Stratolaunch aircraft would be the largest plane ever built, with a 380-foot wingspan—60 feet longer than Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose”—and six Boeing 747 engines. In February the first of two 747s arrived at Mojave to begin disassembly of its engines, landing gear and hydraulics for use in the new plane.
“By the end of this decade,” says Allen, “Stratolaunch will be putting spacecraft into orbit,” helping restore America’s leadership role in space. Flight-testing is scheduled to begin in 2015, and the first rocket should be launched in 2016.
To finish up this lengthy article I have one more video, featuring Burt Rutan, that talks about why the future of space exploration is not in the hands of NASA but in the hands of people like you, your children, and your grandchildren.
Have a good weekend, keep friends and family close, and don’t allow the chains of Corporate America derail your dreams. Follow your passion – Life is short.
March 29, 2019 | aerospace |
https://wethegeek.com/best-apps-to-track-flights-on-your-iphone/ | 2024-02-27T11:18:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474674.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227085429-20240227115429-00191.warc.gz | 0.896098 | 1,083 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__83416960 | en | Flight delays and extended wait at airports can be a mood spoiler just before your long-awaited vacations can kick-off. Avoiding that would mean numerous calls to your travel agent or Airlines office to confirm the timings and schedules of the flight.
Must Read: 5 Best iPhone And iPad Cleaner Apps 2017
To save you from the hassle of checking flight schedules and reducing the waiting time at the Airport, we have listed some of the best apps to track flights, on your iPhone.
1. FlightAware Flight Tracker
One of the best apps to track your flights on iPhone, FlightAware Flight Tracker tracks the real-time flight status of all commercial flights, worldwide.
Features of FlightAware Flight Tracker
- Enables you to track general aviation (private, charter, etc.) in the United States and Canada.
- Enables search for flight status by aircraft registration, route, airline, flight number, city pair, or airport code.
- Tracks data which includes, complete flight details and full-screen maps with NEXRAD radar overlay.
- Sends push notifications for flight departure/arrival info, as well as cancellations, gate changes, delays, and diversions.
Price – Free
FlightBoard brings to you on your iPhone the Arrival/ Departure board for any airport in the world.
Features of FlightBoard
- covers over 16,000 airports and 1,400 airlines worldwide.
- Refreshes every minute to keep you updated about flight schedule and delays if any.
- Allows search for specific flights, by destination or airline and instantly narrows down results using an efficient search interface
- Enables smooth switch between Departures and Arrivals boards.
Price – $3.99
3. FlightView Free
FlightView Free provides real-time information about flight schedules.
Features of FlightView Free
- Allows to track upcoming and in-air flights.
- User receives status alerts through push notifications.
- Enables to check gate assignments, delays, and cancellations.
- Displays the flight status on an attractive map.
- Itinerary confirmation emails if forwarded to an email id provided by the app will be automatically uploaded in Trips.
- The home page of the app gives an easy view into your home airport’s current status and your next trip.
Price – Free
Flightradar24 turns your iPhone into a flight tracker and enables you to keep a track of planes around the world with real-time updates.
Features of Flightradar24
- Helps get information about flights overhead, all you need to do is simply point your device at the sky.
- With the app, you can see what the pilot of an aircraft sees in 3D.
- Just tap on the plane to get flight details such as route, estimated time of arrival, the actual time of departure, aircraft type, speed, altitude, high-resolution photos of the actual aircraft and more.
- Tap on the Airport icon to get the arrival & departure boards, flight status, aircraft on the ground, current delay stats and detailed weather conditions.
Price – $2.99
5. App in the Air
The app in the Air becomes your wingman while travelling as it keeps you updated with the flight’s real-time status, which makes it one of the best app for tracking flights on your iPhone.
Features of App in the Air
- Helps manage time at the airport including the waiting time, check-in, boarding, takeoff and landing time.
- Helps to plan in advance, gives a chance to get the best seat in an aircraft as it sends constant reminders about opening online check-in straight from the app.
- It can keep the track of miles, hours you’ve flown and airports, airline & aircraft you’ve visited
- Once upgraded, with the Premium feature, you can get free flight notifications without the Internet for any one flight.
Price – Free – $34.99(Annually)
Yet another favorite application of iPhone users, FlightStats is a real-time flight status and airport tracking application.
Features of FlightStats
- Gives a quick access to worldwide flight status by flight number, airport or route.
- Provides you with important information like departure/arrival times, delay indexes, gates, and weather.
- Allows you to watch flights as they move across the world with a flight tracker.
- Offers access to flight timeline for details of all activities about your flight. Moreover, you can also see your flight status on your Apple Watch.
Price – Free
7. The Flight Tracker
Last but definitely not the least, The Flight Tracker is one of the best ways to organize your travels and stay updated with the delays and changing schedules of your flights.
Features of The Flight Tracker
- Can track any flight in the world.
- Provides you with detailed departure and arrival information.
- Automatically synchronizes with your TripIt account.
- Also offers extended weather forecast as per Airport up to 10 days.
Price – $5.99
These are some of the best apps to track flights on your iPhone. Try them and let us know which one is your favorite! | aerospace |
https://en.topcor.ru/35231-vks-rossii-udarili-po-celjam-na-podkontrolnoj-vsu-chasti-hersonskoj-oblasti.html | 2023-09-27T16:15:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510300.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927135227-20230927165227-00840.warc.gz | 0.973126 | 326 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__155773081 | en | Russian Aerospace Forces hit targets in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Kherson region
On the night of May 17, the Navy and Aerospace Forces of Russia launched strikes against the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv. At around 01:00 am, X-22 and Caliber supersonic missiles were fired from warships at a building near the industrial zone on Maly Potemkin Island, the WarGonzo telegram channel reports.
According to him, enemy surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, as well as an electronic warfare station, came under fire. Presumably, there was also a point of temporary deployment of the enemy.
Aviation a few hours later attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the villages of Veletenskoye and Kizomys. The territory, where the active movement of the enemy had previously been noted, was hit with Kh-22 missiles and high-explosive aerial bombs. It is noted that the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction suffered serious losses.
Earlier it was reported that on the night of May 16, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched another series of missile strikes on Ukraine. Kyiv was also affected, where a number of arrivals and explosions were noted. At the indicated time, the battery of the Patriot air defense system, consisting of 8 launchers and delivered from the United States, was aimlessly used up at least 32 missiles with a total value of $25 million. At the same time, the battery was hit by Russian missiles. | aerospace |
https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Aktuell/Pressemitteilungen/Juni/Astronaut-Thomas-Reiter-erhaelt-Aachener/~liqr/Der-Ingenieur-der-nach-den-Sternen-grei/?lidx=1 | 2023-09-25T18:45:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510085.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925183615-20230925213615-00489.warc.gz | 0.967826 | 1,510 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__43314536 | en | The Engineer Who Is Reaching for the StarsCopyright: © Jürgen Mai
Thomas Reiter will be honored with the Aachen Engineering Award. He has spent more time in space than any European astronaut.
On October 20,1995, Thomas Arthur Reiter opened a door and made history as the first German astronaut to exit a space station – the MIR – for a 5-hour space walk. The only European astronaut to complete two long-term missions on space stations ISS and MIR, Reiter spent 350 days in space, on the MIR and ISS space station. No other European astronaut can match his experience in space.
"Like no other German engineer, Thomas Reiter symbolizes the departure into new and distant worlds – the adventure of research!” said Professor Ernst Schmachtenberg, rector of RWTH Aachen. On Friday, September 9, during a celebratory event at Aachen City Hall, Reiter will be awarded with the Aachen Engineering Award. The next day, we will give the keynote speech at the University’s Graduation Celebration in front of about 5,000 participants.
The Aachen Engineering Award is an honor jointly awarded by RWTH and the City of Aachen – with the kind support of Sparkasse Aachen as the primary sponsor and that of the Association of German Engineers VDI, which endows the award.
The award is annually presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the positive perception or further development of engineering with their life’s work. Furthermore, the awardee should serve as a role model for young people, as did the award recipients of the last two years, Professor Berthold Leibinger, partner at TRUMPF GmbH, and Professor Franz Pischinger, founder of FEV GmbH.
"On the one hand it's about engineering impulses for technology and the economy, but on the other hand it's also about the recipient's personality and his work for our society. When engineers move the world – which is our natural assumption here in Aachen –, then awarding the astronaut and engineer Thomas Reiter is certainly hitting the nail on the head," explains Aachen's lord mayor, Marcel Philipp.Copyright: © NASA
A Special Kind of Engineer
Reiter is a special kind of engineer indeed. The stories of his missions are fascinating. “The impressions you get in space are so overwhelming that they stay with you for the rest of your life,” says Reiter. He tells of the light blue of the atmosphere, the sunrises and the sunsets. “Seen from space, our planet is infinitely beautiful. I would not want to miss one second of being up there.”
As Reiter reports, it was always his aim to spark enthusiasm in young people for his profession as an engineer. “I still feel the enthusiasm like on the first day”, he says.
Already as a young boy, Thomas Reiter wanted to become an astronaut. Of course – is there a boy who doesn’t? While such a dream most of the time does not come true, and the small boys grow up to become tax advisors, carpenters, or electrical engineers, Frankfurt-born Thomas Reiter held on to the dream: first, the ardent glider pilot, who spent most of his weekends with his parents at Egelsbach Airport in Hesse, joined the German air force and studied aerospace engineering at the Universität der Bundeswehr, where he completed his degree in 1982. Subsequently, he went to the United States to complete his fighter pilot training at the Sheppard US Air Force base, Texas.
When he considered his next step, in 1989, the European Space Agency was looking for pilots and researchers for an astronautics project. Luckily, he was accepted – only six candidates out of an applicant pool of 22,000 were chosend to be part of the team. Obviously, you cannot plan such a career, but Reiter affirms: “I want to encourage people to have a vision and follow their dreams.”Copyright: © NASA
The Eighth German in Space
On September 3, 1995, participating in the Euromir 95 mission, Reiter experienced his first countdown to launch into space, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kasachstan.
The TM-22 mission Soyus capsule transported the flight engineer to the MIR space station, launching the longest crewed ESA space mission thus far. In the course of the mission, Reiter was the first European to conduct extra-vehicular activities; furthermore, he was responsible for 41 scientific experiments. After 179 days, he returned to planet Earth. He is the first non-Russian trained to pilot a Soyus capsule back to Earth.
After a two-year stint as wing commander of a LuftwaffeTornado fighter bomber squadron in Jever, in 2006, he participated in the Astrolab mission, Europe’s first long-term mission on the International Space Station. During his stay, he conducted a particularly demanding European-led program of experiments and performed a spacewalk. This time around, he spent 171 days in space.
In 2007, he resigned from his activities as an astronaut, but continued to be a driving force in European spaceflight. First, he took up a position at the German Aerospace Agency DLR; subsequently, he became director for Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency in Darmstadt. Since January 2016, he has been ESA’s ISS coordinator and advisor to the Director General.
"I would return to space right away, but there is a time for everything,“ Reiter explains. A new generation is already actively involved, including Alexander Gerst, for example, who was just nominated for his second mission. Reiter will not be the record-holding European space traveler forever, and he is fully aware that records are there to be broken, just like in sports. And history will be made again: “I would like to see the day that a European travels to and sets foot on the moon.”
Science, Research, Knowledge – Not Folklore
Reiter, who is married and has two sons, emphasizes the importance of science, research, and knowledge. Aeronautics should not be understood as folklore, even if Youtube videos of music-making astronauts got a lot of attention during recent missions . However, the main responsibility of researchers on board is science, to the good of all humankind.
International understanding and fellowship is also important to him. During his stay aboard MIR there was war in the Balkan states. The whole of Europe was illuminated, only the Balkans remained dark. During his ISS mission, Reiter received the news that his Bundeswehr comrades were under attack in Afghanistan. The world looked beautiful from above, but it was still a cruel world.
“Maybe more people should be able to watch the Earth from above,” says Reiter, emphasizing the sense of community among the astronauts: “In space, there is no place for lone wolves, you really must be able to rely on each other.” An important thought that the Aachen Engineering Award recipient will share with RWTH’s graduates during the Graduation Celebration. | aerospace |
https://www.nanowerk.com/category-space.php?page=85 | 2018-03-22T04:34:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647768.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20180322034041-20180322054041-00647.warc.gz | 0.935697 | 656 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__45652643 | en | Recently physicists have been poking holes again in Stephen Hawking's black hole theory - including Hawking himself. Now professor Chris Adami, Michigan State University, has jumped into the fray. He believes he has solved the decades-old information paradox debate in a groundbreaking new study.
Scientists used a simulation model that is far more accurate than previously used, and carried out an experiment to test a hypothesis about the behaviour of hydrogen that is splitting the scientific community.
Using radar measurements gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, geophysicists have concluded that the surface of Ligeia Mare, Titan's second largest sea, has a mirror-like smoothness, possibly due to a lack of winds. As the only other solar system body with an Earth-like weather system, Titan could serve as a model for studying our own planet's early history.
Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in Earth's inner radiation belt using data from the twin NASA Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Most surprisingly, this structure is produced by the slow rotation of Earth, previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of radiation belt particles, which have velocities approaching the speed of light.
Researchers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The team applied a sophisticated Doppler technique to the infrared to directly detect the planet and demonstrate the presence of water in its atmosphere.
On July 23, 2012, a huge magnetic storm propelled by two nearly simultaneous coronal mass ejections on the sun plowed through Earth's orbit. Luckily, Earth was on the other side of the sun at the time. Had the outburst hit Earth, however, it would have rivaled the largest magnetic storm to strike Earth in recorded history, possibly wreaking havoc with the electrical grid, satellites and GPS.
Scientists uncover the origin and cause of an extreme space weather event that occurred on July 22, 2012 at the sun and generated the fastest solar wind speed ever recorded directly by a solar wind instrument.
A powerful, new three-dimensional model provides fresh insight into the turbulent death throes of supernovas, whose final explosions outshine entire galaxies and populate the universe with elements that make life on Earth possible.
Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon's north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per-pixel images cover an area equal to more than one-quarter of the United States.
New global imaging and topographic data from MESSENGER show that the innermost planet has contracted far more than previous estimates. The results are based on a global study of more than 5,900 geological landforms, such as curving cliff-like scarps and wrinkle ridges, that have resulted from the planet's contraction as Mercury cooled. The findings are key to understanding the planet's thermal, tectonic, and volcanic history, and the structure of its unusually large metallic core.
Water, salts and gases dissolved in the huge ocean that scientists believe could exist below Europa's icy crust can rise to the surface generating the enigmatic geological formations associated to red-tinged materials that can be seen on this Jupiter's satellite. | aerospace |
https://instn.cea.fr/en/these/protection-by-self-decontaminating-coatings-against-biocontamination-of-surfaces/ | 2024-04-17T02:52:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817128.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417013540-20240417043540-00254.warc.gz | 0.87944 | 341 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__120836238 | en | The proposed PROBIO-ES project falls within the scope of the priority defense theme « biologie, santé, NRBC », and in particular the sub-themes of protection and decontamination. Its aim is to develop self-decontaminating surfaces for a number of terrestrial and space applications. The project has been shortlisted by CNES for the award of a 1/2 thesis grant. In the context of manned spaceflights to distant destinations such as low Earth orbit, the Moon, and potentially Mars, biological contamination poses a significant threat to the health of the crew and the preservation of space equipment. The microflora carried by the crew in enclosed habitats is an unavoidable concern, heightened by prolonged periods of isolation and dependence on closed-loop life support systems. Beyond risks to astronaut health, biocontamination can damage critical equipment aboard spacecraft. Microorganisms exposed to the space environment can develop resistance and mutate, transforming benign microbes into pathogens. To mitigate these risks, effective measures such as filtration systems and self-decontaminating surfaces limiting bacterial proliferation must be implemented. The MATISS experiment (2016-2024) explored the use of hydrophobic coatings to reduce biocontamination aboard the ISS, but improvements are needed. This collaborative thesis between SyMMES and CEA-Leti in Grenoble aims to develop durable antimicrobial layers without harmful substances, using a new method of deposition through cold atmospheric plasma, suitable for large surfaces. The PROBIO-ES project is therefore fully in line with the « biologie, santé, NRBC » thematic priorities of AID 2024 call for projects. | aerospace |
https://mahmusecomics.com/2023/01/08/nasa-satellite-to-crash-into-earth-on-sunday/ | 2023-02-09T13:29:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499966.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230209112510-20230209142510-00372.warc.gz | 0.904919 | 435 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__89763054 | en | A retired NASA satellite is expected to descend into the Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, with a chance it could crash into the planet’s surface. Friday, the space agency announced its Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) will reenter the atmosphere around 6:40 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, January 8th. As of the agency’s press release Friday morning, that reentry window can change upward of 17 hours earlier or later than the anticipated time.
Though researchers believe most of the satellite will burn up during its descent through the atmosphere, the agency does confirm there is a possibility some pieces of the cosmic tool could survive reentry. NASA says someone getting hit by a piece of the satellite stand at 1 in 9,400.
Late Friday, the United States Space Force’s Space Track service updated a reentry time of 11:25 p.m. Eastern plus or minus 10 hours while The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies estimates reentry at 10:49 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, plus or minus 13 hours.
“ERBS far exceeded its expected two-year service life, operating until its retirement in 2005. Its observations helped researchers measure the effects of human activities on Earth’s radiation balance. NASA has continued to build on the success of the ERBE mission with projects including the current Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) suite of satellite instruments,” NASA said in a press release.
It added, “The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) on the ERBS made stratospheric measurements. SAGE II collected important data that confirmed the ozone layer was declining on a global scale. That data helped shape the international Montreal Protocol Agreement, resulting in a dramatic decrease around the globe in the use of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons. Today, SAGE III on the International Space Station collects data on the health of the ozone layer.”
For additional space and cosmic stories, check out our ComicBook Invasion hub here. | aerospace |
https://www.en.futurecell.co.il/product-page/fx-6ci-drone | 2020-08-11T13:21:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738777.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20200811115957-20200811145957-00377.warc.gz | 0.8931 | 271 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__186717158 | en | This drone has a very attractive design and can be purchased in three different colors. The package of the Eachine X9 contains everything that you need to fly it. Because of its price, the Eachine X9 mini drone can be very attractive for beginner flyers. With the 6-axis gyro, this mini drone permits a super stable indoor flight as well as outdoor flight. The onboard LED lights will guide beginner pilots in their night flights. Loaded with a 150mAh Li-Po battery, this drone can fly approximately 6-7 minutes. The flight range of the Eachine X9 is approximately 50 meter.
Eachine X9 Mini Drone
- Super stable flight control system with adjustable gyro sensitivity;
- Preassembled propeller guards;
- Flight Time: up to 7 minutes;
- Remote Distance: approximately 50meter;
- Battery: 3.7V 150mAh
- Battery charging time: 40 minutes;
- Flying both indoor and outdoor;
- 6-axis gyroscope;
- USB charging cable allows to charge by any device with USB port;
- Available in three colors: black, red and white.
- The drone it self;
- 2.4 GHz remote controller;
- Li-Po battery;
- USB charging cable;
- 4pcs extra blades. | aerospace |
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/british-led-consortium-favored-acquire-175858480.html | 2020-10-22T03:33:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107878879.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022024236-20201022054236-00268.warc.gz | 0.943521 | 1,056 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__44714611 | en | The likeliest purchaser of the bankrupt OneWeb broadband satellite venture isn’t Amazon, but a consortium backed by the British government. That’s according to satellite industry watchers cited by Space Intel Report and The Financial Times.
Amazon, which is working on its own Project Kuiper satellite constellation, was said to be among the entities that expressed interest in bidding on OneWeb’s assets after the London-based satellite concern declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. OneWeb said the market disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic spoiled arrangements to win further financial support from SoftBank group, one of its biggest backers, forcing the move to seek financial protection.
OneWeb’s assets were put up for sale under the supervision of U.S. bankruptcy court in New York. Bids were due to be opened today for an initial round of assessment. If there’s no clear winner in the eyes of the judge and OneWeb’s creditors, an auction would be held on July 2.
The Financial Times quoted its sources as saying the British government was willing to put up about $617 million (£500 million) as part of a wider private-sector consortium bid. If the bid is successful, the government could end up owning more than 20% of OneWeb, according to The Financial Times.
One of the reported sweeteners is that global positioning systems optimized for low Earth orbit could be added to the second-generation OneWeb satellites. That would give Britain its own GPS-like satellite constellation — making up for the anticipated loss of access to the European Union’s Galileo navigation system due to Brexit.
Several Chinese ventures were said to be planning bids for OneWeb’s assets, but Space Intel Report said the U.S. government signaled that it would raise regulatory roadblocks to any Chinese purchase. The federal government has significant say over how the sale proceeds, because under international export regulations, it would have to approve any international sale involving OneWeb’s U.S. assets, such as the venture’s satellite factory in Florida.
OneWeb’s biggest creditor is Airbus, the European consortium that’s a key partner in the satellite manufacturing operation. Today Airbus issued a statement saying it supported a bid involving the British government:
“The reported support of the UK government for a bid for OneWeb looks positive to support UK’s ambition to continue to be a leading player in space. As an original investor, and the manufacturer, in OneWeb, Airbus is pleased that a way forward looks likely. Airbus is the leading space manufacturer in the UK, pioneering many leading satellite technologies.
“The OneWeb constellation could help address the UK’s future space requirements and with innovative thinking should further enhance the UK’s place at the forefront of satellite technology and applications. Airbus and the wider UK space ecosystem have the skills to build future capability and then drive export opportunities. We would look forward to supporting OneWeb in the next phase of their business and growing the UK contribution to this market changing business.”
OneWeb has already launched 74 satellites for a constellation that’s expected to number around 650 satellites. Before filing for bankruptcy, OneWeb had expected to begin offering limited broadband internet service in the Arctic as early as this year. But it will take dozens more launches and billions of dollars of additional investment to complete the constellation and move ahead with the second-generation satellites.
Several other satellite ventures are targeting the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit to the billions of people around the world who are currently underserved. SpaceX has already launched 550 satellites for its Starlink satellite network, and is getting set to launch 57 more. (Today’s launch attempt was called off to provide more time for pre-launch checkouts, SpaceX said.)
Telesat, Canada’s biggest satellite operator, is also working on deploying a broadband constellation — with Blue Origin, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ space venture, tapped to provide future launches. And speaking of Amazon, the Seattle-based retail and cloud-computing giant is working to get the regulatory go-ahead for its Project Kuiper constellation.
Some had speculated that Amazon might have been able to leverage OneWeb’s assets, including its licenses, for Project Kuiper’s benefit — but the hardware and the licenses aren’t a perfect fit for Kuiper’s planned specifications.
Amazon is getting a 219,000-square-foot facility ready for the Kuiper team in Redmond, Wash., and has posted more than 100 job offerings in Washington state, Texas, California and Virginia. One of the recent job postings is looking for a senior public policy manager to deal with domestic regulatory matters.
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https://satproviders.com/news/vodafone-backed-ast-space-mobile-make-first-5g-call-via-satellite/188179/ | 2023-09-26T03:02:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510130.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926011608-20230926041608-00547.warc.gz | 0.939273 | 384 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__119046072 | en | AST SpaceMobile, with backing from Vodafone and other mobile operators, has achieved a significant milestone by making the first space-based 5G internet voice call using a regular handset. This follows their earlier accomplishments in two-way 4G calling.
The BlueWalker 3 satellite, weighing 1.5 tons and orbiting at an altitude of over 500km, is equipped with a large phased array antenna. This satellite is specifically designed to transmit and receive 4G and 5G mobile signals between the space-based platform and mobile handsets on the ground. It has a Field of View (FoV) of over 300,000 square miles.
In a recent test, AST SpaceMobile used this prototype satellite to successfully conduct a 5G voice call between a location in Hawaii and a Vodafone engineer in Spain. This test utilized the same setup as their previous 4G voice call achievement.
Furthermore, AST SpaceMobile broke its previous record for space-based cellular mobile broadband data session by achieving a download rate of nearly 14Mbps. This is an essential proof of concept for their new technology, which has the potential to connect millions of people in remote regions to the internet for the first time using existing mobile phones.
AST SpaceMobile aims to launch five commercial BlueBird satellites by the first quarter of 2024. The eventual goal is to have a total of 100 satellites, with future models being larger and more capable. However, the success of this service for regular consumers would depend on factors such as the deployment of sufficient ground stations and securing regulatory approval for radio spectrum across multiple countries.
Other space companies like Starlink and OneWeb are also working on delivering affordable 4G and 5G mobile services through ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit. AST SpaceMobile’s approach is specifically tailored for their space-based network, and time will determine which company achieves the most success in this space. | aerospace |
https://www.yourweather.co.uk/news/science/life-on-mars-uk-scientists-aiding-nasa-in-new-mission.html | 2022-05-25T22:30:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662594414.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525213545-20220526003545-00259.warc.gz | 0.940302 | 552 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__209006748 | en | Life on Mars: UK scientists aiding NASA in new mission
NASA is to launch a rover to Mars to collect rock and soil samples in a bid to find evidence of ancient microbial life.
The space agency’s “Perseverance” rover will take off today, destined for a crater on Mars. The 28-mile wide Jezero crater contains sediment of an ancient river delta, where scientists believe that evidence of past life could be preserved, if any did exist.
UK researchers from Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum, backed by the UK Space Agency, will help NASA with science and engineering, identifying and studying the mineralogy and geochemistry of rock samples.
Reconstructing Martian history
The mission is carrying instruments designed to search for the carbon building blocks of life and other microbes, in order to reconstruct the geological history of Mars. Samples will be collected by drilling down to seven centimetres, and then sealed in special sample tubes and stored on the rover.
The tubes will dropped on the surface of Mars to be collected by a future retrieval mission, which is currently being developed by UK aerospace manufacturer Airbus.
NASA’s rover is also carrying a helicopter which will attempt short test flights from the rover - the first attempt at flight on another planet.
It will also trial technologies to help astronauts make future expeditions to Mars. These include a method for producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere; identifying other resources, such as subsurface water; and characterising weather as well as other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.
Sue Horne, head of space exploration at the UK Space Agency, said: “This has been on scientists’ wish list for forty years and we now have the technology to achieve it and have started the missions needed.”
Professor Sanjeev Gupta, a geologist at Imperial College London, said that the rock samples would be crucial to understanding what the Martian climate was like early in Mars’ history, and whether it was habitable for life.
Palaeontologist Dr Keyron Hickman-Lewis, soon to be joining the Natural History Museum, added that Mars probably presents the best chance of finding life elsewhere in the Solar System.
Window of opportunity
In two years’ time, the UK will launch its own mission to Mars as part of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission to examine the geological environment on Mars and search for signs of life, past or present.
July has proved popular for missions to Mars, with the United Arab Emirates and China also both launching probes to coincide with a window that opens every 26 months when the two planets align for the shortest journey. | aerospace |
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-The-Serpent-Paper-Airplane/ | 2017-03-23T20:36:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218187206.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212947-00025-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.960093 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__242406956 | en | Fast, long range and simple, the Serpent
is a very capable, small drone-fighter paper airplane. The aircraft is very clean aerodynamically and can easily represent even the most modern fighter jets. Similar to the SkyLocust
, the Serpent's performance and size make it a wonderful choice as a drone interceptor paper airplane.
The Serpent was developed as a replacement for older types such as the Super SkyManx
. In testing I found the Serpent a wonderful aircraft and decided it was very worthy of an instructable depicting it. In spite of this success, other designs, such as the Raptor
and SkyLocust (each of which drew heavily on the Serpent's design), were allowed to be posted prior to the Serpent.
TAA USAF Designation: D275-1 | aerospace |
https://www.ibtimes.sg/not-last-meal-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-jokes-ahead-his-maiden-space-voyage-blue-origin-58961?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=related | 2022-08-07T21:14:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570730.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807211157-20220808001157-00525.warc.gz | 0.98417 | 773 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__176643310 | en | Amazon founder Jeff Bezos looked excited and cheerful as he handed out food to a group of journalists at the launch site of his New Shepard space rocket in west Texas on Monday afternoon while joking with a reporter who asked if it was "his last meal." Bezos sportingly responded, "Did somebody say last meal?" as he set out the food on a table.
Bezos is due to take off in his Blue Origin rocket for an 11-minute rocket-powered trip to space in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship on Tuesday.
Bezos on a High
On Monday, Bezos was on a high as he served food to the media at the launch site of his New Shepard space rocket in west Texas. He will be travelling to space on Tuesday with his brother Mark Bezos, 82-year-old space pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old student Oliver Daeman.
The "last meal" joke began during the lunch. As one reporter asked if it was the "last meal," Bezos jokingly said, "I don't think you have to put it that way!"
"Let's talk about it in a different way!" he quipped and the hall broke out in laughter. Understandably, Bezos wants to make the entire voyage eventful and impress the media.
In an interview with crewmembers 24 hours before liftoff, Bezos addressed questions about the ship's safety during an interview to CNN. "I could have done this flight as CEO of Amazon and it would have been fine. We really believe this flight is safe. I did have friends say, "why not wait for the second or third flight, why do you have to go now?"
"But we know the vehicle is safe and if it's not safe for me then it's not safe for anyone. But we've taken this one step at a time, our mascot is the tortoise... we are ready."
Ready to Fly
Blue Origin will take off from Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, before rising to 66 miles above Earth in a roundtrip that will take just 10 minutes in total. The capsule that they will be traveling in has the biggest windows flown into space.
However, the distance that Bezos will travel beats out Richard Branson's voyage to space on July 11, which only reached 53 miles above Earth. Bezos' flight is being termed as "joyrides for the wealthy" by many but the billionaire has an answer for his critics.
In his interview to CNN, Bezos was asked by Rachel Crane: "There has been a chorus of critics saying that these flights to space are just joyrides for the wealthy and that you should be spending your time and your money and energy trying to solve problems here on Earth. So what do you say to those critics?"
"Well, I say they're largely right. We have to do both," Bezos said. "We have lots of problems here and now on Earth and we need to work on those, and we always need to look to the future. We've always done that as a species, as a civilization. We have to do both."
It comes as Bezos, the richest person in the world, has faced increasing criticism at the staggering amount of his personal wealth.
That said, Bezos is more focus on his maiden space voyage as of now. On Monday, the crew appeared in their astronaut uniforms at Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, for a string of interviews where he said they were neither afraid nor nervous about the flight that would set a precedent for "commercial air travel."
Speaking to Good Morning America shortly afterwards, Bezos said the "real goal" was to establish reusable space vehicles that will take people to space "again and again" and allow the next generation to use space resources to improve life on Earth. | aerospace |
https://traveltomorrow.com/several-days-of-flight-disruptions-expected-after-uk-air-traffic-control-malfunction/ | 2024-02-28T04:11:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00827.warc.gz | 0.959827 | 467 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__155546944 | en | A system-wide malfunction in the UK’s National Air Traffic Service (NATS) caused severe flight disruptions on Monday and although the issue has been fixed, it is expected it will take several days for schedules to return to normal.
Around 11:30 am yesterday, flight tracking websites started signalling delayed flights at UK airports or international flights heading to the UK. At 12:10 pm, NATS confirmed a technical issue, clarifying 30 minutes later that airspace was not closed, but traffic just restricted to ensure the safety of all operations.
Our absolute priority is safety and we will be investigating very thoroughly what happened today.Juliet Kennedy, NATS Operations Director
At 2:20 pm, the agency announced the technical issue affected their ability to automatically process flight plans. Having to input the plans manually heavily reduced the volume of processed flights, causing the disruptions.
The confusion was further exacerbated by airlines themselves not knowing whether they would be able to operate flights or not, leading to delays of up to 12 hours. By 2:30 pm only, 232 flights scheduled to depart from the UK and another 271 scheduled to arrive back to the UK had been cancelled, according to data from analytics company Cirium. Airports across the country issued warnings asking passengers to check the status of their flights and not travel to the airport if their flight is cancelled.
Although by 3:15 pm NATS had “identified and remedied” the issue, returning to a regular flight schedule is expected to take several days until all the delayed and cancelled flights are sorted. “Millions of holidaymakers could be facing huge disruption in the coming days”, warned Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and transport spokesperson.
“Like all airlines using UK airspace, our flights have been severely disrupted as a result of a major issue experienced by NATS Air Traffic Control earlier today. While NATS has now resolved the issue, it has created significant and unavoidable delays and cancellations”, British Airways said in a statement. “We are working with the relevant authorities to understand the impact of this issue and the timescale for normal operations to resume”, EasyJet said. Tui has also issued warnings of “significant delays” until all operations return to normal. | aerospace |
https://guardian.ng/business-services/aviation-business/accident-report-indicts-pilots-airline-ncaa-in-associateds-2013-crash/ | 2021-06-20T12:56:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487662882.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20210620114611-20210620144611-00580.warc.gz | 0.947633 | 1,190 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__115121022 | en | Accident report indicts pilots, airline, NCAA in Associated’s 2013 crash
The final probe report into the 2013 crash of a plane belonging to Associated Aviation Limited has indicted its pilots and the airline of poor handling of the ill-fated aircraft, leading to the fatal accident in Lagos.
The report, among five others released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Wednesday, found the flight crew of unprofessional conduct, while the airline, now defunct, was charged of “poor company culture”, amid “inadequate regulatory oversight” on the part of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).The Associated airlines’ Embraer 120ER chartered flight, with registration 5N-BJ, on October 3, 2013 crashed very close to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, shortly after take-off. On board were the remains of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, and 16 souls, travelling to Akure, Ondo State for burial. No fewer than 12 died, while four survivors were seriously injured.
Last month, a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the Associated Aviation Nigeria Limited to pay the sum of N246 million as compensation for the death of a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, Deji Falae, who was among the 12 that died in the crash. Commissioner of the AIB, Akin Olateru, observed from findings that the aircraft departed with number one engine torque indicator stuck at 76 per cent. A crew-derived non-standard procedure was used to set the number one engine take-off power, as the torque indicator is the primary gauge for setting power.
“After take-off power was set, a take-off flap configuration aural warning came on indicating that the flap position did not agree with the selection. This was followed by auto-feather aural warning.
“The number two Propeller RPM was low. The Pilot Monitoring (First Officer) was concerned that in addition to the warnings the aircraft was slow and advised the Pilot Flying (Captain) to abort the take-off. The aircraft got airborne, climbed to 118ft AGL, stalled and crashed into the Joint Users Hydrant Installation (JUHI), close to the airport, with the landing gears in the down position.”
The investigation identified causal and contributory factors. “Causal factor are the decision of the crew to continue the take-off despite the abnormal number two Propeller rpm indication. Low altitude stall as a result of low thrust at start of roll for take-off from number two Engine caused by an undetermined malfunction of the propeller control unit.
“Contributory factors are the aircraft was rotated before attaining V1 (speed attained before take-off). The decision to continue the take-off with flap configuration warning and auto- feather warning at low speed. Poor professional conduct of the flight crew. Inadequate application of Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles. Poor company culture and inadequate regulatory oversight,” the report read in part.
In line with the tradition of conducting accident investigation to prevent reoccurrence, the AIB has issued four safety recommendations.The first directs the NCAA to enhance the enforcement of the regulations with regards to the implementation of operators approved personnel training programme. NCAA should intensify its safety oversight function on the Airline to ensure that flight operations are carried out in accordance with approved operations manuals in line with the provisions of Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs.)
NCAA should also intensify its safety oversight on Associated Aviation Ltd to ensure staff welfare issues, and remunerations are settled promptly. In addition, NCAA should ensure that State Confidential Voluntary Reporting System is established and implemented in line with the State Safety Program.
Citing that the airline in question is now out of business, Olateru, on behalf of the bureau, apologised to Nigerians for years of delay in releasing the report among other accidents and serious incidences that are already 10 years old without their final reports.He said the bureau, under his watch, recognized the importance of timely release of reports and recommendations for safety and will work harder to prevent delays in accident investigation reports.
Other five reports released yesterday were the Final Report on the Accident involving Westlink Airlines Limited Piper Aztec23-250 Aircraft with Registration Number 5N-BGZ which occurred at Matseri Village, Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Nigeria on 11th August 2014.
Final Report on the Serious Incident involving two Bristow Helicopters (Nig.) Ltd aircraft, Bell 412 helicopters with Registration numbers 5N-BGS, and 5N-BDD, which occurred at the Addax Base Helipad, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria on 12th November, 2009.
Final Report on the Serious Incident involving a NAHCO Aviance Baggage Loader Vehicle Fleet No. L3-23 and a parked Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft belonging to Aero Contractors with registration 5N-BPT, which occurred at Aero Ramp, MMA, Lagos State on the 29th of April, 2014.
Final Report on the Serious Incident involving a Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Aircraft Tampico Club TB9 with Registration Number 5N-CBE, which occurred at Zaria Aerodrome, Kaduna State, Nigeria on 4th October 2012.And lastly, the Final Report on the Serious Incident involving Tampico TB–9 Aircraft belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) with Registration Number 5N-CBI which occurred at the Zaria Aerodrome in Kaduna State on 23rd May, 2012.
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https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2019/02/new-compact-satcom-solution-developed-for-uavs/ | 2023-06-04T23:10:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650409.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604225057-20230605015057-00245.warc.gz | 0.924051 | 734 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__130769061 | en | UAV Navigation has announced that it has partnered with Cobham to develop a small, light SATCOM solution for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The new solution integrates UAV Navigation’s POLAR AHRS unit with Cobham’s AVIATOR UAV 200 SATCOM connectivity system.
POLAR is a MEMS-based, Air Data Attitude and Heading Reference System (ADAHRS) and Inertial Navigation System (INS). It has been designed for system integration in avionics and other attitude sensing applications. Its reduced size, weight and interface options mean that it can be readily embedded into a system integrator’s product.
In addition to being used either as a standalone unit or as an OEM component within a system, the POLAR is also used as the ADAHRS unit within UAV Navigation’s range of autopilots, providing precise attitude estimation, dead reckoning navigation and exceptional performance in highly dynamic conditions.
POLAR has proven itself in a wide variety of dynamic environments giving comparable results – particularly in terms of inertial navigation – against Fibre-Optic Gyroscope Systems (FOGS) units. Although primarily designed for aeronautical applications, the POLAR has also proven to be suitable for other unmanned systems attitude sensing applications, such as terrestrial and marine platforms (e.g. antenna, weapon or camera array stabilization).
AVIATOR UAV 200 redefines UAV SATCOM connectivity by integrating everything into one compact, lightweight box. It weighs just 1.45 kg and delivers Inmarsat Class 4 services, up to 200 kbps data and full control of data channels.
With AVIATOR UAV 200, operators can now send flight commands to a UAV in near real time on Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) missions. By making immediate route adjustments as and when necessary, mission flexibility is enhanced and platform security also benefits. AVIATOR UAV 200 connects back to base via Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service, providing a reliable command and control communication link for BLOS operations, as well as a real time feed from on-board payload sensors, via a single channel ‘always on’ data service.
When paired with the AVIATOR UAV 200, the POLAR provides translational and rotational dynamics parameters to enable precise satellite tracking and pointing. Several UAV clients are already using the POLAR to enhance the AVIATOR UAV 200 system with excellent results.
Alternatively, the platform can be equipped with a full UAV Navigation Flight Control System, based on the VECTOR autopilot. Information from the POLAR inside the VECTOR can be used by the AVIATOR UAV 200 in the same way to enhance satellite tracking and pointing.
As advanced technologies within the UAV industry improve and become increasingly available to platform manufacturers, the autonomy and range of UAV platforms is also expanding, meaning that BLOS operations are becoming more common. This in turn puts pressure on traditional RF datalinks which face particular challenges in a BLOS situation and quickly run into physical limitations caused by a variety of factors, including the atmosphere and curvature of the Earth.
Government programs such as PREDATOR (USA) and HERON (Israel) have used Satellite Communications (SATCOM) technology to overcome such range restrictions. However, SATCOM has traditionally been expensive, bulky, heavy, and with limited bandwidth. Lightweight systems such as the new solution from UAV Navigation and Cobham enable integration of SATCOM technology into a wider variety of UAV platforms. | aerospace |
https://classroom.synonym.com/the-requirements-of-an-airline-stewardess-for-korean-air-13583845.html | 2024-04-21T18:02:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817790.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421163736-20240421193736-00624.warc.gz | 0.916771 | 517 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__55313116 | en | The Requirements of an Airline Stewardess for Korean Air
25 JUN 2018
Korean Air is the largest airline based in South Korea. It serves primarily Asian destinations but makes flights throughout the world. Korean Air places a premium on physically attractive, young, female, college graduates for the flight attendants they hire. Unlike airlines based in the United States, Korean Air can set specific age, gender and physical specifications for their employees. A stewardess job with Korean Air is considered a prestigious position for a Korean college graduate.
1 Age Requirement
Korean Air sets a preferred age requirement for flight attendants they hire at below the age of 27. The airline will consider applicants above the age of 27 but they must possess an advanced set of skills and experience to be considered. Being physically fit is necessary for for in-air job requirements that may require bending, stooping or lifting. Being a stewardess can be very challenging but also interesting for avid travelers. Korean culture attributes younger stewardesses with more stamina and physical beauty.
English skills are an essential requirement for all Korean Air flight attendants. The airline will not consider applicants without strong English language skills. Although the airline is based in South Korea, it flies routes across the world and English is considered the global language. All international flights on Korean Air conduct business in both the Korean and English languages.
Korean Air requires at least a college diploma for all flight attendant applicants, preferably with hospitality or service coursework that might focus on geography, languages, communications or social studies in preparation for international travel. It is not necessary to graduate from a prestigious university or attend a stewardess college but those factors can set an application apart from the others.
4 Physical Attributes
Korean Air will consider a number of physical attributes in applicants for flight attendants. Korean Air places a priority on a pretty face and height requirements. The airline also places a premium on other factors, including good teeth, a clean complexion and height-weight proportionality. It also specifies that you must be at least 5 feet 4 inches tall and medically fit to fly.
Experience as a flight attendant or in the hospitality industry is one factor that can set an applicant for a stewardess position at Korean Air apart from her peers. There are a number of smaller air carriers in South Korea, including Asiana Airlines, Hansung Airlines and Jeju Airlines. Applicants who apply with experience at one of these other carriers will be accorded greater consideration than someone without any experience at all. | aerospace |
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At least twice a day, the data recorder on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter beams images to a station in White Sands, New Mexico. That data gets copied to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and then copied again... | aerospace |
https://k99country.iheart.com/content/2019-05-29-salute-haley-r-vargas/ | 2023-12-01T19:50:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100304.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201183432-20231201213432-00546.warc.gz | 0.938992 | 142 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__293604455 | en | U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Haley R. Vargas graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Vargas is the granddaughter of Lucy and George M. Trevino of Corpus Christi, Texas.
She earned an associate degree in 2018 from Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. | aerospace |
https://bmfa.org/class1/id/87911 | 2020-01-20T15:41:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250598800.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200120135447-20200120164447-00297.warc.gz | 0.763665 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__230506097 | en | Futaba top servos HV BLS175HV (£1000- fitted)
Reevo wing bags and tail covers
Biela 3 blade prop
Light weight Glass/Fb Spinner \Custom.
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https://www.csis.org/events/delivering-warfighter-importance-executing-space-acquisition-programs | 2024-04-17T16:39:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817158.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417142102-20240417172102-00684.warc.gz | 0.911046 | 245 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__609916 | en | Delivering for the Warfighter: The Importance of Executing Space Acquisition Programs
The Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a set of space acquisition tenets in October 2022 and a formula to go fast in space acquisition in April 2023. Building on these themes, in December 2023, he released guidance detailing program management skills for acquisition professionals.
Please join the Aerospace Security Project on Friday, February 23, 2024, from 10:00am to 11:00am ET for an engaging conversation with Assistant Secretary Calvelli, moderated by ASP Director Kari A. Bingen. Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group Director Cynthia Cook will introduce the discussion. The conversation will span implementation of these guidelines and best practices to date, re-optimization initiatives within the Department of the Air Force, and the space industrial base.
This will be a hybrid event hosted at CSIS and livestreamed from this event webpage, with the opportunity for in person and online viewers to submit live questions from this event page. In-person attendance will be limited, please RSVP to secure a spot.
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https://www.skyatlas.biz/about/ | 2019-10-24T00:09:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987836368.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023225038-20191024012538-00475.warc.gz | 0.957652 | 480 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__151016431 | en | Sky Atlas Joint-Stock Company was established October 1st, 2015 in Moscow.
Having its headquarters in Moscow Sheremetyevo International airport, the company keep pace with the constant growing business aviation environment in Russia and C.I.S. Sky Atlas expands its network of professionally trained field representatives in many regional airports o effectively respond to any customer requests.
Our company is perfectly integrated in Moscow International Sheremetyevo airport (SVO / UUEE) and in St.Petersburg International Pulkovo airport (LED / ULLI). Sky Atlas is the preferred provider of full cycle FBO related services in these locations.
Our ranges of service include but are not limited to ground handling arrangements, flight support, aircraft fueling, concierge services, charter flights management, aeronautical weather and navigation related services.
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French born, Nicolas Winkel has more than 26 years experience in Aviation.
He started his aviation career in 1991 obtaining his professional pilot’s license in the USA.
Moving in 1993 to Russia he became the first western pilot cleared to fly for a major Russian airline located in Novosibirsk.
Afterwards Nicolas extended his pilot's experience flying different types of business jets. In the same time he co-founded one of the first Russian business jets operator, Jet 2000.
Nicolas actively provided aircraft acquisition assistance to numerous customers working with major aircraft manufacturers such as Dassault Aviation, Bombardier, Embraer and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
Qualified Military Officer, Alexander started his aviation career at Exclusiv Air, a company managing a fleet of 6 business jets mainly for commercial charters flights.
Alexander managed to organize more than 3000 charter flights hours sales per year.
Before joining Sky Atlas, Alexander has managed a fleet of 40 sailing yachts both in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean regions.
The younger but not the least experienced member of the team, Andrey has started working as an apron supervisor assisting aircraft crew for ground handling.
Andrey managed to demonstrate team management skills in a short time, and then he joined Sky Atlas team to lead the Flight Support department of the company, which is composed of more than 12 qualified duty managers and licensed navigators. | aerospace |
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http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/article/2015/9/15/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-iss-space-mission | 2017-03-29T21:07:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218191396.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212951-00662-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.913375 | 150 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__32102657 | en | By Scott Stenholm - Editorial Producer, Larry King Now
Tuesday marked the half-way point in NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. The White House celebrated the occasion by re-gramming Kelly's Instagram post from Monday night.
Watch the recent special edition of Larry King Now where Larry talked with Kelly aboard the Space Station 250 miles above Earth. Kelly talks about life in space, his mission and Breaking Bad. Larry also sat down with two NASA scientists to talk about new exoplanet discoveries and a potential mission to Mars.
The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ora Media, LLC, its affiliates, or its employees. | aerospace |
http://www.nun-helpingdogs.at/c2k35wo/290ec2-santiano---das-unplugged-konzert | 2022-10-02T17:08:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337338.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20221002150039-20221002180039-00451.warc.gz | 0.958474 | 310 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__29969465 | en | 1. The James Webb Telescope is powerful. No chill. Hubble provided us with some amazing discoveries and images. With a sunshield 22 metres (72 feet) in length, the size of a tennis court, and a mirror 6.5 metres (21 feet) wide the JWST, which is due to launch in October 2018, is over twice the size of the Hubble Space Telescope, making it the largest space telescope ever launched. While the James Webb Space Telescope ("JWST" to those in the know) is heralded as the "successor" to NASA's storied Hubble Space Telescope, it kind of isn't.The Hubble … 1. It’s as big as a tennis court. There are big telescopes on the ground but nothing of … Complete Re-dos Kill Established Success Nearly every project that I’ve seen proposed to essentially do something bigger and better than something that already exists fails. "It is the biggest, most powerful telescope ever to be put in space. Sadly, I saw this happening with the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists were able to glimpse galaxies that came into being when the universe was less than a billion years old. The James Webb Space Telescope vs. Hubble in size (main) and vs. an array of other telescopes...[+] (inset) in terms of wavelength and sensitivity. The James Webb Space Telescope — which is scheduled for launch in 2018 — can be thought of as the "successor" to the Hubble telescope, which went into orbit in 1990. | aerospace |
http://globemaster3c17.tripod.com/susie/index.blog/249225/4th-flying-day-solo/ | 2018-06-21T21:26:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864300.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621211603-20180621231603-00432.warc.gz | 0.993148 | 981 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__170338070 | en | Yesterday, 3-6-04, I got a little brave with my R/C flying abilities. I went out the the airport only with Jennifer, instead of having an R/C pilot with me like every other time. It was also a bit different in that I wasn't using the normal area for my runway. The wind was out of the south, and so I didn't want to land next to the hangar and have turbulance while landing, like the day before. There was only one plane flying at the airport, but it was flying a closed pattern, so it was pretty easy to keep track of it, especially with Jennifer keeping an eye out for it. Since that plane wasn't using the main taxiway, I used it for my runway so that I could take off and land with pretty much a direct headwind. I was a bit suprised though, I didn't feel nervous about not having someone out there that really knows about R/C planes like I thought I would. After between 5 and 10 minutes of flying, I decided I better top off the tank. I was a bit concerned about how well the landing would go due to the day before, but then I thought that it probably had a lot to do with the wind. So I lined up on the taxiway, but I was a lot farther away than normal. The plane was drifting slowly to the left, and I didn't correct enough for it. So when it touched down, it went off the taxiway and nosed into the grass. I'm glad that happened where it did, because there was a taxiway edge light a lot closer than I would have liked to where it went into the grass.
As I was bringing the plane back so I could fill it up and fly again, Jen and I got to talking about what it does when it stalls. So I told her I would show her a stall during my next flight. Besides, I'd only stalled it one other time (my first flying day) and I knew I needed to get a better idea of how slow it can go before stalling so that I can make a little slower approaches to landing. So after I took off and climed up to what I felt was three mistakes high I went for a power-off stall. I eased the power back, and as the plane slowed down, I pulled back to maintain altitude. I noticed that I wasn't completely at idle, so I pulled the throttle the rest of the way back. Right there stuff hit the fan. Although I couldn't see that the prop stoped, I could tell that things were quiet, too quiet. All I could think was "UHOH, this good be very bad!" Although I don't recall consciously thinking about having to make a dead-stick landing when I tried to stall, I must have sub-consciously thought about it because I was high, pretty close to and heading towards my runway when this happened. So I glided over my runway, turned downwind, held that so I could get a good idea of the glidepath, then turned base to final. (Just like every time I've practiced this in full-size planes.) I think I made my best landing up to that point. I had a pretty stable descent and I made a smooth touch-down. I was then able to turn it towards my car so that I wouldn't have to carry it as far to get the engine going again. Yes, it felt pretty good
I adjusted the mixture after that and got it so it would idle a little better. I don't want to have to deal with another dead-stick landing. This flight went pretty good. I tried a barrel-roll, but it went pretty much like the very first time I tried it, because it didn't work out very well. I also did a couple of loops that worked out fairly well. I came in for another good landing, but I touched down a lot farther south than I wanted to (I don't want my plane getting too close to the FBO) so I made it a touch and go. I can't get over how quickly my plane speeds up. After about two seconds of rolling with full-throttle, I rotated and was able to make a pretty steep climbing turn so that I could get back to where I'm supposed to be flying. My next landing was the best one I've ever had. I had a stable descent and a smooth touch-down. Man that felt good to be able to do it right. I taxied back to my car, then went around in circles a few times just for the fun of it. I then ran up the engine to clear it out, then pitched the line so that there wouldn't be much fuel sitting in the engine. Now that was a good flying day. | aerospace |
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Behind-the-Blues-The-faces-behind-the-jets-488778911.html | 2021-06-14T07:01:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487611445.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20210614043833-20210614073833-00397.warc.gz | 0.964947 | 657 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__118683384 | en | PENSACOLA, Fla. (WTHI) - The U.S. Navy Blue Angels call the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida home...and only a few people make it past their front door to see inside, but News 10 did.
Power, precision, and performance.
The jets are definitely the face of the famed U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
These impressive multi-roll fighters are more specifically known as FA-18 Hornets.
You'll get the chance to see them perform at the upcoming Terre Haute Air Show, but beyond the Hornets are the pilots.
Major Jeffrey Mullins commands the blue and yellow jet, which is numbered three.
He joined the Blue Angels less than a year ago.
"I never thought I would get the opportunity to come here...it actually took me a while to get here, but I'm glad to finally be here and to be a part of this team," Major Mullins told us.
He has several years of flying and hundreds of flight hours under his belt.
LINK | THE TERRE HAUTE AIR SHOW
He trains constantly to master dangerous maneuvers where only inches separate his jet from the others on the team.
"The first time I see that jet is when I'm strapping into it prior to going up and flying," Major Mullins said. "I just get in and go."
That's right, no preflight checks. These pilots trust their fellow team members with their lives.
"We are the embodiment of teamwork. Everyone has a role to fill on the team and everyone fills it...very well," the major told us.
News 10 received a behind the scenes look at everything, with just one exception...the pilot meeting before and after the flight.
That time was off limits.
"We usually have a brief about an hour prior taking off," Major Mullins explained. "During the brief, we kind of go through what the weather is, what conditions we're expecting, and do what we call chair flying...more like a mental rehearsal of what we're going to see out there, and then we get really excited. Real amped up to put on a great show for our team."
While walking to the flight line and heading to their jets, the pilots are laser focused.
They have to be...there's no room for error.
"We strive for perfection, we are never going to reach it, but we strive to make everyone who helps us fly proud," Major Mullins said.
The Blue Angels define teamwork.
The jets may get all of the attention as the headliners, and the pilots come in at a close second...but to get the jets off the ground, it takes a squadron.
"It is a lot of fun to go out there and do the shows...and just show off what all 130 of our Blue Angels can help to put together," Major Mullins told us.
In the cockpit, Major Mullins and the other pilots push the limits, showcasing U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pride and professionalism.
In part two, Susan Dinkel will peel back the layers beyond the jets and beyond the piolets. | aerospace |
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/tsb-releases-report-on-westjet-s-missed-approach-close-to-water-in-st-maarten-1.3958357 | 2019-05-20T00:52:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255251.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520001706-20190520023706-00290.warc.gz | 0.944398 | 463 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__49457168 | en | TSB releases report on WestJet's missed approach close to water in St. Maarten
Published Monday, June 4, 2018 12:32PM EDT
Unexpected weather conditions and reduced visibility contributed to a risk of collision with terrain for a WestJet plane as it tried to land in St. Maarten last year, a Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigation has found.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, ended up landing without incident about 45 minutes later and no one on board was hurt. Video of the missed approach was shared widely online at the time, prompting WestJet to issue a statement denying that it was a “potential disaster,” as some headlines stated.
The TSB report, released Monday, says that WestJet flight 2652 from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport entered a “significant rain shower” as it approached Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten on March 7, 2017.
The TSB investigation determined that the runway lights and the visual guidance system at the airport were set at low intensity and had obscured the view of the airport environment. The reduced visibility led to inadequate monitoring of the plane’s altitude and the crew couldn’t properly identify the runway, the TSB report says.
The crew aborted the landing 0.30 nautical miles from the runway threshold at an altitude of 40 feet above water, according to the report.
“The crew did not notice that the aircraft had descended below the normal angle of descent to the runway threshold until the enhanced ground proximity warning system issued an alert,” the TSB says.
Once visibility improved, the flight crew conducted a second approach and landed safely.
The TSB says that after that missed approach, WestJet developed a “corrective action plan,” which includes “information for pilots regarding possible challenges and threats on approaching and landing at Princess Juliana International Airport.”
Report released by TSB Canada indicates ‘unexpected weather conditions on final approach, reduced runway conspicuity, and inadequate flight path monitoring led to a risk of collision with terrain’ for Westjet #WS2652 in Sint Maarten on Mar 7, 2017.— Tom Podolec (@TomPodolec) June 4, 2018 | aerospace |
https://www.aol.co.uk/2017/03/02/nasa-returns-moon-dust-custody-battle-apollo-11/ | 2021-09-25T22:32:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057775.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20210925202717-20210925232717-00563.warc.gz | 0.969208 | 231 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__168609169 | en | Artifacts from the moon are generally the property of NASA, and, barring relatively few exceptions, private citizens don't own any – at least legally.
In recent days and as a result of a court ruling, a woman in Illinois became an exception to that standard.
See also: Bag a bargain on NASA's virtual car boot sale
See also: Would you stay in bed for ten weeks for £7,000?
On 24 February a Texas judge declared that NASA must return a moon dust laden sample bag from the Apollo 11 mission to Nancy Lee Carlson.
Carlson purchased the bag from a government auction in 2015 and soon after she sent it to NASA for authentication.
Not only did NASA employees determine that the bag was real but they also found out that it was sold by mistake.
The agency then decided not to return the object to Carlson.
US lawyers offered Carslon the $995 (£811) she had paid for the bag - but, as a lifetime space enthusiast, she declined.
NASA is encouraging her to put the bag on public display but what she intends to do with it is as yet unknown. | aerospace |
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