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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/airplanes-jeremy-r-kinney/1100756799?ean=9780313331503&itm=1 | 2015-03-28T11:25:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131297429.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172137-00254-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.940248 | 361 | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__108088475 | en | - Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
From the Publisher"The Wrights called it a flyer, not an airplane. Wiley Post's luck ran out in 1935, but first he wore the world's first pressure suit at about 50,000 feet. The first American turboprop airliner debuted in 1958, but dragged six years after the British. Kinney, curator of the Aeronautics Division at the National Air and Space Museum, covers the efforts of everyone from a hapless flying monk in Malmesbury in the 1100s, Newton (lift and drag), Smeaton (cambered wings) and the remarkable Cayley who had most of it figured out in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is careful to keep his narrative accessible to general readers and includes a manageable glossary and list of related reading. He rightly devotes substantial space to the contributions of military and commercial flight but also describes general aviation and the more recent advances in going higher, faster and farther."
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"Another in a Greenwood Press series of monographs, Greenwood Technographies, this publication by Kinney gives a detailed, informative picture of the history and advancement of the airplane, which has evolved from its beginnings with the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 to the maneuverable jets that can break the sound barrier today. This book is written in a very general and understandable style. The author manages to do an impressive job of thoroughly discussing the details and specifics of the way that airplane technology improved and the political movements, world events, and social change that brought about these improvements. The introduction also offers an excellent overview of the physics of flight and the time line of the evolution of the airplane. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students." | aerospace |
https://blog.preciouspayload.com/nasas-state-of-the-art-small-spacecraft-technology-report-mentions-precious-payload/ | 2023-09-23T17:39:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00240.warc.gz | 0.921777 | 159 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__198587610 | en | NASA’s state-of-the-art small spacecraft technology report mentions Precious Payload
NASA’s new state-of-the-art small spacecraft technology report has a paragraph about Precious Payload:
“There are some companies hoping to develop an online booking system for launches, similar to web-based airline ticket platforms. One of these companies is Precious Payloads. The premise is that you click on your preferred destination and timeline and the website provides you with launch options. As the supply of launches increases, there may be a larger increase in demand for this type of service.”
You can find the mention on page 263.
Also, read the SatNews story about Precious Payload’s comprehensive launch schedule for small satellites. | aerospace |
https://www.myflighttraining.ca/about-us/ | 2024-02-28T11:58:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474715.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228112121-20240228142121-00893.warc.gz | 0.974352 | 1,037 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__194026941 | en | Through our time as Instructors, we have always found deficiencies that can be improved in pilot training. Ground schools often left students feeling overwhelmed and underprepared for real life flying. Other online ground schools are lengthy, boring and lack a real connection with the realities we face as pilots.
After seeing where the industry could improve, our team set off to fill the gap between theoretical aspects of aviation and the practical application of skills taught. Our ground school will give you the tools to understand what you need to know to be the pilot that you desire to be. Our courses won’t just be something you learn and tuck away forever.
At Canadian Flight Trainers, we are aware that simply having ground-based knowledge isn’t sufficient for Canadian pilots. Our focus takes this knowledge and enables you to safely apply it to your practical flying. The knowledge learned is a combination of experience from our instructors, and structured material used by Transport Canada to create their tests. This way you can get the best of both worlds and fill the gap where all other ground schools fail.
Daniel is a husband to his wonderful wife and is a father to his three children. He has been flying for over 16 years and is one of fifty Class 1 Aerobatic Instructors in Canada. He also holds a Class 1 Instructor Rating on his ICAO ATPL. Full time, Daniel works as a Second in Command on the A321 for a major Canadian airline where he has helped design numerous pilot training courses. Prior to being in this role, Daniel flew and taught on the A330, was a Captain on the E170, and flew the Cessna 208 Caravan. He is also a graduate student at an Ontario University studying education.
In his spare time he conducts research in aviation, spends time in his garden, and plays chess.
Daniel is the founder and Chief Instructor of Canadian Flight Trainers.
Daniel Vanier is an experienced pilot from the Greater Toronto area. Ever since graduating one of Canada’s premiere flight programs, he has taken an interest in advancing and elevating the training experiences of students in aviation through innovative techniques and personalized approaches.
Since his graduation, Daniel has continuously been a mentor for new pilots in the industry. He has experience flying the Q400, Captaining the classic Dash 8 aircraft, teaching in Part 705 operations as a Q400 technical ground school instructor, and being a crew resource management instructor. He currently holds a position at a national airline in Canada on the Airbus 321.
During the Covid pandemic, Daniel took advantage of the additional free time to spend more time outdoors.
Doug is a well known pilot in the aviation community, having amassed over 24,000 flight hours in his 30+ year career. Doug started his flying on Canada’s east coast and also became a certified meteorologist, working as forecaster with Environment Canada.
Doug has a passion for teaching and combining his aviation and weather expertise – he has taught students from the PPL level right up to airline new-hires. In addition to flying, forecasting, and teaching, Doug is also an author. He has been writing for enRoute magazine for over two decades and has been published in Wings, Canadian Aviator, and Weatherwise magazines, amongst others.
He has published three books “From the Flight Deck”, “Canadian Aviation Weather”, and “Pilot Weather” – hoping to inspire others to seek an exciting and dynamic career in aviation. Most recently he completed writing “From the Flight Deck” and earned his Masters in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University. Having spent over 20 years flying Airbus products, he currently flies the Boeing 787 for Air Canada.
Fraser Fulton was the main author of the PSTAR course so many of our students enjoy for free.
After graduating from one of Canada’s best aviation degree programs, he took advantage of his time by engaging in 702 aerial operations in southern Ontario. He has since moved on and now flies the Boeing 737 for a major airline in Canada.
Teo is a graduate from one of Canada’s aviation college programs and enjoys music in his spare time. As a very knowledgeable and humble pilot, he easily found his place among the instructing staff at Canadian Flight Trainers. Teo developed the multi engine course for us before moving onto flying for a large airline operator here in Canada.
All course content meets Transport Canada regulations regarding pilot training. Courses were designed based on the Study and Reference guides applicable to each specific course. A record of ground school training is available to all students who complete a course.
Canadian Flight Trainers is recognized as an educational institution by Employment and Social Development Canada. Any students who purchase a course for the purpose of professional career development are eligible to have their course fees deducted as an educational expense on their annual tax return. In order to complete this, Canadian Flight Trainers requires the student’s Social Insurance Number. Students can contact us to schedule a phone call for this information exchange. Do NOT e-mail us your Social Insurance Numbers. | aerospace |
https://defaiya.com/news/Regional%20News/Kuwait/2017/05/17/lockheed-martin-to-deliver-sniper-pods-for-kuwait-hornet-aircraft | 2024-04-23T20:52:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818740.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423192952-20240423222952-00815.warc.gz | 0.903562 | 370 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__159050541 | en | Lockheed Martin received a delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to the Kuwait Air Force for its F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft.
The order was added under Lockheed Martin’s existing foreign military sales indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and includes 14 Sniper ATPs, spares, support equipment and integration. Pod deliveries will begin in 2018 to address urgent operational needs of the Kuwait Air Force.
“Sniper ATP provides critical targeting and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support in challenging threat environments,” said Paul Lemmo, Vice President of Fire Control/Special Operations Forces Contractor Logistics Support Services at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
“By integrating Sniper ATP on its Hornet aircraft, the Kuwait Air Force continues expanding operational capabilities across its fighter fleet,” he added.
Lockheed Martin announced efforts to integrate Sniper ATP on the Kuwait Air Force’s Typhoon aircraft in 2016. Sniper ATP is also used on Canada’s CF-18 and on multinational F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1, B-52 and F-2 aircraft. Additionally, Lockheed Martin is conducting Sniper ATP flight tests on the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet.
Sniper ATP detects, identifies, automatically tracks and laser-designates small tactical targets at long ranges. It also supports employment of all laser- and GPS-guided weapons against multiple fixed and moving targets.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. | aerospace |
https://jpscm.com/astroquartz/ | 2020-05-27T09:13:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347392142.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200527075559-20200527105559-00074.warc.gz | 0.915352 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__162239639 | en | JPS created the Astroquartz ® line of fabrics in 1964 in support of the NASA Gemini and Apollo missions. Since its creation Astroquartz ® has established itself as the recognized leader in pure (99.9% +) silica grade fabrics. The electrical, thermal, and strength properties of Astroquartz® are unparalleled.
Today Astroquartz ® can be found in many groundbreaking applications including to assist commercial aviation connectivity and military aircraft communications, heat shields for orbital and martian space explorers, and as thermal protection for sensors and other temperature sensitive parts. All of our Astroquartz ® fabrics are certifiable to AMS 3846.
JPS is the world leader for quartz fabric production for composite applications. Our Astroquartz ® fabrics established the use of high purity silica in fabric form, a role we are very proud of and a legacy we are excited to continue.
Additional data and support for Astroquartz ® is available upon request. Give us a call today, we are happy to help. | aerospace |
https://www.slashgear.com/multiple-esa-space-missions-take-a-hit-as-coronavirus-pandemic-grows-25614360/ | 2021-04-11T00:17:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038060603.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210411000036-20210411030036-00225.warc.gz | 0.964722 | 313 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__22056662 | en | The European Space Agency has revealed that multiple current space missions are being impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. In an announcement on Wednesday, the agency said that it is dialing down its mission operations and sending a number of its mission control center personnel in Germany home to avoid the virus risk. Some instrument operations must be stopped as a result, among other things.
Social distancing has forced a number of companies to adjust to new work arrangements as employees transition from working at the office to working at home. The same is true for the ESA, which previously reduced the number of on-site personnel it had at its Darmstadt mission control center.
In an announcement on Tuesday, the agency revealed that it is once again slashing that number. Four space science missions will be impacted as a result:
– Mars Express
– Solar Orbiter
ESA says it will reduce data gathering from these four missions and that it will temporarily pause its instrument operations related to these four missions. The agency says that only its ‘key personnel’ remain on-site at its various facilities — the majority of the agency’s staff has been working from home for going on two weeks.
The key personnel is tasked with the vital activities that can’t be performed from home — things like maintaining the real-time operations of these spacecraft. The spacecraft safety will be maintained during this time; the agency says that it will likely start resuming operations ‘in the near future,’ though it is impossible to give a specific date at this time. | aerospace |
http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/7977/2011/11/08/aviation_companies_suffer_over_weak_exchange_rate.html | 2013-05-25T15:23:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705957380/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120557-00064-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.969597 | 530 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__97364137 | en | The Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr Sam Oduselu has attributed the inability of some of the nation’s aviation companies to operate profitability to the global aviation trend where everything is computed in dollars.
Oduselu was speaking following the weak naira value to the dollar.
Speaking at an event organised by the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE), the AIB boss said, “Because of global trend of insecurity, security is now part of the key aspects of aviation. It is an international arena that you can’t quantify what you are doing in Naira, but rather in Dollars. This makes it a bit hard for our operators to operate profitably.”
He also highlighted the importance of industry operators to ensure they employ professionals as well as maintain safety standards as stipulated by the ICAO.
“It is what you put into the industry that you will get and ours at AIB is to make sure that professionals and stakeholders in the industry get conducive environment to do their job and by so doing, we will promote safety in the sector.”
Oduselu pointed out that since aviation was internationally regulated, professionals in the industry were expected to measure up to international standards, adding that aviation globally was a segment, which was expected to work together as one.
He decried the high insecurity in the industry in the last few years, which he said had further put it into disrepute, stressing that for insecurity to be addressed, it required holistic approach from all stakeholders.
Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Captain Chinyere Kalu, said federal government was trying to restructure the industry with its new roadmap and urged all agencies and professional associations to key into the government’s vision.
She explained that the only way the country’s aviation sector could remain safe was for players in the industry to continue to embrace ICAO safety standards, stressing that through this means, stakeholders would be able to address all the challenges hindering performance in the sector.
She encouraged NAAE members to continue to maintain safety standards in their operations by sending their personnel for training and re-training at NCAT, warning that if the college collapsed, aviation industry in the country would be in a crisis.
Also, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr Nnamdi Udoh, canvassed for maintenance of international standards for all operators in the sector and urged them to discard bickering among themselves in a bid for the sector to move forward. | aerospace |
https://www.droneguide.news/top-5-best-budget-drone-review-2024/?amp=1 | 2024-02-22T09:50:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473738.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222093910-20240222123910-00740.warc.gz | 0.858649 | 1,109 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__140389753 | en | Number One: DJI Mini 3 Pro
Experience unparalleled aerial videography with the DJI Mini 3 Pro drone. With its professional-grade camera, this quadcopter captures stunning 4K videos at 60 frames per second and high-resolution photos. The camera’s exceptional clarity, along with the remarkable 34-minute maximum flight time and precise GPS navigation, allows you to explore the skies effortlessly. Enhanced safety features, such as tridirectional obstacle sensing, ensure a smooth flight experience. This compact quadcopter combines cutting-edge technology with portability, making it perfect for enthusiasts and professionals seeking top-tier performance in aerial photography and videography.
Number Two: Potensic Mini Drone
Discover endless fun with the Potensic Mini Drone RC camera quadcopter. This remote-controlled quadcopter boasts versatile features like follow me mode and circle fly, making it an ideal gift for kids. Capture exciting moments with its onboard camera and enjoy seamless control for a thrilling flight experience. Whether it’s for a birthday or just playful exploration, this drone offers both entertainment and learning, fostering creativity and motor skills in young aviators. Experience the joy of flight with this feature-packed, easy-to-use mini drone.
Number Three: DJI Mini 2
Unleash your aerial creativity with the DJI Mini 2 camera GPS drone. Weighing only 249g, this GPS-equipped quadcopter captures stunning 2.7K HD video at 30 frames per second, delivering breathtaking footage. With an impressive 10 km transmission range and 31-minute maximum flight time, you can explore the sky freely. Enjoy enhanced perspectives using the four times digital zoom feature, perfect for detailed shots. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced pilot, the DJI Mini 2 is a great choice for unleashing your creativity in the sky.
Number Four: Holy Stone HS720E
The Holy Stone HS720E is a budget-friendly drone that provides impressive performance. Equipped with a 4K UHD camera, it captures stunning aerial footage with ease. The drone features a brushless motor, allowing for a quieter flight and longer battery life. With intelligent flight modes like follow me and orbit mode, you can capture dynamic shots effortlessly. The HS720E also has a GPS module for precise positioning and a return-to-home function for added safety. This drone is perfect for beginners and drone enthusiasts looking to capture high-quality footage without breaking the bank.
Number Five: Eachine E520S
The Eachine E520S is an affordable option for those looking to enter the world of drones. Despite its low price, this quadcopter offers impressive features. Equipped with a 4K camera, it allows you to capture stunning aerial photos and videos. The E520S also has an advanced GPS system, providing accurate positioning and precise flight control. With intelligent flight modes like follow me and waypoint navigation, you can easily capture cinematic shots. The drone’s foldable design makes it portable and easy to carry. If you’re on a tight budget but still want a reliable drone, the Eachine E520S is a great choice.
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1. FI X8 4K Professional V2 Camera Drone
This drone offers incredible performance, portability, and exceptional image quality, making it a must-have for drone enthusiasts. The FI X8 4K Professional V2 camera drone is the pinnacle of aerial photography. Its professional-grade 4K camera combined with a three-axis gimbal ensures stunningly clear and stable footage. With an impressive 10 km transmission range, you can explore distant horizons and capture breathtaking aerial shots.
Effortlessly enjoy extended flights of up to 35 minutes, guided by Precision GPS. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a budding enthusiast, this drone redefines possibilities. It merges cutting-edge technology with exceptional performance for unparalleled aerial adventures. Elevate your photography and videography game with the FI X8 4K Professional V2.
2. DJI Mini4 Pro Drone 4K Professional Quadcopter
Introducing the DJI Mini4 Pro drone, a powerhouse of aerial pro. Its professional 4K camera captures stunning visuals at 60 frames per second with HDR, delivering unparalleled clarity. With an incredible 20 km Full HD video transmission range, you can explore vast landscapes while staying connected.
Experience enhanced safety with omnidirectional obstacle sensing in a compact frame weighing less than 249g. This quadcopter redefines excellence, merging lightweight portability with cutting-edge features. It is a must-have for professionals and enthusiasts seeking top-tier performance in aerial photography and videography.
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https://epsipet.top/top-10-throttle-for-flight-simulator-uk-pc-video-games/ | 2024-03-02T18:44:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475897.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302184020-20240302214020-00282.warc.gz | 0.859483 | 1,421 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__126794374 | en | Thrustmaster#ad - The tpr features thrustmaster’s PENDUL_R technology: a unique, suspended mechanism ensuring smooth and fluid movements. The positions of the tpr’s springs can be adjusted, allowing users to adjust the resistance according to their preferences two springs are included.
Halleffect accurate technology for ultra-precise, frictionless action that won’t change over time.
4 mounting holes M6 diameter are incorporated into the base for installation in a cockpit. The pedals can be adjusted into five positions, at angles between 35° and 75°. The tpr also features thrustmaster’s h. E. A. R. T. The tpr’s metal base guarantees total stability, even when used without a cockpit.
Next Level Racing#ad - Suited for combat flight, Commercial flight, General Aviation, and Space Exploration users. Includes keyboard and mouse support for easy navigation with custom Next Level Racing keyboard and mouse pads.
Wide range of adjustments to tailor your flight experience. Official licensed product of The Boeing Company. Dedicated flight cockpit for maximum simulation immersion. Compatible with flight electronics such as yokes, rudders, joysticks, and throttles for all major brands.
Compatible with thrustmaster / Logitech / Saitek / Honeycomb/ Virtual Fly/ Crosswind and other flight accessory brands. Inspired boeing inspired components like green canvas seat covering and military green highlights. Includes buttkicker adaptor, Next Level Racing Four-point harness, and Lumber Support. Motion compatible with added accessories**.
Thrustmaster#ad - Iconic airbus controls including trim, landing gear, autobrake and parking brake. Additional replica Airbus modules for realistic commercial and civil flight kinematics. Complementary modules for general aviation, with mechanical switches to enable/disable the detents.
Modules with 2 axes with h. E. A. R. T magnetic sensors + 10 programmable buttons + 5 virtual buttons. The speed brake lever and flaps lever feature realistic detents to control your approach and landing sequence.
Honeycomb Aeronautical#ad - For thicker tabletops, a large 3M Micro-Suction Pad that produces 40lbs of tensile strength can be used for a clamp-free solution. The yoke has a realistic full 180° yoke rotation and a solid steel shaft with dual linear ball bearings that provide smooth control.
The left and right handles feature one 8-way hat switch, three buttons, two vertical and two horizontal 2-way rocker switches, and a push to talk button. The base includes a switch Panel with master, and light switches, avionics, as well as a 5-position ignition switch.
The yoke features a dampened, alternator, self-centering mechanism with no center detent or minimal to no dead zone. The yoke comes with two steel heavy-duty clamps, which you can attach firmly and secure the yoke.
The dual mounting solution allows for full use with or without clamps. The honeycomb alpha flight controls yoke & switch panel is the most advanced flight simulation system available to simmers, flight students, and pilots. The honeycomb alpha flight controls yoke & Switch Panel was designed and developed in California by pilots and aerospace engineers to ensure the most realistic flight simulation experience possible.
wuutyty#ad - Excellent stability: heavy and strong Desk Mount Stably Hold Your Equipment In The Best Position. . This joystick desk mount is stable when set up and can be installed easily.
. Super easy installation: by helping with 91n. M force clamp. Prepare for gaming: ready your cockpit and take flight. The hikig flight joystick controller mount Is The Ideal Addition To Your Battle Station For That Immersive Flight Simulation Gaming Experience.
Game comfortably: control your plane with comfort and ergonomics. Adjustable in height-300mm ~ +300mm and Position Back and Forth. 80mm ~ 320mm . Excellent compatibility: fully Support With Almost All of Flight Game Hand-Control Devices. .
Include:2 X remove before flight tag. Premium materials: High-grade polyester hand washable and ironable, waterproof and dustproof. Compatible model: for Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog joystick and throttle.
Logitech G#ad - Premium control: the driving force feedback racing wheel provides a detailed simulation of driving a real car, with helical gearing delivering smooth, quiet steering and a hand-stitched leather cover.
Customisable pedals: these pressure-sensitive nonlinear brake pedals provide a responsive, accurate braking feel on a sturdy base - with adjustable pedal faces for finer control.
Immersive gaming experience: perfect for playstation 5, PS4 and PC gaming titles, the Driving Force simulates the feeling of driving a real car with precision steering and pressure-sensitive pedals.
Up your game: take your racing simulation to the next level with Driving Force accessories like the Driving Force Shifter or desk and rig mounts. 900-degree rotation: lock-to-lock rotation of the Driving Force means you can turn the wheel around two and a half times, hand over hand on wide turns - just like a real F1 race car.
Thrustmaster#ad - 17 action buttons with “braille”-style identification. Inspired by the iconic Airbus sidestick: ergonomic 1:1 scale replica. 4 swappable joystick head button modules, and 12 remappable buttons for a multitude of possibilities in flight, and on the ground.
Throttle with built-in thrust reverser mechanism, and rudder control by rotating the sidestick’s handle lockable/unlockable. Contactless magnetic sensor technology, with no potentiometers, for an unlimited lifespan and optimal precision.
Thrustmaster#ad - Compatible with PC. Unfiltered power: game effects are rendered without any filters, for an incredibly detailed experience that’s faithful to the game developer’s intentions.
Direct drive technology: delivers constant torque of up to 10 N⋅m, with no saturation. Esports-caliber force feedback: smooth, powerful and turbocharged, to transmit every detail to the driver and help facilitate outstanding performance in competitions.
Thrustmaster#ad - From the creator of the hOTAS Cougar and T. 16000m joysticks. 20 buttons + 4 switches per MFD = 48 programmable controls in total. Multi-Function Display.
Multi-position, weighted, non-slip and detachable base. 2 programmable leds per MFD, to identify the MFD during programming. 2 plexiglas windows per mfd to insert one of the 3 preprinted cardboard layouts with presets for "Microsoft Flight Simulator X" each cardboard layout corresponds to one of your choice of 3 presets: Generic / Light Aviation / Airliner. | aerospace |
http://www.scibuff.com/tag/space-junk/ | 2016-12-05T02:26:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698541518.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170901-00499-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.949152 | 1,948 | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__188383118 | en | Hundreds of reports flooded astronomical societies in the Netherlands and Germany yesterday, as people observed a brilliant fireball in the evening’s twilight skies. Below is a spectacular photo taken by Robert Mikaelyan.
Update 4: Below is a spectacular shot of the meteor captured by Robert Mikaelyan
Update 3: Koen Miskotte estimated the meteor’s brightness between -8 and -12. According to his report the red orange fireball broke up in 5/6 pieces each one with a magnitude of -3 to -5. There are also reports of a sonic boom and a rumbling sound and shaking windows.
Update 2: Pictures of the smoke trail left by the bolide at dusk have appeared in a forum.
People in the Netherlands and Germany are reporting an extremely bright fireball seen around 19.00 CEST (17:00 UTC), traveling more or less south-north. Daniel Fisher of the Nuremberg Astronomical Association posted a photo of the meteor Daniel Fischer twittered links to a report posted on a mailing-list run by the Nuremberg Astronomical Association as well as to a a photo of the meteor:
Theo Jurriens from the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of University of Groningen, and KNMI – the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, confirmed about one hundred reports received from the public. The meteor has been seen to burst into three pieces eventually.
NASA is currently tracking an oval-shaped 3 year-old debris from the Ariane 5 expended upper stage (Obj 29274) which is projected to miss the International Space Station (ISS) by 3.2km at the Time of Closest Approach (TCA) at 15:06 UTC on Friday. The original miss distance of 16.609 km was reduced dramatically as tracking models of the object’s highly eccentric orbit (apogee at 32,185 km) have been refined.
Although NASA officials decided that the upcoming Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA2) would not be delayed, a Debris Avoidance Maneuver (DAM) may need to be executed once astronauts John Olivas and Christer Fuglesang (both Mission Specialists) replace the station’s ammonia tank during their spacewalk.
In March earlier this year, the station’s crew was evacuated to the Soyuz spacecraft as the station was threatened by a orbital debris from the Cosmos – Iridium collision a few weeks earlier.
Last night, fans at the Beach Bums game in Traverse City in Michigan reported seeing a bright meteor in the night sky.
“We were watching the game and then all of a sudden something caught our eyes.”
“We looked up really quick and there was this big, bright fireball… it seemed like it was right on top of us like you almost had to duck it seemed so low.”
There are also reports of a loud explosion, thus the object must have reached low enough altitudes where the air thickens enough that sound can propagate through it.
We thought someone set off dynamite – the boom shook the house.
This sighting adds to the series of bright meteors seen around the world recently. The number of similar reports in the last year should really be attributed to the rise of social media rather than increasing number of meteor activity. About 3,000 meteors are set ablaze in our atmosphere every day.
The space around us is filled with interplanetary debris. As of August 30, 2009, 6292 Near-Earth Objects (NEO) have been discovered. 1062 of these NEOs are asteroids with a diameter of approximately 1 kilometer or larger. Also, 145 of these NEOs have been classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs).
Only yesterday, at 11:46:36 UTC the asteroid labeled as 2009 QC35, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on August 29, passed the Earth at a distance of about 0.0075 AU which roughly represents 2.9 Lunar Distances (LD). The separation of 1,113,500 km is considered quite close by space standards.
2009 QC35 has an estimated diameter of 23-52m. It is not one of the largest among Apollo asteroids (Earth-crossing NEOs with semi-major axis greater than 1.0 AU and perihelion distance less than 1.017 AU), nevertheless a collision with our planet would cause a great damage and leave a long lasting scar.
Update 4: The latest weather forecast predicts a 5% chance of weather prohibiting tanking and 40% probability of weather prohibiting launch, while showers and thunderstorms within 20 Nautical Miles (~37km) of the Shuttle Landing Facility remain the primary concerns.
Update 3: The Mission Management Team is scheduled to meet at 12:00 UTC to give a “go” for the fueling of Endeavour and the tanking should commence at 12:30 at slow phase with filling the External Tank (ET) with liquid hydrogen (at 20K).
Update 2: Currently teams are working on resolving a fuel cell issue but the management team is not sure about the impact on the scheduled launch.
Update 1: Thursday will be the last possible launch attempt until July 26 due to the Progress 34P mission to the ISS.
The mission’s four scrubs place STS-127 only two scrubs behind the “record” of six called-off launch attempts held by STS-73 and STS 61-C. The first two scrubs (June 13 and June 17) were due to gaseous hydrogen leak on a vent line near the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP). Because of a planned launch of the LRO/LCROSS mission on June 18, there was no time to attempt another launch of Endeavour before the beta angle cutout started on June 20. After that, it was not possible to launch the shuttle before the cutout ended on July 10.
Coincidently, the beta angle cutout provided NASA technicians with enough time to carefully examine the GUCP problem. During a meticulous investigation and data analysis engineers determined that the most likely cause of the leak was a misalignment in the External Tank Carrier Assembly. Technicians replaced the old seal with a two-piece seal enabling it to counter any movement of the external tank carrier assembly as the tank was being fueled. On July 1, NASA conducted a live tanking test to ensure repairs to the external tank (ET) were successful. (Source: NASA)
On July 11, NASA first postponed the ET tanking and consequently decided to delay the launch by 24 hours to give ground team extra time to examine ground equipment and systems aboard Endeavour for possible damage from lightning strikes. Although none of the 11 lightning strikes recorded within 0.5km of the launch pad were direct hits to either the orbiter, the external tank or the solid rocket boosters (SRB’s), the Ground Lightning Monitoring System (GLMS) declared a “lightning event” at 06:00 UTC and additional checks were needed to reach 100% confidence that orbiter electronic boxes and the solid rocket booster circuitry were functioning within the norms.
On Sunday, July 12, NASA’s launch director (LD) Pete Nickolenko coordinating with the Mission Management Team (MMT) called off the launch during the final Go/No-Go station polls, as the Mission Control Center in Houston (MCC-H) declared a No-Go due to unacceptable weather forecast at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) for a possible Return To Launch Site abort. For the launch to proceed, weather conditions must be acceptable not only at the launch pad and one of the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) sites, but also within 20 Nautical Miles (roughly 37km) of the SLF for about 20 minutes after liftoff.
Another lunch attempt was scrubbed on July 13, shortly after the MCC-H declared a No-Go because of the weather forecast at SLF for a possible RTLS, and the Launch Weather Officer Kathy Winters informed LD and MMT about Phase 1 lightning alert, the violation of restrictions on anvil clouds and the field mill violations. After a short discussion with the launch teams, Pete Nickolenko made a decision for a 48-hour turn-around, setting the next launch attempt for Wednesday at 22:03:10 UTC.
Currently, NASA is tracking another piece of debris from the satellite collision last month. Last week, a piece of from Iridium’s Payload Assist Module (PAM) missed the station by approximately 5km and caused crew’s temporary relocation to the Soyuz Module. This time, the culprit is a piece from the old Soviet era Kosmos satellite. At the time of the closest approach (TCA), 07:14 UT on Tuesday, the debris will pass within 1 km of the station. This poses a serious to astronauts’ security and NASA considered firing the onboard thrusters to move the station out of harms way.
Update #1: 21:54UT – NASA CAPCOM Rick Davis just informed the International Space Station (ISS) Commander Mike Fincke (who celebrated his 42nd birthday on Saturday) that the station will NOT need to maneuver tonight to avoid the satellite debris. Thus it seems that the crew can continue their prepration for the visitors from STS-119 shuttle which will dock with the station tomorrow at 19:13 UT 22:13 UT. | aerospace |
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a Patriot missile successfully intercepted and downed a foreign aircraft on Thursday night that was flying over the Golan Heights region near the Israel-Syrian border.
The IDF has not confirmed whether the aircraft was Syrian. It is also unclear if the aircraft was hit over Israeli territory. Israeli media have reported accounts of residents in the Israeli town of Safed, located a short distance from the Golan Heights region, witnessing the launch of two missiles and subsequently hearing explosions.
As recently as last month, Israel deployed its advanced Arrow missile defense system to intercept several Syrian rockets aimed at Israeli aircraft flying over Syria.
“Overnight, March 17, 2017, IAF aircrafts targeted several targets in Syria,” the IDF confirmed at the time. “Several anti-aircraft missiles were launched from Syria following the mission and IDF Aerial Defense Systems intercepted one of the missiles.”
Israel’s interception of an aircraft over the Golan Heights on Thursday evening occurred against the backdrop of an alleged Israeli strike on Thursday morning of a Hezbollah weapons cache near Damascus International Airport. Reports circulated in Arab media of fatalities, including a senior Hezbollah commander and members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), as well as nine wounded in the attack.
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U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican who represents the area where the balloon was spotted, said several people in Dawson County were tracking a balloon flying across eastern Montana at 57,000 feet.
He immediately contacted the Department of Defense and was told the agency was aware of the incident and choose not to investigate because of the size of the balloon and the “low probability” that it was conducting any surveillance, he said.
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Republicans criticized the Biden administration for failing to act much earlier. China claimed the balloon was actually a civilian weather research craft that was blown far off course by winds.
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https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/04/boeing-kept-mum-to-customers-faa-about-disabling-of-737-max-warning-system.html | 2023-09-23T20:38:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923194908-20230923224908-00738.warc.gz | 0.970544 | 1,781 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__60497246 | en | Boeing made safety optional on its 737 Max to an even greater degree than was previously reported.
One factoid that had come out in previous articles on the 737 Max was that Boeing had made a safety feature that would have alerted pilots to the malfunctioning of the angle of attack sensors an option that an airline could obtain only by purchasing a package of safety upgrades. American Airlines did buy this suite of add-ons. The Wall Street Journal article that broke this story says that getting this alert back was one of the reasons it paid up to get the safety suite.
This matters because the infamous MCAS software system relied on input from that sensor (more accurately, only one of the two angle of attack sensors at any point in time) to decide if and when it needed to push the nose down to prevent a stall. Pilots could have ascertained the sensors were malfunctioning before takeoff, or if they got an alert during flight, they could have disabled the MCAS system, or been ready to do so if the plane started to misbehave.
This basic fact pattern has been revealed to be worse than it first appeared by virtue of Boeing not having been explicit that the angle of attack sensor alerts had been disabled on the 737 Max. Why should Boeing have cleared its throat and said something? Recall that the sales pitch for the 737 Max was that it was so much like existing 737s that it didn’t require FAA recertification or pilot simulator training. But the angle of attack sensor alert had been a standard feature in all previous 737s, meaning buyers would assume it was part of the plane unless they were told otherwise. And on top of that, the non-upgraded 737 Max did have lights in the pilots’ controls for this alert. But they didn’t work unless the buyer had purchased the package of safety extras.
And the proof that Boeing was playing way too cute with its pointed silence about its deactivation of what had been a standard feature? The biggest customer for the 737 Max, Southwest Airlines, had inaccurate information in its pilots’ manual because the airline had mistakenly assumed the angle of attack sensor alerts worked as they had on earlier 737s.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Co. didn’t tell Southwest Airlines Co. and other carriers when they began flying its 737 MAX jets that a safety feature found on earlier models that warns pilots about malfunctioning sensors had been deactivated, according to government and industry officials.
Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors and supervisors responsible for monitoring Southwest, the largest 737 MAX customer, also were unaware of the change, the officials said.
The alerts inform pilots whether a sensor known as an “angle-of-attack vane” is transmitting errant data about the pitch of a plane’s nose….
Southwest’s management and cockpit crews didn’t know about the lack of the warning system for more than a year after the planes went into service in 2017, industry and government officials said. They and most other airlines operating the MAX learned about it only after the Lion Air crash in October led to scrutiny of the plane’s revised design.
“Southwest’s own manuals were wrong” about the availability of the alerts, said the Southwest pilots union president, Jon Weaks.
The Financial Times confirmed the Journal’s account:
Southwest Airlines says Boeing did not disclose that certain safety features on the troubled 737 Max aircraft were not “operable”, raising further questions about poor communication between the manufacturer and its customers ahead of its shareholder meeting on Monday.
Southwest, the largest global carrier with 737 Max aircraft in its fleet, told the Financial Times that it believed it had functioning alerts installed on its Max aircraft so that its pilots would be made aware when the jet’s two angle of attack (AOA) sensors disagreed, signalling a malfunction….
Aviation experts said it was not clear why Southwest was unaware that it did not have functional disagree alerts in its aircraft. American Airlines, another big US Max carrier, had both safety options installed and its pilots union was reassured by Boeing after the Lion Air crash that they were working, American said.
It gets better. After the Lion Air crash, Southwest asked Boeing to activate the alerts. The FAA considered having Southwest ground its 737 Max planes until they determined if pilots should have additional training on these these so-called AOA disagree alerts. Again from the Journal:
Less than a month after the Lion Air jet went down, one FAA official wrote that AOA-related issues on MAX jetliners “may be masking a larger systems problem that could recreate a Lion Air-type scenario.”
About two weeks later, other internal emails referred to a “hypothetical question” of restricting MAX operations, with one message explicitly stating: “It would be irresponsible to have MAX aircraft operating with the AOA Disagree Warning system inoperative.” The same message alluded to the FAA’s power: “We need to discuss grounding [Southwest’s] MAX fleet until the AOA Warning System is fixed and pilots have been trained” on it and related displays…
Within days, the concerns were dismissed….These people concluded that the alerts provided supplemental pilot aids rather than primary safety information, and therefore no additional training was necessary. Boeing and the FAA continued to publicly vouch for the aircraft’s safety.
It’s not hard to infer that the FAA didn’t want to go to war with Boeing over a safety concern that Boeing claimed would only come into play in very rare circumstances. No wonder foreign regulators are signaling they don’t trust the FAA and will do their own checks before they approve the plane for operation.
Boeing says it plans to retrofit all 737 Max aircraft so that will operate as part of its planned fixes to the MCAS software.
And Boeing is in more hot water. American Airlines pilots think the amount of training on the 737 Max recommended by Boeing is inadequate. From the Financial Times:
Meanwhile, as Boeing works to complete a software fix to prevent such crashes in future, pilots at American Airlines have said the training proposed by the aircraft maker, and endorsed by the FAA, does not go far enough….
The Allied Pilots Association, which represents pilots on American, one of the biggest US Max carriers, said in written comments submitted to the FAA that training should go beyond a one-hour iPad course originally provided to Max pilots. But they stopped short of demanding that training on flight simulators be required before the plane can be ungrounded. Requiring simulator training would substantially delay the return of the Max to service.
A second Financial Times story on Boeing says that 737 Max customers who had planes grounded are likely to hit Boeing up for their losses:
US and European airlines have warned that the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max will shave hundreds of millions of dollars from their combined profits this year, raising the prospect that the aircraft manufacturer will face significant costs for compensating customers….
The total amount of compensation due to 737 Max operators is impossible to estimate, according to airlines, aerospace analysts and aviation industry sources, since the date when the plane can return to service around the world is still unknown….
Compensation was “unlikely to be in the form of a pile of cash”, said one person briefed on the process, noting that Boeing had in the past offered discounts on the price of future aircraft purchases or agreed to defer purchases to adopt a timetable that better suited carriers. A combination of both is also possible.
And CNN reports, with little additional detail, that the FAA has opened a new Boeing 737 Max investigation based on employee whistleblower filings:
The day after Ethiopia’s minister of transportation released a preliminary crash report on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, four Boeing employees called an Federal Aviation Administration whistleblower hotline that allows employees and the public to report aviation safety issues.
A source familiar with the matter says the hotline submissions involve current and former Boeing employees describing issues related to the angle of attack sensor — a vane that measures the plane’s angle in the air — and the anti-stall system called MCAS, which is unique to Boeing’s newest plane.
Not only is Boeing looking worse with every passing account, but its management and board are losing the PR battle. At a minimum, the board needs to hire a serious-looking firm to conduct an investigation, and plan to fire some executives. But Boeing, as part of a duopoly, recognizes that its customers have nowhere to go….at least for the next few years, which might as well be eternity as far as MBAs are concerned. | aerospace |
https://newwebbuild.co.uk/japan-launches-satellite-to-track-greenhouse-gases/ | 2024-04-23T07:50:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00676.warc.gz | 0.938127 | 658 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__90753686 | en | Japan successfully launched the world’s first satellite dedicated to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions Friday, aiming to aid the fight against global warming while boosting its own space industry.
The mission will help scientists measure the density of carbon dioxide and methane from almost the entire surface of the Earth, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
A Japanese-made H-2A rocket carrying the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) blasted off from Tanegashima, a small island in southern Japan, after a two-day delay due to bad weather.
The satellite, also called Ibuki, or “breath of fresh air”, will collect data from 56,000 locations around the world, a dramatic increase from the 282 observation points available as of last October, JAXA said.
Japan hopes the mission will provide governments with useful data as they come under pressure to meet their 2008-2012 Kyoto Protocol goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
“Japan is determined to expand its space development,” said Seiko Noda, minister in charge of space development.
“Ibuki is a part of Japan’s unique contribution to the world and I am very optimistic about its activity of providing data on global warming,” she added.
Ibuki is equipped with two sensors. One will track infrared rays from the sun that are reflected from the Earth’s surface or the atmosphere, helping to calculate the density of greenhouse gases.
The other will monitor clouds and aerosols as they often lead to errors in calculation.
The satellite will fly around the earth in about 100 minutes, 660 kilometres (410 miles) above ground. It is set to be in orbit for five years and will release preliminary data nine months after the launch.
The rocket was also carrying seven mini-satellites, including several produced by universities.
Japan hopes the successful launch will boost its space industry’s efforts to win satellite launch orders for its H-2A rocket in the face of tough competition from US and European companies.
Top government spokesman Takeo Kawamura said the successful launch would help the Asian giant expand into commercial activities.
Last week Japan secured its first commercial satellite contract after South Korea’s space agency asked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch the KOMPSAT-3, which will take images of the earth.
“A rocket’s competitiveness does not depend only on costs but also on the success rate of its launches, which is important to build trust,” said MHI’s head of space systems, Takeshi Maemura.
Tokyo suffered a high-profile setback in 2003 when it was forced to destroy a rocket carrying a spy satellite after lift-off because a booster failed to separate.
Japan, like China and India, has been stepping up its space operations and is currently conducting the world’s most extensive mission to the moon in decades. It hopes to send an astronaut there by 2020.
Japan is not the only country looking to step up the monitoring of greenhouse gases from space. The United States is set to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory this year to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide. | aerospace |
http://www.lakelandaeroclub.org/media.html | 2019-01-23T15:27:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584334618.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123151455-20190123173455-00405.warc.gz | 0.879564 | 261 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__164606292 | en | Making Tomorrow's Greatest Aviators, Today!
The Lakeland Aero Club featured in AOPA Live at AirVenture 2015.
Check out this video about our latest trip to Oshkosh Wisconsin for the 2016 EAA AirVenture Fly-in. Seven Lakeland Aero Club members piloted two Piper Cubs and a Piper Pacer 1,100 miles from Lakeland to Wisconsin for an experience they will never forget.
Six of the club's pilots pose with friends from Stewarts Systems at AirVenture 2016.
Olivia posing with Patty Wagstaff after ribbon cutting.
Ten Lakeland Aero Club Members barnstorm across the country to go to Airventure 2015.
Several club members help disassemble a 1939 Taylorcraft that was damaged during an emergency landing after an engine failure. The aircraft will undergo a complete restoration.
High School Flying Club
PJ and Hunter are looking through plans for the club's Xenos Motor Glider project.
Browse through our collection of pictures and videos to see what the Lakeland Aero Club is all about! Also, be sure to check out any postings on the Lakeland Aero Club Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages and YouTube Channel!
Ari and Matthew are wiring a Taylorcraft wing for Whelen wingtip lights. | aerospace |
http://www.usaonlineclassifieds.com/view/item-2120184-Know-Why-Ground-Handlers-Are-Important-For-Airline-Industry.html | 2023-06-05T19:01:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00726.warc.gz | 0.919539 | 300 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__255080404 | en | Know Why Ground Handlers Are Important For Airline Industry
As evident from the name, ground handlers basically deal in services that are required on managing aircraft and ensuring smooth flow of traffic at an airport. They are also an important factor for air carriers in terms of operating costs, service levels and the image portrayed to users. They have a wide range of services which are provided to facilitate an aircraft or aircraft ground repositioning, preparation for and upon conclusion of a flight which will include both customer service and ramp service functions.
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http://www.definitions.net/definition/usaf | 2013-05-19T21:43:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698090094/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095450-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.771047 | 69 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__162283581 | en | Definitions for usaf
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
United States Air Force.
United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF(noun)
the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space | aerospace |
https://www.regulatoryreform.gov.au/priorities/regulator-best-practice-and-performance/regulator-stocktake/air-services-australia | 2024-02-23T22:55:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474470.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223221041-20240224011041-00578.warc.gz | 0.888012 | 81 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__39469360 | en | The Department (Maritimerovides facilities and services for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation within Australian-administered airspace. This includes providing air traffic services, aviation rescue fire fighting services, aeronautical information, radio navigation and telecommunications services. It is a Corporate Commonwealth entity established and governed by the Air Services Act 1995.
- Air Services Act 1995
- Air Services Regulations 2019 | aerospace |
https://theweek.com/speedreads/451030/nasas-new-rover-could-explore-frozen-water-space | 2022-09-28T16:33:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335257.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220928145118-20220928175118-00248.warc.gz | 0.930337 | 207 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__117405689 | en | The prototype for a new NASA rover is being tested for underwater space exploration.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's engineers have created a robot that can explore space's icy waters, such as those on Jupiter's moon Europa. The Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (BRUIE), the first rover that can explore underwater, is controlled via a satellite link and clings to the bottom of ice with metal tires, transmitting information back to scientists to determine whether the waters host life forms.
The BRUIE is currently being tested in Alaska, which in turn is helping scientists study the Earth's seas, measuring their temperature and salt content. While the rover was designed for space exploration, exploring Earth is just as vital a task — scientists have only explored five percent of the Earth's ocean.
It's likely the rover won't launch into space for several decades, Engadget reports, but in the meantime, you can watch the BRUIE in action in the National Geographic video below. --Meghan DeMaria | aerospace |
https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/nasa-completes-work-largest-ever-space-telescope-20-years-28996 | 2021-07-26T19:51:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152144.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20210726183622-20210726213622-00293.warc.gz | 0.939905 | 559 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__204323691 | en | Nasa has completed a two-decade project to build the largest ever space telescope, designed to gather information to reveal the secrets of our universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is just under 22ft wide(6.7m), and features 18 gold-coated hexagonal mirrors for collecting infrared wavelengths.
The most powerful telescope in space
The JWST consists of a giant segmented primary mirror, made from 18 hexagonal sections. A secondary mirror is positioned opposite to reflect light into cameras and sensors to transfer the information back to scientists on earth. The tennis court-sized sunshield deflects heat from the sun and the earth to help keep the telescope at the low temperature necessary for observing red-shifted light.
Scientists hope it will help to identify how galaxies evolved and stars were formed, while investigating “the potential for life in planetary systems”.
Following its launch in October 2018, it will study wavelengths spanning more than 13.5bn years, comparing the first luminous glows in the wake of the Big Bang and the formation of the planets to the evolution of our own solar system.
The JWST will orbit 1.5m kilometres from earth, and is expected to stay in space for at least five years. It is significantly more sensitive than the Hubble Space Telescope, which also documents planets, stars and galaxies, and can detect light 400 times fainter than current space telescopes.
The gigantic mirror will unfold and adjust itself around six days after launch, and will take about a month to reach its orbit. It will conduct checks for six months, and then begin gathering information.
It is also equipped with a sunshield the size of a tennis court to protect it from the heat of the sun and the Earth. The shield will help to maintain a temperature of -220 degrees Celsius, which is required to observe infrared light correctly.
Across the universe
Scientists hope the telescope will pierce through thick cosmic dust to observe newly-forming planetary systems. It could also search for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Who was James Webb?
The JWST is named after former Nasa administrator James E Webb, who led the Apollo space exploration programmes throughout the 60s. He oversaw more than 75 launches between 1961 and 1968, and has been credited with advancing scientific endeavour more than any other government official, according to Nasa. He died in 1992 aged 85.
Nasa is planning to subject the JWST to sound and vibration tests, simulating the conditions it will face when launched into space. It was originally slated to launch in 2014, but suffered a long series of delays and funding cuts.
The space agency partnered with the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency on the international project. | aerospace |
https://destinationspace-stem.org/satellite-week%3A-wv | 2020-09-26T05:42:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400234232.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926040104-20200926070104-00426.warc.gz | 0.936532 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__55212844 | en | GST, Destination SPACE, Inc., and the NASA IV&V ERC seek to inspire and empower students to become the next generation of STEM leaders.
In coordination with NASA IV&V Education Resource Center (ERC), Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GST) and Destination SPACE, Inc. offered a hands-on STEM Space Camp to high school students in Fairmont, West Virginia July 20-24, 2020.
This camp was primarily led by three of our former students! Brothers Tyler and Austin Gleydura designed and 3D printed their own unique kits for our students, and Lauren Ballard led data analytics. We made programmable robots, weather stations, and stomp rockets. It was a full week of fun!
Former student Tyler Gleydura designed and 3D printed Arduino robot kits for our students. No soldering or special equipment is needed to build them.
Austin Gleydura designed weather station kits that students built using a small breadboard. Students collected data in their own homes and backyards!
After collecting weather data, students learn how to make sense of their datasets. Lauren Ballard led students through a data analysis activity.
Bob spoke to us about exciting student rocket launches in Utah.
We learned all about the Perseverance, NASA's new Mars rover.
Students constructed their own stomp rockets! | aerospace |
https://pathwaystoaviation.nationbuilder.com/donate | 2019-09-16T08:53:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572516.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916080044-20190916102044-00048.warc.gz | 0.928238 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__153213347 | en | Take Flight to Fund Aviation Education and Careers Programs
Pathways to Aviation and its programs are graciously funded by business leaders, community members, foundations, corporations, industry executives, and trustees to advance the organization's mission.
Pathways to Aviation generates funding to:
- Coordinate field trips for students to visit airport and aviation businesses;
- Facilitate aviation instruction to students;
- Host tours and hands-on activities for young people;
- Conduct career-planning workshops for high school and college students;
- Match aviation career-aspiring students with industry mentors;
- Provide scholarships to those pursuing careers in aviation;
- Inspire more job creation in Nevada;
- Support additional outstanding aviation-related non-profit organizations and activities;
- Foster great appreciation for the history of aviation.
With each donation, we're able to affect a young person seeking aviation as a possible career. The funds foster the creation of pathways by informing, inspiring, and engaging aviation's next generation. | aerospace |
https://www.local10.com/news/2016/05/16/2-injured-when-plane-bounces-off-runway-at-homestead-general-aviation-airport/ | 2020-06-04T02:50:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347436828.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20200604001115-20200604031115-00201.warc.gz | 0.979617 | 220 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__199911901 | en | 2 injured when plane bounces off runway at Homestead General Aviation Airport
Piper PA-28 crash lands in grass along canal bank
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Two people were injured Monday afternoon when a plane made a crash landing at a Homestead airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The Piper PA-28 went off the runway at Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport, bounced and came to a rest on the grass next to a canal, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said one person was airlifted to a hospital and another person was taken by ambulance. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Sky 10 was above the scene as one person was being placed onto a stretcher.
The plane landed on its belly in the grass along a nearby canal bank. The nose and propeller were damaged.
According to FAA records, the plane was built in 1966 and is registered to Sandy and Santiago Gonzalez.
Bergen said the FAA is investigating.
Copyright 2016 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved. | aerospace |
http://www.reenergyholdings.com/farm-fields-could-yield-jet-fuel-of-the-future/ | 2017-03-28T21:28:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189903.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00558-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.927607 | 153 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__230981806 | en | Farm Fields Could Yield Jet Fuel of the Future
From Renewable Energy World:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Ever since the Wright brothers took their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, the aviation industry has been looking for ways to fly further faster. Now with the help of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Virent, Inc. and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), planes may soon take to the skies using less petroleum. In June, DOE announced an award of up to $13.4 million dollars to Virent and its partners to develop a process to cost effectively convert cellulosic biomass — in this case the non-edible parts of corn — into jet fuel. | aerospace |
https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2014/01/21/pilot-error-helicopter-crash-mark-smith | 2023-12-07T19:02:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100686.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207185656-20231207215656-00335.warc.gz | 0.970329 | 264 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__296811293 | en | Report: Pilot Error Caused Helicopter Crash That Killed California Airman (Video)
The Pave Hawk helicopter crash in Okinawa, Japan that killed Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mark A. Smith was caused by pilot error — according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the Air Force.
Smith, 30, of Bakersfield, was aboard the HH-60G Pave Hawk that went down in the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen in Okinawa.
Stars and Stripes reports the Air Force accident review board found a mistake by the pilot caused the crash:
[T]he pilot maneuvered at low altitude to avoid what he mistakenly perceived as a potential mid-air collision with another helicopter...
[H]e misjudged the distance, took over the flight controls and plunged the HH-60 down into the dense jungle.
The aircraft was destroyed, costing the Air Force $38 million, the Kadena public affairs office confirmed.
Smith, the flight engineer, was considered missing until his body was discovered at the crash site on Aug. 6.
Smith was assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base. He is survived by his wife, Jessica, and two daughters.
Bakersfield television station KERO covered the story the day Smith's body was recovered: | aerospace |
http://cw.com.hk/news/cathay-pacific-deploy-new-inflight-info-management-system | 2017-04-28T23:50:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123102.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00199-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.958396 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__142543825 | en | The system creates an e-enabled aircraft by offering fully customized, integrated communications management of flight operations, data communication services, cabin services, maintenance, diagnostics, and vital safety information, according to Arinc.
"E-enablement is the future of aviation for Cathay Pacific. Increased operational efficiency of our flights has a clear and direct impact on our continued ability to offer passengers award-winning service, as well as increased operational efficiencies across the organization," said Russell Davie, general manager of Flight Operations, Cathay Pacific.
Arnic said it worked with Cathay Pacific over a two-year operational trial to fully customize the technology. Now Cathay Pacific and its wholly owned subsidiary Dragonair are able to maintain a consistent data delivery connection between aircraft and remote host systems, the vendor added. | aerospace |
https://www.britishfareasttraderspartners.co.uk/vintage-curtiss-p-40-warhawk-ww2-american-fighter-aircraft-10-x-8-print/ | 2024-04-13T19:26:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816832.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413180040-20240413210040-00349.warc.gz | 0.858608 | 614 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__118969731 | en | Last Updated on: 21st November 2022, 03:06 am
VINTAGE CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK WW2 AMERICAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 10 X 8 PRINT
CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK
WORLD WAR 2 AMERICAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
VINTAGE | COLLECTABLES | HERITAGE |
AIRCRAFT | AERONAUTICA | AMERICA / AMERICAN |
CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION | BUFFALO , NEW YORK |
MILITARIA | TRANSPORT | AIRCRAFT | HISTORY
Approx. 10 inches X 8 inches
MAKER’S / MANUFACTURER’S MARKS:
TEXTS / NOTES / OTHER DETAILS:
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter
and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.
The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk
which reduced development time
and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service.
The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II,
and remained in frontline service until the end of the war.
It was the third most-produced American fighter of World War II,
after the P-51 and P-47;
by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased,
13,738 had been built,
all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s main production facilities
in Buffalo, New York.
P-40 Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps
gave the plane, and after June 1941,
the USAAF adopted the name for all models,
making it the official name in the U.S. for all P-40s.
The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces
used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the original P-40, P-40B, and P-40C,
and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent
to the P-40D and all later variants.
P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons
of the Desert Air Force in the Middle East and North African campaigns,
during June 1941.
No. 112 Squadron Royal Air Force,
was among the first to operate Tomahawks in North Africa
and the unit was the first Allied military aviation unit
to feature the “shark mouth” logo,
copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters.
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http://jarnob.nl/Military-Aircraft/1963-1964-UK-shows/index.php/ | 2020-12-05T07:52:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141747323.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205074417-20201205104417-00609.warc.gz | 0.940448 | 117 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__14531913 | en | 1963-1964 UK airshows
Very interesting photo album of an aircraft enthusiast (aircraft spotter?) who made some really nice photographs of military aircraft during shows in 1963 to 1964 in the United Kingdom. He must have lived around South Western United Kingdom since the airbases he visited are in that area; photo reports are of RAE Farnborough, RAF Exeter, RAF Colerne and RNAS Yeovilton.
Interesting pictures are about mass fly-pasts, mass flightlines, low passes and Vulcan bombers and all sorts of cold war era British aircraft. | aerospace |
https://www.fitzhenry.ca/Detail/9781911667209 | 2023-10-03T17:39:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511170.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003160453-20231003190453-00219.warc.gz | 0.949251 | 445 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__149492284 | en | Nimrod Boys is a complementary book to from acclaimed author Tony Blackman. It is a collection of over twenty first—hand accounts of operating the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - an aircraft which se
Nimrod Boys is a complementary book to Nimrod Rise and Fall from acclaimed author Tony Blackman. It is a collection of over twenty first—hand accounts of operating the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - an aircraft which served at the forefront of the Cold War. As the first jet—powered maritime aircraft, it could reach critical points for rescues or for operational requirements in rapid time. Its outstanding navigation and electronics systems also allowed the Nimrod to be a first—class machine in anti—submarine warfare.
The book focuses on the Nimrod's UK—based and worldwide operations. With detailed accounts of the Nimrod's role during the Falklands Campaign and in later conflicts such as the First Gulf War to modern—day anti—drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean. There are also descriptions of the Nimrod's achievements in the International Fincastle Competition - where RAF squadrons competed against counterparts from Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
With a variety of perspectives on Nimrod crew life, including from a female air electronic operator, readers will find dramatic, engaging and occasionally humorous stories. One flight test observer also reflects on the cancelled Nimrod MR4 project. Nimrod Boys written by Tony Blackman with Joe Kennedy and with a foreword by AVM Andrew Roberts is more than worthy addition to the celebrated Boys series.
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Tony Blackman OBE, MA FRAes obtained an honours degree in Physics at Trinity College Cambridge. He learnt to fly in the RAF, trained as a test pilot, and then joined A V Roe to become chief test pilot. As an expert in aviation electronics he was subsequently invited by Smiths Industries to join their Aerospace Board, initially as technical operations director. On leaving Smiths he joined the board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. He is a fellow of the American Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a liveryman of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. | aerospace |
https://www.timbuktoys.com/buy/3273/playmobil-space-mission-rocket-with-launch-site | 2021-10-25T03:42:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587623.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025030510-20211025060510-00546.warc.gz | 0.68738 | 100 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__272099716 | en | Playmobil Space Mission Rocket with Launch Site
Launch hours of imaginative play with everything to conquer the next frontier: transport container, space capsule, maintenance platform, lights, sounds, and astronauts. Requires 2 AA batteries.
For ages 6-12 yrs, from Playmobil.
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http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=rlendon&project=113&category=1683&log=29010&row=264 | 2013-06-20T01:33:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006573/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.895241 | 98 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__31261090 | en | Brief Description: Rivet Bottom Rear and Bottom LE Skins
Drilled the pilot holes in the flap hinge and mounted hinge to the wing.
Riveted the rear line then rib lines moving from center out and forward. Removed the clecoes and finished the rear skin first. Riveted the main spar line center out 4 rivets left then 4 rivets right out to the ends. Changed tips and riveted the nose ribs and pitot tube in place. | aerospace |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47774209/16/-Retrievable-Free-Flyers | 2015-03-30T23:59:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131300031.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172140-00076-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.735932 | 354 | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__131848360 | en | NASA press kit for STS-73
Press information for STS-39
Press information for STS-61
NASA press kit for STS-64
NASA press kit for STS-77
Media guide for STS-109 Hubble servicing mission.
NASA booklet on Spacelab.
NASA media reference for Spacelab.
NASA booklet describes the Solar Maximum Mission satellite and the planed rep...
NASA booklet describes the Solar Maximum Repair Mission.
NASA report on the final status of hardware used in the Apollo, Skylab, Apoll...
NASA Facts booklet on food on the Space Shuttle.
NASA Facts booklet on spinoffs from the Space Shuttle program.
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https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/sikorsky-urban-air-mobility.html?linkId=100000005281756 | 2022-10-06T14:27:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337836.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006124156-20221006154156-00794.warc.gz | 0.861157 | 391 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__75798797 | en | Making urban air mobility a reality will take more than just an aircraft. It’s going to take an entire ecosystem of innovation.
Join us in our vision for seamless urban air travel that takes travelers out of traffic and gets them to their destinations safely, efficiently, reliably and affordably.
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300+ hours of autonomous flight
Analytics, Predictive Health Maintenance and Artificial Intelligence
Future City Mobility: Traveling in Three Dimensions
By the Numbers
First Flight of SARA Autonomous Flying Lab
Hours of Autonomous Flight with MATRIX™ Technology
Optionally Piloted Takeoffs and Landings
$0.5M - $2M per landing spot
vs. Surface Roads
$3M - $10M per mile in U.S. urban areas
$100M - $1B per mile
Need for Rapid Mobility
Lost annually per driver in the U.S. due to congestion
Lost annually in productive time in the U.S. due to delays
New cars per year sold by the early 2020’s
Simple Safety Math
If successful, potential for 150M fleet flight hours per year. At that rate ...
Statistical Days Between Significant Failures
10-3 > 3.5 Minutes
1 Failure/1,000 Flight Hours
10-6 > 2.5 Days
1 Failure/1,000,000 Flight Hours
10-9 > 6.7 Years
1 Failure/1,000,000,000 Flight Hrs
Engineering the Future of Vertical Lift
From the flight of the world's first practical helicopter in 1939, Sikorsky has remained the industry leader through its commitment to innovation, excellence and safety. | aerospace |
https://www.ebb3.com/post/ebb3-join-prestigious-northwest-aerospace-alliance | 2024-04-13T03:18:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816535.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413021024-20240413051024-00731.warc.gz | 0.929646 | 338 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__110806012 | en | We are excited to announce that we are now official members of the Northwest Aerospace Alliance (NWAA).
ebb3 has joined over 220 leading North West based organisations to help support the growing aerospace industry across the North West of England. The NWAA cluster is the largest in Europe and contributes over £7 billion to the UK economy, accounting for one-quarter of the UK aerospace turnover.
With members specialising in each element of the aeronautical supply chain, the NWAA has developed considerable technical expertise to support aerospace companies through the delivery of over £20m of supply chain improvement programmes. By joining the NWAA, ebb3 will contribute to this ongoing development by introducing our world-class Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution to the alliance’s members.
The HVDI will shape the aerospace industry and enable it to work in more efficient ways. Our VDI will drastically reduce the downtime for manufacture and ensure industry experts are working to the best of their abilities. Through providing a solution which enables remote access to many of the industry’s data-intensive applications, aeronautical experts can work collaboratively on a project enabling cooperation and maximising productivity.
We look forward to enhancing the working lives of experts in the industry by providing a solution that is specifically catered to their needs and the applications their work depends on. Becoming part of this group means that we are able to support the NWAA’s ongoing mission to provide a fully integrated support structure for aerospace companies based in the North West and shape the industry through best practice and innovation.
For more information on the NWAA visit, www.aerospace.co.uk. | aerospace |
https://liverpoolunderlined.co.uk/destination/spaceport/ | 2023-12-01T04:20:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201021234-20231201051234-00576.warc.gz | 0.816505 | 167 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__50779177 | en | How to turn a disused wing of a ferry terminal into a launch pad for exploring the outer limits of the universe? Merseytravel have achieved the unthinkable with Spaceport Wirral, a great fun interactive space attraction – complete with space ship simulator rides, planetarium – or Space Dome -moon rocks, interactive hands-on exhibits and cutting-edge audio visual experiences.
It’s all very child friendly – despite the quantum science – and a great ‘if wet’ experience. Jump off the Liverpool-Seacombe ferry, delve the mysteries of deep space, and be return in time for dinner. The attraction is also home to visiting exhibits such as Wallace and Grommit in Space, and Doctor Who.
Admission charged. Gift shop, cafe.
Seacombe Ferry Terminal, | aerospace |
http://missile-defense-brief.blogspot.com/2011/11/ | 2017-04-28T23:47:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123102.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00303-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.902799 | 430 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__82539401 | en | "...A Washington-based research group has released a satellite image showing an "extensively damaged" Iranian missile base two weeks after an explosion at the site was reported...."Reference: www.foxnews.com .
Monday, November 28, 2011
"...That periphery includes the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, where for more than three decades missiles fired from 4,000 miles away (at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California) have crashed near Kwajalein Atoll..."Reference: honoluluweekly.com .
"...SDB II is the world's first weapon capable of engaging fixed or moving targets around-the-clock in adverse weather conditions from a range of greater than 40 nautical miles (approximately 46 statute miles)...."Reference: www.marketwatch.com .
Saturday, November 26, 2011
"...Iran will target NATO’s missile defense installations in Turkey if the U.S. or Israel attacks the Islamic Republic, a senior commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday...."Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .
Friday, November 25, 2011
"...The prize is work on the development, manufacturing, test, training, logistics, operations and sustainment of the GMD portion of the BMD system to protect the United States from missile attack...."Reference: www.upi.com .
"...Russia revived threats to deploy ballistic missiles on the borders of the European Union on Wednesday, if the U.S. proceeds with plans to build an anti-missile system there...."Reference: wsj.com .
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
"...conclusions that Tehran has conducted advanced research on developing a miniaturized warhead that could be delivered by medium-range missiles. ..."Reference: wsj.com .
Saturday, November 5, 2011
"...Lockheed Martin and Raytheon plan to compete with incumbent BAE for the US Army’s Design, Development, Demonstration & Integration (D3I) space and missile defense program. ..."Reference: www.defenseindustrydaily.com . | aerospace |
http://www.dlr.de/fl/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1142/2481_read-3106/ | 2014-07-23T12:55:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997877881.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025757-00251-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.934426 | 371 | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__62051444 | en | The ATTAS is a VFW 614 twinjet aircraft built by VFW Fokker. The cabin could accommo-date up to 44 passengers. The aircraft has been modified to a test aircraft by DLR in coop-eration with LAT and MBB. The main modification was the installation of a duplex Fly by Wire (FbW) system. The software of this experimental FbW system can be modified for various experiments. The safety concept of this aircraft allows FbW operation in the whole flight envelope up to FbW landing. The measurement system of the ATTAS provides the FbW system with all data needed. The experimental FbW system is quite similar to systems used in commercial state of the art aircraft. For flight tests in the field of ATM the FbW system can be also controlled by an experimental 4D-FMS, developed by the DLR Institute of Flight Guidance.
In order to cover the full range of ATM research the ATTAS is equipped with various datalink systems. This enables experiments like cooperative taxi, free flight and control via datalink with ECOCK from ground.
Two flat panel displays including MMI in the cockpit are driven by graphic computers and are available not only for own DLR developments but also for displays not developed by our partners and customers. Versatile Racks for test systems are provided as well. The FbW system, FMS, datalink, displays and MMI put the evaluation pilot in a future ATM working environment.
Performance Data:Max. speed (indicated): 288 KIAS / M 0.63MTOW: 46,000 lbsMax. altitude: 25000 ftEndurance: 2.5 hours (2 pilots and 7 operators / observers, typical payload)Max. range: 1000 NM | aerospace |
https://www.aerospacepurchasing.com/parts-manufacturer-approval/zodiac-inflight-innovations/00-5006-00/ | 2021-05-07T00:26:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988774.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20210506235514-20210507025514-00395.warc.gz | 0.81244 | 321 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__17753378 | en | PMA Information by Zodiac Inflight Innovations for 00-5006-00
Mounting Tray, System Control Unit (Scu1)
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Zodiac Inflight Innovations
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Boeing (767-300 Series)
Identicality, per 14CFR, 21.303, licensing agreement between Zodiac Inflight Innovations and Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES) LTD per Assist Letter No. 0307.TJH.ZII Dated December 16, 2014 Dwg. No. AES-767-2525MDL Rev. 8 Date October 28, 2013 or later FAA approved revisions
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https://ukppgwebstore.com/air-design-airdesign-ramaflex-ppg-rama-flex-dgac-15492-p.asp | 2023-12-06T14:08:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100599.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206130723-20231206160723-00038.warc.gz | 0.887123 | 1,293 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__229973787 | en | UKPPG are now the proud owners of 2 Rama-Flex wings
we have 1 Medium (colour FIRE), and 1 Large (colour LIME) both availible for you to View, Kite, and Demo fly 7 days a week at our Training School. contact us to arange a date soon
Performance, safety and quality in a wing for all pilot levels.
The AirDesign commitment to combine performance with comfort and manageability was key during the design of the RAMA Flex.
The RAMAFLEX delivers the performance to satisfy progressing skill levels, whilst keeping the inherent stability required for beginner and intermediate pilots.
We wanted first to design a glider that would be remarkably easy to forward and reverse launch in nil wind conditions, perform in flight with exceptionally responsive toggle and wing tip steering, and land with the buoyancy and smoothness that you would expect from a paraglider wing.
RAMA Flex is designed for the active beginner pilot who has goals to continue to expand their flying experiences and the RAMA Flex bridges the separation between a true beginner wing and an intermediate performance wing.
As the name suggests the RAMA Flex uses a semi reflex platform and is truly designed for all pilot levels.
The RAMA Flex inflates progressively without tendency to surge in stronger wind or in aggressive trike launches.
In flight, the wing is responsive to brake input but without the hypersensitivity found in many performance gliders.
The wing tip steering allows the pilot to make dynamic and efficient turns.
The RAMA Flex is designed with characteristic AirDesign attention to detail:
Streamlined risers with no split A’s and the wing tip steering toggle, neatly tucked out of the way.
The neoprene covering on the adjustable brake handles add a level of comfort and fit for pilots having to manage flying with gloves and throttle in hand.
The dual pulley system allows for low and high attachment points.
With trim tabs released the glider transitions to a semi reflex profile which increases speed and wing pressurization as the wing’s center of gravity shifts forward.
This shift inherently makes the glider more stable.
Careful attention to minimizing any roll and pitch tendencies during flight allows the pilot to enjoy a calm, controlled flight even in rougher weather conditions.
- Personal colours
- Technical data
• Top Wing: Porcher Skytex 40
• Bottom Wing: Dominico 30D
• Ribs: Dominico 30D hard
• Upper Lines : Liros DSL70
• Middle Lines (A and B): Liros PPSL200
• Middle Lines (C and D): Liros PPSL120
• Main Lines (A and B): Edelrid 7343-280
• Main Lines (C and D): Edelrid 7343-190
Pulleys: RILEY RM302
Maillons: JOO TECH–Korea
What comes in the box?
AirDesign Inner Packing Bag
AirDesign Glider Bag (approx.160litre capacity)
Folder with Repair Tape, Manual and AirDesign Stickers
• Set up for a forward and the RAMA Flex came right over head and was really stable with little to no roll effect in mild bumps. Very nice.
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|AREA PROJECTED (m²)||17.63||20.37||22.68||24.48|
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Hi i have est 500 air hours flying paramotors. I am a average pilot and I have a dudek reaction tst, a macpara eden 3 and a dudek nucleon. I asked for a demo on the ramaflex at the UKPPG site. When having a demo either on a new wing or new paramotor its like choosing for a car, color, price handling, safety etc. Anyway I had the demo twice. A very easy wing to kite. I had to change my handling of the wing when kiting. I needed to be more gentle. Nice and steady and no need to rush. Its very different to my dudek nucleon. When flying the ramaflex by airdesign I pulled a few mild wing overs and small spirals. When landing just slight pull down with brakes made a huge difference and plenty to spare. I even had a engine out on the second demo and while on the radio I spoke to Nigel the instructor and he said don't bother with restarting just glide back...its all on video. good wing. No clutter of the risers, safe and secure and i was well happy :0) the tip steering toggles i felt needed to be fixed by magnet holders but thats my own view. I wont be getting another dudek nucleon. I'll be saving for a ramaflex.
Thank you for your review on the RamaFlex, just so you know the RamaFlex has already got the Tip Steer Magnets fitted and as you rightly said in your review the risers are so uncluttered that you didn't even notice them. They are located inside of the neoprene Tip Steering Sleeves that you pop the Tip Steering Toggles back into and they automatically stick to the Magnets that are on the Toggles. Just like Magic. | aerospace |
http://1360sqnatc.co.uk/?page_id=97 | 2019-05-19T22:34:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255182.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190519221616-20190520003616-00503.warc.gz | 0.955416 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__162964558 | en | The Grob 115E, known by the RAF as the Tutor, is used for Elementary Flying Training by the 14 University Air Squadrons and 12 Air Experience Flights throughout the UK. It is also used by the Central Flying School and for elementary WSO training at the RAF College Cranwell. All of the Tutors in RAF service are entered on the UK Civil Aircraft Register.
The Squadron gives the opportunity for each cadet to fly a 30 minute sortie, at least once a year, if not more!
These experience flights, usually run by No7 Air Experience Flight based at Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Lincolnshire. The flights can range from anything from aerial navigation exercises to aerobatics.
We also participate in gliding at the Central Gliding school at RAF Syerston. We have to types of glider, Motor powered and winched launch.
Lessons are detailed and progress from learning how the control surfaces work to learning how to use the instruments in what are know as the Gliding induction courses.
There is also the opportunity to carry out scholarships in both flying and gliding, eventually allowing you to fly whichever aircraft solo and earning a set of wings! | aerospace |
https://aviationtheory.net.au/shop/airline-and-professional/avionics-flight-management-systems-for-the-air-transport-pilot/ | 2023-12-11T22:10:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679518883.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211210408-20231212000408-00055.warc.gz | 0.836923 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__147706603 | en | Avionics & Flight Management Systems for the ATPL
Area Navigation Systems, Flight Instrument Systems, Flight Management Systems, Automatic Flight Control Systems, Warning and Recording Systems.
These manuals have been written to meet the needs of the aviation training industry for suitable texts which can be used by students who are preparing to sit for the CASA Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) written examination.
Reprint with revisions March 2009
|Dimensions||29.7 × 21 × 1.2 cm| | aerospace |
https://www.glenorchyair.co.nz/blog/media-release-glenorchy-air-selects-daher-kodiak-100-for-fleet-expansion/ | 2023-12-05T21:09:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100568.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205204654-20231205234654-00582.warc.gz | 0.956881 | 349 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__284510732 | en | Glenorchy Air is very excited to announce that we have secured a 2020 Daher Kodiak 100 Turboprop to add to our modern fleet of aircraft. This aircraft will be the first example of a Kodiak operating commercially in New Zealand. The aircraft will be registered as ZK-KDK.
The Daher Kodiak 100 is a modern and efficient 10 seat aircraft with an advanced wing design and a well proven 750SHP Pratt and Whitney Canada PT-6A-34 engine, giving it excellent climb and cruise performance as well as exceptional short takeoff and landing performance. This makes it an ideal platform for our operations, particularly from the Glenorchy airstrip and other shorter airstrips. The engine is capable of running on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), when this becomes available. This was an important factor in selecting the aircraft as we intend to be the first Queenstown-based operator to use SAF in our turbine aircraft.
As with all of our aircraft, every passenger has a window seat to take in the iconic scenery of Fiordland and the Southern Alps.
Our new Kodiak will fly all of the Glenorchy Air flight paths, with a particular focus on Milford Sound and Mt. Cook, which has seen increased demand since the New Zealand borders reopened in 2022. This aircraft fits in well with our versatile and modern fleet of Cessna and GippsAero aircraft.
Our newest fleet addition will be ferried across the Pacific to Performance Aviation in Wanaka once delivery preparation work is complete. After additional training and regulatory approval in New Zealand, we expect it will be operational by the end of October 2023.
To learn more about our current fleet, click here. | aerospace |
https://www.accessorieslists.com/polarpro-katana/ | 2021-10-16T15:01:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323584886.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20211016135542-20211016165542-00187.warc.gz | 0.924002 | 104 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__92716884 | en | The DJI Mavic Pro is a wonderful drone capable of capturing smooth aerial videos. With the PolarPro Katana, you can use it as a handheld camera with stabilization. You will be able to use your drone to record video where flying one is not feasible. Katana also comes with a smartphone mount to let you frame your subject perfectly every time.
Katana turns your Mavic into a follow-rig cam. It holds your drone and mobile phone and takes the guesswork out of the process. | aerospace |
https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/857_UTC_TESTAF_LH_Cargo.htm | 2023-06-05T10:55:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651815.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605085657-20230605115657-00785.warc.gz | 0.899044 | 259 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__101060906 | en | With the introduction of the Boeing 777F, Lufthansa Cargo is operating the most modern freighter in its class. The 857 UTC TESTAF LH Cargo, developed as part of a collaboration between Sinn Spezialuhren and Lufthansa Cargo, is the perfect watch for this high-performance aircraft. Because pilots need absolute reliability and the utmost precision, values which the 857 UTC TESTAF LH Cargo possesses. This instrumental watch was tested and certified in accordance with the technical standard for pilot watches (Technischer Standard Fliegeruhren – TESTAF). This ensures that it is qualified for professional use as a pilot watch to the highest level. This is evidenced with a certificate and the TESTAF quality seal on the dial. Also contained on the dial, as a symbolic expression of the symbiosis between the aeroplane and the watch, is the stylised silhouette of the Boeing 777F. With this, Sinn Spezialuhren builds on the successful collaboration with Lufthansa Cargo. In 2001, the limited-edition 144 GMT Cargo was introduced. 777 units of the 857 UTC TESTAF LH Cargo are being produced, each with an engraved limited-edition number on the case back. | aerospace |
https://www.ibj.com/articles/republic-rolls-royce-sign-on-as-investors-in-early-stage-air-mobility-effort | 2023-09-23T23:54:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506539.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923231031-20230924021031-00342.warc.gz | 0.962626 | 1,018 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__50507084 | en | Republic Airways Holdings Inc. and Rolls-Royce have signed on as investors and partners in an early-stage effort to launch an urban air mobility network that would ferry commuters within cities around the world.
Indianapolis-based Republic and Rolls-Royce, which has a significant Indianapolis presence, are among seven strategic investors that have pledged a combined $105 million investment in Eve UAM LLC, a spinoff from Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer S.A.
The big-picture goal: Over the next several years, develop and operate a fleet of vertical-lift electric aircraft designed for commuters who are willing to pay a premium to get across town more quickly.
Eve told investors last month that the global urban air mobility market could total $760 billion between 2025 and 2040—and it aims to get a piece of that revenue.
“Urban air mobility is a transformational event in aviation and a generational opportunity to disrupt the ground transportation and helicopter sectors,” Eve co-CEO Gerard DeMuro told investors last month.
Both Republic and Rolls-Royce are also identified as among more than 30 entities that have signed non-binding memoranda of understanding or letters of intent to work with Eve in other ways. An investor presentation identifies Rolls-Royce as a technology partner and Republic as among its fixed-wing aircraft operator partners.
In a press release issued Dec. 21, Eve announced that it and Republic had formed a partnership in which Republic would purchase up to 200 of Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The two parties also plan to “explore additional opportunities” with Republic’s LIFT Academy, an Indianapolis school where Republic trains commercial pilots and maintenance technicians.
Eve and Republic will work on “developing a deployment network throughout the central and east coast markets of the United States, with an initial focus on the Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. markets,” the press release said.
Republic, a regional airline that operates flights for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, already has bases of operations in these three cities, among others.
Eve has also announced similar partnerships with other companies. In all, Eve says it has non-binding agreements with companies that could purchase up to 1,735 aircraft with a combined value of $5.2 billion.
Eve says it has also formed partnerships with numerous U.S. and international companies to develop other things that would support the aircraft, including charging stations and maintenance technology.
Embraer created Eve and launched it as an independent company in October 2020. Eve, which is based in Melbourne, Florida, is in the process of going public via a merger with Zanite Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The deal, which values Eve at $2.4 billion, is expected to close in the second quarter. In addition to the $105 million coming from Republic, Rolls-Royce and the other strategic investors, Embraer will invest $175 million in the venture.
For a typical 20-mile trip, Eve says, a flight in a piloted Eve aircraft would cost $100, as compared to $78 for an Uber ride and $12 if the passenger drove his or her gasoline-powered personal vehicle. A 20-mile flight in an Eve autonomous aircraft would cost $50. Eve said it expects to launch autonomous aircraft around 2030.
As an example of its plans, Eve said an air-service network in Miami might have 88 routes and 32 takeoff and landing sites. Eve passengers could get from the city’s South Beach neighborhood to Miami International Airport (a trip of about 11 miles) in about 7 minutes, as compared to 45-90 minutes in moderate-to-heavy traffic.
Of course, the success of the effort is unknowable at this point—it won’t be until early 2026 that Eve expects to actually have aircraft in service—and there are still many uncertainties.
In communications with investors, Eve discloses a lengthy list of potential risk factors. Among them: The market for urban air mobility might not be as large as anticipated, potential customers may be unwilling to pay a premium for the air service and certain localities might not allow vertical aircraft operations because of perceived safety issues or other risks. None of the aircraft have yet been manufactured, and they might not perform up to expectations.
Republic and Rolls-Royce both declined to comment on their involvement because the project is at such a preliminary stage.
Rolls-Royce designs and makes technology that allows aircraft to take off and land vertically, and some of that work takes place in Indianapolis. But Rolls-Royce said it’s premature to know whether the Eve project might bring any work to its local facilities.
And Republic said earlier this week that it’s not yet prepared to talk about its involvement in the Eve project.• | aerospace |
https://www.mundorcx.com/product/dji-mavic-air-2-mavic-air-2s-shoulder-bag-usado/ | 2024-04-14T13:45:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816879.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414130604-20240414160604-00359.warc.gz | 0.803804 | 106 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__95613272 | en | Usado, perfectamente funcional
Presenta detalles esteticos que no afectan el perfecto funcionmiento del producto
The Mavic Air 2 Shoulder Bag has been tailored for the aircraft and its accessories. It can be organized neatly and it is compact and comfortable to carry.
Thanks to the internal partition design, the shoulder bag can accommodate Mavic Air 2, accessories, and other professional photography equipment.
DJI Air 2S
Mavic Air 2 | aerospace |
https://chilestreet.com/news/faa-allows-fiesta-balloons-to-fly/ | 2024-02-23T23:10:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474470.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223221041-20240224011041-00028.warc.gz | 0.941843 | 557 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__147833639 | en | FAA allows Fiesta balloons to fly over ABQ
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to allow hot air balloons to fly over the Albuquerque metro without a costly GPS device required on other aircraft.
In September 2021, the FAA began enforcing a 2020 rule that requires all aircraft flying over Albuquerque to have onboard tracking technology installed in the on-board flight computer, something hot air balloons don’t have.
“We recognize the important role that hot air ballooning plays in New Mexico’s culture,” said FAA Regional Administrator Rob Lowe. “The FAA has reached an agreement that enables balloon pilots to continue flying safely in the region while we work on a long-term solution.”
The device is called Automatic Dependent Broadcast Surveillance, or ADS-B, and it is required to fly any aircraft above Class C airspace, like the Albuquerque metro.
Banning balloons over Albuquerque, known as the “Hot Air Ballooning Capital of the World,” posed a problem for the upcoming 50th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta scheduled for this October.
The FAA granted a waiver for the regulations during the 2021 Balloon Fiesta, and Fiesta organizers said they would again apply for a waiver this year, but the application period doesn’t open until next month. In February, Mayor Tim Keller wrote to the FAA and urged the agency to grant an exemption for balloonists in Albuquerque.
On Wednesday, city officials announced the FAA had drafted a “letter of agreement” with the city and state that allows balloonists to fly without installing the costly ADS-B device.
“When it comes to ballooning and Albuquerque’s traditions, we stand up for our city,” Mayor Keller said. “We’re grateful for the FAA’s work to find a path forward with us. Today, our pilots are cleared for takeoff and we’re ready to celebrate a half century of the Balloon Fiesta as planned.”
The agreement is effective through March 2023 and outlines safety requirements for navigating Albuquerque’s airspace. The FAA is also conducting a risk analysis study and continuing to collaborate with balloonists and city officials to reach a permanent solution, which is expected to happen by March of next year.
“I appreciate the FAA’s work to identify a solution, recognizing that Albuquerque’s ballooning community has operated with a dedication to safety for over fifty years,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “New Mexico’s representatives from local, state, and federal government worked together to advocate for a solution – and the real winners are the thousands of visitors to New Mexico and the Balloon Fiesta every year.”
Chile Street Editor | aerospace |
https://www.scdailypress.com/2010/12/08/officials-cite-deceptions-in-crash-of-helicopter/ | 2023-12-11T15:41:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679515260.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211143258-20231211173258-00834.warc.gz | 0.965853 | 723 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__228438730 | en | WASHINGTON (AP) — A firefighting helicopter crash that killed nine people two years ago was caused by deceptions on the part of the company that leased the aircraft to the U.S. Forest Service and a lack of federal safety oversight, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday.
Carson Helicopters of Grants Pass, Ore., intentionally altered documents to exaggerate the helicopter’s performance capabilities in order to win a Forest Service contract, the board said.
But the Federal Aviation Administration and the Forest Service missed several opportunities to uncover those problems, the board said.
“This accident had more to do with Carson’s actions than the oversight entities’ inactions,’ NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman said. “But the FAA and the Forest Service didn’t hold up their end of the deal to oversee Carson’s actions.’
The accident points to a larger problem of a lack of safety oversight of nonmilitary aircraft operations by federal, state and local government agencies, board members said. FAA has said it doesn’t have the authority to oversee the aircraft operations of other agencies.
Government aircraft operations “have no parent and no one wants to be responsible for them,’ Hersman said.
NTSB has alerted the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General that Carson’s actions may merit a criminal investigation, Hersman said.
The board’s investigation showed the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter weighed 19,008 pounds when pilots tried to take off from a rugged mountaintop clearing near Weaverville, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2008. But the maximum weight to lift off at full power with no margin to spare was 18,445 pounds, they said. If Forest Service guidelines — which include a safety margin — had been followed, the weight shouldn’t have exceeded 15,840 pounds, investigators said.
Carson also provided its pilots with procedures for estimatingliftoff weight that eroded safety margins, the board said.
Two months after the accident, the FAA office in charge of overseeing Carson received letters from two pilots with knowledge of Carson’s operations who expressed concern that the company was miscalculating helicopter weights, investigators said.
Investigators said that if FAA had provided NTSB with that information at the time, it would have helped them figure out sooner that the weight calculations were faulty. FAA was a party to the accident investigation and its inspectors were aware of theinvestigation, they said.
However, FAA dismissed the allegations and didn’t provide the letters to NTSB until about a year later after the investigators made a general request for documents related to the agency’s oversight of Carson after the crash, investigators said.
Carson has surrendered its FAA certificate, the agency said in a statement released after the board meeting. The certificate is the equivalent of an operating license. FAA is also working on clarifying its policy on oversight of government aircraft, the statement said.
The Forest Service said in a statement that it is committed to learn from such tragedies and has “aggressively pursued opportunities to improve its operations from the onset of this accident.’
Carson Helicopters issued a statement saying it believes the cause of the crash was a loss of power to the No. 2 engine due to the failure of a fuel control unit while the helicopter was taking off. The company added that their own inquiry uncovered a history of problems with the fuel control unit on the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. | aerospace |
https://www.jeteliteaviation.com/industry-news/archives/10-2014 | 2024-04-21T21:50:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817819.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421194551-20240421224551-00252.warc.gz | 0.924279 | 191 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__118464486 | en | Technicon Design in Paris, France designed a windowless aircraft, dubbed the Ixion windowless jet. “I challenged the team to break out of conventional thinking with regards to a business jet exterior and interior,” says Gareth Davies, design director at Technicon Design’s studio near Paris.
The Ixion windowless jet design concept utilizes flexible screens which cover the cabin walls and ceiling inside the aircraft. The screens display views captured from external cameras mounted around the aircraft to show the surrounding environment in real time, which can give the passengers the feeling of flying through the air in an invisible airplane.
With this setup, passengers can also conduct business video conferences, and presentations, watch state-of-the-art in-flight movies, or even project relaxing landscapes to change the feel.
This video demonstrates the range of possibilities you can experience within the plane, along with the high-tech amenities and features. | aerospace |
http://policelink.monster.com/discussions/190-pilots/topics | 2014-04-19T10:33:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609537097.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005217-00544-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.88743 | 83 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__107887404 | en | Group Forums >> Pilots
Any one interested in flying. Either privet flying or Law Enforcement flying all are welcome. If you are just interested in this kind of thing please don’t hesitate to join.
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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pilot_kneeboards | 2018-06-19T11:01:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267862248.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619095641-20180619115641-00400.warc.gz | 0.732615 | 302 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__221696853 | en | Open main menu
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http://www.tech-bel.com/products-services/radar-systems/gap-filing-tracking-radar-gftr-2100/ | 2023-09-30T13:23:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510676.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930113949-20230930143949-00528.warc.gz | 0.921074 | 132 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__296252009 | en | Gap Filing Tracking Radar GFTR-2100
GFTR-2100 measures accurately over great distances allowing the ballistic missile defense to protect much larger areas.
It can simultaneously track and distinguish between objects when a missile splits increasing the probability of hitting the warhead the first time.
Radar imaging using advanced pulse and Doppler technology helps identify the type of incoming missile. This advanced technology allowing to use the Radar both for missile defense and for air surveillance.
The radar functions both on land and at sea and is can be easily deployed to a new position in less than 48 hours. Set up and tear down takes less than 1 hour. | aerospace |
http://libn.com/2012/05/14/shuttle-enterprise-taken-off-transport-jet-in-nyc/ | 2014-08-22T06:34:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500823169.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021343-00229-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.95281 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__35342864 | en | Two weeks after its arrival in New York City, the space shuttle Enterprise has been taken off the jumbo jet that was used to bring it from .
The shuttle was removed from the plane early Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport.[dmc-related-post-wp numitems="3" title="Also read"]
It will stay there for a few more weeks before being moved by barge to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. An exhibit is expected to open to the public in July.
Enterprise arrived in New York in a highly anticipated flight on April 27. It came to New York as part of NASA’s decision to end the shuttle program after 30 years.
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https://aircraft-logbook.org/epic-flight-academy-professional-pilot-training-florida/ | 2018-02-19T15:45:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812756.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219151705-20180219171705-00179.warc.gz | 0.861046 | 315 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__156853254 | en | Epic Flight Academy | Providing an unparalleled pathway to achieving professional pilot dreams through innovative flight education and technologically-advanced aviation resources |
Located in sunny New Smyrna Beach, Florida at KEVB Airport, Epic Flight Academy has provided thousands of students with world-class training in the safest, quickest, and most cost-efficient way possible. With a team of passionate and talented employees, we have successfully provided a pathway for students from 70+ countries to achieve their pilot training goals accident-free since 1999.
Operating a fleet of 20 training aircraft equipped with Garmin G1000 glass cockpits, and 4 certified flight training devices (simulators), our 50 full-time CFI’s instruct students, together flying over 30,000 hours annually. Epic Flight Academy is a certified Cessna Service Station with an onsite Maintenance Center performing preventative inspections and reactive maintenance to ensure students are utilizing resources held to the highest safety standards.
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http://www.epscor.upr.edu/puerto-rico-scientific-community/66-2017-nasa-epscor-pre-proposal-competition | 2017-05-24T00:26:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607726.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524001106-20170524021106-00124.warc.gz | 0.882174 | 634 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__51183694 | en | We have been informed that NASA is planning to release a new NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) during the month of December, like in previous years. Anticipating the release of this CAN, and in order to allow sufficient time for the research teams to prepare their pre-proposals, PR NASA EPSCoR is conducting a pre-proposal competition.
Interested research teams are invited to submit their pre-proposals to the PR NASA EPSCoR office. The pre-proposals will be judged by a review panel to determine the best candidate projects to be developed into full-fledged proposals for the 2017 NASA EPSCoR competition, in which each EPSCoR jurisdiction will be allowed to submit TWO proposals.
The pre-proposals must contain the following information:
1. Cover Page (one page)
a. Project Title
b. Research PI: name, affiliation, contact information
c. Co-investigators: names and affiliations
d. Collaborating NASA Center(s) and point(s) of contact
2. Project Summary (1-2 pages)
3. Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated Results (2-3 pages)
4. Relevance to, Partnerships with, and Interactions with NASA (1-2 pages)
5. Relevance to, Partnerships with, and Interactions within the Jurisdiction (1-2 pages)
6. Curriculum Vitae of PI and Co-Is (two pages per person)
7. Current and Pending Support (as needed) The previous NASA EPSCoR CAN provided up to $750,000 from NASA, and required an additional 50% of institutional match ($375,000). For now, you can assume that these budget figures will remain unchanged, until the actual CAN is released.
The pre-proposals must be aligned with the specific objectives of NASA EPSCoR, which are listed below:
- Contribute to and promote the development of research capability in NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission;
- Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program;
- Develop partnerships among NASA research assets, academic institutions, and industry;
- Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and economic development of the jurisdiction; and
- Work in close coordination with the Space Grant consortium in the jurisdiction to improve the environment for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
Submission: Pre-proposals are due by 4:00 PM on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. Hardcopies and digital files are accepted. (Digital files should be named with the full name of the research PI.)
The pre-proposals must be sent to:
Ms. Mildred Rodríguez
Project Manager PR NASA EPSCoR
304 Facundo Bueso Bldg PO Box 23334
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3334 | aerospace |
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/profiles/2001272648/dramatic-moment-teenager-is-pulled-alive-from-burning-helicopter-wreckage | 2022-01-22T09:33:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303779.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220122073422-20220122103422-00463.warc.gz | 0.98267 | 491 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__255216928 | en | A teenager was pulled out alive from the wreckage of a helicopter which exploded into flames after crashing and killing three people amid a suspected hijacking, according to reports.
Dramatic video footage shows the moment the youngster was rescued by locals who bravely ran towards the fire and smoke to drag him out.
Daniel da Silva, 18, was saved after the helicopter reportedly smashed into the ground in Joinville, southern Brazil, at about 4pm yesterday.
The crash killed the pilot, the co-pilot and a passenger, according to reports.
It is alleged that Silva and the other passenger were trying to hijack the aircraft for a jail break, the Daily Mail reports.
Witnesses claimed they heard the sound of gunshots from the helicopter and police later found a pistol and a revolver inside.
A local said he saw the helicopter begin to spin out of control before starting to fall.
He said that everyone was screaming as the chopper crashed and people rushed to help.
The helicopter, used for sightseeing tours, was reportedly booked out by Silva and his accomplice who allegedly kidnapped the crew after it left from Penha.
Firefighters controlled the blaze as plumes of black, thick, smoke engulfed the area.
Officials reportedly say that Silva was on temporary release from a semi-open prison where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking convictions.
It is feared he was trying to get an inmate out of the Joinville Regional Prison as he was due to be transferred to a maximum security prison.
Detectives are waiting to question Silva in hospital, after he suffered second and third degree burns to 15 percent of his body.
Speaking to local media, Detective Tania Harada said: "After the pilot left Penha, he allegedly sent a code to his head office in Curitiba a few minutes into the flight that the aircraft had been kidnapped. We believe the passengers announced the hijacking soon after the helicopter took off.
"We suspect the aircraft was hired by the two men to fly over the Joinville area, but we are still investigating the motive and the circumstances behind what appears to be criminal activity."
Avilon Air Taxi, who owned the helicopter, provides chartered services for amusement park Beta Carrero World but they said the aircraft was not working for the amusement park yesterday.
The journey was not scheduled and investigators are looking into why the pilot took the route he did. | aerospace |
http://www.inquisitr.com/421174/boeing-has-created-a-drone-that-can-cripple-an-entire-nations-computers-at-the-touch-of-a-button-photos/ | 2016-02-05T22:35:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701145519.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193905-00307-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96101 | 276 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__94518263 | en | Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has created a weapon straight out of a science fiction movie. The new system is a missile that can use special microwave technologies to render all the electronics in a building useless but without harming anyone inside according to the Daily Mail.
Boeing has already successfully tested the weapon on a one hour flight that was able to completely knock out the computers of a military compound in Utah.
Boeing believes the missile can penetrate ultra fortified bunkers such as those being used to house Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
During the test firing of the missile Boeing was able to permanently shut down all of the electronic systems of the test base including the camera that was being used to record the test.
The new system is being codenamed te Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP). CHAMP marks the first time an Electro Magnetic Pulse Weapon has been successfully tested.
A Boeing Spokesman said the following after releasing an artist’s rendition of the test:
“In the near future, this technology may be used to render an enemy’s electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive. We hit every target we wanted and made science fiction into science fact. When the computers went out, it actually took out the cameras as well. It was fantastic.” | aerospace |
https://www.fsx-download.com/alabeo-waco-ymf5-fsx-p3d.html | 2022-09-27T01:56:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334974.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927002241-20220927032241-00345.warc.gz | 0.807681 | 228 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__102829815 | en | Alabeo Waco YMF5 FSX/P3D
The Waco F series was a range of American-built private pilot owner and training biplanes of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company. The YMF-5
built by WACO Classic Aircraft from March 1986 onwards. In June 2009 the company unveiled the latest updated variant, the YMF-5D.
Superb material shines and reflections.
Custom environment sounds.
Professional flight dynamics.
High quality 3D model and textures.
Aerobatic smoke effect.
Blank texture for creating your own designs.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX with SP1 and SP2 (or Acceleration Pack) installed or Lockheed Martin - Prepar3D Flight Simulator.
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https://postandparcel.info/117074/news/wing-begins-drone-delivery-in-virginia/ | 2022-08-13T09:49:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00799.warc.gz | 0.900605 | 272 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__50133905 | en | Wing begins drone delivery in Virginia
Wing has become the first company to operate a commercial air delivery service via drone directly to homes in the United States.
On Friday 18 October Wing delivered packages, over-the-counter medication, snacks and gifts to residents of Christiansburg, Virginia.
The expanded Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Wing allow multiple pilots to oversee multiple unmanned aircraft making commercial deliveries simultaneously to the general public, paving the way for the most advanced drone delivery service in the nation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Wing an expanded Air Carrier Certificate. It has permission to “allow multiple pilots to oversee multiple unmanned aircraft making commercial deliveries simultaneously to the general public.”
Wing’s collaborators on this service — FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local Virginia retailer Sugar Magnolia — are the first businesses in the United States to offer this form of local air delivery to customers.
Minutes after customers order from the Wing app from Walgreens or local Virginia retailer Sugar Magnolia, the lightweight aircraft delivers directly to their homes. Similarly, customers can opt in to receive scheduled FedEx Express deliveries by drone. Upon arrival, the aircraft gently lowers the package to a small, designated location in the yard or driveway, before returning to Wing’s “Nest” in North Christiansburg. | aerospace |
http://ncegt.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-4-things-close-by.html | 2018-05-22T21:15:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864968.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522205620-20180522225620-00044.warc.gz | 0.941295 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__5962316 | en | Let's start with EARTH'S FIRST TROJAN ASTEROID discovered last year.
Don't worry, it will never hit the Earth. It's in a strange gravitational part of our orbit called a Lagrange Point.
PART 1: VENUS vs MARS
Venus has an atmosphere, has about the same gravity, and is not that far from our planet. Yet, we could really never send people there to explore the surface. Why?
Give 5 reasons.
JAXA, the Japanese Space Program (yes, we're not the only ones!) have studied this planet extensively. Here's one of their orbital spacecraft.
Mars is our other planetary neighbor. Unlike Venus, Mars has great potential for manned flights in the future. It's cold and dusty, but nothing like Venus. The atmosphere is thin and we're not sure where to find water, so be sure and take air and water along for the trip.
It will take 3 months (not weeks) to get there!
What do you think the gravity will be like?
Notice that we've skipped discussing our Moon. That's because we'll spend an entire lesson (next week) just talking about our missions there.
Beyond Mars is the Asteroid Belt, and if you are feeling a bit brave, you could decide to send a spacecraft all the way to the largest member, Ceres. Ceres is about the size of Texas if you wrapped it in a sphere.
Shown above is the best image of Ceres pictured there below the Moon.
Does it have gravity? What do you think?
If you jumped, would you land back on the surface or just float off into space?
So, how many asteroids are out there? Are there any close to Earth?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ALL THE ASTEROIDS ON ONE MAP?
YIPES! That's a lot. Let's count them.
Trojan asteroids are by far the strangest. They stay well ahead or behind the planet they are near and have a unique orbit. The green lines show this orbit.
NASA keeps up with every asteroid near us in a program that you can see at the JPL website. Asteroids like these are called Near Earth Objects (NEOs).
One turned out to be a piece of a lost spacecraft!
Space junk is an entirely different topic and we'll get to that when we cover satellites.
This giant flying potato is called EROS and we've sent a spacecraft there!
JPL web link: | aerospace |
https://www.bookbeat.com/be/book/operation-outer-space-25303 | 2021-12-08T13:46:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363510.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208114112-20211208144112-00164.warc.gz | 0.934448 | 199 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__158682168 | en | Operation: Outer Space is a science fiction novel by Murray Leinster first published in 1954.
A Thrilling Tale of a Space Ship's Voyage to the Moon--and Beyond!
The world's first interstellar flight is financed by making it into a television show.
Jed Cochrane is about to take off on man's first interstellar voyage.
His mission: Make sure it's good television!
Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin praised the novel as ”a fast-paced, sardonic job that is primarily a satire on the future of mass communications.”
Total Running Time (TRT): 6 hours, 44 min. Reading by Mark Nelson.
Murray Leinster (1896-1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. | aerospace |
https://spaceflight101.com/iss/rapidscat/ | 2024-03-01T14:34:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475311.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301125520-20240301155520-00666.warc.gz | 0.912541 | 2,407 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__156547438 | en | RapidScat Instrument Overview
RapidScat is a scatterometer that will use the International Space Station as a platform to measure surface winds over the Ocean to provide valuable scientific information and act as a calibration standard for other space-based scatterometer instruments, taking over that role from the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat spacecraft that has shown degraded performance.
Scatterometers are instruments that allow the precise measurement of the normalized radar cross section of the surface by emitting a microwave pulse aimed at the surface and measuring the reflected energy. The signal power of the backscatter is determined by subtracting the noise-only power and measurements from different azimuth angles are combined to allow the determination of the near-surface wind vector using a geophysical model function.
Winds over the ocean are normally in equilibrium with wind-generated capillary-gravity waves that can be in resonance with the microwaves emitted by the satellite, causing Bragg scattering. The power of the backscatter depends on wind speed and direction which can be extracted through data processing of measurements made at different azimuth angles.
The importance of scatterometer measurements is severalfold – measurements are used to study sea-air interactions, climate evolution, hurricane monitoring, the assessment and tracking of vegetation, soil moisture, polar ice, and mobile icebergs. Data from scatterometers is applied in operational meteorological models and microwave instruments have been flown on solar system mission to extract valuable information on atmospheres other than Earth’s.
The need for quickly deploying a scatterometer arose in late 2009 when the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite suffered an unexpected degradation in data quality that limit the instrument to acquire measurements from only a small swath width. In addition to leaving a hole in the global constellation of scatterometers, it also eliminated the normal cross-calibration capability for the international scatterometer constellation of NASA, NOAA, ISRO and Eumetsat.
Since a follow-on spacecraft could not be launched for several years, NASA decided to deploy the QuikScat engineering model to the International Space Station to restore full calibration capability and make use the the unique orbital characteristics of ISS.
RapidScat uses the engineering model of the QuikScat scatterometer with the exception of the antenna module that was changed to comply with ISS and Dragon payload envelopes. Also, modifications were made to make the engineering model fit for space flight and the system was modified to fit ISS data and electrical interfaces provided through its attachment system.
The RapidScat instrument is a conically scanning pencil-beam scatterometer using a two-beam design with an inner beam at a look angle of 45 degrees and the outer beam at a 50.5-degree look angle – the two beams have incidence angles of 49 and 56° respectively. The instrument uses a conical scan geometry, rotating a 0.75-meter diameter reflector at 18rpm. This means that the two beams sweep out a circle around the instrument nadir vector. The diameter of that circle will depend on the altitude of the Space Station which can vary from 375 to 435 Kilometers for RapidScat to achieve its planned accuracy. At the present ISS altitude (~415km), the inner beam will scan a swath of 900 while the outer beam scans a swath of 1,100 Kilometers.
The scanning geometry has been chosen to allow the instrument to view each point on Earth that is within the inner beam four times as the instrument passes over (twice by the inner beam looking forward and then aft, and twice by the outer beam also looking forward and then aft as the spacecraft passes over).
The instrument transmits microwave pulses at a frequency of 13.402 GHz (Ku-Band) at a pulse width (duration) between 0.5 to 1.5 milliseconds. Compared to QuikScat, the pulse width has been shortened for timing margin due to the lower orbit of ISS. Pulses are repeated every 6 milliseconds, in between pulses is a 1.4-millisecond data window during which the echo is recorded. Timing has been modified for RapidScat to transmit and receive on the same beam.
The instrument achieves a peak transmit power of 80 Watts. RapidScat generates 40kbit/s of data, requires 250W of average power and operates at temperatures of 5 to 40°C. In charge of spinning the reflector is an activator assembly that provides a very accurate spin rate and also measures the precise position of each scan to allow the instrument to calculate the scanned area on the ground based on orbital and pointing information from ISS.
The instrument takes measurements of the radar cross section at several different azimuth angles for vertical and horizontal polarization.
The wind vector is retrieved by fitting the measurements to the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function that ties together the expected radar cross section as a function of wind speed and direction relative to the look and incidence angles. This requires extensive calibration of the scanning geometry that is completed pre-flight.
Overall, RapidScat can measure winds from 3 to 20 meters per second with an accuracy of 2m/s and direction with an accuracy of 20 degrees. The ground range resolution achieved by the instrument is 0.79 Kilometers while the maximum azimuth resolution is 16 Kilometers.
RapidScat will be installed on the Columbus External Payload Facility. Launching with RapidScat is a 90-degree adapter frame that will be installed on the Columbus External Platform Adapter to provide a nadir-facing mounting platform for RapidScat that uses a Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism. The nadir adapter includes power and data interfaces to connect RapidScat to the associated interfaces of Columbus.
Columbus provides RapidScat with two power buses – one 120 Vdc bus for survival heaters only and one 120 Vdc bus for the operation of the instrument. Commands to the instrument are transmitted via a two-way analog and a 1553B data bus which are also used for the transfer of housekeeping data. An Ethernet connection delivers instrument data to Columbus for storage and eventual downlink via ISS assets.
The Nadir Adapter of RapidScat houses the Command and Data Subsystems that deliver power-switching and distribution services and it includes the Instrument Data Processors. A Power Converter Unit and Digital Interface Bridge also resides within the adapter. From the nadir adapter, a 120Vdc power supply for survival heaters is provided by the Scatterometer Electronics Unit to the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem. 48 Vdc power buses are used for power the various electronics.
The Scatterometer Electronics Subsystem generates the transmit signals using an Exciter and Synthesizer system to provide the chirp signals that are amplified using a TWTA (Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier) that then provides the signals to the Transmit/Receive Switch assembly for transfer to the Dual Pencil Beam Feeds. The Receive Signal is routed to the Receiver via the Transmit/Receive Switch Assembly operating on timed commands by the processor unit. The receiver converts the signals into a digital format and passes the data to the SES Command Processor for transfer over to the Nadir Adapter that then sends it to ISS.
Commanding of the Spin Mechanism and RF Rotary Joint is provided by the CDS in the Nadir Adapter that also processes the precise position information provided by the activator assembly to properly locate the position of each scan on the surface of Earth.
Having ISS as a platform for the RapidScat instrument (not originally designed to fly on a Space Station) requires a number of measures taken by the instrument to protect ISS and by ISS to fully exploit the instrument’s capabilities in terms of accuracy.
Residing on the Columbus EF, RapidScat will face the issue of having ISS hardware within its field of view, particularly the solar arrays and USOS visiting vehicles. While the Solar Arrays can handle the blast of microwave radiation from RapidScat, they represent a blockage that cuts the instrument field of view by up to 8%. Visiting vehicles can not tolerate the radiation emitted by RapidScat since the electrical field it generates exceeds given limits by up to 9.5dB. A reduction of the transmission level by 9.5dB when visiting vehicles are present (~50% of the time) is not feasible, therefore, RapidScat will use a 60° sector blanker, reducing the field of view but keeping visiting vehicles safe.
Another issue for RapidScat is the attitude of ISS that is not driven by a single instrument’s requirements. Variations up to -10° on pitch, 1° of roll and –6° in yaw could be tolerated by RapidScat.
Attitude maneuvers for visiting vehicle operations will lead to a loss of science on RapidScat and potential additions of modules (MLM, Russian Node) have to be anticipated over the lifetime of the instrument leading to permanent changes in pitch attitude. For a good prediction of ground scanning areas, the orbit and attitude of ISS has to be known precisely to be implemented in data processing (ISS shows a daily pitch variation of 0.2° which lead to timing errors of 0.02ms that can be accommodated easily along with manageable doppler errors). It is also required for RapidScat’s scanning tables to be updated frequently to adjust scanning parameters as a function of ISS altitude.
The characteristics of the ISS orbit are very different to those of Sun-Synchronous Orbits employed by most scatterometers which can provide valuable additional insights obtained via RapidScat. Having different scatterometers in different Sun-Synchronous Orbits means that each satellite visits each position on Earth at approximately the same local time meaning that the various satellites have different observation times. This presents a challenge to data calibration and stitching of data products from different instruments, especially when attempting to monitor subtle changes over long time periods.
The orbit of ISS is not synchronized and drifts so that locations on Earth can be viewed at different times of day. Also, the orbit of ISS intersects all Sun-Synchronous Orbits every hour, allowing winds to be determined by RapidScat and other scatterometers for a cross-calibration.
RapidScat will act as golden standard for calibration of the international scatterometer instruments in way in which RapidScat itself uses QuikScat for calibration to eliminate any effects of the special operational environment of ISS. This will allow all satellites to use a common reference frame for producing consistent wind data.
RapidScat on its own will be extremely valuable for the study of diurnal variations in winds which are poorly understood and hard to study from SSO using different spacecraft due to the high accuracy of relative calibration required by this type of study. The ISS orbit visits all points of Earth (between 51.6° south and north) at all times of day over a two-month period. This will allow RapidScat to estimate semi-diurnal wind components over its two-year primary mission.
There is high demand for the study of diurnal and semi-diurnal wind variations due to their impact on cycle of cloud formation and precipitation in the tropics, a key component of the Earth’s water and energy cycles.
Furthermore, RapidScat will be used to assess the diurnal evapo-transpiration cycle of vegetation in the tropics which influences the water cycle and has great importance for the calibration of scatterometers that use the rain forest as calibration target. Data products from RapidScat will also find application in weather forecasting of marine storms.
RapidScat will use the ground system established for the QuikScat mission that has been refined over the years to ensure a rapid data availability after acquisition via NOAA. | aerospace |
https://iacmc.forumotion.com/t1906-32nd-army-air-and-missile-defense-command-previously-32nd-artillery-brigade | 2022-01-25T01:55:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304749.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125005757-20220125035757-00303.warc.gz | 0.93555 | 2,052 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__24288637 | en | Patch and Distinctive Unit Insignia
The 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) is a one-of-a-kind theater level Army air and missile defense multi-component organization with a worldwide, 72-hour deployment mission. 32d AAMDC consists of two brigades, 11th Air Defense Artillery and 35th Air Defense Artillery; both stand ready to accomplish any mission - anywhere, anytime in support of the warfighting CINC. Recent contingency deployments to Southwest Asia and an intense exercise schedule in Korea exemplify the vital role and mission that the organization plays.
The 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) is the Army Forces and Joint Forces Land Component Commanders' (ARFOR / JFLCC) organization that performs critical theater air and missile defense planning, integration, coordination, and execution functions. The 32d AAMDC coordinates and integrates the four operational elements (or pillars) of theater missile defense (TMD): passive defense, active defense, attack operations, and battle management/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (BM/C4I) to protect contingency, forward deployed, and reinforcing forces, as well as designated theater strategic assets. The 32d AAMDC commands echelon above corps (EAC) ADA brigades and other assigned forces.
The 32d AAMDC is based at FT Bliss, Texas and falls within the authority and under the operational control of U. S. Forces Command. Current Army authorization documents provide for two AAMDC's (one Active/Reserve Component, and one fully Reserve Component).
Used for attack operations, standard Army processes are unwieldy and inefficient. A more streamlined method is needed that places TMD responsibility under a single executive agent. Such a method exits and is being refined in Korea. Commander in chief, United Nations Command and Combined Forces Command, has designated a single authority for the conduct of TMD operations in the Korean theater of operations -- in this case, the Commander, Air Component Command, and Commanding General, Seventh Air Force. In a break with Army tradition, the Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, gives up operational control of 32d AAMDC when Seventh Air Force is in theater, effectively establishing a single focused authority over theater missile defense on the peninsula.
The theater missile defense operations center functions as a staff under the combined forces air component command and is responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating theater-level missile operations. The center is split-based with Seventh Air Force and Republic of Korea air force elements in theater and 32d AAMDC in the United States. During either an exercise or in wartime, 32d AAMDC collocates in the hardened theater air control center and integrates operations with the Seventh Air Force cell and Korean air force personnel at Osan air base. In addition, it dispatches liaison teams to the deep operations coordination cell of the ground component command, the Eighth U.S. Army rear command post, Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force Headquarters, and other commands. Joint attack operations is an ongoing ven-ture, beginning with intelligence preparation of the battlespace conducted jointly between AAMDC and the Seventh Air Force intelligence cell. Information sharing aids the process. Attack strategy is jointly drafted and approved. Pre-planned and immediate attack mission requests are developed. AAMDC brings experience as well as considerable technical capabilities with its intelligence tools such as the generic area limitation environment and all source analysis systems. It also provides a measure of continuity vis-à-vis the one-year tour lengths of the personnel assigned in Korea. The in-country Seventh Air Force analysts bring enormous Korea-specific knowledge and access to quick-response Air Force collection systems. With these resources, joint intelligence identifies the enemy theater missile order of battle, operational patterns and techniques, capabilities and weaknesses, likely operating areas, and other exploitable information.
The unit was first constituted in January 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 32d Artillery Brigade (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized at Key West Barracks, Florida Demobilized 18 January 1919 at Camp Hill, Virginia Reconstituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Coast Artillery Brigade Activated 20 November 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas Redesignated 28 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands. Activated 6 February 1951 in England. Redesignated 11 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Artillery Brigade.
After overcoming some reliability problems, the Patriot was issued in 1985 to units of the 32d Army Air Defense Command, a major subordinate command of U.S. Army, Europe. At this point, the Patriot was capable only of shooting down aircraft, including helicopters. A major effort to improve the capabilities of the Patriot system was already under way. Two Patriot batteries from the 32d Army Air Defense Command's 10th Air Defense Artillery Brigade were designated for the airlift to Israel the Gulf War. All of the American Patriot units that fought in DESERT STORM were drawn from the 11th Brigade and from several similar brigades of U.S. Army, Europe's 32d Army Air Defense Command. Inactivated 15 July 1995 in Germany.
Formerly a provisional organization assigned to TRADOC, the 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command (32d AAMDC), Fort Bliss, TX, officially activated as a theater level command on 16 October 1998. It is assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), per FORSCOM Permanent Orders 271-2 dated 28 September 1998. Effective with the activation, 32d AAMDC assumes C2 of the 11th and the 35th ADA Brigades.
To date, the 32d AAMDC has proven itself as the premier example of success with the Total Force concept. Composed of 69 active duty (FT Bliss) and 112 Florida Army National Guard soldiers, the 32d AAMDC has performed and validated its critical TMD mission and conducted extensive training during numerous joint and combined exercises - including Prairie Warrior 96, Ulchi Focus Lens 96, 97 & 98, Roving Sands 96 and 97, Coherent Defense 97, U.S./Russian TMD Exercise (Jan 98), and JTFEX/TMDI (Feb 99). The successes identified during these exercises, and during individual and collective training, demonstrate both the Active and Reserve Components' willingness and commitment to the Total Force concept.
In early Feb 98, and prior to its official activation (16 Oct 98), the 32d AAMDC deployed to support Combined Task Force-Kuwait during Operation Desert Thunder. The 32nd AAMDC performs critical theater-level air and missile defense planning, integration, coordination and execution functions. The unit coordinates and integrates the operational elements of theater missile defense in support of the ground maneuver forces. The unit commanded the echelon-above-corps ADA brigades, which in this case are TF 1-1 ADA and TF 3-43 ADA. After successfully deploying into Kuwait with little notice, the 32d AAMDC assumed command of one Patriot Task Force, conducted RSOI and assumed command of a second patriot Task Force, wrote the Air and Missile Defense plan for Operation Desert Thunder, and executed the TAMD mission in a contingency theater. Further, the 32d AAMDC played the pivotal role in developing procedures for combined U.S. and Kuwaiti theater air and missile defense, interoperability, and training; expanding the TBM alert and warning architecture within CTF-Kuwait; and conducting Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) training while performing its mission in a contingency environment.
While deployed to the Southwest Asia (SWA) theater of operations, the 32d AAMDC commander also performed the functions of Theater Army Air Defense Coordinator (TAADCOORD) and Deputy Area Air Defense Commander (DAADC) - ensuring that Army Air and Missile Defense was integrated with counterair, active defense operations, and planning at the theater level. The 32d AAMDC provided liaison officers to each of the major theater elements: Air Component Commander (ACC), Land Component Commander (LCC), Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD), Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF), and Allies to provide coordinated execution of integrated AD and TMD operations.
With the addition of the 32nd AAMDC to the joint coalition task force, soldiers on the ground now have access to a new early warning system. This system, which is basically a redundant system relying on digital pagers, can alert soldiers to possible biological and chemical agents before they are released by incoming Scud missiles. Within seconds of a Scud launch, the 32nd AAMDC TOC can predict its trajectory and where a warhead will impact. In less than two minutes, this information will then be relayed to the unit commanders who are at the predicted impact site. These commanders will then pass the word to the troops, giving them time to protect themselves. By monitoring the air picture, the 32nd AAMDC TOC can also pinpoint where a Scud missile has been launched. Once the location has been discovered, it's just a matter of calling in to the land-component command to counterattack the site. This assures that no further missiles will ever be launched from that site again.
In Nov 98, the 32d AAMDC deployed to Kuwait to conduct contingency planning and coordination in support of CTF-Kuwait during Operation Desert Thunder II/Southern Overwatch. During the period Dec 98 - Jan 99, the unit was again deployed to SWA in support of Operation Desert Fox.
The 32d AAMDC remains on a short operational string --- ready to deploy anytime, anywhere in support of the warfighting CINC.
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https://www.soarnorthcountry.com/presenters/spring-2023/michael-bazzocchi/ | 2023-03-29T04:26:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948932.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329023546-20230329053546-00385.warc.gz | 0.885208 | 192 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__277322440 | en | Dr. Michael C.F. Bazzocchi is an Assistant Professor at Clarkson University and Director of the Astronautics and Robotics Laboratory (ASTRO Lab). Previously, Dr. Bazzocchi held positions at the University of Toronto (Canada) in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, the Toronto Institute of Advanced Manufacturing, and the Institute for Aerospace Studies. He was a researcher in Onboard Space Systems at Lulea University of Technology (Sweden). Dr. Bazzocchi also worked for the RHEA Group as a spacecraft concurrent design engineer on the Canadian Space Agency satCODE (satellite concurrent design) project.
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http://longroom.com/discussion/1371526/land-heavier-payloads-on-mars-aim-for-the-ground-and-then-pull-up-at-the-last-moment | 2019-10-15T23:40:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986660829.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015231925-20191016015425-00339.warc.gz | 0.933454 | 462 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__26204140 | en | Click For Photo: https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PIA14835-1024x575.jpg
In the coming decades, a number of missions are planned for Mars, which include proposals to send astronauts there for the first time. This presents numerous logistical and technical challenges, ranging from the sheer distance to the need for increased protection against radiation. At the same time, there is also the difficulty of landing on the Red Planet, or what is referred to as the “Mars Curse“.
To complicate matters more, the size and mass of future missions (especially crewed spacecraft) will be beyond the capacity of current entry, descent, and landing (EDL) technology. To address this, a team of aerospace scientists released a study that shows how a trade-off between lower-altitude braking thrust and flight-path angle could allow for heavy missions to safely land on Mars.
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The study, which recently appeared in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, was authored by Christopher G. Lorenz and Zachary R. Putnam – a researcher with The Aerospace Corporation and an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois, respectively. Together, they investigated different landing strategies to see which could overcome the “Mars Curse”.
Simply put, landing on Mars is a difficult business, and only 53% of spacecraft sent there since the 1960s have made it to the surface intact. To date, the heaviest vehicle to successfully land on Mars was the Curiosity rover, which weighed 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs). In the future, NASA and other space agencies plan to send payloads their with masses ranging from 5 to 20 tons, which is beyond conventional EDL strategies.
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In most cases, this consists of a vehicle entering the Martian atmosphere at hypersonic speeds of up to Mach 30 and then slow down quickly due to air friction. Once they reach Mach 3, they deploy a parachute and fire their retrorockets to slow down further. The...
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https://apctech.com/manufacturers/trad-tests-and-radiations | 2024-04-24T03:14:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00257.warc.gz | 0.913876 | 341 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__196907537 | en | APC Technology Group are an official TRAD Tests & Radiations partner, enabling us to offer our customers radiation assurance services for space, avionics, nuclear, medical and other harsh environment applications.
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https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9781785210655 | 2021-09-27T01:01:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780058222.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20210926235727-20210927025727-00627.warc.gz | 0.946465 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__132311406 | en | Skylab has a fascination among space professionals and enthusiasts alike and a book on the engineering and design of this space station has been argued for in blogs and chat rooms for many years. No other book has yet been published which describes the technical, design and engineering details of how Skylab was built and operated. There have been several biographies by astronauts relating their experiences on Skylab missions, but no comparable book on the technical aspects of this extraordinary programme.
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Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 100 books on space flight, aviation and military technology. In October 2017 he received the American Astronautical Society's Frederick I. Ordway III award "for a sustained excellence in space coverage, through books, articles, as well as engagement in the early US space program." Dr. Baker is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and Hubble Space Telescope Manual. David is currently the Editor of Spaceflight, the monthly space news magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, of which he is a Fellow, and he lives in East Sussex. | aerospace |
https://www.srtechnics.com/news/press-releases-blog-social-media/2017/october-2017/air-europa-renews-component-services-partnership-with-sr-technics/ | 2024-03-03T19:42:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476397.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303174631-20240303204631-00889.warc.gz | 0.953683 | 588 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__201310127 | en | Air Europa renews component services partnership with SR Technics
SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider is pleased to announce that its Integrated Component Services (ICS) agreement for Air Europa’s fleet of B737NG and A330 aircraft has been extended for five years. The renewal underpins the strong partnership between the two companies, and it strengthens SR Technics’ position as a leading global component service provider.
The new contract covers component maintenance services, logistics, access to pool stock and an on-site consignment stock for 31 aircraft from the Spanish carrier’s fleet. SR Technics will be providing the support for Air Europa from its existing European component service centers located in Spain, London and Zurich. The MRO’s flexibility in providing customized services along with highly competitive commercial terms and its proximity to Air Europa’s operations in Spain were all key to securing the contract renewal.
“Again, we have selected SR Technics to provide Component Services for our A330 and B737NG fleets for additional five years”, said Alberto Lines, Maintenance and Engineering Director at Air Europa. “By doing so, we renew our long-lasting trust in SR Technics thanks to the expertise, reliable services and flexibility they have shown by supporting us in a wide range of MRO services.”
“Air Europa is one of our key customers in Europe, and we have maintained a close partnership with the airline for over 25 years now,” said Michael Sattler, Chief Commercial Officer at SR Technics. “This recent contract renewal shows the trust and confidence that the company has in our service quality and performance. I would like to thank Air Europa for our long-standing collaboration, and we look forward to working closely with you in the years to come.”
In addition to this recent ICS contract renewal, SR Technics also provides component services for the airline’s Embraer fleet (E190s) as well as wheels and brakes support services for its entire fleet. Furthermore SR Technics offers MRO services for Air Europa’s CFM56-7B engines, and it recently supported Air Europa in refurbishing and upgrading the cabins of its A330 fleet.
Air Europa is the airline of Globalia, the largest Spanish tourism conglomerate. Air Europa offers two daily flights between Zurich and Madrid, with connections to over 60 destinations in Spain, Europa and Americas. Founded in 1989, it has persistently grown to become the reference airline for flights between Europe, America and Caribbean. Air Europa’s fleet is one of the youngest in the world, with an average age aircraft of 4 years. It has a fleet of 51 aircraft comprising twelve Airbus 330-200/300, eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner; twenty Boeing 737-800 and eleven Embraer 195.back to overview... | aerospace |
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/rosetta_mission_landing_on_a_freaking_comet/page1 | 2022-01-26T07:59:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304928.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220126071320-20220126101320-00304.warc.gz | 0.958345 | 255 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__92526898 | en | Indeed! Over 20 years of preparation for this mission cumulates in a few hours. If this succeeds it is another huge step for humanity in deep space exploration. We need to get out there and learn more about our Universe!
The lander Philae is on its about 20 km long way down to the comet since around 10:00 o'clock CET. I watched the undocking from Rosseta live on TV. The landing should be around 17:00 o'clock CET, but now it is all on automatic as far as I understood. With the signal transmission delay of about 30 minutes for the 500 million km distance, it will be hard to do last second corrections I suppose. The actual landing should be around 16:30, but we will not know if it worked until 17:00, due to the transmission delay.
I wonder why they do not have a live stream from one of the onboard cameras all the time. That would have been awesome, but I bet the transmission bandwidth is a problem and the technology of Rosetta is more than 15 years old. Measured by todays standards it is probably like steam-driven technology. ;-)
I hope the landing will be successful.
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http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/tag/brac/ | 2013-05-20T00:10:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698150793/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095550-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.885467 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__163039916 | en | A standing ovation greeted Congressman Tim Murphy on Monday morning, as he was joined by other elected officials and military leaders at the 911th Airlift Wing.
As part of the Air Force reorganization the Pentagon announced today the 911th’s 7 C-130 cargo planes are going to be decommissioned leaving the Air Force Base without any planes.
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https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/india-to-test-800-km-range-brahmos-supersonic-cruise-missile-in-2018/ | 2023-11-30T04:11:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130031610-20231130061610-00014.warc.gz | 0.894027 | 735 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__181205257 | en | The Indian Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) research arm, the Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO), is expected to test fire an extended-range supersonic BrahMos cruise missile by the end of 2018, according to Indian government officials quoted by local media outlets last week.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will test fire the extended-range air-launched variant of the BrahMos, designated BrahMos-ER, from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI multirole air superiority fighter jet. The new missile will purportedly be capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 800 kilometers.
In March 2017, DRDO for the first time test fired a BrahMos-ER missile with a “much higher range than the current range of 290 km,” the Indian Ministry of Defense cryptically noted. Estimates put the range of the tested missile at 400-600 kilometers. Increasing the missiles’ range became possible after India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime in June 2016.
The new 800-kilometer range BrahMoS-ER could be an indication that India will deploy the BrahMos as part of the air component of its nuclear triad. Analysts believe that the BrahMos can be modified into a nuclear-capable missile. The Indian MoD until now has not publicly confirmed that it is seeking a nuclear capability for the supersonic cruise missile.
The IAF last test fired an air-launched BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI in December 2017. Two IAF Su-30 MKI fighter jets so far been converted to fire the 2.5-ton supersonic air-to-surface cruise missile. The IAF plans to retrofit up to 40 Su-30 MKI’s to carry and launch the BrahMos-A.
Upgrades to the aircraft include a reinforced undercarriage next to a number of mechanical, electrical and software upgrades. In order to carry nuclear-tipped BrahMos missiles, the Su-30 MKI would also need to be retrofitted with hardened electronic circuitry to withstand the electromagnetic pulses of a nuclear blast.
Each Su-30 MKI can only carry one missile in a transport launch canister. Around 50 Su-30MKI aircraft will undergo upgrades by the early 2020s.“The Sukhoi has a range of 3,600 km. Arming it with an 800-km range missile will increase its reach tremendously, and even more, considering the option of midair refuelling,” an Indian government official told the Hindustan Times.
The BrahMos, a joint venture between India’s Defense Research Development Organization and Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya, “operates on a so-called fire and forget principle and can be dropped from 500 to 14,000 meters (1,640 to 46,000 feet),” I explained elsewhere.
“The missile’s terminal altitude is as low as ten meters. (The ship-launched anti-ship version of the BrahMos can fly 3-4 meters above the sea to avoid detection.) The BrahMos is capable of traveling at speeds of up to Mach 3.0, making it one of the world’s fastest cruise missiles.”
The land-launched and sea-launched variants of the BrahMos are already in service with the Indian Army and Navy. The IAF’s air-launched variant is expected to become operational by the end of 2018. | aerospace |
http://www.goupstate.com/news/20040110/suspect-air-purifier-found-to-be-airtight-pressure-still-falling-aboard-space-station | 2018-05-25T21:38:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00067.warc.gz | 0.955432 | 773 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__26857676 | en | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The cabin pressure aboard the international space station dropped again Friday, ever so slightly, as the crew ruled out a Russian-made air purifier as the possible cause of the mystery leak.
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri found the carbon-dioxide removal unit to be airtight, and the search for the culprit widened. Flight controllers in the United States and Russia directed Kaleri and astronaut Michael Foale to close the hatches on compartments one at a time beginning this weekend "to see this needle in the haystack," said Mike Suffredini, a space station manager.
Mission Control stressed that even though the pressure was now down to 14 pounds per square inch, it was still safe for the crew and station operations. Some pieces of equipment, however, can begin to fail at 13.9.
The normal air pressure aboard the space station is 14.7 pounds per square inch, a level not seen since before Christmas.
"I would encourage you to keep in mind this is very, very small" and there is a half-year's supply of air at the current decay rate, Suffredini told reporters. He noted that as of Friday, just over a pound of air was escaping from the space station a day, compared with 2¼ pounds of air a day just a few days earlier.
Flight controllers zeroed in on the air purifier early in the week as the possible source of the problem. With the device no longer a suspect, they compiled a long list of possibilities.
"We've got a long way to go before we cross off all the boxes," Suffredini said.
NASA plans to replenish the space station with nitrogen on Monday, bringing the pressure to about 14.3 pounds per square inch. Then on Wednesday, the American side of the complex almost certainly will be sealed off from the Russian side to pinpoint the source of the drop in pressure.
The two sides will remain barricaded for four or five days, a major inconvenience for Foale and Kaleri.
Instead of having the run of the space station, the two men will be confined to their crowded living quarters, the docking compartment for their lifeboat and possibly one other Russian module. Their scientific work, minimal as it is, will be further hampered, and they will be cut off from their Internet phone and computer system for handling large files.
Mission Control offered up sympathy to the spacemen and commended them for their hard work and patience in tracking the pressure and other problems over the past week.
"Mike, I don't know if you remember the TV show 'MacGyver,' but that was the guy who could take a couple of paper clips, a dry eraser and a pipe wrench and build an airplane out of it. Well, you guys are like MacGyvers to us now," Mission Control said.
"I'll explain that to Alexander because he's the MacGyver," Foale replied. "He hasn't built a spacecraft out of a paper clip -- yet."
Foale, the commander, and Kaleri are supposed to remain on board until the end of April. They arrived in October as the eighth set of full-time residents.
NASA has reduced the number of space station residents from three to two for the foreseeable future because of the grounding of the shuttle fleet in the wake of the Columbia disaster.
In emphasizing the lack of immediate danger, NASA noted that the current level of 14 pounds per square inch is equivalent to the atmospheric pressure in Oklahoma City. There are plenty of places on Earth where people live with much lower air pressure, a Mission Control commentator said, citing Las Vegas at 13.6, Denver at just over 12, and Mexico City at less than 12.
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https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/travel/2019/06/19/boeing-max-order/ | 2021-08-04T16:37:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154878.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20210804142918-20210804172918-00050.warc.gz | 0.961735 | 583 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__126310974 | en | Boeing has had a huge vote of confidence for its troubled 737 Max planes, with one of the world’s largest airline groups announcing it will buy 200 of the jets.
The $35 billion deal represents a huge shift for International Airlines Group, which owns Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and other European carriers and flies more than 113 million passengers a year.
IAG currently mostly uses rival Airbus’s A320 planes for its single-aisle fleet, although it does operate some Boeing wide-body jets.
“We’re very pleased to sign this letter of intent with Boeing and are certain that these aircraft will be a great addition to IAG’s short-haul fleet,” IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said.
“We have every confidence in Boeing and expect that the aircraft will make a successful return to service in the coming months, having received approval from the regulators.”
Thank you International Airlines Group for your trust and confidence in the 737 MAX and the people of Boeing: IAG Announces Intent to Buy 200 Boeing 737 MAX Airplanes. #PAS19
— Boeing Airplanes (@BoeingAirplanes) June 18, 2019
Boeing’s flagship 737 Max was grounded in March, following deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.
Chicago-based Boeing said last week it had orders for 4450 of the planes, but had largely stopped deliveries after the grounding. It delivered 30 Maxes last May, compared to 68 in May 2018.
The company has been working on a fix for the automatic safety feature that is the focus of crash investigations. As yet, there is no time frame for Max’s return to service.
The IAG order was announced at this week’s Paris Air Show, the world’s biggest display of aircraft.
Boeing chief executive Kevin McAllister said the company was honoured that IAG had placed its trust and confidence in the 737 Max and “ultimately, in the people of Boeing and our deep commitment to quality and safety above all else”.
“We look forward to building on our long-standing partnership with IAG for many years to come,” he said.
IAG has committed to buy Boeing’s newest long-haul model, the 777X, to complement its fleet of current-generation 777s and new 787 Dreamliners.
Mr Walsh has said the group would consider the 737 Max as part of diversifying its future fleet to spur competition.
IAG will fly a combination of the 737 Max 8, which seats up to 178 passengers in a two-class configuration, and the larger 737 Max 10, which can accommodate as many as 230 passengers. It has not revealed a specific split between the two Max models. | aerospace |
https://www.businessairportinternational.com/news/airports/category-zero-handling-introduced-at-sharjah-international-airport.html | 2024-03-01T20:11:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475701.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301193300-20240301223300-00190.warc.gz | 0.95402 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__64065253 | en | Gama Aviation Plc has introduced Category Zero handling for its FBO at Sharjah International Airport. These bespoke handling rates have been designed to encourage light aircraft users to use the airport by ensuring the appropriate charging mechanism is available.
Gama Aviation has seen an increase in the popularity of light aircraft types in the Gulf Region and its new Category Zero class of aircraft, and existing offerings at Sharjah, will accommodate a more diverse range of visiting and based aircraft.
Martin Ringrose, managing director for Gama Aviation Middle East, said, “We want to ensure that the excellent service at our Sharjah FBO is extended to all private aviation users. The introduction of our Category Zero class of aircraft ensures that smaller aircraft types have an appropriate charging mechanism, and we hope this move will enable a greater number of clients to take advantage of our services and use us as a gateway to Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates.”
Gama Aviation had also been given formal approval to expand its operations at Sharjah International Airport with the building of a new business aviation facility. The facility is designed to meet the needs of the Middle East business aviation market, which is expected to grow by 7% a year between now and 2024. | aerospace |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bombing-moon/ | 2015-08-30T04:29:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644064869.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025424-00114-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.845821 | 127 | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__148452166 | en | *Watch video and see pictures below*
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http://www.gizmag.com/ardulab-space-experiments/29100/pictures | 2015-05-25T01:41:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928114.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00197-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.893272 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__63389563 | en | The Ardulab kit
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With Raspberry Pis and 3D printing all the rage, ambitious DIY projects have never been more achievable. However, when it comes to space experiments, it’s still a professionals-only game. Start up company Infinity Aerospace out of the NASA Ames Research Center at Mountain View, California, wants to change that with Ardulab: an open source experiment package based on the Arduino processor that provides students and others with the ability to send experiments into space for under US$5,000.
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http://www.pearlav.com.au/aircraft-details.html | 2019-05-22T09:28:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256778.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522083227-20190522105227-00315.warc.gz | 0.925936 | 208 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__119512427 | en | Pearl Aviation operates a fleet of turbine aircraft
The Kingair is a 9 seat, pressurised aircraft with two Pratt and Whitney PT6 Turbine Engines. Whilst this aircraft is certified for single pilot operations, on request we can provide a two pilot operation. The aircraft is certified for Instrument Flight Rules and can operate off airstrips of 950m, paved or unpaved.
The B200 has been a stalwart of the aviation business for decades; it is a reliable and safe aircraft that can access remote strips with speed and flexibility.
Pearl Aviation operates a fleet of 4 Metro 23 Airliners from Darwin and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
The Metro 23 is a 19 seat Airliner with two Garret TPE331 Turbine Engines and is pressurised. This aircraft is certified for two pilot IFR operations and can operate from paved or unpaved airstrips.
The Metro is a reliable work horse to move a useful load of people or freight over short or long distances. | aerospace |
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1510914.html | 2017-10-20T12:11:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824104.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020120608-20171020140608-00430.warc.gz | 0.938319 | 382 | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__198135366 | en | - Sikeston singer moves on with 'The Voice' (10/16/17)
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NASA says space station safe from orbiting junk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA says the international space station is safe from an orbiting piece of satellite junk and does not need to move out of the way.
Mission Control assured station commander Mike Fincke on Monday evening that the debris would remain at a safe distance from the space station. Earlier in the day, experts warned the piece of junk might come within a half-mile of the outpost, and that the station might need to steer away.
Space shuttle Discovery is closing in on the space station for a linkup today.
The piece of junk being tracked is about four inches in size and comes from a Russian satellite that broke up in 1981.
Last Thursday, the three space station residents briefly took refuge in their emergency getaway capsule because of another piece of space junk that came too close. | aerospace |
https://trimis.ec.europa.eu/project/adaptive-multifunctional-test-rigs-aeronautical-structures | 2023-09-23T04:35:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506479.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923030601-20230923060601-00733.warc.gz | 0.891904 | 398 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__265594167 | en | CleanSky2 has addressed the development of new aircraft concepts and architectures including new materials and manufacturing. In this respect, Adaptive Multifunctional Test Rigs for Aeronautical Structures (AMTRAS project) will contribute to the CleanSky2 objectives with the development of innovative multifunctional Test Rigs, with high performance instrumentation and multishape capability ready to test structural behaviour of new materials (panels) and full-scale demonstrators (Tail unit)
To achieve flexibility with multiaxiality and asynchronous loading conditions, AMTRAS will be built by:
- A flexible parallel kinematics 6-DOF actuator and the multishape fixture
- Machine Vision based Non-contact deformation monitoring and measurement system
- Non-Destructive Testing based on IR Thermography for the detection of structural defects
The flexibility and accuracy provided by AMTRAS Test Rigs will contribute to time-to-market minimisation, reducing the time span from concept to validated design. This is in line with the topic JTI-CS2-2016-CPF03-AIR-02-22 since preparation and assembly of different multifunctional testing benches will no longer be necessary.
In addition, AMTRAS contributes to one of the targeted achievements defined in Challenge 2 “Maintaining and extending industrial leadership” FlightPath 2050 Goals in the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of ACARE (Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe). According to the SRIA, innovation in aviation is complex, capital intensive and takes time; typically, 15 years can elapse between the generation of a concept and technology being fully developed for a specific application on the next generation of air vehicles. However, market demands shorter cycles of new technology integration, therefore demanding greater efficiency in processes (design, test, validation, certification, manufacture) to facilitate faster and more frequent introduction of innovations addressing market needs. | aerospace |
https://aviationsourcenews.com/airline/rex-group-to-recommence-pilot-training-for-chinese-cadets/ | 2024-04-20T07:43:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817491.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420060257-20240420090257-00696.warc.gz | 0.919337 | 564 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__39461263 | en | AAPAV, one of the two pilot academies of Australia’s Rex Group, has restarted training for Chinese cadets at its academy in Ballarat, Victoria, for the first time since COVID restrictions ended.
AAPAV Managing Director, Chris Hine, said, “During COVID we continued the training of 56 Chinese cadets and successfully graduated them without a single one having caught COVID.”
“This restart is a ringing endorsement of the quality and professionalism of Rex’s pilot academy,” sated Hine.
The training programme will last 15 months and graduates will obtain a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) with Multi Engine Instrument Rating (ME IR) and High Performance Aircraft Training (HPAT).
AAPAV has been accredited by the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) since 2009 and is currently authorized by CAAC to train up to 168 cadet pilots a year for Chinese airlines.
In total, 5 Civil Aviation authorities from Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, China and the Gulf States have approved Rex’s pilot academies.
Rex’s own pilot shortage
The group’s decision to recommence training for Chinese pilots has drawn some comment, particularly in light of Rex’s recent struggle to find its own pilots to bolster flight crew capacity and prevent service disruptions.
Earlier this year, Rex Airlines was attributing network disruptions to the global shortage of trained pilots and engineers following the pandemic situation.
At the time Rex made reductions to its flight schedules “to match the need for aircraft, pilot and engineers to what is available” according to an article posted by The Guardian in June.
About Rex Group
Rex is Australia’s largest independent regional and domestic airline operating a fleet of 58 Saab 340 and 8 Boeing 737-800NG aircraft to 57 destinations throughout all states in Australia.
In addition to the airline Rex, the Rex Group comprises wholly owned subsidiaries Pel-Air Aviation (air freight, aeromedical and charter operator), the Australian Airline Pilot Academy with campuses in Wagga Wagga and Ballarat.
The Group also owns propeller maintenance organisation, Australian Aerospace Propeller Maintenance. Rex is also a 50% shareholder of National Jet Express (NJE), a premier Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO), charter and freight operator.
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https://www.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2451444/reserve-instructor-pilot-earns-aetc-safety-award/ | 2021-04-10T19:20:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038057476.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210410181215-20210410211215-00094.warc.gz | 0.957601 | 370 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__118697085 | en | Reserve instructor pilot earns AETC safety award
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – A Reserve instructor pilot from the 39th Flying Training Squadron here was selected as the Air Education and Training Command Aviation Safety Well Done Award winner for 2020.
Maj. Patrick Stewart earned the award through his exceptional skill and ingenuity while performing duties as an Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Instructor Pilot during a student syllabus sortie Feb. 27.
Stewart's calm, focused response to a potentially life-threatening situation (described in the medal citation, below) earned him kudos and recognition from leaders and peers.
While flying in the rear cockpit of a T-38C, Major Stewart displayed outstanding aircraft control, systems knowledge, and crew resource management during an incident in which part of the wingtip liberated from the aircraft while under high-G maneuvering, causing an immediate and violent roll. Major Stewart took control of the aircraft from the student and recovered from the dangerous and disorienting situation, then directed his flight lead to support as a chase aircraft while they worked to accomplish multiple extensive checklist procedures to determine if the aircraft was suitable to continue to fly, and most importantly, land. After working through all of the checklists and confirming with the Randolph Air Force Base Supervisor of Flying that there was a runway in the area that was suitable for the damaged T-38C to safely land, Major Stewart flew a flawless approach and touchdown to nearby Kelly Field on the Lackland Air Force Base Annex. Because of his exceptional skill and composure under duress, Major Stewart expertly handled an extremely serious and rare emergency and allowed for the safe return of the T-38C with both pilots on board.
Congratulations Major Stewart, and Well Done! | aerospace |
https://www.benziearearc.com/2021/11/ | 2023-09-24T17:52:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506658.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924155422-20230924185422-00497.warc.gz | 0.959317 | 83 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__178957594 | en | Indoor flying at Frankfort High School, Sunday (not Saturday) November 28th at 1:00pm.
Flying at Thompsonville Airport Thursday at 3:00p. Forecast is for cool temps but light winds. Following the flying session there will be both an Airport Committee meeting and BARC business meeting held in the (heated) Airport Pilots lounge at 6:00pm. … Continued | aerospace |
https://lingkaranilmu.com/file-ready/history-of-the-international-institute-of-space-law-of-the-international-astronautical-federation-1958-1982 | 2018-08-14T17:18:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221209216.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20180814170309-20180814190309-00235.warc.gz | 0.72891 | 129 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__72066052 | en | History news archive the international institute of space law president prof dr kai uwe schrogl gave an international astronautical federation . Get this from a library history of the international institute of space law of the international astronautical federation 1958 1982 eugne ppin. International institute of space law of the international astronautical federation a brief history 1958 1982 by e ppin honorary president 1982 aiaa. Every year the international astronautical federation together with the international academy of astronautics and the international institute of space law iisl
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http://www.jrn.com/fox4now/news/199539451.html | 2013-12-07T08:18:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163053865/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131733-00059-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.971162 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__42392409 | en | FAA finalizes list of air traffic controllers set to close.
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FORT MYERS, Fla.- The FAA previously released a list of air traffic control towers at airports across the country that could face possible closure. The FAA is expected to release a new list on Friday regarding airport control towers set to close.
Tony Bianco has flown for nearly 45 years, a decade of them spent at Page Field in Fort Myers. He says air traffic control towers at the airport serves as a pilot's road map.
"I think it's needed," said Bianco.
"The tower tells you, hey, it's safe to land?" asked reporter Julie Salomone
"That's what it says and one less cost somewhere else in the United States with Air Force One or whatever would pay for all these towers and people working in them and keep everybody safe."
The towers in Southwest Florida that could be impacted include the tower at Page Field, Naples and Punta Gorda Airports. Bianco says there's plenty of non-towered airports in the United States, but he worries Page Field is just too busy to go without the extra guidance. | aerospace |
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/California-Shock-Trauma-Air-Rescue--28CALSTAR-29-Leads-the-Way-in-Pioneering-Helicopter-Modification-Which-is-Expected-to-Greatly-Enhance-Safety-and-S-50002-1/ | 2017-04-28T04:44:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122739.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00258-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954255 | 1,095 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__58266817 | en | California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) has the first helicopter in the world modified to allow for dramatically enhanced abilities and increased safety to make landings while using Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), Joseph Cook, CALSTAR's President and CEO announced today.
(PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) has the first helicopter in the world modified to allow for dramatically enhanced abilities and increased safety to make landings while using Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), Joseph Cook, CALSTAR's President and CEO announced today. The modification, according to Cook, will no doubt save countless numbers of lives.
With CALSTAR having served as the pioneer for this new technology, it is anticipated that many rescue helicopters throughout the world will be modified in a similar way.
Deborah Pardee, director for CALSTAR's Coastal Valleys Region and who is based at CALSTAR IV in Ukiah, said flight crews are still training on the modified helicopter routes and approaches but they be should be in use in the very near future.
Paul G. Likens, lead pilot for CALSTAR IV, explained that the new system will allow pilots to make significantly more landings in inclement weather. As an example, when making an approach to the Ukiah Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandates that if pilots bring their aircraft down to an altitude of 1,107 feet above ground and still cannot see the landing site they must abort the landing. The new vertical guidance system will allow pilots to descend their aircraft to 364 feet to see the landing site. "This is a tremendous difference," Likens said. "We will be able to make landings that up until this modification would have been impossible."
Cook and Pardee noted that Likens worked tirelessly in collaboration with the system's developers--Hickok & Associates in Alabama--designer of the approaches and low altitude routes and Garmin International, designers of the aircraft avionics systems, for more than two years to get the system approved by the FAA. Garmin International is headquartered in Salem, OR. "It was a tedious, difficult process but it was well worth it," Likens said. "Without a doubt we will be able to more safely complete the transportation of the gravely ill and victims of trauma."
In addition to the new flight system, Hickok & Associates was able to establish nearly 200 miles of off-airway/feeder routes to provide Minimum Instrument Altitudes (MIA) enroute to approaches. "What this means is that we will be able to travel directly on our own private low altitude routes," Likens said.
Primary beneficiaries of the new system will be patients who need to be taken to or picked up from Ukiah Valley Medical Center (UVMC) in Ukiah, Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH), in Fort Bragg, and Redwood Coast Medical Services (RCMS) in Gualala. Two years ago CALSTAR placed an Automated Weather Observation System at MCDH. "With the addition of these new approaches, CALSTAR is in the best possible position to pick-up or deliver patients during inclement weather, particularly to its coastal medical facilities," Pardee said.
According to CALSTAR Director of Development and Outreach Mike Nichols, these dramatic improvements would not have been possible without the help of several very generous grants. "Our sincere thanks goes out to the Allen-Heath Memorial Foundation, the Community Foundation of Mendocino County, the George and Ruth Bradford Foundation, Wells Fargo and the Ukiah Wal-Mart Store," he said.
CALSTAR is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization that serves all of Central and Northern California as well as parts of Nevada. In September of this year it will mark its 25th anniversary. Cook noted that CALSTAR is widely recognized as being a leader in the industry. Since its inception CALSTAR has completed over 38,000 flights with an excellent safety record, with no aircraft accidents injuring either patients or crew members.
All flight crews are made up of a pilot and two registered nurses. "This is considered to be the gold standard for air ambulance Crews," Cook said. Pilots must have as a minimum a commercial pilot's certificate, an instrument rating and 3,000 hours as pilot in command.
CALSTAR is fully accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS), an internationally recognized agency that reviews, inspects and provides credentials to medical transport organizations that meet a comprehensive list of established standards.
As a non-profit organization, CALSTAR offers memberships to companies large and small as well as to individuals. For a nominal fee, individuals and their families can become CALSTAR members. If a member is flown by CALSTAR or one of its affiliates, CALSTAR will accept the patient's insurance reimbursement, if any, as payment in full.
For information on how to become a CALSTAR member call 1-888-207-LIFE (5433).
Gene Hall (707) 365-4310
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/CALSTAR/helicopter_safety/prweb2573294.htm.
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https://seculartalk.net/it-will-be-noisy-but-the-sound-range-depends/ | 2024-04-19T22:15:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817455.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419203449-20240419233449-00887.warc.gz | 0.938643 | 1,701 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__61853044 | en | The NASA Space Launch System rocket, set for its first flight early Monday, is a giant.
It’s more powerful than rockets launched from the Florida space coast in decades. The orange base stage, surrounded by crisp white solid rocket boosters, helps make it visually unique. Its massive height – 322 feet – also makes it nearly 100 feet longer than other operational vehicles launched from the eastern range.
Upon liftoff, set for 8:33 a.m. EDT, all of these factors and more will be combined to make it one of Florida’s most powerful launches yet. At least 100,000 visitors are expected to congregate in the areas surrounding the Kennedy Space Center for the mission known as Artemis I, which will take the unmanned Orion capsule on a 42-day journey to the moon and back. It will host Pad 39B.
In the event of a delay, there are two backup opportunities – September 2 at 12:48 PM and September 5 at 5:12 PM EST – for SLS.
What would Artemis sound like?
A peek at social media threads suggests that some onlookers expect the SLS to be much higher than the Saturn V, the Apollo-era rocket that took astronauts to the moon.
But in reality, hearing and feeling the power of the SLS – or any missile for that matter – will depend on a range of factors surrounding the viewing locations. Everything from wind to moisture to trees can change what you hear and feel.
“Put this first: it will be loud,” John BlevinsNASA’s chief SLS engineer told FLORIDA TODAY. “No one will be in danger, but it will be as loud as a Saturn V missile.”
But there will be differences, many of which will depend on the location and local weather.
“If you had the same environmental conditions — same location, humidity, wind — the SLS would be higher than both Saturn V and the space shuttle,” Blevins said. “But the decibel level is a very powerful function of where you are.”
The difference in volume is due, at least in part, to the power of the SLS: 8.8 million pounds of thrust more than both the Saturn V and the space shuttle. Other than solid rocket boosters, the SLS actually uses four predecessors RS-25 . shuttle motorsso some similarities are to be expected.
With regard to weather, almost every factor plays a role: humidity, cloud cover, wind direction. Increased humidity, for example, makes sounds louder. Blevins said SLS would be 20% higher on a 90% humidity day versus a 10% humidity day.
“Sound travels faster in moist air than it does in dry air,” Blevins said. “The sound will be louder on a very humid day than it will be on a drier day from the viewer’s point of view.”
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Meanwhile, wind direction plays a role in the direction of sound travel, while clouds can actually help sound travel long distances. The SLS will produce a fair amount of low-frequency rumble thanks to its massive side-mounted solid rocket boosters.
“Let’s just say we have a 1,000-foot cloud surface that goes from here to Tampa,” he said. “They’re going to get a massive rumble in Tampa. The sounds will bounce off this cloud surface. The noise will bounce back and forth and it will continue to spread with the wind.”
But one of the lesser known influences, at least from a general perspective, is vegetation.
“After I finished my PhD, I did a lot of consulting in aerodynamics and acoustics. We were testing (the Air Force) F-22 . jet engine In the 1990s, neighbors complained because these were many hours of testing,” Blevins said. So we literally planted 1,000 acres of 6-foot-tall pines and cut out all the noise. The vegetation is a huge damper.”
While these factors will affect the experience, there is no other way to explain it to the locals: SLS won’t be shy. Its highest point, at least when measured by cushion instruments, will occur immediately after liftoff from plate 39B when the rocket’s thrust interacts with the cushion infrastructure.
Because of the variety of factors involved, it is difficult to determine what decibel level spectators can expect. But those watching from popular sites in or near KSC will likely encounter sounds north of 100 decibels – the equivalent of a jackhammer.
Blevins knows the rumble will make him and his team into KSC’s Launch Control Center Proud of their work. But he hopes it will inspire others, too.
“It helps all of our industries. It helps our industrial base. People will see these launches and may end up designing planes and cars, which I accidentally used to do decades ago. It will inspire them to go into engineering and do great things with their hands, their knowledge and their technology.”
What will your Artemis look like?
Florida is often the subject of jokes due to its lack of hills, but that can be an advantage for viewers. Once the SLS has cleared lines of trees and buildings, most people in town to see the launch should have some stunning views.
That doesn’t mean the outer towers won’t be able to see them either since some daytime launches can be seen 150 miles around KSC, including areas like Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. Since Monday’s track takes the SLS northeast, people in areas like Miami hoping to see it may be able to spot a bright spot at best.
The SLS’s size compared to other operational missiles will help make it more visible once it’s in the air:
- SLS: 322 feet, 8.8 million pounds of thrust
- SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy: 230 feet, 1.7 million pounds, and 5.1 million pounds of thrust, respectively
- United Launch Alliance Atlas V: Depending on configuration, 188 to 215 feet and 860,000 pounds to 2.7 million pounds of thrust
But seeing the missile after takeoff and separating the massive solid rocket boosters — set for T-plus 2 minutes 12 seconds while the missile travels 3,170 miles per hour — likely drops to local drag cover. If cloudy conditions are expected near the viewing sites, this could easily obscure most of the launch although it will still be audible.
Mark Arcambault, A Co-professor From space science, physics, and space science at Florida Tech, agreed with Blevins: Everything depends on location and local conditions. He expects to see the SLS from the university’s main campus in Melbourne, which is about 38 miles from the plate in a straight line.
“Wind for certain weather conditions in general, cloud cover and humidity, and what is between you and the rocket” will make a difference, Archambault said. “This is a very big problem. Those of us in the industry are particularly interested, but for those who also live here and casually pursue these things, it is still a huge problem.”
Monday 29th August launch
- Rocket: NASA’s Space Launch System
- Mission: Artemis I
- Launch time: 8:33 a.m. EST
- Launch window: 2 hours
- Launchpad: 39B at the Kennedy Space Center
- Route: Northeast
- Duration: 42 days
- Windows Backup Runs: September 2 at 12:48 PM and September 5 at 5:12 PM EST
visit floridatoday.com/space 5 a.m. Monday, August 29, for real-time updates and live video.
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https://www.infowars.com/china-prepares-for-lift-off-with-mission-to-land-on-the-moon/ | 2017-11-21T22:56:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806438.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121223707-20171122003707-00399.warc.gz | 0.942407 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__117083586 | en | December 31, 2011
China has released plans for a five-year space programme, including building a space station and manned missions.
Its ambitions reflect those of the US more than 40 decades ago, and have similar goals. Just as the US space programme came at a time of major economic expansion, so China’s drive comes as it grows in economic power and global influence.
Details of the programme include building space labs and manned spaceships, launching high-tech satellites and space freighters as well as deep-space exploration.
“China will work together with the international community to maintain a peaceful and clean outer space and endeavour to make new contributions to the lofty cause of promoting world peace and development,” a government white paper called China’s Space Activities in 2011, says. | aerospace |
https://discoverbbsr.com/air-vistara-bhubaneswar-newdelhi/ | 2020-10-29T10:06:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107904039.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029095029-20201029125029-00360.warc.gz | 0.832103 | 423 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__46828830 | en | Air Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Sons Ltd. and Singapore Airlines is all set to launch its operation from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) on 2nd of October.
The BPIA has recently announced that on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Air Vistara will start operating two flights daily from the city to Delhi and back.
As per the schedule, a morning flight would take off from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi at 7.10 am and land at BPIA at 9.20 am. The same flight would take off from Bhubaneswar at 10 am and land at IGI Airport 12.10 pm.
Similarly, a Bhubaneswar-bound evening flight would take off from New Delhi at 4.35 pm and land here at 6.45 pm. The same flight would fly from BPIA at 7.25 pm and arrive at IGI Airport at 9.35 pm, BPIA sources said.
Based in Gurgaon with its hub at Indira Gandhi International airport-Delhi, the domestic carrier Air Vistara commenced it first operation in 9th January 2015 with its inaugural flight between Delhi and Mumbai and subsequently obtained flying approval for Bhubaneswar-New Delhi operations from the Director General of Civil Aviation
After Introduction of Vistara Airways, there will be 9 Flights Flying from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar & 8 Flights from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi.
Bhubaneswar To New Delhi -> Air India (3),Indigo (2),Vistara (2),Go Air (1). [8 Flights]
New Delhi To Bhubaneswar -> Air India (4),Indigo (2),Vistara (2),Go Air (1). [9 Flights]
BHUBANESWAR – NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI – BHUBANESWAR
01/AIR INDIA/AI-9601/5:45/7:50 [Mon & Thurs Day] | aerospace |
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/jetblue-planes-collide-tarmac-boston-152259831.html | 2024-02-28T12:50:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474715.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228112121-20240228142121-00522.warc.gz | 0.982249 | 426 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__164801073 | en | Two planes made contact at Boston Logan Airport while the aircrafts were on the tarmac and de-icing.
The left winglet of a JetBlue Flight 777 struck JetBlue Flight 551’s horizontal stabilizer around 6:40am on Thursday morning. The event happened in an area of the tarmac that the airline controls, the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the incident, said.
The flights were heading to Las Vegas and Orlando.
Both lanes were Airbus 321 jets, and both were being de-iced on the tarmac at the time of the incident.
No one was hurt on either plane, and both flights were cancelled, Massachusetts Port Authority spokesperson Jennifer Mehigan said.
She described the collision as “very minor.” Passengers on-board the affected flights were moved to other aircraft.
A spokesperson for JetBlue said the incident caused damage to one aircraft’s winglet and the other aircraft’s tail section.
Both of the planes will be taken out of service for repairs and the flights will be operating on other aircrafts.
“Safety is JetBlue’s priority, and we will work to determine how and why this incident occurred,” the spokesperson said.
Mary Menna, who was on the Las Vegas flight heading to the Super Bowl, told Boston’s WBZ NewsRadio that her plane “had a little collision.”
“It was a bump. Like it wasn’t a huge crash,” she told the radio station. “You felt it, you felt the jolt, but it wasn’t extreme and then everybody was just like (gasp) and we looked out the window and saw that we had come very close to that other plane and, in fact, tore off part of its wing.
She continued: “The plane we were in had some structural damage in our wing, but our wing was still intact, but there was definitely, it wouldn’t have been able to fly,” Menna said. | aerospace |
https://armchairaviator.com.au/shop/gemini-jets-g2paa313-c-47a-skytrain-pan-am-n54705-diecast-model/ | 2020-10-26T16:10:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107891428.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20201026145305-20201026175305-00228.warc.gz | 0.912537 | 657 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__45980558 | en | |Length||9.8 cm||3.8 in||Approx|
|Wingspan||14.5 cm||5.7 in||Approx|
- Constructed with metal and plastic components
- Undercarriage fixed extended
- Display stand included.
Gemini Jets G2PAA313 – 1/200 Scale Douglas C-47A Skytrain, Pan Am
Gemini Jets diecast model G2PAA313 replicates in 1/200 scale the Douglas C-47A, registration N54705 in the livery of Pan American Airways (Pan Am). This C-47, military s/n 29298, entered service with the United States Army Air force (USAAF) in March 1944. Sold to Pan Am in March 1946 on sold to Spantax in June 1960.
Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was a major American international airline. Founded on March 14, 1927, by Carl A. Spaatz, Air Corps Majors Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and John H. Jouett. The airline used the word “Clipper” in all aircraft names and call signs. In June 1947 Pan Am became the first airline to provide scheduled around-the-world flights. Declare bankrupt it ceased operations on December 4, 1991, with Delta Air Lines purchasing profitable assets.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a twin radial engined military transport monoplane aircraft. The British Commonwealth designated it as the Dakota and the US Navy as the R4D. It first flew in December 1943 and participated in World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. Developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner, the C-47 had numerous modifications, including a cargo door, strengthened floor, shortened tail cone and Astrodome. The C-47 has fulfilled a multiple of roles, encompassing troop/cargo transporter, search and rescue, glider tug and paratroopers. Several variations served in the Vietnam War with the USAF, in the electronic warfare “Electric Gooneys” and gunship, AC-47 “Spooky” missions. Post World War II many surplus C-47s underwent conversion for civilian use. Production of the C-47 and variants ended in August 1945 with more than 10.000 airframes built.
The airframe is mostly an aluminium alloy structure with a semi-monocoque fuselage, low mounted cantilever wings and a conventional tail. The retractable undercarriage is a tricycle type with the primary units retracting rearward into the inboard engine. The flight crew of four consisted of two pilots, radio operator, navigator, the passenger cabin seats up to 28 troops.
Powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, wing-mounted, driving 3-bladed constant-speed propellers. The C-47 has a maximum speed of 360 km/h (224 mph) with a service ceiling of 8,000 m (26,400 ft) with a range of 2600 km (1,600 mi). | aerospace |
http://finesthourwarbirds.co.uk/chipmunk-wb549/wb549-pilots/ | 2020-01-22T03:55:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250606269.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20200122012204-20200122041204-00333.warc.gz | 0.95473 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__109575625 | en | After learning to fly with the RAF Volunteer Reserve and training at the de Havilland Technical School, Pat Fillingham joined de Havilland as a test pilot in 1939. He spent much of the early part of the War carrying out production test flights of Tiger Moth biplane trainers, including those produced at the Morris Motors works in Cowley, Oxford. He rose to become chief production test pilot and his 2200 Mosquito flights is believed to be a record.
Post War, Fillingham was busy flying all de Havilland products including the Dove, Mosquito and Vampire. On 22 May 1946, he carried out the first flight of the Chipmunk from Downsview, Canada. On 26 August 1949, he carried out the first flight of the first British-built Chipmunk, WB549, displaying it at the SBAC show at Farnborough just over a week later. Flying another Chipmunk, he was British Air Racing Champion in 1952 and winner of the King’s Cup in 1953.
Fillingham went on to test fly the Comet and Trident jet airliners, retiring as Deputy Chief Test Pilot of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1975. | aerospace |
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/17/the-air-force-is-turning-71-heres-how-far-its-come/ | 2020-02-25T20:14:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146127.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20200225172036-20200225202036-00357.warc.gz | 0.963782 | 798 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__51730022 | en | Tuesday, Sept. 18 is the 71st anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force. As the youngest of the four branches of the Department of Defense, it was born out of the Army’s Signal Corps in 1947 with a mission set that has expanded significantly over the course of its existence.
During its formative years, the service had four major components: Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command, Air Defense Command, and Air Mobility Command, which collectively reflected its “fly, fight, and win” motto. Advances in technology and changes in mission sets gave rise to the functional areas of space, special operations, and training—new components with missions as meaty as they were complex.
The decades that followed saw cycles of war and peace, surges in technology, robust budgets, and budgets so lean that the size and readiness of the force was cut to the core. The 28 years since Desert Shield have been filled with constant deployments to the Middle East that have taken a hard toll on aircraft, readiness, and retention.
The last six years have been particularly harsh. Sequestration forced the service to make hard trades in capacity and readiness in order to meet operational demands for the war on terror, while still attempting to prepare for the future. The lack of funding for spare parts forced maintainers to do twice the work, cannibalizing parts from one aircraft to repair another. Successive delays in F-35 and KC-46 development have carried over into production, leaving both the fighter and tanker fleets short of the ready numbers required to train for and execute their respective missions.
The lack of ready aircraft cut fighter pilot flying hours to levels below the “hollow force” days of the Carter administration. Last year, only four of 32 active-duty fighter squadrons were considered mission-ready for a high-end fight. Retention plummeted, and the shortfall of maintainers fell to more than 4,000 in 2016. The service now has more than 1,200 empty fighter pilot billets.
Last year, the Air Force was the smallest it’s ever been, having suffered through arguably the lowest level of readiness in its history. But it appears that downward cycle has now come to an end.
In early 2017, the Trump administration increased the Air Force budget by $24 billion (18 percent) incrementally over two years. While this influx of funding is crucial, it will take years to recover readiness, and when it does, the Air Force will still be too small for the chores on its plate.
In early 2018, the secretary of the Air Force directed a study to determine just how big it needs to be to meet joint warfighter requirements. The results are startling.
The study revealed that the current force of slightly more than 320,000 airmen and 312 operational squadrons is short some 70,000 airmen and 74 operational squadrons. That number includes the need to add seven operational fighter and five operational bomber squadrons to a total force roster that has just 55 fighter and nine bomber squadrons.
While it’s uncertain that even the current level of funding will continue, there is little doubt the service will face significant challenges in the years ahead, and the changes needed to meet those challenges will be equally large.
Near-peer competitors in space have made great strides in recent years, and those strides strengthened arguments for the creation of a Space Force, announced by the president this past June. This force will consolidate all space platforms and facilities from the four other services to create a fifth branch of the military within the Department of Defense.
While this move will affect the Air Force more than all the other services, there is little doubt the Air Force will come through this cycle of change just as it always has: stronger and with a trajectory that is ever skyward.
On its 71st birthday, the Air Force has much to celebrate—and much to look forward to. | aerospace |
https://theflight.info/airbus-a320-200-allegiant-air-photos-and-description-of-the-plane/ | 2023-12-09T05:58:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100800.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209040008-20231209070008-00130.warc.gz | 0.83833 | 330 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__44857039 | en | Airbus A320-200 Allegiant Air. Photos and description of the plane
“Allegiant Air” operates 55 aircrafts Airbus A320-200. In the beginning of the 1980’s consortium Airbus Industries has finished researches of narrow-bodied airplanes under codenames SA1, SA2 and SA3 in the frame of JET project.
After their results they preferred first two variants – SA1 (for 130-140 seats) and SA2 (for 150-160 seats). Later passenger capacity of both projects that got designations A320-100 and A320-200 correspondingly have equaled to 150 but they differed only with flying range and payload weight.
All 3 modifications (A320-110, A320-210 and A320-230) have some identical technical characteristics (wingspan – 34,09 meters, length of the airplane – 37,5 meters, height of the airplane – 11,76 meters, number of passengers in two classes – 150 persons, maximum number of passengers – 179), differing just in flying range that for A320-110 is 4900 kilometers, for A320-210 – 5180 kilometers and A320-230 – 5370 kilometers.
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https://nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-part-5/ | 2024-02-23T17:34:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474440.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223153350-20240223183350-00421.warc.gz | 0.916321 | 2,296 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__169222073 | en | Asteroid smelter. Image: Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com
- Roadmap Table of Contents
- Part 1: General Milestones
- Part 2: Utilization and Development of Cislunar Space
- Part 3: To the Moon
- Part 4: To Mars
- Part 5: Asteroid Mining and Orbital Space Settlements (this page)
- Part 6: Additional Expansion and Greater Sustainability of Human Civilization
Remote or robotic characterization of near-Earth (and other) asteroid orbits, compositions and structures.
Osiris Rex asteroid sample return mission launched September 2016. Image: NASA
Telescopic observations will initially identify asteroids as Near Earth Objects (NEO’s), Earth threatening NEOs, main belt asteroids and other orbital groupings. Initial robotic missions to NEO asteroids of commercial interest will confirm the size and composition of different types of asteroids as being rocky, metallic or carbonaceous, and identify the actual abundances of minerals on each one. Metallic asteroids contain iron, nickel and platinum group metals, and carbonaceous ones contain carbon compounds and water. The probes will also estimate the structure of the asteroids, as being apparent “rubble piles” of loose fragments, or made of solid, non-fractured rock and metal. Some missions may bring back actual samples of asteroid material for analysis. All this information will assist governments in planning planetary defense against threatening NEOs and will assist mining companies to decide which asteroids to focus on. Earth-threatening NEO’s that are composed of useful minerals could be put on a list of objects to be totally mined away so there is no remaining risk. Radio beacons may be placed on NEO’s to make tracking them easier.
- Lack of information on the composition and physical structure of individual asteroids.
- Lack of telescopes dedicated to spectral analysis of asteroid composition.
- Lack of telescopes dedicated to finding and tracking small Earth-threatening asteroids.
- Lack of inexpensive robotic probes that can rendezvous with and analyze asteroids.
The investigation of asteroids will be ongoing as activity expands into the main belt with thousands of objects, so finding a completion point would be difficult. Partial completion would be indicated when sufficient knowledge of asteroids exists to plan planetary defense or actual mining of surveyed asteroids begins.
After robotic identification of suitable asteroids, robotic and human crews following to establish mining bases and habitats for transient occupation, and eventually building permanent human settlements nearby.
The eventual construction of rotating space settlements from minable asteroids. Image: Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com
Asteroids have huge mineral wealth if it can be accessed, including iron, nickel, platinum group metals, other non-volatile materials, and also volatiles like water ice. There are different classes of asteroids with varying amounts of these materials that would be useful both on Earth and in space. That potential value may be the primary driver for asteroid exploration and mining.
As is expected to be the case on the Moon and Mars, deposits of volatiles can be converted to rocket fuel and oxygen, thus enabling further space operations. The metals in asteroids can be refined and turned into construction materials for building large structures in space. Smelting and fabrication of parts from asteroids will require either the development of new techniques for doing this in microgravity, or the use of rotating structures to provide gravity so that existing methods can be used.
The practicality of returning asteroidal materials to Earth or other locations would depend on (1) transport costs, (2) value of the materials as delivered and (3) the extent to which those materials can be separated and purified to reduce the total mass before transport. Asteroid resources may greatly improve life on Earth. Economic return of materials to Earth is expected to involve the use of fuel obtained from asteroid mining.
In time, asteroids will see more permanent rotating habitats created nearby, probably made of asteroid derived materials, and using unprocessed asteroid materials for radiation shielding. These habitats will house either visiting crews or, if there is sufficient mining to be done, permanent occupants. With an appropriate asteroid, these mining stations may go through the same processes of growth as settlements on the Moon and Mars, and evolve into permanent settlements where people will raise their children and live out their lives, as on any far frontier. Proposals have also been made for hollowing out an asteroid and building a rotating space settlement inside it.
The eventual construction and location of rotating space settlements in the orbits of minable asteroids would reduce the materials transport costs of asteroid resources and derived materials for the construction of such settlements. This would create a synergism which should accelerate the asteroid mining industry.
- Economic barriers (transport costs) to moving asteroidal products to space settlement construction sites and to the Earth and vicinity.
- Lack of knowledge of methods for mining, refining, and fabricating asteroidal products such as building materials in microgravity.
- Lack of detailed planning and design for use of the fabricated building materials to build large space structures.
This milestone will be considered achieved when asteroid mines and smelters are regularly sending ores or refined products to the Earth, Moon or Mars or are contributing substantial structural mass to rotating space settlements in any location.
Orbital “cities in space” built from asteroid or lunar materials.
Image: Alexander Preuss
Orbital space settlements are large pressurized structures that constitute cities or villages with residential, commercial and/or governmental functions, built in space from asteroid or lunar materials, where families live. The settlements would rotate to provide artificial gravity.
In 1974, Princeton physicist Gerard O’Neill proposed the construction of orbital space settlements. An orbital settlement (sometimes called an “O’Neill Settlement”) is a giant rotating space structure, large enough and rotating fast enough so that people standing on the inner surface would experience a centrifugal force equivalent to gravity on the surface of the Earth. Thus, children on orbital space settlements would be raised in Earth-normal gravity, which is important for normal bone and muscle development. Three proposed types of orbital settlements are Bernal Spheres (and a variation called Kalpana), Stanford Tori and O’Neill Cylinders.
Since orbital space settlements must rotate, only a few basic shapes work well: sphere, torus, cylinder, disk, or some combination. Current materials are strong enough for habitats many kilometers in extent, big enough for a moderately large city. The inner surface of the hull is real estate, i.e., land on which crops could be grown and homes and businesses could be constructed. While the outer hull will experience one gravity, interior structures can be positioned for fractional gravity, and even zero gravity at the axis of rotation. People and their families can live there indefinitely, in communities ranging in size from villages to cities which have their own internal economies as well as external imports and exports.
The Equatorial Low Earth Orbit (ELEO) settlements discussed in Milestone 16, which can act as precursors for later orbital settlements, use the Earth’s geomagnetic field to shield them from space radiation. All other settlements would need to use extensive radiation shielding.
Unlike Lunar or Martian surface settlements, radiation shielding is required on all sides, so roughly twice as much shielding mass is necessary. Shielding can consist of a substantial mass of asteroidal rubble, water, waste material, or some other mass.
Orbital settlements could be built in, or moved to, a variety of orbits, including Earth, solar or other orbits, including special locations such as Lagrange points. Most of these orbits would be selected to have continuous solar energy available. The choice of orbit may be driven by access to materials, such as sites co-orbiting near an asteroid mine. For use in cislunar space, lunar material could be launched into space using electromagnetic launchers (mass drivers). Material mined from an asteroid could be utilized either in an orbit close to the asteroid or moved to some other desired location. There are thousands of candidate asteroids among the Near Earth Objects, some requiring less energy to reach than the Moon.
Eventually such cities in space could be located throughout the solar system, orbiting around planets or moons, co-orbiting with asteroids, at Lagrange points, or in solar orbit. These settlements may be very different from each other, each reflecting the particular tastes and cultures of those who built, financed and settled it. Such diversity could provide a new flowering of human creativity. The result would also be to disperse humankind throughout the solar system, enabling survival even if some disaster were to befall the Earth.
Orbital settlements may be built by private companies, governments, or consortiums. It will be financially possible to build them only when the cost of construction and support is less than the expected value of the settlement, financial or otherwise.
The Potential Scale of Orbital Settlement
Orbital settlements could be built in virtually unlimited numbers. NASA Publication SP-413 (Space Settlements: A Design Study) states: “If the asteroids are ultimately used as the material resource for the building of new colonies, and … assuming 13 km of total area per person, it appears that space habitats might be constructed that would provide new lands with a total area some 3,000 times that of the Earth.”
COMPONENTS (required capacities)
Habitats in space beyond Low Earth Orbit designed as space settlements must be able to:
- Provide redundant life support systems for the residents that will last for many decades.
- Store sufficient reserves of food and water for the residents, recycle water and grow food.
- Provide a high level of protection and redundancy against loss of air pressure accidents.
- Protect residents against constant cosmic radiation (heavy, fast nuclei from outside the solar system) to a level consistent with the presence of children and pregnant women.
- Protect against intermittent radiation from solar mass ejections and general solar radiation to a level consistent with the presence of families and children.
- Provide artificial (centrifugal) gravity with a sufficient level of gravity to maintain health.
- Provide for permanent residency by making the habitats suitable (large enough, etc,) for comfortable living.
- Provide employment and recreation for the residents.
- Lack of asteroidal or lunar-derived materials and parts in space for construction of orbital settlements.
- Lack of detailed planning, design and methods for creation of orbital space settlements, including use of materials to build large, pressurized, rotating structures in space.
- Lack of immediate economic incentive to work toward orbital settlement construction.
- Inadequate understanding of human physical adaptation and the psychology of individuals and large groups of people living in space.
- Lack of information on all phases of the cost to construct orbital space settlements.
- Planetary chauvinism: the idea that people should only live on planetary surfaces.
This milestone can be considered achieved when a rotating space settlement built primarily from non-terrestrial materials has a population of at least 1000 including families and children. Another milestone will be achieved when the total population in orbital space settlements exceeds the population on Earth.
ORBITAL SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGNS (click for larger image) | aerospace |
http://americanmoon.org/President/Kennedy/index.htm | 2020-04-03T04:52:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370510287.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200403030659-20200403060659-00400.warc.gz | 0.915703 | 150 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__57666648 | en | "We choose to go to the Moon."
Kennedy did not say "or fake it"
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...” -President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961
Although JFK wanted NASA "to go to the moon in this decade", if the Van Allen Belt turned out to be a problem, he would not want LBJ and Nixon to lie about going.
President Kennedy challenged America to go to the Moon. | aerospace |
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New Delhi March 8:
An all-women crew will operate a 15-hour non-stop flight from the capital to Toronto on Tuesday to mark International Women's Day. The 11-member crew will operate the flight AI-187, and women engineers will carry out the safety audit before the Boeing B 777-300ER aircraft flies out from IGI Airport.
While Capt Rashmi Miranda will be the commander and Capt Sunita Narula the first officer on this commemorative flight, Harpreet A De Singh, chief of quality management systems, will carry out a line observation safety audit. The flight will be despatched by Rashmi Verma, a spokesperson said.
The airline will also operate flights on several domestic sectors with all-women crew on Tuesday, he said. These include flights on sectors like Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Raipur-Nagpur, Delhi-Lucknow, Mumbai-Bangalore, Chennai-Mumbai and Bangalore-Delhi. Air India has a large contingent of 157 women pilots . It has over 5,300 women employees in its workforce. | aerospace |
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