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http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2013/09/plane_makes_emergency_landing_at_indianapolis_airport-print.html | 2017-04-30T05:26:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124299.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00547-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.953264 | 166 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__168890334 | en | Brought to you by WBIW News and Network Indiana
Last updated on Tuesday, September 17, 2013
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A flight bound for Dallas made an emergency landing at Indianapolis International Airport Monday morning.
The American Airlines MD-80 experienced a mechanical problem and declared an emergency. About 140 people were aboard the flight.
According to airport officials, the plane landed safely and the passengers were taken back to the terminal. Maintenance crews were examining the plane to identify the problem.
No one was hurt.
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https://www.abebooks.fr/9781560275046/1560275049/plp | 2017-07-24T11:21:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549424846.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170724102308-20170724122308-00095.warc.gz | 0.695886 | 462 | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__15863541 | en | This pilot's guide contains the most updated information available for NACO charts and for procedures in the FAA's Terminal Procedures Publication, making it an essential learning aid and reference document. The FAA publishes charts for each stage of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). This guide contains map and chart legends, helicopter route charts, and ocean route charts that aid all pilots in reading the charts and airport approach plates that are necessary to their planning and executing successful and enjoyable flights cross-country or in the vicinity of their nearby airport.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation develops and coordinates policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system and is the primary agency responsible for shaping and administering policies and programs to protect and enhance the safety, adequacy, and efficiency of the transportation system and services. The Federal Aviation Administration operates the world's largest aviation system. It is responsible for the safety and certification of aircraft and pilots, and for the around-the-clock operation of the air traffic control systems. The National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) is the charting division of the FAA.
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Description du livre Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 2002. Paperback. État : Used: Like New. 5th. A beautiful copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor shelf wear. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available. N° de réf. du libraire D4B0020852
Description du livre Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 2002. Paperback. État : Good. 5th. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!. N° de réf. du libraire 1560275049 | aerospace |
https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2017/05/25/india-and-bangladesh-sign-mou-on-cooperation-in-peaceful-uses-of-outer-space/ | 2023-12-08T16:58:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100762.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208144732-20231208174732-00240.warc.gz | 0.941228 | 420 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__223334307 | en | The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. The MoU was signed at New Delhi in April, 2017. This MoU shall enable the areas of cooperation such as, space science, technology and applications including remote sensing of the earth; satellite communication and satellite based navigation; Space science and planetary exploration; use of spacecraft and space systems and ground system; and application of space technology.
The MoU would lead to set up a Joint Working Group, drawing members from Department of Space/ Indian Space Research Organisation (DOS/ISRO), and the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC), which will further work out the plan of action including the time-frame and the means of implementing this MoU. It will provide impetus to explore newer research activities and application possibilities in the field of remote sensing of the earth; satellite communication; satellite navigation; space science and exploration of outer space.
Financing of works carried out under this MoU shall be provided by the respective executive organisation with due consideration of national norms and rules concerning budgetary regulations in force in their respective States and within the limits of available resources. Joint projects and works carried out under this MoU depending on the type and field of activity shall be on non-commercial or commercial basis and shall be executed either without mutual payments or on the basis of compensatory arrangements or contracts. The MoU would lead to develop a joint activity in the field of application of space technologies for the benefit of humanity. Thus all sections and regions of the country will get benefited.
Background: India and Bangladesh have expressed interest to cooperate with each other in the area of space. Accordingly, a template of framework MoU for space cooperation was provided to Indian High Commission to Bangladesh & MEA in August 2016 for further processing at Government level, for which Bangladesh side has given its concurrence in December 2016. Accordingly, an MoU between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, signed at New Delhi on April 08, 2017. | aerospace |
https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360050958313 | 2021-06-16T18:29:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487625967.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20210616155529-20210616185529-00001.warc.gz | 0.948135 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__206460 | en | Hello my friends. I have a question about the Dronelink and Mavic mini. The Dronelink program is great in itself! Today I flew the fourth time with the waypoints missions, it was 6 minutes 4 seconds, and at 4 minutes 20 seconds, the Dronelink mission aborts, the display came up (Mission stopped Waypoint D, although I didn't even have the D Waypont in my flight plan. Mavic stopped in the air.I repeated with Play, Mavic flew to the last (marker) 100 meters, repeated the last piece to marker and stayed in the air again after 4 minutes 20 seconds. I got Mavic back with the RTH button on the controller
I fly with Iphone 8
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https://talentkas.com/2018/12/29/voyager-2-becomes-second-spacecraft-to-leave-the-solar-system-other-facts-you-need-to-know/ | 2022-05-22T20:00:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662546071.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522190453-20220522220453-00401.warc.gz | 0.93874 | 530 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__208173417 | en | NASA announced on December 10, 2018 that the Voyager 2 probe has reached interstellar space, making it the second human-made object to do so. Read more facts here.
- As of now, there are five artificial spacecrafts achieved the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System. These are Voyager-1, Voyager-2, New Horizons, Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11.
- Voyager 1 was the first human-made object to leave our Solar System when it crossed into interstellar space in 2012.
- Voyager 2 became the second human-made object to cross into interstellar space in December 2018.
- New Horizons is still active and will eventually transition to the space between the stars.
- Pioneers 10 and 11 also have reached escape velocity, but both spacecraft have been inactive for many years.
- Pioneer – 11 was the first spacecraft to reach Saturn.
- It was launched in September 1977, flew past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980, making a special close approach to Saturn’s moon Titan.
- The faint ring system of Jupiter was discovered by Voyager -1.
- The probe passed the heliosphere (the area of influence of sun) on 25 August 2012 to enter interstellar space and is still active.
- Voyager 1 will not approach another star for nearly 40,000 years, even though it is moving at such great speed. But it will be in orbit around the centre of our galaxy with all its stars for billions of years.
VOYAGER – 2
- Voyager-2 is the only spacecraft to study all the four outer planets of solar system at close range.
- Voyager – 2 is the only spacecraft the visited Uranus and Neptune.
- It was launched in August 1977, flew past Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, Uranus in 1986, and Neptune in 1989.
- Voyager 2 left solar system and entered interstellar space on December 2018, making it second human made object to do so.
- The Primary mission of this spacecraft was to study Pluto and a secondary mission to fly by and study one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs).
- Launched in 2006, the probe flew past Jupiter in 2007 and Pluto on 14 July 2015.
- It is currently headed towards a Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 (nick named Ultima Thule).
- The flyby will occur in January 2019, which will make it the farthest object in the Solar System ever to be visited by a spacecraft. | aerospace |
https://sustainableskies.org/siemens-makes-big-light-motor-2/ | 2023-09-28T11:09:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510387.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928095004-20230928125004-00545.warc.gz | 0.907942 | 443 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__41390121 | en | Its 14 kilogram (30.8 pound), 85 kilowatt (114 horsepower) motor already graces the nose of the PIpistrel WattsUp, and Siemens seems to have expanded its aeronautical offerings with its new 50 kilogram (110 pound), 260 kilowatt (348.5 hp.) unit. According to Dr. Frank Anton, Head of eAircraft at Siemens Corporate Technology, the new motor “make[s] it possible to build series hybrid-electric aircraft with four or more seats.”
Siemens claims a world record of five kilowatts per kilogram, although Roman Susnik, with his Emrax motors pulling close to 10 kilowatts per kilogram, might contest that, and LaunchPoint is working toward eclipsing that mark. To be fair, it’s certainly a giant boost over the power-to-weight ratio of most industrial-type electric motors, which Siemens also produces in large numbers. The company, according to its press release, intends to start flight testing the new motor before the end of this year, and hopes to increase output even more.
In 2013, Siemens partnered with Airbus and Diamond Aircraft to work on new electric propulsion system, conducting flight tests of a 60 kW series hybrid-electric drive on a DA36 E-Star 2 motor glider. In series-hybrid form, the new motor could power electric aircraft up to two tons for the first time. In hybrid or battery-only form, Siemens motors enable lighter airframes or greater payloads, especially important as electric aircraft attempt to gain parity with their fossil-fuel cousins.
The motor’s high torque and power output at 2,500 or few revolution per minute enable direct drive to a big propeller, further saving weight. Dr. Anton thinks this points toward a future in which, “the use of hybrid-electric drives in regional airliners with 50 to 100 passengers is a real medium-term possibility.”
Dr. Frank Anton will headline the Motors/Controller/Propulsion/Quietude theme dinner, Friday, May 1 at the ninth annual Electric Aircraft Symposium. | aerospace |
https://photovideoeqp.com/nasas-perseverance-rover-captures-spectacular-video-of-a-photo-voltaic-eclipse-from-the-martian-floor-digital-images-evaluate/ | 2022-09-26T18:33:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334915.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926175816-20220926205816-00676.warc.gz | 0.930982 | 785 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__7929274 | en | Eclipses seen from Earth are mesmerizing, however how about an eclipse as seen from Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover captured dramatic footage of certainly one of Mars’s two moons, Phobos, crossing the face of the solar. Phobos is the bigger of Mars’s two pure satellites – the opposite is Deimos – and Phobos has an irregular, considerably potato-like form. Phobos completes an orbit of Mars in just below 8 hours.
The brand new footage captured by the Mastcam-Z digicam is essentially the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate footage of a Phobos photo voltaic eclipse ever recorded from Mars. The footage was recorded on April 2, the 397th Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The eclipse lasted about 40 seconds, which is significantly shorter than a typical photo voltaic eclipse involving Earth’s moon. Granted, Phobos is about 157 instances smaller than our moon.
This is not the primary time NASA spacecraft has captured photo voltaic eclipses on Mars. In 2004, the panoramic digicam on the Mars Exploration Rover Alternative captured eclipses of both of Mars’s moons. In 2019, the Curiosity rover used its Mastcam to record a timelapse of two photo voltaic eclipses on Mars. Whereas the imagery is fascinating, the most recent footage from Perseverance exhibits simply how far digicam expertise has come on NASA’s rovers.
‘I knew it was going to be good, however I did not anticipate it to be this wonderful,’ mentioned Rachel Howson of Malin Area Science Methods in San Diego. Howson is among the Mastcam-Z crew members who function the digicam. Howson initially noticed lower-resolution thumbnails, which is what Perseverance sends again to Earth first. The thumbnails teased what would finally be wonderful footage. Howson mentioned,’ It looks like a birthday or vacation once they arrive. what’s coming, however there’s nonetheless a component of shock while you get to see the ultimate product.’
It is not simply the decision and framerate that makes the most recent eclipse footage spectacular, but additionally the colour. Mastcam-Z features a photo voltaic filter that reduces the sunshine depth from the solar, permitting us to see extra element. ‘You may see particulars within the form of Phobos’ shadow, like ridges and bumps on the moon’s panorama,’ mentioned Mark Lemmon, a planetary astronomer with the Area Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Lemmon has been concerned with most of the Phobos observations by Mars rovers. ‘You may as well see sunspots. And it is cool which you could see this eclipse precisely because the rover noticed it from Mars.’
|Credit score: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI|
Regardless of its small dimension, Phobos nonetheless considerably impacts the Martian floor. The moon exerts gravitational forces on Mars, which barely deforms the rock within the planet’s crust and mantle. These forces additionally slowly have an effect on Phobos’s orbit. Geophysicists can use these orbital shifts to know the inside of Mars higher and be taught extra in regards to the materials composition of its crust and mantle.
Phobos’s orbit is getting nearer and nearer to the Martian floor. In tens of hundreds of thousands of years, it’s going to crash into the planet and thus will finish Phobos’s existence as a satellite tv for pc. Observations of eclipses have helped solidify our understanding of Phobos’s sluggish spiral towards dying. | aerospace |
https://djalia-dz.com/en/antonov-an-225-mriya-largest-aircraft/ | 2023-12-01T22:25:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00159.warc.gz | 0.96898 | 695 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__127290052 | en | The Antonov An-225 Mriya, also known by NATO as the Cossack, is a strategic airlift aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau. It is the heaviest aircraft in the world, and was originally designed to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle. It is now capable of carrying any oversized cargo due to its large cargo bay and 16 double-wheel bogies on each main landing gear. There is only one aircraft of this type in existence.
Development – Antonov An-225 Mriya
The Antonov An-225 was designed for the same purpose as the Airbus Beluga and the American Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, to carry the Soviet space program. The aircraft first flew on December 21, 1988, and was displayed at the 1989 Paris Air Show. Two aircraft were built, but only one, registered UR-82060, is in service and is available for commercial service. The second aircraft was partially built in 1989 for the Soviet space program.
The An-225 has six Soloviev D-18T turbofan engines, two more than the An-124, and 32 wheels on its landing gear. The original An-124 cargo door and ramp were deleted to reduce weight. The tail has been changed from a single vertical fin to a pair of horizontal stabilizers with a vertical fin on each end. This tail was designed to support the heavy loads that are distributed across the tail by aerodynamic forces. Unlike the An-124, the An-225 is equipped with a ground-effect landing system.
The World’s Largest Aircraft
With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tons, the An-225 is the heaviest and largest aircraft in the world. Although the Hughes H-4 Hercules is longer in wingspan and has a higher maximum altitude, it only flew once and did not exceed 21,300 feet. Therefore, the Antonov An-225 is the largest aircraft in the world that has been flown multiple times. It is larger than the Boeing 747-8 and the Airbus A380, which is currently the largest passenger aircraft. In September 2001, the An-225 carried a record load of 253.82 tons and flew at an altitude of 2,000 meters on a closed 1,000-kilometer circular course at a speed of 763.2 kilometers per hour. In November 2004, the An-225 was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for breaking 240 records.
In 1989, Antonov Design Bureau Airlines was founded. The airline, based in Kiev, Ukraine, operated from London Luton Airport in cooperation with Air Foyle HeavyLift. The airline began operations with a fleet of four An-124 aircraft. However, due to the need for larger aircraft in the late 1990s, the original An-225 aircraft was converted into a commercial cargo aircraft. The aircraft’s first commercial flight was on January 3, 2002, from Stuttgart, Germany, to Thumrait, Oman. The flight carried 216,000 pre-packaged meals for United States troops in the region.
Conclusion: The Antonov An-225
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a truly remarkable aircraft. It is the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world, and is capable of carrying enormous loads. The aircraft has played a significant role in the transportation of oversized cargo, and is sure to continue to do so for many years to come. | aerospace |
https://getyourpilotslicense.org/tragic-twist-in-nepal-crash-that-defies-easy-explanation/ | 2023-11-29T22:34:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100146.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129204528-20231129234528-00562.warc.gz | 0.980108 | 839 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__95449718 | en | Mystery surrounds the crash of a Yeti Airlines ATR-72 in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 72 crew and passengers aboard the twin-engine turboprop plane. Two videos appeared shortly after the crash, one taken by a resident near the site of the crash and another a Facebook livestream taken from inside the plane’s cabin. The flight had originated in Kathmandu and was headed to Pokhara, a 30-minute flight. Pokhara is the gateway to the Himalayas and a popular trekking jumping-off point. The weather looked a little hazy but otherwise excellent, and from the video taken by the Pokhara resident, the wind didn’t appear to be a factor.
That ground-perspective video below, which stops just as the ATR is dropping a wing and before it spirals out of control, shows the regional airliner clearly flying very slowly before disappearing behind a structure. At that point, its bank angle was greater than 90 degrees, meaning it was on its way to being inverted.
Horrifying last moments of an ATR plane crash from Nepal in Pokhara that was bound for Kathmandu. All 72 people on board are dead. pic.twitter.com/4JZIvnThPQ
— Wajahat Kazmi (@KazmiWajahat) January 15, 2023
The video from the cabin, likewise, shows the plane at an unusually high angle of attack as it is flown slowly for some reason. After watching the videos, a former NTSB official remarked that the plane’s wing flaps didn’t appear to be fully extended on the airliner and that the engines, or at least one of them, appeared to be functioning. Twin-engine commercial planes like the ATR 72 are fully capable of all phases of flight even with one engine not producing power. If the flaps had not been fully extended, that would have raised the minimum speed at which the plane would still be controllable. It appears from the video that the plane did indeed go out of control, seemingly from being flown too slowly. Airline pilots are trained to be rigorous in their attention to the plane’s configuration (such as flap settings) and its airspeed. The cabin video goes all the way into the crash, and the passengers, all of whom would die in the crash, seemed unaware until the very last seconds that they were in trouble.
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The plane crashed in a steep ravine near the new Pokhara Airport, which opened just a few weeks ago. It is not clear how flying into a new and therefore somewhat unfamiliar airport might have affected the flight, though investigators will surely be looking into that factor.
All 72 bodies have been recovered, as were the flight recorders, which might provide answers. In most cases, the cockpit voice recorder holds few clues, but this case feels very different than most.
On a particularly tragic note, shortly after officials released the names of the crewmembers who died in the crash, it became known that the pilot killed in the crash, Anju Khatiwada, was the widow of the captain who died in the crash of a Yeti Airlines flight in 2006. The pilot who was killed on Sunday became a pilot only after her husband died in the crash of a Twin Otter (an even smaller twin-engine plane) more than 15 years ago.
There are conflicting reports about the seat that Khatiwada was occupying on Sunday’s flight, though some outlets have reported that she was flying with a check pilot before earning qualification to fly as captain of the ATR 72. If that were the case, the qualification process might hold clues as to why the plane went out of control, though standard procedures would call for the flight to be flown by the book regardless of the nature of the crew. Khatiwada earned her ratings in the United States and had more than 6,000 hours of flight experience, reportedly being qualified already as captain on other aircraft in the Yeti Airlines fleet. | aerospace |
https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/message/50572 | 2023-03-26T14:57:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945473.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326142035-20230326172035-00498.warc.gz | 0.96153 | 180 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__600297 | en | Re: Reflexor and autopilot
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There are many systems for Reflexor. My control for it takes more pressure than I'd expect a servo to handle. I also don't see it as a good elevator control. For instance, in flight I like to reflex the ailerons full up. This makes you have to go forward on the elevator. Now you've reduced the lift on both wings. I go 4 mph faster due to this. Yes, I have to use the elevator trim to remove the need for forward pressure on the stick but that's a very small price to pay for extra speed.
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What's the approximate linear throw of that mod? | aerospace |
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/china-aims-launch-next-lunar-probe-2017-collect-lunar-samples-20131216 | 2014-03-10T02:53:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394010557037/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305090917-00007-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.933765 | 181 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__14215220 | en | China aims to launch next lunar probe in 2017, to collect lunar samples
BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to launch its next unmanned lunar probe in 2017, with the key aim of collecting and bringing back lunar samples, an official said on Monday, after the country's first probe landed successfully on the moon over the weekend.
China's leaders have set a priority on advancing its space programme, with President Xi Jinping calling for the country to establish itself as a space power.
The Chang'e-3 probe, named after a goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, landed on the moon on Saturday, setting down a lunar rover called the Jade Rabbit.
The development of the Chang'e-5 probe, tasked with the moon sampling mission, is well underway and it is expected to be launched around 2017, a spokesman for the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence said. | aerospace |
https://www.xoprivate.com/space-adventures/ | 2024-04-14T07:58:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816875.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414064633-20240414094633-00842.warc.gz | 0.927507 | 220 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__195262724 | en | Take a walk in space with Space Adventures
With their recent media attention, you’re sure to of heard of Space Adventures. Over the next ten years, Space Adventures are scheduling flights into space for private clients – so if you’ve always wanted to experience the life of an astronaut and everything that space has to offer, you now can!
As the world’s premier private spaceflight business and the only company that accommodates tourism in space and access to spaceflight for private individuals, Space Adventures create experiences that are fun, safe, and affordable. Having previously sent private clients successfully into space for a cumulative period of around three months, to travel over 36 million miles, Space Adventures are excited to improve and introduce experiences, such as visits to private space stations, suborbital flights, earth orbits and historic expeditions across a great range of space vehicles.
Excited? We thought you would be! For space fans and the curious, you can explore their range of experiences, training, and expeditions to find the right flight or fun-filled experience to suit you. | aerospace |
https://www.rentonwa.gov/airport/ | 2017-04-23T17:37:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118740.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00219-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.9432 | 586 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__45106649 | en | Renton Municipal Airport, Clayton Scott Field
Boeing MAX 9 First Flight
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Today marks another milestone in Boeing's presence in Renton. The 2nd version of the new MAX took its first departing flight from our airport this morning to kick off the next phase of FAA certification. The new MAX 8 has already been put into production, with at least three planes being delivered to customers.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS, aka Drones
If you own a drone and plan to fly within five miles of any airport, you must contact the Federal Aviation Administration before flying your drone. For specific information on the Who, What, Why, and When of drone flights, visit the FAA website at https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/
Calling the Airport Administration Office and providing your flight information is NOT an approved method of receiving authorization to fly your drone. The Federal Aviation Administration is the regulatory agency who provides the required authorization.
Air Traffic Control Hours:
October – April 7 am – 8 pm
May – September 7 am – 9 pm
The Renton Municipal Airport, owned by the City of Renton, is a general aviation airport which serves Renton and other nearby communities. The airport provides regional aviation services for air charter, air taxi, corporate, business and recreational flyers. It is also an FAA-designated "Reliever" airport, diverting general aviation aircraft traffic from Sea-Tac International Airport.
The airport is located approximately 25 minutes south of downtown Seattle to the northwest and Bellevue to the north, and is situated in the center of the regional transportation network that connects State Highways 167, 169, 515 and 900 to Interstate Highways 5, 405 and 90.
The Airport is used predominately by single-engine piston aircraft, and ranks among the top six airports in the State of Washington in terms of aircraft landings and takeoffs. The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, located adjacent to the airport, manufactures Boeing 737 aircraft and uses the airport for their initial flights.
Seaplane (or floatplane) operations from the Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base, located at the north end of the airport along the shore of Lake Washington, also comprise a significant level of activity at the airport. The seaplane facilities include a floating dock and launching ramp, which make the Renton Municipal Airport one of the few airports in the Pacific Northwest where aircraft can land on wheels and depart from the water, or vice versa, if they have the correct equipment.
The Renton Municipal Airport is a Landing Rights Airport, with US Customs services available for both floatplane and wheeled aircraft arriving by water or by land.
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Noise complaints can be entered online in our Noise Complaint Form by going to our Noise Concerns webpage. | aerospace |
https://www.recreationalflying.com/aircraft/general-aviation-single-engine/cessna-210-centurian-r337/ | 2021-06-13T20:45:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487610841.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20210613192529-20210613222529-00505.warc.gz | 0.924267 | 670 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__15969269 | en | DescriptionThe Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear, single-engine, high-wing general aviation aircraft which was first flown in January 1957 and produced by Cessna until 1986.
The early Cessna 210 (210 and 210A) had four seats with a Continental IO-470 engine of 260 hp (190 kW). It was essentially a Cessna 182B to which was added a retractable landing gear, swept tail, and a new wing. In 1961 the fuselage and wing were completely redesigned – the fuselage was made wider and deeper, and a third side window was added.
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Specifications below are for the T210N Turbo Centurion II
- Crew: One Capacity: Five passengers
- 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
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"We see it coming over the reservoir, and then it starts running in circles, spinning, tail spinning around around and around, it starts coming towards us, so we start running away from the shore," said witness Jameson Luskay.
The pilot of the single-engine ultralight, David Diana, told police he had taken off from Marlborough Airport and lost power as he was flying over the reservoir, causing him to make the crash landing.
"I just had engine problems and there was no open space, the only place I could drop it in was the water, so that's what I did," Diana said. "So if I had a field below I could have landed it without issue but I didn't."
After the helicopter went down, the aircraft started to sink, but Diana was able to get out safely. He was helped to shore by nearby kayaker.
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http://www.steenaero.com/articles_detail.cfm?ArticleID=21 | 2022-07-01T20:10:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103945490.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220701185955-20220701215955-00305.warc.gz | 0.981813 | 1,928 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__269754422 | en | A FEW MONTHS ago I was in Denver, Colorado and was spending a couple of hours at Jefferson County Airport. While poking around the T-hangars looking for interesting airplanes, a favorite pastime of mine, I found LaMar Steen getting ready to go flying in one of the most beautiful airplanes that I have ever seen. LaMar generously offered to let me fly it, but my flight to Chicago was leaving shortly and he mentioned that the next time I was in Denver I could fly it then.
| John Gosney is currently practicing aerobatics in the Steen Skybolt and flying it in national and regional aerobatic competitions. |
Not too long afterwards LaMar, myself, the Skybolt, and the weather all cooperated in what became one of my most pleasurable flights. As LaMar rolled the ship out of the hangar it was obvious that the lines of this flying machine would please the most discriminating taste. If it flew as well as it looked - fantastic! I could not help but feel very fortunate that LaMar would unselfishly let his friends share the privilege of flying his creation.
An out-of-town guest of LaMar, who had brought his wife along to inspect the plane after buying a set of plans, was also eagerly awaiting a chance at the controls. The happy pilot, a graying airline type, was soon buckled into the roomy front cockpit. As I stood there, still awed at the beauty of this splendid machine, the 180-hp Lycoming roared to life and they were gone. About a half hour later, they reappeared and the broad grins as they taxied up were more eloquent than words in telling me how their flight had gone.
As they unbuckled their shoulder harnesses and slipped out of the parachutes, I recalled how I had met LaMar several years earlier at this same airport. He had flown to Jeffco in a very nice Piper "Super Cruiser" to take a private pilot flight check. After sitting down to review his logbooks and other paperwork, it was soon obvious that he was not the usual private pilot applicant. LaMar had flown in the Army Air Corps during World War II and there were a number of entries in his logbook that made this Ryan owner green with envy. He had learned to fly at Tex Rankin's School of Aviation! After the war LaMar had not picked up his certificates and had given up flying for a time. Therefore the flight check was to get currently licensed. As expected, he flew the Piper very well. Later, when the homebuilding bug bit him, he turned out the Steenship, a beautiful low-wing monoplane with 40 coats of dope that I had the privilege of flying. Since building the Steenship, LaMar has become a recognized authority on homebuilt airplanes in the Denver area and has established a reputation as an excellent welder.
LaMar teaches at Manual High School in Denver. It was there that the Skybolt was born, a shop project to teach students the art of welding, metal work, and other facets of air craftbuilding. A year later, the project was complete.
Although the plane has had limited exposure outside the Denver area, over 200 sets of plans have been sold.
Now my chance had come to strap on this airplane -- not a test flight to gather exact cruise and climb performance data but just to have fun, to enjoy the feel of new control pressures, and the exhilaration that comes with flying any challenging airplane for the first time.
LaMar was busily removing the front windscreen prior to installing an aluminum cockpit cover. We both checked to see that the front seat belt was stowed and that no loose objects could interfere with control movement. Two minutes later the hatch was securely in place. Performance in nearly all aerobatic planes noticeably improves when the drag of the front cockpit is eliminated. Upon settling down into the rear cockpit it was obvious that there was much more room than in my Ryan S-T-A. LaMar helped me into the parachute and shoulder harness straps before explaining the fuel selector and location of other gadgets essential to the flight. A couple of strokes of the wobble pump was required to get fuel pressure to the PS5-C carburetor and with a press of the starter, the 180 Lycoming, which formerly was a helicopter engine, was running.
Taxiing was simple since tailwheel steering is excellent in the Skybolt. Visibility over the nose is good. After a brief run-up and check list I called the tower for clearance. I intended to hold the plane on the runway and let it fly itself off but it was airborne in a very short distance and accelerating rapidly to 90 mph. Rate of climb was well over 1100 fpm. Denver is not the best place to evaluate an aerobatic airplane due to the high density altitude. Temperature was near 80 degrees and the altitude 5600-ft. MSL. However, I had nearly 1000 ft. by the end of the runway. As I turned toward the aerobatic practice area, I knew LaMar would be driving out with his friends to watch the flight. I had decided in advance to fly above 8000-ft. MSL to comply with the FAR and to allow plenty of room for error in an unfamiliar plane. Density altitude at practice altitude would be nearly 10,000 ft. I was hoping to get to 9000-ft. MSL before LaMar arrived and get a few minutes of practice so that my own unfamiliarity with the Skybolt would not cause the maneuvers to appear as if they were being performed by a complete novice.
I started with some steep 90-degree clearing turns followed by stalls from numerous attitudes and power configurations, then spins left and right. Recovery was prompt in both stalls and spins. Steep chandelles and lazy-eights were followed by barrel rolls left and right. Roll rate was terrific! Next came slow rolls and point rolls. The wires and cabanes make excellent references for stopping on a point. Then a snap series left right doubles -- and a snap and one-half with an inverted turn back into the practice area. The engine ran beautifully inverted without a miss. Loops were made from cruise speed without diving, all above 10,000-ft. density altitude. After completing a few more maneuvers including hammerhead stall-turns, vertical half rolls, and Cuban eights, I decided to try a few of the more difficult maneuvers.
| The author, John Gosney, and the Steen Skybolt. |
| The Steen Skybolt constantly had its circle of inspectors at the 1971 Oshkosh Fly-In. (Jack Scholler Photo) |
So far everything was excellent. LaMar had told me of an experience he had with the airplane during an inadvertent outside or inverted spin. With minimum fuel, a passenger, and LaMar at 230 lbs. plus parachutes, the attitude of the plane was flat and difficult to recover. Fortunately it did recover after several turns. I must say that his honesty and humility in bringing up this experience can probably keep someone else from doing the same thing in an aft CG configuration. (Aft CG limitations have been placed on the plans to prevent this from happening again.) I found that with myself 180 lbs., chute, and half tank of fuel, inverted spin recovery was prompt with no problems.
Following the inverted spins, I climbed back to 8500 ft. and reduced power until the air speed indicated 80 mph. After rolling in full nose-down trim I pushed into an outside loop. With 150 indicated at the bottom there was no problem completing a decently round outside loop. The symmetrical airfoils are great! Next came outside snap rolls. My Ryan is a lousy outside snapper except when going straight down so it was a happy surprise when my first attempt at outside snapping the Skybolt was successful. A few more and the recovery was more to my liking.
Now for the big test where the advanced aerobatic machines are separated from the unlimited category planes. I wanted to find out if it would do a full vertical roll and still fly off the top. My first attempt began at 180 indicated and was unsuccessful: At 200 it did a full vertical roll and staggered off the top, but still under control. There is no doubt it would do the maneuver well at sea level.
|Some of the Skybolt statistics are: |
|Span ||24 ft. |
|Length ||21 ft. |
|Weight || |
|(including 5 gals. fuel) ||1080 lbs. |
|Cruise speed ||130 mph |
|Stall speed ||55 mph |
|Rate of climb ||Above 1100 fpm at 7000-ft. MSL |
In conclusion I would like to make the following comments:
1. It is the best aerobatic airplane that I have flown although I haven't flown a 180-hp Pitts.
2. I like the idea of a two-seater; it doubles the fun of ownership.
3. With the 260 hp it would be a serious competition machine in the unlimited category, yet handling characteristics make it ideal for all categories of aerobatics.
LaMar has made me the generous offer of flying it in competition this year. I plan to start practice tomorrow. | aerospace |
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The story of Allan McDonald and the Challenger launch cover-up is a gripping tale of bravery, perseverance, and the pursuit of truth. This article delves into the events surrounding the Challenger disaster, McDonald's role as a whistleblower, the unraveling of the cover-up, and the lasting impact of this tragedy. Through this story, we learn valuable lessons about the importance of transparency, accountability, and the courage to speak out against wrongdoing.
Whistleblowers play a crucial role in exposing and preventing cover-ups.
The Challenger disaster highlighted the need for a strong safety culture in organizations.
The investigation into the Challenger disaster revealed systemic failures in NASA's decision-making processes.
The truth can be concealed, but it will eventually come to light.
The Challenger disaster serves as a reminder of the risks and complexities of space exploration.
The Challenger Disaster
Background of the Challenger Space Shuttle
The Challenger Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Shuttle Challenger, was a NASA spacecraft that was part of the Space Shuttle program. It was named after the HMS Challenger, a British naval research vessel. The Challenger was built to be reusable, with the ability to carry a crew of up to seven astronauts. Its maiden flight took place on April 4, 1983, and it completed a total of nine successful missions before the tragic accident that occurred on January 28, 1986.
The Ill-Fated Launch
The ill-fated launch of the Challenger Space Shuttle on January 28, 1986, was a tragic event that shocked the world. Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the shuttle exploded, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members on board. The cause of the explosion was later determined to be a failure in the O-rings, which were designed to seal the joints of the solid rocket boosters. This devastating incident highlighted the importance of thorough safety protocols and the need for constant vigilance in the field of space exploration.
In the aftermath of the Challenger disaster, investigations were launched to determine the exact sequence of events that led to the tragedy. The Rogers Commission, chaired by former Secretary of State William P. Rogers, was formed to investigate the causes of the accident. The commission's findings revealed a series of organizational and communication failures within NASA that contributed to the ill-fated launch. These findings would have a profound impact on the future of space exploration and the culture of safety within the agency.
The Investigation Begins
The investigation into the Challenger disaster began immediately after the tragic event. A team of experts was assembled to analyze the data and determine the cause of the explosion. They meticulously reviewed the launch footage, examined the debris, and interviewed key personnel involved in the mission. The goal was to uncover any potential flaws in the design, manufacturing, or decision-making processes that may have contributed to the disaster.
As the investigation progressed, it became clear that there were serious concerns regarding the O-rings, a critical component of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters. These concerns had been raised prior to the launch, but were ultimately dismissed. The investigation team focused their efforts on understanding why these concerns were not given the attention they deserved and whether there was any pressure to proceed with the launch despite the risks.
The investigation also revealed a lack of effective communication and coordination between NASA and the contractor responsible for building the solid rocket boosters. This breakdown in communication played a significant role in the decision-making process leading up to the ill-fated launch. It highlighted the importance of clear lines of communication and accountability in complex engineering projects.
Allan McDonald: A Whistleblower Emerges
Allan McDonald's Role in the Challenger Launch
Allan McDonald played a crucial role in the Challenger launch as the Director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for Morton Thiokol, the company responsible for building the shuttle's solid rocket boosters. He was responsible for ensuring the safety and reliability of the boosters.
During the pre-launch preparations, McDonald and his team discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings, which are critical components of the boosters. Despite the pressure to proceed with the launch, McDonald made the difficult decision to recommend a delay until the issue was resolved.
This decision put McDonald at odds with NASA and Morton Thiokol's management, who were eager to meet the launch schedule. McDonald's commitment to safety and his refusal to compromise ultimately led to his status as a whistleblower and his fight for the truth to be revealed.
The Decision to Delay the Launch
The decision to delay the launch of the Challenger Space Shuttle was a critical moment in the events leading up to the disaster. Safety concerns had been raised by engineers, including Allan McDonald, who warned that the O-rings in the solid rocket boosters could fail in the cold temperatures on the day of the launch.
Despite these concerns, NASA management decided to proceed with the launch. However, just hours before liftoff, a teleconference was held to discuss the issue. During the teleconference, McDonald and other engineers expressed their concerns once again, presenting data that showed the potential risks.
In the end, the decision was made to delay the launch by 24 hours. This delay allowed for further analysis and testing of the O-rings, providing an opportunity to address the safety concerns. It was a crucial decision that ultimately saved lives and highlighted the importance of listening to the concerns of experts in the field.
McDonald's Fight for the Truth
After witnessing the potential catastrophic consequences of the Challenger launch, Allan McDonald was determined to uncover the truth behind the decision to proceed with the launch. He faced numerous obstacles and resistance from within NASA, but his commitment to safety and transparency never wavered.
One of the key pieces of evidence McDonald presented was the flawed O-ring design, which he believed was the primary cause of the Challenger disaster. He tirelessly advocated for a redesign of the O-rings and pushed for a thorough investigation into the decision-making process leading up to the launch.
In his quest for the truth, McDonald faced backlash and even threats to his career. However, he remained steadfast in his mission, knowing that the lives of future astronauts were at stake. His determination and courage ultimately led to the exposure of the cover-up and a renewed commitment to safety within NASA.
Table: Key Events in McDonald's Fight for the Truth
The Cover-Up Unraveled
The Rogers Commission Investigation
The Rogers Commission was established to investigate the Challenger disaster and determine the cause of the explosion. Led by former Secretary of State William P. Rogers, the commission consisted of experts from various fields, including aerospace, engineering, and management. Their goal was to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation to uncover the truth behind the tragedy.
During the investigation, the commission analyzed a vast amount of data, including telemetry, photographs, and witness testimonies. They also examined the decision-making process leading up to the launch and the communication between NASA and its contractors. The commission's findings would play a crucial role in understanding the failures that led to the Challenger disaster.
To present their findings, the Rogers Commission compiled a comprehensive report that detailed the causes of the explosion and provided recommendations for improving safety in future space missions. The report highlighted the issues with the O-rings, the flawed decision-making process, and the lack of communication between NASA and its contractors. It served as a wake-up call for NASA and the aerospace industry, leading to significant changes in safety protocols and procedures.
During his testimony, Allan McDonald provided crucial insights into the flawed decision-making process that led to the ill-fated Challenger launch. He emphasized the concerns raised by engineers about the O-rings' vulnerability to cold temperatures and the potential catastrophic consequences. McDonald's testimony shed light on the pressure faced by NASA officials to proceed with the launch despite the known risks. His courageous decision to speak up and share his expertise played a pivotal role in uncovering the truth behind the Challenger disaster.
In his testimony, McDonald highlighted the lack of communication and collaboration between different teams involved in the launch. This lack of coordination contributed to the failure to address the safety concerns adequately. McDonald's account revealed the importance of fostering a culture of open communication and collaboration within organizations to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
Table: Key Points from McDonald's Testimony
The Truth Exposed
After Allan McDonald's testimony, the truth behind the Challenger launch cover-up began to unravel. The Rogers Commission investigation revealed a series of critical failures and mismanagement that led to the tragic disaster. McDonald's brave decision to speak out against the flawed decision-making process shed light on the systemic issues within NASA's safety culture.
One of the key findings of the investigation was the failure of the O-rings, which were designed to seal the joints of the solid rocket boosters. The commission discovered that the O-rings had a design flaw that made them susceptible to failure in cold temperatures. This critical information had been known by NASA engineers prior to the launch, but it was disregarded.
The uncovering of the truth not only exposed the negligence and cover-up surrounding the Challenger disaster, but it also highlighted the importance of whistleblowers like Allan McDonald. Their courage to speak up against wrongdoing and prioritize safety over organizational pressures is crucial in preventing future tragedies.
Legacy and Lessons Learned
Changes in NASA's Safety Culture
Following the Challenger disaster, NASA underwent a significant transformation in its safety culture. The tragic event served as a wake-up call for the agency, highlighting the need for a more rigorous approach to safety. One important change was the establishment of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA), which was tasked with overseeing safety practices across all NASA programs and projects.
To ensure accountability and transparency, NASA implemented a Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) program that emphasized proactive risk management and continuous improvement. This program included regular safety reviews, risk assessments, and the development of safety standards and guidelines.
Additionally, NASA placed a greater emphasis on open communication and the willingness to address safety concerns. The agency encouraged employees to report potential hazards and near-miss incidents, fostering a culture of learning from mistakes and preventing future accidents.
Overall, the changes in NASA's safety culture following the Challenger disaster aimed to prioritize the well-being of astronauts and the success of space missions, recognizing the critical importance of safety in the pursuit of exploration and discovery.
The Impact on Space Exploration
The Challenger disaster had a profound impact on space exploration. It served as a wake-up call for NASA and the entire aerospace industry, highlighting the importance of safety and the need for rigorous testing and evaluation. The tragic event led to significant changes in NASA's safety culture, with a renewed focus on preventing future accidents.
One of the key lessons learned from the Challenger disaster was the importance of open communication and a willingness to listen to dissenting voices. Allan McDonald's brave decision to speak up and raise concerns about the launch decision demonstrated the critical role that whistleblowers play in ensuring the safety and success of space missions.
Table: Changes in NASA's Safety Culture
List: The Importance of Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers provide a crucial check on potential risks and wrongdoing
Their courage and integrity help prevent catastrophic failures
Whistleblowing encourages a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
The Importance of Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers play a crucial role in uncovering wrongdoing and holding organizations accountable. They have the courage to speak out against unethical practices, often at great personal risk. By shining a light on hidden truths, whistleblowers help to expose corruption, protect the public interest, and promote transparency. Their actions serve as a reminder that no one is above the law and that it is our collective responsibility to ensure honesty and integrity in all aspects of society.
In recognition of their bravery, it is essential that whistleblowers are provided with legal protections and support. They should be encouraged to come forward without fear of retaliation and be given the necessary resources to navigate the complex process of exposing misconduct. Additionally, organizations must create a culture that values and encourages ethical behavior, where employees feel empowered to report wrongdoing without fear of reprisal.
The impact of whistleblowers extends far beyond individual cases. Their actions can lead to systemic changes, prompting organizations to reevaluate their practices and implement safeguards to prevent future misconduct. By exposing the truth, whistleblowers contribute to a safer and more accountable society, where unethical behavior is not tolerated and the well-being of the public is prioritized.
In conclusion, whistleblowers are the unsung heroes who risk everything to bring the truth to light. Their courage and determination serve as a powerful reminder of the importance of speaking up against injustice and holding those in power accountable. It is crucial that we recognize and protect whistleblowers, as they play a vital role in ensuring transparency, integrity, and the pursuit of truth.
In conclusion, the story of Allan McDonald and the Challenger launch cover-up is a chilling reminder of the dangers of prioritizing schedules and profits over safety. Despite the warnings and concerns raised by McDonald and other engineers, the launch proceeded, resulting in the tragic loss of seven lives. This incident serves as a stark example of the importance of ethical decision-making and the need for transparency and accountability in the pursuit of scientific and technological advancements. It is crucial that we learn from the mistakes of the past and ensure that safety and human lives are always the top priority in any endeavor.
Frequently Asked Questions
What caused the Challenger disaster?
The Challenger disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters, which led to the breakup of the shuttle.
How many people were on board the Challenger?
There were seven people on board the Challenger: Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
Did Allan McDonald face any consequences for speaking out?
Allan McDonald faced professional consequences for speaking out, including being demoted and facing backlash from colleagues. However, he remained steadfast in his pursuit of the truth.
What was the Rogers Commission investigation?
The Rogers Commission was a presidential commission formed to investigate the Challenger disaster. It was led by former Secretary of State William P. Rogers and included experts from various fields.
How did Allan McDonald's testimony contribute to uncovering the truth?
Allan McDonald's testimony provided crucial evidence about the concerns raised by engineers regarding the O-ring seals and the decision to proceed with the launch despite those concerns.
What lessons have been learned from the Challenger disaster?
The Challenger disaster led to significant changes in NASA's safety culture, including a greater emphasis on communication, transparency, and the importance of listening to engineers' concerns. | aerospace |
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The Hobby Boss Australian F-111C Pig in 1/48 scale from the plastic aircraft model range accurately recreates the real life US made ground-attack aircraft in service with the Royal Australian Air Force.
This plastic aircraft kit requires paint and glue to complete.
The F-111 Aardvark was designed as an all-weather multi-role aircraft by the General Dynamics. It was the result of the requirement in the 1960s for a long range interceptor to US Navy and deep-strike interdictor to USAF, but the Navy versions were cancelled, so the project ended as a strike aircraft. The F-111 was designed as a twin-seat, twin-power, swing-wing, semi-monocoque aircraft. The aircraft's first flight was on 21 December 1964 and the first production F-111s were delivered on 18 July 1967. the F-111s total production was 563 aircraft. F-111A is the early Variants of the F-111 Family, 158 F-111A was built.
The F-111C is the export version for Royal Australian AF, Australia decided to order 24 in 1963, and received their first F-111C in 1968. However development delays and structural problems delayed acceptance of aircraft by the Royal Australian Air Force until 1973.
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Benefits Of Flying Indoor Planes
Indoor planes, also known as indoor remote-controlled airplanes, have gained popularity among hobbyists and aviation enthusiasts. These miniature aircraft are designed to be flown indoors, in specially designated venues such as gyms or large halls. Flying indoor planes provide numerous benefits that attract both beginners and experienced flyers. In this blog post, we will explore some of the advantages of indulging in the world of indoor plane flying.
1. Weather-Independent Flight:
One significant advantage of flying indoor planes is that they are not affected by weather conditions such as wind, rain, or extreme temperatures. Unlike outdoor planes, indoor planes can be flown year-round, providing a consistent flying experience regardless of the weather outside. This allows enthusiasts to continue their hobby even during unfavorable weather conditions.
2. Smaller Learning Curve:
When compared to outdoor planes, indoor planes often have a smaller learning curve, making them more accessible for beginners. Due to their compact size and slower speeds, indoor planes are easier to control and maneuver. This makes them ideal for individuals who are new to remote-controlled aviation or those looking to improve their flying skills before transitioning to larger outdoor planes.
Another advantage of indoor plane flying is the cost-effectiveness it offers. Indoor planes are generally less expensive than their outdoor counterparts. They require less powerful motors, fewer complex components, and are less prone to damage during crashes. This makes them a more affordable option for individuals who are just starting with remote-controlled flight or are on a tight budget.
4. Indoor Flying Community:
Participating in indoor plane flying opens doors to a vibrant and supportive community of aviation enthusiasts. Many indoor plane flying clubs and communities exist where individuals can gather, share knowledge and experiences, and even compete in friendly competitions. These communities provide a wonderful opportunity to make new friends, exchange tips, and enhance your skills in a welcoming and encouraging environment.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced flyer, exploring the world of indoor plane flying can offer various benefits. From the ability to fly regardless of the weather to the smaller learning curve and cost-effectiveness, indoor planes provide an excellent platform for individuals to indulge in the thrilling hobby of remote-controlled aviation. Additionally, being part of a supportive indoor flying community adds an extra layer of enjoyment and camaraderie. So, why wait? Grab an indoor plane and take to the skies!
Different Types Of Indoor Planes
When it comes to flying indoor planes, there are various types available for enthusiasts to choose from. Each type has its own unique characteristics and features that cater to different flying styles and preferences. In this blog post, we will explore the different types of indoor planes and what sets them apart.
1. Micro Indoor Planes: These are the smallest and lightest type of indoor planes. They are typically made from lightweight materials such as foam or balsa wood and are designed for indoor flight in small spaces. Micro indoor planes are perfect for beginners due to their stability and ease of control.
2. 3D Aerobatic Indoor Planes: For those looking to perform advanced maneuvers and aerobatics indoors, 3D aerobatic planes are the way to go. These planes have a high power-to-weight ratio and are capable of performing extreme tricks such as knife-edge flights, hovering, and torque rolls. They require a higher level of flying skill and are preferred by experienced pilots.
3. Slow Flyer Indoor Planes: Slow flyer planes are designed for calm indoor flight and are known for their gentle flying characteristics. These planes have larger wingspans and lower wing loading, allowing them to fly at slower speeds and with more stability. Slow flyer planes are great for relaxed flying and precise control.
4. Vintage Indoor Planes: Vintage indoor planes are based on classic aircraft designs from the early days of aviation. They have a nostalgic appeal and are usually made from traditional materials such as balsa wood. Vintage planes are known for their timeless beauty and graceful flight characteristics, making them a favorite among collectors and aviation history enthusiasts.
5. Scale Indoor Planes: Scale indoor planes are replicas of real-life aircraft, designed to resemble their full-scale counterparts in both appearance and flying performance. These planes often feature intricate details and paint schemes to recreate the look of specific airplanes. Scale indoor planes are popular among modelers and those who appreciate the art of scale modeling.
|Indoor Plane Type||Main Features|
|Micro Indoor Planes||Small, lightweight, stable|
|3D Aerobatic Indoor Planes||Capable of extreme maneuvers, high power-to-weight ratio|
|Slow Flyer Indoor Planes||Gentle flight, slow speed, precise control|
|Vintage Indoor Planes||Classic designs, nostalgic appeal|
|Scale Indoor Planes||Replicas of real-life aircraft, detailed appearance|
In conclusion, choosing the right indoor plane depends on your flying style, skill level, and personal preference. Whether you prefer micro planes for stability, 3D aerobatic planes for extreme maneuvers, slow flyers for relaxed flight, vintage planes for their timeless charm, or scale planes for their realism, there is an indoor plane type out there to suit your needs. Explore the different types and find the one that speaks to you, and enjoy the exciting world of indoor plane flying!
Choosing The Right Indoor Plane
Choosing the right indoor plane is crucial for a successful and enjoyable flight experience. With so many options available on the market, it can be overwhelming to determine which one is the best fit for your needs. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced pilot, considering certain factors will help you make an informed decision.
Type of Flying:
Firstly, consider the type of flying you want to do with your indoor plane. Are you interested in aerobatics, slow and smooth flights, or indoor racing? Each type requires a different set of features and characteristics in the plane. For aerobatics, look for a plane with agility, maneuverability, and a good power-to-weight ratio. For slow and smooth flights, choose a plane with a stable and easy-to-control design. And if you want to participate in indoor racing, opt for a fast and lightweight plane.
Another important factor to consider is your skill level as a pilot. If you are a beginner, it is recommended to start with a trainer or a beginner-friendly plane. These types of planes usually have a forgiving flight behavior and are easier to handle, allowing you to learn the basics of flying without much difficulty. As you gain more experience and confidence, you can move on to more advanced planes with additional features and higher performance.
Size and Space:
When choosing an indoor plane, consider the available flying space you have. If you have a small indoor area, such as a living room or a gymnasium, it is essential to select a plane with a compact size that can maneuver easily in tight spaces. On the other hand, if you have a larger indoor space, you can opt for a larger plane that offers more stability and better wind resistance. Additionally, consider the portability of the plane if you plan to transport it frequently.
|Trainers||Designed for beginners, stable and easy to control||Forgiving flight behavior, ideal for learning|
|Aerobatic||Designed for performing tricks and maneuvers||Agile, maneuverable, suitable for advanced pilots|
|Racing||Designed for high-speed indoor racing competitions||Fast, lightweight, optimized for speed and agility|
|Slow Flyers||Designed for slow and smooth flights||Stable, easy to control, perfect for relaxing flights|
By considering your flying preferences, skill level, available space, and the type of indoor plane, you will be able to choose the right indoor plane that suits your needs and enhances your flying experience. Remember to always prioritize safety and follow the manufacturer’s instructions and guidelines for a safe and enjoyable flight.
Indoor Plane Flight Techniques
Flying an indoor plane can be a thrilling and enjoyable experience. However, it requires a certain level of skill and technique to maneuver the plane effectively. In this blog post, we will explore some useful flight techniques that will help you become a pro at flying indoor planes.
1. Takeoff: The first step in flying an indoor plane is to execute a smooth takeoff. To do this, ensure that the plane is facing into the wind, as this will provide better control and stability. Gradually increase the throttle while gently pulling back on the elevator to lift the plane off the ground. Avoid jerky movements or excessive throttle, as this can lead to unstable takeoffs.
2. Basic Maneuvers: Once your plane is in the air, it’s time to practice some basic flight maneuvers. One essential maneuver is flying straight and level. This involves maintaining a consistent altitude and keeping the plane on a straight path. Use small and precise control inputs to make any necessary adjustments. Another fundamental maneuver is making turns. To execute a smooth turn, gently apply aileron input in the direction you want to turn while coordinating with the rudder. This will help maintain balance and prevent the plane from slipping.
3. Advanced Techniques: As you gain more experience and confidence, you can start exploring advanced flight techniques with your indoor plane. One technique is performing loops. Start by gaining some altitude, then smoothly pull back on the elevator while applying throttle to initiate the loop. Another impressive technique is inverted flight. This involves flying the plane upside down. It requires precise control inputs and careful coordination of the elevator and ailerons. Practice these advanced techniques gradually and always be prepared to recover from any potential stalls or spins.
|Takeoff||Executing a smooth takeoff by facing into the wind and gradually increasing throttle.|
|Straight and Level Flight||Maintaining a consistent altitude and flying the plane on a straight path.|
|Turns||Applying aileron input and coordinating with the rudder to execute smooth turns.|
|Loops||Gaining altitude and smoothly pulling back on the elevator to initiate a loop.|
|Inverted Flight||Flying the plane upside down by careful coordination of elevator and ailerons.|
Mastering these flight techniques will not only enhance your flying skills but also allow you to perform impressive aerial maneuvers with your indoor plane. Remember to always practice in a controlled indoor environment and prioritize safety at all times. Enjoy the thrilling experience of flying an indoor plane and keep exploring new techniques to expand your abilities!
Indoor Plane Safety Tips
When it comes to flying indoor planes, safety should always be a top priority. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced pilot, following safety guidelines can help prevent accidents and ensure a smooth and enjoyable flight experience. In this blog post, we will discuss some essential safety tips that every indoor plane pilot should keep in mind.
1. Choose a Suitable Flying Location
Before taking off, it is crucial to select an appropriate indoor flying location. Look for a spacious area free from obstacles such as furniture, decorations, and fragile objects. Make sure there are no pets, children, or other distractions that could interfere with your flight. Additionally, ensure that the ceiling height is sufficient to accommodate the plane’s flight path.
2. Inspect and Maintain Your Plane
Prior to each flight, thoroughly inspect your indoor plane to ensure it is in optimal condition. Check for any loose or damaged parts, such as propellers, wings, or landing gear. Make sure all components are securely fastened and functioning properly. Regular maintenance and repairs are essential to keep your plane in top shape and minimize the risk of malfunctions during flight.
3. Follow Battery Safety Precautions
Most indoor planes are powered by rechargeable batteries. It is crucial to handle these batteries with care. Always use the correct type and rating for your plane, as specified by the manufacturer. Inspect the batteries for any signs of damage or swelling before each flight. Never leave batteries unattended while charging, and store them in a cool, dry place away from flammable materials.
4. Dress Appropriately
Wearing the right attire is essential for personal safety during indoor plane flights. Avoid loose clothing and accessories that could get caught in the plane’s moving parts. Opt for comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes that provide adequate foot support. Consider wearing safety glasses to protect your eyes from any potential debris or dust.
5. Master the Flight Controls
Before attempting complex maneuvers or aerobatics, it is important to familiarize yourself with the flight controls of your indoor plane. Take the time to practice basic maneuvers such as takeoff, landing, and maintaining stable flight. Gradually advance to more advanced maneuvers once you feel confident in your skills. Always fly within your capabilities and avoid risky maneuvers that could jeopardize your safety and the safety of others.
By following these safety tips, you can ensure a safe and enjoyable indoor plane flying experience. Remember, safety should always be a priority, and it is essential to continuously update your knowledge and skills to stay informed about the latest safety guidelines and best practices.
Indoor Plane Competitions And Events
Indoor Plane Competitions and Events
Indoor plane competitions and events are exciting opportunities for aviation enthusiasts to showcase their skills and compete against fellow pilots. These events bring together individuals who share a passion for indoor flying and provide a platform to demonstrate their abilities. Whether you are a seasoned pilot or a rookie, participating in these competitions can be a thrilling and rewarding experience.
One of the most notable benefits of indoor plane competitions and events is the chance to learn from other pilots. When you are surrounded by like-minded individuals, you can exchange knowledge, tips, and tricks to enhance your flying technique. Indoor plane events often attract experienced pilots who are more than willing to share their expertise with newcomers. This collaborative environment fosters growth and allows participants to improve their skills faster.
Furthermore, indoor plane competitions and events offer a great networking opportunity. You can meet individuals from different backgrounds, including hobbyists, professionals, and even manufacturers. These events serve as a hub for aviation enthusiasts to connect, exchange ideas, and build lasting relationships. Networking with fellow indoor plane enthusiasts can open doors to new opportunities and provide valuable insights into the industry.
In addition to networking, participating in indoor plane competitions can also lead to recognition and accolades. These events often have categories and awards for different flying styles and skill levels. By showcasing your talent and competing against others, you have a chance to earn recognition for your abilities. The sense of achievement that comes with winning a competition can be incredibly fulfilling and motivate you to further improve your skills.
- Benefits of indoor plane competitions and events:
- Opportunity to learn from other pilots
- Networking and building connections
- Potential for recognition and awards
- Motivation to improve skills
Overall, indoor plane competitions and events offer a unique and exciting experience for aviation enthusiasts. They provide a platform to showcase your flying skills, learn from others, network with like-minded individuals, and potentially earn recognition for your talent. Whether you are a seasoned pilot or new to the world of indoor flying, participating in these competitions can be a valuable and rewarding endeavor.
Indoor Planes Vs Outdoor Planes
When it comes to flying planes, enthusiasts have a variety of options to choose from, including indoor and outdoor planes. Both types of planes offer unique experiences and cater to different preferences. To help you understand the key differences between indoor and outdoor planes, we have compiled a detailed comparison.
Indoor planes, as the name suggests, are designed to be flown indoors, typically in large open spaces such as gymnasiums or dedicated indoor flying facilities. These planes are usually lightweight and have small wingspans, allowing for precise maneuvers in limited spaces. Many indoor planes are electric-powered, making them quiet and pollution-free. These planes are popular among hobbyists who prefer flying in controlled environments.
On the other hand, outdoor planes are designed for flying in open areas such as parks or fields. These planes are typically larger and more robust compared to their indoor counterparts. Outdoor planes often feature combustion engines or more powerful electric motors, allowing them to withstand windy conditions and fly at higher speeds. These planes offer a thrilling experience for pilots who enjoy open-air flying and long-distance flights.
There are several key differences between indoor and outdoor planes. Firstly, size and weight play a significant role. Indoor planes are generally smaller and lighter, making them more maneuverable and agile in tight spaces. In contrast, outdoor planes are larger and heavier, which can affect their maneuverability but also provides stability and allows for longer flights.
|Factors||Indoor Planes||Outdoor Planes|
|Flight Environment||Indoor, controlled spaces||Outdoor, open areas|
|Power Source||Electric motors||Combustion engines or powerful electric motors|
Another significant difference is the power source. Indoor planes often utilize electric motors, which provide quiet and clean operation. They are powered by batteries that can be recharged multiple times. On the other hand, outdoor planes may utilize combustion engines or more powerful electric motors to generate greater thrust. These planes require fuel or higher-capacity batteries.
Choosing between indoor and outdoor planes ultimately depends on your flying preferences and available flying areas. If you have access to a large indoor space and enjoy precise maneuvering, an indoor plane might be ideal for you. On the contrary, if you prefer open-air flying and want to cover large distances, an outdoor plane would be more suitable. Some pilots enjoy flying both types of planes, and it all boils down to personal preference and the desired experience.
In conclusion, whether you opt for indoor or outdoor planes, both provide unique flying experiences. While indoor planes offer precise control and maneuverability in controlled environments, outdoor planes excel in open areas and long-distance flights. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced pilot, trying out both types of planes can expand your skills and broaden your horizons in the exciting world of aviation.
Building Your Own Indoor Plane
Building your own indoor plane can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for aviation enthusiasts. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced model builder, constructing your own indoor plane allows you to customize every aspect of the aircraft to suit your preferences and flying style. In this blog post, we will explore the process of building an indoor plane from scratch, including the necessary materials, tools, and techniques.
1. Planning and Design: The first step in building your own indoor plane is to plan and design the aircraft. Consider the type of indoor plane you want to build, such as a glider or a powered plane. Research different designs and choose one that matches your skill level and flying goals. Sketch out the dimensions and features of your plane, taking into account factors such as wing size, tail configuration, and overall weight.
2. Gathering Materials: Once you have a design in mind, gather all the necessary materials for building your indoor plane. This may include balsa wood or foam sheets for the frame, carbon fiber rods for reinforcement, and various adhesives such as epoxy or cyanoacrylate glue. You will also need a range of tools, such as a hobby knife, sandpaper, and a heat gun or soldering iron for shaping and joining the materials.
3. Construction Process: Start building your indoor plane by constructing the main frame or fuselage. Carefully cut and shape the balsa wood or foam sheets according to your design, ensuring precise dimensions. Use adhesive to join the pieces together, reinforcing critical areas with carbon fiber rods for added strength. Assemble the wings, tail surfaces, and landing gear, following your design plan and using appropriate adhesives and reinforcement techniques. Take your time during the construction process and double-check all measurements to ensure a sturdy and well-balanced aircraft.
Once you have completed the construction of your indoor plane, it is important to test its functionality and make any necessary adjustments. Conduct a thorough pre-flight check, ensuring that all control surfaces are properly aligned and secured. Test the motor (if applicable) and make sure it produces sufficient thrust. Balance the aircraft by adding or removing weight as needed, ensuring that it is neither nose-heavy nor tail-heavy.
4. Safety Considerations: When flying your homemade indoor plane, always prioritize safety. Choose an appropriate flying location, preferably an indoor gymnasium or spacious room with high ceilings. Avoid flying near people, pets, or fragile objects. Follow all local regulations and guidelines for model aircraft flying. Wear protective gear, including safety goggles and gloves, during the construction and flying process. Regularly inspect and maintain your indoor plane to ensure its continued safe operation.
Building your own indoor plane provides a unique opportunity to unleash your creativity and control every aspect of your aircraft. From choosing the design to constructing the frame, the process allows you to develop a deeper understanding of aerodynamics and the mechanics of flight. So roll up your sleeves, gather your materials, and start building your dream indoor plane today!
Indoor Plane Maintenance And Repair
Indoor Plane Maintenance and Repair
Keeping your indoor plane in top condition is essential for its optimal performance and longevity. Regular maintenance and timely repairs can help you avoid potential issues during flight, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable experience. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of maintenance and repair for indoor planes and provide you with some valuable tips to keep your aircraft in excellent shape.
1. Regular Inspection:
Performing regular inspections is a crucial part of indoor plane maintenance. Before every flight, carefully examine your aircraft for any visible damage, loose connections, or worn-out components. Check the control surfaces, hinges, propeller, and landing gear for any signs of wear or tear.
Keeping your indoor plane clean not only enhances its appearance but also helps maintain its functionality. After every flight, remove any dirt, dust, or debris that may have collected on the aircraft’s surface. Use a soft, lint-free cloth and mild cleaning solution to gently wipe the plane’s exterior. Avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive materials that could damage the aircraft’s paint or delicate parts.
3. Battery Care:
The battery is a vital component of your indoor plane, so proper care is essential. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for charging and storage. Avoid overcharging the battery, as it can lead to decreased performance or even damage. If you notice any signs of swelling, leakage, or reduced runtime, it may be time to replace the battery.
4. Repairing Minor Damage:
Even with careful handling, minor damage to your indoor plane may occur. It’s important to address any issues promptly to prevent further damage. If you notice a small crack or break, use a suitable adhesive to fix it. For damaged control surfaces, hinges, or landing gear, consider replacing the affected parts. Always refer to the manufacturer’s guidelines or seek professional assistance if needed.
5. Seek Professional Help:
For complex repairs or maintenance tasks beyond your expertise, don’t hesitate to seek assistance from professionals. They have the knowledge and experience to handle intricate repairs and ensure the safety and optimal performance of your indoor plane.
In summary, maintaining and repairing your indoor plane is essential for its longevity and safe operation. Regular inspections, proper cleaning, battery care, and prompt repair of minor damage are key to keeping your aircraft in excellent condition. By following these maintenance and repair practices, you can enjoy seamless flights and make the most of your indoor plane experience.
Recommended Indoor Plane Accessories
When it comes to flying indoor planes, having the right accessories can greatly enhance your experience. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced pilot, these recommended indoor plane accessories are sure to take your flying to new heights. From essential tools to performance-enhancing gadgets, here are some must-have accessories for indoor plane enthusiasts.
1. Spare batteries: One of the most important accessories for indoor planes is a set of spare batteries. Flying indoor planes can drain battery quickly, so having extras on hand will ensure that you can keep flying for longer periods. Make sure to choose batteries that are compatible with your specific plane model.
2. Propeller guards: Another essential accessory for indoor planes is propeller guards. These guards protect the propellers from damage during crashes or collisions. They are lightweight and easy to install, providing added protection for your plane’s propellers and extending their lifespan.
3. Flight simulator software: If you’re looking to improve your flying skills or practice new maneuvers, investing in a flight simulator software is a great idea. This software allows you to fly virtual indoor planes on your computer or gaming console, providing a realistic flying experience and helping you become a better pilot.
|4. LiPo battery charger:||5. Tool set:||6. Camera mount:|
|A reliable LiPo battery charger is essential for quickly and safely charging your plane’s batteries. Look for a charger that offers multiple charging ports and has built-in safety features to prevent overcharging or short-circuiting.||A tool set specifically designed for indoor planes is indispensable for maintenance and repairs. It should include screwdrivers, pliers, and other common tools needed to keep your plane in perfect flying condition.||For those who enjoy capturing their flights, a camera mount can be a valuable accessory. It allows you to attach a lightweight camera to your plane, capturing stunning aerial footage and memorable moments from your flights.|
Remember, these recommended indoor plane accessories are just the tip of the iceberg. There are plenty more accessories available in the market that can enhance your flying experience, improve performance, and add more fun to your indoor plane adventures. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional pilot, investing in the right accessories will undoubtedly take your indoor plane flying to new heights.
Indoor Plane Flying Clubs And Communities
Indoor Plane Flying Clubs and Communities are essential for enthusiasts who want to connect with like-minded individuals and advance their skills in the field. These clubs and communities offer a range of benefits, including access to exclusive flying locations, mentorship programs, and organized competitions and events.
Joining an indoor plane flying club or community provides a platform for networking and building relationships with fellow enthusiasts. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced flyer, you can benefit from the wealth of knowledge and expertise shared within these groups. Through interactions with other members, you can learn new flight techniques, receive tips and advice, and gain insights into different types of indoor planes.
Moreover, indoor plane flying clubs and communities often have access to specialized indoor flying areas, such as gymnasiums or dedicated indoor flight facilities. These spaces are specifically designed to accommodate indoor planes, providing a safe and controlled environment for practice and experimentation. Being a part of these clubs grants you the opportunity to fly your indoor plane in a controlled setting without the restrictions that outdoor flying might impose.
In addition to regular flying sessions, indoor plane clubs and communities organize various competitions and events. These events not only foster friendly competition but also allow pilots to showcase their skills and learn from each other. Participating in these activities can be a great way to push your limits, gain experience, and receive constructive feedback from experienced flyers.
|Benefits of Joining Indoor Plane Flying Clubs and Communities:|
In conclusion, indoor plane flying clubs and communities play a crucial role in creating a supportive and educational environment for enthusiasts. By joining these groups, you gain access to valuable resources, mentorship, and the opportunity to connect with other passionate pilots. So, don’t hesitate to explore the wide variety of indoor plane flying clubs and communities in your area, and embark on an exciting journey of improving your indoor plane flying skills.
Mastering Indoor Plane Aerobatics
Indoor plane flying is not just about leisurely gliding around the room. For those who are looking to take their skills to the next level, mastering aerobatics is the key. Performing flips, rolls, and loops in the confined space of a room requires precise control and technique. In this blog post, we will explore the different maneuvers and techniques that can help you become a master of indoor plane aerobatics.
1. Basic Maneuvers:
- Loop: One of the simplest aerobatic maneuvers, a loop involves flying the plane in a vertical circular path.
- Roll: A roll is when the plane rotates around its longitudinal axis, resulting in a complete 360-degree turn.
- Split S: This maneuver starts with a half loop followed by a half roll, resulting in the plane flying in the opposite direction.
2. Advanced Maneuvers:
|Knife Edge||The plane is flown on its side, with one wing facing upwards and the other facing downwards.|
|Hammerhead Stall||This maneuver involves a vertical climb followed by a stall and a descending turn.|
|Inverted Flight||The plane is flown upside down, with the belly facing the sky and the top of the plane facing the ground.|
3. Tips for Mastering Aerobatics:
- Start with practicing basic maneuvers and gradually move on to advanced ones.
- Ensure that your plane is properly balanced and trimmed for precise control.
- Practice in a spacious room with no obstacles to avoid potential crashes.
- Learn the correct input combinations for each maneuver and practice them repeatedly.
- Observe experienced pilots or join indoor plane flying clubs to learn from their expertise.
- Always prioritize safety and keep a safe distance from people and valuable objects while performing aerobatics.
Mastering indoor plane aerobatics requires practice, patience, and a deep understanding of the physics involved. It is essential to start with basic maneuvers and gradually progress to more advanced ones. With dedication and persistence, you can become a skilled pilot who can perform breathtaking aerial displays with precision and grace. | aerospace |
http://afthunderbirds.com/site/team_members/zachary-gant/ | 2019-08-20T20:28:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315618.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820200701-20190820222701-00206.warc.gz | 0.968829 | 115 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__30623633 | en | Tech. Sgt. Zachary Gant hails from Charlotte, North Carolina, and has been in the Air Force since 2010. He is a tactical aircraft maintainer and some of his responsibilities include performing scheduled inspections, functional checks and preventive maintenance on tactical aircraft and aircraft-installed equipment, maintaining and repairing all parts of the aircraft and ensuring that the aircraft are properly serviced with fuel, hydraulic fluid and liquid oxygen. Gant was stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, prior to joining the team. His hobbies are include spending time with friends, watching football and traveling. | aerospace |
http://www.techbriefs.com/spinoff/115-transportation/12996-cameras-improve-navigation-for-pilots-drivers?start=1 | 2017-04-28T10:09:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122933.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00112-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.93461 | 833 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__24499109 | en | “The technology is used to determine how you are posed in relation to a target, how far away you are, and how fast you are moving in relation to it,” says Warren P. Ruemmele, assistant project executive for C3PO. “If earlier investments hadn’t been made and successful, it wouldn’t be a candidate for what we are trying to do.”
ASC’s flash LIDAR sensors use a short pulse of radiation from a near-infrared laser to illuminate a scene in front of the camera lens. Each pixel in the camera detector array measures the round trip time for the photons, which is then converted into an accurate range measurement. Each pulse of the flash LIDAR produces a 3D image consisting of thousands or tens of thousands of points acquired essentially simultaneously, which effectively eliminates motion-induced distortions.
A graphical user interface on a computer displays the data in the form of a color-coded range (distance) map. Current ASC flash LIDAR cameras are capable of acquiring 3D images at rates of up to 30 frames per second, which can be viewed as a video and processed for identifying various scene features. In practice, a data processor could autonomously analyze the surrounding environment and execute vehicle maneuvers.
Two versions of ASC’s 3D flash LIDAR camera are currently available: the DragonEye Space Camera (named after the Dragon spacecraft), and a terrestrial version called TigerEye. Both products incorporate improvements that resulted from working with NASA to make the camera ready for space—including its compact size, low power, light weight, and enhanced performance and sensitivity.
“After we brought the technology to NASA, they helped us develop it for space applications. That refined it for other applications,” says Dr. Roger Stettner, founder and president of ASC.
A number of large- and medium-sized aerospace organizations, including SpaceX, Ball Aerospace, and Northrop Grumman, have purchased flash LIDAR cameras from ASC. By 2010, ASC had sold about 100 cameras—not only for potential space use, but for use on Earth as well. 3D flash LIDAR cameras can assist almost any manned or unmanned vehicle with collision avoidance, navigation, or object tracking—through brownout (helicopterlanding- generated dust clouds) conditions, tree leaves, smoke, fog, darkness, or under water. It could also be used for surveillance around the perimeter of a facility or at a border.
“The cameras can be the basis for a solution that would give pilots situational awareness, visibility, and the ability to map the terrain while coming in for a landing— in much the same way you would expect of a spacecraft landing on the Moon or Mars,” says Dr. Stettner.
One particularly useful application is in cars and trucks. When mounted on an automobile, the technology can show a driver how close or far away things are to assist in avoiding collisions. A monitor on the car would distinguish how far away others cars, bicyclists, or pedestrians are, as well as how fast they are moving. Objects that are closer might appear red in the image while objects that are far away might appear green. According to ASC, the cameras could come standard on high-end automobiles in just 6 to 8 years.
In the meantime, NASA continues to fund flash LIDAR technology development efforts through SBIRs and projects such as ALHAT to progress toward a more robust and flight-like sensor configuration with a larger detector array, greater sensitivity, finer range resolution, lower range measurement noise, and flight-qualified electronics and detectors. The objective is an optimal combination of laser power, operational range, and sensor mass and performance for NASA missions.
The way Thomas Laux, vice president of business development at ASC, sees it, “There is a future within NASA—and certainly outside of NASA—for this technology.”
The DragonEye Space Camera™ and TigerEye 3D Flash LIDAR Camera Kit™ are trademarks of Advanced Scientific Concepts Inc. | aerospace |
https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/tag/engine/ | 2017-05-23T06:51:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607591.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523064440-20170523084440-00174.warc.gz | 0.962758 | 1,155 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__155044681 | en | The Skyraiders didn’t only wears Southeast Asia camo in Vietnam with the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF). The Spads were also used by US. Air Force. One of those rare cases of US. Navy designed aircraft which saw service with them. Their primary mission was interdiction along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and close air support missions for U.S. and Vietnamese ground forces. But they were best remembered by the “Sandy” role, when they flew cover for helicopters engaged in pilot rescue missions inside “Indian Country”.
A Nakhon Phanom (Thailand) based A-1H of the 1st Special Operations Squadron (SOS) flying along the Mekong River. Really mean-looking with its mighty oil spitting Wright Duplex-Cyclone, a plethora of weaponry and that old times open cockpit canopy. A real “Firebird”.
This lovely little thing was built by Marion Baker of Akron, Ohio, in the late 1950’s. The basic design owns a lot to Lippish DM.1 and, maybe, the Payenne Katy. To build his dream Baker took some parts of a wrecked Cessna 140 (the an 85 hp Continental engine, prop and wheels). The result was this rare, then, all-metal homebuilt first flown in 1960. A decent, no-nonsense flyer it achieved a very descent maximum speed of 135 mph. Baker made the plans available for homebuilt construction. There were not takers, if my sources are right.
It’s delta day, it seems.
It was soon obvious what was the main shortcoming of the Fw 190: lack of real high altitude performance. As early as 1941, various solution were studied to solve it featuring mainly new power plants with better superchargers and even the use of turbochargers. The C-series was conceived to follow the later approach. A bunch of prototypes were built, but in the end they proved too complicated and finicky. The D-series, with liquid cooled Jumo 312, proved to be the best option.
The Fw 190 V18/U1, the first real C-series prototype, in all its glorious splendour. This prototype was powered by a Daimler-Benz DB 603G engine. That not very refined ventral “pouch” fairing housed the DVL TK 11 turbocharger installation. Easy to understand why it was nicknamed the Kanguruh (Kangaroo).
By the way, this is my favourite Würger.
Developed during the early 1930’s to fulfil a 1932 Aéronavale long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat requirement, the little known Loire 70 couldn’t be more French. A real tour de force: squarish, with a very “nautical” flight deck, draggy with its three definitive 500 hp Gnome et Rhône 9Kbr pylon-mounted (two tractors and a pusher, bien sûre), …. well, utterly lovely in a bizarre way. Four long years passed from its first flight in 1933 until the very handful (just seven production aircraft plus the prototype) entered service due to technical problems and initial low powered engines. They saw peace & war service in the Mediterranean with Escadrille E.7 until the early summer of 1940, when the Italian destroyed the bulk of those still in service in an air raid.
Anyway, a beast with character, maybe even charisma. Another superb head on view; it must be the day.
The inherent complexity and beauty of the business end of the Lightning F-3’s pair of RR Avon 301R engines. Gorgeously British.
The Yakovlev company has the honour of being the producer of the second Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) fighter. Even worse, their Yak-38 was an interim second-best effort and they knew it. So when the time came, in the middle 1970’s, to create a replacement they attacked it with a vengeance. The supersonic Yak-141 (originally it was called Yak-41M) was anything the Yak-38 wasn’t: powerful, well-armed, well-equipped and gorgeously nasty-looking. Sadly, it was born (first flight in 1987) when the USSR was on its way to the history books. When the State funding dried Yakovlev tried to save their brainchild with a collaboration with the Lockheed company, but in the end all came to nothing. Only four were built.
Fires in the holes while its hovers at the 1992 Farnborough Airshow (my guess). Such an amazing photo. With its twin pod tail (to put the main engine nozzle in its appropriate place to the centre of gravity) the Yak-141 was an aircraft with character….and those MNPK Soyuz R-79V-300 main engine and two RKBM RD-41 lift engines. Brutally magnificent.
Not one of the prettiest things, but I’ve always found the tadpole shape of the Intruder really alluring. Appearances apart, there’s one technical feature in this ultra-sophisticated aircraft not pursued in production I really love: its swivelling jet nozzles. As originally designed those nozzles swivel downwards to shorten both take-offs and landings. Tests soon showed that results were negligible compared to the cost, complication and extra weight they entailed. Sadly only the prototypes used them. | aerospace |
https://eturbonews.com/68528/qatar-airways-partners-kidzania-singapore-inspire-love-travel-ch | 2017-10-21T21:21:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824899.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021205648-20171021225648-00540.warc.gz | 0.928867 | 782 | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__227336680 | en | DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways was officially unveiled as KidZania Singapore’s latest industry partner this morning, at a press conference and special preview of the KidZania Singapore establishment on Sentosa Island.
Visitors entering KidZania Singapore will be welcomed at the Qatar Airways branded airport terminal, complete with check-in desks and personnel dressed in Qatar Airways uniforms. The facility is also home to the Aviation Academy where kids can immerse themselves in the world of aviation and travel.
With the help of ‘Zupervisors’, aspiring pilots at KidZania Singapore can experience flying two of Qatar Airways’ flagship aircraft – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the A380 superjumbo aircraft – using state-of-the-art flight simulators. The flight simulation facility was specially designed to demonstrate taking off and landing at Qatar Airways’ home base and hub, Hamad International Airport in Doha, and Singapore Changi Airport.
Kids can also role-play as Qatar Airways’ cabin crew, learning how to ensure the safety and comfort of their passengers onboard. Parents can join in the fun as they role-play as on board passengers receiving award-winning inflight hospitality from their little ones.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker said: “We are delighted to partner with KidZania once again to ignite children’s imagination and bring their aviation dreams to life in an educational and entertaining way. At Qatar Airways, we aspire to go places together with our passengers and through KidZania Singapore, we hope to introduce today’s budding aviation enthusiasts to the airline environment, helping them on their journeys into an aviation-related career when they grow up.”
Voted the world’s best airline in 2015, Qatar Airways will be the Official Airline Industry Partner for KidZania Singapore, due to open in April 2016. KidZania Singapore will be the second KidZania City that the multi-award winning airline is partnering with, after KidZania Kuwait.
On arrival at the Palawan Kidz City, at Palawan Beach where KidZania Singapore is housed, visitors will be greeted with the sight of a life-size decommissioned Boeing 737 that measures over 25 meters long with a full wingspan of 28 meters. Of all the 22 KidZania cities located worldwide, KidZania Singapore will be the only theme park to showcase the full fuselage of an actual plane within its city.
To date, this multi award-winning indoor edutainment center has attracted over 26 million visitors worldwide, and KidZania Singapore is expecting to attract 500,000 guests annually.
Through the Aviation Academy, not only can kids inch closer to their dreams of becoming pilots and cabin crew, they also gain a greater appreciation for the responsibilities and skills required to be part of the airline’s operating crew.
Mr. Leong Yue Weng, General Manager of KidZania Singapore said; “The partnership with Qatar Airways is exceptionally significant, as the plane identifies KidZania City from afar. Parents and children will have the rare chance to come up close with a real plane body, and have their first taste of the level of realism which KidZania represents, as they check-in through the airport counters. The airline establishment, in all KidZania cities, offers some of the most popular experiences and a rare insight into the aviation industry. We look forward to working closely with Qatar Airways to offer a unique and enriching edutainment experience in Singapore.”
Designed to suit children aged four and above, KidZania Singapore complements school learning experiences through realistic role-play. Kids will have the option to choose among a diverse range of role-playing activities within KidZania Singapore. | aerospace |
https://theblogbyjavier.com/2018/07/30/review-of-boeing-current-market-outlook-2018/ | 2023-06-07T12:12:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00742.warc.gz | 0.941596 | 628 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__212027486 | en | Two weeks ago, on the second day of Farnborough air show, Boeing Commercial published its yearly update of the Current Market Outlook (CMO) for the next 20 years of commercial aircraft market (2018-2037).
I have just compared the figures for passenger aircraft of the last two years’ CMOs:
Some comments to it:
- You can see that the total number of new aircraft delivered has slightly increased from 40,110 to 41,750, a 4.1%, which is consistent with the 4.7% traffic increase (1) that Boeing predicts (2).
- The volume (Bn$) increases by a higher percentage, 4.8% (280 Bn$) up to 6.07 Trn$. This is due to the increase in the single-aisle aircraft expected sales in volume (9%, +300 Bn$) and aircraft (6.2%, +1,830), as the other segments see both a forecast decrease in terms of volume and aircraft.
- For years, Boeing has been dowplaying in its CMO the demand for the segment of the large aircraft (seen as mainly 747, A380 and some other high capacity aircraft, depending on the manufacturer). Last year, Boeing stopped to consider them a category by themselves and merged that category with the “intermediate twin-aisle” (i.e. 777, A350…). This year, Boeing has further reduced the detail provided in the wide-body category by merging large aircraft with the small wide-body (i.e. 787, A330…) segments and now provides a single forecast for wide-body.
This year presentation did not include slides showing the accuracy of Boeing’s CMO of 20 years ago in predicting today’s fleet. They used to include such a slide in previous years’ presentations. I will come back to that in a following post.
Find below a slide from the excutive summary [PDF, 263 kB] that provides a good snapshot of the forecast that the guys from Boeing have put up together:
As always, I recommend going through the CMO, as you can learn a lot about the business: from global numbers, to growth, traffic figures, fleet distributions, forecasts, etc… You may find the presentation [PDF, 5.1 MB], a file [XLS, 0.6 MB] with all the data or the full CMO report [PDF, 11 MB].
(1) Traffic increased measured in RPKS (revenue passenger kilometers) in trillions.
(2) These two ratios, 4.1% fleet demand and 4.7% traffic growth, point to an implicit increase in the average size of the aircraft in fleet and / or a higher utilization of the aircraft (higher availability).
(3) Find the reviews I wrote comparing 2017 CMO with 2016 CMO, 2016 CMO with 2015 CMO, 2015 CMO with 2014 CMO, 2014 CMO with 2013 CMO and 2013 CMO with 2012 CMO. | aerospace |
http://ryandurgy.com/2015/12/radio-drones-and-privacy-in-canada/ | 2019-06-17T19:32:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998558.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617183209-20190617205209-00421.warc.gz | 0.954479 | 218 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__129862716 | en | The office of privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien suggests the use of small camera-equipped drones should be restricted near “sensitive and protected” areas.
These areas would include residential neighbourhoods, schoolyards, and prisons.
Yifei Zhao, teacher of an unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones) course at Humber College says that Canadians have little to worry about regarding drones invading their privacy.
Zhao says that she often invites the people to her drone course to see in person that video becomes unusable at a certain distance.
“Once you fly above 100 feet or 100 feet away from any single person, you can not identify the person’s face, basically, from the video” Zhao says.
“At some point it becomes unusable in terms of privacy, if the person, the people, or the objects are too small in the video you won’t be able to identify them,” she says.
She says that permits require drones to fly no lower than 100 feet and no higher than 400 feet. | aerospace |
http://www.flightdesign.com/index.php | 2014-10-26T05:07:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414119655893.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20141024030055-00125-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.968843 | 361 | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__83355670 | en | Oshkosh AirVenture Telegram
This week Flight Design is actively participating at annual Oshkosh AirVenture event running in USA. The attendance at our booth for visitors started Sunday before the show even opened on Monday. The Flight Design press conference was on Tuesday the 29th. Sunday August 3th will be the last day.
At the AirVenture 2014 press conference, that was well attended by interested media, LSA market leader Flight Design unveiled news about the newest CTLSi Light-Sport Aircraft with the Garmin G3X, called the Vision Touch for the CTLS series. Flight Design will also deliver the Dynon SkyView Touch system this Fall. Flight Design announced that testing on the CTLSi with 912iS Sport has been completed and the improved takeoff acceleration, climb and cruise performance of the Sport version has been confirmed.
Flight Design with a strong U.S. presence has created significant attention for the C4 model and as officially announced the new three-door, four seater will make its first flight later this year. It remains on track to offer impressive performance and a broad number of features for only $250,000 / 220,000 €. The world debut of the C4 proof of concept prototype brought great interest from the assembled press and showed that the C4 program is really about to take off.
Flight Design is also very pleased to acknowledge its work with charitable organization Able Flight in helping disabled military veterans and others to learn to fly in a specially equipped CTLSi with hand controls that can be operated by persons who have lost the use of their legs.
Finally, the Flight Design team was proud to announce the Technical Director, Oliver Reinhardt was honored by the standards organization ASTM, receiving their prestigious President's Award for 2014. | aerospace |
https://odishatv.in/news/national/isro-s-lvm3-rocket-to-launch-oneweb-s-36-satellites-on-march-26-199336 | 2024-04-17T15:16:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817158.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417142102-20240417172102-00621.warc.gz | 0.937049 | 290 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__8022472 | en | An Indian rocket LVM3 is scheduled to launch the 36 low earth orbit satellites of the UK-based Network Access Associated Ltd (OneWeb) on March 26 morning, the company said.
The OneWeb is backed by India's telecom major Bharti Group and with the successful launch of the satellites on March 26, the company will complete the global footprint of its Gen 1 constellation.
OneWeb has 582 satellites now in orbit. On March 26 the total number is expected to go up to 618.
By completing the constellation, OneWeb is taking a pivotal step forward in delivering global coverage including India, the company said.
According to OneWeb the second batch of 36 satellites will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) rocket LVM3 at 9 a.m. Indian time on March 26.
The upcoming launch will be the 18 one for OneWeb.
The first batch of 36 satellites was launched on October 23, 2022 from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh with the LVM3 rocket formerly known as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV MkIII).
ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) has signed a contract with OneWeb to launch 72 satellites in two phases for a launch fee of over Rs 1,000 crore, OneWeb Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal had said last October. | aerospace |
https://www.entebbeairportexpress.com/blog/uganda-airlines-receive-airbus/ | 2024-04-19T05:28:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817289.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419043820-20240419073820-00046.warc.gz | 0.939542 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__8758458 | en | Uganda Airlines to Receive two Brand-new Airbus A330s
Following a post published on Airbus’s official Facebook page, Uganda is yet to receive their brand-new Airbus A330s.
The post indicated two newly assembled and painted aircraft in the paint shop at an assembly plant in Toulouse, France. The pictures were captioned “Uganda Airlines brand new A330neo rolling out of our paint shop”.
Sources indicate that these two Airbus A330s were ordered after the relaunch of the country’s national carrier. There are expected to be in Uganda before the year ends despite the COVID-19 disruptions.
Uganda is expected to be among the few countries that operate the new model of Airbus A330. The other country is Kuwait and another yet to be disclosed Airline of a certain country.
By description, Airbus A330-800Neo is a sleek and beautiful plane. It differs its self-unique with low fuel consumption, cabin comfort and operational versatility.
Once the Airbus A330s are delivered, Uganda Airlines hopes to start long haul routes to numerous destinations including Dubai, Guangzhou in China and India’s Mumbai. | aerospace |
https://www.ozketo.com/private-axe-2-astronauts-reflect-on-seeing-earth-from-space-for-the-first-time/ | 2024-04-24T08:21:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819089.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424080812-20240424110812-00040.warc.gz | 0.964964 | 811 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__39405358 | en | After their brief time aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Axiom Spaces Mission 2 (Ax-2) crew returned to Earth with an altered view of the planet we call home.
Can you believe we landed less than 48 hours ago? Ax-2 commander Peggy Whitson exclaimed during a press conference on Thursday. It still strikes me thinking about it, but it was all so fast.
Space axiom launched its second private mission to the ISS on May 21. After spending 10 days on the space station, the Ax-2 crew landed aboard a Dragon spacecraft, named Freedomoff the coast of Panama City, Florida, on May 30th. The crew was led by veteran astronaut Whitson, the director of Axiom Spaces Human Spaceflight, with two mission specialists from Saudi Arabia’s first class of astronautsAli Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, as well as pilot John Shoffner, who bought his ticket to the ISS through Axiom Space in 2021. Aside from Whitson, who has spent a record total of 675 days in space, the three remaining crew members had never made the trip to low Earth orbit.
What I really wanted was to feel the pitch itself, how dynamic it is and how aggressive or soft it will be, Alqarni said during Thursday’s press conference. I was surprised after the main booster separated, the rocket adjusted its pitch and started accelerating and all the forces pushed us into the seat, it was so amazing to hear it.
Once they got to the space station, the crew got busy working on more than 20 different experiments in the microgravity environment. However, the Ax-2 crew members found some time to admire the view of Earth as the ISS orbited 254 miles (408 kilometers) above the surface. That sight of the pale blue dot left a big impact on first-time astronauts. Just seeing that thin layer that protects the whole world and how we should take care of this planet, Barnawi said during the press conference. He made me think about every little thing we do to the Earth to hurt it.
To be able to see all countries become continents and continents become a whole world that we have to take care of, that’s a whole new perception for me, he added. Alqarni echoed the same sentiment, describing the Earth as this fragile globe that rotates in suspended space and darkness and that we need to take care of.
The two Saudi astronauts were the first from their country to visit the ISS, with Barnawi becoming the first woman from the Arab world to go into space. Both astronauts described their delight at seeing the gulf country below from their perspective aboard the ISS. The first night, once we got on board, we were lucky to fly over the west coast of Saudi Arabia, and we were super excited, Alqarni said. We were like kids…it was great.
That feeling of being in space is seemingly addictive, while longtime astronaut Whitson expressed her desire to return to Earth orbit. When asked if Whitson was ready for her next space trip, the former NASA astronaut replied with, “Yes, I’m ready.” Let’s go!
Ax-2 was a sequel Axiom Spaces first private mission to the ISSAx-1, launched in April 2022. After the return of Ax-1, NASA has admitted it has learned some important lessons about having private crews aboard the space station. Even the crew of the Ax-1 he complained that he was too busy on the space station and not having enough time to absorb it all. Ax-2 appears to have fared a little better than its predecessor, with no complaints from this crew of four astronauts.
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http://www.romadue-broglio.eu/new-easa-sms-rules-could-alter-u-s-part-makers-obligations/ | 2019-09-22T08:32:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514575402.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20190922073800-20190922095800-00490.warc.gz | 0.925024 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__158825183 | en | Credit: MRO-Network.com, Henry Canaday | May 06, 2019.
EASA's new proposed Safety Management System rule could have a broad impact on the global industry. Comments are due by mid-July.
EASA’s new proposed rules on Safety Management Systems (SMS) are important to U.S. aircraft part manufacturers, according to Jason Dickstein, president of the Modification and Replacement Part Association (MARPA).
“Europe might refuse to accept U.S. aircraft products or parts on safety grounds if the U.S. does not implement comparable safety regulations,” ………
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https://lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com/2023/06/watch-tuesday-for-joint-base-refueling-flyover-heres-when-and-where/ | 2024-02-21T05:00:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473370.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221034447-20240221064447-00569.warc.gz | 0.922401 | 582 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__182947991 | en | The U.S. Air Force is celebrating 100 years of air-to-air refueling, and the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will embark on aerial refueling demonstrations with mission partners throughout the United States and overseas on Tuesday.
“During these flights, our air crews plan to fly at lower altitudes to allow the opportunity to capture this imagery from various locations in the northeast region,” said Derek Van Horn, a base spokesman.
While mission requirements and weather could pose changes, the general path of the aircraft will follow the ocean and be as follows in New Jersey:
- 1:03 p.m.: Asbury Park, NJ
- 1:10 p.m.: Barnegat Light, NJ
- 1:17 p.m.: Atlantic City NJ
- 1:25 p.m.: Cape May, NJ
- 1:42 p.m.: Philadelphia Airport
The flyover will begin with one KC-135, 8 KC-46s, and 6 C-17s departing from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at the Joint Base. There will be two formations flying the route, approximately 20 minutes apart.
Aerial refueling dates back to June 27, 1923, when U.S. Army Air Service aviators pulled off what many believed was impossible. On that day, 1st Lt. Virgil Hine and 1st Lt. Frank W. Seifert, flying a DH-4B, passed gasoline through a hose to another DH-4B flying beneath it carrying Capt. Lowell H. Smith and 1st Lt. John P. Richter, accomplishing the first aerial refueling.
The KC-46, which will be represented Tuesday, is the Air Force’s newest tanker, based on the commercial Boeing 767 airliner. With a twin-engine design, it is more efficient than the older KC-135 (based on the four-engine Boeing 707 airliner) and KC-10 (based on the trijet McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner).
The KC-46 is the first refueling aircraft in U.S. service to utilize a digital “vision” system to guide refueling probes into aircraft rather than physically stationing airmen at the rear of the aircraft. The setup is similar to its European rival, the Airbus A330 MRTT.
“Air refueling propels our nation’s air power across the skies, unleashing its full potential,” said Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander. “It connects our strategic vision with operational reality, ensuring we can reach any corner of the globe with unwavering speed and precision. Air refueling embodies our resolve to defend freedom and project power, leaving an indelible mark on aviation history.” | aerospace |
http://news.agaviation.org/naaa/issues/2017-07-06/2.html | 2019-01-16T22:31:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583657907.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20190116215800-20190117001800-00146.warc.gz | 0.948091 | 202 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__179873965 | en | The FAA’s contractor, Tetra Tech, has notified NAAA they recently sent out the final mailing to those aircraft owners selected to complete the General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (referred to as the GA Survey). If you have already completed the survey, they express their appreciation or encourage you to complete the survey if you have not done so before the approaching closing date.
The information gathered by this survey is important to general aviation and the agricultural community because it is the only source of information on the size and activity of our aircraft fleet. Data gathered helps to prepare safety statistics and develop an industry accident rate which is extremely important due to the fluctuation in ag aviation activity from year to year. Please do not fail to report this vital information!
Tetra Tech reminds aircraft owners to complete the survey even if they did not fly the aircraft or sold it during 2016. If you received an invitation to complete the survey, it can be accomplished online at www.aviationsurvey.org | aerospace |
https://www.wetalkuav.com/page/70/ | 2019-01-17T01:25:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583658662.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20190117000104-20190117022104-00329.warc.gz | 0.927719 | 761 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__94594831 | en | Drones to achieve “unlimited flight” using wireless charging
Drones for good: UAVs help survey poorly mapped areas of Africa
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https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2016/04/20/vp-8-introduces-p-8a-jmsdf/64773624007/ | 2023-01-30T04:42:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499801.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230130034805-20230130064805-00152.warc.gz | 0.959348 | 382 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__102226938 | en | VP-8 introduces P-8A to JMSDF
The "Fighting Tigers" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 hosted 29 aircrew from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 "Jupiter" at Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan on April 6.
The Fighting Tigers provided a static display of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft, briefed the JMSDF aircrew on the squadron's history and primary missions - and discussed the typical operations and capabilities concerning the P-8A aircraft.
The visit concluded with a tour of Tactical Operations Center Kadena and lunch with the JMSDF visitors.
All personnel involved in the visit noted the benefit of interacting with their counterparts.
"I enjoyed discussing my job as tactical coordinator (TACCO) with a fellow TACCO from Japan," said Lt. j.g. Erik Arstein, who organized the visit for VP-8.
"It's fascinating how similar our responsibilities, as aircrew as well as naval officers provide such great common ground in our efforts as allies."
Lt. j.g. Aaron Ingram assisted with the static display and found the JMSDF were very interested in the aircraft's flight station, especially how to operate the state-of-the-art displays for interface with mission systems and autopilot control.
VP-8 has interacted with their VP-1 counterparts on several occasions in previous deployments both in-flight and on deck to advance bilateral training and partnerships. As this current deployment kicks off in Okinawa, the coordination and cooperation with the JMSDF will continue to flourish.
The Fighting Tigers are based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and are currently on a six-month deployment in support of U.S. 7th Fleet. | aerospace |
https://www.mda.mil/about/awards.html | 2021-05-15T05:23:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989812.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515035645-20210515065645-00439.warc.gz | 0.908614 | 264 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__223551240 | en | Every year, the MDA honors individuals and teams whose efforts have helped make missile defense a reality. Each year, there is one recipient of the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award, and multiple recipients of the Technology Pioneer Award.
Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award
Since 2003, the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award has been an annual honor awarded to individuals or organizations to recognize outstanding support, innovation, and engineering or scientific achievement associated with technologies designed to defend against ballistic missile attack.
2016 Recipient: James N. Miller
Technology Achievement Award
Established in 2010, the Technology Achievement Award honors individuals or small teams who have made significant achievements with technology that has, in turn, advanced the development and deployment of the current and future elements of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Pre-Mission Debris Modeling and Analysis and the Aegis Ashore Design Team.
Technology Pioneer Award
Awarded from 2006 to 2009, the Technology Pioneer Award honored individuals or small teams who made significant contributions to the advancement of technology that, in turn, enabled the development and deployment of the current and future elements of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System.
All recipients are listed in our archive.
Past Recipients Archive
See biographies of all award winners from previous years in our archive. | aerospace |
https://bravozulu.blog/2018/09/ | 2023-06-07T12:58:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00441.warc.gz | 0.952326 | 1,131 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__214117795 | en | So originally I hadn’t planned on doing an FSX version, but it may not be as hard as I thought, although a few features will probably have to be dropped. Would there be much interest if I did a version for the older sim?
Okay so based on the response I’ll look at getting an FSX version out after I get back from my holiday, probably around the end of October.
UPDATE: I uploaded a new installer to both sites last night, it fixes an animation problem with the right wheel on all models, and the gyro compass in the F1. You should be able to just re-download the installer. The new manual has an amendment list on the second page.
So after some final last minute adjustments the Firefly is ready for download. It’s currently available at:
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The Fairey Firefly was designed to fill a 1939 specification for a two seat, single engine, front gun fighter for the Fleet Air Arm, to replace the Fulmar which was about to enter service as a rush measure.
Due to other demands on the first Firefly F1s weren’t delivered until March 1943, with 1770 forming as the first operational squadron in July 1944 and soon in action taking part in the pre-D-Day attacks on the Tirpitz. Subsequent operations would see 1770, 1771, and 1772 operating in the Indian and Pacific Oceans with Fireflies being the first British built combat aircraft to fly over the Japanese islands.
Towards the end of the war the radar equipped FR.1 and NF.1 were introduced, the former for armed reconnaissance, the later for night interception. Both arrived in the Pacific too late to take part in combat but were busy throughout the region up to the outbreak of the Korean War when 827 squadron took part in the first air strike of the war with its F.1 and FR.1 aircraft.
- 10 authentic liveries covering the Fleet Air Arm, Dutch Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Thai Navy, and Ethiopian Air Force
- Multiple stores options including extended range tanks and 60lb rockets
- Youngman Flaps with a low drag cruising position and a high drag landing setting
- Functioning Reflector (F1) and Gyro Gunsight (FR1 & NF1)
- Flight model based on original pilots notes and assorted historical publications from the archives
- PDF manual covering handling, engine, and systems operation
- AN/APS-6 radar display
- Paint kit
- F1 1770 NAS, HMS Indefatigable, Jan 1945
- F1 1772 NAS, HMS Indefatigable, July 1945
- F1 1770 NAS, HMS Implacable, 1944
- F1 860 NAS, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1946
- FR1 814 NAS, HMS Venerable, 1946
- FR1 826 NAS, Royal Canadian Navy, 1947
- FR1 827 NAS, HMS Triumph, 1950
- FR1, Ethiopian Air Force, 1951
- FR1, Thai Navy, 1951
- NF1, 812 NAS ‘Black Flight’, HMS Ocean, 1949
A couple of pictures I found in 827 Naval Air Squadrons diary when I was at the National Archives. This were both taken in 1948-49 while they were in the Mediterranean and show that the post war colour scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky took a while to be applied. There’s another less clear photo of all their aircraft lined up at Hal Far in Malta and no two seem to have the same scheme!
Finally finished typing the manual up, the first draft is here if anyone fancies a preview Firefly Manual. Just the finishing touches with the installer and setting up accounts to distribute it.
Couple of shots of the Canadian textures, this example was from 826 NAS during it’s spell as an RCN unit. They used different shades of grey to the RN, although this took some time to sort out with the manufacturers due to the use of similar names!
The manual is 80% done so looking good for a release this weekend if I can remember how to make an installer!
A few shots of some new colour schemes. 814 NAS who were slightly unique in having a lightning flash on the nose, a Thai Navy example from before they were made to give them to the Air Force, an Ethiopian Air Force example, and an early Royal Netherlands Navy F1.
Planning on adding an RCN aircraft as well for the final release along with the paint kit.
Just a few shots from the latest developments.
The first two are an NF1 of 812 NAS ‘Black Flight’ which was the Night Fighter detachment on HMS OCEAN in the late 40s. You can also make out the latter style rocket launchers which I hurriedly made after I realised they were more appropriate for the post-war aircraft!
The next three shots are inside and outside of an F1 of 1772 NAS while in European waters in 1944. I’m still trying to confirm if this aircraft would have been involved in the Tirpitz raids or if it would have been an earlier Z registration model with the lower pilot’s canopy.
Only a couple of things left to tick off before I start on the manual and installers now. | aerospace |
https://www.turkiyenewspaper.com/son-dakika/drone+attack | 2023-12-03T17:01:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100508.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203161435-20231203191435-00595.warc.gz | 0.963507 | 141 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__250882577 | en | Russian drone strikes on Kyiv and Odessa
Ukraine says Russian drones attacked the port of Odesa and damaged its infrastructure. Other strikes targeted the capital, Kyiv. Drones sent to the Black Sea were reportedly repulsed after 3 hours of non-stop work.
Two drone strikes on Moscow
As Ukraine continued its counter-attack against Russia, two drones attacked Moscow and Moscow region. One of the drones hit a building. No casualties were reported in the second attack.
Moscow hit by 25 drones
According to Russian officials, on Tuesday Kyiv attacked Russia with 25 drones. The drones that hit Moscow caused minor damage. Attacks from both Ukraine and Russia have intensified in recent days. | aerospace |
http://www.spacephotos.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=8000_9&products_id=11731&lg=fr | 2017-07-20T16:44:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549423269.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170720161644-20170720181644-00491.warc.gz | 0.886501 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__130649916 | en | Aviation - Avions NASA-Prototypes
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F-18 jet fighter, is seen here during a recent research flight. The former Navy aircraft is being flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to evaluate a number of experimental aerospace technologies in a multi-year, joint NASA/DOD/industry program. Among the more than 20 experiments being flight-tested were several involving fiber optic sensor systems. Experiments developed by McDonnell-Douglas and Lockheed-Martin centered on installation and maintenace techniques for various types of fiber-optic hardware proposed for use in military and commercial aircraft, while a Parker-Hannifin experiment focused in alternative fiber-optic designs for position measurement sensors as well as operational experience in handling optical sensor systems. Other experiments being flown on this testbed aircraft include electronically-controlled control surface actuators, flush air data collection systems, ''smart'' skin antennae and laser-based systems. Incorporation of one or more of these technologies in future aircraft and spacecraft could result in signifigant savings in weight, maintenance and overall cost. | aerospace |
http://e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=3276 | 2019-04-21T08:21:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578530505.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421080255-20190421102255-00224.warc.gz | 0.874317 | 333 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__119099112 | en | by Robert W. Buchheim
Publisher: RAND Corporation 2007
Number of pages: 348
Written as a basic guide on the uses and characteristics of space systems, this book discusses astronautics and its applications, technology in the space environment, rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, structures and materials, flight path and orientation control, guidance, communication, observation and tracking, and atmospheric flight. This is a reprint of an edition originally published in 1958.
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by Peter W. Merlin - NASA
This volume contains an investigation of remotely piloted research vehicle and unmanned aircraft system mishaps and will examine their causes, consequences, corrective actions, and lessons learned. The book comprises a series of case studies.
by Donald L. Mallick - University Press of the Pacific
The book tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand descriptions of his carrier operations and his research flying career.
by Richard W. Orloff - NASA History Division
With the passage of time there are opportunities to reconsider Project Apollo anew. This book draws out the statistical information about each of the flights that have been long buried in numerous technical memoranda and historical studies.
by T. A. Heppenheimer - NASA
Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to supersonics and engine design. | aerospace |
https://events.techconnect.org/DTCFall/bio2018.php?i=193 | 2021-11-29T09:07:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358702.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20211129074202-20211129104202-00612.warc.gz | 0.95581 | 447 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__170925766 | en | Dr. Michele Gaudreault is the Technical Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado. She conducts scientific analysis and facilitates basic, applied, and advanced research and development needed for future systems. She supports the Chief Scientist in his role as science and technology advisor for the command and maintains technical interfaces with space, ISR, and cyber agencies and the scientific community.
Dr. Gaudreault has 35 years of government service, starting with a summer internship at the Air Force Test Pilot School. She served as a NASA Test Director during the construction and acceptance testing of the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis and the modification of the orbiter Columbia. She served as a Shuttle Controls Engineer and then Ground Systems Engineer at Vandenberg AFB. She was the Vibrations Branch Chief in Structures Division of the Wright Laboratories (now Air Force Research Laboratory). She served as Director of Research for the US Air Force Academy’s Mathematics Department, and also served as an Associate Air Officer Commanding for Basic Cadet Training. She was selected as the first Chief Scientist of the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development, where she directed and coordinated Research and Development grants, technical interchanges, and conference support programs throughout Pacific Rim countries. At AFIT, she was a key player in the transition of the Systems Acquisition School to the main AFIT campus, and the subsequent stand-up of the Department of Systems Acquisition. In addition to being responsible for all of the Virtual Schoolhouse courses, she was also an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the School of Engineering and Management. She retired from active duty in 2004 and from the reserves in 2011. As Chief of Technology Assessments, she ensured future space capabilities by facilitating and promoting basic and advanced space research to develop critical new technologies. As the Technical Director for the Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, she advised the director on science and technology pertinent to ISR and facilitated basic, applied, and advanced research and development needed for future ISR. She is an Adjunct Professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where she primarily teaches aerospace courses. | aerospace |
https://licovuhoxexaviga.stichtingdoel.com/tropospheric-passive-remote-sensing-book-25487mn.php | 2020-10-28T23:03:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107902038.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20201028221148-20201029011148-00202.warc.gz | 0.874432 | 2,029 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__161228279 | en | 3 edition of Tropospheric passive remote sensing found in the catalog.
Tropospheric passive remote sensing
Tropospheric Passive Remote Sensing Workshop (1981 Virginia Beach, Va.)
by National Aeronautics and Space Adminsitration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, For sale by the National Technical Information Service] in Washington, D.C, [Springfield, Va
Written in English
|Statement||Lloyd S. Keafer, editor.|
|Series||NASA conference publication ;, 2237|
|Contributions||Keafer, Lloyd S., United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch., United States. Office of Space Science and Applications., United States. Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology.|
|LC Classifications||QC881.2.T75 T76 1981|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||88 p. :|
|Number of Pages||88|
|LC Control Number||82602377|
This book contains a selection of refereed papers presented at the 6 Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment held in Florence, Italy on March , Over the last two decades, passive microwave remote sensing has made considerable progress, and has achieved significant results in the study of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. The use of reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals has shown to be effective for some remote sensing applications. In a GNSS Reflectometry (GNSS-R) system, a set of delay-Doppler maps (DDMs) related to scattered GNSS signals is formed and serves as a measurement of ocean wind speed and roughness.
Forest biophysical variables derived from remote sensing observations are vital for climate research. The combination of structurally and radiometrically accurate 3D “virtual” forests with radiative transfer (RT) models creates a powerful tool to facilitate the calibration and validation of remote sensing data and [ ] Read more. Abstract. Recent regulatory policies in East Asia reduce ozone precursors, but these changes are spatially and temporally nonuniform. This study investigates variations in the long-term trends of tropospheric NO 2, HCHO, and HCHO/NO 2 ratios to diagnose ozone sensitivity to changes in NO x and volatile organic compound using the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI).Cited by:
Passive remote sensing means that the energy being collected is being provided by the environment in which you are collecting. Examples of this type of remote sensing include things as simple as. Passive Sensors • Remote sensing systems that measure naturally available energy are called passive sensors • MODIS, MISR, OMI, VIIRS Active Sensors • The sensor emits radiation directed toward the target to be investigated. The radiation reflected from that target is detected and measured by theFile Size: 8MB.
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The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space. Editors: Burrows, John P., Platt, Ulrich, Borrell, Peter (Eds.) Free Preview. The launch of ADEOS in August with POLDER, TOMS, and OCTS instruments on board and the future launch of EOS‐AM 1 in mid‐ with MODIS and MISR instruments on board start a new era in remote sensing of aerosol as part of a new remote sensing of the whole Earth system (see a list of the acronyms in the Notation section of the paper).
aerosol effect on remote sensing of the oceans and be used to generate first real-time atmospheric corrections over the land. This special issue summarizes the science behind this change in remote sensing, and the sensitivity studies and applications of the new algorithms to data from present satellite and aircraft by: The launch of ADEOS in August with POLDER, TOMS, and OCTS instruments on board and the future launch of EOS‐AM 1 in mid‐ with MODIS and MISR instruments on board start a new era in remote sensing of aerosol as part of a new remote sensing of the whole Earth system (see a list of the acronyms in the Notation section of the paper).Cited by: Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect () by Y J Tropospheric passive remote sensing book, D Tanré, H R Gordon, T Nakajima, J Lenoble, R.
In its Tropospheric Passive Remote Sensing p (SEE N ) Publication Date: 06/ Major concerns in tropospheric transport are the making of representative remote measurements of trace gases and aerosols and the dependence of these measurements on structural differences in the atmosphere.
Burrows J.P.,“Current and future passive remote sensing techniques used to determine atmospheric constituents”, in Developments in Atmospheric Sciences Approaches to Scaling Trace Gas Fluxes in Ecosystems, Ed A. Bouwman Elservier Amsterdam pp Cited by: 9. Request PDF | Tropospheric Remote Sensing from Space | The study of the distributions and amounts of trace constituents in the troposphere, using satellite instruments orbiting some km above in.
Detection of tropospheric ozone by remote sensing from the ground. Abstract. Due to larger multiple scattering effects in the troposphere compared to that in the stratosphere, the optical path of tropospheric ozone is markedly enhanced (as compared with that of stratospheric ozone) in the Huggins bands from to by: 9.
Extracted from Chimot, J., Global mapping of atmospheric composition from space – Retrieving aerosol height and tropospheric NO2 from OMI, PhD book, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), July The Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) method is a specific atmospheric retrieval approach employed for UV and visible.
Tropospheric passive remote sensing: proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the NASA Office of Space Science and Applications and the NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, conducted by Langley Research Center, and held in Virginia Beach, Virginia, July Liberti G.L., Chéruy F.
() Tropospheric Aerosols by Passive Radiometry. In: Marzano F.S., Visconti G. (eds) Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Ocean from Space: Models, Instruments and Techniques.
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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “Microwave Remote Sensing, Active and Passive: Vol II, Radar Remote Sensing and Surface Scattering and Emission Theory” as Want to Read/5(8). Since passive remote sensing techniques using satellite platforms can cover the entire Earth or any designated area for a long time, and they can be used to facilitate the remote observation of.
Ÿermal sensors measure emitted energy by di§erent objects. Ÿus, in general, passive remote sensing involves the measurement of solar energy re©ected from the Earth’s surface, while active remote sensing involves synthetic (man-made) energy pulsed at the environment and the return signals are measured and : Prasad Thenkabail.
A full chapter is given to bistatic radar, which is now emerging as an imaging technology with enormous potential and flexibility in remote sensing.
The book concludes with a summary of passive microwave imaging.A set of appendices is included that provide supplementary material, among which is an overview of the rather complicated process of image formation with synthetic aperture radar, and.
Remote sensing of atmospheric composition (with a focus on tropospheric and stratospheric trace gases) Michel Van Roozendael. Royal Belgian Institute File Size: 7MB. CHAPTER 15 Remote Sensing REMOTE SENSING Remote sensing is the science of gathering information from a location that is distant from the data source.
Image analysis is the science of interpreting specific criteria from a remotely sensed image. An individual may visually, or with theFile Size: 1MB. This paper will summarize the current NASA Tropospheric Environmental Quality Remote Sensing Program for studying the global and regional troposphere from space, airborne and ground-based platforms.
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Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and Dark TargetPublication Type: Journal Article.In passive remote sensing, the Sun is the radiation source in the UV-visible, near and shortwave infrared spectrum, while the Earth system emits the thermal infrared radiation.
Passive satellite instruments have shown to be the most successful for air quality and climate gases monitoring (Duncan et al., ).
As the examples in the last section on passive surface remote sensing suggest, active remote sensing uses frequencies that penetrate the atmosphere, but the transparent atmospheric frequencies are typically the lower microwave frequencies and easier to generate sufficient power levels.
When an active system illuminates the ground. | aerospace |
http://www.uniqhall.com/the-war-zone/29992/air-force-set-to-field-test-its-counter-drone-phaser-microwave-weapon-overseas-in-2020 | 2021-12-08T10:32:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363465.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208083545-20211208113545-00343.warc.gz | 0.935395 | 2,542 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__185496712 | en | Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone "Phaser" Microwave Weapon Overseas
The announcement comes as the threat that small unmanned suicide drones pose is front and center after unprecedented attacks in Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. Air Force says it will deploy a prototype of Raytheon's Phaserhigh-power microwavecounter-drone system for an operational evaluation within months. The service has been experimenting with a number ofanti-drone directed energy weapons, which also include lasers, in recent years as the threat of small unmanned aircrafthas grown。A Raytheon representative has said that arecent mass drone attackthat caused significant damage to oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabiahas highlighted these concerns“到第n次。”
五角大楼宣布该交易，价值近1630万美元its daily contracting announcementson Sept. 23, 2019. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is managing the program, which it says will include a year-long evaluation of Phaser at an unspecified location "OCONUS," or "outside the continental United States." Work under the contract is set to wrap up on Dec. 20, 2020, meaning that this field test is set to start in January at the very latest. AFRLhas previously tested Phaserat the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
"Experimentation includes, but is not limited to 12 months of in-field operation by Air Force personnel against unmanned aerial systems threats," the contracting notice explains. "In addition, experimentation includes but is not limited to operator training, in theater maintenance of systems while collecting availability (full mission capable, partial mission capable, non-mission capable), reliability, maintainability and supportability data, and system operation against real-world or simulated hostile vignettes without disrupting other necessary installation operations."
Phaser目前的形式is a containerized high-power microwave directed energy weapon. Raytheon says one of its goals is to eventually be able to scale down the system into more portable, flexible forms.
Radars or electro-optical and infrared cameras help cue the system to its targets. It then projects a beam of microwave energy that aims to disrupt a drone's internal systems, causing it to fall out of the sky or possibly initiate a pre-programmed emergency procedure where it tries to lands or return to a point of origin.
Phaserhas the abilityto switch from "disrupt" to "destroy" mode, in which it can send a burst of microwave energy sufficiently powerful enough high to fry electronic components inside an unmanned aircraft. The exact effect could be dependant on the system's range to the target and level of component hardening within the drone.
Depending on the effective range of the system, it could potentially destroy various electronicson other aerial threats, including manned aircraft, helicopters, and missiles. Depending on how Phaser's turret is configured, it is possible that this beam could be aimed at targets on the ground, as well. The U.S. military has already been investigating the potential uses for high-power microwave weapons in ground roles, especially用于迫害保护目的, such asstopping threatening vehiclesbefore they reach a base.
It isn't exactly clear how wide an effective microwave beam the Phaser can fire, but it is known to have been designed to counter groups of drones simultaneously, giving it real anti-swarm potential. It's unlimited magazine also would help in repulsing sustained attacks from multiple groups of drones.
Phaser is one of three high-power microwave counter-drone systems that the Air Force is testing. BAE Systems, Leidos, and Verus Research worked under a separate AFRL contract to build the containerized Tactical High-Power Operational Responder design,or THOR。第三个系统被称为反电子大功率微波延伸范围的空气基础空防，or CHIMERA。
THOR, which is supposed to engage targets at shorter ranges, “just simply wasn’t able to hit targets that mattered for mission," Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Will Roper told a gathering at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tankin March 2019。"I have no doubt that eventually the program will be back, that they’ll have tackled their technology challenge, and they’ll be ready to take the next step."
Less is known about CHIMERA, which the Air Force says is focused on engaging threats at medium-to-long ranges. The serviceexpects to take deliveryof a prototype of this system some time in the 2020 Fiscal Year, which begins next month.
Phaser, which Raytheon has been working on in cooperation with various branches of the U.S. military since at least 2013, could offer a capable and more immediate option. The Massachusetts-based defense contractor says the system downed 33 drones, two and three at a time, during one previous U.S. Army exercise.
“该梁就像一座灯塔的探照灯，”雷斯龙的导弹系统业务的主要技术专家唐沙尔维文，said in 2018。"The fact that you can simultaneously track and immediately move to the next target to address not just a swarm, but multiple swarms, is a big advantage."
最后一点已成为越来越紧迫的问题。捍卫群众无人机袭击事件，只要在一起联网和经营一个自主群体的小型无人机的群，已经证明是非常困难的。就在这个月，18 suicide drones struckSaudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing facility, the largest of its kind in the world, causing significant damage. Saudi Arabian air defenses were completely ineffectual in responding the attack, whichthe government in Riyadh, as well as that ofthe United States和others, say was at least Iranian-sponsored, if Iranian operatives did not carry it out directly.
"There are fairly recent incidents, for examplein Yemenwhere a very large drone with a high explosive payload killed about 40 people, at a prayer ground of all places. And that was on YouTube. It was a real eye-opener," Raytheon's SullivantoldPopular Mechanics。"What happened in Saudi over the weekend [of Sept. 14-15, 2019] was kind of that raised to the nth degree."
The potential threat that Iran's growing drone capabilities pose, even to larger militaries, such as that of the United States, was already on display earlier this year. In July 2019, U.S. Marines on board the U.S. Navy's黄蜂class amphibious assault ship USSBoxer拿下来两个伊朗数万的无人机eStrait of Hormuz, which links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, using all-terrain vehicles on the ship's deckequipped withradio frequency jammers.
沙特阿拉伯的最新事件还强调了使用大量小型无人机的攻击障碍的障碍有多低，因此how great the threatactually is, something战区has called attention tomultiple timesin the past。Drone use among smaller state actors, as well as non-state groups, will only increase in the future, in general.
Last year, an AFRL representative notably said they had visited Afghanistan in 2017 andsaw insurgent dronesroutinely monitoring American activities with impunity. Afghanistan is a very likely location for the Air Force's upcoming 12-month test of Phaser. It is also possible that given recent events, that the service may decide to shift the location of the test to Saudi Arabia.
At the same time, close-in defenses that rely on conventional weapons, such as a rapid-firing gun, may also not have the magazine depth necessary to engage an entire swarm of unmanned aircraft. For instance, the U.S. Army has a trailer-mounted version of the U.S. Navy'sMK 15 Phalanx.封闭武器系统（CIWS）叫百长岁, which features a20mm Vulcan cannon, for defense against artillery shells and rockets and mortar bombs. It is now in the process ofupdating these systemsto be able to engage small unmanned aircraft, as well.
The U.S. Army is also upgradingits Stingershort-range surface-to-air missiles to be better able to engage low- and slow-flying unmanned aircraft. That service is also experimenting with the concept of countering swarms of small drones withits own swarmsof suicidal drones, as well, another concept战区has put forward for some time.
同样的现实也适用于海军设置。大多数美国海军船只都有蝴蝶人或RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile(RAM) to provide close-in protection. That service has already deployed laser-based directed energy weapons on ships in an experimental capacity as possible options for tackle the increasing drone threat and there are漏斗大功率微波系统in development, as well. | aerospace |
https://afrotc.yalecollege.yale.edu/about-us/our-cadre | 2022-10-04T09:32:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337490.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004085909-20221004115909-00232.warc.gz | 0.949571 | 901 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__133559390 | en | Lieutenant Colonel Greg Jeong
Lieutenant Colonel Greg Jeong is currently the Recruiting Flight Commander and Education Officer, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 009, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He also serves as a faculty member at Yale University as Lecturer of Aerospace Studies. Lt Col Jeong received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Texas at Austin and he holds a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Before his arrival to Detachment 009, he was a Strategy Planner at the 603d Air Operations Center at Ramstein AB in Germany.
Major Daniel Gartland
Major Daniel Gartland serves as Operations Officer and Lecturer of Aerospace Studies, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 009, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to his assignment at Yale, Major Gartland served 14 years as an Air Force Civil Engineer Officer. Most recently he was the Operations Flight Commander at the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, NM.
Major Gartland commissioned in 2008 after graduating the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering. He holds Master of Science degrees in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from Texas Tech University and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Major Gartland is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Kansas.
Technical Sergeant Christopher C. Goad
Technical Sergeant Christopher C. Goad is the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Personnel and Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Training Instructor at the AFROTC Detachment 009, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. As the NCOIC of Personnel, and ROTC Training Instructor, he serves as the detachment’s Key Enlisted Leader and primary enlisted advisor to the detachment commander on cadet academics, professional development programs, military training, and discipline. He assists in educating cadets on AFROTC curriculum, as well as, supporting cadet life cycle management and completes actions for contracting, commissioning, Extended Active Duty, AFROTC Field Training and other events/programs. He is responsible for developing quality leaders for the Air Force and the nation.
Technical Sergeant Goad began his career as a Career Enlisted Aviator (CEA) flying in numerous career fields and aircraft including the E-3B/C/G Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), MC-12W Liberty, and the KC-10A Extender. During his career Sergeant Goad has held numerous flight instructor and examiner qualifications and has accumulated more than 4,700 flight hours, including more than 2,500 in combat. Sergeant Goad has held a variety NCOIC positions for various squadron and wing offices. He most recently deployed to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom in support of Operation Allies Refuge, where he took part in the largest non-combatant airlift evacuation in United States history.
Staff Sergeant Danielle Ross
Staff Sergeant Danielle Ross is the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Administration for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 009 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She manages all administrative actions and procedures in support of assigned cadre and cadets at Detachment 009, to include tuition, subsistence, fees, government purchases, and textbook funds. Sergeant Ross executes programs covering the entire life cycle of cadets from military enlistments, medical evaluations, physical training, categorization, and commissioning. She is responsible for developing quality leaders for the Air Force and the nation.
Staff Sergeant Ross began her career as an Administrative Apprentice at the 93d Intelligence Squadron with duty at the 543d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas, providing administrative support to over 800 personnel. She then served a one-year unaccompanied remote tour in Clear, Alaska as the Commander’s Executive Assistant for the dual-hatted Clear Space Force Base and 13th Space Warning Squadron Commander. Before coming to the Detachment, she was the NCOIC at the 365th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group and the 547th Intelligence Squadron, where she deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE and SPARTAN SHIELD. | aerospace |
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Plane-has-engine-fire-no-report-of-injuries-8497702.php | 2022-12-09T01:51:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711376.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209011720-20221209041720-00776.warc.gz | 0.948196 | 82 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__79011149 | en | Emergency crews today extinguished an engine fire on an American Airlines jet that safely returned to Lambert Airport. Lambert spokesman Jeff Lea says there are no reports of injuries. American Flight 1400 had taken off from St. Louis - heading to Chicago. The crew of the MD-80 reported engine problems and returned to St. Louis - where crews put out a fire in the left engine. American is based in Fort Worth. | aerospace |
https://www.outono.net/elentir/2022/07/19/the-maid-of-harlech-the-p-38-fighter-that-was-buried-on-a-beach-for-65-years/ | 2023-10-03T08:22:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511055.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003060619-20231003090619-00795.warc.gz | 0.982157 | 751 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__104239737 | en | The waves of the sea, the sand and the passage of time are capable of burying the most unexpected objects, even a fighter plane.
On July 31, 2007, a resident of the county of Gwynedd, in Wales, found a curious object on the beach of Harlech. What looked like the wing of an old plane protruded from the sand. He photographed his find and reported it to the British Ministry of Defense, but from there they told him that it was surely the remains of a drone used as a target for anti-aircraft artillery practices at a nearby RAF base in the 1950s.
Dissatisfied with the ministry's response, the villager sent the information to a local newspaper, which published the photo of the wing sticking out of the sand. That news caught the attention of Matt Rimmer, a local historian specializing in World War II, who instantly recognized which plane that wing belonged to: it was a Lockheed P-38F Lightning long-range fighter from World War II, an aircraft used in that time by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF). After contacting the resident who had made the find, they revisited the site. The sand had uncovered more parts of the old plane.
But how did that plane get there? It all started on September 27, 1942 at 2:00 p.m. Second Lieutenant Robert F. Elliot. of the USAAF 14th Fighter Group, took off from the RAF airfield in Wales with the P-38F 41-7677, with the mission of towing a target for an exercise. As usual, he took off using the plane's reserve tanks, but 15 minutes into the flight he forgot to switch to the plane's main tanks.
55 minutes into the flight, the left engine lost power. The pilot believed that it was due to a propeller failure. He decided to return to the airfield. He dropped the target, and two miles from the base of it, the right engine died. He decided to look for a place to make an emergency landing and saw Harlech beach. Unfortunately, the plane ended up landing on the beach area submerged by seawater. Elliot survived the crash. Although there were plans to salvage the aircraft, in October 1942 the 14th Fighter Group was deployed to North Africa. There Lieutenant Elliot died in combat on December 5 of that year. His remains were never found.
As for the Harlech P-38, because of the war, civilians were banned from the beaches, and newspapers were also ordered not to report military accidents. Three years after the accident, when the beaches were reopened after the end of the war, the plane had already been engulfed by the sand and the sea. No neighbor in the area knew there was a plane there. It was buried for 65 years, until the changing tides brought it to light.
British law prohibits tampering with, damaging, moving, removing or digging up any part of a crashed military aircraft in the UK, so Matt Rimmer had to seek permission from the UK Ministry of Defense to recover the aircraft. After obtaining that license, Rimmer is currently raising funds on his website to get it back. The aircraft is now known by locals as the "Maid of Harlech", a nickname inspired by a figure from Celtic mythology, the "mermaids" (sea maidens), beautiful women who inhabited the waters (both the sea such as lakes and rivers).
You can see here an interesting report published by Mark Felton about this plane and its curious discovery:
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https://cottontailsonline.com/world-news/spacex-inspiration4-splashes-down-safely-in-atlantic-marking-historic-all-civilian-mission/ | 2023-03-31T13:00:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949642.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331113819-20230331143819-00096.warc.gz | 0.903454 | 192 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__255165164 | en | SpaceX launches all-civilian crew into orbit
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The Crew Dragon capsule Resilience entered the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. Inspiration4, SpaceX’s all-civilian mission into orbit, was launched into space at 1am BST this Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The crew spent three days in space conducting experiments and experiencing Earth at a distance.
The world’s first space tourism flight, carrying an all-civilian crew, reportedly orbited the planet a total of 45 times.
The vacation in space cost $55 million (£40m) a ticket.
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Launch at Armstrong Air & Space Museum
April 2, 2017 @ 11:00 - 16:00
We’ve been invited to do demonstration launches as part of the “Rocket Into Spring” event at the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta on April 2. We’ll be there from 11:00 to 4:00, launching rockets, answering questions, and having fun! | aerospace |
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https://www.valuewalk.com/scientists-are-tuning-in-to-oumuamua-our-first-interstellar-visitor/ | 2024-02-25T19:17:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474641.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225171204-20240225201204-00848.warc.gz | 0.956191 | 729 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__22382793 | en | Oumuamua is moving fast, but scientists are listening in to see if they can hear anything indicating that it’s a space probe from another world. The space object is believed to be our solar system’s first visitor from another star system.
Oumuamua, the “first messenger”
The University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRs project initially discovered the object about two months ago as it moved by Earth on the way out of our solar system. It was dubbed Oumuamua, which means “first messenger” in Hawaiian. Scientists at Breakthrough Listen are studying the object for signals to see if it might offer evidence of alien life. Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner funded the group with $100 million.
According to Scientific American, it was moving too fast for our sun’s gravity to capture it and pull it into orbit. At the very least, scientists say it doesn’t appear to be in orbit around our sun because of its very high speed, so they expect it to continue back into interstellar space on its same trajectory. Breakthrough Listen estimates the object’s top speed at about 196,000 miles per hour.
Ideal shape for a space probe
While Oumuamua is interesting enough simply because it may be the first interstellar visitor to our solar system, it also has a very unusual shape. Scientists describe it as having an “elongated cigar shape,” according to the group.” It’s hundreds of meters long with a height and width that are about a tenth as long as its length, which makes it a very unusual shape for an asteroid, and that’s not the only reason its shape interests scientists so much.
Researchers who have been studying whether traveling long distances through space is possible believe that a needle or cigar shape would be the best one for an interstellar space probe, according to Breakthrough Listen. Such a shape would enable it to move more easily through the stars by minimizing dust and gas damage.
One of the other features that makes Oumuamua so unusual is the fact that scientists did not see a tail like comets have while near the sun. The space object is also a deep red color, matching some of the objects in our own solar system that have been bombarded by cosmic rays, explains Scientific American. Oumuamua also is twirling through space very fast, and scientists say it looks very solid and possibly made up of rock or metal.
Artifact or something else?
Breakthrough Listen emphasized in its press release that “a natural origin” for Oumuamua but added that there isn’t any consensus on what it could be. Breakthrough Listen is studying the space object to see whether it might be an artifact of some kind.
The organization plans to spend hours listening for radio signals from Oumuamua by monitoring it across four radio bands spanning from one to 12 GHz. The group will start listening at 3 p.m. Eastern tomorrow and stay tuned in for 10 hours, which will be its first observation phase. The time will be organized into four “epochs,” with each epoch designated by the period of rotation.
If Oumuamua is giving off radio signals within those bands, scientists could get an answer very quickly after they begin. Breakthrough Listen said that at the object’s current distance, the Green Bank instrument would be able to pick up a transmitter in less than a minute. | aerospace |
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1014061-nasa-orion-spacecraft-enters-lunar-orbit-officials | 2024-03-04T08:19:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476432.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304065639-20240304095639-00125.warc.gz | 0.926007 | 456 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__146026280 | en | WASHINGTON: NASA's Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed moon mission proceeded successfully.
A little over a week after the spacecraft blasted off from Florida bound for the moon, flight controllers "successfully performed a burn to insert Orion into a distant retrograde orbit," the US space agency said on its website.
The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the moon in the coming years — the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
This first test flight, without a crew on board, aims to ensure that the vehicle is safe.
"The orbit is distant in that Orion will fly about 40,000 miles above the moon," NASA said.
While in lunar orbit, flight controllers will monitor key systems and perform checkouts while in the environment of deep space, the agency said.
It will take Orion about a week to complete half an orbit around the moon. It will then exit the orbit for the return journey home, according to NASA.
On Saturday, the ship is expected to go up to 40,000 miles beyond the moon, a record for a habitable capsule. The current record is held by the Apollo 13 spacecraft at 248,655 miles (400,171km) from Earth.
It will then begin the journey back to Earth, with a landing in the Pacific Ocean scheduled for December 11, after just over 25 days of flight.
The success of this mission will determine the future of the Artemis 2 mission, which will take astronauts around the moon without landing, then Artemis 3, which will finally mark the return of humans to the lunar surface.
Those missions are scheduled to take place in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
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https://www.modularphonesforum.com/norwegian-nima-trains-to-travel-into-space/ | 2022-11-29T14:12:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710698.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129132340-20221129162340-00687.warc.gz | 0.94927 | 573 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__199012080 | en | Nima Shahinyan of Hakkadal trains astronauts at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow. The goal is to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2023.
The Afghan veteran, industrial designer and father of two arranges the flight and training through US space company Space Adventures, a company that provides trips to the space station for individuals.
As part of his future stay on the International Space Station, Nyima is also preparing for the first commercial “spacewalk” in history, a spacewalk outside the space station where he will grace a science experiment.
If he succeeds in financing the entire project, he will be the first Norwegian to reach space.
We are looking forward on behalf of all those who are successful in their space projects, and Nyima has shown a great willingness to advocate for this project, says Arvid Berthew Johansen, Head of Manned Spaceflight and Exploration at the Norwegian Space Center.
Professional European astronauts are recruited by the European Space Agency (ESA) after a painstaking selection process. After two years of astronaut training, they usually work for the European Space Agency for many years. The space organization is currently working on selecting new astronauts, and several Norwegians have moved on to the second stage of shooting. The Norwegian Space Center has worked actively to promote ESA astronaut registrations in Norway, and is following the selection process closely.
From being a government-dominated industry, the aerospace business has been marketed on a broad front. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the clearest example of unbearable private initiative. We have also seen that many wealthy people who dream of space have bought a trip to the space station and paid their money out of their own pockets.
Shahinyan is not a billionaire, but he wants to complete the journey in cooperation with financial partners. This is another new way to get out into space. Another example of commercial development is the American company Axiom Space. They want to offer space travel to individuals, companies, and space organizations. They are planning a manned flight to the International Space Station in February or March of this year and want to start building a private space station in 2024.
Lots of training
For Shahinian, accommodation and training in Star City is the first of many. In the next 12-20 months, Naama will be spending a lot of time there.
The NEMA space project is exciting and likely to create multiple positive effects for Norwegian space activities, as it contributes to an increased interest in space and space technology, says Berthew Johansen.
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https://www.businessleague.in/2020/02/12/goair-to-start-daily-flight-on-mumbai-doha-route-from-next-month/ | 2020-04-10T01:59:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371883359.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20200410012405-20200410042905-00272.warc.gz | 0.942123 | 374 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__140095747 | en | - The one way fare on the Mumbai-Doha route is starting at ₹7,099 (all-inclusive)
- Currently, the budget carrier operate flights to total nine international destinations
New Delhi: GoAir has announced that it will be starting a daily flight on the Mumbai-Doha route from March 19. The one way fare on the Mumbai-Doha route is starting at ₹7,099 (all-inclusive), whereas the return fares are starting at ₹14,000 (all-inclusive), GoAir mentioned on its site. The flight will take off from Bombay airport at 5.50 pm and reach Doha at 7.30 pm. On its return the flight will depart from Doha at 8.30 pm and will land in Delhi at 2.40 am
“Doha is GoAir’s first destination in the state of Qatar and the 6th in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. The Mumbai – Doha – Mumbai flights will commence from 19th March 2020,” the airline said in its press release.”
Jeh Wadia, the managing director of GoAir, said, “I must share that our operations in the Gulf region have received an exceptional response and the launch of the Doha sector is in line with our aggressive growth plans.”
Currently, the budget carrier operate flights to total nine international destinations— Phuket, Male, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuwait and Dammam.
In other news, the airline is offering flight tickets to Phuket and Bangkok under its Valentine’s Day special offer. Tickets can be booked till 13th Feb 2020 and the travel period is valid till 31st March 2020, the carrier mentioned on its site. | aerospace |
http://aiteam.org/SmallPlane/a5-jet | 2023-09-21T15:50:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506028.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921141907-20230921171907-00355.warc.gz | 0.949806 | 1,328 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__158989709 | en | On the shore of Lake Isabella, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, a crowd of flight techs, most of them either pierced or tattooed, swarms around a small white airplane. It’s called an Icon A5. It’s a collaboration between an F-16 pilot and a skateboard designer, and it looks like an odd, rakish sea monster.
Today is the plane’s first flight. Aeronautical calculations, computer simulations, and wind tunnel tests have been performed, of course. And yet … every maiden flight is a dance with death. If all that math was foolproof, after all, no one would need test pilots. At 6:30 am, the winds are calm. Jon Karkow pulls a parachute over his shoulders, hugs his girlfriend—a long embrace with whispers exchanged—and clambers into the cockpit; the A5 is remarkably stable on the water for something with a knife-edged underside. The tech crew chief closes the cockpit and gives the carbon-fiber skin a few pats; Karkow fires up the propeller and taxis the A5 out onto the lake.
Back on the beach, a square-jawed guy with closely cropped hair watches, frowning, his arms crossed. Kirk Hawkins started Icon Aircraft, and he has spent the past five years designing and building the A5. It’s a plane like no other—the wings fold at the push of a button, making it easy to store and trailer. The side windows pop out so pilots can feel the wind, and the cockpit has just a few gauges. Meant to evoke something sporty, like a jet ski, instead of a lumbering Cessna or a tough-to-fly experimental kludge, the plane is supposed to let anyone who can afford the 9, 000 price tag become a barnstormer. In a few weeks, a prototype will be on display at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin—mecca for air enthusiasts. If the A5 flies today, and flies well, it could create a new market for airplanes.
In a way, the A5 was made possible by the Federal Aviation Administration. In 2004, the FAA implemented the most far-reaching change to aviation rules in 50 years by creating an entirely new category. Dubbed light-sport aircraft, the category is a sort of intermediate designation between those small private planes parked at every regional airport in the country and flimsy-looking, ultralight “experimental” craft, which are built from kits and flown by the seat of the pants. Hawkins’ A5 is cheaper than the former and more consistent than the latter, and if the economy doesn’t put an end to the purchasing of expensive toys, Hawkins thinks A5s are destined for the top of the wish lists of the Ferrari-and-speedboat crowd. “Those kit-built airplanes are like early PCs, ” he says. “They’re cool, but there’s nothing easy or intuitive about them. The Icon A5 is going to be completely different.”
The FAA has long had strict certification rules for aircraft and pilots. Anyone who wants to sell a new type of plane has to spend tens of millions of dollars on tests and paperwork for the Feds. At the same time, becoming a pilot takes fortitude and a big bank account: A certificate to fly a private, single-engine piston aircraft requires a complete exam by an FAA-certified physician and a minimum of 40 hours of instruction (running almost , 000). And why would you want to? The myth of barnstormers in open-cockpit machines landing and taking off at will, of flying as the ultimate expression of freedom—like Denys Finch-Hatton soaring over the Great Rift Valley in Out of Africa—is mostly a lie. Even small airports are surrounded by chain link and security gates, and private pilots in “controlled airspace”—above 18, 000 feet near busy airports—have to file flight plans and do what air traffic control tells them. It has all the charm of driving on a freeway.
Over the past few decades, all that regulation and cost have nearly killed innovation in the small aircraft market. In 1978, the US produced more than 14, 000 single-engine, piston-powered airplanes. As of 2007, that number was 2, 000. A classic of the genre, the Cessna Skyhawk, is a slow, ugly beast that, save for a few refinements, looks today just like it did when it was introduced in 1955.
Luckily for wing nuts, the FAA also certifies experimental planes. Pilots can fly just about anything, as long as they build it and fly it themselves. This is where most of the innovation in small-craft aviation has come from in the past couple of decades: fabric-winged two-seaters and carbon-fiber kit planes with clean aerodynamic shapes and customized performance. Today, one in seven single-engine piston airplanes is experimental. Putting one of these kits together is hardly a minor project, of course, and when you’re done you still have to get a pilot’s certificate.
The new light-sport category makes it much easier for amateur fliers to take to the air. Planes in this class must have just one engine, and maximum airspeed is 138 miles per hour. Sport pilots must stay below 10, 000 feet (lower than most jetliners) and fly only during the day, in clear skies and away from busy airports. But that’s still a lot of room to barnstorm. And wannabe pilots need only 20 hours of instruction to get certified.
Giants like Cirrus and Cessna are rushing to bring out light-sport airplanes; Cessna has already taken more than 1, 000 orders on its new SkyCatcher, which won’t be delivered until the end of the year. It costs about $112, 000, half what the next-lowest-priced Cessna does. Unfortunately, it also looks like a baby Cessna, and most of those orders are headed straight to flight schools as entry-level models. Meanwhile, the light-sport designation has been a magnet for entrepreneurs. In just five years, a flock of upstart companies have introduced almost 90 planes that meet the new standards. | aerospace |
https://www.inceptivemind.com/natilus-heavy-load-cargo-drones-reduce-cost-co2-emissions/23159/ | 2024-03-05T10:59:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948234904.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305092259-20240305122259-00145.warc.gz | 0.928561 | 404 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__194746166 | en | Volatus Aerospace Corp. has secured the first production delivery slot for the Natilus N3.8T large autonomous drone under development by San Diego, California-based Natilus. Natilus has developed the next-generation autonomous cargo drone freighters designed to dramatically reduce both the cost and environmental impact of air freight.
The Natilus N3.8T is the first in a family of next-generation freight aircraft. It will have a twin-engine turboprop, a blended wing body, a maximum takeoff weight of 8,618 kg (19,000 lbs), and a maximum range of 1,667 km (1,035 miles). It is expected to carry a load of LD3 containers to a maximum weight of 3,855 kg (8,500 lbs).
The aircraft uses a unique blended wing body to pack in 60% more cargo than traditional aircraft of the same size and weight while reducing costs and carbon dioxide per pound by 50%. In addition to the blended wing body design, the Natilus N3.8T integrates the remote-pilot operation and standard container standardization.
The aircraft has completed the second wind tunnel test and is expected to begin deliveries in 2025.
By introducing the Natilus cargo drone into its fleet of aircraft, Volatus Aerospace is creating a bridge between its smaller UAV services and Avidrone heavy-lift activities and traditional charter planes whose facilities will enable the N3.8 T’s operation.
“Reducing the cost of airfreight by up to 50% will bring fresher produce into our stores, enable cross-border e-commerce to flourish, and enable low infrastructure regions to develop,” stated Aleksey Matyushev, the CEO of Natilus. “Natilus is uniquely capable of developing the next generation aircraft due to our understanding and presence in the drone industry and capabilities in commercial aviation. We are excited that Volatus has elected to be one of our first operators.” | aerospace |
http://thetension.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-airpower-summary-nov-20-2008-kc-10s.html | 2017-04-24T21:02:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119838.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00261-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.9266 | 711 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__176974553 | en | US Airpower Summary; Nov. 20, 2008: KC-10s Bring Fuel
Dispatches from the Front:
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 20, 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 19, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
In Afghanistan, an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, conducted a show of force to deter enemy activities and provided armed aerial overwatch for a coalition convoy that had struck an IED in the vicinity of Bari Kowt. The mission was confirmed a success by an on-scene joint terminal attack controller.
Near Kabul, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles performed shows of force to deter enemy activities and provided armed aerial overwatch for a coalition ground forces convoy conducting operations. The JTACs declared the missions successful.
A coalition aircraft conducted a show of force to deter enemy activities in the vicinity of Sangin. A JTAC reported the mission successful.
In the vicinity of Moqor, F-15Es performed shows of force to deter enemy activities and provided armed aerial overwatch for coalition ground forces conducting foot patrol in the area. The mission was confirmed a success by a JTAC.
A Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet conducted a show of force to deter enemy activities in the vicinity of Shurakian. A JTAC reported the mission successful.
In the vicinity of Ghazni, an F-15E performed a show of force and provided armed aerial overwatch for a coalition convoy conducting operations. The mission was declared a success by a JTAC.
In total, 69 close-air-support missions were flown in support of the ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols.
Thirteen Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. Additionally, four Navy and coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.
In Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 47 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions integrated and synchronized with coalition ground forces, protected key infrastructure, provided overwatch for reconstruction activities and helped to deter and disrupt hostile activities.
Thirty-one Air Force and Navy ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Iraq. Additionally, three Air Force and coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.
Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.
Approximately 130 airlift sorties were flown, more than 350 tons of cargo were delivered and nearly 3,750 passengers were transported. This included approximately 82,500 pounds of troop resupply airdropped in Afghanistan.
Coalition C-130 crews flew as part of operations in Afghanistan or Iraq.
On Nov. 18, Air Force and coalition tanker crews flew 41 sorties and off-loaded approximately 2.6 million pounds of fuel to 237 receiving aircraft.
(Report from a U.S. Air Force news release.)
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http://www.seattletradealliance.com/blog/tda-blog/post/greater-seattle-partnership-with-luxembourg-takes-off | 2018-02-21T17:24:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813691.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20180221163021-20180221183021-00131.warc.gz | 0.937187 | 337 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__185957155 | en | The future of space mining is closer than we think.
Last month, Luxembourg’s Crown Prince and Princess including the Deputy Prime Minister toured Planetary Resource’s Redmond facilities after finalizing a 25 million euro deal in November 2016.
Planetary Resources is a Redmond based organization developing spacecraft for Earth observation and asteroid exploration and mining. According to some space analysts, mining asteroids for water and other space resources could become a multi-trillion dollar industry.
More than 30 visitors from Luxembourg flew in to Seattle to focus on the new partnership and to discuss the company’s mission. Planetary Resources plans to launch the first commercial asteroid prospecting mission by 2020 according to a representative from the company. “We are excited that the Grand Duchy is a partner and investor. Just as the country’s vision and initiative propelled the satellite communications industry through its public-private partnerships, their funding and support of Planetary Resources advances and builds upon our substantial accomplishments,” said Chris Lewicki, president and CEO of Planetary Resources, in a comment to the Redmond Reporter.
Luxembourg has a long history with the space industry dating back to 1985 when the government helped form SES, Europe’s first private satellite operator. In 2016, Luxembourg launched its SpaceResources.lu initiative, a campaign on the forefront of asteroid exploration and mining and a focus of the Seattle visit. Luxembourg currently ranks 41st as a customer of Washington state merchandise exports according to reports from 2016.
To see Chris Lewicki present a TED-style talk on innovation, register for TDA’s largest international networking event of the year, Global Cookout 2017. | aerospace |
https://www.archynewsy.com/china-is-preparing-to-land-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/ | 2019-06-17T04:41:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998376.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617043021-20190617065021-00278.warc.gz | 0.940504 | 876 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__177721332 | en | China is preparing to write one of the most important chapters in its history. Three weeks after the successful launch of the Xichang Chinese space base on December 7, the Chang exploration module will attempt to land on the dark side of the moon this Thursday, January 3. China is discrete in this area. Neither the day nor the exact location of the moon's landing was communicated. According to experts, it should intervene in the night, probably around one in the morning (Paris time), for the first morning in Beijing.
This mission is first in the world. Neither the United States nor Russia have yet explored the dark side of the moon. This unknown part of our natural satellite was photographed only by satellites (starting with the Russian mission Luna 3, in 1959) that allowed us to map it. But no car has ever touched the ground and many mysteries have yet to be clarified.
Chang & # 39; and 4, named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology, embarks on board a rover and many tools. If everything goes as planned, the probe will be responsible provide radio astronomy data isstudy the resources of the lunar soil to determine whether the establishment of a permanent human base is feasible by 2030.
No direct communication
The main difficulty of the rover will be to communicate with the Earth. As the Moon rotates synchronously around the Earth and to itself, its hidden face is always pointing towards the opposite of our planet and no direct radio communication is possible. All operations must therefore be carried out independently.
Although the technique is feasible (this is also the way NASA rovers landed on Mars, due to latency of communications), this is a great record for Chinese teams. The only missions they have sent into space to date have been "simple" satellite orbits or rover landings on the visible side.
To communicate with the rover and relay the data back to Earth, scientists will use the Queqiao satellite, launched last May. Now he is in a position that allows him to see both the Earth and the other side of the Moon and act as a relay between the two.
Scientists expect to make great discoveries on the far side of the moon. For example, Chang & # 4 could explain why this face is so different from the side that is visible.
It will also reach the goal of Chang & # 39; and 4 on the lunar plane biology experiments. It will carry mulberry bombyx eggs (which give silkworms), potato seeds (which managed to grow in the reduced gravity of the International Space Station) and Lady Cress (a resistant plant used in the laboratory).
The hatching and germination will be filmed by a camera and analyzed by teams from Earth. The different factors necessary for plant growth, such as light, temperature, humidity and nutrients must be adjusted.
The other difficulty that the rover will encounter will be the challenge of climate. The illuminated side knows that temperatures rise 150 ° Cwhile in the shadow they descend to -150 ° Cor -250 ° C where the sun does not reach, in deep crevasses. Extreme temperatures to which Chang & # 39; and 4 and his plant samples will have to deal.
A long-term mission
Begun in 2000, this space program consists of five phases. The first lunar probe, Chang & # 1; and 1, was sent in 2007. It was then followed by its double Chang & # 39; and 2 in 2010, then Chang & # 39; and 3 in 2013. This last landed on the surface lunar (visible side) in 2013, not far from Mare Imbrium, in the middle of the equatorial area. These different probes allowed to build a three-dimensional map of the surface of the Moon, as well as analyzing its composition.
Last November, the Long March-4C rocket sent the lunar orbit Queqaio, a telecommunications satellite that will allow Chang & # 4; and 4 to communicate with the Earth when it is on the other side of the star .
Chang & # 39; and 5, which is the last stage, will be sent in 2019: the rover that will land on the visible side, in the Ocean of Storms, and will bring a handful of two kilos of lunar rock that will have then for the mission to bring back to Earth. | aerospace |
https://giving.usafa.org/give/AFAFund | 2014-03-09T02:48:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999670852/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060750-00082-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.937618 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__13386520 | en | The Air Force Academy Fund is an unrestricted annual fund that enables the USAFA Endowment to fulfill its mission to provide ongoing transformative
support to the Air Force Academy and its mission of developing leaders of character for the nation. Gifts support "margin of excellence" cadet programs,
graduate programs and services, and provide direct support to the Academy for immediate strategic needs identified by the Superintendent and the Academy
senior leadership. Gifts of any size may be made to the Air Force Academy Fund. Annual, unrestricted gifts of $1,000 or more are recognized at the
prestigious Sabre Society Level. | aerospace |
http://beyondastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/jupiter-makes-temporary-moon-out-of.html | 2017-05-22T23:24:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607242.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170522230356-20170523010356-00095.warc.gz | 0.872477 | 136 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__93490415 | en | Between 1949 and 1961 the gravity of planet Jupiter grabbed the comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu and held it in orbit. Scientists say that this will happen again within a few decades. So what happened to the comet once it left Jupiter's orbit?
"...comet Kushida-Muramatsu eventually escaped Jupiter's gravity. It currently circles the sun in the solar system's asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter." (http://news.nationalgeographic.com)
The comets orbital path around Jupiter
The comet orbited the planet twice before being flung out into space. The estimated path of comet Kushida-Muramatsu: | aerospace |
http://www.aviationtrader.com.au/news/drone-training-pioneer-sees-industry-evolve/ | 2019-04-23T18:00:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578610036.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423174820-20190423200820-00372.warc.gz | 0.969696 | 419 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__50996935 | en | FPV Australia founder and Chief Instructor John Fleming was among the first in Australia to offer a course on flying multirotor UAVs, gaining CASA approval to train in 2014.
In just five years he has watched drone operations evolve from novelty hobby to key capability for law enforcement and rescue agencies, government departments and major industries.
FPV Australia is now one of Australia’s leading drone training organisations, with clients including the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, law enforcement and emergency services agencies, military and the National Parks and Wildlife department.
“When we first started training our students were mostly people who wanted to get in to this new drone industry or fly for fun,” Fleming said. “Now it’s mostly corporates, people employed in organisations that can see a use for drones and are training their own people to use them as another tool in the tool box.”
“I still get phone calls from people who say they’re thinking about getting in to the ‘drone industry’ and asking what the job opportunities are. I tell them that’s not the way to look at it. The most successful operators are those who are adding drones as an extra tool in an environment they already understand.”
As a private aircraft pilot Fleming has also injected traditional aviation’s safety culture and airmanship in to his training, which he believes is a key requirement if drones and traditional aviation are ever to peacefully coexist.
“A drone is an aircraft and people flying drones are pilots,” he said. “And they need to approach it that way, including their attitude to maintenance, training, safety and operations. You’re still putting an aircraft in to airspace, regardless of whether you’re sitting in the aircraft or controlling it from the ground.”
John Fleming will speak at DroneZone Downunder as part of the Drone Pilot Training (CASA Licensing and Registration) session from 10.30am to 11.30am on Sunday 3 March. | aerospace |
http://toolietravelblog.com/entry/newsletter-boeings-new-787-dreamliner | 2020-01-26T02:21:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251684146.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20200126013015-20200126043015-00159.warc.gz | 0.954128 | 606 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__172217643 | en | This past Wednesday, the first 787 Dreamliner rolled out of the hangar in Everett, Washington (about 30 miles north of my home) in a special celebration with the CEOs of All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Boeing, along with the workers who produced the airplane. I watched a summary video of the celebration on the Boeing website, and I have to admit I felt a certain pride in being a resident here. When there's a downturn in the airline business, we all feel it. Now that Boeing was able to finally deliver this plane, everyone who lives here is breathing a sigh of relief! I'm especially proud because they pulled it off despite the current economy.
I am looking forward to the days when the first 787s are delivered domestically, because I want to ride in one! When I travel internationally I look for flights with the Boeing 777 because I love how that plane is put together. I can only imagine how wonderful the 787s are going to be when we here in Seattle get to ride in one.
Improvements in the Airplane
The first thing I noticed on the Boeing videos is the in-seat entertainment. For Economy class, there are individual video screens in the headrest of the seat in front of you. I also noted ample storage bins, roomy lavatories, and tinted windows! No more having to sit in the dark just to be able to see the video screens. The windows are 30% larger, for those who want to look outside, and there are improvements to the Rolls Royce airplane engines that offer a smoother ride.
The new plane uses LED lighting instead of fluorescent lighting, which gives it a softer glow and lower electrical consumption. Personally, I'm looking forward to that -- fluorescent lighting makes you look even worse than you already do after flying all night on an airplane.
Here is the micro-site for the airplane on ANA's website. It will detect your language and display English, if that's your default.
We Get Around
Among the destinations listed for this plane are cities within Japan, as well as Hong Kong and Frankfurt. According to the CEO of ANA, "The B787 is considered a medium-size aircraft but it can travel more than 52 per cent further than a similarly sized B767, while using 20 per cent less fuel. This brand new aircraft presents a new business opportunity for us to open new routes that would not have been viable before and gives us the chance to expand our network.”
That's a really critical issue these days. The cost of fuel is already high, so a plane that can travel further and save 20% on fuel costs is a welcome addition to the skies. One can only hope that it might ultimately mean cost savings passed on to the passengers. (Hey, I'm an optimist!)
I am pleased to report that one of the 787s currently in production is scheduled for United, so I look forward to getting on that plane in due course. | aerospace |
http://defencenewsclub.in/no-overpricing-in-rafale-purchase-we-got-a-good-deal-says-iaf-chief/ | 2018-02-23T14:24:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814787.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223134825-20180223154825-00376.warc.gz | 0.973466 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__143827754 | en | Rubbishing the allegations of the Opposition over the purchase of 36 French fighter aircraft Rafale, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Thursday defended the government saying that it has managed to negotiate “a very good deal and that there was no overpricing”.
At Adampur Air Force Station where two units of Indian Air Force were awarded President’s Standard by President Ram Nath Kovind, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said, “It being a government-to-government contract, we are getting the 36 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) at a very negotiated price. It is definitely a better deal. It is lower than what was there in the MRMCA contract”.
He, however, did not specify the amount. Asked on this, he looked into some papers in front of him and said, “I don’t have the amount”.
He countered all allegations put forth by Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on the issue, including purchase of aircraft at three times the amount (up from Rs 526 crore to Rs 1570 crore for an aircraft) and no technology being transferred to India.
“We have purchased two aircraft in a flyaway condition as an emergency measure. We are getting 50 per cent offset. Technology may not be going to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) but it is coming to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and then to lot of Indians,” the IAF chief said.
Asked if it was coming to Reliance Defence Ltd, he said, “I cannot answer that question”. | aerospace |
http://pandawhale.com/post/43874/what-if-the-moon-orbited-at-the-same-height-as-the-iss | 2017-01-24T15:18:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284429.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00358-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.729236 | 75 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__145685628 | en | Stashed in: Moon!
It's big. Really, really big.
You develop an instant Global Consciousness from the moon.
Moon Bill Would Create National Park for Apollo Landing Sites | Lunar Landing Site Preservation | Space.com
Bitcoin on the Moon gif
Watch new point-of-view footage of Felix Baumgartner’s jump from space | aerospace |
https://uni3dlabs.com/portfolio/augmented-reality-for-the-exhibition-stand/ | 2022-05-22T10:47:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662545326.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522094818-20220522124818-00177.warc.gz | 0.958635 | 262 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__304922420 | en | The largest International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS embraces not only manufacturers of aircraft and military equipment, but also specialized universities, as it is a great opportunity to talk about their scientific achievements and find prospective students. MIREA branch in Fryazino, which never misses the opportunity to find talented school students, took an active part in the Air Show.
In addition to promo events, discussions and meetings, the university stand was also had some entertainment for students, in particular, the augmented reality installation.
There was a camera installed on the stand, which transmitted the image of people passing by the stand of the Branch to a large display (diagonal 84"). But the camera does not only a broadcast, it also complements the reality. This way every person who walks by magically gets a fighter pilot helmet! The helmets are different, they come from different time periods: from protective masks of 1910 to up-to-date enclosed helmets of fighter pilots.
Simultaneously with the broadcast, the augmented reality system automatically takes pictures and everyone could print their cool photos in helmets right away.
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https://newsline.news/in-the-mh17-crash-case-the-dutch-court-showed-some-russian-missiles-as-evidence/ | 2022-01-22T23:44:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303917.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220122224904-20220123014904-00014.warc.gz | 0.973999 | 273 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__105603606 | en | The court has obtained important evidence that the rocket shot down an MH17 passenger plane over eastern Ukraine.
A court in Amsterdam said on Tuesday that the remains were collected at some locations of the Russian Buk missile.
Prosecutors believe that such missiles shot down a Malaysian passenger plane over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
According to court records, nine parts of the Buku rocket were found at the crash site.
Small metal parts were also found in the pilot’s body, baggage and aircraft wreckage. According to estimates by several experts, these parts belonged to the Buk missile.
The court also showed photos of the wreck reconstructed from the wreck, showing thousands of bullet holes. The largest damage occurred on the left side of the cockpit where the rocket allegedly exploded.
On July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Four men-three Russians and one Ukrainian-were accused of participating in the plane crash, which killed all 298 people on board. All defendants were fugitives and were tried in absentia in a specially guarded building near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Given that most of the victims are from the Netherlands, the trial is ongoing in that country. After years of investigation, the main hearing began on Monday. No judgment is expected before the end of the year. | aerospace |
http://maintenanceprocedures.tpub.com/TM-55-1510-218-MTF/TM-55-1510-218-MTF0126.htm | 2018-12-13T19:09:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825029.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20181213171808-20181213193308-00352.warc.gz | 0.738282 | 241 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__132113474 | en | *C. Maximum Power Lever Position Check. Engines
shall be able to operate within N1 or TGT limits at
maximum power lever position, and be off the torque
limit, at 2000 propeller RPM. Check maximum power
lever position as follows:
The only requirement of the maximum pow-
er lever position check is to verify that it is
possible to obtain maximum allowable gas
in the full forward position. If during the
test the TGT temperature limit or N1 limit
is obrained prior to reaching maximum N1,
the check is completed.
Altitude - 25,000 feet pressure altitude.
Propeller levers - Set 2000 RPM.
Ice vanes - Retracted.
Bleed air valve switches - OPEN.
Airspeed - As required.
Power levers - Full forward (do not exceed TGT
and/or N1 limits). For PT6A-41 engine maxi-
mum N1 is 101.5% and maximum TGT is
750°C. For PT6A-42 engine maximum N1 is
101.5% and maximum TGT is 800°C. | aerospace |
https://strangestrangestrange.com/science/space/water-ice-found-at-moons-north-pole/ | 2024-04-22T22:33:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00729.warc.gz | 0.927317 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__15297199 | en | A NASA radar aboard India’s Chandrayaan-I lunar orbiter found 40 craters, ranging in size from 1 to 9 miles across, with pockets of ice. Scientists estimate at least 600 million tons of ice could be entombed in these craters.
The radar, called the Mini-SAR, sends pulses of left-polarized radio waves out to measure the surface roughness of the moon. While smooth surfaces send back a reversed, right-polarized wave, rough areas return left-polarized waves.
Ice, which is transparent to radio waves, also sends back left-polarized waves. The Mini-SAR measures the ratio of left to right circular polarized power sent back, or the circular polarized ratio (CPR). However, a high CPR alone can’t distinguish between rough patches and regions with ice.
The north pole craters had a high CPR on the inside, with a low CPR on the edges. That suggests a material enclosed in the craters, rather than surface roughness, caused the high CPR signal. According to NASA, the ice would have to be relatively pure ice and at least several feet thick to give this signature.
In November, NASA crashed a probe into the Cabeus crater near the moon’s south pole and also found evidence of water. | aerospace |
https://www.theage.com.au/world/lift-off-for-wide-booze-yonder-20070728-ge5gc0.html | 2021-04-18T09:54:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038469494.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20210418073623-20210418103623-00077.warc.gz | 0.974793 | 469 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__3582345 | en | By Richard Macey
The key ingredient that gives astronauts the so-called right stuff may come in a bottle.
US space agency NASA will attempt to explain on Saturday how at least one astronaut may have been blasted into orbit fuelled by alcohol.
An investigation into the health and psychological behaviour of astronauts has uncovered a "heavy use of alcohol" before launch, breaching a rule banning drinking 12 hours before lift-off.
The US magazine Aviation Week Space Technology said yesterday that on at least two occasions astronauts had been allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk.
The report did not say whether the drunken flying was aboard space shuttles, Russian Soyuz spacecraft or the T-38 jet trainer aircraft astronauts use as office cars. However, the independent website spaceflightnow reported that one incident "may have involved a Soyuz launch and another a T-38 jet trainer flight".
NASA astronauts have often expressed amazement at the ability of Russian cosmonauts to celebrate on the ground with alcohol.
NASA's most famous alcoholic, moon walker Buzz Aldrin, traced his problem to his parents. "I had two parents … who had traits of alcoholism," he once said.
But today, in an age when astronauts often wait 10 years for a space flight, why would they risk breaking the unwritten creed, "don't let me stuff up", hours before launch?
Virtually every step astronauts take on launch day — from arriving to put on their space suits, to walk to the bus that takes them to the pad and climbing aboard the shuttle is monitored by cameras. A tipsy flyer would be easily spotted.
The New York Times quoted an unnamed astronaut as saying he had never seen pre-flight drinking. "I wonder how someone could get into trouble right before a launch because of the way they keep us bottled up right before a flight," he said.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post revealed that a computer to be carried to the International Space Station next month aboard the shuttle Endeavour had been sabotaged. NASA said an employee of a subcontractor was being investigated after a computer, not intended to fly in space, had been damaged. A check of the one to be ferried into space showed its wiring had also been cut. | aerospace |
https://www.global-regulation.com/law/australia/228032/ad-pa-31-37-amdt-11---airframe-retirement-lives.html | 2019-03-20T07:04:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202303.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320064940-20190320090940-00433.warc.gz | 0.892314 | 1,177 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__149272016 | en | On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/PA-31/37 Amdt 10 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.
Piper PA-31 Series Aeroplanes
AD/PA-31/37 Amdt 11
Airframe Retirement Lives
1. a. Retire the wing main spar lower cap and the pressure cabin (where applicable) before exceeding the times in service shown in the Retirement Schedule below; or
b. Adopt a CASA approved inspection program to allow operation beyond the retirement life specified in the Retirement Schedule below. Refer to Note 2 and Note 5 for guidance on developing an inspection program.
2. a. Retire the remainder of the airframe after the expiration of two wing main spar lower cap lifetimes, Note 2 refers; or
b. Adopt a CASA approved inspection program to allow operation beyond the retirement limit of requirement 2.a. Refer to Note 2 and Note 5 for guidance on developing an inspection program.
Wing Main Spar
Lower Cap (hours)
Pressure Cabin (pressurised flights)
PA-31P-350 with 3368kg MTOW (STC 72-6)
PA-31T1 with optional tip tanks
PA-31T3 with optional tip tanks
* Aircraft which have been modified in accordance with Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd. Engineering Release PA31-0001 (Model PA-31, -300, -325) or PA31-0002 (Model PA31-350), and which are subject to the related ongoing inspection program of ER PA31-0003, are exempt from the wing fatigue life limitation. The airframe life limitation of Requirement para 2 still applies.
Note 1: The wing main spar lower cap comprises the complete spar cap assembly including the “T” section element, the nesting angles, and the reinforcing strips. It is recommended, but not essential, that the centre section splice plate be retired with the spar cap.
Note 2: The available fatigue data covers wing main spars and pressure cabins only. The durability of other parts of the airframe has not been evaluated, and is therefore unknown.
Based on experience, the Authority is prepared to credit unevaluated structure with a retirement life equal to double the life for the wing spar (Requirement para 2). An extension beyond this may be available, but any application must be supported by a fatigue substantiation covering all the remaining primary structure. This should include empennage, wing centre section, wing rear spar, control surfaces, unpressurised fuselages, etc. The substantiation may take the form of a sufficiently rigorous inspection program to ensure that any fatigue cracking which could occur in service will be detected before the aircraft is endangered.
Revised airframe lives approved against earlier issues of this Directive still apply.
Note 3. The model designations in the Retirement Schedule are as listed in FAA Type Certificate Data Sheets A2050 and A8EA. The variation between the popular and the official designation for some models has caused confusion in the past; AAC Articles 133-5 (August 1982) and 135-5 (October 1982) refer. All PA-31 series aircraft have life-limited wings. If your model is not listed in the Retirement Schedule, or if you are uncertain of the official model designation for your aircraft, please contact your CASA District Office.
Note 4. The requirement for tracking weights and average flight times has been removed as a result of a sensitivity analysis that was conducted. To operate beyond the retirement life refer to requirements 1.b. & 2.b.
Note 5. In developing an inspection program consideration must be given to the principles of damage tolerance. A Damage Tolerant analysis of critical parts is required such that inspections include probable locations of damage due to fatigue, corrosion or accidental damage per FAR 23.573(b). For guidance on this aspect, refer to FAA Advisory Circular 23-13A “Fatigue, Fail-Safe, and Damage Tolerance Evaluation of Metallic Structure for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes”.
This Amendment becomes effective on 2 February 2012.
The retirement lives promulgated in this Directive are based on fatigue tests and analyses conducted by the manufacturer. According to these evaluations, the risk of airframe cracking increases to an unacceptable level beyond the specified life limitations.
Amendment 11 provides alleviation to the retirement requirement of paragraphs 1.a. and 2.a. by allowing a CASA Approved Damage Tolerance inspection program as an alternative.
Amendment 10 became effective on 25 February 1999 and removed the requirement to record average weight and flight times. This was a result of a sensitivity analysis carried out by CASA on the relative effects of different sortie profiles and their relative effect on true fatigue life.
Amendment 9 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on
27 December 1990.
Amendment 8 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 7 September 1975.
The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on
31 March 1975.
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
2 February 2012 | aerospace |
https://www.propilots.de/en/how-digitization-eliminates-human-error/ | 2023-10-05T03:41:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511717.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231005012006-20231005042006-00371.warc.gz | 0.967372 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__23462847 | en | The company ProPilots was represented at the aerospace exhibition AERO from 17. to 21.April 2018 in Friedrichshafen. Many discussions have been conducted around the topic “human error” and “digitization” with the help of the security management system of the company ProPilots. In addition, the company ProPilots has presented the problem areas “human error” and their solutions to an interested audience on the exhibition platform in the helicopter forum.
In addition, the best flight instructor in the world has been presented, which is available via an app since January 2018 in the Google Play Store next to the Appstore. Many pilots were impressed by the revolutionary 3D animations that unmistakably and impressively represent every danger situation in helicopters or airplanes.
In addition, the collaboration with the company Air Colleg Consulting has been successfully outlined by the joint booth at the German Helicopter Club. The joint cooperation leads to many interesting discussions, especially with regard to the efficient and effective training of aviation personnel through innovative teaching methods.
Conclusion: The fair was a complete success! For prospective customers, customers and for the company ProPilots itself | aerospace |
https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/klm-boosts-newcastle-frequency | 2022-01-26T09:01:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304928.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220126071320-20220126101320-00562.warc.gz | 0.941585 | 326 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__168323899 | en | KLM has hiked frequency between Newcastle and it’s Amsterdam hub to four flights a day.
The expanded schedule gives 28 flights a week to Schiphol for connections onto the airline’s global network.
The additional flights couple up with sister airline Air France’s 12 flights a week to Paris.
Newcastle airport head of aviation development Leon McQuaid said: “KLM is a very important and long-standing airline partner of ours, and we welcome the confidence the airline has shown by further investing in the region.
“As we move from 2021 and into 2022, the added capacity to the schedule will not only improve the region’s connectivity to Amsterdam but also throughout the world thanks to KLM’s wider global network.”
Air France and KLM’s new UK and Ireland general manager Fahmi Mahjoub added: “With the addition of the extra service, KLM is pushing its commitment to passengers in Newcastle and the rest of the region even further.
“While the aviation industry has had to adapt to challenges faced over the past 20 months and we continue to monitor the situation, we are pleased to be in a position where we can increase the number of flights we are offering.
“With our flexible booking policy, allowing customers to change their flights or obtain a full refund at any time before departure, travellers can feel confident booking with KLM.
“As we approach the festive season, the additional service gives even more options for our customers to travel and reunite with their loved ones.” | aerospace |
http://tigermoth.cz/en/air-displays | 2024-02-26T22:12:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474663.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226194006-20240226224006-00364.warc.gz | 0.942897 | 420 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__193730890 | en | The big advantage of Moths is their agility and relatively low speed in individual aerobatic manoeuvres. Also this would make her display attractive to spectators for it can be entirely performed in a small area. Furthermore aerobatics of pre WWII built aircraft can very seldom be seen nowadays.
During 2009-2016 the airplanes were painstakingly restored into ultimately original condition including instrument equipment and impressive EFTS colour scheme used in the forties as it served in the Royal Air Force Airbases (Brough, Shellingford etc.) As per letter dated December 1, 2014 and June 10 2012 respectively the RAF is pleased to announce that aircraft were approved a deviation enabling use of original war time camouflage with no civil markings. Shortly this deviation is approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom on January 5 2015 and July 22 2012 respectively. Therefore the civil registration cannot be found on the airplanes.
In order to make the overall impression authentic as much as possible our Moth pilots use original flying gear (or intimate replicas) of the World War II Royal Air Force. This would be their tribute to Czechoslovak airmen and mechanics serving in RAF during the war.
- Price of the Air Display in the Czech Republic EUR 1500,00/day
- Price of the Air Display outside Czech Republic EUR 1500,00/day & ferry expenses
Or even better - a pair of Tigers:
- Price of the Air Display in the Czech Republic EUR 2900,00/day
- Price of the Air Display outside Czech Republic EUR 2900,00/day & ferry expenses
The above prices are listed without VAT and apply to events where entry fees are collected. Other events are subject to a special covenant.
A selection RAF pilot gear as used during displays. Left: A Battle Dress with Czechoslovak insignia proportionate to the rank of a Flight Lieutenant, officer visor cap and Fleet Air Arm C type flying helmet & flying goggles Mk.VIII. Right: a Sidcot Flying Suit for cold weather operations – a 1917 pattern replica yet fitted with button zipping. | aerospace |
https://www.ogdencity.com/1909/17044/Concerns-Complaints?activeLiveTab=widgets | 2024-03-02T00:58:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475711.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301225031-20240302015031-00520.warc.gz | 0.92843 | 134 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__167261078 | en | The Ogden Airport aspires to have an environment for the community where residents and members of the community are listened to, appreciated, and informed. When residents or community members have concerns or complaints, we ask you to follow the following instructions to make sure you're contacting the right department.
General Aviation Aircraft
If the concern is regarding low flying aircraft or you have a question about a certain aircraft, please contact the FlightStandard District Office (FSDO).
Phone: (801) 257-5096
If you are concerned about Military Aircraft or would like information regarding the frequency and noise. Contact Public Affairs Office (PAO) at Hill Air Force Base. | aerospace |
https://neeb-crane.com/large-scale-operation-for-the-european-space-agency-esa-in-spain-13042004-to-2005/ | 2023-09-22T10:57:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00171.warc.gz | 0.878715 | 124 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__119466836 | en | Together with a business associate Neeb begings the construction of a ground station for space surveillance at the European Space Agency ESA. This station should improve radio comunication between Earth and ESA space explorers. The construction work can be viewed at any time via the ESA Webcam at www.vilspa.esa.int/4webcam/. Additional information can also be found on google under: esa cebreros. Mobile crane 60 ton to 300 ton will be used for this task as well as two LTM 1800 (800 ton) and L 1600 (600 crawler) for lifting the mirror. | aerospace |
https://weatherology.com/trending/articles/Professor-Paul-Weather-Moon-Landing.html | 2024-04-25T13:46:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297295329.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425130216-20240425160216-00242.warc.gz | 0.977833 | 534 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__26260820 | en | During the space race that went at a feverish pace during the 1960s, many calculations needed to be solved in order for each mission to be completed successfully. From when JFK asked NASA to find a way to land on the Moon in 1961, it took 8 more years until all the challenges involved in attempting a moon landing were figured out. Rocket trajectories, propulsion, and fuel needs are the first things that may come to mind, but preparing for the weather conditions that would be experienced on the Moon was also integral to the success of the first lunar landing.
It isn’t often that you think about the climate of the Moon, but it certainly was a major factor that had to be considered when a moon landing was being planned for Apollo 11. Lunar temperatures are about as extreme as we have been able to measure anywhere in the Solar System. Since the Moon has no atmosphere, the Sun’s rays strike the lunar service with no filter. This allows temperatures to climb to around 260 degrees Fahrenheit on the sunny side of the Moon. Conversely, the dark side of the Moon sees extreme cold due to the lack of an atmosphere. Just as atmospheric gases filter the Sun's incoming energy, they also trap some of the heat that tries to escape back to space. This allows for an extreme amount of heat to leave the surface of the Moon when it is in darkness, resulting in plummeting temperatures to as cold as -380 degrees Fahrenheit at times.
A lunar day lasts about 29 Earth days. This means the Sun shines for about 2 weeks straight, followed by 2 weeks of darkness for a cycle to be complete. NASA knew that the best time to land the Eagle spacecraft would be in an area where the Sun was just starting to shine (or during lunar dawn). This way, the most extreme temperatures of the Moon could be avoided. Even then, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong would have to be able to withstand extreme heat during the lunar landing. Water-cooled suits were worn, and their time on the Moon was limited to less than 3 hours in order to avoid hyperthermia. The exterior of the suits were fashioned to be highly reflective, so as not to heat up. Special footwear was also placed over their space boots that had several layers of thermal protection built into them.
Aside from the extreme temperatures, the Moon has little in the way of elements that we often associate with weather. With no wind or precipitation, the only disturbance to the surface is an occasional piece of space debris. Because of this, those first steps made on the Moon back on July 20th, 1969 have remained preserved in the moondust to this day. | aerospace |
https://www.russiadefence.net/t7951p150-us-navy-and-naval-aircraft-news | 2021-12-07T05:37:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363336.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207045002-20211207075002-00540.warc.gz | 0.897687 | 1,355 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__53556962 | en | The U.S. Navy installed a new AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) in its Advanced Radar Development Evaluation Laboratory (Ardel) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) off Hawaii.
The Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) is a next-generation radar system designed to provide ballistic missile defense, air defense, and surface warfare capabilities. AMDR will initially support DDG 51 Flight III. The AMDR suite consists of an S-band radar (AMDR-S) for ballistic missile and air defense, X-band radar, and a Radar Suite Controller (RSC). AMDR-S is a new development Integrated Air and Missile Defense radar providing sensitivity for long range detection and engagement of advanced threats. The X-band radar is a horizon-search radar based on existing technology. The RSC provides S and X band radar resource management, coordination, and interface to the combat system. The Navy expects AMDR to provide a scalable radar architecture that can be used to defeat advanced threats.
The Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) was initially developed to support Theater Air and Missile Defense requirements as part of a next generation cruiser, CG(X), radar suite.
The AMDR will provide multi-mission capabilities, supporting both long range, exoatmospheric detection, tracking and discrimination of ballistic missiles, as well as Area and Self Defense against air and surface threats. For the BMD capability, increased radar sensitivity and bandwidth over the current SPY-1 system is needed to detect, track and support engagements of advanced ballistic missile threats at the required ranges.
For the Area Air Defense and Self Defense capability, increased sensitivity and clutter rejection capability is needed to detect, react to, and engage stressing Very Low Observable / Very Low Flyer (VLO/VLF) threats in the presence of heavy land, sea, and rain clutter. This effort provides for the development of an active phased array radar with the required capabilities to pace the evolving threat. Modularity of hardware and software, a designed in growth path for technology insertion, and Open Architecture (OA) Compliance are required for performance and technology enhancements throughout service life.
AMDR provides greater detection ranges and increased discrimination accuracy compared to the AN/SPY-1D(V) radar onboard today’s destroyers. The system is built with individual ‘building blocks’ called Radar Modular Assemblies. Each RMA is a self-contained radar transmitter and receiver in a 2’x2’x2’ box. These RMAs stack together to fit the required array size of any ship, making AMDR the Navy’s first truly scalable radar.
This advanced radar comprises:
S-band radar – a new, integrated air and missile defense radar
X-band radar – a horizon-search radar based on existing technology
The Radar Suite Controller (RSC) – a new component to manage radar resources and integrate with the ship’s combat management system
1)Scalable to suit any size aperture or mission requirement
2)Over 30 times more sensitive than AN/SPY-1D(V)
3)Can simultaneously handle over 30 times the targets than AN/SPY-1D(V) to counter large and complex raids
4)Adaptive digital beamforming and radar signal/data processing functionality is reprogrammable to adapt to new missions or emerging threats.
AMDR’s performance and reliability are a direct result of more than 10 years of investment in core technologies, leveraging development, testing and production of high-powered Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, distributed receiver exciters, and adaptive digital beamforming. AMDR’s GaN components cost 34% less than Gallium Arsenide alternatives, deliver higher power density and efficiency, and have demonstrated meantime between failures at an impressive 100 million hours.
.AMDR has a fully programmable, back-end radar controller built out of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) x86 processors. This programmability allows the system to adapt to emerging threats. The commercial nature of the x86 processors simplifies obsolescence replacement – as opposed to costly technical refresh/upgrades and associated downtime – savings that lower radar sustainment costs over each ship’s service life. AMDR has an extremely high predicted operational availability due to the reliable GaN transmit/receive modules, the low mean-time-to-repair rate, and a very low number of Line Replaceable Units. Designed for maintainability, standard LRU replacement in the RMA can be accomplished in under six minutes – requiring only two tools.
Inefficiencies in radar transmitters lead to large prime power and cooling requirements for radars. The resulting RADAR prime power and cooling needs have a significant impact on radar weight, deckhouse volume, and cost and in turn can drive platform design. These problems are exacerbated for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) applications requiring long pulse lengths. Power amplifier (PA) inefficiencies are the driving factor for transmitter inefficiencies and improvements in power amplifier efficiency will provide significant Radar and platform benefits.
Plans for the Air and Missile Defense Radar are to leverage research and development investments, integrate sufficiently matured fundamental advanced technologies from technology risk reduction efforts and allies, and incorporate Open Architecture approaches to develop a scalable radar design with major improvements in power, sensitivity, resistance to natural and man-made environments over curren radar systems for multi-mission TAMD (BMD and Area AAW). System design will be accomplished using proven advanced technologies and commercial standards to lower schedule risk and develop a product with the lowest life-cycle cost.
The total quantity of systems to sustain is 22. Each system includes four fully populated AMDR-S array faces and a Radar Suite Controller (RSC). Each system will have an operational life of 40 years. The O&S Time Horizon is 50 years (FY 2021 – FY 2070). The antecedent system is AN/SPY-1D(V). AN/SPY-1D(V) has fielded 32 systems, each with a planned service life of 35 years. The planned sustainment strategy for AMDR includes post-delivery routine software maintenance, software updates every two years to address new threats and other emergent capability requirements, Commercial Off The Shelf processing equipment upgrades on an 8-year cycle, and a two-level maintenance philosophy (Organization and Depot).
Does Russian Navy operate such S and X band Radars on their ships ? | aerospace |
http://kottke.org/06/10/great-photos-of-the-space-shuttle-launch | 2016-08-29T14:42:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982964275.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823200924-00031-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.813283 | 75 | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__96703904 | en | Great photos of the Space Shuttle launch taken from the International Space Station. (via cyn-c)
Update: The photos weren't taken from the ISS but from a chase plane. (thx, greg)
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https://www.banggearwatch.com/pricetracker/kingkong-ldarc-tiny-6x-65mm-brushed-1250958/ | 2019-05-27T03:49:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232260658.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190527025527-20190527051527-00396.warc.gz | 0.764422 | 213 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__205967514 | en | KINGKONG/LDARC TINY 6X 65mm Micro Racing FPV Quadcopter With 716 Brushed Motors Based on F3 Brush Flight Controller
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KingKong / LDARC TINY 6X 65mm stroke FPV Drone With 716 brushed motors based flight controllers F3
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No.: TINY 6x
Versions: basic / Advanced PNP
Engine Type: brushed
Engine: 716 17600kv
Propeller: 3 blades 31 mm flight controller :
VTX: 5.8 g 16CH 25 MW Mini FPV transmitter
Room: 199C 800TVL 150
Weight: 25g (without battery and receiver) < | aerospace |
https://talk247.net/threads/we-all-know-that-neil-armstrong-was-the-first-man-to-set-foot-on-the-moon-dont-we.371/ | 2019-07-16T15:16:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195524568.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190716135748-20190716161748-00149.warc.gz | 0.969116 | 1,022 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__121343201 | en | But how many have given any thought to the fact that they never actually set foot there? The two people shown on the moon being Russians, Joint U.S.-Soviet Moon Landing. Within a year of his Rice University statement, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” in 1962, Kennedy came to have second thoughts on the Apollo program as costs rose, budgets exploded and the scientific value of a moon mission came under question. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September 1963, Kennedy actually made a bold statement that is seldom repeated: he suggested that the U.S. and Soviet Union could work together to reach the moon. The US led the way, with Russia doing the actual landing, but not coming back. NASA & the US took full credit for the first manned lunar landing. At the height of the Cold War, both countries came together in space. Under the full glare of the media spotlights with the Apollo Soyuz Test Program(ASTP) in July of 1975 Consider this, the U.S.government wanted to distract the public’s attention away from the deeply unpopular Vietnam war. Coincidentally (perhaps) lunar activities subsequently stopped, with planned missions cancelled, around the same time that the U.S. ceased its involvement in Vietnam. No further manned missions, after 1975, the year the US pulled out of Vietnam. At the time the US were at war in Vietnam. April 1969 Number of U.S. troops dead outstrips the 33,629 killed in the Korean War. Apollo 10 (Dress rehersal for Apollo 11), May 18–26, 1969 June 1969 Nixon announces the replacement of 25,000 U.S. troops with ARVN soldiers Apollo 11, July 16–24, 1969 October 1969 Hundreds of thousands of Americans take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the country November 1969 Americans learn of My Lai Massacre, resulting in major antiwar demonstrations Apollo 12, November 14–24, 1969 April 1970 U.S. and ARVN troops invade Cambodia to fight NVA-backed Khmer Rouge guerillas, college antiwar demonstrations intensify Apollo 13(The one that went wrong), April 11–17, 1970 Capricorn One is often quoted as being NASA's admission that they didn't get men(no women) to the moon & return them to earth. However view it a different way. They, NASA, got men to the moon & back on more than one occassion. But the story behind Capricorn One then changes to one of: We did do what we said we did, land men on the moon & return them safely to earth. But if we hadn't done it, this is how we would have done it(Capricorn One story). 2001: A space Odyssey. The fact that those making the film, at NASA East, were actually receiving help from NASA at the time to make certain that what they were portraying as space travel conditions, Zero-G and importantly what it, gravity, would be like on the moon were correct. And how that gravity would effect movement. All before they had "landed on the moon" makes it seem a wee bit odd. It wasn't the only British help they had either, look familar, if not a little bit larger than what was claimed to have been used? Shepperton Studios, where 2001 was filmed received regular visits from NASA & had the nickname NASA East. You had NASA, advising NASA East, using information they had been given by the British Interplanetary Society. Which devolped the idea of both landing on & taking of from the surface of the moon, in August 1947! An idea that was copied almost entirely by NASA in the 60's. A member of the BIS was present at Mission Control, informing NASA at every "US landing"! Apollo 13, the movie by Ron Howard, managed to film in a maunfactured zero-G enviroment. Using some of the techniques used were the same as those used at NASA East(2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 68) and also by NASA themselves in the 60's. US Airforce also used some of the same technology. The ASTP was the super powers "admission" that they'd worked together on the moon landings. NASA just happened to have devolped the docking module that allowed the project to happen, about 8 years earlier. The ASTP was the final flight of an Apollo spacecraft. Immediately after the launch of the Apollo spacecraft, preparations began to convert Launch Pad 39B and the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center for use by the Space Shuttle, the United States' next manned spacecraft program. It also marked the end of US manned spaceflight until the Space Shuttle flights. Why send two rockets up. The third stage could easily have held a seperate payload(crew/airlock adaptor) that then travelled onto the moon. | aerospace |
https://www.worldofindie.co.uk/?tag=1993 | 2021-06-24T22:22:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488559139.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20210624202437-20210624232437-00056.warc.gz | 0.978409 | 891 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__6042539 | en | So browsing the internet recently, I came across a great blog by Ralph Mirebs. He classes himself as an urban explorer and photographer. In this blog post, he has some awesome photographs that he has taken in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.
The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is currently the only place where astronauts can be sent up to the International Space Station. They get sent up via the Soyuz rocket, after the USA’s Space Shuttle was retired in 2011. Now the European space agency, and NASA both use this launch site to send up astronauts. On the subject of the space shuttle though, one hangar in the Cosmodrome holds some great pieces of history, captured by Mirebs in photographic form.
The hangar in question is knows as the MZK building. Designed by the Izhevsk Institute “Prikampromproekt”, the building is 132m long, and 62m high. Its fairly run down now, but in it’s day it was at the pinnacle of the Soviet space effort. The doors on the front measure 42m by 36m. Big enough to transport the rocket systems needed for the project. On top of that, these doors were perfectly sealed, so the building could be kept at a higher than normal pressure, to keep dust out. They weren’t really doors, they were just structures that just happened to move.
The building itself is fairly close to a heavily used launch site, so naturally it was made from a special form of steel, and was designed to withstand a rocket exploding on the nearest launch site. There are offices and laboratories on either side, four stories high. They hold testing equipment and controls. Inside the main part of the building are 3 cranes that are able to lift 400 tons each.
So what is this enormous secret Soviet era building holding? Well it houses 2 Buran class rockets, of only a few left in the world. The Buran programme was the Soviets reaction to the NASA’s space shuttle system. Although the Buran programme didn’t really take off (if you’ll pardon the pun!) it still holds some historical significance today. The reasoning behind the Buran system will be saved for a later post.
Looking at them, you would be forgiven for thinking that these weren’t really important. They have years of bird poo and dust covering them. Of the two ships in the hangar, one is the second flying prototype. Known as “little bird”, although never officially named. At the time that the Buran programme finished in 1993, it was about 97% ready. Unfortunately, the ship is now showing signs of wear, with the heat tiles falling off, and smashed windows. This ship started to be built in 1988, and was meant to fly in 1991 and 1992; with planned flights to the Mir space station.
The second ship is known only as OK-MT, simply made as an engineering mockup. It has the same look, and shape, but was never designed to fly, it was for use by engineers to test functions on the ship, so they don’t accidentally break the real thing. This one was a mockup for the other ship, known as OK-1k2, which was the only Buran calls shuttle to have the red bars on the cargo bay. This one seems in better condition, still holding onto many heat tiles, and most of it’s windows.
Unfortunately, most of the insides of the shuttles have been torn out, likely salvaged to be used on other projects. Some think they could have been salvaged for precious metals. Although it is a bit of a mess there is still a quality about the way it looks. A ship that was so close to being a massive part of the space age, and missing out by just a few years. Imagine if the Chief Designer had these ideas a few years before, these ships could have been the way we send astronauts into space.
It is sad that these pieces of equipment are just the remnants of the late Soviet Union, just left to rot. Hopefully one day they will end up in a museum, along with the other important parts of the space race era. Until then, we can only use these pictures to get a glimpse into the Buran Shuttle. | aerospace |
https://samchui.com/2019/02/03/delta-techops-services-first-rolls-royce-trent-1000-engine/ | 2021-08-06T03:13:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152112.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20210806020121-20210806050121-00055.warc.gz | 0.963735 | 467 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__52584563 | en | Delta TechOps services first Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine
As Delta Air Lines introduces new aircraft into their fleet, new, more advanced engines tag along too. In order to keep up to date with the advancements in engine technology, Delta opened up a new state-of-the-art engine shop in 2018 to not only support their brand new aircraft such as Airbus A350s and A330neos, but also those of their joint venture partners, such as Virgin Atlantic.
Following ongoing Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 issues, Rolls-Royce and Delta signed an agreement to allow the facility to work on the engine to help reduce the repair strain on the manufacturer. Delta TechOps – their maintenance division – saw this as not only an opportunity to learn about an engine that is similar to the Trent 7000s and Trent XWBs that power their A330neos and A350s, but also as a way to to secure maintenance deals from other operators.
The work on the engine started late last year and has only just been returned to service with Virgin Atlantic, which Delta has a 49% shareholding in. Engineers mainly focused on the intermediate compressor section of the engine, replacing faulty/potentially faulty blades with the newer ones Rolls-Royce recently began rolling out.
You can read more about the new blades here:
Airbus and Delta recently published their excitement about Delta’s first A330neo, which recently rolled out of the paint hangar without engines. The aircraft will be used to replace ageing Boeing 767 fleet, which is powered using a mix of General Electric and Pratt and Whitney engines.
Clement Alloing took this great photograph of Delta’s first A330-900 in Toulouse:
TechOps has a workforce of over 10,000 engineers, technicians and support employees who provide full-service maintenance to more than 850 Delta aircraft and their engines as well as 150+ other airlines, cargo operators, military operators and government aircraft.
As more new aircraft arrive and skills are developed on new engines, the overall maintenance completion time is set to decrease greatly, with the new environment and tools available at the new facility.
Sam Chui visited the Delta Air Lines museum, which also included a tour of their operations and maintenance division. Watch the video here: | aerospace |
https://olympicaerialsolutions.com/about-us/ | 2017-11-18T08:03:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934804680.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20171118075712-20171118095712-00512.warc.gz | 0.939376 | 352 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__137116762 | en | Olympic Aerial Solutions
FAA certified Drone Pilot in Washington State
OAS received a FAA Section 333 exemption from the FAA in 2015 to become one of the first approved commercial drone operators in Washington state.
When it became available, we added the Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107) in 2016.You can easily verify if a drone operator is FAA certified. Head over the to FAA site and type in the operators name.
Verify Here https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/
For example, search “David (Lynn) Pitman”
Olympic Aerial Solutions, LLC is owned and operated by Dave Pitman.
Dave is an FAA certified pilot, and has been operating drones since 2013, and commercially since 2015.
Olympic Aerial Solutions carries $2mil. Liability insurance.
More information about Commercial Drone Use can be found here
We would be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Not everyone with a drone is legal to offer drone related services.
Use of a drone for commercial purposes such as photography, videography, mapping, real estate and other marketing is strictly forbidden by the FAA unless the operator has either a Section 333 waiver, or holds a current Remote Pilot certificate. OAS has both.
Working with less than legal operators puts not only the drone pilot at criminal and financial risk, but also the client hiring the drone operator. When looking for a drone pilot to provide you with drone related services, the phrase Caveat Emptor, or buyer beware, is of great relevance. It is not difficult to determine if a drone pilot is legal. And like all good businesses, they should carry liability insurance. | aerospace |
https://observatorial.com/news/world/58087/during-the-operation-2203-objects-of-the-military-infrastructure-of-ukraine-were-hit/ | 2022-09-29T15:01:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335355.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929131813-20220929161813-00130.warc.gz | 0.962345 | 446 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__59568544 | en | The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, at a briefing on the morning of March 6, reported on the successes of the pro-Russian forces and the Russian army waging war against Ukraine.
He listed the Ukrainian settlements blocked and captured by the Russian military and armed forces of the LPR/DPR.
Konashenkov said that the Russian armed forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine, mentioning that on the evening of March 5, a “massive strike was carried out, as a result of which 61 objects of the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, including: 22 units of weapons and military equipment in the underground shelter, command post of the brigade, 9 depots of ammunition and logistics and 3 radar posts. “On the morning of March 6, a long-range high-precision weapon was struck. The airfield of the Ukrainian Air Force in Starokonstantinov was put out of action,” Konashenkov said.
According to him, over the past day, fighter aircraft and air defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down four Su-27 and one MiG-29 aircraft in the Zhytomyr region, Su-27 and Su-25 in the Radomyshl region, one Su-25 in the Nizhyn region, two Mi helicopters -8 in the Kyiv region, six unmanned aerial vehicles, including “Bayraktar TB-2”, bomber and attack aircraft hit 3 anti-aircraft missile systems “Buk M1” and 3 radar stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the missile forces destroyed the S-300 anti-aircraft missile defense system .
In total, during the “operation” 2203 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were hit, Konashenkov claims.
This time, Konashenkov did not speak about the losses of the parties. Recall that the night before, he first provided data on losses, saying that during the “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine, 498 Russian servicemen were killed, 1,597 were injured. | aerospace |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13142888 | 2017-02-25T07:17:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171670.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00458-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959553 | 1,325 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__272406481 | en | Nasa future 'in commercial space travel'
The tiny desert town of Mojave is an unlikely setting for commercial spaceflight.
But at least 12 companies making rockets and vehicles, designed to carry everything from satellites to passengers, are based at this dusty desert location 200km from Los Angeles in California.
And the new ways in which they are now working with Nasa could spell salvation for the US space agency.
Mojave was once the end of the line for the 20-wagon mule train transporting borax from Death Valley in the 1880s.
Now it is becoming the transportation hub for a new frontier: Space.
Jeff Greason, chief executive of aerospace firm XCOR, has been out in the Mojave desert for the past 12 years, heading a small team working on a project to get a commercial vehicle into space.
Almost opposite, in another corrugated iron building at the Mojave spaceport, Virgin Galactic's partners, Scaled Composites, are building their vehicle, Spaceship Two.
It will carry six passengers, each paying $200,000 (£120,000) a time, taking passengers to 100km above the Earth, which is technically space as defined by Nasa.
Passengers will experience at least five minutes of weightlessness before they make their way back down to Earth.
XCOR's Lynx vehicle will carry only one passenger in addition to the pilot.
But one thing both projects have in common is that they hope to be flying at least four times a day, making space travel a much more commercially viable project for small start-ups.
Mr Greason says advances in technology and engineering have helped the boom in private space companies.
Of particular significance is a carbon composite material that he describes as a "very hi-tech form of papier mache".
The composite is being used in commercial airlines to build Boeing's Dreamliner.
Small teams are able to develop vehicles using the material, which brings their production costs down.
So what does the growth of private space companies mean for Nasa?
Like other federal agencies, it is subject to budgetary restraints as President Barack Obama tries to get the economy back on track.
Nasa is due to keep its $19bn budget, but will be spending at least $270m to fund four commercial companies - including serial entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX - to build a Commercial Crew Vehicle capable of taking US astronauts to the International Space Station.
However, this is not expected to happen until at least 2016.
Meanwhile US astronauts will be paying customers of the Russian space agency once the final shuttle launch of Atlantis completes its mission at the end of June, marking the end of a 30-year programme.
For more than 50 years, Nasa has been, and will remain, the main customer for spaceflight and exploration.
Although it has been working for many years with private companies such as Lockheed and Boeing, this has been on a "fixed costs plus" basis meaning that funding was really open-ended and therefore expensive in order to get the job done.Innovation
Ed Mango is director of the Nasa Space Transportation Office, and oversees the commercial companies building these new commercial crew vehicles.
He says the main difference is that in the past Nasa laid all the funding on the table and owned the vehicle once it was built.
But now both Nasa and the commercial company advance funding together to develop the system, but the private company will own the hardware and Nasa will buy the service.
In anticipation of this, Mango's office has rewritten Nasa's specification documentation, cutting it by 90%. The specification still emphasises safety to a high level, but it will be up to the companies to decide how to achieve this within budget.
Mango believes there are three main reasons for the changes.
"Financially, it could be more attractive to the government, to the taxpayers," he says.
"Secondly, it helps create innovation when we don't own the system, when the companies own the system they are going to do what they think is best to be as innovative as possible.
End Quote Michael Leinbach Shuttle launch director
If President Obama, or whoever came in, says we're gonna get to Mars by 2040 then we ought to stick by that as a country and not worry who the President is”
"And thirdly, it allows Nasa to concentrate on exploration and not to spend all our budget on low-Earth orbit like we do with the shuttle today."
Many of the contractors currently working on the space shuttle programme are due to lose their jobs. According to shuttle launch director Michael Leinbach, only 5% are currently being re-employed in the new ventures.
He fears the organisation may lose much of its expertise as the proposed next big Nasa project, Constellation, has been cancelled.'Back that vision'
Michael Leinbach sympathises with President Obama's current economic predicament, but argues that Nasa needs a mission statement from the White House which successive administrations will stick to and - more importantly - fund.
"If President Obama, or whoever came in, says we're going to get to Mars by 2040 then we ought to stick by that as a country and not worry who the President is. The next President ought to back that vision and stick to it," he said.
In his office overlooking the Visitors' Space Park at Kennedy Space Centre, Frank Di Bello is positive about the changes. He is the president of Space Florida, the state agency for developing aerospace.
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Of the $270bn generated globally by the space industry, only 1% is from the launch function and he thinks that "the future belongs to commercial companies that are agile and fast on their feet".
"Many of tomorrow's successful companies don't even exist today. We need to be agile in finding them and to have them grow right here in Florida," he says.
Back at the Mojave Air and Spaceport, XCOR's Jeff Greason, who sat on the Augustine Commission to report on the future of Nasa, firmly believes that there is still a role for the organisation to do the kind of exploration that private companies cannot do.
"Space holds the future for humanity. The frontier is out there; it's waiting for us.
"Nasa can be a powerful change agent in opening that frontier if they choose to be and if Congress allows them to be." | aerospace |
https://nerdy.games/explosion-in-russia-kiev-media-ukrainian-drone-over-kursk-military-airport/ | 2023-09-25T20:55:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510085.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925183615-20230925213615-00073.warc.gz | 0.974023 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__293898236 | en | A vast fire after an explosion according to Ukrainian sources for a drone: Kiev media release the video of the flames on the Russian military airport of Kursk, located about 160 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. A fuel depot would have exploded. It would be the umpteenth attack on Russian soil in recent days, after the two deep attacks on Putin’s territory, which in nine months of war had never yet been seen on this scale.
Moscow had responded to the raids, which yesterday caused three dead and four wounded among the Russian military, with a new shower of missiles on a large part of Ukraine.
Yesterday morning, according to the reconstruction of the Moscow military, the Ukrainian forces had launched attacks with “Soviet-made drones” against the Dyagilevo air base, in the Ryazan region southeast of Moscow, and at that of Engels in the Moscow region. Saratov. The Russian air defense forces had intercepted the two drones, which were flying at low altitude. Fragments of the aircraft, according to the version of the Russian Ministry of Defence, fell and exploded causing, in addition to 3 dead and 4 wounded, “slight damage” to the external part of two aircraft. | aerospace |
https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2021/03/27/community/remembering-our-veterans-and-the-aircraft-they-flew/7909.html | 2023-02-02T08:38:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499967.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202070522-20230202100522-00620.warc.gz | 0.977608 | 1,207 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__60108605 | en | Remembering our Veterans and the aircraft they flew
March 27, 2021
Sixteen years ago, my husband Al and his son Dor helped set up a UH-1B "Huey" for a Vietnam Veteran Memorial at Tehachapi Airport. The UH-1 helicopter was the "icon" of Vietnam. All veterans of Vietnam know the image and the familiar sound of the Huey.
The plaque says it all: "This Vietnam War 'Huey' Helicopter is a symbol dedicated to honor all the brave men and women who courageously fought the tyranny and oppression in Vietnam. May their courage and heroic efforts – for which many lost their lives, were injured and maimed or were imprisoned and tortured – never be forgotten."
Whenever technical advice or parts were needed for the machine on display, Lou Vandenberg at Benbow Aviation called Al to see if he might be able to help.
Many years ago, we were at Tehachapi Airport visiting Lou and I just couldn't resist driving along the ramp noticing that some of the hangar doors were open and taking the opportunity to look at the aircraft parked inside.
What a surprise to see a Meyers OTW bi-plane!
Tehachapi resident, Lee Dodd (Lt. Col. USAF ret.) had owned this rare World War II trainer for a number of years. Our friend at Mojave Airport, Al Letcher, had a beautiful OTW too. I have to say how much we miss our dear flying buddy, Al Letcher. He passed away in 2015.
Do you know what OTW stands for? Aircraft designer and spirited American, Allen H. Meyers, just happened to be in the right place and the right time when every airplane that could be constructed was needed by the U.S. government after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. He called his aerobatic aircraft the Meyers "Out To Win!" What a great attitude!
Meyers was born in 1908 and always had a fascination for airplanes. He greatly admired his father who was a Swiss Mechanical Engineer and hoped to study aviation in college, but the budding industry had no curriculum offered. Stories of WWI aviators captured his imagination and in 1927, Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic was the catalyst that gave him the strong will to fly.
After high school he worked for a succession of the pioneer aircraft manufacturers, including Glenn L. Martin, Chance-Vought and Stinson. His specialty was aircraft metal work and he worked as a "tin smith."
He learned to fly in a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" with an OX-5 engine at Curtiss Field on Long Island in 1928 and bought a Waco 10 in 1932. Barnstorming and flight instruction became his love and livelihood. An aircraft designer friend, Martin Jensen, traveled with Meyers in a Jensen designed biplane that had a metal fuselage. Meyers was so taken with this aircraft that he decided to design, build and produce an aircraft of his own.
In a single car garage he began construction of an all-metal fuselage, later moving to a larger location, a foundry in Romulus, Michigan. The wings on his biplane were of similar design to planes from the 1920s; thin airfoil with wooden spars and ribs, covered with fabric. His finished biplane, combining old wood and fabric technology of the wings, with the new all-metal fuselage knowledge, first flew on May 10, 1936 and was certified in 1939.
He found his two-seat (tandem seat), open cockpit airplane to be nimble and fun to fly. With the initiation of the U.S. entering World War II Meyers became an aircraft manufacturer.
The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 funded a test program called the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) and colleges were paid by the government to offer 72-hour ground school courses to train civilian pilots. The program also included flight schools to give 35 to 50 hours of flight instruction to willing candidates. The Army Air Corps and the U.S. Navy recruited pilots from the program to go into primary flight training, bypassing elimination courses.
Every airplane that could be constructed was needed and that's when the Meyers biplane became a star. The flight schools favored open cockpit biplanes for aerobatic training, so the Waco UPF-7, Ryan PT-22 (not a biplane, by the way) and the Meyers OTW were the aircraft of choice.
Word spread fast that Meyers had orders for his airplane and the City Of Tecumseh (Michigan) offered special tax incentives if he would move his company. The move was made and Meyers Aircraft Company produced 102 OTWs in the early war years.
One item of note is that no Airworthiness Directives have ever been issued against the Meyers airframe, testifying to its robust design and construction. The wings are staggered for center of gravity purposes and only the bottom wings have ailerons. The large stagger arrangement helps with good longitudinal stability and creates gentle stalls.
The earliest models were powered with 125 HP or 145 HP Warner "Scarab" engines. The later models were the 160 HP Kinner R-56 engine. It has a maximum speed of 120 mph and cruises about 90.
Both Lee's and Al Letcher's OTWs had a 5-cylinder 160 HP Kinner engine. From the ground the engine has a distinctive quiet sound, pocketa-pocketa-pocketa, but Lee said when you are inside the aircraft, the sound is louder!
Love it when we find other folks with the desire to keep history alive! These veteran airplanes tell wonderful stories about their designers and the important position they held in history – just like people do!
See you on our next flight! | aerospace |
https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/category/airline/P1464/ | 2019-12-14T16:58:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575541281438.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20191214150439-20191214174439-00265.warc.gz | 0.944056 | 533 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__96337779 | en | The Embraer E175-E2 has made its inaugural flight, taking off from a facility in São José dos Campos. The E175-E2 is the third member of the E-Jets E2 family, with the maiden flight kicking off a rigorous 24-month test campaign.
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for ten additional widebody A350-900s with Airbus. Also today, Airbus has acquired industrial automation company, MTM Robotics, for an undisclosed sum.
After detailed evaluation of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350, Qantas has selected the A350-1000 as the preferred aircraft for the ultra-long-haul project Sunrise.
The new venture will be Wizz Air’s first airline established outside of Europe and is likely to compete with the recently announced low-cost offering from flag-carrier Etihad Airways and Air Arabia.
British Airways has revealed it will launch six new European routes from Heathrow for 2020. With destinations in Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro and Turkey, seats are now available to book.
easyJet has announced it will operate 25 new routes next summer, including two new destinations from the UK. New services to Enfidia, Tunisia, and Tirana in Albania are among the collection of new routes which are now on sale.
Heathrow has recorded its busiest ever November, with over 6.2 million passengers travelling through the airport. Passengers heading to the United States to celebrate Thanksgiving helped push up traffic figures on the back of new services.
Departing from Quito International Airport earlier, Air Canada Rouge has launched a thrice weekly non-stop flight to Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Embraer and Congo Airways have signed a firm order for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for a further two. The deal has a total value of US$194.4 million at current list prices, with all purchase rights exercised.
airBaltic has revealed plans to continue its expansion in the region. The Latvia-based airline will launch of four new direct destinations from Tallinn, capital of Estonia, next summer, as well as five new destinations from Vilnius in Lithuania.
The agreement, which will come into force in January, will enable Air Europa passengers flying to its four Brazilian destinations - Sao Paulo, Recife, Fortaleza and Salvador - to connect on with 20 Brazilian cities on the Gol network.
Andrew Crawley is currently chairman and chief executive of the Avios Group, the loyalty company owned by International Airlines Group, and a member of the IAG management committee. | aerospace |
https://magazine.impactscool.com/en/spazio/la-nasa-sceglie-tre-lander-per-scendere-sulla-luna-ce-anche-starship/ | 2024-03-01T06:33:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475203.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301062009-20240301092009-00178.warc.gz | 0.942595 | 432 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__61012380 | en | NASA chooses three landers to go down to the moon. There is also Starship
8 May 2020 | Written by Astrospace.it
NASA has just released the first three proposals that will receive funding to bring astronauts to the moon in the future
NASA has just announced the winners of the Commercial Human Lander Award program. With this program, NASA will finance three projects from three different companies, but it has not yet been decided which final lander will go to the moon. The three teams selected by NASA are:
Dynetics. The company will work with over 25 companies to build a two-stage lander. One part will be able to rise and fall on the lunar surface, the second will be the host for astronauts on the surface. The Dynetics lander can be launched with the ULA Vulcan rocket.
Blue Origin and the National Team. Blue Origin announced in late 2019 the collaboration with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper Lab for the construction of a lunar lander. Their proposal has been accepted and consists of a three-stage lander that can be launched with Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket or ULA’s Vulcan. The lander will be called Integrated Lander Vehicle (ILV).
Blue Origin, as prime contractor, will guide program management, systems engineering, mission security and insurance. In addition it will develop the element of descent. Lockheed Martin develops the reusable ascent vehicle and conducts flight operations with crew and training. Northrop Grumman finally develops the Transfer Element vehicle that transports the landing system in a low lunar orbit for the final descent. Draper guides the descent instead and provides flight avionics.
Starship. Surprisingly, SpaceX’s Starship was incredibly chosen as the winner of this first part of the contract. Starship will be brought to the moon with Super Heavy. Simultaneously with the announcement of NASA SpaceX has released this new render stating that the version optimized for the Moon of Starship will be able to perform the journey between the lunar orbit and the surface several times. This which is a real new version of Starship will not be optimized for return to Earth. | aerospace |
http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=35363&int_modo=1 | 2018-06-25T15:29:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267868135.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625150537-20180625170537-00078.warc.gz | 0.926353 | 592 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__146056119 | en | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
presents "NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration", through March 7, 2010, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum.
This exhibition has special relevance to the community given the large number of aerospace industries based here. Along with the many great works of art in this exhibition, the FAC has a tremendous line-up of ancillary programming from an innovative, site-specific video installation, to side exhibits by Colorado Springs legend Eric Bransby and Denver artists Monica Petty Aiello and Vance Kirkland as well as a film series, lectures, music, special Bemis classes and workshops and an educational interpretive space in the galleries.
NASAs historic triumphs and pioneering legacy are well known to millions, but the inspiring rocket launches, moon landings and planetary explorations also have had an impact on the imaginations of Americas leading artists. NASA | ART features nearly five decades of creations by artists as diverse as Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Nam June Paik, and William Wegman, featuring 73 works of art including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture and other art forms and media. These worksranging from the illustrative to the abstractoffer unparalleled insight into the private and personal moments, triumphant victories and tragic accidents that form the storied history of NASA.
For example, in Henry Casellis When Thoughts Turned Inward, the artist captures the serene, almost spiritual moment before takeoff, when an astronaut must prepare mentally for a mission. In Chakaia Bookers Remembering Columbia, the tragedy and pain of the lost Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew are transformed in the twisting tire remnants preserved from one of the shuttles earlier missions. And Andy Warhol melds Buzz Aldrins historic steps on the lunar surface with the unbridled exuberance and flashiness of the 1960s in his neon-highlighted Moonwalk silkscreen.
In 1962, NASA asked a group of artists to illustrate, interpret and elucidate the space agencys missions and projects beginning the NASA Art Program. Since then, painters, musicians and conceptual artists have been with NASA every step of the way, strolling along launch pads, training in flight simulators, talking with engineers and technicians and visiting with astronauts before and after their flights.
Scientists, astronauts, and artists have one important quality in common, said Smithsonian co-curator Bert Ulrich. All share the inclination to explore, whether by means of scientific investigation, a mission to the moon, or a paint brush. These works of art provide a historical legacy for the public to behold. After all, art is often an important byproduct of any great era of history, including the space age. | aerospace |
https://militarycognizance.com/2022/03/30/a-squadron-of-us-ea-18g-electronic-warfare-fighters-has-been-stationed-in-germany/ | 2023-03-25T10:16:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00561.warc.gz | 0.95139 | 1,163 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__38182987 | en | The US has sent a squadron of six EA-18G electronic warfare fighters to Germany in order to improve deterrence and defence along NATO’s eastern flank.
On March 28, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stated that the EA-18G Growler squadron and 240 US Navy service members sent to Germany “will not be intended to counter Russian forces in the region.” They’ve been deployed in support of NATO’s efforts to strengthen deterrence and defence capabilities on the alliance’s eastern flank, he said. After departing from a naval air base in Washington state, the EA-18G electronic warfare fighters are expected to arrive at the Spangdahlem military airport in Germany.
The move was made as the war between Russia and Ukraine continued unabated. The White House proposed spending $6.9 billion in the budget proposal released on March 28 to assist Ukraine in dealing with Russian forces as well as to support NATO members. Following the outbreak of hostilities, the United States increased aid to Ukraine, including security and humanitarian assistance. President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged NATO members to send Ukraine more weapons, including advanced fighters, missile defence systems, tanks, armour, and anti-ship missiles. The United States, on the other hand, has ruled out sending aircraft or other major weapons systems to Ukraine. President Joe Biden stated that he did not want to cross the line into World War III, which would pit Russia against NATO.
During the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, NATO has recently deployed additional forces to the alliance’s eastern flank. NATO members began transferring Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Slovakia, a Ukraine neighbour, on March 20 in order to strengthen their defence capabilities. The EA 18G is a one-of-a-kind fighter in the world today, with powerful electronic warfare capabilities and top-notch combat capabilities as a multirole fighter. The EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft is based on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter platform and is equipped with a number of modern sensors and jamming combinations to assist in detecting and neutralising enemy air defence systems.
Only a few active EA-18Gs are capable of disabling the enemy’s entire electronic system, including the phone, before launching missiles to destroy the target. This is the type of weapon that Russia and China both want. Australia is currently the second country to own this top-tier fighter line, after the United States. The Boeing EA-18G Growler is the US Navy’s primary electronic warfare aircraft. Aside from electronic attack, it retains top-tier combat capabilities, so the military classifies them as extremely dangerous “two-in-one” aircraft of the United States.The EA-18G’s electronic warfare capabilities are very strong and diverse, allowing it to destroy enemy radar stations as well as destroy these stations with the missile installed on this aircraft.
The two-seat EA-18G Growler evolved from the F/A-18F Super Hornet. The plane went into production in 2007 and was delivered to squadrons in 2009. The EA-18G replaces the old EA-6B Prowlers of the US Navy. The EA-18G shares more than 90% of the design of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, sharing the same airframe, AESA radar and weapons systems as the AN/AYK-22 inventory management system. The ALQ-218 receiver is mounted on the wing tips, and the ALQ-99 is a jammer in the high and low frequencies. The 20 mm Vulcan cannon has been removed from the nose to make room for avionics.
The EA-18 G’s range and time in the air have been extended due to the addition of jammers and extra fuel tanks. Five ALQ-99 tactical jammers can be installed on the EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The INCANS jamming system is used by the EA-18G to allow internal voice communications while enemy communications are jammed. The EA-18Gs have two AGM-88 HARM missiles or AGM-88E AARGM missiles to destroy enemy radar stations and two AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles for self-defense.
The EA-18G has a length of 18.3 metres, a height of 4.8 metres, and a wingspan of 13.6 metres. The empty payload weighs 15,011 kilogrammes, and the maximum take-off weight is 29,964 kilogrammes. The EA-18G Growler has two GE-F414 engines with a thrust of 98 kN (when burned for the second time), allowing it to reach a top speed of Mach 1.8, a range of 3,330 km, and a ceiling of 15,000 metres. It can support equipment and drones, jam enemy communications and radar on the ground, and launch anti-radar missiles directly at targets.
Furthermore, the aircraft can jam and disrupt tracking vehicles, as well as ground-based air defence systems, and provide early warning of enemy ships and fighters. In addition, the EA-18G can perform “Non-Traditional Electronic Attack,” which means it can work with ground air defence in special missions. The EA-18G has an APG-79 multi-mode AESA radar and a Helmet Mounted Cueing control system to guide air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, despite being an electronic warfare aircraft. The EA-18G is the world’s most powerful and unique electronic warfare aircraft, with a long list of impressive capabilities. | aerospace |
https://satsearch.co/products/oss-yagi-deployable-antenna-for-maritime-applications | 2023-11-29T03:55:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100047.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129010302-20231129040302-00035.warc.gz | 0.812846 | 186 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__283541641 | en | The Oxford Space Systems Yagi antenna provides high RF performance for CubeSat maritime applications. From a 1U stowed package it deploys in a single step using strain-energy. The antenna has flight-proven performance in orbit, enabling the next generation of Automatic Identification System (AIS) and VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) services for vessel tracking and other maritime navigational and data exchange purposes.
- Flight heritage
- High gain
- Stowage efficient (1U)
- Low mass and complexity
- Optimized for AIS and VDES applications
- Scalable design for other frequencies and applications
- Directional pattern
The Oxford Space Systems Yagi antenna is ITAR Free.
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http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/flydubai-becomes-first-uae-airline-to-comply-with-car-m-requirements.html | 2013-05-23T06:49:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702957608/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111557-00071-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.948903 | 441 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__123646649 | en | Flydubai becomes first UAE airline to comply with CAR-M requirements
Dubai budget airline, Flydubai, has become the first UAE airline to be approved under the latest airworthiness requirements known as CAR M by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
The newly amended CAR (civil aviation requirements) for the airworthiness compliance of aircraft must be aligned by all UAE airlines by the end of June.
A momento recognising the achievement was presented by the GCAA’s director – airworthiness, Ahmed Salem Al Rawahi,(pictured right) to Mick Hills, Flydubai’s head of engineering & maintenance and comes after the airlne worked in close cooperation with the GCAA to ensure that the engineering structure, manuals and procedures meet the new requirements.
Aviation analyst Saj Ahmad said: “This airworthiness recognition, not only a first for a UAE carrier, demonstrates Flydubai's commitment to developing a mature and responsible low cost airline. Just three years after its launch, Flydubai has continued to rack up accolades and achievements and this new GCAA recognition further cements its performance as a growing low cost airline where maintenance regimes and checks are paramount.”
The airline’s chief executive, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “We are very pleased to receive this recognition, which is testament to the hard work of the team to meet the guidelines set by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the GCAA. As the aviation industry continues to grow, it is important for airlines to work together to align standards and we are proud to be the first carrier in the UAE to achieve CAR M status.”
Al Rawahi said: “New regulations are being implemented by EASA to manage the airworthiness of aircraft operated by airlines. Harmonisation of practices across the world is a major step forward. Flydubai’s processes met the standards set by the new guidelines. The recognition to the industry is a semi-annual practice by the Airworthiness Department to encourage airlines to comply with these new regulations.” | aerospace |
https://kagiu.com/bell-206-longranger/ | 2023-06-01T21:26:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00142.warc.gz | 0.86127 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__137536381 | en | Design and Developed By Aimtoz Technologies
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The LongRanger is Bell’s most iconic helicopter and is the manufacturer’s primary single-engine representative in the marketplace. Its main selling points are its reliable engine, comfortable club style face-to-face seating, and smooth, accommodating flight experience. The 206L LongRanger is a flexible aircraft, able to tackle a wide variety of potential mission types.. The Long Ranger provides ample usable interior cabin space, which can be optimize for the mission at hand, while remaining relatively lightweight and flexible.
|Cruise Speed||201 km/hr|
|Cabin Length||5.0 ft|
|Cabin Width||3.9 ft|
|Cabin Height||4.2 ft|
|Bag Capacity||16 cubic feet| | aerospace |
https://apollonasaphotograph.com/nasa_apollo_soyuz_test_project_photo_signed_by_astronauts_cosmonauts_autograph_2.html | 2023-03-25T21:07:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945372.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325191930-20230325221930-00647.warc.gz | 0.908132 | 612 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__105025177 | en | This collection came from a Portuguese couple Mrs. Mercedes Simões who were in Africa (Angola), when they were invited by the NASA, to see the launch of the APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT, on July 15, at Cape Kennedy, Florida in 1975.
The NASA invitation have the names of the APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT CREW: Thomas P. Very Rare document of historical importance. (the first space mission, jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975, with American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts). This Portuguese couple ended up making friends with some crew members of this mission, which resulted in bringing these signed photographs.All collection consists of 3 photographs with many signatures + 1 invitation from NASA (that I mentioned above), to watch the launch of the APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT, on July 15, 1975. The 3 photographs are: 1 - photograph of The mission Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) with 14 signatures! With American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts- 13 signatures identified and 1 signature unidentified. Dimensions with frame: 36 x 28,5 cm.
14" x 11" Below are 13 signatures identified and 1 unidentified. (Deke Slayton); ALLEN BEAN; RON EVANS; JACK LOUSMA; STAFFORD.
Stafford; VANCE BRAND; Soviet: ALEXEI LEONOV; VALERI KUBASOV; RUKAVISHNIKOV FILIPCHENKO. FILIPCHENKO - a veteran of two Soyuz missions. (Aleksandr Ivanchenkov) YURI ROMANENKO ; BORIS ANDREYEV (In the listing photo I show 1 signature undentified). 2 - photograph - Jack Lousma second space walk, Skylab 2 (SL-3) -28 July - 25 Sept 1973 Signed Autograph Photo.
14" x 11"; 3 - photograph of SUDAN and the surrounding countries, taken on the way to the moon on APOLLO 17. This photograph was a gift to the Portuguese couple by friendship made with Jack Lousma and his wife Gratia. Signed by both Jack Lousma and his wife Gratia Dimensions with frame: 51,5 x 41,5 cm. The 1 invitation from NASA, dimensions with frame: 34,5 x 28,5 cm.
14" x 11" The 4 pieces are in the original glass and metal frames. Very rare to find a set like these, which tells a story between USA, EUROPE AND AFRICA, and sharing the space adventure in the golden space era!
With many HAND SIGNED Autograph 1970s COLOR PHOTOS! This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Space". The seller is "dio74" and is located in this country: PT.This item can be shipped worldwide. | aerospace |
https://www.eaa180.org/teen-aircraft-factory-of-manasota-t | 2023-10-01T22:51:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510941.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001205332-20231001235332-00692.warc.gz | 0.935199 | 393 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__196228875 | en | EAA180 Teen Build Program
Interested in Building a Light Sport Aircraft?
The EAA Chapter 180 Teen Build program is identified as the Teen Aircraft Factory of Manasota (TAFM), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Sarasota / Bradenton, Florida. Our goal is to mentor the next generation of pilots, mechanics and aviation professionals. All EAA180 members are welcomed to participant as a mentor in the EAA180 Teen Build program.
This hands-on program pairs pilots and aviation enthusiasts with students to build light sport airplanes. Our students, aged 14-18, are from area schools and diverse backgrounds. We have built and sold two RV12s and are now working on our third airplane!
Each Saturday, 10-15 students, under the guidance of their volunteer aviation mentors, come together to build a two-seat, light sport airplane over 24-36 months. Through this program, they have an opportunity to develop their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) interest and skills including reading engineering drawings, using metal work tools, building production assemblies, and testing finalized components while staying organized and keeping documentation.
The teens have numerous opportunities to fly in light airplanes, discuss careers with professional pilots and TAFM alumni, and attend pilot ground school. Our volunteer mentors, with over 150 combined years of aviation experience, not only ensure the students learn aircraft mechanics, maintenance and piloting skills BUT perhaps more importantly, develop self-confidence, work discipline, commitment, team work, and leadership. While an airplane is built and flown, our mission is to build the next generation of aviation leaders—one airplane at a time. We are proud that 100% of our teen alumni have gone on to college or the military.
In addition, we provide college scholarships for outstanding students and also send one student per year to aviation summer camp at the EAA Air Academy Lodge in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. | aerospace |
https://www.nytimespost.com/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk-only-gives-sn10-60-chance-of-acing-first-test-flight/ | 2021-02-28T09:36:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178360745.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20210228084740-20210228114740-00579.warc.gz | 0.926437 | 185 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__104005287 | en | SpaceX believes this is the most optimal way to land the rocket on worlds like Mars, where airstrips and landing pads are a non-existent commodity.
As Starship falls towards the ground, it will be guided by four fins mounted on its side – much like skydivers use their arms to guide their descent.
Then, just before Starship hits the ground, the rocket will flip upright again and fire its engines for a controlled landing.
So far, SpaceX has failed to ace this final step but judging by the success of the Falcon 9 – the world’s first reusable rocket – the company will eventually get there.
SpaceX said: “These test flights are all about improving our understanding and development of a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo on long-duration, interplanetary flights and help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond.” | aerospace |
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