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https://youngindianrevolution.com/2021/04/04/on-feb-18-2021-nasas-mars-rover-namely-perseverance-takes-its-final-approach-to-the-red-planet-it-is-the-ninth-flight-of-nasa-towards-the-red-planet/ | 2023-09-25T20:22:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510085.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925183615-20230925213615-00532.warc.gz | 0.913569 | 401 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__112435088 | en | On Feb. 18 2021, NASA’s Mars rover, namely perseverance, takes its final approach to the Red Planet. It is the ninth flight of NASA towards the red planet.
Mars Close Approach is recorded to be on Oct. 6, 2020, towards Earth
That is the point when Mars’ orbit when it comes closest to Earth, this time at about 62.07 million kilometres from our planet. Mars was visible for much of the night in the southern sky at about midnight.
Although, the main aim or technical reason behind going to the red planet is astrobiology. Including searching for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s whole geography and history. Paving the chance of human life and exploration on Mars and be the first agency to launch a mission to collect Martian rock and regolith.
“We expect the best places to look for any measurable phenomena indicating the presence of life would be in Jezero’s lakebed or in shoreline sediments. So that could be covered with carbonate minerals. They are especially good at preserving certain kinds of fossilized life on Earth,” said Ken Williford, deputy project scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission at JPL.
“But after that, as we search for evidence of ancient microbes on an ancient alien world, it’s important to keep an open mind.”
Also, In cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), subsequent NASA missions will send spacecraft to collect these sealed samples for much significant analysis.
Therefore, the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. It includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
The Mars 2020 mission is a part of a larger NASA initiative that includes assignments to the Moon to prepare for human life and much more of the Red Planet.
-by Palak Thakur | aerospace |
https://latestsocialmedianews.com/spacex-starlink-internet.html | 2023-03-20T22:02:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943562.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320211022-20230321001022-00297.warc.gz | 0.968295 | 542 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__488670 | en | SpaceX Starlink internet: As SpaceX continues to deploy multiple satellites in low-Earth orbit as part of its Starlink Internet project, the company said this week that it is in talks with “several airlines” about providing in-flight Wi-Fi.
Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX’s vice president of Starlink and commercial sales, made the announcement during an event at the Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit Wednesday, The Verge reported.
“We are in talks with several airlines,” Hofeller said, speaking at the event, and added: “We have our own aviation product in development … We’ve done several demonstrations to date, and we want to refine that product to install on aircraft in the very near future.”
SpaceX‘s main goal with its Starlink initiative is to provide broadband connectivity to unserved or underserved communities around the world by using its space satellites to transmit Internet to the ground.
The company, led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, is deploying Starlink satellites in batches of about 60 each during regular rocket launches that began in May 2019. Starlink’s last launch was on May 26, and the company now has about 1,800 satellites in orbit. Although about 2,500 more Starlink satellites need to be deployed for global coverage, the company managed to launch a beta version of the service, and by March it already had more than 10,000 customers worldwide, each paying $99 a month, plus a one-time fee of $499 for the Starlink kit.
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Hofeller’s comments indicate that in addition to its ambitions to bring Internet to homes, the company is making a serious effort to enter other markets to further commercialize its technology.
Prior to Hofeller’s comments this week, a statement filed with the Federal Communications Commission earlier this year reported that SpaceX was considering the idea of installing its Internet terminals in moving vehicles. At the time, Musk confirmed the news in a tweet, saying the goal was to connect “airplanes, ships, large trucks and vans,” but not cars, because the equipment is currently “too big.” Hofeller’s revelation that SpaceX is in talks with a number of airlines – he did not say which ones – suggests that the plan is beginning to take shape.
The SpaceX news would certainly interest companies such as Intelsat and ViaSat, two well-established providers of in-flight Internet services, although it appears that Musk has not yet reached an agreement with any interested airline. | aerospace |
https://acatheunderground.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/daily-headline-290113/ | 2023-03-25T15:04:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945333.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325130029-20230325160029-00405.warc.gz | 0.976396 | 132 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__90010026 | en | Iran follows North Korea into space
Iran has launched a rocket carrying a monkey into space, one month after North Korea’s successful launch.
This is not the first time Iran has successfully launched into space, in February 2009 and 2010 Iran had success. It is not thought that anything significant was learnt by Iran nor were any significant new technologies used.
Iran plans to use this experience in their aim of putting a man in space and then setting a manned orbital post by 2020. Which still remains highly ambitious.
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There are 10 nations (not including ESA) that can independently launch into space, can you name them? | aerospace |
https://www.rtx.com/News/2020/07/14/farnborough-air-show | 2021-09-27T07:57:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780058373.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20210927060117-20210927090117-00304.warc.gz | 0.882878 | 1,580 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__97938495 | en | The Farnborough International Air Show is a weeklong event that promotes innovations in the aviation industry and helps connect trade members, suppliers and buyers.The air show takes place every two years and is one of the largest shows of its kind. In 2018, there were 80,000 visitors from 96 countries.
Due to COVID-19, the air show will be a digital experience for 2020. This year, Raytheon Technologies will showcase its latest innovations in jet engines, radar capabilities, weapons systems and cybersecurity via a digital experience.
When is the Farnborough Air Show
The 2020 Farnborough Air Show will run from July 20 to July 24 in an all-digital format.
“The Farnborough International team is working hard to deliver a week of world-class content and thought leadership in order to provide some support to industry at a time when we cannot meet,” said Gareth Rogers, Chief Executive of Farnborough International, on the Farnborough Air Show website.
The five-day digital experience will include:
- Comprehensive webinars from industry-leading figures to discuss topics such as space travel, the airline industry, defense and urban aviation.
- A networking session to connect suppliers with buyers. This session is free of charge but will be held in private, secure virtual sessions.
- Farnborough Friday, a day dedicated to addressing the skills gap in aviation. Sessions will provide career advice, workshops and inspirational speakers.
News from the Farnborough Air Show
Raytheon Technologies’ digital Farnborough experience will include information about our newest aviation industry innovations, panels from company experts and feature stories about the advanced components of the F-35, the future of air travel and our efforts to expand space exploration.
All about the F-35. Any time the F-35 does something, there’s a good chance a Raytheon Technologies product played a part. Learn about the components that make the F-35 the most dominant, multi-role fighter.
Riding out the COVID-19 crisis. CEO of Raytheon Technologies Gregory Hayes discusses impact and recovery for the airline industry during COVID-19. Hear Greg’s response here.
The future of air travel. Take a look into what air travel will look like in the next decade.
Transformative Technology. Raytheon Technologies continues to lead with innovation in aerospace and defense. Find out how we’re shaping the future with AI, advanced propulsion and cybersecurity.
Pratt & Whitney President Chris Calio interviewed on Aviation Week podcast. Calio discussed “his hopes for the company’s commercial and military engine businesses, the road to sustainability and managing through the pandemic to a long term market recovery as part of a bigger company.”
US Navy takes delivery of new, more powerful radar. Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles & Defense, shares how the SPY-6 radar, recently delivered for installation on the U.S. Navy's new guided destroyer, handles multiple missions simultaneously, even in jamming or electronic attack environments.
Post-Merger, Raytheon Intel & Space sees role gluing together JADC2. Breaking Defense interviews Raytheon Intelligence & Space President Roy Azevedo, who discussed the companies envisioned position as the “glue” for future systems of systems.
Raytheon Technologies leverages merger synergies to mount bid for FAA network transformation. Collins Aerospace President Steve Timm and Raytheon Intelligence & Space President Roy Azevedo discussed what their companies can bring to the FAA’s FENS program.
Re-imagining air travel for a post-pandemic world. Among efforts by airlines and airports to make travel safer is the implementation of Collins Aerospace’s SelfPass biometric solution to further reduce the need for human contact during travel.
Visitors can find the FIA Connect agenda and discussion panels at https://connect.farnboroughairshow.com/Agenda.
Commercial aviation relaunch and recovery (2021 and beyond) | Monday, July 20, 10:00 a.m. (ET)
LeAnn Ridgeway, VP IMS, Collins Aerospace, with Jack Goodwin, Deputy Director, Restart, Recovery and Engagement Unit, Department for Transport, Boeing VP Michael Delaney and Moderator David Stewart, Oliver Wyman discuss how to rebuild confidence in the airline industry and get passengers flying again.
Future European combat aircraft requirements | Tuesday, July 21, 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Claude Alber, VP Europe for Customer & Account Management, Collins Aerospace, with Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Richard Aboulafia, VP for Teal Group discuss how prepared European nations are to retain independent defence manufacturing capabilities. Moderated by Craig Hoyle, editor of Flight International.
Aerospace/Supply Chain 4.0 | Tuesday, July 21, 10:30 a.m. (ET)
Shane Eddy, COO, Pratt & Whitney, with supplier, Ben Adams from Hanwha Aerospace with Salesforce.com and Cap Gemini discuss how new processes and innovative Industry 4.0 can revolutionize the supply chain.
Spotlight interview | Wednesday, July 22, 6:00 a.m. (ET)
Raytheon Technologies CTO Mark Russell discusses how the newly formed company is driving the future of innovation in air travel, defence and space exploration.
Keeping our skies safe | Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 a.m. (ET)
Sean Camilleri, Principal Strategic Development Manager, Collins Aerospace, with Dr Katja Samuel, CEO of GSDM, Karim Cosslet of SOARIZON by Thales, Geoff Moore of Arup and Mark Westwood of Connected Places Catapult discuss how manned and unmanned air traffic management can identify legitimate drone flight from rogues to help support the growing drone industry.
Welsh Government Round Table | Thursday, July 23, 8:30 a.m. (ET)
Raytheon UK CEO Jeff Lewis and Ken Skates, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales
From supersonics to electrics: What chances for disruptive propulsion technologies? | Thursday, July 23, 10 a.m. (ET)
Frank Preli, VP of Propulsion & Materials Tech, Pratt & Whitney, with Murdo Morrison of FlightGlobal, Gene Holloway of Aerion Supersonic and Rob Watson of Rolls Royce assess the engineering and commercial prospects of disruptor technology such as supersonic business jets and battery-powered aircraft.
Space Talent | Friday, July 24, 11:20 a.m. (ET)
Sarah Carroll, Space Operations Lead for Raytheon Intelligence & Space along with Gareth Preece, founder of GPC Strategic HR, Kathie Bowden of UK Space Agency, Jacob Smith of Space Careers and Melanie Clift of ICEYE share what employers are looking when hiring for the Space sector.
Video interviews with Annabel Flores, VP of Electronic Warfare, Raytheon Intelligence & Space on air dominance, and Tom Laliberty, VP of Land Warfare and Air Defense, Raytheon Missiles & Defense on counter-UAS, will run on FIA Connect during the week.
How to get to the Farnborough Air Show
Viewers can access the Farnborough Air Show via the event website and register for the free, digital experience at https://connect.farnboroughairshow.com/Agenda.
Is the Farnborough Air Show open to the public?
The 2020 Farnborough Air Show will be open to the public and registration is free. | aerospace |
https://jasperandsardine.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/no-big-deal-nasa-issues-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-warning/ | 2023-02-02T23:59:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202232251-20230203022251-00429.warc.gz | 0.950766 | 474 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__171679030 | en | In a statement issued the space agency said that all orbits having a minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.05 astronomical units(au) or less threaten the planet and are classified as PHAs.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned that a massive asteroid is approaching the Earth and will cross the planet on July 24. The asteroid named “Asteroid 2020 ND” has also been classified among Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA) by the space agency as it could threaten and harm the planet while passing from a close distance from it. In a similar development, two other asteroids 2016 DY30 and 2020 ME3 are expected to pass close from the Earth today, according to the Indian Express.
In a statement issued the space agency said that all orbits having a minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.05 astronomical units(au) or less threaten the planet and are classified as PHAs. It also said that the asteroid that will pass on July 24 is 170 metre in length and will pass the planet at a distance of 0.034 au which is equivalent to 5,086,328 kilometres.
Similarly, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has predicted that the 2016 DY30 asteroid will pass the planet at a distance of 0.02306 au which translates to roughly 34 lakh kilometre. The asteroid has also been put under the category of Apollo asteroid as it crosses the Earth’s path while travelling around the Sun.
The least harmful of the lot is the 2020 ME3 asteroid as it will move adjacent to the Earth at a distance of 0.03791 au which is more than 56 lakh kilometre. It has also been categorised as an Amor asteroid as it never crosses the Earth’s path and only flies in close proximity to the planet on several occasions.
What has further troubled the scientists is the ferocious speed at which the two asteroids expected to cross the planet on Sunday are travelling. While 2016 DY30 is travelling at a speed of 54000 kilometre per hour, the 2020 ME3 is coming in the direction of the Earth at 16000 kmph. Out of the two asteroids, 2016 DY30 is the smaller one with a width of around 15 feet. | aerospace |
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||Places the transponder in Mode A, the aircraft
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||Turning the switch to the TST position injects
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approximately 20 seconds. This signal will "paint" an instantly
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request of a "Squawk IDENT" from the controller. Use at any other time
could interfere with another aircraft sending a SPIP. During "IDENT"
periods, the IDENT/DIM button will glow constantly.
Rotating the IDENT/DIM button will control the intensity at which the button
1.9.3 Code Selector
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active identification codes. The identification code is selected by the | aerospace |
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WASHINGTON - Dennis Tito has dreamed of going into space since he first learned as a youth that the Soviet Union had sent a tiny satellite called Sputnik into orbit in 1957.
He became a rocket scientist, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for five years in the 1960s to help plan trajectories for Mariner space probes that flew by Mars and Venus.
But it is Tito's second career as founder of a highly successful money management firm, Wilshire Associates in Santa Monica, Calif., that may prove to be his ticket to orbit.
Tito, 59, has put up millions of dollars of his own money for a nine- or 10-day visit to the Russian Mir space station as a "citizen explorer." He would become the first paying tourist for MirCorp, a private company formed to help keep the aging Russian station aloft and operating.
Tito declined to say how much his ticket to Mir will cost. Jeffrey Manber, MirCorp's president, would say only that the cost is "tens of millions of dollars." The firm's general price for space tourists is about $20 million, Manber said, but can vary depending on the length of the trip and the activities involved.
The ride is "a bargain," because it costs $20 million for the Russians to put someone in orbit on a Soyuz rocket and then on to Mir, said Charles Vick, a space analyst for the Federation of American Scientists in Washington.
"Things look good, and I'm optimistic that I do have the right stuff, so to say, to make this flight," Tito said recently from Moscow, where he was undergoing physical and psychological screening. His trip, with two Russian cosmonauts, is expected to occur during the first half of next year, he said.
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https://safarinews.katonatours.com/fiji-airways-launches-recruitment-drive-budget-uganda-x-mas-tours/ | 2021-09-19T10:09:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056856.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20210919095911-20210919125911-00374.warc.gz | 0.970806 | 264 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__9718171 | en | SUVA, Fiji – Fiji’s national airline, Fiji Airways, has commenced its recruitment drive for 45 new flight attendants to add to its 250-strong cabin crew.
The recruitment is in line with the airline’s upcoming fleet expansion, as a result of its five-year master plan announced in January this year.
Fiji Airways managing director and CEO Stefan Pichler says the growth in cabin crew numbers was needed since they had new aircraft joining their fleet next year which meant increased flights.
The 45 new recruits will be selected to undergo an intensive three-month training and qualification program to join Fiji Airways’ cabin crew ranks.
“It’s always exciting for us to be able to grow and increase job opportunities for Fijians, particularly in the area of cabin crew.
“They are a crucial link in our efforts to become the world’s leading boutique airline, through delivery of excellent customer service and focus on safety.”
With its recently launched brand promise of “Welcome to Our Home”, Mr Pichler said they needed new recruits to mirror the work of their existing cabin crew.
“Our goal is to make guests feel like members of the extended Fiji Airways family, an attitude symbolic of Fiji and its people. | aerospace |
https://apartmentsapart.com/flight-af447-airbus-and-air-france-charged-with-manslaughter-for-the-rio-paris-crash-in-2009/ | 2024-02-29T15:28:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00260.warc.gz | 0.972977 | 911 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__36843867 | en | Flight AF447: Airbus and Air France charged with manslaughter for the Rio-Paris crash in 2009
The trial of two of France’s largest companies began on Monday on the crash of Air France flight 447 in 2009 who killed 228 passengers and crew.
The national airline and Airbus based in Toulouse
(EADSF) were charged with manslaughter for their role in the disaster across the Atlantic.
Both companies were placed under formal investigation in 2011 on similar charges by prosecutors trying to determine responsibility for the crash. But those charges were dropped in 2019 after eight years of judicial review. Now, largely under pressure from families and friends of the victims, they are back in court.
Air France denied that the company was responsible for the crash and said the charges should again be dismissed.
“Air France will continue to maintain, as it has always done, that it committed no criminal fault at the origin of this accident and will therefore plead in favor of the acquittal”, declared Claudia Chemarin, lawyer for the airline, in a press release. CNN.
Airbus made a similar statement to French newspaper La Tribune.
If he is found guilty, businesses each faces a fine of 225,000 euros ($219,000).
There was a mystery surrounding the crash of the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris from the start. For one thing, most fatal plane crashes occur during takeoff or landing: this disaster happened mid-flight.
Then there was the debris. When researchers first found parts of the plane floating in the South Atlantic 400 miles northeast of the Brazilian coast, they were in a relatively confined location. surface. A catastrophic loss of cabin pressure, or a bomb, would have scattered debris across miles of ocean.
The first parts recovered from the plane added to the mystery. Many, like the shelves in the kitchen, showed signs of damage from what experts called “compression down.” That is, the aircraft struck the seemingly flat water with extreme downward force, as if crashing into the water with little forward motion.
That’s what crash investigators ultimately concluded happened. France’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA), which investigates plane crashes, found in 2012 that the plane was falling at more than 10,000 feet per minute when it hit the ocean, but that it had a ground speed of just 107 knots, or about 123 miles per hour, well below the Airbus A330’s stall speed.
BAE crash investigators concluded that the initial cause of the crash was icing of devices called pitot tubes, sensors essential for determining an aircraft’s speed and attitude. It was a problem that had plagued a few Airbus planes in the past, but which the company had not corrected.
Investigators found that once the sensors failed, the autopilot would disengage and the cockpit crew would lose reliable flight data readings. Because the senior pilot on board was on break, the two more junior co-pilots took over, flying the aircraft manually. Within seconds, one of the two at the controls raised his nose, apparently to gain altitude, but inadvertently put the A330 into a high-altitude stall.
Without sufficient forward speed, the Airbus began to fall like a stone. The two co-pilots signaled to the senior pilot to come and lend a hand. But from the cockpit voice recordings, it is evident that with no visual references in the dark night, with unreliable instruments, none of the three understood exactly why the plane was falling.
For four minutes, as the plane plummeted nearly 40,000 feet out to sea, the three men desperately tried to figure out what was wrong and what to do about it.
The charges against Airbus center on its failure to correct the known pitot tube problem. Air France is accused of not having trained the pilots on how to react to the type of situation the crew was faced with.
“To say today that only the pilots are at fault is too easy, it is very exaggerated and therefore it is not the truth,” Philippe Linguet, who lost his brother in the crash, told CNN on Friday. .
“We want to confront the defendants with their faults and if the court recognizes these faults, the Airbus and Air France defendants should be convicted,” he added.
The trial is expected to last until early December.
— Pierre Bairin contributed to this article. | aerospace |
https://www.imagesatintl.com/home/eros-ng/eros-c/ | 2024-04-15T00:22:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00723.warc.gz | 0.929373 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__127604294 | en | EROS-C is a state-of-the-art earth observation satellite, with superb image quality providing ultra high-resolution imagery. It is designed to support the most demanding operational challenges defense & intelligence organizations are presently facing.
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EROS-C, serves as the backbone of the EROS-NG™ constellation. through ISI’s advanced ground control segment, it enables defense and intelligence organizations to conduct operations under complete confidentiality and data protection, as well as independent mission execution, with no preemption / shutter control. | aerospace |
https://physicsalert.com/3-cosmonauts-arrive-at-space-station-in-yellow-and-blue/ | 2024-04-24T19:48:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819847.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424174709-20240424204709-00266.warc.gz | 0.975051 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__131410308 | en | Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday. They all wore yellow flight suits with blue accents. This colour appears to match the Ukrainian flag. The men were the first new arrivals on the space station since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine last month.
Russian space corporation Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov blasted off successfully from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft at 8:55 p.m. Friday. They docked at the station just over three hours later. They joined with two Russians, four Americans and a German on the orbiting outpost.
Video of Artemyev taken as the spacecraft prepared to dock with the space station showed him wearing a blue flight suit. It was unclear what message the yellow uniforms were intended to send.
When the cosmonauts were able to talk to family back on Earth, Artemyev was asked about the suits. He said every crew chooses their own.
Many people have used the Ukrainian flag and its colours to show solidarity with the country, since the war started.
The war has resulted in canceled spacecraft launches and broken contracts. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has warned that the U.S. would have to use “broomsticks” to fly into space after Russia said it would stop supplying rocket engines to U.S. companies. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has broken the U.S. single spaceflight record of 340 days. It is due to leave the space station with two Russians aboard a Soyuz capsule for a touchdown in Kazakhstan on March 30. | aerospace |
http://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2015/09/balloon-foxhunt-2015-prediction.html | 2017-03-29T22:48:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218191405.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212951-00504-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.971899 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__302892683 | en | I can cut and past the story but why bother. Find it here! The balloon will fly at Sunday.
The weather doesn't look promising (rain). So I am curious what the outcome will be. Last year I made the prediction too early. And made a last prediction when te balloon was already in the air. Showing complete different paths. Even if you predict when the balloon is flying there are many variables that are not predictable. I wish I could do a real time balloon foxhunt once together with some friends. However time and distance is a problem right now.
It is always nice to follow the signals and if you have some really good sat antennas like PE1BVQ has it is possible you can make some QSOs via the transponder. Years ago making a QSO via the balloon transponder was also possible with just a simple vertical but since interest in this project is growing the transponder is just to busy and you really need to have the strongest signal.
Since I probabely don't have time to do a prediction tomorrow I do one now. It shows a path to the north, probabely landing in the Flevopolder or Friesland. It could even land in water....Most of the times the path is south or east, this north path doesn't happen too often. I will run a prediction when the ballon has been launched because last year the launch was 30 minutes later as planned. This could be a very interesting balloon foxhunt this year.... | aerospace |
http://hitpxl.com/aviation-industry-the-threat-from-covid-19-is-greater-than-the-september-11-attacks/ | 2023-06-04T03:04:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649439.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604025306-20230604055306-00367.warc.gz | 0.954036 | 570 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__165014853 | en | The US Treasury Secretary’s warning has caused concerns about mass bankruptcy and called emergency relief from global airlines.
On March 17, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that the threat from the epidemic of COVID-19 to the aviation industry was larger than the September 11 in 2001 terrorist attack. This event caused the US aviation industry to completely stopped.
This warning has caused concerns about mass bankruptcy and called emergency relief from global airlines.
The Italian government said they would take over Alitalia, the airline has negotiated bankruptcy since 2017.
Deputy Economy Minister Laura Castelli said the takeover decision came from the difficulties of people who return to the country at the present time.
Meanwhile, Sweden and Denmark on March 17 announced to grant 275 million euros (the US $ 300 million) to guarantee loans for SAS, becoming the country that will soon support this industry.
In the US, airlines have asked the government for $ 50 billion in guarantees and loans, along with tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks, as the White House prepares a plan to support the entire economy.
In a statement, the aircraft maker Boeing said that the long-term prospects of the aviation industry remain positive, but until global passenger transportation returns to normal, these measures are necessary to limit pressure on the aviation industry as well as the whole economy.
Australia on March 18 joined the ever-growing list of countries that provide financial support to the aviation industry when global airlines announced they would continue to cut down capacity, due to the sharp decline in demand and controlling border measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Australian aviation industry will receive a government bailout of AUD 715 million (the US $ 490.5 million) to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
The package includes a series of tax exemptions on aviation fuel consumption, domestic aviation service charges, and domestic and foreign aviation security fees.
The International Air Transport Association says that the total support from governments around the globe for airlines can be up to $ 200 billion.
Aviation officials said that most carriers will use up their cash reserves for three months or sooner.
Aviation consulting firm CAPA warned most airlines around the world would go bankrupt by the end of May.
Airlines warned that air transport could be affected by stopping 185,000 flights worldwide.
On March 17, more carriers cut flights as millions of passengers canceled flights to quarantine and countries ban entry to prevent the spread of the disease.
According to Cowen analyst Helane Becker, the aviation industry is on the verge of collapse when governments isolate the majority of the population and close the border to foreigners.
US President Donald Trump said on March 17 that restrictions on domestic travel are being considered, which if it was implemented, it would put additional pressure on this country’s airlines. | aerospace |
https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6866&p=1995597 | 2021-01-22T13:51:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703529331.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20210122113332-20210122143332-00340.warc.gz | 0.952947 | 971 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__111442297 | en | Tata Advanced Systems looks at building full aircraft, radars, UAVs.
Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) is well-positioned to manufacture capabilities to build full aircraft, radars and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under ‘Make In India’ for defence production, according to Sukaran Singh, managing director and chief executive officer.
The company is positioning itself as a platform and system integrators with deep development and manufacturing capabilities under ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ opportunities of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) of the ministry of defence towards defence production.
“This capability is built through several joint ventures with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and partnerships with small and medium enterprises in India. TASL is among the few Indian companies that has tied up with top three aerospace and defence companies of the world—Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Boeing Co. and Airbus Group,” Singh said.
Singh said TASL has either secured or is in the process of securing two big Buy and Make (Indian) programmes for final platform integration, besides supplying UAVs as a full platform to the Indian forces.
For radars, Nova Integrated Systems, a subsidiary of TASL, has emerged the lowest bidder for the Surface Surveillance Radar (SSR) project of the Indian Navy under Buy and Make (Indian).
TASL is already making such UAVs for Southern Command of the Indian armed forces.
“TASL has tied up with Airbus to manufacture the C-295 transport aircraft to replace Avro transport jets. Though we are not Prime partner in this, we will build final assembly for C-295 aircraft, if everything goes well,” Singh said.
Airbus is in advanced discussions with the ministry of defence for the manufacturing of C-295, Singh said, without divulging details of the timeline and investment.
“With C-295, TASL can claim that the company has managed to get contracts for all three full platforms that the company targeted. In the private sector, TASL is in an interesting position to build final defence products in multiple areas in India. TASL is also focusing on increasing value addition in these platform areas by addressing structures, subsystems and final assembly,” Singh said.
Singh pointed out that TASL has taken several capability-building measures for creating a final assembly line in India.
TASL is in collaboration with National Aeronautics Laboratory (NAL) for creating a mission computer for the defence forces.
“NAL has already created a protype for mission computer, which is a critical element in flight systems. TASL with NAL will undertake further development to put the mission computer project into production mode. Mission computer is critical in terms of integrating special sensors and making it in India will offer a lot of flexibility for Indian defence forces,” Singh said.
Singh said the idea is to create more indigenous content throughout the entire aerospace and defence value chain of design, development, manufacture and integration of complex equipment and systems ranging from full aircraft assembly, missiles, command and control systems, unmanned aerial systems, radars, optronics and homeland security with focus on Make In India.
Though experts are lauding the efforts of private enterprises for helping the country in modernisation of defence forces, some analysts remain sceptical about the attempts to localize defence manufacturing.
“We see limited scope in this aspect. Across platforms, indigenization has more or less trailed intended goals, with imports inevitably making up for shortfalls,” said brokerage house ICICI Securities Ltd in a 21 January note.
“While DPP 2013 has created excitement along with Make in India projects, it may take significant time to fructify. Over the next five years, we see limited prospects of meaningful indigenization barring radars and missiles,” said the report.
Rahul Gangal, partner at consultancy firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, said the modernisation of Indian defence forces is extremely urgent and it is a matter of creating a robust deterrence as well as force projection both for external as well as internal security issues.
“This modernization effort has been the agenda of all past governments. Under the current regime, there has been a strong focus on ensuring timely award of contracts as well as efforts to rationalize and move ahead old contracts that are stuck due to any reason,” Gangal said.
Gangal said the urgency to modernize defence forces is also critical for paramilitaries and substantial efforts can be seen from the government, both in terms of revision of outlays as well as timebound procurement programmes. | aerospace |
http://www.vccinews.com/news_detail.asp?news_id=25971 | 2013-05-18T12:21:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382396/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00078-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.911857 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__168871597 | en | Last updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013
VINASAT-2 to Be Launched into OrbitPosted: Monday, May 14, 2012
On May 9, 2012, the State-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) said that Vietnam is going to launch its second communications satellite, VINASAT-2, at 5:13 am on May 16, 2012 (Vietnam time).
VINASAT-2 will be launched into the geostationary orbit at 131.8 degrees east longitude by Arian launch vehicle missile made by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Centre at the Kourou, French Guiana (South America), where the Vinasat-1 was sent to the orbit.
The VINASAT-2, made by modern technology, is expected to operate in 15 years. With 30 Ku-band transponders (24 commercial transponders and six backup units), which provide radio, television and telephone transmission services, it will cover Southeast Asia and nearby areas. The transmission capacity of VINASAT-2 is equivalent to 13,000 voice/Internet/data channels or 150 television channels.
The VINASAT-2 project aims at the national strategic goal of strengthening telecommunications infrastructure capacity, meeting the satellite-based service demand for domestic and regional markets, and using frequency resources and satellite orbits registered by Vietnam. VINASAT-2 and its sister VINASAT-1 will form a satellite system backing up together, minimise risks, enhance safety and stability in service provision, and strengthen the safety of national telecommunications networks.Thu Ha | aerospace |
https://umassrocket.com/blog/2014/11/30/the-second-launch | 2019-08-22T21:01:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317359.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822194105-20190822220105-00221.warc.gz | 0.958543 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__68814161 | en | The UMass team's second launch went extremely well. We relaunched the "UM" rocket as well as a 4 inch rocket that we built for a sub scale systems test called the Minuteman 1. Check out the pictures and videos below!
The motor centering rings, fins, and motor retention system are securely glued in place.
The UMass team carries the Minuteman 1 out to the launchpad!
Away it goes! Flawless ejection events and dual deployment recovery earned the team a successful sub scale flight test as well as team member Greg Kelley his National Association of Rocketry Level 1 Certification.
Check back soon for a fully edited launch video including footage from our on board camera during flight! | aerospace |
https://www.spacerockethistory.com/tag/apollo-1/page/3/ | 2022-12-02T19:45:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710916.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202183117-20221202213117-00336.warc.gz | 0.948861 | 254 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__222938156 | en | Had it not been for the fact that Eisele damaged his shoulder during a zero-G training flight aboard a KC-135 aircraft just before Christmas 1965, he might have been in the senior pilot’s seat aboard Apollo 1, instead of Ed White.
The success of Apollo 4 gave good reason to believe that the Saturn V could be trusted to propel men into space. But NASA pushed on with its plans for a second unmanned booster flight, primarily to give the Pad 39 launch team another rehearsal before sending men into deep space on the Saturn V. The mission was called Apollo 6…
“The fire-in-the-hole abort was the most critical test of the mission and one we had to accomplish successfully prior to a manned mission.” Gene Kranz – Flight Director Apollo 5
“…our building’s shaking here. Our building’s shaking! Oh it’s terrific, the building’s shaking! This big blast window is shaking! We’re holding it with our hands! Look at that rocket go into the clouds at 3000 feet!…you can see it…you can see it…oh the roar is terrific!…” Walter Cronkite – Apollo 4 launch. | aerospace |
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2318-printable.html | 2015-04-21T05:08:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246640124.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045720-00147-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959191 | 8,354 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__155854049 | en | ForeFlight Mobile Now Supports ADS-B In-Flight Weather for iPad! ForeFlight Mobile the award-winning, multi-purpose app for pilots now supports no-subscription-required ADS-B in-flight weather via Stratus. NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs, TFRs,
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The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) says it is concerned that specific states may increase the burden on flight training providers by attempting to regulate their operation,
and the latest state to enter that mix could be Tennessee. California and Arizona have both recently initiated efforts to regulate and/or license flight training operators, says NAFI. Now, the group
says a NAFI member in Tennessee has received notification from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission that the state's Division of Postsecondary School Authorization seeks to regulate fight schools
there. NAFI is currently seeking to assess whether that notification was sent to a broad base of operators, one specific location, or if it was somehow mischaracterized. Whatever the case, the
organization is seeking relevant input and is hopeful that a positive outcome can be reached.
In instances where states attempt to further regulate flight training activity, NAFI argues that "flight training is a federally regulated activity that is conducted by federally certificated
instructors or training providers, and in most cases at federally funded airports." The organization notes that states may have the right to apply regulation to commercial activities within their
borders but is wary that it may have a negative effect on the ability of flight training providers to do business. NAFI "is hopeful" that collaboration between the aviation community and state
officials will mean that any new rules will pass will relatively little impact to flight schools, student pilots, instructors, and their ability to do business together. Providing an environment that
facilitates business could serve the state's own interests as well. Parties in Tennessee that can contribute information relevant to this concern should contact NAFI at [email protected] or by phone at 866-806-6156.
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Your chance to comment on the proposal from EAA and AOPA asking the FAA to change its medical requirements for some private pilots ends on Friday, the groups said this week. "EAA especially
encourages the 39,000 pilots who will be directly affected by the FAA's ultimate decision on this proposal to indicate their support for the exemption request," said Randy Hansen, EAA government
relations director. The proposal would allow pilots to fly some GA aircraft without a third-class medical if they take an online course, self-certify, and hold a driver's license. Friday is also the
last day for comments on FAA's through-the-fence policy draft. The FAA also reminded GA pilots this week to take part in their annual safety survey, which is open until Nov. 30. The Light
Aircraft Manufacturers Association encouraged LSA pilots especially to respond to the FAA survey.
"Because of the newness of LSA, it is essential to improve the statistics, which LAMA believes will reinforce the acceptable safety record of the sector," the association said in a news release
this week. "The data from the GA survey is used by the FAA, NTSB, and even Congress in their oversight of recreational aviation," said LAMA director Tom Peghiny. "It is crucial that owners in our
segment (SLSA, ELSA and Experimental Amateur-Built light aircraft) make the effort to respond. Only by having accurate operational statistics can we know how our safety record compares to other parts
of general aviation." NBAA also "strongly encourages" all users of business aircraft to respond to the survey.
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The FAA was slow getting NextGen up and running, Transportation Department inspector general Calvin Scovel told the House aviation committee on Wednesday, but he said the program has improved and
will be worth the investment in the long run. In a hearing to examine the progress of NextGen initiatives, FAA officials told the House panel they have learned from their mistakes and expect the
system to deliver major benefits. The agency will spend $2.4 billion over the next five years to move from a radar-based system to a system using satellite technology, according to the Washington Post. The increased efficiency is expected to save billions of gallons of fuel.
Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told the House panel that NextGen will transform the national air transportation system. "Collaboration is the key to a
successful transformation," he said. "Because of current collaboration efforts among industry leaders and stakeholders, NextGen is moving forward in many areas." Rinaldi also said that streamlining
the FAA rulemaking process would help to better implement the new efficiencies being developed by the new technology. The panel also heard from FAA acting administrator Michael Huerta and several
other government and industry officials. A video of the hearing and the full text of the witness testimony are posted online.
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The FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) affects nearly 3,000 of Cessna's retractable-gear aircraft and seeks to prevent the possibility of in-flight fire on the cabin side of the
firewall. Affected aircraft are models R182, TR182, FR182, 210N, T210N, 210R, T210R, P210N, P210R, and T303 airplanes. The agency acted based on a report of an accident involving a Cessna 172RG. In
that case, a fire "rapidly accelerated" inside the cabin, caused injuries to the aircraft's occupants, and ultimately resulted in a complete hull loss for the airplane. That description closely
matches the experience of Jade Schiewe, who was interviewed last year by AVweb's Glenn Pew (podcast). Compliance with the AD, which involves
the placement of terminal lug caps at each aircraft's hydraulic power pack, is estimated to have relatively little impact on owners.
The FAA estimates that inspection of the aircraft's hydraulic power pack should take about an hour and cost about $85. If the terminal lug protective cap installation on the hydraulic power pack
requires work, the FAA estimates the total cost at $114. Improper installation of the terminal covers and associated wiring could result in ignition of a fire that could spread rapidly in the presence
of flammable materials near or in contact with the hydraulic power pack system. Read the full NPRM, here.
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A human-powered rotorcraft built by a team of students in Maryland was damaged in a hard landing recently during a test flight, after setting a new (unofficial) altitude record of 9.4 feet. Pilot
Henry Enerson was not hurt. The altitude was only 5 inches from the required height to win the elusive Sikorsky Prize. The $250,000 prize, first offered in 1980, requires a human-powered helicopter to
hover for one minute and reach an altitude of 3 meters while remaining under control within a constrained box, all in the same flight. The University of Maryland team has so far attained a duration of
65 seconds with its Gamera II rotorcraft. The team is repairing the damage from the Sept. 1 crash and plans to try again soon.
The accident, which occurred on descent, was caused by the failure of a joint that had been repaired after an earlier crash. The aircraft is about 105 feet across and weights about 75 pounds. It
has been flown only indoors. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with the team advisor Dr. Inderjit Chopra about the project in June; click here for that
EAA said this week that Sporty's has made its new Learn To Fly course available to all Young Eagles free of charge. Sporty's has previously offered its recreational and private pilot courses free
to Young Eagles, and more than 15,000 students already have accepted that offer. The new Learn To Fly course helps students to focus on the first step -- the first solo -- and then choose whether to
pursue a sport, private, or recreational pilot certificate. The upgraded course is available for iPads and other mobile devices as well as desktop computers, EAA said. EAA also said it will provide a
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programs to help those seeking an aviation career.
Focus on the Future, a project of the Flying Musicians and the Wolf Aviation Fund, is hosting its inaugural event on Saturday, Sept. 22 in Atlanta, Ga., for youth interested in pursuing a flying
career. The daylong conference will offer meetings with representatives from schools around the country and seminars on topics such as how to finance an education and how to develop a career plan. The
event is free for students and their parents, guardians, and counselors, but pre-registration is required (scroll down for the free student and
parent registration option). Similar events are planned for locations around the country, including Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. Also this week, the Eastern
New England Chapter of the Ninety-Nines announced that it has four $1,500 scholarships open to those training for a career
in aviation. Applicants must be a resident of one of the six New England states or studying in New England. Two of the scholarships are for women only, but two are open to all. The deadline to apply
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If manufacturers have a moral obligation to build in crashworthiness, are journalists equally obligated to opine when they fall short? In a mea culpa posted to the AVweb Insider blog, Paul
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For his final years with the Air Force, Dick Taylor flew a Fairchild C-123, an aircraft whose parentage included both glider and jet versions. After retiring from the Air Force and
then later from Ohio State, Dick began yet another career, consulting for aviation-accident cases.
The final act of "My Life in the Blue Suit" began in June 1974 with the Fairchild C- 123K "Provider," an airplane with a most unusual lineage. In 1943
the Chase Aircraft Company contracted to build assault gliders for the Army Air Forces; their first prototype was the XCG-14A, an all-wood glider with 24 seats (note the lift-producing shape of the
Several years later Chase switched to all-metal construction, made major changes in the airframe and bolted a pair of 1425-hp Wright Cyclone radial engines to the wings; the result was the YC-122,
only eleven of which were built.
The Chase folks didn't give up on assault gliders; the largest was the G-20; it never got off the ground, but it was the airframe that evolved into the C-123.
(As you might suspect, the big-glider concept didn't work out well, but one of its unique structural features was retained in all the C-123s that would follow: Remove the nose cap of a Provider and
you'll find four large, steel tubes converging just inside the skin, held in place by a steel plate with a large threaded nut in the center -- that's where the tow hook was installed.)
Not willing to write off their expenditure at this point, Chase proceeded to develop two powered versions of the glider ... the XC-123 (two Pratt & Whitney R-2800s) and the XC-123A (four J-47s). The
C-123A was a beautiful aircraft, but the Army had concerns about foreign-object damage to the low-slung jet engines when the airplane was operated on unimproved airstrips and said, "No, thank you."
The next-to-last version of the airplane went back to the big recips, making the C-123 perhaps the first aircraft that was powered by internal combustion engines, turbojet engines ... and gravity.
Henry Kaiser, the legendary WWII shipbuilder, bought the Chase Aircraft Co. in 1953 and transferred C-123 production to his plant in Michigan. Unfortunately, Henry's personal political problems were
such that he was denied further government contracts and the company was sold to the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Company, whose name was attached to the airplanes built to fulfill the contract.
In its final configuration, the Fairchild C-123K (with a pair of J-85 jet engines hung beneath the wings, just outboard of the piston engines) won its combat spurs as an assault transport in Vietnam,
beginning in 1962. The airplane was able to take off and land in relatively short distances even when fully loaded (maximum takeoff weight: 60,000 pounds). A max-performance takeoff could be
accomplished in about 2000 feet and it was possible to land and stop in 1500 feet at maximum landing weight -- this was a requirement for Air Force operational-readiness tests.
My C-123 transition training in 1974 was administered in large part by young pilots fresh from duty in Southeast Asia who were well-versed in short-field takeoffs and very steep approaches to landing,
procedures that reduced the possibility of taking ground fire from the bad guys in black pajamas hiding in the bushes.
The 156th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Lockbourne AFB in Columbus, Ohio -- my final billet as a reservist -- was equipped with a fleet of war-weary C-123Ks, most of them still wearing their jungle
camouflage from service in Vietnam.
One of the airplanes we inherited from Vietnam served as the personal transport for Lt. General William Westmoreland during his tour as commander of U.S. forces in Southeast Asia in 1964-1968. Based
on its solid light-gray paint and the Moby Dick shape of its fuselage, AF 56-4375 became known as the "White Whale." It featured a custom-built room in the cargo compartment intended to provide office
space for the general and reduce the noise of two R-2800s and two jets. (The jets were used almost exclusively for takeoff and added a measure of security should one of the recips quit.) If the noise
level was indeed lower in the general's airborne office, it was a small decrease ... the C-123K generated 100-plus decibels on takeoff and not a lot less in flight. Ear plugs were required equipment
on all C-123s (passengers were issued wads of cotton) but even so, the airplane had to be one of the noisiest in the Air Force inventory.
Our missions were a mix of instrument and general flight proficiency for the pilots, cross-country practice for the navigators and occasional trips to points of interest such as Florida, especially in
the winter ... all routine training missions, of course. The big drawback to cross-country flights in the C-123 was its low cruise speed; we seldom saw more than 140 knots on the airspeed indicator.
Aside from the instrument work, my favorite mission was practice landings on the assault strip adjacent to Lockbourne's 12,000-foot main runway. Only 3400 feet long and 50 feet wide, it was a small
target. We were expected to put the rubber on the runway in a very small box at the approach end and come to a complete stop in not more than 1500 feet. The remaining 1900 feet of pavement
accommodated the stream of C-123s landing at 15-second intervals when the entire squadron was participating; it was a "land and get off the runway" exercise because there was another Provider close
When it came to handling characteristics, the C-123 flew much like the glider it might have been ... a generous amount of rudder was required to counteract the adverse yaw when you rolled into a turn.
This was a basic flying technique that called for some refresher training, especially for pilots who had never flown anything but feet-on-the-floor jets.
I flew with the 356th until the summer of 1979, when my university obligations once again began to get in the way of Air Force requirements. Knowing I would not be able to maintain both activities for
the several years I needed to move up another grade, I retired as a Major in June. I still miss flying big airplanes.
In 1981 I was appointed Director of Flight Operations and Training for the Department of Aviation at Ohio State; I now had responsibility for all our student flight training and the university's Air
Transportation Service (ATS).
With the military commitment off my plate I was able to devote more time to flight training and the duties of a designated pilot examiner, most of which involved students in the Ohio State aviation
program. For the next several years I was flying almost every day ... no complaints, although there were days when I didn't really want to fly; but once in the air, the negative thoughts melted away.
One of our Piper Aztecs was equipped with a used flight director that was almost state-of-the-art, thanks to a gift from the Sperry Corporation. A group of young Air Force pilots stationed at
Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, found us in their search for a training facility offering an Airline Transport Pilot course in a light twin with more than bare-bones avionics. We were happy to
help them out: I flew nearly 400 hours in the Aztec with these highly motivated students. Can you guess where they were headed when they left the Air Force?
The flight training program was operating in administrative and operational grooves worn deep by years of traditional procedures. I incorporated some changes in the program, most of them dealing with
flight safety and improved training standards; but in general, I let sleeping dogs lie.
The ATS was a different story in 1981 because our equipment was seriously outdated. With corporate-aviation hand-me-downs a thing of the past, the ATS stable had shrunk to a pair of Aztecs and a Piper
Navajo ... not the kind of equipment people expected for business travel. Enter a university President who was a pilot and a Vice President who appreciated the value of in-house air transportation;
they worked their financial magic and pried loose the funds to revitalize the OSU ATS. We moved into an office in one of the corporate hangars on the airport, leased a Beech C-90 King Air, hired two
more pilots and got back into business. The university bought a King Air 200 in 1983, followed somewhat later by another B-200.
To help justify the expense of these airplanes and maintain the Aviation Department's status as a teaching laboratory, we instituted a program in which the cream of our aviation-student crop served as
copilots on the King Airs; we also developed a ground-school course that dealt with the systems and flight-crew procedures of modern turboprop airplanes. Several years after I retired from the
university in 1988, the folks in the head shed on campus decided to use a commercial operator to transport OSU personnel and the entire ATS program was deep-sixed. I was very disappointed when these
two opportunities for advanced practical aviation training were discontinued.
Now I need to turn back the calendar several years. You will recall that my first book -- Instrument Flying -- was published
in 1971 and enjoyed a good reception in the general-aviation community. In 1975, I was contacted by an attorney who had read my book and asked if I would be interested in testifying as a pilot expert
in a pending aviation-accident case; after considerable discussion with the attorney and a lot of thought regarding the time involved, I agreed to give it a go ... and my third career -- as a
part-time consultant -- was launched. After 37 years in that business, I am still active as a consultant and expert witness, having investigated the piloting aspects of 550-plus aircraft accidents.
Much of what I learned from pilots' mishaps has been shared over the years with aviation students in flight training and classroom courses at Ohio State, aviation magazine articles, 13 more aviation
books and The Pilot's Audio Update, a monthly audio magazine on CDs that began in 1978 and was published continuously for 33 years.
Now, fast-forward to October 1987. A letter from the OSU Board of Trustees announced my eligibility to participate in the university's early-retirement incentive program. I was 54 years old, happy
with what I was doing and fully expecting to continue working for Ohio State until the customary 65th birthday. The letter included a deadline for applications, so with nothing to lose, I completed
the forms and returned them with little interest in following through. But the more I thought about this proposal, the better it looked. After comparing the facts and making income projections for
both scenarios, I bit the bullet and decided to hang out my shingle as a consultant. My official retirement from OSU took place in June 1988 after 22 years of faculty service.
With all of my working time now available for consulting, I was able to increase my income considerably and continue flying in the bargain. I used light airplanes to travel to jobs all over the
country, many times flying directly to small towns not served by airlines. I was fortunate to have a good friend whose A-36 Bonanza was my always-available airplane for several years, followed by his
purchase of a Cessna 414, then a King Air C-90. When the King Air was sold, I stepped down a notch to a Piper Seneca that provided my business transportation for the next 10 years.
Many investigations required "re-creation" flights, the information from which was used to help juries understand how an accident occurred. These flights frequently involved flying at the edges of the
performance envelope in a number of different airplane types, often in the presence of video cameras, strain gauges and other custom instrumentation. Because most light-twin accidents take place
following an engine failure, I did a lot of simulated engine-out flying.
Every now and then someone asks, "What is your favorite airplane?" Following is a condensation of a story I wrote about that several years ago for IFR magazine, one of the Belvoir group of
This used to be a tough call for me. During 47 years and nearly 12,000 hours as a military and civilian pilot, I have experienced the good and the not-so-good features of many different types of
aircraft. Choosing a favorite was difficult until one night in January 1986 when I was still working at Ohio State. With one of our student copilots in the right seat, I had flown a passenger from
Columbus, Ohio, to Detroit, planning to return a couple of hours later. It was IMC all the way on the northbound leg, and during the approach to Detroit we encountered heavy snow that stopped falling
soon after we parked at the terminal. The temperature was well below freezing and none of the snow adhered to the cold-soaked airframe.
Our passenger showed up on time (a rare occurrence in the charter business) and we were on the way home shortly thereafter. Detroit to Columbus is at most a 30-minute trip, so I climbed to 15,000
feet, a convenient altitude considering weather, passenger comfort and airplane efficiency. At about the halfway point, flying in clear air between cloud layers, I had just started the descent when
the loudest sound I have ever heard in an airplane and a blinding flash of light took place in a split second. I do not use the term "blinding" lightly; my field of vision was completely obscured for
perhaps 10 seconds by what I can best characterize as a bright, yellow phosphorescence, then a dark spot appeared in the center and grew slowly until my normal sight returned. There was no bump, no
turbulence, no indication that we had hit anything, ergo something must have hit us. Lightning? Now wait a minute ... lightning doesn't strike airplanes flying in clear air in the middle of winter
over central Ohio ... or does it?
I thought first of the engines because of the bad history of turbines vs. lightning strikes; no problem there, those two PT-6s were humming along as advertised. A quick, visual scan outside showed no
apparent structural damage, nor was there any vibration or abnormal flight characteristics. The autopilot was still engaged and was holding the airplane steady in the descent. The flight instruments
and the electrical system showed no indications of trouble, no lights had gone out, no circuit breakers had popped and the three of us appeared to have no problems. (I looked back to see if our
passenger was OK; he gave me a thumbs-up, although I'm sure he was more than a little concerned.)
At this point we were only 10 or 15 minutes from landing; the airplane and all its systems appeared to be working normally and I decided to continue the descent for home -- in the dark of night, that
seemed the best option. The copilot cancelled IFR and advised approach control we had taken a lightning strike and would land on Runway 27 from a right base-leg. The wing flaps extended as they
should, the landing gear came down and locked, the engines and props responded properly ... the only abnormality I noticed was some extra pressure required to move the ailerons when I rolled into and
out of the turn from base to final. A completely normal landing followed and, not knowing what damage the airplane might have suffered, I was very glad to be on the ground.
I've read a lot about lightning strikes and experienced another one many years ago in the Air Force. Airplanes are designed to shed most of the energy from a strike and the damage is usually minor --
pitted metal, maybe a few small holes in the skin, avionics sometimes fried -- but this strike was industrial strength. The after-accident inspection showed a couple of dime-sized holes burned in the
underside of the left nacelle, the apparent entry point of the lightning bolt. From there we were able to trace the energy path through the left engine mounts, through the prop blades as they passed
close to the fuselage, around the radome to the right prop blades, then through the right engine and right wing to the exit point on the right wingtip. The damage there was so severe I had our chief
mechanic cut off the outboard twelve inches of the right aileron, a memento I keep in my office as a reminder of the event. Notice the large round hole, which is obviously entry damage. The lightning
charge probably sought out and destroyed the static wick then plunged back into the aileron structure and blew out the corner.
The amount of energy dissipated at the exit point is evident in this end view of the aileron -- probably the source of the loud bang that occurred when the strike took place.
When the flight control system was checked, the mechanics discovered the bearings in the aileron pulleys had been welded by the surge of electricity and the cables were being dragged around the
pulleys instead of turning them ... no wonder the ailerons felt heavy.
Without a doubt, the most significant bullet we dodged that night was failure of the prop reduction-gears in both engines. The 30,000 RPM of the power section is reduced to the prop speed of 1900-2200
RPM by a multi-tooth gear system. Every time the teeth engage and disengage in the presence of a strong electrical field (such as a lightning strike), high-voltage arcing takes place and particles of
gear metal are blown away, resulting eventually in a gear case full of loose metal and a prop system guaranteed to fail sooner or later. In this case, it was estimated that the reduction gears would
probably have gone belly-up within 20 minutes or so after the lightning strike ... we didn't get on the ground a moment too soon.
Needless to say, the mechanics went through the entire airplane, checking and testing for subtle damage. The airplane was out of service for four months and the bill for repairs, replacements and
repainting was nearly $100,000.
Ever since, I've had no problem coming up with an unequivocal answer to the question "What's your favorite airplane?" Considering crew and passenger comfort, handling qualities and overall
performance, the King Air B-200 was already near the top of my list of favorite airplanes. But all that praise takes a back seat to the King Air's stamina that night in 1986; how could I not select as
my all-time favorite airplane the one that saved three lives by taking a huge hit and holding together long enough to get us on the ground safely? Thank you, Walter Beech.
On that positive note, I bring this memoir of 47 years in aviation to a close. Nine years after I gave up flying because of a malfunctioning heart valve, I had the offending part repaired and the
surgeon told me the fix might extend my life expectancy 10 years. If the doc speaks the truth, I plan to spend some of that extra time recalling memories -- nearly all of them good, a few of them
forgettable -- and should I get involved in hangar-flying sessions with other elderly eagles, I'll bide my time, because the first liar doesn't stand a chance.
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Residents of Onemana woke this morning surprised to find a light aircraft parked on a fire break alongside Tuna Place.
At the same time they were heaping praise on the pilot who undertook an emergency landing in the single-engine Cessna on Thursday morning, saving the lives of himself and his two passengers.
Residents say the aircraft lost power while flying from Tauranga to Great Barrier Island, initially the pilot selected a forced landing on Onemana Beach.
Due to residents undertaking a dune planting exercise on the beach foreshore, the pilot had to rethink his landing spot and chose a steep and very rough fire break on the northern side of the village.
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For the crew and the support staff of the Mars Mission, the question: “What time is it?” will require knowing what time it is on Mars at that moment. | aerospace |
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I recently had the pleasure of flying Tamarack’s straight CJ 525, equipped with the company’s Active Winglet technology.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime/tag/lion-air/?mg=blogs-wsj&url=http%253A%252F%252Fblogs.wsj.com%252Fsearealtime%252Ftag%252Flion-air%252F | 2015-05-24T19:23:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928076.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00243-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.958449 | 1,341 | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__167874166 | en | Indonesia is seeking to get a handle on all too common flight delays after passengers of budget air carrier Lion Air last week had their trips cancelled or delayed over a three-day period. Read More »
Feb 24, 2015
Lion Air delayed and cancelled flights at Jakarta’s international airport for the third day on Friday, disrupting travel plans of about 3,000 passengers at the height of Chinese New Year. Read More »
By Gaurav Raghuvanshi
Airline pilots are trained for a vast range of emergencies, but almost nothing could have prepared the crew of a Lion Air domestic flight for what they saw on the runway just moments after touchdown at the Gorontalo airport in Indonesia Tuesday night — a herd of cows.
The aircraft — a Boeing 737 twinjet operating as Lion flight 892 — originated from Jakarta with 110 passengers and collided with at least one of the cows on the runway, damaging its landing gear and brakes. The plane then veered off the runway and its front wheels came to rest on soft mud.
Two passengers were slightly injured as they evacuated from the plane. They were able to leave hospital after treatment, according to Lion Air’s spokesman Leithen Francis. One cow, however, was killed. Read More »
By Resty Woro Yuniar
The 101 passengers on the Lion Air jet that recently crashed in Bali were lucky to escape with their lives, the history of similar water accidents shows. The airline is giving each passenger $5,600 to compensate for the crash.
The plane crashed on April 13 in the water next to Bali airport’s runway. All 101 passengers and the seven crew members survived. The compensation is for their trouble and damaged luggage.
“With this money, we hope we can compensate the shock that the passengers felt after the incident,” Daniel Putut, director of airport operation and services for Lion Air, told The Wall Street Journal this week. “The amount we are handing out is bigger than what we are supposed to pay based on law.” Read More »
Indonesian authorities removed the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of the Lion Air jet that crashed into water off Bali’s airport, an airport spokesman said Tuesday.
“The [recorder] has been brought to Jakarta by the [transportation safety authorities] for investigation,” Mr. Alfasyah told The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Alfasyah goes by one name, which is common in Indonesia.
The plane broke into two pieces on Saturday when it hit the water. The 101 passengers and seven crew survived. The cause of the crash isn’t known, but the voice recorder, obtained from the wreckage late Monday, will help in determining it. Read More »
The crash landing of a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 in the bay near Bali’s main airport on Saturday offered a rare example where passengers walked away from a commercial jetliner without fatal injuries after a water ditching.
Large commercial aircraft aren’t designed for landings into water.
The only other “successful” jetliner water ditching attempt over the last two decades also took place on Indonesian soil. In January 2002, both engines failed mid-flight on a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-300 that was en-route to the city of Yogyakarta from the tourist island of Lombok. The pilots were forced to ditch the plane into the Bengawan Solo River. The landing was also described by experts at the time as a miracle. All of the plane’s 54 passengers survived, though one flight attendant drowned after being swept away by the river current.
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Indonesia hopes to quickly conclude the investigation of last weekend’s crash of Lion Air’s Boeing 737-800 at Bali’s airport, the country’s Minister of Transport said Monday.
“The National Transportation Safety Committee has begun their investigation yesterday. They have retrieved the flight data recorder and [are] targeting to secure the cockpit voice recorder today,”
Evert Erenst Mangindaan said in a news conference. “We hope the investigation will be completed within one month.”
I Wayan Sudarsa was watching planes Saturday afternoon as he often does from his restaurant at Bali's famous Jimbaran beach not far from the airport. He found himself in horror when one of the planes landed in the water.
“When I looked at the sky, I saw a Lion Air jet flying from the east before it made a U-turn trying to land from the west,” Mr. Sudarsa told The Wall Street Journal via cellular phone.
“I was watching the plane landing, there was nothing abnormal. But to my surprise it landed on the water and not on the runway,” the restaurant owner said. “It was a low tide, and the airplane run aground [in] the coral and broke [its] body. Fortunately, it was low tide. Otherwise, it could have been difficult to open the airplane's doors.” Read More »
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Indonesia Real Time provides analysis and insight into the region, which includes Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei. Contact the editors at [email protected].
Boat people have been arriving on Indonesia’s shores for decades. But, like many countries in the region, Indonesia has grown increasingly reluctant to welcome them in.
It was a bad week for desperate migrants seeking shelter and assistance. Indonesia and Malaysia finally agreed to lend a hand, but Myanmar remains the source of the problem.
Standard & Poor’s has raised the possibility of upgrading Indonesia's credit worthiness to investment grade within a year.
When a group of fishermen discovered hundreds of migrants floating adrift aboard an exhausted fishing trawler off the coast of North Sumatra, many were in tears and “begging for food,” said one witness.
Mobile phone maker Alcatel OneTouch has launched its flashiest phone yet in Indonesia in a bid to outdo the competition in one of Asia’s biggest and most tech-crazed economies. | aerospace |
http://www.chicagoparent.com/contests/past-contests/day-one | 2013-12-05T01:22:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163037952/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131717-00068-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.876906 | 83 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__100667592 | en | 12 Days of Christmas giveaways: Day One
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https://alugha.com/videos/eb2b83d2-8613-11ea-817b-ed622e6dafbe?lang=eng | 2021-09-17T01:43:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780053918.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20210916234514-20210917024514-00699.warc.gz | 0.87443 | 450 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__111385846 | en | Gloveboxes on the ISS allow for experiments on materials that you wouldn't want escaping into the station's enclosed space. ISS Science: http://www.nasa.gov/iss-science NASA Science: http://science.nasa.gov/ Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA
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Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA For eleven years from 2009 to 2019, the planes of NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. Designed to collect data during the years between NASA’s two Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellites, ICESat and ICESat-2, IceBridge made its final polar flight in November 2019, one year after ICESat-2’s successful launch. The fleet of aircraft carried more than a dozen instruments, from elevation-mapping lasers and ice-penetrating radars to optical and infrared cameras. And the mission did much more than bridge the altimetry gap – it enabled many other discoveries, too, from diminishing snow cover over Arctic sea ice to impact craters hidden beneath Greenland’s ice. As the team and planes move on to their next assignments, the scientists and engineers reflected on a decade of IceBridge’s most significant accomplishments.
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On Earth, a fast runner takes a few hours to complete a marathon. On Mars, it's taken 11 years. NASA's Opportunity rover crossed that finish line in 2015. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA This video is from 2015
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https://mhspa.website/places/dakota-avenue/ | 2019-08-25T02:21:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027322170.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825021120-20190825043120-00156.warc.gz | 0.81589 | 117 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__142306015 | en | This street name Dakota Avenue is a link with the aviation history of Maylands and the Maylands Aerodrome.
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https://www.writersofthefuture.com/the-anthology/anthology-volume-11-1995/ | 2023-10-04T23:34:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511424.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004220037-20231005010037-00111.warc.gz | 0.959835 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__1303193 | en | This was the first of two years in which the annual Awards ceremony was held at the Destiny Theater, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. The ceremony took place on Friday, June 16, 1995. Story Musgrave, the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles, was one of the presenters at the ceremony. Along with Master of Ceremonies Jim Meskimen, he helped prepare the annual time capsule.
The 1995 writers’ workshop was held at Rice University. Prior to the Awards event, winners and guest speakers were treated to a tour of the Johnson Space Center and Mission Control. A special space symposium featured NASA representatives Joseph P. Loftus, Dr. Wendell Mendell, Dr. Yoji Kondo and astronaut Story Musgrave as well as science fiction authors Kevin J. Anderson, Algis Budrys and Larry Niven. | aerospace |
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Challenger established a modified marking scheme for the shuttle fleet that was matched by Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. | aerospace |
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http://iflycoast.com/blog/page/9/ | 2017-04-26T15:50:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121453.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00221-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.924006 | 1,069 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__316344480 | en | The General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) said that Cirrus Aircraft has increased its airplane deliveries and market share every year during its first quarter.
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SAN DIEGO – March 25, 2010 – Coast Flight Academy, San Diego’s only Cirrus training center to use the advanced avionics of the Cirrus Aircraft in its program, has now been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to train international student pilots using the sophisticated scenario‐based training (SBT) model in its certification courses.
Hypoxia is the condition that occurs when the body does not obtain substantial oxygen. Lack of oxygen is one of the most dangerous conditions at high altitudes, especially when coupled with inadequate pressure and/or temperatures. When a pilot inhales air at high altitudes, there is not enough pressure to force sufficient amounts of oxygen to the lungs, causing the function of various organs, including the brain, to be impaired.
Hypoxia is difficult to detect and, unfortunately, the nature of hypoxia makes the pilot the poorest judge of when it occurs. The first symptoms of oxygen deficiency resemble mild intoxication from alcohol. Most humans are completely unaware of this state of affairs and ‘believe’ they are fully conscious, when in actual fact they are in a comatose state.
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Besides the aforementioned recommendations, if you want to be a modern precautionary pilot you can carry a simple electronic instrument called pulse oximeter which clips on your fingertip, measures the oxygen saturation of the blood and instantly displays it on a tiny digital screen. It works as a “hypoxia tester” and could become your inseparable ally. | aerospace |
http://www2.nict.go.jp/wireless/spacelab/broadbandmobile/english/e-index.html | 2013-05-19T13:51:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697552127/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094552-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.753224 | 88 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__169662491 | en | We research and develop high-speed network using satellites. The NICT and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are developing the Wideband Inter-Networking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS).
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https://www.spaceflight-news.com/post/starlink-17-finally-launches-to-orbit | 2023-12-08T20:33:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100769.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208180539-20231208210539-00444.warc.gz | 0.959439 | 240 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__85026223 | en | (The Kennedy Space Center, FL) - The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center early this morning. The rocket roared into the Florida skies at 3:24 am EST. Seconds after liftoff the rocket disappeared into a thick cloud layer. The mission was Starlink V1 L17. Starlink is SpaceX’s way of providing internet to those in lower connectivity regions.
After a successful liftoff, the rocket started its successful pitch toward orbit. SpaceX successfully landed their 1st stage booster on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. The last SpaceX mission that was launched on the Falcon 9 rocket did not have a successful landing. The booster for this mission was a reused 1st stage booster.
SpaceX had second-stage ignition shortly after stage separation. The second stage was lit for a few minutes. After the second stage cutoff, the payload and stage 2 went into a coasting phase. About 30 minutes later the 2nd stage lit for the second time. Then we started to see payload deployment one after another. The batch of 60 Starlink satellites were put into orbit, marking another successful Starlink mission for SpaceX. | aerospace |
https://www.axomlive.in/science/ariane-6-rocket-passes-esa-launch-rehearsal.html | 2024-04-17T23:06:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817181.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417204934-20240417234934-00822.warc.gz | 0.856038 | 408 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__202586101 | en | Key Rehearsal Success for Ariane 6 Launcher
European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed the successful key rehearsal for the Ariane 6 launcher, marking a significant step towards its first flight in 2024. The test involved igniting the core-stage Vulcain 2.1 engine at the European spaceport in French Guiana.
Technical Details of the Test and Future Plans
Definitive results of the test are pending analysis of data, following a light anomaly during the final countdown. The seven-minute engine run simulates the launcher’s journey to space.
Developed by ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the Ariane 6 aims to rival U.S. private launch provider SpaceX. The ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher, expressed optimism about announcing a launch window for the 2024 inaugural flight, depending on the test’s results.
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The success of the Ariane 6 test reflects ESA’s commitment to re-securing Europe’s autonomous access to space, crucial in the backdrop of challenges faced by its predecessor, Ariane 5, and the grounding of Vega C.
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Ariane 6’s successful development and future launch will not only benefit Europe but also impact the global space industry, particularly in the competition with U.S.-based space companies.
With the increasing commercialization and privatization of space ventures, ESA’s progress with Ariane 6 signifies its sustained relevance and competitiveness in the evolving space industry landscape.
The successful Ariane 6 test is a significant milestone for ESA and the European space industry. As preparations continue for the first flight, the global community eagerly anticipates the impact of this cutting-edge launcher on space exploration and commercial activities. | aerospace |
https://e-nnw.com/government-of-india-announces-sops-for-travel-under-vande-bharat-and-air-transport-bubble-flights/ | 2021-06-25T04:04:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488567696.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20210625023840-20210625053840-00508.warc.gz | 0.938011 | 192 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__89242150 | en | The government of India has come up with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for travel for inbound and outbound travel under the Vande Bharat and Air Transport Bubble Flights, as per which the cost of travel will have to be borne by the travellers, said the Civil Aviation Ministry.
In its guidelines, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated that all the passengers, at the time of boarding, will be mandated to undergo thermal screening and only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board. As allowed by the Civil Aviation Ministry, the travel shall be on non-scheduled commercial flights and precautions such as wearing masks, hand hygiene etc. shall be observed by staff crew and all passengers while onboard.
“Category of persons eligible to travel will be permitted by the Home Ministry from time to time. Civil Aviation Ministry will display on its website the category of persons eligible to travel out of India,” the ministry added further. | aerospace |
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20091119.html | 2013-06-20T00:01:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709906749/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131146-00093-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.898178 | 313 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__102001644 | en | Developing Cutting-Edge Technological Concepts for the Future
November 19, 2009 -- Last week, for the first time in four years, a competitor in NASA’s "space elevator" challenge qualified for one of the contest's cash prizes. Part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program, the contest challenges participants to transmit power from a remote transmittor to a device that climbs a cable suspended one kilometer high.
If successfully developed, applications of such a technology could include providing power to remote areas of military bases or operating unmanned aircraft for extended periods or even powering an elevator to the moon. Programs like the Centennial Challenges program encourage private companies and students to come up with creative solutions in aerospace research and technology.
From 1998-2007 the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) provided an independent open forum for innovators to confer and collaborate. Non-NASA scientists and students could give input on current projects and win grants to further research initiatives in advanced aeronautics and space concepts. The program gained public attention and encouraged students to pursue careers in technical subjects.
Congress directed the National Research Council to review the effectiveness of the NIAC program in 2008, in order to assess such programs and make recommendations about the proper role of NASA and the government in fostering scientific innovation and creativity. The report, Fostering Visions for the Future: A Review of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, found that these programs are beneficial to the nation and should be implemented under a non-mission-specific agenda to ensure success.Other Resources: | aerospace |
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Lightweight, Classic fit, Double-needle sleeve and bottom hem | aerospace |
https://www.voyagerguru.com/tag/air-france-business-class/ | 2024-02-25T06:24:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474581.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225035809-20240225065809-00233.warc.gz | 0.980117 | 132 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__115039203 | en | United Airlines recently upgraded their fleet from the 1990s style Business class cabin of the past to the brand new 767-300 Polaris interior on the premium transcontinental routes.
We had the opportunity to fly Business Class on Air France on a recent journey to Mykonos, Greece and we can safely say, Air France beats all US airlines by miles. While some of their services were adapted, the overall
The pandemic has been an interesting time to travel - services and amenities were all but abandoned, much like the airports. Truth be told, I’ve actually enjoyed traveling during the Pandemic: flights were always on time and the airports and | aerospace |
http://ram-home.com/ram-old/e-155.html | 2017-12-17T06:05:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948593526.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171217054825-20171217080825-00004.warc.gz | 0.959839 | 1,161 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__199841232 | en | |Function||Interceptor prototype||Reconnaissance prototype|
|Engines||2*11,200kg R-15B-300||2*12,300kg R-15BD-300|
|Wing Load (kg/m2)||662|
|Speed at 0m||1200km/h|
|Maximum service Speed||3000km/h|
|Turn time (sustained)||40sec|
|Supersonic Range (w/o aux tank)||940km||1600km|
|Supersonic Range (with aux tank)||1285km||2100km|
In the late-50s Soviet design bureaus joined race with their Western partners for Mach-3+ combat aircraft. Main goal was a heavy interceptor, but new design also had to accommodate a reconnaissance role. Interestingly, A.I.Mikoyan was advised by several associates to avoid the program. For example, Anatolij Brunov (many years colleague of Mikoyan) refused to manage the new aircraft.
And they had a reason. Scope and complexity of the project were enormous. Expansion of old facilities and creation of new ones was a must to perform construction and trials of airframe, engines, flight control and other systems.
A.I.Mikoyan took the challenge, and M.I.Gurevich (still active in the bureau) became the chief engineer. It was the last project of M.I.Gurevich, who retired in 1964 at age of 73. His duties were overtaken by Nikolai Matyuk, a competent engineer in his own right. Project was officially initiated on March 10, 1961.
Heavy heat regimes of Mach-3 flight resulted in creation of special creep-resistant nickel steel alloys, as well as heavy duty cooling systems for instrument bays and cockpit. Silver-plated metal mesh combined with glass fiber mats covered the engine bays. Powerplant itself was remarkable. Each of R-15B-300 engines provided 11,215kg of static thrust. To operate convergent/divergent exhaust nozzle of each engine no less than 12 hydraulic rams were installed.
Large variable intakes were equipped with hydraulically actuated ramps, controlled by the central computer. At supersonic speeds those ramps were extended to limit air mass flow into the engines. To gain sub-sonic efficiency of intakes, water-methanol mixture was injected into the intake, increasing density of the air 'swallowed' by the engines. Interestingly, huge intakes played role of canards and improving aircraft stability at supersonic speeds. Canards were considered at early design stage, but found unnecessary - thanks to intakes.
To perform the interceptor task E-155 relied on one of the most capable airborne radars of the time - pulse-Doppler 'Smertch' (Twister) (NATO Fox Fire). This heavy (over 500kg) unit generated approximately 600kW and could burn through any known jamming system at a range up to 80km. Appropriate long-range air-to-air missiles were also developed.
R&D program moved forward on a high pace. By late 1963 the prototype was near-ready. In January-February of 1964 taxi trial were performed, and on March 10, 1964 the first E-155 took to the air with A.Fedorov at the controls. After first flights several changes were introduced. The lack of anhedral was temporary compensated by installing wingtip endplates. Those in slightly modified shape migrated even to the pre-production MiG-25.
Success of the aircraft was not the easy one. First flight revealed insufficient wing rigidity. Resulting control reversal was dangerous, and maneuverability limitations vere imposed. These proved insufficient, and on October 30, 1967 test pilot NII VVS Igor Lesnikov was killed during a world speed record attempt when aircraft was overstressed.
Following changes included new approach to the aircraft control at high speeds. Above Mach 1.5, ailerons were phased out and all controls switched to new slab-type stabilators, providing both pitch and roll control. Refined mass balancing was added to the wingtips as a thin rod (utilized in production aircraft to carry warning receivers and EWF equipment. Those improvements turned to be insufficient, when Oleg Goudkov made another attempt of high speed trials. Aircraft pitched nose at altitude of 500m and killed the pilot in a moment crash. Cause was found in insufficient capacity of hydraulic system, combined with critical center of gravity limits.
Straight-forward approach demanded to replace the hydraulic system. More elegant solution (moving the stabilators closer to the wing) allowed to fix the problem without major rebuilding of the aircraft. All already manufactured airframes were field-modified to the new standard.
Now comes the 'era of records'. First one was set by A.Fedotov on March 16, 1967. Modified variant, referred as E-266, flew 1000km closed circuit at 21000m with average speed 2319km/h. It would not be a remarkable result if it was not performed with 2000kg payload. More records followed (see E-266) after four of those new heavy fighters were presented at Domodedovo on July 9, 1967. One ('3155' flown by G.Vakhmistrov) was later identified as third E-155 built.
In 1970 the E-155R reconnaissance platform was cleared for production as MiG-25R without armament, but with a wealth of photo-equipment and electronic sensors and more powerful and economical engines. | aerospace |
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/antoine-de-saint-exupery/26291 | 2023-12-08T13:49:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100745.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208112926-20231208142926-00199.warc.gz | 0.988864 | 132 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__283746918 | en | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born in Lyon 29 June 1900, was a French writer and aviator. In 1921 he began his military service and trained as a pilot, and at the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the French Air Force flying reconnaissance missions. Later, he joined the Free French Forces but while flying a mission in the Rhone valley on 31 July 1944 he disappeared and was never seen again. It was assumed that he was shot down over the Mediterranean. An unidentifiable body wearing French colours was found several days later and buried in Carqueiranne that September. | aerospace |
https://rippercorp.com/divisions/little-ripper-lifesaver/ | 2022-12-09T02:27:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711376.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209011720-20221209041720-00175.warc.gz | 0.924775 | 513 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__108910420 | en | The Little Ripper Lifesaver has been in operation since 28th February 2016.
Over the last five years the Little Ripper Lifesaver has become a world leading search and rescue program representing the next evolution in coastal safety, with the ability to rapidly identify and respond to incidents with specialised unmanned aircraft.
Little Ripper offer a suite of sophisticated and multi-rotor UAV’s (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Drones) tailored for search, rescue and lifesaving operations.
Little Ripper UAV’s have been developed specifically to save lives. The Little Ripper Lifesaver rescue fleet can deploy a variety of rescue devices, sound alerts to swimmers in danger, live-stream data back to control centres in ultra-low latency, detect sharks, and drop sea-marker dye to track objects or people in the water. Little Ripper rapid response teams can react quickly and get to swimmers fast and efficiently to save lives.
Ripper Corp partner with Advanced Navigation in a world first to simultaneously fly multiple drones along a 1000 km stretch of Australia’s coastline.
The Little Ripper Lifesaver performed the world’s first drone surf rescue in stormy seas off the coast of Lennox Head, NSW, Australia on 18 January 2018.
The Ripper Tech team have worked closely with our research partners, University of Technology (UTS) to develop an Artificial Intelligence (Ai)system for our Little Ripper Lifesaver drones to enable the detection of a variety of marine threats with high accuracy, in real-time. Ripper Sharkspotter can detect sharks.
This technology allows for faster reaction times to potential threats at beaches and water ways. Crocspotter has been developed by The Ripper Group in partnership with UTS, Amazon Web Services and Surf Life Saving Queensland.
The Little Ripper Lifesaver UAV has been fully customised with the addition of Ripper’s unique Custom Payload Delivery System (CPLS), which enables the drone to carry and deploy rescue equipment. This system has seen the Little Ripper UAVs quickly become the go-to device for UAV search and rescue operations.
The Little Ripper Lifesaver has been designed to enable flexible customisation allowing operators to quickly swap between a suite of deployable payloads to provide support and lifesaving rescue pods to those in need.
Little Ripper Marine Rescue Pods
Little Ripper Land Rescue Pods
Little Ripper Snow Pod | aerospace |
https://www.zealot.com/threads/whitewings.181503/ | 2023-01-31T23:20:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499891.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230131222253-20230201012253-00194.warc.gz | 0.964077 | 295 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__80670783 | en | Nice design!This is the furthest flying glider I have ever made. It is my own design. It is hollow, with no internal weights. It, standing 30 feet into the air got over a 300' foot glider with this plane, it banked right, into the wind, climbed, and ended at the end of the train station I lived near, at the time. It did not crash, it landed perfectly. The nose was a lifting surface, that translated into the main wing. The large aileron was placed to get the center of gravity where it should be, with the angle of incidence also set by the tilt of the rudder, holding the elevator. It had flaps and ailerons, but I found If I built them square, just the major adjustments when made, and a proper airfoil, the glider is perfectly flat on the bottom, gave for almost dart like flights inside.
I was just wondering. Why are Whitewing kits going up in price, old and new?
Then there is taking a 3-view scale drawing of a plane, and tracing it in Inkscape or similar vector drawing program...
...Made a pretty good flier. Needs some tweaking though. 1:1 scale aerodynamics don't always translate to smaller scale gliders! | aerospace |
https://www.danoshierproductions.com/post/flying-a-drone-at-u-s-national-historic-landmark | 2024-04-15T08:51:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816954.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415080257-20240415110257-00657.warc.gz | 0.952596 | 552 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__13157410 | en | Let me begin by saying that I am a FAA-licensed (part 107), UAS (drone) operator. I follow the rules and regulations precisely, as this ever-growing industry has become my specialty and part of my livelihood. I also want to say to the aspiring pilots looking to fly around U.S. National Historic Landmarks, BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE RULES!
Operating a drone (UAS), in or above a U.S. National Historic Landmark is prohibited by the FAA. These areas are protected and are high-traffic for pedestrians and vehicles. The last thing anyone needs is a rogue drone crashing into some historic building and then careening into an unsuspecting crowd causing damage and injuries. Once again, respecting the rules and flying safe should always be first and foremost to any pilot. Though they are small, a drone can cause damage and injuries, even when operated correctly by an experienced pilot. As the number of drones operators increases, the need for ensuring the skies remain safe is the first hurdle. This burden is that of the drone pilot, drone manufacturers, and the FAA. The pilot is the first cog in the wheel. The drone manufacturers and the FAA have implemented strict, geo-fenced, no fly zones above and around U.S. National Historic Landmarks. Without FAA authorization, the drone simply will not take off in, or fly into these zones.
I recently was hired to film aerial video of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA. This landmark is protected from drone operations directly over and around the vicinity. A remarkable historic prison, it held notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton inside its innovative wagon wheel design. At its completion, the building was the largest and most expensive public structure ever erected in the United States, and quickly became a model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.
The prison is currently a U.S. National Historic Landmark, which is open to the public as a museum for tours seven days a week, twelve months a year, 10 am to 5 pm.
With clearance from the FAA to operate in this flight zone, I orbited the building filming video and scanning for 360 photos. Flight duration 20 minutes, altitude (max) 240 feet.
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I have been operating a drone professionally for over 8 years around Buffalo, NY and across the USA. I've filmed some AMAZING locations and done some pretty interesting jobs with my drone from Netflix, CBS, to the NFL, I've been fortunate to work with some of broadcast media's best! | aerospace |
https://www.uasvision.com/2022/09/28/russias-iranian-shahed-131-drones-have-us-made-components/ | 2023-05-30T20:20:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646144.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530194919-20230530224919-00559.warc.gz | 0.941344 | 675 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__229714497 | en | Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-131 contain processors manufactured by the American company Texas Instruments, according to a report published by the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation bought from Iran not only the Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, which the Rashists began to use to attack cities, in particular Odessa , but also the Shahed-131. A consignment up to 1,000 Shahed-136 drones was bought by Russia from Iran in August after the Kremlin began to run low on expensive cruise missiles
Given the serial number and smaller dimensions, Shahed-131 is an earlier version of Shahed-136, but with a similar principle of operation and, most likely, maximally unified in all main components, primarily electronics. The layout and aerodynamic solution are also identical.
Regarding the parameters of the Shahed-131, it is slightly smaller than the Shahed-136, the wingspan is 2.2 m against 2.5 m, the length is 2.6 m against 3.5 m. The take-off weight is estimated at 135 kg against 200 kg. The size of the high-explosive warhead with preformed Shahed-131 fragmentation is estimated at 10-15 kg. The flight range is estimated to be up to 900 km.
At the same time, the given report makes it possible to roughly estimate the capabilities of the Shahed-136, in relation to which there is still a gap in the public space regarding the mass of the combat unit and the flight range. If the ratio of take-off weight to the warhead is preserved in the Shahed-136, then the more powerful version carries 15-22 kg.
But the main value of the report lies in the analysis of electronic components. As predicted, all of them are civilian, and of the guidance systems, only a civilian-class GPS receiver is used, which allows this drone to be used exclusively against stationary objects.
The flight control unit is assembled from five boards that contain TMS320 F28335 processors from Texas Instruments (freely available on the market).
At the same time, an unpleasant surprise was found, a system was added to GPS guidance that prevents GPS signals from being replaced by electronic devices, but, judging by the description, it does not prevent interference. Also, a primitive inertial system is installed on the drone, which allows it to maintain an approximate course and height if satellite navigation is prohibited.
That is, when the drone flies into an area where GPS signals are suppressed, the drone begins to be blown away by the wind, and it also runs into errors of the inertial system itself. Depending on the speed and direction of the wind, the deviation will be 5% of the distance covered without GPS. On a section of 5 km, this will give an error of 250 meters. Obviously, when the GPS signal is received again, the drone will adjust its flight.
Sources: Defense Express; Euromaidan Press
Since GPS is a mostly US based navigation system, is it possible to set up a recognition system so the drone has to have permission to access GPS satellite data?
no. gps app just receives data from satelites, it doesn’t send/request any | aerospace |
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0518/876182-pilot-sees-unidentified-flying-object/ | 2022-09-27T14:45:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335034.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927131111-20220927161111-00663.warc.gz | 0.976682 | 227 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__232100883 | en | Aer Lingus pilot describes a strange object in the sky over the south of England.
Captain Gordon Pendleton was flying from Cork to Brussels on board the Aer Lingus plane St Colmcille when he came across the strange object. Speaking at Dublin Airport he described what he had witnessed.
We saw a globular object approximately five miles ahead of us.
At first Gordon Pendleton thought it was an aircraft but as it got closer he saw that the object had no wings. He then thought it might be a meteorological balloon but realised that the speed it was travelling meant that it could not be a free balloon.
I have no idea what it could be and I passed the report to London Airways.
Although difficult the describe the size of objects while in the air, he says it was smaller than a Viscount aircraft and was travelling at six to seven hundred miles an hour. Co-pilot Peter Murphy also witnessed it.
Before joining Aer Lingus in 1952, Captain Pendelton was in the Royal Air Force (RAF).
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 21 May 1962. | aerospace |
http://photos.allrefer.com/pictures-images/f-94-f-94-starfire-photo-515 | 2023-03-31T09:27:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949598.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331082653-20230331112653-00665.warc.gz | 0.957224 | 109 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__76016862 | en | 1940’s—The F-94 series all-weather interceptors were developed from the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star. The prototype F-94 first flew on July 1, 1949. The Starfire was subsequently produced in the -A, -B, and -C series.
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http://spacegeneration.org/ru/about/boards/2014-09-19-07-56-32.html | 2017-02-24T01:25:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171271.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00251-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954414 | 3,722 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__32023780 | en | Current Advisory Board Members
SGAC’s Advisory Board is designed to give strategic direction and advice to SGAC in order to help guide the organisation in its fulfillment of its goals and objectives. It provides comment substantively on the work of the organisation and suggests ways in which to improve its functions and its engagement. The board is composed of twelve board members, each of whom serves for a two-year term. Our Advisory Board members are influential members of the international space community who have been strong supporters of the goals of SGAC and of the organisation itself.
Members in alphabetical order:
|Victoria Alonsopérez||Founder at Chipsafer (IEETech) - Former SGAC Chair 2016|
|Catherine Doldirina||Former SGAC Chair 2013|
|Steve Eisenhart||Senior Vice President - Strategic & International Affairs, Space Foundation|
|Agnieszka Lukaszczyk||Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Space Data for Societal Challenges and Growth Unit I-3|
|Tanja Masson-Zwaan||President, International Institute of Space Law|
|Clayton Mowry||President, Arianespace, Inc.|
|Mazlan Othman||Project Director of Megascience 3.0 at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia|
|Enrique Pacheco-Cabrera||Deputy Director for Space Science and Technology Affairs, Mexican Space Agency|
|Kevin Stube||Chair of the IAF Workforce Development and Young Professionals Programme Committee|
|Christopher Vasko||Former SGAC Chair, Contractor at ESA Strategy Department|
|Chris Welch||Director MSc Programmes, International Space University; IAF Vice President: Education and Workforce Development|
Victoria Alonsopérez is an Electronics and Telecommunication Engineer and an entrepreneur. She invented Chipsafer, a platform that can track and detect anomalies in cattle behavior remotely and autonomously. Thanks to Chipsafer in 2012 she was the winner of the International Telecommunication Union Young Innovators Competition and in 2013 she won the Best Young Inventor Award from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In 2014 the Inter- American Development Bank selected Chipsafer as the Most Innovative Startup of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the MIT Technology Review selected Victoria as the Innovator of the Year - Argentina & Uruguay. Victoria graduated from Universidad de la Republica, the International Space University, and Singularity University. From 2014 until 2016 Victoria served as Chair of Space Generation Advisory Council, and she is currently a member of the Advisory Board. Victoria is also the New Generation Member of the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation.
Catherine Doldirina is the former Chair of Space Generation Advisory Council. She is engaged in legal research related to space activities since 2005. Her expertise lies in the field of intellectual property law, some fields of European law, (geographic) data policies and regulations, as well as general questions of space law. In 2011 she defended her PhD thesis entitled “Remote sensing data and the common good” at the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She lectured on European competition law, European copyright law and space law at various universities in Canada and Europe. She authors work on various aspects of space law and is a member of the International Institute of Space Law. She currently works as a researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (Italy), with the focus on policies and regulations regarding access to and use of geographic and Earth observation data.
Steve Eisenhart leads the strategic integration of the public, policy and international affairs of the Space Foundation. He supervises the Foundation's Washington, D.C. team’s support of the Foundation’s mission and customers, including their government affairs and research and analysis efforts, work with government agencies, other space advocacy organizations and associations, and corporate interests. Eisenhart is principally responsible for the Space Foundation's global strategy and relationships with international space agencies and organizations, foreign embassies, and U.S. organizations involved with international space programs. He is directly responsible for the program development and integration of key Space Foundation activities including the widely acclaimed Space Symposium. Since joining the Space Foundation in 1996, Eisenhart has had a broad range of responsibilities, serving as senior vice president of strategic communications, director of communications and public affairs and communications manager. Eisenhart was military public affairs official and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Agnieszka Lukaszczyk A Polish/American national, currently works at the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Space Data for Societal Challenges and Growth Unit. She also worked at the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, Space Policy and Research Unit. Before she joined the Commission, Agnieszka was the Brussels Office Director for the Secure World Foundation. In addition, she is the former Chairperson and the former Executive Director of the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications. Agnieszka also worked at the European Space Policy Institute as a research fellow.Agnieszka serves as the Vice President - Europe for the World Space Week And Sits on the Board Of Directors for the Women in Aerospace-Europe. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Space Security at the Polish Defence Academy. She holds a Master's degree from the Warsaw School of Economics in Management of Space in New Economies and a Master's degree from the American University School of International Service in International Politics plus a Bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of Tennessee. She also studied at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, Belgium; the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland. She gained professional experience at the Political Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington DC, American Electronics Association in Brussels, European Department of the Polish Senate in Warsaw and the Warsaw Business Journal.
Tanja Masson-Zwaanhas specialised in the field of air and space law since 25 years. She currently teaches air and space law in the advanced Masters programme in air and space law of Leiden University (The Netherlands), supervises research of LLM and PhD students and carries out research activities for various clients. She is the President of the International Institute of Space Law, to which position she was re-elected for a second term in October 2010, and has published on a variety of topics over the years. She lectures on space law all over the world, advises the Dutch government, the EU and other national and international bodies on matters relating to space law, and attends the sessions of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space as an observer. Before returning to Leiden where she obtained her LLM in public international law, Tanja set up and taught graduate courses in air and space law at the National University of Singapore, worked as a consultant in France and the Netherlands for industrial and institutional clients, and served many years as Executive Secretary of the IISL, organising numerous conferences, symposia, meetings and the Manfred Lachs space law moot court competition. Tanja is a recipient of several awards (IISL Distinguished Service Award, 2001 and IAA Social Science Award, 2008), and is a member of various professional organisations such as the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, full member), the Académie de l’air et de l’espace (ANAE, France), the International Law Association (ILA, including its Space Law Committee), and the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL, former Board member). Tanja is a Board member of the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications (SGAC), Women in Aerospace-Europe (created in 2009), the Netherlands Space Society (NVR), and HE Space Operations.
Clayton Mowry has worked for over 17 years in the commercial launch and satellite sectors serving in government, as the leader of an industry trade association and as an executive for the world’s leading launch services company. Mr. Mowry joined Washington, D.C.-based Arianespace, Inc. as its President and Chairman in August 2001. As the head of the Arianespace’s U.S. subsidiary, he is responsible for managing the company’s sales, marketing, government relations and corporate communications activities. Before joining Arianespace, Mr. Mowry served for six years as executive director at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), a non-profit alliance of U.S. satellite operators, manufacturers and ground equipment suppliers. Prior to his role at SIA, he worked as a satellite/launch industry analyst and senior international trade specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Clayton Mowry received a Master of Business of Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in politics and government from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. In addition to his work at Arianespace, Inc., Mr. Mowry currently serves on the board of directors and as president of the Society of Satellite Professionals International. He is now in his second term as vice president for international programs with the American Astronautical Society. Mr. Mowry is also an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Dr. Mazlan Othman was educated in Malaysia and received her PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. On returning to Malaysia in 1981, she pioneered an academic programme on astrophysics at the National University of Malaysia and was appointed Professor of Astrophysics in 1994. She was seconded to the Prime Minister’s Department in 1990 to direct the establishment of the National Planetarium, under the Space Science Studies Division. As its first Director-General, she also led the design and manufacture of Malaysia’s first remote-sensing satellite, TiungSAT-1, launched in 2000. In 1999, she was appointed Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and, in 2002, returned to Malaysia to set up the National Space Agency (ANGKASA). As its founding Director-General, she established the National Space Centre which houses TT&C, AIT, calibration and research facilities; founded the Langkawi National Observatory; and initiated the programme which placed the world’s first remote-sensing satellite in the near-Equatorial orbit. She spearheaded the Angkasawan Programme which saw the launch of the first Malaysian astronaut to the International Space Station in 2007. That year, she left Malaysia again to resume the post of Director of UNOOSA. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).
She retired from the UN in 2013 and is currently Project Director of Megascience 3.0 at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. She is a fellow of several professional bodies and is the recipient of several national and international awards.
Enrique Pacheco is native of Chalco, Mexico. He has a Bachelor in Electronic Engineer from the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico, and a M.Sc. in Telecommunications from CICESE Research Center. Also he has doctoral studies in Space Technology from Surrey Space Centre at University of Surrey, UK. He has been involved on space technology since 1993, working as Technical Coordinator for SATEX 1 and SENSAT (Self –Explore Nano-Satellite) projects, the latest project aims to research, design, development, and construct High Performance Educative Nano Satellites (HPENS). Also was the leader of a research project to develop a multispectral camera for an UAV and a multispectral optical camera as Payload for the CONDOR mission that is a microsatellite developed jointly between Mexico and Russia under the leadership from Mexico of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Has been lecturer of topics related with telecommunications, space satellite communications and space technology since 1993, also participating in national and international conferences. He is Founder Member of the Mexican Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology and he is part of the Board. Also is part of the Mexican Space Network for Academic Research. He is also a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He started to support the General Director of the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) right after his appointment in November 2011. Since January 2012 he has been formally appointed as Deputy Director for Space Science and Technology Affairs on the AEM and from that position has been representative of Mexico on the COPUOS were he is co-chair of the Expert Group A: Sustainable space utilization supporting sustainable development on Earth, that is part of the Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities.
Kevin Stube sees peaceful exploration and settlement of space as a priority for humanity. He supports a dynamic international cooperative space environment including government, commercial, private, and advocacy groups such as the Planetary Society to help reduce the cost of space exploration, improve the economy, and make life on Earth better for all.
Kevin Stube has followed a passion for space since he was ten years old and received a poster of the Hubble Space Telescope his future stepfather brought back from the 38th IAC. Kevin received a Masters Degree in Space Studies and a Masters in Business Administration and Project Management. Kevin was a member of the TESS mission proposal team and test support engineer for the TEGA instrument of the Mars Phoenix Mission. He is now the Wyle Engineering Deputy Project Manager for Rodent Research on the ISS at NASA Ames.
Kevin Stube helped start the first, and all subsequent, IAF Young Professionals Programmes at the IAC. He has taken part in organizing the Next Generation Plenaries at the past eight IACs. Kevin serves on several IAF committees. He is the Chair of the IAF Workforce Development and Young Professionals Programme Committee and a member of the IAF Technical Advisory Committee for the Cultural Uses of Space (ITTACUS), and the Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee as well as a member of several award selection panels for the past 8 years and a special advisor to the IAF president on youth and workforce development. Kevin is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Planetary Society and served in several positions in the Space Generation Advisory Council between 2004 and 2009.
Christopher Vasko was born in Vienna, Austria. He studied Physics at the Vienna University of Technology, which brought him in contact with the topic of space and research from a scientific perspective. Ealry during his studies he became an active volunteer in local space organizations in a number of outreach/educational projects. His passion soon brought him to work as an intern at a small privately held Austrian company assisting in developing a novel plasma engine for space applications. Fueled by this experience, Christopher worked as intern at the European Space Policy Institute, the SGAC Vienna office and worked as scientific advisor for an international think-tank based in Germany.
Christopher then decided to return to academia for a PhD in applied physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. This allowed him to focus on science as well as to remain active in SGAC where was active from 2009 on in various positions ranging from web editor to Treasurer and Chairperson of the organization.
After defending his PhD, Christopher worked as an engineer before he started his current job at European Space Agency’s Strategy Department in Paris.
Chris Welch is a frequent commentator on space and astronautics, has made more than 300 television and radio broadcasts and has also advised on a number of space-related television programs and films. In 1989, Chris was one of the final 25 candidates to fly to the Mir space station on the UK-USSR Juno mission, which continues to fuel his passion for space in general and space education and outreach in particular. He is former chair of the UK’s Space Education Council and is Chair of the IAF’s Space and Education and Outreach Committee. He is Vice-President and a Council Member of the British Interplanetary Society and a subject editor for its journal, JBIS and is also on the board of the World Space Week Association and a trustee of the Spacelink Learning Foundation and the Arts Catalyst. In 2009 he won the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Achievement in Space Education. Chris Welch is a Professor and Director of Masters Programs at the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. He has a PhD in spacecraft engineering from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom – where he is also adjunct faculty – and an MSc in space physics from the University of Leicester. He is a Chartered Physicist and Member of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Engineering and Technology (and a member of its Aerospace Network Executive Committee) and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Chris has also served as a special advisor on two UK government enquiries into space policy. In 1989, Chris was one of the final 25 candidates to fly to the Mir space station on the UK-USSR Juno mission, which continues to fuel his passion for space in general and space education and outreach in particular. He is former chair of the UK’s Space Education Council and is Chair of the IAF’s Space and Education and Outreach Committee. He is Vice-President and a Council Member of the British Interplanetary Society and a subject editor for its journal, JBIS and is also on the board of the World Space Week Association and a trustee of the Spacelink Learning Foundation and the Arts Catalyst. In 2009 he won the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Achievement in Space Education. Chris is a frequent commentator on space and astronautics, has made more than 300 television and radio broadcasts and has also advised on a number of space-related television programs and films. | aerospace |
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http://solc.gsfc.nasa.gov/modules/flightdyn/mainMenu.php | 2014-12-20T09:39:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769642.136/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00067-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.896932 | 86 | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__161919164 | en | Overview: Here you'll learn all about orbits and how satellites and other objects revolve around the earth. You'll learn about concepts like planetary motion, apogee and perigee, and angles of inclination. Also, you'll learn what "attitude" is and about the Attitude Control System on a spacecraft.
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https://www.australias.guide/act/attraction-tour/canberra/paddys-river/canberra-deep-space-communication-complex/ | 2024-03-03T05:07:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476205.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303043351-20240303073351-00692.warc.gz | 0.875863 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__62251941 | en | ** The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Visitor Centre and Cafe are temporarily closed. We hope to reopen later in the year. **
Take a leap into outer space at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, a 45-minute drive from the heart of Canberra. Here you’ll discover NASA’s Deep Space Network, an international network of antennas that support interplanetary spacecraft missions. The impressively sized antenna dishes at the complex send and receive data from spacecraft exploring the solar system and beyond. For a great view of the dishes, as well as an insightful exhibit about Australia’s role in space exploration, head to the Canberra Space Centre on the complex grounds.
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https://eos.org/author/mark-zastrow | 2023-12-10T21:28:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102637.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210190744-20231210220744-00842.warc.gz | 0.916145 | 312 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__257387764 | en | A NASA mission is observing airglow in the upper atmosphere and uncovering what it tells us about Earth’s space weather system.
The field of space weather forecasting could take cues from its Earthly counterpart to increase the reliability of models as well as warning times ahead of inbound solar storms.
A planet’s magnetic field usually protects its atmosphere from being blown away by its star. But new research suggests Mars’s weak magnetic field may have helped its atmosphere escape.
Spacecraft sometimes produce a form of electrical self-interference as they zip through plasmas in space—a previously unreported effect that may be lurking in old data sets.
A new analysis of spacecraft data collected near the tip of Earth’s magnetotail sheds light on how geomagnetic activity affects the motion of electrons in this region.
Electrons energized and trapped at Mars were thought to lose energy inside the planet’s magnetosheath, but new research suggests a different explanation of spacecraft data.
Data from the Cassini and Voyager spacecraft reveal new information about the Sun’s magnetic bubble.
Sometimes the conditions in the solar wind can change dramatically over short distances. Satellite observations of these features show that they’re more complex than previously thought.
An analysis of 5 decades of satellite data has pieced together the most comprehensive picture yet of substorms, the magnetic disturbances that cause surges of aurora.
A new classification scheme helps researchers distinguish what accelerates the electrons that create auroras. | aerospace |
https://turkaviation.cz/aviation-english/ | 2019-03-21T00:01:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202474.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320230554-20190321012554-00150.warc.gz | 0.925309 | 109 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__26751682 | en | Each pilot, who wants to fly abroad, must successfully pass examination in ICAO English (including ULL pilots). The goal of this course is to prepare student on English VFR or IFR communication.
Pilot will learn English phraseology, aviation abbreviations, basic grammar and vocabulary during the course. To make the tuition more effective, tutors use records of authentic ATC communications during the course. ICAO level 4 examination is the basic English standard required for IFR aviation English, these examinations take place at CAA. | aerospace |
http://www.abc.net.au/wheatbelt/topics/science-and-technology/astronomy-space/space-exploration/ | 2016-12-02T20:37:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698540563.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170900-00265-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.922242 | 369 | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__53513905 | en | The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) has officially been launched by the Minister for Science, Senator Chris Evans....Friday 5 October 2012
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- WA Farmers executive policy officer Grady Powell says rural firefighters cannot wait for directions from Perth. | aerospace |
http://aviationnews.eu/news/2010/02/air-methods-expands-fleet-with-twelve-helicopters-from-american-eurocopter-orders-eight-ec130s-and-four-as350-b3s-2/ | 2018-03-17T18:28:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645280.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180317174935-20180317194935-00765.warc.gz | 0.950897 | 408 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__237923130 | en | American Eurocopter announced that Air Methods Corporation, the world’s largest air medical transportation provider, has ordered eight EC130 and four AS350 B3 helicopters.
The deal was finalized during a breakfast meeting at the Eurocopter booth today.
After the breakfast, American Eurocopter President and CEO Marc Paganini said, “Air Methods is a valued, long-time customer and we respect their continued commitment to the air medical industry and to incorporating advanced technology to increase the safe operation of their aircraft. We will continue to support them and work with them as they grow their company and strive for better solutions for the air medical industry and for their customers.â€
The order is part of an ongoing Air Method’s initiative to maintain the upgrade of its fleet despite the economic challenges throughout the country. All 12 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered this year and they will join Air Methods’ considerable fleet of 330 helicopters providing emergency medical services throughout the United States.
The AS350 family of helicopters provides the air medical community with economical cost of operation, reliability and performance capabilities to meet or exceed mission requirements. The EC130 offers unique advantages to the air medical market in cabin size and operational safety features. The aircraft is equipped with dual hydraulics, dual channel FADEC, VEMD and a Fenestron tail rotor, known for its safety advantages and low noise operation. These aircraft will be completed with state-of-the-art medical interiors from Air Methods’ Product Division.
Air Methods Corporation (http://www.airmethods.com) is a leader in emergency air medical transportation and medical services. The company Air Methods operates a variety of Eurocopter products, including EC130s, EC135s, EC145s, AS350s, AS365s, BK117s and BO105s and its Air Medical Services Division is the largest provider of air medical transport services for hospitals.
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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/256612 | 2023-02-06T19:41:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500357.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230206181343-20230206211343-00448.warc.gz | 0.984876 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__60962584 | en | Last week on, December 19 and 20, London closed its second largest airport for 36 hours after drones were reportedly seen flying in the area.
The delay caused over 750 flights to be cancelled with 124 thousand people to be affected and costing the airliners and passengers tens of millions of dollars
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that it was Israeli technology from Rafael Advance Defense Systems Ltd that helped to end the ongoing shutdown and get Gatwick Airport running again.
Rafael sold six anti-drone system to the British army this past August for over $25 million dollars to help them fight ISIS drones.
The technology used against to take down the drones was described as able to detect, track and neutralize the drones at 16 kilometers (10 miles).
A spokesperson for Rafael has yet to confirm with it was their system that was used at the London airport.
Even though this technology has not been used before the Gatwick Airport incident, there have been instances of drones being flown around airports. One such example was a drone hitting an aircraft in Tijuana, Mexico just last week.
The BBC reported that a 47-year-old male and a 54-year-old female were arrested Friday night on suspicion of being involved, but were later released. A Sussex Police detective did confirm that a damaged drone was found near the airport perimeter. | aerospace |
http://foxvalleyaero.com/ | 2019-10-15T19:04:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986660231.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015182235-20191015205735-00126.warc.gz | 0.698992 | 69 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__193843059 | en | Camera Drone Buying Guide Available Here
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Michael Bodie played Lieutenant Peter Dennon during 24: Live Another Day. "Day 9: 11:00am-12:00pm"
Lieutenant Peter Dennon was a United States airman and drone pilot with the 18th Reconnaissance... | aerospace |
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https://wwii-netherlands-escape-lines.com/evasion-of-tom-applewhite/air-force-service/ | 2018-04-22T06:30:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945497.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20180422061121-20180422081121-00293.warc.gz | 0.928912 | 87 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__138069819 | en | This part of the website contains information on the following:
- Tom Applewhite’s plane, “The Wild Hare”
- The crew of “The Wild Hare”
- The circumstances under which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
- The Mission Report for the last mission of “The Wild Hare”
- Tom Applewhite’s account of their being shot down. | aerospace |
https://www.thechildrensmuseumct.org/planetarium/now-playing/ | 2019-05-25T15:18:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258120.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525144906-20190525170906-00347.warc.gz | 0.888625 | 467 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__180291490 | en | Please check the planetarium show schedule page for the showtimes of specific planetarium programs.
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Take a journey through the beautiful Solar System. Your exploration starts on Earth, with its vast oceans that make life possible. You’ll fly by the other planets and their moons, learning about their characteristics such as atmosphere, temperature, and composition. See why water is a key to life here. Oasis in Space is a production of Spitz Creative Media.
Take a journey across the electromagnetic spectrum and discover the reason for color. Look inside a plant leaf and inside the human eye. Investigate X-rays from space and in a doctor’s office. Discover the actual color of dinosaurs. Cosmic Colors is a production of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association.
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Since 1995, scientists have discovered hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. These “exoplanets” are too far away to ever visit ourselves, but we can imagine what they might look like. In this full dome production, we can see planets with multiple suns, watery landscapes, and gushing volcanoes, all of them possible inhabitants of a distant solar system. | aerospace |
https://flamsteed.info/event/space-debris-risks-to-space-sustainability-by-prof-hugh-lewis-online/ | 2020-07-14T09:33:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657149819.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20200714083206-20200714113206-00574.warc.gz | 0.901465 | 222 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__255518427 | en | The DAMAGE computer model predicts the space debris population will grow exponentially despite widespread implementation of mitigation measures, with a high concentration of space debris developing near an altitude of 1,400km. These findings indicate that our space activity is unsustainable and that new management policies are needed.
Hugh Lewis is a Professor of Astronautics in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
He has been active in the space debris research community for more than 20 years, is the author of the space debris model DAMAGE and he currently chairs the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee’s (IADC) Working Group on space debris modelling. In 2011, he was nominated as the UK’s representative to the Expert Group on Space Debris, which reported to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities.
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https://www.ukvirtual.co.uk/index.php/pireps/view/31090 | 2020-07-14T12:21:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655880665.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20200714114524-20200714144524-00381.warc.gz | 0.651326 | 594 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__8183103 | en | Here is some general data for this flight report.
|Date||8th July 2018|
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|Departure||Blackbushe Airport (EGLK)|
|Arrival||Bournemouth Airport (EGHH)|
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|22:33||Flight UKT1017 is ready to depart EGLK with a final destination of EGHH.|
|22:35||Engine 1 Started|
|22:36||Parking Brake Released|
|22:36||Taxiing to Runway|
|22:36||Landing Lights ON 3AGL|
|22:36||Strobe Lights ON 3AGL|
|22:37||Taking Off with 4 passengers on board|
|22:37||Take off at 59kts, with a pitch of 13deg and 71kgs of fuel on board|
|22:37||Wind Heading 26 | Wind Speed 10kts | Temperature 27 deg C|
|22:38||Climbing to TOC|
|22:40||Cruise Level 2000|
|22:42||AutoPilot Engaged at 1874AGL|
|22:42||AutoPilot Disengaged at 1916AGL|
|22:43||AutoPilot Engaged at 1988AGL|
|23:00||AutoPilot Disengaged at 1942AGL|
|23:07||Landed at -116fpm. With 60kgs of fuel onboard and a pitch angle of 0deg.|
|23:07||Landing Speed 56kts|
|23:07||Active Landing View Mode: Virtual Cockpit|
|23:07||Wind Heading 0 | Wind Speed 8kts | Temperature 21 deg C|
|23:07||Taxiing to Gate|
|23:08||Landing Lights OFF 3AGL|
|23:08||Strobe Lights OFF 3AGL|
|23:10||Parking Brake Applied|
|23:10||Arrived safely at EGHH. We hope you enjoyed your flight!|
|23:10||Engine 1 Stopped|
|23:10||AFK Attempts: 0|
|23:10||AFK minutes: 0|
|23:10||MaxSim Rate: 1x|
|23:10||UKVirtual Flight Tracker ver: 188.8.131.52| | aerospace |
https://persiadigest.com/en/news/7518/iran-unveils-four-new-drones | 2020-11-23T19:11:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141164142.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20201123182720-20201123212720-00349.warc.gz | 0.954179 | 256 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__78275894 | en | (Persia Digest) – Four drones manufactured by Iranian researchers and engineers were unveiled at a ceremony today by the Vice President for Science and Technology.
One of the four was a lightweight surveillance bird equipped with a 3-minute thermographic camera and flight duration of 60 minutes. It is equipped with day and night camera, a Kimball triaxial, and a digital image recorder.
The second drone was a perpendicular flying bird for mapping without the need for ground control points. It has a flight duration of 90 minutes and is equipped with PPK-RTK Positioning Systems. It flies at maximum speeds of 120kms/hour suitable for designing offline and in-flight missions. The UAV can automatically return to its starting point.
The third drone was a specialized mapping bird without the need for GEN-X3 ground control points, with a flight duration of 60 minutes and equipped with a 24 megapixel mirrorless camera. It does not require ground control points and is equipped with a precision multifrequency receiver.
The fourth drone unveiled today was a solar-powered drone with a flight duration of four hours as a special feature. It weighs 4.5kgs and can fly at a cruising altitude of 10 thousand feet.
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https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article3242887.html | 2018-07-20T12:48:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591596.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720115631-20180720135631-00450.warc.gz | 0.986851 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__186358123 | en | The military returned to the former Castle Air Force Base near Atwater on Friday, but it was just a temporary stay.
Medics got a taste of what an emergency evacuation would be like during a training exercise.
The realistic, battle-focused scenario was put together by Global Medic and involved as many as 45 people and four airplanes.
As part of Operation Global Medic, mannequins, standing in for patients, were loaded onto a C-130 cargo plane as participants were trained to transfer and treat the wounded.
Nationwide, the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Navy Reserve and Marine Corps took part in the exercise. | aerospace |
https://www.flight-mechanic.com/gas-turbine-engine-starters/ | 2022-09-27T17:30:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335054.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927162620-20220927192620-00276.warc.gz | 0.943861 | 864 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__22025252 | en | Gas turbine engines are started by rotating the high-pressure compressor. On dual-spool, axial flow engines, the high pressure compressor and N1 turbine system is only rotated by the starter. To start a gas turbine engine, it is necessary to accelerate the compressor to provide sufficient air to support combustion in the combustion section, or burners. Once ignition and fuel has been introduced and the lite-off has occured, the starter must continue to assist the engine until the engine reaches a self sustaining speed. The torque supplied by the starter must be in excess of the torque required to overcome compressor inertia and the friction loads of the engine’s compressor.
Figure 5-14 illustrates a typical starting sequence for a gas turbine engine, regardless of the type of starter employed. As soon as the starter has accelerated the compressor sufficiently to establish airflow through the engine, the ignition is turned on followed by the fuel. The exact sequence of the starting procedure is important since there must be sufficient airflow through the engine to support combustion before the fuel-air mixture is ignited. At low engine cranking speeds, the fuel flow rate is not sufficient to enable the engine to accelerate; for this reason, the starter continues to crank the engine until after self-accelerating speed has been attained. If assistance from the starter were cut off below the self-accelerating speed, the engine would either fail to accelerate to idle speed or might even decelerate because it could not produce sufficient energy to sustain rotation or to accelerate during the initial phase of the starting cycle. The starter must continue to assist the engine considerably above the self-accelerating speed to avoid a delay in the starting cycle, which would result in a hot or hung false start or a combination of both. At the proper points in the sequence, the starter and ignition are automatically cut off. The basic types of starters that are in current use for gas turbine engines are direct current (DC) electric motor, starter/ generators, and the air turbine type of starters.
Many types of turbine starters have included several different methods for turning the engine for starting. Several methods have been used but most of these have given way to electric or air turbine starters. An air impingement starting system, which is sometimes used on small engines, consists of jets of compressed air piped to the inside of the compressor or turbine case so that the jet air blast is directed onto the compressor or turbine rotor blades, causing them to rotate.
A typical cartridge/pneumatic turbine engine starter may be operated as an ordinary air turbine starter from a ground operated air supply or an engine cross-bleed source. It may also be operated as a cartridge starter. [Figure 5-15] To accomplish a cartridge start, a cartridge is first placed in the breech cap. The breech is then closed on the breech chamber by means of the breech handle and then rotated a partial turn to engage the lugs between the two breech sections. The cartridge is ignited by applying voltage through the connector at the end of the breech handle. Upon ignition, the cartridge begins to generate gas. The gas is forced out of the breech to the hot gas nozzles that are directed toward the buckets on the turbine rotor, and rotation is produced via the overboard exhaust collector. Before reaching the nozzle, the hot gas passes an outlet leading to the relief valve. This valve directs hot gas to the turbine, bypassing the hot gas nozzle, as the pressure rises above the preset maximum. Thus, the pressure of the gas within the hot gas circuit is maintained at the optimum level.
The fuel/air combustion starter was used to start gas turbine engines by using the combustion energy of jet A fuel and compressed air. The starter consists of a turbine-driven power unit and auxiliary fuel, air, and ignition systems. Operation of this type starter is, in most installations, fully automatic; actuation of a single switch causes the starter to fire and accelerate the engine from rest to starter cutoff speed.
Hydraulic pumps and motors have also been used for some smaller engines. Many of these systems are not often used on modern commercial aircraft because of the high power demands required to turn the large turbofan engines during the starting cycle on transport aircraft. | aerospace |
https://www.175wg.ang.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2955490/175th-wing-aerial-port-deactivation-ceremony/ | 2023-04-01T16:26:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950110.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401160259-20230401190259-00398.warc.gz | 0.971216 | 745 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__107966138 | en | Warfield Air National Guard Base --
Members from the Maryland Air National Guard both active and retired, gathered to witness the deactivation of the Small Air Terminal, February 12, 2022 at Warfield Air National Guard Base.
Although technically a separate unit, the Small Air Terminal traces its spiritual roots to the 135th Aerial Port Flight and, before that, to the 135th Airborne Material Assembly Squadron, which was stationed in Harbor Field, Baltimore.
The 135th APF was part of the Maryland Air National Guard from 1976, when it was activated at Martin State Airport, to 2008. The Airborne Material Assembly Squadron was part of the Maryland Guard from 1955 to 1958.
For aerial porters – or “Port Dawgs,” as they are affectionately referred to – the mission was multifaceted. Ramp services, cargo processing, passenger service, air terminal operations center, special handling, and fleet services are all disciplines within the aerial port that the Port Dawgs trained for regularly.
“When I was flying, the two things I couldn't control were maintenance and the work of the aerial port,” said U.S. Air Force Col. Amy Kremser, the current 175th Mission Support Group commander and a former C-130 pilot. “Because of the professionalism and pride within the [aerial port] flight, I never questioned safety. And that made me and my passengers safe while flying.”
Due to a decrease in personnel, the 135th APF transitioned to the Small Air Terminal, under the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Although their numbers decreased, their mission did not change. Even as the 175th Wing no longer had active air transportation missions from 135th Airlift Squadron, these skills were still put to work as the Port Dawgs supported and processed dozens of cargo and personnel deployment functions throughout the years.
“If not for these Airmen, the wing would have had to request assistance from another unit to accomplish these missions or spend additional unit funds to ship the cargo over land,” said U.S Air Force Capt. Jamie Plakosh, flight commander of the 175th’s air transport function. “These Airmen often accompanied these missions, so they could process return cargo and passengers resulting in time and funding savings.”
The Small Air Terminal is not deactivating without leaving behind a legacy. Supporting missions such as Desert Storm in the 1990s to the 59th Presidential Inauguration last year, the Port Dawgs knew how to get the mission done.
“That's the cool thing about being an aerial porter,” said retired Chief Master Sgt. Steven Mooney, who served as the superintendent of the 175th Small Air Terminal. “When other sections around the base go on their TDYs for training, they’re practicing what they would do for their wartime mission. We would be doing real-world missions for our two weeks. We would be supporting things that were happening all around the world.”
Although the Port Dawg mission may be gone, their impact on the Maryland Air National Guard will live on.
“We’ve been around the world, to all these different countries. For most of us, it was the time of our life and we didn't even realize it,” said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. James Shepard, an air transportation specialist. “If I had to quantify the legacy, it would be in the friendships and relationships that we developed. It was in the people that we were with, as opposed to where we were.” | aerospace |
https://nitrsat.nitrkl.ac.in/powersystem.php | 2023-03-28T15:10:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948867.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328135732-20230328165732-00413.warc.gz | 0.918737 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__53071878 | en | The power system of a satellite is of pivotal importance for the functioning of all the subsystems. A satellite that has to survive for a long time in the space has to; essentially, produce its own power for its sustenance. This is done by generating electricity from the sunlight falling on photo-voltaic cells or solar panels and storing it in batteries to account for power even when the sun is eclipsed or is far away.
The solar cells serve as the primary source of power when the sun is shining. The solar panels mounted on the body of the satellite absorb the power that comes from the sunlight. The shape of the satellite maximizes the power absorbed by them. This energy is supplied for the functioning of the satellite. The rest of the energy is stored in the batteries. The power in the batteries is used when the satellite gets eclipsed by the earth, thus being unable to receive energy from the sun. It is also used when the satellite consumes more power than that is supplied by the solar cells.<!p id="form1"> | aerospace |
https://palpalnewshub.com/india-news/air-india-unveils-new-look-of-a350-aircraft-with-golden-accents-and-colorful-tail/ | 2023-12-10T08:28:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101282.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210060949-20231210090949-00165.warc.gz | 0.964012 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__164743891 | en | New Delhi: Air India, the national carrier of India, revealed the first look of its new livery and logo on Sunday, as part of its rebranding strategy. The airline shared the photos of its Airbus A350 aircraft, which is expected to join its fleet this winter, on social media.
The new livery features a golden arched window, replacing the iconic red one, and the name Air India in the top-right corner near the windows. The logo also has a golden outline, giving it a more elegant look. The tail design has been revamped with a mix of red, gold, purple, and orange colors, along with a pattern at the edge.
The airline tweeted “The first look of the majestic A350 in our new livery at the paint shop in Toulouse.” The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body aircraft that can carry up to 300 passengers and has a range of over 15,000 km. Air India has ordered 18 A350s, which will be delivered between 2023 and 2025.
The rebranding decision is a part of Air India’s massive transformation plan, which also includes a historic deal of Rs 18,000 crore to purchase 470 new aircraft. The airline aims to modernize its fleet, expand its network, improve its service quality, and enhance its brand image.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said that the transformation to a new brand shows a commitment to making Air India a great airline worldwide, which will serve all passengers with a world-class flying experience. He also said that the new livery reflects the rich heritage and culture of India, as well as its vibrant and dynamic future. | aerospace |
http://www.wra2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2285 | 2022-12-06T13:13:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711108.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20221206124909-20221206154909-00372.warc.gz | 0.874131 | 156 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__220129843 | en | Discussions about rockets, construction materials, adhesives, nozzles, nosecones and fin design.
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One of the most important components you will build for your water rocket is the nosecone. The shape of the nosecone can make the difference between an average performing water rocket and a high performance water rocket. The nosecone design has a profound effect on the amount of aerodynamic drag the rocket has. The less drag, the better the rocket will perform.
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http://www.businessaviation.com/articles-and-news/?start=360 | 2017-04-28T04:30:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122739.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00363-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.937838 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__213226529 | en | Articles & news
A J Walter Aviation, the leading independent complete aircraft spares support specialist, recently completed the part-out of two Boeing 737-600 aircraft purchased from Austrian Airlines.
Orders for long-lasting factory goods fell by the largest amount in three years last month, mostly because demand for commercial aircraft plummeted.
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation announced today that it secured orders for 11 aircraft, including three of its flagship Hawker 4000 super-midsize business jets, a Hawker 400XPR, six King Air 350i turboprops and a King Air 250, during the European
Bombardier Inc.launched two new Learjet business jets Monday that will replace its smallest entry-level executive jets, while Qatar Airways said it would buy 10 of its new larger Global executive jets. The Learjet 70 and L
Bombardier Inc.’s (BBD/B) large and mid-sized jets are leading a recovery in business aircraft sales as U.S. | aerospace |
https://news.flightsafety.com/pressrelease/flightsafety-international-to-build-new-a350-full-flight-simulator-for-delta-air-lines/ | 2024-03-01T04:34:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474948.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301030138-20240301060138-00160.warc.gz | 0.911801 | 293 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__200977069 | en | COLUMBUS, OH (Nov. 28, 2023) – FlightSafety International has been awarded a contract from Delta Air Lines for the design, development, and manufacture of a new full flight simulator (FFS) for the Airbus A350 aircraft. The state-of-the-art simulator is scheduled for delivery to Delta’s training center located in Atlanta, Georgia, during the fourth quarter of 2024.
The A350 simulator will introduce new technologies that improve operational and maintenance capabilities and enhances the overall training experience.
“This agreement with Delta Air Lines represents a significant milestone in our dedication to providing the highest quality training environments and safety standards,” said Nathan Speiser, FlightSafety Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We are confident that the A350 full flight simulator will empower Delta to continue developing the most prepared pilots.”
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FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. For more details, please visit flightsafety.com.
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https://mystickermania.com/sticker-packs/movies-and-series/lost-in-space | 2023-09-28T23:27:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510462.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928230810-20230929020810-00011.warc.gz | 0.952833 | 92 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__114519699 | en | Lost In Space Sticker
Lost In Space is a popular American science fiction streaming television series on Netflix about the adventures of a family of space colonists whose ship turns off course. As says the official movie description, after crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers. If you can't get enough of this movie, Lost In Space Sticker is perfect for you. | aerospace |
https://nuclearabolition.info/new-u-s-report-focuses-on-possible-future-iranian-icbm/ | 2023-12-07T22:33:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100705.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207221604-20231208011604-00874.warc.gz | 0.937043 | 834 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__220798753 | en | By Arms Control Association
WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – On January 17, the Trump administration unveiled its Missile Defense Review, which outlines the administration’s strategy to counter missile threats, focusing on those posed by “rogue states” defined as Iran and North Korea.
The review cites Iranian missile development as a primary challenge, repeatedly referencing the possibility of the development of an Iranian ICBM and the U.S. missile defense response. [2019-01-25]
The report also describes Iran’s transfer of missiles to terrorist organizations which then target U.S. and allied forces in the Middle East as a missile threat, noting that “one of Iran’s primary tools of coercion and force projection is its missile arsenal, which is characterized by increasing numbers, as well as increases in accuracy, range, and lethality.”
The report states that Iran’s “desire to have a strategic counter to the United States” could cause it to deploy an intercontinental ballistic missile and that investments in its space program could expedite this development.
It also reiterated Trump administration claims that Iranian space development will allow it to more easily develop an ICBM. “Iran, through its Space Launch Vehicle (SLV) program, has established the technical foundation to shorten the timeline to acquire an ICBM capability … as space launch vehicles use inherently similar technology.”
On January 15, Iran attempted to launch a satellite, but the launch failed. Technical experts have challenged the U.S. administration’s claims that the technology required for space launch vehicles exactly mirror that for ICBMs, although there is some technological overlap.
To counter the purported threat of an Iranian ICBM, the review advocates building an additional Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) site in the United States, to supplement the two existing sites, expressly for the purpose of adding capacity to defend against a possible future Iranian ICBM. While the review calls for a third site to be built, a decision to build the site has not yet been made.
While Iran’s conventionally-armed ballistic missiles pose a regional threat, the argument that the United States must build a third GBI site to counter a future threat from nuclear-armed Iranian ICBMs is dubious at best.
Iran has committed to voluntarily cap the range of its ballistic missiles to 2,000 kilometers (an ICBM has a range in excess of 5,500 kilometers) and there is no indication that Iran is testing systems that exceed the 2,000-kilometer range.
And so long as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains in place, Iran’s nuclear program will be subject to restrictions and more intrusive inspections that block its ability to build a nuclear weapon and thus prevent the country from arming its ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
The review also claims, without providing any evidence, that U.S. missile defenses serve to deter Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons and ICBMs since the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.
“U.S. missile defense capabilities provide an important hedge against evolving rogue state missile threats to the United States, allies, and partners, such as Iran seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and ICBM capabilities absent continued U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” according to the Missile Defense Review.
For a summary of current U.S. capabilities, see: “U.S. Missile Defense Programs At-a-Glance,” Arms Control Association Fact Sheet, updated January 14, 2019. [IDN-InDepthNews – 24 January 2019]
Photo: A Simorgh launch vehicle launched the Payam-e Amirkabir Satellite from the Imam Khomeini Space Center, Iran, on 15 January 2019. The satellite was not placed into orbit due to an issue with the rocket’s third stage.
IDN is flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate.
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https://www.navalengineers.org/Symposia/Past-Symposia/Launch-and-Recovery-2016/Program/Wilkinson2 | 2023-12-01T16:30:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100290.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201151933-20231201181933-00220.warc.gz | 0.955478 | 701 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__70423050 | en | Title: Integrated Modeling and Simulation for Shipboard Aircraft Operations
Author(s): Colin Wilkinson
Abstract: This presentation is based on Chapter 7 of the NATO AVT-217 Task Group Report on “Modeling and Simulation of the Effects of Ship Design on Helicopter Launch and Recovery”. Ships have traditionally been designed with few if any requirements relating to the flying aircraft. Instead of designing the ship to maximize the ship-aircraft operating envelope, the ship is built and whatever wind and ship motion limits are encountered in subsequent at-sea testing are accepted as the boundary of operation. A primary reason for not specifying the envelope prior to the ship being built is the lack of analysis capability to estimate the likely impact of the ship design on aircraft performance. The ability to apply integrated ship-aircraft simulation, both computational and experimental, to confidently predict the boundary of safe operations would provide a valuable risk reduction tool for the ship designer and potentially facilitate ships to be designed to maximize the operational envelope. Such a capability would also help reduce the amount of flight testing required to develop the envelope, as well as contribute to aircraft design in the realm of gust rejection and flight control technology development. The presentation will include the following key points: 1. Ship-aircraft operating envelopes delineate the boundaries of safe launch and recovery in terms of wind condition and ship motion. 2. Currently, the envelopes are determined during at-sea testing, which is expensive and potentially dangerous. 3. Integrated modeling and simulation, where the aircraft is immersed in a representative shipboard environment, can estimate the operating envelope prior to the ship being built. 4. Estimating the envelope during the ship (or aircraft) design phase could reduce the potential for costly redesigns and help maximize the operational capability of the aircraft. 5. Flight simulation methods and experimental methods are available for this purpose. 6. Flight simulation methods include real-time piloted simulation, as well as non-real-time desktop simulation and simulation of Unmanned Air Vehicles. Experimental methods include installing aircraft models in wind and water tunnels, as well as land-based flight testing. 7. Additional validation is necessary to provide confidence that the envelopes predicted by the simulation methods are sufficiently accurate to be accepted by the test community. The presentation will include descriptions of the various flight simulation and experimental methods, including limitations and their current status of validation. Conclusions and recommendations will include: 1. Integrated modeling and simulation provides the ship designer with the potential capability to evaluate a new ship design in terms of its impact on the aircraft and pilot workload, including the effects of airwake and ship motion. 2. Many different types of modeling and simulation exist. These methods are at varying stages of development and validation. 3. Although the current simulation capabilities are not presently validated to the extent that they can be used to confidently predict operating envelopes, the lessons learned during their development contribute valuable information to the overall understanding of what metrics and design features are most important for aircraft operations 4. Integrated modeling and simulation can be used as a risk reduction tool for ship design by identifying potential airwake problems prior to ship build. Currently, comparative analysis of a new platform compared to an existing platform can be used to estimate whether an improvement to the airwake has been achieved with a certain design change. 5. Currently, the available tools can inform the design process when used as part of an iterative design cycle. No general design guidance that can be applied universally to ship design is currently available. | aerospace |
https://pp.academy/ | 2021-04-20T23:47:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039491784.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20210420214346-20210421004346-00289.warc.gz | 0.939041 | 114 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__275221848 | en | The Modular AcademySave Money - Pay as you go - World class training - At a pace that suits you.
The world of aviation is changing, and in these uncertain times it’s no longer a sensible approach to sign up to a zero to hero course with an expensive academy and pay a hefty deposit. This leaves you out of pocket, and takes away your ability to control the pace of your training. Pilots Paradise offers the facilities of a modern flight training academy with the flexibility of a modular approach to commercial pilot training. All at an unbelievable price. | aerospace |
http://amresolution.com/2013/03/07/obama-to-buy-longer-range-drones-despite-budget-woes/ | 2013-05-19T08:28:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696400149/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092640-00058-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.938209 | 324 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__1735261 | en | Aircraft, America, Budget, Chris Pehrson, Drones, extended range, General Atomics, government, Military, MQ-9 Reaper, Obama, Pentagon, Purchase, Strategic Development, Technology, uav, United States, US Airforce, usa
The sequester won’t stop the US Air Force from acquiring new extended-range drones for overseas operations, a recent report says. Experts speculate why the US is so keen on advancing the drone program, allegedly pushing it to the 2014 budget.
According to a report issued by Defense News, an extended-range (ER) version of the unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 Reaper is due to be purchased by the US Air Force. The new drone’s design would allow it to operate for 42 hours, or 35 hours if loaded with a missile, significantly extending UAV’s flying range.
Although there has been no official comment on related budget submissions, a senior Defense Department source told the media that a request for funding the program will be considered by Congress as early as this March.
“The program is going to go forward,” Chris Pehrson, Director for Strategic Development with Reaper builder General Atomics was quoted as saying. “They’ve approved it; it’s a matter of details now,” he added, declining to comment further on budgetary expectations.
Pehrson explained the demand for longer-range drones by the fading presence of the US military in Afghanistan, as well as by the US pivot to the Pacific and a renewed focus on Africa. | aerospace |
https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2018/06/titan-mustangs-of-new-zealand-3-mazda.html | 2023-05-30T02:06:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644915.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530000715-20230530030715-00212.warc.gz | 0.978018 | 449 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__266368775 | en | John Shuttleworth of Morrinsville built his Titan Mustang at Hamilton and powered it with a unique Mazda 13B Renesis rotary engine which produced around 200 HP. (I have found other Mazda rotary powered Titan Mustangs on the web but John's was our only example). John went to a tremendous amount of effort with his Mustang even to the extent that the rotary engine's exhaust was piped to the 12 exhaust stacks. And he also put a lot of effort into the No 3 (Canterbury) TAF RNZAF colour scheme which featured exact reproduction stencilling, and it has its c/n 57 on the fin. The aircraft was named "Miss Dixon" for John's girlfriend of the time, who later became Mrs Shuttleworth. Mike Crene also put a lot of work into the aircraft, fettling it to more accurately represent the lines of the original Mustang
(for Scale Model Fighter, c/n M05XXX5OHK0057) was first registered to John Shuttleworth's Matamata Aviation Ltd of Morrinsville on 6/8/09. It originally had a 3 bladed propellor which appeared on the F model Mustang but I do not think the 3 bladed propellor would be representative of a RNZAF TAF Mustang? The above photo was taken in John's hangar at Matamata aerodrome on 23/12/10.
It is photo'd here at a gathering of 5 Titan Mustangs at Matamata on 19/3/11.
I never saw John's aircraft flying but he did taxy it out for us when we called through Matamata aerodrome on 9/3/14. By this time it had a 4 bladed MT electric constant speed prop.
Tragically, John was killed in the crash of ZK-SMF at Matamata on 18/10/16 when he suffered a power failure on take off. The aircraft was cancelled on 21/3/17. RIP John.
Such a sad ending for a fine gentleman. I remember him well from my Wairarapa glider towing days during the 1970sReplyDelete | aerospace |
http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:611599 | 2017-04-25T04:45:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120101.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00530-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.847294 | 462 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__310732457 | en | High-level Mission Specification and Planning for Collaborative Unmanned Aircraft Systems using Delegation
2013 (English)In: Unmanned Systems, ISSN 2301-3850, E-ISSN 2301-3869, Vol. 1, no 1, 75-119 p.Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Automated specification, generation and execution of high level missions involving one or more heterogeneous unmanned aircraft systems is in its infancy. Much previous effort has been focused on the development of air vehicle platforms themselves together with the avionics and sensor subsystems that implement basic navigational skills. In order to increase the degree of autonomy in such systems so they can successfully participate in more complex mission scenarios such as those considered in emergency rescue that also include ongoing interactions with human operators, new architectural components and functionalities will be required to aid not only human operators in mission planning, but also the unmanned aircraft systems themselves in the automatic generation, execution and partial verification of mission plans to achieve mission goals. This article proposes a formal framework and architecture based on the unifying concept of delegation that can be used for the automated specification, generation and execution of high-level collaborative missions involving one or more air vehicles platforms and human operators. We describe an agent-based software architecture, a temporal logic based mission specification language, a distributed temporal planner and a task specification language that when integrated provide a basis for the generation, instantiation and execution of complex collaborative missions on heterogeneous air vehicle systems. A prototype of the framework is operational in a number of autonomous unmanned aircraft systems developed in our research lab.
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World Scientific, 2013. Vol. 1, no 1, 75-119 p.
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-90039DOI: 10.1142/S2301385013500052OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-90039DiVA: diva2:611599
FunderELLIIT - The Linköping‐Lund Initiative on IT and Mobile CommunicationsSwedish Foundation for Strategic Research Linnaeus research environment CADICSEU, FP7, Seventh Framework Programme, 600958 | aerospace |
https://planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=1484584 | 2019-04-25T16:47:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578727587.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425154024-20190425180024-00445.warc.gz | 0.768122 | 161 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__162222709 | en | |OPO Porto (Oporto) [Francisco Sa Carneiro (Pedras Rubras)], Portugal||21-December-2017|
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http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/08/22/fin_ge_engines_face.html | 2018-06-24T11:01:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267866932.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624102433-20180624122433-00520.warc.gz | 0.95544 | 697 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__233624598 | en | Tuesday, August 22, 2000
GE engines face inspection
CF6-80C2 compressors may have cracks
By Mike Boyer
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday ordered stepped-upinspections of older CF6-80C2 engines, produced by GE Aircraft Engines, to detect compressor cracks that could lead to engine failure.
The FAA airworthiness directive follows a June incident in which a Varig Brasil Airlines' Boeing 767 aborted a takeoff from Sao Paulo, Brazil, when the compressor, which increases pressure on air entering the combustor, broke. Four people were injured evacuating the plane.
Earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to order stepped-up inspections of the engine compressors, which are about the size of a beer keg.
The FAA said there are 1,180 CF6 engines in the U.S. airline fleet involved in the increased inspections. The engines power jets such as Boeing 747, 767s, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and MD-11 and Airbus Industrie A300, A310 and A330.
Another 220 CF6 engines are operated by foreign airlines. The FAA order isn't mandatory for those carriers, but they typically comply.
Les Dorr Jr., an FAA spokesman, said the agency estimates only about 40 CF6 engines in the U.S. fleet will have to be pulled out of service to comply with the new inspections, and that could lead to the grounding of three jets over the next 11 months.
We think the impact will be minimal on the U.S. fleet, he said.
The FAA directive requires engines with 10,500 takeoffs and landings to be inspected by May 31 and those with fewer takeoffs and landings to be inspected by July 29.
Rick Kennedy, GEAE spokesman, said the order, which affects only CF6 engines built before 1995, means about 300 engines will have to be inspected sooner than they normally would be.
Last winter, the FAA and GE told airlines to accelerate compressor inspections in the pre-1995 CF6s because of what's known as as dwell time fatigue tiny cracks in titanium alloys triggered by prolonged stress.
To minimize the impact of the new order on airlines, Mr. Kennedy said GEAE is in the process of getting FAA approval of a special engine probe, which can cut the engine inspection time down to a few days.
The FAA estimated cost of engine removal and inspection at no more than $18.8 million. Mr. Kennedy said GEAE covers the costs of such inspections through special budgeted reserves.
Five years ago, the FAA ordered increased inspections of compressors on several hundred CF6 engines because of tiny imperfections in the titanium known as hard alphas.
Over the last 30 years, GEAE has produced more than 6,000 of the CF6 engines, which were produced in Evendale until 1994.
Over the past five years, Mr. Kennedy said, there have been only two incidents of CF6 compressor failure including the Varig incident.
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https://www.pvatepla.com/en/news/news-detail/news/pva-ivs-supplies-largest-sintering-furnace-for-silicon-carbide/ | 2024-04-25T15:29:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297295329.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425130216-20240425160216-00104.warc.gz | 0.948688 | 187 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__168461441 | en | The sintering furnace is characterized by a high operating temperature of 2.200 °C and impresses by its enormous size with a useful space of 1.750 x 1.000 x 2.200 mm³. This is the largest SiC sintering furnace of company’s history.
In a debinding and sintering process, in a first step organic binder is removed from machined parts made of pressed SiC powder blanks. In the second step, the parts are sintered to high-strength components. These parts are characterized by low weight and high resistance to temperature shocks and chemical attacks. Thus they are used as basic structures for the construction of satellites and space telescopes as well as for chemical reactors.
In the first furnace runs our customer was able to realize an extremely good product quality over the entire usable space, as proof of the special efficiency and excellent productivity of the system. | aerospace |
https://www.qubicgroup.com/news/vodafones-drone-detection-system-to-become-fully-operational-by-autumn/ | 2020-01-19T22:29:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250595282.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20200119205448-20200119233448-00344.warc.gz | 0.949698 | 307 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__43483322 | en | Vodafone has developed a drone detection system. With it, the group seeks to reach into the IoT marketplace.
The system has an important function of preventing rogue devices from interfering with prisons, power plants, and other buildings. If all goes according to plan, it should be available by autumn. Vodafone is targeting the type of customers who need help with protecting sensitive locations like factories, airports and power stations.
In recent times, security concerns regarding drones being used for malicious purposes seem to be on the rise. French officials, for example, suspect that the prison break that happened about a week ago was aided and made possible by a drone scouting session that took place prior to the event.
Anne Sheehan from Vodafone UK promises that the company aims to use the drone tracking technology to thwart various drone intrusions at sensitive locations, including:
– Military bases
– Energy installations
– Public events
The system will utilise Vodafone’s IoT network, as well as sensors and CCTV cameras. As soon as it detects a drone, both Vodafone and the customer will be alerted of a possible intruder. The system could also be used to track down the location of the person who’s operating the drone.
In the future, Vodafone is looking to develop a control system for professional drones. At the time of writing, the company officials have already had some successful meetings with the European aviation safety authorities to bring them closer to that goal. | aerospace |
https://mithilatoday.com/isro-chief-says-us-collaboration/ | 2024-04-18T02:08:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817184.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417235906-20240418025906-00849.warc.gz | 0.936512 | 783 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__9196167 | en | RAMESWARAM, India – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath made a significant announcement on Sunday, highlighting the growing recognition of India’s space prowess.
ISRO Chairman S. Somanath made a significant announcement today, revealing that experts involved in developing complex rocket missions in the United States expressed interest in collaborating with India after witnessing the success and developmental activities of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.
Somanath emphasized the transformation of India’s capabilities, stating, “Times have changed, and India is capable of building the best devices and rockets.”
He attributed this progress to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to open the space sector to private players, a move that has sparked significant developments in the field.
This revelation came during an event held in Rameswaram, where the ISRO Chairman shared insights into India’s rapidly advancing space technology.
Experts from the United States, closely involved in the development of complex rocket missions, were thoroughly impressed by the advancements in India’s space technology, particularly in the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft project.
Speaking at an event organized by the Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Foundation to commemorate the 92nd birth anniversary of the late former President, Somanath emphasized the shift in India’s space capabilities.
He noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to open the space sector to private players has marked a pivotal change in the country’s approach to space exploration.
“Our country is a very powerful nation. Do you understand that? Our knowledge and intelligence level in the country is one of the best in the world,” Somanath stated, emphasizing India’s potential in the space domain.
The ISRO Chief explained that during the development of Chandrayaan-3, experts from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a renowned research and development laboratory funded by NASA and managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), were invited to India. They witnessed the extensive design and development work behind Chandrayaan-3.
Somanath recounted their visit, saying, “About 5-6 people from NASA-JPL came to ISRO headquarters, and we explained to them about Chandrayaan-3. That was before the soft landing took place on August 23. We explained how we designed it and how our engineers made it… and how we are going to land on the Moon’s surface, and they just said, ‘no comments. Everything is going to be good.'”
The experts from NASA-JPL were notably impressed by the cost-effectiveness and quality of the scientific instruments used in Chandrayaan-3, prompting them to inquire about the possibility of India sharing this technology with the United States.
Somanath underscored the pivotal shift in the Indian space sector, with the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission landing near the south pole of the lunar surface on August 23. India became the fourth country in the world, after the US, China, and the former Soviet Union, to achieve a lunar landing.
Furthermore, Somanath encouraged the younger generation to embrace the ideology of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, India’s revered former President, by dreaming big. He shared the aspiration of sending an Indian astronaut to the Moon in the upcoming Chandrayaan-10 mission and suggested that the astronaut could be a girl child, to the applause of the students in attendance.
In conclusion, India’s growing capabilities in space technology and its willingness to share expertise with international counterparts are indicative of a promising future for the nation’s space exploration endeavors. With the space sector now open to private players, India is set to make significant strides in this field. | aerospace |
https://mommyevolution.com/space-books-toddlers/ | 2022-11-27T15:21:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710409.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127141808-20221127171808-00552.warc.gz | 0.902202 | 304 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__298350061 | en | If your child dreams of going to outer space, they’re going to fall in love with these space books for toddlers.
These board books are going to be durable enough to read over and over and over.
Be sure to check out these other children’s board books for toddlers and infants.
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Board Books about Space for Toddlers
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He has been dreaming about space since he was little.
Learning about science cannot start early enough! Plant the seeds with these adorable space books for toddlers.
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In addition to offering recommendations of space books for toddlers, I’ve teamed up with some fellow bloggers to offer you homeschool and classroom resources to teach kids seven and under about Space. The following resources may contain affiliate links.
- Space Theme Preschool Classroom Lesson Plans
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- Coffee Filter Sun Craft from Look We’re Learning | aerospace |
https://www.thedroneinfo.com/the-physics-of-drones-flying/ | 2023-09-22T01:17:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506320.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922002008-20230922032008-00358.warc.gz | 0.960348 | 134 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__45547116 | en | I own A drone. Maybe you do, too. I use mine to make simple videos and annoy my dog. Drones are quite popular these days, and you can get a nice one without spending too much money. Oh, I’m talking about the remotely controlled flying vehicles with four rotors, not the bigger drones scientists use to study climate change and stuff. Those cost a lot of money.
Small drones like mine are easy to fly—a skilled pilot can hover and fly in just about any direction, which makes them great for recording video. But how does a drone actually fly? Ah, this is an excellent opportunity to look at some physics. | aerospace |
http://redplanet.asu.edu/?p=25326 | 2018-11-22T11:30:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746205.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20181122101520-20181122123520-00290.warc.gz | 0.917303 | 182 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__178440782 | en | After two weeks with minimal contact due to the recent Mars solar conjunction, the MAVEN spacecraft has recovered full communications and has resumed nominal science operations. Beginning on August 4, the team spent four days examining the health of the spacecraft and instruments, and downloading the data collected and stored onboard during conjunction.
With the checkout complete and all systems performing nominally, MAVEN has been maneuvered into a lower periapsis (lowest altitude) around 151km (94 miles), where Mars’ atmospheric density is 0.09 kg/km³.
MAVEN will execute today the first maneuver to place the spacecraft into a lower periapsis and begin the 7th deep-dip campaign. For this deep dip, the team is targeting a corridor in Mars’ atmosphere where the density is between 2.0 – 3.5 kg/km³. [More at link] | aerospace |
https://flyingcareer.info/job/senior-aviation-meteorologist-90/ | 2022-01-22T15:36:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303864.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220122134127-20220122164127-00243.warc.gz | 0.900941 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__185015189 | en | Senior Aviation Meteorologist Job at Australian Bureau of Meteorology – in Melbourne VIC
$98,209 – $110,623 + 15.4% super
Melbourne or Brisbane
Aviation Meteorological Services provides the aviation industry with specialised meteorological services contributing to efficient and effective aviation operations within the Australian Flight Information Region and the Asia-Pacific Region.
We are seeking experienced and motivated leaders to join the Aviation Operations Delivery Team to manage the real time operations and staff associated with the Aviation Forecasting Centre (AFC) located in Brisbane and Melbourne.
The role requires experience in an operational meteorological service delivery environment and to maintain an Aeronautical Meteorological Forecaster Competency, in keeping with current Quality Management requirements. Training and certification will be provided to successful applicants if required.
The Senior Aviation Meteorologist is the AFC shift supervisor (Terminal/Regional Services) and is responsible for managing the real time operations of the AFC. The role will lead and coordinate the preparation of aviation forecasts and warnings from the AFC including proactively managing workload allocations across the forecasting team as the situation requires and planning and arranging for additional resources where required.
You will lead the formulation of aviation forecast policy for their area of responsibility and contribute to national forecast policy in collaboration with the Aviation Operations Delivery Team and meteorologists from relevant State and Territory Offices in line with relevant protocols and within a quality management framework. They are responsible for the ongoing maintenance of forecast policy and will liaise and coordinate forecast policy changes and issues within the AFC and with other Bureau offices to ensure consistency across the Bureau forecast service suite.
The role includes the requirement to liaise with customers and service partners and provide briefing services to support decision making.
You will promote the scientific, technical, professional and personal development of staff by:
providing guidance and instruction on forecasting and customer requirements
providing advice and guidance through the performance development scheme and ensuring their participation
As Senior Aviation Meteorologist, you will be a major contributor to, or leader of, aviation planning, projects and initiatives and will provide insight, feedback and recommendations relating to the operations and effectiveness of Aviation Meteorological Services.
Shift work is required, as are regular periods (of at least 4 weeks per annum) off the roster to assist in projects and initiatives to improve the effectiveness of Aviation Meteorological Services.
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Company: Australian Bureau of Meteorology –
Company Location: Melbourne VIC | aerospace |
https://rovertip.com/which-airline-has-the-most-737s/ | 2023-09-23T05:43:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506479.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923030601-20230923060601-00538.warc.gz | 0.941831 | 808 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__111229929 | en | Which airline has the most 737s?
Southwest Airlines – the largest operator According to Planespotters.net, it currently consists of 728 copies of popular narrow-body family aircraft, with an average age of 12.5 years. This includes 135 planes grounded, due to the coronavirus and the aforementioned 737 MAX issues.
How many 737 MAX Southwests have they grounded?
Southwest Airlines said it was removing 30 of its 58 Max planes from service, while American Airlines said it would ground 17 of its 41 planes. United Airlines is pulling 16 of its 30 Max planes, and Alaska Airlines will ground all four in its fleet. It was unclear on Friday how many jets around the world were affected.
How many 737s are there?
|Number built||10,727 in June 2021|
|Developed in||Boeing 737 Classic Boeing 737 New Generation Boeing 737 MAX|
Has Southwest had any accidents?
Eight other passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was heavily damaged. This accident was identical to an accident suffered 20 months earlier by Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 flying the same type of aircraft with the same type of engine… Southwest Airlines Flight 1380.
Are the 737s still grounded?
Boeing’s 737 Max is back in service in most of the world, but China remains an obstacle. Two years after being banned from carrying passengers, the Boeing 737 Max has been cleared to return to the skies over much of the world. …
Does Southwest fly 737 Max now?
Southwest already operates 33 737 Max 8s and expects to receive 28 more this year, including 19 from Boeing and nine from lessors. But after 2021, Southwest will halt Max 8 deliveries until 2026 when Max 7s are needed, according to its latest fleet plan.
Is the 737 still flying?
Boeing’s 737 Max is back in service in most of the world, but China remains an obstacle. Plus: Everything you need to know about the plane. The Boeing 737 Max 8. Two years after being banned from carrying passengers, the Boeing 737 Max has been cleared to return to the skies over much of the world.
How many passengers can a 777 carry?
The 777 seats 312 to 388 passengers in a three-class configuration with a range of 5,120 nautical miles (9,480 km) to 9,290 nautical miles (17,205 km). The 777-200 carries 312 passengers with a range of up to 5,120 nautical miles (9,480 km).
How many 737 MAX planes does Southwest Airlines have?
This makes the airline the largest 737 MAX customer with 280 total orders for the MAX 8 variant and 310 total aircraft for the 737 MAX family. On March 13, 2018, Southwest Airlines took delivery of the 10,000th Boeing 737, setting the Guinness World Record for Boeing which began production of the 737 in January 1967.
What types of aircraft does Southwest Airlines use?
Fleet matrix Aircraft type Current Current Current Total Boeing 737-800 204 3 207 207 Boeing 737 MAX 7 7 Boeing 737 MAX 8 45 22 67 70 Total 637 99 736 1080
When did Southwest Airlines take delivery of the 10,000th 737?
On March 13, 2018, Southwest Airlines took delivery of the 10,000th Boeing 737, setting the Guinness World Record for Boeing which began producing the 737 in January 1967. This broke the previous record of 5,000 set in 2006. It will be flown under tail number N8717M.
When did Southwest Airlines stop flying the Boeing 737?
In September 1985, all five aircraft were returned and Southwest never operated the type again. | aerospace |
https://www.15af.acc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001742772/ | 2024-04-17T06:06:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817144.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417044411-20240417074411-00117.warc.gz | 0.896382 | 283 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__77281333 | en | Senior Airman Matt, 38th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, rides in the back of an HC-130J Combat King II prior to conducting static-line jumps, April 24, 2017, over Moody Air Force Base, Ga. All PJs are qualified to conduct both static-line and High altitude, low opening jumps. During a static-line jump, the jumper is attached to the aircraft via the ‘static-line’, which automatically deploys the jumpers’ parachute after they’ve exited the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Callaghan)
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https://www.cliftonbrown.co.uk/news/cotswolds-mp-visits-zeroavia-cotswold-airport-global-leaders-zero-emission-aviation | 2022-08-16T23:17:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00284.warc.gz | 0.960705 | 339 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__151613188 | en | Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP for the Cotswolds, paid a visit to ZeroAvia, a developer of hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft, based at the Cotswold Airport in Kemble. The aviation industry is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, the reason why there is a global push for green aviation and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
ZeroAvia is a leader in zero-emissions aviation, developing hydrogen-electric engines that use fuel cells to convert renewable hydrogen to electricity during flight, thus powering electric motors to fly the aircraft. ZeroAvia is starting with 9-19 seat aircraft by 2024, but by replacing conventional engines with hydrogen-electric powertrains, sustainable aviation is possible for 100-seat long-distance flights and beyond.
Commenting on the visit, Sir Geoffrey said:
“My recent visit follows one I made back in September with the Aviation Minister. I was impressed with the substantial progress they have made since then, now employing more than 70 high-skilled engineers, executives, and support staff at their site in Kemble. They have entered into partnership with some significant companies in the aviation industry to provide funding, expanding their UK operations. From what I saw during my visit it was clear that ZeroAvia will continue to go from strength to strength, especially with their exciting R&D and plans to manufacture the new hydrogen-electric engines and the future employment opportunities could be a huge boost for the local area. It is great to see companies in the Cotswolds developing innovative solutions to address the climate change challenge and help us achieve our net-zero targets.” | aerospace |
https://www.desertsun.com/story/sponsor-story/palm-springs-air-museum/2017/01/27/academy-award-winner-lewis-gossett-jr-celebrity-emcee/97147122/ | 2022-12-08T21:59:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711368.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20221208215156-20221209005156-00007.warc.gz | 0.851431 | 392 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__3492959 | en | Academy Award Winner Lewis Gossett, Jr. Celebrity Emcee for Palm Springs Air Museum Gala
Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman) will be the Celebrity Guest Master of Ceremonies at the upcoming non-profit Palm Springs Air Museum’s 20th Anniversary Gala on Friday, February 17, 2017. Entertainment will be provided by Grammy nominated swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
“We want this to be a fun and celebratory evening” said event co-chairs Marguerita Maassen-Gilbertson and Linsey Moore-Vandenbos. This year’s fundraising gala honors individuals who represent each period of military history that the museum collection spans. Honoree Four Star General Charles “Chuck” Horner will speak on his experiences as a combat F-105 pilot in Vietnam. Other honorees are Tuskegee Airmen Isham “Rusty” Burns, Lt. Col. Bob Friend (Ret.), and Lt. Col Harry Stewart, Jr. (Ret).; Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, US Army (Ret), Huey UH-1 Helicopter Pilot; US Air Force Brigadier General Jeannie M. Leavitt, 57th Wing Commander, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; Col. John Nocita, who served in the Army during WW2 and the Korean War, and B-17 WW2 pilot Capt. Robert Shoens.
The evening includes hosted cocktails and appetizers, followed by program, gourmet dinner and dancing. Tickets start at $395. For ticket and sponsor info, call Carol at 760-482-1836 or email [email protected]; to buy tickets online visit PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org/Gala/ | aerospace |
https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/overview-of-14-discoveries-1969-2015-from-apollo-measured-movemen | 2023-02-04T06:42:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500094.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204044030-20230204074030-00677.warc.gz | 0.880223 | 379 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__59765994 | en | The only engineering and scientific measurements of adhesive fine lunar dust which caused various severe problems for Apollo astronauts, equipment and deployed observatories were made by Apollo Dust Detector Experiments we invented in 1966. Here we show 14 key discoveries 1969 to 2015 from Apollo 11, 12, 14 and 15. By reading again unique Apollo 11 tapes with 2012 technologies the first complete set of digital measurements shows severe dust contamination caused by Lunar Module ascent and why first NASA and Bellcomm analog reports were incorrect. Apollo 12 and 14 ascents caused unexpected cleansing of collateral dust splashed by astronauts. The 270g matchbox-sized experiment measured lunar weather for about 6 years at 3 sites, showing lightly-shielded solar cells degraded more from dust than from radiation, including the most severe August 1972 SPE. However bare cells degraded more from low-energy radiation. Dust accumulation on horizontal solar cells was of order 1mm thick in 1000 years based on simulated MLS-1 calibrations. Measured only by the Apollo 12 orthogonal solar cells, dust fell off a vertical cell as the sun rose. Sunrise effects caused levitation of dust to 100cm height and associated horizon brightening we link to Horizon Glow. Measured suites of unpredicted forward-scattering of sunlight at very low elevation angles could be important operationally for polar regions. Limitations are discussed towards improving future missions.
|Publication status||Published - 2016|
|Event||General Assembly of the European-Geosciences-Union - Vienna, Austria|
Duration: 17 Apr 2016 → 22 Apr 2016
|Conference||General Assembly of the European-Geosciences-Union|
|Period||17/04/16 → 22/04/16| | aerospace |
http://www.menewsline.com/articles-with-executive.aspx?pc=5 | 2014-12-23T04:22:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802778085.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075258-00094-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.918763 | 134 | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__33989528 | en | Oct 21, 2014
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Israel Air Force has utilized technology to improvethe visual capabilities of its pilots.
Oct 20, 2014
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait, amid the lowest prices since 2011, has ruled outany change in crude oil production plans.
Oct 10, 2014
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Israel was said to be seeking to purchase a U.S.-Russiansatellite launch contractor.
Oct 02, 2014
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- A leading U.S. defense firm has won a contract toproduce Israel's Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system. | aerospace |
https://www.dronethusiast.com/an-x-wing-drone-brings-the-thrill-of-star-wars-to-the-drone-world/ | 2024-04-20T13:36:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817650.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420122043-20240420152043-00195.warc.gz | 0.967843 | 1,235 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__24980427 | en | The Star Wars movie series has a number of iconic figures like Darth Vader and unique vehicles like the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star but none are quite as memorable as the X-Wing Starfighter. The Rebel fighter jet is noteworthy for its distinct design that creates an X shape.
It is also prominent for having strong blasters and cannons, as well as missiles. It has been featured in many scenes in the Star Wars universe and can take down practically anything although only the most talented pilots can handle it.
It is no surprise that many drone companies have made a few X-Wing drones in recent time. You don’t have to hold the Force in order to use one of these drones. You should still look at how these drones are made and what makes them so useful.
Who’s Making Them?
These X-Wing drones are being made by an assortment of different companies. They are made drones designed after this famous aircraft but with their own particular features on each model.
T-65 X-Wing Starfighter
Propel has made its own T-65 X-Wing drone.
It features a sturdy body with realistic features. It has three speed settings and even uses a push button feature for aerial stunts. It can go about 35 mph and even comes with its own display case. A laser system can be used to play tag with other drones from the same company.
Star Wars Remote Control X-Wing Starfighter
This X-Wing model is designed with a foam body and can work up to 250 feet away from its remote control, along with a decent flight time. Its laser cannons are also rather distinct.
Star Wars X-wing VS. TIE Fighter Drone Battle Set
It uses a more basic design and can be paired with a TIE Fighter with a laser-based tag game in mind. It can be controlled at distances of up to 200 feet away.
Considering how popular the series is—especially with its newest movies being such massive hits—it is no surprise that so many different companies are getting in on the X-Wing drone craze. Each drone is different from one another so make sure you look at this when finding an option that fits your desires.
How Are the Rotors Made?
An X-Wing will use four rotors just like any other drone. How those rotors are designed and organized is important to see.
In most cases, the rotors are positioned in a manner similar to how you’d have them organized on a quadcopter. The key though is that they are designed in spots that are made to keep them from being too visible.
The rotors will often be incorporated within the landing legs. The Propel model is a good example of this. It creates a sense of balance while keeping the rotors protected. Plenty of energy is needed to keep the rotors moving so they won’t be at risk of struggling to keep your drone in the air. Reverse propulsion is needed to allow air to move out from the drone so it will easily work in many spots.
Sometimes, like with the Spin Master drone, the rotors are outside the main body of the drone. This is often done to create a stronger sense of balance. This is often for beginners though as those who are more experienced might have an easier time with handling an X-Wing with its rotors integrated into the body.
The rotors are used to do more than just get the X-Wing up in the air. They also help with allowing the X-Wing to get up and take off just like what you see in the movies.
Lasers May Work
An appealing feature of many of these drones, particularly the Propel and Spin Master ones, is that they can work with laser features. With such features in mind, you could get many drones of the same type together to play a game of aerial tag.
With this, each drone would come with its own infrared laser sensor and projector. You could control it with a simple button on your controller device. When this is used, it can send out a beam that may be recognized by other drones on the same type. A beeping sound may be used when you have either contacted someone with your drone or someone has done it to you.
This can work with as many drones as desired provided they are all from the same company and of the same model. It adds a special design that makes such drones all the more entertaining and fun to use.
In the case of the Spin Master model, it can work with other drones that use the same laser standard. This comes as the X-Wing and, therefore, can be controlled alongside a TIE Fighter. Each of those two uses the same kind of laser system, thus allowing a Rebel vs. Imperial battle in the air.
Of course, you would have to be cautious when using your drone in such a situation. Any kind of drone can be damaged by collisions with other drones in an area.
How Are They Powered?
Typical drones like these are powered by a series of batteries. You’d have to get at least six AA batteries for one of these drones depending on the model.
Fortunately, the models listed here all work with the same 2.4 GHz wireless communication standard. This ensures that you’ll have enough control for getting the drone up in the air.
The use of such batteries is often designed to create a longer-lasting experience when out in the air. Even so, you may also find options down the road that work with rechargeable batteries. These are often easier to use and much more affordable than having regular batteries that you would have to regularly dispose of. Even so, you will still have a limited amount of time with which to control your drone with before the battery power runs out and you have to recharge the thing.
The excitement of an X-Wing drone is certainly something you deserve to see. One of these drones will be made with a brilliant design that features an attractive look that stands out and shows just how awesome your drone is. | aerospace |
https://jbhe.com/2019/03/the-famu-fsu-college-of-engineering-partners-with-the-air-force-research-laboratory/ | 2024-03-03T09:07:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476211.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303075134-20240303105134-00421.warc.gz | 0.933668 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__159396746 | en | The Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to train undergraduate students in areas critical to the U.S. Air Force. The College of Engineering is a collaboration between Florida State University and historically Black Florida A&M University. Both educational institutions are based in Tallahassee.
“This is a great partnership from our standpoint because it provides unique research opportunities for our students and faculty,” said Murray Gibson, dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. “We are delighted that AFRL recognizes the value of our unique shared college as a source of highly trained and diverse engineers.”
The Eglin laboratory will fund a $400,000 grant to create the Air Force Research Laboratory Scholars program at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. The program will bring participating students into the lab environment where they can work directly with faculty researchers on Air Force-related research. The five-year program will provide funding for four scholars at the College of Engineering. Researchers from the college will create a tailored curriculum for these scholars that will focus on the use of the college’s polysonic wind tunnel and other facilities that support the AFRL’s research agenda.
“FAMU-FSU Engineering has a history of high-caliber faculty and students and we are looking forward to the research results from future AFRL Scholars,” said Col. Garry Haase, director of the Air Force Research Lab Munitions Directorate. | aerospace |
https://codespire.org/product/drones-coding-autonomous-flight-online/ | 2020-12-02T22:24:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141716970.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202205758-20201202235758-00020.warc.gz | 0.793789 | 175 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__181521561 | en | CODESPIRE – Drones Coding (Kids & Parents)
Parents learn to code with your kids!
Learn basic coding to control autonomous drone flight. In this class, students will learn basic flight capability and also code commands to control autonomous drone flight (programmed to fly by commands downloaded without a remote control).
- Prerequiste: Drones 1 – Basics of Flight course or prior drone flight experience.
- Materials Fee – $100/family (their own Tello Drone to keep) – after registration, order link will be sent to participants prior to class.
- Additional Batteries, External Charger – optional.
- Recommended materials to Bring – Student’s personal tablet or smart phone (for research & videos). If needed, some devices may be reserved in advance for use in class.
- Location: ONLINE | aerospace |
https://www.traveldailynews.com/regional-news/europe/flairjet-will-be-first-uk-g-reg-phenom-100-operator/ | 2023-05-31T01:20:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646181.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530230622-20230531020622-00097.warc.gz | 0.937699 | 382 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__276360025 | en | FlairJet, London Oxford Airport’s new private jet charter operator, will be the first to put the Phenom 100 on the UK ‘G’ register. The company’s two aircraft (G-DRBN and G-SRBN), following inspection by the UK CAA’s Head Surveyor, are due to arrive into Oxford by mid to late October.
Chief Executive Officer, Captain David Fletcher, is currently undergoing type-rating in Dallas, while two other newly recruited pilots are training at Burgess Hill with CAE. In the run up to commercial launch the company has named two new management positions: Mike Chamberlain, Ground Operations Director and David Taylor, Operations Manager, both ex Jet Options managers. They join Flight Operations Director/Chief Pilot Gerry Rolls, who will also be a training captain on the Phenom. FlairJet, backed by three London-based QCs, are managing these two entry level jets from a third party, prior to the arrival of their first purchased aircraft in 2012.
"FlairJet pledges to offer a personalised, quality service, evolving the traditional air taxi – pitch up and fly culture. With a range of 1,160 nm (with reserves) FlairJet will focus on easy to reach cities in mainland Europe, domestic UK routes and also Scotland and Ireland. Its USP will be to deliver ‘a transparent, easy use, superior service,” said David Fletcher.
“The advantages of the cutting edge entry level jet technology, affordability and superlative style of the Phenom 100, including stylish interiors from BMWDesignWorks USA, will give us a real edge over other jet operators,” he said. FlairJet is setting out to target travellers who wouldn’t usually consider private charter because they perceive it is too expensive, or are too intimidated by the process. | aerospace |
https://tristanm.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/heart-stopping-moments/ | 2018-06-21T22:12:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864300.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621211603-20180621231603-00347.warc.gz | 0.976607 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__246688235 | en | I had another great flight with the Extra today. I managed loops, rolls and inverted flight. I even tried a knife-edge but this didn’t work so well because I haven’t increased the rudder motion after reducing it in an attempt to make the aircraft controllable on the ground.
I did have one heart stopping moment when, after turning too sharply onto finals and with the speed too low, the aircraft simply fell out of the sky and in between the trees. By some miracle it missed all of them (the spaces between them were not more than 3m big), leveled the wings and pointed its nose at the sky. Seeing this, I decided to apply full throttle and to my absolute amazement it climbed easily back into the sky and out from between the trees.
A lucky escape from a classic mistake! | aerospace |
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