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http://forum.oz9aec.net/ | 2018-07-18T02:21:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590046.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718021906-20180718041906-00529.warc.gz | 0.972825 | 310 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__46610747 | en | A few months ago I started looking at various options for omnidirectional antennas with circular polarization for satellite communications. I came across the TA-1 137 MHz turnstile antenna from Wimo, which looked like an interesting option for a reasonable price.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of ARISS, the International Space Station is transmitting Slow Scan Television on 145.800. The SSTV event started on the 20th July and will continue until the 24th.
Two months ago I hooked up my VHF satellite receiver to the SatNOGS network. Since then, the receiver has been receiving many different satellites, including APT images from NOAA 15, 18 and 19.
Back in December 2016, Shaun Whitehead of ThumbNet sent me of their new rtlsdr-based N3 Nongles but I was too busy to do anything serious with SDR. Now that I got a 137 MHz turnstile antenna up for testing I had an obvious opportunity to try it with the weather satellites.
Some time ago I got a 137 MHz turnstile antenna from Jørn OZ6TA. We decided to build an automated NOAA weather satellite image receiver using a modern SDR device. He also had an Airspy he wasn’t using and so it became the SDR radio we were going to use for this.
Some of you may have noticed that my website has undergone significant changes. This was a consequence of my old website being compromised and and infected by malware. | aerospace |
https://takeflightoregon.com/ | 2021-04-12T22:56:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038069267.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210412210312-20210413000312-00049.warc.gz | 0.931525 | 353 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__77091929 | en | A movement to connect Oregon’s youth with current and future industry partners to create a new wave of aviation and aerospace opportunities across our state.
Promoting the value of STEM and CTE related activities to school districts across the state with the intent of seeing more aviation-related education programs come on-line.
Bringing K12 and Post Secondary educators together to build career pathways that meet the present needs of flight-related businesses operating in Oregon.
Support the creation of new aviation and aerospace businesses within the state, and recruit existing enterprises to expand their operations to Oregon.
Keep Oregon talent and innovation within our own communities, bringing revitalization to local economies and an exciting energy that fosters hope and prosperity.
- Fixed-Wing Pilot
- Rotary-Wing Pilot
- Hot Air Balloons
- Aviation Advocacy
- Airport Operations
- Business Management
- Business Development
TAKE FLIGHT ACTIVITIES
- Annual conference for educators and industry partners from every part of the state, to learn, share ideas and needs, identify opportunities for mutual support, and be inspired to do more with aviation and aerospace workforce development in their communities.
- Traveling videography team tasked with capturing footage of each educational program and industry partner, on a biannual basis.
- Promotional campaign directed toward businesses outside our state highlighting the opportunity to expand or relocate here.
- Promotional campaign directed toward potential donors and funders in the state of Oregon with a call to support STEM and CTE based aviation programs and career pathways.
- Advocacy with ODE, ODA and Legislature.
- Work with leaders – elected, school administrators, business owners – in communities with airports to start aviation related programs in their schools. | aerospace |
http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/topics/companies/orbital-systems/ | 2017-04-27T20:35:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122621.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00186-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954632 | 1,998 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__270105821 | en | Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Department of Defense, development program, Events, missile defense, NASA, Orbital Systems, production program, Satellites, Seeking Alpha, Services, space
This is an exclusive article I wrote at Seeking Alpha on Orbital Sciences. It may be found here.
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, development program, Events, Federal Budget Process, logistics, MDA, missile defense, Orbital Systems, S&T, Services
The United States has been working on missile defense programs for decades. Starting with the boost provided by Ronald Reagan with “Star Wars” in the Eighties and the impetus provided by Iraqi SCUD attacks in Desert Storm the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has led the development and deployment of several different systems. These all require testing to prove their capabilities and to make sure they meet requirements.
Since the basic goal of missile defense programs is to hit and destroy an enemy ballistic missile MDA has required the use of targets that simulate potential threats as well as just provide a basic ballistic trajectory. Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB) has been one of the major providers of these target systems over the last twenty or more years.
Orbital will continue this support to MDA with the award of a contract to provide targets mimicking intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM) threats. The first year of the contract is worth a little over $200 million and if all options are exercised it could be worth just over a billion.
Orbital will not only provide the targets but also support them with logistics, support equipment and other necessary services. Most missile defense testing takes place either at the Navy’s test range in Hawaii or at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
This contract illustrates why missile defense development is so expensive. The targets are used once and are rather sophisticated as they need to be threat representative. The ranges of the systems involved require testing in remote sites that only ads to the costs of the actual test. The interceptors themselves cost even more and they are also consumed during the test meaning that if there is a failure the test must be repeated which adds schedule and cost to the program.
U.S. Navy photo from DIVIDSHUB flickr photostream.
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, development program, Events, Federal Budget Process, Florida, logistics, NASA, Orbital Systems, Restructuring, S&T, Satellites, Services, space, States, U.S. Air Force
The State of Florida charted an entity called Space Florida to help grow their support to the space and aerospace industry using it to manage existing facilities located at Cape Canaveral and other sites. Set up in 2006 it combined three previous organizations related to space development and research into one. Space Florida operates a facility to assemble rockets and support launches at the Kennedy Space Center. This is part of a readjustment to the reorganization of NASA priorities that will see the last flight of the Space Shuttle in the near future.
As part of their work the U.S. Air Force issued Space Florida an ID/IQ contract to support launches of Orbital Sciences (OSC) Minotaur launch vehicles. This contract has a value of up to $48 million if all options are exercised. As with all ID/IQ contracts there is no guarantee that any work may be issued or ordered.
The Minotaur is a combination of existing ICBM rocket motors and other hardware used by the Air Force to launch small-to-medium payloads into orbit. It also is used to support testing and may carry targets and other systems. So far there have been eighteen launches of the system with thirty-one payloads placed in orbit.
The U.S. is moving to try and generate more commercial programs to provide access to space. The focus is on small companies developing new technologies or providing support services like this rather then relying on the large Defense and NASA infrastructure. This is not happening without pain as there will be significant job losses as the Florida economy adjusts to the end of the Space Shuttle with no near term U.S. replacement for heavy lift launch capability.
NASA had been developing the Ares and Orion systems to replace the Space Shuttle and support the International Space Station (ISS) as well as plan for longer missions in space but the Obama Administration restructured the program severely. This included ending work on most of the program and shifting funds to commercial companies trying to develop launch vehicles such as SpaceX.
It is too early to tell how well this strategy will work but right now the U.S. will soon be dependent on Russian systems to carry crew and supplies to the ISS until it develops the replacement for the Space Shuttle.
Photo by Nick Davis of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, development program, Events, Orbital Systems, S&T, Satellites, Services, space, U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy’s Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded a contract to Orbital Systems (ORB) to provide technical and support services. If all options are exercised the contract could be worth up to $95 million. Orbital has provided this kind of support in the past on previous contracts and is very qualified to develop small satellites and space launch vehicles.
Orbital will provide the NRL with research, analysis, integration and testing support as well as data collection and analysis. The work is similar to that done by the company for other parts of the U.S. government including NASA and the Air Force.
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Department of Defense, development program, Earnings, Events, Federal Budget Process, IT, logistics, Military Aviation, missile defense, Orbital Systems, production program, S&T, SAIC, Satellites, Services, space
Due to some restructuring of its work due to the Obama Administration’s efforts to reorient defense spending Orbital Sciences Corporation reported a downturn in revenue and operating income in its most recent quarterly results. The company saw a missile defense contract ended and some delays in satellite work leading it to reduce its estimates for the full year.
Of the major defense companies reporting so far results have been mixed. Some have seen better quarters then others. The effects of the major changes planned by Obama and Secretary of Defense Gates may take some months to have effect. The large programs they have ended will still be paying termination costs to the companies as they figure out what fees are needed and what work will be paid for. There are also chances that new contracts will be awarded in the next year or so.
Several programs will be continued in another form it may take two or three years for the next iteration to start. The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) contract with Boeing and SAIC ended but the technology and work has been inserted into a new program. The contracts for the new program have not been fully awarded, so Boeing and SAIC may end of with revenue from that effort. In the end despite the cancellation the companies may not end up losing much revenue.
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Department of Defense, development program, EADS, Events, Federal Budget Process, MDA, missile defense, Northrop Grumman Corp., Orbital Systems, Restructuring, Services, space
Orbital Sciences stock took a pounding last week as one of its major programs was proposed to be canceled by Obama and Secretary of Defense Gates. Missile defense programs along with the F-22 and FCS wheeled vehicles took the biggest in the budget. If the budget moves forward with the planned ending of major programs other companies may see their stock affected.
The upside though is that if the restructuring of the budget goes forward it will provide opportunities for other companies. There will also be new programs eventually as the need for some of these — like the VH-71 — are still there. The next big contract that seems will be awarded is the KC-X tanker replacement some time next year. A new competition will be held between EADS and Boeing. Currently it looks like the award won’t be split as some had hoped for.
Filed under: development program, Earnings, Orbital Systems, S&T, Satellites, space
Orbital reported their third quarter results today. Revenues were up slightly while earnings were down. The company did report strong bookings and their back log is significant at over $2 B. The company saw increased activity in the launch vehicle and advanced space programs. There was a decline in satellites and space services. Orbital provides a variety of space related services to US DoD, Department of Energy and NASA.
See the full press release at MarketWatch.com.
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, development program, missile defense, Orbital Systems, SETA
Orbital won a contract to provide engineering and analytical services to all three US armed services at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). They are also part of a team supporting efforts at Wallops Range in Virginia which is used a great deal by NASA. See the story here. The contract, called Theoretical Studies and Engineering Services (TSER), will support all developmental activities at WSMR. This range is used to support air and ballistic missile defense tests.
Filed under: DARPA, development program, Orbital Systems, Satellites, space
Orbital Systems won a contract from DARPA for research with the F6 satellite program. See the press release here. DARPA is trying to develop, through this program, a more flexible way of linking modules of space craft to allow greater flexibility in their configuration. | aerospace |
https://aaciremembers.org/fallen/edward-glen-king/ | 2023-11-29T07:51:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00121.warc.gz | 0.988287 | 214 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__299149102 | en | Edward Glen King, and American Christian, was born in 1917.
During World War II he served in the US Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. When he learned that the newly established State of Israel had begun to build an air force, he volunteered to take part and be one of those chosen to secretly transport commando planes loaded with spare parts and various devices urgently needed to prepare planes for the Israeli Air Force. It was well known that the planes were overloaded with their carrying capacity. The five planes arrived safely in Mexico City. After a week of waiting in the city, the pilots prepared to go on their way at last. On April 14, 1948, the first two planes took off with great difficulty, taking advantage of the route to the extreme, but the third plane, where Edward served as a pilot, managed to rise to a height of only thirty meters and then fell to the ground with a tremendous crash. Edward was killed on the spot. Edward was laid to rest in a cemetery in Los Angeles. He was one of first casualties of the air force. | aerospace |
https://1tv.ge/lang/en/news/several-flights-postponed-kutaisi-airport/ | 2022-05-20T13:38:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662532032.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520124557-20220520154557-00724.warc.gz | 0.920361 | 272 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__134577817 | en | Due to unfavorable weather conditions in Europe several flights have been postponed at the Kutaisi Airport.
Kutaisi airport reported that Wizz Air flight London-Kutaisi W66424 has been postponed due to bad weather and will be implemented today. The plane will depart from London at 11:10 am (London time), and arrive at Kutaisi airport at 20:15.
The schedule of other flights has been changed:
The Kutaisi-Berlin flight W66407, scheduled for December 11 at 6:35 am, will leave Kutaisi at 16:30 and arrive in Berlin at 17:40 (Berlin time).
Airplane will take off Berlin airport on December 11 at 18:10 (Berlin time) and land Kutaisi at 12 December, 01:05 am.
Kutaisi-Milan flight W66411 will depart from Kutaisi on December 11 at 20:45 and landing time is – 11 December, 22:10 (Milan time).
Flight W66412 will depart Milan on December 11 at 22:40 (Milan time) and land Kutaisi Airport on December 12 at 5:45 am.
For more information passengers can contact the Airport Information Service: 0431 23 70 00; 0431 23 70 01. | aerospace |
https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/09/mars.odyssey/index.html | 2023-03-28T22:26:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948871.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328201715-20230328231715-00529.warc.gz | 0.927632 | 787 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__217738578 | en | Mars-bound satellite is flying high
(CNN) -- A spacecraft on its way to Mars to search for signs of water and life has performed "exceedingly well" since its launch, NASA said.
The 2001 Mars Odyssey is slated to become the first spacecraft to visit Mars since two disastrous failures in 1999. Its observations could offer valuable information about possible extraterrestrial life and future human colonization.
Named for Arthur C. Clarke's science-fiction novel and movie, "2001: A Space Odyssey," the $300 million probe should reach Mars in October after a journey of 286 million miles (460 million km).
Since blasting off Saturday aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Odyssey's flight has gone smoothly, NASA said. An alarm triggered by a temperature sensor shortly after launch was no cause for concern, mission engineers concluded.
The flight team commanded the craft to transition from safe mode into normal operating mode and spin down its gyro-like reaction wheels to remove excess momentum.
A trajectory correction maneuver is planned for April 16. But the flight path already is so accurate that Odyssey will require only a minor amount of propellant, saving more fuel for when the craft brakes and goes into Mars orbit in six months.
Looking for hot spots
Designed to scour the red planet for evidence of underground water and geologic hot spots, Odyssey will join another NASA satellite already orbiting the red planet. Mars Global Surveyor has been circling Mars since 1997, snapping tens of thousands of high-resolution pictures.
Surveyor's camera can spot details as small as 3 meters. The camera onboard Odyssey cannot focus as well, but it will have the ability to "see" much more than physical topography.
The new orbiter is equipped with an infrared imaging camera that can distinguish the mineral content of geologic features only 100 meters (110 yards) across, compared to 3 km (1.9 miles) for a similar instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor.
By spotting possible hot spots, Odyssey could help determine whether Mars had volcanic activity in the recent geological past. Odyssey also has a gamma ray spectrometer, which can peer into the shallow subsurface of Mars to measure elements, including hydrogen.
Because hydrogen is probably present in the form of water ice, the spectrometer is expected to measure permanent ground ice and how it changes with the seasons, NASA said.
Odyssey could also help identify favorable landing spots for twin rovers that NASA plans to launch in 2003. And it will relay radio communications between Earth and the rovers and later probes.
Reeling from 1999 losses
The mission is the first since NASA revamped its Mars program, which suffered the disastrous losses of an orbiter and lander less than two years ago.
In September 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter presumably burned up in the martian atmosphere because propulsion engineers failed to convert English and metric units.
Three months later, its sibling spacecraft, the Mars Polar Lander, likely crashed because a software glitch shut off the descent engines prematurely, sending it on a fatal plunge into the red planet.
NASA revised its Mars program after the mishaps, canceling numerous missions over the next decade. Those that survived were given much higher budgets and subjected to more critical review.
NASA has no firm plans for a human mission to Mars. But one onboard experiment will monitor martian radiation levels, checking possible hazards for future colonists.
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https://www.virail.co.uk/flight-paris-prague | 2020-06-02T20:36:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347426801.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20200602193431-20200602223431-00318.warc.gz | 0.943309 | 172 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__79363137 | en | Which airlines offer flights from Paris to Prague?
Among the partners of virail, you can also find the airlines flying from Paris to Prague, like Air Serbia, SWISS and KLM.
Where do the flights from Paris to Prague leave from and in which airports do they land?
Flights from Paris leave from Charles De Gaulle and land in Prague at Václav Havel Prague.
What is the timetable of flights from Paris to Prague?
The first flights to Prague is scheduled at 07:01 and the last one leaving Paris is at 20:01.
How long does it take to reach Prague by plane?
The fastest flights take you from Paris to Prague in 3 hours and 50 minutes.
If you feel like travelling and visiting different cities, you can take your time and travel by train from Paris to Prague. | aerospace |
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2011/02/17/canadian-aircraft/ | 2019-05-20T07:35:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255773.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520061847-20190520083847-00533.warc.gz | 0.978073 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__50921132 | en | [dropcap]C[/dropcap]anadian aircraft production has always more or less stood in the shadow of their big neighbor the U.S.A. In spite if this, Canada always had its own manufacturers of aircraft types. Most known from the pre-WW II period is the license production of Fairchild types. Canada also had agreed on licence production of the twin-boom Burnelli small freighters. However, Canada also had the distinct honor to produce the ‘fastest biplane fighter of the world’ ( the FDB-1) at a time the monoplane type was already firmly established. The wartime saw mass production of types for the R.A.F. like the Harvard and the Blenhheim. However, also other British types were manufactured.
After the war Avro Canada started with some radical; and leading new designs. Canada was one of the first countries to built a jet airliner, although without success. However, their CF-100 all-weather and night fighter was mass produced and it was definitely equal or better than its American counterpart!
Tragedy of failure struck again with the very advanced CF-105 Arrow design. The Arrow was far superior than anything else flying around at that moment and only political pressure from its big neighbor caused the project to be finally canceled!
Even today the Canadian Bombardier Aerospace is still one of the leading aircraft manufacturers of light passenger planes and biz-jets! | aerospace |
http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/04/1997/05/news-19970514.html | 2018-10-20T10:49:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512693.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20181020101001-20181020122501-00054.warc.gz | 0.963567 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__116482573 | en | 14 May 1997
After two previous attempts during the past few weeks, the Huntsville Alabama L5 Society, a chapter of the National Space Society, this morning, successfully launched the first amateur rocket into the edge of space. The launch of the "rockoon" -- a rocket that is launched from a high altitude balloon -- took place from a beach in Hampstead, North Carolina, and represents the first verified launch of an amateur rocket into space.
The high altitude balloon carrying the rocket in a gondola was launched just before 7:00 a.m. EST. According to Gregory Allison, Project HALO (High Altitude Lift-Off) Program Manager, the rocket was launched from an altitude of approximately 60,000 feet at approximately 8:25 a.m. EST and reached an altitude of 38 nautical miles,. Although the rocket did not reach its target altitude of 64 nautical miles, the launch is still considered to have taken place through "the edge of space," according to Mr. Allison. Altitude verification was provided by signals from an onboard GPS receiver and from a B&W camera on board the rocket.
"We're very pleased with today's results and we learned a great deal," Allison added. "There were many challenges and many unknowns, but we worked through them all." Because the balloon is floating in the frigid stratosphere before the rocket is launched, ground crew must constantly work to maintain pressures and perform other tasks. "It's not like a shuttle flight where you're thrust into space in about eight minutes," Mr. Allison added. "We're 'in the environment' for over an hour and a half with this balloon. We've succeeded in proving the concept, now we're ready to proceed to operational phase."
The launch also marked the highest altitude achieved to date by a rocket using hybrid propulsion. In a hybrid rocket, the solid fuel is kept safely away from a liquid oxidizer until the rocket is ignited. The group has been working on the garage-built rockoon in an effort to make reaching space more affordable for students, amateurs, experimenters and researchers.
"We're very pleased for Greg and all the other volunteers who have been working nearly three years for this moment," said David Brandt, Executive Director of the National Space Society in Washington, DC. "Their achievement represents a great grassroots accomplishment in the effort to lower the cost of getting into space -- a major goal for everyone working in space today, from NASA to industry to private citizens."
HAL5 volunteers will be packing up equipment and returning to Alabama through today and tomorrow. Final details of this morning's flight will be posted at the chapter's website during the next week.
The National Space Society is an independent space advocacy organization with headquarters in Washington, DC. Its 25,000 members and 95 chapters around the world advocate a spacefaring civilization. For more information on the NSS and our future in space, visit NSS.
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https://www.gdkits.com/airfix-ax02017a-1-72-supermarine-spitfire-pr-mkxix-p-62927.html | 2018-06-22T03:57:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864343.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622030142-20180622050142-00472.warc.gz | 0.930843 | 378 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__141869182 | en | Airfix - 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Pr Mk.XIX
Arguably the ultimate version of the famous Supermarine Spitfire, the unarmed Rolls-Royce Griffon powered PR.XIX reconnaissance aircraft relied on nothing more than speed and stealth to survive in the combat area. The first decal option included with this 2017 release marks a significant aircraft which still holds the world altitude record for a single piston engined aircraft - In February 1952, Flight Lieutenant Ted Powles flew Spitfire PS852 to an altitude of 51.500 ft. during a reconnaissance flight over the Chinese Island of Hainan. Flying with RAF No.81 Squadron out of Kai Tak airfield in Hong Kong, Powles set an altitude record for the Spitfire and indeed for all single engine piston fighters which still stands to this day, serving as an enduring legacy of these magnificent machines.
The alternative decal option supplied with this kit is one of the beautiful reconnaissance Spitfires operated by the Swedish Air Force at the start of the Cold War period. Delays in getting the reconnaissance version of their SAAB J29 jet fighter into production saw the SAF with a desperate need for a single engined reconnaissance aircraft and found an effective interim solution in 50 former WWII RAF Spitfire PR Mk.XIXs. Purchased from the British at an extremely attractive price, the aircraft were given the Swedish designation S.31 and were faster than any other aircraft currently flying with the Swedish Air Force. Serving until 1955, the S.31 Spitfires proved highly successful, but were nevertheless unceremoniously scrapped or used for target practice on their retirement. They are however an important chapter in the Spitfire story.
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https://foundation.alioth.group/en/operation-neon-evacuation-of-poles-from-israel-to-poland-continues/ | 2023-12-06T10:55:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100593.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206095331-20231206125331-00037.warc.gz | 0.836435 | 1,792 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__284714555 | en | On October 8, 2023, an operation code–named ‘Neon’ was launched involving the Polish Air Force. The purpose of the mission is to ensure the safe evacuation of Poles by air from Israel, where a state of emergency has been declared. The undertaking is related to the military aggression initiated by the Muslim Resistance Movement (Hamas), which originated in Palestine.
The National Security Bureau has issued a presidential order for the use of the Polish Military Contingent in Israel. It was decided that between October 8 and October 15, 2023, the Polish Military Contingent in the State of Israel will be involved in the evacuation and transportation of Polish citizens due to the need to protect their lives or health. The Vice President of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Paweł Jabłoński – specified the priorities for bringing Poles to the territory of the Republic of Poland. First, assistance will be provided to those who have been in Israel on a short–term basis and cannot return to Poland due to canceled flights. Next, evacuation will be provided to those with Polish or dual citizenship who have been in Israel longer, but have declared a desire to return to the country. The Polish Military Contingent will also guarantee transportation for citizens of other countries, but the safety of Poles has been decided first.
Participating in Operation ‘Neon’ are military aviation personnel numbering about 200 soldiers, along with the necessary security and equipment, namely aircraft, such as: a government aircraft Boeing 737–86X(WL) ‘Józef Piłsudski’ with side number 0110 from the 1. Transport Aviation Base in Warsaw, Lockheed Martin C–130E Hercules medium transport aircraft with side numbers 1503 and 1505 from the 33rd Transport Aviation Base in Powidz, and Airbus C–295M CASA medium transport aircraft from the 8th Transport Aviation Base in Cracow. Two C–130E Hercules transport aircraft and one Boeing 737–86X(WL) government aircraft were diverted to Ben Gurion International Airport located in Tel Aviv (ICAO code: LLBG). In addition, two C–295M CASA transport aircraft were deployed to Daskalogiannis Airport in Chania on the Greek island of Crete (ICAO code: LGSA).
C–130E Hercules aircraft form the backbone of Poland’s military transport aviation. Their participation in Operation ‘Neon’ is determined by their equipment and upgraded on–board avionics, which include the AN/ALR–69(V) Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) from Raytheon, Missile Warning System (MWS) the AN/AAR–47(V)1 and Airborne Countermeasures Dispenser System (ACDS) AN/ALE–47 from BAE Systems. On the other hand, modern systems were installed in the cockpit, including the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), the AN/APX–19 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), the L–3 Communication TCAS – 2000 Airborne Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II), a dual receiver Rockwell Collins AN/ARN–147 radionavigation and precision landing system, and Raytheon’s MAGR2000S satellite–inertial navigation system. The C–295M CASA, on the other hand, has been retrofitted with two, all–digital flight computers. They utilize as many as four, ergonomically positioned monitors. In addition, the aircraft’s radio navigation functions through a VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) radio station operating in the frequency range of 108–117,950 MHz coupled to an ILS (Instrument Landing System) limited visibility landing aid, forming a VOR/ILS system. The C–295M CASA transport aircraft also has a dedicated Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder, a meteorological radio station, emergency transmitters, Global Positioning System – Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging (GPS–NAVSTAR) receivers, and a TCAS II system. Moreover, the aircraft has an integrated AN/ALR–300Y2B system from Indra, consisting of a radar warning receiver, which is a passive electronic warfare (EW/WRE) system integrated with AN/ALE–47 flare and dipole launchers. Optional cockpit armor can be installed to protect against small arms fire and shrapnel. The Boeing 737–86X(WL), on the other hand, has none of the above on–board equipment, but features a very large transport capacity. It can carry up to 120 passengers in the economy section, while the remaining space includes a VIP lounge capable of accommodating four people and a section with 12 premium seats.
Vide: J. Yeung, A. Renton, E. Upright, J. Berlinger, A. Sangal, D. Andone, M. Hayes, Israel at war with Hamas after unprecedented attacks, online – https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-attack-10-09-23/index.html [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Order of the President of the Republic of Poland dated October 8, 2023, on the use of the Polish Military Contingent in the State of Israel (Polish Official Gazette, item 1082).
Polish Press Agency, Operation ‘Neon’. Behind the scenes of the evacuation of Poles from Israel. ‘We are conducting an operation on the largest scale among EU countries’, online – https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/operacja-neon-kulisy-ewakuacji-polakow-z-izraela-prowadzimy-operacje-na-najwieksza [accessed: 12.10.2023].
The military aviation staff includes pilots, loadmasters (who act as ‘stewards’) and medics.
The Military Magazine, Operation ‘Neon’: Evacuation of Poles from Israel, online – https://milmag.pl/operacja-neon-ewakuacja-polakow-z-izraela/ [accessed: 12.10.2023].
K. Kuska, 10 years of C–130E Hercules aircraft in the Polish Armed Forces part 1, online – https://zbiam.pl/artykuly/10-lat-samolotow-c-130e-hercules-w-silach-zbrojnych-rp-cz-1/ [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Official website of Samolotypolskie.pl, CASA C–295 (EADS CASA C–295), online – https://www.samoloty.pl/encyklopedia-samolotobby-309/zagraniczne-hobby-257/transportowe-hobby-297/hiszpania-hobby-564/casa-c-295-hobby-565 [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Polish Army, C–295M CASA transport aircraft, online – https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/samolot-transportowy-C-295M-CASA/ [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Ł. Pacholski, Poland evacuates Poles from Israel, online – https://zbiam.pl/polska-ewakuuje-polakow-z-izraela/ [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Photo: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, online – https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-polish-air-force-c-130-hercules-is-seen-next-to-a-21dd7d [accessed: 12.10.2023].
Tekst powstał w ramach realizacji zadania publicznego zleconego w ramach Rządowego Programu Rozwoju Organizacji Obywatelskich na lata 2018–2030 r. „Bezpieczna Polska jutra – rozwój działań misyjnych Alioth Foundation”. | aerospace |
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- Getting success in concluding a number of valuable contracts for Yuzhnoye SDO with foreign customers devoted to aerospace technologies development and space technologies transfer into civil applications.
- Leading role in development of such international aerospace projects, like Sea Launch, Land Launch, Antares (Taurus-II), Cyclone-4, Cyclone-4M, Egyptsat-1, etc.
- Initiated participation of the Company in technology development Framework Programs 5,6,7 of European Commission (projects got funding: COMPARE, SIDER, ROV-E, LEOSWEEP, FIBRALSPEC, LIGHT-TPS, NEWSPEC), and Horizon 2020 Program of European Commission (projects got funding: MODCOMP, EQUINOX).
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http://easytravelreport.com/AIRPORTS/Valladolid-Airport-strike-spain.html | 2019-03-20T13:02:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202347.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320125919-20190320151919-00238.warc.gz | 0.897902 | 348 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__114721824 | en | You may need to know -
Busy Valladolid Auvasa bus company workers will strike from September 1 - 10th, 2017. Minimal service will be in effect. Check plans to and from Valladolid Airport as taxi’s might be hard to find.
Valladolid Airport flights to be delayed or cancelled by Iberia Airline strike. Air Nostrum, Vueling and IberiaExpress flights. Here's the list of cancellations.
Spanish air traffic controllers will strike.
Update:-8 July 2015 80% of flights by law must leave during these strike hours.
Update:-7 July 2015 Meeting to take place tomorrow (Wednesday) decision to be made over minimum service. At the moment 80% of controllers must attend work.
29 June 2015 New Spanish air traffic control dates are in. Local times.
Saturday 11 July 2015 10am - 1pm
Sunday 12 July 2015 5pm - 8pm
Saturday 25 July 2015 10am - 1pm
Sunday 26 July 2015 5pm - 8pm
old strikes we caught
February 26 Valladolid Airport, Iberia Airline has flight cancellation lists up.
Iberia - operated by Air Nostrum Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Menorca, Paris-Orly
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
Orbest (bankrupt) Orizonia Airlines - Tenerife-South Seasonal: Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca
Ryanair - Alicante [ends 29 October 2012], Barcelona, Brussels-Charleroi, Lanzarote, London-Stansted Seasonal: Málaga
Volotea - Seasonal: Ibiza | aerospace |
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Detail for correcting the belly of the fuselage of the Su-17M4/Su-22M4 model in 1/48 scale manufactured by Kitty Hawk.
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The United States and China engaged in a show of military strength in space by testing anti-satellite weapons on their own satellites on separate occasions, according to diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks and published by the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph newspaper today (Feb. 3). The memos include more than 500 leaked cables and detail the private fears of two superpowers as they clamber to dominate the new military frontier in space, the Daily Telegraph reported. The documents disclose that following China's intentional destruction of its own weather satellite in January 2007, the U.S. responded in February 2008 by blowing up one of its own defunct satellites in a "test" strike. Wikileaks Cables Suggest U.S.-China Space Weapons Race | Missile Strikes & Anti-Satellite Tests
Top 10 Space Weapons Weapons for Space War Weapons in space may seem like science fiction, but they've been creeping ever closer toward science fact. The U.S. may have proposed a space weapon ban, but others are actively researching military strength in the high frontier. <br><br>Here's a look at 10 nasty ways warfare may reach space. Missile The ability to destroy man-made satellites in orbit around Earth has already been demonstrated by China, who used an anti-satellite (ASAT) device against one of their own weather satellites.
The buildup of space debris orbiting the Earth, which poses a threat to spacecraft and the environment, has reached a critical point, scientists say. The space junk trend no longer can be reversed by full compliance with mitigation measures now in place; it will get worse without more-aggressive action such as active debris removal, or ADR. And that just might pose the biggest engineering challenge of the 21st century, according to J.-C. Liou of the Orbital Debris Program Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center. "As the international community gradually reaches a consensus on the need for ADR, the focus will shift from environment modeling to completely different challenges: technology development, systems engineering, and operations," Liou explained in the July edition of NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly News, issued by his office in Houston. Junk Cleanup Poses Grand Challenge for 21st Century | Orbital Debris Threat & Space Technology | Space Debris
A newly unveiled U.S. strategy aims to enlist other countries to help safeguard national space assets against both hostile threats and orbital space debris. The National Security Space Strategy directs the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on how to follow the country's National Space Policy, which was announced by the president last June. It is the first such document co-signed by the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence, said Gregory Schulte, the deputy secretary of defense for space policy. "Space becomes critical to everything we do, and that’s why we're worried that the environment is increasingly challenging," Schulte said. U.S. Seeks Allies for Space Security | Space Debris & Space Weapons | Space War
What began as a minor trash problem in space has now developed into a full-blown threat. A recent space security report put the problem of debris on equal footing with weapons as a threat to the future use of space. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk — including broken satellites, discarded rocket stages and lost spacewalker tools — now crowd the corridors of Earth orbit. These objects could do serious damage to working spacecraft if they were to hit them, and might even pose a risk to people and property on the ground if they fall back to Earth and are large enough to survive re-entering the atmosphere. The new Space Security 2010 report released by the Space Security Index, an international research consortium, represented space debris as a primary issue. Junk Rivals Weapons as a Major Threat
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Disarmament | CD Documents related to Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
ISCOS - institute for security and cooperation in outer space
Conference on Disarmament Members of CD Conference on Disarmament ( CD ) is a forum established by the international community to negotiate multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements. Established in 1979, it was the forum used by its member states, currently numbering 65, to negotiate the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention . While the conference is not formally a United Nations (UN) organization, it is linked to the UN through a personal representative of the United Nations Secretary-General ; this representative serves as the secretary general of the conference. | aerospace |
http://www.sahilnawab.com/blog/2020/01/ | 2024-04-14T20:58:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414192536-20240414222536-00388.warc.gz | 0.957772 | 960 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__14080300 | en | The internal combustion engine has been around for about two hundred years, and to great effect. It has changed the world and made it a better place for many people. Yet, in its wake are the climate consequences of mobilizing an enormous swath of the population.
Today we’re seeing an explosion in electric vehicle technologies, and I am extremely excited for an electrified future. The advantages of electric propulsion systems for wheeled vehicles, including instantaneous torque delivery and greater longevity, easily outweighs the negatives. The improvements in fast charging have been drastic and the increase in range has negated the range anxiety that plagued early electric vehicles.
However, despite these advantages and improvements, I think aviation may well remain one of the last holdouts of the internal combustion engine. Aviation primarily uses one of two different types of internal combustion engine — the reciprocating engine, commonly found in general aviation, and the turbine engine, commonly found in commercial aircraft.
For short range trips, I admit that electric propulsion systems seem quite attractive. However, when looking at long distance cruising, which is paramount to commercial operators, the internal combustion engine still holds its own.
The reciprocating engine is particularly well suited to the demands of long distance cruising, especially when combined with a constant speed propeller. Running at peak efficiency essentially all the time means that the traditional issues that detractors bemoan, large and quick changes of RPM, are no longer relevant.
Because these engines need to be spinning at all times, ground vehicles need to utilize some sort of transmission and power coupling system to allow for slippage. Aviation, on the other hand, requires the propeller to be spinning at all times anyway (at least during flight and most ground operations after the initial set up procedures). Therefore, planes do not need to have a heavy transmission and are often simply directly connected to the propeller.
The near-instantaneous response times of electric motors is certainly helpful for pilots, especially during non-normal procedures such as stalls, go-arounds, etc., for most applications it isn’t absolutely necessary. Passenger aircraft would likely implement some sort of smoothing system anyway for comfort, negating the benefits almost completely.
The energy density of chemical fuels is unparalleled, with the exception of nuclear technologies. The energy extraction mechanisms used for nuclear energy are themselves quite bulky, completely negating any density benefits. On the other hand electric propulsion systems suffer from the exact opposite problem. Electric motors are lightweight, but the batteries are still heavy, despite the massive improvements that have been made in recent years.
The advancements in battery technology that are driven by innovation in the aviation sector will likely have an enormous impact on society as a whole. For that reason alone, I think pursuing electric aviation technologies is absolutely worth the effort and the increased funding that it deserves. This is an area where these developments may completely overturn the cost-benefit ratio and make electric aviation readily cost-effective despite some of the inefficiencies of the energy storage mechanism.
The electrification potential in ground based vehicles is more obvious. The benefits of electric motors are their extremely high torque, instantaneous response times, and independent wheel control (assuming 4 motors, one for each wheel).
I think off-road vehicles are even more suited, as having wheel-based motors allows for higher ground clearance. Likewise, buses and city vehicles as well, where weight is not really a huge concern, and electric charge stations are plentiful and can even by added to the bus stops themselves to keep the vehicles charged.
Because of these issues, I think that electric innovation will be primarily driven by ground-based transport, rather than by aviation. However, I would love to be proved wrong, especially as aviation becomes one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses. Reducing these emissions will be invaluable to increase the reach of general aviation reach in society, and I am eager for such a future.
This area, namely emissions, is where I see the largest potential for upheaval of the industry. As pilots and aviators, we probably contribute significantly more to climate change than others. Flying in small general aviation aircraft is inherently less efficient than flying in larger airliners. Allowing the public to pursue general aviation without contributing to the negative impact of climate change will be immensely beneficial. As a community, pilots are excited for a future where aviation can be carbon neutral.
MIT Ground School, by Philip Greenspun, January 6, 2020. http://philip.greenspun.com/teaching/ground-school/
“Is it Wrong to Fly?” by Vox, January 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Cd5H3kmXQ | aerospace |
https://ghosts.blognook.com/2018/12/08/5-mysterious-things-on-mars-caught-on-camera-2/ | 2019-06-16T21:45:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998298.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190616202813-20190616224813-00541.warc.gz | 0.895608 | 123 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__215931509 | en | 5 Mysterious Things On Mars Caught On Camera By NASA
5 mysterious things on Mars caught on camera by NASA. We take a look at 5 mysterious things caught on camera by NASA.
Many people the world over believe that life exists or once existed on Mars. While we’ve found direct evidence of liquid water on the Red Planet, we have yet to find any microbes there. But not all hope is lost, new discoveries from NASA’s Curiosity rover have brought forth more compelling evidence of life on Mars.
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https://www.inherentresolve.mil/Releases/News-Releases/Article/2174188/french-fighter-jets-use-new-camera-configuration-to-zoom-in-on-isis/ | 2020-07-05T19:50:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655888561.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705184325-20200705214325-00581.warc.gz | 0.925063 | 684 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__155686013 | en | SOUTHWEST ASIA —
As of March 2020, the French fighter detachment with “Operation Chammal,” French military support to Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, now flies with enhanced capabilities in the fight to defeat Daesh remnants in Iraq and Syria.
French Rafale aircraft are now equipped with a RECO-NG (new generation reconnaissance pod), giving the fighters more imagery collection capability and diversifying their air support to the international Coalition to defeat Daesh. The RECO-NG is a long range, high resolution reconnaissance pod designed to provide intelligence imagery installed onto fighter aircraft such as the Mirage 2000 and Rafale. It consists of two large size digital matrix arrays for visible and infrared detection.
"The RECO-NG makes our missions more flexible,” said French Air Force Col. Benjamin Souberbielle, commander of the deployed air base. “The two aircraft patrol with the ability to achieve three complementary effects: ground support, air defense and intelligence. The novelty consists in the use of this sensor almost daily over the theater, while carrying out our usual air defense and ground support missions.”
The RECO-NG, 4.6 meters long and weighing 1100 kilograms, is positioned under the fuselage of the Rafale. There, pilots use the equipment to document day and night missions, and identify Daesh positions and equipment such as weapons caches, tunnels, vehicles and training camps.
"The photos are of excellent quality. The precise tracking and the high-performance zoom allow clear identification," explained the unit's image interpreter. “This system is also very agile: once in flight, the pilot can decide to modify the shots according to the opportunities that arise during the mission.”
Thanks to this high-performance equipment, French air patrols adopt a new configuration. While the first aircraft retains its bomb load to provide lethal air support to ground security partners, the second is equipped with the RECO-NG to enable additional intelligence gathering.
"The RECO-NG represents an additional capability brought to the Coalition and optimizes our existing assets in theater,” said the Rafale detachment commander. "These photos give us national autonomy to assess the situation, in addition to sharing information with the Coalition.”
France remains committed within the international Coalition against ISIS on several fronts: permanent presence of a frigate in the eastern Mediterranean; air missions of the Rafalesstationed in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates; and planning officers within the CJTF-OIR staff.
Photo 1: A French Air Force Rafale fighter takes off carrying a POD RECO-NG in the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The POD RECO-NG provides enhanced imagery collection capability in the international fight against Daesh. (French Defence Staff photo)
Photo 2: A French Air Force Rafale single-seat fighter deployed to the expeditionary air base in Jordan with the new POD RECO-NG reconnaissance pod fitted to its centerline pylon. This pod has been operational since the end of March 2020. The POD RECO-NG provides enhanced imagery collection capability in the international fight against Daesh. (French Defence Staff photo)
To see in Arabic: CJTF-OIR Press Release 20200502-01 - French fighter jets use new camera configuration to zoom in on ISIS | aerospace |
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The Aeronautical Corporation of America (Aeronca) was
incorporated by the Lunken family of Cincinnati, Ohio on November 11,
1928. Backed by the financial and political support of the prominent Taft
family—future Ohio senator and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert A.
Taft was one of the firm's directors—Aeronca became the first company to
build a commercially successful light aircraft.
Powered by a tiny two-cylinder engine, the Aeronca C-2
debuted in 1929. It was flying at its most basic—the pilot sat on a bare
plywood board. Originally known as the Roche Original after its
designer Jean A. Roche (who sold the design rights to Aeronca), the C-2
featured an unusual, almost frivolous design with an open-pod fuselage
that inspired its nickname, “The Flying Bathtub.”
Equipped with only five instruments, a stick, and
rudder pedals (brakes and a heater cost extra), the C-2 was priced at a
low $1,495, bringing the cost of flying down to a level that a private
citizen could aspire to and perhaps reach. Aeronca sold 164 of the
economical C-2s at the height of the Great Depression in 1930-1931,
helping to spark the growth of private aviation in the United States.
The Aeronca C-2 also holds
the distinction of being the first aircraft to be refueled from a moving
automobile. A can of gasoline was handed up from a speeding Austin
automobile to a C-2 pilot (who hooked it with a wooden cane) during a 1930
air show in California. A seaplane version of the C-2 was also offered,
designated the PC-2 and PC-3 (“P” for pontoon) with floats replacing the
wheeled landing gear.
The more powerful Aeronca C-3 was introduced in 1931,
featuring room for a passenger seated next to the pilot. Powered by a new
36-horsepower (27-kilowatt) Aeronca E-113 engine, the seating
configuration made flight training much easier and many Aeronca owners
often took to the skies with only five hours of instruction—largely
because of the C-3's predictable flying characteristics. Both the C-2 and
C-3 are often described as “powered gliders” because of their gliding
ability and gentle landing speeds—it was almost impossible to make a hard
landing with an Aeronca because the pilot could easily see his wheels
approach the runway.
The C-3's distinctive razorback design was drastically
altered in 1935 with the appearance of the “roundback” C-3 Master.
Retaining the tubular fuselage frame construction, the C-3 Master featured
a smaller vertical stabilizer and rudder with a “filled out” fuselage
shape that created the new “roundback” appearance and improved the airflow
over the tail. With an enclosed cabin (brakes and wing light still cost
extra), the 1935 C-3 Master was priced at only $1,890—just a few hundred
dollars more than the primitive C-2 of 1929. The low price generated
significant sales; 128 C-3 Masters were built in 1935 alone and the 500th
Aeronca aircraft also rolled off the assembly line that same year.
A version of the C-3 with fabric-covered ailerons
(instead of metal), designated the Aeronca 100, was built in England under
license by Light Aircraft Ltd. (operating as Aeronautical Corporation of
Great Britain Ltd.) but the expected sales never materialized—only 24
Aeronca 100s were manufactured before production was halted.
Production of the C-3 was halted in 1937 when the
aircraft no longer met new U.S. government standards for airworthiness.
Many of the C-3's peculiarities—external wire braces, extensive fabric
construction, single-ignition engine, and lack of an airspeed
indicator—were no longer permitted. Fortunately for the legion of Aeronca
owners, a “grandfather” clause in the federal regulations allowed their
airplanes to continue flying, although they could no longer be
Aeronca developed a low-wing aircraft in 1935, the
Model L (produced with two different engines) with side-by-side seating
and a completely enclosed cabin, but the true successor to the popular
C-2/C-3 line was the Aeronca Model K Scout, first introduced in 1937.
Powered by a dual-ignition Aeronca E-113C engine, the Model K Scout
brought the Aeronca design up to modern aviation standards. Eliminating
the Aeronca's traditional “bathtub” appearance, the Scout featured a
strut-braced wing with a fully enclosed cockpit seating two side-by-side.
A total of 357 Aeronca Model K Scouts were built.
Consumer demand for more comfort, longer range and
better instrumentation resulted in the development of the Aeronca Model 40
Chief in 1938, powered by a 50-horsepower (37-kilowatt) Continental,
Franklin or Lycoming engine. A 65-horsepower (48-kilowatt) Continental
engine powered the Model 65 Super Chief, which was also built in a flight
trainer version, the Model TC-65 Defender, with its rear seat positioned
nine inches (23 centimeters) higher than the front for better visibility.
Aeronca 15AC Sedan
of America formally changed its name to Aeronca Aircraft Corporation in
1941, and the onset of World War II ushered in a new era for Aeronca
aircraft. Production of the TC-65 Defender was increased for use by the
U.S. government's new Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) program, created to
train new pilots for possible wartime service.
The high-wing TC-65 Defender was soon pressed into
wartime duty as Aeronca's version of the U.S. Army's “liaison” aircraft,
designed to operate from small, primitive airfields. Sporting a wider
fuselage, larger windows, and military instrumentation, the aircraft was
designated by the Army as the O-58 and is often referred to by the liaison
aircraft's generic nickname of “Grasshopper.”
In 1942, Aeronca developed a three-seat training
glider, the TG-5, based upon the O-58 design. This aircraft retained the
O-58's rear fuselage, wings, and tail while adding a front fuselage in
place of the engine. In all, Aeronca built 250 TG-5 gliders for the Army.
The O-58 was later redesigned for the Army and
designated as the L-3. More than 1,400 Aeronca O-58 and L-3 Grasshoppers
saw service in all theaters of the war. Aeronca also built the PT-19 and
PT-23 trainer aircraft under license for the aircraft firm Fairchild
during the war.
After war's end, Aeronca resumed production of its
three most popular models, the Chief, Super Chief and the Defender, and
introduced a new model in 1945, the Model 7AC Champion. Certified on
October 18, 1945, the “Champ” became Aeronca's most popular aircraft.
The Champion was a tandem two-seater trainer that
incorporated components (wings, landing gear, tail, and 65-horsepower
(48-kilowatt) Continental engine) from the existing Chief line, reducing
manufacturing costs. Selling for $2,095, the Champ outsold the Chief by an
8 to 1 margin. Engine upgrades in 1948 and 1949 resulted in the Models 7DC
and 7EC. Between 1945 and 1950, Aeronca was producing 50 light aircraft
per day and by the time production ended in 1951, the company had sold
more than 10,000 Champions.
The Arrow, an experimental low-wing cabin monoplane
with retractable landing gear, was unveiled in 1947 but never went into
full production. Another U.S. Army liaison aircraft, the L-16, was
developed and saw extensive service during the Korean War.
The four-seat Model 15 Sedan, also introduced in 1947,
proved to be a popular addition to the Aeronca product line. The Sedan
featured all-metal wings but retained the traditional tube and fabric
construction techniques of all Aeronca aircraft. It also became quite
successful as a floatplane. Ultimately, 561 Model 15 Sedans were built. It
was the last aircraft manufactured by Aeronca.
Aeronca ceased producing light aircraft in March 1951,
selling the rights for the Champion design to the Champion Aircraft
Company of Osceola, Wisconsin. In its 23-year history, Aeronca
manufactured 17,408 aircraft spanning 55 different models but the company
will be forever best known as the creator of “The Flying Bathtub.” | aerospace |
https://www.eastafricanewspost.com/they-discovered-a-huge-reservoir-of-hidden-water-in-the-largest-valley-in-the-solar-system/ | 2022-12-04T19:23:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710978.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204172438-20221204202438-00261.warc.gz | 0.912335 | 582 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__161083717 | en | Foto: ESA / Handout / Getty Images
New data from the FREND Fine Resolution Epidermal Neutron Detector, which helps map hydrogen on Mars, from ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Russian agency Roscosmos. Discover “large amounts of water” in the 3,000-kilometre Valles Marineris Valley, the largest known valley in the solar system, About ten times longer and five times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
After detecting an unusually high amount of hydrogen in an area the size of the Netherlands in the heart of Valles Marineris, researchers now say 40% of the material near the surface of this 41,000 square kilometer area could be water ice or rich in water. minerals, potentially offering a new way to identify precious materials in a seemingly very dry world.
Trace Gas Orbital (TGO)
With TGO, scientists can Look up to a meter below this layer of dust and see what is really happening under the surface of Mars, and above all, Identification of “oases” rich in water that could not be discovered with previous tools“, Igor Mitrofanov, from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow (Russia) said., in a press release.
“We found that A central part of Valles Marineris is full of water“There is much more water than we expected,” said study co-author Alexei Malakhov, a scientist at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “This is very similar to permafrost regions on Earth, where water ice persists permanently under dry soil due to constant low temperatures,” he added.
In search of water that was abundant on the surface of Mars
The discovery represents exciting possibilities for Mars exploration. No wonder that in the future manned missions to Mars may encounter water not far from the surface, at least near the equator. Thus, the current discovery is added to the various discoveries that reveal secrets that the barren red planet may not hide.
This was confirmed by an October article in Science Jezero Crater on Mars was once a lake. Images sent back by NASA helped with the discovery. Last year, further research work showed the presence of three aquifers at the south pole of the red planet.
“Knowing more about how and where water is on Mars today is essential to understanding what happened to the water that provided on Mars, and helps us search for habitable environments, possible signs of past life, and early organic matter during the Martian days,” said Colin Wilson, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Project Scientist.
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https://dustnet.co/understanding-the-impacts-of-cosmic-radiation/ | 2023-02-01T20:05:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499949.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230201180036-20230201210036-00154.warc.gz | 0.947307 | 916 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__133495665 | en | As the human race continues to explore the final frontier, it has become increasingly important to understand the effects of our exposure to space radiation.
Radiation is a type of energy produced in the form of rays, electromagnetic waves, and/or particles. There are forms of radiation that can be observed, such as visible light, and some forms that can be felt, like infrared radiation. X-rays and gamma rays are invisible forms of radiation that can only be seen with special instruments. For the most part, these are forms of radiation that we can be exposed to here on Earth. But, once we step outside the atmospheric boundaries of our planet, we will be exposed to space radiation.
Space radiation originates from matter ejected from stars. Due to the matters’ immense speed (almost the speed of light), the atoms in the stellar matter lose their electrons with only the nucleus remaining, resulting in the birth of space radiation. This cosmic radiation, together with gamma rays and neutral particles in interstellar space, exhibit varied impacts on man-made and natural objects. With the consequences in mind, it is crucial to understand the interactions of space radiation with our solar system in order to enhance the human experience not only on Earth but in space as well.
In cosmic radiation, there are three types we have to be aware of, all of which are high-energy, ionizing radiation. Firstly, there are radiation particles stuck within the Earth’s magnetic field, particles produced from solar particle events and galactic cosmic rays originating from outside our solar system. Ionizing radiation, such as gamma rays, x-rays, and galactic cosmic radiation, has enough energy to totally discard electrons, creating a more positively charged atom. On the other hand, there is low-energy, non-ionizing radiation, such as radio frequencies, visible light, and microwaves, that does not produce enough energy to remove electrons from matter it comes across.
While both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation can be damaging, the non-ionizing variety can be shielded. Ionizing radiation, however, is able to blast through materials in its way and alter it at the atomic level, leaving significant destruction behind. In space, ionizing radiation has been categorized into three types: galactic cosmic radiation (GCR), solar flare particles, and radiation belt particles (Van Allen Belts) trapped in space around our planet. But of the three different types, GCR happens to be the dominant source of radiation that our current space endeavors and future missions have to manage to safeguard their instruments and electronics.
Coming mainly from within our Milky Way, GCR are heavy, high-energy ions with only their nucleus remaining as all of their electrons have been stripped away when blasting through our galaxy at nearly light speed from being accelerated the last few million years by magnetic fields of supernova remnants. At that speed and with that intense energy, GCR can easily travel through a typical spacecraft or an astronaut’s skin.
The space radiation environment can pose a danger of causing radiation damage to spacecraft and their instruments. One such impairment is the ionization damage, where the radiation particle ionizes atoms of the material forming electron-hole pairs in them, causing severe degradation of semiconductor device performance and deteriorating the material’s physical and chemical properties. Therefore, it is vital to protect space instruments, vehicles and explorers against space radiation environments.
Back on Earth, cosmic radiation can also threaten human activities to a great extent. On Halloween of October 2003, three gigantic sunspots appeared on our Sun producing 17 solar flares, resulting in a series of intense solar storms hitting our planet, disrupting various technological systems essential for daily life. These geomagnetic storms made considerable damages and interruptions to electronics and technology both on ground and in space, from satellites and GPS to radio communication. Many space missions entered safe mode and some even had to shut down. Unfortunately, the Martian Radiation Environment Experiment aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey mission got destroyed as well. The aerospace field was also severely affected when airline operations between North America and Asia over the North Pole was disrupted due to communications issues. GPS systems essential for surveying, deep-sea and land drilling, and other airline flights were hit hard as well.
There is much to be studied and understood about cosmic radiation if we want to continue the exploration of space in a safe manner. In fact, the space radiation environment is an ongoing study with much to be unraveled in order to obtain vital knowledge for future space missions and crewed spaceflights. | aerospace |
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http://innopedia.wikidot.com/improving-cost-efficiency | 2017-03-28T23:34:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190134.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00543-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.93066 | 161 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__224129100 | en | Fostering a competitive supply chain able to halve the time-to-market, and reduce product development and operational costs, will result in more affordable transport for all citizens. Research will focus on improvements to the whole business process from conceptual design to product development, manufacturing and in-service operations, including the integration of the supply chain.
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Published 06/21/2012, Pierce County Herald
-- Civil Air Patrol crews are hoping Mother Nature will cooperate today and they can resume ground and air searches for a missing pilot and airplane in northeastern Minnesota.
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https://pfeiffertheface.com/what-is-an-arresting-wire/ | 2024-04-25T15:27:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297295329.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425130216-20240425160216-00373.warc.gz | 0.938503 | 968 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__128501209 | en | What is an arresting wire?
: a wire cable that is stretched across an airfield runway or the flight deck of an aircraft carrier and that can be engaged by an aircraft’s arrester hook during landing in order to halt the forward motion of the aircraft within a limited space The ship is equipped with arresting wires which are capable of safely …
How much does a mobile aircraft arresting system cost?
The major challenge for aircraft arresting system manufacturers is the high cost. The cost of installing one EMAS bed in 300 foot *150 foot usually cost between USD 5 Million and USD 8 Million.
How thick is the arresting cable on an aircraft carrier?
around 35mm thick
Enter the arresting wires (well cross deck pendant). These cables are made from sturdy high-tensile steel woven together and tend to be around 35mm thick. These cables are connected to a set of hydraulic cylinders below deck.
What is aircraft arresting system?
Aircraft arresting systems serve primarily to save lives by preventing aircraft from overrunning runways in cases where the pilot is unable to stop the aircraft during landing or aborted takeoff operations. They also serve to save aircraft and prevent major damage.
Can you land a 747 on an aircraft carrier?
Large commercial aircraft like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A-380 simply cannot fit on the deck without the wings clipping the island or other deck antennas, etc, not to mention requiring landing rolls of over 3000 ft even in the most extreme short field attempts.
How many arresting cables are on an aircraft carrier?
Modern carriers typically have three or four arresting cables laid across the landing area. All U.S. carriers in the Nimitz-class, along with Enterprise, have four wires, with the exception of USS Ronald Reagan and USS George H.W. Bush, which have only three.
What is a Bak-12 arresting system?
The BAK-12 aircraft arresting system is the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard standard emergency aircraft arresting system.
How much does a Bak-12 cost?
The $250,000 system has to be tested at least once per year if it isn’t used during a real-world emergency during that year. Only fighter aircraft can use the BAK-12 because they’re the only aircraft with tail hooks.
How thick is the armor on an aircraft carrier?
The belt armor protecting the hull was over 12 inches thick and inclined at 19 degrees from vertical, to protect the ships from armor piercing shells.
Which of the following is a type of aircraft arresting system?
TYPES OF AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEMS The three basic types of aircraft arresting systems are barriers, cables, and engineered materials arresting systems (EMAS). The first two systems are primarily military systems used for tactical aircraft, such as fighter and attack jets.
Can a Hercules takeoff from an aircraft carrier?
From the accumulated test data, the Navy concluded that with the C-130 Hercules, it would be possible to lift 25,000 pounds of cargo 2,500 miles and land it on a carrier. Even so, the idea was considered a bit too risky for the C-130 and the Navy elected to use a smaller COD aircraft.
Could a Cessna land on an aircraft carrier?
It wouldn’t end well, but he could survive for sure. A Cessna 172 needs about 1,500 feet of runway for landing… depending on fuel load of course. Typical carrier landing zone is only about 1,000 feet.
What is the purpose of the E-28 emergency arresting gear section?
The purpose of this section is to familiarize you with the safety precautions that you should use when operating, maintaining, or overhauling the E-28 shore-based emergency arresting gear. The arrestment and recovery of aircraft involve many constantly existing hazards.
What are the maintenance requirements for E-28 shore-based emergency arresting gear?
Corrective maintenance on E -28 shore-based emergency arresting gear requires a high level of quality assurance (QA) inspection. Table 9-1 E-28 Shore-based arresting gear characteristics
What is a functional inspection of the arresting gear equipment?
A functional inspection of the arresting gear equipment must be performed every 30 days. This inspection means operating the equipment through a complete cycle. The complete installation is inspected for stability.
Are You trained to operate the arresting gear?
You, as a key person engaged in the operation of the arresting gear, must be thoroughly trained and conversant with its operation and characteristics. Safety is the result of trained personnel knowing and performing their duties to the best of their ability. Any disregard for safety creates hazards and potential dangers. | aerospace |
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New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum opens the doors on a new Space Shuttle Pavilion today. Its central tenant? The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101). Starting today, you can visit the Pavillion and walk underneath and around the first space shuttle NASA built. The orbiter never actually went to space, but did perform important test flights in 1977, which paved the way for the shuttles that followed.
Young space expert Sawyer Rosenstein, who hosts and edits the Talking Space podcast, and is a consultant-to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, visited before the exhibit opened to the public. He shot these fantastic sneak-peek photos, and shares them with Boing Boing here (the captions are his observations).
Having seen the orbiter from concept, to piggyback, to craning, to finished, the Intrepid has come a long way, and they did a phenomenal job with it. Team Intrepid is absolutely amazing and they put together an amazing exhibit for an amazing vehicle, and have set up a way to continue teaching about the space program. As I said to one person at the event, "If you don't want to become an astronaut after seeing this, then you might need to get checked out."
Also: If you missed it before, be sure to read Sawyer's excellent guest feature, "Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
Enterprise sits atop the flight deck of the Intrepid after it traveled by barge to the floating museum. Along the way, it was damaged--although, as evident in this picture, repairs are completed and Enterprise looks great. Photo: Sawyer Rosenstein.
Unlike its previous home in DC, visitors are allowed to walk underneath the entire length of the orbiter as seen in this shot. Photo: Sawyer Rosenstein.
Enterprise sits underneath a dark-blue dome accented with blue lighting along the bottom of the dome. White and yellow spotlights are conveniently placed to accent different parts of the orbiter. Photo: Sawyer Rosenstein.
A view from the nose gear showing a picture of Enterprise atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at JFK airport in New York City and an American flag. Photo: Sawyer Rosenstein.
Visitors can get this close to the shuttle. This unzoomed shot is from a raised platform at the nose of Enterprise. It is so close, in fact, that there is a glass pane preventing visitors from touching the nose of the orbiter. Photo: Sawyer Rosenstein.
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Yeah, Bluetooth audio is pretty common these days, so why should you care about these earbuds? Look how happy that woman up above looks. She’s got FRESHeBUDS in. Boom. There’s your reason. She’s also at the beach and it appears to be a very nice day.But for the sake of promotion, wireless earbuds are fast becoming the […]
“Gets stuff done,” is a good way to be described by anybody. Especially by coworkers or bosses. Because whether you’re in finance or a children’s librarian, stuff needs to get done. But how do you make sure stuff gets done? You definitely can’t do all the stuff yourself, unless your company/organization/government office consists entirely of you. And […]
Even the most expensive pair of hi-fi headphones can’t match the feeling of bass rumbling through your body at a live show. That’s why music aficionados designed The Basslet, an accessory that reproduces that sensation from your wrist. Does it make your whole body shake with deep subs? Not really, because that would be terrifying, but […] | aerospace |
https://easyscienceforkids.com/space-shuttle-facts-for-kids/ | 2023-11-28T23:24:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100016.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128214805-20231129004805-00609.warc.gz | 0.916 | 433 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__84714004 | en | A space shuttle is somewhat similar to a rocket and an airplane. It takes off like a rocket vertically but lands like an airplane on a runway. NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) has been using space shuttles since 1981 for various space programs. This was when the first space shuttle test flight took place. More than 600 astronauts have flown to outer space on space shuttles. A Shuttle can take up to seven astronauts.
Facts you didn’t know: –
- Five space shuttles have been launched in space by NASA. Their names are: – Endeavour, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis.
- Two of them, the Challenger and the Columbia have crashed.
- The space shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft in the world.
- They could easily carry satellites, space probes and other cargo to orbit around the earth.
- The space shuttle system has four major components: – Two solid rocket boosters, the external tank, three main engines and the orbiter add-ons.
- The external fuel tank is the only part that cannot be reused as it burns up in the atmosphere after launching.
- In the 1970s, the prototype craft Enterprise had been launched but it was only used for tests. It never flies in space.
- The combined mileage of all five orbiters is 513.7 million miles. This is 1.3 times the distance between Earth and Jupiter.
- Thermal Protection System of the space shuttle contains approximately 30,000 sand tiles. These tiles are used to endure the intense heat.
- Columbia was the heaviest space shuttle orbiter that weighed around 178,000 pounds.
- A total of 14 astronauts lost their lives in two accidents in which Challenger and Columbia both were destroyed.
Timeline of space shuttle launching: –
|Name of Space Shuttle||Launch Date|
|Columbia||April 12, 1981|
|Challenger||January 28, 1986|
|Discovery||July 26, 2005|
|Atlantis||September 9, 2006|
|Endeavour||August 8, 2007| | aerospace |
http://sulako.blogspot.com/2008/02/crossing-600-miles-of-water-to-get-to.html | 2018-05-24T11:56:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866276.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524112244-20180524132244-00330.warc.gz | 0.970921 | 1,058 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__102887940 | en | Friday, February 01, 2008
Crossing 600 miles of water to get to Bahamas.
I like that pic. I don't know how it's going to look on the blog, but at home it looks like I can actually look up and see into space.
These shots were taken a short while ago in a Citation Bravo, which is the newfangled version of the Citation II I fly - the airframe is the same, but the engines have 10% more thrust, the landing gear is trailing link (makes for softer landings) and the cockpit instruments are a lot more modern.
We took this plane to Bahamas. To be honest, I am less excited about that area than I used to be - there are only so many days I can walk along the beach with a pina colada before I start to pine for my couch at home. It's weird, but true.
Anyway, where were we?
I'm posting these pics as I'm looking outside my window at a massive snowstorm which is hammering the Toronto area. You know, the part where I previously said I was sick of Bahamas? I take it back. I'm ready for another trip, Mr. Charter client sir.
Okay, I'm getting off track. I actually had something interesting to post today, so now that I have alienated 90% of you, it's time to talk about pilot-geek stuff and chase away the remaining 10% :D
On the way back, the headwinds were such that in order to have enough fuel for the return leg, we had to climb to 43,000' above sea level, where the fuel burns are lowest. I'm not generally a huge fan of high-altitude flight (my personal feel-good altitude is 33,000'), mostly because we get exposed to a lot of solar radiation, which isn't particularly good for us. But there's another reason too, one which I will attempt to explain.
The higher we go, the more we tuck ourselves into 'coffin corner'
Here's a picture illustration of what I mean, taken at 38,000', climbing to 39,000'.
The part we care about at the moment is the airspeed indicator, which is at the top left of the pic. We are indicating 184 knots, and climbing at 500 feet per minute. Now see the little red bar at the top of the airspeed indicator, starting somewhere at around 218 or 219 knots? That's our never-exceed-speed indicator, showing the fastest we are allowed to go before we start to lose some structural strength in the airframe. To oversimplify - if we go too far over our redline, the wings come off.
Now there is another bar on the airspeed indicator that we can't see yet - it's a white one which appears at the low end of the indicator. It shows us the stall speed of the aircraft at that particular altitude. At 38,000', it's not yet an issue.
Now let's climb up a little higher.
See what happened to that little red bar on the airspeed indicator? We only climbed 3,000', but now the red bar is showing that our never-exceed speed is only about 202 knots. You still can't see it, but the white bar showing our stall speed has climbed also.
Let's push our luck and climb to 42,000' now. The altitude that we are currently flying at is indicated on the right side of the display, in green. The altitude at the top of the right side in red is what we have told the plane to climb to.
Now the red never-exceed-speed bar is showing somewhere around 198 knots, and we see the first appearance of the white dont-go-below-this-or-you-will-stall bar, which is showing around 137 knots or so.
I found it interesting that in these pics, we have only climbed 3,000'
We still have 60 knots to play with in between these two ranges, so it's not a huge issue for us, but consider this: At sea level, our never-exceed speed would be around 275 knots, and our stall speed would be around 85 knots, which gives us a 190 knot speed range that we can safely operate the airplane in.
This same effect applies to all aircraft - it was said that the US military spy planes such as the U2 or the SR71, who climb to altitudes above 60,000', would only have a 5 - 15 knot window in between the never-exceed speed and the stall speed, so it was vital to handle the aircraft extremely gently to avoid an upset.
Why does this happen? Well, I'm not going to go into it in much depth - Aviatrix at Cockpit Conversation can explain it a lot better than I can, but the short version is that the air is less dense at altitude, which causes all sorts of funky things to happen to airplanes.
That's it for my pilot-geek stuff today, I just thought it was interesting to see the effect of lower air density in real life. | aerospace |
http://misanthropic-art.de/boeing-767-aircraft-maintenance-manual.html | 2019-04-22T02:08:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578533774.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422015736-20190422040739-00046.warc.gz | 0.879476 | 793 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__41961574 | en | Boeing 767-300 ER Professional Quick ViewBoeing 767 Aircraft Maintenance Manual - A wide variety of maintenance manual services. Whether you’re adding previously owned airplanes to your fleet or changing a current airplane configuration, we can help unify maintenance processes, simplify procedures and cut research time.. The Boeing 727 is a midsized, narrow-body three-engined jet aircraft built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the early 1960s to 1984. It can carry 149 to 189 passengers and later models can fly up to 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 km) nonstop. Intended for short and medium-length flights, the 727 can use relatively short runways at smaller airports. It has three Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines. The Startup Boeing team assists entrepreneurs in launching new airlines. From concept through launch, Startup Boeing offers guidance, review, analysis, data,.
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https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2016/the-rosetta-mission-what-s-going-on-65586 | 2020-11-29T14:36:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141198409.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129123729-20201129153729-00305.warc.gz | 0.921337 | 260 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__31256340 | en | The Rosetta mission: What’s going on?
You are warmly invited to hear Dr Matt Taylor talk about the Rosetta Project and attend a reception afterwards in the Magnet Café.
The Rosetta Mission is the third cornerstone mission of the ESA programme Horizon 2000. The aim of the mission is to map the comet 67-P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by remote sensing, to examine its environment insitu and its evolution in the inner solar system.
The lander Philae is the first device to land on a comet and perform in-situ science on the surface. Launched in March 2004 and after a number of gravity assists and various asteroid fly-bys, the spacecraft entered deep space hibernation in June 2011. Nearly 10 years after launch on 20th January 2014 at 10:00 UTC the spacecraft woke up from hibernation, and subsequently successfully entered into orbit around the comet and deployed Philae to the surface (and then some). This talk will give the lowdown on the mission so far!
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http://www.daily-sun.com/post/303921/2018/04/22/Crashed-plane-had-no-technical-glitch:-USBangla-Airlines | 2018-12-10T01:03:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823228.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20181209232026-20181210013526-00369.warc.gz | 0.95721 | 353 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__124985953 | en | The US-Bangla aircraft (BS-211), crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu (Nepal) in recent times, had no technical glitch in it before taking off, claimed the authorities of US-Bangla Airlines.
The private airlines authorities stated that Pilot Captain Abid Sultan of the aircaft was physically and mentally fit.
US Bangla Airlines CEO Imran Ashif revealed the information at a press conference in a city hotel on Sunday as the primary investigation report of the crashed flight has been published recently.
The Airlines authorities also claimed that there are some ‘inconsistencies’ in the initial probe report provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal on the crash of its aircraft at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12.
The Nepalese authorities provided the report one month after the tragic plane crash.
“In the report, it was claimed that the authorities concerned of Nepal started extinguishing blaze two minutes after the plane crash but after talking to witnesses and injured victims we found that the number of causalities would have been lesser had the Nepal authorities started their work within two minutes of the accident.”
Replying to a question, the CEO said, “We don’t turn down the report but there’re some inconsistencies in the report.”
The 76-seater Bombardier had 71 people, including four crew members, on board when it crashed in a field near Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12, killing 50 people and injuring others.
Among the deceased, 27 are Bangladeshis (including all four crew members), 22 Nepalese and one is a Chinese citizen. | aerospace |
http://graa.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/2016/GRAAAug16.htm | 2017-03-27T10:48:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189471.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00104-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929378 | 1,199 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__67509997 | en | P.O. Box 1184, Greenbelt, MD 20768-1184
|August 2016||http://graa.gsfc.nasa.gov||32nd Year of Publication|
|August 9||Mark your calendar for the GRAA Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Greenbelt American Legion Post #136 at 6900 Greenbelt Road. Reservations are required for our venue, so please contact Alberta Moran on her cell phone at 301-910-0177 or via email at [email protected] not later than noon on Friday, August 5th. Our featured speaker will be Dr. Donald Jennings, an Astrophysicist in Goddard’s Detector Systems Branch. The topic of his presentation is entitled “Goddard’s Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) Instrument on the New Horizons Mission.’|
|September 13||Mark your calendar for the GRAA Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Dr. James Garvin, Goddard’s Chief Scientist, will be our featured speaker and his presentation topic will be an update on Goddard Science efforts.|
COMMENTS FROM TONY COMBERIATE, GRAA PRESIDENT: Our July luncheon was special in that we had an outstanding speaker, David Mitchell, Goddard’s Director of Flight Projects, as well as 18 Goddard interns and some of their mentors in attendance. Mablelene Burrell, Goddard’s Education Program Manager who coordinates over 500 interns, also attended the meeting. The interns are undergraduate and graduate students from universities around the country and Puerto Rico majoring in several branches of engineering, computer science, physics, and business and human resources. They introduced themselves and their mentors and described the exciting work they are involved in while at Goddard this summer.
Dave described the function and activities of the Flight Projects Directorate, which include the development of Earth Science, Environmental, Astrophysics, Heliophysics, and Communication satellites. He described recent missions, including the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), an Earth observation and space weather satellite launched in February 2015, as well as the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, a four-spacecraft Heliospheric mission to study Magnetic Reconnection, which is the Earth’s magnetic fields connecting and disconnecting, while explosively releasing energy, launched in March 2015. Both missions are returning outstanding science. Upcoming missions include: the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) in September 2016; the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) in November 2016; the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) in January 2017; and the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) in October 2017. The James Webb Space Satellite (JWST) will launch in 2018 and overlap the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in coverage, providing data on most distant stars. The next major observatory, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), will similarly overlap JWST and answer vital questions in both exoplanet detection and dark energy.
Dave shared videos of the development and launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft on an Atlas V 401 rocket in November 2013. He led the successful proposal effort for MAVEN, and was the project manager throughout its development. MAVEN was completed on schedule and under budget, a significant accomplishment, especially for a Mars mission with a critical launch window.
Dave invited GRAA members and interns to visit Building 29 to view the 6.5 meter JWST mirror before it’s shipped to Johnson Space Center (JSC) for environmental testing sometime over the next several months (and we will let members know when it is scheduled to be shipped to JSC). The mirror consists of 18 precisely manufactured beryllium segments, each the size of a coffee table, folded to fit in the rocket body. The hexagonal mirror is deployable in space where the segments are adjusted with tiny mechanical motors to focus on galaxies formed early after the Big Bang.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurer Jackie Gasch received tax-deductible contributions from the following members: Enid Chandler (in memory of Arthur Chandler), Donald Crosby, Ronald Felice, John Hrastar, Shirley Keehn, Nancy and James Kupperian, Ed Smylie, Wayne Sours, John Stewart, and William Townsend.
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FROM THE GODDARD ARCHIVES – IT HAPPENED IN AUGUST: On August 25, 1997, the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite was launched on a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL. The objective of ACE was to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins. The ACE payload included six spectrometers, three additional instruments to monitor energetic electrons, and a magnetometer. ACE had a design life of five years, but is still in generally good condition and projected to have enough fuel to maintain its orbit until 2024.
THOUGHT FOR AUGUST: A recent study revealed that women who put on extra weight as they age tend to live longer than men who mention it. | aerospace |
https://www.samoanews.com/regional/air-new-zealand-flight-samoa-turned-back-auckland-over-engineering-issues | 2019-12-14T10:13:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540586560.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20191214094407-20191214122407-00264.warc.gz | 0.968933 | 103 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__92030113 | en | Air New Zealand flight to Samoa turned back to Auckland over engineering issues
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Passengers aboard a flight to Samoa have been returned to Auckland after the plane developed engineering issues.
Flight NZ992 departed from Auckland at 3.40pm today and was expected in Apia about 8pm, but returned to Auckland International Airport.
A spokeswoman for the airline said the plane turned back due to an engineering issue.
Customers would be accommodated on alternative services, she said. | aerospace |
https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/ResearchInsight/satellite-bus-market.asp | 2023-12-09T18:53:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100942.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209170619-20231209200619-00037.warc.gz | 0.918045 | 647 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__209634707 | en | Contracts was the key strategy adopted by companies to grow in the satellite bus market in 2016. Leading players, such as Airbus Group (Netherlands), Applied Aerospace Structures Corp. (US), The Boeing Company (US), Ball Corporation (US), China Academy of Space Technology (China), Honeywell International Inc. (US), Indian Space Research Organisation (India), Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (Israel), Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (Canada), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), NEC Corporation (Japan), Orbital ATK, Inc. (US), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (UK), Sierra Nevada Corporation (US), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (UK), and Thales Alenia Space (France) focus on securing design, manufacture, and supply contracts to expand their market reach, increase customer base, and enhance their service offerings. The satellite bus market was led by Orbital ATK, Inc. (US), Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), Thales Alenia Space (France), Airbus Group (Netherlands), and China Academy of Space Technology (China) in 2016.
Orbital ATK, Inc. (US), was the leader in the satellite bus market considering its overall product portfolio strength and business strategy excellence in 2016. It is a well-established player in the aerospace industry. The company’s strong technical expertise coupled with extensive R&D expenditure for the development of satellite bus provides the company an edge over its competitors in the satellite bus market.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), was also one of the influential players in the satellite bus market in 2016. The company has a diversified product/service portfolio, and focuses on securing contracts to represent and promote its inspection and mapping services in both, onshore and offshore industries.
Furthermore, Thales Alenia Space (France) was also one of the major players in the satellite bus market in 2016 due to its strong services portfolio. The company has been focusing on partnerships as a strategy to increase its service offerings and market share. In June 2017, Thales Alenia Space signed a USD 130 million contract from Inmarsat for the construction of the new communication Global Xpress (GX) satellite.
Airbus Group (Netherlands) was also one of the leading companies focusing on widening its product portfolio through innovative designs, and miniaturization of satellites and their components. In 2016, Airbus Defence and Space, a subsidiary of the Airbus Group, has signed an agreement with S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation for the development and manufacture of the advanced medium-class satellite platform or satellite bus.
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https://www.siasat.com/meet-furkan-shoaib-engineer-behind-asias-first-hybrid-flying-car-2203328/ | 2022-12-05T21:55:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711045.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20221205200634-20221205230634-00102.warc.gz | 0.971634 | 346 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__219005866 | en | Hyderabad: Last month the world was introduced to Asia’s first hybrid flying, developed by Vinata Aeromobility. The innovator behind Asia’s first hybrid flying car, Mohammed Furkan Shoaib, is the chief technology officer of Vinata Aeromibility, a start-up based in Chennai.
Furkan who hails from Uttar Pradesh (UP) is an Indian inventor, an aeronautical engineer as well as a certified (certified) UAV pilot. Apart from this, he is an expert in Aerospace Design and UAV Engineering. He has a passion for making advanced aircraft and UAVs. He also has experience in the research and development of UAVs and aircraft.
Furkan is the only aeronautical engineer associated with the company. The hybrid car can gain a speed of 120 kilometres per hour and can be used for emergency and cargo services.
Future Flight, an American website that features emerging aviation technology was all praise for Furqan. The website said, “The company’s Chief Technology Officer is aeronautical engineer Mohammad Furkan Shoaib, who has experience in developing unmanned aerial vehicles and is also a qualified drone operator.”
Vinata Aeromobility, the company that made this flying car, shared the introduction of Furkan on its website: “The company’s Chief Technology Officer is an Indian inventor, aeronautical engineer, and certified UAV pilot, who has expertise in aerospace design and UAV engineering. He has a passion for advanced aircraft and UAVs. He has experience in research and development of various configurations of UAVs and aircraft.” | aerospace |
https://design-engine.com/for-the-window-seat-lovers-the-skydeck-gives-the-ultimate-view-of-the-clouds/ | 2024-02-25T14:39:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474617.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225135334-20240225165334-00333.warc.gz | 0.942737 | 471 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__5605711 | en | Windspeed Technologies, an aerospace engineering firm, has come up with something that gives a whole new meaning to traveling in luxury. The SkyDeck, a transparent dome installed on top of an airplane, will be able to give passengers 360-degree views while in flight – literally putting your head in the clouds.
The inspiration for the SkyDeck comes from the lack of truly entertaining options when it comes to in-flight entertainment. The engineers behind the project wanted to provide a different type of product that would reduce the boredom of long flights.
Windspeed Technologies explained that their aim was to provide this type of in-flight entertainment for VIP aircraft owners and the airline industry. For the airline industry, the SkyDeck could be installed in commercial airplanes and feature several different design features to best accommodate an individual airplane. For example, the SkyDeck’s platform can have seating for one person or two people and feature either a staircase or an elevator incorporated into the plane. Unfortunately, using the SkyDeck will not be included in the price of an airplane ticket. If used for commercial airplanes, the SkyDeck can be utilized as another form of revenue and passengers would be charged on a pay-per-view basis.
In terms of safety, Windspeed Technologies claims that, “The initial concerns were the potential interference with the aircraft’s tail performance. Studies have shown that a teardrop canopy design and engineering the optimum height of the canopy mitigates that concern. In addition since the SkyDeck will generally be positioned towards the rear of the aircraft, additional fuel burn due to any added drag will be small to negligible. CFD analysis or wind tunnel tests will be performed to address these concerns.” Also, the SkyDeck canopy will be made of similar high-strength materials that are used to build the canopies of supersonic fighter jets – making the canopy durable enough to withstand all kinds of load conditions. Lastly, there will also be the addition of an anti-condensation film and a UV-protection coating on the canopy.
It seems as though Windspeed Technologies has spent a lot of time in the design and engineering process of the SkyDeck. Will their idea turn into reality?
Article Written by Mila Medonaite for Design Engine, December 14, 2015 | aerospace |
https://www.stocexpo.com/en/2023/05/11/port-of-antwerp-bruges-launches-drone-network/ | 2023-06-05T22:49:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652184.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605221713-20230606011713-00550.warc.gz | 0.917698 | 304 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__143992759 | en | Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches drone network
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has partnered with DroneMatrix, SkeyDrone and Proximus to create a network of six autonomous drones. The D-Hive drone-in-a-box network is a world-first that makes an important contribution to the overall security of the complex port environment. The drones will perform daily flights in the Antwerp port area, Belgium, covering an area of more than 120 km².
The network will act as additional eyes to help coordinate smooth, safe and sustainable operations in this complex environment. The drones will offer a unique perspective from the air and enable the port authorities to manage, inspect and supervise a large area, quickly and effectively. The port will use the drones for a range of functions including berth management, monitoring, infrastructure inspections, oil spill and floating waste detection, and to support security partners during incidents.
The 18 daily BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) drone flights will be remotely controlled from a command-and-control centre in the heart of the port. The operational permit was built around a new BVLOS framework (known as pre-Uspace airspace), built by Skeydrone and approved by the BCAA (Belgian Civil Aviation Authority) and EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency), as an appropriate and safe framework for BVLOS drone flights. | aerospace |
https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/new-russian-module-docks-with-international-space-station | 2023-09-26T16:16:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510214.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926143354-20230926173354-00558.warc.gz | 0.869558 | 660 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__324148713 | en | New Russian module docks with International Space Station
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Moscow: A Russian cargo craft carrying a new docking module successfully hooked up with the International Space Station Friday after a two-day space journey.
The new spherical module, named Prichal (Pier), docked with the orbiting outpost at 6:19 p.m. Moscow time (1519 GMT). It has six docking ports and will allow potential future expansion of the Russian segment of the station.
The module has moored to the docking port of the new Russian Nauka (Science) laboratory module.
On Wednesday, a Soyuz rocket took off from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress cargo ship with Prichal attached to it. After entering space, the cargo ship with the module went into orbit.
Progress is also delivering 700 kilos of various cargoes to the space station and is expected to undock from the station on Dec. 22.
The first Soyuz spacecraft is expected to dock at the new module on March 18, 2022, with a crew of three cosmonauts: Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov.
Earlier this week, the Russian crew on the station started training for the module’s arrival, simulating the use of manual controls in case the automatic docking system failed.
The space outpost is currently operated by NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei; Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov; and Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency.
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General Atomics beat Israel Aerospace Industries in two huge deals worth an approximate $1.2 billion in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) sales to Australia and Belgium. The Royal …. . Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO of IAI, said: “We are proud that the Australian DOD has selected the Heron as its ‘eyes in the skies’ in Afghanistan. (Photo: Australia Department of Defence) The Royal Australian Air …. After delivery,. Australia has retired from service the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it has fielded since 2010. “Defence does not have a requirement to extend the lease because the Heron is …. Feb 27, 2019 · Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has approved a deal to sell 50 Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to India in a deal worth $500 million, reports Defence News. 3ds max obj fbx details. Since the Australian government has not yet decided whether it wants to buy Israeli (Heron TP) or American (MQ-9 Reaper) UAVs, their decision to discontinue the lease means that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) now remains with …. The Heron was developed …. Following the withdrawal of the Heron detachment from that country in 2014, conducted training missions in Australia …. Unlike small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the 1.1 tonne Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft is operated from an airfield runway in conjunction with other manned aircraft. No. The French Air Force has used the IAI HARFANG derivative of the HERON MALE UAV in Afghanistan and since mid 2011 in Libya. The project will have a two-year set-up phase, followed by a seven-year operational phase IAI, which had representation in Australia for the past 35 years, attempted to put forward its Heron TP capability, the armed and improved variant of the recently withdrawn Heron, which has an. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was on static display at the 2015 Avalon Australian International Airshow. The system has fully automatic launch and recovery (ALR) and all-weather capabilities.The Heron can carry an array of sensors, including iai heron australian thermographi See more on military.wikia.org First flight: 1994 Status: Active, in production Role: Unmanned aerial vehicle Unit cost: $10M IAI Pitches Heron TP as Australian MALE UAV https://www.defensenews.com › digital-show-dailies › IAI Pitches Heron TP as Australian MALE UAV VICTORIA, Australia — Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) says it has spoken with the Royal Australian Air Force about its Heron TP medium-altitude.
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Jun 20, 2018 · L3 MAS, a division of L3 Technologies, has partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to form Team Artemis to offer the Artemis unmanned aerial system (UAS), based on IAI's Heron TP, for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) …. Login: Gallery: ADF-Serials Image Gallery (Click here to see service histories and data on all Australian aircraft of this type) Album: Heron A45-253. Experts believe the contract could reach tens of millions of dollars Image by Corporal Raymond Vance.Caption: A Royal Australian Air Force Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) landing at Kandahar Airfield.Mid caption: The Australian Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a key asset in the conduct of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in the …. The company said in a press release that the Heron MK II has long-range observation sensors and radars, allowing it to perform Standoff Capability, gathering intelligence from tens of kilometers away without crossing borders May 06, 2020 · IAI Heron UAV (photo credit: IAI) IAI has over 50 operational customers around the globe, including Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea Nov 11, 2005 · Israel Sells Heron UAVs to India, Australia Posted 11-Nov-2005 03:54 IAI Heron UAVPakistan's Daily Times reports that India is set to purchase some 50 Heron MALE (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance) UAVs from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in a deal worth $220 million The IAI Heron (Machatz-1) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace Industries.It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 10.5 km (35,000 ft). The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was on static display at the 2015 Avalon Australian …. It can autonomously return to base and land in case of lost communication with the ground station. Once proficient, the Australian personnel were “absorbed within the Canadian Heron UAV Detachment at Kandahar airfield conducting combat operations in support of ISAF” IAI promises significant benefits to Australia’s defence industry. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) announced on 9 August that the medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV flew its final mission on 23 June, and that 5 Flight is to be. It has demonstrated 52 hours of continuous flight, but the effective operational maximal flight duration is. “Defence does not have a requirement to extend the lease because the Heron is …. Since the Australian government has not yet decided whether it wants to buy Israeli (Heron TP) or American (MQ-9 Reaper) UAVs, their decision to discontinue the lease means that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) now remains with …. It is equipped with automatic taxi-takeoff and landing systems (ATOL), satellite communication (SATCOM) for …. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), part of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, will continue to utilize Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of Australia’s Project NANKEEN, in cooperation with the Canadian Defense Forces. II iai heron australian (Kochav Lavan). Nov 17, 2018 · Currently, the RAAF is without a MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) RPAS capability, having flown its last mission with leased IAI Heron 1s …. Jan 12, 2015 · ISRAEL - 9 SEPTEMBER 2009 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will supply its Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
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RAAF (A45-253) IAI Heron UAV on display at the 2013 Australian International Airshow (1).jpg 2,000 × 1,333; 1.84 MB. This document contains proprietary information of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. According to the statement, the medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) …. The Heron is planned to fly in civilian airspace from Rockhampton Airport in late June, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew its pair of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron UAVs in civil airspace from a civil airport for the first time during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. and may not be reproduced, copied, disclosed or utilized in any way in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd HERON UAS Family Airworthiness Design Features 9 Human Machine Interface Flight Safety Indications. 5 Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft flight which was equipped with IAI Heron unmanned aerial vehicles. In November 2013 the Australian Heron detachment marked the 20,000 operational flight hours milestone Australian Army and RAAF personnel have been quietly training in Canada on the IAI Malat iai heron australian Heron UAV. A45-265. This is a list of RAAF aircraft, those types that have served and been retired by the RAAF. Airservices Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the operation of the Heron remotely piloted Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in Australian civil airspace. Heron UAV : 5 sub-albums and No images in this album. IAI and MDA both contributed to supply the high quality UAS efficiently and to the customer’s satisfaction A Heron taxis on the runway at RAAF Base Woomera. The UAV was showcased at Avalon 2011 Air Show in Australia …. Sep 09, 2009 · Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will supply its Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to MacDonald, Dettwiler and …. The Australian Heron is based at Kandahar, which is anecdotally the busiest single-runway …. (MDA), who have been awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) for an unmanned aerial surveillance solution The maritime Heron was the first maritime surveillance drone to assume operational maritime and coastal surveillance patrols. Jul 08, 2015 · Local plane spotter Travis W popped out to Rockhampton Airport late on Monday 13 July and was very fortunate to capture some great photos as Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) A45-253 returned to Rockhampton Airport at the completion of a 10-hour long sortie into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA)..
In November 2018, the Defence Minister Christoper Pyne announced that Australia would purchase. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has introduced a new ASW capability to its Heron MALE UAV family. It was established in 2010 to operate Herons in Afghanistan. Feb 10, 2017 · The Heron TP is on display at the Avalon Airshow. In 2005-2006 IAI Heron and Heron TP (Shoval and Eitan) added to the the squadron Jun 08, 2015 · Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) A45-253 Takes to the Air from Rockhampton Airport What another great day at Rockhampton Airport on Monday 22 June , highlighted by the sensational launch of one of the two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI. Apparently IAI had discussions with the RAAF in regards to potentially purchasing the Heron TP The huge Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton long-range maritime patrol UAV mock-up – the RAAF have 7 operational examples on order. (MDA), who have been awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) for …. “The iai heron australian programme allows them to lease a service which includes the UAS, and can also include operations, maintenance, and other features from IAI depending on their needs.” IAI’s Malat UAS division manufactures the Heron UAS which can operate across land, …. Album: Heron A45-254. May 07, 2020 · The IAI Heron (Machatz-1) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It also includes aircraft of the Australian Flying Corps, Australian Air Corps and Australian Air Force.The aircraft are listed in alphabetic order of their RAAF type name, and then in mark order. Heron RPA (2010–2017) No. It was established in 2010 to operate Herons in Afghanistan Aug 10, 2017 · Australia has retired from service the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it has fielded since 2010 Aug 09, 2017 · “The Heron is leased from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (MDA). HERON is also operated by Australia…. “These local partners will provide sovereign local …. Mar 02, 2017 · Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at the Avalon Airshow on a mission to demonstrate that the Heron TP is a viable option that should be considered to meet the Australian Defence Force’s. It was established in 2010 to operate Herons in Afghanistan. | aerospace |
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https://www.rgj.com/story/renorebirth/2013/01/23/to-infinity-and-beyond-reno-will-host-part-of-nasa-hackathon/5698221/ | 2022-10-03T19:03:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337428.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20221003164901-20221003194901-00204.warc.gz | 0.902004 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__235729388 | en | To infinity and beyond: Reno will host part of NASA hackathon
Reno is among 30 cities around the world (seven in the U.S.) tapped to be part of NASA's International Space Apps Challenge in April. The two-day event features tech development professionals working "to address current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need," according to the Space Apps Challenge announcement site.
• What is produced at a hackathon?
• What is a hackathon for?Here, NASA explains the power of hackathons in government.
More details about Reno's part in the event will be coming soon, said Colin Loretz, CEO of Cloudsnap, who will be part of the Reno NASA challenge team. | aerospace |
https://rvproject.gen.nz/dailylog/dailylog_2006-12-24.html | 2024-02-26T06:43:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474653.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226062606-20240226092606-00280.warc.gz | 0.965849 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__87705048 | en | Sun 24 December 2006
|Christmas was a day early for me this year - Mum & Dad are off overseas to see brother. I was lucky enough to be given a few useful tools and misc bits.
|I wanted to play with some of the rigging and alignment components. I know the wing tips are going to need work, but wanted to get the flap / ailerons sorted first. The use of tight cord worked well for the trailing edge alignment.
|This could then be worked back to the flap position and I spent more time getting push rods the right length. The main wing / aileron push rods seem very marginal. The length specified by VANs is in the 'mid position' and means adjustment is limited. My advice for any other builders - a 1/4" could be safely added to the wing tubes and will make life easier in long run.
|The other observation was the bottom flap skin - not sure, but looks like a joggle will be needed in some way. | aerospace |
https://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/05/minotaur-1-safed-to-launch-another-day.html | 2023-09-21T16:07:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506028.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921141907-20230921171907-00420.warc.gz | 0.811205 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__104110224 | en | Saturday, May 9, 2009
Minotaur 1 - Safed to launch another day
At slightly more than two minutes to go before launch,
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Launch Scrubbed. Near Full Moon shows welcome
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https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/chris-hadfield-in-conversation-with-lucie-green/ | 2024-04-13T23:18:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816853.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413211215-20240414001215-00063.warc.gz | 0.967784 | 814 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__125916884 | en | On 29 September, live events returned to the Science Museum’s IMAX, for the first time in over 18 months, when Chris Hadfield joined us on the big screen over Zoom.
Chris Hadfield has turned his hand to many careers over the years: he was a military fighter pilot and a test pilot before he became an astronaut and the first Canadian to walk in space.
But it is since he has returned to solid ground that he has become a true multi-hyphenate: professor-presenter-musician, he’s written a picture book for children as well as non-fiction, and now, he’s a novelist.
‘All of those (roles) are just trying to let people, through whatever means best gets into their psyche, to see what this is actually like: this new human experience,’ he said. Chris is passionate about sharing how it feels to soar above the Earth and watch the days below pass by in a flash, every hour and a half.
His latest attempt to communicate the impact of orbiting our fragile, resilient world is a Cold War thriller set in the heart of the space race, The Apollo Murders. This alternate history, imagining what might have been the first military encounter in space, is based solidly in fact.
It interweaves the suspense of his fictional plot with the events of the spring of 1973 and his own experience as an astronaut . It is this unique viewpoint that he shared with the event’s host, solar physicist Professor Lucie Green and some (no doubt) future astronauts in the audience.
What’s the journey like? ‘It takes you from who you are to the place of your dreams,’ he said. All of that achieved by a journey that takes just nine minutes, and 80 million horsepower. ‘It’s better than I dreamed it would be. And I had really high expectations.’
How does lift-off and re-entry feel? He described it as a violent experience: you lie on your back, constantly squashed minute after minute by the pressure, rattled around like dice in a cup. That is until, suddenly, the engines shut off and you’re weightless. And re-entry is not dissimilar, but over a longer period. The capsules are not the smoothest ride, they’re ‘more like throwing a stone into a pond,’ he said. ‘You BANG into the world and, because you’ve got a parachute and it’s windy, you go sideways. The whole vehicle rolls over and over – and you’re inside.’
The recent spate of commercial space flights was raised and Chris is excited by them. He sees parallels with the Wright brothers being confronted with airliners only twenty years after their first attempts at flight. ‘It is the natural progression of a technology’, he said, ’that a crazy idea eventually gets rolled up into the life of society. What once was only the purview of governments is changing – and there’s a whole universe out there for professional astronauts in the meantime.’
On the journey through the museum to the event, I strolled past the scorched Apollo 10 Command Module and a full-sized replica of Eagle from the Apollo 11 mission that took Armstrong and Aldrin to the Moon. I had stared at the Soyuz descent module that carried Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra back from the International Space Station in 2016. These incredible objects are all smaller than you’d think. Certainly without much room for an overhead luggage rack.
Perhaps with this in mind, as we came to the end of the event, Chris was asked what gets packed by professional astronauts. He told the audience that everyone brings small keepsakes, and sometimes these get left behind.
The most surprising object left on the International Space Station? A gorilla costume. | aerospace |
http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/explosion-grounds-qantas-airbus-fleet-20101104-17fvo.html | 2014-07-22T23:03:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997865523.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025745-00063-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.965932 | 1,028 | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__189217819 | en | Stranded Qantas passengers due home today
Passengers stranded in Singapore by an exploding engine on a Qantas Airbus A380 will begin arriving in Sydney this morning.PT1M54S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-17g3y 620 349 November 5, 2010
QANTAS has grounded its flagship fleet of super-jumbo Airbus A380s after a frightening mid-air engine explosion that caused debris to rain down on an Indonesian island and forced an emergency landing at Singapore.
The airline was in damage control last night as thousands of passengers faced disruptions, and as investigators looked for clues to the latest in a series of high-profile Qantas safety incidents in recent years.
While Qantas said it was too early to speculate on specific causes, chief executive Alan Joyce sought to shift the focus to engine maker Rolls-Royce, saying it was an ''engine issue''.
Technicians inspect the damaged engine of the Qantas A380 forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore after an engine exploded soon after take-off. Photo: Reuters
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The engines had been the subject of a recent ''airworthiness directive'' in Europe over possible premature wear. Qantas said last night the engine that exploded had been inspected and complied with the directive.
But the aircraft engineers' union criticised Qantas's A380 safety standards, and sought to link outsourcing of maintenance to an increase in the number of mechanical incidents.
Passengers from the Qantas flight leave the Changi airport terminal in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
Yesterday's emergency is believed to be the first major incident involving an A380, the world's biggest passenger airliner, since it went into commercial service in 2007.
Mr Joyce said the airline's six A380s, the newest planes in its fleet, would be grounded for as long as necessary to ensure they were safe.
The airline last night was trying to find replacements for its grounded planes. In Singapore, 433 passengers and 26 crew were stranded after their traumatic ordeal on the stricken plane.
Tyler Wooster said he was looking out the window at the wing of the double-decker plane when the explosion happened. ''Part of the skin had peeled off and we could see the foam underneath and heaps of broken wires poking out,'' he told Channel Nine. ''My whole body just went to jelly and I was kind of like, 'Are we going down, are we going down?'''
On the Indonesian island of Batam, locals told of how large metal fragments from the broken engine fell out of the sky, hitting a classroom full of children, houses and at least one car. One of the schoolchildren suffered minor injuries.
Flight QF32, which originated in London, had been airborne for six minutes after takeoff from Singapore for Sydney when the explosion occurred. The captain shut down the damaged engine and dumped fuel before making an emergency landing at Changi Airport at 11.46am local time (2.46pm Melbourne time). There were no injuries.
Mr Joyce said all A380 operations would be suspended ''until we are fully comfortable that sufficient information has been obtained about QF32 … we're not going to take any risks with passenger safety''.
Passengers can expect disruptions as Qantas tries to replace the grounded A380s with older Boeing 747s. Services out of Melbourne to Los Angeles, and Sydney to London and Los Angeles, are expected to be affected today. Qantas said it would contact people booked on the flights and post updates on its website.
A safety cloud now hangs over the entire Qantas A380 fleet and its engines, while safety investigators and engineers try to establish what happened.
The engine that exploded - a Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 - is the most common type fitted to A380s. A total of 37 of the giant planes are in operation, including the Qantas six. Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are the other operators. Another 234 of the planes are on order. Despite yesterday's incident and the air safety directive on the engines, other airlines said they would continue flying their A380s at this stage
The directive, from the European Aviation Safety Agency, warns that premature wear in the engine has been identified, potentially causing the spinning turbines to move towards the rear of the engine and strike static parts.
The two-year-old plane was Qantas's first A380. The engine was fitted in February after being overhauled at the Rolls-Royce plant in Hong Kong.
Yesterday's malfunction was the second uncontained engine explosion on a Qantas plane in as many months.
In October, a Rolls-Royce engine on a Boeing 747 exploded just after takeoff from San Francisco.
The incident sent shrapnel flying in an uncontained explosion, ripping a hole in the side of the engine and damaging flaps. | aerospace |
https://www.metaglossary.com/define/solar+radiation | 2021-05-06T07:07:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988741.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20210506053729-20210506083729-00437.warc.gz | 0.923085 | 330 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__4175463 | en | Solar panels convert sunlight into electrical energy to power a satellite's systems. The solar panels are typically used to charge batteries whilst the satellite is in sunlight. When the satellite passes to the far side of the Earth (into eclipse) the satellite systems will continue to run powered by the on-board batteries. Individually, solar panels provide little power, but large numbers are connected together covering the outside of the satellite or arranged on long arms to increase the surface area that is available to 'catch' sunlight and therefore to provide more electrical energy.
the total solar radiation coming from the sun and all of the sky. it includes the direct beam from the unclouded sun as well as the diffuse radiation arriving, indirectly as scattered or reflected sunlight from the sky and clouds.
is energy from the sun. It is the main energy source for Earth's climate system, heating the surface and driving currents in the oceans and winds in the atmosphere. Ordinary visible sunlight is the most obvious form of solar radiation, but other forms are significant too. For example, see ultraviolet radiation.
Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun, particularly electromagnetic energy. About half of the radiation is in the visible short-wave part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The other half is mostly in the near-infrared part, with some in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/041.htm#121. the size of this ultraviolet radiation that is not absorbed by the atmosphere produces a suntan or a sunburn on people who have been in sunlight for extended periods of time. | aerospace |
https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/736186/history-quiz-week-of-feb-6/ | 2022-09-26T00:34:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334620.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925225000-20220926015000-00030.warc.gz | 0.925949 | 165 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__219644233 | en | History Quiz - week of Feb. 6
By Randy Saunders , 50th Space Wing historian
/ Published February 04, 2014
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Last week's answer:
On Feb. 10, 2000, crews of the 3rd Space Operations Squadron conducted their last support for which satellite constellation? On that date, crews conducted their last support of the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On satellites.
This week's question:
The 50th Mission Support Group and some if its squadrons have served with the 50th Space Wing since 1953. Name one of the group's squadrons that do not share that distinction?
Responses to the quiz questions can be emailed to 50 SW/HO at [email protected]. | aerospace |
http://tek-think.com/2015/01/28/nasas-advanced-solar-sail-concept-requires-no-onboard-fuel/ | 2017-09-24T17:26:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818690112.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170924171658-20170924191658-00247.warc.gz | 0.816387 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__197965859 | en | NASA’s Advanced Solar Sail Concept Requires NO Onboard Fuel
Advanced Solar Sail Concept ( TeK-THinK)
HELIOS is an advanced solar sail concept being evaluated by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). HELIOS will demonstrate a type of high performance solar sail called a heliogyro. The “sail” of the heliogyro consists of very long reflective membrane strips, or blades.
Blades are rolled onto reels to simplify packaging and deployment. Sunlight reflecting on the blades creates thrust. No on-board fuel is required.
Future HELIOS solar sail missions include:
- Solar weather early warning
- Imaging the poles of the Sun
- Travel beyond the Solar System
The HELIOS module steers like a helicopter. Tilting each blade redirects the reflected sunlight and solar pressure which can be used to change thrust, orientation relative to the Sun or spin rate.
Cameras will capture the motion of the blades, sending proof of deployment to Earth, recording video to compare with computer models and communicating blade motion to the blade control system | aerospace |
http://thebreadlineblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/c-130s-from-yeager-fly-to-flood-zone.html | 2018-07-21T04:14:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592309.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721032019-20180721052019-00322.warc.gz | 0.971787 | 843 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__37337904 | en | By Michael Jones
Charleston Daily Mail
Sept. 2, 2005
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Last Friday, airmen from Charleston's 130th Airlift Wing weren't sure what the future would hold for their base.
Today, they were hauling much-needed supplies and personnel to flood-ravaged New Orleans.
Ten members of the West Virginia Air National Guard flew out of Yeager Airport on Thursday afternoon on a mission that placed them on five different airstrips in 11 hours. Their relief effort to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina is expected to last four days.
The first C-130 flight from Charleston departed Wednesday. Officials expect more in the weeks ahead.
"This is exactly why we didn't want to lose our planes," Maj. David Lester said. "We can help in natural disasters.
"It's a perfect example of us doing what we're trained to do."
After a summer of uncertainty and anxiety for local guard members, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission granted the 130th a reprieve last week. The panel overruled defense planners who had recommended that the unit's planes be stationed at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina instead of Yeager.
Lester said the operation is similar to what would happen following a terrorist attack in the United States.
First Lt. Todd Perry, the aircraft's co-pilot, said the mission signifies the spirit of the 130th.
"You would have had the same amount of volunteers even if they would have taken away our base," he said. "We were immediately ready to go."
Most crew members weren't told they would be heading out until 10 a.m. Thursday. "I want to get to New Orleans before sunset and get out of there," Maj. Kyle Adams told them.
The crew loaded up their C-130 and lifted off at 2:10 p.m., only to return 30 minutes later because to a malfunctioning cockpit gauge. In less than an hour, they prepped a new plane and were in the air with Wright-Patterson Air Base in Dayton, Ohio, as their destination.
As the C-130 took on fuel, a Boeing 747 in a paint scheme resembling Air Force One pulled to within 300 feet. Lester said the jet is a mobile command post used to direct relief activities. Before anyone deplaned, 20 armed guards cleared a perimeter around the aircraft.
The smaller, prop-driven C-130 has two crew members designated to protect the plane at all costs. The security procedure, called "Raven," is customary in other regions of the world, but is rarely employed within the United States, said one of the onboard cops, Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Heilmann.The higher state of security for the Air National Guard reflects the escalating danger in New Orleans, where widespread looting has occurred.
"It's difficult to comprehend that something like this is happening in the U.S.," Lester said.
The original mission Thursday was to transport doctors and nurses to Louisiana. Those plans changed when the C-130 landed in Dayton at 4 p.m.
Along with two other C-130s from Mansfield, Ohio, the plane from Charleston was ordered to go to nearby Springfield, Ohio, to pick up armed troops. Carrying rifles, shotguns, and flak jackets, 41 Army National Guard soldiers boarded. They were flown directly to the New Orleans Naval Air Station, 10 miles from the city.
Sixty miles from the base, an eerie darkness crept across the night sky. The only glow coming out of the sunken city was lights from rescue helicopters.
Once the plane touched down, the soldiers quickly left the cramped cargo hold where they had spent the past three hours sleeping. They were whisked away and disappeared into the dark and muggy Louisiana night.
With their mission complete, the crew of the C-130 secured the plane and headed for San Antonio, Texas, arriving early this morning. They were scheduled to leave this afternoon for Louisiana, where they were to transport sick and injured refugees back to Texas.
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The 615th Contingency Response Wing, redesignated from the 615th Air Mobility Operations Group on April 11, 2005, was one of two Contingency Response Wings (CRW) assigned to the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command. Headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California, the primary mission was to employ rapidly deployable cross-functional teams to quickly open forward airbases in an expeditionary environment. The 615th CRW reported to the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force at Travis Air Force Base in California.
The 615th CRW included the 570th Contingency Response Group, the 571st Contingency Response Group, the 572nd Contingency Response Group, and the 615th Contingency Operations Support Group. | aerospace |
https://summer-absolutely.icu/abbreviation/International+Space+Stationnhfbk1842uq0n | 2021-04-14T07:30:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038077336.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20210414064832-20210414094832-00563.warc.gz | 0.907226 | 4,248 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__54267934 | en | space station ses 1 noaa 19 goes 13 noaa 15 noaa 18 terra aqua metop-b suomi npp goes 15 fox-1a (ao-85) saudisat 1c kms-4 tiangong 1 meteor m2 asiasat 3s nss 12 agile measat 3b more... Just launche International Space Station (ISS), space station assembled in low Earth orbit from 1998 to 2009 largely by the United States and Russia, with assistance and components from a multinational consortium. Learn more about the International Space Station in this article The International Space Station is the largest structure ever built in space. The first module — the Russian Zarya module — launched from Earth 15 years ago on Nov. 20 1998. International.
ISS Science Looks to Mars Can humans live on Mars? Is it safe? The Vision for Space Exploration opens the door for NASA to find out. Researchers on Earth are using several experiments aboard the international space station to study health and safety issues. Space travelers living on Mars for extended periods will need to grow plants, which provide food and generate oxygen NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind International Space Station. 4.1M likes. The International Space Station is a collaboration of 15 nations working together to create a world-class, state-of-the-art orbiting research facility. Please.. . The 360-ton space station is larger than a five-bedroom house, and it has enough room for six sleeping quarters, a gym, a. The international Space Station (ISS) is an incredible feat, not just technologically (and that aspect alone makes it a big deal), but because it shows what we can do when we put our differences.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, a very large satellite that people can live in for several months at a time. It was put together in Low Earth orbit up until 2011, but other bits have been added since then. The last part, a Bigelow module was added in 2016. The station is a joint project among several countries: the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada NASA astronauts and Expedition 63 crew members (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy. The International Space Station has two new NASA astronauts after the SpaceX Crew Dragon arrived on Sunday.The newly-expanded Expedition 63 crew will now be ramping up microgravity research in the coming days and weeks.. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are getting up to speed with. Russian Module: provides living quarters and refueling capabilities to the space station, also contains a treadmill for the crew Mobile Remote Servicer: used for external assembly and maintenance; it moves equipment and supplies around the station; supports astronauts working in space, and services instruments and other payloads attached to the station INSPIRE OLC Group 7 - International Space Station. Provides laboratories for fluid physics, biology, and biomedical research, as well as general research
• A history of the International Space Station, through the lens of its architectural design• Foreword by NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott• Perfect for space enthusiasts, as well as anyone with an interest in challenging architectural problem-solvingIf you are a space fan, fascinated by the kind of venture the International Space Station represents, this book is an absolute must, full of. International Space Station mockup at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 410 km (250 mi), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit (the actual height varies over time by several kilometers due to atmospheric drag and reboosts ) Although a rocket can transport astronauts into space in less than 10 minutes, it takes hours, and even days, to rendezvous with the International Space Station The International Space Station is an orbiting laboratory and construction site that synthesizes the scientific expertise of 16 nations to maintain a permanent human outpost in space The International Space Station is the biggest human made structure in space and the third brightest object in the sky. But the living conditions for the six astronauts on it are quite cramped
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Essentially a laboratory that orbits Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is now 98 percent complete, and the countdown is underway for the liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis as it prepares. 916 International Space Station jobs available on Indeed.com. Apply to Safety Engineer, Robotics Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer and more Watch the International Space Station (ISS) Live with our unique tracker where you can track and watch live an on-board video with UK pass times. ISS bright UK pass details for Spring 2020 Times may differ slightly to other sources and can change at short notice, so please check this page daily for accurate timings About the International Space Station Pushing the boundaries of science and technology Current status Where is the International Space Station? Building the International Space Station International collaboration The Russian Soyuz spacecraft International Space Station legal framework ESA's International Space Station barter agreements Europe's.
International Space Station - ISS: STARLINK 4 Train: STARLINK 5 Train: STARLINK 6 Train: STARLINK 7 Head: HD Video from ISS cams (with overlay) IRIDIUMs +Flares: METOP A+B: TOP-7: STARLINK-1322 , ISS (ZARYA) , STARLINK-1344 , STARLINK-1316 , STARLINK-1281 , STARLINK-1221 , STARLINK-1232 NEXT TO DECAY: SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR. Nasa's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken complete their 19-hour flight to the orbiting laboratory. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have floated into the International Space Station. Paul Rincon Science. The annual International Space Station marathon viewing season begins later this week, when skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere can watch up to five ISS passes in one night. The International Space Station (ISS) slices across Perseus and Taurus in a time exposure made on August 11, 2011
The International Space Station is a cooperative space research facility being constructed cooperatively by many nations. Several space organizations had planned their own space stations and the groups decided to merge and work together. The original space station was a combination of NASA's Space Station Freedom, Russia's Mir-2, and the. Discovering the Inner Life of Lightning from the International Space Station NASA has assigned astronaut Kate Rubins to a six-month mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer. NASA Assigns Astronaut Kate Rubins to Expedition 63/64 Space Station Cre The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit with the purpose of being a laboratory, observatory, factory, and a manufacturing and launch facility. Major elements and timeline The ISS has been added to, rearranged, and modified since the first piece was launched in Nov 1998; however, most of the basic modules have. The International Space Station will be visible in the St. Louis area several times over the next several days. According to NASA, the ISS will be visible on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Orbiting the planet at an altitude of 330-435 kilometers above the surface of Earth, the International Space Station experiences a wide range of temperatures. Since it continuously revolves around the planet, sometimes it's on the sunlit side of the Earth, while at other times, it's on the dark side International Space Station Tour VR Experience the International Space Station in VR with high-quality images and learn about the inner-workings of the Space Station from the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti, holder of the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut A composite photograph of an International Space Station flyover, taken from the U.K. Image via Dave Walker. The notices contain information on where to look for ISS in the night sky
What's life like aboard the International Space Station? This is a question only a select few can answer. But thanks to a new virtual reality tour, more people than ever can step aboard the. There are sleeping quarters for six astronauts, however, astronauts have been known to just tie their sleeping bag to a bulkhead. There are two sleeping stations in the Russian module, and four in the US module. There was a plan to install a habi.. The International Space Station is a spacecraft on which astronauts and cosmonauts are live. The ISS is also called a unique space laboratory. The space agencies of all countries use this ISS. NASA wants to keep the International Space Station going until 2024 The International Space Station is a modular space station in low Earth orbit. The ISS programme is a multi-national collaborative project between five parti..
1. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station see 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets a day, averaging about one every 45 minutes - Source. 2. There is a gun in the International Space Station and it belongs to the Russians. It is for the purpose of protecting themselves against bears in case their capsule lands off-course on reentry into earth
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object to fly in outer space and can be seen from anywhere around the world when the conditions are right The International Space Station flies above our heads constantly, orbiting the planet every 90 minutes at a height of over 250 miles. Of course, it's impossible to see during the day, but at night. Quotes tagged as international-space-station Showing 1-10 of 10 and that the entire international space partnership is much better because of it. , required, sickened, space, station, talk, toxic, uninterrupted, year . 2 likes. Like We essentially had to build a docking mechanism between the two capsules.. International Space Station hit by major power shortage Spending time in space causes subtle physiological changes, Nasa twins study finds Investigation on impact of life in space on human body. There is a wide variety of food available on the International Space Station (ISS), representing the range of nationalities of astronauts on board. American food usually comes in sealed pouches and Russian food, like lamb with vegetables or chicken with rice, usually comes in cans. Both the cans and pouches then need to be heated before eating
International Space Station -- NASA's Web page for the International Space Station. Anatomy of the Space Station -- a PDF file with a labeled, exploded view of the International Space Station. Wheels in the Sky -- Science@NASA article about humanity's dreams of a space station from the science fiction fantasies of the Nineteenth Century to. Most of the time, the International Space Station (ISS) is orbiting the Earth at an altitude of approximately 220 miles (354 km), which places it in low Earth orbit (LEO). This distance can change, however, and has varied from 205 miles (330 km) to a planned maximum of 248 miles (400 km) Track the location of the International Space Station in real-time. See the plotted paths of past, present and future orbits all from a single page The International Space Station on 23 May 2010 as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-132 (photo courtesy of NASA) A little bit of background. The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998 The International Space Station (ISS) model kit is a LIMITED EDITION of the space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. Now the largest artificial body in orbit, it can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth
Facts About International Space Station. 1. Astronauts on International Space Station can see 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets a day that too with an average of one every 45 minutes. 2. There is a gun placed in the International Space Station that belongs to the Russians How many people are in space right now? Download the App. 0. Download the New iOS App. Notifications, photos and videos from space, astronaut profiles and more. Photo source Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. ISS034-E-060718. Powered by high. International Space Station Reference. Ham Radio. When astronauts, cosmonauts and mission specialists from many nations fly on the international space station, they will have amateur, or ham, radio as a constant companion. Since its first flight in 1983, ham radio has flown on more than two-dozen space shuttle missions The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest space project to date and the most complex international scientific project in history. It is a joint a collaboration of 16 countries: United States (NASA), Russia (Russian Federal Space Agency - formerly Rosaviakosmos), Brazil, Canada (Canadian Space Agency), Japan Aerospace Exploration. 6.9m Followers, 44 Following, 2,119 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from International Space Station (@iss
International Space Station The International Space Station is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It follows the Salyut, Almaz, Skylab and Mir stations as the ninth space station to be inhabited. The ISS is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998 As an orbiting laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS) offers researchers around the world the unique opportunity to perform experiments in microgravity and under the rigors of the space.
The mission of the International Space Station is to enable long-term exploration of space and provide benefits to people on Earth. With six state-of-the-art laboratories, the Space Station will. The International Space Station is yet another elaborate marketing gimmick to sell us outer space. We have now reached a pretty solid conclusion that those two space machines are just marketing ploys as a cover for the real space industry, as well as other possible speculative reasons as why they are selling us outer space
How the International Space Station Works. by Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. & Mark Mancini. Life Aboard the ISS. Prev NEXT . Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 41 commander, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station The International Space Station, with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard, will sweep across the Arizona skies Friday night and will be visible for the second time this week Total space station EVA time now stands at 1,367 hours and 26 minutes, or 57 days. The U.S. segment of the space station features four ports where visiting vehicles can either dock on their own or. The International Space Station is the ninth inhabited space station to orbit Earth.The first such stations, consisting of six models of the Soviet Salyut station and the U.S. Skylab, were launched in the 1970's.<br />More than four times as large as the Russian Mir space station, the completed International Space Station will have a mass of.
The International Space Station was a space station and one of Earth's first internationally combined efforts in exploring space. The station was jointly serviced by American space shuttle orbiters and Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft. In 2000, astronaut Lieutenant McMillan was scheduled to be the co-pilot on a joint mission between NASA and the Europeans for a four month tour on the. ISS Operations. The International Space Station is moving at a speed of 5 miles per second. It circles Earth every 90 minutes. At that speed, it would make a round trip to the Moon in a day.; With a length of 109 metres and a pressured volume of 32,300 cubic feet, the ISS is the largest manned object mankind kind has ever put into space SpaceX's first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) last week has sparked renewed interest in the orbiting laboratory.. Hosting a steady stream of astronauts from around the. The International Space Station (ISS) is circling some 240 miles above the surface of Earth and filming our planet from space.. The largest man-made satellite is currently orbiting the Earth and. MAKING HISTORY, ASTRONAUTS RIDE COMMERCIAL CAPSULE TO SPACE STATION - A Crew Dragon spaceship built and owned by SpaceX glided to an automated docking with the International Space Station Sunday, delivering NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the orbiting research complex after a trouble-free 19-hour flight from the Kennedy Space.
In addition to station assembly, the international partner agencies (NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Russian Federal Space Agency) train and launch crews and provide ground support for the orbiting research facility The mission of the International Space Station is to enable long-term exploration of space and provide benefits to people on Earth. With six state-of-the-art laboratories, the Space Station will be the premiere research facility in space, four times larger and more capable than any previous space station. It is hoped that it will allow for.
The European Space Agency is responsible for two elements of the International Space Station: the European Columbus Laboratory and the Automated Transfer Vehicle. The European Columbus Laboratory focuses on projects on fluid physics, life sciences, and material sciences.The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) can boost the height of the Station, thus, reducing the drag from the Earth's Atmosphere You'll shuttle out of here and rocket forward as Tim and Moby take you on an animated tour of the International Space Station The International Space Station as it was configured on August 20, 2001, Credit: NASA. T he largest and most complex international construction project in space began on the steppes of Kazakhstan 20 years ago today. Atop its Proton rocket, on Nov. 20, 1998, the Zarya Functional Cargo Block thundered off its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to serve as a temporary control module for the. A Russian cosmonaut who got a close-up view of a mysterious hole in a Soyuz capsule docked to the International Space Station said Monday that the opening was drilled from inside the spacecraft. The Space Station is a joint project of NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency. Now the largest spacecraft ever built, the ISS grew out of the plans of these separate agencies to build their own space stations | aerospace |
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In order to capture the unmanned aerial vehicles operating within the Capital Airport more efficiently and to ensure the safety of airport operations, Capital Airport recently deployed 4 sets of roofs at the China Service Building, HNA Beijing Base, Airport Catering Company and Flight Area No. 6 Light Station. Unmanned aerial vehicle detection equipment, including 4 azimuth detection antennas and 2 altitude detection antennas. The system terminal is installed in the operation management module of the flight management department of the Capital Airport. The detection range of the equipment can cover 2 km outside the boundary of the flight area and outside the boundary. range.
The four sets of unmanned aerial vehicle detection equipment deployed by the company are provided by Chengdu Huari Communication Co., Ltd., and the detection equipment is a passive equipment. The equipment only receives the electromagnetic signals communicated between the unmanned aircraft and the remote control handle, but it does not itself. It will emit electromagnetic signals, effectively avoiding the impact on the operation of other equipment in the Capital Airport during the operation of the equipment. When the device is enabled, if the unmanned aircraft is turned on, the detection device will capture the signal in a few seconds and display the acquired position and altitude information of the unmanned aircraft in the terminal system.
At present, the installation and commissioning of the detection equipment and system have been completed, and the selected points have been tested in the flight area of the Capital Airport and in the vicinity of the airport. After testing and analysis, the equipment and system have the conditions for use. On August 23, the system officially entered the trial operation phase. During the period of major activity guarantee, the equipment manufacturers will arrange special personnel to accompany the operation to ensure the normal operation of equipment and systems. In the follow-up, relevant operators will be trained to ensure the safety of the capital airport. | aerospace |
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From his office at MITRE's Fort Walton Beach site, communications engineer Eugene Turnbaugh uses his expertise in airborne networking to support his customer, the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), at its headquarters in the Florida panhandle.
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Though he had previous Air Force experience, when he first came to AFSOC Turnbaugh didn't truly appreciate the challenges of technology integration within the constraints of a military aircraft. "I'd recommend every engineer find a way to tour an AFSOC aircraft to better understand the complexities of simple, physical integration—there is simply no space for something new," he says. "It's an eye-opening experience. Each aircraft is different in both its mission and equipment, and every piece of equipment is there for a specific reason. Any added capability must be light and small, otherwise it's a non-starter for the warfighter. The greatest challenge, though, is not just aircraft integration but the integration of capability—both hardware and software—across ground, air, and space."
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Indian PM Congratulates ISRO Chairperson
Mangalyan Or MOM
ISRO succeeded to place a spacecraft into the Martian orbit on its first attempt. India join the elite club of the US, Europe and Russia, which reached the red planet after initial failures.
MOM started revolving round the orbit of Mars at 7.47 a.m.But the scientists at ISRO Telemetry,Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore ,got this historical message 12 minutes later as the radio signal came from a distance of 680 million kilometer. The Rs.450-crore ($70 million) mission was launched on Nov 5, 2013.MOM was firing for 24 minutes to adjust itself in the orbit of Mars.
Autobiography Of MOM :-
I will remain a satellite of Mars.I will catch pictures and perceive or detect details on the atmosphere and morphology of our neighbor planet .
I started my journey on 5th November, 2013 riding on PSLV-C25 from Sriharikota . I left the Earth orbit on December 1, 2013. I was whiling away my time for long 300 days. On Monday I carry out time-tagged commands and they reignite my main engine . I was burning for 4 seconds at first to show my parents that my engine works naturally.On Wednesday I gave proof of my suppleness.
I was feeling the touch of Martian orbit on and from 4.17 a.m. as I became able to emit and receive radio signal. I rotated towards Mars at 6.57 a.m..My engine was ignited at 7.17 a.m. for for making me enter into the orbit of Mars from the orbit of sun.
The 440 Newton liquid apogee motor (LAM) of my main engine was burning from 7.30 a.m. to 7.54 a.m. to fling me into the orbit of the neighbouring planet. I was speeding by 2.14 metre per second from 22.2 km per second for entering the neighboring orbit from the sun orbit.
Reaching the Mars’ orbit I sent message to Radars at the earth stations of NASA at Goldstone in the US, Madrid in Spain, Canberra in Australia and India’s own deep space network at Baylalu near Bangalore through radio signal.
Here I see the orbit of Mars is elliptical.The closest point is around 420 km andbthe farthest is about 80,000km. I will employ 5 equipments for observation in Mars.
I have brought the Lyman alpha photometer with me for measuring the relative abundance of deuterium and hydrogen in the upper atmosphere .This will to feel the past presence of water on our neighbouring planet . I have brought here a methane sensor to search for sources of the gas. Heat emission, minerals and soil on Mars will be observed by a thermal infrared spectrometer.
MOM Mangalyaan Reaching Mars
Mars ,the Neighbour:-
Our neighbor Mars is the fourth planet according to distance from sun and next to us.In size ,it is second smallest.It has been named after Roman god of war,Mars.Iron oxide makes it look red.
Mars takes 24 hours to revolve on its own axis while our mother takes 24 hours to complete a revolution. Earth takes 365 days to orbit sun while Mars takes 687 days for moving the sun.
ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan said oheir first effortn the occasion. ”MOM is a major step towards our future missions in the inter-planetary space,” he added.
The Cheapest ,The First Martian Mission :-
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrated its victory for becoming the international fourth research agency with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US, the Federal Space Agency (RFSA) of Russian and European Space Agency to have succeeded on successful Martian missions. India has entered into the gravity of Mars.It is the first in Asia.China attempted a similar assay but failed in 2011.
So far in International arena 51 efforts were executed but 21 were successful.India has joined the elite group of Martian club where US,Russia and European Space Agency joined earlier.But only European Space Agency(Mars Express in 2003) succeeded to put its spacecraft in its first attempt.US and Russia failed in their first effort.Though later they succeded.After a long time ESA , India has done the great job in its first assay.But as a country , India is the first to succeed in this effort.Because European Space Agency is an organization formed from many a European country.
ISRO has spent Rs 450 (73837710USD) crore for the MOM project. US National Aeronautical Space Administration would have spent ten times what ISRO has spent.
M Annadurai is the project director of MOM
Placement In Mars Orbit
MOM Around Mars
Worldwide Commentary For MOM Success
ISRO Chairperson K Radhakrishnan :-
I extend my hearty congratulations and best wishes to you and your team on the successful Orbit Insertion Manoeuver of the Mars Orbiter Mission ‘Mangalyaan’ after a journey of nearly nine months. The success has made India the first Asian country and ISRO the fourth space agency to send a satellite to the Red Planet. ISRO is also the first to enter the Martian Orbit in its maiden attempt. The nation is proud of this historic achievement which has demonstrated, yet again, India’s space capabilities. I am sure that this breakthrough, which marks a significant landmark in our space programme, will inspire our scientists to make even greater strides.”
NASA – ‘’We congratulate ISRO for its Mars arrival! Mars Orbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet.’’
President of India :-
''Hearty congratulations & best wishes to ISRO Team on Mangalyaan's success; nation proud of this historic acheivement .''
Prime Minister Of India :-
"Today MOM has met Mangal (Mars). Today Mangal has got MOM. The time this mission was short named as MOM, I was sure that MOM won't disappoint us .India has successfully reached Mars, congratulations to all of you, congratulations to countrymen. History has been created today. We have dared to reach out into the unknown. And have achieved the near impossible . Travelling a mind-boggling distance of more than 650 million, or 65 crore kilometres, we have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and imagination. We have, accurately navigated our spacecraft, through a route known to very few . You have made it a habit of achieving the impossible .No one represents this zeal for exploring the unknown more than our space scientists here at ISRO . These are all accomplishments that will go down as landmarks in history.India is the only country to have succeeded in its very first attempt. With today’s spectacular success, ISRO joins an elite group of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached the red Mars.The success of India's space programme is a shining symbol of what we are capable of as a nation.Let today's success drive us with even greater vigour and conviction. Let's set ourselves even more challenging goals--this too must become a base for challenging the next frontier .Atalji's vision had inspired us to reach for the moon. The successful Chandrayan mission in turn led to the Mars Orbiter Mission.We also have a great legacy and responsibility to live up to. Our ancestors had helped the world understand the mysteries of the heavens.Grasp the idea of Shunya or nothingness. Map spatial knowledge; such as the rotation of the Earth, motion of planets and occurrence of eclipses. Modern India must continue playing this leading role of 'Jagad-guru Bharat'.We have done so, from a distance so large; that it took even a command signal from Earth, more time to reach it, than it takes sunlight to reach us.Uncertainty is a part of the journey of every explorer who seeks to push boundaries and the hunger of exploration and the thrill of discovery are not for the faint-hearted.Innovation, after all, by its very nature involves risk; as the scientists are trying to do something which has not been done before.It's a leap into the dark. Humanity would not have progressed, if we had not taken such leaps into the unknown. And space is indeed the biggest unknown out there.No one represents this zeal for exploring the unknown more than the space scientists here at ISRO and they have developed self-reliance across critical domains, often in the face of hostile circumstances.Every generation of your scientists, has groomed the next home-grown lot. Through your achievements, you have honoured our fore-fathers, and inspired our future generations! You truly deserve all the love and respect you get from a grateful nation! Noting that the space programme has been an example of achievement, which inspires the rest of us to strive for excellence ourselves .Space exploration requires cutting-edge expertise across diverse disciplines.A successful space programme thus generates applications across multiple domains, Modi stressed.In contrast with the linear nature of Western philosophy; there is no absolute 'beginning' or 'end' in our Eastern understanding of the cosmos. There is only a continuous, unending cycle of dispassionate, detached perseverance.
Let today's success, only drive us with even greater vigour and conviction. Let's set ourselves even more challenging goals. And strive even harder to achieve them. Let us push our boundaries. And then, push some more! Rabindranath Tagore said, "Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action. Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake."
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) was capturing signals from the unmanned MOM. It brought out the news of entering of ‘Mangalyaan’ into the orbit of Mars to India as well as the world.Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on its historic success. Engineers of CDSCC played a vital role to bring out the information. It is an example of stretching scientific cooperation between Australia and India. India and Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Civil Space Cooperation in 2012.
Mr Suckling said adding, "It is an important milestone for ISRO and for Indian space research and exploration. | aerospace |
http://travellaw.com/node/310/ | 2017-03-28T23:44:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190134.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00112-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.941979 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__5683406 | en | The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents 60,000 pilots who fly for 40 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Founded in 1931, the Association is chartered by the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress. Known internationally as US-ALPA, it is a member of the International Federation of Air Line Pilot Associations.
ALPA provides three critical services to its members:
Airline Safety and Security: Over its 70 years, ALPA has been a part of nearly every significant safety improvement in the airline industry. The Association has helped to make airline travel the safest mode of transportation in human history. More than 600 working airline pilots volunteer to serve on the local and national safety and security committees that help guide the Association's work.
Representation: Over the decades, ALPA pilot groups have negotiated scores of contracts with hundreds of airlines. Today, ALPA staff offers its members the finest financial analysis available, in-depth knowledge of the Railway Labor Act (the legislation that governs airline pilot contracts), and the legal experience to defend pilot contracts.
Advocacy: ALPA's staff and pilot volunteers consistently represent pilots' views to all airline industry decision-makers, including Congress, Parliament, the White House, and federal agencies.
At all levels of ALPA, pilots make decisions through the democratic process. All decisions start with pilot groups. Each pilot group consists of all the pilots at a given airline. Pilot groups exercise considerable autonomy in governing their own internal affairs, such as negotiating contracts, enforcing those contracts, and discussing issues of concern with their companies.
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1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls, MN 56345
Charles A. Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic brought him instant fame and recognition. Now, over 75 years after the historic event that inspired an aviation revolution, you can explore the life of this homegrown hero - the boy from Little Falls who loved to fly. Visit the Charles Lindbergh Historic Site for hours of operation. | aerospace |
http://www.canadianflight.org/content/press | 2016-05-06T09:15:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461861743914.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428164223-00099-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.963281 | 1,968 | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-18__0__68961144 | en | A Nation Soars
April 2016 update:
Rapid progress is being made on the construction of the first Sopwith Pup replica.
Steel cables form bracing wires to give structural integrity to the wing.
The process is by Stewart Systems - a water based, non-toxic process.
checked to ensure accuracy before the fabric covering is completed.
Volunteers Sam and Ray work on the fabric covering for the flight controls
The Pup rudder after the first stage of the covering process with a tight fabric surface
Trial fitting of the lower wings to confirm structural details and clearance of parts
under the A Nation Soars banner
The engines for the two aircraft are being prepared for service
A Nation Soars
The Museum is participating in a tribute to the battle at Vimy Ridge in 1917 by building two replica Sopwith Pup aircraft. Here is the update for March 2016.
Authentic? Yes, right down to the wooden tail skid.
The cockpit surround has been completed, while the instrument panel is being prepared.
Forward fuselage fitout is continuing with wheel brakes and pilot's seat being fitted.
The passing of our friend, Doug Moan
It is with our deepest sorrow that we here at the Canadian Museum of Flight announce the untimely passing of long-time volunteer, Doug Moan. Doug was a major force amongst the volunteer ranks, starting in the early days of the Museum when it was located at the Crescent Beach site. His aircraft maintenance skills were legendary. Doug's "maintenance fingerprints" are all over just about every piece of equipment in the Museum, especially the fleet of flying aircraft. Flight Operations will miss his unswerving dedication to keeping the aircraft running. Doug wrote the book on how to prop-start the Museum's non-electric aircraft such as the Fleet Finch, Tiger Moth, Waco INF and SE5a. He and his wife Arline, have spent many decades volunteering their time and energy to ensure the success of the Museum. And for this, the Museum members, volunteers, and staff are so very grateful. A memorial to honour our friend Doug will be held in early January. We will update when we know more.
- Doug Moan and the Tiger Moth – Hope Airport, BC
- Doug Moan “propping” the Fleet Finch – Langley, BC
- Doug Moan and the Museum Flight Ops gang at the 2004 Abbotsford Airshow (l. to r. - Cal Booth, George Kirbyson, George Serviss, Dave Beales, Bill Findlay, Bryan Carr, Steve Serviss, Doug Moan, Bob Fowles).
A Celebration of Life for Doug Moan will be held at the CMF hangar on
Saturady, January 9 2016 at 2pm.
flypast will be conducted at 2:30
A Nation Soars
The Museum is participating in a tribute to the battle at Vimy Ridge in 1917.
It is in the process of constructing two replica Sopwith Pup aircraft. The basic aircraft have been received by the Museum and the first one is under construction.
The firewall is getting attention prior to receiving the engine.
The vertical tail displays the classic Sopwith profile.
Farewell to Don Nikkel
There was a very good turnout of locals to give Don a good send off. We took three aircraft out of the Museum and then set up tables and some chairs, with good catering by the Hangar Cafe people. There was a mic setup and Dan Holliday emceed the event. The pilots briefed at 1350 and then started engines at 1415 – George Miller, Guy Miller, George Kirbyson, and me. I had Ray Fessenden in my back seat – his first ever formation flight.
Don was involved with aviation for 60+ years. He learnt to fly as a teenager and then worked as an aircraft mechanic for the rest of his life. He passed away Friday, November 13, 2015.
He joined the RCAF in the 1950s and worked on many of their big aircraft equipped with powerful piston engines. Later, he went to work for Canadian Pacific Airlines, at first working on piston-powered transports and then on the first generation of jet transports. He then joined Valley Aero in Langley and put his experience to work in the general aviation scene. Do you have a problem with a balky magneto or a leaky carburettor? Just ask Don. Need the cylinders on your Continental O-200 refurbished? Don is the man.
Don and his wife flew light aircraft extensively throughout North America adding to his knowledge of the operational side of aircraft maintenance.
Don was a true friend of the Canadian Museum of Flight, frequently helping to solve problems with some vintage engine that few people had experience with. Occasionally, he would let everyone know in no uncertain terms what he thought of some of the old engines, but he never failed to do his best and get the engine returned to service. The Museum will miss his talents – and his friendly wave and blast of the horn as he drove the fuel tanker past our gate.
Member's Day 2015
Museum President, Bruce Bakker (left),
Museum Vice-President, Dave Arnold (centre) and the
Executive Producer of Sound Ventures, Tim Joyce (right).
On display were the two Sopwith Pup replicas that have recently arrived from the factory in Missouri. Museum members will be busy this winter getting them in flying shape.
the construction while the pilot waits impatiently.
The Official announcement of The CMF participating in A Nation Soars.
The Canadian Museum of Flight, in association with Sound Ventures and The Royal Canadian Geographic Society, will be participating in the First World War commemorative project Wings of Courage, and Flight Path of Heroes as part of the 'A Nation Soars' program. The CMF is tasked with building, then flying, two replica Sopwith Pup Biplanes. Once completed, the two planes are to be formally gifted to the CMF to become part of a permanent exhibit.
Harvard MK II Annual in full swing at Langley Aero
The rudder's trim tab bearings were replaced
The engine is getting a detailed inspection
The outboard aileron cables have been replaced. Note the splice on the old cable. It's a lost art today in aviation. Working with needle-sharp steel cable ends is not for the faint of heart! The modern equivalent is the machine-manufactured swage fitting, shown at front.
If you want to get into wire splicing, here is a sample from the Vintage Aviator Restoration Company in New Zealand.
Historic Avro images discovered at the Museum
Museums are known for having only a small portion of their collection on display. Some of the displays are tucked away in storage and may become 'lost in time' to the present employees.
During a recent inventory, a box of old glass negatives was discovered. The images were like a time warp of the early days of aircraft manufacture in the British Empire. They tell the story of the early days of Avro, the British manufacturer that was known in more recent times for the Lancaster and Vulcan bombers.
Back to Baddeck - the CMF experience
Under the leadership of the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (CAPA), aviation museums and aviation heritage sites across Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada with a unique and historically oriented event - a coast-to-coast-to-coast flying relay to mark this very significant aviation milestone. This Canada relay stopped at all of the CAPA member museums across Canada, at each provincial/territorial capital as well as in the nation’s capital, Ottawa, and was completed using a variety of vintage aircraft.
The Canadian Museum of Flight (CMF), BC’s only flying aviation museum, played a major role in this relay. The Museum’s Harvard flew from Comox to Victoria and the Tiger Moth, from Victoria to Langley. This story unfolds as the CMF’s 1937 Waco and crew took their turn at being a part of history and continuing the relay, with the mail bag in hand, to Nanton, AB.
Canadian Museum of Flight Announces New Logo.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Museum of Flight on April 25, 2009, the new Museum logo was officially unveiled.
The Museum has had a new logo in transition for some time – that of the Handley Page Hampden. The Hampden is a unique symbol at our Museum, but virtually unknown except among dedicated aircraft fans. This logo also had some shortcomings in its presentation. While it was acceptable on letter size printed material, it lacked definition when printed on larger items, such as shirts.
The Directors studied this problem and came to the decision that it would not be acceptable to go back to the previous logo of the yellow Tiger Moth. Instead we should be forward looking to something that is unique in our collection. One aircraft that met the criteria was the Waco AQC-6 Cabin biplane. It has a long history of flying in BC – about 55 years – and was a unique airplane compared to the ubiquitous Tiger Moth. The red and cream colour scheme made it especially suitable for use as a logo for the Museum.
Well known local photographer, Cam Hutchins, provided the image taken during air-to-air photography with Museum aircraft, and Acro Media Inc. of Kelowna, BC did the design work to provide the logo that is now in use. | aerospace |
https://yogyapost.com/pro-russian-rebels-discuss-the-shooting-down-of-the-malaysian-airlines-mh17.html | 2019-07-21T22:14:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195527204.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20190721205413-20190721231413-00335.warc.gz | 0.983027 | 342 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__204040618 | en | A new video uploaded on YouTube mentioned shows the phone tapping of the pro-rebels Russia in Eastern Ukraine.
According to Telegraph.co.uk, voice recordings in the videos that imbued with English translation claimed was the result of tapping by Security Agency of Ukraine (SBU) which was later released in its official page.
In the video was mentioned, a militant group led by Igor Bezler using Russia Air missile defense system, shooting a commercial aircraft. The plane was identified as a Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines MH17.
In the footage, two rebels were heard talking about a plane that was shot down. At first they thought it was a military plane. However, when a person is called “major” reporting back, he’s not sure what aircraft they shoot.
“There was debris chairs and the human body,” he said to someone called “Greek”.
“Oh so. Is there a gun in there? ” the question that sounds. The question was addressed, “Mayor” with answers that he saw was the health supplies, towels and tissue paper.
In the tape, one of the speakers said that they found was the corpse of civilians.
When one of the parties asks “is there a document”, the other replied, “Yes, an Indonesian student from the University of Thompson”.
Until recently the truth these recordings haven’t verified independently by the international community.
As reported, a Malaysia Airlines plane with the flight number MH17 crashed in Ukraine, Thursday July 17, 2014. The aircraft was carrying 280 passengers on board, and 11 people were Indonesian. | aerospace |
https://www.abccolumbia.com/2023/09/18/sc-military-searching-for-f-35-that-went-missing-sunday-after-pilot-ejected/ | 2023-09-22T17:37:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506421.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922170343-20230922200343-00573.warc.gz | 0.934877 | 186 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__52336481 | en | SC Military searching for F-35 that went missing Sunday after pilot ejected
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)– South Carolina military officials are searching for an F-35 that went missing Sunday.
According to a statement from officials at Charleston Air Base, Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, emergency officials responded to what they called a mishap involving an F-35B Lightning II jet from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron.
Officials say the pilot ejected safely and was transferred to a local medical center in stable condition.
At this time, response teams are still trying to locate the F-35.
Officials asked the public to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the recovery effort continues. Per a statement, if you have any information that may assist recovery teams in locating the F-35, please call the JB Charleston BaseDefense Operations Center at 843-963-3600. | aerospace |
https://www.bangaloreaviation.com/2019/07/technical-issue-forces-british-airways-bangalore-flight-to-return-to-london.html | 2023-10-01T21:56:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510941.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001205332-20231001235332-00681.warc.gz | 0.942709 | 619 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__168981182 | en | A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER registration G-YMMU, operating flight BA119 from London Heathrow to Bangalore Kempegowda airport returned to London Heathrow airport soon after take-off due to a technical issue. The cause of the issue is being investigated by the engineers, and no determination on what caused the issue has been made as of the time of this report.
The flight which was originally scheduled to depart at 1415 local (2:15pm) was delayed for over an hour and finally departed at 15:27 local (3:27pm).
As flight maps show, the aircraft climbed to an altitude of 24,000 feet before turning back mid-way over the English Channel about 15 minutes after take-off. The pilots descended to 10,000 feet altitude and circled for about 30 minutes. This was presumably to dump fuel and lighten the aircraft. As readers are aware, the London to Bangalore flight is almost ten hours long and the full fuel load makes the aircraft to heavy to land so soon after take-off. If needing to land soon after take-off, pilots routinely dump fuel to reduce the weight of the aircraft below its specified MLW (maximum landing weight). The aircraft finally landed about one hour later after take-off around 16:40 local (4:40pm).
An airline’s spokesperson said “The pilots requested a priority landing into Heathrow as a precaution due to a technical issue, and the aircraft landed as normal. We apologise to customers affected by the disruption to their journey but safety will always be our highest priority.
We have organised a replacement aircraft to allow them to continue their journey this evening.”
The spokesperson concurred with Bangalore Aviation’s understanding that the replacement flight was tentatively scheduled to depart London at 2100 local (9pm).
The airline refused to provide specifics on the number of passengers on the flight. The aircraft has 48 seats in Business, 24 seats in Premium Economy, and 203 seats in Economy class.
Tentative revised schedule
We expect the replacement flight to operate with an approximate seven-hour delay. So the replacement inbound flight BA119 will arrive in Bangalore around 11:45am Thursday (July 4th) morning. We expect the return flight BA118 to depart Bangalore around 1345 local (1:45pm) and reach London around 1930 local (7:30pm).
We recommend those passengers travelling beyond London, to immediately connect with British Airways and make alternate arrangements. We remind passenger of the European Union rule EU261 that requires the airline to provide with you with alternate travel arrangements and in some case compensation.
Bangalore Aviation would like to re-affirm that this was not an emergency. Passengers deplaned normally.
Aircraft information G-YMMU
Serial number: 36519 LN: 796
First flight date: 16/06/2009
Plane age: just over 10 years
Engines: 2 x Rolls Royce Trent 895 | aerospace |
https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/arado-ar-196/ | 2022-08-12T20:27:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00137.warc.gz | 0.833456 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__164075671 | en | Arado Ar 196
The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane aircraft built by the German firm of Arado starting in 1936. The next year it was selected as the winner of a design contest and became the standard aircraft of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) throughout World War II.
Source: Arado Ar 196 on Wikipedia
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https://www.fbgabudhabi.com/company/air-france-klm/ | 2020-07-09T14:11:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655900335.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709131554-20200709161554-00264.warc.gz | 0.873428 | 395 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__76103567 | en | AIR FRANCE – KLM
About Air France
Air France, a global airline of French inspiration, with high standards and a caring attitude, turns the flight into a moment of real pleasure on all its daily operations in France, Europe and worldwide.
Air France-KLM is the leading Group in terms of international traffic on departure from Europe. It offers its customers access to a network covering 314 destinations in 116 countries thanks to Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Transavia. With a fleet of 548 aircraft and 101.4 million passengers carried in 2018, Air France-KLM operates up to 2,300 daily flights, mainly from its hubs at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol.
Its Flying Blue frequent flyer programme is one of the leaders in Europe with over 15 million members.
Together with its partners Delta Air Lines and Alitalia, Air France-KLM operates the largest transatlantic joint venture with more than 275 daily flights.
The group also offers cargo transport and aeronautical maintenance solutions.
Air France-KLM is also a member of the SkyTeam alliance which has 19 member airlines, offering customers access to a global network of over 14,500 daily flights to more than 1,150 destinations in more than 175 countries.
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http://www.biplanefunflights.com/index.php/biplanes/north-american-aviation-t-6 | 2019-08-25T16:33:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330750.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825151521-20190825173521-00147.warc.gz | 0.962262 | 269 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__225933388 | en | North American Aviation T-6
was called “the pilot maker” because it trained more military pilots, world-wide, than any other aircraft. It was configured for Advanced Training and therefore was known by its AT-6 model number. Advance Training included formation flight, armament training (bombs and gunnery), and instrument flight training. Equipped with radio navigation and a 600 horsepower Pratt and Whitney 9-cylinder radial engine, this aircraft has performance characteristics of fighter aircraft. U.S. Navy pilots qualified for carrier landings using the Texan.
The AT-6 used by BiPlane FunFlights is of 1942 vintage, used first by the U.S. Navy as an SNJ for armament training prior to re-manufacture in 1951 by North American Aviation at -Long Beach California as an AT6-6G instrument trainer for the U.S. Air Force. It served the U.S. and Spanish Air Force until the 1970s when it was released from military service to a Luxembourg flight school in Europe. It was flown from Luxembourg to Columbus, Ohio in 1994 via the Scotland, Iceland, Greenland route and was registered again as a U.S. aircraft.
600 horsepower Pratt and Whitney 9-cylinder radial engine.
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https://jobs.coatue.com/companies/relativity-space/jobs/24248763-avionics-hardware-engineer-ii | 2024-04-25T11:26:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297292879.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425094819-20240425124819-00232.warc.gz | 0.902508 | 778 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__54494861 | en | Avionics Hardware Engineer II
Relativity is the first and only company to automate aerospace manufacturing by integrating intelligent robotics, software, and proprietary metal 3D printing technology. Disrupting 60 years of aerospace, Relativity offers a radically simplified supply chain, building a rocket with 100x fewer parts in less than 60 days. Our long-term goal is to upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.
The Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of all electronics and supporting hardware central to operating Relativity's rockets. The team designs, builds, tests, integrates, and operates the hardware which controls the rocket in flight, downlinks critical telemetry, keeps the public safe, and deploys our customers' payloads to orbit! Our hardware enables Relativity to reliably control our rockets while maintaining the flexibility to rapidly iterate our designs. As a member of this team, you will design innovative hardware solutions capable of surviving harsh launch and space environments. Your designs will support multiple vehicle systems such as sensors, propulsion, computing, actuation, energy management, and communications.
What you’ll do:
As an Avionics Hardware Engineer you will be responsible for developing innovative electronics designs for our rocket, Terran R. You will come up with solutions capable of surviving harsh environments with high reliability while controlling complex systems such as propulsion, fluids, mechanisms, etc. While the focus of the role is the design of new hardware, you will work with others across the department and company to see your designs through the full product lifecycle including requirements and architecture definition, schematic capture and board layout, bring-up and test, qualification, vehicle integration, and test and launch operations. Potential projects include the development of various hardware such as flight computers, engine controllers, power distribution systems, batteries, sensors, RF and telemetry systems, flight safety systems, navigation systems, camera systems, and more! This role is fast paced, highly collaborative, and requires the ability to both develop electronics solutions using cutting-edge technologies while also gaining an understanding of how rockets function as a complete system.
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• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or related field
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Nice to haves but not required:
• High-speed digital experience such as processors and memory > 1GHz clock speed
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• Ability to use Visio or related tool to architect block diagrams
Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Compensation is only one part of our entire total rewards package. To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here: https://px.sequoia.com/relativityspace | aerospace |
http://aacmicrotec.com/about-aac-microtec/ | 2019-04-22T18:16:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578577686.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422175312-20190422201312-00363.warc.gz | 0.934719 | 229 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__216632196 | en | ÅAC Microtec provides high value space solutions and systems for commercial, governmental and educational customers on the global market through its partner network and offices in Sweden, UK and the United States.
ÅAC Microtec has a rare ability to produce small, unique and purpose built satellites as well as advanced sub-systems and components. ÅAC offers complete solutions based and robust electronics enabling advanced satellites at a competitive price.
ÅAC has a strong competitive advantage in that it operates in the high-end segment of the small satellite market, and that the offered products are ITAR free. The products are flight proven and has strong heritage.
Today, ÅAC Microtec supplies a wide range of end-users with state-of-the-art microelectronics systems plus technology services and support. Customers include the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, the US Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL), JAXA, the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), and Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV), as well as leading industrial groups now using our aerospace compliant devices in innovative products and applications. | aerospace |
https://discoverystation.org/3162-2/ | 2021-05-15T10:18:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991801.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515100825-20210515130825-00267.warc.gz | 0.912217 | 368 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__38425780 | en | Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life, which will advance NASA’s quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover has a drill to collect core samples of Martian rock and soil, then store them in sealed tubes for pickup by a future mission that would ferry them back to Earth for detailed analysis. Perseverance will also test technologies to help pave the way for future human exploration of Mars.
Strapped to the rover’s belly for the journey to Mars is a technology demonstration — the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, may achieve a “Wright Brothers moment “ by testing the first powered flight on the Red Planet.
Searching for Ancient Life, Gathering Rocks and Soil
There are several ways that the mission helps pave the way for future human expeditions to Mars and demonstrates technologies that may be used in those endeavors. These include testing a method for producing oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, identifying other resources (such as subsurface water), improving landing techniques, and characterizing weather, dust, and other potential environmental conditions that could affect future astronauts living and working on Mars.
Designing A Mars Rover To Launch In 2020
The Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, is based on the Mars Science Laboratory‘s Curiosity rover configuration. It is car-sized, about 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall). But at 2,260 pounds (1,025 kilograms), it weighs less than a compact car. In some sense, the rover parts are similar to what any living creature would need to keep it “alive” and able to explore. | aerospace |
https://focusonbelgium.be/en/science/iss-space-station-has-belgian-magnetometer-oscar-qube-board | 2024-04-16T07:46:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00403.warc.gz | 0.947795 | 246 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__9227666 | en | ISS space station has Belgian magnetometer OSCAR-QUBE on board
Students from Hasselt University were elated and proud when they heard that French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet had successfully installed their diamond-based quantum magnetometer OSCAR-QUBE on the ISS space station. And even more so when the first data arrived without any technical problems a few hours later.
It was the crowning glory of a fascinating and strenuous scientific adventure to map the magnetic field around the Earth at great speed and with extreme precision. This field is made up of multiple signals coming from a variety of internal and external sources, such as the liquid core of the Earth, underground mineral deposits and solar storms. The Hasselt University team, selected by ESA as the best of the ten participating European teams to come up with their own experiments, hopes that its OSCAR-QUBE will change the way magnetometry is applied in space.
Various companies have contributed to the success of OSCAR-QUBE through sponsorship. This large-scale project will help advance scientific technology, lay the foundations of a career in that sector for the students involved, and may encourage others to think big in turn. | aerospace |
https://www.jetthrustimages.com/blog/2017/1/vipers-nest---hualien-air-base | 2018-08-15T21:10:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210304.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180815200546-20180815220546-00286.warc.gz | 0.847781 | 224 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__16760449 | en | Vipers' Nest - Hualien Air Base
January 27, 2017 • Leave a Comment
We paid a visit to the Republic of China Air Force's Hualien Airbase located on the eastern cost of Taiwan in November last year. View the images from this fabulous F-16 and RF/F-5E/F base at the link here!
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Recent PostsFIRST LOOK: Singapore F-15SG in RSAF50 livery Newest RSAF S-70B Seahawk naval helicopter on display at Singapore Airshow PICTURES: Air-to-air photography with Singapore F-15 and F-16s Thai Gripens with RBS-15 anti-ship missiles and inaugural T-50TH deliveries Taiwanese Orions declared fully operational as Trackers retire RSAF 140 'Osprey' Squadron feature on Combat Aircraft RAAF Hornets in Singapore for resurrected Exercise Churinga South Korean F-15K conducts Taraus cruise missile drill PICTURES: Indonesia and Singapore air forces' F-16s in joint formations PICTURES: Indonesian Apache breaks cover | aerospace |
http://p38gun.com/2567fcapturestory.htm | 2020-04-09T12:37:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371858664.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200409122719-20200409153219-00132.warc.gz | 0.983295 | 605 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__72570319 | en | I was a pilot in the 394th Bomb Group, 6th Bomb Squadron flying Martin B-26 Marauders. I joined the group at Cambrai, France in October 1944 and flew 33 combat missions before the war ended. Of these missions our crew was credited with 10- group lead, 7-box lead and 6-flight lead missions.
The group had moved to Venlo, Holland in order to be closer to the front lines; however, the war ended and we never flew any missions from Venlo.
Prior to going overseas, I had been a flight instructor in the Martin B-26, and at wars end had logged 1,375 hours in the B-26 and held the rank of captain.
At Venlo, we continued to fly training missions. One day, a captain from the infantry arrived on base to visit with his brother who was our squadron first sergeant. He wanted a ride in the B-26, and I was selected to be the pilot.
We took off from Venlo and flew all the way to Berlin following the Autobahn and flying about 200 feet above the ground at about 210 MPH. The captain got a birds eye view of some of Germany and thoroughly enjoyed the flight.
After we landed, he took me to a weapons carrier that had a footlocker in the back, it was loaded with German pistols, rifles, daggers and medals of all sorts. He told me to pick out a pistol, and I chose this P-38 Mauser. serial number 2567 f. He also gave me a German dagger and some medals. He told me that he had gotten the P-38 pistols from the German factory and that they were completely assembled. I doubt that what he was doing was completely legitimate, but I was surely at the right place at the right time.
I have always cherished the pistol. I have fired a few rounds through it at the firing range, and it always operated flawlessly.
I was released from active duty and in Nov. 1946 joined the 196th Fighter Squadron, California Air National Guard when the unit was activated in Nov. 1946. I realized my dream of being a fighter pilot and flew the P-51 D and H, P.47, F-80, F-84E, F-86A, L and H, F-94 A, B and C, F-102 aircraft and the C-47 and the Douglas A-26. The squadron was recalled to active for 21 months during the Korean emergency, and I was stationed in Japan and Korea but flew no combat missions. I retired from the military in Feb. 1969. At that time, I was commander of the l63rd Fighter Interceptor Group, California ANG based at Ontario International Airport, California and flying F-102 aircraft.
I retired with the rank of Colonel and am a Command Pilot with 7, 845 total hours mostly in single engine jet fighter aircraft.
Donald L. Frisbie | aerospace |
http://www.russianhelicopters.aero/en/about/partners/ | 2017-04-23T19:38:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118743.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00613-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.910852 | 1,045 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__249546532 | en | - History & Heritage
- Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- Helicopter Service Company
- Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant
- Kamov Design Bureau
- Aircraft Repair Plant No. 356
- Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
- Aircraft Repair Plant No. 419
- Kazan Helicopters
- CPL HI Procurement
- Aircraft Repair Plant No. 810
- Aircraft Repair Plant No. 12
- Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company
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Moscow machinery plant Vpered
The Moscow machinery plant Vpered (“Forward”) produces tail rotors and main rotor blades for all Mi helicopters as well as other aircraft parts and components.
Vpered successfully adopts and assimilates new technologies not only in the production process but also with regard to enterprise management and quality control. The company is in the process of transitioning to the production of new advanced aircraft parts using the very latest in manufacturing technologies. The products are intended for use in new Russian helicopter models.
AirTaxi-Service produces VIP-class interiors for Russian-made passenger helicopters with a superior level of comfort.
The company upgrades and maintains aircraft interiors, including making individual interior elements; repairing seats and mounting devices; replacing covers and decorative elements; furniture and carpet cleaning; care of decorative surfaces; furniture polishing; and pre-sale preparation.
The company also operates and maintains Mi-8/17 helicopters, and installs additional radio communications and navigation equipment for all Mi helicopters.
Transas is a developer and supplier of integrated navigation and aeronautical systems, marine and aviation training devices, as well as coastal safety systems for the shipping industry.
Transas develops and produces glass cockpit avionics suites for Russian helicopters, including the advanced Ka-62, Mi-38 and Mi-26T2.
Transas has earned a reputation as one of the leading manufacturers of high-tech products for the aviation industry, and its products are in high demand around the world.
The Center for Science and Technology Services Dinamika (CSTS Dinamika) develops and produces the full spectrum of aviation training equipment for the preparation of flight crews and aircraft maintenance staff.
Russian Helicopters and CSTS Dinamika signed an agreement in 2010 on cooperation in the marketing, development, production and delivery of training equipment for flight and technical personnel operating Russian-made helicopters.
The company is the main contractor of the Russian Ministry of Defence for providing next-generation flight simulators which make it possible to provide training in conditions which are almost identical to actual flight conditions.
CSTS Dinamika has been increasingly engaged in projects for civil aviation needs. CSTS Dinamika produces full-flight simulators for the Mi-8T, Mi-8MTV and also Mi-171 helicopters. A modern flight simulator for the Mi-171 was delivered to the training center at Russian Helicopters’ Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in 2013.
Ural Works of Civil Aviation
Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA) is one of the largest aviation maintenance and repair enterprises and is a world leader in servicing the power plants of Russian-made helicopters. UWCA has been in operation for more than 65 years and its core business is the maintenance and repair of Т V2-117А/АG and Т V3-117 aviation engines (all models), as well as VR-8, А, VR-14, and VR-24 main gearboxes. All maintenance work is carried out at the company’s own service sites. Comprehensive overhauls are provided and the work is guaranteed by maintenance certificates.
The operating capacity of Ural Works of Civil Aviation means that high-quality overhauls can be completed quickly. The company’s technical resources, qualified staff and years of experience have earned the company a reputation as an effective aircraft maintenance and repair provider. Since 2009 UWCA is a part of UIC Oboronprom.
AgustaWestland is a leading world helicopter manufacturer based in Italy. The company was established in 2000 and since 2004 has been a subsidiary of the Italian hi-tech industrial group Finmeccanica.
In 2011 Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland signed an agreement setting up the joint venture HeliVert on a parity basis. The Helivert plant was built in the town of Tomilino in the Moscow region and manufactures the medium twin-engine AW139 to meet the growing demand for helicopters of this class in the Russian and CIS markets.
At the Farnborough International Airshow in 2012 Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop an all-new 2.5 tonne class single-engine helicopter. This new aircraft will target the growing segment of light helicopters, and the joint efforts of the two major helicopter manufacturers will make it possible to offer the most effective and optimal machine. | aerospace |
https://www.trike.flights/service-page/30-minute-discovery-flight-twin-falls | 2023-10-05T03:52:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511717.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231005012006-20231005042006-00366.warc.gz | 0.897799 | 188 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__19808748 | en | 30 Minute Discovery Flight Twin Falls
- 30 min30 minutes
- Cash is preferredCash is preferred
- Buhl Municipal Airport
Flying in Idaho is amazing but being able to fly the valleys and meander through the river is an adventure all its own. See the Twin Falls and other landmarks in the area. After we take off and as we're heading to our designated locations you'll get flight training so you can take the flight controls and fly the plane, if you want.
Must cancel/reschedule at least 24 hours prior to any flight. If not 24 hours no refund or reschedule will be allowed. WAIVER must be signed prior to all flights NO EXCEPTIONS!
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https://go4liftoff.com/launch/new-shepard-ns-16 | 2021-07-26T00:20:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046151972.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210726000859-20210726030859-00526.warc.gz | 0.930323 | 219 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__130115127 | en | Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
Blue Origin will host a pre-launch mission briefing live from Launch Site One in West Texas. Blue Origin will share details about their first crewed suborbital flight, including updates on vehicle readiness, flight and safety preparedness, and astronaut training.
On July 20th, New Shepard will fly its first astronaut crew to space. Blue Origin is offering one seat on this first flight to the winning bidder of an online auction. The winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and help invent the future of life in space. | aerospace |
https://dronerush.com/best-folding-drones-10000/ | 2021-09-27T08:12:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780058373.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20210927060117-20210927090117-00199.warc.gz | 0.935309 | 1,537 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__245938878 | en | There are a number of benefits to buying a folding drone. For many of us, there is more to the flying experience of drones than just the actual flying experience. Getting a drone to and from your launch site can be difficult with larger machines, keeping things small or folding them down for portability can help.
You may think of small drones when you think folding, and we wouldn’t blame you, but many large drones fold down as well. We’ll split the list into backpack-sized and smaller drones, and then the larger machines. With that, this is our list of the best folding drones.
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I’ve been a fan of flight since a young age; while I’ve had few opportunities at the helm of manned aircraft, the hours on my fleet of drones continue to grow. I enjoy putting cameras into the sky, silky smooth aerial imagery makes me happy. My goal is to help all pilots enjoy flight legally and safely.
Best folding drones
DJI Mavic 2 Pro: Best consumer drone
The DJI Mavic 2 Pro is our top pick for folding drones, the reason is simple, it’s the best consumer-class drone on the market today. Make no mistake, it’s already a few years old, and there are now smaller and less expensive aircraft that can produce nearly the same quality of photos and video from the sky, but the Mavic 2 Pro remains at the top. In addition, the Mavic 2 series remain some of the only drones with all-direction obstacle avoidance sensors, making them some of the safest drones in the sky.
In terms of the fold, the Mavic 2 Pro acts like almost all Mavic drones, where the rear propeller arms twist underneath the fuselage, then the front arms fold backwards into the sides. The folded drone is small enough to slide into a (large) water bottle holder, making for simple enough transport.
Should I buy the DJI Mavic 2 Pro?
We are still huge fans of the DJI Mavic 2 Pro, but we can’t deny that it an older drone, destined to be overtaken as the best drone on the market within the next year or so. Those looking to capture great images from the sky will enjoy a long life with the Mavic 2 Pro. It’s reliable, resilient, capable, not to mention easy and fun to fly.
- Superb 4K camera
- Reliable and easy to fly
- Very safe
- Capable and fun to fly
- Older drone
DJI Air 2S: 5.4K video for under $1,000
The DJI Air 2S successfully picks up the mantle of the Mavic line from DJI, offering a convenient flight package with a great camera. The 5.4K camera launches video resolution to new heights, all without compromising image quality. the Air 2S is also a valuable successor to the Air line of drones, each of which did a great job of introducing new flight features that we’ll see in future DJI drones.
Should I buy the DJI Air 2S?
The DJI Air 2S is our current top recommendation for newer drone pilots. It has an excellent camera, but not as good as the higher-end machines. It’s small and easy to fly, just not as small as some more budget offerings out there. Bottom line, the Air 2S is not the best drone on the market for specific technical tasks, but it is an overall flight package that we think is fantastic. Oh, it does have the furthest flight range of hobby drones today, 7.5miles is huge!
- 5.4K camera
- Amazing flight range
- Very balanced flight package
- Safe and easy to fly
- Very portable
- No display in the remote
DJI Mini 2: Best 4K camera under $500
The DJI Mini 2 is, simply put, the best drone under $500. We know of no other drone with a viable 4K camera in this price range, not to mention reliable GPS-enabled flight features. The other main selling point for the Mini 2 is its weight, at just 249g, you do not need to register with the FAA before you fly.
Should I buy the DJI Mini 2?
We think every pilot can enjoy the DJI Mini 2, and we plan to keep one in our fleet as well. Beginners can learn to fly on this drone, and experienced pilots can just enjoy the easy-to-fly experience. In particular, the small size makes this drone extremely portable, ready to toss in a bag when you hit the trail.
- Very portable
- Best drone under $500
- Best camera under $500
- Easy to fly
- Limited safety features
- Limited flight features
DJI Mavic Air 2: Great value 4K camera
The DJI Mavic Air 2 is a reliable and capable Mavic drone. At launch, it offered one of the best cameras in the sky, and rocked class-leading flight time. The 4K 48MP camera remains a top performer, though is overtaken by the more expensive updated Air 2S. The Mavic Air 2 is an underrated drone, even on this list. It is fast and fun to fly, reliable, resilient and well supported, a solid addition to any fleet of drones, but, it’s not as accessible as the Mini 2, and not quite as good as the Air 2S.
Should I buy the DJI Mavic Air 2?
This is tough, we know you’ll be pleased with the Mavic Air 2 if you buy it, but the Air 2S is better if you want a camera drone, and the Mini 2 is far more affordable if you just want a hobby drone. Good thing the prices are accurately distributed across these three drones, so, go for it, if the price is right for you, the Mavic Air 2 is a good purchase.
- 48MP camera
- Class-leading battery life
- easy and fun to fly
- Overshadowed by newer machines
DJI Mavic 2 Zoom: Keep you distance
The DJI Mavic 2 Zoom is another powerful Mavic 2 series drone. The primary focus of this version is the zooming lens on the camera. The Mavic 2 Zoom provided perhaps the very best experience with a 1/2.3-inch camera sensor. More recent drones are moving to larger sensors which we appreciate, but were never displeased with the Zoom.
Should I buy the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom?
If you can find the Mavic 2 Zoom on sale, go for it! That said, the requirement for a zooming camera is bit of a unique use-case, not unusable, but the digital zoom on more recent camera drones is proving good enough for most users. The DJI Air 2S, in particular, produces almost as good of aerial imagery, and is a few hundred dollars less. We still own and fly our Mavic 2 Zoom, and we enjoy it, you will too, if you give it a go.
- Excellent zooming camera
- Very safe drone
- Reliable and easy to fly
- Older drone
- Hard sell over more recent drones | aerospace |
https://spare-parts-3d.com/2019/04/08/the-largest-additive-manufactured-passenger-aircraft-part/ | 2020-04-04T05:32:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370520039.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20200404042338-20200404072338-00123.warc.gz | 0.947889 | 482 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__68620297 | en | The largest additive manufactured passenger aircraft part for Qatar Airways
News from the 3D printing industry | 4 April 2019
Diehl Aviation delivered what is reportedly called the largest 3D printed for passenger aircraft part to a famous airline company. The 3D printed part is a curtain comfort header developed with Airbus company. Made with 3D printing FDM technology, it will be installed on Airbus’350 XWB jet airliner and will first be implemented by the Qatar Airways company.
It took 12 months to develop the initial concept to EASA aircraft certification and delivery. The additive manufactured curtain comfort header will have the role of separation between the different classes on-board.
The 3D printed part is made to fit to the curtain rail. Twelve 3D printed component parts are designed before being attached together to make an overall 1140 x 720 x 240 mm part. The additive manufacturing has consequently simplified the production of this curtain comfort header. Normally, all modules are made from numerous layers of laminated fiberglass which required complex tools.
The 3D printed Curtain Comfort Header, the largest 3D printed part for a passenger aircraft. Photo via Diehl Aviation.
Customization is easier with additive manufacturing than traditional manufacturing method which leads to better integration of further functions and presents huge benefit to improve passenger experience thanks to retrofit solutions for example. Also, maintenance of the aircraft is simplified thanks to short execution delays and 3D parts which are easily removable for replacement and reparation.
Diehl Aviation has chosen to design the Curtain Comfort Header for the A350 XWB aircraft exclusively with 3D printing because it appears as the most customizable and convenient solution.
Diehl Aviation is not the only company which recognizes the advantages of 3D printing solutions in the manufacturing of passenger aircrafts. For example, Airbus has already integrated over 1000 3D additive manufactured parts on the Airbus A350 XWB. Then, Finnish airline, Finnair, has also a partnership with Materialise, a 3D printing belgian provider to manufactured 3D parts in order to make cost savings and improve its clients services. Finally, Air New Zealand, has also used 3D printed metal parts in its manufacturing process for aircrafts in partnership with Zenith Tecnica.
More and more airlines companies are going to 3D printing to improve their customer experience both for customization parts but also to have shorter delays and make cost savings. | aerospace |
https://watchwired.com/blog/taking-flight-mastering-the-skies-with-aviation-watches-equipped-with-chronographs-and-slide-rules/ | 2023-12-10T00:25:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100989.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209233632-20231210023632-00145.warc.gz | 0.950323 | 3,216 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__214771491 | en | Taking Flight: Mastering the Skies with Aviation Watches Equipped with Chronographs and Slide Rules
by Thomas Jentzsch on June 23, 2023
The Importance of Aviation Watches in the Field of Aviation
Aviation watches have been an essential tool for pilots since the early days of flight. The first aviation watches were developed in the 1910s and were used primarily by military pilots during World War I. These early aviation watches were simple timepieces that allowed pilots to keep track of their flight times, ensuring that they did not run out of fuel during long flights.
Over time, aviation watches became more sophisticated and began to include features such as chronographs and slide rules. These features allowed pilots to perform complex calculations during flight, such as measuring elapsed time and calculating speed.
Today, aviation watches are considered one of the most important tools a pilot can have. They not only allow pilots to keep track of time but also provide them with a range of useful features that can help them navigate the skies safely.
An Explanation of Chronographs and Slide Rules
Chronographs and slide rules are two key features that are commonly found in aviation watches. A chronograph is essentially a stopwatch that is built into the watch itself. It allows pilots to measure elapsed time accurately, which is important when performing maneuvers such as timed turns or tracking fuel consumption.
A slide rule, on the other hand, is a feature that allows pilots to perform complex calculations quickly and easily. It consists of two scales that are used together to perform various mathematical functions.
In an aviation watch, these features work together seamlessly to provide pilots with all the information they need while flying. This makes them invaluable tools for anyone who takes flight seriously and wants to ensure their safety while in the air.
The Significance of Chronographs and Slide Rules in Aviation Watches
The significance of chronographs and slide rules cannot be overstated when it comes to aviation watches. These two features allow pilots to perform complex calculations quickly and easily, which can make all the difference when flying.
For example, if a pilot needs to calculate their ground speed or distance traveled, they can simply use the slide rule feature on their aviation watch. This saves valuable time and ensures that calculations are accurate, which is essential when navigating through the skies.
Similarly, if a pilot needs to perform timed maneuvers or track fuel consumption during a flight, they can use the chronograph feature on their aviation watch. This allows them to keep track of time accurately and ensures that they do not run out of fuel during long flights.
Overall, these features make aviation watches an essential tool for anyone who takes flight seriously. They provide pilots with all the information they need in one convenient package, making it easier than ever to navigate through the skies safely and efficiently.
The Basics of Aviation Watches
Overview of the Different Types of Aviation Watches Available on the Market
Aviation watches are a must-have accessory for pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike. They come in various types, each with its own unique features and functionalities.
The first type is the classic pilot watch, which is designed with legibility in mind. It features large numerals, luminous hands, and a clear dial that allows pilots to read time quickly and effortlessly.
Another popular type is the digital aviation watch. These watches have electronic displays that show time in either digital or analog format.
They often come with additional features such as alarms, timers, and even GPS navigation. The third type is the pilot chronograph watch which comes equipped with a stopwatch function used by pilots to calculate flight times or speed.
It’s also known as a “pilot’s watch” because it was originally designed for military pilots in World War II. The fourth common type of aviation watches are slide rule watches designed to help the pilot perform complex mathematical calculations during flight without having to rely on electronic devices.
Features to Look for When Choosing an Aviation Watch
When choosing an aviation watch, there are several crucial features you should consider before making your purchase: 1) Legibility: The most important feature in any aviation watch is legibility since it will be necessary to read time quickly during flights. Ensure that the numerals and hands are big enough & have high contrast against their background.
2) Durability: A good pilot’s watch should be able to withstand extreme temperatures due to altitude changes & rough handling 3) Water Resistance: Since pilots have more exposure than other people it’s always advised they select water-resistant watches so they can wear them while out flying
4) Functions: Choose a watch that has functions specific enough for your needs e.g., if you’re looking for a countdown timer, look at the watches that have that feature. Choosing an aviation watch isn’t a decision to be taken lightly.
Look for an aviation watch with features that are necessary for your needs and in line with your preferences. A good quality aviation watch is a must-have accessory not only for pilots but also for any individual interested in aviation history and innovation.
Chronographs: The Ultimate Tool for Pilots
The Chronograph: A Pilot’s Best Friend
Aviation watches with chronographs are essential tools for pilots. These timepieces have been designed to assist pilots in measuring elapsed time, calculating speed, and performing other calculations during flight. With a chronograph watch on their wrist, pilots have access to one of the most powerful tools that can help them navigate the sky safely.
How Chronographs Work
A chronograph is a watch that has an additional stopwatch mechanism built into it. This mechanism allows the wearer to measure elapsed time with precision.
When the user starts the chronograph function, a series of gears engage which turns the second hand into an independent stopwatch. It can be started and stopped at will while still keeping track of time normally using the main watch face.
The subdials on a chronograph watch represent various functions such as seconds, minutes and hours elapsed since starting or resetting of the stopwatch function. The position and configuration of these subdials differ from model to model and are often accompanied by different markings and scales on their bezels.
The Importance of Chronographs in Flight Navigation
Pilots use chronographs in combination with other instruments like altimeters or airspeed indicators to calculate fuel consumption rates, airspeeds, and distance traveled over specific periods. Using these calculations along with data such as wind speed/direction enables pilots to plan routes accurately across large distances. Chronographs also come in handy when calculating critical timing events such as takeoff acceleration rates or landing roll distances where safety margins must be very precisely calculated.
Additionally, if an aircraft experiences an emergency or malfunction while flying over remote terrain without navigational aids like GPS systems; timekeeping becomes essential when evaluating fuel reserves or mapping out potential diversionary airports based on elapsed times since departure. For any pilot, a watch with a chronograph function is an essential tool.
It is one of the most important devices that they can have in their arsenal, ensuring accurate timing and calculations essential for flight navigation. The accuracy of a chronograph can be the difference between life and death in certain situations, making it a must-have device for any serious aviator.
Slide Rules: A Niche Tool for Aviation Enthusiasts
Explanation of slide rules and their use in performing complex calculations during flight
Let’s be honest, most pilots these days rely on electronic devices to perform complex calculations during flight. But there was a time when slide rules were the go-to tool for aviation enthusiasts.
Slide rules are essentially a mechanical analog computer that allows you to perform multiplication, division, square roots, and other mathematical operations. In the world of aviation, slide rules were used to calculate fuel consumption rates, ground speed, altitude changes, and even wind correction angles.
These calculations could be done quickly and accurately with a good quality slide rule. In fact, many aviation enthusiasts still prefer using slide rules as backup tools in case their electronic devices fail.
There’s no denying that slide rules have lost popularity over time due to advancements in technology. But for those who appreciate the art of traditional navigation techniques or enjoy the nostalgia of using mechanical tools, a good quality slide rule is still worth investing in.
How slide rules have evolved over time to become more user-friendly
While some may argue that traditional methods are better than modern technology, it cannot be denied that advancements have made life easier for pilots when it comes to calculating various parameters during flight. This is especially true when it comes to the evolution of slide rules.
Gone are the days of bulky and complex mechanical calculators that required specialized training just to operate them. Modern-day calculators often feature ergonomic designs with easy-to-use buttons and screens displaying all relevant information at a glance.
But perhaps one of the biggest advances has been towards digital versions of the classic slide rule design. These new devices come with advanced software programming capabilities such as storing formulas or equations for future reference or creating custom units conversions based on personal preference.
While some may argue that digital devices take away from the nostalgic charm of using a traditional slide rule, it cannot be denied that they are much more practical for modern-day aviation. Slide rules may not be as popular as they once were, but they still hold an important place in the world of aviation.
Whether you prefer the classic mechanical design or opt for a modern digital version, owning and knowing how to use a quality slide rule can never hurt. It may even save your life one day if technology fails during flight.
Top Aviation Watches with Chronographs and Slide Rules
The Best of the Best: Breitling Navitimer 01
When it comes to aviation watches, the Breitling Navitimer 01 is the cream of the crop. This legendary timepiece has been a favorite among pilots for over 65 years. With its slide rule and chronograph, it’s a true tool watch that can handle anything a pilot throws at it.
The Navitimer 01 features a high-quality Swiss-made automatic movement, making it incredibly reliable. It also boasts an impressive power reserve of 70 hours.
The watch face is easy to read thanks to its large numerals and contrasting sub-dials. Of course, all this quality comes at a price.
The Breitling Navitimer 01 is one of the most expensive aviation watches on the market, with a price range starting at $8,000. But for serious pilots who demand nothing but the best, this watch is worth every penny.
The Affordable Option: Citizen Eco-Drive Navihawk A-T
If you’re looking for an aviation watch that won’t break the bank, the Citizen Eco-Drive Navihawk A-T is an excellent choice. At around $500, it’s much more affordable than some of its high-end counterparts but still offers plenty of features.
The Navihawk A-T boasts atomic timekeeping technology that ensures accurate time no matter where you are in the world. Its chronograph can measure elapsed time up to 24 hours and even includes a countdown timer function.
And like all Citizen Eco-Drive watches, it never needs a battery thanks to its solar-powered design. However, there are some downsides to this watch as well.
Some users have reported issues with water resistance and durability over time. And while it may be more affordable than other aviation watches, it still may be out of reach for some pilots on a budget.
The Underdog: Seiko Flightmaster SNA411
While Breitling and Citizen are well-known brands in the world of aviation watches, Seiko is often overlooked. But the Seiko Flightmaster SNA411 is a hidden gem that shouldn’t be ignored. This watch features a slide rule and chronograph, but also includes additional functions like an alarm, dual time display, and date display.
It’s also highly durable, with a scratch-resistant Hardlex crystal and stainless steel case. The best part?
The Seiko Flightmaster SNA411 is much more affordable than other high-end aviation watches with prices starting around $350. Of course, this lower price point comes with some sacrifices like less accurate timekeeping and less impressive materials used in the construction of the watch.
The Luxury Option: IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Edition
For pilots who demand nothing but luxury in their aviation watches, there’s the IWC Big Pilot‘s Watch Top Gun Edition. This watch is inspired by military aircraft design and boasts a sleek black ceramic case that’s highly scratch-resistant.
But it’s not just about appearances. The Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Edition features an automatic chronograph movement that can measure elapsed time up to 12 hours.
Its large Arabic numerals make it easy to read while in flight as well. However, all this luxury doesn’t come cheap.
The IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Edition has a price range starting at $13,000 – definitely not for those on a budget. And some users have reported issues with durability over long periods of wear.
Overall, each of these aviation watches has its pros and cons depending on what you’re looking for as a pilot. From high-end luxury to affordable functionality options are available at every price point so pilots can choose the watch that best fits their needs and style.
Rarely Known Small Details About Aviation Watches
Aviation Watches: The Heat Resistant Warriors
Did you know that some aviation watches are built with materials that can withstand extreme temperatures? This is because those watches were initially designed to withstand high altitudes and temperature variations.
For example, the Breitling Emergency II watch has a thermo-compensated quartz movement that works in temperatures ranging from -20°C to +55°C (-4°F to +131°F). This means you don’t have to worry about your watch malfunctioning during extreme weather conditions while flying.
From Space Missions to Elevating Aviation
It’s not just pilots who benefit from aviation watches; astronauts use them too! During the Apollo missions, NASA issued Omega Speedmaster Professional watches to the astronauts for use during spacewalks and lunar landings. These watches were highly relied upon as they helped keep track of time, which is incredibly important when in space where sunlight doesn’t delineate night and day.
Today, companies like Garmin continue this tradition by creating smartwatches for pilots that provide them with functions such as GPS location tracking and weather alerts. They help elevate the safety level of aviation by providing real-time data to pilots so they can make informed decisions while flying.
Aviation watches have come a long way since their inception. Today’s market is saturated with an array of options each catering towards different needs of pilots and enthusiasts alike.
From chronographs for measuring elapsed time and calculating speed during flights, slide rules for performing complex calculations during flight planning or lesser-known details like heat-resistant materials or missions into space – there’s something for everyone! These small details may seem insignificant at first glance but they play a significant role in elevating safety standards in aviation operations.
With technology advancing at an unprecedented rate we can only expect to see more innovative features being added to aviation watches in the years to come. Therefore, we can rest assured that as long as pilots and enthusiasts alike continue to rely on aviation watches there will always be a drive towards enhancing their functionalities and pushing their limits beyond what we currently think is possible. | aerospace |
https://www.liquisearch.com/satellite/orbit_types | 2021-09-25T06:56:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057598.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20210925052020-20210925082020-00477.warc.gz | 0.932506 | 322 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__142350590 | en | The first satellite, Sputnik 1, was put into orbit around Earth and was therefore in geocentric orbit. By far this is the most common type of orbit with approximately 2456 artificial satellites orbiting the Earth. Geocentric orbits may be further classified by their altitude, inclination and eccentricity.
The commonly used altitude classifications are Low Earth orbit (LEO), Medium Earth orbit (MEO) and High Earth orbit (HEO). Low Earth orbit is any orbit below 2000 km, and Medium Earth orbit is any orbit higher than that but still below the altitude for geosynchronous orbit at 35786 km. High Earth orbit is any orbit higher than the altitude for geosynchronous orbit.
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https://greenbuildingelements.com/private-voyager-space-station-for-tourists-under-design/ | 2023-04-01T17:01:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950110.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401160259-20230401190259-00374.warc.gz | 0.9359 | 669 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__2051045 | en | Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC) has newly released information on their Voyager Station project. It will be launched as the first commercially available of its kind, performing on artificial gravity and a hosting capacity of up to 400 people. OAC mentions this as a largely historic event, enabling humans to live outside of the Earth for longer periods of time in a way that is both sustainable and closely related to the functionality of life on the ground. With near lunar gravity, OAC member Tim Alatorre states ‘’the function of normal toilets and showers,’’ enabling us to ‘’walk, run, jump in normal and yet unnatural ways.’’
A team of highly appointed NASA veterans, pilots, architects and engineers is diligently working on the creation of a resourceful ‘’space hotel,’’ containing theme restaurants, music venues, theatres, viewing lounges, bars/restaurants, libraries, health clubs and spas. With 24 habitation modules, each 65 feet long and 40 feet wide (20x12m), the Voyager Station will also serve as a researching facility for international space agencies and private aerospace firms who are looking to discover more about artificial gravity and its relation to living and non-living environments.
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‘’This OAC’s first prototype is designed to create the structural backbone of future projects in space. This system has been engineered in house […] and consists of three loading magazines that house prefabricated trust sections and is transferred into an assembly area in order to make a fully assembled trust automatically.
This machine is currently undergoing commissioning and shipping before final demonstration in our facility in California. From there, we will record valuable data, lessons, land and innovation ideas before building a full-size version that will be loaded into a large vehicle fairing and launched into orbit,’’ Tim explains.
Weighing roughly eight tons in mass, the ring consists of steel, electric and mechanical components. By engineering the structure to be in constant spinning motion, the goal is to be able to produce stable levels of artificial gravity with a minimum of vibration or other unsought repercussions. This will demonstrate both orbit stabilisation and orbit maintenance.
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2008/05/21/boeing-set-to-lay-off-750/ | 2020-05-31T23:28:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347413786.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20200531213917-20200601003917-00208.warc.gz | 0.945342 | 908 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__44584818 | en | Boeing Co. plans to lay off about 750 employees, mostly in El Segundo and Seal Beach, amid a downturn in the company’s satellite manufacturing business and the recent loss of a major contract to a rival.
The aerospace giant will officially announce the layoffs today, when employees will begin to receive termination notices.
Employees at the two facilities were told Tuesday of the plans.
About 100 employees will receive the 60-day layoff notices this week, with another 650 to be notified at the end of June, Boeing said.
Boeing did not say how the jobs losses will be distributed between the two sites.
The job cuts will be “primarily in the area of engineering,” the company will announce in a statement today.
The restructuring will leave Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, Boeing’s satellite division with about 6,450 employees, compared with its present count of 7,200.
About 5,500 people currently work in El Segundo.
Even as Boeing’s satellite division has made “substantial progress” in lowering costs and operating more efficiently, the delay in the government’s awarding of several large contracts is forcing the layoffs, according to Boeing’s statement.
“The stretching out of government contract awards, along with a continuing lighter demand in the commercial marketplace for large, high-power satellites, has created a surplus in the work force that must be addressed now so that we are competitive,” Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of the Seal Beach-based satellite division, said in a statement.
Major satellite competitions involving Boeing, such as TSAT for the Air Force and GOES-R for NASA, have been delayed with no winner announced.
Boeing’s layoffs come nearly a week after it lost to rival Lockheed Martin Corp. for a major Air Force satellite contract.
The Global Positioning System IIIA contract – known as a follow-on contract because it builds on previous contracts – could be worth more than $3.5 billion.
“Of course, last week’s lost of the follow-on GPS series further complicates this,” Boeing spokesman Joe Tedino said of the general market conditions.
Boeing’s last big satellite contract came in December with NASA’s TDRS program that could be worth up to $1.2 billion.
The current layoffs are reminiscent of a larger series of job cuts that followed Boeing’s purchase in 2000 of the El Segundo Satellite Development Center from Hughes Electronics Corp.
That downsizing shaved about 3,000 jobs from the El Segundo operation amid a downturn in the commercial satellite market and the usual issues of integrating the two different companies.
In a statement Tuesday, Rep. Jane Harman, D-El Segundo, said: “I’m disappointed Boeing didn’t win the contract to build the Air Force’s next generation of GPS satellites.
“I’m concerned about workforce integration problems in Boeing’s space business, and I appreciate that Boeing management has consulted me on its efforts to address these challenges. My goal is to help the company compete successfully for future programs and to keep the South Bay’s aerospace industrial base healthy.”
Boeing’s layoff plans were not unanticipated, aerospace analyst Paul Nisbet said.
“That doesn’t surprise me given the loss of the GPS satellite (contract),” said Nisbet, of JSA Research Inc. in Newport, RI. “That was a big program. I sort of expected that there would be some shake out.”
Boeing said it will try to relocate laid off employees to other parts of the company’s vast operations in California and out of state. The aerospace firm also will offer affected employees career counseling and outplacement services including resume writing and interviewing skills development.
“The loss of any Boeing employee is truly a loss, so we will do as much as possible to help our employees locate other opportunities within Boeing,” Cooning said in the statement.
Employees who will receive layoff notices this week have until July to find new work at Boeing or else lose their jobs. Those affected in the second round will lose their jobs by August, although the company will try to find them other opportunities. | aerospace |
https://www.klkntv.com/i/nasa-captures-rare-prelude-to-a-supernova/ | 2023-03-31T16:13:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949644.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331144941-20230331174941-00452.warc.gz | 0.908528 | 282 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__260412003 | en | NASA captures rare prelude to a supernova
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said their James Webb Space Telescope captured images of a rare star last summer.
The administration said the WR-124, Wolf-Rayet star is among the brightest and most massive stars known to exist. This one lies 15,000 lightyears away in the constellation of Sagittarius.
According to NASA, massive stars tend to have a quicker life-cycle and only some of them go through a brief Wolf-Rayet period before a supernova.
The photo captured by the space camera shows radiant cosmic dust being cast off from the star as it nears closer to its death.
This cosmic dust will eventually come together with other atmospheric molecules to form new stars and planets, NASA said.
“Webb’s detailed image of WR-124 preserves forever a brief, turbulent time of transformation, and promises future discoveries that will reveal the long-shrouded mysteries of cosmic dust,” NASA officials said in a release.
Before this, NASA said dust-loving astronomers did not have enough detailed information to truly explore the possibilities of how much this dust impacts the creation of new planets and stars.
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Astronomers have found a unique object that appears to be made of inner Solar System material from the time of Earth's formation, which has been preserved in the Oort Cloud for billions of years. Originally identified by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS1 telescope, C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) is a weakly active comet a little over twice as far from the Sun as the Earth. Its current long orbital period (around 860 years) suggests that its source is in the Oort Cloud, and it was nudged comparatively recently into an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun.
A powerful combination of observations and computer simulations is giving new clues to how the moon got its mysterious "tattoos" -- swirling patterns of light and dark found at over a hundred locations across the lunar surface. "These patterns, called 'lunar swirls,' appear almost painted on the surface of the moon," said John Keller of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "They are unique; we've only seen these features on the moon, and their origin has remained a mystery since their discovery." Keller is project scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, which made the observations. | aerospace |
https://trackingperseverance.com/2021/02/15/7-minutes/ | 2021-06-15T00:02:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487614006.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20210614232115-20210615022115-00324.warc.gz | 0.91926 | 221 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__61275376 | en | Nasa Perseverance Rover is now less than 4 days from Mars and it is about to hurdle its greatest challenge yet. After almost 7 months of space travel and at 300 million miles from Earth, it comes down to 7 minutes of intense test with the hostile Martian atmosphere.
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http://www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/air-india-denies-reports-of-punch-up-in-cockpit/ | 2017-03-26T11:21:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189214.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00307-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.981671 | 490 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__218490801 | en | Air India has strongly denied reports that a punch-up occurred in the cockpit of one of its aircraft, saying that any dispute between pilots was merely verbal.
It’s the second time a report of cockpit fisticuffs has surfaced this year. This time, the carrier admitted there were “some tense scenes” that resulted in the two pilots concerned being grounded, Indian reports stated.
The airline “derostered” the pilot and the co-pilot concerned after the co-pilot allegedly assaulted the captain as they were preparing for takeoff from the Indian tourist city of Jaipur to New Delhi on Sunday night, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.
The Times of India said the co-pilot was annoyed at his superior’s request to write down critical information for the flight, such as the number of passengers aboard.
“The co-pilot took offence at this and reportedly beat up the captain,” the newspaper said, quoting unnamed sources.
The airline denies any violence took place.
“There were only heated exchanges between the commander and co-pilot over some issue. We have already derostered the two pilots pending an enquiry,” an Air India spokesman told the Press Trust of India.
In January, reports stated Air India had launched an investigation after the captain of one of its B787 Dreamliners allegedly punched an engineer before locking himself in the cockpit.
On that occasion, the Times of India reported that a Chennai/Delhi flight was delayed by more than two hours after the pilot and an aircraft engineer “had a difference of opinion which ended up in a fight inside the cockpit”. The engineer was taken to hospital. See: Pilot grounded after punch-up in cockpit delays flight
Reports of fighting in the cockpit could prove the biggest embarrassment for Air India since last August, when one of the carrier’s A321 aircraft was grounded after several dozen rats were seen scurrying around the cabin. That flight originated in Kolkata (Calcutta). On landing in New Delhi, passengers departed in a hurry, the aircraft was taken out of service and exterminators were called in.
“The most common way for rats to get on board an aircraft is through catering vans,” the Times of India noted, an observation which may disturb potential customers.
Written by : Peter Needham | aerospace |
https://billsofficialonline.com/2021/09/09/ryanairs-ryanair-is-a-big-time-brand-with-a-big-future/ | 2022-07-05T21:29:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104628307.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220705205356-20220705235356-00333.warc.gz | 0.944931 | 689 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__208717113 | en | A few months ago, Ryanair bought a small, American-owned aircraft carrier from China and built it into a giant jetliner, which is now being used to ferry passengers around the world.
Now, the airline is building an aircraft that’s as big as a 747.
The airplane, a Ryanair-built Boeing 737 MAX, will be used to haul passengers around world’s largest airports in an attempt to keep costs down.
Ryanair plans to use the MAX to carry up to 2,000 passengers per day in its future fleet of Airbus A320neo jets, which will cost $8 billion each.
Ryanairs plane will also be used as a freight carrier to transport cargo to and from major US cities.
Ryanair, which has long used the 737 MAX as a cargo aircraft, will also sell it to international airlines, with the company paying for its aircraft.
It will then take them to destinations in Latin America and Asia, where Ryanair will make the trip on its own.
But Ryanair has another new aircraft to sell: the Ryanair Atlas, which, when fully assembled, will cost about $7.4 billion.
That’s a little over half of what the 737 Max will cost when it is fully assembled.
In the long run, that should make the Atlas a great bargain.
“We’ve never built anything this big before,” Ryanair chief executive, Paul McNamara, told the Wall Street Journal in March.
“And with the MAX, we’ve built something even bigger than a 747.”
The company is building the MAX with a combination of state-of-the-art aerospace manufacturing, high-tech design and an investment of more than $6 billion.
The MAX, which should be ready in 2019, will make it the largest airliner in the world when it’s fully assembled and will be the world’s most efficient passenger jetliner.
The MAX is a jet that Ryanair says is the world ‘s most efficient’ jetlinerSource: RyanairSource: The Wall Street PostWhile the MAX has been built by the same team of aerospace engineers that designed Boeing 767 and 767 Max, the MAX is much more complex than the latter two jets.
The company claims the MAX will be able to operate at altitudes as high as 2,400 feet (610 meters) without the use of any sort of engine or propeller.
The plane will carry a cargo capacity of more then 100,000 lbs (62,000 kg), including fuel and fuel tanks.
The airline says the MAX can fly from a destination in Asia to a destination on the US mainland within one hour and can fly to any point on Earth in under three hours.
The jet also has a maximum speed of Mach 1.9, which means it can fly at speeds of Mach 5.6 (10,000 mph) or faster.
In addition to the MAX jet, Ryanairs plans to sell a new 747 MAX, dubbed the Ryan AirMax.
It has a more spacious cabin and will have a longer takeoff and landing range than the MAX.
The Ryanair jet will also carry up a cargo load of up to 100,001 lbs (67,000kg), more than twice the MAX’s capacity. | aerospace |
https://gmcdavid.org/2012/09/07/curiosity-the-mars-science-laboratory/ | 2023-03-25T05:13:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945315.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325033306-20230325063306-00675.warc.gz | 0.930687 | 641 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__229999892 | en | Notes from a panel at Chicon 7. Saturday, September 1, 2012, with weblinks and occasional
Curiosity: The Mars Science Laboratory
The Mars Science Laboratory has the ambitious mission to study the climate, geology, and potential for life of Mars. Weeks after landing, what have we learned? What do we expect to find out in the coming months?
Bill Higgins [beamjockey], Brother Guy Consolmagno [brotherguy]
Lure of Mars. Schiaparelli
Orbiters. Currently the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Express. In addition to their normal missions, the orbiters relay Curiousity’s data back to Earth. They have much more powerful radios. We have infrastructure on [or last least above] Mars!
On surface of Mars: Follow the water to look for life (present or past). Looking at current and past evnvironments.
Mars is a dynamic system. Need to understand its geology and climate to search for life.
No plate tectonics. Likely there was surface water in the past.
There have been recent (since we have been observing closely) changes on the surface of Mars — streaks.
Generally the Martian atmosphere is in chemical equilibrium with the surface, unlike that of Earth (O2 is very reactive). Possible exception: Methane. Equilibrium means no life now. Perhaps sometime in the past.
Looking for signatures of past microbial life.
Curiosity is the latest in NASA’s family of surface rovers. Unlike its predecessors, it does not use solar power. Experience has shown that solar panels get degraded by Martian dust. Instead it uses a Plutonium Thermoelectric Generator.
Landing process: “Seven minutes of terror”— Landing was completely autonomous. Because of the light speed delay there was no possibility of intervention from Earth. The complicated landing system was required by the weight of the rover. Curiosity’s landing was much more accurate than its predecessors.
- Chemcam. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
- Robot field geologist. Mobile laboatory.
- MSL science payload
- Mission of one Mars year. ‘Daily’ routine of controllers is on Mars time
- Instruments from several countries
- Everything on Mars is dusty, so Curiosity has a wire brush to clean samples. Some nearby rocks had dust
cleared by the landing rockets
- Curiousity carries spare drill bits.
- Curiosity has a funnel for loading
material for analysis. Also a test funnel to make sure stuff does not get stuck.
- There are three distinct geological regions around the landing site.
- Curiosity can drive up to 100 meters per Sol (Martian day).
- There are IAU rules for naming craters and other features on Mars, so “Mt. Sharp” and “Bradbury” are not official names, at least for now.
- Colors in pictures of objects on Mars are influenced by the Martian atmosphere. They would look different here | aerospace |
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