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https://profimodel.cz/en/rozpeti-70-80cm/15828-a36a-apache-762mm-laser-vyrezavany-0660141003379.html | 2024-04-23T20:07:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818740.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423192952-20240423222952-00099.warc.gz | 0.936789 | 578 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__150898820 | en | North American Mustang I developed for a record 117 days based on order for the Royal Air Force was very promising machine whose only "flaw" was a rapid decline in the performance of its engine Allison V-1710 with increasing altitude. North American Mustang was obviously trying to "push" and into the arms of the US Air Force - and at first she did battle with versions equipped lattice brakes to swoop for which it assumed operations at low altitudes. A-36A weapons were deployed as the first British Mustangs - two synchronized machine guns Browning 12.7 mm in the hull and another four in the wing. On pylons under the wing it was possible to install two 225 kg bombs. Apache successfully fought in North Africa and the Mediterranean, have proven even against the Japanese in Burma.
Designers of American companies DUMAS Aircraft is the ideal machine for modelers who already has at least basic experience in building small models powered by rubber (as the first model to obtain basic experience with classical building is recommended to first build eg. One of the cabin wing aircraft from Guillow's or HERR ). You will improve in the building "žbrdličkové" skeleton fuselage and wings, paper coating and painting, preparation and curing the rubber volume zalétávání - just all those wonderful skills genuine classic modelařiny. Given the size and complexity of the master model is already quite a lot of construction, but due to high preprocessed laser-carved parts it goes like clockwork.
Designers semiscales free-flying American fighter plane designed to drive by rubber. The model is a classic balsa structure in Rozsyp with laser carved wooden parts and plastic parts drawn by injection molding. The hull is constructed normal minimaketářskou technology - the first of balsa wood strips assembling the sides, which connect polopřepážkami and bars in the lattice frame. The final round shapes get after sticking a large number of thin stringers. The wing is a classic design from the spars and ribs, tail out of balsa wood strips and laser-carved parts.
Apache is also suitable for conversion to RC model - is already large enough to support the now fairly common for miniature RC equipment with 4-5 g servos.
Kit includes: laser carved balsa parts, balsa wood beams, plastic propeller shaft and head, rubber volume (FAI competition rubber TAN II), bicycles, steel strings on chassis and other small parts, colored lining paper sheet of stickers, construction plan. | aerospace |
http://usaveone.blogspot.com/2014/04/photo-enugu-seizes-aero-helicopter-for.html | 2019-10-19T17:30:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986697439.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019164943-20191019192443-00316.warc.gz | 0.960819 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__222892174 | en | The government of Enugu State yesterday seized a helicopter belonging to the Aero Contractors for allegedly landing at the Governor’s Lodge without approval.
A source told reporters that the helicopter caused panic at the Government House as workers were said to have...
scampered for safety on sighting the helicopter.
The source added that security operatives attached to the Government House cordoned off the area when the flight landed and arrested the operators.
Chief press secretary to Governor Sullivan Chime, Chukwudi Achife, who confirmed the development in a statement, explained that it took place at about 10.30am when workers were already in their offices.
“At about 10:30am today (yesterday), a helicopter bearing the markings of Aero Contractors landed without permission at the Governor’s Lodge. The mission of the visitors was unknown to the government. After preliminary inquiries, the chief security officer to the governor, Mr Fidelis Ogarebe, handed the three occupants of the aircraft -two pilots and one engineer – over to the State Police Command for further investigations”, he stated.
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https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/columns/2011/04/12/allegiant-s-fleet-is-oldest/42694859007/ | 2022-11-27T03:16:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710155.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127005113-20221127035113-00294.warc.gz | 0.952295 | 502 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__283075992 | en | Allegiant's fleet is oldest among U.S. airlines
But Allegiant Air, which has the oldest average fleet among U.S. airlines at 21.5 years, says the type of plane and the number of times it is pressurized and depressurized — referred to in the industry as cycles — are a better measure of a plane’s safety than age.
Allegiant has a fleet of 51 MD-80s. It buys them used from other airlines, part of low-cost airline’s business model. The 150-passenger jets are certified for 60,000 cycles. The company says its fleet averages 33,000 cycles and a typical jet adds 1,000 cycles annually.
“Generally speaking, our aircraft fly fewer cycles than other airlines,” said Jordan McGee, spokeswoman for Las Vegas-based Allegiant, that last year generated about 85 percent of passenger traffic at Chicago Rockford International Airport.
“And it’s important to note that in Southwest’s case, they’re flying different aircraft than we are ... and it was limited to certain years of manufacturing.”
While there are 6,000 Boeing 737s operating worldwide, last week the Federal Aviation Administration ordered inspections only on 737-300s built between 1993 and 2000. They’re checking lap joints, spots where the planes aluminum skin overlaps and is fastened by rivets.
On the Arizona Southwest flight a one- by five-foot hole was ripped in the roof at the lap joint.
Charles Billman, chairman of the Aviation Technology program at Rock Valley College, said pressurization cycles stress an aircraft’s aluminum skin.
He said when a plane is pressurized during takeoff, it causes minute expansion of the skin. As it descends and is depressurized, skin contracts. Over time, repeated expansion-contraction cycles can affect the structure of the metal, he said.
MD-80s are generally regarded as safe by an industry that Billman says considers flying safer than walking across a street.
So does the age of a plane matter? Billman says maybe.
“It’s similar to driving your car,” he said. “Age does matter, but it’s also how well you maintain your car. If you maintain it you’ll get a lot more mileage out of it.” | aerospace |
https://theelectricpulse.com/canadian-astronomers-determine-earths-fingerprint-in-hopes-of-finding-habitable-planets-beyond-the-solar-system/ | 2020-06-06T06:30:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348511950.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200606062649-20200606092649-00461.warc.gz | 0.924562 | 604 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__17127372 | en | Two McGill University astronomers have assembled a “fingerprint” for Earth, which could be used to identify a planet beyond our Solar System capable of supporting life.
McGill Physics student Evelyn Macdonald and her supervisor Prof. Nicolas Cowan used over a decade of observations of Earth’s atmosphere taken by the SCISAT satellite to construct a transit spectrum of Earth, a sort of fingerprint for Earth’s atmosphere in infrared light, which shows the presence of key molecules in the search for habitable worlds. This includes the simultaneous presence of ozone and methane, which scientists expect to see only when there is an organic source of these compounds on the planet. Such a detection is called a “biosignature”.
“A handful of researchers have tried to simulate Earth’s transit spectrum, but this is the first empirical infrared transit spectrum of Earth,” says Prof. Cowan. “This is what alien astronomers would see if they observed a transit of Earth.”
The findings, published Aug. 28 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, could help scientists determine what kind of signal to look for in their quest to find Earth-like exoplanets (planets orbiting a star other than our Sun). Developed by the Canadian Space Agency, SCISAT was created to help scientists understand the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer by studying particles in the atmosphere as sunlight passes through it. In general, astronomers can tell what molecules are found in a planet’s atmosphere by looking at how starlight changes as it shines through the atmosphere. Instruments must wait for a planet to pass – or transit – over the star to make this observation. With sensitive enough telescopes, astronomers could potentially identify molecules such as carbon dioxide, oxygen or water vapour that might indicate if a planet is habitable or even inhabited.
Cowan was explaining transit spectroscopy of exoplanets at a group lunch meeting at the McGill Space Institute (MSI) when Prof. Yi Huang, an atmospheric scientist and fellow member of the MSI, noted that the technique was similar to solar occultation studies of Earth’s atmosphere, as done by SCISAT.
Since the first discovery of an exoplanet in the 1990s, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 4,000 exoplanets. The holy grail in this relatively new field of astronomy is to find planets that could potentially host life – an Earth 2.0.
A very promising system that might hold such planets, called TRAPPIST-1, will be a target for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch in 2021. Macdonald and Cowan built a simulated signal of what an Earth-like planet’s atmosphere would look like through the eyes of this future telescope which is a collaboration between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.
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http://theflatearthchannel.com/category/space/ | 2019-08-20T12:26:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315329.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820113425-20190820135425-00112.warc.gz | 0.928452 | 166 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__12536820 | en | Thanks for watching. Google Project Loon is a new high atmospheric weather balloon that will be used to bring the internet to all co...
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Were you taught that the sun is 93,000,000 miles away? Were you taught this was a fact? Well, this video explains Scaling Invariance... | aerospace |
https://bagonglipunan.com/philippine-state-college-of-aeronautics-philsca/ | 2024-04-23T23:07:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818835.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423223805-20240424013805-00808.warc.gz | 0.950261 | 981 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__28492497 | en | Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA) – Tatak Marcos
Ang paaralang Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA) ay itinatag noong June 1969 sa ilalim ng gobyerno ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos (FEM). Dahil Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Regulation G. 168-342, naitayo ang Basa Air Base Community College na ang pangalan ngayon ay Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA). Ang PhilSCA ay tinaguriang pinakaunang “State College of Aeronautics” ng bansa.
Basa Air Base Community College (June 1969 to January 26, 1977)
Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics (January 26, 1977 to June 3, 1992)
Philippine State College of Aeronautics (June 3, 1992 – Present)
PhilSCA – VAB: Piccio Garden, Villamor, Pasay City (1969)
PhilSCA – BAB: Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga (1969)
PhilSCA – FAB: Fernando Air Base, Lipa City, Batangas (1977)
PhilSCA – MBEAB: Mactan Air Base, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu (1979)
Initially the college came into existence as a result of an extreme necessity to solve a military problem plaguing the 5 Fighter Wing (the premier jet fighter unit of the Philippine Air Force) located in the terminal town of Floridablanca, Pampanga. The nearest town the community offering the secondary and tertiary level of education at that time is located in the town of Guagua, Pampanga which involved travel of seventeen (17) kilometers of rough roads from the Air Base. Travel is dangerous then beacause Basa Air Base in the midst of Huklandia (NPA). The 5th Fighter Wing is the only unit of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) handling jet fighter aircraft, and its highly skilled personnel cannot be transferred to the other Bases of (PAF) where the government can use them without wasting heavy investment in their training abroad. Request for the transfer and application for discharge among the military personnel were frequent because they and their children were desirous of pursuing higher education, had to go to elsewhere because there was no secondary available education with the vicinity. After repeated request to the DECS, the invitations to private sectors to establish a tertiary level education failed. The community pooled their resource to comply substantially with the initial requirements of the bureau of Public Schools and established a community schools. The base authorities repaired a dilapidated building to temporary classrooms, and extended the use of other facilities including their training aids and apparatus.
On 1977, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1078 converting Basa Air Base Community College to Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics with its main campus in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, Metro Manila. Although with state college status, its charter did not provide for government subsidy as it was considered as a non-profit and non-stock educational institution. Aside from Villamor Air Base and Basa Air Base, additional campuses was also created in Sangley Air Base, Fernando Air Base, and Mactan Air Base. During this period, it was envisioned by Philippine Air Force authorities to be the Philippine Air Force Academy to solve its problem in the procurement and training of its officer pilots through the merging of the Philippine Air Force Flying School and the Philippine Air Force Regular Officer Procurement Program. President Corazon C. Aquino approved the Republic Act No. 7605 converting Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics to Philippine State College of Aeronautics. In 1994, its Board of Trustees approved the creation of its own flight school that will train students for private pilot and commercial pilot.
In 1997, it acquired its first trainer plane — a Tampico STB9-C aircraft (RP 2200) which was donated by Senator Raul Roco from his country-wide development fund and another Tampico STB9-C aircraft (RP 2204) was purchased for P10 million from PhilSCA Development Fund on June 3, 1992.
The original location of PhilSCA was located in Manlunas St. in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City (currently Newport City) but due to the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), the portion of Villamor Air Base bought to the Megaworld Corporation. | aerospace |
https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2020/australia-lands-precision-antarctic-airdrop/ | 2023-12-03T13:13:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100508.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203125921-20231203155921-00402.warc.gz | 0.944901 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__35766564 | en | For the first time, two new parachute systems have been successfully used to drop supplies to an Australian Antarctic station.
Earlier this week, the low-cost and precision-guided parachutes were deployed near Casey research station by a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster III.
Australian Antarctic Division Supply Services Manager, Matt Filipowski, said these aerial delivery methods are a new capability.
“Airdrops are routinely used by polar nations, but the addition of these low-cost and precision-guided parachutes is a first for Australia in Antarctica,” said Mr Filipowski.
“We had really good weather conditions on Monday and were able to undertake five individual drops onto the ice, with all completed as planned and the loads landing safely.”
The parachutes and loads were recovered by a team of expeditioners from nearby Casey research station.
The Low Cost Aerial Delivery System (LCADS) provides a cost-effective means of delivering airdrop cargo to Antarctica.
When recovered after the drop, LCADS can be packed down into a smaller package than traditional parachutes, reducing effort for teams recovering the equipment from the field.
The Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) is a GPS-guided system which steers the parachute and provides airdrop delivery with high accuracy.
This has the potential to be used to resupply remote deep field camps, tractor trains on inland traverses, or vessels stranded in sea-ice.
“The guided parachute is controlled by a machine that guides and pulls on the risers, as the ropes are called, to actually steer the parachute, doing what a human would normally do,” said Mr Filipowski.
The precision guided system allows drops from higher altitudes, giving a number of advantages.
“If needed, we can reach areas near sensitive wildlife populations without the impact of aircraft noise.”
During this trial, environmental observers located at nearby protected areas reported no disturbance to wildlife.
“JPADS also lets us fly a longer distance with the parachute and get it right on target from a long way away.”
“Remarkably, the precision-guided parachute dropped from 10,000 feet at a speed of 270km/h and landed its cargo of foodstuffs within 30 metres of the target,” Mr Filipowski said.
Another key outcome of the airdrop trials was to train ground crews in the methods and equipment required for using these aerial delivery systems in Antarctica. | aerospace |
https://avwxworkshops.com/workshop-detail.php?contentSet=MjIx | 2019-08-18T19:05:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313996.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818185421-20190818211421-00076.warc.gz | 0.939165 | 488 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__58764207 | en | Added on: January 27, 2018
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Whether flying during the winter or the summer months, understanding the factors associated with structural icing is critical especially for pilots flying under instrument flight rules (IFR). Icing is a complex topic and demands a challenging dialog. AvWxWorkshops.com is proud to be teamed with icing expert Ben C. Bernstein of Leading Edge Atmospherics to produce this comprehensive training program on structural icing. Learn all aspects of icing from Ben Bernstein, a nationally-known icing forecaster and Scott Dennstaedt, an FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor and nationally-recognized aviation author. Ben will shed some light on how clouds form and how they can become a serious icing hazard to pilots. "There are so many factors that play a role in what makes or breaks an icing situation," says Ben. He further emphasizes, “I am not totally fond of rules of thumb with respect to icing. There are some that are descent, but there are so many exceptions to every rule of thumb that they can be dangerous."
This Ice Is NOT Nice Part 1 workshop is designed to promote situational awareness when structural icing is a flight risk. This program provides a protracted discussion on the factors associated with structural icing and presents the latest analysis tools and techniques that can be incorporated by pilots to gain the most utility from their aircraft throughout the year without compromising safety. Ice Is NOT Nice Part 1 contains over two and one-half hours of unprecedented training for general aviation pilots wanting to learn more about how minimize their exposure to structural icing. The CD-ROM contains eight training modules and one preflight planning case analysis using real weather data and guidance captured from the Internet.
*Please note that this program is no longer available on CD-ROM. It can only be purchased for online viewing which requires an Elite member account. If you are not an Elite member of AvWxWorkshops.com and would like to purchase this workshop, you will get a free 7-Day Elite membership to view the program. This also provides you with access to 80+ basic workshops and seamless access to the Internet Weather Brief Roadmap, a suite of weather briefing guidance unlike any other available online. If you choose not to renew your Elite membership, you will be able to login and retain access to this workshop to view as often as you'd like.
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https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/government/india-poised-to-launch-its-indigenously-developed-gslv | 2022-10-06T04:06:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337723.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006025949-20221006055949-00355.warc.gz | 0.929929 | 2,019 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__195311505 | en | The need for a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV):
The last space exploration program of ISRO had attracted much flak and criticism arising from the fact that ISRO had used a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C25) to launch the Mangalyaan on its mission to Mars. The 1350 kilo Mangalyaan carries a payload of only 13 kilos, in contrast to the European Mar’s Expresses’ payload of 116 kilos. The insufficiency of the instruments on the Mangalyaan, heavily delimits the space craft’s capacity to furnish any new information. The Mangalyaan’s limitations arise directly from the ISRO’s repeated failures in designing a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), despite continued research on the said vehicle for the past 15 years. In fact, the ISRO’s GSLV launches seem to be plagued by a curse. Since the first trial flight of the indigenously designed GSLV in 2001, the launch attempts had been met with consistent failures (four failed launches out of seven attempts). The last launch program in August 2013 had been interrupted rather drastically when the technicians detected a hydrazine fuel leak in the second stage of the rocket propelled engine of the GSLV just on the eve of the departure of the said vehicle. A GSLV is capable of launching a much heavier satellite (2000 kilos plus or up to 5 tons). Such a heavier satellite can evidently be furnished with a greater number of necessary equipments (higher payload), which in turn significantly enhances the observational capacities of the satellite.
However, this time the arduous efforts of the ISRO scientists might just pay off. In an answer to all the criticisms, ISRO had been successful in designing a fully functional GSLV as it started the countdown for the launch of the entirely indigenously developed GSLV – D5 scheduled for liftoff on Sunday, January 05, 2014 from Sriharikota. The GSLV – D5 is carrying the GSAT – 14 satellite, and excepting deterrent factors like bad weather conditions or any last moment technical hitch, the GSLV – D5 is supposed to launch the 1,982 kilo GSAT – 14 at 4:50 PM from the second launch pad of ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. As further confirmed by the ISRO officials, “After the launch authorization board gave its clearance, the 29 – hour countdown started at 11:50 AM. Everything is going on schedule.”
The launch program of the GSLV – D5:
Determined to break the curse supposedly looming over the launch attempts of GSLV’s by ISRO, the scientists have left no stone unturned this time in the designing of the GSLV – D5, which has a height of 161 feet and a liftoff weight of 640 tons. The GSLV – D5 pertains to the GSLV – Mk III category and happens to be the heaviest rocket ever built indigenously. Following the failure of the last GSLV launch attempt, the ISRO scientists have been relentlessly pursuing the designing of the GSLV – D5, in fact going over the launch vehicle with a fine toothed technical comb, so as to eliminate all the chance factors confirming a smooth countdown leading to an equally smooth and textbook liftoff. As further confirmed by S Somnath, GSLV – Mk III Project Director, “The solid first stage and the core base shroud have also been inspected and the affected elements replaced. The four strap – on engines too have been replaced”.
However, the most important and challenging aspect of this particular GSLV launch happens to be the real time flight assessment of the rocket’s third stage consisting of the indigenously manufactured and assembled cryogenic stage, technically designated as the Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS). The CUS is considered to be the backbone of the successful GSLV flights of the future. In this launch, there is a marked departure from the experimental GSLV launches attempted earlier, where a Russian made cryogenic engine had been implemented. However, in the GSLV – D5, the Russian built CUS has been replaced with a completely indigenous version.
What makes the GSLV mission even more challenging is the calamitous performance of the new engine in its initiatory flight in April 2010, where the said engine had stalled within seconds of its ignition, deep – sixing the vehicle in the sea. So, it is no wonder that, there will be a lot of ‘keep your fingers crossed’ and ‘touchwoods’ accompanying the GSLV’s liftoff on January 5th, 2014.
The other important aspect of the GSLV launch program is evidently an attempt of India to gain a foothold in the global communications market, where the communication satellites like the GSAT – 14 piggybacking the GSLV – D5 play a pivotal role. The GSAT – 14 is equipped with six Ku – band and six Extended C – Band transponders, that is aimed to facilitate a nationwide digital audio transmission and other communication technologies. Designed to last in a geosynchronous orbit for 12 years, the GSAT – 14 is supposed to take the place of the GSAT – 3 (EDUSAT) that has been orbiting the earth for a decade.
The powerful rocket boosters of the GSLV Mk – III series can effortlessly lift relatively heavy communication satellites at an apogee of 36000 kilometers, placing them right above the equator with an orbital velocity same as the rotational velocity of the earth. Since the relative velocity of such a satellite is in congruence with the earth’s rotational velocity, such a satellite appears to be stationary from any point on the surface of the earth. The advantage of such a geostationary satellite (the orbit of which is termed as a geosynchronous orbit), is that, it can be tracked through a bank of simple antennas owing to its apparently stationary position, which is far less complicated than tracking a moving satellite.
Cryogenics in GSLVs:
However, the thrust necessary for the GSLV Mk – III class of launch vehicles, like the GSLV – D5, for hoisting a 5 ton communication satellite into a geosynchronous orbit can only come from cryogenic engines, which can generate the necessary thrust per unit mass for achieving such spatial feats. Cryogenic engines use liquid oxygen or hydrogen, the fuel being maintained at extremely low temperature conditions which upon combustion emanates only water as exhaust (hence absolutely non – polluting) and also provides the colossal thrust needed for the flight of the GSLVs carrying such heavy payloads.
India’s cryogenic technologies suffered some serious setbacks in 1993, when Russia had backed out of a cryogenic motor technology transfer contract with India as a result of a false provocation by USA who had suggested that India might be planning to implement its space technologies for military purposes. The reasons may also have been purely economical as India’s low cost heavy launch technology would have been in direct conflict with the business interests of Europe, Russia and USA. However, whatever happens, happens for good and such setbacks had inspired India today to design its own cryogenic rocket technologies.
Upon conclusion of the countdown, the GSLV – D5 will lift off and embark on a flight with an estimated flight time of 17 minutes and eight seconds launching the GSAT – 14 in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit along with the aspirations of the ISRO scientists. A successful achievement of the launch and flight of the GSLV – D5 will make India the sixth country to possess such high – end space technologies. It will also put India in the same page with China, Japan, USA, Russia and France as a global authority in space probe. The successful completion of the GSLV program will also considerably curtail India’s reliance on foreign launchers like the Ariane of ESA for launching INSAT class communication satellites. ISRO has blueprints for the launching of two more Mk III class GSLV in six month intervals, which upon successful completion will witness the implementation of a third Mk III class GSLV for the Chandrayaan – 2 Moon Mission. The Mk III class GSLVs are also designated for human space explorations and for constructing orbiting space stations. While the cost of space exploration in the international standards is becoming increasingly higher, India perhaps, is the only country who can be accredited with a successful space launch at a cost 30% to 35% lower than other countries. Credit obviously goes to ISRO, who had developed an array of space technologies that are efficient yet cheap. Most important of all is the fact that, with the successful completion of the GSLV program, India will be able to grab its entitled stake in the USD 300 billion global space market!
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https://www.comtrya.com/2010/ana-celebrates-gundams-30th-anniversary/ | 2023-12-11T08:50:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103810.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211080606-20231211110606-00723.warc.gz | 0.941024 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__12240700 | en | All Nippon Airways (ANA) in collaboration with Sotsu(Bandai) and Sunrise(Bandai) have launched the ANAxGundam Sky Project to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam franchise. The
Boeing 777-300 aircraft is themed with a life-size Gundam images and lettering.
Its maiden flight is set for July 16, 2010 (Friday) as ANA25 from Tokyo (Haneda) to Osaka (Itami) (as of July 9th appears 9 seats still available).
First flight passengers will receive a certificate signifying their participation in this maiden flight on the ANAxGundam 30th Anniversary plane.
(more on fights and special offers after the jump)
The special 777-300 is tentatively scheduled for flights from July 16, 2010 – March 31, 2011. List of flights/routes featuring the special themed plane can be found at the ANAxGundam Sky Project promotion page.
In addition, passengers of any domestic ANA Group flight from July 1 to August 31 will have the chance to buy an ANAxGundam original version of the High Grade 1/144th scale Gundam G30th plastic model kit for ¥3,000. For those passengers who need a bit more Gundam, ANA will offer those who fly any ANA Group flight (domestic or international) from July 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011 the chance to buy the same in a 1/48th scale (Mega) version Gundam G30th for ¥8,500. | aerospace |
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/delmarvastargazers/conversations/topics/9722 | 2017-04-30T03:36:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124297.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00489-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.910439 | 585 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__7490368 | en | Fwd: [delmarvastargazers] mysterious shuttle pic [1 Attachment]
- Matt unraveled the mystery of how the image of the shuttle was taken from a satellite and made it's way to Earth.Don...Begin forwarded message:From: Matthew Surles <minimicrite@...>Date: November 25, 2010 10:30:42 PM ESTTo: Don Surles <don.surles@...>Subject: Re: [delmarvastargazers] mysterious shuttle pic [1 Attachment]
See wikipedia entry for STS-51; your picture is the same picture that's in the entry. The satellite is the SPAS-ORFEUS (Shuttle Palette Service-Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer). NASA calls it ORFEUS-SPAS http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1993-058CIt was deployed and retrieved six days later, during the same shuttle mission. Data was stored on tape, and was powered by batteries. Looks like there were two IMAX cameras aboard: one on ORFEUS, one in the shuttle bay, for the movie "Destiny in Space"
ORFEUS' telescope was German, and had a French 1 meter f/2.5 mirror.Image archive of the mission:http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/STS51/10073384.jpg <-- IMAX camera clearly visible on satelliteOn Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Michael P. Borgia <mborgia@...> wrote:The image was taken from a camera on the SPAS ORPHEUS satellite in the STS 51 mission. The cradle in the aft if the payload bay supported the Advanced Communication Technolgy Satellite launched earlier in the mission.The dish on the left is Discovery's KU band antenna. Note the image is mirror reversed. The shuttle RMD is on the starboard sideMichael
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On Nov 25, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Don Surles <don.surles@...> wrote:[Attachment(s) from Don Surles included below]
here is a pic of the shuttle that "appeared" in my "stuff"...I don't know the origin but it is a medium format color slide/film - maybe shot with an Imax camera since the film has sprocket holes on each side. I assume it was shot from the ISS.
it appears the crew had Dish Network TV...see the "dish" just in front of the left bay door.
notice the heat shield "patch" job on the top surface of each wing. | aerospace |
https://www.acumen.aero/press-releases/automatic-appoints-acumen-for-easa-camo-transition-project | 2023-09-26T01:55:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510130.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926011608-20230926041608-00699.warc.gz | 0.914469 | 413 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__34390992 | en | - 23 October 2018
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"Dublin – 23-10-2018: Acumen Aviation, a Dublin based Aircraft Lease Management Company is delighted to announce that it has been appointed by Automatic to provide EASA CAMO services for the transition of two Boeing 737 aircraft from the United States to Europe. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) recently expanded Acumen’s CAMO approval with the addition of the Bombardier Dash 8 / Q400 series, ATR 42/72 Series and Boeing 737 Classic Series. These additions together with the currently held Airbus 320 Family and Boeing 737 NG Series approvals ensure that Acumen is equipped to meet the growing customer needs. The Continuing Airworthiness Manager, Mr. James Flynn said: “We are thrilled to increase the scope of work of the CAMO which will dovetail neatly into all the other aspects of the Acumen brand has to offer”. About Acumen Aviation Acumen is an aircraft asset lease manager with a global platform, established in 2009, headquartered in Ireland with offices in India, China and the USA. Acumen’s management team has over 300 years of cumulative experience with a permanent staff of over 75 people. Acumen offers a full range of services throughout the lifecycle of the aircraft including aircraft sourcing, pre-purchase inspections (physical and records), project management, lease management, re-marketing, fleet audits, aircraft trading, powerplant management, aircraft valuations and CAMO services. Its customers include aircraft lessors, airlines, banks, private equity and investors. For more information please contact: Acumen Press Office: Europe Acumen Press Office: Asia Location: Dublin, Ireland Location: Bangalore, India Phone: +353-1-5677106 Phone: +91-80-42673920 firstname.lastname@example.org email@example.com " | aerospace |
http://intaviation.com/agrarflug-helilift-buys-ec225 | 2018-04-25T15:54:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947931.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20180425154752-20180425174752-00522.warc.gz | 0.960703 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__15953193 | en | Agrarflug Helilift buys EC225
29 Mar, 18, Source: HeliHub.com
German operator Agrarflug Helilift has bought an Airbus H225. The aircraft was the consecutive registration to the H225 which had the accident off Bergen in Norway in April 2016, and was shown on the local Norwegian Aircraft register as owned by “Sparebank 1 SR-Finans AS”. Sparebank1 is a consortium of Norwegian banks...
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https://report.ge/en/world/turkey-tests-a-new-cruise-missile/ | 2021-07-30T19:36:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153980.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210730185206-20210730215206-00201.warc.gz | 0.676681 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__239864513 | en | According to the Defense Department's statement under the President's Administration, the country has successfully tested a cruise missile. The Administration places the information on its official Twitter page.
The Аtmaca-type missile hits the target in 200 kilometers distance.
According to the President's Administration, the missile will be handed over to the country army.
Atmacamız bu sefer uzun uçtu— Ismail Demir (@IsmailDemirSSB) July 4, 2020
200+ km mesafedeki hedefi baÅarıyla vurarak fonksiyonlarını mükemmel Åekilde yerine getiren #ATMACA seyir füzemiz envantere girmeye hazırlanıyor.@roketsan#Ä°stiklâlveÄ°stikbâlimizİçin pic.twitter.com/BLp4urqAdz | aerospace |
http://thinkingchinese.com/index.php?page_id=473&layout=print | 2023-11-29T10:22:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00697.warc.gz | 0.770797 | 836 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__175779589 | en | |In the last few days, China is reporting continuously about the training of astronauts for the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft that will launch later this year. The new intriguing detail is the inclusion of two women, who are expected to be the first Chinese female presence in space.
广东科协(Guangdong Association of Science & Technology)邀请了著名的空间技术专家，神舟号飞船总设计师戚发轫做"航天技术与中国航天"的报告。戚发轫透露，神九(Shen 9, the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft)飞船将载三名航天员上空，可能有两名女航天员。现在已经有两名女航天员在接受训练，考核通过的话，可以担任神九上空的航天员，她们将成为我国首批飞上太空的女宇航员。神舟九号计划在今年6～8月份发射，在太空工作10天。
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Guangdong Association of Science & Technology invited expert for space technology and chief architect of the Shenzhou airship Qi Faren to give a report on "Space technology and Chinese aerospace". Qi Faren revealed that the Shen-9 airship will carry three astronauts to space, including perhaps two women astronauts. At present, there are two women astronauts who are already undergoing training. If they pass examination, they could take the post of astronauts on the Shen-9, becoming the first Chinese women astronauts to travel to space.
Shen-9 is planned to take off between June and August this year, and then fly 10 days in space. Qi Faren said that at this moment the Chinese aerospace has two big problems: one is whether China wants to land on the moon or not. He said that according to the level of China's technology, everything is more or less prepared, but on the national (governmental) level a project has yet to be established. Another question is whether to set up a power station for solar energy. The current problem is how to transport the electricity to earth. But no matter how, 'we will certainly accomplish these objectives.'
空间技术 kōngjiān jìshù - Space technology
飞船 fēichuán - Airship, spacecraft
首任总设计师 shǒurèn zǒng shèjìshī - Chief architect
航天 hángtiān - Aerospace
航天员 hángtiānyuán - Space flight staff, astronauts
考核 kǎohé - Examination, check
宇航员 yǔhángyuán - Astronaut
发射 fāshè - Launch, take off
太阳能 tàiyángnéng - Solar energy
发电站 fādiàn zhàn - Power station | aerospace |
https://www.pr-inside.com/aerospace-defense-in-france-r4040666.htm | 2017-03-30T16:40:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218195419.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212955-00400-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.828752 | 1,361 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__37165895 | en | New Defense market report from MarketLine: "Aerospace & Defense in France"
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Aerospace & Defense in France industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the France aerospace & defense market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.
* The aerospace & defense market is deemed to be the revenues accrued by manufacturers from civil and military aerospace and defense procurements. Such procurements only include equipment, parts, and maintenance (EPM); other elements of military spending, such as personnel and buildings, are omitted. * The French aerospace & defense market had total revenues of $47.4bn in 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% between 2009 and 2013. * The defense segment was the market's most lucrative in 2013, with total revenues of $28.7bn, equivalent to 60.7% of the market's overall value. * The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 1.7% for the five-year period 2013 - 2018, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $51.5bn by the end of 2018.
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Leading company profiles reveal details of key aerospace & defense market players' global operations and financial performance
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What was the size of the France aerospace & defense market by value in 2013?
What will be the size of the France aerospace & defense market in 2018?
What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the France aerospace & defense market?
How has the market performed over the last five years?
Who are the top competitiors in France's aerospace & defense market?
Companies Mentioned in this Report: The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.), Dassault Aviation SA, Safran SA, Thales SA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market share 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market Segmentation 9
Category segmentation 9
Geography segmentation 10
Market share 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Five Forces Analysis 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Threat of substitutes 17
Degree of rivalry 18
Leading Companies 19
The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.) 19
Dassault Aviation SA 23
Safran SA 27
Thales SA 30
Macroeconomic Indicators 34
Country Data 34
Industry associations 37
Related MarketLine research 37
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Table 1: France aerospace & defense sector value: $ billion, 2009-13 8
Table 1: France aerospace & defense sector category segmentation: $ billion, 2013 9
Table 1: France aerospace & defense sector geography segmentation: $ billion, 2013 10
Table 1: France aerospace & defense sector share: % share, by value, 2013 11
Table 1: France aerospace & defense sector value forecast: $ billion, 2013-18 12
Table 1: The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.): key facts 19
Table 1: The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.): key financials ($) 20
Table 1: The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.): key financials (EUR) 20
Table 1: The Airbus Group (Formerly European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.): key financial ratios 21
Table 1: Dassault Aviation SA: key facts 23
Table 1: Dassault Aviation SA: key financials ($) 24
Table 1: Dassault Aviation SA: key financials (EUR) 24
Table 1: Dassault Aviation SA: key financial ratios 25
Table 1: Safran SA: key facts 27
Table 1: Safran SA: key financials ($) 28
Table 1: Safran SA: key financials (EUR) 28
Table 1: Safran SA: key financial ratios 28
Table 1: Thales SA: key facts 30
Table 1: Thales SA: key financials ($) 31
Table 1: Thales SA: key financials (EUR) 32
Table 1: Thales SA: key financial ratios 32
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https://www.sanjuancollege.edu/education-training/programs/small-unmanned-aerial-systems-certificate/ | 2024-04-14T17:44:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414161724-20240414191724-00182.warc.gz | 0.884311 | 674 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__122266580 | en | Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Certificate
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http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1391344 | 2017-04-29T23:39:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123632.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00584-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.985989 | 135 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__62432641 | en | I'm working on a photo book of MDSH for the Grands and I'm trying to find a picture of the fly over at Super Bowl II in the Orange Bowl. I have been searching for weeks and I can't find it. I thought that since it was the first fly over the Air Force would have a picture. I have found other fly overs but not the first with the F-4 Phantom II. If I was handy with the photoshop like IV I could just photoshop the plane into the Orange Bowl. Anyone have any idea where I might look???
Every day is a bonus day and every meal is a banquet in Winter Springs, Fl ! | aerospace |
https://www.mydeal.com.au/x163-navigator-rc-quadcopter-hd-video-camera-drone | 2018-09-25T13:19:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267161638.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20180925123211-20180925143611-00392.warc.gz | 0.928515 | 255 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__184202405 | en | This X163 Navigator Quadcopter is an awesome flying drone for beginners and advanced pilots alike. It can be used for hobby flying, videoing, doing amazing 360 degree spins and daring tricks. This Quadcopter can fly high, fly fast, flip and move with great manoeuvrability and a cutting edge design made to last. It is a great size and has some awesome new features, such as one key return and flashing lights.
The controller has mode switches which give the option to change levels from beginner through to advanced. It is very stable when flying, even in light wind conditions and it allows for an easy take-off and landing. The 2MP HD (High Definition) video camera is also controlled from the same transmitter, so with the touch of a button you can record your flight and then access it straight from the Micro SD Card. It also has JPEG photo capture and a wide angle lens. This is an excellent quality video camera, with 2 million pixel definition.
The X163 is lightweight and very stable for smooth video footage. It has a high precision gyroscope and a durable design with the frame protecting the motors, propellers and other components.
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http://alc.nebo.edu/news/uvu-aviation-high-school-day?page=1 | 2021-01-16T09:19:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703505861.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20210116074510-20210116104510-00135.warc.gz | 0.992835 | 95 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__225301137 | en | A few of Mr. Halls Aviation students, along with Mr. Halls attended the UVU Aviation day.
The students had a lot of fun and were able to do some hands-on activities with paper airplanes and simulators. They had the Candy Bomber, Gail Halverson, at the event and the students were happy to meet him as well.
HUGE "THANK YOU" Mark Halls for all of the time and effort you put into your Aviation Classes. | aerospace |
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?/topic/72757-southwest-airlines-uncontained-engine-failure-one-fatality-41718/ | 2018-09-19T21:17:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156305.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20180919200547-20180919220547-00361.warc.gz | 0.973421 | 420 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__156417796 | en | Barring some sort of destructive external catalyst (on-ground impact, midair collision) uncontained engine failures were supposedly relegated to the "nearly impossible" design scope.
Where has this been claimed? This exact same thing happened to Southwest a few years ago, just without the loss of life. https://en.wikipedia...nes_Flight_3472
Maybe the engine manufacturers are saying this type of engine failure isn’t possible on newer engines but I highly doubt any of them would make this claim about 20 year old engines.
Nearly impossible is not the same as entirely impossible.
Engines are supposed to be able to contain a fan blade failure. If an entire disc goes, there is no material (at least nothing light enough to allow a plane to still fly) that can contain it.
Even if the plane was 20 years old, there’s no guarantee the engine was. In this specific case, I’m not sure, but most planes have engine changes every few years, and the engines to through a separate maintenance/refurb program, so a 20-year-old plane could have a brand new engine, and a five-year-old plane could have a 20-year-old engine.
Regardless, incidents like this have even happened with newer engines. Qantas had a failure with a Rolls Royce engine on a brand-new A380 that actually damaged some control systems. The plane was out of service for a year or two after that. Air France had something similar to this happen with one of their A380s a few months ago (I think AF uses the GE/PW engine on the A380, but am not 100% sure of that).
These can be caused by premature corrosion, bad maintenance, or manufacturing flaws, and depending on what the specific cause is, can be impossible to detect. The best any manufacturer could do is say that such an event is extremely unlikely (on the order of one in several million or so), but nobody could responsibly say that such a failure is impossible. | aerospace |
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https://www.friedmanaviationenterprises.com/unapproved-partsinventory-audit-training | 2024-04-24T05:53:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819067.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424045636-20240424075636-00640.warc.gz | 0.955207 | 623 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__189296042 | en | You ask yourself “Why do I need to know anything about Unapproved Parts?Aren’t they the same as “Aftermarket Parts”? The answer is a resounding “NO”! In the aircraft business the use of unapproved parts, counterfeit parts, or parts missing an FAA approval can not only be illegal but may harm you or your aircraft. Maintenance shops get their nuts and bolts from many sources — some of which are OK, some of which may not be OK! Have you ever taken a good look at the nuts and bolts used to put an aircraft together? Have you ever considered that, in many cases, lives may be hanging by a thread? Check out my article Hanging by a Thread listed under Articles. Here is a report from the National Transport Safety Board "NTSB" that shows the importance of bolts and fasteners...Please read...
National Transportation Safety Board
Aviation Accident Final Report
The aircraft sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported the airplane experienced a propeller overspeed condition followed by a fluctuation in oil pressure. The pilot stated the engine started "banging" and lost power a few minutes later. The pilot performed a forced landing to a bean field, during which the main landing gear collapsed. Inspection of the engine revealed the number four engine cylinder connecting rod cap and cap bolts had fractured. A metallurgical examination revealed that the nut of one of the connecting rod cap bolts was partially engaged. The connecting rod cap showed evidence of fatigue cracking along the fracture surface. Fracture features of both connecting rod cap bolts indicated the bolts had separated due to overload.
Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: A loss of engine power due to a loose connecting rod cap bolt and the resulting fatigue failure of the connecting rod cap. A related factor was the unsuitable terrain.
The FAA for over thirty years has focused on the proliferation of unapproved aircraft parts. These parts include, defective, counterfeit, manufacturer overruns, and other parts missing an FAA approval basis for installation on Type Certificated aircraft. There is a FAR provision for “Owner-produced Parts”, but it is very narrow in scope, and the part produced must be Airworthy and only installed on the producing owner’s aircraft. When I was the Technical Advisor to the DOT-IG many years ago we actually discovered that about 39% of the inventoried parts used to maintain the FAA’s own aircraft lacked any appropriate traceability and were therefore deemed unapproved. Defective aircraft parts, per the NTSB, have been the cause of at least 166 incidents. Parts Inventory is a selected item in any Repair Station for FAA inspection.
We can visit you and conduct a complete Inventory Audit for FAR compliance. It usually takes one or two days. The cost involved is $125 per hour. The usual FAA fine for violations can be found in FAA Order 2150, far more. | aerospace |
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/elon-musks-updated-vision-mars-also-shoots-moon-much/ | 2020-04-08T03:41:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371807538.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408010207-20200408040707-00064.warc.gz | 0.959949 | 1,281 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__198683785 | en | SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has added moon missions to his grand plan for Mars, in a bid to capitalize on what’s expected to be the Trump administration’s shift in space policy.
Lunar operations at “Moon Base Alpha” are among the big updates that Musk unveiled today before a packed house at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia.
The rocket being planned for missions to the moon and Mars — nicknamed the BFR, for “Big Frickin’ Rocket” — could also come into play for trips to the International Space Station, satellite launches and travel between spaceports on Earth.
Today’s presentation followed up on last year’s big reveal at the IAC meeting in Mexico, during which Musk laid out a plan to build a monster rocket and send thousands upon thousands of settlers to the Red Planet starting as early as 2024.
As an economizing move, Musk said the monster rocket would be scaled down to be a little less monstrous. That way, it could take on the missions currently envisioned for SpaceX’s existing Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, as well as the yet-to-be-flown Falcon Heavy rocket.
“If we can do that, all the resources … can be applied to this system,” he said.
Musk said the marginal cost per launch for the BFR would be cheaper than the cost for expendable orbital-class rockets, including SpaceX’s now-retired Falcon 1, due to its full reusability.
“I can’t emphasize how profound this is, and how important it is,” he said.
Musk said SpaceX would build up a stockpile of Falcon rockets and Dragon capsules, and then focus exclusively on developing the BFR.
The BFR’s first stage would have 31 methane-fueled Raptor engines, compared with 42 engines for the previously planned configuration, Musk said. It would be capable of launching 150 tons to low Earth orbit, compared with 300 tons for the earlier design and 30 tons for the Falcon Heavy.
To refuel the ship in space, it could mate with a tanker ship, rear-to-rear, for the transfer of propellants.
Musk said the pressurized area of the BFR spaceship would have as much volume as an Airbus A380 superjumbo jet, with enough room for 40 passenger cabins plus large common areas.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2017
The BFR could be used for all the jobs that the Falcon 9 currently handles, such as launching satellites and transporting cargo and crew members to the International Space Station, Musk said.
He said the rocket’s 30-foot (9-meter) diameter would be a “huge enabler for new satellites,” such as a space observatory with a mirror that has 10 times as much surface area as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Musk said operating the BFR appeared to be so economical that it could be even be used to send travelers from one point on Earth to another — for instance, going from Los Angeles to New York in 25 minutes.
“Most of what people consider to be long-distance trips would be completed in less than half an hour,” he said.
In a follow-up Instagram post, Musk added, “Cost per seat should be about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft. Forgot to mention that.”
The BFR would also be suited for missions to the moon, Musk said.
The vicinity of the moon, known as cislunar space, is emerging as the top priority for beyond-Earth exploration during the Trump administration. SpaceX’s BFR could take on shipments to lunar orbit as well as landings on the lunar surface, for cargo and potentially for people as well.
“It’s 2017. We should have a lunar base by now,” Musk told the audience in Adelaide. “What the hell is going on?”
Musk will be competing for a piece of the cislunar pie with a host of rivals — including the contractors building the Orion deep-space capsule and heavy-lift Space Launch System for NASA. Another prominent competitor is Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, which has proposed a landing system known as “Blue Moon” to deliver cargo to the lunar surface.
Assuming that SpaceX can meet all the technical challenges of building the BFR to Musk’s specifications, the company also would have to work its way through a tangled regulatory route to win its acceptance for all the applications that Musk has in mind, including airplane-like passenger service on Earth.
Musk made clear that those applications were merely steppingstones to his long-term objective: sending settlers to Mars and turning humanity into a multiplanetary species.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2017
He said SpaceX planned to start construction of the first BFRs next year, and would aim to launch the first two cargo ships to Mars in 2022.
“That’s not a typo, although it is aspirational,” Musk said when the date flashed onto the IAC’s giant screen.
Two more cargo ships, plus the first two passenger ships, would follow in 2024.
BFRs would be launched every two years, to take advantage of favorable orbital opportunities and gradually build up a city on Mars.
Over time, Musk said he expected to see settlers “terraforming Mars and making it a really nice place to be.”
“You can do it, Elon!” one of the attendees in Adelaide called out.
“Thanks,” Musk replied. “It’s quite a beautiful picture.”
Musk reiterated his view that turning humanity as a multiplanetary species was a worthy goal — not only as a cosmic insurance policy against earthly catastrophes, but as an adventure that would make life more interesting.
“It’s about believing in the future, and thinking that the future will be better than the past,” he told the crowd. | aerospace |
http://sopwithmike.org.uk/html/trophy_winner.html | 2020-01-29T11:45:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251796127.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20200129102701-20200129132701-00447.warc.gz | 0.977624 | 1,450 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__76453471 | en | THE SOPWITH SCHNEIDER TROPHY WINNER AND “HIGH SPEED”
(drawings of the various developments of the aircraft, and modelling plans are available to download at my RC Groups thread)
THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY
Sopwith’s Schneider Trophy winner was the second Tabloid to be made and differed in a number of respects from the Prototype and indeed the subsequent production aircraft. It was fitted with floats and a 100hp Monosoupape Gnome engine and entered in Schneider Trophy race, which was to be held in Monaco on April 20th, 1914. The timescale of the project is extraordinary. Construction started in early February 1914 and on 1 April it was tested at Hamble near Southampton with a single central float and wing-tip floats, but somersaulted, throwing the pilot, Howard Pixton, clear. This stage of development is illustrated in Fig 1. After recovery the following day (and drying out!) it was successfully tested at Richmond-on-Thames on the 8th with the now familiar twin main floats (The result of sawing the single float in half and re-fitting it further forward) and a rear supporting float, shown at Fig 2. After these tests the tail float was replaced with a larger design incorporating a water rudder and study of the photographs of both aircraft show that the main floats were moved forward again. These and other changes are shown at Fig 3. Pixton then got some air experience with the first of the production land Tabloids (presumably serial no 326) while the crated floatplane was taken to Monaco, arriving on the 16th. It was assembled and tested on the 18th and 19th and Pixton won the race on the 20th, also setting a 300 km speed record of 92 mph. This was “the most important event which had ever happened in the history of British aviation”. And it all happened inside 80 days!
The aircraft had the standard linen covering, with the word “Sopwith” on both sides of the fuselage, in a slightly wider spacing than the prototype. The only other marking was a large racing number “3” in black on the rudder and on the undersurface of each lower wingtip. The cowl, fuselage top and side panels were alloy. There must have been some problems with overheating, as the lower cowl was removed for the race and 4 holes drilled along each side of the front of the upper cowl. In photographs a diagonal line is apparent on the starboard side of the upper cowling, which may perhaps have been a cooling slot.
THE “HIGH SPEED”
On its return to England, and by the 20th May, it had been modified into a racing landplane, the subject of the model and shown at Fig 4. It retained the 100hp engine but there were a number of minor changes to the fuselage, which appears to have been re-covered and the trademark repainted in slightly different lettering. The upper cowl was beaded down the centre line, presumably to give some extra rigidity compromised by cutting in two large elliptical cooling slots. The lower cowl was refitted. What look like standard Sopwith inspection hatches were fitted to both sides of the forward fuselage and a smaller clear panel can be seen on the starboard side. Marked as “21” it raced in the 1914 Aerial Derby on June 6th, with Pixton flying another Tabloid numbered 18, which was in fact the fifth production machine for the Army. On the 20th Hawker flew in the London to Manchester and return race as No 14 but had to retire due to ill health. On the 27th of June Hawker was flying it over Kingston-on-Thames when he spun inverted after an engine-off loop and it crashed into some trees near Brooklands. He was unharmed, but the aircraft was very badly damaged and was returned to the factory to be repaired. Unfortunately there is no evidence that this ever took place.
Fig 1. 1 April 1914, Hamble. Unfortunately there are no photographs of the aircraft in its original form with one central and two wing-tip floats. It must have looked something like this illustration, although the “slipper” type floats shown may equally have been the cylindrical sort used on other Sopwith floatplanes. The angles of the struts and the actual location of the floats are speculative. A soon as the throttle was opened up the aircraft cart-wheeled into the estuary, throwing Howard Pixton clear, and lay on the mud overnight until it could be recovered and taken back to the works for modification. Whether the Sopwith logo had been painted on the fuselage sides at this stage is not known.
Fig 2. 8 April 1914, Richmond-on-Thames. Apparently the main float was made into two by simply sawing it down the middle (hence the dimensions in fig 1) and remounting it. Note that the flat lower edge of the floats is parallel to the aircraft centre line. The “slipper” tail float (taken perhaps from a wingtip?) is of rectangular cross-section but has no water rudder. The aircraft taxied and flew successfully in this configuration but must have needed some means of steering on the water. The logo was on the aircraft at this date.
Fig 3. 18-20 April, Monaco. The most obvious change is to the tail float, which now has a rudder and is fixed directly to the fuselage. Less obvious is that the main floats have been moved forward by about 6” (perhaps merely to balance the larger rear float). The lower cowl has been removed, necessitating some bracing to the front bearing. Cooling holes were drilled in the front cowling and a cooling slot (?) cut on its starboard side. The racing number 3 appears in black on each side of the rudder and on the under-side of each lower wing tip.
Fig 4. June 1914. There are excellent photographs of this version of the aircraft in the Tabloid Datafile. Harold Barnwell raced it first as No 21, then Harry Hawker as No 14. The racing numbers appear on the fin and under the lower wingtips but apart from the logo, there are no other markings. The spacing of the “s” and the “o” on the starboard side is slightly different from the Monaco version, which leads to the conclusion that, what with spending time upside down in the Thames and racing in the Mediterranean, the fuselage needed re-covering. The fame of the plane would have been such in mid-1914 that Sopwith’s would have wanted it to appear as much like the floatplane as possible and capitalise on its success. Minor changes were made to the tailplane struts, perhaps following the damage done to the elevators after the Monaco race. | aerospace |
http://www.bastropenterprise.com/article/20140806/NEWS/140809776/10054/NEWS | 2018-06-23T21:27:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865250.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623210406-20180623230406-00612.warc.gz | 0.963104 | 546 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__197540250 | en | When Kay King, President/CEO of the Morehouse Economic Development Corporation addressed the audience at the public announcement of the expansion of Flying Tiger Aviation into Morehouse Parish, she highlighted the fact that the announcement came one day behind the 93rd anniversary of the first demonstration of crop dusting by an airplane.
Ninety-three years and one day later, Bastrop stands poised to be at the forefront of the standardization of agricultural pilot training and training for both manned and unmanned aerial application systems through the Louisiana Aerial Application Center of Excellence, a contemporary flight training center for aerial applications in agriculture and other industries, which is being established at LDCC in Bastrop.
When LDCC Chancellor Barbara Hanson addressed the crowd, she spoke about Northeast Louisiana's role in the history of aviation as the birthplace of Delta Airlines, and said that it was fitting that this tradition of entrepreneurship would continue here.
"We are excited about this opportunity," Hanson said. "We look forward to growth in this area, to continued partnerships."
When Mo Rolfs, chief operations officer for Flying Tiger aviation, spoke, he highlighted the need for a standardized curriculum in this area.
"Our phased approach is to partner with LDCC to bring a standardization to ag pilot training curriculum," Rolfs said. "....to bring academic rigor into the environment that will allow us to turn ag pilot training into a standardized program like any other type of pilot training. From there we would like to evolve into a two-year program. If you want to get a degree in something like agronomy or agribusinesses while earning an ag pilot's license, you can."
Long-term plans could also include partnering with four-year universities for two year plus two year programs. These programs allow a student to earn an associate's degree at a community college and then continue on to a university for a bachelor's degree.
For Morehouse Parish, all of these possibilities could bring about additional opportunities for growth as operations expand.
According to King, this announcement will be the first of many connected to the current expansion.
Mayor of Bastrop Arthur Jones expressed the progress forward best in his statements.
"A year ago this was a dream," Jones said, "and it is finally coming true. It's a reality. This building was built under Mayor Bond, and it was built for aircraft training. This is the first time it will ever be used for that. I know the citizens of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish will be happy to have it here.
"They ask me how Bastrop is doing. It's great. It's getting a whole better. After this, I can see it coming back." | aerospace |
http://m.satgroundapplication.com/satellite-ground-system-solutions/remote-sensing-platform.html | 2020-10-23T05:50:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880656.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023043931-20201023073931-00355.warc.gz | 0.859968 | 176 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__207257249 | en | SATA (SHAANXI ACADEMY OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION CO.,LTD.) provides profesional remote sensing solutions to support the processing of payload data such as optics, video, radar, meteorology, and electronic satellites, realizing all production functions from the satellite to the original data to standard products.
● Fully automated production, without manual intervention, independently controllable, and support cross-platform.
● Radiation accuracy is better than 3%, stitching accuracy is better than 0.3 pixels, registration accuracy is better than 0.2 pixels, and controlled accuracy is better than 3 pixels.
● Capable of fast attitude orbit data processing, multiple radiation processing, virtual CCD stitching and high-precision RPC generation.
Providing customized remote sensing data processing services for military, government, and users in various industries. | aerospace |
https://czechia.postsen.com/trends/157523/Czech-SPYDER-systems-will-be-able-to-shoot-down-missiles--News--Brno-Gossip.html | 2023-12-06T07:16:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100583.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206063543-20231206093543-00528.warc.gz | 0.94275 | 825 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__235686836 | en | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has announced that it has upgraded its SPYDER air defense system with the ability to shoot down ballistic missiles. This enhancement was developed in response to the urgent operational requirements of several customers, including the Czech Republic. The program will thus significantly expand the missile capabilities of the SPYDER system.
“This extremely important missile defense function will be offered as an optional component of the SPYDER system. As part of a tailor-made solution, this capability is offered as a cost-effective option to our valued customers with relevant urgent operational needs.” stated the Director General of the Air Defense Systems Division Pinhas Yungman.
Rafael’s anti-missile program is based on research and analysis of experience gained from recent and ongoing armed conflicts involving the extensive use of tactical ballistic missiles. The SPYDER system was upgraded as part of the program, which includes hardware and software updates to the system and its DERBY-LR missiles. While new features have been added, all existing system capabilities have been retained, allowing all users to continue using SPYDER systems while adding new capabilities.
Czech Air Force
After ordering SPYDER systems by the previous cabinet, the current government supplemented the order with 48 pcs of I-Derby Long Range anti-aircraft missiles. “The war in Ukraine shows us how essential protection from air attacks is, whether it’s drones or standard air force. In order for our soldiers to be able to defend us against these threats when necessary, we need to equip them with modern technology, which is precisely these missiles.” said the minister of defense after the government meeting Jana Černochová (ODS).
A so-called option is part of the proposed contractual relationship. In case of its activation, it will be possible to purchase additional missiles in 6 categories, in the order of hundreds of pieces in total.
The Derby-LR can intercept targets at an altitude of up to 20 kilometers at a maximum distance of 80 km. The system is based on Rafael’s I-Derby ER system and is complemented by a booster that more than doubles the strike range from 40 to 80 km. The system has autonomous threat detection and 360° engagement capabilities within seconds of a target being declared hostile, in all weather, with multiple launch capabilities and with network targeting capabilities. All SPYDER systems have the ability to hit multiple targets to handle saturation attacks.
In addition to the launch vehicle, the missile has a two-stage rocket motor that enables optimal thrust control throughout the mission. The missile brain contains sophisticated algorithms to optimize the trajectory according to launch conditions and target behavior. The missile uses Rafael’s software-controlled radar seeker, which allows full operational flexibility by controlling all operational parameters through software.
This capability makes it possible to improve the missile’s performance against new threats such as electronic warfare and emerging air platforms. The software update process is fast and simple and can be done immediately during combat operations. The missile also uses two-way communication based on Rafael’s BNET Software-Defined Radio (SDR) operating system. The SPYDER air defense system was exported to 10 countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, which is a member of NATO. Finland is also interested in the system, but has not publicly announced its decision.
SPYDER is an air-transportable, quick-reaction surface-to-air missile system designed to counter attacks by aircraft, helicopters, drones and precision-guided munitions. Thanks to the new upgrade, it is able to intercept tactical ballistic missiles. Includes truck mounted radar, 3-6 missile launchers and support vehicles.
The author of the text is a military columnist and former soldier of the Czech Army. It focuses on security, history and international politics with an emphasis on the development of the Army of the Czech Republic and NATO armies. He publishes in professional and non-fiction media in the Czech Republic and abroad, and regularly comments on Czech television. | aerospace |
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/20110307.aspx | 2023-09-23T21:51:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923194908-20230923224908-00100.warc.gz | 0.968458 | 654 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__121040753 | en | Faced with more large cuts in its budget, Britain's Royal Air Force fears the worst. Over a decade of cutting corners because of similar economy moves is catching up with RAF. For example, a recent government investigation revealed that a lack of spare parts for the new Eurofighter limited the amount of time pilots could spend in the air. This, in turn, led to only eight pilots being certified as qualified to perform ground attack duties in the Eurofighter. While the Eurofighter is mainly an air-superiority ("fighter") aircraft, there is very little call for that sort of thing at the moment. Ground attack, on the other hand, is very much in demand. The RAF currently has 62 Eurofighters, an aircraft that will replace about 120 remaining Tornados.
Two years ago, Germany and Britain decided to cut back on the number of Eurofighters they will buy. Thus the final 37 Eurofighters Germany agreed to buy for its Luftwaffe (air force), will instead be offered for export. Germany would have preferred to just cancel the final 37 aircraft, but this would have resulted in over a billion dollars in cancellation fees. But the export option will hurt the Eurofighter project, as Germany will sell their 37 aircraft for whatever they can get, thus denying the Eurofighter consortium export sales.
Also in 2009, Britain decided to not take all of its third batch (or "tranche", as they like to call it in Europe) of 88 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters. This will cost Britain $2 billion in increased maintenance costs and penalties. Britain will take 40 of the fighters from the third batch, and resell another 24 to Saudi Arabia. In effect, Britain is pulling out of the Eurofighter program, and cancelling 16 of the aircraft it was to have received from the third batch. The British government believes that 184 Eurofighters will be sufficient, and that it cannot afford any more than that.
Originally, Britain planned to buy 232 (Germany was to get 180, Italy 121, and Spain 87.) Britain already has 144 Eurofighters on order from the first two batches, and will end up with 184. There are currently 260 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters in service, four years after it first entered service.
Development of the Eurofighter began in the 1980s, and the first flight took place in 1994. Each aircraft costs over $120 million, including development costs. Current estimates indicate that about 600 will eventually be built. The Typhoon is a somewhat stealthy multi-role fighter. It is fast, maneuverable, and carries a lot of weapons. It also can be used for attack missions. This 23 ton aircraft will be the principal fighter in the air forces of Britain, Spain, Germany, and Italy. The Typhoon is closer in capability to the F-15, than the F-22, and is competing with the F-35 for many export sales. The Typhoon was recently purchased by Saudi Arabia, mainly to provide protection from Iran.
But some users, like Britain and Germany, see no urgent demand for the new Eurofighter. So when it comes time to make budget cuts, spare parts for the Eurofighter, and fuel to get pilots in the air for training, are among the first things to go. | aerospace |
https://djmondosrave.com/2016/12/02/dj-mondos-atomic-luau-pathfinder-20-years-on/ | 2023-06-06T05:04:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652235.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606045924-20230606075924-00405.warc.gz | 0.776963 | 241 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__167897764 | en | DJ Mondo’s Atomic Luau: Pathfinder (20 Years On)
Space exploration enthusiasts, we’re coming up on an important anniversary.
December 4, 2016 is 20 years to the day marking the launch of NASA’s Pathfinder, the vehicle that carried the Sojourner rover to the Martian surface.
In what must be a design jackpot, both the lander and rover totally outlived their expected mission lifetime and returned thousands of images and tons of telemetry to Earth, increasing human knowledge of Mars in unexpected ways.
Check out my tune, then read all about it at this NASA site…
The Atomic Luau is a peek into DJ Mondo’s lab. A sound sketchbook of beats, rhythms and noise that will get inside your head.
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http://scalebirds.com/about | 2019-10-20T13:40:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986710773.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20191020132840-20191020160340-00178.warc.gz | 0.965085 | 465 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__173808570 | en | LEARN ABOUT VERNER RADIALS:
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Who We Are
Our ScaleBirds mission is to bring new and unique aviation products to the market. Our primary focus is Replica, Retro, and Radial.
ScaleBirds is comprised of a small team from southeastern CT. Our experience is in art, design, engineering, robotics, manufacturing, and of coursel aircraft. We have been using all of our skills and developing new ones in order to deliver something new to the world of flying.
What We're Doing
Since coming up with the name and concept in 2011 our goal has been to develop a core design for modular scaled WWII fighters. Many years were spent researching, experimenting, exploring, engineering, designing, building mock ups, going to airshows and meeting with people in the industry, before finally narrowing down to a specific path.
In 2016 we made an agreement with Verner Motor in the Czech Republic to act as a U.S. dealer and maintenance source for their expanding line of light aircraft radial engines. Since then we have sold and delivered over a dozen Verner radial engines in the US, while supporting many many more on their path to eventually install a real radial on their homebuilt projects. This positions us to offer direct sales and support for the radially-inclined replicas we plan to offer, in addition to those which are already out there.
We're deep into the process of building our first aircraft prototype, a 55% scale P-36 Hawk as the first example of what we call the LiteFighters series of replicas, single seat sport planes, designed to be economical and fun.
We have also done design work, and built parts for, a larger 2-seat aircraft: a 63% F6F Hellcat, which will be completed as the first example of what we call the SportFighters series.
In addition to the replicas we are designing, our eye for detail has lead us to designing many parts and sub-systems that could find homes in other aircraft. We plan to offer a small catalog of common components that we produce for the general aviation market, and perhaps beyond.
Stay tuned to see what we come up with by following our News Page. | aerospace |
https://forum.developer.parrot.com/t/turn-off-anafi-via-olympe-sdk/16328 | 2024-04-18T21:21:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817239.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418191007-20240418221007-00567.warc.gz | 0.856758 | 93 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__26487552 | en | Hello, I would like to know, there is any way to turn off anafi by programming. Thank you
Using Olympe, it’s possible to reboot the drone using the common.Common.Reboot command.
But it’s not possible to poweroff the drone programmatically.
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https://miami.cbslocal.com/tag/spacex/page/3/ | 2020-05-30T13:20:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347409171.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200530102741-20200530132741-00428.warc.gz | 0.906531 | 540 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__176422384 | en | SpaceX Capsule Loaded With Equipment Reaches Space StationA SpaceX Dragon capsule loaded with nearly six tons of equipment and experiments has arrived at the International Space Station following a weekend launch.
SpaceX Launches Supplies To Space Station After Power DelaysIt took a little longer than expected, but SpaceX finally got their latest expedition into space on track.
SpaceX Crew Capsule 'Destroyed' During Testing SpaceX has confirmed that Crew Dragon capsule that was engulfed in flames during ground testing two weeks ago was destroyed.
Major Power Outage At International Space Station Delays SpaceX Supply Run The SpaceX supply delivery scheduled for Wednesday has stalled due to a major power outage at the International Space Station.
SpaceX Crew Capsule Fire During Florida Testing Is Major SetbackSpaceX plan to launch NASA astronauts into orbit later this year has suffered a serious setback.
Spacex Launches Mega Rocket From Florida's Cape Canaveral, Lands All 3 BoostersAnother successful launch pulled off by SpaceX in Florida.
SpaceX Delays Mega Rocket Launch Due To High Wind ShearThe second-ever launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will be a key milestone for the company.
SpaceX Dragon Crew Capsule Splashed Down Off Florida CoastMission accomplished. Ending its first test flight with an old-fashioned splashdown, SpaceX's swanky new Dragon crew capsule has returned to Earth.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Docks At International Space StationSpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has been tested in a vacuum, jostled in an acoustic chamber and put through computer simulations. But there's only one way to know for sure how a spacecraft will work: Strap it to a rocket, and let it fly.
SpaceX Successfully Makes Historic Launch And LandingThe Falcon 9 rocket lifted both its crew dragon capsule and hopes that made-in-America space travel is back.
SpaceX To Launch First Ever Demo Of Crew Dragon CapsuleSpaceX is on the verge of flying humans for the first time.
SpaceX Launches Israel's Lunar LanderIsrael's plan to become the fourth country ever to land on the Moon has taken off.
NASA, SpaceX Aims For March Test Of 1st New Astronaut CapsuleIf all goes as planned, SpaceX and NASA will conduct their first test of a new astronaut capsule next month.
SpaceX Launches Final Batch of Next-Gen SatellitesSpaceX completed a major upgrade to a key telecommunications satellite network on Friday after two years of launches.
SpaceX Launches Air Force's Best GPS Yet, Ends Banner YearA Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, hoisting the satellite into orbit. | aerospace |
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/huge-raf-aircraft-over-somerset-6748759 | 2022-05-26T01:53:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662595559.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526004200-20220526034200-00569.warc.gz | 0.945333 | 2,978 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__270616636 | en | Large RAF aircraft have been flying over Somerset skies in recent days.
The flight paths of several large planes, including multiple Airbus A-330-200 - aerial refuelling tanker aircraft - has been mapped by FlightRadar24.
This morning (March 5), a large Globemaster military transport aircraft passed over the county on its way from the east coast of America. It was followed later in the day by a US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster.
It follows action which saw a refuelling plane, call sign RRR9915, leave RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at 3am on Friday morning (March 4) before heading out over Poland.
The Airbuses have been helping to refuel RAF Typhoon jets which have been on a NATO mission to defend NATO airspace from Russia after their invasion from Ukraine.
On Thursday, March 3, another Airbus was tracked - it entered Somerset in the airspace above Keynsham and Saltford and flew over Midsomer Norton, Shepton Mallet, Ilchester, Martock and the Blackdown Hills, before entering Devon and Cornwall.
The flight, call sign TARTN49, turned around near the Newquay coastline before circling back.
Live updates will appear below:
In defence of Nato: USAF B52 bombers head north for massive show of strength
Massive B52 bombers headed north from their temporary home in England to fly to a Nato mission in the Arctic today (Tuesday, March 13). It was the latest flight out of RAF Fairford since the aircraft arrived in Gloucestershire in February.
They flew over the North Sea region and then on the Arctic, the United States Air Force confirmed. It was the latest Bomber Task Force Mission in Europe.
Read more here.
US Air Force provides update on their B-52s' mission
The US Air Force (USAF) has given some insight into the mission of the various massive B-52 bombers that have been going in and out of RAF Fairford for the past week.
As part of the American Bomber Task Force, the B-52s have been helping to train German and Romanian allies, as well as bolster NATO's capabilities in the area.
Gen. Jeff Harrigian, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe said: “BTF rotations give us a critical opportunity to integrate and train with our allies and partners, especially during this difficult time.” . “Training together ensures the defensive power of NATO remains unmatched.”
You can read more about it here.
B-52 jets over South West
It has been a morning of activity at nearby RAF Fairford, with two American B-52 jets having departed the Gloucestershire base this morning.
The two jets set out from Fairford earlier this morning and flew over Tewkesbury before turning east.
They are currently off the east coast of the UK and heading towards the Netherlands.
Their departure comes amid increasing tensions with Russia over Ukraine, with the RAF already being bolstered in recent days by the arrival of several F-35B fighter jets.
Latest 'futuristic' jet tech is delivered to the RAF
Three more F-35B jets, each costing around £100 million, have been delivered to the RAF.
These cutting-edge jets can evade radar, travel at 1,200 mph and land vertically.
Read more here.
RAF aircraft about to land at Brize Norton
A LOCKHEED C-130 Hercules aircraft, Callsign RRR5733, looks like it may be about to land at RAF Brize Norton after completing a mission at the Polish-Ukrainian border.
BBC World News taken off air in Russia
Russian authorities have been restricting access to foreign and independent media outlets, including the main BBC websites, in recent days as the invasion of Ukraine continues. On Friday, its parliament approved a law making it a criminal offence punishable by up to 15 years in prison to spread “fake” or “false” news about the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, prompting the BBC to temporarily suspend the work of all its news journalists and support staff in Russia.
BBC World News presenter Victoria Derbyshire was the first to announce the channel’s suspension. She told viewers shortly before midday on Sunday: “BBC World News, the channel you are watching if you are outside the UK right now, and which is the BBC’s global television news channel, has just been taken off air in Russia.”
Read more here.
United States Airforce over Devon
A USA military aircraft, callsign RCH800, is currently flying over Exeter. It's a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft.
Deadly 'beast mode' fighter jets land in UK
Deadly fighter jets worth £100m 'that will make Putin sweat' have landed in the UK.
It's reported that £300m worth of supersonic F-35B Lightning planes have been landing at RAF Marham in Norfolk.
Flown in from Texas, the jets can carry 22,000lbs of firepower including eight Paveway laser-guided bombs.
The Mirror Online also reports the jets are equipped with a terrifying "beast mode".
The jets have a top speed of 1,200mph and are capable of flying at 50,000ft.
More than 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled country since Russian invasion began
More than 1.5 million refugees have now crossed from Ukraine into neighbouring countries since the Russian invasion began, the head of the UN Refugee Agency has said. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, tweeted on Sunday that it is “the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II”.
Read more here.
United States military over Dorset
A United States military aircraft, Boeing C-17A Globemaster, callsign RCH812, is on its way back from Europe and is passing over Dorset and east Devon.
Russia has made a 'veiled threat' against the UK
Russia has threatened to take 'retaliatory measures' against the United Kingdom after Boris Johnson imposed a series of tough sanctions against the country.
Read the full story here.
Horrifying footage from Sky News shows British journalist shot in Kyiv
Sky News has released footage of its chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay being shot and wounded in a violent ambush near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
The distressing footage shows Mr Ramsay being hit by a bullet in the lower back as shooting rained down on a car carrying his crew towards the Ukrainian capital on Monday (February 28).
Read more here.
RAF aircraft about to land after Poland mission
An RAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft, callsign RRR6729, is preparing to land back on home soil following a mission over Poland.
UK tells British nationals to leave Russia if presence is “not essential”
British nationals in Russia whose presence is “not essential” have been told to consider leaving the country. Travel advice on the Foreign Office website on Saturday said it had been “updated to advise British nationals whose presence in Russia is not essential to consider leaving by remaining commercial routes”.
It comes after ministers have said a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine would be welcome but it is only a “small step” with the Russian invasion showing little signs of weakening.
Read more here.
US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster passes over Somerset
A USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster strategic transport aircraft has just passed over Somerset. It flew directly over Burnham-on-Sea, the Mendips and just south of Bath.
Globemaster passes over Wells
The action in the skies continues this morning, with the site of a Boeing C-17A Globemaster passing over Somerset at just before 10am. The large military transport aircraft had departed from the east coast of the USA.
Project Servator police mount operation around RAF bases
A specialist group of police that aims to disrupt terrorist and criminal activities around the nation's key defence sites have been deployed around RAF Fairford.
Known as Project Servator, the MOD says: "deployments can last for different lengths of time and involve varying numbers of officers and different resources. You’ll see highly visible uniformed officers who may also be working with plain clothes officers, armed police officers, police dogs, and marine police units, using different approaches and technology such as vehicle checkpoints, CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)."
On social media, MOD Police said: "Passing on the Project Servator message, at highly visible vehicle checkpoints around RAF Fairford yesterday. Our deployments can turn up at any time, in and around the sites we protect."
Evening plane movement recap
The Airbus A 400M which left RAF Brize Norton around 2pm, ASCOT485, has flown over Gloucestershire returned to base after a brief three-hour sortie that took it over southern Wales.
Shortly after the TARTN59 Airbus A330 also made its return Brize Norton.
This massive plane is 58 metres long, with a wingspan of 60 metres and can take off with a weight of 233,000KG.
Because of these prodigious dimensions, the A330 can be modified to carry a whopping 110,000KG of aviation fuel
In addition to its refueling capacity, the A330-200 has been variously modified by different militaries for mass cargo transport, as well as a medivac center that can carry more than 130 stretchers.
Like the Airbus A-330-200, the Airbus A400M is a military transporter and refueling plane. It aims to replace the old Lockheed C-130 transporter.
Smaller than the A330, the A400 has a max weight at takeoff of 141,000 kg but can comfortably cruise at speeds of nearly 500mph.
Another Airbus takes off from RAF Brize Norton
AIRBUS A-400M ASCOT485 hasjust taken off from RAF Brize Norton.
It took off at 14.02 today (March 4). It has currently just passed Cheltenham and is up over Tewkesbury now.
Tanker heading back to base
An AIRBUS A-330-200, call sign RRR9150, is now heading back towards the UK.
The huge tanker left Brize Norton at 8.26am and is expected back at base at 14.46 this afternoon.
It has been out over Lithuania doing laps not far from the coast.
C-17 busy afternoon over Gloucestershire
The C-17, call sign RRR819 has been busy. After heading up the Severn it then turned back around and has done several loops over Cheltenham.
It's now back at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
C-17 on the move
A BOEING C-17 Globemaster - RRR819 - is on the move. The huge plane left Prize Norton at 11.22 this morning.
It then went towards Cirencester before cutting down towards Bath. It did a few loops around the Mendips and Bristol before tracking its way up the Severn. It has passed Gloucester and is heading towards Malvern.
The RAF McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster is a large military transport aircraft that was originally developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.
Full story on the multi-million pound fighter jets
Two US Air Force F-15 fighter jets have gone over Somerset this morning, much to the delight of aviation fans.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle plane is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical air craft used to being used in active battle situations. It can go at speeds up to 1,875 mph. Two of the top class planes have speed over parts of Somerset this morning, creating a lot of noise as they went.
Where are the F-15's
One of the F-15's BONES61 has now gone over Somerset and went to Suffolk. There is has turned left and carried on towards Leeds.
The other jet WD62 appears to have landed as it is no longer on flight radars.
Airbus helping NATO mission on the way back to RAF Brize Norton
An AIRBUS A-330-200, call sign, RRR9915, is now on the way back to RAF Fairford after spending the morning helpfin refuel Typhoon jets over Northen Poland and the city of Bydyoszcz.
It left RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at 3.12am today.
US Jet heading back over Somerset
BONES61 is now turning back over Somerset - it's going over Bampton and is on course to go over Wivilescombe and Bridgwater immintently.
Pair of US Air Force B-52 bombers take off from RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
A pair of huge B-52's have just taken off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
The USAF planes Boeing B-52H Stratofortress have just taken off and are currently going over Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s.
Where are the F-15's now?
One of the super fast jets - BONES61 - has carried on over Somerset. It did a loop over Dulverton and went over Dartmoor National Park.
It has now carried on towards St Mellion in Cornwall.
The other jet - WD62 - is still over the Salisbury Plain doing continual loops.
Second US Air Force F-15 over Somerset
Another F-15 jet, call sign BONES61, is now over Gloucestershire and Somerset.
The plane left RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk at 8.41am and is now right over Somerset, going over Midsomer Norton, Wells and is heading out over the Quantocks. | aerospace |
https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/business/primera-air-to-launch-flights-from-stansted-to-toronto-9055093/ | 2021-12-03T09:32:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362619.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203091120-20211203121120-00306.warc.gz | 0.94392 | 251 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__56343979 | en | Primera Air to launch flights from Stansted to Toronto
Direct flights to Toronto in Canada will launch at Stansted Airport in June next year.
It will be a third Transatlantic route for Primera Air. The Danish airline will offer three flights a week all year round in addition to daily services to New York’s Newark Airport that begin in April 2018 and four departures a week to Boston Logan Airport from May next year.
The route is London Stansted’s fifth largest unserved destination with over 280,000 passengers from the airport’s catchment area flying from other airports to Toronto in the last year.
Andri Ingolfsson, Primera Air president and chairman, said: “With our brand new Airbus321NEO aircraft, we are opening routes previously traditionally served only by wide-body aircraft.”
Ken O’ Toole, Stansted’s chief executive, said: “As a forward thinking and innovative airport we have the ambition and runway capacity to enable us to offer more flights to more destinations across North America, the Middle East and further afield and satisfy the growing demand from businesses and passengers across the region to fly long-haul from their local airport.” | aerospace |
https://www.easterneye.biz/oneweb-to-resume-satellite-launches-with-spacex-tie-up/ | 2022-05-29T01:39:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663035797.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529011010-20220529041010-00320.warc.gz | 0.928754 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__260561660 | en | OneWeb to resume satellite launches with SpaceX tie-up OneWeb has entered into an agreement with SpaceX which will enable the British company to resume satellite launches. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
ONEWEB, the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, on Monday (21) announced that it has entered into an agreement with SpaceX which will enable it to resume satellite launches.
The first launch with SpaceX is anticipated this year and will add to OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation that currently stands at 428 satellites, or 66 per cent of the fleet, the company said in a statement.
The British company, backed by India’s Bharti Enterprises, said the terms of the agreement with SpaceX are confidential.
Also Read | OneWeb suspends Baikonur launches
OneWeb intends to deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity when it starts commercial operations.
The demand for its broadband connectivity services has continued to grow across telecommunications providers, aviation and maritime markets, and governments across the world, the company said.
OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson said: “We thank SpaceX for their support, which reflects our shared vision for the boundless potential of space.”
With the launch plans in place, OneWeb is on track to finish building out its full fleet of satellites and deliver robust, fast, secure connectivity across the globe, Masterson added. | aerospace |
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=10878961&postcount=2 | 2015-04-18T16:48:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246635639.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045715-00069-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.735046 | 339 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__195519606 | en | Can we get stats/ingame descriptions for the Nukara space set?
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You can get the sets from the Omega Force rep in DS9 on Tribble.
Nukara Impulse Engine Mk XII
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Nukara Crystalline Resilient Shields Mk XII
6,865.6 Maximum Shield Capacity (5% Absorb, 5% Bleedthrough)
190.7 Shield Regeneration every 6 seconds
Reduces Tetryon Damage to Shields by 20%
Reduces Radiation Damage to Shields by 20%
1% change to reflect a portion of incoming energy damage back at attackers (50% shield penetration)
Nukara Deflector Array Mk XII
+26.2 Starship Shield Emitters
+8.8 Starship Structural Integrity
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+8.8 Starship Inertial Dampeners
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Set 2: Weapon Stabilizers
Automatically removes weapon disabled condition after 4 seconds.
Set 3: Unstable Tetryon Lattice
10 km Range
3 min recharge
to target: 5,051 Tetryon Damage (28.1 DPS) to initial target
5,051 Tetryon Damage to foes within 5.0 km of target
Shuts down you Weapon Stabilizer for 60 seconds. | aerospace |
https://es.alternativeairlines.com/air-moana | 2023-10-01T13:13:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510888.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001105617-20231001135617-00601.warc.gz | 0.961892 | 934 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__189980693 | en | We’re super proud of our Trustpilot rating, but don’t just take it from us. See why millions of others love booking their flights through Alternative Airlines
SAS Natireva, trading as Air Moana is a Polynesian airline scheduled to launch services in 2022. The airline plans on operating island-hop flights across French Polynesia initially starting with 6 destinations within the "free-trade zone" after being requested to do so by the Polynesian government. The airline will later expand to serve 12 locations throughout the South Pacific and Polynesia. The airline will initially operate a fleet of ATR72 and ATR42 aircraft.
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Air Moana has yet to confirm their baggage policies, keep checking back to see updated information.
Air Moana hasn't yet published its cabin baggage policy. However, it is likely that you will be permitted to bring a cabin bag onboard with you, as the aircraft are regional aircraft this may be a small personal item instead of a cabin case. However, it is assumed that nearer the launch more information will be provided.
Similarly, the airline hasn't published its checked luggage policy either. It is unsure as of yet if this will be included in your ticket or if it will be at an additional cost.
The exact classes onboard Air Moana flights has not yet been announced however, it's likely that there will be an Economy and perhaps Business Class onboard.
As the airline is still in the planning phase and hasn't officially begun services it is unclear how they will design the cabin and what kind of products will be offered. However, it is highly likely that an economy class product will be installed on the aircraft with an economy service provided. However, once launched, more information will be readily available.
It is unclear if the airline will offer business class. As the intended fleet will be smaller regional aircraft, a business class product may not be installed onboard, however, this is still not confirmed.
Methods of check-in have yet to be confirmed by the airline.
At present, Air Moana hasn't launched an e-commerce or reservations website, so it is unsure if online check-in will be an option.
It is expected that the airline will have airport check-in facilities in all of their destinations for you to use. Depending on the route you may be required to arrive at the airport a set amount of time before departure.
Air Moana hasn't yet published whether they will offer complimentary drinks or snacks yet. However, as the flights are due to initially be domestic island-hop flights this is unlikely. A buy onboard service may be provided.
As the airline will be operating short island-hop flights it isn't likely that they will have wifi or inflight entertainment installed. The airline may offer an inflight magazine to read at the seat pockets. However, to avoid boredom during the flight we would recommend you bring something to keep you busy for your flight.
Once launched the airline plans on operating services across French Polynesia to the following destinations. The airline plans to operate to 12 destinations from April before later adding a further 9 routes to make a route map of 21 destinations.
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Fa'a'ā International Airport serves the capital of French Polynesia, Papeete. The airport offers a limited route network primarily to other south Pacific islands and New Zealand with some long haul services to USA and France. Currently, the airport has direct services to Paris, Los Angeles, Auckland, Tokyo, San Francisco, Honolulu, Noumea, Ahe, Puka Puka, Maupiti and more. Air France, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui, Aircalin, French Bee, Hawaiian Airlines and United Airlines all operate to the airport. Fa'a'ā International Airport has some bus services to the rest of the island allowing for easy transfers between the airport and your final destination.
The airline plans to have a fleet of 3 ATR72 aircraft and 2 ATR42 upon launch. However, as the airline grows and expands its network it also plans on taking delivery of 3 more ATR72 as well as 2 more ATR42.
As the airline hasn't formally launched yet, information on frequent flyer programs hasn't yet been publicised. | aerospace |
https://p-tweets.com/viewupdate.php?id=87636&r=@ellawilson: | 2023-06-02T11:10:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648635.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602104352-20230602134352-00165.warc.gz | 0.880199 | 93 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__40993751 | en | When you shoot aerial photos you will face many challenges whether you are shooting from a plane or using a drone. Get ready, here are some good tips to help you do aerial photography.
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http://www.brightideaphotography.com/5-years-ago-today/ | 2017-12-12T00:58:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948514238.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20171212002021-20171212022021-00345.warc.gz | 0.979488 | 502 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__171451058 | en | Five years ago today, on April 5th, 2010 at 6:21am, I had the privilege of photographing the final night launch of the US Space Shuttle program, STS-131.
This launch marked the penultimate flight for the Space Shuttle Discovery – and was also the last Shuttle launch to ever take place at night.
Set against a spectacular pre-dawn sky, it was one of the most photogenic Shuttle launches in history. As the Sun came up over the Eastern horizon the high-altitude plume from Discovery’s main engines was lit with a remarkably colourful glow. It was extremely dramatic from my photo station across the water from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, but was also visible well downrange, as the Shuttle blasted along over several hundred miles of the US East Coast.
Only eight and a half minutes later – as I was still packing up my photo gear – Discovery was already in space, and would soon heading for its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
The image above is not the greatest, but it was a cool moment to witness in person. What is it?
Well, 15 minutes before the Shuttle launched, NASA announced that we should look up, because the International Space Station was passing overhead.
I hadn’t even thought about this, but it totally made sense that the target for this Shuttle launch would pass right over us. It was after all, what the Shuttle would be chasing! It was cool to look up and see that little spot of light gliding across the pre-dawn sky, and it was very picturesque to see it passing so close to the waxing gibbous Moon. At that very moment a little chill ran down my spine. For a split second I was transported back in time – to July, 1969 – when the target for another launch from this facility was that distant world.
After two weeks in orbit, Discovery landed safely once again at the Kennedy Space Center. This mission would mark the longest flight ever for the Space Shuttle Discovery.
It would be hard to believe that five years have passed since I photographed that launch, were it not for another memory from that same day…
While I was waiting for the launch to take place I remember getting my first in-person look at the Apple iPad, which had been released just two days earlier in the US. Thinking about that makes it a lot easier to believe this really did happen five long years ago! | aerospace |
https://www.geomatics-world.co.uk/content/news/dji-announces-mavic-2-pro-and-mavic-2-zoom-drones | 2019-04-23T12:22:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578602767.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423114901-20190423140901-00433.warc.gz | 0.888876 | 538 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__108456695 | en | DJI Announces Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom Drones - 30/08/2018
DJI has unveiled the newest members of its consumer drone family, the Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom. Part of the Mavic 2 Series, each drone provides specific camera functionality that will appeal to a wide range of pilots and aerial photographers.
The Mavic 2 Pro features a 3-axis gimbal-stabilised Hasselblad camera with a 20MP 1" CMOS sensor that’s capable of capturing UHD 4K video with 10-bit HDR support. It uses an adjustable f/2.8 - f/11 aperture and supports a 10-bit Dlog-M colour profile for greater dynamic range - all of this making the Mavic 2 Pro one of the most sophisticated flying cameras on the market.
The Zoom, on the other hand, features a 12MP 1/2.3" CMOS sensor and gives users the option of 2X optical zoom (24-48mm) for detailed aerial close-ups. It also comes with zoom-specific features not found on the Pro, such as 4x Lossless Zoom FHD Video. Regardless of variant, both drones provide H.265 compression at 100Mb/s.
Camera differences aside, both variants share many of the same features, including the travel-friendly folding style and each employs low-noise propellers to keep prop buzz to a minimum. They also come equipped with omni-directional obstacle sensing, so you’ll get 360 degrees of protection and collision avoidance. In terms of performance, the Pro and Zoom top out at 44.7mph and has a 31 minute flight time. Also, both variants come with 8GB of onboard storage.
DJI also bolstered several software features, including upgrades to the Active Track mode, additional Quickshots, and the all-new Hyperlapse mode, which lets pilots create professional-looking time-lapse aerial shots.
You can pick up either drone as a stand-alone flyer or combine it with a Fly More Kit for additional props, batteries, and a carrying case. The all-new Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom are available for order now at B&H Photo.
For more information on the DJI Mavic 2 Pro visit https://bhpho.to/2ohBZah
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Tehran, Aug. 17, 2010 -- An Iranian F-4 jet fighter crashed near Shif island in Bushehr porvince, southern Iran at 10:10 a.m local time (0540 GMT)Tuesday, a provincial official, Gholam-Reza Keshtkar informed the Iranian news agencies.
The pilot and co-pilot survived the incident but sustained minor injuries. They were transferred to the nearest hospital immediately. But the fighter was seriously damaged. However, no one on the ground was injured as the jet crashed in a desert area, 4 kms from Bushehr, provincial official, Mohammad Hassan Shanbadi, said. He cited "technical failure" as the cause of crash.
The two pilots were in “good conditions,” he asserted. | aerospace |
https://www.betterteam.com/aircraft-mechanic-interview-questions | 2020-12-03T03:12:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141718314.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203031111-20201203061111-00151.warc.gz | 0.885105 | 262 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__25162882 | en | Aircraft mechanics are trained professionals who specialize in the maintenance and repair of aircraft. Typically employed in the aviation and engineering industries, aircraft mechanics are detailed-oriented, extremely analytical, and have in-depth knowledge of structural and mechanical systems.
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http://jobcircularall.com/bangladesh-airlines-job-circular/ | 2020-07-14T04:21:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657147917.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20200714020904-20200714050904-00508.warc.gz | 0.86266 | 225 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__193233748 | en | Aviation Bangladesh Airlines has issued a recruitment notice. The aircraft will be appointed as ‘aircraft mechanic (maintenance, component maintenance)’ in Bangladesh. Interested eligible candidates can apply.
Name of the position
Aircraft Mechanic (Maintenance, Component Maintenance)
The number: A total of 32 people
The candidate must have completed the CAAB / EASA Part 1 Approved B1.3 (Aircraft Turbine) or B2 (Avionics) course. Must have one year work experience in related work at Aircraft Maintenance Company. A diploma in aerospace or avionics engineering should be passed. Must have a minimum CGPA of 3.60.
Salary: 12,500-30,230/ –
The method of application
Interested candidates ( www.biman-arilines.com or http://bbal.teletalk.com.bd (http://bbal.teletalk.com.bd) )
Applications can be made until February 26, 2020.
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http://www.thedailyparker.com/post/2017/06/02/biggest-airplane-ever | 2022-07-06T10:20:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104669950.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220706090857-20220706120857-00022.warc.gz | 0.92268 | 308 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__141267913 | en | Paul Allen has funded development of an airplane designed to launch satellites into space. It's...huge:
Called Stratolaunch, the plane has some impressive stats: a wingspan of 117 m, or longer than a football field, and a height of 15.24 m. Unfueled, it weighs 226,800 kg. But it can carry 113,400 kg of fuel, and its total weight can reach 590 tonnes.
But, really ... how big is it? It’s so big that it has 28 wheels and six 747 jet engines. It’s so big that it has 96 km of wire coursing through it. It’s so big that the county had to issue special construction permits just for the construction scaffolding.
But why is Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Seattle Seahawks, building such a massive plane?
It’s not to carry passengers, but rather rockets. The bigger the plane, the larger the rockets, or the greater the number.
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https://www.nani-hawaii.com/hawaii-role-in-space-exploration | 2024-04-12T15:39:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816024.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412132154-20240412162154-00102.warc.gz | 0.919855 | 2,377 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__185027385 | en | Explore Hawaii's intriguing involvement in the realm of space exploration, where the Pacific paradise's unique features have contributed to scientific research and technological advancement. From its world-renowned astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea to its diverse planetary analog environments, Hawaii offers insights into the cosmos and potential habitats on other celestial bodies. Delve into educational initiatives and discussions on small satellite launches that showcase Hawaii's commitment to inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts and researchers.
Hawaii is renowned for its collection of world-class astronomical observatories located on the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island. The high elevation, clear skies, and relatively remote location make it an excellent site for observing the cosmos. The observatories on Mauna Kea have contributed significantly to our understanding of the universe, and many of them are operated by international collaborations.
- W. M. Keck Observatory: The Keck Observatory comprises two identical 10-meter telescopes, making them among the largest optical and infrared telescopes in the world. The observatory is famous for its innovative use of segmented mirrors, adaptive optics, and cutting-edge instrumentation. It has been instrumental in a wide range of astronomical discoveries, including the study of distant galaxies, exoplanets, and more.
- Subaru Telescope: Operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the Subaru Telescope features a massive 8.2-meter primary mirror and specializes in infrared and optical observations. It has played a significant role in various fields, such as studying the formation and evolution of galaxies, as well as detecting and characterizing exoplanets.
- Gemini Observatory: The twin Gemini telescopes are part of an international collaboration involving multiple countries. These 8.1-meter telescopes are equipped with advanced adaptive optics systems, enabling astronomers to achieve high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy. The Gemini Observatory contributes to a wide range of astronomical research, including planetary studies, star formation, and the exploration of distant galaxies.
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT): This 3.6-meter telescope is a partnership between Canada, France, and the University of Hawaii. The CFHT focuses on a broad range of astronomical investigations, including studies of dark matter, the nature of distant galaxies, and the characteristics of asteroids and comets.
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT): Although originally established for submillimeter astronomy, the JCMT has contributed to space exploration by observing the universe in the submillimeter and far-infrared wavelengths. It has been used to study star formation, galaxy evolution, and the interstellar medium.
These observatories are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and technology that allow scientists to probe the universe across various wavelengths, from visible light to radio waves. They have been responsible for numerous groundbreaking discoveries and have greatly expanded our knowledge of cosmology, astrophysics, and planetary science.
It's important to note that while these observatories have greatly advanced our understanding of the universe, there have also been concerns about their impact on the natural environment and cultural significance of Mauna Kea to the Native Hawaiian people. These concerns have led to debates and discussions regarding the balance between scientific research and cultural preservation.
Planetary Analog Environments
Hawaii offers a diverse range of geological and environmental features that make it an attractive location for studying planetary analog environments. Several sites on the islands share characteristics with other celestial bodies, allowing scientists to conduct research and tests relevant to space exploration.
- Volcanic Terrains: Hawaii's volcanic landscapes, especially on the Big Island, provide analogs for the surfaces of planets like Mars and moons like Io. The extensive lava fields, volcanic craters, and other geological features offer insights into processes like volcanic activity, erosion, and the formation of various geological formations. Mauna Loa and Kilauea are particularly interesting for studying lava flows and their associated features.
- Lava Tubes: Lava tubes are natural underground tunnels formed by flowing lava. They offer analogs for potential habitats on the Moon and Mars. The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) project, for instance, has used lava tube environments on the Big Island to simulate long-duration space missions, testing factors such as isolation, confinement, and resource utilization.
- High-Altitude Sites: Hawaii's high-altitude sites, like the summit of Mauna Kea, share similarities with the low-pressure environments of other celestial bodies. Researchers can use these locations to test equipment, study how materials degrade under low atmospheric pressure, and develop strategies for future missions.
- Underwater Environments: While not exclusively a Hawaiian feature, the state's coastal waters offer insights into the challenges of undersea exploration, relevant to future missions to ice-covered moons like Europa. Underwater habitats and analogs provide opportunities to test technologies and practice operational procedures.
- Microbial Communities: Hawaii's volcanic soils and unique ecosystems host extremophiles—microorganisms that thrive in extreme conditions. Studying these microbes can help scientists understand the potential for life on other planets with similar harsh environments.
- Arid Regions: Some parts of Hawaii, particularly on the leeward sides of the islands, experience arid conditions. These areas can serve as analogs for deserts on Mars and other planets, where rovers and landers have been deployed to explore the surface.
- Coral Reefs: While not directly related to planetary surfaces, studying coral reefs in Hawaii can provide insights into the diversity of ecosystems and the potential for life in extreme and challenging conditions. This knowledge could have implications for the study of life on other planets.
It's important to note that while Hawaii offers valuable analog environments, there are also ethical and environmental considerations associated with conducting research in these areas. Respect for local ecosystems, cultural sensitivity, and environmental preservation are crucial when conducting studies in Hawaii or any other analog environment.
Overall, Hawaii's diverse range of geological features, from its volcanic terrains to underwater ecosystems, provides a unique opportunity for scientists to study and simulate conditions relevant to space exploration and gain insights into the challenges and possibilities of exploring other celestial bodies.
Small Satellite Launches
Hawaii had been exploring the possibility of becoming a launch site for small satellites, also known as CubeSats or smallsats. Small satellite launches have gained popularity in recent years due to their cost-effectiveness and ability to carry out a variety of missions, such as scientific research, Earth observation, technology demonstration, and educational projects.
- PacStar: One of the initiatives related to small satellite launches in Hawaii was the PacStar project. The University of Hawaii's Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) was involved in developing the PacStar launch system, which aimed to provide a cost-effective and flexible platform for launching small satellites into space. This project was intended to enable educational institutions, research organizations, and commercial entities to access space for various purposes.
- LauncherOne Flight: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, a small satellite launch vehicle, completed a successful launch from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California in January 2021. While this launch wasn't directly from Hawaii, it demonstrated the potential for mobile launch platforms to reach a variety of orbits. Virgin Orbit had previously mentioned Hawaii as a possible future launch location due to its strategic location for specific orbital inclinations.
- Geographical Advantages: Hawaii's geographical location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean provides certain advantages for launching satellites into specific orbits. Launching from Hawaii can offer a wider range of orbital inclinations compared to launches from continental launch sites, which can be useful for satellite constellations and missions requiring unique orbits.
- Environmental and Regulatory Factors: Establishing a launch site involves considerations related to environmental impact assessments, safety regulations, local community engagement, and potential disruptions to existing industries and ecosystems. These factors need to be addressed carefully when considering a new launch site.
It's worth noting that while there have been discussions and initiatives related to small satellite launches in Hawaii, these plans could be influenced by a range of factors, including regulatory approvals, funding, and the overall evolution of the small satellite launch industry.
Educational and Outreach Initiatives
Educational and outreach initiatives in Hawaii related to space exploration and science have aimed to engage local communities, students, and the general public in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. These initiatives not only promote awareness of space and scientific endeavors but also provide learning opportunities and inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and space enthusiasts. While specific programs and events can change over time, here are some examples of educational and outreach initiatives that have taken place in Hawaii:
- Mauna Kea Observatories Outreach: The observatories located on Mauna Kea often conduct public outreach programs. These programs can include stargazing events, astronomy talks, and guided tours of the observatory facilities. These initiatives allow residents and visitors to learn about astronomy, space exploration, and the research being conducted on the mountain.
- Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS): HI-SEAS is a habitat on Mauna Loa that simulates the conditions of a space mission, including isolation and limited resources. This initiative not only contributes to research on space missions but also engages the public through educational tours, open houses, and outreach events.
- Space Grant Consortium: Hawaii is part of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, which promotes STEM education and research in space-related fields. The Hawaii Space Grant Consortium has supported a range of educational activities, including student research projects, workshops, and outreach events.
- Science Festivals and Events: Hawaii hosts various science festivals and events that showcase STEM fields to the public. These events often include hands-on activities, demonstrations, and presentations related to space exploration, robotics, and other scientific topics.
- STEM Education Programs: Numerous organizations and institutions in Hawaii offer STEM education programs for students of all ages. These programs can include summer camps, workshops, after-school clubs, and mentorship opportunities focused on space, robotics, coding, and other STEM disciplines.
- University Programs: Colleges and universities in Hawaii offer degrees and research opportunities in fields related to space exploration, astronomy, and aerospace engineering. These institutions often collaborate with local schools and communities to promote STEM education.
- Planetariums and Science Centers: Hawaii's planetariums and science centers, such as the Bishop Museum, offer interactive exhibits, planetarium shows, and educational programs that explore space science and astronomy.
- Astronomy and Space Exhibitions: Temporary and permanent exhibitions related to space exploration and astronomy are hosted in museums and cultural centers across Hawaii. These exhibitions provide educational content for visitors of all ages.
- Collaboration with Indigenous Knowledge: Given Hawaii's rich cultural heritage and indigenous population, some initiatives aim to blend traditional Hawaiian knowledge with modern science to create a holistic approach to understanding space and the cosmos.
These initiatives serve to bridge the gap between scientific research, education, and public engagement. They inspire curiosity, provide access to scientific knowledge, and promote a deeper understanding of the universe and our place within it.
Hawaii plays a notable role in space exploration through its world-class astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea, aiding in cosmological research. The state offers diverse planetary analog environments, such as volcanic terrains and lava tubes, for simulating conditions on other celestial bodies. Hawaii's geographic advantage has sparked interest in small satellite launches, potentially offering flexible orbital inclinations. The region also hosts educational and outreach initiatives, engaging the public, students, and indigenous knowledge to promote STEM education and inspire interest in space science.
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http://www.grss-ieee.org/opportunities/sar-applications-specialist/ | 2018-06-22T18:45:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864776.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622182027-20180622202027-00126.warc.gz | 0.862267 | 115 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__132207703 | en | Capella Space, Palo Alto, California, USA
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https://ali-noorani.com/does-a-hot-air-balloon-rotate-with-the-earth.html | 2023-09-30T09:51:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510671.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930082033-20230930112033-00190.warc.gz | 0.903515 | 1,142 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__62683234 | en | A mesmerizing sight that evokes a sense of wonder and adventure, hot air balloons gracefully soar through the sky, defying gravity and capturing the imagination of onlookers. While the mechanics of these magnificent vessels may seem complex, one may ponder whether they rotate with the Earth as it spins on it’s axis. The Earth's rotation, a fundamental aspect of our planet's dynamics, imparts various effects on objects and phenomena on it’s surface. Thus, it becomes intriguing to delve into the intricate relationship between hot air balloons and the Earth's rotational motion, unraveling the mysteries behind their ability to navigate the ever-changing winds and currents in harmony with our planet's dance through the cosmos.
Do Hot Air Balloons Move Around?
Pilots navigate hot air balloons by utilizing these different wind currents at various altitudes. By ascending or descending to different layers of wind, they can control the direction and speed of the balloon to some extent. This technique is known as the “Steady State Flight” or “Wind Shear” technique.
It’s important to note that hot air balloons are dependent on weather conditions. If the wind is too strong or there are significant weather hazards, pilots may not be able to control the direction of the balloon as effectively. Therefore, hot air balloon flights are often scheduled during times when weather conditions are favorable and safe for flying.
However, weather conditions play a crucial role in determining the level of control pilots have over the balloons movement.
To accomplish this, the pilot can adjust the burner to add more heat and increase the temperature inside the balloon, causing it to rise. On the other hand, the pilot can cool down the air by venting hot air or turning off the burner, which reduces the density and causes the balloon to descend. This precise control of temperature and density allows a hot air balloon to navigate through the sky with ease.
How a Hot Air Balloon Is Able to Use Density and Temperature Differences to Make the Balloon Go Up and Down?
By using a burner attached to the basket, the pilot can heat the air inside the balloon. This causes the air molecules to move more rapidly, increasing the temperature and thus decreasing the density of the air. As a result, the hot air balloon becomes lighter than the surrounding air and starts to rise.
To descend, the pilot can control the temperature by either turning off the burner or venting hot air from the envelope. This cools down the air inside, causing it to contract and become denser.
The pilot can also control the altitude of the hot air balloon by adjusting the amount of fuel burned in the burner. Burning more fuel increases the temperature and expands the air, causing the balloon to rise.
Overall, the hot air balloon utilizes the principle of buoyancy, which is determined by the difference in density between the hot air inside and the cooler air outside. By manipulating the temperature and density of the air inside the balloon, the pilot can control it’s vertical movement in the sky.
Are There Any Alternative Methods or Technologies Being Developed for Controlling the Ascent and Descent of Hot Air Balloons?
- Use of advanced burners for improved heat control
- Development of automated altitude control systems
- Exploration of non-flame-based propulsion methods
- Incorporation of inflatable chambers for enhanced stability
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this region. However, a recent study challenges this notion and suggests that the atmosphere may not rotate at the same speed as the Earth.
Does the Atmosphere Rotate at the Same Speed as Earth?
The upper atmosphere.
However, recent research has challenged this finding. A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres has shown that the atmosphere actually rotates at slightly slower speeds than the Earth. The researchers used a combination of satellite measurements and atmospheric modeling to calculate the rotational speed of the atmosphere at different altitudes.
Their results revealed that, on average, The upper atmosphere rotates at a ratio of Λ = 0.95, which corresponds to a mean east-to-west wind speed of 95 m/s. This finding contradicts the previous studies and suggests that there’s a complex interaction between the Earths rotation and the dynamics of the atmosphere.
The researchers speculate that the difference in rotational speed may be due to various factors, such as the distribution of atmospheric mass and the influence of solar radiation. These factors can cause regions of the atmosphere to move at different speeds, resulting in the observed variations in rotational speed.
Understanding the rotational dynamics of the atmosphere is crucial for accurately predicting weather patterns and climate change. The Earths rotation influences the Coriolis effect, which in turn affects the formation of storms and the movement of air masses.
Further research is needed to fully understand the complex relationship between the Earths rotation and the atmospheric dynamics. This will involve analyzing more satellite data and improving the accuracy of atmospheric models. The findings of this study highlight the need for continued research in this area to refine our understanding of Earths atmosphere.
While it’s clear that a hot air balloon interacts with wind patterns and atmospheric conditions, there’s no conclusive scientific evidence to suggest that it rotates in direct correlation with the Earth's rotation. | aerospace |
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https://jimmyspost.com/veteran-ventures-capital-invests-in-biomaterials-science-pioneer-cambium-to-fuel-innovative-defense-technology-advancements | 2024-02-24T15:22:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474541.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224144416-20240224174416-00100.warc.gz | 0.90544 | 928 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__104154598 | en | KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Veteran Ventures Capital (“Veteran Ventures” or “VVC”), a leading emerging manager venture capital firm specializing in investing in and supporting groundbreaking national security technologies, is proud to announce its strategic investment in Cambium, a next-generation defense company at the forefront of material innovation. Cambium’s mission to revolutionize high-performance hardware aligns seamlessly with Veteran Ventures’ commitment to supporting advancements that enhance the capabilities of U.S. and Allied Armed Forces.
Cambium is dedicated to reshaping defense technology by re-engineering products from the ground up, with a focus on dramatically improving manufacturability. Their innovative molecule-to-machine approach integrates computational material design, product development, and advanced manufacturing methods to solve complex application and supply chain challenges. The company has, for example, pioneered the development of advanced biomaterial composites that offer exceptional thermal stability and fire resistance, making them ideal for various Department of Defense (DoD) applications.
The adoption of biomaterials technology is a significant step towards ensuring the United States remains at the forefront of technical innovation and development in the defense sector. These materials will play a pivotal role in the protection of critical assets, from hardening Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) against countermeasures to safeguarding payloads during hypersonic flight.
“Cambium’s commitment to innovation and their focus on enhancing mission performance and survivability align perfectly with our mission at Veteran Ventures Capital,” said Derren Burrell, Founder and Managing Partner at Veteran Ventures. “We are excited to join forces with Cambium and support their groundbreaking work in advancing defense technology.”
“We are proud to have Veteran Ventures as an investor,” remarked Simon Waddington, CEO of Cambium. “We greatly value their expertise and networks in defense and government as well as their style of working closely with the company in a highly collaborative way.”
Cambium’s team comprises seasoned experts from renowned organizations such as SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Lockheed Martin, US Department of Defense Laboratories, and leading biotech companies. Together, they bring a wealth of product engineering and technology integration expertise to revolutionize products across defense, aerospace, space, and renewable energy sectors.
A recent milestone for Cambium was the successful completion of their contract with the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, California. The project aimed to advance and field-test a next-generation bio-manufactured thermal protection system (TPS) designed to enhance the mission performance and survivability of drones. Cambium’s novel TPS is engineered to provide superior protection against heat, fire, rapid heating impacts from countermeasures, and the severe aerodynamic heating and pressure loads experienced during flight.
The investment from Veteran Ventures Capital will enable Cambium to accelerate the development and deployment of their biomaterial technologies, further solidifying their position as a leader in defense and aerospace innovation. Veteran Ventures joins 8VC (lead), GSBackers, Marlinspike, MVP Ventures, Gaingels, Kern Venture Fund, Jackson Moses (Founder, Silent Ventures), Vertical Capital, and select angel investors in this investment round.
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Veteran Ventures is a veteran-owned investment firm focused on investing in veteran entrepreneurs and leadership. Veteran Ventures recognizes the value of military experience, training, and character, providing success in all aspects of business growth and operations. For more information, please visit: www.veteranventures.us.
Cambium is an advanced materials innovator for defense and other high-performance fields. We are a one-stop shop for vertically-integrated innovation, from computational material discovery through to production of advanced composites in the US. We leverage state-of-the-art advances in biology, chemistry, materials science, and AI-enhanced product development to accelerate the deployment of next-generation products. For more information visit Cambium at https://cambium-usa.com/.
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by Debabrata Mohapatra, TNN, Nov 9, 2015
BHUBANESWAR, India -- In a boost to Buddhist tourism in the state, Air India on Sunday started operations between Varanasi and Bhubaneswar. The flight will be available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
With 32 passengers, including two foreign tourists onboard, the AI-419 landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport at 2 pm. The flight has 180 seats.
Tourism minister Ashok Panda and secretary L N Gupta gave a warm welcome to the passengers upon their arrival at the airport. The duration of the flight will be 90 minutes.
The flight will take off from Varanasi at 12.30 pm and land here at 2 pm. The return flight will leave Bhubaneswar at 2.45 pm and reach Varanasi at 4.15 pm. Fares start from Rs 2,500. | aerospace |
https://www.148fw.ang.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/866740/148th-fighter-wing-participates-in-red-flag-alaska-15-3/ | 2021-09-19T08:57:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056752.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20210919065755-20210919095755-00546.warc.gz | 0.948531 | 494 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__82865714 | en | 148th Fighter Wing participates in RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3
By Master Sgt. Ralph Kapustka, 148th Fighter Wing
/ Published August 20, 2015
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Approximately 130 Airmen and eight F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minnesota, are here to take part in RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3.
This is the first RF-A for the 148th Fighter Wing and it gives the unit the opportunity to train in its primary suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) mission.
"The flying is a learning experience, said Lt. Col. Curt Grayson, the 148th Fighter Wing detachment commander for RF-A 15-3. "We are taking all the threats they are throwing at us, handling it and trying to improve every day."
The entire infrastructure is in place at Eielson, so all units have to do is show up and train. The base supplies Red Air (enemy forces) from the 18th Aggressor Squadron which has its own F-16s that fly against and challenge coalition forces in daily combat sorties. Full-time planning staff in the 353rd Combat Training Squadron design and build all scenarios.
"They have everything we need to train for our SEAD mission and we get to practice with other coalition nations," Grayson said.
The size of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex airspace is a great benefit to exercise participants. The more than 67,000 square mile space allows for supersonic maneuvers and goes from the surface to 60,000 feet. It's large enough so all the aircraft can get in there and train at the same time.
Flying with other fifth-generation aircraft was an objective the 148th Fighter Wing wanted to exercise. "It's important for us to be able to take what we do at home every day and integrate it into a larger force to create a positive outcome," Grayson said.
"This training will help us to understand what an F-22 Raptor can do for us - what an F-18 Growler can do for us," Grayson said. "We will come away with a clearer picture on how they can help us and how we can help them; making the whole team better."
"This is a great opportunity; we will be taking advantage of these assets and training toward real-world scenarios," Grayson said. | aerospace |
https://autocarz.work/index.php/2021/01/12/electric-flying-car-start-up-archer-teams-up-with-fiat-chrysler-cnbc/ | 2021-01-27T20:13:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704832583.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20210127183317-20210127213317-00287.warc.gz | 0.947326 | 381 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__277677447 | en | A rendering of Archer’s planned electric aircraft, which the company says will be capable of 60 miles at speeds of up to 150 mph
Fiat Chrysler is teaming up with air mobility company Archer to help lower costs and accelerate the launch of an electric “flying car,” more formally known as a vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
The deal will give California-based Archer access to Fiat Chrysler’s low-cost supply chain, advanced composite material capabilities, engineering and design experience. The companies declined to release financial terms of the partnership.
Unlike traditional planes that use jet engines or helicopters with a large spinning rotor, eVTOL aircraft use electric motors to power rotating wings or smaller rotors, almost like drones, to allow for vertical takeoffs and landings. The aircraft are expected to be used as air taxis for shorter, low-level routes to ease road congestion. Some are being developed as unmanned aircraft without the need for pilots.
Morgan Stanley has said the autonomous urban aircraft market may be worth $1.5 trillion by 2040.
“Electrification within the transportation sector whether on roads or in the air is the future and with any new and rapidly developing technology, scale is important,” Doug Ostermann, Fiat Chrysler’s head of global business development, said in a statement. “Our partnership with Archer has mutual benefits and will enable innovative, environmentally friendly transportation solutions to be brought to market at an accelerated pace.”
Archer’s aircraft is expected to carry passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150 mph while producing minimal noise. It is first expected to be a manned-aircraft with a pilot. The company plans to unveil a demonstrator aircraft later this year, followed by FAA certification by 2024, according to Archer co-founders and co-CEOs Brett | aerospace |
http://www.sps-aviation.com/story/default.asp?id=4 | 2020-10-01T02:18:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402130531.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200930235415-20201001025415-00214.warc.gz | 0.917029 | 495 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__213490623 | en | Combining the dual strengths of speed and subterfuge, the Rafale’s systems—equipped with the SPECTRA—have set new standards in low-observability and survivability
In modern air-warfare, survivability is the key to combat effectiveness. Pitted against the latest threats, the Rafale fighter is well-equipped to slip undetected through dense air-defence networks and survive.
A low-observable aircraft, the twin-engine fighter’s systems have set new standards in low-observability and survivability. Every effort has been made by Dassault engineers to minimise its infrared and radar signatures. The objective was not to make the aircraft undetectable or to match the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of the F-117 or B-2, but to significantly reduce the detection and tracking range of hostile air-defences. Accordingly, the airframe has been carefully shaped to cut down its RCS. Other signature reduction measures include state-of-the-art Radar-Absorbing Materials in various areas of the airframe, sawtooth edges on the foreplanes, on the flaperons and on some access panels and doors, specially treated canopy, plus ‘double-S’ shaped airintake ducts to hide the engine compressor faces. Thanks to the Hot Spot treatment, infrared signature is minimised, and the Snecma M88 turbofans have been optimised to limit infrared detectability.
Low-observability is not the only way to boost survivability. As radar and radio emissions can betray the position of a fighter, the designers have adopted for the Rafale a wide range of unique passive sensors and missiles: the passive Front Sector Optronics used in conjunction with the longrange, infrared-guided Mica IR missile gives Rafale pilots unprecedented capabilities, allowing totally silent interceptions to be performed, especially when accurate targeting data is received via a datalink. Additionally, radar emissions can be carefully controlled, and emission limitations can even be programmed on a data transfer cartridge before the mission.
The Rafale is fitted with a discrete terrain avoidance/following system optimised to improve survivability while flying at extremely low altitude and very high speed. For threat avoidance, the Thales/MBDA SPECTRA Electronic Warfare Suite is capable of accurately localising airborne systems and targeting enemy Surfaceto-Air radar emitters. | aerospace |
http://sbdirtysouthsoccer.com/2021/02/21/united-ua328-suffers-engine-failure-departing-denver/ | 2021-02-25T14:24:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351134.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225124124-20210225154124-00546.warc.gz | 0.977869 | 363 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__173065984 | en | Flight UA328 bound for Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport was forced to return to Denver just a few minutes into the flight after the right-hand engine malfunctioned.
Check out these photos that were captured and posted out in Broomfield, where police shared images of massive chunks of debris from what appears to be the turbine engine and other parts of the plane laid scattered about on the lawns of folks in neighborhoods below.
The Boeing 777 landed safely, and there were no injuries reported.
Broomfield Police said parts had fallen in the areas of 136th and Sheridan, and 13th and Elmwood.
Passengers onboard described a "large explosion" shortly after take-off.
Officials are investigating how the malfunction occurred
United Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when it experienced a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
He added that he and his wife placed their wallets in their pockets so that "in case we did go down, we could be ID'd".
"The plane started shaking violently, and we lost altitude and we started going down", said David Delucia, who was sitting directly across the aisle from the side with the failed engine.
Witnesses heard a loud explosion, then saw smoke and falling debris in the sky. They said there are no reports of injuries from falling debris at this time.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the incident and has asked area residents to report any debris they find but avoid touching it, due to the risk of hazardous chemicals. "Debris started raining down, which you know, sort of looked like it was floating down and not very heavy, but actually now looking at it, it's giant metal pieces all over the place". | aerospace |
https://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/03/space_bat.html | 2022-08-12T18:29:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00043.warc.gz | 0.983012 | 317 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__118805116 | en | The space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday with a stowaway -a bat hanging on the outside of the external fuel tank! NASA had hoped the little guy would fly away before launch, but he held on, even after the engines roared, and held on at least as far as observers could follow.
"He did change the direction he was pointing from time to time throughout countdown but ultimately never flew away," states a NASA memo obtained by SPACE.com. "Infrared imagery shows he was alive and not frozen like many would think ... Liftoff imagery analysis confirmed that he held on until at least the vehicle cleared [the] tower before we lost sight of him."
Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where Discovery launched from a seaside pad, said the bat's outlook after launch appears grim.
"Based on images and video, a wildlife expert who provides support to the center said the small creature was a free tail bat that likely had a broken left wing and some problem with its right shoulder or wrist," NASA officials said Tuesday. "The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery's climb into orbit."
There were mournful reactions across the internet. Some speculated that the bat with the broken wing dreamed of flying again, and therefore achieved his wish. Others lauded the bat for flying further than any other bat. He will go down in bat history for his bravery and stubbornness. In any case, he left this world in grand style. It wasn't long before a tribute was produced. | aerospace |
http://www.thelohasian.com/2008/03/airlines-hit-back-in-green-debate-while.html | 2022-05-17T04:12:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515501.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517031843-20220517061843-00477.warc.gz | 0.960471 | 454 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__251801699 | en | While the aviation industry attempts to push back (as is seen in video below, courtesy of Reuters) on the recent opposition by environmentalists, American Airlines just today commits what is being called one of worst environmental acts of all time.
The airline is being slammed by environmentalists for a 4000 mile journey it took with just five passengers on board (on a flight big enough to suit 245 people). The nine hour trip used some 22,000 gallons of fuel (approx. 4,400 per passenger). The event has just been labeled as one of the "worst environmental crimes ever" as it caused an astounding 43.2 tonnes of CO2 per passenger.
The flight took place as a result of an 11 hr delay due to a mechanical error. Most passengers made other arrangements. Rather than cancel the flight, the airline decided to make the trip, as passengers were waiting for a flight in Heathrow Airport in London (site of the recent Greenpeace protest earlier this month).
Richard Dyer, of Friends of the Earth, said: "Flying a virtually empty plane is an obscene waste of fuel.Through no fault of their own, each passenger's carbon footprint for this flight is about 45 times what it would have been if the plane had been full."
The flight resulted in a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a car 123,000 miles or the energy use (gas and electric) of one household over five years.
Campaigners and activists from several organizations, including Greenpeace are infuriated. Anita Goldsmith, for Greenpeace, accused the US airline of putting profit before the environment.
"Aviation is the fastest growing source of climate changing emissions, " said Goldsmith "yet here we have another example of the reckless approach the industry takes when it comes to a choice between profit and convenience over the environment and all our futures."
Environmentalists are pushing for immediate legislation that would to force airlines to pay for carbon offsetting rather than passing it on to passengers.
Mr Dyer, of Friends of the Earth, added: "Governments must stop granting the aviation industry the unfair privileges that allow this to happen by taxing aviation fuel and including emissions from aviation in international agreements to tackle climate change."
The event is sure to add further scrutiny of aviation industry practices. | aerospace |
https://www.investingport.com/boeing-fired-ceo-dennis-muilenburg-following-boeing-737-max-crash-issues/ | 2020-03-30T09:34:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370496901.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20200330085157-20200330115157-00105.warc.gz | 0.978546 | 668 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__194744733 | en | On Monday (December 21), Boeing (BA) fired its CEO, Dennis Muilenburg. The company said it replaced him with the company’s chairman as the organization struggles to regain the trust of regulators, customers and the public in the wake of two fatal crashes of its best-selling plane, the 737 Max.
Muilenberg was fired with the immediate effect, and Chairman David Calhoun will become the CEO on Jan. 13. The transition period will allow him to exit his non-Boeing commitments. Board member Lawrence Kellner will become Boeing’s nonexecutive chairman with immediate effect.
This decision is coming after Boeing's attempts to contain one of its biggest crises in history has been futile, disrupting its relationships with its airline customers and its pilots who have complained about broken trust.
At the beginning of the month, the Federal Aviation Administration admonished Boeing for pushing an unrealistic timeline for the planes’ return to service. The two crashes in Indonesia in October 2018 and in Ethiopia last March claimed 346 lives.
This past weekend, Boeing had a major challenge. Its autonomous flight control system fired at the wrong time shortly after launch, putting Starliner in the wrong orbit. A planned docking with the International Space Station to deliver supplies had to be aborted. However, the craft returned safely to Earth on Sunday.
CFO Greg Smith, who has become the interim CEO, said in a note to employees announcing the reshuffle, “The Board determined that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the company moving forward and that we will proceed with a renewed commitment to full transparency, including effective and proactive communications with the FAA, other global regulators and our customers,”
The FAA in a statement said, “Our first priority is safety, and we have set no timeframe for when the work will be completed. We expect that Boeing will support that process by focusing on the quality and timeliness of data submittals for FAA review, as well as being transparent in its relationship with the FAA as safety regulator.”
Earlier this month, Boeing said it was going to suspend production of the 737 Max early next year. Boeing has been resisting calls to replace Muilenburg. The board removed him as chairman in October saying he could better focus on bringing the Max back to service, a process that has been delayed by additional questions from regulators. Earlier this month, the FAA’s chief said he would not rule out fining Boeing for failure to make disclosures about the 737 Max.
Muilenburg who was an engineer became the CEO in 2015 and had been with the company since he was an intern. Boeing replaced Kevin McAllister, the head of its commercial airplane unit, shortly after removing Muilenburg as chairman. Stan Deal, a three-decade Boeing employee who most recently led its global services business, replaced McAllister.
Calhoun has been on Boeing’s board since 2009. In October, he took on the role of non-executive chairman. Calhoun was once a senior managing director at Blackstone, and worked at General Electric for more than two decades.
Kellner, who now will become chairman, is the former CEO of Continental Airlines. He has been on Boeing’s board since 2011. | aerospace |
https://www.aluminumstrip24.com/products/2014-aluminum-strip.html | 2024-04-14T08:11:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816875.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414064633-20240414094633-00072.warc.gz | 0.903726 | 655 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__104337895 | en | 2014 Aluminum Strip Supplier
What is 2014 aluminum
2014 aluminum is a high-strength duralumin with high strength and good machinability. It can be strengthened by heat treatment. It has medium plasticity in the state of quenching and just quenching, good spot welding, and tends to form intergranular cracks when gas welding is used.
2014 alloy has good machinability after quenching and cold work hardening, and low machinability after annealing. Its corrosion resistance is not high, and anodic oxidation treatment and painting methods are often used to improve its corrosion resistance. It is often used in structural materials such as aviation components, transportation equipment, and equipment components.
2014 aluminum strip chemical composition(%)
2014 aluminum is used in occasions requiring high strength and hardness (including high temperature) like aircraft forgings, thick plates and extruded materials, wheels and structural elements, multi-stage rocket first stage fuel tanks and spacecraft parts, truck frames and suspension system parts.
1. High strength: The yield strength of 2014-T351 aluminum alloy can reach more than 600MPa, which is much higher than that of 7075 aluminum alloy. This makes the alloy ideal for high-strength components such as aero-engine blades.
2. Good machining performance: 2014-T351 aluminum alloy has good mechanical properties, including plasticity, toughness, fatigue strength, etc. This makes the alloy capable of various complex mechanical stresses.
3. Heat resistance: 2014-T351 aluminum alloy has good heat resistance at high temperature and can withstand stress in high temperature environment.
4. Good corrosion resistance: 2014-T351 aluminum alloy has good corrosion resistance and can operate in harsh environments for a long time without corrosion.
5. Good formability in hot state: 2014-T351 aluminum alloy has good formability in hot state, and can be processed smoothly by drawing, extrusion and rolling.
6. Remarkable heat treatment strengthening effect: 2014-T351 aluminum alloy can improve its strength through heat treatment, which makes it more widely used in high-strength structural materials.
The difference from other alloys
The 2017 and 2024 alloys are called duralumin. 2017 alloy can be strengthened under natural aging (T4), and 2024 alloy has higher strength. These alloys are used as aircraft components, various forged components, cutting and vehicle components, etc.
The 2011 alloy is a free-cutting alloy containing trace amounts of lead and bismuth, and its strength is roughly the same as that of the 2017 alloy.
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https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/air-nostrum-the-propulsion-of-10-aircraft/ | 2023-12-08T15:07:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100762.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208144732-20231208174732-00712.warc.gz | 0.914453 | 263 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__244989783 | en | Inspenet, November 21, 2023.
Air Nostrum reiterates its strong commitment to accelerating the transition towards new technologies and achieving zero-emission flights. In this sense, it has announced a strategic collaboration with Dovetail Electric Aviation to carry out the conversion of 10 existing aircraft to models powered by electric batteries and hydrogen.
Both entities will collaborate closely in the identification of applicable routes, either in the airline’s current operations or in new routes where the incorporation of these aircraft is viable in the short term. In addition, Dovetail will be responsible for certifying the propulsion system of an aircraft, integrating an electric motor, a battery system and hydrogen fuel cells into an existing fuselage .
“This agreement is a clear example of the need for zero-emission proposals in the regional aviation sector, promoted by operators such as Air Nostrum, which are committed to new and innovative technologies that allow low-cost, zero-emission flights,” they highlight.
The goal is to achieve the first battery-electric powered aircraft in late 2025 or early 2026. Subsequently, attention will turn to certifying hydrogen-electric aircraft conversions, enabling the expansion of battery-powered aircraft capacity.
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https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/cseries-work-continues/ | 2024-04-14T02:12:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00327.warc.gz | 0.93599 | 503 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__131258807 | en | Bombardier Aerospace in Belfast has awarded contracts to two more UK companies for work on its CSeries commercial aircraft programme.
GKN Aerospace will supply the winglet for the CSeries aircraft from its composites centre on the Isle of Wight, which could be worth more than $100m. Cytec Engineered Materials, Wrexham, will be supplying some of the advanced composite material for the CSeries aircraft wing.
This forms part of a wider contract awarded recently by Bombardier to Cytec Engineered Materials, valued at up to $800m, to supply carbon fibre composite materials for a number of Bombardier aircraft programmes.
Both companies will supply Bombardier in Belfast, which is responsible for the development, design and manufacture of the advanced composites wings for the CSeries aircraft. Goodrich Actuation Systems, of Wolverhampton, and Senior Aerospace BWT, of Manchester, have already been selected by Bombardier for the CSeries aircraft programme. Goodrich is supplying the flap and slat actuation systems, and Senior Aerospace the low pressure air distribution systems for the aircraft cabin and cockpit environmental control systems.
As part of the ongoing CSeries wing development programme, Bombardier in Belfast has manufactured and assembled a pre-production demonstrator wing using its innovative Resin Transfer Infusion process. This is currently being installed in a specially-designed and constructed test rig, in preparation for testing which is due to get under way within the next few weeks.
Michael Ryan, Vice President and General Manager, Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, said: “I am delighted to welcome these UK companies on board the CSeries aircraft programme, and look forward to their significant contribution to the development of this new game-changing aircraft family.
“The CSeries aircraft wing programme is progressing well and we are on schedule to produce the first composite wing in 2011. The programme is building on our track record in Belfast of almost 40 years’ experience in composites technologies. Not only will it further develop our capabilities and skills in one of the most advanced areas of aerospace technologies, but we believe it will also cement the UK’s wider strategic interests in aircraft wing development.
“As the largest ever single investment in Northern Ireland, the CSeries aircraft wing programme is also bringing significant benefits to the wider UK supply chain. We look forward to more UK companies playing a role in this programme, as they do on other Bombardier programmes.” | aerospace |
https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080603053803AApy7V3 | 2021-03-05T22:37:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178373761.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20210305214044-20210306004044-00135.warc.gz | 0.959817 | 739 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__161079708 | en | Why does it cost so much to run helicopters?
I saw a guy on tv today, and he was talking about how much it costs to run helicopters when they are searching for people in the ocean. He said that it costs $3,000Au. per hour to run each helicopter.
To anyone who knows anything about helicopters, do you think that's true? The people who do the searching do it free of charge, so the cost is literally only the running of the helicopters. I just can't understand what could possibly cost $3,000 per hour.
Anyone know? Thank you.
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
Firsly, helicopters are very expensive to buy. They are also very mechanically complex and extremely thirsty. A large helicopter may require 4-6 hours maintenance for every hour of flight. Insurance for these machines has gone through the roof in recent years. Even the manufacturer has to calculate in Liability insurance. Replacement parts are prohibitively priced. Pilots are expensive. Pilot training is costly and is being upgraded constantly. Then you have storage and airport administration fees. As you can see there is a lot more involved here that just starting 'er up and taking it out for a spin.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Expensive HelicoptersSource(s): https://shorte.im/a7UQ1
- stacheairLv 41 decade ago
To answer your question why helicopter cost so much to operate is very simple. Helicopter has all kinds of moving parts the produce vibrations at different rates know as IPS (wave length). Because of the vibration it shakes parts and they ware out sooner than on a fixed wing aircraft this is why they are required to be changes at a certain time. We call these parts "time limited" or "Life limited" and most part have a time life on helicopter like rotor blades, gear boxes, bearing, pumps and etc.
Because life limited parts have to be tracked by flying hours it takes lots of man-hours to track all of the parts, which adds to the cost of doing business. These parts are changed out and overhauled again adding to the cost.
Helicopters are a special flying machine and require pilots and mechanics to have a lot more training than on fixed wing aircraft. All of these factors add up to make the cost of operation hour’s cost more than fixed wing aircraft. This is the short answer of course fuel burn is a lot more on helicopter because of the design, but they are used for a different purpose.Source(s): A&P/IA Senior Parachute Rigger Aviation Author http://www.stacheair.com/
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Helicopters require a lot of fuel, and they are mechanically complex, so purchase and maintenance isn't cheap. A small helicopter can be run for considerably less than $3000 per hour -- but won't be big enough to pick up survivors of a disaster.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
helicopters exist because of rotation. rotation ALWAYS produces vibration. Vibration produces atrition. atrition is the key element in the costeffectiveness of helicopters.
there are more parts rotating and exposed to vibrations which need to be checked and replaced. while the plane typically flies its entire career with ONE set of wings, the helicopter needs to replace the rotor blades periodically. and the examples could go on.
- 1 decade ago
Maintenance, cost of the machine, fuel, etc... | aerospace |
http://www.blastr.com/taxonomy/term/3599/all/feed | 2014-03-07T06:44:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999636018/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060716-00006-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950375 | 283 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__199715207 | en | Here's a dizzying dose of awesome images to rival anything on the silver screen.
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We've discovered a lot of new planets in the last few years, but this is the first one that seems to have no star to orbit.
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Some are calling it the most realistic depiction of space ever, but what did a real astronaut think of Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity?
There are an awful lot of planets out there and SETI's willing to bet we're about to hear back from one of them. | aerospace |
https://www.hisco.com/Product/7000123225-31180 | 2022-08-11T06:38:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00383.warc.gz | 0.916226 | 550 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__23602952 | en | 3M™ Surface Pre-Treatment AC-131 is a non-chromated coating for use on aluminum, steel, and titanium alloys. Our solution gelation, or sol-gel, system effectively improves adhesion between the metallic surface, and epoxy or and polyurethane-based organic coatings. This water-based formula meets high performance aircraft paint application requirements.
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https://en.thekarmanews.com/president-ram-nath-kovind-boarded-the-air-india-one-b777-on-its-inaugural-flight/ | 2021-05-10T22:44:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989749.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210510204511-20210510234511-00382.warc.gz | 0.952718 | 341 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__136636670 | en | President Ram Nath Kovind boarded the Air India One-B777, the newly inducted VVIP Plane, aircraft on Tuesday for its inaugural flight to Chennai, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement. Kovind is visiting Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to offer prayers at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, it said.
This is the first flight of the newly acquired Air India One- B777 with the head of the state on board. The aircraft is fuel efficient and has longer range than the B747-400, deployed for similar VVIP operations. The aircraft has state-of-art interiors with also reduced noise levels.
Air India One is the call sign for the VVIP aircraft used by the president, vice president and prime minister.
On the occasion of inaugural flight of Air India One – B777, President Kovind commended pilots, crew members and the entire team of the Air India and the Indian Air Force for operating the state-of-the-art aircrafts and facilitating VVIP movements within India and on state visits abroad.
India recently received its much awaited new generation of VVIP aircrafts at the Delhi International Airport. The VVIP aircrafts are Boeing 777-300 ER duo which will be used by the Prime Minister and President of India on their official tours and arrived from Boeing’s facility in the US. The Boeing 777 will replace the ageing Boeing 747 currently in service.
The new planes, for the first time, gets self-protection suites for the aircraft in the form of infrared and electronic warfare countermeasures suites, countermeasure dispensing systems and missile warning sensors. | aerospace |
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https://fora.ie/shannon-accelerator-boeing-3511762-Jul2017/ | 2024-04-16T17:10:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817103.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416155952-20240416185952-00828.warc.gz | 0.934476 | 369 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__5098198 | en | A SHANNON-BASED ACCELERATOR programme for aviation and travel tech startups will kick off this September, with plane-maker Boeing on board to coach fledgling entrepreneurs.
The programme, dubbed ‘the Propeller Shannon’, was announced last month at the Paris Air Show. However it has since been revealed that 10 slots on the programme will be available for startups in the aviation, aerospace and travel tech sectors.
Both Irish and overseas companies are invited to participate in the three-month initiative, which will be based at a hub in the Shannon Free Zone business park next to Shannon Airport.
The project is being funded by Enterprise Ireland, Boeing and travel-tech firm Datalex. A spokeswoman for the state agency declined to disclose how much is being put into the programme.
As well as financially backing he project, aerospace giant Boeing – one half of the duopoly that dominates the world’s passenger aircraft manufacturing industry – will mentor participants under the guise of its investment vehicle HorizonX.
Datalex – the Dublin company that provides technology for airlines to sell airfares, in-flight meals and other add-ons – will also provide mentorship to companies that take part in the ‘Propeller’ programme.
Shannon Group’s International Aviation Services Centre – a hub for more than 60 aviation firms – and DCU Ryan Academy are also involved in the project.
Commenting on the rollout of the accelerator today, Shannon Group chief executive Matthew Thomas reflected on the region’s history in the aviation sector.
He noted how Shannon was home to the first duty-free in the world and Guinness Peat Aviation, or GPA, the Tony Ryan-founded aircraft lessor that “pioneered the aircraft leasing industry”. | aerospace |
https://clareherald.com/2022/02/cargo-jet-in-emergency-landing-at-shannon-59599/ | 2022-06-25T19:09:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103036099.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220625190306-20220625220306-00734.warc.gz | 0.957695 | 635 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__156542383 | en | A transatlantic cargo flight made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this morning after the crew reported a possible fire on board.
The Cargolux Boeing 747-400(ER) was travelling from Miami, Florida in the US to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. There were three crew on board and it’s understood the flight was carrying a consignment of flowers.
Flight CV-59K was about 140kms west of Co Mayo and 270kms northwest of Shannon at around 5.20am when the crew issued a Mayday radio distress call.
It’s understood that the crew reported a ‘fire indication’ in the cockpit. The alarm suggested there was a fire in the aft (rear) cargo hold however the crew reported no other signs of a fire. They advised air traffic controllers that they wished to divert and land at Shannon Airport.
A multi-agency emergency plan was promptly put into action at the airport ahead of the jet’s arrival. Shannon Airport’s fire and rescue service was alerted and crews were deployed to holding points adjacent to the runway, ahead of the aircraft’s arrival.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon and Ennis stations along with a number of National Ambulance Service resources and Garda units also responded to the airport.
Shortly before the aircraft was due to land at Shannon the flight crew confirmed that the fire indication was no longer active. The aircraft landed safely at 5.45am and was pursued along the runway and accompanied to the terminal building by fire crews.
Airport fire crews carried out an external inspection of the jet’s fuselage using handheld infra-red heat detectors before undertaking a visual inspection inside the jet’s cargo hold. It’s now thought that the fire indication was a false alarm.
Just one inbound scheduled cargo flight was slightly delayed during the emergency at the airport. The flight entered a holding over East Clare for a short time before being cleared to land. Operations at Shannon were otherwise unaffected.
The Cargolux flight resumed its journey to Amsterdam just after 11.00am.
In 2014, a Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, operating as flight CV-765 from Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) to Maastricht (Netherlands), and carrying a consignment of flowers, diverted to Shannon after the crew declared emergency reporting a cargo fire indication. No fire was found.
In previous incidents, cargo aircraft have diverted to Shannon with similar fire indications. In a number of cases, it was found that the organic cargo the flights were transporting resulted in the false fire alarms and in some cases, activation of the aircraft’s fire suppression systems.
In 2014, there were three incidents where flights diverted to after heat from organic materials in the cargo holds activated onboard fire alarms.
In one incident, a consignment of vegetables activated the jets fire alarm and sprinkler systems while in another, the heat from two tonnes of mangos triggered an aircraft’s sensitive fire detection system forcing the flight to divert to Shannon. | aerospace |
https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/news/space-forces-new-leader-will-have-seat-on-joint-chiefs-of-staff/525-32c05d20-9783-4625-84aa-8ac0300a9209 | 2020-08-09T17:02:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738562.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809162458-20200809192458-00357.warc.gz | 0.952296 | 389 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__86747590 | en | The nation’s newest military branch has its first leader. General John “Jay” Raymond will head America’s Space Force.
“It is President Trump’s belief that the United States must remain as dominant in space as we are on land and sea in the air. And your charge is to see to that mission,” Vice President Mike Pence said.
“We will build this new service in a way that strengthens our joint force and allows us to move with the speed and agility needed to respond,” Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations said.
Raymond faces a tough job. The Space Force needs to set up a headquarters and transfer thousands of personnel from the Air Force. As the sixth branch of the U.S. Military, it’s tasked with protecting more than 900 communications satellites, including those used by people every day for GPS.
“America has more to lose if there is malicious behavior in space,” Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said.
The Space Force was created on Dec. 20, when the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act. It came nearly three months after the President formally approved the creation of the U.S. Space Command.
“Our freedom to operate in space is also essential to detecting and destroying any missile launched against the United States,” President Trump said.
General Raymond will have a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, alongside the top generals of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.
“We do not want a conflict to begin or extend into space…. The best way I know how to do that is to do so from a position of strength,” Gen. Raymond said.
The Space Force will receive $2.5 billion dollars is funding over the next five years and 16,000 members. | aerospace |
https://hushkit.net/2022/05/26/10-reasons-the-sud-aviation-caravelle-jetliner-is-fantastic/ | 2023-03-25T11:37:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00130.warc.gz | 0.96618 | 4,277 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__139033711 | en | 10 Reasons the Sud Aviation Caravelle Jetliner is Fantastic
Unbearably beautiful, featuring a wealth of innovations and capable of recording gypsy jazz singles in flight, there are many reasons why the Caravelle was a technological tour de force that inspired love in those that came close to the French jetliner. We take a jet-age saunter through the boulevard of aeronautical nostalgia to meet an incredible (and all too frequently overlooked) masterpiece to take a look at just 10 fantastic things about the Caravelle.
10. X-210 Tri-Atar
By the end of the War, the French aviation industry had been reduced to nothing. Its factories, in the hands of the Germans, had been priority targets for the Allied bombers. The French aeronautical industry had lost the international lead it had held since the very beginning of aviation, and had seemingly lost everything else. Its renaissance was close to a miracle and was the result of extremely confident and clear thinking. This assertiveness led to the superlative Mirage series in the military realm, and civil ambitions were no less hopeful. In 1951, the General Secretariat for Civil and Commercial Aviation (SGACC) launched an extremely ambitious competition among French aircraft manufacturers to develop a medium-haul aircraft. This new airliner was to connect the main European destinations, with 55 to 65 passengers and one ton of freight, on routes of more than 2000 km, flying at a minimum cruising speed of 600 km/h at an altitude of 7,500 meters, and be able to take off in less than 1800 metres for a maximum landing distance of 1125 metres. Despite the technical and technological backwardness of France at the time, the vast majority of response proposals made the bold choice of skipping the turboprop stage and opting instead for the use of turbojets, a new and risky technology. This was a daring choice, as only the United Kingdom had developed (somewhat hastily) a commercial jet aircraft, several years ahead of the USA and the Soviet Union*.
The SNCASE company’s answer to these specifications was the X-210 Tri-Atar. It was planned, as its name indicates, to be an aircraft powered by three SNECMA Atar turbojet engines with an arrangement that would later feature on the Boeing 727: two turbojets in nacelles at the rear of the fuselage and a third one integrated into the fuselage. However, there were delays in the development of these Atar engines and when Rolls-Royce announced that its new, more powerful version of the Avon turbojet engine was available for civil aircraft under development SNCASE paid close attention. Thanks to the power gain the new engine had over the Atar, a new aircraft could easily make do with only two engines. This new configuration, with only two engines placed far from most of the cabin would be far quieter than any rivals. It would certainly offer a far quieter experience for travellers than rivals like the British Comet and Soviet Tu-104 with their engines buried into the inner section of the wing. In 1953, shortly after the tri-jet concept had become a bi-jet, it was definitively renamed SE-210 Caravelle, and the appearance we know today was finalised. The name refers to the caravel ships of the 15th century, which by dint of their speed and strength opened the world to European exploration.
Many radical technical solutions put the aircraft at the forefront of technology. For example, the Caravelle’s designers opted for hydraulic servos whereas the Boeing 707, Tu-104 and D.H. Comet used entirely mechanical flight controls operated by a system of cables running through the fuselage and wings. The Caravelle was the first commercial aircraft certified to fly with hydraulic servos. Piloting the Caravelle was thus far less tiring than for its rivals, and it had the most comfortable controls of any civil aircraft of the time.
9. Triangular portholes
Caravelle is a unique aircraft because of its many small eccentricities. One of the most obvious, at first glance, is surely the strange shape of its windows: triangles with widely rounded-off corners. Although some may think that they result from a study of pressurization carried out after the various accidents of the English D.H. Comet (the square shape of its portholes being one of the main causes of the accidents), the triangular shape was actually decided well before the complete analysis of the causes of the crashes had been concluded. Indeed, the final report of the Cohen C1 committee, in charge of understanding the disasters, gave its conclusions on November 24, 1954: the first Caravelle prototype registered F-WHH, had been in production since March 1953.
The truth about this surprising shape comes from a very thorough study on the visual comfort of the passenger: the section was narrow and partly high to limit the risks of glare due to the sun, and the lower wider part gave a clearer view down, allowing the travellers to more easily admire the often epic landscape visible from 10000 metres in the sky. This formula obviously passed numerous pressurization tests, just like the rest of the Caravelle airframe, which was immersed in a large water chamber to study the weaknesses and possible premature fatigue of the metal. The iconic windows become omnipresent in the 1960s advertising campaigns of the 60s of Sud-Aviation and the airlines operating the SE-210. The campaigns were so successful that the general public learnt to associate the image of triangular windows with the Caravelle.
Unfortunately, this shape, although innovative, was something of a design cul de sac. It can nevertheless be found on the private jet Rockwell Sabreliner 65 which, in the broad lines, takes again the general configuration of Caravelle.
8. Land anywhere
It was all very well for France to develop the first medium-haul jet, but were airports around the world ready to receive it? For an aircraft of this category, it is imperative to be able to land on as many runways as possible, everywhere in the world, and not just at international airports. The problem was the length of runways. At that time, the most modern four-engine aircraft with their greed for long strips of concrete could enjoy 170 sufficiently long runways in the United States of America. But on how many European, African or South American runways could such a plane land? This is where the genius of Sud Aviation comes into play again. The Caravelle was designed to land on all runways built for the earlier DC-4 era, and even shorter ones if necessary. For the latter, a tail parachute – until then the reserve of military aircraft – could be deployed, reducing the landing distance considerably (this would also feature on the Tu-104).
This is how Caravelle became the first commercial jet to land at the airports of Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Belem, Montevideo and many others. But another problem arose at many airports still suitable for traditional propeller planes: there was no infrastructure in place for boarding and disembarking passengers from a jet. Once again, this problem was quickly solved, Sud-Aviation equipped its aircraft with an elegant retractable staircase located in the tail of the aircraft, allowing passengers to board and disembark the aircraft anywhere without infrastructure.
7. A gliding airliner
On April 15, 1959, Air France carried out a novel publicity event to promote the safety of the new aircraft. A Caravelle deliberately glid, without propulsion, between Paris and Dijon in France, a distance of more than 262 kilometres (163 miles). The first production aircraft (F-BHRA) Alsace was chosen. The aeroplane took off with its two engines at 13:42 from Orly airport near Paris piloted by Marcel Guibert and René Duguet. The aircraft climbed to 13200 m and reached speed of 665 km/h above Paris, at 14.46, the engines spooled down. Above the capital, the thrust of the engines was now cut.
The Alsace then turned towards Dijon, 265 km away. The aircrew experienced an eerie silence across the flight only disturbed by the sound of wind on the windshield. After 46 minutes of gliding, the plane finally reached Dijon at 3:32 pm, at an altitude of 1600 m. After its descent to the arrival airport, the throttle was only turned on for the last moments of the final approach, in order to guarantee the safety of the passengers.
“Passengers?” You may ask. Yes indeed, remarkably the aircraft was loaded with 35 passengers and journalists in addition to the crew and two flight attendants for this somewhat hair-raising flight!
Shortly after, on October 11, 1959, the Brazilian airline VARIG seeking to justify to the public the purchase of a jet produced in France and not on the American continent, repeated the feat of a gliding flight in the same conditions between the airports of Passo Fundo and Ossario, almost 327 km away, thus pushing back the record of Air France, and, demonstrating once again the incredible gliding characteristics of the Caravelle. The aeroplane had a glide ratio of over 22, better than many pre-war competition gliders. The glide ratio of an aircraft is the distance of forward travel divided by the altitude lost in that distance; for comparison, the tiny-winged F-104 has a glide ratio of 5. The Caravelle’s, at 22, is almost the same as the famously glider-like U-2 spyplane!
These feats were the only demonstrations of the gliding capabilities of an airliner of such importance (except for flight accidents such as Air Transat flight 236). This was made possible thanks to the incredibly efficient wings of the aircraft, which free of any engine, offered a very pure aerodynamic form.
6. A recording studio in the stratosphere
In 1959, Air France set up another world first to promote the plane’s superiority over its competitors: in this case, it was no longer a question of its gliding abilities, but of celebrating the quiet cabin. Whereas competitors had engines in or under the wings, noisily close to most areas of the cabin, the Caravelle’s two engines were neatly tucked away in nacelles at the rear end of the aircraft. It was said that the noisiest seat on board the Caravelle was only as noisy as the quietest seat in the quietest rival airliner.
To demonstrate this guitarist and singer Sacha Distel, accompanied by his orchestra, took a trip aboard the Caravelle III Alsace to record a single inside the aircraft during a dedicated flight on 17 April 1959. In addition to musical instruments – including a piano weighing over 200 kg – a complete recording studio was installed on board. Once the plane was at an altitude of 10500 metres the recording began, made possible by the extremely quiet cabin.
Sacha Distel chose to perform a cover of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt’s instrumental ‘Nuages’ (cloud) a fitting title. The recording, in the form of a single called “Altitude 10 500 m”, was released by the Philips record company in the same year, 1959.
5. Caravelle to the Americas: First JFK jet
After a promotional tour of both American continents in 1957, Brazil’s leading airline VARIG was utterly seduced and placed an order with Sud-Aviation. VARIG originally planned to use both Boeing 707s and Caravelles on its network, the former for overseas routes – and the Caravelles for domestic travel. While Boeing fell behind in the production and delivery of its many 707s, the first VARIG Caravelle was delivered to Brazil on 24 September 1959. For its introduction, VARIG chose to operate the Caravelle on its prestigious Rio de Janeiro – New York service. VARIG was proud of its new jet and still lacking the promised 707s. With this route, VARIG became the first airline to operate a jet from Idlewild Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy Airport) in New York, making the Caravelle the first jetliner to operate on both American continents.
On 25 February 1960, United Airlines, then one of the world’s largest airlines, signed a contract for 20 Caravelles and took 20 options, for a contract worth about $65 million (equivalent to over $635 in 2022 dollars). A huge success for Sud-Aviation. Few European aircraft had been successful in exporting to the US at that time; it would not be until the Falcons and Airbus that such successes would be seen again. The American company requested a number of small modifications to the airframe, including the enlargement of the cockpit windscreen and the addition of thrust reversers and more powerful brakes, the resultant variant was known as the Type VI-R Caravelle. The first United Airlines Type VI-R, christened ‘Ville de Toulouse‘, was received on 10 June 1961 and scheduled flights began on 14 July, Bastille Day.
4. Tough as hell
Sometimes accidents highlight theoretical but normally unprovable technical characteristics of an aircraft. The robustness of the Caravelle’s airframe and its ability to withstand collisions were proven in a spectacular accident early in the aircraft’s operating career. On 19 May 1960, at 9.46 am, a small SV 4-C Stampe biplane, registration number F-BDEV, owned by the Club aéronautique universitaire de Chelles-les-Pins and piloted by Mr René Fabbro, collided in mid-air with a Caravelle belonging to Air Algérie departing from Orly. The impact completely destroyed the small plane, which was partially stuck in the Caravelle, killing its pilot on the spot. The propeller tore the roof of the airliner over several metres, severing the back antenna in the process, killing one passenger and injuring several others. Despite extensive structural damage and a now disabled radio, the Caravelle managed to land safely at Orly airport. The damage would, in similar circumstances, have caused the loss of many comparable airliners, but the robustness of the Caravelle and its airframe demonstrated the care that Sud-Aviation had taken with its aircraft. The investigation will reveal that the Stampe was in a restricted area and that the pilot simply did not see the Caravelle coming.
3. First autopilot
The Caravelle, as you will have seen from the various points already highlighted, was a safe aircraft, especially if you compare its accident rate to its counterparts, the first generation commercial jets. The aircraft was already superb, but there was a desire to make the aircraft even more dependable, as punctual as a train. One way to do this was to ensure it could operate in weather conditions that would hinder all of its rivals. As early as 1962, the first Caravelle prototype, F-WHHH, was modified and carried out the first automatic landing tests. A military system comprising a Lear Siegler autopilot was installed and coupled to a TRT radio altimeter. This was the first time that a civilian aircraft had been fitted with such a system. (A British system developed by the Smith Company was also tested but was found to be too complicated.)
When the Caravelle entered the Air Inter fleet, it was equipped with this brand new Sud-Lear system called ‘Autoland’. This system made Air Inter’s fleet of Caravelles the first airliners in the world certified to make Phase III approaches, with 50 feet of visibility and 150 meters of runway visibility. It was not until 9 January 1969 that one of these aircraft, filled with fifty-six passengers, left Lyon and landed at Orly fully automatically in the fog, without pilot intervention. On board, Captain Pierre Larribiere had just achieved a world first: from now on, planes would no longer be afraid of fog.
2. The SE-210 Vomit Comet
Parabolic flights reproduce gravity-free conditions and involve an aircraft flying upwards and downwards in arcs interspersed with level flying. They enable research in microgravity conditions without the expense of spaceflight. So violent are the flights that they are informally known as ‘vomit comets’. At the end of the 1980s, France sought to extend its independence from the USA for parabolic flight. Indeed, for any training or experiment in microgravity, Europeans were dependent on NASA flights, which gave priority to its own activities. It was under the impetus of French astronauts Jean-François Clervoy and Jean-Pierre Haigneré that the Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) and the flight test centre (CEV) decided to convert a Caravelle for microgravity flights. A Caravelle of type VI R produced in 1968 and which had enjoyed a successful (but relatively boring) career as an airliner in Luxembourg returned to France in 1989 under the registration F-ZACQ.
It was assigned to the Flight Test Centre and became the famous Caravelle Zero-G, after a general refit. CNES entrusted the marketing and management of this new sector to its subsidiary Novespace. Thanks to this, the Europeans gained their independence and Caravelle Zero-G allowed the first scientific parabolic flight campaigns from 1989 onwards. Caravelle Zero-G stopped flying in 1995, after six years at the CEV and a busy career before its conversion. It was this aircraft that made it possible to carry out more than 40 scientific flight campaigns, accumulating more than 4000 parabolas for a total of 24 hours of weightlessness. Thanks to the Caravelle, European was able to carry out independent research without dependence on NASA. It was replaced by another European type, the Airbus A300 Zero-G.
1. After Caravelle, Super-Caravelle: The Mother of Concorde
After such an obvious technical success, France, having gained confidence, decided to embark on the adventure of supersonic commercial transport and started the Super Caravelle project in the late 1950s. Numerous exotic projects were then explored including flying wings, nuclear aircraft but most were far too ambitious.
Sud Aviation was then asked to repeat the Caravelle’s success with the support of Dassault, with its vast experience of the science of supersonic flight. Dassault and Sud Aviation presented their work and a model of the project in 1961 at the Paris Air Show.
The conceptual aircraft was a medium-haul design with delta ogival wing with accommodation for 70 passengers over distances of 2,000 to 3,000 km at speeds of between Mach 2 and Mach 2.5. The aircraft was promoted as a winning mixture of the Caravelle and the Mirage IV.
At that time, the British were also developing a supersonic airliner with a rather similar project, the Bristol 223. The French and British projects were already well advanced, but it was the realisation and the enormous costs of developing a prototype that led the two countries to embark on a collaboration, both nations seeking above all to counter American market dominance. So in 1962 Super Caravelle merged with the Bristol 223 to create the famous and fabulous Concorde.
Concorde retained the look of the Super Caravelle, as well as its wonderful “ogival” wing.
(The name “Super Caravelle” will nevertheless be reused for longer models of the SE.210)
*Leaving aside abortive Canada’s C102 Jetliner
Brilliant article, about a brilliant airplane! Bravo! A lot of amazing facts and a really impeccable choice of photos. One thing intrigues me: the glide ratio of 22. Do you have a reference for this? It seems unusually high. I thought most 1st and 2nd generation jets could barely achieve an L/D of 15-17 and that the best L/D today belongs to the B787 and A350 in the vicinity of 20-21. I am assuming that the idling engines of the Caravelle were probably producing some minimal thrust to achieve 22, but even then, it seems quite high for the level of aerodynamic optimization available at that time. | aerospace |
https://www.designmediafx.com/virgin-orbit-national-systems/ | 2022-09-28T00:44:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335059.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927225413-20220928015413-00174.warc.gz | 0.874248 | 315 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__185564014 | en | Virgin Orbit National Systems is a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, LLC. It provides the national security community of the USA and allied nations with responsive, dedicated, and affordable launch services for small satellites bound for Low Earth Orbit. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, Virgin Orbit National Systems can provide study, analysis, integration, and launch services using Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne, while ensuring our customer’s critical information is protected.
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https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/direct-collision-success-icbm-class-missile-target-destroyed-flight | 2022-12-09T16:42:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711417.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209144722-20221209174722-00715.warc.gz | 0.952785 | 773 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__25889985 | en | (CNSNews.com) – In a “critical milestone” for the program to provide a missile defense umbrella over the U.S. homeland, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Tuesday reported the first successful interception and destruction in flight of a target with ICBM characteristics.
A ground-based interceptor launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California collided with and destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-class projectile that had been launched from at atoll in the Marshall Islands, more than 4,500 miles away, the MDA reported.
The first live-fire test of the ground-based midcourse defense system (GMD) against an ICBM-class target comes at a time of greater-than-usual tensions on the Korean peninsula, as Kim Jong-un’s regime continues to test ballistic missiles and threatens to use nuclear weapons against the United States.
The projectile launched from the Ronald Reagan Missile Test Site on Kwajalein atoll was “acquired” and tracked by multiple sensors including seaborne X-band radar in the Pacific Ocean, the MDA explained.
Target-tracking data was relayed to the GMD system which responded by launching the interceptor from Vandenberg. Its exo-atmospheric “kill vehicle” then intercepted and destroyed the target projectile in a “direct collision.”
According to manufacturer Raytheon, the kill vehicle sits atop the missile and, once outside the Earth’s atmosphere, uses sensors, a sophisticated onboard computer and a rocket motor to pinpoint and home in on the target, which it then destroys by means of a massive collision.
“The intercept of a complex, threat-representative ICBM target is an incredible accomplishment for the GMD system and a critical milestone for this program,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jim Syring said after Tuesday’s test.
“This system is vitally important to the defense of our homeland, and this test demonstrates that we have a capable, credible deterrent against a very real threat,” he said. “I am incredibly proud of the warfighters who executed this test and who operate this system every day.”
The MDA said the test met its primary objective, but evaluation of the system’s performance will continue, using telemetry and other data acquired during the exercise.
Ahead of the shoot-to-kill technology test, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters that North Korea and Iran were of particular concern, although the long-planned test was not timed as a response to North Korea’s recent provocations.
He said the North Koreans have expanded the size and sophistication of its program, from close range ballistic missiles to ICBMs.
“They continue to conduct test launches, as we saw even this weekend, while also using dangerous rhetoric that suggests that they would strike the United States homeland.”
Davis said Iran’s ballistic missile capability also continues to threaten U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East.
The GMD system currently includes four ground-based interceptors at Vandenberg and another 32 in Fort Greely, Alaska.
The program has had a checkered record in past tests and has drawn criticism in Congress and elsewhere at times.
Tuesday’s was the 18th text since October 1999, and the tenth to have been declared successful. Three of the eight failures were ascribed to the kill vehicle failing to separate from the booster rocket, while another three also related to kill vehicle performance.
The MDA describes its mission as developing and deploying a layered missile defense shield to protect the United States, its forces stationed abroad, and allies and friends from ballistic missile attack. | aerospace |
http://www.freepdfbook.com/tag/aircraft-propulsion-and-gas-turbine-engines-free-download/ | 2022-01-17T21:17:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300616.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117182124-20220117212124-00571.warc.gz | 0.886552 | 285 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__106452333 | en | Aircraft Propulsion And Gas Turbine Engines PDF Book
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Part I discusses the history, classifications, and performance of air breathing engines. Beginning with Leonardo and continuing on to the emergence of the jet age and beyond, this section chronicles inventions up through the 20th century. It then moves into a detailed discussion of different engine types, including pulsejet, ramjet, single- and multi-spool turbojet, and turbofan in both subsonic and supersonic applications.
The author discusses Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft, and provides a comprehensive examination of hypersonic scramjet and turbo ramjet engines. He also analyzes the different types of industrial gas turbines having single-and multi-spool with intercoolers, regenerators, and reheaters.
Part II investigates the design of rotating compressors and turbines, and non-rotating components, intakes, combustion chambers, and nozzles for all modern jet propulsion and gas turbine engine systems, along with their performance. Every chapter concludes with illustrative examples followed by a problems section; for greater clarity, some provide a listing of important mathematical relations.
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https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2015/10/space-giant | 2024-04-13T07:02:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816586.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413051941-20240413081941-00177.warc.gz | 0.971539 | 1,131 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__163130596 | en | When he was six years old, Don Gurnett decided he wanted to build a firecracker. He put some charcoal powder, iron filings, and dried grass into a paper bag and gave it to his father to ignite.
“He took it out (to a field), and by God, it really exploded,” says Gurnett, still amazed at the episode nearly 70 years later.
Well, his dad may have added a fuse and a cherry bomb to enhance the effect, but the experience kindled a desire by Gurnett to become a scientist and to amass a legacy in space, science, and engineering that few can match.
Gurnett’s 50-year career as a teacher and as a physicist at the University of Iowa will be celebrated on Oct. 17 in a free, public symposium that will break down his accomplishments, from the first recordings of sounds in space, to building the instrument that informed humankind that a spacecraft was the first (and only) to reach interstellar space, to teaching and mentoring leaders in space exploration today.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy Robert Mutel has worked with Gurnett for years and praised his colleague for his passion for teaching space physics even as he racked up worldwide praise for his research.
"Professor Gurnett perfectly embodies the legacy of his mentor, James Van Allen: brilliant but unpretentious, hard-working, completely dedicated to his students and colleagues and to the University of Iowa," Mutel says, noting that students in Gurnett's classes consistently rated him among the best teachers in the department.
Gurnett, who has an easy-going demeanor and a zeal for storytelling, had no clue the symposium was being planned at first. He still questions whether he should speak at the gathering.
“It just seems funny, talking at an event in my own honor,” says Gurnett, who grew up on a farm near Fairfax, Iowa. “I refused at first.”
The 75-year-old Gurnett doesn’t have to worry about extolling his accomplishments; his invited guests—mostly his former students at the UI and stalwarts in their fields—will walk the audience from Gurnett’s studies under UI space pioneer James Van Allen to his own career and space discoveries. Among the speakers will be:
- Jim Green, a UI alumnus and director of NASA’s Planetary Sciences Division, will give an overview of Gurnett's space career in a talk titled "Amazing Discoveries by Don Gurnett: From the Magnetosphere Through the Heliosphere."
- Tom Krimigis, a Gurnett disciple and emeritus head of the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University, will talk about Gurnett’s involvement with Voyager I, launched in 1977 and the only spacecraft to reach interstellar space.
- Bill Farrell, a Gurnett student and plasma physicist at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, will talk about Gurnett’s contributions to the study of auroral radio emissions and how that work guides current research.
- Ted Fritz, a Gurnett student and astronomy professor emeritus at Boston University, will talk about some of the instruments Gurnett built and launched on rockets as a graduate student in the 1960s.
Gurnett will devote his time to talking about how he got his start building spacecraft instruments as an undergraduate in Van Allen’s lab in the fall of 1958, just a year after the Russians successfully launched the first space satellite, Sputnik 1, triggering a visceral, widespread fear that America would be dominated in space. His presentation is titled, “Memories from the Dawn of the Space Age.”
“You’ve got to remember, this was the middle of the Cold War,” Gurnett explains. “[Sputnik’s flight] showed we were … behind. We were just shocked. The pressure was on us to do something to catch up.”
Gurnett’s career has spanned more than half a century, from a low-energy particle detector he built on a rocket launched in March 1960 to his collaboration on NASA’s Juno mission, launched in 2011 and scheduled to reach Jupiter on July 4, 2016. He has been part of 41 space missions, nearly two-thirds of the 67 spacecraft projects that the UI has been involved in.
He still considers Voyager I his crowning achievement. The spacecraft, launched in 1977, was the second to visit Jupiter and Saturn. In 2012, Gurnett’s radio- and plasma-wave instrument on board the craft clinched that Voyager 1 had crossed the heliopause—the plasma boundary of the solar system—farther than any human-made object has ever traveled.
“I’m very proud of being involved; I can’t help it,” says Gurnett almost sheepishly. “How can you say it? Of all things that NASA’s ever launched, Voyager’s right up there.”
While the symposium centers on his career and legacy, Gurnett has no plans to retire.
“I’m still here,” he says, with a chuckle. “Fifty years is kind of a milestone; I have to recognize that. (But) I’m still very enthusiastic.” | aerospace |
http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/index.html | 2014-08-29T05:30:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500831903.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021351-00472-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.90308 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__86226909 | en | A member institution of the Kibo-ABC initiative launched satellite instrumentation building facilities.
Dr. Kouichi Soga, associate professor of Osaka City University, reviewed SSAF2013 reports submitted by the students in Asia Pacific region. Dr. Soga is one of the leading scientists in plant gravitational biology and supervised the SSAF2013 mission.
This is JAXA's Japanese astronaut primary activity report for June 2014.
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http://laksensblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/falcon-9-first-flight-highlights-from.html | 2018-07-20T04:58:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591497.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720041611-20180720061611-00623.warc.gz | 0.976192 | 405 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__26750103 | en | SpaceX website released this more detailed compilation of highlights from the June 4, 2010 Falcon 9 Flight 1 Mission in high definition on June 18, 2010.
Photo credit: SpaceX/Chris Thompson
I was not not able to watch the launch live via web cam as I was still at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah as part of Crew-95. However, as soon as I got to Grand Junction (civilization), I logged on and watched the launch over and over again. I was absolutely thrilled and excited that SpaceX had achieved a successful first launch of the Falcon 9 and the Dragon mock-up. With the cancellation of Constellation and the Aries rocket and the Orion spacecraft, the Falcon 9/Dragon may end up being the only manned American spacecraft in the near future that can ferry astronauts to LEO. For those of us who dream and aspire to be astronauts this now appears to be the path towards achieving that goal. I had applied to be a NASA astronaut back in 2003 and 2008, but with a large pool of highly trained astronauts with few flights as ISS astronauts and no spacecraft (after the retirement of the space Shuttle in early 2011) it appears that the path to being an astronaut through our national space effort is soon becoming very limiting. I love NASA, I am so proud of what they have achieved, I have followed the Space Shuttle and ISS programs from their first flights but it appears that a new era of space exploration is just starting with several private companies tackling the challenge of commercializing space. SpaceX is at the forefront and they are down the road located in Hawthorne in Southern California (about 40 minutes drive from where I live in Irvine, Orange County). Every time I drive to LAX I try to locate their building which is located by the 405 and Hawthorne airport. Congratulations SpaceX, and best wishes for the second flight of Falcon 9 and the Dragon spacecraft. It is rumored that the second flight of the Falcon 9/Dragon is scheduled for some time in August/September. | aerospace |
http://www.policehelicopterpilot.com/nypd-aviation-unit/ | 2019-09-23T09:00:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514576345.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20190923084859-20190923110859-00364.warc.gz | 0.956306 | 1,847 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__192609766 | en | New York Police Department Aviation Division
NYPD Air Support; NYPD Air Sea Rescue
NYPD Aviation Unit History
One of the first police aviation units in the U.S. was established in 1929 at Floyd Bennett Air Field in Brooklyn New York. The NYPD's Air Support Division was an all fixed wing fleet when it first took to the skies to try to get a handle on the swarms of Barnstormers that had descended on the city in the early days of aviation. Just about any empty field was turned into an impromptu air field and air show. It was not long before the NYPD began experiences a new phenomenon called traffic jams. Soon the police bi-planes were reporting on traffic conditions and directing officers to traffic accidents.
The New York Police Department's Aviation Unit arguably lays claim to be one of the first airborne law enforcement units in the world.
Helicopters were not introduced to the NYPD Air Support Unit until 1948 when they received their first Bell 47 helicopter. NYPD also has the distinction of employing the very first Bell helicopter in a law enforcement air support unit. While today the NYPD has an advanced Air & Sea Rescue Unit even some of the very first Bell 47's and even fixed wing aircraft were outfitted with floats in order to carry out water rescue missions.
In 1954 the last fixed wing aircraft in the NYPD Aviation Division was parked and the unit became an all helicopter air support unit.
NYPD Aviation Today
Today the NYPD Air Support and Air Sea Rescue operate out of the only home they have ever known, Floyd Bennett Field on the water's edge in Brooklyn NY. The unit consist of 69 total personnel, most of which are sworn officers, including maintenance personnel.
The air support unit currently operates 4 medium lift helicopters, Bell 412 EP's, and 4 light helicopters. The 412 medium helicopters are used for missions such as tactical support, fast roping, firefighting-Bambi Bucket operations, port security and rescue operations. It is the 4 light helicopters that are undergoing a conversion from the AgustaWestland A119 to the Bell 429. NYPD received their first 429 in July of 2014 with the remaining 3 scheduled for delivery before the end of 2015.
The 429 is a twin engine helicopter but is still in the light category. The NYPD 429's will be outfitted with Trakkabeam searchlights, the MX10 EO/IR camera system, a Goodrich Hoist and will meet New York State requirements to serve as a certified air ambulance.
As part of the switch over from the AgustaWestland A119 to the Bell 429 NYPD Aviation also took delivery of a Bell 407GX to be used as a trainer. Both the 407GX (single engine) and the 429 come equipped with an all glass cockpit. The Bell 429 also comes with an advanced drive system, WAAS Navigation, IFR capabilities and can carry up to 8 people.
The Bell 412 is classified as a medium lift helicopter and is the largest helicopter operated by NYPD. The 412 is the workhorse for the Air Unit's Sea Rescue program and is available 24 hours a day with 2 NYPD Scuba divers on board.
Becoming a Police Helicopter Pilot for NYPD
To be illegible for transfer into the NYPD air unit you not only must be a sworn officer, but you must have a private helicopter pilots license, or a commercial fixed wing rating, and/or an A&P (airframe & powerplant) license if you are applying for a maintenance position.
Five (5) years of experience as a NYPD Officer is preferred before being illegible for the unit, however, an outstanding candidate with excellent credentials can make it in 3-5 years.
Desired qualities are: Aviation experience, excellent evaluations, good sick time record and excellent record of police service.
Pilot positions are both competitive and demanding. New pilot candidates take a written exam as well as a physical agility test followed by an interview in front of a board. Testing and interview scores are then combined with points for things such as military experience, police experience, and even their sick time record. When the new pilot is finally selected they face a long and intensive training program.
Training of New Police Pilots in NYPD's Air Unit
The following information outlining the NYPD's new pilot training program was taken from an article written by retired NYPD Cheif Pilot Lt. Ken Solosky, for Professional Pilot and linked up here at wescam.com. Ken Solosky was also kind enough to review the first copy of Catch The Sky and a portion of his review appears on the cover.
Upon assignment as a pilot, the new recruit goes through:
· Initial training including 8 weeks of Academics
· 14 weeks of initial helicopter flight training
· 1 week of instrument orientation
· 3 weeks of solo and cross country navigation
· 1 week of FAA commercial test prep
· 3 weeks of basic police mission skills.
· The pilot is then designated as a Tactical Flight Officer (TFO) and will perform the duties on the police side of the aircraft (operating the night sun searchlight, infrared FLIR camera, etc) on actual police missions.
· The pilot will carry out TFO duties, which also include flying the aircraft for 6-12 months before being considered for upgrade to pilot-in-command.
· During this 6 to 12 month period the pilot will also receive;
· 25 hrs of instrument flight instruction and 25 hrs in the unit’s Frasca flight simulator in order to earn his helicopter instrument rating.
· As the new pilot progresses in experience he will receive;
· 25 hrs of air-sea rescue scenario-based training such as scuba deployments, rescue hoist operations, ship/vessel operations, maritime security operations and maritime navigation.
· The pilot also receives an additional 25 hrs of scenario-based training in tactical operations such as rappelling, fast rope deployment, high rise and rooftop insertions, mobile airborne radiological surveys, fire suppression and formation flying.
· NVG certification with 10 hrs of classroom and 10 hrs of flight training using the NVGs in addition to participation in the Bell Flight Training Academy NVG course.
NYPD Air Sea Rescue
Over the years NYPD's Air Sea Rescue program has grown in the vacuum left when the U.S. Coast Guard reassigned its air assets in the area. The closest Coast Guard helicopter to the city now must respond from either Cape Cod or Atlantic City NJ. The NYPD Air Support Unit now occupies the old U.S. Coast Guard facilities on Floyd Bennett Field. The result is that NYPD's Air Sea Rescue helicopters & crews now respond to calls within a 60 mile radius of the city. More than once the unit has found itself up to 20 miles off shore on a sea rescue incident. It is not uncommon for the NYPD Air Sea Rescue team to receive a request from the U.S. Coast Guard when their response might be delayed.
Each NYPD Bell 412 rescue helicopter is staffed with two pilots, a crew chief who is also an A&P mechanic, and two police officer SCUBA divers. The unit is staffed and available for calls 24 hours a day.
Water rescues are not new to the NYPD Air Unit. The first water rescues were carried out by the unit in the 1930s when fixed wing aircraft outfitted with floats would land on the water and literally throw a lifeline to a person in distress.
The NYPD has been flying the Bell 412 as a search and rescue helicopter since 1986.
NYPD Aviation Unit In The News
Emergency Water Landing- 2010
On Deptember 22, 2010 a NYPD Bell 412 helicopter flying in support of a presidential detail experienced mechanical problems and made a forced water landing in Jamaica Bay near Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. The female pilot in command, Erin Nolan-Egan, reported that she heard a loud bang before losing power in at least one of the engines. The veteran pilot was able to deploy the aircraft's emergency flotation devices allowing the helicopter to remain floating upright. The six officers on board were able to step from the floating helicopter onto a rescue boat.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly tells reporters NYPD aircraft can take down other aircraft- 2011.
In September of 2011 Police Commissioner Ray Kelly raised eyebrows when he told 60 minutes' Scott Pelley that the NYPD had the ability to shoot down hostile aircraft. The exchange went something like this;
Pelley: Do you mean to say that the NYPD has the means to take down an aircraft?
Kelly: Yes, I prefer not to get into the details but obviously this would be in a very extreme situation.
Pelley: You have the equipment and the training.
As it turns out however Kelly was not talking about air to air missiles or anything of the nature but rather a Barrett .50 cal machine in which his officers have received training firing from the helicopter. It was also revealed that the .50 caliber machine gun is kept in a police department safe and is only brought out on special occasions when a higher level of force protection can be justified. | aerospace |
https://plus.maths.org/content/how-not-catch-sunbeam | 2024-02-25T16:24:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474617.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225135334-20240225165334-00626.warc.gz | 0.956236 | 776 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__696916 | en | "It's in one piece... it's on the ground... that's a good thing," said Dr Ian Franchi, putting on a brave face when he realised the long-awaited Genesis capsule had crashed to Earth.
Genesis embedded in the Utah desert (Image courtesy NASA)
The capsule contained the first extraterrestrial sample since the Apollo missions in the 1970s, a sample of the solar wind gathered over two years from beyond the moon. The collector plates holding the sample were so fragile that they weren't thought able to withstand a landing on the ground or in the sea. Instead, the capsule was supposed to be snatched dramatically in mid-air by helicopters piloted by Hollywood stunt pilots, hooking the parachute that would also slow the capsule's descent. But, unfortunately, it appears that the parachute never opened. Instead, the disc-shaped capsule span out of control through the atmosphere, finally becoming embedded in the Utah desert.
The Sun loses mass through the solar wind - particles from its surface whistling off through space at 400km per second. The goal of the Genesis mission was to understand how the solar system, and so the Earth, was formed over the last 5 billion years from the initial swirling cloud of dust called the solar nebula. There are many models of the evolution of the solar system, explained Franchi, but without knowing what the solar nebula was made of you can't nail the right model down. As the particles in the solar wind reflect the makeup of the original solar nebula, scientists hoped that the sample would have the necessary information to get the models right.
Genesis during the collection phase (Image courtesy NASA)
The Genesis spacecraft left Earth in August 2001 for its destination, the L1 Lagrangian point. This is one of the known solutions to the three-body problem, where the forces of gravity from the Earth and the Sun are balanced (read more about Lagrangian points in Mathematical mysteries: the three body problem and Heavenly choreography). "It's a good place to park", said Franchi, part of the Open University team that was to be among the first to analyse the Genesis samples. Genesis parked in a halo-shaped orbit around L1 for over two years, unfolding the collector plates made up of 55 hexagonal wafers of ultra-pure materials, such as silicon, gold, sapphire and diamond. Because of their speed, the particles in the solar wind are embedded in the wafers, just nanometres below the surface. Franchi and the other scientists are hoping that this embedding will be enough to protect the sample now that the wafers are possibly smashed into pieces.
Despite collecting for so long, there will still be only a tiny amount of solar wind particles in the sample - just 10-20 micrograms, equivalent to a few grains of salt. For this reason, the spacecraft was constructed in a special "clean room" to prevent possible contamination of the wafers, and the wafers were to be analysed in similarly clean environments. After taking such care, a crash into the desert floor will cause problems.
"The samples are still in there," Franchi said of the crashed capsule. "They might be a bit more smashed up than we would have hoped." But he is hopeful that they may be able to retrieve the samples, and may yet get some useful information from the mission. "It may be contaminated, but the contamination will all be on the surface," he said. Hopefully, the nanometres separating the solar wind particles from the surface will allow scientists to remove the surface contamination without damaging the sample.
NASA is currently analysing the capsule to assess the extent of the damage. And scientists like Franchi are waiting to see if its broken cargo can still shed some light on our origins. | aerospace |
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/27/science-and-the-exploration-plan/ | 2017-02-26T19:07:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501172050.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104612-00422-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.965094 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__221429488 | en | The New York Times published an article Tuesday about concerns some scientists have about the new exploration initiative. While a lot of attention has been given to NASA’s decision to cancel the final shuttle Hubble servicing mission—not directly related to the initiative—the plan also calls for cutting some space and earth science budgets, including deferring some missions in the Beyond Einstein program that was unveiled just last year. That program includes an effort to look for evidence of dark matter, a goal that a panel that included representatives from NASA concluded was of the highest priority. One thing the article doesn’t point out, though, is that all the attention given to Hubble may be hurting these programs: with everyone focused on trying to either restore the servicing mission or find other alternatives, the hurdles these other programs face have been largely ignored. Indeed, one can imagine that if NASA does find a way to robotically service Hubble, some of the money to pay for that effort could come out of the space science program, further hurting some of these missions. | aerospace |
https://www.airlinemarketing.co.nz/our-clients/air-astana/fleet/ | 2024-04-21T12:28:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00383.warc.gz | 0.933403 | 222 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__88927963 | en | Air Astana's fleet consists of Boeing 767s, Boeing 757s, Airbus A319s, Airbus A320s, Airbus A321s and Embraer 190 aircraft. Air Astana currently operates a total of 30 aircraft and has plans to increase its fleet size to a total of 36 aircraft by the end of 2017, and to 43 aircraft by 2020.
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https://www.inventionandtech.com/users/davis-l-baughman | 2024-04-16T07:43:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00635.warc.gz | 0.98232 | 88 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__155298797 | en | Davis L. Baughman received his private pilot’s license as a teenager and began working at Fairchild Aircraft during World War II. From 1964 to 1986 he was a lab manager, supervising engineer, and principal engineer at the Pangborn Company. He developed special machine designs to apply shot peening and peen forming. His name appears on nine patents as inventor or co-inventor. He lives in Pennsylvania. | aerospace |
https://flight-status.com/epa-departures | 2024-04-16T08:19:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00435.warc.gz | 0.772685 | 81 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__22873095 | en | Check your Flight status online
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https://houstonianonline.com/nasa-suspends-spacewalk-after-astronaut-helmet-water-leaks-right-now/ | 2023-03-22T13:46:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943809.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322114226-20230322144226-00087.warc.gz | 0.95554 | 348 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__44233090 | en | NASA has temporarily halted all spacewalks due to a problem with spacesuits aboard the International Space Station, according to reports. space news† A helmet worn by an astronaut filled with a layer of water earlier this year.
The leak arose during the most recent spacewalk on March 23 by astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer. At the end of the nearly seven-hour flight, Maurer reported having water in his helmet.
Because it was a small layer of water, there was no immediate danger to it. But NASA is not reassuring. The space agency wants to solve the problem before making new spacewalks. Until then, allowances should only be used in emergencies.
Earlier this week, NASA said it had no idea how water got into the helmet. The space agency is currently investigating this. However, this is only possible when the suits are back on the ground. This is expected to happen in early June.
This isn’t the first time water has ended up in an astronaut’s helmet. This also happened to Luca Parmitano in 2013. The astronaut was not injured, but after walking, NASA said his eyesight and breathing were impaired. The space agency said earlier that Parmitano survived the accident at the time because he remained calm.
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http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amazonas-4b.htm | 2013-05-19T23:56:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698150793/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095550-00044-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.742822 | 133 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__62537356 | en | Amazonas 4B is spanish high-power communications satellite, which will carry a yet to be determined payload with coverage of South America, from Venezuela and Colombia in the north, to Argentina and Chile in the south.
The contract for Amazonas 4A and the higher power Amazonas 4B was signed in June 2012 with launch of Amazonas 4A scheduled for 2015.
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|Power:||2 deployable solar arrays, batteries| | aerospace |
https://www.dandelions.cloud/news/gyrochute-vs-quadrotor-drone/ | 2021-10-24T07:05:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585911.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024050128-20211024080128-00150.warc.gz | 0.939641 | 852 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__294591221 | en | It is small.
It can fly.
It has four propellers.
It can take pictures and videos.
What is it?!
If you have guessed it as a drone, well, you are some what right...
What we have just described is called a quadrotor drone or a quadcopter.
Have you heard of the quadrotor drone before? If not, don't worry! We will tell you what it is and give a brief history of the quadrotor drone.
What is A Quadrotor Drone?
A Quadrotor drone is a type of battery-powered aircraft that uses four rotors and is remotely controlled using a radio transceiver. Because it is remotely controlled, a quadrotor drone is a type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), often called a drone.
Brief History of the Quadrotor Drone
The quadrotor drone's history lies all the way back to Louis Breguet's four-rotor helicopter design in the early 1900s. His design was the first heavier-than-air rotorcraft that can take off vertically.
Modern quadrotor drone first emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s as hobbyist kits. The quadrotor drone gained its popularity in 1999 when the Draganflyer quad helicopter was released and used in the movie Inspector Gadget.
The quadrotor drone continued to grow in popularity during the mid to late 2000s among hobbyists. A French company, Parrot, released the first commercially successful ready-to-fly consumer drone called the A.R Drone in 2010. It was the first quadrotor drone that can be controlled exclusively by a Wi-Fi connection.
The first quadcopter that allowed professional-quality video was released by 3D robotics in 2015. Phantom 4 by DJI came out not long after, boasting a computer vision capability and machine learning that can track a person, animal, or object on the ground without simply following a GPS track.
What is Gyrochute?
A gyrochute is an unpowered safe descent vehicle that relies on the principle of autorotation, not only air resistance. The name comes from the Greek "gyros" as the combination of the term "ring", "circle", and "spiral" and the French word "chute" for "fall".
Similarities of the Quadrotor Drone and the Gyrochute
The quadrotor drone and the gyrochute are a type of UAV. UAV is an aircraft that can navigate without a human pilot on board. In addition, both the quadrotor drone and the gyrochute have a rigid design. This rigid structure provides better strength to control and stabilise the vehicle during descent.
Differences between the Quadrotor Drone and the Gyrochute
The quadrotor drone uses a battery to power the vehicle. Meanwhile, the gyrochute does not require power to function.
The battery in the quadrotor drone allows it to ascend and descend. On the other hand, the gyrochute can only descend because it is not powered.
The quadrotor drone uses four propellers to move the craft upwards and downwards vertically. The purpose of the propeller is to move the aircraft through the air. When the engine rotates the propeller blades, the blades produce lift.
The gyrochute has one propeller that relies on autorotation, a condition during which a helicopter's main rotor is driven only by aerodynamic forces with no power from the engine. Just like the helicopters, autorotation allows the gyrochute to safely land. The kinetic energy stored in the rotating blades is used to decrease the rate of descent and make a soft landing.
In conclusion, the quadrotor drone and the gyrochute are both aerial delivery vehicles with rigid designs. The quadrotor drone can ascend and descend because it has four propellers that are powered by a battery. The gyrochute, on the other hand, is an unpowered aerial vehicle with one propeller that relies on autorotation. | aerospace |
https://michaelsavage.com/qualified-air-force-academy-applicants-drop-46-amid-recruiting-crisis/ | 2022-09-26T09:31:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334855.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926082131-20220926112131-00069.warc.gz | 0.974655 | 227 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__136441946 | en | The Air Force Academy has seen a huge year-on-year drop in the number of applicants interested in attending the service academy, amid a historic military recruiting crisis and a drive to boost diversity on campus.
This year, The Air Force Academy saw a 28 percent decline in its number of applicants from last year, according to Air Force Academy admissions statistics obtained by Breitbart News. In 2021, there were 11,615 applicants. In 2022, that number dropped to 8,393.
The drop in percentage of “qualified candidates” tracked by the academy was even more dire — 46 percent, according to the statistics. In 2021, there were 3,279 qualified candidates. In 2022, there were only 1,775 qualified candidates.
However, there were only about 100 fewer actual offers of admission from 2021 to 2022, suggesting a far less competitive selection process and lower quality recruits for an academy known for producing the Air Force’s pilots.
The lack of interest is despite the Air Force Academy actively trying to boost the “diversity” of its candidates by 10 percent, according to a former academy official. | aerospace |
https://scale-model-aircraft.com/ww2-model-airplanes/edu84172-148-eduard-weekend-edition-p-51d-5-mustang-model-building-kit | 2023-06-03T00:37:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648911.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603000901-20230603030901-00205.warc.gz | 0.775336 | 119 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__25207534 | en | Weekend edition kit of US WWII fighter P-51D-5 in 1/48 scale. The kit is focused on aircraft without the dorsal fin assembly.
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http://fuckyeahsciencefiction.tumblr.com/post/24030041519/fuckyeahspaceexploration-skylon-currently-in | 2013-12-08T21:45:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163818502/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133018-00071-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929862 | 79 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__40485250 | en | Skylon - currently in development by British company Reaction Engines Ltd. It is hoped that such a craft could take off like a conventional jet powered aircraft, and engage rocket boosters at high altitude to fly into orbit. At a length of 83m, it will be more than 50% greater than the space shuttle.
This thing just looks awesome. It reminds me of the Naboo cruiser. | aerospace |
http://thisandthatandmoreofthesame.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/macon-was-one-of-most-advanced-most.html | 2018-04-19T11:28:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125936914.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20180419110948-20180419130948-00710.warc.gz | 0.970236 | 143 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__100578169 | en | Friday, October 24, 2008
The USS Macon was one of two lighter-than-air, rigid-hulled airships (a.k.a. dirigeable or Zeppelin) used in the early 1930's by the US Navy as flying aircraft carriers. It went down off of California's Big Sur coast in 1935 while returning home to the Sunnyvale Air Station (now Moffet Field, home to NASA's Ames Research Center). The Macon was one of the most advanced, most expensive aircraft of its time. When it went down, it had on board four Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk biplanes and a crew of 82. All but two survived the incident. | aerospace |
https://en.halbeeg.com/2019/03/13/somalia-bans-russian-made-planes-from-its-airspace/ | 2019-03-21T06:14:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202496.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321051516-20190321073516-00386.warc.gz | 0.964246 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__165020048 | en | MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News)-The government of Somalia has banned Russian made aeroplanes to operate in its airspace.
Four types of Russian Antonovs have until March 15 to stop its flight operation in the horn of African airspace.
The Somali Civil Aviation Management Authority (SCAMA) says the AN-24, AN-26, AN-32, and AN-12 models will not be permitted to operate in Somali airspace after March 15 citing safety reasons.
According to aviation officials, there have been no crashes involving the banned planes, but there have been ‘near misses’.
A statement from the SCAMA had earlier given airline operators until February 28 to cease flights but extended to March 15.
The move comes as countries around the globe grounded the operation of Boeing 737 Max 8 following deadly Ethiopian airlines crash.
All 157 passengers on board were killed, one Somali citizen among 35 nationalities affected by the deadly accident involving Africa’s biggest airline.
Somali government took full control of its airspace in 2017 from the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization that had managed since the breakout of the civil war in the early 1990s. | aerospace |
http://hotshopexpress.com/index-73.html | 2024-04-13T08:52:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413083102-20240413113102-00788.warc.gz | 0.937487 | 465 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__187112658 | en | Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 24 (ANI): The Karnataka government has proposed to unpack a massive space proposition to develop the space domain in the state.
Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology, Priyank M Kharge, said, "The Government of Karnataka is a pioneer in start-up innovation and we intend to maintain this leadership status."
He urged the space industry representatives to voice their issues and suggest ideas to help accelerate their growth.
He said that there is a pressing need for a dialogue within the space ecosystem in the state before they start talking to other markets. Among other plans are an outreach programme for start-ups in Karnataka and setting up of a working group for the space domain to study and recommend action to increase exports.
Priyank Kharge was speaking at an open house consultation hosted by consulting firm Deloitte.
The open house had representation from top start-ups, private sector enterprises, industry associations of space and aerospace industries. Representatives of the sector requested the government to set up a fund to enable growth in the sector. They also asked for setting up of a skill set training programme with equal stake holding among the government, industry and academia.
The Deloitte team proposed to the government of Karnataka to create a separate policy for space to enable skill development, investments, infrastructure and usage of space technology for governance. The presentation spoke of an engagement value of about Rs 7.5 crore split over two years for the entire project.
Karnataka has traditionally been a space powerhouse with a mature ecosystem of government, private and MSMEs players focusing on the sector. Bengaluru has emerged as the hub of Space start-ups with about 26 percent of them located in Bengaluru.
The state aims to hold 40 percent of the national market share with the support of the private sector and start-ups.
Post the multiple successful ISRO missions and the Indian Space Policy, 2023, there has been an infusion of high level private investments into India's space start-up sector. Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), the regulatory body for private space sector, has estimated that the Indian space economy will reach US $ 44 billion in the next 10 years. (ANI) | aerospace |
https://www.globeair.com/services/express-cargo | 2018-01-18T02:16:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887054.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20180118012249-20180118032249-00390.warc.gz | 0.865412 | 169 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__12162459 | en | Express Air Freight
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BQWBz9zgOTP/ | 2017-02-22T20:47:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171043.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00126-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.866736 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__129689400 | en | elonmuskFalcon 9 rocket now vertical at Cape Canaveral on launch complex 39-A. This is the same launch pad used by the Saturn V rocket that first took people to the moon in 1969. We are honored to be allowed to use it.
- rhondalordYou're in the news again! 😃Countdown!🚀Wish I were there!👊🚀🖖
- melodymarvelThis is boring
- melodymarvelSo are artists
- melodymarvelAka your own interpretation by Elon musk
- _berry_b_benson_Can't wait till the next explosion, I mean rocket launch.
- nikere.designCongratulations! =))
- faithandtriumphant@elonmusk what do you think about that paypal quit/fired from turkey? Will it turn back to work or quit forever? Because i lost my ebay account because of that decision.
- tandemdesignLucky number: 3,6,9
- lifemoneyfreedomgreat color
- liovilifeThat truly is an Amazing honor. Congratulations Elon, you deserve it.
- reiramira@elonmusk Sorry about aborted today. Tomorrow will be great day. I always love what you do and so proud of you. Take care
- dbrewerThe launch site seems to be showing its age.
- marsbeyondLet's go everywhere for fun and profit! What keeps SLS BOOSTER FROM BEING REUSED?
- marsbeyondLooks like your ITS LOX TANK failed along the seam. Was the test to failure on purpose? XCOR patented a LOX TANK LINER. It sounded similar to PTFE. You have at least four launch sites started. Why not make the ITS LIKE a SEA DRAGON ROCKET? Launch out of any big piece of water! Land back in the water! Use the landing gear nacelles as stabilizing pontoons. Then any port becomes a launch pad!
- twosidesentI bet one day this will be used for war, just like Einstein with the atomic bomb. It's wasn't what he intended but the world is evil
- ilkrcetinkayaU da best elon
- aylingezgucWow so magical
- ivanovemilianHistorical things happen on pan 39A
- embeddedmarsdreamsI wonder what it smells like
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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/07/20/nashville-remembers-apollo-11-moon-landing-50th-anniversary-space-program-opinions/1682413001/ | 2022-06-26T07:57:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103037649.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220626071255-20220626101255-00640.warc.gz | 0.970241 | 978 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__235789383 | en | Nashville remembers Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years later, looks to future of space exploration
The Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 wowed millions as a first in human history, and Nashville has many of its own memories and connections to that momentous July 20.
While the Apollo 11 mission had an impact on people worldwide, it inspired individuals in Nashville to go into the air and space industry and to push for scientific progress — many of whom continue to work in space research to this day.
Fifty years later, people continue to remember the impact of the monumental event.
How the moon landing inspired Tennessee residents
Bob Jacobs, deputy associate administrator of communications at NASA, works in Washington, D.C., but his roots are in Nashville.
He was 8 years old when the first man stepped on the moon. He remembers being "glued to the television" in his parents' living room on Richbriar Court, amazed that what he was seeing was real, that "it wasn't science fiction."
"It shows what can be done if there is the national will and commitment to do something," Jacobs said.
During that time, Jacobs said, he kept a scrapbook with clippings of Tennessean coverage of the space race. He still has it to this day.
The landing left an "indelible impact," and after working in communications and broadcasting, that impact of Apollo 11 led him to job with NASA in 2000.
Rick Chappell, former chief scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was inspired to study science and math because of the Sputnik launch and Kennedy's speech to Congress on May 25, 1961.
Chappell, now a research professor at Vanderbilt, was doing satellite research in Palo Alto, California, at the time of the moon landing.
He remembers sitting by his wife in their California home and holding their not quite 1-year-old son on his lap as they watched the fuzzy, black-and-white TV screen showing Neil Armstrong taking humankind's first steps on the moon.
After the landing, there was a steady realization that it was "the most significant human exploration that's ever been done," said Chappell, who later did research with NASA and even trained as a backup crewman for space missions.
"Apollo is indicative of the kind of accomplishments and the type of activities our country gives to people," Chappell said.
What do people think about space exploration today?
Even 50 years later, the moon landing still has an affect on people who didn't even witness the event.
Eli Collins, 7, recently visited the Tennessee State Museum with his dad and saw the moon rocks given to the state by former President Richard Nixon. Collins finds space exploration exciting and thinks space travel might happen one day.
Danielle Turner, a high school science teacher who recently moved to Nashville, visited the Adventure Science Center's Space Chase exhibit.
She thinks the moon landing anniversary is sparking a greater focus on air and space research and, hopefully, encouraging more children to explore careers in science.
Today, most Americans seem positive about U.S. involvement in space. A 2018 Pew Research poll found that 65% of Americans think it's essential for the U.S. to be a leader in space exploration, while 27% say it isn't essential.
While many have viewed space exploration as a positive, not everyone has seen it as something worth investing in with taxpayer dollars. Some people wrote to U.S. Sen. Albert Gore Sr. at the time, arguing that it wasn't worthwhile to spend money on space missions.
But five years before the moon landing, then-President John F. Kennedy briefly spoke to the importance of space exploration in a speech at Vanderbilt University in 1963.
"Modern cynics and skeptics see no more reason for landing a man on the moon, which we shall do, than the cynics and skeptics of half a millennium ago saw for the discovery of this country," Kennedy said.
Chappell and Jacobs both said funding for space exploration extends far beyond our work in the stars. It's given us, they said, many of the technologies we regularly use today.
"If not for investments in space, your Google Maps doesn't work," Jacobs said. "The world's financial systems don't work. Our communications don’t work."
Chappell said the moon landing continues to be of lasting importance even in 2019 and in the future.
"(Apollo 11) had very positive influences on American society and American commitment to itself," he said.
Nolan Ryan is a summer intern with the Tennessean and a senior at Hillsdale College in Michigan. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.org. | aerospace |
https://thern.com/portfolio/nasa-shuttle-pad/ | 2024-04-23T08:00:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00306.warc.gz | 0.941537 | 159 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__43960888 | en | NASA Space Shuttle Platform Winches
During the years of the NASA shuttle program, special 4HW50-75M electric winches were mounted on the top of launch pads 39A and 39B. These units were used to raise and lower the shuttle access platforms into place when required.
Thern supplied the winches required to raise and lower ET Orbiter access platforms on Space Shuttle pads 39A and 39B. Winches were supplied with grooved drums, limit switches, and redundant braking.
Because of the hazardous environment with salt air, the winches were epoxy coated.
The platforms will be locked out when in position prior to supporting personnel. Winches were supplied with two-speed motor to allow for high-speed movement and low-speed positioning. | aerospace |
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