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https://arabiantribune.com/flydubai-and-smartwings-sign-a-wet-lease-agreement/ | 2023-03-26T14:31:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945473.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326142035-20230326172035-00495.warc.gz | 0.951596 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__244857089 | en | Flydubai and Smartwings sign a wet lease agreement
Dubai-based flydubai, announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Czech Republic’s Smartwings to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft from 17 November 2022 to 16 January 2023. As part of the Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance (ACMI) agreement with Smartwings, flydubai will be able to add additional capacity for passengers during the busy winter season by leasing four aircraft to support its fleet of 68 Boeing 737 aircraft.
Currently, flydubai operates 32 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, 33 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, and three Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. There are several routes on flydubai’s network that will be served by the Economy Class aircraft, including Chattogram, Colombo, Dhaka, Karachi, Multan, Muscat and Sialkot, to name just a few. | aerospace |
http://www.eceblog.tk/2019/03/boeing-downplayed-737-max-software-risks-self-certified-much-of-planes-safety-2 | 2019-04-24T00:38:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578616424.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423234808-20190424020808-00497.warc.gz | 0.910961 | 224 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__85902652 | en | On Sunday, Ethiopia’s transport minister announced that information recovered from flight data recorders aboard the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 revealed “clear similarities” to the data from the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 off Indonesia last October. And analysis of the wreckage indicated that the aircraft’s control surfaces had put the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 into a dive just before it crashed, killing all aboard.
While the investigation is still underway, the flight data increases the focus on Boeing’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) flight software—software developed to help manage the shifted handling characteristics of the 737 MAX aircraft from other 737s. And that software, it turns out, was originally presented to the Federal Aviation Administration as much less risky than it actually was, which limited FAA oversight.
Now the Transportation Department and Justice Department have launched a new investigation into how Boeing got the initial safety certification for the 737 MAX from the FAA two years ago.
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https://ninetalis.com/gallery/aircraft/swedish-spitfire-s-31/ | 2023-06-01T23:41:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00737.warc.gz | 0.988199 | 560 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__77077306 | en | The Supermarine Spitfire is arguably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever produced. The origin of this machine dates all the way back to the Schneider trophy aircraft from the 1920’s, as Mitchell and his design team examined their earlier designs to refine them into a modern fighter plane. In 1936 the prototype took its first flight and went on to fly until 1961 in the Irish air corps to become the legendary plane it is today. The Swedish Air force was also one of the many users of the Spitfire, using it from 1948 until 1955 as a reconnaissance plane with no armament, to fly missions over the Soviet Union and neighboring countries. The S.31 as the Swedes called it, was actually a Pr.XIX version which is the last reconnaissance version the RAF used. These were bought from the RAF as they considered them to be obsolete by the end of Second World War. The Swedes ultimately replaced it with the Saab J29 Tunnan as was ultimately out-chased by Soviet Jet designs, although these were never able to reach the altitude the S.31 operated at in time.
This was my first Airfix kit and it was rather a good experience. I often heard and read about various horror-like stories that these kits wouldn’t fit, had no detail, etc etc. This is often the case with their older kits, however, this kit dates back to 2013 and builds really well. The fit is phenomenal and I had no real issues at all aside from a small gap at the meeting point of the wing and fuselage. This presents no real issue and is easily fixable with a small amount of putty, even for a beginner. One point I would like to make is that the clear parts have to be dealt with with extreme caution. I managed to snap a part in two, even when dealing with these parts at the utmost care. Airfix was able to send me a replacement part and after a few weeks of waiting I was on my way and I finished my Spitfire. It was also the first time I used the pre-shading technique and I’m rather pleased with the final result.
The base was constructed out of wood, which was I designed and lasercutted in shape. I also designed some wooden boards and a small stepladder. I wanted to create the illusion as if somebody was working on the aircraft by removing the spinner and putting the stepladder in front of the nose of the aircraft. I added a small cart with some material inside, which I have completely scratch build (aside from the wheels). Finally I sprinkled some grass to have a true representation of a working yard in the field.
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https://www.meteorologicaltechnologyworldexpo.com/en/show-news.php?release=070c425fd005e11aec1a90706dda66f5 | 2022-08-08T16:49:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00363.warc.gz | 0.913745 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__36547808 | en | SGS’s booth will display its frangible automated weather observation system (AWOS) tower with its full accessories and its visibility sensor pole. System integrators can see first-hand how it can be compacted to fit most of the sensors on the market.
Driven by its real-time motto of 3Qs – quality product, quality assurance and quality service, SGS Frangible ensures that all the frangible structures and products (ICAO-compliant frangible towers, AWOS masts, approach light masts, glide path masts, visibility sensor poles, landing direction indicators, frangible road holding lights, etc) it manufactures in its modern workshop are fully internationally compliant. It complies with all the quality standard operating procedures and guidelines with professionalism and expertise.
Authenticity and integrity are at the core of operations at SGS Frangible, ensuring the products it manufactures speak for themselves. SGS’s frangible towers have been successfully tested for full impact crash at Narnaul Airport, India, and the PMG Test and Research Centre in Quebec, Canada, by third-party inspection agency Intertek, as per the ICAO Guidelines Aerodrome Design Manual Part 6, Chapter 5 and US Department of Transportation, FAA Advisory Circular No. 150/5345-45C.
SGS Frangible induces high durability, frangibility and strength in its towers and masts through a manufacturing process that uses fiberglass composites with a resin blend to withstand high wind load and jet blast. | aerospace |
https://www.gpsolution.com/2017/05/1651.html | 2021-12-03T04:24:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362589.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203030522-20211203060522-00230.warc.gz | 0.904512 | 167 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__114427168 | en | The plant protection UAV is mainly composed of the flight platform, flight control and the spray mechanism. It controls the flight platform through the flight control system to guide the flight in accordance with a predetermined route to conduct spraying operation. In terms of function, the flight control can be divided into stability augmentation flight control, semi-automatic and fully automatic flight control. NovAtel and BDS autonomous navigation boards can provide High-precision position reference and calibration for the last two flight controls, and output heading, pitch and roll parameters by combining with airborne IMU, to help the flight control to control and adjust the flight attitude of the aircraft. Meawhile, before the opration, it also requires a satellite positioning device to calibrate the position of the operation target, to identify the operation areas independently, thus improving operating efficiency. | aerospace |
https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/videos/top-videos/asteroid-bound-spacecraft-separates-from-rocket/na20211124212624363 | 2021-12-05T19:49:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363216.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205191620-20211205221620-00062.warc.gz | 0.878594 | 198 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__187966292 | en | Asteroid-bound spacecraft separates from rocket
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Video from NASA shows the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft separating from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that carried it into space. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a $330 million project late Tuesday. If all goes well, in September 2022 it will slam head-on into Dimorphos, an asteroid 525 feet (160 meters) across, at 15,000 mph (24,139 kph). The DART technique could prove useful for altering the course of an asteroid years or decades before it bears down on Earth with the potential for catastrophe. | aerospace |
https://www.airlinequality.com/airline-reviews/Aegean-Airlines/page/1/ | 2020-08-14T02:37:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439739134.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20200814011517-20200814041517-00195.warc.gz | 0.993843 | 405 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__266017 | en | ✅ Trip Verified
| Barcelona to Athens. I'll have to start with the fact that they let you have a checked in bag which weighs up to a certain amount of kilos for free, which as far as I'm concerned is not the case for many airlines. Flight was initially delayed by half an hour or so which for me wasn't a lot as I didn't have any connecting flights to worry about, but I understand that for some people this might not be the case. Boarding was done via jetbridge and was rather fast considering the flight was full. We boarded the plane, but didn't take off for nearly another two hours due to a thunderstorm over the airport. The seats were very comfortable for Economy class, but again I'm only 1.62 so my opinion on this probably isn't relevant. The pilots made an announcement straight away and the flight attendants handed out free drinks to everyone during the time we spent on the ground. The pilots kept informing us of the situation and when we finally took off the flight was extremely turbulent, but they handled the situation pretty well I must say. A free hot meal was provided for all passengers, both Bussiness and Economy class which is very rare these days for an intra-european flight. When we arrived in Athens the pilots made an apology for the delay and announced that every passenger who had missed their connecting flight would be offered either a free rebooking or a voucher but I can't remember exactly, as I didn't need one. Luggage came out quickly and it wasn't damaged in any way. The price was ok but considering their excellent service I can't even think about complaining about the price. The only thing that I didn't quite like was the fact that there was no in flight entertaining as there were no screens which having flown on their A320s as well I know are present there, but not in the A321, but again, I'm not complaining. Fantastic experience and I would totally recommend this airline. | aerospace |
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:air_rescue_service%3Daeromedical | 2023-10-04T21:16:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00067.warc.gz | 0.82754 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__236816773 | en | |air_rescue_service = aeromedical|
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Use air_rescue_service=aeromedical for the bases of those units, equipped with helicopters and/or fixed-wing aircraft, which are used for "Aeromedical" evacuation i.e. transporting medical cases and/or injured casualties to a place offering medical assistance. These units are not usually equipped to carry out actual rescues, only provide transport services. | aerospace |
https://xairforces.net/newsd_country.asp?newsid=695&id=114&newst=11 | 2020-03-31T06:25:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370500331.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20200331053639-20200331083639-00458.warc.gz | 0.955581 | 608 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__217632416 | en | Aerial acrobatics in old Soviet planes
Twenty years ago, as the Soviet Union was crumbling, who'd have imagined that two decades on, people would be taking joy flights in jet fighters from the Soviet Air Force.
In various airfields around Australia, aerial thrill seekers are enjoying high-speed flights with experienced pilots thanks to travel company Adrenalin - in co-operation with aviation entrepreneur Captain Mark Pracy's company Jet Ride.
And business is booming, according to Adrenalin's Stephen Blake.
"Five years ago about 30 to 45 people a year would take our jet flights. Now it's more like 300," he said.
Most popular with Australians is a one-time Ukrainian Air Force L39 Albatross, which between 1983 and 1991 was involved in combat patrol missions and advanced pilot training in the Soviet Union.
When the USSR dissolved in 1991, this L39 was one of a large number of aircraft left in Ukrainian territory; it escaped mothballing and was bought from and transported to South Africa, where is was flown on a regular basis from 1983 to 1991.
It was then transported to Australia in 1996 and put back together again by its new owner, who enjoyed flying it as a "recreational toy" until he became ill.
Pracy bought the plane in 2006, freighted it from Western Australia to the Hunter Valley then restored it back to flying status.
Blake says the Albatross now operates up to 80 missions per month.
The jet pilots include Pracy, who races jets and is an aerobics champion, a current RAAF squadron leader and fighter pilot instructor, and a US Marines major who has flown MiG-29, Hawk and Harrier Jump jets.
Aerobics is an option for passengers.
"You'll feel the incredible thrust of the jet engine propel you to speeds of up to 800kph, completing smooth aerobatics manoeuvres including loops, rolls, flips, flops, vertical climbs, and inverted flight (upside down), with g-forces of up to plus-five," he says.
After a safety briefing, guests don a military-style flight suit, slim-line parachute and Top Gun-style helmet before entering the jet (there are plenty of chances for photographs).
Flights, which take off from some of the most scenic regions in Australia, last 15 to 40 minutes, and most can facilitate formation flying - with a friend in another jet only a few metres away.
Other aircraft used around the country include an A37 Dragonfly and BAC Strikemasters, originally with a wide variety of overseas air forces.
Currently, discounted flights cost from $1200.
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Source: James Shrimpton, AAP - 5 December 2011 - http://au.news.yahoo.com
Photo: L-39 Breitling Jet Team (Copyright © 2011 www.xairforces.net) | aerospace |
https://www.masterfile.com/image/en/400-05882817/plane-is-flying-in-the-sky-among-light-and-dark-clouds | 2020-06-02T02:15:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347422065.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20200602002343-20200602032343-00125.warc.gz | 0.800465 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__43916666 | en | Plane is flying in the sky among light and dark clouds.
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https://ubiquity.acm.org/index.cfm?page=article&id=3298983 | 2019-06-19T10:47:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998959.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619103826-20190619125826-00003.warc.gz | 0.915164 | 262 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__18119489 | en | The purpose of the Mars rover is in its name---to rove, explore, study Martian geology, look for signs of water, look for signs of life (past or present), etc. However, achieving these and other objectives requires putting the rover down on a suitable landing site, i.e. a site suitable for searching for the desired information and safe to land and function without hindrance or breaking down.
The data for making these decisions comes from prior Mars missions. Selecting a suitable landing site is a complex process typically taking several years. Researchers at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research prototyped a new software that can help NASA mission planners to more rapidly and reliably find landing sites, potentially reducing the total time required to weeks. In this interview, Victor Pankratius, leader of the research team, shares some insight into the project.
In this series of interviews with innovation leaders, Ubiquity Associate Editor and software engineer, Dr. Bushra Anjum, sits down with Jason Ernst, CTO of RightMesh, to discuss how his company is using mobile mesh networks to decentralize existing network infrastructure in areas where it doesn't exist or is too expensive to maintain--effectively putting the control of data in the hands of the people. | aerospace |
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/boeing-777-one-of-safest-planes-in-history-emirates-crash-2016-8/ | 2018-02-21T13:36:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813622.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180221123439-20180221143439-00638.warc.gz | 0.957881 | 735 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__29715961 | en | On Wednesday, a Boeing 777-300 operating as Emirates Flight EK521 crash-landed and burst into flames at Dubai International Airport after declaring an emergency.
Emirates has confirmed that all 300 passengers and crew members aboard the flight are safe.
Even though this marks the fifth Boeing 777 to be written off in five years, the model remains one of the safest airplanes to ever fly.
In the 21 years since the plane entered service, only six Boeing 777s have been written off, because of fire, crashes, or disappearances, with Wednesday's Emirates flight being the sixth.
A mere 0.4% of the 1,412 777s ever produced have been involved in crashes or incidents that left the plane damaged beyond repair. Compare that with the 4% of the 1,522 747s that have been written off over the years; the 747 itself is considered an incredibly reliable and safe aircraft.
The first 777 incident took place in 2008, when a British Airways jet suffered engine failure on landing and crashed on the runway at Heathrow Airport. The aircraft - operating as BA Flight 38 - experienced a sudden loss of power, and the cause of the incident was eventually traced back to a design fault in Rolls-Royce's Trent turbofan engines that allowed ice to build up in the fuel lines. Though nearly 50 people were injured, no one died in the crash.
The third hull loss and first fatal accident involving a 777 occurred in 2013, when Asiana Flight 214 crashed while landing in San Francisco. Three of the 291 passengers were killed, while all 16 crew members survived. Investigators at the NTSB attributed the crash to pilot error.
The fourth incident took place on March 8, 2014, when a Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER operating as Flight MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. The 600,000-pound plane - registration number 9M-MRO - vanished with 239 passengers and crew aboard. So far, only pieces of the plane have been located.
The fifth Boeing 777 lost was Malaysia Airlines MH17, shot down over Ukraine in July 2015. All 298 of its passengers and crew were killed when the airliner was reportedly struck by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile.
Since entering service in 1995, the 777 has become a workhorse for long-haul international airlines. Along with the Airbus A330, the 777 helped revolutionize modern air travel - eventually rendering the jumbo jet obsolete.
Boeing developed the 777 from scratch in the early 1990s with a 10,000-person team at an estimated cost of $5 billion. It was the seventh all-new jetliner introduced by the airplane maker.
The plane exploded in popularity in the 2000s. Much of this can be attributed to a spike in the cost of fuel and the repeal of regulations barring twin-engine airliners from flying certain long-haul routes.
In the process, the 777 and its Airbus counterparts became the perfect fuel-efficient, long-distance aircraft. As a result, four-engine airliners such as Boeing's 747 jumbo and Airbus' A340 have been relegated to near-relic status.
Emirates is the largest operator of the 777, with a fleet of 156 of the Boeing jets. The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based airline flies 11% of all 777s ever produced. The aircraft involved in Wednesday's crash, A6-EMW, was delivered to Emirates on March, 28, 2003, and was the 434th triple-seven to roll out of Boeing's Everett, Washington, factory. | aerospace |
http://www.brainbleachmedia.com/projects/portfolio/18-websites/59-hell-hawks-website | 2018-04-26T05:17:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948089.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180426051046-20180426071046-00241.warc.gz | 0.957569 | 346 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__25448154 | en | The Hell Hawks History
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The Hell Hawks Indoor Flying Club is a membership based model aircraft club created to promote, supplement, and enhance opportunities within the pastime of model aircraft flying (and building) by offering off-season and year-round evening indoor flying as well as organizing and promoting special model aircraft events.
Our purpose is to promote the growth, safety, enthusiasm, and enjoyment of model aircraft building and flying by establishing, equipping, and maintaining a site for the year round flying of model aircraft and promotion of special events.
Our flying field is a 75,000 square foot Dome located at the Connecticut Sportsplex in North Branford, Connecticut. The flying field is 300 feet by 180 feet with a 65 foot ceiling in the center of the field. The facility has restrooms, snack bar, and heating. The Connecticut Sportsplex is located at 216 Foxon Road, North Branford, Connecticut.
Our club name was chosen to honor and remember the 365th Fighter-Bomber Group which was formed May 15, 1943. Flying Republic P-47 Thunderbolts the Hell Hawks were part of the 9th Tactical Air Command and flew their first combat mission on February 22, 1944. Within two months of operations the Hell Hawks converted from escorting 8th Air Force heavy bombers to their fighter-bomber mode that continued to the war's end. Their mission was two-fold. Protect the ground forces from enemy air attack and destroy any and all obstacles on the ground that prevented our forces from advancing.
Please visit www.hellhawks.org to learn more about the real Hell Hawks Heroes. | aerospace |
https://humanprofile.biz/how-does-dish-satellite-internet-work/ | 2024-04-23T18:19:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818732.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423162023-20240423192023-00894.warc.gz | 0.918546 | 1,311 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__139480952 | en | In today’s interconnected world, reliable internet connectivity has become an essential aspect of our daily lives. Whether it’s for work, entertainment, or staying connected with loved ones, having a stable internet connection is crucial. One popular option for internet access is Dish satellite internet. In this article, we will delve into the workings of Dish satellite internet and explore how it brings the world to your fingertips.
Understanding Satellite Internet
Satellite internet operates through a network of satellites positioned in space. Unlike traditional wired connections, such as cable or DSL, satellite internet uses satellites to transmit and receive data signals. This technology enables users to access the internet from virtually anywhere, even in remote locations where wired connections are not available.
Satellite internet is particularly advantageous for rural areas, where running physical cables may not be feasible or cost-effective. It provides a lifeline for those living in underserved areas, allowing them to connect to the digital world seamlessly.
Components of Dish Satellite Internet
To understand how Dish satellite internet works, it’s important to familiarize ourselves with its key components:
1. Satellite Dish
The satellite dish is a crucial component of the system. It acts as the interface between your home and the satellite in space. The dish receives signals from the satellite and transmits data signals from your computer or device back to the satellite. Dish satellite internet relies on a two-way communication process to establish a reliable connection.
2. Modem and Router
The modem and router play a vital role in connecting your devices to the satellite dish. The modem receives the signals from the dish and converts them into a format that your devices can understand. The router then distributes the internet connection to multiple devices in your home, allowing everyone to access the internet simultaneously.
3. Satellite in Space
The satellite itself is the backbone of the entire system. It orbits the Earth, constantly beaming signals to and from the satellite dish on the ground. These satellites are equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient and reliable data transmission.
How Dish Satellite Internet Works
Now, let’s explore the intricate workings of Dish satellite internet and how it brings the internet to your doorstep.
Signal Transmission Process
When you initiate an internet request, such as loading a website or streaming a video, the signal travels from your device to the satellite dish installed on your property. The dish then sends the signal to the satellite in space, which acts as a relay station. The satellite receives the signal, processes it, and relays it to the corresponding ground station.
The ground station, also known as the Network Operations Center (NOC), acts as the intermediary between the satellite and the internet. It communicates with the satellite, retrieves the requested data, and sends it back through the satellite to your dish. Your dish then translates the signal into a format that your devices can understand, allowing you to access the requested content seamlessly.
Uploading and Downloading Data
Dish satellite internet supports two-way data transfer, known as upload and download. When you send data, such as emails or file uploads, it follows a similar process as mentioned above. The signal travels from your device to the satellite dish, then to the satellite, and finally to the ground station. The ground station processes the data and sends it to the intended recipient.
On the other hand, when you receive data, such as streaming videos or browsing websites, the process is reversed. The signal travels from the satellite to your dish, then to your device, allowing you to access the content you desire.
Factors Affecting Internet Speed and Performance
While Dish satellite internet offers remarkable accessibility, several factors can impact its speed and performance. Some of these include:
Weather Conditions: Adverse weather conditions, such as heavy rain, snow, or storms, can interfere with the satellite signals, causing temporary disruptions or slower speeds. However, advancements in technology have significantly mitigated these issues.
Satellite Congestion: During peak usage times, satellite internet providers may experience increased demand, leading to congestion and reduced speeds. However, providers continually invest in expanding their network capacity to ensure optimal performance.
Signal Obstructions: Trees, buildings, or other physical obstructions between your dish and the satellite can weaken the signal strength, affecting the quality of your internet connection. Proper dish placement can help minimize these obstructions.
Data Caps: Satellite internet providers often impose data caps, limiting the amount of data you can consume within a specific time period. Exceeding these caps may result in reduced speeds or additional charges.
Despite these considerations, Dish satellite internet has come a long way in providing reliable and high-speed internet access, even in remote areas.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the coverage area of Dish satellite internet?
Dish satellite internet is available nationwide, providing coverage across the United States. Its reach extends to even the most remote locations, ensuring that people in underserved areas can access the internet.
Can multiple devices be connected to Dish satellite internet?
Yes, Dish satellite internet supports multiple device connections. With the help of a router, you can connect several devices in your home to the internet simultaneously.
How does weather affect the satellite internet connection?
While adverse weather conditions can impact satellite internet signals, modern satellite technology has significantly mitigated these issues. Temporary disruptions may occur during severe storms, but overall, weather interference has become less of a concern.
Is Dish satellite internet suitable for gaming and streaming?
Dish satellite internet provides sufficient speeds for gaming and streaming. However, latency, or the delay in data transmission, may be slightly higher compared to wired connections. This may result in a slight lag during online gaming or buffering during high-definition streaming. Nevertheless, Dish satellite internet offers a reliable alternative for those in areas without wired connections.
In conclusion, Dish satellite internet offers a viable solution for accessing the internet, particularly in underserved areas. By leveraging satellite technology, it enables users to stay connected, work remotely, and enjoy online entertainment regardless of their geographical location. While weather conditions and other factors can affect its performance to some extent, Dish satellite internet continues to bridge the digital divide and bring the benefits of the internet to millions of people. So, whether you live in a bustling city or a remote rural area, Dish satellite internet can help you stay connected in today’s digital age. | aerospace |
https://www.amsiacademy.com/blogs/boeing-787-dreamliner-aircraft/ | 2020-07-10T13:03:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655908294.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20200710113143-20200710143143-00578.warc.gz | 0.933389 | 1,203 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__126653140 | en | THE ERA OF LONG HAUL EFFICIENT JETLINER-Boeing 787 dreamliner Aircraft
BOEING 787 DREAMLINER Aircraft.
A flagship from Boeing and an entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft is new breed of aircraft designed for ultra long haul flights. It has come right out of dreams of many airliners, an aircraft which can fly non-stop to destination where no other airlines ever dreamt to reached. It flies most unachievable destinations as far as 14000 kms but do it more efficiently and much quietly. The most fascinating part of this bird isn't its looks but the very material it’s made up of. The same material most of your cell phones and cars are made of, Plastics. Yes! plastics but not just any, Carbon fiber Reinforced Polymer. It’s the most new wonder material then the conventional aviation grade aluminum or alloys. Its lighter, stronger and tougher than any engineered material made by mankind.
Why a new aircraft with this material, when aviation manufacturer are building very competent products in very recent past? Answer to this question is a new approach of manufacturing which is the world beacon for aviation industry.
Its pushing the dimension of manufacturing in a whole new way by which aircraft can be made. Its 20% more efficient on fuel burn, makes engines more powerful, reduces nox emissions and noise reduction capabilities. Since the carbon fiber can be woven in different angles and layers to gain maximum strength to weight ratio, its engineered to fit in bit by bit to make up the complex component for Boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft. It's got a whole new bigger window to see the world from above which is 20 % larger than existing aircraft operational, which are electro chromatic dimmable and the largest in industry of size 10.7 * 18.4 inches. Thanks to the composite material which has the highest fatigue strength in a flight cycle. It has a seating capacity of 440 max for its model Boeing 787 dash 10.
Ability to handle stresses and distributing the stress concentration has made this material to overcome many asymmetric design challenges. One being the pressure cycle of the cabin, which can accommodate bigger windows, withstand higher stress loading and higher cabin pressure of 6000 feet for passenger comfort for superior environmental control. It has more humidity in ambient cabin pressure than any other aircraft of its class, which is 6 to 7% drastically reduces the jetlag and risk of altitude sickness. Conventional aircraft maintain 1 to 2 % of humidity for safety reasons because higher humidity can corrode metal alloys from inside but composite has no impact of high humidity levels. One interesting design change is that it doesn’t have a bleed air system which in turn means lesser components, efficient engines and high cabin pressure can be achieved by electro compressor atmospheric system.
In the absence of bleed air one would wonder, what about the icing problem? It has a revolutionary electronic deicing system in form of heating mats on leading edges which senses the precondition and activates before the icing occurs. It’s a complete electrically driven system, which is fairly automated on the flight performance parameter for best delivery of results and even reducing the weight requirement of bleed air heating system. It has industry first brake by wire a electrical braking system and no complex hydraulics and pneumatics on braking system.
The wing design has a wing tip known as winglet which reduces the significant fuel consumption. It's Wings are housing even more revolutionary power plant which are the single most largest thrust producing engines by general electric GENX or RR Trend 1000 on a twin engine aircraft. Its produces a whooping 76,000 Pounds per foot of thrust each. It has 7 generator at any given moment and a total max electrical power delivery is 1.5 MW enough to delivery power to a small town. It is the first airplane to actively use Lithium Polymer battery in its electrical sources for its power density and light weight. Its uses all LED lighting system which is industry new for replacing all the other heavy sources of lighting. It provides power socket at every seat for mobile and others gadget charging capacity.
The powerful engines of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft on long haul twin jets has earned itself a great ETOPS rating of 330 minutes for its operational reliability on long over sea routes. It has a saw shaped tipped exhaust cowling called Chevrons which mixes the
cold bypass air with hot core blast softly to reduces the engine noise on takeoff or landing. It’s a very handy innovation where airport implement strict Noise Abatement Procedures. The cowling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft engine nacelle has special noise absorbing material to reduce noise below 80 decibels, which helps it to make the most quietest cabins in the world on cruising altitudes.
The cockpit of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft has more new redesigned features for crew comfort with five large displays and two Head Up Display by Rockwell and Collins company. The increased cabin pressure reduces the fatigue effect on the operating crew and jetlag. It's one of the most advanced and highly automated glass cockpit in the aviation world.
It's by far the most advanced twin jetliner of aviation to incorporate heavy use of composite and new technologies of the era. The Airbus company has recent launched it completer called AIRBUS A350 XWB aircraft with similarly features but lack the orders. Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft has bagged the orders of 1403 planes and has delivered about 754 aircrafts as of November 2018.
It’s a well thought design to complete for many years to come. Its efficient engine, lighter but stronger composites and ground breaking technologies makes it the most modern and safest jewel in the skies. The operational reliability and it's efficiency will keep the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft airborne for decades, fulfilling many aspiration and dreams to come true.
-Er. ABHINAV. A. BILODI | aerospace |
https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/parker-eagle-copters-reputation-continues-to-soar | 2020-11-26T18:57:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00553.warc.gz | 0.965398 | 223 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__48665162 | en | Eagle Copters founder Mel O’Reilly was recently on stage at the Louisville Marriott Downtown where he received the prestigious Les Morris Award on behalf of the Twirly Birds organization.
Les was in the pilot’s seat of the Sikorsky helicopter featured on the June 21, 1943 cover of Life magazine. The test pilot’s first six flights covered a total of 25 minutes in the fabric-covered machine.
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Twirly Birds was founded 70 years ago by a small group of pilots who met to share stories and the common experience of flying helicopters during the early years of vertical flight. The annual award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the helicopter community.
Mel has certainly done that in building a company that enjoys a strong worldwide reputation.
Raised in Quebec City, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1955 in the field of helicopter maintenance. After three years travelling throughout Eastern Canada, he left the service and moved west to Dawson City where he joined Klondike Helicopters as an apprentice mechanic. | aerospace |
http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/46472 | 2017-03-30T06:47:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00067-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.933702 | 589 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__124480344 | en | The weather is important to everyone. Will it rain today, will I need a jacket? But what is space weather? Is there really "weather" in outer space? Isn't space almost a perfect vacuum? UCLA has been studying this for some time and recently completed a study that sheds important light on space weather.
Solar storms — powerful eruptions of solar material and magnetic fields into interplanetary space — can cause what is known as "space weather" near Earth, resulting in hazards that range from interference with communications systems and GPS errors to extensive power blackouts and the complete failure of critical satellites.
Some of the energy emitted by the sun during solar storms is temporarily stored in Earth's stretched and compressed magnetic field. Eventually, that solar energy is explosively released, powering Earth's radiation belts and lighting up the polar skies with brilliant auroras. And while it is possible to observe solar storms from afar with cameras, the invisible process that unleashes the stored magnetic energy near Earth had defied observation for decades.
In the Sept. 27 issue of the journal Science, researchers from the UCLA College of Letters and Science, the Austrian Space Research Institute (IWF Graz) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) report that they finally have measured the release of this magnetic energy close up using an unprecedented alignment of six Earth-orbiting spacecraft and NASA's first dual lunar orbiter mission, ARTEMIS.
Space weather begins to develop inside Earth's magnetosphere, the giant magnetic bubble that shields the planet from the supersonic flow of magnetized gas emitted by the sun. During solar storms, some solar energy enters the magnetosphere, stretching the bubble out into a long, teardrop-shaped tail that extends more than a million miles into space.
The stored magnetic energy is then released by a process called "magnetic reconnection." This event can be detected only when fast flows of energized particles pass by a spacecraft positioned at exactly the right place at the right time.
Luckily, this happened in 2008, when NASA's five Earth-orbiting THEMIS satellites discovered that magnetic reconnection was the trigger for near-Earth substorms, the fundamental building blocks of space weather. However, there was still a piece of the space weather puzzle missing: There did not appear to be enough energy in the reconnection flows to account for the total amount of energy released for typical substorms.
In 2011, in an attempt to survey a wider area of the Earth's magnetosphere, the THEMIS team repositioned two of its five spacecraft into lunar orbits, creating a new mission dubbed ARTEMIS after the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon. From afar, these two spacecraft provided a unique global perspective of energy storage and release near Earth.
Graphic shows process of magnetic reconnection, which powers the phenomena known as space weather. Credit UCLA.
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https://ffh.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=195857 | 2024-04-13T16:12:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816820.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413144933-20240413174933-00478.warc.gz | 0.871323 | 1,225 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__50646005 | en | A Place Beyond the Sky: Introduction (03:05)
This segment orients viewers to the topic of manned missions to the moon. (Credits)
Apollo 11 (05:17)
Officials and experts share their thoughts on the lunar mission. See news footage of the lift-off.
International Relations (03:38)
In October 1957, Sputnik transmits radio signals from space; Ed Buckbee recalls the Soviet satellite's launch. The competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union is fierce; U.S. citizens fear nuclear annihilation.
Space Race (07:24)
Sergei Khrushchev recalls his father's response to Sputnik; Sputnik II carries a dog. The Soviet Union announces lunar intentions, sparking a political response from the U.S. Project Vanguard attempts to launch the first U.S. satellite; the missile explodes.
Wernher von Braun (04:36)
Buckbee recalls Wernher von Braun and his missile team launching a satellite with a modified Redstone rocket. Von Braun is popular with the press, but difficult to work with; see a clip from "I Aim At the Stars." Freeman Dyson discusses Hitler's support of von Braun and WWII.
Advancing U.S. Technology (07:16)
After WWII, the U.S. government enlists top German scientists to improve technology and public perception about space travel changes. Walt Disney and von Braun produce several films together. Freeman Dyson discusses his involvement with Project Orion.
Soviet Space Program (05:13)
Sputnik's success makes space research a priority and the Soviet government initially gathers German scientists to produce missiles; Sergei Korolev manages the program. Sergei Khrushchev reflects on Soviet ICBMs. Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev engage in a heated debate at the American National Exhibition in Moscow.
Project Mercury (03:59)
NASA sponsors the program to place a man in orbit with the help of an ICBM. In April 1959, NASA introduces the Mercury astronauts to the public. See several rockets explode during lift off attempts.
Manned Space Flight (06:59)
During a 1960 presidential debate, John F. Kennedy cites presidential burdens; Nixon contradicts Kennedy's space program statistics. In 1961, NASA sends Ham the Astrochimp into space; Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space and a Soviet hero.
U.S. Response to Soviet Space Flight (05:47)
Space science has political implications. Von Braun convinces President John F. Kennedy the U.S. will be the first to put a man on the moon. In May 1961, Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space; his flight is televised live.
Race to the Moon (05:00)
Kennedy announces his desire to land a man on the moon and seeks public support; money is a concern. Cosmonaut Gherman Titov orbits the Earth 17 times in 25 hours.
Cocoa Beach (06:01)
NASA initiates a development and population boom in the area; the press arrives en masse. Experts reflect on the atmosphere before launches at Cape Canaveral. See the launch of the first manned orbital flight.
NASA Media Coverage (06:04)
Joel Banow recalls covering the manned space program and using visuals. Experts reflect on broadcasters Walter Cronkite and Jules Bergman; NASA maintains an open policy for reporting. See coverage of John Glenn's parade in Manhattan and Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper.
Time "Life" Magazine (02:30)
"Life" has an exclusive contract to feature the personal stories of the Mercury Seven. Glenn convinces Kennedy to allow the contract to continue.
First African American Astronaut Candidate (06:32)
Ed Dwight discusses his invitation to test pilot school, en-route to astronaut training, NASA's southern support, and his successful completion of the program. At Edwards Air Force Base, Chuck Yeager orders officers not to associate with him.
Impacts of Space Travel (02:12)
Astronauts undergo physical and psychological testing at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
Astronaut Group Two (04:35)
Buzz Aldrin and Bill Anders recall joining the team; members give a press conference. Dwight recalls the U.S. Information Agency using his photograph to deter people in Africa from destroying tracking stations; Dwight is not accepted into the astronaut group.
Kennedy's Space Program Briefing (05:01)
Administrator James Webb leads NASA. The cost of putting a man on the moon is a concern. Kennedy visits the research center in Huntsville and witnesses a rocket test; ex-Nazis direct two NASA centers.
Kennedy's Rice Stadium Speech (05:22)
Kennedy announces Houston as the location of the next space center. He addresses the nation about the space program and manned space flight to the moon before the end of the decade.
Astronaut Family Life (03:30)
Valerie Anders recalls moving to Houston and socializing with other astronaut families. The space program has a significant impact on personal lives. Mercury astronauts are complicated and competitive men.
Lunar Mission Mode (08:06)
Aldrin recalls experts debating the best strategy for reaching the moon—Earth orbital rendezvous or lunar orbital rendezvous. Experts question the mission deadline and criticism increases. Kennedy considers a joint expedition with the Soviet Union.
Kennedy's Assassination (03:32)
Experts recall Kennedy's visit to Cape Canaveral six days before his death. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22, 1963; see excerpts of his funeral.
Credits: A Place Beyond the Sky (02:01)
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https://deplorablesdaily.com/donald-trump-announces-faa-decision-to-ground-boeing-737-max-8-and-9-planes/ | 2019-05-20T01:16:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255251.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520001706-20190520023706-00040.warc.gz | 0.960604 | 481 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__48760031 | en | President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday plans for the Federal Aviation Administration to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 airplanes right away.
The president stated he had talked to FAA administrator Daniel K. Elwell and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg prior to his announcement.
” They are all in agreement with the action,” Trump said, calling it a “challenging choice” however a crucial one in the wake of awful deaths.
The Trump administration chose to ground the flights as a result of 2 crashes involving the 737 MAX 8– one run by Indonesian airline company Lion Air killing 189 travelers and one operated by Ethiopian Airlines killing157 The 2 crashes occurred within five months of each other, soon after departure.
” Our hearts go out all those who lost enjoyed ones, to their friends, to their families,” Trump said.
Trump revealed the FAA’s decision after over 40 nations including the European Union, Canada, India, and China revealed decisions to ground the airplane.
A number of pilots also reported problems with the 737 Max airplane.
Trump expressed assistance for Boeing, urging them to come up with a quick service to the problem.
” Boeing is an incredible company, they are working extremely, very hard today and ideally they’ll extremely quickly develop the response however till they do the aircrafts are grounded,” Trump said.
The president stated he felt that it was the right decision to make.
” The United States has the greatest record on the planet of air travel and we wish to keep it that way,” he said. “So I didn’t wish to take any possibilities. I felt it was essential both mentally and a lot of other ways.”
The FFA released their choice shortly after the president’s statement, citing information gathering and brand-new evidence collected at the crash website. The suspension will last till more notice.
In a declaration, Boeing stated they had “full confidence in the safety of the 737 MAX” however supported the decision “out of an abundance of care and in order to reassure the flying public.”
” We are doing everything we can to understand the reason for the mishaps in collaboration with the investigators, deploy safety enhancements and assist guarantee this does not take place once again,” Muilenburg said. | aerospace |
http://www.stateofkerala.in/blog/2012/07/09/ai-relief-plane-reaches-pak/ | 2013-06-20T05:52:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710313659/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131833-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.978774 | 526 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__224622 | en | Air India’s relief aircraft that was sent to ferry passengers of its New Delhi-bound flight that had made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah Airport in Sindh in the early hours of Monday arrived here around 1:30 p.m. (local time) and is scheduled to leave on its return journey shortly.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesman Pervez George told The Hindu that the passengers and their luggage were being transferred to the relief aircraft and they should be airborne soon.
The New Delhi-bound aircraft had made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah Airport at 3-37 a.m. after the pilot detected a problem with the hydraulic system. Following the emergency landing, Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi instructed CAA to provide all possible assistance and facilities to the 122 passengers and eight crew members on board the flight that was coming from Abu Dhabi.
According to Mr. George, the pilot had been offered the option of allowing the passengers and crew to use the airport lounge but the captain opted out stating that they were comfortable inside the plane as the airconditioning was on and the aircraft was adequately stocked in food. “All he asked for was water, which was provided.”
The Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, also directed the officials of Interior Ministry to make all arrangements to issue transit visas for 24 hours to the passengers and crew. However, since the passengers and crew members were transferred from one aircraft to the other, the transit visa facility was not availed.
The relief aircraft also ferried in engineers and technicians to repair the snag. How long will that take is not clear but Mr. George told The Hindu that the CAA would provide them whatever help they may need.
Essentially an airport used for domestic flights, the Nawabshah Airport located in the central Sindh district of Shaheed Benazirabad dates back to the colonial era.
The Indian High Commission was in constant contact with the pilot, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CAA to get the necessary flight clearances for allowing the relief aircraft to land and take-off from the airport.
Meanwhile, as social networkers commented on the emergency landing, the Jama’at-ud-Da’wah joined in on Twitter with the following tweet: “Alhumdulillah – all passengers safe after emergency landing of Air India plane in Pakistan. Return safely!”
Article source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3619561.ece | aerospace |
https://2011.ru/spacex-starship-integrated-flight-test-2-what-to-expect-xl-xf0gExsemthyR2kmn4t-vi.html | 2023-11-29T14:33:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100112.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129141108-20231129171108-00854.warc.gz | 0.834818 | 1,647 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__56314968 | en | SpaceX has installed the Starship flight termination system and is waiting for the launch license. Ship-25 Booster-9 full stack is ready for liftoff. Starship IFT-3 Update. SpaceX launches its 29th cargo mission to the International Space Station. Rocket Lab plans to resume Electron launches in late November. SpaceX adds new crew arm to launch tower at SLC-40. Scripted on 09th November 2023 00:00 Starship Updates 07:02 SpaceX CRS-29 Launched With Powerful Laser Communication Instrument 09:46 Rocket Lab Identified Reason Behind Electron Launch Failure 11:35 SpaceX Installed New Crew Arm to Launch Tower Learn More: 1. Upgrades To Starship After IFT-1 a. Starship Hot Staging Explained: 🤍youtu.be/qgZHo9wYRW0 b. Super Heavy Booster-9 Upgrades: 🤍youtu.be/vZH5esgrFiM?t=63 c. Starship-26 Explained: 🤍youtu.be/9tiUa4jdv4s?t=180 d. How SpaceX Protect Raptor Engines: 🤍youtu.be/L22gyQDDXho e. OLM Water Cooled Steel Plates: 🤍youtu.be/zyoM0c4QAGs 2. Starships & Boosters Latest Status: 🤍bit.ly/3sqskmw 3. Rocket Lab Electron Investigation Report: 🤍bit.ly/47nu5zJ 4. CRS-29 Mission Overview🤍bit.ly/472TSgF Weekly Updates: 🤍bit.ly/3HIQjPC SpaceX Playlist: 🤍bit.ly/34wue8T Consider Supporting on Patreon: 🤍🤍patreon.com/scientiaplus Facebook Page: 🤍🤍facebook.com/scientiaplus For Educational Purpose Only. Followed YouTube's fair usage policy when reusing content for this video: 🤍bit.ly/3OSpiws All the videos, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. Image Credits: SpaceX RGV Aerial Photography Starship Gazer NASA Spaceflight NASA Capella Space Rocket Lab Video Credits: SpaceX LabPadre Space NASA Hazegrayart Newsthink Evan Karen TijnM Rocket Lab Spaceflight Now Starship Footage Credits: A Huge Thanks to These Reporters from Starbase. ❤️️ LabPadre Space YouTube: 🤍🤍youtube.com/user/LabPadre Twitter: 🤍twitter.com/LabPadre Patreon: 🤍🤍patreon.com/labpadre Website: 🤍🤍labpadre.com Paypal (Family & Friends): 🤍🤍paypal.com/paypalme/labpadre CashApp: $LabPadre Venmo: 🤍LabPadre RGV Aerial Photography Twitter: 🤍twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos YouTube: 🤍🤍youtube.com/c/RGVAerialPhotography Hazegrayart 🤍🤍youtube.com/🤍Hazegrayart NASA Spaceflight 🤍🤍youtube.com/c/NASASpaceflightVideos Evan Karen 🤍youtube.com/c/EvanKaren TijnM 🤍🤍youtube.com/🤍tijn_m Newsthink 🤍🤍youtube.com/🤍Newsthink Spaceflight Now 🤍🤍youtube.com/🤍SpaceflightNowVideo Starship Gazer 🤍twitter.com/StarshipGazer Thumbnail Image Credit: Alexander Svan 🤍twitter.com/AlexSvanArt // All the information given in this video is to the best of my knowledge. Feel free to correct me with proof in the comment section. // #SpaceX #Starship #starshiplaunch #starshiplaunchlicense #starshipfts #starshiplaunchdate #starshipupdates #starshipfullstack #starshiplive #starship26 #starshipflight2 #superheavybooster9 #starship25 #starship25test #starshiphotstaging #hotstaging #starshiporbitallaunch #starshipwaterdeluge #raptorengine #raptor #spacexraptor #starshipexplosion #starbaseweekly #elonmusk #starship26 #labpadre #nsflive #faalicense #crs29 #rocketlab #electronrocket
Rocket Lab did some incredible work finding that root cause of that electrical short.
While I'm a big fan of the engineers at SpaceX, Elon has now said and amplified one too many stupid, vile, and dangerous things supporting stupid, vile, and dangerous people with their stupid, vile, and dangerous ideologies to want to hear about these accomplishments. I am turning my attention elsewhere and recommend others do the same. Makin' cool rockets is no cover for throwing gas on the tinderbox of the current state of the world.
So can you tell me why the space agency that's making its name known for its reusable rockets is dumping these two in the ocean if they perform flawlessly? I don't even get it.
Announcement soon: 100% success!
That the most stupidest thinking I ever heard, you need to be born in the US to be President
Why haven't they built a concrete wall around tank far tanks being so close to launch pad
Space X does iterative testing and progression NASA failed more times in history than Space X
How can the Starship land off of Hawaii and be in the Indian Ocean?
God well into the welcoming safety and blessings of orbit travels with prayer and blessings for all SpaceX and all the excellent launches
The coming and the all launch after Bless ing travels to space and beyond 🌏🚀🇺🇸🙏
Why does Rocket Lab ( a NZ company) require FAA clearance to launch from NZ? Seems like quite a bit of overreach by a US agency. Nothing to do with safety of US citizens or assets. What is going on?
I believe SpaceX will attain near orbital goal and hopefully put the recertification delay issues behind them, so they can get back on track to rapidly develop the SpaceX systems for docking, crew transfer, fuel transfer and lunar HLS.
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto...
You should get an english speaker to help you.
C'mon, your headline is misleading! FAA is still delaying Spacex approval. This is inexcusable delay of several months. FAA must do better and to not get involved in politics. How did FAA approve ULA Centaur rocket launch back in July '23 for a maiden launch Dec'23 ?
Yes this time stage sep is a guarantee
Short Circuit in the Second Stage Power Supply System: The Cause of the two failures of ALOS-3 and Acadia. In the first case, a short circuit led to the shutdown of all electronics on the second stage and to the failure to start the engine. In the second case, a short circuit caused the engine to fail to start. Causes of short-circuit: In Mission H-III TF1 an error in the design of electrical supply circuits and a defect in the production of the transformer, and in the mission of the Electron F41, this is a poor connection of the cast batteries, and damage to the insulation of the power wires during the assembly of the stage.
20 to one says action The next step,,,,, Space X 😺 Mars bound
Elon Musk for President of the United States of America | aerospace |
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http://newscan.co.in/2016/02/16/prithvi-ii-missile-test-fired-in-odisha/ | 2020-05-29T20:28:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347406365.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20200529183529-20200529213529-00219.warc.gz | 0.948974 | 534 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__170545210 | en | Prithvi II missile test-fired in Odisha
India test-fired its indigenously developed tactical nuclear-capable, Prithvi-II ,surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, capable of carrying 500kg -1000kg of warheads — as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur.
With a strike range of 350km, and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines. It uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target. Inducted into India’s armed forces in 2003, Prithvi II — the first missile to be developed by DRDO under the prestigious IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Program) — is now a proven technology.
A missile is called ballistic because, just as one would throw a ball or spear, the rocket’s engine gives the missile an initial push, after which its flight is affected only by gravity. Ballistic missiles do not fly. They go up, and they come down. A ballistic missile can be launched from land, from a silo, from mobile platforms on trucks or trains, from submarine or ship, or from an airplane. After launch, a ballistic missiles arches up from one point, and lands at another point.
Inertial navigation, which relies on knowing your initial position, velocity, and attitude and thereafter measuring your attitude rates and accelerations. The operation of inertial navigation systems (INS) depends upon Newton’s laws of classical mechanics. It is the only form of navigation that does not rely on external references. Inertial navigation is a self-contained navigation technique in which measurements provided by accelerometers and gyroscopes are used to track the position and orientation of an object relative to a known starting point, orientation and velocity.
Inertia: the property of bodies to maintain constant translational and rotational velocity, unless disturbed by forces or torques, respectively (Newton’s first law of motion).
Gyroscopes are sensors for measuring rotation
Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity.
Velocity is a vector quantity that refers to the rate at which an object changes its position. Speed is a scalar quantity and does not keep track of direction; velocity is a vector quantity and is direction aware.
Scalars are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone.
Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction | aerospace |
https://naijamerit.com.ng/airlines-must-improve-passenger-experience-stop-misleading-advertisement-ncaa-40048.html | 2022-10-07T06:25:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337971.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007045521-20221007075521-00242.warc.gz | 0.944334 | 638 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__77130476 | en | By Chinelo Obogo
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) has urged airlines to work hard to improve passenger experience and also stop misleading customers with false advertising.
Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, who was represented by the Director, Aerodromes and Airspace Standards (DAAS), Mr. Mohammed Odunowo, during the ongoing Airports, Airlines Business Summit and Expo AABSE 2022 organised by NIGAV, urged airport managers and airlines to adopt the use of technology to provide better passenger experience and security at the airports, as this will continue to help post-Covid-19 recovery of the air transport industry.
On misleading advertising, he said, “Airlines must not display or advertise wrong flight times. Passengers book flights to meet their travel plans and it is frustrating when a person purchases a ticket for a particular time only to be informed that the fight will operate at a later time.”
He also said many airlines recognise the role of mobile apps for online check-in and that pre-ordering of products in airports may increase if the technology option is available to let travelers check in, check flight status, determine travel time to the airport and modify their itinerary seamlessly.
He said the NCAA’s target is to win back public confidence to fly again and that while safety and security is paramount for air travel, so also is passenger satisfaction and a passenger’s experience will determine if he flies again.
“Mobile apps will continue to play a critical in-trip role and also help to mitigate sanitation concerns. As travelers start to fly again, they will expect airlines to have measures in place to protect their health and safety.
“Improving passenger experience is a holistic approach. The travel experience commences from the time a passenger arrives at the airport to arrival at final destination. With the pandemic, new habits established, passenger awareness has reached a different level and they are more inclined to use online check-in and self-check-in kiosks. Overall, they are more willing to use technology as people refrain from close contact and asking questions which they could figure out themselves.
“Also, airports must continue to demonstrate that they are ready to keep the pandemic under control, with all necessary standards, recommendations and requirements implemented and applied, ensuring that travelers can have a safe journey, from the airport building entrance, to boarding and accommodating their seats in the plane.
“These actions include: Airport ambience: Seating areas, restrooms, restaurants, shopping areas. Hand sanitisers should be available across the airport, especially near and within the areas with frequently touched surfaces,” he said.
On the airline experience, he said maintaining integrity is key as airlines must not display or advertise wrong flight times. In the event of a flight disruption the airline must provide timely information to passengers and live up to their obligation to provide care (Refreshment, refund,re-routing on another flight in a timely manner) and in adherence to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2015 Part 19. | aerospace |
https://newsworldcity.com/flight-attendants-wreak-havoc-at-airports-across-america/ | 2023-02-05T23:54:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500294.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230205224620-20230206014620-00083.warc.gz | 0.948624 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__198007986 | en | United and Southwest Airlines flight attendants held protests at airports across the US on Tuesday to draw attention to chaotic scheduling and other workplace problems.
Airline employees protested at 15 airports in cities and regions, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Newark, Phoenix and Guam. At Dallas Love Field Airport, flight attendants not set to work organized an informational picket calling for better compensation and ways to make life less difficult for themselves and passengers.
Transport Workers Union Local 556, the union for 18,000 flight attendants in Dallas-based Southwest, says, “An improved operation will mean fewer reroutes and a better quality of life with technology failures that leave passengers and flight attendants stranded.” tweeted on Tuesday.
In an email to CBS Moneywatch, a spokesperson said, “Southwest Airlines has an award-winning culture that respects our employees and encourages them to express their opinions. Informational picketing is common during contract negotiations, and we Do not expect any disruption in service.”
Demonstrations also sparked protests at Chicago-based United, as members of the Association of Flight Attendants, the nation’s largest association for flight attendants, including flight attendants.
According to the AFA, United needs to fix the problems causing havoc for flight attendants and passengers alike. “This summer was one of the worst in recent history,” Ken Diaz, president of the union’s United chapter, said in a statement on Tuesday. “The passengers had to bear the brunt and so did the flight attendants.”
United canceled more than a dozen flights last week due to a lack of mandatory inspections for some of its Boeing 777-200 aircraft, with the AFA citing the scenario as an example of management laxity.
Inadequate staff complaints
The union claims that United’s failure to manage crew schedules, catering and other jobs has exacerbated the flight disruptions, which the airline claims have refused to acknowledge the problems.
United said it has worked with flight attendants to resolve scheduling issues.
A spokesperson for United told CBS Moneywatch in an email, “We have worked hard to reduce wait times for flight attendants to speak to crew schedulers, including more hiring and adding digital options for certain items.” Is.”
Meanwhile, at San Francisco International Airport, staff including cashiers, baristas, cooks and other restaurant and lounge employeesTuesday the second day. According to the union, which represents them, about 1,000 workers earn about $17 an hour and haven’t had a pay increase in three years, after nine months of contract negotiations stalled.
The airline industry is already struggling with the return of passengers sidelined by the pandemic, while also facingafter several or accepted purchases.
Comes between walkout and picketing at airportsAt large employers like Amazon, And with , On Capitol Hill, employees of Democratic Rep. Andy Levine | aerospace |
https://www.macdill.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002042465/ | 2024-04-18T00:57:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817184.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417235906-20240418025906-00218.warc.gz | 0.908302 | 235 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__32704830 | en | Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright speaks on resiliency during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2018. During his speech, Wright spoke about the importance of taking care of yourself and each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss)
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https://news-choice.com/aviation/avd-turbo-beaver-aircraft-receives-transport-canada-regulatory-approval/ | 2023-12-03T00:45:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00086.warc.gz | 0.897195 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__115598158 | en | The revolutionary redesign of the iconic Beaver aircraft is poised to reinvigorate bush plane operations, offering unprecedented performance at a low cost.
— Chris Baczynski, CEO and Principal Consultant, BAC Aerospace
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, November 15, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — BAC Aerospace and its valued client Avionneire Val d’Or (AVD) are pleased to announce that Transport Canada Civil Aviation has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the aircraft modification.
The AVD Turbo-Beaver was derived from the venerable de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver bush plane. It combines a clean-sheet design engine installation based on the reliable PT6A-34 engine, a “BX” wet wing, an increase in payload weight, Wipline 6100 amphibious floats, glass-cockpit Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS), modifications to the empennage, and a host of other secondary changes and improvements. With 750 shaft horsepower and a usable fuel load of over 210 US gallons, the aircraft more than doubles the rate of climb of the original DHC-2 Mk I, while offering long-range capability with an endurance exceeding 8 hours at a faster cruising speed.
The extensive and comprehensive nature of the modifications required the design to comply with the latest airworthiness regulations and safety standards, much like a new “clean sheet” aircraft design. This ambitious certification program was carried out by a partnership of Transport Canada Design Approval companies, with BAC Aerospace providing systems engineering and design approval in the aspects related to aircraft propulsion and interdisciplinary program integration, and Deca Aviation Engineering, SDC consulting, and Avionics Design Services covering the remainder of the full spectrum of the technical disciplines involved.
With a significant and growing interest from the legacy Beaver owners and operators in the newly modified aircraft, mass production of the AVD Turbo Beaver will help to diversify the economy in the Val d’Or region while creating new jobs in an exciting field.
About BAC Aerospace
BAC Aerospace is Canada’s first and only independent consulting and aircraft design approval company to offer national-level aircraft certification services in the field of aircraft propulsion. The company’s mission is to provide expertise and services to new and emerging aircraft design firms and clients working on complex aircraft modification (STC) projects.
About Avionnerie Val d’Or
Avionnerie Val d’Or (AVD) is a company located at the Val-d’Or Regional Airport that specializes in the maintenance, modification, and repair of multiple aircraft types, whether they’re on wheels, floats or skis, as well as aviation services for all types of aircraft, from the Cessna 150 to the Boeing 737. By introducing the Turbo-Beaver, AVD joins the ranks of Canadian general aviation manufacturers. | aerospace |
https://www.helpwithdiy.com/exclusive-area-51-update/ | 2024-02-26T07:58:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474653.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226062606-20240226092606-00132.warc.gz | 0.923477 | 322 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__31525938 | en | Photograph from Roadrunners Internationale via Pangloss Films
Secret Plane Crash Revealed
by Brian Handwerk — Suspended upside down, a titanium A-12 spy-plane prototype is prepped for radar testing at Area 51 in the late 1950s. After a rash of classifications, details of Cold War workings at the Nevada base, which to this day does not officially exist, are coming to light—including never before released images of an A-12 crash and its cover-up.
Area 51 was created so that U.S. Cold Warriors with the highest security clearances could pursue cutting-edge aeronautical projects away from prying eyes. During the 1950s and ’60s Area 51’s top-secret OXCART program developed the A-12 as the successor to the U-2 spy plane.
Nearly undetectable to radar, the A-12 could fly at 2,200 miles an hour (3,540 kilometers an hour)—fast enough to cross the continental U.S. in 70 minutes. From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane’s cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below.
But pushing the limits came with risks—and a catastrophic 1963 crash of an A-12 based out of Area 51.
A rapid government cover-up removed nearly all public traces of the wrecked A-12—pictured publicly for the first time in this gallery, thanks to the CIA’s recent declassification of the images. | aerospace |
http://1017theone.ca/blogs/mornings/2017/08/help-protect-earth-aliens/ | 2017-08-24T01:25:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886126017.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824004740-20170824024740-00294.warc.gz | 0.795905 | 153 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__207267481 | en | NASA is on the lookout for someone to protect the Earth from an alien invasion.
For real. Now, the aliens may not be little green men, at least I hope not. But, it’s real job. CLICK HERE for more.
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https://smarttechsource.com/category/entertainment/ | 2024-04-18T04:36:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817187.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418030928-20240418060928-00090.warc.gz | 0.941085 | 325 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__160612899 | en | Introduction: Enhancing Your FPV Drone Journey First-person view drones (FPV) enthusiasts are always looking for new ways to improve their flying experience. The right attachments can elevate your first-person drone experience to new heights, allowing you to capture stunning aerial videos, as well as battery operated glasses which can be particularly responsive in high-speed applications.
Introduction: A modern, technologically savvy nation has witnessed a tremendous growth in the use of drones for recreational and commercial purposes. The need for dedicated outlets serving amateur and experienced drone pilots is growing as these flying machines become So popular this blog article will examine drone vendors in more detail, focusing on how they
How to spot a police drone at night: The use of drones has become increasingly prevalent in various industries, including law enforcement. Police departments across the world are employing drone technology to enhance their surveillance capabilities and bolster their efforts in ensuring public safety. These unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer numerous advantages in monitoring crime-prone
True of internet of things devices: The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved as a technical marvel, transforming our interaction with the world around us in an increasingly interconnected world. From wearable fitness trackers that measure our health to smart thermostats that maintain a warm house, Internet of Things gadgets have become an essential part
Character artificial intelligence is a fascinating field that has garnered a lot of traction in the constantly changing field of artificial intelligence. The goal of this ground-breaking technology is to give artificial things realistic personalities and actions, not to create fictional characters for books or movies. We will dive into the depths of Character AI | aerospace |
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2005/12/30/1586/nasa-tracking-space-junk/ | 2023-11-29T19:28:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100135.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129173017-20231129203017-00010.warc.gz | 0.952155 | 357 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__260196786 | en | Decades worth of man-made space junk is floating around in orbit above the earth and it’s a crowded cosmic trash dump that has the attention of NASA and other space experts.
According to the NASA’s Oribital Debris Program Office at Johnson Space Center, there are more than 9,000 pieces of space junk big enough to be identified and tracked, and many more too small to keep tabs on. Most of the debris consists of parts from old rockets and satellites that are eventually pulled back into the earth’s atmosphere and either burn up or crash to the ground. Dr. Carolyn Sumners is the director of astromony at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and says some of the junk is lost as space vehicles leave earth’s atmosphere and other objects are simply worn out satellites and other equipment.
Although the junk field is spread out over a huge area, there is still a chance that a space vehicle, like the Space Shuttle, could encounter debris that could cause damage. The Interntational Space Station even has a shield to deflect space junk.
Lawrence Pinsky is the chair of the physics department at the University of Houston and says as far-fetched as it sounds, there could be space junk-collecting missions in the future.
Pinsky says tracking the debris only does so much good, with many more pieces of junk that haven’t been pinpointed and tracked.
One of the biggest pieces of soon-to-be space junk is the Hubble Space Telescope, which weights about 13 tons. Officials will most likely control its re-entry into earth’s atmosphere and make sure it lands in the water and not on land where it could cause massive damage if it hit in the wrong area. | aerospace |
http://medium.com/vaticle/advent-at-grakn-labs-23rd-december-2016-295c31094b12 | 2021-06-14T00:22:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487611089.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20210613222907-20210614012907-00226.warc.gz | 0.933292 | 1,559 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__101416312 | en | Here at Grakn Labs we love technology. So much so, that, this month, we’ve decided to share our favourite technology moments from 2016. Each weekday during December, we will open a window on our virtual advent calendar, and peek inside to recall some of the greatest innovation or news that the past year has brought us.
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With today being the last work day before Christmas, it appears that our daily, sugary, month-long interwebs adventure is coming to a close. Fret not, dear tech-enamoured reader: for today we have the most glorious adventure, yet. To infinity, and beyond! Well, maybe…
SpaceX Pushes Forward
This year has been a big year for space exploration, both for the usual suspects (read: NASA) and the ‘new’ guys. This past April, SpaceX, which has been active in the private space game since 2002, marked a major milestone on its quest for more accessible, reliable, and commercially viable space transport. Specifically, with the 23rd flight of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle, on 8 April 2016, SpaceX for the first time successfully launched and recovered a reusable first-stage from a rocket back from orbit. Only nine minutes after takeoff, having already released its International-Space-Station-bound payload into orbit, the first stage landed gracefully upright — somewhere off the coast of Florida — on the impressive floating drone ship known as Of Course I Still Love You.
This was the fifth such attempt at marine recovery and a crucial step towards a rapidly reusable launch vehicle. While SpaceX suffered an unfortunate setback this past September, with this explosion of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle carrying a Facebook communications satellite, the overall success the company has achieved, against incredible odds, should not be understated. Even if you’re a space transport skeptic, there’s no denying the infectious enthusiasm of April’s Falcon 9 landing video:
While significantly longer, more detailed, and less immediately exuberant, this next video is perhaps as momentous, for its depth of vision, and ambition, regarding the future of human movement and settlement. This is Elon Musk’s keynotes address, in full, from the International Aeronautical Congress, which was held in Guadalajara in late September. Discussing, with the hour-long minutiae you might expect at an academic conference for some of the best minds in space technology, Musk sets out a roadmap for the colonization of planets other than earth, starting with Mars — possibly as soon as 5 years from now. While there are no doubt critical obstacles to be explained — not the least of which the financing of a project with such radical scope— Musk’s methodical and assiduous approach suggests that the grandness of his vision might not be, indeed, so far off.
Virgin Galactic: Back on the Map
Of course, Elon Musk isn’t the only billionaire with a spaceship — or the only one with serious academic connections. Back in February, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, ‘the world’s first commercial spaceline’, unveiled its newest spaceship, SpaceShipTwo, with a passenger capacity of six. In a naming ceremony delivered, via a video recording, by none other than Professor Stephen Hawking, the newest addition to Branson’s fleet was given the name VSS Unity. This name is in reference to what Hawking described as the unifying power of international space travel initiatives.
This spaceship is an updated version of the SpaceShipTwo that crashed in the Mojave desert in 2014, tragically killing one of its pilots. As of early December, the VSS Unity was conducting its first flight, safely landing 10 minutes after takeoff. Despite this success, with much testing still to be conducted before any orbital launch, let alone passenger services, Prof Hawking may have to wait a while to take up Branson’s offer to fly on Virgin Galactic. Nonetheless, Prof Hawking’s personalized message is very inspiring. We can only hope that he might one day be able to be one of Virgin Galactic’s first passengers.
Not all of the private space initiatives are focused on extending individual people’s personal relationship with the universe. Deep Space Industries, a space tech company based in Silicon Valley, has a somewhat more instrumental — though no less ambitious — focus, with in-space resource extraction and use its chief aim. By sending its advanced spacecrafts into deep space to carefully survey, analyze, and mine useful resources from asteroids, and then return back to processing facilities nearer to earth, DSI envisions a future in which extraterrestrial resources can be harvested and integrated into the future supply chain of space exploration and settlement.
Most recently, in May, DSI signed a partnership agreement with the government of Luxembourg, to assist in the funding of its first low Earth orbit spacecraft launch. This first launch, of the small Prospector-X, will provide the initial proving grounds for subsequent launches into deep space. The partnership between DSI and Luxembourg followed after, a few months prior, Luxembourg announced its plans to support, both through investment and regulations, commercial resource extraction operations in space. As part of this arrangement, DSI will open up a second facility in Luxembourg, where development and testing of Prospector-X will also proceed.
The future space infrastructure that DSI envisions won’t be realized any time soon. In the meantime, we still have the trusty — and of course also incredibly technically impressive — International Space Station. And it happens to also take gorgeous photos of Earth, all year long. This next video, curated by NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shows some of the top photos from the past year.
A wee bit further away than the International Space Station, NASA’s Juno probe also sent back some impressive imagery this year, after arriving safely to Jupiter, its final destination, in early July. Though the second probe to orbit Jupiter, Juno is the first to be powered with solar arrays. This video, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, provides a nice overview of Juno.
What might be most impressive about Juno (at least to us non-JPL scientists), however, is the footage of Jupiter that it has been sending back. Impressively clear photos of one of the massive planet’s ‘pearls’ have been captured, along with photos of amazingly powerful storms and strange atmospheric conditions, totally unique within our solar system, at Jupiter’s north pole.
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https://www.ccee.iastate.edu/pamela-k-harman/ | 2023-12-05T19:19:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100555.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205172745-20231205202745-00678.warc.gz | 0.965296 | 339 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__141242839 | en | National leadership in inspiring women in STEM, and as outreach frontrunner for NASA and innovative curriculum expertise
Pamela K. Harman graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering in 1979. She has been at the SETI Institute for 22 years and is the current Director of Education. As Director of Education, Harman has spearheaded efforts to include young girls and women in STEM.
Harman has created opportunities with the Girl Scouts of the USA for patches and educational activities like Girls Go To Mars and Reaching For The Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts. Regarding NASA, Harman has been involved in many NASA projects, including education and outreach leadership for the NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. She had a hand in the design, development and implementation of curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and was on the NASA Kepler Mission Education and Public Outreach Staff. She has received ten prestigious NASA Group awards for her contributions to team successes.
Her personal professional development training included gender equity in classrooms, growth mindset, NGSS-aligned curriculum design, constructivist learning practices, and learning modalities. Harman has shared her knowledge by teaching others at a variety of levels, conducted a multitude of short courses and workshops, authored or co-authored 53 conference abstracts, co-authored two science curricula, written several web feature stories; and led the development and delivery of a graduate level professional development course for science teachers. Harman was an invited Young Women In Space Science panelist, speaking to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Leadership, and was an workshop presenter at special events for students in Australia, Iceland, and Columbia. | aerospace |
https://uav-guidelines.openaerialmap.org/pages/08-managing-work-flow/ | 2021-10-20T22:29:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585353.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020214358-20211021004358-00203.warc.gz | 0.936953 | 1,244 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__52319891 | en | 8. Managing Work Flow in the Field
UAVs are often small enough to be carried in backpacks, but usually a motor vehicle such as a small pickup truck is used to carry the associated equipment, including the survey equipment (base station) if GCPs are being used. A vehicle also provides shelter in case of inclement weather, and the vehicle battery or cigarette lighter plug can be used to recharge UAV batteries and laptops in the field during long survey missions.
Teams in the field should include at least two people: a pilot who monitors the UAV’s flight on the computer screen, and a pilot who maintains sight of the UAV and surrounding airspace at all times while flying within line of sight.
At the takeoff location, the team’s designated safety officer ensures that all precautions are taken before, during, and after flights.1 At this point, it is assumed that all legal prerequisites to fly a UAV have been obtained, including special permissions and communications instructions, especially those applicable during an active disaster response scenario. To identify cases where New Zealand–based UAV regulations require special permissions, please refer to the Airshare website (Airshare n.d.).
A generic pre-flight safety checklist can include the following steps:
- Verify proper distance from residential areas, people, overhead power lines, trees, etc.
- Inspect takeoff site; identify alternative options for landing
- Communicate with air traffic control and provide updated flight plans
- Check weather conditions, particularly wind speed and direction
- Inspect UAV, batteries, and radios for any anomaly
- Ensure that batteries are fully charged
- Test telemetry link and (if available) failsafe sensors/mechanisms
- Acquire GPS lock and verify home location recording
- Ensure safe distance between aircraft and any bystander
- Verify flight plan perimeters.
Most commercial UAV platforms come with a safety pre-flight and post-flight checklist that should be followed. At every step from launch to landing, the designated safety officer should coordinate actions and communications (with loud voice signals). While in flight, the aircraft should be kept within visible range unless special permission has been obtained and tracking equipment is available for flying beyond the visual line of sight. After each flight the aircraft should be inspected for any anomaly.
Light and weather conditions are important. To minimize shadows in the image, it is best to fly during the day when the sun angle is high. The color depth and tone of imagery is also best when collected in full sun. Clouds, even light haze, obscure the signal in the scene and make use of the imagery challenging, if not impossible. High or even moderate winds may likewise pose difficulties, as many light UAVs do not operate well in such conditions. The day and time chosen to collect the imagery is therefore critical. Data collection should ideally be done between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to minimize shadows and on a clear day to minimize haze and cloud effects; it should also take into account the limitations of the platform with respect to wind and operating range (Figure 11).
Figure 11. Checking conditions and following safety measures in the field.
Source: PacDID. 2017
It is always important to modify settings to suit local lighting conditions prior to each flight. Preferred sensor settings are listed below** **(in order of preference where more than one setting appears).
- Focal length: fixed
- Operating mode: manual, shutter priority (shutter 1/1000–1/1500)
- Format: RAW, TIFF, low-compression JPEG
- Focus: infinite
- Flash: off
- Auto-rotate: off
- Optical/digital stabilization: off
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The most important step before starting a UAV mission is to upload the flight plan to the aircraft onboard computer. This can be done in different ways, but usually from a laptop or mobile device that provides a screen visualization of flight patterns over preexisting imagery or maps. This visual check allows for verification of the home (takeoff) setting and its relative position to the flight extent.
Once the flight plan has been uploaded into the aircraft computer and final checks have been performed (and all necessary approvals have been obtained and communicated), the UAV is cleared for takeoff.
It is important to note that all mapping UAVs must be flown in autonomous mode following a predefined flight plan in order to obtain images suitable for creating a mosaic. In general, manual flights where pilots maneuver the aircraft remotely cannot ensure that the correct pattern is being followed and enough overlap is maintained between frames and flight lines.
After takeoff, the aircraft should be checked for any anomaly (through visual and telemetry feedback) before starting the autonomous mission. The pilot should always be ready to take over in manual control mode if needed.
Once the UAV has landed, images and GPS logs are transferred to a local device either through the radio link or by physically removing the storage medium (typically an SD card) from the aircraft for copying files to a laptop. When multiple flights are planned, data are transferred at the end of the mission and only the battery is swapped between flights. It is still important to sample image quality by transferring a few full resolution files from the camera to a device used for inspection. In case of any issue, the camera settings should be checked and adjusted.
Figure 12. Launch of a multirotor UAV, which requires less open space than for a fixed wing.
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This pilot has told how he stayed calm when his engine failed at 2,500 feet and guided the plane safely back to Earth – and he claims he is looking forward to flying the aircraft again.
The incident came three minutes after German pilot Peter Flume, 54, had taken off from Zurich Airport in Switzerland in his Beechcraft Bonanza plane on 11th October.
The pilot had reached an altitude of 2,500 feet when he heard a loud bang and he immediately recognised he needed to return to the airport.
He gave the “mayday” distress signal to the Skyguide air traffic control tower and says it then “suddenly became very quiet,” adding: “I knew I had to somehow sail back to the airport to land there.”
Flume, who has been flying for 17 years and says he had mentally prepared for the situation, said: “I did not have time to panic. I was concentrating hard and focused on doing everything right…I realised: now it’s serious.”
He managed to guide his plane back towards the runway, where fire engines and ambulances were waiting, saying: “Skyguide had made sure that the runway was clear for my landing. I was fully focused on bringing my plane safely to the ground.”
The pilot says he was “very lucky” to land the plane gently on the runway without the use of his engine.
During the failure of the engine and the landing approach, Flume’s pulse did not rise above 86 bpm according to his heart rate monitor which he checked after the incident.
However, he revealed “when I opened the bonnet of my plane, my pulse shot up.” According to his watch, it was over 100 bpm. “I saw that the engine was completely broken,” says Flume. He can only speculate that “a crack in the crankshaft could have led to damage.”
Flume called his wife, who is also a pilot and was in Stuttgart on the Friday evening.
He says: “I told her what had happened and asked if she could pick me up by car.”
He had to leave his plane behind in Zurich because the Swiss Safety Investigation Office (SUST) has to analyse it for the investigation of the incident.
Flume is eagerly awaiting the return of his Beechcraft Bonanza. “I have already ordered a new engine. If everything goes as expected, my plane will be ready to fly again in December.”
He says he is not put off from flying again, adding: “The incident has shown me that my flight training, my education and my ongoing engagement with difficult situations have paid off – and that I can apply what I’ve learned in an emergency.”
The German is also not concerned at the thought of getting back into his 29-year-old plane, saying: “It will certainly be a special moment and a certain amount of tension will be there. But I love flying and am happy to be back in my machine.”
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http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php/hl=23tion=com_content.com/29rontend/tentecom/function.fopen?l=44897 | 2013-05-24T19:12:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704986352/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114946-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.970205 | 884 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__98291914 | en | Tanzania`s airspace will remain loose for another two weeks following the confirmation by the authority that the controversial radar that was purchased at an inflated price amounting to Sh70 billion has collapsed since August 3, this year.
The failure leaves Julius Nyerere International Airport and the country’s airspace under the control of what the authority termed ‘procedural control—raising concern about air traffic safety.
According to aviation experts, procedural control is a method of providing air traffic control services without the use of radar. It is used in regions of the world, specifically sparsely-populated land areas and oceans, where radar coverage is either prohibitively expensive or is simply not feasible.
The system may also be used at very low-traffic airports, or at other airports at night when the traffic levels may not justify staffing the radar control positions, or as a back-up system in the case of radar failure.
The failed radar was purchased from UK’s British Aerospace Engineering (BAE System), and whose transaction was tainted by corruption, following revelations that the middleman, Saliesh Vithlani pocketed $12 million in commission and bribery monies.
Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority yesterday confirmed that the radar had collapsed since August 3, this year, adding that the country’s airspace would continue to be without radar for the next two weeks – ostensibly pending the availability of spare parts from BAE System in UK.
Speaking to journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam, TCAA’s Director General, Fadhili Manongi said the radar suffered a power supply system failure, making it ineffective.
Despite the failure, the airport was still in full operation, according to the Director General, with local and international flights to and from Julius Nyerere international airport, forced to rely on the outdated technology of procedural control—amid reports that some international flights would cancel their service pending the restoration of the ill-fated radar.
Fadhili Manongi told reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the power supply system, whose unit required to supply power voltage in different parts of the radar broke, went down on Aug 3.
He said the Authority has placed a new order for the new accessory at BAE System in London for replacement. However, he said the second option was to take the damaged equipment to South Africa for maintenance.
“Though we have ordered for the new part from London, the damaged accessory has been taken to South Africa for maintenance. We thought it was wise to explore both alternatives,” he said.
While the Manongi allayed public fears, there was no problem at the airport and that things would come to normal after two weeks, sources who preferred anonymity at the Airport had different views, saying Air traffic control personnel faced difficulties in controlling Aircraft, because they were not able to see any incoming Aircraft in order to separate them before they landed due to lack of radar.
The Aircraft controllers said that they banked on estimation, and sometimes they would be forced to separate the plane while they were still very far to avoid collision mid-sky, which delayed their landing at the Airport.
According to DG, the damaged spare part costs about 40 million Tanzania shillings and had been in place for the past twelve years since the controversial radar was bought in 2000.
According to him, while both two options are being sought, the Air traffic control is being carried out through procedural means by well trained Air traffic controllers.
“The authority conducts weekly, monthly and quarterly maintenance, it was in the course of doing monthly maintenance on Aug 3 that we found the power supply system was not working,” he said.
He said that after learning that the power supply system had been damaged, the Authority decided to issue a notice to Airmen, an act of notifying the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) about the problem so that they could be aware that the radar at the Airport was not functioning.
“We did it immediately, so that any body flying into this country knows about the problem, we have not incurred any cost, our aircraft controllers are experienced and things are going smooth at the Airport,” he said.
Minister for communication and transport Dr. Mwakyembe could not be reached for comments | aerospace |
http://hoofprints-antique-equestrianprints.blogspot.com/2011/05/carnival-of-space-199-is-here.html | 2017-04-26T15:44:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121453.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00472-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.882995 | 87 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__224689789 | en | Monday, May 30, 2011
Carnival of Space #199 is here.
Carnival of Space #199 is now up at Weird Warp. There's space planes, a new look at the Roswel Incident, more multiplanet extrasolar solar systems, the nature of dark energy, WISE's Galaxy discoveries and much, much more. Head on over for a read.
Labels: carnival of space | aerospace |
http://www.etupdates.com/contact-et-updates-2/ | 2018-01-22T08:08:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891196.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122073932-20180122093932-00264.warc.gz | 0.960319 | 191 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__219104303 | en | If you have question, comment and suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Sri Lanka is involved in one huge UFO flap! It began around November 27th! and as of December 14, 012, | aerospace |
http://mag.greezoo.com/delay-for-nasa-planet-hunter/ | 2018-07-17T11:54:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589710.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717105812-20180717125812-00255.warc.gz | 0.958003 | 244 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__179959487 | en | Thelaunch of Nasa’s Tess planet-hunter has actually been held off and it will not now take off up until Wednesday at the earliest.
Thetelescope was because of increase from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 18: 32 regional time on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Delay for Nasa planet-hunter by: Elie Abi Younes published: | aerospace |
https://www.lumoslearning.com/llwp/vocabulary/1180/0/voyager.html | 2021-10-24T05:36:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585911.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024050128-20211024080128-00028.warc.gz | 0.939118 | 601 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__21250019 | en | No other generation has had the opportunity or the technology to reach beyond our world-to see, to touch, to hear the forces that shape our universe. In slightly over two decades, man has ingeniously explored five distant planets-and two dozen moons. We have seen their weather and surfaces, landed on some, probed the atmospheres of others, and listened to their radio noises.
Under the planetary exploration program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Voyager Mission, begun in 1972, was designed to explore Jupiter, Saturn, their satellites, rings, magnetic fields, and interplanetary space. Two automated, reprogrammable spacecraft, Voyagers 1 and 2, were launched in late summer of 1977. Their goals: the outer planets.
Both spacecraft made astounding discoveries in the Jupiter system in 1979-a thin ring, a thick ionized sulfur and oxygen torus, an actively volcanic satellite-these were but a few of the treasures yielded by the two Jupiter flybys.
Now, Voyager 1 has completed exploration of its final target: the ringed planet Saturn and its enigmatic giant satellite, Titan. True to the generally unpredictable nature of planetary exploration, the treasures of the Saturn system far exceeded all expectations. We learned more about Saturn in one week than in all of recorded history, thanks to one trusty robot no larger than a compact car and to thousands of diligent and imaginative people.
Both spacecraft carry an assortment of optical, radiometric, and fields and particles sensing instruments. Taken together, their data present a comprehensive picture of a planetary system-and clues to what is happening, what has happened, and what may happen in our universe.
This publication presents the preliminary photographic results of Voyager 1's encounter with Saturn and its major satellites. Voyager 1 transmitted over 17,500 images in its four months of close observations of the system. Many of these images have been combined to produce mosaics and color pictures. Hundreds have yet to be closely examined.
The second Voyager spacecraft will begin its close Saturn observations in early June 1981 and make its closest approach to the planet's northern hemisphere on August 25. Then, due to its launch during a period of rare planetary alignment occurring only once every 175 years, Voyager 2 will be able to continue on to a rendezvous with the seventh planet, Uranus, in January 1986, and perhaps even the eighth planet, Neptune, in August 1989.
Voyager 1's primary mission is complete. But its usefulness is far from over. As we go about our daily business, Voyager 1 is searching for another frontier-the edge of our solar system. In 7 to 15 years, the spacecraft will cross the heliopause-the farthest reaches of our Sun's magnetic field influence. Then, high above our ecliptic plane, Voyager 1 will continue its flight toward the star Alpha Ophiuchus. Eventually, Voyager 1 will be too distant to communicate with Earth and will silently drift in space forever. | aerospace |
https://www.brytfmonline.com/james-webb-pictures-show-details-of-the-imaginary-galaxy-08-30-2022-science/ | 2024-02-29T06:28:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474784.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229035411-20240229065411-00247.warc.gz | 0.907831 | 395 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__116066229 | en | The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed stunning new details of a previously known part of the universe 32 million light-years from Earth in an image released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The infrared technology of the telescope, which was launched into space in December 2021, allowed a clearer view of the so-called Phantom Galaxy.
“Webb’s sharp vision revealed fine filaments of gas and dust in large spiral arms emerging from the center of this image,” NASA and the European Space Agency explained on Monday.
“The lack of gas in the central region provides a clearer view of the nuclear star cluster at the center of the galaxy,” the agencies said in a statement.
The rotating celestial figure, officially named M74, is located in the constellation Pisces, 32 million light-years from Earth.
The image of the Webb Telescope shows the galaxy in white, red, pink and light blue orbiting a bright blue center against a dark deep space background.
M74 was previously imaged by the Hubble Telescope, which captured the galaxy’s blue and pink spiral arms, but its center looked faint yellow.
NASA and the European Space Agency said the Phantom Galaxy is a “favorite target for astronomers studying the origin and structure of galactic spirals”.
The agencies said the image captured by the telescope will help “to learn more about the early stages of star formation in the local universe” and record more information about 19 star-forming galaxies near our Milky Way.
The image will be used by astronomers to “identify star-forming regions in galaxies, accurately measure the masses and ages of star clusters, and gain insight into the nature of the tiny dust grains that roam interstellar space,” the statement said.
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https://www.smitcreation.com/indian-air-force-day-message-pic/ | 2023-01-28T17:16:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499646.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128153513-20230128183513-00326.warc.gz | 0.871783 | 113 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__113257127 | en | Good Morning |
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http://www.combattactical.com/fisher-silver-colored-space-carded-p-87700.html | 2013-06-20T00:53:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709947846/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131227-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.845125 | 82 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__25780067 | en | With it's sealed, pressurized ink cartridge, the Space Pen will work in the freezing cold, the boiling heat, the gravity-free vacuum of Space. It is used on all manned Space Flights- American and Russian.
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https://juliabrownley.house.gov/brownley-introduces-legislation-to-reauthorize-women-in-aviation-advisory-board/ | 2024-04-13T15:06:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816820.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413144933-20240413174933-00109.warc.gz | 0.945648 | 424 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__58281467 | en | Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the introduction of the Women in Aviation Advisory Board Act, legislation which would reauthorize the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) and allow for the continuation of the WIAAB’s work in developing recommendations and strategies to encourage women to pursue a career in aviation.
“Although there has been a steady growth of women entering the aviation sector over the past 10 years, a significant gender disparity exists in the aviation industry. Today, women account for less than 10% of licensed pilots across the country, and the percentage is even smaller for women in maintenance fields,” said Congresswoman Brownley. “Since 2018, the Women in Aviation Advisory Board has diligently been working to increase the representation of women in the aviation industry by providing the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress, and industry with recommendations and strategies to recruit women into an aviation career. My bill would reauthorize the WIAAB to ensure that its important work can continue – and pave the way for more women to succeed in this soaring field.”
Originally authorized in 2018, the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) was created to develop and provide independent recommendations and strategies to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Congress, and industry to explore opportunities to encourage women to pursue a career in aviation. Specifically, the WIAAB has worked to promote organizations and programs that are providing education, training, mentorship, outreach, and recruitment of women for positions in the aviation industry.
Last year, the WIAAB submitted a comprehensive report to the FAA Administrator and Congress entitled, Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation: Flight Plan for the Future. Brownley’s bill would permanently reauthorize the WIAAB and allow for the WIAAB to continue to provide recommendations to expand the participation of women in aviation careers which is critical to the future of the industry. The WIAAB’s charter expired on March 28, 2022.
The text of the bill can be found here. | aerospace |
https://www.theartofbusinesstravel.com/news/qatar-flies-a-second-b787-to-hong-kong/ | 2022-06-28T18:07:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103573995.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220628173131-20220628203131-00365.warc.gz | 0.899469 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__254228533 | en | Qatar Airways has replaced the A330-200 aircraft on its second daily Hong Kong service with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, allowing business travellers the chance to enjoy an even better flying experience.
Qatar Airways first introduced its Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Hong Kong in April this year to kick off the airline’s tenth anniversary celebrations. The aircraft features a two-class configuration, with 22 flat-bed seats arranged in a comfortable 1-2-1 layout in Business Class, and 232 standard seats in economy.
“Earlier this year, we promised to further extend the luxury and comfort we provide to Hong Kong passengers, and this new Dreamliner delivers on that pledge,” says Chan Cheong Eu, country manager for Qatar Airways Great China South. “Travellers can now enjoy the advanced technologies and distinctive features of this state-of-the-art aircraft.” www.qatarairways.com
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http://bricknerd.com/home/tag/Spaceships | 2019-10-17T15:07:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986675409.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20191017145741-20191017173241-00275.warc.gz | 0.946694 | 128 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__191650561 | en | I’ve been a sci-fi fan my whole life, almost as long as Tommy has. I’ve also followed the progress of actual space exploration, from the Voyager missions, to the Space Shuttle, to the ISS. Throughout that, there’s always been talk of the private exploration of space, especially space tourism and space mining. And every year it seems to be getting closer to reality. So when I saw these workhorse ships by Finn Roberts, which include some serious physics explanations behind their structure, function and propulsion, it makes the future not-so distant.
Plus they’re really cool! | aerospace |
https://harris.jobs/kekaha-hi/range-air-traffic-controller-b/EDDA1C11B16D4D1B807B02CB970347CC/job/?vs=28 | 2018-08-15T16:17:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210243.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20180815161419-20180815181419-00097.warc.gz | 0.864063 | 1,080 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__35704331 | en | Harris Corporation Range Air Traffic Controller B in Kekaha, Hawaii
Range Air Traffic Controller B 8/11/18OperationsUSA - HI - Kekaha
Job ID: ES20182307-26088
Job Title: Range Air Traffic Controller B
Job ID: ES20182307-26088
Location: Kekaha, HI
Independently or under minimum supervision provides close positive air control of all aircraft operating in PMRF airspace. (Must be certified in accordance with PMRFINST 3722.1 Series prior to controlling aircraft in PMRF airspace.) Will be an on sight representative of the Range Operations Supervisor, and report any required schedule changes for the crew assigned. Responsible for training T-3 Range Air Traffic Controllers (RATC).
Provide close positive control of multiple aircraft through interpretation of radar data presented on analog and digital display devices.
Communicate with aircraft using proper radio transmission procedures and protocols.
Provide controlled aircraft with flight information necessary for them to accomplish their mission and avoid interfering with other aircraft operating in the area.
Ensures the crew coordinates all aircraft information for deconfliction is a timely manner to the RCC/AIC/ASTAC.
Knowledgeable and responsible for training T-3 Range Air Traffic Controllers (RATC) IAW with FAA 7110.65 series, PMRFINSTR 3710.13 ATC Tower/RFCO SOP, PMRFINSTR 3710.11 Air Ops Manual Chapter 3, PMRF approaches/departures/NAVAIDS (DOD FLIPS/TERMINAL), Aircraft Emergency procedures, and PMRF Range OPS Memo 03-90.
Knowledgeable in all the features of the Compunetix communications terminal, Navy Tactical Data System (NTDS), SPA 25 Indicator, and UPA 59 IFF interrogator.
Trains personnel IAW Range Ops training plan for T-3 Range Air Traffic Controllers (RATC), to include timelines and current status of RATCs to the Range Operations Supervisor and Air Controller Training Coordinator.
Maintain logs of all aircraft activity, target launches/recoveries to be submitted to the Range Operations Supervisor monthly as part of Range Operations CDRL’s. All data will be saved to a Share drive for future reference.
Prepares and submits monthly reports for the Surveillance section.
Creates remedial refresher training, safety sectional briefings, post mission sectional lessons learned and creates class rosters to document attendees.
Set-up, check-out, operate and monitor radar displays and other computer generated multi-sensor display systems in support of Range Operations. Responds to changing operational requirements when directed.
Maintain surveillance and notifies RCO of unidentified aircraft or vessels entering the operational areas.
Direct range aircraft and boats in the launch and recovery of targets and the recovery of targets/weapons.
Perform aerial target coordination tasks during RPV flights and aircraft coordination during remote site EW operations as required.
Notifies the Range Operations Supervisor of any anomalies, conflicts in schedules, or issues reported by the RCO for resolution.
Perform other duties as required.
Working Environment/Physical Activities:
- General office environment with periodic assignments at remote sites.
Must be able to carry portable field radios into rough terrain areas for remote EW operations.
Minimum physical elements: to include walking, standing, sitting, and requiring repeated or frequent climbing. Lifting, pushing or pulling of 10-25 lbs. Customer contact, extended work day, and field assignment.
High School graduate or equivalen
Satisfactory completion of a Navy "A" School Air Traffic Controller (ATC) course or one of the following courses:
Navy Air Intercept Controller (AIC)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ATC School
Navy Air Direction Controller (ADC) Course
Equivalent Air Force Schools accepted.
May be substituted with ten years experience as Range Air Traffic Controller
- Five years experience directly related in ATC field (Courses mentioned above).
- Secret security clearance is required. Applicants selected either must currently possess a Secret clearance or will be subject to a Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements to obtain clearance prior to commencement of employment, and maintain a security clearance for access to classified information or Closed/Restricted Areas throughout duration of employment.
By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that Harris Corporation may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
Harris is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.
Candidates will support Environment, Health and Safety by fulfilling the Harris EHS Policy, complying with Harris EHS programs and applicable regulations, and striving for continual EHS improvement.
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https://www.turbineaero.com/executive-team/ | 2021-07-31T03:25:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154042.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20210731011529-20210731041529-00250.warc.gz | 0.946046 | 951 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__163637137 | en | Rob Wilson – Chief Executive Officer
Prior to becoming CEO of TurbineAero, Rob Wilson founded Aerospace Advisory Group, LLC in 2014, and served leading aerospace companies in consulting and board roles. Rob served the last 9 years of his 27-year Honeywell career as the President of the Business & General Aviation business, which serves customers who produce, operate and maintain business jets and general aviation aircraft across the globe. He grew the business at twice the industry rate to over $2.5B and expanded margins by over 50% in the period 2009 to 2014. In prior roles, Rob led the Military Aircraft electronics business to significant operational improvements and led the certification and production introduction of Honeywell’s new generation propulsion engine. In early roles at Honeywell Aerospace, Rob had a series of engineering and business leadership positions with increasing responsibility, including leading Honeywell’s engine/APU assembly and test facility, their engine/APU controls business, and leading the engine and mechanical systems technology development efforts. Rob was trained as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Manufacturing expert while in leadership positions at AlliedSignal. He started his career designing and developing gas turbines and related equipment at Solar Turbines, and has a mechanical engineering degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Val Gorman – Chief Financial Officer
Val was an independent consultant and board member following her roles as Chief Financial Officer at aerospace component manufacturer FMH, which was acquired by Ametek Corporation in early 2018. Prior to that role, Val held senior financial leadership roles at the aerospace business Precision Castparts Corporation (PCC) and Eaton Corporation. Val has over 30 years of experience with increasing levels of financial responsibility across a broad spectrum of industrial, aerospace and service companies. She has dual degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Peter Gille – Vice President and General Manager
TurbineAero Asia – Thailand
Peter Gille has broad aerospace industry experience in aircraft and turbine engines R&D, operations, MRO, engineering and sales. He joined the Triumph Group in 2006 as Director of Engineering and Quality Assurance for Triumph Aviation Services – Asia. He is currently responsible for managing the company’s operations and engineering departments. In 2008, he assumed the position of Director of Sales & Business development for the Triumph Group covering Europe, Africa and the middle East. Mr. Gille then returned to Triumph Aviation Services- Asia as Operations and Engineering Director in 2010. Prior to Triumph, Mr. Gille was employed at Sabena Technics in Belgium as Aircraft Base Maintenance Manager from 2004 to 2006, and APU, GSE and Avionics Services manager from 1999 to 2004. His aerospace career began in 1998 as a Production Engineer of the Boeing heavy maintenance hangars of Sabena Technics in Belgium.
Mr. Gille holds a master engineering degree in nuclear energy and electro mechanics from the Industrial Engineering School of Antwerp, Belgium and holds a master engineering degree in Aeronautics and Aerospace Technologies from the universities of Leuven, Brussels and Ghent and the Royal Military School in Brussels, Belgium. Additionally, Mr. Gille is a licensed commercial aircraft pilot.”
Robert Wentlejewski – Senior Vice President Operations
Robert Wentlejewski is the President of Wentle Consultants, which he founded in 2016 after 32 years with Honeywell Aerospace and its predecessor companies. The company provides manufacturing strategy, operational and lean manufacturing consulting services and leadership mentoring to all manufacturing organizations. Mr. Wentlejewski served the last 7 years of his 32-year Honeywell career as the Vice President of Aftermarket Services. In this role, Bob led significant improvements across the organization utilizing lean manufacturing, six-sigma processes and continuous improvement methodology which resulting in, improved key customer performance metrics. Mr. Wentlejewski is a recognized leader in both lean transformation and Six Sigma problem solving skill sets implementing successful operating systems within the aerospace sector. Prior to leading as Global MRO Mr. Wentlejewski held a variety of integrated supply chain positions of increasing accountability. After obtaining a BS in Environmental Science from Ramapo College NJ, Bob started his career in 1984 at Allied-Bendix corporation in Teterboro New Jersey. After 4 years at Bendix he was asked to relocate to Allied-Signal Garrett Corporation in Phoenix AZ in 1988, in which he has resided ever since.
Six Sigma / Black Belt Trained (Certification date 12/04)
Lean Trained (Certification date 6/02)
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The above is copied from a
July 1990 edition of On Target.
It's been more than 10 years ago that Newark AFB learned of its pending closure and more than 40 years since the base's newspaper, On Target, was first published. From a complete collection of On Target newspapers,
the Port Authority's Bill Wright created a month-by-month look at The Base through the years.
10 Years Ago - July 1995
BRAC 1995- with the proposed closure for Kelly and McClellan Air Force bases, the national media turned its attention to the Newark Air Force Base and the privatization being done here. Deputy Secretary of Defense John White stated “we have learned over time, specifically after the last BRAC round in terms of what the Air Force is now doing in Newark, Ohio, and in terms of looking at this BRAC round, to think of privatization in place meets a large number of requirements that we have.”
15 Years Ago - July 1990
Water damage to The Base! Ramp Creek came out of its banks flooding parking lots, the area around the Base Exchange and Pass and ID, as well as Hess Park. Flooding would return in July of 1997.
20 Years Ago - July 1985
Rep. John Kasich spoke at Newark Air Force Station on July 2nd. Kasich said his main worry was whether the legislation he passes on Capitol Hill is felt here at AGMC and other installations around the country. The luncheon was attended by more than 180 AGMC employees.
25 Years Ago - July 1980
An Energy Award Presentation for AGMC brought history to life as retired General Edwin Rawlings told a large audience of his personal interest in the NAFS installation. He was involved in early decisions in the mid and late forties that created this installation for the Heavy Press Program. With the cancellation of this program the Air Force used the installation for a role in modern weaponry. General Rawlings was AFLC commander from 1951 to 1959.
30 Years Ago - July 1975
Col. William H. Bush prepares to assume command of the Areospace Guidance and Metrology Center, succeeding the retiring Col. A.R. Neville Jr. The Fort Wayne, Ind.Native was involved in the first air dropped hydrogen bomb tests at Eniwetok.
35 Years Ago - July 1970
MM III repair operations were successfully launched here with the arrival and rapid turn-around of the first inertial guidance system from Minot AFB, N.D. The arrival of the first failed system here culminates a four year planning, construction, equipment procurement, and training effort that developed the facility and capability for repair.
Wouldn't It Be Nice? July 1970
Ad for Star Super Duper shows ground beef for 63 cents a pound and a half gallon of ice cream for 59 cents.
40 Years Ago - July 1965
Another important savings was achieved by Newark AFS employees to close out a successful FY-65 Gold Rush program. A claim by production control’s system scheduling branch scored a cost avoidance of $145,000 in the Titan II inertial guidance system.
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https://mokshop.in/collections/remote-control-toys-1/products/exceed-helicopter | 2022-11-28T08:06:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710488.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128070816-20221128100816-00681.warc.gz | 0.873056 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__277445880 | en | New Mini Sensor Exceed Helicopter Remote Control and Rechargeable Flying Unbreakable Helicopter Toy for Kids/Adults (Color- Multicolor )
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Package includes : One recharageble helicopter , one fully functional remote, one charging cable for the helicopter you can use your hand as sensor, which makes it easier to control the helicopter for beginner and kids, and more stable for flying.
Mini Remote Control Unbreakable Body Frame Toy Flying Helicopter Flying height : 10m , weight : 132g, Remote is included, it has a built in sensor which allows the helicopter to sense anything below it to move upwards Guide the movement of the helicopter by placing your hands underneath it please use new batteries in the remote and charge the helicopter for 1 hr before first use
Helicopter comes with an easy to use and functional remote. The left button should be pressed to stop/start the helicopter. The right button can be used to keep the helicopter flying the the air. Press left button multiple times or keep it pressed to enjoy unlimited indoor fun.
Providing long-lasting strength and use, the helicopter is expertly crafted using durable material. Provides endless hours of fun and play.
FLASHING LIGHTS - Flashing lights when switched on increase the fun. light weight, easy to fly with simple operation. especially designed for beginner. | aerospace |
https://www.laserphotonics.com/ | 2018-12-15T10:38:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826842.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215083318-20181215105318-00483.warc.gz | 0.848959 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__162360051 | en | Efficient. Affordable. Reliable.
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https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Kalandra_(Earth-5106) | 2021-06-22T08:44:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488512243.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20210622063335-20210622093335-00540.warc.gz | 0.977594 | 182 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__172437808 | en | Dr. Kalandra was a brilliant scientist who lived on Earth-5106 a reality where space travel and exploration blossomed in the 1950s. By the year 2000 he was working for the Galaxy council of planets, as well as the Space Squadron peace keeping force. He developed a new gas that he believed would eliminate a human beings ability to feel pain, hunger or the elements but did not have any willing test subjects. That is until Space Squadron's Edgar Revere questioned Space Squadron's leader Jet Dixon's bravery forcing Jet and his friends to agree to be experimented on. The Space Squadron found that the gas did indeed work, but a side effect caused painful, disorientating and completely random teleportations leading to clashes with both the Octopus-Men and Frogmen. When the gas wore off they were teleported back to Kalandra's lab who was informed of the side effect and he ceased all experiments. | aerospace |
https://observer.com/2021/02/nasa-perseverance-china-eae-mars-probe-arrive-february/ | 2024-04-21T11:41:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00775.warc.gz | 0.94485 | 712 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__19957498 | en | In less than three weeks, on February 18, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to land on the Red Planet. At the same time, two other probes, launched by China and the United Arab Emirates, will intercept Mars’ orbit.
Perseverance is the 11th Mars probe launched by NASA and the most sophisticated robot explorer ever sent into space. As of last Thursday, the spacecraft was about 25.6 million miles (41.2 million kilometers) away from its destination and was flying toward Mars at a speed of 1.6 miles (2.5 kilometers) per second.
“NASA has been exploring Mars since Mariner 4 performed a flyby in July of 1965, with two more flybys, seven successful orbiters, and eight landers since then,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said in a statement on Wednesday. “Perseverance, which was built from the collective knowledge gleaned from such trailblazers, has the opportunity to not only expand our knowledge of the Red Planet, but to investigate one of the most important and exciting questions of humanity about the origin of life both on Earth and also on other planets.”
The most thrilling part of Perseverance’s arrival will be a seven-minute descent involving supersonic parachute inflation and the first-ever autonomous guided soft landing once the spacecraft enters Mars’ atmosphere.
The SUV-sized rover will then aim for an area called Jezero crater, which scientists believe was once a lake, to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth. Once landed, the rover will deploy a small camera-equipped helicopter, called Ingenuity, to explore the nearby area and identify interesting spots for the rover to visit.
Ingenuity is the first-ever aircraft designed to take flight in an extraterrestrial world. And many things could go wrong. “It’ll be a Wright’s brothers moment for us,” Bob Balaram of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Ingenuity’s chief engineer, told Popular Science magazine on Friday. “The first flight of an experimental aircraft was back in Kitty Hawk. You can see how far we’ve come on Earth from such a first step. If we are successful, it’s going to be a similar kind of moment.”
Although Mars has a similar surface structure and atmosphere to Earth, getting an airplane off the ground there is harder than it looks. The temperature in Jezero Crater can drop to as low as -130 degrees Fahrenheit at night, leaving only one-third of Ingenuity’s power usable for flying (the rest needs to be used for keeping electronic parts warm enough to function.)
Eight days before Perseverance’s arrival, China Tianwen-1 probe, an orbiter-rover combo, is expected to enter Mars’ orbit. But the mission won’t attempt surface landing for at least a few months as the orbiter studies potential landing sites in an impact basin called Utopia Planitia, located near NASA’s Viking 2 landing site.
And on February 9, the UAE’ Hope orbiter, the first Mars mission launched by the Middle-Eastern country, will enter the planet’s orbit to start a two-year study of Mars from high above. | aerospace |
https://www.airserbiavirtual.org/etihad-eng | 2022-09-25T20:34:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334596.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925193816-20220925223816-00141.warc.gz | 0.93812 | 240 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__135601973 | en | Welcome to Etihad Airways Virtual. We are in no way affiliated with the real Etihad Airways.
Our website hosts daily operations in the mimic of Etihad Airways, using flight simulation to fly their routes and aircrafts.
Etihad Virtual is a constantly growing, world-wide effort with members from around the world.
We take great pleasure in allowing our pilots to use our custom built Crewcenter that makes it very easy for new pilots to start flying as quickly as possible.
We hope your time with the airline is as good as it can be. Thank you for flying Etihad Airways Virtual!
If you want to book and fly one of the destinations, click on the flight number below the destination photo and you will be automatically transferred to the flight booking page. Before the start, please also check that you have met all the necessary conditions for a proper flight. If you are unsure, read our beginner's guide, which can be found on the Home page of our website, but also under the Download section.
New destinations are on the way. If you want your favorite destination to be on this list, send us an email or a suggestion in the forum / destinations section | aerospace |
https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001932679/ | 2023-09-23T12:07:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506480.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923094750-20230923124750-00323.warc.gz | 0.879521 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__62097733 | en | Official websites use .mil
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Master Sgt. Diego Yoshisaki, 12th Air Force (AFSOUTH) international health specialist, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Col. Colleen McBratney, 355th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Commander, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Lt. Col. Lisa Guzman, 87th Medical Group medical services administrator, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Capt. Angelo Bazile, 11th Wing medical services administrator, Joint Base Andrews, Md., pose for a photo during a health services administration subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force at the Hospital Clínico, Santiago, June 4-8. Key U.S. and Chilean air force military health specialists discussed ways to improve medical administration practices, marking the first time this type of exchange has taken place in Chile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Danny Rangel)
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https://aviationeventsgroup.com/joseph_suidan/ | 2023-12-09T14:26:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100912.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209134916-20231209164916-00512.warc.gz | 0.944737 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__74686256 | en | “Innovation and automation at airports are the break-through technology that has to be seen to be believed. Our main focus now is to see how ground operations will tap into this parallel reality by contributing meaningfully to improving the aircraft turnaround. Safety, efficiency and monitoring on-time performance – all vital to smooth functioning ground operations – are all made possible through the multitude of innovative ideas and technological advances. I am proud to be part of this change as IATA Ground Operations launches its CEDAR (Connected, Ecological, Digital, Autonomous Ramp) initiative and help guide the industry.”
Speaker profile - Joseph Suidan
Joseph first joined IATA in July 2008 as Assistant Director, ISAGO and in 2010 established and developed the Ground Operations department. As Head of Ground Operations his portfolio includes:
- IATA Ground Operations Manual (IGOM),
- IATA Airport Handling Manual (AHM)
- Connected Ecological, Digital, Autonomous Ramp (CEDAR) project
He also chairs the IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC).
Before joining IATA, he spent close to seven years as Airport Manager Canada for Austrian Airlines and, prior to that, served as Regional Manager Sales and Services and Head of Toronto and Montreal Stations for Royal Jordanian Airlines. During these seventeen years, Joseph worked closely with commercial and industry affairs departments of the various airlines, regulators and airport authorities of Canada, Austria and Jordan. | aerospace |
https://www.g1sat.com/products/comant-ci-401-490-iridium-antenna/ | 2021-11-27T22:57:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358323.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20211127223710-20211128013710-00538.warc.gz | 0.851203 | 468 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__49967003 | en | Our low-profile Iridium antenna is Iridium-frequency-only allowing its narrow-band tuning to provide optimum Iridium performance. Why? Other aviation antennas must go “wide-band” to capture the nearby GPS frequency for FAA TSO which reduces efficiency. But we are the first with a specially designed, Iridium only aviation patch that meets and earned the new FAA TSO C159a for satellite communication. Designed for both fixed wing and rotorcraft airframes, and operating with both Iridium-based voice and data communications devices, the single channel aviation patch provides continuous coverage from 1616.0 MHz to 1626.5 MHz for excellent Iridium operation. Mechanical configuration is the standard aviation ARINC 743 footprint with injection molded radome, aircraft aluminum base plate and integral Nitrile ‘O’ring.
The CI 401-490 is intended for aviation use and must be mounted on top of the aircraft with an unobstructed view of the sky. Follow Comant’s Installation Instructions and always refer to the FAA AC 43.13-2B.
- Aviation-standard ARINC 743 “bar-of-soap” footprint
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- POWER HANDLING: 6.5 WATTS AVG.
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https://it.flightsim.to/file/59954/douglas-c-47-a-alandalus-os-transport | 2023-12-07T13:54:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100674.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207121942-20231207151942-00452.warc.gz | 0.902155 | 175 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__103372069 | en | The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II.
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https://thenewsmen.co.in/topic/indian-space-association | 2023-01-27T10:34:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764494976.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230127101040-20230127131040-00024.warc.gz | 0.922595 | 756 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__135841330 | en | ISRO all set to launch first-ever private rocket
Jitendra Singh said that the non-government entity, startup Skyroot Aerospace Pvt Ltd (SAPL) has developed the Vikram-suborbital (VKS) rocket, which is a single stage spin stabilised solid propellant rocket with mass of approx 550 kg. He said, the rocket goes to the max altitude of 101 km and splashes into the sea and the overall duration of launch is 300 seconds only.
Space Kidz India's satellite built by students and grandparents will fly in India's first private rocket
"We will be flying the student satellite in the Vikram-S rocket. The fee for carrying the satellite is under discussion with Skyroot Aerospace. The satellite was built by students and in some cases with their grandparents," founder-CEO Srimathy Kesan told IANS.
From Rohini to LVM3, ISRO's changing policy for rocket names
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) could have done better in naming the rocket that will compete with the likes of Ariane, and Falcon rockets in the global market with a better name than the unimaginative LVM3 is the general view gleaned by IANS.
ISRO plans Sun and Moon missions in 2023 as well as commercial ones
Speaking to the reporters here Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath said integration tests are happening with regard to the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. He said the space agency will look at June 2023 for the moon mission. The ISRO is also planning to have its mission to the sun with its satellite Aditya-L1, a coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere, an official told IANS.
Much more rides on India's Bahubali rocket than 36 OneWeb satellites
India's heavy lift rocket the about 640 ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV MkIII) was nicknamed as 'Bahubali' when it flew with the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. On Sunday, the rocket renamed as LVM3 M2 will on a historic mission of carrying 36 OneWeb satellites weighing about six ton to sling them in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Eight years after, India's Mars Orbiter floats into oblivion
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said at a national meet to commemorate the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Monday that late last month it was deliberated that the propellant must have been exhausted, and therefore, the desired attitude pointing could not be achieved for sustained power generation.
Questions raised on failure of ISRO's new rocket
The about Rs 56 crore SSLV rocket with a capacity to carry satellites weighing 500kg or less is meant for commercial as well as for country's strategic needs, a space sector expert, not wanting to be identified, told IANS. The Sunday space mission failure also puts the focus on the safety of India's human space mission that will be carried out by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV-Mk III) with the tricky cryogenic engine stage.
ISRO to fly new rocket SSLV on Aug 7
According to the ISRO, the rocket SSLV-D1 (Developmental Flight 1) will blast off from the launch pad at Sriharikota at 9.18 a.m. The rocket with a maximum luggage carrying capacity of 500 kg will be carrying an earth observation satellite-02 (EOS-02) formerly known as Microsatellite-2A weighing about 142 kg. The satellite will carry an infrared camera with six metre resolution. | aerospace |
https://www.kaitak-aviation.com/en/drone-courses/remote-pilot-license-rpac-course | 2021-03-05T19:44:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178373241.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20210305183324-20210305213324-00146.warc.gz | 0.889861 | 121 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__172080240 | en | Remote Pilot License (RPAC) Course
Upon successful completion of the course, students could continue their training in Ace Aviation with the Ground Theory portion exempted. By attending the field training in Australian airspace, Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) would be granted to students by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
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|Tuition Fee:||To be announced| | aerospace |
https://tutsandreviews.com/drone-glossary-beginners-terminology-acronyms/ | 2024-02-24T02:01:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474482.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224012912-20240224042912-00611.warc.gz | 0.929718 | 5,039 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__5053479 | en | What is a drone?
The terms unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone are used interchangeably. According to the FAA, a UAV is an aircraft without an onboard human pilot, controlled either autonomously or by remote control. The term unmanned aircraft system (UAS) refers to the unmanned aircraft and all of its components including, but not limited to: control stations and software, remote controls (if necessary), control links, payloads, launch and recovery equipment. As a beginner, before buying a drone and starting to use it, you should go through our Drone Glossary to get a deeper understanding of all the acronyms related to drones.
Alternate Names for Drones:
- Quadcopter: The most popular name for Small UAVs, which has 4 rotors positioned on a horizontal plane like a helicopter. Other names include Quadricopter, Quadrocopter
- Multicopter: A generic name for a drone with multiple propellers. This covers quadcopters, octocopters, etc.
- Hexicopter: A multi-rotor aircraft having six rotors in which the beauty and advantage of the hexicopter is that it can lose any single engine and still maintain control to land
- Octocopters: Has eight blades
The multirotors with a high number of blades are typically larger and designed to carry a heavier payload. For example, Amazon’s recent announcement about using unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver packages shows the company utilizing octocopters, given their increased range, stability, and ability to carry moderate amounts of weight.
- RPAS – Remotely Piloted Aerial System
- UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UAS – Unmanned Aircraft System
- SUAS: Small Unmanned Aircraft System
Toy Grade: Small (nano/micro ) sized quadcopters, Inexpensive and a good size to start with for most beginners.
Hobby Grade: Mid-sized Drones, used by novice flyers with some experience. Many have cameras or a way to attach one.
Professional Grade: High end copters with 4 or more propellers, Most have HD cameras for aerial photography and offer more features along with the longest flight times.
Yaw: If you were looking down on a drone from above, yaw refers to the movement of the drone clockwise or counterclockwise.
Pitch: Simply describes movement up and down along the vertical axis from the front to the back of the drone.
Roll: Is the rotation of the aircraft from front to back on a copter. Basically it refers to the movement of the drone forward, backward, left and right along a horizontal axis.
Drone Glossary of Terms:
2.4 Ghz Spread Spectrum: Ghz is short for gigahertz and describes the radio frequency rate used by a drone controller. The 2.4 gigahertz spread spectrum controllers have become the gold standard for low budget drones. Because the spread spectrum is “frequency agile,” it can “hop” to different frequencies to account for any atmospheric or other issues a drone pilot may experience, which means fewer crashes.
5.8GHz: Used in hobby and professional grade RC drones. A live feed sent from a drone’s camera that provides better range and less lag, Very popular in Fpv racing and usually paired with a set of FPV Goggles.
808 Camera: This is a common term for a range of very small cameras, which are often sold as keychain cameras. They are extremely lightweight and are used by hobbyists in order to take pictures from a multi-rotor aircraft.
Accelerometer: A device that measures the acceleration forces in a certain direction and helpful in maintaining the Drones orientation. These devices are used to stabilize quadcoptors. The accelerometer measures linear acceleration in one to three axes. Units are normally in ‘g’ or gravity. An accelerometer is able to provide your drone’s orientation with respect to ground.
Aerial Photography: the hobby of capturing images and video while in the air with a camera mounted to your drone.
AGL: Altitude above ground level
Altitude Hold function: Allows pilot to focus on the camera while the drone hovers steadily in air by itself at a set height. A Onboard barometer is needed to allow Altitude Hold.
ARF: Almost ready to fly. ARF units will many times come without the transmitter, and may require some assembly.
Aerial Photography: The capturing of video and images in the air with a camera mounted on a drone.
Autopilot: A capability of a drone to conduct a flight without real-time human control. For example, following pre-set GPS coordinates.
Autonomous Flight: There are some SUAVs’s that are managed by internal programming that have instructions on where to fly as guided by an onboard GPS system. This is in opposition to steering mechanisms that are operated by radio control from the ground.
Axis: One plane of potential flight. Most quadcopters have at least 4 axis controls, with 6+ being preferred.
Antenna: The antenna has the role to receive or send a signal to and from a drone (the signal itself having been generated by a transmitter unit). Antennas come in a variety of different types and include directional (strongest in one direction) and omnidirectional.
(BEC) Battery Eliminator Circuit: The Battery Eliminator Circuit is a voltage regulator integrated into the ESC which can provide regulated 5V DC power to any electronics that need it.
Balanced Battery Charger: This is a charger or an internal system for Lipo batteries (or different chemistries) which uses smart technology to charge multiple cells properly that are located within the battery and balances them.
Barometric Pressure Sensor: This device used barometric readings to determine the altitude of the aircraft. It can help drones to be able to calculate their height above the ground, along with using combinations of other sensors (Enables Altitude Hold feature). The barometer gives feedback as to the altitude of the drones. Barometer measures pressure, and since pressure changes with altitude, your aircraft can “know” its height.
Bind: This is the process of making the controller (Transmitter) communicate with the quadcopter or the drone.
Blades: Blades are the aerodynamic surfaces that generate lift. A propeller generally has two to four blades that can be fixed or folded.
BNF: Bind N Fly (Bind and Fly). The unit is ready to bind to your transmitter and fly.
Brushless Motor: These motors have permanent magnets that rotate around a fixed armature, which eliminates any problems that could be associated with connecting current regarding a moving part. The brushless motors are much more efficient and hardy than brushed motors.
Build: A unit that is build at home as opposed to one that is store bought.
BVLOS: Beyond visual line of sight.
Camera gimbal: This is actually the holder of the camera used on drones. It can tilt and swerve, thanks to the servos that power it. The gimbal is strong enough to support even large DSLR cameras.
Commercial Flight: flying a drone for money-making purposes. This is currently restricted by FAA regulations unless you apply for and receive an exemption.
Controller: The handheld device that is used by the drone pilot that is used to control the drone and the quadcopter. Controllers are also called transmitters. Here is a picture of a higher end controller.
Compass: The compass is the drone component providing your compass heading (north / south / east / west).
Drone: UAV capable of autonomous flight.
DIY: Do It Yourself, which is now generally used to mean “custom”. This normally involves using parts from a variety of different suppliers and creating or modifying parts.
Electronic Speed Control: ESC. The device for controlling an electric aircraft’s motor. It is the connection between the RC receiver and main battery. It usually includes a Battery Elimination Circuit (BEC), which provides the power for the onboard electronics like an autopilot and the RC system.
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration A United States Department of Transportation Agency, with the authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of American civil aviation.
Fat Shark: The leading producer of FPV goggles for drones.
First Person View: Also known as FPV, a system in which the drone operator views the camera footage from the drone in real-time. The video stream is either viewed through a pair of special goggles, or to a device like a tablet or smartphone.
Firmware: The sketch or software loaded into the microprocessor based products’ non-volatile memory. The reason it is referred to as firmware is because it remains in non-volatile memory state even when power is removed. Therefore, it is non-volatile. In the autopilots case, it is an application (App for smart phone users) or program that determines how and what the auto pilot does
FPV: Acronym for “First Person View.” This is also known as “Remote Person View” (RPV). The FPV is situated on a camera (such as GoPro) and is mounted on the Quadcoptor which allows the operator view exactly what the aerial vehicle is viewing in real time.
Flight Control System: This is a network of controls that is interconnected and allows the pilot to fly the quadcopter or any other multi-rotor airborne vehicle. The Flight Controller is the “brain” of a drone that handles all of the data processing, calculations, and signals. The heart of a flight controller is often a programmable “microcontroller”. It may have multiple sensors onboard, including an accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, compass, GPS, etc. The flight controller has the ability to control the aircraft on its own (for example to navigate to specific GPS coordinates) and it may be considered an “autopilot”.
Fly Away: Unintended flight outside of operational boundaries (altitude/airspeed/lateral) as the result of a failure of the control element or onboard systems, or both.
Fly-Away Protection System: A system that will return the UAV safely to the surface, or keep it within the intended operational area, when the link between the pilot and the UAV is lost.
Frame: The frame is the “skeleton” of the drone that has the purpose to hold all of the parts together. Simple frames have motors connected to aluminum or other lightweight extrusions (“arms”) which then connect to a central body.
Geofencing : The use of GPS technology to create a virtual geographic boundary, enabling software to trigger a response when a drone enters or flies within a particular area
Gimbal: This is a specialized mount for a camera, giving it the ability to swerve and tilt by utilizing servos. This gives the camera the capability of staying in one position, regardless of the movement of the drone. This allows for a very smooth and stabilized and smooth looking image.
GIS: Geographic Information System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data
GoPro: Top name in high-definition camcorders, often used in extreme-action video photography. It is an HD-quality, waterproof video recording device that is compact, lightweight, rugged. With attachments they can be wearable or mounted on vehicles.
GPS: Global Positioning System that is used to track the position of an object in relation to the global spatial plane, track movement, or cause an airborne vehicle such as a quadcoptor to hold position, such as the advanced Dji Phantom. The Global Positioning System is satellites orbiting the planet send out signals which are picked up by the GPS antenna and are sent to be processed by the GPS receiver to provide geographic coordinates.
Ground Control Station: GCS. This software runs on the ground on a computer. It receives telemetry information via an airborne UAV. It displays its status and progress. This frequently include sensor and video data. It also can be used for transmitting in-flight commands up to the UAV in the air.
Gyroscope: A gyroscope or gyro, measures the rate of rotation of the UAV and helps keep the craft balanced correctly with respect to yaw, pitch and roll. Helps to maintain the orientation of the quadcopter while in flight. In most cases, quadcopters use a triple-axis gyroscope. The gyroscope measures angular acceleration in one or three axes.
Hexicopter: A multi-rotor aircraft having six rotors in which the beauty and advantage of the hexicopter is that it can lose any single engine and still maintain control to land.
Hobby Grade: Better than toy grade, these quads can offer good reliability and operation at a reasonable price. The Syma X8G, JJRC H25G and Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 are a few examples of hobby grade quads.
Headless Mode: regardless of the orientation of the craft, the way the front of the craft is pointed, it will follow your stick movements.
HF/UHF/VHF: “High Frequency“; “Very High Frequency” and “Ultra High Frequency” radio waves. They are measured in Hz (Hertz).
IMU: The Inertial Measurement Unit is a controller which combines an accelerometer and a gyro, with the purpose of helping with the orientation and stabilization of a quad.
Inertial Navigation System: INS. This is a means of calculating position that is based on the initial GPS reading. This is followed by speed and motion sensor readings that use dead reckoning. This is useful when the GPS has lost its signal temporarily or is not available.
IOC: intelligent orientation control – Usually, the forward direction of a flying multi-rotor is the same as the nose direction. By using Intelligent Orientation Control (IOC), wherever the nose points,the forward direction has nothing to do with nose direction:
LED: Light Emitting Diode has the role to make the drone visible, primarily at night or low lighting conditions.
LOS: Short for Line of Sight , refers to being able to see your drone from your operating position with your naked eye. Your drone should always be within your line of sight.
LiPo: Short for Lithium Polymer, LiPo is the type of battery favored by most drone manufacturers due to its low weight and maximized charge capacity and power. Although LiPos are safe, be aware overcharging the battery or breaking the flexible polymer case could result in fire.
Lithium Polymer battery: LiPo or LiPoly. The Lithium Ion battery (Li Ion) is a variant. Lighter weight and more power is offered by this battery chemistry compared to NiCad and NiMh batteries.
mAh: milli Amp Hours. A unit of measurement that describes how much ‘power’ a battery can provide before it needs to be recharged.
Mobius Camera: Popular lightweight camera model which can shoot video in HD and take intervalometer photos. It was developed mainly to be used with RC drones.
Mod: modifications Drone addicts do to their machines to integrate new functions or cool features. These changes are usually called mods.
Motor: The motor is the part of the drone used to rotate the propellers. Brushed motors are used in small drones, and in larger UAVs, a “brushless” motor is used.
Multicopter: A generic name for a drone with multiple propellers, also known as rotors. Depending on the number of rotors, there are tricopters, quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters and so on.
Multi-rotor copters: are referred to by many names, which include: Drone, Quadcopter, Quadricopter or Quadrocopter
Magnetometer: When it comes to low-cost robotics, magnetometers are sometimes used to provide compass direction.
Nano: an extremely small drone, can fit in the palm of your hand and easy to fly indoors.
NAZA: is a flight controller that is used on the DJI Phantom Drones and it contains the main control chip, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a barometric altimeter.
No Fly Zone: Areas where flying a drone is restricted by government regulations. Areas where a drone could interfere with an airplane or record sensitive information make up most of these areas.
Octocopter: A drone with 8 horizontal propellers or rotors.
OSD: Abbreviation for “On Screen Display” which shows flight data in text or graphical form.
Part 107: Refers to CFR Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations for non-hobbyist unmanned aircraft operations in the U.S., which covers a broad spectrum of commercial uses for drones weighing less than 55 pounds.
Payload: The amount of additional weight a drone is able to lift in addition to its own weight and batteries. If you attach a camera and gimbal to your drone, the combined weight is the payload.
PCB: A “Printed Circuit Board” is the flat fiberglass part with many components soldered to it. Many electronic products have a PCB.
Pitch: A measure which describes the flight angle along one axis, usually measured from level in case of aerial vehicles. Pitch indicates the angle of the nose to tail with respect to the ground, or in other words, the rotation of an aircraft about the axis from wing to wing.
Pre Flight Planning: The activities conducted by the pilot and flight crew prior to takeoff to ensure that the flight will be conducted safely and in accordance with all applicable standards and regulations. The activity includes, but is not limited to, such things as checking weather, route of flight, airspace, equipment configuration, support personnel, terrain and communications requirements.
Prop Adapter: The Prop Adapter connects the propeller to the motor.
Prop Saver: The Prop Saver is a type of hub mounted on top of your motor and replaces the prop adapter. In the event of a crash, a part of the prop saver is lost in an attempt to save the propeller.
Propeller Guards: Propeller guards surround a propeller to prevent it from contacting other objects. These drone parts are implemented as a safety feature and a way to minimize damage to the drone.
Power Distribution Board: is the PDB and is a board that is used on the multicopters to help distribute the power to each of the motors to provide proper stabilization of the unit.
Pitot Tube: The Pitot Tube is a device with a role to measure air speed.
Quadcopter: UAV that typically has 4 propellers, situated in a square formation for smooth and precise flight.
Raceband: A set of 5.8ghz frequencies commonly used in Drone racing when multiple pilots are flying.
Radio Controller: wireless handheld device used to control flight of the drone.
R/C : Synonym for Radio Controlled.
RC: Shorter way of writing “Radio Controlled – it refers to control of a drone via radio waves.
Retract: Retractable generally refers to landing gear which has two positions: one for landing and takeoff, and another, which takes up less room or improves visibility during flight.
Return to Home: A GPS feature that returns the drone to the “home” position where it took off.
RTF: Ready to Fly – This means the drone is sold with everything needed in the pack. All you need to do is put it together, add batteries and you are ready to use it. It is possible you may need to buy the batteries separately. This fact is usually mentioned on the box.
Roll : Roll is the rotation of the drone.
Sense And Avoid: The capability of a UAS to remain well clear from and avoid collisions with other airborne traffic. Sense and Avoid provides the functions of self-separation and collision avoidance.
Servo: A shorter name for servomotor or servomechanism. Aerial vehicles use servomotors for various functions such as pan cameras and wing flaps adjustments which can be controlled from the ground. Servo is a type of actuator that with the help of the right signal, can move to a specific angular position.
Shell: The shell is an aesthetic and functional cover that improves resistance to the elements and sometimes improves aerodynamics. Some production drones only have a plastic shell which also acts as the “frame”.
Sketch/Code: Sketch/Code is the program uploaded to drone’s flight controller (similar to a “thought process”).
sUAS: is short for – small Unmanned Aircraft System
Throttle: Control that influences the RPM or the speed of electric motors.
Thrust: Thrust is the force which a specific motor and propeller can provide (at a certain voltage). It is usually measured in kilograms (Kg) or pounds (Lbs).
Toy grade: The basic level of quadcopters, toy grade quads can still offer a wide variety of functions. They can be an excellent way to start for beginners, as they can still provide a lot of fun.
Transmitter: A device that sends commands to the drone from the pilot.
TX: Short for transmitter or transmit
UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle. A device that can propel itself through the air without a pilot onboard. Drones and quadcopters are UAVs.
Ultrasonic sensor: A sensor that uses the ultra sound wavelength to communicate with a transmitter. In aerial vehicles, ultrasonic sensors are used for calculating the distance to the ground by bouncing sound waves back and forth. They don’t work further than a few meters from the ground.
Visual line of sight: is the term that is going to control how the pilot can see the aircraft from the ground without the use of artificial vision.
Visual Observer: A crew member who assists the UAS pilot in the duties associated with collision avoidance. This includes, but is not limited to, avoidance of other traffic, airborne objects, clouds, obstructions, and terrain. Most associated with FPV flying.
VLOS: Abbreviation for Visual Line of Sight.
Waypoint: A set of coordinates which define a point in space. Waypoints are useful in designing various autonomous missions for quadcopters. Mapping out would be impossible without a possibility to define these physical locations.
WiFi FPV: Mostly found on cheaper drones, usually performed by a downloaded APP. which you connect to in order to fetch the live feed. The signal is compatible with most Android/iOS smartphones and tablets.
YAW: The describes the quadcopter rotation around it’s center axis on a level plane. Basically, it is the rotation of the drone about an axis perpendicular (90 degrees) to the plane formed between the nose / tail and wing tips.
Y6: Y6 is a type of hexacopter but rather than six arms, it has three support arms, with a motor connected to either side of the arm (for a total of six motors). We want to highlight that the propellers mounted to the underside still project the thrust downward.
Your drone may come with more vocabulary words than it does features, but with a dictionary and a bit of practice, you’ll be fluent in no time and more prepared to find the right drone for you.
If you think we missed to add some terms/acronyms to this Drone Glossary, feel free to write them in the comments section and we will add them to this list.
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https://www.aerialworksusa.com/about | 2021-09-17T12:34:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780055645.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20210917120628-20210917150628-00143.warc.gz | 0.953349 | 837 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__46746754 | en | Aerialworks is FAA and MBE certified drone photography, videography, and data capture company. At Aerialworks, we provide professional drone services to Media, Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Solar, and Real Estate industries. Whether our customers are government agencies, global corporations, or even small mom-and-pop shops - Aerialworks provides critical aerial data – as well as customized solutions - that meet each of our client’s unique range of needs.
We are a leading provider of photographic services that ultimately provide our clients with better insights through visual documentation of their projects. Additionally, our professional, FAA-certified drone pilots, provide smooth, cinematic aerial videos – along with breathtaking aerial imagery - that improves the visual “storytelling” experience and better communicates the benefits of our clients.
At Aerialworks, we are grateful and value the role we play in the drone service industry. It is our intention to make it easy for your company, regardless of its size, to acquire professional drone imagery and data, anywhere you may need it.
What We Do:
Provide high-quality acquisition of aerial data
Provide a responsive, single point of contact
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Aerialworks started in 2015 with the sole purpose of providing drone photography and videography to real estate agents. As the company grew there were many more needs that drone technology could fulfill and Aerialworks was happy to meet the market needs in the area of:
2. Television Production
3. Commercial Advertising
4. Sporting Events
5. Wind Turbine Inspections
6. Solar Farm Inspections
7. Roof Inspections
8. Ground Photography
9. 3D Matterport Virtual Reality Scanning
Aerialworks headquarters is located in New York City, Aerialworks serves the East Coast and has staff to travel to any part of the country to meet your unique needs.
To be the industry's "Gold Standard" for drone service providers. We are committed to staying at the forefront of innovation and technology in order to provide our clients with the highest level of service.
About the Owner:
Charles Wimbley – aka Chuck - is the founder and President of Aerialworks USA. Before devoting full time to Aerialworks USA in 2015, Chuck served 20-years in the advertising industry as Vice President and President of The Wimbley Group, Inc. The Wimbley Group is a full-service marketing and advertising company in Chicago that catered to Fortune 500 companies such as Mazda, GM, Verizon, Kellogg’s, and BP.
Chuck’s first love and passion reside in aviation. In addition to being a professionally rated drone pilot with thousands of flight hours of experience, Chuck also has part-time hours in manned aircraft – such as the Cessna 152 Trainer and Cessna 172 Skyhawk. He plans to achieve his private pilot rating by 2022.
Bachelor’s Degree - Cornell University
Master’s Degree - Northwestern University
Graduate - FBI’s Citizen’s Academy
Aviation is Chuck's first love. Chuck planned on applying to the Air Force Academy to play football and become an F-15 fighter pilot - and then the airlines. But his plans completely changed when a couple of Ivy League schools showed interest in him. As fate had it, Chuck enrolled at Cornell University where he briefly played football. After graduation, Chuck went on to work with his father for the next 20 years building an award-winning advertising agency that targeted Fortune 500 companies.
The Great Recession of 2008 caused Chuck to change careers and head towards his first love: aviation. He decided on taking up flying lessons and learn drone technology. Hence, in 2015, the company Aerialworks was born.
Chuck Wimbley lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife of 21 years, Elizabeth, and their two children Chas and Catherine. Chuck’s hobbies are music, working out, aviation, and spending quality time with his family. | aerospace |
https://mov.adorsaz.ch/tag/airplanes | 2024-02-21T01:43:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473360.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221002544-20240221032544-00552.warc.gz | 0.918975 | 169 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__84048230 | en | This software aims to make your flight smoother—and help the planet
WIRED · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Saturday, 2 October, 2021 - 11:40
Fastening the seat belt buckle and knowing your flight is on its way to its destination: Nice. Getting stuck in a tarmac traffic jam and waiting for your flight to take off: Not so nice. Turns out the wait is also not nice for the planet.
Flying in an airplane is already one of the most emissions-intensive things you can do. Globally, aviation produced over 1 billion tons of carbon emissions in 2019 , more than 2 percent of all human-generated emissions—more than either shipping or rail. Aircraft engines also emit nitrogen oxides, soot particles, and water vapor, which also contribute to warming the planet. | aerospace |
https://pineridgeradiocontrolclub.com/ | 2021-03-05T19:01:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178373241.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20210305183324-20210305213324-00185.warc.gz | 0.945685 | 1,269 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__148846741 | en | If you're a Property Owner in Pine Ridge Estates and are looking for an interesting and exciting hobby, you may want to join us in the Pine Ridge Radio Control Club.
Club members must own property in Pine Ridge Estates. All members are required to join the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics), a national organization that provides information about the hobby and insurance coverage for model aircraft flyers. We have regular club meetings on the third Tuesday of each month (except July & August), 7pm at the Community Center. The field is open for flying during daylight hours. Flying at the field is limited to electric powered, light weight, R/C model aircraft. Gas or glow fuel powered model airplanes are not permitted. We have club members who will assist in training new members interested in learning to fly. The training of new flyers is accomplished by using the “buddy box” method where one of our instructors has primary control over the model airplane while the trainee has the ability to control the airplane in a secondary capacity. These club members have successfully trained many new flyers in the art of radio controlled flight. A potential new member can fly as a guest of a current member three times prior to making the decision to join the the club. The guest must be a member of the AMA. Flying is limited to three aircraft at one time, except at specialty events. The Club installed four pilot stations with safety barriers for the pilots and marked off designated parking areas for flyers and spectators. In January 2017, we worked with the Pine Ridge Property Owners Association. to install a new, 200 x 30 ft. asphalt runway. Anyone seeking to learn how to fly or obtain additional information about the club can visit us at the field or attend one of our meetings. Pine Ridge residents wishing to watch R/C Electric Aircraft are always welcome at the field. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month, 7 PM at the Community Center (excluding July and August)..
Effective April 1, 2016
1) All members will be required to be enrolled and current members of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (hereafter referred to as AMA) which includes a model aircraft insurance program. All members must have a valid Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Certificate Of Registration (FAA Registration Number).
2) Payment of annual membership dues is required to join the club. All renewal membership dues must be paid by Dec. 31st for the following year.
3) Each member will be an experienced flyer or be required to fly with a flying instructor utilizing the “buddy box” training system until enough experience has been accrued to safely fly on their own.
4) Each member must own property in Pine Ridge.
5) Non Pine Ridge residents that have current AMA cards and valid Small UAS Certificate Of Registration (FAA registration number) can only fly at the Pine Ridge flying field as a guest of a current Pine Ridge R/C Electric Airplane Club member. Member must be present and assume responsibility for their guest in accordance with Pine Ridge’s Community Facility Operations Policy.
6) It is suggested that Club Members display their current membership card on their hat or shirt while at the field.
7) Student flyers can experience flying three times with a Club member flying instructor utilizing the “buddy box” training system.
If they are still interested in learning to fly they must first join the AMA program, register for Small UAS Certificate Of Registration Identification (FAA registration number) and then apply for membership in the Pine Ridge R/C Electric Airplanes Club.
8) Only park flyer type electric aircraft or gliders will be allowed to be flown at the field.
9) No member or guest will fly any model aircraft at the field unless it is identified with the owner/pilots name, address, AMA number and Small UAS Certificate Of Registration Identification (FAA registration number) affixed either inside or outside of the model aircraft.
10) As per AMA rules, all flights will be flown in front of flight line.
11) All flyers will stand in the designated Flight Stations for all flying including take off and landings.
All take off and landings must be clearly and loudly announced prior to initiating such action.
12) No aircraft will be flown closer than 25 feet to any individual.
13) Spectators will be kept at a minimum of 50 feet from flight line.
14) Only three aircraft will be allowed in the air at one time, except at specialty events.
15) Parking of cars at the field will be only for spectators and those flying at field.
All parking must be within the defined parking area.
16) Flyers will mark the appropriate channel number on the flight board at the field to identify the transmitter band in use by the flyer.
Once flyer leaves the flight station they will remove their channel marker from the flight board.
2.4 GHz transmitters are excluded from the channel marking of the flight board.
17) A notice sign will be at the field entrance which will be used to inform spectators of risks involved and to proceed to the flying field at their own risk.
18) All members and spectators will be expected to drive slowly to the field to help keep dust down as much as possible and to be extremely careful if horses are around.
Note – at the present time there are no horses in the area of the flying field except at the marked crossings.
19) Each and every member present at the field will adhere to and enforce the Rules of this Club.
President - Rich Davies
Vice President - Skip Aglio
Secretary - Bob Starr
Treasurer - Dale Curan
Safety - Gene Kolen
Come out to the Field. Drive through to the back of the Community Center Parking lot and follow the signs to the Flying Field
Come to a Meeting (3rd Tuesday of the Month, except July and August, 7pm, at the Community Center)
Community Center, Pine Ridge Blvd, Pine Ridge, FL 34465
The Flying Field can be used Dawn to Dusk Seven Days a Week.
Because of the Florida sun, most flying is in the morning before the day heats up. | aerospace |
http://taipeiairstation.blogspot.com/2018/12/up-up-and-away-in-my-flying-machine.html | 2019-07-21T11:14:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526948.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190721102738-20190721124738-00015.warc.gz | 0.981718 | 1,929 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__78167645 | en | Frank was assigned to Taipei Air Station but he worked in town at Taiwan Motors, the local Ford dealer and garage that repaired US Air Force vehicles belonging to Taipei Air Station.
How many of you have thought of flying? I have.. Unfortunately, most of us just don't follow through...
Frank was the exception.
I spoke with Frank and asked him how he found out about flying lessons in Taipei..
I never heard anything about flying lessons, I was there 1965-1968. Perhaps it was a well kept secret or maybe it was closed by the time I arrived.
The # 1 mechanic at the Taiwan Motors garage (where Frank worked) was Mr. Chiang. During a conversation one day, Mr. Chiang mentioned his friend, Mr. Lee who was an instructor at the Flying Club out at the airport. Frank was skeptical of flying, but had always kept the idea of flying in the back of his head.
Frank made contact with Mr. Lee, signed-up and soon received his "Flying Club Membership Card. Within the week he was out at "Taipei Airport" to begin flying lessons.
Mr Lee, Flying Club Instructor
Frank's Flying Club Membership Card
After some schooling time in the basics of flying, safety, equipment and other subjects, it was time to take to the air.
Frank recalled that the "Flying Lessons" were, one hour and cost NT$20. I told Frank the cost amount did not sound correct, but Frank believed, that was the cost.
Mr. Lee, had been a Nationalist Chinese Air Force Pilot in the Flying Tigers stationed in Burma during WWII.
One wonders why Mr. Lee only charged a small amount of money to teach flying lessons.
Add to that, the fuel consumed each hour the trainer aircraft was in the air or moving about the airport.
Perhaps someone will know the circumstances and details of Mr. Lee's position. Was the government involved? Probably. And, you know, it may have been something associated with "Special Services" down at HSA.... Anyone know?
This is the aircraft Frank trained in, a PT-17 Stearman, also used by the ROCAF as a trainer.
Thank you Wei-Bin Chang of the Taiwan Air Power Web site for your help with this story on the Stearman aircraft.
Fueled-up and ready to fly!
"Click" for a Link to more about Stearman Aircraft
The rules were, the aircraft would maintain a minimum altitude of 2,000 feet except when taking off or landing.
Frank said they could fly over Taipei, and he does not recall any Restricted Air Space.
Hanging down from the upper wing was a glass gauge indicating fuel tank levels.
Frank said that there were few gauges in the aircraft, and he was taught that when the struts begin to vibrate, you are approaching "Stall" speed and it's time to immediately give the motor some additional power.
I guess that procedure is most often encountered when on final approach to landing.
Because the aircraft had no radio communications, the pilot would watch the roof of the Control Tower looking for a "Green Light" which indicated that there was no immediate traffic on or approaching the landing runway, and the aircraft could land.
Frank told me a story about the first time he was given the stick to taxi and take off at Taipei Airport.
Frank was moving his aircraft down a taxi way toward the take-off runway. He and Mr. Lee both saw a green light atop the Control Tower, which indicated that Frank was allowed to enter the runway and take-off.
As Frank approached the one and only runway, which is still the only runway at Taipei Airport, which runs East-West, he is looking over the side of the aircraft to the left and then to the right to make sure his aircraft is centered in the taxi-way. As he approaches the runway, a speck catches his eye.
He looked back to see what his eye caught and sees a China Airlines aircraft on final approach to land on the runway just in front of Frank's aircraft.
Frank said he was frightened, he hit the brakes, the aircraft lifted-up, the propeller just skimmed the cement, and the aircraft fell backward onto the tail wheel as it came to a stop.
Both men looked back at the Tower, the green light was still on atop the tower!
Frank said he was shaking in his seat, and was too rattled to go farther. Mr. Lee taxied out to take off.
Sometime after that incident, Frank lost his Log Book. When you are training for a Pilot license, you have to maintain a Log Book, where everything is written down as you practice and pass check points. The Log Book is submitted as one of the documents when applying for license.
Frank said he had about 9 hours of training, not an enormous amount, but he "kind of lost interest" in going for his license, after his Log Book disappeared.
Here are some of the photographs Frank took from the Stearman as he flew over the Taipei area.
This photo taken by Mr. Lee
Frank in the front seat, the mirror above to watch the rear seat pilot for instructions, etc.
Frank tells the story of the aircraft's parachute for trainees.
The flying lessons came with a cloth helmet, goggles and a parachute.
Frank said the parachute was old, had a dirty cover, and he was sure that it had not been opened and re-packed for Years.
He told Mr. Lee that the parachute was "Boo-how"
You jumped up onto aircraft wing, stepped-up and got into you seat and sat on your parachute (for additional height) to look over the sides of the cockpit onto the ground to see exactly where you were in relationship to the taxiway sides, you don't want to get into the grass. You can't see the ground in front of the aircraft.
The parachute was the old style which hung down off your body. You've probably noticed those in old films, the pilot walking with a bag hanging down from his backside...
Not sure where this is, close to Taipei, but nothing I recognize.
Frank cruising around, getting his hour of flying in the books.
Many people take this same photo from their aircraft. You've probably seen a similar one before.
What else is out at Taipei Airport?
Could be here in Taipei for any reason, could even be one of the "Milk Run" or Stars and Stripes delivery aircraft.
Another day, same aircraft back in town.
No dates on either photo, but it was between April 1961 and July 1962.
No markings on this PBY, resting at Taipei Airport, 1961-1962.
This could have been the aircraft Frank flew to Clark on his PCS move to Taipei, he flew in a Pan Am Aircraft. Don't recognize the service van.
It must be a Boeing 707.
Beautiful day at the Taipei Airport, clear and clean air!
Looks like two or three Lockheed Electra aircraft off to the left here.
They remind me of Emelia Earhart who flew an Electra on her last flight.
Forgive me if those parked on the tarmac are another type of aircraft. I guessed they were Lockheed Electra aircraft.
Here's a ROCAF C-119, probably in town from the south, most likely Tainan AB,
commonly called the "Mayo Quanchi" flight.
Have you ridden on a white knuckle flight? Lot's of GI's have over the years.
Back in the early days of MAAG, if you were assigned to the south, it would take many hours to make the railroad ride to Taipei.
So, many folks opted for the Mayo Quanchi flight north and back home.
Another look at the same aircraft, I suspect on a different day from those above.
I wanted to close with this unusual photograph.
It appears that the aircraft is "probably" out of Barbers Point, Hawaii, carrying the
Commander-in-Chief, US Naval Forces Pacific and his party including his spouse.
The tarmac is full of Taiwan Naval personnel.
There is a very large band with their wet instruments.
A Taiwan Color Guard.
Lots of Taiwan Military personnel squatting down for some reason.
On the left, just outside the aircraft, is a group of Naval Officers, I would assume US Officers in their "Whites" standing at attention, probably for the National Anthems of both the US and Taiwan.
Next to them, closer to the steps, you can see one or two women.
Women would only accompany their husbands if the trip an official visit of some sort.
Looks like it poured rain out at the Taipei Airport, and maybe even coming-down as the photo was taken.
Typical day in the winter and spring.
Many thanks to John Quinn for his help in identifying what we" think was going on, when the photograph above was taken.
Keep checking our blog, we have many more nice photograph from Frank's assignment in Taipei.
Including a few "clean and clear" aerial views of Taipei Air Station, in Color. | aerospace |
https://www.raptisrarebooks.com/product/michael-collins-signed-photograph-rare/ | 2019-09-15T20:08:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572289.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915195146-20190915221146-00548.warc.gz | 0.955065 | 247 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__71718199 | en | Michael Collins Signed Photograph
Michael Collins Signed Photograph.
Item Number: 101681
Original color photograph of Michael Collins, signed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
Michael Collins is an astronaut, test pilot and major general of the United States Air Force Reserves. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed orbital rendezvous with two different spacecraft and undertook two extravehicular activities. His second spaceflight was as the command module pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Apollo Lunar Module to make the first crewed landing on its surface. Collins is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, which he orbited thirty times. He was the seventeenth American in space, the fourth person (and third American) to perform a spacewalk, the first person to have performed more than one spacewalk, and, after Young, who flew the command module on Apollo 10, the second person to orbit the Moon alone. | aerospace |
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It is the year 2029. In 2020, the Perseverance Rover collected rock samples from the Mars surface and left them in tubes at "depot" locations on the planet. Now, it's your job to direct the Mars Sample Fetch Rover to retrieve as many sample tubes as possible. Once the samples return to the Mars Ascent Vehicle, they can be launched to Earth for further study. | aerospace |
https://www.metafilter.com/41799/Mars-Polar-Lander-found | 2018-02-25T18:01:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816841.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225170106-20180225190106-00135.warc.gz | 0.957537 | 117 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__67834834 | en | Mars Polar Lander found?
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Mars Polar Lander found? The Mars Polar Lander was lost while attempting to land on Mars in December 1999. An initial search for the lander was fruitless. But now Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems thinks he may have found the lander's parachute and crashed remains. Meanwhile, some scientists are worried about landers and crashed vehicles contaminating Mars; others think it's not a problem. [via Slashdot]
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https://uncutdailymedia.com/chandrayaan-3-indias-spacecraft-sends-images-of-moon/ | 2024-02-25T20:33:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474643.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225203035-20240225233035-00048.warc.gz | 0.919609 | 369 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__151632053 | en | In a groundbreaking development, India’s space agency, ISRO, has announced that its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has successfully entered the lunar orbit and has started capturing mind-boggling images of the Moon’s surface. These awe-inspiring images reveal the craters on the Moon turning more prominent and expansive as the spacecraft approaches its destination near the Moon’s south pole.
With this remarkable achievement, India aims to become the fourth country to accomplish a soft landing on the Moon, a feat never before achieved by any nation in the southern polar region. Scheduled to touch down on August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 mission harbors immense potential to unearth insights into the Moon’s uncharted territories and provide crucial data for scientific exploration.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft embarked on its lunar journey after spending 10 days orbiting the Earth, and now, armed with its exceptional photography skills, it will delve deep into the mysteries of the Moon. These unprecedented images, which have been released by ISRO, astoundingly illustrate the enlarging craters as the spacecraft moves closer to its target.
For India, this mission signifies another step forward in its quest for excellence in space exploration. Building upon the triumph of their previous lunar missions, India seeks to unravel the Moon’s physical makeup, study its atmosphere, and assess tectonic activities in the rarely explored southern polar region.
The release of these mesmerizing Moon images further solidifies India’s position as an emerging power in space science and reinforces the country’s commitment to uncovering the mysteries beyond Earth’s boundaries. Such feats serve as a testament to the steadfast dedication and remarkable achievements of ISRO, which has been relentless in its pursuit of expanding humanity’s understanding of the cosmos. | aerospace |
https://ideas.droneharmony.com/ideas/DHPLANNER-I-244 | 2020-08-06T16:56:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439736972.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20200806151047-20200806181047-00536.warc.gz | 0.948718 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__52256947 | en | Today the speed of my waypoint mission is limited in the Spark to only fly at the limited speed of P mode (13.4 mph). Would be great if we could take advantage of flying waypoints in Sport mode (28mph) and change the override or cancel mission to be one of the programmable buttons on the remote rather than the Sport mode slider switch. This would allow for longer waypoint missions like other competing platforms such as Litch that can fly the Spark faster during waypoints and even program different speeds throughout mission.
DJI does not allow autonomous Waypoint Missions to be flown in "S" Sports mode.
Programmable custom speeds at waypoints has been accepted as an idea for implementation. | aerospace |
https://azh.kz/en/news/view/6552 | 2023-06-10T11:33:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657169.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610095459-20230610125459-00671.warc.gz | 0.958561 | 273 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__59786193 | en | Mangistau transport prosecutor's office began pre-judicial investigation of SCAT airline plane ignition case that took place in the evening on June 16 at Aktau airport.
Investigation is carried out under the article "Violation of Safety Rules or Operation of Air Transport". The exact reasons of ignition are being established. The Committee of civil aviation establishes a commission for investigation of aviation incident.
To recall, SCAT airline plane that performed DV742 flight from Astana to Aktau caught fire during maintenance works while refuelling of oxygen equipment. By that moment all passengers already left the aircraft. The center of ignition was the place where the aircraft joins with a sleeve of the building of passenger terminal at the airport. As the result of fire the part of fuselage around front luggage compartment burned down. The aircraft is beyond restoration.Earlier airport personnel informed that fire happened from explosion of reducer of oxygen cylinder during re-filling with oxygen. As the result of explosion, 47y.o. SCAT engineer, the citizen of Lithuania Petrik Robert suffered. He received first degree thermal burn of his right hand and situational neurosis. The victim has been hospitalized. During fire there were no passengers, crew or other technical workers inside the plane.
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https://britastro.org/journal_contents_ite/the-first-uk-workshop-on-amateur-support-for-the-twinkle-ariel-space-missions | 2023-10-02T00:33:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510942.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002001302-20231002031302-00166.warc.gz | 0.933994 | 806 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__302958770 | en | The first UK workshop on amateur support for the Twinkle/ARIEL space missions
2017 January 22
Despite the difficulties of an Underground tube strike in London that happened to coincide with the day, 27 keen participants reached Burlington House and took part in this most stimulating workshop, six others having had to cancel. Its purpose, as the first of hopefully many similar workshops in the future, was to explore the scope for amateur support of two space satellite missions, Twinkle and ARIEL, that are designed to characterise exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. In particular, it is envisaged that useful ground-based observations of target stars brighter than V= 11.5 can be carried out using modest-sized telescopes equipped with CCD cameras. The afternoon workshop was held in the Council Room and Lecture Theatre of the RAS in Burlington House, and Richard O’Sullivan and Madeleine Davey kindly organised refreshments for us all.
Twinkle is an independent UK-based space mission to characterise the atmospheres of around 100 hot, bright exoplanets observed from Earth orbit. The mission is led by University College London and Blue Skies Space Ltd. It will be built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and involves a consortium of over 15 institutions across the UK – if funding is achieved, it is scheduled for launch in 2019. ARIEL is a more ambitious exoplanet mission in which observations are planned from the Lagrangian L2 position in space, due for launch about 2026.
Section Directors Roger Pickard and Dr Richard Miles represented the Association and most of the amateurs who attended were BAA members, including a student at Cambridge studying Natural Sciences. We also had the company of four members of staff and a PhD student from UCL’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, and two other astronomy-related professionals.
Prof Jonathan Tennyson opened the workshop by way of an introduction to the concept of Twinkle, which theme was developed further by Prof Giovanna Tinetti. Dr Giorgio Savini, who is also the current Director of UCL’s Astronomical Observatory in Mill Hill, rounded off the presentation about the ambitious Twinkle space observatory.
Roger Pickard and Richard Miles gave short talks illustrating what has been possible by way of photometry by amateurs in the recent past (see for example Darryl Sergison’s paper ‘High precision photometry: Detection of exoplanet transits using a small telescope’ published in BAA Journal Vol.123, No.3, pp. 153-156).
Anita Heward, Communications Manager for the Twinkle mission and Press & Outreach officer for the Europlanet 2020 RI (Research Infrastructure) described lessons learned from Europlanet workshops and the ground-based campaign in support of the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/C-G, and how some of these may be usefully applied to Twinkle. At some point in 2017, it is hoped that a 2-day Europlanet Workshop will enable many more amateurs from countries across Europe to also become involved in ground-based observations. Dr Marco Rocchetto, an R&D engineer at Konica Minolta rounded off the formal talks with an account of the futuristic Connected Telescope Project.
Following afternoon tea, we were able to discuss as a more informal group the first steps in facilitating a worldwide community of amateur observers dedicated to exoplanet transit studies, and to sketch out plans for the next few meetings needed to progress matters. As well as BAA involvement, we would like to encourage any interested parties whether individuals or other organisations in the UK and beyond to get involved in the Twinkle/ARIEL initiative. If you are interested then do please contact either of the undersigned or consult the ARPS Section website at http://britastro.org/asteroids
Richard Miles, Director, Asteroids & Remote Planets Section
Roger Pickard, Director, Variable Star Section | aerospace |
https://info.eduard.com/en/08-2019-1/page-14 | 2023-12-11T08:31:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103810.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211080606-20231211110606-00502.warc.gz | 0.973226 | 442 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__305987759 | en | P-51s of the 20th Fighter Group during the Frantic VI Mission on 11th September 1944. 44-13535 “Wilma” can be seen nearest the camera.
ber was one of the most intense days in the air war over Europe
but the 20th Fighter Group and their bombers didn’t see any
German Fighters. The group landed at Piryatin airfield six and
half hours after take-off. Lt Horst became separated from the rest
of the 79th Fighter Squadron and was unable to locate Piryatin.
He eventually force landed in Poland having spent over nine
hours in the air, which was a new record for a single engine fighter
on a combat mission. 44-13535 was flown on this mission by
Lt Roark who was promoted to Captain two days later. On the
13th September the bombers left Soviet territory, escorted by the
20th Fighter Group, and attacked targets at Miscolcz in Hungary.
Escorting the bombers as far as Adriatic Coast of Yugoslavia the
fighters landed at three airfields near Foggia in Italy. The next three
days were spent enjoying wine, beer, bourbon and Coca Cola as
well as visiting Foggia and swimming in the Adriatic Sea. The last
leg of the mission was considered a non-operational flight as they
returned over France to the UK.
Newly promoted Captain Roark completed his tour and returned
to the USA at the end of September. 44-13535 was flown
by a number of different pilots. It was during this period that
Lt. Walter Bullers claimed a He115 floatplane destroyed. Spotting
a number of enemy seaplanes moored on a lake near Berg
Dievenow the group attacked. Red flight destroyed four He115s
before Blue flight, including Lt. Buller in 44-13535, destroyed
a further two.
Lt. Clyde Dixon who claimed an unidentified
German aircraft as damaged whilst flying
44-13535 “Wilma” on 10th September 1944.
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https://www.panam.org/latest-site-content/65-pan-am-90-years-ago/884-pan-am-apr-1933 | 2023-09-25T12:23:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233508977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925115505-20230925145505-00875.warc.gz | 0.937405 | 2,550 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__128113662 | en | APRIL 5, 1933
“Last of Pan Am’s First Flying Boats”
Photos by Gleason Waite Romer, from the Helen Muir Florida Collection, Special Collections and Archives.,Miami-Dade Public Library System. (1) Igor Sikorsky in front of S-38: Aviator Igor Sikorsky passenger of Pan American Airways' "Havana Clipper.” 3-26-33. .https://digitalcollections.mdpls.org/digital/collection/p17273coll3/id/15499/rec/2 (2) NC18V and NC19V delivered to Panagra, April 1933. Pan American Airways: Two Sikorsky amphibian planes at 36th Street Airport, ready for Havana trip. 3-26-33. https://digitalcollections.mdpls.org/digital/collection/p17273coll3/id/12326/rec/37
Igor Sikorsky stood outside Pan American Airway’s Miami 36th Street passenger terminal Sunday March 26, 1933, as Gleason Romer angled to snap the aircraft designer’s portrait framed by one of the two Sikorsky S-38 flying boats which were ready to depart. Sikorsky was accompanying Pan American-Grace Airways (PANAGRA) pilots K. C. Hawkins and J. T. Kirkland, to Havana, Cuba, en route to Cristobal, Panama to deliver Pan Am’s last S-38 order, NC18V and NC19V.
Pan Am was the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation’s major S-38 client and it’s thirty-eight units eclipsed the company’s second-place user, the U.S. military, by sixteen aircraft. Starting with NC8000, delivered October, 31, 1928, the S-38 was Pan Am’s perfect aircraft for Caribbean, Central and South America, and China route planning, testing, and establishment. Pilots reported that the aircraft was reliable, easy to service, fit for remote and rugged conditions, could take a beating, carry high weight loads, and fly on one engine almost as well as two.
NC18V and NC19V were the last S-38s that Pan Am purchased new; by March 1933, the design was obsolete and Pan Am bet its near future on four newer Sikorsky designs, the S-40, S-41, S-42 & S-43.
As Igor Sikorsky left Miami that Sunday, two other crated S-38s (NC16V and NC17V) sat in a Savannah, Georgia warehouse awaiting their slow-boat-to-China, the S.S. Gertrude Maersk, for service with Pan Am’s newest airline, China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC).
•Capelotti, "P.J. Explorer’s Air Yacht: The Sikorsky S-38 Flying Boat" (Pictorial Histories, 1995).
•Davies, R.E.G. "Pan Am: An Airline and its Aircraft" (Orion Books, 1987).
•"Pan American Air Ways," Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1933, p. 14.
APRIL 14, 1933
"The Deluge of 1933"
Photomontage: (Top) Three S-40s over Miami, PAHF/Hyers Collection. (Bottom) Scanned postcard: "Habana:Vista Parcial Desde Un Avion," Printed by Curt Teich & Co., 1933. Author, Carlos Jordi, Havana (publisher), (Wikimedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Havana_-_air_view.jpg
For Cuba, in 1933, it was a time of increasing political turmoil. President Gerardo Machado’s autocratic grip was rapidly eroding, and the ground was shifting under long-established social order. Many Cubans who had done well under Machado began to consider options. And Miami was not far away.
From January-March 1932, Pan Am passenger demand had been up sixty percent; 22,551 persons had bought Pan American Airways tickets during that period. Of that large passenger group, 3,875 had queued at Pan Am’s Havana, Cuba ticket counter to fly to Miami, Florida.
The next year, the "Pan American Air Ways" April issue described the scene, in corporate-approved hyperbole, as the “Deluge of 1933” in which “travelers poured into … the Muelle Arsenal in Havana in torrents almost as great as the flood of Noah's time.” Ticketed passengers, “alone, or in groups of two, six, eight, ten and twenty,” boarded Pan Am aircraft in Havana bound for Miami. They included the “globe-trotter; the twittering sub-debutante; the cooing newlyweds; grandmother; junior; vacationist; tourist; diplomat; businessman; every rank and profession was represented … serious, laughing, garrulous, taciturn, sober, not quite sober.”
As passenger demand increased, flight schedules and aircraft assignments adjusted. Whereas 8-seat Sikorsky S-38 aircraft supplemented the route as needed in December 1932, four months later, 38-passenger Sikorsky S-40s made two-to-three daily trips to Miami, and two 22-seat Consolidated Commodores made the run weekly, supplemented as needed, by a Commodore held on standby.
One day during this passenger-push, three S-40s, one Commodore, and one S-38 flew the route. Still, this fleet’s 107 seats barely accommodated the 100 paying customers who wanted to fly to Miami. With passengers returning from Miami to Havana, this route accounted for 12 percent of Pan Am’s passenger volume, and with nine month remaining, the company was on track to surpass its published goal of 100% traffic increase over 1932’s numbers.
Source: "Pan American Air Ways," Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1933, p. 6.
APRIL 19, 1933
"…a truth universally acknowledged…"
Photomontage (top to bottom): (1) PAA Sikorsky S-40 (PAHF Collection). (2) Headers for "Pan American Air Ways" Division notes, April & October, 1933. (3) Ford Tri-motor at PAA's Brownsville base (PAHF Collection).
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a company man in possession of seniority, must be in want of bragging rights.” (apologies to Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice").
By spring 1933, Pan American Airway’s “old timers” – employees at Key West in October 1928 or Miami just after the 1929 relocation – itched to stand apart from employees with service time measured in months and four-digit ID numbers.
The resulting, albeit informal, Miami-based “Old-timers’ Club” included company veterans who shared experiences that hundreds joining Pan Am as it expanded throughout the Western Hemisphere did not. The “club” had no organization, no dues, no meetings and its initial roster contained twenty-three names: eight with five service years as of March 1933. By October that roster contained thirty-one names -- eight six-year and twenty-three five-year veterans -- and as it grew each month thereafter, the company’s growth rate was graphed corporeally.
Once publicized, the club created friction among non-Miami-based employees who thought their service was overlooked. "Pan American Air Ways," which had drawn attention to the club’s existence, issued a "mea culpa" in the October issue: “Chief Mechanic Garcia, of Rio de Janeiro was much interested in the Miami Old Timers club. As a five-year-man with the company, he feels that those on foreign service shouldn't be excluded---which, of course, they shouldn't.”
The October club update noted that the club roster reflected only “old timers” currently assigned to the Caribbean Division, adding “the Old Timers are so informally organized—according to what we hear—that anybody is a member just by virtue of length of service.”
•Pan American Air Ways, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1933, p. 23. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/40866/rec/1
•Pan American Air Ways, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1933, p. 13. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/41094/rec/2
•Pan American Air Ways, Vol. 4, No. 5, October 1933. p. 24. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/41166/rec/5
APRIL 26, 1933
"Gelhaus & Tivionen: Pioneer Aviators"
Miami and Rio de Janeiro employees Frank Gelhaus and Tivio Tivionen were among the world’s earliest heavier-than-air aviators. Having climbed aboard “one of those early box-kite models which provided the pilot with a bucket seat on the edge of the wing, with his feet hanging over into space.,” Tivionen and Gelhaus cinched their leather flight-helmet and goggle straps before climbing onto flying machines that military/commercial aviators, pilot wannabes, or potential passengers, etc., fifteen years later would see and state resoundingly, “Nope.”
With years of the Wright brothers’ Dec. 17, 1903 first flight, Frank Gelhaus, Pan Am’s Caribbean Division Airport Engineer, was flying, and by 1915 was a 500-hour “flying instructor at the Glenn L. Martin school in Los Angeles.” That experience put him in high demand during World War 1, “assembling, maintaining and testing the old Standard army training planes,” after which he flew six years as a U.S. Airmail service pilot before joining Pan Am, October 15, 1927.
In June 1933, "Pan American Air Ways" featured the Brazilian Division’s Barge Inspector, Tivio A. Tivionen’s, 1914 experience behind the wheel (yes, “wheel”) “of one of the first United States navy planes … when it took men of steel to fly the old wooden ships.”
Both men soloed years before Pan Am’s founding barnstormer/rum-runner/ex-Navy pilot cadre and two decades before its newer crop of college-graduate pilots. While neither man was flying mail, freight, or passengers in 1933, pilots plying the company’s seven-day, Miami to Rio de Janeiro route had access to significant aviation expertise at the route’s northern and southern ends when they needed it.
Sources and Photomontage:
• Gelhaus :”Pan American Air Ways," Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1933, p. 21. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/40864/rec/1
• Tivionen: "Pan American Air Ways," Vol. 4, No. 3, June 1933, p.26.
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The government, in order to fight the battle against Corona and tackle supply hurdles hampering Covid vaccination programmes in far-flung areas of the country has invited bids for delivery of medical supplies and vaccines using drones to various parts of the country.
The criteria demands that an entity must be eligible to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations in order to become eligible. Currently, no drone companies are eligible to do BVLOS operations.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA have recently short listed three firms- Throttle Aerospace, ANRA Technologies and Dhaksha Unmanned Systems to start trial for BVLOS operations from next week.
The tender has been called by (ICMR) and closes on 22 June. The tender document says “ICMR may support in getting DGCA approval only for this activity; however a prior approval from DGCA for BVLOS will be preferred”.
While Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) flights are dependent and operated within the pilot’s line of sight, BVLOS allows drones to fly beyond visual range, which brings the cost of operation lower and makes it feasible to deploy drones for commercial purposes like food or medicine delivery.
E-commerce major Flipkart has also partnered with Telangana government to develop and execute drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project. As part of the consortium, Walmart-owned Flipkart will deploy drones and enable deliveries of vaccines and medical supplies. | aerospace |
https://hmmagazine.com/air-force-band-max-impact-debuts-video/ | 2021-05-13T21:18:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243992514.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20210513204127-20210513234127-00304.warc.gz | 0.906727 | 403 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__206318004 | en | Air Force Special Tactics highlighted in new ‘Send Me’ rock video
— Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C. — Max Impact, the premier rock band of the United States Air Force, is thrilled to release a new video featuring their original song “Send Me.”
Produced with the assistance from Air Force Television, the video integrates footage of the amazing Airmen from Air Force Special Operations Command.
A collaboration between Senior Master Sgt. Matt Ascione and Master Sgt. Ryan Carson, “Send Me” began as a request from a leader in the Special Tactics community who saw one of the band’s high-energy performances. He wanted to highlight his men’s courage and selfless service, as well as inspire them to new heights. Drawing inspiration from the “Special Tactics” motto “First there … that others may live,” this exciting original composition tells the story of highly-trained Air Force professionals and highlights their commitment and sacrifices. Along with the other members of Max Impact, the featured vocalist on the song, Carson has deployed overseas on a number of occasions and has seen firsthand the dedication of our nation’s front line warrior Airmen.
“This song was written to honor, encourage and inspire our Special Tactics Airmen,” Carson said. “Whether a combat controller, pararescueman, tactical air control party or a special operations weather team member– these Airmen exemplify the warrior ethos and our core values of integrity, service before self and excellence in all we do.”
To view the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yKpjKgf4rA&list=UU0mZ2-4SZC8PBilbLTYp0LA&index=1&feature=plcp
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https://www.hotflashelectric.com/anywhere-electrical/ | 2024-02-29T08:11:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474795.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229071243-20240229101243-00462.warc.gz | 0.986945 | 61 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__168086237 | en | We are pleased to announce that Rory Friesen has completed his pilot training and now has his Private Pilot Licence! That means we can fly anywhere to get that job done! Lol!
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https://webofferbest.com/why-the-navy-would-really-like-60-drones-on-its-carriers/ | 2023-11-29T02:19:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100047.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129010302-20231129040302-00406.warc.gz | 0.945915 | 1,055 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__102930991 | en | In terms of equipping the plane carriers of the twenty first century, the US Navy desires a mixture of plane that’s at the least 60-percent uncrewed. This objective was “outlined by a number of officers throughout updates on the annual Tailhook Affiliation symposium in September,” stories Aviation Week, referring to the convention held by a fraternal order of Naval Aviators, the pilots who presently and beforehand carried out the type of job that the Navy intends to shift largely to robots.
The Navy has made no secret of its intentions to maneuver in the direction of extra uncrewed plane flying on and off of carriers. In March 2021, Vice Adm. James Kilby advised the Home Armed Providers committee that “we predict we may get upwards of 40 % of the plane in an air wing which can be unmanned after which transition past that.”
Shifting from 40 to 60 % is a considerable leap, although it’s of a bit with the overarching technique for a way the Navy intends to include and develop using uncrewed automobiles within the coming a long time. Within the 2022 Navigation Plan, the Navy’s longer-term procurement technique doc, the Navy stated that by the 2040s it’s planning to area “Plane for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, to incorporate helicopters and maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane, all augmented by unmanned aviation methods” with a capability objective of “roughly 900.”
For the Navy, a lot of its uncrewed aviation plans hinge on the continued success of the MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone. The Stingray’s mission is to take off from a provider deck, and journey with fighters just like the F/A-18 jets a part of the best way to their mission. Then, the Stingray is meant to prime off the gasoline tanks of the jets whereas they’re already airborne, extending the practical vary of these fighters. It is a mission at current carried out by specifically outfitted F/A-18s, however switching the refueling to a specialised uncrewed plane would liberate the crewed fighter for different missions.
In June 2021, a Stingray efficiently transferred gasoline from an exterior storage tank to a fighter in flight for the primary time, and testing of the plane continues, with the Navy anticipating the drones to enter service in 2026. Whereas not as flashy because the fight missions Navy drones could sometime fly, the tanker missions require mastering the flexibility to take off from and land on provider decks, in addition to the flexibility for an uncrewed automobile to coordinate with human pilots in shut contact whereas airborne. If the airframe and its autonomous methods can accomplish that, then adapting the shape to different missions, like scouting or assault, can come sooner or later.
Including uncrewed plane can probably improve the uncooked numbers of flying machines fielded, as autonomous methods aren’t restricted by the supply or capability of human pilots. The uncrewed plane may also be designed from the beginning with out a have to accommodate human pilots, letting designers construct airframes with out having to incorporate house for not simply cockpits however the pilot security methods, like ejection seats, oxygen, and redundant engines.
By saving the labor of piloting by shifting in the direction of autonomy, and saving house on an plane provider by way of denser uncrewed design, roboting wingmates may enable ships to place extra flying machines into the sky, without having to have the same enlargement in pilot numbers or provider decks.
The Navy’s intention has parallels throughout the Division of Protection. In September, DARPA introduced ANCILLARY, a program in search of a flexible drone that might fly from rugged environments and ship decks, with none want for added infrastructure. GAMBIT, a program by protection contractor Basic Atomics, is pitched to the Air Drive as a strategy to develop 4 completely different drone fashions from one single core design, permitting price financial savings and flexibility with shared elements.
Past these speculative applications, the Air Drive has labored to develop semi-autonomous drones that may obtain orders from and fly in formation with human-piloted planes. This Loyal Wingmate program is aimed toward increasing the variety of plane, and in flip sensors and weapons, that may be flown in formation, once more with out increasing the variety of pilots wanted. It additionally permits the Air Drive to develop a rotating forged of uncrewed plane round current crewed fighters, with hoped-for shorter manufacturing timelines and speedy deployment of latest capabilities as soon as they’re developed.
The Navy’s final imaginative and prescient, one prompt at 40 % uncrewed and necessitated at 60 %, is that the brand new robotic planes carry out properly sufficient to justifying their place in provider storage, whereas additionally being expendable sufficient that they’ll take the brunt of threat in any battle, sparing human pilots from publicity to enemy anti-aircraft weaponry. A shot-down pilot is a tragedy. A shot-down drone is simply misplaced gear and the following paperwork. | aerospace |
https://www.florence.co.za/portfolio-items/fly-inn/ | 2022-08-15T03:03:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00525.warc.gz | 0.964853 | 424 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__8375745 | en | To see Chrissiesmeer from the air is closely like flying over the Okavango, with 270 pans and lakes in a 15km radius, it is an undiscovered gem. Chrissiesmeer is of the beaten track. Fly Inn to Florence Guest Farm for a breakfast or a weekend, and park your plane next to your cottage. The only runway in Chrissiesmeer is at Florence
Guest Farm, 5 km outside town.
• It is a 1 km long grass strip upgraded in 2014.
• You need to confirm if you would like to fly in, because we have to inspect the runway for cattle and sheep.
• No fuel.
• Only 50 minutes flying from Gauteng.
Call Nico on 082 8022 146 to make arrangements.
S: 26′ 16.390 E: 30′ 15.883
Direction: 17 / 35 North/South
Every year for the past 22 years, Nico has played a role in fire fighting with his spotter aircraft, a Cessna 182 during winter months (June to October). Nico is a commercial pilot with more than 2 000 hours flying time in these particular planes. He has been passionate about flying since he was very young and started to fly micro-lights in 1984. In 1990 he obtained his commercial pilot’s licence and since then has been a spotter plane pilot at the Warburton fire-fighting base (about 28km from Florence). When he turned 50 in 2009, he took on a new challenge, and obtained his commercial helicopter license. He has done most of his flying on the UH-1 B-205 (Huyie) Helicopter, by now over 500 hours.In 2014, Nico resigned the fire fighting, to come and help with the very popular wedding Venue.
He bought a share in his own Bonanza Beechcraft, and since then he and
Ané are travelling far and wide, enjoying it tremendously.
Their son Wilhelm was so inspired and got his PPL in 2015. | aerospace |
https://www.un-spider.org/news-and-events/events/twelfth-post-graduate-diploma-course-space-and-atmospheric-science-sas-12 | 2021-09-19T22:27:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056902.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210919220343-20210920010343-00555.warc.gz | 0.921005 | 426 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__66702617 | en | Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and Pacific (CSSTEAP)
The Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP) was established in India in November 1995 with its headquarters in Dehradun at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) which is a unit of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Government of India.
The Centre has been imparting education and training, helping participants in developing research skills through its Master’s degree and Post Graduate courses. This is achieved through class-room (theory and hands-on exercises), group discussions, field campaigns and pilot projects in the field of space science and technology. These programs aim at capacity building for participating countries in designing and implementing space-based research and application programs.
The Twelfth P. G. Diploma Course in Space and Atmospheric Science (SAS-12) is one of the disciplines covered by the Post Graduate Programmes offered by CSSTEAP and conducted at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. Core Modules (Semester I and II) emphasize on the development and enrichment of the basic knowledge and skills of the participants in the field of Space and Atmosphereic Science. This is followed by pilot project, which provides an opportunity to fine-tune the skills for carrying out research in space science..
The course is designed towards the scientists, teachers, professionals and specialists of the Asia Pacific region, working in the government, autonomous or university systems and educational institutes in the field of space science and allied fields, who wish to improve their skills in the field of Space and Atmospheric Science and thereby improve their usefulness to their parent Institutes/Organizations. The prospective participants should possess a Master’s degree in Physics/Astronomy/AstroPhysics/Solar Physics/Meteorology or other equivalent qualification relevant to Space and Atmospheric Science, OR Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, (B.E./ B. Tech.) in Electronics and allied fields / Environmental Science/Engineering. Candidates having teaching or research experience would be preferred. | aerospace |
http://www.uralairlines.com/en/passengers-info/about/heads_of_airlines/ | 2017-04-28T21:56:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123097.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00207-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.936973 | 1,263 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__29250181 | en | General Director, Ural Airlines JSC
Born in 1950 in Sverdlovsk to a family of aviators.
Graduated cum laude from Buguruslan Flying School in 1970. Started his professional career in the Second Sverdlovsk United Air Squadron as co-pilot on Antonov-2.
Graduated from the Civil Aviation Academy (Leningrad) as an Engineer Pilot in 1978.
Since 1975, worked in Sverdlovsk Air Squadron and completed all phases of a pilot’s career on Antonov-24, Antonov-26, Ilyushin-18, Tupolev-154, Ilyushin-86.
In 1984, appointed to a managerial position as the Head of Flight Safety Ural Aviation Administration.
Since 1987, Sverdlovsk United Air Squadron Commander.
In 1993, took charge of Ural Airlines.
Honored Pilot of the Russian Federation, Honored Transport Worker of the Russian Federation, awarded a Badge of Excellence in Air Transport, an Order of Honour, and an Order of Friendship.
First Deputy General Director/Commercial Director
Graduated from the International Relations Department of the Ural State University of Economics in 1996.
1996 to 2000 – Ural Airlines representative in the UAE.
Since 2001, Commercial Director with Ural Airlines.
Candidate of Economic Science.
Director of Operations
Alexander Zinoviev was born in 1966 in Sverdlovsk. After graduation from Aktyubinsk Flight Training School in 1987 Alexander Zinoviev started his career as a first officer on Aircraft AN-24.
Since 1991 Alexander Zinoviev works in JSC “Ural Airlines”. During this periodhe has worked his way up to the PIC of Tu-154, Il-86 and training pilot.
In 2007 Alexander Zinoviev appointed as the director of Flight Operations Center.
In 2015 appointed as the Deputy Director General- Director of Operations in JSC “Ural Airlines”.
Awarded with Honorary Certificate of The Federal Air Transport Agency (also known as Rosaviatsiya).
Graduated from Sasovo Civil Aviation Flying School and later from Aktyubinsk one.
Started his professional career as co-pilot on Antonov-2 in the Second Sverdlovsk United Air Squadron. Completed career development phases as an Antonov-2 commander, an Antonov-2 aircraft flight commander, an Antonov-2 air squadron deputy commander, an inspector pilot of flight and navigation division of the Ural Civil Aviation Authority, a Tupolev-154 co-pilot, a Tupolev-154 pilot-in-command, a Tupolev-154 air squadron deputy commander, a Head of Flight Safety Uralairlines, a flight commander.
Since 2003, Flight Director with Ural Airlines.
Honored Pilot of the Russian Federation, awarded with the Badge of Excellence in Air Transport.
Aircraft Maintenance Centre Director
Born 28 December 1975; graduated from Troitsk Aviation School as a Mechanical Technician.
Since 1999, worked at N.D. Kuznetsov Scientific and Technical Group (Samara) as an aviation engine design engineer.
In 2000, graduated from the Academician S.P. Korolyov State Aerospace University (Samara) as an Aircraft and Engine Operation Engineer.
Since 2000, has been working for Ural Airlines. Started as a dispatcher in Operations and Dispatching Department, and worked his way up to Technical Director of Foreign Aircraft Maintenance Base.
2006 to 2009, trained by Airbus aircraft maintenance and repair programs. In particular, successfully completed engineering staff training courses by international programs Part-145, Part-66, EASA Part-66 / 147, etc.
Financial Director / Chief Accountant
Director of Economics
Grigory Somov was born in 1962 in Sverdlovsk. In 1984 he has graduated from Sverdlovsk Mining Institute,and in 1994 he has graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of National Economy.
From 2006 till 2011 was the director of METGAZ.
From 2011 till 2013 was the director of Gaznefteservice.
Since 2015 works in JSC “Ural Airlines” as the deputy general director – director of economics.
Director of Aviation Security Service
Nikolay Neobutov was born in 1969, in Ekaterinburg. He has graduated fromKharkiv Air Force University of Radio-Electronics.
From 1986 until 2011 Nikolay Neobutov did his military service. Now he is retired Lieutenant Colonel.
Since 2011 he has been working in JSC “Ural Airlines” as the head of Aviation Security Service.
Since July 2015 Nikolay Neobutov is appointed as theGeneral director deputy - director of Aviation Security Service.
Quality Management Director
Graduated from the Navigation Department of the Order of Lenin Civil Aviation Academy (OLAGA) in 1980 and started his flying career as an Ilyushin-18 navigator on Flight 318 of Sverdlovsk United Air Squadron.
Since 1985, worked for the Ural Civil Aviation Authority at the Computing Centre as the leading specialist of development and implementation of navigation calculations program “PKM Iskra-226”.
In 1986, re-established himself in flying operations as an Antonov-12 navigator.
Since 1991, held various positions at the Sverdlovsk Aviation Enterprise HQ, including that of the first Head of International Economic Relations.
1992 to 1994, SPAIR Airlines Deputy Operations Director / Representative in Sharjah, UAE.
1994 to 1997, Assistant to Head of Lufthansa Ekaterinburg Representative Office (including responsibilities of Flight Handling Shift Supervisor).
1998 to 1999, Executive Director, Chelyabinsk Airport.
Since 1999, has been working for Ural Airlines. First as Economics Advisor to General Director; later, Head of International Flight Arrangement and Sales; then, Deputy Commercial Director in charge of Corporate Affairs and Quality Management.
Since 2008 - Deputy General Director – Quality Management Director. | aerospace |
https://anal-dvd.com/chubby/lunar-observations-and-webcam.php | 2022-11-26T08:31:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446706285.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20221126080725-20221126110725-00563.warc.gz | 0.896527 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__14083123 | en | Erotic Lunar observation - Wikipedia Pics
The Moon is Observatiohs largest natural satellite of and the closest major astronomical object to Earth. The Moon may be observed by using a variety of optical instrumentsranging from the naked eye to large telescopes. Contrary to popular belief, the Moon should ideally not be viewed at its full phase.
Live Moon Webcam brought to you by Lunar Observations And Webcam Japanese SELENE lunar Orbiter spacecraft also known as Kaguya. This video stream allows you to see the contrast between the Observagions and dark areas of the lunar surface, full of impact craters, hills and depressions, as well as the Earth rising above the Observationx of the Moon. This was what Neil Armstrong saw when he stepped onto the Moon surface, in Estimated Reading Time: 1 min.
In the Lunar and Planetary Webcam User’s Guide Martin Mobberley de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam. He looks at each observing target separately, describing and explaining all specialised techniques in anal-dvd.com by: 1. | aerospace |
https://www.chooseclay.com/news-events/events/q2-23-luncheon-presentation/ | 2024-04-25T02:10:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296820065.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425000826-20240425030826-00635.warc.gz | 0.957516 | 244 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__57961609 | en | Q2 '23 Luncheon Presentation Thrasher-Horne Conference Center | 11:45A TO 1:15P 283 College Drive, Orange Park, FL 32065
We were honored to hear from Major General Chad “Sparky” Franks. Major General Franks retired from the Air Force after 31 years of dedicated service. He culminated his career as the Commander, 15th Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. General Franks was responsible for organizing, training and equipping 13 wings and three direct reporting units in Air Combat Command ensuring operational readiness of over 800 aircraft and 47,000 Airmen.
General Franks is a decorated command pilot with more than 3200 flying hours in the MH-60G, HH-60G, HC-130, and T-37 including combat hours flown in Europe and Southwest Asia. General Franks’ area of expertise includes operations, strategic development, risk management, team building, leading large organizations, and change management. He was awarded a Master’s in Strategy Studies from the U.S. Army War College as well as a Master’s in Military Operational Art and Science from the USAF Air Command and Staff College. | aerospace |
https://www.stratagemmarketinsights.com/news/amazons-broadband-satellite-program-project-kuiper-gets-launch-vehicles-from-ula-321 | 2023-12-04T02:58:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100523.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204020432-20231204050432-00630.warc.gz | 0.939429 | 429 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__297942656 | en | May, 2021 - By SMI
United Launch Alliance (ULA) to provide 9 launch vehicles for the initial launching of satellites.
Amazon announced on April 21, 2021 that its Project Kuiper bagged 9 Atlas V rockets from ULA to support the primary launching of satellites into the orbit. United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture for rockets between Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. The initiative aims to offer high speed satellite internet to the world at affordable rates.
These are one of the many vehicles that would be required to launch all the 3236 satellites that received approval from the US Federal Communication Commission, last year. Amazon believes Atlas V to be a largely reliable medium to launch the satellites which gives the perfect level of performance, dependability and capacity that is required to begin deployment on such a large scale. “ULA is a fantastic partner that’s successfully launched dozens of missions for commercial and government customers, and we’re grateful for their support of Kuiper", said Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
Last year, Amazon stated that it will invest above US$ 10 billion to create a constellation of satellites that provides low cost internet service, giving speeds up to 400 Mbps. There are reportedly over 500 people working on the Project Kuiper. Tory Bruno, ULA president and CEO said that Project Kuiper would be helpful in reducing the digital divide across the US and worldwide they cannot be any gladder to be supporting and working alongside Amazon in this initiative.
Kuiper's Atlas V rockets will be launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Dates have not been announced as of now. Amazon is hoping to speed up against the ongoing competition among established names in the satellite internet space such as Viasat, HughesNet, and SpaceX's Starlink.
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http://www.10mm-wargaming.com/2016/09/osprey-september-sale-25-off-ace-avg-com.html | 2017-03-29T07:23:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190234.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00409-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.935859 | 100 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__134639817 | en | Friday, 16 September 2016
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Our September Sale has landed, bringing you 25% off Aircraft of the Aces, Air Vanguard and Combat Aircraft. The offer includes books and eBooks, giving anyone interested in military aviation plenty of options when it comes to new reading this month.
As always, Gold and Silver members can use their membership discounts alongside the monthly promotion to get an even better deal!
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https://beta.eteknix.com/category/place/?amp | 2021-06-18T21:58:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487641593.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20210618200114-20210618230114-00028.warc.gz | 0.965638 | 459 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__77750932 | en | Drones, the enthusiast way to get your videos taken from a perspective only caught by hanging off a tall object or sending a camera into space on a weather balloon. It was only a matter of time before someone decided to toy with its much larger cousin, a commercial aircraft.
On Friday, a keen enthusiast looking for the perfect shot, took to the Dallas Love Field with their trusty quadcopter. Once in the air, it isn’t clear whether they were going for a scenery shot or a unique look at a landing aircraft; either way it was too close for comfort and some airspace laws.
As a Southwest flight began its descent, the pilot called into air traffic control to report the sighting of a quadcopter within “a few hundred feet”.
“It was close enough to Love Field that the air traffic controller was able to see it from the tower,” Lynn Lunsford, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman told a local newspaper.
“Our pilots on the flight deck of Flight 28 observed a traffic conflict as they approached Dallas Love Field,” stated Alyssa Eliasen, a Southwest spokeswoman. “The flight landed safely and our crew filed a report with appropriate agencies. The Safety of our customers and employees is our top priority and our pilots take this responsibility very seriously.”
“We’re concerned because these are easily purchased devices, and they have pretty amazing capabilities,” Mark Duebner, the city’s director of aviation, told the Dallas Morning News. “But I don’t think the average person understands the airspace limits around the airport because they wouldn’t have reason to know them… We need to do some campaigns to raise public awareness, though because we don’t need these anywhere near the airport.”
Local police forces on ground and air were deployed very quickly after the incident, but couldn’t recover the drone nor the operator. With the easy access to drones, should they be controlled in a similar way to which model RC craft can only operate in certain areas as not to cause conflict with flight paths? Let us know in the comments.
Thank you to ArsTechnica for providing us with this information. | aerospace |
https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strange-places/bluefire-main/bluefire/nellis-complex-facilities/tonopah-test-range/a-history-of-ttr/ | 2024-02-22T08:05:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473735.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222061937-20240222091937-00875.warc.gz | 0.967831 | 3,813 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__162049120 | en | This undated, unclassified document came from Sandia National Labs. It appears to be circa 1978. History of the Tonopah Test Range
One of the first requirements of the Los Alamos Z Division and its successor, Sandia Laboratory, was a range where ballistic tests could be made of bomb shapes and where the operation of fuzing and firing systems could be monitored. The first range, at which drops were conducted in late 1945, was located near the town of Los Lunas, New Mexico, 25 miles southwest of Sandia Base and at a ground altitude of 5000 feet. It soon became evident that a range located nearer sea level altitude was needed, and a test base was established in the summer of 1946 on the shores of Salton Sea, California. This area, then known as Sandy Beach, had been utilized by the Manhattan Project for ballistic and F&F testing of the first atomic weapons. A water impact area and later a land impact area were provided at this location.
The Salton Sea Test Base provided satisfactory range facilities for several years. However, by the mid-1950’s, the atmosphere in this locality became permeated with haze which limited visibility and hampered photography. In addition, the population of the neighboring Imperial Valley began to increase. The commercial airways over the area and the new public highways complicated bombing approaches, and the number of programs requiring ballistic and operational testing continued to multiply.
It became obvious that another location was needed, and a search was made for a site near Salton Sea. The Yuma sand dunes area to the southeast, the Anza-Borrego Desert to the west, and the Carrizo Desert to the southwest were examined. All these were too small in size, crisscrossed by commercial air lanes, and held by private owners; thus, they were eliminated as possibilities.
Meanwhile, it had become essential that tests be made of contact fuzes. These tests required a large level area, which was not available at the Salton Sea land target. A temporary test site was secured in late 1954 on the bed of Yucca Lake in Nevada, about 20 miles north of Camp Mercury in the AEC’s Nevada Test Site (NTS).
The Yucca Range was located in a natural bowl, surrounded by mountains. It was satisfactory for bombing from high altitudes, but the increasing emphasis on low-altitude approach and delivery required flat terrain and a long approach corridor. Additionally, range operations had to be coordinated with the increasing activity at the Nevada Test Site and , by the end of 1956, it became apparent that it would not be practical to maintain future operations at the Yucca Range. Therefore, the search continued for another location. Good weather and visibility were basic requirements, as well as enough area for the increasing use of rockets and for low-altitude, high-speed aircraft operations.
Sandia Corporation cooperated with the Air Force and the Navy to form a joint Ballistic Range Committee. This Committee made an exhaustive survey of potential range sites within the continental United States. Four area in New Mexico were examined: The Clovis Bombing Range, the Bell Ranch north of Tucumcari, the North Plains area near Grants, and the St. Augustine Plains sourthwest of Magdalena. All these had drawbacks and the Committee eventually selected a large and relatively unoccupied tract of land northwest of Winslow, Arizona, on the Navajo Indian Reservation. A lease was drawn up and presented to the tribe for approval. Opposition developed, principally on the part of some families who would have been moved from their homes. Negotiations dragged on, with the Navy losing interest and the Air Force withdrawing in 1957, A request was then made to secure the land for Sandia use only, but the proposal was formally rejected by the Navajos in the fall of 1958. The search for a range site was resumed.
Meanwhile, laydown weapons for use against enemy airfields were being developed, and it was necessary to test these weapons on airports runways. A search was made for a runway or apron that could be used as a target.
An immediately available location was the old Melfa Airfield, a Naval Air Ordnance Test Station located near Chincoteague, Virginia, about 100 miles southeast of Washington, DC; drops were made between April 1957 and October 1958. These tests involved serious compromises. The concrete runway was less than desired thickness; the only possible flight path was from north to south; the runway was narrow, preventing drops from being made during strong crosswinds; camera coverage was restricted, and security was a major problem, as the field could be used for emergency landings of civilian aircraft.
As another interim measure, laydown tests were conducted at the Dalhart (Texas) Air Force Base. This was 240 air miles east of Albuquerque, and had a concrete runway that could be used as a target although it was less than the desired thickness. A lease was signed for the period from August 11, 1958, through June 30, 1959, and was subsequently extended through June 30, 1960.
The search for a permanent range had continued. An area near Lordsburg, New Mexico, was examined and rejected due to radio interference from the White Sands Missile Range. Another location south of Las Vegas, New Mexico, proved unsatisfactory from the standpoint of terrain. The San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, the Estancia Valley in New Mexico, and the Amargosa Desert, southeast of the Nevada Test Site, were all turned down due to private land ownership, density of population, and terrain problems.
Another location was a site in the northwest corner of the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, the extensive Air Force property which included the Nevada Test Site as part of its southern sector. The site had been surveyed by the Naval Air Special Weapons Facility at Kirkland Air Force Base and recommended in a report dated February 27, 1956, which noted that any of a string of dry lake beds in the vicinity would be satisfactory for use in high-level bombing operations. This area eventually became the Tonopah Test Range.
As negotiations for the Navajo Range were still in progress, only right of entry and temporary use of the land were secured from the Air Force. The area boundaries started from a point on the northern edge of the Las Vegas Range (at approximately 37 57’N to 116 26’W), and ran 26 miles west, 24 miles south, 26 miles east, and 24 miles north to the point of beginning. The area encompassed 369,280 acres, about seven times the size of the Salton Sea Test Base. The Department of the Air Force issued a permit for Sandia’s use of the property from November 9, 1956, to November 8, 1961. Initial construction started in the fall of 1956, funded by an authorization covering range costs in mid-1957.
The first test on the Tonopah Range was held February 4, 1957, with a Mk 5 test vehicle dropped during the day and a Mk 15 shape, that night. This initial test series included drops by both fighter and bomber aircraft operation out of Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Extensive and exhaustive search had meanwhile been unsuccessful in turning up any better range areas, and the conclusion was reached that the Tonopah Range was the most proximal that could be found for Sandia’s work. Operating experience proved that the range was more than adequate for both high- and low-level flights, that air or ground traffic caused few interruptions, and that the weather was reasonably good throughout the year.
With the rejection of the Navajo site in the fall of 1958, it was decided to make the Tonopah Test Range into a permanent operational facility. An expansion and improvement program was drawn up and received AEC approval in early 1959, and the Air Force on April 9, 1959, extended the permit covering Sandia use of the area to March 31, 1969. This was further extended to March 31, 1979, on April 25, 1969.
The years 1960 to 1965, required a change in mission for the Tonopah Test Range. Originally conceived as a ballistic range for testing airborne weapons, it has become by virtue of Sandia Corporation’s test requirements a highly instrumented outdoor test laboratory. The first indication that the role of Tonopah Test Range was changing occurred in 1960 when a requirement was developed to provide rocket launch capability for overtesting parachute systems and shock resistant components. A later requirement resulted in the emplacement of a 155mm and 203mm (8-inch) gun area which is used extensively for AFAP testing.
The Tonopah Test Range became a primary test site for explosive studies, especially for the “Plowshare” program. While an explosive test area had been available in the Albuquerque area for a period of years, larger high-explosive charges and more extensive instrumentation required other areas for this type of testing. As a result, explosive studies made during recent years at Tonopah have included blast effects below ground, explosive case ruptures, shock-wave determination, cratering, and overpressure measurements.
To accommodate the continued increase in sophistication of test requirements, many changes have been made in the instrumentation facilities since the establishment of the Range. The Askania theodolites have been replaced by a network of nine Contraves cinetheodolites, with four of these in a mobile configuration for increased flexibility of coverage. Three precision instrumentation radars have been added to the Range data network, and MPS-25 in 1962, an MPS-36 in 1971, and a modified Nike-Hercules tracking system in 1976, and provide the raw data for a extensive test vehicle control and instrumentation system. A computing complex has been established to complement the radar network by providing parallax corrected test vehicle acquisition vectors to all instrumentation stations as well as controlling camera focus and identifying test unit location on plotting boards during a operation. This complex includes two DDP-124 computer, operating in real-time, one for target vector generation and plotting control and the other providing analysis of telemetry data. Following an operation, this system operates in a batch mode for radar data tape reformatting and detailed test data analysis.
The ground-based telemetry support systems have been expanded to accept both “S” (2200-2300 MHz) and “L” (1430-1540 MHz) band RF links in addition to retaining several special “P” band (220-26- MHz) frequency allocations. Autotracking and radar-directed telemetry antennas have been installed for all three RF bands and are supplemented with the use of fixed array through spatial diversity combining systems. A full complement of IRIG compatible demodulation systems has been acquired to provide quick-look analysis from telemetry links with PCM, PAM, or FM/FM base bands.
An extensive communications network has been established at TTR to supply timing and control signals to the widely placed instrumentation stations as well as provide the necessary voice and data link to coordinate and assure safe test operations. This system consists of twenty-five (25) RF links, fifteen (15) microwave links and ten (10) hard-line voice links. Timing and control signals are supplied via the RF links and through the use of over 5000 pair-miles of buried cable.
The rocket launcher complex has grown from an original one assembly building and one launcher to a complex including two instrumentation bunkers, a high-explosive assembly building, a telemetry and checkout station, a rocket assembly building, and five remote-positioned rocket launchers. The launchers are capable of handling all rockets ranging from the Loki-Dart combination to the Honest John rocket. Launcher settings are determined by a computer program which corrects for winds, earth’s rotation and rocket ballistics.
An instrumented gun bunker complete with timing, firing, recording and telemetry station was completed in 1971. At the same time two permanent gun mounts were installed to accommodate the 155mm and 8-inch guns. These mounts allow remote positioning of the fixed azimuth guns to a 90 degree elevation. In 1972 a gun support facility for temperature conditioning of both projectiles and powder, shell assembly, and powder handling was completed.
A rocket motor test facility was built in 1973 for testing motors up to 400,000-lb thrust.
An impact test facility employing a rocket sled track was built in 1975 to support a test program to evaluate power reactor vulnerability to tornado-driven debris. This facility is being enlarged to assess the vulnerability to turbine debris in the event of turbine breakup.
Many test programs have had the requirement for very high frequency recording equipment, both optical and electronic, and improvements in the range facilities reflect this need.
Efforts are continuing to update the facilities at the Tonopah Test Range both to satisfy the requirements for improving data and in order to provide better operating and maintenance facilities for the instrumentation and personnel. Buildings have been added including photo-optics laboratory with clean room and modern film processing facilities, warehousing, etc. A new master range timing system has been installed. The road complex has been expanded and improved in many areas by hard surfacing.
Lights were added to the runway in 1969 and in 1970 the runway was extended to 6600 feet, plus a 1500-foot overrun. In 1971 a Vorloc localizer and nondirectional radio beacon were added for instrument approach. The runway was completely repaved in 1976 with a strengthened all-weather surface.
In 1969 most of the Sandia employees at TTR moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and began daily commuting to the Range by F-27 aircraft.
A power distribution system was installed at the Range in 1971 providing commercial electrical power to all major facilities. Remote stations and mobile instrumentation continued to utilize diesel generators.
Current efforts towards updating the Range include improving the accuracy of the radars through multiple data compilation and reduction, improving meteorological data-gathering systems, and investigation doppler measurement systems for direct velocity information.
Present Operational Status
Actual practice over the years and observation of other test facilities strongly indicate that the most effective results are obtained from range management by a single organization responsible for both technical and administrative control. All the functions of test operations, financial cognizance, personnel staffing, logistics instrumentation, communications, etc., are integrated and facilitated. Response to R&D program requirements are generally rapid and flexible with minimum discussion of relative priorities. From a project point of view, the options available for rescheduling because of weather or equipment delays are invaluable in maintaining required development program timescales.
Inherent advantages of this approach are more efficient use of manpower, lower over-all costs with direct cost control, and few misunderstandings of objectives. The individual range staffer is afforded great latitude of initiative and action with full recognition of his contribution to the technical effort.
Historically, the test workload at TTR has involved 200-4– operations per year. During FY-76, there were 201 tests of which 140 were R&D or P&S. In FY-76-T, 113 test operations were conducted. Experience has shown that predictions of future workload are generally underestimated. Invariably, previously unscheduled tests have been laid on.
It has also been quite evident in recent years that data precision requirements have increased substantially. This is probably due to more stringent military characteristics and certainly reflects the impact of greatly increased cost of sophisticated weapons test assemblies. Over a wide spectrum of test activities, TTR has consistently acquired 95-97% valid data including radar, telemetry and photo-optical information.
It is interesting to note that on occasion various DoD agencies approach TTR to perform certain tests because of a established reputation for technical capability, data reliability, rapid response and reasonable reimbursable costs not completely attainable at DoD ranges. Several of the complex “conventional” bomb-type weapons used during the closing months of the Southeast Asia conflict utilized TTR for the testing phase of development.
In order to maintain viability and to address the problem of aging instrumentation, a $7.5M proposal has been approved by
ERDA Headquarters for acquisition of more modern range facilities during the FY 78-79 time period. This program includes a new control and central data handling complex, replacement of 20-year-old cinetheodolites with new digital output models and addition of needed support facilities.
Periodically, the question arised regarding alternatives to performing the variety of development tests usually conducted at TTR and acquiring reliable data for engineering or scientific evaluation. A number of studies have been made with documentation dating back to 1968.
One alternative would be to locate a new site for a ERDA range and move existing equipment for our present TTR facility. Based on the history as presented here with regard to establishing our present range, it is estimated that a least a four-year period would be required to complete this move.
In considering a movement and re-establishment, it is evident that there are no properly-sized areas in the united States which provide an environment comparable to TTR. The salient factors are those of prevailing good weather and atmospheric clarity, terrain features conducive to ordnance testing, clear air traffic space, absence of man-made structures and low surrounding population density. Further, TTR is geographically located within reasonable flight distances from Nellis, Edward’s and China Lake from which bomb drops can be launched.
White Sands is the only range having the capability for carrying out all the types of tests now conducted at TTR. At this range, we would be required to work through a contractor located at the range, not directly with the facility. We would be required to schedule tests a considerable time in advance. Aborts of the aircraft of test units would cause considerable problems with rescheduling. At TTR we can schedule tests as late as the day before and aborts can be handled the next day or whenever the aircraft or units are ready. These observations are based on actual experiences and participation in test programs all over the world and not on a narrow subjective view.
The Tonopah Test Range is uniquely equipped and dedicated to support DMA weapon systems development. As an entity it is irreplaceable.
While it can be argued that ERDA testing can be accomplished at DoD ranges, it is expected both costs and timescales would be significantly increased. The effort would suffer from discontinuities in dealings with a variety of DoD agencies and their contractors.
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https://read.cash/@Siddig5/mars-helicopter-07aefd9b | 2023-10-01T18:04:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510924.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001173415-20231001203415-00098.warc.gz | 0.960656 | 556 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__6850461 | en | NASA´s rover lands on Mars on February 18, 2021. A rover is a special car. It travels on the moon or Mars. The rover does not travel alone to Mars. It carries a small helicopter, too.
Landing on Mars is not easy. The helicopter is on the rover´s bottom part. A special metal thing keeps it safe during the landing.
Mars has different gravity and atmosphere than Earth. The helicopter must be small and light. The rover and the helicopter need special heating, too. It can be up to minus 90 degrees on Mars at night. Some electrical parts can freeze or break.
The rover is taking the helicopter to a special place. The helicopter will fly from there. The first flight will be 31 days long. It will be the first flight on another planet.
NASA´s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. It carried a helicopter that was at the bottom of the rover. A special metal cover kept the helicopter safe during the landing.
Currently, the rover is on its way to a place where the helicopter will try to fly for the first time. Nothing that people ever made has flown on another planet before.
It was not easy to make an aircraft that could fly on Mars. Mars has different gravity and atmosphere, too. It means that the helicopter must be very small and light. Also, it gets very cold on Mars at night, and both the rover and the helicopter must have special heating. It protects electrical parts from freezing and breaking.
On April 8, the helicopter will make the first attempt to fly. If it is successful, it can change the way that people explore Mars.
On April 8, 2021, NASA is targeting for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
Ingenuity remains attached to the belly of NASA´s Perseverance rover that touched down on Mars on February 18. On March 21, the rover deployed a shield that protected Ingenuity during landing. Currently, the rover is in transit to the place where Ingenuity will attempt to fly.
However, flying in a controlled manner on Mars is far more difficult than flying on Earth because Mars has about one-third of Earth´s gravity, and its atmosphere is 1% as dense as Earth´s at the surface. During Martian daytime, the planet receives only about half the amount of solar energy that reaches Earth during its daytime, and nighttime temperatures can drop as low as minus 90 degrees Celsius, which can freeze and crack unprotected electrical components.
If successful, Ingenuity could expand the horizons and broaden the scope of what is possible with Mars exploration. | aerospace |
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- IATA code: AC
- Number of serviced cities: 96 destinations (without code-shares)
- Main hub: Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
- Alliance: Star Alliance
- Fleet: 202 aircraft
- Loyalty rewards program: Aeroplan
History of Air Canada
Air Canada was first founded as Trans-Canada Airlines as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway by the federal government. This happened in April of 1936. The government envisioned an airline that would service the country and bring the Pacific and Atlantic coasts closer together. The first passenger flight took place on the first of September in 1937 from Vancouver to Seattle. It cost a mere $14.20 for a round-trip ticket. The first domestic flight was between Vancouver and Montréal in 1939. The airline headquarters moved from Winnipeg to Montréal in 1942. In 1953 Air Canada was the first airline in the world to have a computerized reservation system, something that revolutionized passenger air travel. The name was officially changed in 1965 from Trans-Canada Airlines to Air Canada. In the 1970s the airline was completely controlled by the government, including their destinations, travelled routes, and air fares. This changed in the 1980s when Air Canada finally privatized as did the Canadian National Railway.
In 1987 the airline made a fleet-wide decision to ban smoking on all of their flights; it was the first airline to do this. In the 1990s a new routes opened up to Osaka, Japan as well as an open sky agreement between Canada and the USA, allowing Air Canada to add 30 new routes to their network that crossed the border. In 2001 Air Canada merged with Canadian Airlines which led to confusion, flight delays and a lot of loss baggage due to disorganization and debt. In 2003 Air Canada filed for bankruptcy protection but regained profitability in 2004. Celine Dion helped boost the airlines profile on an international level by becoming the face of the airline as her song “You and I” was featured in a number of Air Canada television commercials.
Travel with Air Canada: practical information
- Meals: For flights 90 minutes or more within Canada and the USA, there is a café-style menu available for purchase. On international flights a complimentary meal is served along with a snack and refreshments. Special meals are available with 24 hours notice.
- Entertainment: In-flight entertainment includes a personal entertainment system with hundreds of movies, music stations, travel guides, television shows and more. There is also an in-flight magazine. For kids, a colouring package with a toy is provided.
- Cabin: 1 piece of carry-on luggage is permitted. It can weigh up to 10 kg and have the maximum dimensions of 23 x 40 x 55 cm. A personal item on top of this may be brought, including a blanket, coat, purse, etc.
- Checked: For travel within Canada 2 bags are permitted each weighing up to 23 kg. For travel between Canada and Europe 1 bag is permitted with a maximum weight of 23 kg. To check a 2nd bag it costs $50. For all other flights 2 bags are permitted, each weighing up to 23 kg.
- Excess: Overweight and oversized luggage is subject to a charge of $75 within Canada and $100 on flights outside of Canada.
Discounts and Special Offers
Infants can travel for free on flights within Canada if they travel on the lap of their accompanying parent. On international flights the fare is 10% of the adult fare. If infants take up their own seat, the child fare is applied. For other Air Canada offers, check liligo.com frequently. | aerospace |
https://jmn.info/in-rostov-on-don-crashed-airliner-all-passengers-died/ | 2024-03-01T03:52:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474948.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301030138-20240301060138-00711.warc.gz | 0.95146 | 222 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__94592690 | en | At the airport of Rostov-on-don crashed passenger plane Boeing-737 in landing approach. About it reports “Interfax” citing a source in air traffic control services.
“The aircraft, according to preliminary data, crashed at repeated landing approach. On Board could be more than 100 passengers. After the crash there was a strong fire. Information there are no survivors,” — said the source Agency.
Later in the southern regional center of EMERCOM of Russia reported that on Board the plane, apparently, was 55.
The cause of the crash could be adverse weather conditions. “Due to difficult weather conditions — low visibility — the plane was unable to land the first time and went on the second circle, and then crashed when re-landing in the zone of the airfield,” said one of the sources of the Agency.
Passenger Boeing-737 followed the route Dubai — Rostov-on-don. Liner owned by Fly Dubai.
In connection with the plane crash Rostov airport closed until 06:00 GMT. | aerospace |
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