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As reported by Wired.com, on July 22, 2016, Facebook chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, in the company of friends, family and colleagues, watched the first successful flight of his amazing giant flying wing – the Aquila (“eagle” in Latin). This enormous machine, with a wingspan exceeding that of a Boeing 737 jetliner, will eventually broadcast the internet to tens of millions of people.
Aquila’s test flight lasted 96 minutes. The craft is constructed from carbon fiber. This project is both a technical masterwork and an enormous humanitarian initiative that will improve the lives of innumerable people in countries such as India and Nigeria. Aquila will fly circular patterns at an altitude of approximately 60,000 feet, which is above the most violent weather. It will nonetheless need to deal with extremely cold temperatures and occasional gusts. | aerospace |
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16 June 2016
A leading technology centre will host a conference to launch a new funded space programme.
Glyndwr Innovations at the OpTIC Technology Centre is aiming to attract businesses from the sector to the St Asaph facility after landing a £50,000 grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA).
The event, which includes networking and speakers, takes place at the complex – part of Wrexham Glyndwr University - on Wednesday 6 July from 9.30am-3pm.
Representatives from UK Space Agency, Welsh Government, Kent Periscopes, Innovate UK, the Centre for Solar Energy Research (CSER), Aerospace Wales Forum, Northern Space Consortium and Denbighshire County Council will be in attendance.
OpTIC director Caroline Gray says companies joining the incubation centre will benefit from a funded package of technical and business support/seminars, rent incentives, high-tech facilities and collaborative partnerships.
She added: “We are delighted to be hosting this conference and to be welcoming so many big names from the sector in Wales and beyond.
“We want to spread the word about the excellent facilities here at OpTIC and what we can bring to the arenas of space and technology, a history of supporting hi-tech companies and hundreds of high quality science-based workers as they grow and develop into world leaders.
“We nurture them, they learn from each other and collaborate – the OpTIC Centre has been a real success story that North Wales can be proud of.”
The UKSA proposal highlighted the need to grow space industries in UK regions by providing a supportive commercial environment to assist entrepreneurs to grow and develop small companies.
Reflecting on the university’s vision to reinforce and grow the industry in Wales, Caroline said: “The vision is to ensure a high-quality, consistent supply chain for the sector. Glyndŵr Innovations will maximise and expand current links to form a North Wales base of knowledge transfer, technological expertise and a programme of business and technical support in an environment which allows small companies to concentrate on growth and development without the constant pressure of everyday business concerns.
“It will, through its networks such as the North West Innovation Network, collaborate closely with similarly focused incubation units throughout the UK to share best practice and ensure small companies benefit through a national network of relevant events taking place in their sector.”
“We are thrilled to have received this backing, which comes as we refocus the centre and build on our already strong reputation in the fields of high technology, optics and scientific research.”
Colin Baldwin, UK Space Gateway Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency, added: “North Wales has the potential to make a significant contribution to our thriving space sector. There are opportunities for a range of companies developing innovative products that can match the needs of the space industry.
“The incubator at Glyndwr Innovations will build upon the growing interests in space and the role it can play to support other sectors within their local areas, both in technology developments and space-derived services.”
Among the topics discussed on the day will be R&D in Wales, The Wales Space Strategy, nurturing growth on St Asaph Business Park, and optical systems for aerial imaging.
The invite is open to innovators, entrepreneurs, start-ups, graduates and SMEs developing a product/technology or high-tech applications for the sector.
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Space tourism comes closer to liftoff
USA Today, April 27, 2011
The notion of an ordinary person taking a trip beyond Earth's atmosphere is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Several already have gone, and hundreds more have paid for trips soon.
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After the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the Russian space agency was strapped for hard cash to pay its bills. To raise funds, it decided to send individual persons with only limited training to space in return for millions of dollars. The hotel in space where tourists would stay for a few days would be the International Space Station (ISS) 250 miles above Earth.
As the main contributor to the 16-nation consortium building the ISS, the United States objected at first to tourist flights to the multi-billion dollar outpost. The U.S. argued that persons flying without much training and lacking multilingual language skills would endanger the flight and the space station. Russia, which controls the Soyuz transport capsule flights, countered that tourists would train for months with real cosmonauts and would be prepared for spaceflight.
Eventually, the United States gave up its argument and tourist flights began in 2001. NASA does require the tourists to sign a legal document pledging that they and their heirs will not sue the space agency if anything goes wrong. The tourists also must agree to pay for anything they break.
After shuttle Columbia was destroyed while returning from orbit on February 1, 2003, the Russian government postponed plans to send more tourists into space while NASA investigated the disaster.
The Russians have said they are holding seats for Space Adventures customers on four Soyuz flights to the ISS through 2007. Meanwhile, in July 2005 the U.S. space shuttle fleet resumed flights when Discovery flew to the station. However, further shuttle flights have been delayed by problems that cropped up during the 2005 flight.
- Russian Soyuz transports and Progress freighters have ferried crews and cargo to the space station since the Columbia disaster.
- In 2003, Russian officials said they would send two space tourists to the International Space Station in 2004-2005. The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos hired Space Adventures Ltd. of Arlington, Virginia, to locate persons willing and able to pay $20 million each for ten-day flights.
- In 2004, the Russians announced that New Jersey businessman Gregory Olsen would become the third space tourist in April 2005. However, Russian physicians later postponed Olsen's trip to the ISS due to health concerns. Olsen eventually was approved in July 2005 and launched aboard a Soyuz transport craft in October 2005 to become the third private person to pay for a ride to the International Space Station.
California millionaire investment fund manager and onetime NASA rocket scientist Dennis Tito, 60, was the first private space tourist selected by Russian space officials for a visit to the ISS. He paid $20 million for a ride up to Earth orbit aboard a Soyuz craft for a 10-day round trip excursion. Tito trained at the cosmonaut center near Moscow and then was blasted off in April 2001 from a launchpad Russia maintains at its Baikonur Cosmodrome in the independent Asian nation of Kazakhstan.
South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth, 28, was the second private tourist selected by Russian space officials for an excursion to the ISS. Shuttleworth had made his fortune by starting an Internet security firm in his parents' garage and selling it four years later for more than $500 million. He was blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule in April 2002 to become the first African in space. Shuttleworth reportedly paid some $20 million for his eight-day stay aboard the space station. He bought his spacesuit after the flight and wanted to buy the Soyuz capsule. Shuttleworth considered his flight a working vacation, devoting time to AIDs and stem cell research. During a ham radio contact with followers on the ground, he chatted with former South African president Nelson Mandela and turned down a 14-year-old South African girl who asked if he would marry her.
New Jersey businessman and scientist Gregory Olsen, 60, was the third space tourist. He paid $20 million for a Soyuz ride on the 10-day excursion. Olsen was selected by Russian space officials in 2004 and began practicing the Russian language, running, lifting weights, swimming, learning about the Soyuz and ISS equipment, and training for emergency safety at Russia's Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow. Unfortunately, Russian physicians later postponed Olsen's trip to the ISS due to health concerns related to the high G-forces in spaceflight. Olsen eventually was approved in July 2005 and was launched October 1, 2005, from Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Kazakhstan steppe aboard the Soyuz TMA-7 transport craft to become the third private person to pay for a ride to the International Space Station. With Olsen aboard TMA-7 were the ISS Expedition 12 crew, cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and astronaut William McArthur. On his return to Earth, Olsen will be accompanied by the ISS Expedition 11 crew, Russian Sergei Krikalev and American John Phillips. They will travel down to Earth on October 11 in the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft which had been attached to the space station as a crew rescue vehicle since April 17, 2005. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Olsen is CEO of Sensors Unlimited, Inc., an infrared-camera manufacturer at Princeton, New Jersey. Olsen has degrees in physics and materials science. Aboard the space station, he will grow crystals experimentally for use in infrared cameras. Crystals with more uniform composition can be grown where there is extremely little gravity. Olsen also will be looking down to see his hometown of Princeton from space. Space Adventures Ltd. of Arlington, Virginia, had booked the flight. Olsen has said he prefers to be tagged a space flight participant rather than a space tourist.
Next? Who will be the fourth private space tourist selected by Russian space officials for a visit to the International Space Station?
An unnamed prominent Japanese tourist will fly to the space station sometime in the next several years following an agreement in 2004 between Space Adventures, Ltd. and the Japanese advertising agency Dentsu. Dentsu is not only the largest advertising conglomerate in Japan, controlling over 30 percent of the total market by revenue and an estimated 40-50 percent of commercial airtime on Japanese television, but also one of the largest advertising conglomerates in the world. It operates in 27 countries. The Japanese space tourist will pay $20 million for a ticket to ride in a Soyuz seat. He or she will train for flight at Russia's cosmonaut centre at Star City outside Moscow. Of course, the project will have to be approved by NASA, the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos, and other ISS partners, including Europe, Japan and Canada.
Once upon a time, it looked like three would be a lucky number for teen idol Lance Bass, 23, a singer with the U.S. boy band 'NSYNC. He wanted to be three things -- the third private space tourist, the first pop star in space, and the youngest person ever to fly in orbit. The wanna-be space tourist reportedly had yearned for a trip to orbit since attending space camp as a child. He hoped to be able to pay $20 million for a ticket to ride in a Soyuz seat back in October 2002. In fact, he was selected by the Russians to make the trip. In May 2002, Bass had passed a physical exam by flight doctors at Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems at Moscow. He passed a test in a pressurized chamber and a centrifuge to determine how his body might respond during spacecraft blastoff. News media reported Bass had undergone a minor heart operation two weeks earlier to correct an irregular heartbeat. In June 2002, the pop star apparently started on the months of necessary flight training at Russia's cosmonaut centre at Star City outside Moscow. However, in August 2002, the Russians said he had not come up with the $20 million and would not be in the seat on the eight-day ISS re-supply mission in October 2002. The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos said there is a substantial preparation process for people flying to space so, after the sudden drop out of Lance Bass, no tourist would be aboard that October flight. Instead, the tourist seat was filled with cargo. The singer's space flight was to have been supported by Los Angeles television company Destiny Productions, which would have filmed his training and voyage for a TV special. Bass was born May 4, 1979, in Mississippi. Previously, the youngest person ever to go into space was the late Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov who flew at age 26 in the USSR's Vostok 2 capsule back in 1961.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford, 36, also was reported to want to be a space tourist. She told reporters in Moscow in June 2002 that she was considering the $20 million trip to space in a Soyuz capsule with Russian cosmonauts. Her personal wealth was said to be more than $30 million. Valery Korzun, commander of the International Space Station at the time, joked that his preference would be Cindy Crawford over Lance Bass. No comments were reported from Korzun's ISS crewmates at the time, Sergei Treshchyov and Peggy Whitson.
Former NASA associate administrator for policy planning Lori B. Garver also wanted to be a space tourist. She, too, was examined by flight doctors at Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems at Moscow in May 2002. Like Lance Bass, Garver was tested in a pressurized chamber and a centrifuge to determine how her body might respond during the Soyuz liftoff. Garver, who was said to be neither wealthy nor famous, was vice president for corporate space program development at DFI International, a defense and space consulting firm in Washington, D.C. The would-be cosmonaut wanted to demonstrate that ordinary people could go to space. The $20 million for her flight was to have been paid by foundation gifts and corporate sponsorships. Back in the 1980s, Garver worked in the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), who is remembered as the first American to orbit the Earth. After his presidential campaign was unsuccessful, Garver worked for the National Space Society. Then NASA employed her in 1996 as associate administrator handling policy and planning for NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin. Garver was founder and president of Capital Space, a Virginia consulting firm. She also was president of the American Astronautical Society.
Wealthy Polish businessman Leszek Czarnecki, 41, reportedly also would have liked to have flown as a tourist to the International Space Station. A diver and licensed airplane pilot, Czarnecki was a founder of European Leasing Fund, Poland's largest leasing company. He was said to have sold his shares of the company to a French bank for about $231 million. If he were to fly aboard a Soyuz capsule, Czarnecki would have been expected to pay $20 million to the Russians for the excursion, just as earlier tourists had. Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos said the flight of the Polish tourist would have no scientific aspects. The agency said that Czarnecki "simply wants to fly."
Soyuz capsules. The Russian Soyuz capsules are three-seat craft. A Soyuz taxi flight to the station takes two days and the stay aboard the station usually is eight days. A Soyuz capsule always is kept on hand in an ISS dock for use as an escape capsule should the residents of the station need to return to Earth in an emergency. Russia supplys a fresh Soyuz human transport capsule to ISS every six months. After their time aboard ISS, cosmonauts use the older Soyuz docked at the station to return to Earth.
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The Russian space agency has one tourist seat in each of the three-person Soyuz spacecraft. The other two seats are occupied by a Russian flight commander and a flight engineer. An additional Russian cosmonaut would travel aboard any flight for which no tourist were to be accepted by the state commission in charge of the trip.
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A new small two-ton rocket is being designed by the Moscow Aviation Institute to ferry wanna-be space tourists in Soyuz capsules to outer space where they would be able to experience zero gravity before venturing farther out into space. The new booster would be dropped from the bottom of a MiG 31-S fighter jet. It then would ignite and blast itself 80 miles into space. Three riders would travel in a capsule atop the rocket, which would run out of power around 80 miles high and fall back into the atmosphere. The paying passengers would experience weightlessness for about three minutes and could look out a window and take snapshots of Earth. For a high-value souvenir, they could make photos of each other with Earth in the background. Landing down on Earth would be softened by a wing-like parachute that would deploy several thousand feet above our planet's surface.
Space usually is described as being above 60 miles altitude, so the riders on this new rocket would be in space at 80 miles altitude. However, they would be lower than the space station which orbits our planet at just above 200 miles altitude. Of course, the new rocket also could be used for science missions such as low-gravity experiments conditions or monitoring the environment.
Who would want to fly? Futron Corporation is a Maryland aerospace consulting group with a $1.8 million contract from NASA for research into commercial space travel and tourism. Futron commissioned the public opinion pollster Zogby International to find out if wealthy Americans want to go to space.
In January 2002, Zogby telephoned 450 rich Americans with annual incomes above $250,000 or whose net worth was more than $1 million.
Seven percent said they would pay $20 million for a two-week orbital flight and 19 percent said they would pay $100,000 for a 15-minute sub-orbital flight to an altitude of 50 miles.
If the price of a two-week flight dropped to $5 million, 16 percent would be interested. The poll margin of error was plus or minus 4.7 percent.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Flanked by senior members 2d Lt. Jack Duich (far left) and Capt. Ann Marie Kozloski (far right), cadets prepare to take their completed rockets to the launch site. (Photo Credit: Cadet Brynne-lei Radcliffe, CAP)
Sarasota, Fla.--On 25 February 2017, the SRQ Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) hosted a model rocketry day to help cadets work toward, and in some cases complete, their rocketry badges, a part of the Aerospace Education program.
At the end of the day, Cadet Melissa Nepomuseno-grez said, "I learned how to officially launch a rocket and how to prepare the engine." She added that she took away some important safety lessons.
The day began with model rocket construction at the Lee Wetherington Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County. Model-rocketry skill sets ranged from Phase 1, fizzy rockets, to more advanced multi-stage rockets. Once complete, the cadets added their own artistic flares and personal touches with spray paint, from jet black and dazzling blues, all the way to bright neon orange.
Following lunch, the cadets headed to Sarasota Military Academy Prep in Sarasota with their rockets for launching. C/1st Lt. Austin Vore's rocket traveled out of sight, crossing a field and lake. The nose section of C/A1C Caeden Moore's rocket found its way into a nearby lake. After several tries, Cadet Nepomuseno-grez made the recovery from the lake. In spite of a strong wind, cadets recovered all of their rockets.
After several launches and lots of wadding paper (a key ingredient in making for a successful rocket recovery), the cadets called it a day and headed back to the Boys and Girls Club.
CAPís cadet program introduces young people, from ages 12 through 21, to aviation. Cadets progress at their own pace through a 16-step program including aerospace education, leadership training, physical fitness and moral leadership. Cadets compete for academic scholarships to further their studies in fields such as engineering, science, aircraft mechanics, aerospace medicine, meteorology, and many others. Those cadets who earn cadet officer status may enter the Air Force as an E3 (airman first class) rather than an E1 (airman basic).
Based at the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, the SRQ Composite Squadron is one of more than 1,700 Civil Air Patrol squadrons across the nation. The SRQ Composite Squadron includes 96 members: 60 senior members and 36 cadets. Members put general aviation to its best use, dedicated to saving lives, flying counter-drug missions, participating in homeland security efforts, providing disaster relief, advancing young people, and supporting Americaís educators. For information about the SRQ Composite Squadron of CAP, visit http://fl044.flwg.us.
Cadet Melissa Nepomuseno-gre developes her rocket-building skills. (Photo Credit: Cadet Brynne-lei Radcliffe, CAP)
"And we have lift-off!" C/SSgt. David Colon's rocket blasts off. (Photo Credit: Cadet Brynne-lei Radcliffe, CAP)
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
The Flying Fortress is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. The B-17 prototype first flew on July 28, 1935. Although few B-17s were in service on Dec. 7, 1941, production quickly accelerated after the U.S. entry into World War II. The aircraft served in every combat zone, but it is best known for the daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets. Production ended in May 1945 and totaled 12,726. In March 1944 this B-17G was assigned to the 91st Bomb Group -- "The Ragged Irregulars" -- and based at Bassingbourn, England. There its crew named it Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, after a popular song. It flew 24 combat missions in WWII, receiving flak damage seven times. Its first mission (Frankfurt, Germany) was on March 24, 1944, and last mission (Posen, Poland) on May 29, 1944, when engine problems forced a landing in neutral Sweden where the airplane and crew were interned.
Beech AT-11 Kansan
The AT-11 was the standard U.S. Army Air Forces World War II bombing trainer; about 90 percent of the more than 45,000 USAAF bombardiers trained in AT-11s. Like the C-45 transport and the AT-7 navigation trainer, the Kansan was a military version of the Beechcraft Model 18 commercial transport. Modifications included a transparent nose, a bomb bay, internal bomb racks and provisions for flexible guns for gunnery training. Student bombardiers normally dropped 100-pound sand-filled practice bombs. In 1943 the USAAF established a minimum proficiency standard of 22 percent hits on target for trainees. Typical combat training missions took continuous evasive action within a 10-mile radius of the target with straight and level final target approaches that lasted no longer than 60 seconds. After Sept. 30, 1943, the AT-11 usually carried a Norden Bombsight and a C-1 automatic pilot, which allowed the bombardier student to guide the aircraft during the bombing run.
Douglas B-18 Bolo
The Douglas Aircraft Co. developed the B-18 to replace the Martin B-10 as the U.S. Army Air Corps' standard bomber. Based on the Douglas DC-2 commercial transport, the prototype B-18 competed with the Martin 146 (an improved B-10) and the four-engine Boeing 299, forerunner of the B-17, at the Air Corps bombing trials at Wright Field in 1935. Although many Air Corps officers judged the Boeing design superior, the Army General Staff preferred the less costly Bolo (along with 13 operational test YB-17s). The Air Corps later ordered 217 more as B-18As with the bombardier's position extended forward over the nose gunner's station.
Martin B-26G Marauder
Although the Marauder did not make its first flight until Nov. 25, 1940, its design showed such promise that the Air Corps ordered 1,131 B-26s in September 1940. The B-26 began flying combat missions in the Southwest Pacific in the spring of 1942, but most were subsequently assigned to Europe and the Mediterranean. Bombing from medium altitudes of 10,000 to 15,000 feet, the Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber -- less than one-half of one percent. U.S., British, Free French, Australian, South African and Canadian aircrews all flew the B-26 in combat. By the end of World War II, B-26 crews had flown more than 110,000 sorties and had dropped 150,000 tons of bombs.
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http://drippler.com/drip/united-airlines-equip-its-23000-flight-attendants-apples-iphone-6-plus | 2018-05-23T03:50:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865411.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180523024534-20180523044534-00234.warc.gz | 0.946881 | 163 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__184486088 | en | United Airlines today announced that the carrier will equip its flight attendants with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus. The company says this will put important safety and service information at flight attendants' fingertips while enhancing their ability to meet customers' needs.
The airline will begin distribution to its more than 23,000 mainline flight attendants during the second quarter of 2015. Upon introduction, the devices will have the ability to handle most onboard retail transactions and will enable access to company email, united.com and the company's Intranet as well as policies and procedures manuals.
Future enhancements include replacing the flight attendants' printed safety manual with an electronic version on their iPhones and providing real-time reporting and improved follow-up on aircraft cabin issues and repairs. Additionally, United plans to develop a number of customer-focused tools for the device. | aerospace |
https://www.globaldefencenews.com/algerian-su-30s-spotted-on-russian-produ/ | 2022-05-20T16:13:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662533972.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520160139-20220520190139-00728.warc.gz | 0.963343 | 434 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__276204663 | en | Algerian Su-30s spotted on Russian production line, will increase firepower
Algerian Su-30s spotted on Russian production line. Russia’s Irkutsk Aviation Plant is presently manufacturing Su-30 fighters for the Algerian Air Force, learned citing defenceweb.
At least four Algerian Su-30s were recently seen at the plant. This comes after Algeria ordered $2 billion worth of additional Su-30MKA and MiG-29M/M2 aircraft in 2019.
Last September, Russian daily newspaper Vedomosti reported that Algeria had ordered an additional 16 Su-30MKA aircraft, joining the 58 already in service, and another 14 MiG-29M/M2 aircraft. Both purchases are worth around $1.8 billion, but the value could exceed $2 billion if weapons and equipment are added.
Algeria is looking to replace some of its 36 obsolete MiG-29s it bought from Belarus and the Ukraine in the early 2000s and which will be retired around 2020. Algeria also ordered 34 new MiG-29SMTs from Russia, but due to quality problems Algeria refused further deliveries after 15 had been received and Russia instead supplied Algeria with 16 Su-30s.
Algeria received its most recent batch of Su-30s in 2016/17. The Su-30MKA operated by the Algerian Air Force is a specialised variant of the Su-30MK fitted with a mix of French and Russian avionics. The former includes a head-up and multifunction displays manufactured by the Thales Group and Sagem of France.
The MiG-29M (and two seat MiG-29M2) is an improved version of the MiG-29 featuring longer range due to increased internal fuel, a lighter airframe, slightly more powerful and improved RD-33MK engines, an in-flight refuelling probe, multi-function displays in the cockpit and improved avionics.
In 2016 it was reported that Algeria was interested in acquiring Su-34 strike aircraft from Russia but it seems little came of those discussions. | aerospace |
http://www.airbank-travel.com/delta-to-launch-more-domestic-flights-from-lax/ | 2020-01-18T14:44:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250592636.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118135205-20200118163205-00094.warc.gz | 0.942686 | 181 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__172426777 | en | Delta will add more domestic flights from Los Angeles International airport beginning this fall with the launch of four new daily flights to four destinations and the increase in flight-frequency on nine routes.
Four new daily flights will be launched to Portland, Oregon, from September 3. Limited daily flights will be launched for the December 21 to January 5 holiday period to Missoula, Kalispell and Bozeman in Montana. Saturday only seasonal flights will be launched for the January 11 to March 29 period to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Bozeman, Montana.
The additional flights from September 3 include daily flights to Seattle, three additional daily flights to San Francisco, two additional daily flights to Oakland, CA, one additional daily flight to San Jose, CA, one additional daily flight to New Orleans, one additional daily flight to Kansas City, MO, and an additional flight daily to both Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. | aerospace |
https://timesofnation.com/international-space-station-live-updates/ | 2023-06-02T11:46:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648635.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602104352-20230602134352-00447.warc.gz | 0.92648 | 1,657 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__78246126 | en | International Space Station: Live updates: Times Of Nation
Russian film crew boards space station
Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko have entered the International Space Station with their cosmonaut guide Anton Shkaplerov to begin their 12-day movie shoot in orbit.
The trio entered the station’s Rassvet module at about 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), jus about 6 hours after launching into orbit on their Soyuz rocket. They joined seven other crewmembers already aboard the station, including Expedition 65 cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who will appear in the film Peresild and Shipenko are shooting. It’s called “The Challenge,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon sent into orbit to help a cosmonaut (Novitskiy) in medical distress.
“I still feel that it’s all a dream and I’m still asleep,” Peresild, 37, told Russia’s Channel One during a welcome ceremony on the station.
“Yes, it’s almost impossible to think that this all came to reality,” the 38-year-old director said.
During the welcome ceremony, Peresild received a congratulatory call from Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space in 1963 on the Vostok 6 mission.
“It was extremely emotional for everyone, from sadness to happiness,” Tereshkova said of the launch in Russian, which was translated on NASA TV. “We’re very proud of you,” she added, saying she had only one wish for the crew.
“Everything should go nominal, that’s our best wish,” Tereshkova said. “We want all your dreams to come true and we’ll be waiting for you back here on Earth.”
Hatch Opening Underway
Astronauts on the International Space Station are now working to open the hatches between the station and the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, allowing the Russian film crew to enter the orbiting lab.
Space station hatch opening delayed
Russian mission control officials have told the station and Soyuz crews that hatch opening will occur in about an hour, a bit later than planned.
We’re awaiting a new hatch opening target time from NASA.
Russian film crew to enter space station
The Russian film crew that launched to the International Space Station today on a Soyuz spacecraft is preparing to enter the orbiting laboratory for the first time. Hatches between the space station and their Soyuz MS-19 are due to be opened at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT).
You can watch the hatch opening and a welcome ceremony live in the NASA TV video feed at the top of this page.
Amazing views of Soyuz docking with Russian film crew
Today’s successful docking of a Russian film crew at the International Space Station had some star quality of its own. As the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov neared the station, a camera on the orbiting lab captured spectacular views of the approaching spacecraft.
Check out the views in the video above!
Docking! Soyuz delivers Russian film crew to space station
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying a Russian actress and her producer/director has successfully docked at the International Space Station. It linked up with a port on the station’s Rassvet module at 8:22 a.m. EDT (1222 GMT), about 10 minutes later than planned after communications issues forced cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov to take manual control of the Soyuz for the docking.
Despite the communications issue, Shklaperov docked the Soyuz at its port to deliver Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko to the station. The duo will film scenes for an upcoming space film called “The Challenge,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon launched into space to help an ailing cosmonaut, to be portrayed by cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who is already aboard the space station.
“So the Soyuz MS-19’s safely at port, and a Russian actress and her producer-director are on set at the International Space Station for 12 days of movie making,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias said during live commentary.
Peresild, Shipenko and Shklaperov will enter the space station at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT) when the hatches are due to open between the Soyuz and station. NASA’s live coverage will resume at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT).
Live docking coverage has begun
NASA’s webcast for today’s Soyuz docking at the International Space Station has begun. The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft will dock its Russian film crew and cosmonaut commander at the station at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT).
Soyuz reaches orbit with Russian film crew
Spacecraft separation! The Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko has successfully reached orbit after separating from its third stage and deploying solar arrays.
‘We’re feeling great, everything’s working nominally’ Soyuz commander Shklaperov reports.
The three space travelers are on a two-orbit trip to the International Space Station and will arrive at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT). NASA’s docking coverage will begin at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). You can watch that in the window at the top of this page at start time.
LIFTOFF! Russian film crew launches to space station
Liftoff! The Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian film crew to the International Space Station lifted off on time at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT).
Russian film crew before launch
Here are a few views of the Soyuz MS-18 crew taken in the hours before launch. NASA TV is showcasing their pre-flight activities with a series of video clips as we near the T-10 minute mark for launch.
Russia launching film crew to International Space Station
Russia is counting down to launching the world’s first film crew to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft. Liftoff is set for 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from Launch Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz is carrying Russian actress Yulia Perselid and director Klim Shipenko alongside veteran cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov. Perselid and Shipenko will spend 12 days in space filming scenes for a feature film called “The Challenge” while Shklaperov will begin a months-long stay on the space station.
The trio are currently tucked inside their Soyuz spacecraft and rocket as they await launch.
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Prototypes: The jungle of non-commissioned planes
(And lesser known manufacturers)
In war, there are generally more prototypes than production planes, the main reason being competition on official requirements (only one winner), private-venture proposals, tests planes, pre-production planes encouraged and then later dropped when this is no longer the order of the day, and... the end of the war, that led to many program cancellations, in general after a crescendo of production and proposals. Here are most (if not all, the hunt is still ongoing) WW1 British prototypes, from prewar sports planes tested by the military to projects and programs started in the very last days of the war but developed in 1919 or 1920 like the Amazing Tarrant Tabor, largest aircraft in the world.
Pemberton-Billing P.B.31 Nighthawk (1916) - British WWI prototype of interceptor
Tarrant Tabor (1919) - British heavy bomber, which design started just at the end of the war by W.G Tarrant Ltd (Only flight in May 1919, and crash) It was the world's largest aircraft. After this, the larger Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo (a novaplane, or nine-plane aircraft) showed by adding planes were no substitutes for structural strength. Giant planes would return, but made in all metallic structures and sturdier cantilever wings.
Flanders F.4 (1912)
The Flanders F.4 was a WW1 British prototype serie of two-seat monoplanes designed and made by Howard Flanders, developed from the Flanders F.3. The latter flew in the spring of 1912, with success. Trials urged the British War Office to order four more for the newly created Royal Flying Corps with the same configuration as the F.3 but larger cockpits for two seats in tandem. It was also faster with a 70 hp (52 kW) Renault engine and four-bladed propeller and reviews, sturdier parts and assembly to be easier to maintain and be more reliable. The fixed landing gear was also improved as coil-spring suspensions were fitted to the wheel arms. First flight occurred at Brooklands on 6 July 1912, and the four ordered has been delivered by 2 January 1913, showing good flying characteristics. More were to come when the RFC was rebuffed from monoplanes after a fatal crash by a Deperdussin and a Bristol-Coanda in early September 1912. The Royal Flying Corps banned the use of monoplanes. The Flanders had their engines removed to power Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2s and the fuselage and wings dumped or recycled.
Grahame-White Type XV (1913)
This military trainer biplane was available before World War I. Often known as the Box-kite, this model was derived from the Grahame-White Type XII, following a long line of civilian and sport models but also the military Type X and XI. In 1911 the company was created by Claude Grahame-White and included an aerodrome (Hendon), a school and a workshop. Famous designer was John Dudley North, later Boulton and Paul's chief designer. Among the models buit were Aero-bus and Box-kite biplane, influenced by the Farman design. After its prewar own models the company focused on manufacturing other models, like the Henry Farman F.20 (80 hp Gnome/Rhone) and Avro 503, with about 600 delivered of the latter. In 1917 it was ordered also 700 DH-6 two-seater biplanes. Problems and delays on delivery raised disputes with the Air Board and led to huge financial losses that will almost bankrupt the company later, saved after the war by refurbishing war-surplus Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost chassis...
The Type XV was also named Admiralty Type 1600, as it was purchased first by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). This was a pod-and-boom biplane with three-bay unstaggered wings. Early models had seats for the instructor and student pilot fitted on the leading edge of the lower wing. They usually seat in tandem in the nacelle, the engine being locatred at the back of it, in a pusher configuration. Four parallel beams started from the upper and lower wings, ended with twin rudders and the horizontal stabilizer. From equal span wings succeeded extensions on the upper wing. The landing gear was of the two-wheel and skid model. It was one of the most common trainerof the RNAS and RFC as 135 available before the war. By November 1913 one of these underwent trials with of forward-mounted Lewis machine gun, firing at ground targets. The Grahame-White Type XV were obsolete after 1915 and gradually retired or sold, just broken, and apparently three survived the war to see civilian service from 1919.
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Howard Wright 1910 Biplane (1910)
The Howard Wright 1910 biplane was a two-bay pusher biplane of the "Farman type", with two pairs of booms forward of the wings and bearing a single elevator and others supporting a single rudder half above and half below. The wings were reinforced by a mahogany main spar and short sheet-metal king posts. The upper wings had removable extensions braced by other king posts and the undercarriage had skids and wheels attached underneath. It was propelled by a 50 hp Gnome in a pusher configuration. The prototype traded this later for a 60 hp E.N.V. water-cooled engine and flew at the £4,000 Baron de Forest prize (longest all-British flight). A second prototype was built which flew at Larkhill on Salisbury plain, but crashed in Kent and was resold to the Army, being used by the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers at Larkhill. Another was bought by Thomas Sopwith which later won the Baron de Forest prize. A fourth prototype was shipped to New Zealand in 1910 for Leo and Vivian Walsh. A fifth one was used by the Graham White flying school at Hendon, powered by a Gnome engine, another was flown by Lewis Turner at the 1912 Aerial Derby, and another was powered by a 40 hp (30 kW) Green engine and flew at the Graham White school in 1911 before moving to Rangoon the next year. This gave a total of seven planes which mainly formed many pilots in 1911-1913.
Martin-Handasyde No.3 Monoplane (1910)
A single sport monoplane based on Antoinette monoplanes, with a slender triangular section fuselage. It had also tapered wings braced by mid-span kingposts, and acted by wing-warping. It rested on a pair of wheels on a cross-axle and forward-projected skid. It was powered powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Antoinette V-8 engine, later a 40 hp (30 kW) J.A.P. It flew at Brooklands with H.P. Martin acting as pilot in November 1910 but crashed in 1912, when piloted by Graham Gilmour, suffering a fatal structural failure. The two-seater was called the Martin Handasyde 4B Dragonfly was 11 m wide, built for Thomas Sopwith.
Cody Mark V (1913)
This plane of United Kingdom, was designed by American engineer Samuel Franklin Cody and first flew in July 1912, being introduced into service in late 1912 and was retired in 1913, used as a trainer by the Royal Flying Corps. Only two were ever built. Thy were the result of the December 1911 RFC competition for a Military aircraft capable of carrying a pilot and observer. Showman and aviation pioneer Samuel Cody was well-placed in this competition, already having British Army Aeroplane No 1 at the Army Balloon Factory at Farnborough in 1908, which made the first powered controlled flight in the United Kingdom. He also tested in August 1912 a monoplane powered by a salvaged 120-hp (89 kW) Austro-Daimler engine, and later a monoplane 60-hp Green engine which made a competition flight (tour of Britain) in 1911. This model crashed too, but Cody rebuilt both with a new engine and many modifications, the model being known as the Cody V. It participated an an Army competition and won the first prize, and was used by the Royal Flying Corps from 30 November 1912.
ASL Valkyrie (1911)
This competition model was a canard pusher designed by Horatio Barber of the Aeronautical Syndicate Ltd in 1910. 11 were built and widely flown during 1911 for sport, race and also for instructional purposes at the ASL flying school at Hendon Aerodrome in London. But they also served military purposes: Four were given to the War Office to promote military aviation in Britain. In 1914 they had been long retired. The Valkyrie B was propelled by a 1Gnome Omega rotary, 50 hp (37 kW) engine and flew at 70 mph (113 km/h; 61 kn).
ASL Viking (1912)
A unusual single-engine, two propellers tractor biplane built by the Aeronautical Syndicate Ltd and designed by Horatio Barber, which first flew on 12 January 1912. This 360 kgs. plane housed a mid-fuselage Gnome Omega 7-cyl. air-cooled rotary piston engine, 50 hp (37 kW), which actioned two propellers fitted mid-wings on struts, via A.S.L. wooden fixed pitch tractor propellers, chain-driven. It first flew early in 1912 but due to no commercial success Barber basically ceased activities and sold Aerial Syndicate assets in April 1912 to Frederick Handley Page. The Viking ended in the hads of Hamilton Ross, manager of the Chanter Flying School at Shoreham, fitted with floats, and a single propeller driven directly by the engine through a gap in the rear part of the fuselage.
Beatty-Wright Biplanes (1911-1913)
These were basically Wright Biplanes used at the Beatty School of Flying, some being modified by Beatty. The latter was a gifted pilot, one of the world's first to make banked turns on his Wright over Hendon. George William Beatty was born on August 28, 1887 in Whitehouse, New Jersey. He used to work as a linotype operator and in 1911 he enrolled at the Wright School at Nassau and in 1912, established a school on Long Island, then shipped his plane to England and formed there a partnership with Handley Page in 1914, establishing a new school at Hendon Aerodrome. Chief pilot instructor became Edouard Baumann. In 1915 Beatty opened a workshop tp produce aeroplane parts, also at Hendon, which worked well until the end of World War and also tested variants of the Wright design. In 1916 he made a reliable and simple two bay plane for training, powered by an Anzani, and then Beatty’s own engine, but it crashed on 13 October 1917. He returned to the USA after the war.
Boulton-Paul P series (1918)
Until the end of the war, Boulton & Paul Ltd, a former generic manufacturer of Norwich had built many aircraft under contract, including 1,575 Sopwith Camels and 550 of the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b. With the success of their planes they setup a design department and started working on their own model. Their first model was the P.3 Bobolink
, which was designed following an official requirement for a replacement of the Sopwith Camel. They created a no-nonsense two-bay biplane powered by the same Bentley BR2 that already powered the Sopwith Snipe, another contender. This was the first also to feature jettisonable fuel tanks, placed behind the pilot and separated with a sheet of armour to act as firewall. Whereas the Bobolink and Snipe had similar performances, the former had ban ground handling and was more complex, therefore not selected.
The Boulton Paul P.6
was a parallel project, a pure testing biplane, two-bay aircraft made to explore the effects of different airfoil sections and a large interplane gap to test interference effects. The fuselage was virtually a near-copy of the Camel's and many Camel parts were used, but it was powered by a relatively week RAF1a air-cooled V-8, 90 hp (67 kW). First drawn in April 1918, the P.6 probably flew in the last days of the war (date unknown). From 1919 it was used as a sales planes, with the company name over it. A replica was built by the Boulton Paul Association, now in store at Cosford. It was derived into the P.9 Light utility aircraft of which six were bult, used on the civilian market.
The next Boulton & Paul P.7 Bourges
was a prototype British twin-engined biplane day bomber made on the official requirement to replace the DH.10 Amiens, powered by the new ABC Dragonfly radial engines, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, rated for 200 hp (239 kW) each. It was classic-configuration two-bays biplane with strut-mounted engines, capable of 123.5 mph (107 kn, 199 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,980 m) 9¼ h of endurance and a practical 15,000 ft (4,600 m) ceiling, which can be reached in 25 min 25 s (max ceiling 20,000 ft (6,100 m)), and a power to mass ratio of 0.10 hp/lb (0.17 kW/kg). It was armed with two .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis guns in the nose and mid-upper position, and carried four 230 lb (105 kg) bombs. Three prototypes were ordered by the Air Ministry, but the first, called Bourges Mk IIA only flew in June 1919, fitted with provisional 230 hp/172 kW) Bentley BR2 rotary engines. It became Bourges Mk IA when fitted with the planned ABC dragonfly engines. It was stable, fast but also extremely sturdy and had unusual acrobatic qualities for a bomber. The second prototype had low-wing mounted engines and gulled upper wing, and the third 1920 Bourges P.7B F2905 was fitted with again new engines, a pair of 450 hp (336 kW) Napier Lion. It was called the Mark IIIA, but since the requirement had been abandoned, the prototypes served as test planes at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough until 1924. The Bourges was also declined as a civilian airliner.
The last of these late WW1 company's models was the Boulton-Paul P.10
, a conventional two-seats, one engine biplane made for structural testings. It was the British first all steel aircraft, and first to use plastics as a structural material, Bakelite-Dilecto, which was a hard, synthetic cellulose-formaldehyde compound that had many qualities, like being fire-proof. The fuselage structure used high tensile steel, zinc treated and varnished against corrosion. it was showcased as a knowhow advert at the Paris Salon d'Aeronautique in 1919, but probably never flew.
Dunne D.8 (1912)
The Dunne company made some of the most amazing aircraft in these pioneering years: It was a delta wings biplane, with a pusher configuration. It was designed by aviation pioneer J. W. Dunne. In 1906 and up to 1909 he was working for the Army Balloon Factory (later RAE Farnborough) and designed a swept biplane wing aircraft that can have automatic stability. He buit the D.1 in 1907, followed by the sole D.2 and D.3 prototypes, then the D.4. After 1909 he created the Blair Atholl Aeroplane Syndicate Ltd. and his first plane was the Dunne D.5, a single prototype powered by a Green 60 hp engine, and which first flew in 1910 and proved to be aerodynamically stable in flight. The Dunne D.8 was a development for military applications. Only four were built, with a Green engine. It flew at the Larkhill Military trial in August 1912, but was not officially part of the competition. In 1913 the plane was refitted with a 80 hp Gnome engine. A further two were ordered by the War Office order, soon cancelled. There were also the Nieuport-Dunne exposed in 1913 and the Burgess-Dunne hydroplane series built in the US.
Sage Type 2 (1916)
This prototype of two-seat biplane fighter aircraft, single-engine with an enclosed cabin was buuilt by Frederic Sage & Co. Limited,
designed by Clifford Tinson, which first flew on 10 August 1916. This single prototype was discarded as more advanced models became available. The company was a well-known woodworker, which created a department for plane manufacturing, soon headed by test pilot and designer, E C Gordon England and recruited Clifford Tinson from Bristol. They designed a very small a small wood-and-fabric tractor biplane, and at that time there was still no synchronising gear for the machine-gun, and a hole was cut in the upper wing above the gunners seat for him to stand and man the Lewis gun. It was powered by a Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine mated to a four-bladed propeller. It was wrecked during a crash landing but never rebuilt. New planes with synchronized machine-guns appeared indeed.
De Havilland DH.15 (1919)
AIRCO became De Havilland in 1920. Its first plane was in fact the last Airco prototype, designed as a replacement for the legendary Airco DH.9A of 1918. This was basically and Engine test bed, powered by a B.H.P (Galloway Atlantic) V-12 watercooled, 500 hp engine. It was very stable and sturdy, and can fly at 139 mph (224 km/h), with a service ceiling of 20,000 ft (6,100 m), and rate of climb of 1,500 ft/min (7.62 m/s). It made many test flights in 1919-1920.
Edwards Rhomboidal (1911)
Although this model was never a military plane, it's so strange it is worth mentioning it. Just like other oddities like the swept-wing Dunne, this was an attempt to replace the tail with a particular wing arrangement, in imperfect lozenge, or Rhomboidal. It was designed by E.W. Edwards and flew in 1911, powered by a single Humber 50 hp (37 kW) inline water cooled engine, driving through cranks and chains, two tractor two-bladed propellers. It used wing warping, the wings being tensioned between the ends of the longitudinal girders and the outer ends of the struts by cables forming the wing leading edges. There was no lateral control and the machine was tested at Brooklands in early 1911 but it is not know of its flew.
Howard Wright 1910 Monoplane (1910)
A Wright-type plane made by Howard T Wright, and designed by W.O. Manning. It was derived from the Howard Wright 1909 Monoplane. At least three of these Howard Wright were on display at the 1910 Aero show at Olympia. One was flown by Thomas Sopwith. This tractor monoplane with uncovered wire-braced wooden fuselag was powered by a 40 hp (30 kW E.N.V. water-cooled engine and tested later a polished aluminium spinner. It was flown at the Royal Aero Club's flying field, Eastchurch on 3 April by Warwick Wright.
Lakes Water Bird (1911)
The Avro-Curtiss design was the first British seaplane. It was built by A.V. Roe Ltd and designed by E.W. Wakefield. It first flew in a conventional wheeled undercarriage with skids and was later reconditioned as a seaplane on 25 November 1911. After Henri Fabre success in 1910, pioneers were concerned to "unstick" their plane, weakly powered, from water. In the US, Glenn Curtiss first flown on 26 January 1911 the first practical seaplane, and A.V.Roe & Co modified a Type D on floats, which flew briefly in November 1911, at Barrow-in-Furness. It was using stepped floats, but was underpowered and just made a "hop" above the water before roughly falling back being damaged in the process. However it was modified, equipped with cylindrical floats and flew 60 times between December 1911 and January 1912. It was used to design the production model Lakes-built Water Hen.
Macfie monoplane (1911)
Another interesting prewar prototype was the Macfie. It was a small shoulder wing, tractor monoplane powered by a 35 hp (26 kW) J.A.P. V8 engine and had an open-frame fuselage. It was designed and made, and flown by Robert Macfie, and was reminiscent of the Blériot, controlled by wing-warping via wires attached to king posts. But he also envisioned a production model already and his prototype was innovative because of its ease of construction, maintenance and repair. He dropped flying during the war and was an active member of the Landships Committee, militated for the use of caterpillar tracks for an armoured fighting vehicle, submitting many designs of its own.
Mersey Monoplane (1911)
This prototype was designed by Robert C Fenwick/Sydney T Swaby for Planes Limited, made for the 1912 British Military Aeroplane Competition. However it crashed during trials and was never repaired. Based in Lancashire, W P Thompson of Formby created Planes Limited and hired Frederick Handley Page, creating the Handley Page Type B, later modified by Robert C Fenwick. It was a pusher monoplane, powered by a 45 hp (34 kW) Isaacson radial engine. It was mounted in the nose, while the two-bladed propeller was driven by a long extension shaft ending at the rear. Later Fenwick and Swabey would create their own company, The Mersey Aeroplane Company. Before undergoing military tests, the 1912 plane altready crashed during a test and was rebuilt by Fenwick. But he died in the 13 August 1912 accident.
Paterson Biplane (1910)
Designed by Compton Cecil Paterson this pusher biplane was built in his own facility, the Liverpool Motor House. It was similar to the Curtiss Biplane, an open-framed pusher with a sturdy steel-tubes tricycle landing gear. It flew on 23 June 1910 but was damaged, helping later Paterson to obtain his aviator's certificate.
Roe series (1910-1914)
The Roe series were all experimental prewar triplanes. The Roe I was dubbed as the first all-British plane that ever flew, as all previous flight were made by using French engines. This triplane of 1909 was propelled by a chain-driven HP JAP motorcycle engine which drove a four-bladed propeller. The first "flight" was more of a simple hop. It was made by Alliott Verdon-Roe (E.V. Roe), a British Lancashire aviation pioneer which started as a surveyor in Canada, worked in railways, in a dock, as engineer in various ships, allowing him to see one day an Albatross flying.
Back in UK he had the obsession of creating his own plane. In 1906 he joined the Royal Aero-club as a secretary, and became a draughtsman to represent GLO Davidson's engines, but he eventually resigned after a passage in the USA. He then started designing planes and won the Daily Mail competition for one of these models in 1907. He started to fly a real size one, the Roe I Biplane based on his winning model at Brooklands in 1907–08. His first recorded flight was made in 8 June 1908.
His behavior had him antagonize with the management at Brooklands, and he moved later to Walthamstow Marshes, creating his workshop under a railway arch at the end of a viaduct. There, he created his first triplane, dubbed the avroplane, which flew in July 1909. This model became the Roe type II. A replica of it was made in 7 June 2008 at the Brooklands Museum in Surrey. He created with his brother the A.V. Roe Aircraft Co. (Avro) on 1 January 1910, and developed his next models, aimed at the military.
The Roe II called "Mercury" was in fact the first product of the Avro company, in 1910. It was designed by Alliott Verdon Roe as a sturdier Roe I Triplane and two were built and tested examples. One became Roe's company advertising plane, and the other was bought by W. G. Windham. Moved by a two-bladed propeller driven by a Green C.4 4-cylinder inline water-cooled, 35 hp (26 kW), the longest "hop" of this model was 600 ft (180 m) at 45 mph (72 km/h; 39 kn). The Roe III was the last of these prototypes, a triplane tailplane with ailerons, two seats and an open-top fuselage of triangular cross-section.
Production records differed from 3-5 prototype with various ailerons configurations, still powered by a Green engine. One joined the Harvard Aeronautical Society USA, and two were lost by fire en route to the 1910 Blackpool Meeting, later replaced. Avro became one of the most successful British manufacturer to this day. His company built the largest production of planes in WW1 with the Avro 504 (8,300). In the late 1940s, he retired his shares from Avro and created his own company by purchasing S. E. Saunders Co., to create Saunders-Roe, which built the world's largest floatplane, the Princess.
Scottish Aeroplane Syndicate Avis (1910)
The Avis I or a photo assumed to be such
The first plane of this unsung pioneering company was made by Howard T Wright (Nothing to do with the Wright brothers) in 1909, together with William Oke Manning for Alan Boyle at Battersea. Influenced by the Blériot design, this single-seat tractor monoplane had an open-air wire-braced wooden fuselage, cabane struts wire bracing, and used wing-warping for lateral control with foot pedals and a stick for elevation. The cabane prolongated downwards to a skids carriage for wheels using shock cords. The tail was cruciform tail, single assembly and articulated on a universal joint. The "Golden Plover" was propelled by a 30 hp (22 kW) Anzani engine which was soon disappointing on trials and replaced by a 35 hp (26 kW) Anzani and a new propeller made by Wright.
It flew succesfully at Boyle in March 1910 and was sold to Mr Maconie to be used at Brooklands in the summer of 1910. Their Avis II was propelled by a 40 hp (30 kW) J.A.P., exhibited by the Scottist Aeronautical Syndicate at Olympia and used by R.F. Wickham and later lost in a crash. The Avis I name was given to a third prototype, given a 40 hp (30 kW) E.N.V. engine, used by Boyle and lost later at the Bournemouth Air display. An Avis III was bought by racing driver J. H. Spottiswode, and the Avis IV was used by Boyle and resold on auctions when the syndicate was dissolved, at Brooklands, to Eustace Gray from the local press.
Spencer-Stirling biplane (1910)
Spencer-Stirling plane, powered by two props chain-driven by a Berlier engine
A single pusher biplane used by the RNAS. It was designed by Herbert Spencer and first flew on 9 November 1910, of the Farman type. It was later re-enginered with a 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome Gamma rotary engine after having tried the unreliable RH 4-cylinder in-line engine, rated at 40–70 hp (30–52 kW). This plane helped Herbert Spencer to obtain his Aviator's Certificate at Brooklands, and flew several times until it crashed in February 1912, acting as RNAS trainer.
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While the ranks of humans who can boast of a new perspective after living on the ISS (International Space Station) or orbiting the Earth in a spacecraft has grown, only 12 humans have ever viewed our world from the surface of the Moon. Now one of the most famous among their ranks, Buzz Aldrin, is calling for a new approach to putting humans in space that could accelerate the colonization of space by decades.
In an editorial in the New York Times, Aldrin lays out a broad vision for putting humans back on the Moon that would include the establishment of what he calls an International Lunar Development Corporation. Crafted in the same model as the ISS, the ILDC would work to include even emerging space programs from countries such as China and India. Aldrin wrote, "I call for an international effort to further explore and utilize the Moon. It would be a partnership that involves commercial enterprise and other nations building upon the Apollo legacy."
However, Aldrin's most passionate entreaties are reserved for Mars. Aldrin believes that the true future of humanity lies in becoming essentially extinction level event proof by establishing our species on another planet. In fact, Aldrin believes this issue is so urgent that we should ramp up our plans and establish a human settlement on Mars within the next 25 years.
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A lot is riding on a lunar science mission that NASA plans to launch tonight from Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia shore. And it isn’t just lunar science.
The primary goal of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or LADEE (pronounced laddie) is to learn more about the moon’s thin atmosphere, which remains a mystery 4 decades after humans first landed on the moon. But the launch will also test new concepts and technologies that could help future space missions.
“It’s got a lot of firsts to it,” says Richard Elphic, project scientist for LADEE at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
For one, LADEE will be the first mission to be blasted into space atop a Minotaur V rocket, a newly designed launch vehicle that incorporates a Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile from the U.S. Air Force. Another precedent is the craft's architecture: LADEE was built by assembling a series of modules whose designs can be reused in future missions. In addition, the mission will provide NASA the first opportunity to test a new laser-based system for communicating with satellites. This system could significantly increase the speed and volume of data downloads from observational spacecraft.
The launch, scheduled for 11:27 p.m. on Friday, will be visible from as far afield as Washington, D.C. And viewers up and down the eastern shore, from Connecticut down to North Carolina, should be able to see the rocket speeding through the sky, if the skies are clear. | aerospace |
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Candar (also referred to as Candar Station or Candar Space Station) is a Terran Confederation space station. The Terran Confederation Space Naval Academy's CyberSchool's holographic simulator includes a representation of Candar intended to train pilots how to defend friendly space stations.
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The simulator has implemented Candar Station so you will learn how to defend friendly space stations. Protected by flak guns as well as strong armor, it is a hard nut to crack. However, a Kilrathi force with formidable weapon loadouts could destroy Candar if they manage to dodge you and its flak volleys since the space station is not protected by phase shields.
Behind the Scenes
- Candar reuses the artwork for the Star Base space station from Wing Commander II although Candar is much smaller and lacks phase shields.
- Candar is named after the village of Çandar (now Cendere) in Turkey.
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The Mavic Mini weighs less than 0.58 pounds, so actually the FAA does not consider it under their regulations.
You only need to fly in a sensible manner, which the FAA guidelines lay out and not fly over 400ft.
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You also have to worry about local ordinances, not just FAA-controlled airspace.
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ESDU TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM Aircraft performance from flight test: An example of the use of manoeuvring flight
In constructing an aircraft performance model, it is sometimes necessary to make use of flight data that have not been expressly generated for that purpose. Such is the case in the example shown in this document, whichdemonstrates how quite severe manoeuvring flight can be used to derive aerodynamic data for a performance model.
The example is a single-engined jet aircraft that was flown through a wind-up manoeuvre at a Mach number of 0.5 and an altitude of approximately 6000 feet.
The manoeuvre was analysed to develop a performance model of the aircraft using the method described in ESDU 15001 (Aircraft performance from flight test. Part 1: derivation of a mathematical model). Tailplaneaerodynamics were available from wind-tunnel testing and a downwash model was constructed based on the method of ESDU 80020 (Average downwash at the tailplane at low angles of attack and subsonic speeds).Level flight manoeuvres were used to deduce calibrations for the angle of attack, angle of sideslip and air data pressure sensors. A wind-up turn manoeuvre was then used to obtain the aerodynamic force and moment coefficients required for performance modelling.
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http://yankeeairmuseum.org/rescue/ | 2019-08-25T15:20:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330750.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825151521-20190825173521-00169.warc.gz | 0.89792 | 505 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__86540202 | en | You Can Help The Warning Star Rescue Project!
WE were its last hope. But when the U.S. Navy asked us to help save this iconic EC-121 “Warning Star”- we answered the call. We made a commitment: to RECOVER this beautiful craft from the scrap heap.
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This EC-121 Constellation epitomizes the mission of the Yankee Air Museum. This is what we saved the Bomber Plant for: To recover, restore and display original and important aircraft, avionics, technology and engineering and share them with the world.
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http://www.heliopsmag.com/heliops-frontline/hunting-the-fennec-in-corsica | 2018-12-12T08:11:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823785.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20181212065445-20181212090945-00136.warc.gz | 0.952127 | 2,108 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__247854692 | en | Hunting the Fennec in Corsica
The Fennec makes a good platform when it comes to intercepting a large range of slow flying targets...
By Frederic Lert
For the past thirty years, the French air force has trained its marksmen in the demanding role of air to air precision shooting from the AS355 Fennec. The twin-engined helicopter makes a good platform when it comes to intercepting a large range of slow flying targets...
2000ft above the Mediterranean, three armée de l’Air’s Fennechead out to the high sea. The leader tows a target at the end of a 300m cable. Following are
two other helicopters, each with a team of marksmen on board. All took off a few minutes earlier from base aérienne 126 de Solenzara, the only French
air force base on the island. Ten miles off the coast, with no ships in sight, they place themselves to start firing, taking advantage of the vast
empty air space reserved for gunnery training. Today’s mission is to qualify marksmen for MASA (Mesures Actives de Sureté Aérienne – Air security measures)
operation. Snipers are used to counter threats coming not only from light aircraft and helicopters, but also increasingly from drones, balloons or
even kites! From the Paris airshow to Head of State meetings and high profile football games, no high-level event is organized without a protective
buffer zone provided by armed helicopters.
The air force marksmen come from the CPAs, Air Force parachutist commandos units. The French Air Force runs three CPAs named CPA 10, CPA 20 and CPA 30.
The first one belongs to the Special Forces and remains very discreet in its activities. On the other hand, the CPA 20 and 30 are tasked with protecting
air bases in France and during overseas operations. Their marksmen are also trained for the airborne work either for air to ground or air-to-air firing.
"Every year the air force organizes around ten air to ground firing campaigns for the marksmen," says Dan, a long time instructor. "In flight firing
campaigns are rarer since they are more difficult to organize. At the moment, there are just two: one at the beginning, and the other at the end of
To renew their operational qualifications, each marksman has to complete at least an air to ground and one air to air exercise a year.
During our visit, the training was for nine team leaders and as many again marksmen. The preferred weapon is the German made Heckler & Koch HK 417 automatic rifle with an Eotech holographic sight. "With it, an average shooter riding a helicopter can easily hit a target at a distance of more than 100 meters," says Dan. "The Eotech holographic sight is ideal for this mission because it allows the gunner to keep both eyes open and maintain a clear view of the external environment, without losing sight of the target." For night missions the Eotech sight can also be used with NVGs and a laser pointer. The HK 417 is complemented with a 12 gauge FN Herstal tactical police shotgun. The latter is primarily used for firing warning shots with illuminating flares (red and green) and can also utilize nine-bullet cartridges to shoot down smaller targets such as drones, kites, and balloons. Depending on the distance, it can also hit and destroy ultralight aircraft. An 11kg electronic panel is also used to communicate visually with the intercepted aircraft, in case the radio fails. The panel can display easy to read orders such as 'turn away,' 'land now,' 'change radio frequency,' etc.
Training the marksmen requires, at least, two helicopters; one towing the target and the second has the shooters on board. Most of the time, however, three helicopters are engaged to maximize the use of the towing machine. "The firing helicopters take turns at the target," explains one of the pilots, "and when a firing team is done, the helicopter quickly returns to base and loads another team. In the meantime, the second helicopter will unload its weapon on the target." Four teams are trained during a one-hour flight.
Each training flight starts with the hooking up of the target. The operation takes place at a holding area at the end of the runway. The long towing cable is hooked to the aircraft, which hovers two meters above the ground. The pilots follow the orders of the ground team and also monitor the operation with large mirrors. Once the cable is hooked, the helicopter rises vertically to unroll the 300m cable until the target lifts off the ground. Once the target is lifted, the helicopter heads to the training area at a speed of around 100kts. Stabilized by the tetraplan, the recorder remains horizontal low and behind the helicopter, which is limited to 30° bank.
The Secapem TAC 100 target is very similar to the ones used by fast jets for air to air gunnery. The main body, a thick metallic envelope, houses a sound recorder, battery, GPS and a datalink which transmits in real-time the information collected by the sound recorder. Behind it, looking like a kite and acting as a stabilizer, an X-shaped piece of clothing is called the 'tetraplan.' The blackened section of the tetraplan is the real target for the shooters. But it is not uncommon that the main body receives some hits, damaging one or several of its hi-tech parts. The sound recorder detects the bullet and calculates the precision using the noise made by the projectiles. The recorded distance is sent in real time to the controller’s tablet computer who can immediately note the result. "Every 40 shots, we compute an average of the best 30" explains Dan. "The result must be inferior to the meter to qualify the marksman. We not only note his precision, but also his ease, and compliance with the safety regulations, etc."
The tablet computer, also known as a 'pocket,' has an embedded GPS, as does the target itself. By comparing the position given by the two GPS trackers, the firing team can accurately determine its position in relation to the target and check if it can open fire. During the firing phase, the towing helicopter flies a straight line at an altitude of between 2000 and 3000ft. The position of the firing helicopter is closely monitored; above all, it must keep clear of a virtual 30o cone centered on the target, to avoid any misfires that may break the towing cable. The danger is that the loose target may fall and crash on the firing helicopter. In any case, positioning on the 7 or 8 o'clock relative to the target is the same as would be used in a real life interception situation. The distance to the target during real life interception can vary but is usually between 50 and 200 meters. The marksman sits at the door with the team leader holding him tightly with his arms and legs and acting as a stabilizer. The firing position is said to be stable, although it could be improved in the near future with the use of the 'Strike' weapon support. This support was developed at the request of the French Special Forces for firing a heavy caliber precision weapon from the Gazelle.
All the participants agree to say that the Fennec is well suited to the exercise. In some instances, Pumas were used by MASA teams. These helicopters, of course, provided more space in the cabin for the marksmen. But the Fennec present an excellent compromise between speed, agility and cost. The helicopter is also very stable and flies with a low level of vibration, a guarantee for a good firing accuracy. "An ideal helicopter for us," concludes Dan.
Jack of all trades - with a rotor
The Fennec is the military twin-engine version of the best seller Ecureuil (or Astar in the USA), also known today as the H125. The French army operates around 15 aircraft for IFR and multi-engine training from its Le Luc en Provence flying school, in Southern France. The Air Force took delivery of some 40 helicopters between 1988 and 1994 to replace its last Alouette III. The Escadron d’Hélicoptères EH 3/67 Paris helicopter squadron based at Villacoublay, near Paris, has a dozen helicopters. The EH 5/67 Alpilles squadron, which also provides training for the Air Force Fennec pilots, operates 24 helicopters from Orange air force base, in Southern France. These helicopters carry a hoist and can be armed with a side mounted 20mm gun, as were the ALAT’s Gazelle before them. During operation Sangaris in Central African Republic, the air force deployed a couple of Fennec which were used as a jack of all trades, flying reconnaissance missions, close air support with the 20mm gun, casevac, light resupply for the benefice of French forces on the move, etc. In some circumstances, the Fennec were flying with a marksman teamed with a photo specialist. The specialist was photographing the scenes of interest, had an immediate close look at the pictures and the marksman was ready to deliver a support fire should the need arises. Turned into a low cost and flexible armed reconnaissance asset, the Fennec was very popular among the French forces.
The Fennecs are set to fly for another twenty years and squadrons are looking to make the most of their performances and retrofit them with new missions systems. "For Masa mission there is a clear need for better target detection, improved imagery and capacity for real-time images downloading," says the unit’s commander. The French air force wants quickly to adapt a modern Optronic turret with good detection capabilities for days and night missions. This turret could be combined with a mobile display unit in the cabin that could be used either by the pilots or the rear crew. As with the rotorcraft already used by the French Gendarmerie, using a datalink would also facilitate the real-time transfer of images to authorities or a command post on the ground. | aerospace |
https://www.globalparts.aero/hydraulic-pumps/ | 2022-10-04T16:01:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337516.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004152839-20221004182839-00628.warc.gz | 0.861419 | 284 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__213207115 | en | Aircraft Hydraulic Pump & System Repairs
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http://helicopterjobs.justhelicopters.com/Employment/ListingDisplay.aspx?lid=1829 | 2018-03-23T18:20:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257648431.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20180323180932-20180323200932-00672.warc.gz | 0.903828 | 235 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__35573206 | en | Air Medical Resource Group (AMRG) is a leading provider of air medical services, management, and experience in the air medical industry, caring for and transporting patients in rural area hospitals to large tertiary care facilities in metropolitan areas. We utilize the most advanced equipment, quality aircraft, and most importantly, trained and experienced staff to accomplish our mission of saving lives and caring for the communities we serve.
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https://theflighter.com/dji-mavic-3-pro-drone-leak/ | 2023-12-07T10:21:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00132.warc.gz | 0.873941 | 427 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__49952565 | en | Photo credit: Jasper Ellens
The DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone will reportedly launch in November, and it boasts several upgrades worthy of your attention. This leak includes schematics that show two individual cameras, including a 20-megapixel, 24mm f/2.8-f/11 primary with a 4/3-sensor as well as a 12-megapixel, 1/2-inch secondary camera sensor sporting a 160mm-equivalent telephoto lens.
Other interesting features are direct USB-C charging, which eliminates the need to remove its battery, and a 46 minute flight time on a single charge. There will reportedly be two models: Pro ($1599) and Cine ($2599+). The latter features a solid state drive and a 1Gbps Lightspeed Data Cable option for the quickest transfers possible during mission critical projects. Plus, both models get DJI’s new display-equipped Smart Controller allowing for video transmission over 15km.
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https://www.archyde.com/how-powerful-is-the-james-webb-telescope-and-where-is-it-located/ | 2023-02-04T02:45:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500080.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204012622-20230204042622-00795.warc.gz | 0.956288 | 1,128 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__187511487 | en | The James Webb telescope is one of the most powerful in all history, its technology allows analyzing infrared radiation and understanding the origin of the universe.
The James Webb Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built by mankind. It is the result of an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Used by astronomers around the world, this astronomical and space engineering instrument, It is located at a point between the Earth and the Sun..
The great power of the Webb telescope helps scientists to discover other worlds, such as exoplanets, learn facts about the life cycle of stars, create a fascinating image of the first dawn of the universe, and study the evolution of different galaxies over time.
James Webb: studying other worlds
First of all, this unique telescope is allowing scientists Analyze all the planets of the Solar System, as well as other planetary systems with a detail never seen before. One of the objectives of the James We is to determine of what elements observed planets are composed and reveal whether the conditions of the planets are favorable for harboring life. What’s more, the telescope itself would even be capable of detecting signs of extraterrestrial life, the so-called «biofirmas». This is a task shared with other space missions and research, such as the International Space Station, which is visible from our planet. And it is that, there are not few people who consider how to see the International Space Station from Earth.
Thanks to his system for capture infrared radiation the Webb Space Telescope, allows scientists to also study planetary systems that are in the formation phase. These young systems, known at an astronomical level as “protoplanetary disks”, contain a powder that prevents and blocks the passage of visible light, Therefore, they can only be studied with instruments such as those of the Webb telescope: that is, instruments that capture infrared radiation. Something similar, but different, to what the NuSTAR, the NASA telescope in charge of taking “X-rays” of outer space.
Some of the first studies carried out by the James Webb telescope were the in-depth observation of celestial bodies like the moons of Jupiter, which would be the case of Europe, or of one of the saturn satellites, which would be the case of Enceladus. This study looked for traces of life on the satellites of Saturn and Jupiter. Europa and Enceladus are fascinating, and different, ocean satellites. The thick crust of ice they have hides a liquid ocean that releases water vapor from its cryovolcanoes. On Titan, another of Saturn’s moons, we have been able to see great methane lakes on the surface through the images captured by James Webb.
Since we launched this telescope into space, its power has allowed in the last decades that many astronomers discover thousands of exoplanets, that is: planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. All these planets differ quite a bit from each other: we can find some Earth-like, but much more gigantic, and some very similar to Jupiter, but much hotter.
James Webb Telescope: Studying the life cycle of stars.
During their life cycle, which can be millions of years, the Sun and other stars undergo extreme changes. If we can learn more about their life cycle, we could better understand everything that surrounds humanity, even the elements that make up our own body.
Thus, in many of the stages of their lives, the stars remain completely obscured by dense clouds of dust and gas that visible light cannot pass through. Thanks to the infrared instruments, and the gold coating of its mirrors, the James Webb telescope is capable of piercing these clouds and gases, shedding light on stages in the life cycle of stars that we have never observed before.
This is because, as the stars burn all their fuel and finally die in a big explosion, they are creating, recycling and redistributing all the fundamental elements of the Universe. To understand them is to understand everything.
A telescope to understand the dawn of the universe
We calculate that el Big Bang, name given by the scientific community to the first moments that occurred in the universe, took place 13.8 billion years. That is why the mission of the James Webb telescope is to act as a great Time Machine, capable of looking into the past and observing the ancient flashes of that dawn of the Universe. It would be going beyond the period explored by the Hubble Space Telescope.
All the progress The effects of the James Webb telescope are due in large part to its large mirror and sophisticated instruments. Thanks to them, scientists obtain every day very important clues about some of the great mysteries of the universe, getting closer to the answers we have always sought.
Study the beginning of the Universe, and the great activity that the galaxies had at that time would allow us to understand why they collided so often and why the stars formed at such a speed then. We know that the first galaxies to form were very bright in ultraviolet light and in the visible part of the spectrum. This is due to a phenomenon called “red shift”, in which the light has moved up into the infrared spectrum and, by the time it reaches us, is no longer visible to the human eye. The power and instruments of the Webb Telescope are very sensitive to infrared radiation which will be extremely useful for studying the first galaxies and improve our knowledge about its evolution.
Where is the James Webb Telescope
It is in motion at a point between the Sun and the Earth. | aerospace |
https://photo.m-j-s.net/blog/2020/05/iss-strike-at-the-center-of-the-m106-galaxy/ | 2023-01-27T15:11:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764494986.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20230127132641-20230127162641-00173.warc.gz | 0.871128 | 250 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__94759863 | en | When the ISS flew over Cologne, Germany on 15 May 2020, 02:17 – 02:24 CEST, the path went straight through M106 which I was imaging at that time.
Given the recent Starlink upheaval, I was a bit angry that one of my subexposures had been ruined by a bright satellite. But on second thought I realized that this was a special event. The path of the ISS flyover can be seen here on heavens-above.com.
Single image, exposure time 10 min, not stacked. See below for technical details.
Backyard astrophotography in light-polluted Cologne-Dellbrück (SQM 20.0)
Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Skywatcher Flattener, IDAS LPS P2, ASI 294MC Pro
OAG with Lodestar X2
Mount AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: CdC, APT, PHD2, dithering
Single image 600s, gain 120, -10C, 30 flats, 59 darkflats, 17 darks
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom | aerospace |
https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1775118/faa-investigating-plane-swap-stunt-near-eloy-ended-crash | 2024-02-28T13:29:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474715.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228112121-20240228142121-00532.warc.gz | 0.974721 | 327 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__115344314 | en | FAA investigating plane-swap stunt near Eloy that ended in a crash
Authorities were investigating the crash of one of two planes that were part of a Red Bull stunt in which two pilots attempted to swap planes in mid-air over the Arizona desert on Sunday evening.
Pilots Luke Aikens and Andy Farrington attempted to jump into the other’s plane mid-flight. One of the planes spun out of control before Farrington could take over, forcing him to parachute back down.
Authorities say the plane crashed near Eloy, roughly 65 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix.
"All the numbers matched up, everything should have been good to go," Farrington said. "For some reason, it wasn't that way. But, at the end of the day, we're both here, we're both good to go. Everybody's safe and sound, and I guess that's the important part."
Aikens managed to land his plane safely.
“I mean, we proved that it was possible. I mean, we’re pushing boundaries out here," Aikens said. "And what’s great is I jumped from one, I got in the other one, we landed. I landed safely. Andy landed safely under a parachute, the plane landed under a parachute. All of our safety protocols worked.”
The crash sparked a Federal Aviation Administration investigation. The FAA had rejected a waiver of laws requiring pilots to man their planes at all times from Aikens and Farrington two days before the stunt.
Associated Press contributed to this report. | aerospace |
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The government plans to shoot down a North Korean rocket scheduled for launch in the middle of next month if it strays off course, causing the first stage booster to fall on South Korean territory, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
But experts point out that the missiles in South Korea's arsenal are unequal to the task of engaging intercontinental ballistic missiles, which many believe is really what the North is testing, and will have to rely on the U.S. to shoot it down.
A Defense Ministry official told reporters the military intends to shoot down the North Korean rocket if the first-stage booster drops on South Korean territory rather than 140 km west of Byeonsan Peninsula, as North Korea estimates.
The military had apparently been thinking about using PAC-2 Patriot missiles to intercept the rocket from ground bases and SM-2 ship-to-air missiles with a range of 170 km from the King Sejong the Great and Yulgok Yi Yi Aegis destroyers. But experts said they are designed to intercept aircraft and could prove unable to shoot down rocket parts falling at supersonic speeds.
The South is therefore discussing with the U.S. military whether the U.S. Forces Korea's PAC-3 Patriot missiles and SM-3 ship-to-air missiles mounted on the U.S. Seventh Fleet's Aegis destroyers could be used instead. The U.S. military is considering stationing the Aegis destroyers in the West Sea and moving some PAC-3 missiles from bases in Osan, Gunsan and Waegan for the eventuality.
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https://www.bluechipflightschool.co.za/enrol-best-flying-training-school-south-africa/ | 2018-11-21T04:05:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039747024.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20181121032129-20181121054129-00480.warc.gz | 0.949654 | 697 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__2260569 | en | Your dreams are valid.
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Another important element to choosing a flight school in South Africa and one that we at BlueChip Flight School hold as one of our values is the environment and messaging of the school. How the website looks, and addresses every element of the pilot training process and how the staff members address your enquiries can also tell a lot about the place.
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Over the years, airline traffic and private travel by aeroplane has continued to grow and new, cost-efficient airlines have also joined the market to get a piece of the pie. All that growth has created a definite need for more trained and certified pilots in the years to come. Being a commercial airline pilot comes with many positive perks, once you have managed to get through the initial hard work and dedication required to ace your South African flight training.
Our annual open day for prospective flight training students and their families is scheduled for 10 February and our team are prepped, ready and eagerly waiting to explain any questions and broadening your understanding and wonderment of all things “flying school and aviation”.
If you are willing to put in the years of dedicated work and the necessary schooling is needed to qualify and obtain either your PPL, Private Pilot License (for recreational flying of small aircrafts) or CPL, Commercial Pilot License (flying commercial planes,) and ATPL, Airline Transport License (flying for Airlines) both qualifications in return for a monthly salary and all-inclusive employee perks, then your hard work will be greatly rewarded with a wonderfully exciting profession.
If the thought of a two-wing airplane, open cockpit, prop aircraft and or Jet engines gives you butterflies, then contact the team and let’s get you ready and certified to sow to new heights. | aerospace |
https://space.so/video/en/canadian-space-agency/3d-global-map-of-asteroid-bennu-as-measured-by-canadas-ola-instrument | 2020-02-26T23:03:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146562.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20200226211749-20200227001749-00012.warc.gz | 0.891711 | 143 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__177114327 | en | Click any button for sharing!
2019-08-29 – This 3D global map of asteroid Bennu’s topography was created from about 20 million measurements taken by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), an instrument contributed to the international sample-return mission by the Canadian Space Agency. The colours represent the distance from the centre of Bennu: dark blue areas lie approximately 60 metres lower than peaks indicated in red. This model has a resolution of approximately one measurement per metre.
Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_ssex695o | aerospace |
http://masdima.pt/home/2020/04/21/the-fly-ai-report-shows-the-potential-of-ai-in-aviation/ | 2023-03-22T15:45:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943845.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322145537-20230322175537-00109.warc.gz | 0.948703 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__126477522 | en | The FLY AI report shows the potential of AI in aviation
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The European Aviation High Level Group on AI (EAAI HLG), composed of key representatives from all aviation sectors (airlines, airports, Air Navigation Service Providers, manufacturers, EU bodies, military and staff associations) published this report on March 2020.
The goal is to demystify AI, help its uptake in aviation and advance understanding of its potential for example in areas such as reducing human workload, driving the development of new ATM/U-Space services, or increasing safety and cyber resilience. It includes a Fly Action Plan which sets out the practical actions that could be taken to accelerate the development of AI in European aviation and ATM. | aerospace |
http://olbc.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html | 2017-04-26T15:34:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121453.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00461-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.97969 | 307 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__254176395 | en | Space Shuttle Need 1970's Foam?
In 1997 NASA caved in to the environmentalists and began using a new kind of foam for insulation on the space shuttle. The result? One blew up and the latest has serious issues. Nobody wants to spend much time talking about the foam switch since chlorofluorocarbons have been deemed evil. CFC's were an integral part of the foam that stayed attached through the stress of space flights over and over again. This post at Mike's Noise is a good discussion on the present situation including
The irony of this is that in 2001, the EPA exempted NASA from enforcementRecently, a NASA official was asked in an interview about theis very issue. He did a pretty good job of being evasive. Perhaps it's time for the MSM to turn up the heat a little. This was the first question I have heard address the foam change. More than likely it has been asked and I just missed it. It appears that it needs to be asked much more frequently.
of its freon regulations because an audit determined that the amount of freon
used by NASA was minuscule. But apparently NASA was more concerned with
public relations and with making sure that their policies received a nod of
approval from environmental groups. NASA's
official report on the Columbia disaster cited a change in the foam
application process -- and not the change in the foam itself -- as the most
sensible reason for the foam to start peeling off.
Just a thought. | aerospace |
https://en.he154.nl/ | 2023-01-31T02:47:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499842.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230131023947-20230131053947-00737.warc.gz | 0.967721 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__266293940 | en | In the early morning of 12 June 1943, an aeroplane crash took place in Overdiemen, near the farmyard "De Zeehoeve". A Wellington bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), on its return flight from a bombardment mission over Düsseldorf to its base in England, was drilled into the meadow fields of farmer Cornelis Hennipman. Unfortunately the entire crew, consisting of one British and four Australian crew members, lost their lives.
466 (RAAF) Squadron
Through extensive archival research, we know that the crashed plane was a Vickers Wellington Mark X bomber, which was part of the 466 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This squadron was a section of the "No. 4 Group" of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command. The Australian 466 squadron, with the motto "Brave and True", was founded on 10 October 1942. The squadron mainly used Wellington and Halifax air planes. Their home base was Leconfield Airbase, located north of Hull in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. | aerospace |
https://www.mangoesmapping.com.au/products/dji-aerial-survey/dji-phantom-4-rtk/ | 2024-03-03T15:53:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476396.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303142747-20240303172747-00875.warc.gz | 0.815216 | 213 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__110723813 | en | Upgrade your next mapping mission with the Phantom 4 RTK – the most compact and accurate low altitude mapping solution.
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https://surfeo.eu/a-customer-for-voltaeros-cassio/ | 2023-09-24T17:54:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506658.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924155422-20230924185422-00049.warc.gz | 0.923405 | 593 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__35029766 | en | VoltAero is a French company that is developing the Cassio, a hybrid aircraft that would be ready in 2023, and available in three versions of four, six, and ten seats. VoltAero’s vision is to take electric aircraft to a whole new level.
As an experienced company, VoltAero is developing a general aviation aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion, providing significant safety and comfort, while fitting into the sustainable trend that is gripping the aviation sector.
The Cassio features an elegant and aerodynamically optimized fuselage, combined with a fixed canard and a rear wing with twin tail booms that support an upper tailplane. These features allow the transport of four to ten people with a flight range of at least 3.5 hours, making it suitable for private owners, air taxi/charter companies, regional commercial flights, and for use in other applications such as delivery or medical assessment.
It will be certified to European EASA CS23 certification specifications as a single-engine general aviation category aircraft, and is designed from the ground up for low operating cost.
The Cassio is being developed in three different versions, each offering a high degree of modularity and commonality:
– Cassio 330, a four-seat configuration with 330 kilowatts of combined hybrid-electric power
– Cassio 480, a six-seat configuration with 480 kilowatts of hybrid-electric propulsion power
– Cassio 600, with 10 seats and 600 kilowatts of hybrid-electric propulsion power.
VoltAero has found a new customer to operate the Cassio:
Airways Aviation has become the French launch customer for the VoltAero Cassio, for scheduled and on-demand air transport service development operations in the South of France. The Cassio could also be used by Airways Aviation for pilot training courses.
The agreement between VoltAero and Airways Aviation was formalized on June 25, 2021, at an event held at the private group’s professional pilot and cabin crew training school headquarters at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport. Airways Aviation becomes the candidate for the French launch of VoltAero’s Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft, with three versions in four, six and ten seats (respectively the Cassio 330, Cassio 480, and Cassio 600).
This agreement demonstrates the aviation and transportation industry’s commitment to the transition to greener aircraft production and operations by training a new generation of pilots on the aircraft of the future.
Contact-us to learn more and discuss your business development plans.
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https://www.prepperlaw.com/law-guide/property-law/airspace-rights/ | 2017-09-24T04:49:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818689874.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170924044206-20170924064206-00651.warc.gz | 0.941996 | 943 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__15518528 | en | The entry of an aircraft into the airspace over land belonging to another person is privileged and lawful unless the entry is in such a manner as to interfere with the landowner's use of the property beneath the airspace. -- 2A C.J.S. Aeronautics & Aerospace § 9
After weeks of putting up with it buzzing around your house, you finally shoot down your neighbor's drone. Your neighbor sues you. Or, another example, a large black helicopter swoops down over your backyard, barely skimming the tops of your pine trees. Can you do more than shake your fist?
Who owns the air above your property? You do. To a limit.
In property law, when you purchase land, you own what's underneath -- yes, all the way down to the center of the earth -- and the air above it . . . but obviously not to the moon. In legalese, you own as much of the air above the surface as you can reasonably use in connection with the surface. It's common sense: you can't use your land if you didn't own the air above the surface. In short, land is not just about the dirt; it's also about the sky.
But how far up is "reasonable use"? Well, this is where the federal government comes in, which has exclusive sovereignty of U.S. airspace. The operative term "navigable airspace" (just like waterways, remember?) and Congress delegated to the FAA the ability to define “navigable airspace” and the authority to regulate it.
According to FAA Regulations, “navigable airspace” refers to
Airplanes can operate even lower when over “open water or sparsely populated areas.” But those aircraft must not get closer than 500 feet to any person, vehicle, or structure, except if:
How low is too low before the government infringes upon your property? The FAA argues that it has authority to regulate aircraft in U.S. airspace at any altitude because according to Federal law, the FAA can "develop plans and policy for the use of the navigable airspace and assign by regulation or order the use of the airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient use of airspace."
In addition, Congress gave the FAA the authority to prescribe “regulations and minimum standards for other practices, methods and procedure the [FAA] finds necessary for safety in air commerce and national security.” Under this section, the FAA regulates amateur rockets, motorized paragliders, and other vehicles below 500 feet.
Finally, even if navigable airspace does not extend to the surface, the FAA has argued that it may regulate below navigable airspace because it can prescribe regulations “on the flight of aircraft for navigating, protecting, and identifying aircraft” and “protecting individuals and property on the ground.” So, the government can trespass upon your airspace in order to protect you and your land. From what? Deranged sheep?
Say you live in a secluded area and the FEMA installs a military camp in nearby Forest Service land. Soon large military aircraft flies as low as 8o feet over your property farmer’s property. The deafening noise caused your entire family exhaustion from the lack of sleep. Even worse, the noise from the aircraft frighten your herd of sheep, causing them to try to jump the fence and die in the attempt.
Do you have a solid case against the government? Doubtful. Per Congress and its establishment of the minimum safe altitude (MSA), flight paths for taking off and landing is public airspace. Therefore, the government likely wins.
Here are two important principles regarding airspace below the MSA from an important Supreme Court case:
However, these principles remain unclear, which is why airspace is still a controversial topic.
Today, the hot button issue regarding airspace is the use of drones. Contrary to the above example, drones are quiet, and they often fly well below 80 feet. As a result of increased drone technology and use, it could be that “navigable airspace” extends to the surface.
At the moment, the FAA thinks it can regulate any and all airspace, but the law is unclear. In reality, it's the states that should oppose the FAA overreach by arguing that regulating airspace below 500 feet is part of their traditional police powers. (But that raises a whole 'nother issue, doesn't it?)
So, what if you see a drone hovering over your property? If it's within a stone's throw, well. . . . | aerospace |
https://9095.net/resume.htm | 2021-05-13T03:41:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243992721.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20210513014954-20210513044954-00221.warc.gz | 0.806753 | 3,724 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__124242100 | en | Lloyd A. Schaefer CV
Professional Engineer ASNT Level III, ASQ/CQE, DGZfP
2002-Present: Honeywell Global Repair Development Principal Engineer
Lead engineer for the development & prototype build of a Aero-vehicle structural anomaly mapping and characterization system, SAM/Nova. Concept is a broadband NDE sensor suite for the external, rapid, end-to-end automated NDE assessment of external fixed wing and rotary aircraft using an automated guided vehicle. Prototype realized with sensor suite integrated into an inspection management system with a layered database, registered on the 3D-airframe model. Development is significant for its best in class inspection ROC performance achieved through exam and analysis automation. Capabilities established for detection, typing and sizing of accidental and environmental damage to composite structures. Evaluated applications include Space shuttle RCC, Shuttle external tank foam insulation attach, commercial control surfaces and empennage, A-10 wings for battle damage assessment, B-2 LO surfaces impact damage assessment and black-hawk helicopter blade composites. Additional sensors (Thermography, array eddy current, Laser UT) incorporated into design to achieve end-to-end automated assessment of surface and subsurface cracks and corrosion in skin/rib/stringer/spar constructions. Recognized for successful integration of prototype into B&GA environment for validation.
Additionally responsible for core repair development activities including; Reverse Engineering technology development using Flash CT, scanning CMM and White Light methods to develop point clouds, establishment of software protocols from those point clouds to the STL or PM replicated part, and review and substantiation of repair processes for both legacy and growth propulsion system turbo machinery and combustion devices. Appointed process leader for the globalization of this effort and establishment of design services in Bangalore India.
2000 2002: SIEMENS PG Berlin Gas Turbine Works Process Qualification Lead Engineer
Team leader for turbine blades and vanes process validation team. Developed & implemented model for tracking & assuring supplier first pass yield capability for production and service aftermarket needs on the V84 & V94 engine series. Developed Radiographic, GridStation ET and UT methods for control of blade and vane processes, both in house and throughout supply chain (Howmet, Sulzer Metco, Chromalloy, PCC, TACR). Conducted tech requirements review program and implemented process key characteristic monitoring program with suppliers to establish self release environment & extract shared savings. Conducted 6 sigma projects for supplier process health. Serve as technical liaison to the coatings and materials engineering function in Muhlheim for turbine blades and vanes. Developed component repair strategies and scrap blade/vane recovery programs, e.g. recoat & laser redrill, at target suppliers. Provide native speaker liaison services for British and US engineering groups.
Key accomplishments & recognition include:
1997 2000 (see also 1987-1995): BOEING PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
BCAG MR&D In-Service NDE & Life Management Processes
Assess NDE process reliability to develop and assure component life estimates, maintenance planning, safety and inspection economics. Support TOGGA efforts to define actions for MED/WFD aging aircraft initiatives. Work with Structural Damage Technology group to develop reliability models and methods that validate probability of detection estimates, and provide real-time process health monitoring. Completed joint reliability validation program with Sandia FAA validation center for 737 lap splice propagation monitoring. Work with Delta, Northwest, United to define fleet distribution of 737 lap splice degradation due to 2nd layer bend mode cracking. Investigate enabling technologies such as; EC array probe imaging, thermography, & pulsed eddy current to reduce costs for life extension in-service inspection. Develop and implement aging aircraft inspection procedures. Ensure audit compliance for government airworthiness directives.
Promoted from Engineer Specialist in an integrated product team (IPT) supporting development and fleet management of rocket turbomachinery and combustion device systems. Managed certified special processes and quality systems throughout development supply chain. Present and substantiate supply management needs in program reviews. Established web based process monitoring and corrective action system for suppliers. Conduct root cause analysis and supplier on-time and quality score card review. Conducted inspection & process monitoring technology development programs specific to X33.
Developed divisional software & standard for viewing and interpretation of investment cast blade radiographs and XIM CT images on remote workstations using MATLAB. Investigated new technologies such as laser shearography, laser based ultrasonics, acoustic emission, and pulsed infrared thermography, to improve inspection reliability and reduce costs. Received QA directors award for implementation of manufacturing stream shearography on the X-33 nozzle braze bond complex, following successful completion of the X33 engine test program.
1995 - 1997: HONEYWELL AEROSPACE - ENGINEER, MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Technical lead for materials characterization & NDE efforts supporting
engine/APU fleet inspection and maintenance of turbine sections. Assess SRD
(service revealed difficulties) failures of turbine section components (blades,
vanes, rotors) for root cause. Determine potential life extension solutions
through inspection development and probabilistic life predictions. Review and
approve repair and overhaul center NDI plans and procedures. Respond to
regulatory authority airworthiness directives (A/Ds) supporting the FAA-DER.
Support new engine development activities for AS900 and low cost blade material
initiatives. Develop inspection concepts for ceramic blade initiative on next
generation APU turbines. Characterize compressor section lifing issues for
inspectatility within the Avco 502/507 engine family. Prepared successfully
funded (2.4M) 5 year technology roadmap to reduce inspection costs by 40% while
improving and assuring probability of detection. Established product of the
process acceptance criteria to improve value. Constructed design templates to
ensure inspectability and validated initial defect distributions for safe life
designs for the DFME (Design for Manufacturing Environment) initiative.
Introduced eddy current, ultrasonic and radiographic modeling capabilities and
division-wide NDE data analysis network. Led the AlliedSignal representation on
the FAA Engine Titanium Consortium program for inservice inspection methods
development and inspection reliability prediction. NDE industrial advisory board
member for AlliedSignal at the Center for NDE at Iowa State University.
Transition NDE quality system to ISO compliance.
1987 - 1995: BOEING-Rocketdyne Division -ENGINEER SPECIALIST, POWER SYSTEMS
Propulsion products: Scope of responsibilities included; materials & process development, product/process assessment, & Space Shuttle main engine test/flight anomaly resolution & Quality program management. Defined, characterized and implemented materials & NDE solutions for propulsion turbine fracture critical components for the SSME and Delta, Atlas, & ALS turbomachinery & combustion devices. Performed metallurgical first article assessment and production NDE technique development for superalloy investment castings of blades, vanes, shrouds, turning vanes, volutes & inlets. Developed & implemented hybrid cast microshrink rating standard for LOX turbomachinery castings. Lead engineer for weld & braze assessment team tasked to identify and reduce NDE revealed discrepancies. The effort achieved a 38% reduction in weld process reductions through a combination of weld process improvements, weld finishing technologies and NDE method improvements. Conducted metallurgical lab investigations to correlate NDE results with structural and material requirements.
Power Systems: Quality program manager for the 5 EPS major subcontractors; Loral, LTV, Lockheed, UTC, & Moog. Prepared technical proposals for Quality & NDE efforts. Managed cost accounts and planned level of effort and staffing budgets. Co-Developed fully automated UT & ET system for the Space Station Electric Power NiH2 thinwall welded pressure vessel program. The production inspection system was submitted with Southwest Research Institute for an R&D100 award. Was named a Rocketdyne Engineer of the Year from the Space Station Electric Power program for 1993. Assure ISO9000 transition and compliance for the NDE product area. NASA qualified fracture control NDE specialist, performing MSFC-STD-1249 special level NDI. Member of Fracture control board, chairman of division NDE review board.
1984 - 1987: NORTHROP ELECTRONICS - ENGINEER, METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Provided materials and process engineering support for inertial guidance systems structures, two phase heat exchanger systems and support electronics systems. Was the division NDT level III supporting all NDE activities. Received performance recognitions for work in development of dimensionally stable investment casting alloys and radiographic test methods for investment castings, microelectronics DPA and printed wiring board analysis. Programs supported include; Peacekeeper, NAS, Ring Laser Gyro, TEMS, FEMS
1983 - 1985: MQS/Sunray ---- METALLURGICAL ANALYST/NDT TECHNICIAN
Performed field NDI (Isotope radiography, PT and UT) at SoCal Edison cool
water coal gasification plant, petroleum refineries and fossil fuel electric
power facilities in accordance with API and ASME specifications.
Perform FAA powerplant and airframe metallurgical failure analysis and related
inspections. Perform NDI on customer supplied products including; castings, welded and brazed assemblies, and forgings. Write NDE specifications in response to B-2 production inspection program for composites.
1981 - 1983: LADISH COMPANY - METALLURGICAL PROCESS CONTROLLER
Responsible for metallurgical process control of the forging operation. Supervised forging crews. Performed metallurgical (compact tension, low cycle fatigue, creep/stress rupture, metallography) and
NDI (UT, PT, RT) evaluations of aerospace applied forgings with emphasis on high temperature alloys for turbine engines, and petrochemical markets (wellhead and tubular product).
1979 - 1981: PRESSED STEEL TANK COMPANY - SENIOR LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Performed metallurgical process and NDE laboratory functions as applied to deep drawn and welded pressure vessels in accordance with ASME & DOT codes, including; physical testing, heat treat, NDT (UT,RT,PT,ET), process chemical analysis and metallography.
1980: ALLIS CHALMERS COOP METALLURGICAL STUDENT WORK EXPERIENCE
Worked in AllisChalmers corporate R&D laboratories learning metallurgical analysis practice for materials and processes in the turbine division. Learn & apply metallographic practice, physical test techniques, metallography & NDE. Assist in collection and evaluation of impeller material failures. Work with MTS automated test systems to develop Materials Handbook V physical property data for the staff engineers. Received outstanding assessment at program completion from Dr. John Philosophos.
PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS:
(L. Schaefer - NASA Tech Brief 1988)
Ultrasonic Inspection of turbine investment castings Using Flaw Classifier Logic (L. Schaefer, J. Willenberg - NASA Tech Brief 1989)
Laser Shearographic Inspection of Thrust Chamber Hot Gas Wall Bonding
(L. Schaefer - NASA Tech Brief 1990)
Eddy Current Flaw Discrimination In Pressure Vessels Using Pattern Recognition
(L. Schaefer, J. Willenberg - NASA Tech Brief 1992)
Computer Assisted Inspection for Welded Thin Wall Pressure Vessels
(L. Schaefer, G. Light, R. Tennis, J. Fisher - R&D Magazine - 1992)
AI for Bond Inspection - Signal to Noise Ratio Improvements
(L. Van Wyck, L. Schaefer, L. Rochester- Rockwell IR&D - 1992)
High Reliability Evaluation of Printed Wiring Boards by Radiography
(L. Schaefer - ASNT Conference proceedings - 1991)
Pre-Penetrant Surface Enhancement Techniques
(L. Schaefer - ASNT Conference proceedings - 1992)
Probabilistic NDE for Bonded Structures
(L. Schaefer - ASNT Conference proceedings. - 1992)
Developing Probabilistic NDE Solutions for the Space Station
(L. Schaefer, W. Nagel - ASQC Chapter presentation - 1993)
ASNT Visual Testing Handbook (Eighth Edition) Visual & metallographic techniques for joining processes & microelectronics (L. Schaefer, et. al. Published September, 1993).
Quantifying Shearography for Fracture Critical ORU composite enclosures
(L. Schaefer - SPIE conference proceedings - 1995)http://www.spie.org/search/spie_ab_search.html
NDE Automation in the Inspection of Thin Wall Pressure Vessels
(L. Schaefer, M. Mitchell - QNDE conference proceedings - 1995)
Novel NDE methods for assessment of bonding in brazed anisotropic honeycomb structures
(L. Schaefer & Dr. G. Light - SAMPE proceedings LosAngeles 1998)http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/compmatl/lit/sampe2.html
Aging Aircraft Risk Based Inspection
(L. Schaefer, ASNT Seattle Section Presentation, Seattle 1999)
Process Targets and Metrics for NonDestructive Inspections
(L. Schaefer, ASQ Seattle Section Presentation, Seattle 2000)
Whole R Considerations for NDE in American Aerospace
(L. Schaefer, World Conference on NDT, Rome Italy, 2000)http://www.aipnd.it/program/frid.htm
Digital & Human FactorsTools for improving RT process reliability
(L. Schaefer, In-Kingdom NDE Technical Exchange Conference, Dhahran 2000)
Creating POD Practically
(L. Schaefer, R. Singh, European-American Reliability Workshop Tutorial, Berlin 2002)
Process Transparancy via 6 Sigma Programs Applied to NDE Reliability
(L. Schaefer, European-American Reliability Workshop, Berlin 2002)
SAM Automated Airframe Structural Inspection System
(L. Schaefer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Phoenix 2003)
Ground Based Vehicle Health Monitoring for Life Cycle Cost Reduction
(L. Schaefer, SAE - Advances in Aviation Safety Conference, Montreal 2003)
Structural Anomaly Mapping for Airframes: Data Acquisition/Detectability Testing (Page 13)
(Waled Hassan, Lloyd Schaefer, Tim Duffy, Johnathan Edwards, Dave MacEnany, Caroline Morel, Stu Rosenwasser, QNDE - Green Bay, Wisconsin 2003)
Rocketdyne Quality Engineer Of The Year, 1993: For advances in NDE on the Space Station program.
Rocketdyne Leadership Award, 1992:Excellence in management of the Space Station NDE program.
NASA Silver Snoopy, 1989:Process improvement in welding for the Space Shuttle Engine program.
Rocketdyne Leadership Award, 1988: Formation and leadership of Space Shuttle Main Engine NDE reliability improvement and cost reduction team
QA&SS Directors Award, 1998: Development and application of laser shearography on X-33 Nozzle to optimize detectability and eliminate ultrasonic inspection costs
AlliedSignal Technology Management Award, 1996: Recognition for technology development and program management of the 731 fan disk eddy current life monitoring program
Propulsion Development Team Achievement Award, 1998: Completion of first attempt successful braze of the X-33 Thrust Ramp Hot Wall Assembly MTD
NASA Technology Patent (TU) Awards
-Computed Tomography solution for fuel valve controllers
-Automated data synthesis for Eddy Current examination of welds
-Shearographic inspection of thrust chamber hot gas wall bonding on Space Shuttle Main Engine
-Penetrant Indication measuring device
Siemens-Westinghouse Next Generation Design Philosophy Award 2001: Recognized for completion of the NDE, Quality, Specifications and Reliability chapter for the joint European-American turbine design.
Aviation Week & Space Technology - Innovation of the Year 2003
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
MS Technology Management, UOP Distance Learning In progress, - ECD 6/05
BSc Cum Laude Industrial Technology, University of Southern Illinois
AAS Metallurgy, Milwaukee Area Technical College.
ASNT Level III - Certificate Number MM-982 (UT,RT,PT,ET,MT)
ASQ-Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
ASQ-Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) expected 12/04
AWS-CWI Examination Dec, 2004
Boeing Aircraft Structural Engineer, 1998
SixSigma Plus - Design for Six Sigma 2003
American Society for Metals (AMS)
Americal Welding Society (AWS)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
American Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT)
DGZfP German Society for Non-Destructive Testing
Computed Tomography, Theory and Operation ASNT 1985
ISO9000 Auditing AlliedSignal 1996
Quality Function Deployment & Taguci methods Rockwell 1990
Digital Signal Processing - Iowa State University 1995
Boeing D1-9000 ISO Supplier Auditing Training 1998
Design To Cost Boeing 1998
ANSI Dimensioning and Tolerancing Boeing 1994
Aircraft Structural Engineers certification Boeing 1999
Six Sigma Green Belt Siemens AG 2001
Six Sigma Design for Six Sigma Honeywell 2003
National Instruments - Labview - 2003
Intellectual Property Management - 2003
Advanced Eddy Current Technology - Zetec - 2003
FAA Regulatory Process Familiarization - 2004
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http://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Article/563573/norad-and-usnorthcom-support-space-shuttle-launch/ | 2018-10-16T19:33:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583510866.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20181016180631-20181016202131-00286.warc.gz | 0.923663 | 474 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__75037419 | en | Aug. 24, 2009 —
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command provide support to NASA and the shuttle program’s mission with distinctly different but important missions.
NORAD—the bi-national command responsible for air defense of the North American air space—is ensuring airspace safety and security for the STS-128 launch and landing and providing air patrols to enforce the FAA’s Temporary Flight Restriction zones over the space shuttle and along its flight path. NORAD support will consist of fighter planes and U.S. Coast Guard helicopters enforcing the TFR.
The FAA flight restriction (depicted in illustration attached to this release), and the associated Notice to Airmen can be viewed in its entirety by linking to the FAA’s Web site at www.faa.gov, or by clicking on the state of Florida link at the top of the Web page.
NORAD is also prepared to respond to any shuttle emergency by securing the airspace over necessary Launch Abort Sites should emergency landing be required.
The safety and security of North American airspace remains NORAD's prime mission. The command retains a robust air defense posture to maintain air sovereignty over the continental U.S., Alaska and Canada. Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD fighters have scrambled or diverted more than 2,100 times in response to air events, and NORAD aircraft have flown more than 53,000 sorties (refueling, Airborne Warning and Control System, etc.) in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
U.S. Northern Command is the lead U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for military incident support to the space shuttle. Support includes astronaut search and rescue as well as orbiter salvage and recovery. USNORTHCOM, established in 2002 and fully operational Sept. 11, 2003, coordinates U.S. military efforts to assist the space shuttle astronauts in the event of an emergency.
The mission of USNORTHCOM is homeland defense and civil support. The command conducts operations to deter, prevent, defeat and mitigate threats and aggression aimed at the United States, its territories and interests within the assigned area of responsibility. Also, as directed by the President or Secretary of Defense, USNORTHCOM provides military assistance to civil authorities including consequence management operations. | aerospace |
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Foldable GPS Drone, 6K 5G WiFi Drone with HD Anti-Shake Camera for Adults, RC Quadcopter Gimbal with Brushless Motor, Follow-me, Waypoint, Human Tracking and Palm Control, 60Mins Flight
- 【6K Full HD Camera Capture Wonderful Moment】-Adjustable 6K 5700*4275P 5G Wifi HD Camera, 5G WiFi high-speed image transmission(1640ft-1970ft) without delay, enjoy real-time images trough App; Professional 6K anti-shake camera with 110° wide angle can adjust 90°, recording every wonderful moment, feeling the unbelievable beauty in ultra-high definition.
- 【Powerful Performance】: With a max battery life of 60 minutes (package includes 2*rechargeable batteries), WQ X17 grants more than enough time to compose the perfect shot. WQ quadcopter can take off at a max altitude of 1,000 meters and provide smooth HD video at 25 frames per secondso your footage is stable even when flying along a windy coastline or high above an alpine forest.
- 【Optical Flow, Gesture Control and GPS Positioning】-With both optical flow and GPS position, the drone could hover more stable and achieve better performance in precise location and photography. Built in Return-to-Home function for safer fly, the drone will automatically return to home precisely when its battery is low or the signal is weak when flying out of range, never worrying about losing the drone.
- 【Brushless Motors】-More powerful and much less noisy, brushless motors also improve the wind-resistance at high attitude. They could stay fast and reliable even at tough weather conditions. Plus, motors have longer time span and save you from motor maintenance.
- 【Best Choice for Newbies】-WQ X17 enables you to customize the flight distance limitation in Beginners Mode, so it won’t fly away before you get the hang of it. Equipped with one-key take off/land/return, auto hover, headless mode and 3 speeds switch, it is super friendly to newbies, One Key Take Off/Landing, with simple press, even little boys and girls can take it under well control.
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- Headless Mode: The pilot will feel easier to control, especially when the drone is out of sight, under headless mode while the orientation of the drone is in relation to the pilot. The drone are also equipped with 3D flips to make your day.
- 【UP YOUR GAME】: The Mavic Air 2 camera drone takes power and portability to the next level. It combines a powerful camera with intelligent shooting modes for stunning results. Push your imagination to its limits because aerial photography has never been this easy.
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- Farther and Clearer: This drone provides smooth FPV transmission within a range of up to 80m. You can capture and record 720P HD aerial footage, and share it instantly on Social Media through DEERC app.
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https://hangar1.avoncliffe.com/crazepony-uk-mini-drone-with-camera-bnf-micro-fpv-quad-with-external-frsky-ac800-receiver-f3-evo-flight-controller-cleanflight | 2018-12-17T09:46:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828501.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217091227-20181217113227-00399.warc.gz | 0.815414 | 430 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__213814461 | en | MICRO FPV is 64mm, ducted fans quad，apply newest F3 FC , flashable to Cleanflight/Betaflight.
You just need the FrSky transmitter and FPV display or goggle，then you could experience indoor FPV racing with great fun!
Weight: 22g (without battery)
Flight Controller: Makerfire F3 Brushed FC with external FrSky AC800 receiver
Motor: 6x15mm Coreless Brush Motor
Receiver: FrSky AC800 receiver
Camera and 5.8G Tx: AIO 520TVL 1/4 Inch Camera 25mW 40CH
Batterry: 3.7V 200mAh Lipo battery with Pico JST connector
Flight time: 4 min
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A:Its not a beginners quad. You will need a descent transmitter.
You will need to know how to program cleanflight/betaflight.
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1 * Crazepony 220mAh 3.7v Lipo batteryMICRO FPV is a small first-person-view aircraft that truly allows you to feel the gift of flight and the feeling of being tiny
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http://warringersworks.com/balloons-and-other-toys/ | 2019-04-26T07:49:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578762045.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20190426073513-20190426095513-00423.warc.gz | 0.966438 | 3,401 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__195289628 | en | The first half of the first decade of the 21st century saw a good amount of activity in space, though most of it was directed at evolutionary developments of existing hardware and the implementation of technologies and plans that had been in existence for a longer time.
NASA had been working on inflatable habitats since the early 1990s and by 2000 the first three units had been delivered to the Moon, where they expanded the living and working space of Copernicus Base almost ten times, creating space for larger laboratories, storage facilities and the first larger hydroponics experiment outside of Earth.
An inflatable habitat protected against radiation and micrometeorites by a lava tube was one thing. To use such an habitat in orbit, where it had to protect its inhabitants against the same issues, however was a different matter. The first habitat, along with some new improvements, was sent to SOC Hephaestos in 2000, both to test it in space as to experiment with it, by coupling and decoupling the module several times. In the end the inflatable experiment, albeit with a few minor adjustments, was permanently added to Hephaestos.
By 2004 NASA felt they had gathered enough information on the matter. Data showed an increased protection against radiation due to several new polymers used in its construction. The many layers of kevlar also increased the protection against micrometeorites.
Earlier the CIA had been able to recover basic information about the Soviet Gel Pack Protection and handed it to NASA. NASA, who investigated how to increase the protection and to close a leak when a micrometeorite punched through dozens of layers of an inflatable habitat, further developed the system into a self sealing layer. This layer consisted of a polymer gel in a high density polyethylene bladder. If punctured, the gel locally hardened from exposure to vacuum, sealing the puncture. Additionally the gel increased radiation protection and provided an extra measure of defense against laser weapons.
This new method of protection for habitation modules was published by NASA, allowing the Soviet Union to profit from this development of their own idea. At least for habitation modules it made the earlier developed whipple shield gel combination obsolete before it had even been implemented.
By 2005, NASA decided to retire the two deck version of the Manned Command Mission Module, replacing it with a combination of the single deck MCMM with an Inflatable Habitat Module, which provided more than four times its internal volume.
The Soviet Union saw the same potential in inflatable habitats. Their DOS and MOK modules always had been larger than NASA’s modules, to be able to provide more space. Their sheer size however caused an extra risk during launch. Inflatable habitats could be folded into small packages and would still end up larger than the already used modules.
With the modules used to build up the Zvesda Moon Base on the other hand, the Soviets had some prior knowledge about size changing modules and made use of it.
Where NASA made use of a fixed central spoke, surrounded by the packaged up module, the Soviet Union was able to construct a module where the central spoke telescoped outside, allowing to wrap up the modules into even smaller forms, while the material needed for the internal space was confined to a conventional part of a module.
But NASA and the Soviets were not the only ones interested in the technology of inflatable habitats. The other spacefaring nations had an interest as well, as it allowed tightly packed up station modules that could be inflated to a much larger space and provided superior defense against radiation and micrometeorites.
ESA had begun developing the technology in the mid 1990s and a first test had been done on Columbus in 2002. By 2005, ESA decided to return to the Moon and to make use of the inflatable habitats. The last ESA lunar landing had been in the Marius Hills region, where ESA previously had discovered a 65m ‘skylight’ in a lava tube, making the area a perfect location for establishing the first ESA lunar base.
ESA prepared carefully, by first establishing a space station, named Da Gama. But other than NASA, they placed the station in the L1 point directly between Earth and the Moon, where not only the Moon could easily be reached, but also interplanetary space.
For the moment ESA used Da Gama as a staging point for landing near the skylight their last lunar exploration had discovered. Three remote controlled landers touched down nearby, before a crew of three landed in June 2005, preparing to construct multiple elevators and flights of stairs down into the skylight, finishing them by February 2006.
A small waystation was kept topside, near the skylight, where a large array of solar panels provided the power for the station within the lava tube, with a backup of superconducting batteries for the times when the lunar surface was dark. Two habitat modules were the core of the new Galilei Station, and had a monopropellant powered lift station in case the elevators failed and stairs somehow collapsed.
Already there were plans to build up an inflatable elevator system so that astronauts could transfer from topside down into the lava tube in a shirtsleeve environment.
Already in the planning stages of Da Gama and Galilei during the mid to late 1990s, ESA decided that they needed a more efficient engine to save fuel. A solid core nuclear engine, comparable to the American NERVA and the Soviet RD-0411 engine was designed and named Viking. But rather than using liquid hydrogen like NASA and the Soviets, ESA went for a cheaper alternative, using ammonia. It had the advantage of easy storage and high density, while it provided roughly sixty percent of the specific impulse of hydrogen. To make up for it, the use of cermet materials allowed to run the engine hotter than others.
The ESA nuclear transfer stage, named Verne, was able to transport up to 80 tonnes of material to Da Gama and return to rendezvous with Columbus to refuel. Two of the Verne stages were built and launched, regularly transporting material to Da Gama.
For China the development of inflatable modules was heaven sent. As these modules were generally lighter than comparable conventional space station modules, it allowed them to launch larger modules with their smaller launch vehicles.
The first Chinese inflatable habitat module was launched in 2006 and docked with the Tiangong 3 Complex, where it nearly doubled the available space. A second module followed in 2007. The massive improvement in usable space made China consider to add an inflatable section to their Shenlong and Shuguang spacecraft to increase the comfort of the crew on longer duration missions.
Another problem for humans in space was the general lack of gravity and its effects on the human body.
The space agencies tried to minimize the amount of time spent in microgravity to six months for their astronauts, cosmonauts or taikonauts. Stays on the Moon and Mars were longer, as there was at least some gravity, but especially the astronauts and cosmonauts that journeyed to Mars had more difficulties with their health.
A stay of nearly two years on Mars, followed by six months of microgravity left everyone much weaker and in desperate need of medical attention and physical therapy once they had returned to the surface of the blue planet.
Physical training in space only had a limited effect on the degradation of bone density and muscle mass, although it at least made sure the heart didn’t suffer once the astronaut or cosmonaut returned to Earth.
While the effects were valuable for the medical field as finding ways to counter the effects meant that osteoporosis for elderly people could be treated as well, a more permanent solution still had to be found. The most obvious one was to use rotation to simulate gravity with the help of the centripetal force.
There were many things to consider however. Distances from the center of the rotation to a habitat where simulated gravity was needed could only be made so far, considering existing technologies and abilities. To have a stronger effect, the rotation had to be faster for a centrifuge with a smaller diameter. On the other hand humans had problems once a centrifuge rotated too fast. Tests had shown that rotations of more than twelve rotations per second lead to nauseated and dazed test subjects.
Long term experiences on the Moon had showed that the gravity there was sufficient to prevent the worst effects of osteoporosis and reduction of muscle mass. With this knowledge, the space agencies tackled the problem on their own.
NASA decided to combine the inflatable habitat technology with the rotational habitat. In its launch stage not larger than a dual deck MCMM, the centrifuge, once inflated and stabilized by Hoberman flexible structures, had a diameter of fifteen meters. Rotating five times per minute, it was able to provide a simulated gravity of 2 m/s² or 0.2 Earth gravities. It also provided a living space of 200 square meters and volume 85 m³, allowing comfortable living conditions for a crew of four.
To counter precision effects of moving a space station or a spacecraft around, NASA either intended to use two counter rotating centrifuges or use a smaller counter rotating flywheel. Computer controls in combination with gyroscopes were needed to prevent the centrifuge from tumbling as the crew moved about, changing the center of mass for the centrifuge. These computers continuously controlled the center of mass and held it as close to the normal center as possible with storage tanks and pipes filled with water, pumping it around.
By 2008 NASA had two test articles built and attached to SOC Hephaestos, where the modules became a rapid success. By 2010, the Rotational Habitat Module was finalized and prepared to be integrated into the future plans of NASA, not replacing the Inflatable Habitat Module, but complementing it.
The Soviet Union’s choice of providing a rotational habitat also made use of inflatables technology, however their setup could be called more conventional. Two solidly constructed telescoping spokes from a central bearing held a pair of inflatable habitats in place, together with a couple of tension cables for added security. It had a diameter of sixty meters and with just three rotations per minute could provide a simulated gravity of 3 m/s² or 0.3 Earth gravities.
The torque of the habitat section was canceled out with the help of four counter rotating steel flywheels. Additionally generators were hooked up to the flywheels and the rotating section, providing additional power generation if needed.
The first Soviet rotating habitat was launched in 2009 and attached to MOK, before a second was sent towards Venus on VEK 1.
Much like NASA, ESA decided to use a fully inflatable structure with Hoberman structures, but also followed the more classical design with two separate habitats on two long spokes. The spokes were made up by a truss structure with additional tension cables strengthening it, while an inflatable tube was running along the inside of the truss structure and a ladder allowing transit from the rotation hub down into a habitat module. Both habitat modules were largely conventional inflatable habitats that were connected to the spokes and set into rotation, with five flywheels to cancel out torque.
The ESA design, 30 meters in diameter, rotated five times per second and produced a simulated gravity of about 4 m/s² or 0.4 Earth gravities in the lower deck and 3.4 m/s² or 0.34 Earth gravities on the upper deck. But rather than testing it on Columbus, ESA sent the first experimental module to Galilei in 2010, where it was docked to a more conventional Cook module that had been launched earlier.
As it was on Earth and in cislunar space, NASA and the Soviet Union looked for ways to make life and research easier on Mars. There had long since been thoughts about utilizing the already existing infrastructure of the Martian city itself to provide living space for the astronauts and cosmonauts on the Red Planet, but no one was sure if the building materials used by the Ziggies were up to the task. The risk of first repairing a building and then have it collapse around the crew while they moved in, was too big.
Eventually however both NASA and the Soviet Union discovered several buildings in their areas of Honore City where the building substance was good and which only had limited damages done to them during the event that lead to the destruction of the city.
Advances in adhesives and the development of inflatable air locks made both powers seriously consider to turn several existing buildings into more permanent bases on Mars.
NASA managed to find a building the size of a normal apartment building in Manhattan, which only had limited damage opening the ground floor to the Martian atmosphere. Over four months in 2004 of work, the building was cleared out by the astronauts, who discovered a number of useful looking artifacts, and prepared to be closed up and made inhabitable.
Until the arrival of the inflatable airlock, the building was closed up and the astronauts tried their best to get rid of the Martian dust inside the building, but complained about the lack of a vacuum that worked on Mars.
Once the airlock arrived, it was first connected to one opening of the building by screw anchors, before being sealed by adhesives. A second opening was used to install life support systems, which made use of the martian resources of water and atmosphere to slowly replace the martian atmosphere inside the building with a breathable one.
On March 22, 2005 after a large number of tests to make sure that the building was airtight and in no danger of collapsing, the Lowell Mars Research Center was deemed to be habitable by NASA and the astronauts began to move in. On May 4, the move was completed and the old landing site was converted into a landing field for future expeditions.
On the Soviet side of Honore City, the Soviets discovered a building of comparable size. After preparation, sealing and testing, they began to move in on March 27, 2005, finishing their move by May 1.
Future expansions of both new bases were already planned, especially making use of the transparent top stories of the buildings, which were considered to be perfect to add hydroponic or aquaponic cultures to improve the food situation on Mars.
Parallel to the move into more permanent quarters on Mars, NASA and the Soviet Union developed reusable Mars Landers for crew and material. Without the need to land additional large scale modules on the Martian surface, the actual requirements for landing on Mars were reduced.
Fuel for the return vehicles was already produced locally in the form of methane and oxygen, so a reusable landing and ascent vehicle made sense. A restartable engine running on these fuels was just a minor issue for NASA and the NPO Energia, a reusable heat shield provided more of a challenge.
NASA had already considered the development of a reusable, actively cooled heat shield during the 1960s and the 1970s, but never concentrated on it on the grounds that a conventional ablative heat shield was cheaper. Now however the research was actively considered again and by 2006 NASA tested an active cooled heat shield that had liquid oxygen pumped through it to act as heatsink before being injected directly into the plasma shock layer produced by reentry.
After ten reentry tests, NASA deemed the technology to be useable for Mars. Based on this technology, Douglas developed the Phoenix Mars SSTO and tested the first prototype in 2009. Weighing about 32 tonnes, the Phoenix was capable of launching a payload of 2 tonnes into orbit, including four astronauts, with a return capability of 4 tonnes.
NASA purchased three Phoenix SSTOs for the use on Mars. Phoenix 1 and 2 reached Mars with the 2011 mission.
The Soviet Union on the other hand made use of their KGB agents, acquiring an already existing active cooling technology from the Indian space program, where it was used for the MOV reusable space capsule. Additionally, rather than developing a completely new SSTO launch vehicle for Mars, like NASA, NPO Energia refitted their already existing and working Mars landers with the heat shield system, reducing the costs needed for the development and any need to reacquaint their cosmonauts with a new system.
The Soviet Mars SSTO, named Bizan, had similar characteristics to the NASA Phoenix, but was already used by the Soviet Mars Base in 2009.
The use of SSTOs on Mars reignited the race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Who could get the most and best artifacts back to Earth in the shortest amount of time and profit from them. | aerospace |
https://www.lipad.ca/full/permalink/3657382/ | 2022-06-30T19:39:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103877410.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630183616-20220630213616-00473.warc.gz | 0.967793 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__243232926 | en | Mr. Dave Nickerson (Western Arctic):
Mr. Speaker, since its inception in 1984, the Canadian Aviation Safety Board, through its independent investigation of accidents and its recommendations, has done much to advance air safety in Canada.
Canadian aviation activity is very high with 26,000 civil aircraft and 1,300 licensed airports handling annually some 54 million passengers. In 1986 there were 495 aircraft accidents in Canada, 73 of which involved fatalities.
The recent annual report of the board shows a favourable continuing downward trend in the accident rate, but unfortunately accident survivability remains unchanged.
Let us encourage the board in its important work of making air travel in Canada even safer than is presently the case.
Subtopic: AIR SAFETY | aerospace |
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https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/saturn.cfm | 2022-07-03T01:44:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104209449.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220703013155-20220703043155-00509.warc.gz | 0.934283 | 1,549 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__263590058 | en | Saturn’s rings have posed a big challenge ever since Galileo first laid eyes on them in 1610 through his 20-power telescope. He interpreted his first observation as a spherical planet with two smaller spheres beside it, two years later he no longer saw the smaller spheres, and still later he reported seeing parts of several ellipses (see drawings). He had no way of knowing that he was seeing a thin tilted ring system that can appear quite different from one year to the next as the relative position of Earth and Saturn changes.
Sketches of Galileo’s early observations of Saturn’s rings; first he concluded there was a moon on each side of the planet later he saw half-ellipses.
Huygens in 1625 proposed a thin, flat, solid ring—a rigid disk—which did explain the periodic disappearance of the ring, when Earth lies in its plane and the ring is seen edge-on. In 1675, Cassini observed a gap in the ring system, which is now called the Cassini Division, and he correctly hypothesized that the rings are composed of small particles. This particle model gained support in 1849, when Roche determined the distance, called the Roche limit, at which a satellite held together by gravity would be broken apart by tidal forces.
This Voyager image shows the tiny moon Pan, only 20 km in diameter, barely visible after considerable image enhancement (Mark Showalter and the PDS-Rings Node)
Gravitational forces on the near and far side of a moon, as shown by the two red arrows. The difference in these two forces can rip a moon apart if it is too close to a planet.
Tidal forces originate in the inverse square dependence of the gravitational force on distance. As shown in the diagram, Saturn pulls more on the nearer part of a satellite and less on the more distant part, resulting in a force that tends to rip the moon apart if it is close enough to the planet. For satellites of Saturn, the Roche limit is about 2.4 times the planet’s radius, as measured from the center of the planet, which places nearly all of the ring system within this limit. Solid objects can exist within the Roche limit, since they are held together by more than gravity—by atomic and molecular forces—but moons inside the limit must be small, and indeed the four Saturnian moons within the ring system have radii ranging from 10 km to 50 km, with the smaller of these closer to the planet’s surface.
Also, from Kepler’s Laws, a satellite’s period squared goes as the radius cubed, so the ring particles closer to the planet have shorter periods than those further out, ruling out a solid ring. This differential rotation was first observed in 1895.
Observation of Saturn made a great leap in 1980-1981, when the Voyager 1 and 2 flybys provided a wealth of new data, including incredibly detailed images that delighted both scientists and the public alike. All this new information led to a much better understanding of the details of the ring system, including the explanation of how small “shepherd” moons form some of the narrow gaps. The image, from Voyager, shows the tiny moon Pan, just 20 km across, which produced the gap where it is found.
Twenty years passed before the arrival of the next probe to Saturn, Cassini-Huygens, the result of a collaboration among seventeen nations and three space agencies. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab built the orbiter, the European Space Agency put together the Huygens probe, and the Italian Space Agency contributed Cassini’s main antenna.
After a seven-year trip, including “slingshot” loops around Earth, Venus, and Jupiter, Cassini-Huygens reached Saturn on June 30, 2004. A 96-minute engine burn (see drawing) lowered its speed enough for it to settle into a closed orbit. During this burn, Cassini achieved its closest approach to the surface, 18,000 km (11,000 mi), or about one-sixth the planet’s diameter—much closer than Voyager’s 41,000 km (26,000 mi) —and Cassini made the most of its vantage point by capturing 61 detailed images of the ring system. Compare the detail of the Voyager and Cassini images showing wave-like ripples in the A-ring, which is the outermost wide ring.
Path of Cassini spacecraft during the engine burn (shown in red) that placed it in a closed orbit around Saturn; the burn was the closest approach of all orbits in the four-year mission, so Cassini took advantage of this opportunity to produce highly detailed images of the ring system. (image courtesy of NASA)
In a different observation, a spectrometer on board Cassini analyzed visible and infrared light transmitted through the rings. One surprising result was the presence in the ring system of “dirt,” like that observed on Saturn’s moon Phoebe, which suggests that the rings are the remnants of a disintegrated moon. Supporting this theory is the fact that the total mass of the ring system is about the same as that of an average-sized Saturn moon, which raises the possibility that a former moon wandered in too close to the planet and disintegrated. The rings, made of boulder-sized chunks of ice, contain relatively little “dirt,” less than previously believed, with the “dirt” concentrated in the ring gaps. The image shows the region around the A ring in ultraviolet light, with ice in blue and dirt in red.
The ultraviolet spectrometer on board Cassini produced perhaps the biggest surprise so far, a huge burst of oxygen in the E ring, with about four times the mass of the ring itself. Since presumably the oxygen comes from the decomposition on the ice in the ring—there’s not much other stuff around—the source of so much oxygen is quite a mystery. Scientists speculate that big hitherto-undiscovered ice chunks may have collided and released the oxygen, but E ring particles seen so far are very small.
This pair of images, the one on the left from Voyager and the one on the right from Cassini, show the structure of Saturn’s A ring. Note the detail in the Cassini image. The moon Mimas, and its shadow, are visible in the Voyager image. (image on the left courtesy of Mark Showalter and the PDS Rings Node; image on the right courtesy of Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, and NASA)
More excitement is yet to come. In January, 2005, the Huygens probe will be parachuted onto Titan, whose atmosphere contains organic compounds. Huygens will take data all the way down and after landing, radioing its results to Cassini for transmission to Earth. Check your newspaper, and Physics Central too, for updates.
Images of the region around Saturn’s A ring. Blue indicates ice, and red indicates “dirt,” similar to the material on the moon Phoebe. The dirt is concentrated in the gaps—how this has happened is a mystery. (image courtesy of UVIS, University of Colorado, ESA, and NASA)
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Space Science Institute
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The large gap is the Cassini Division.
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https://moredrone.com/product-category/syma/ | 2019-02-18T14:08:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247486936.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190218135032-20190218161032-00203.warc.gz | 0.805534 | 1,294 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__173501466 | en | Showing 1–9 of 50 results
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Since 1946, the Navy Blue Angels mission has been to show young people how exciting it would be to join the Navy and set examples of adults that can be admired and looked up to. The highly trained pilots also deliver fast-paced, high performance maneuvers that drive audiences wild. Since they began in 1946, the Blue Angels have performed for more than 322 million spectators.
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https://projin.co.kr/southwest-airlines-cancels-nearly-2000-flights-over-weekendfor-what/ | 2021-10-27T23:43:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588244.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027212831-20211028002831-00495.warc.gz | 0.95413 | 435 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__134751255 | en | Southwest Airlines canceled nearly two thousand flights over the weekend, blaming air traffic control and weather problems affecting its service.
According to FlightAware, Southwest Airlines canceled just over 800 flights on Saturday and delayed more than a third of its service. On Sunday, the airline canceled 1,055 flights, the Daily Wire reports.
ATC issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend while we work to recover our operation. We appreciate your patience as we accommodate affected Customers, and Customer Service wait times are longer than usual. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/o1scQJ5lLb
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) October 9, 2021
Many speculated that flights were canceled due to a Southwest pilot strike. Indeed, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association on Friday asked the courts to temporarily halt a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its members, alleging a violation of labor law.
The association denied that as the cause of the cancellations.
“[The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association] is aware of operation difficulties affecting Southwest Airlines today due to a number of issues, but we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions,” the Southwest Airlines pilots union said. “Our Pilots will continue to overcome SWA management’s poor planning, as well as any external operational challenges, and remain the most productive Pilots in the world. They will continue to be focused on their highest priority – safety.”
Ironically enough, no other major airlines in the U.S. experienced anywhere near the number of cancelations Southwest boasted. However, American Airlines canceled 149 flights Sunday, United Airlines canceled 9 and Delta canceled 3.
The Federal Aviation Administration said there was no shortage of air traffic control employees since Friday, and that some airlines were having problems because crews and aircraft were “out of place.”
Some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place. (2/2)
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) October 10, 2021 | aerospace |
https://japan-product.com/mhi-receives-order-from-uae-to-launch-satellite/ | 2023-11-30T19:48:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100232.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130193829-20231130223829-00550.warc.gz | 0.921155 | 216 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__34836487 | en | Japan’s H2A rocket to launch UAE satellite
Date: Mar 01, 2015
Source: NHK World
A Japanese firm has received an order from the United Arab Emirates to launch a satellite. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the UAE’s space agency signed a contract last month. Mitsubishi offers launch services using the nation’s mainstay H2A rocket.
An H2A carrying an earth observation satellite named Khalifasat is scheduled to lift off in 2017 from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. An H2A placed a South Korean satellite into orbit in 2012. Another is scheduled to launch a Canadian satellite in fiscal 2015. This is Mitsubishi’s third overseas satellite launch order since it began the business in 2007.
Japan faces tough competition from the United States and European rivals in the satellite launching business. But the H2A is beginning to earn the trust of prospective customers. The rocket boasts a 96-percent success rate with 21 successful launches in a row up to February. | aerospace |
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Binary_asteroid.html | 2021-10-26T00:43:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587770.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025220214-20211026010214-00590.warc.gz | 0.807508 | 724 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__7018124 | en | A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter. The binary nature of 243 Ida was discovered when the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid in 1993. Since then numerous binary asteroids and several triple asteroids have been detected.
The mass ratio of the two components of a binary system is an important characteristic. Most binary asteroids have a large mass ratio, i.e. a relatively small satellite in orbit around the main component. Systems with a small satellite, or "moon", include 22 Kalliope, 45 Eugenia, 87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla, 121 Hermione, 130 Elektra, 243 Ida, 283 Emma, and 379 Huenna. Some binary systems have a mass ratio near unity, i.e., two components of similar mass. They include 90 Antiope and Hermes.
Several theories have been posited to explain the formation of binary-asteroid systems. Many systems have significant macro-porosity (a "rubble-pile" interior). The satellites orbiting large main-belt asteroids such as 22 Kalliope, 45 Eugenia or 87 Sylvia may have formed by disruption of a parent body after impact or fission after an oblique impact. Trans-Neptunian binaries may have formed during the formation of the Solar System by mutual capture or three-body interaction. Near-Earth asteroids, which orbit in the inner part of the Solar System, most likely form by spin-up and mass shedding, likely as a result of the YORP effect. Numerical simulations confirm that when solar energy spins a “rubble pile” asteroid to a sufficiently fast rate by the YORP effect, material is thrown from the asteroid’s equator. This process also exposes fresh material at the poles of the asteroid.
- (153591) 2001 SN263 (triple asteroid)
- Minor-planet moon
- Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect (YORP effect)
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- Margot, Jean-Luc; Pravec, Petr; Taylor, Patrick; Carry, Benoît; Jacobson, Seth (2015). "Asteroid Systems: Binaries, Triples, and Pairs". In Michel, Patrick; DeMeo, Francesca E.; Bottke, William F. Asteroids IV. p. 355. arXiv:1504.00034. Bibcode:2015aste.book..355M. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch019. ISBN 9780816532131.
- Margot, Jean-Luc; et al. (2002). "Binary Asteroids in the Near-Earth Object Population.". Science. 296 (5572): 1445–1448. Bibcode:2002Sci...296.1445M. doi:10.1126/science.1072094. PMID 11951001.
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- Study Puts Solar Spin on Asteroids, their Moons & Earth Impacts Newswise, Retrieved 14 July 2008. | aerospace |
https://www.globehoppingwithirma.com/blog/2017/1/19/intrepid-sea-air-space-museum | 2019-09-20T22:33:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574084.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190920221241-20190921003241-00119.warc.gz | 0.953871 | 126 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__191559758 | en | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Established in 1982 as the real former aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, it is permanently docked at Pier 86 at 46th Street in the Hell’s Kitchen area on the west side of Manhattan. The museum also showcases the former USS Growler submarine, a British Airways Concorde supersonic airplane, the space shuttle Enterprise, and many other interesting military missiles and equipment. The USS Intrepid became a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 2001, it served as a temporary base headquarters for the FBI investigation as it began its investigation of the September 11 attacks. | aerospace |
https://www.appluslaboratories.com/global/en/what-we-do/service-sheet/Control-Command-Test-Bay-TVC-Actuator-Test-Bench | 2023-11-29T14:57:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100112.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129141108-20231129171108-00746.warc.gz | 0.89431 | 376 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__246000337 | en | Ensure the correct performance of reactor actuators for Thrust Vectoring Control (TVC) systems with state-of-the-art Electronic Ground Support Equipment (EGSE).
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http://docplayer.net/1188389-Robert-l-hoot-gibson-consultant.html | 2018-12-14T15:18:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825916.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214140721-20181214162221-00041.warc.gz | 0.915172 | 3,453 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__159002241 | en | 1 4775 Centennial Blvd. Suite 106 Colorado Springs, CO ROBERT L. HOOT GIBSON CONSULTANT Mr. Gibson is a Consultant Pilot Expert and Aeronautical Engineer for Engineering Systems Inc. (ESI). He is a retired Navy pilot and Astronaut. He is rated as a Naval Aviator, Naval Test Pilot, and Naval Pilot Astronaut. Mr. Gibson was the Pilot on one Space Shuttle Mission and Crew Commander on four other missions. He has FAA ratings for Airline Transport Pilot, Multi-Engine Land Aircraft, and Glider Rating. His aircraft Type Ratings include Boeing 737 and Beechcraft Premier and has Letters of Authorization in Mig-15, Mig-21, T-33, Fouga Magister, and Hawker Sea Fury Aircraft. He has accumulated over 13,000 hours flight time in more than 50 types of civilian and military aircraft, of which more than 9000 hours are jet and rocket power. Mr. Gibson has more than 300 carrier landings. His civilian experience includes light planes, sailplanes, and experimental racing and aerobatic aircraft. He has held 8 Aviation and Space World Records, 4 of which are still current, including the World s Record for the 100 km closed course which he earned flying his own airplane equipped with a wing that he designed and built. Mr. Gibson is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Explorers Club. Areas of Specialization Pilot expert in general aviation and commercial airplanes Flight testing Aeronautical Engineering Aerodynamics, stability and control Aircraft accident investigation Education B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University A.A.S. Engineering, Suffolk County Community College 1966 Phone: (719) Toll Free (866) Fax: (719) website.com
2 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 2 of 9 Professional Affiliations Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots Fellow, Explorers Club Fellow, Academy of Model Aeronautics Board member, Aviation Safety Alliance, Air Transport Association Space Advisory Group Member, Northrop-Grumman Experimental Aircraft Association Honors and Awards Reno National Championship Air Races, Fourth Place, Unlimited Class, Gold Race, Reno National Championship Air Races, Fourth Place, Unlimited Class, Gold Race, World Speed Record, Las Vegas to Wichita, Jet Airplane Class C-1E, September Experimental Aircraft Association "Freedom of Flight Award", July World Speed Record, Seattle to Las Vegas, Jet Airplane Class C-1E, September Reno National Championship Air Races, Seventh Place, Jet Class, Gold Race, September Reno National Championship Air Races, First Place, Unlimited Class, Silver Race, September Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, University of California, San Luis Obispo, California, June World Speed Record, 100 KM Closed Course, Airplane Class C-1A, April Reno National Championship Air Races, Seventh Place, Unlimited Class, Gold Race, September Inducted in The Astronaut Hall of Fame, Cape Canaveral Florida, June Reno National Championship Air Races, Fifth Place, Jet Class, Gold Race, September Reno National Championship Air Races, Seventh Place, Unlimited Class Gold Race, September 2002.
3 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 3 of 9 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah NASA Awards include the Space Flight Medal, Exceptional Service Medal, Outstanding Leadership Medal, and four awards of NASA's highest ranking medal, the Distinguished Service Medal. Military Decorations include; Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Naval Commendation Medal with Combat "V", Vietnam Service Medal, and the Humanitarian Service Medal. AirVenture Cup Race, 2001, First Place Reno Unlimited Class, Dayton OH to Oshkosh, WI, July Reno National Championship Air Races, Third Place, Unlimited Class Silver Race, September Reno National Championship Air Races, Fifth Place, Unlimited Class Silver Race, September AirVenture Cup Race, 1998, First Place Unlimited Class, Kitty Hawk, NC to Oshkosh, WI, July NAA Aero Club of Northern California, "Crystal Eagle Award" Federation Aeronautique Internationale Komarov Diplome Federation Aeronautique Internationale "Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal", Ten Most Memorable Record Flights of National Aeronautic Association, Certificate of Honor, Aviation Week Space Laurels, AAS Flight Achievement Award, Russian Republic Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal, World Absolute Record, Spacecraft Altitude in Linked Flight, Atlantis-Mir, World Absolute Record, Spacecraft Duration in Linked Flight, Atlantis-Mir, World Absolute Record, Assembled Mass of Spacecraft in Linked Flight, Atlantis-Mir, World Record, Time to Climb to 9000 Meters, Airplane Class C-1A, 1994.
4 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 4 of 9 Federation Aeronautique Internationale Komarov Diplome Federation Aeronautique Internationale "Louis Bleriot Medal", Ten Most Memorable Record Flights of National Aeronautic Association, Certificate of Honor, World Record, Altitude in Horizontal Flight, Airplane Class C-1A, Championship Air Races, Third Place, International Formula One Silver Race, September Professional Training Southwest Airlines Pilot Training, Dallas, Texas, November and December Boeing 737 Initial Type Training, Flight Safety Incorporated, Houston, Texas, January Senior Managers Safety Course, Houston, Texas, Cockpit Resource Management, Houston, Texas, Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Houston, Texas, February, Astronaut Candidate Training, Houston, Texas, Designated Astronaut, July U. S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, Designated Naval Test Pilot, Instructor Training in F-14A Fleet Replacement Training Squadron, San Diego, California, Understanding Personal Worth and Racial Dignity (Upward) Seminar, San Diego, California, Equal Opportunity Training. Combat Replacement Crew Training in F-14A Aircraft, San Diego, California, Designated Ready Replacement Pilot December Naval Fighter Weapons School, "Topgun", San Diego, California, Designated Squadron Weapons and Tactics Instructor, Combat Replacement Crew Training in F-4B/F-4J Aircraft, San Diego, California Designated Ready Replacement Pilot, March Electronic Warfare School, San Diego, California, 1971.
5 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 5 of 9 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape Training, Warner Springs, California, Maintenance Officer Management School, San Diego, California, Naval Aviation Schools Command. Naval Pilot Training Course in T-34B, T-2A, T-2B, T-2C, TA-4J aircraft, Pensacola Florida, Meridian Mississippi, Kingsville TX, Designated Naval Aviator in January U.S. Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, Florida, Commissioned Ensign, USN, Positions Held Engineering Systems Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado January present, Consultant Aviation expert witness, June 1999 to present. Investigate aviation accident cases and determine the relative merits and responsibilities of the parties involved. Experience in depositions and in courtroom testimony. Member of the Northrop-Grumman Space Advisory Group, 1999 to present. Work with team members to structure Northrop-Grumman programs to maximize success in development of future space vehicles. Evaluate contract proposals and work with various teams to incorporate prior space experience and lessons learned. Aerospace consultant and professional speaker, November 1996 to present. Performed independent assessment of the NASA X-38 Crew Return Vehicle. Participated in proposal preparation for Aerojet Corporation on a Deorbit Module for X-38. Speaker at many forums dealing with teamwork, motivation, quality control, and aviation and space experiences. Captain and First Officer, Southwest Airlines, November 1996 to present. Fly and operate the Boeing 737 in scheduled and unscheduled Airline operations. Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, October 1995-November1996. Second in command of the Directorate with responsibility for all NASA Houston Aircraft Operations, as well as the Astronaut Corps. Oversaw a varied mix of operational and research aircraft with an annual operating budget of more than 45 million dollars, and oversaw the activities of more than 140 Astronauts. Crew Commander, Space Shuttle Mission STS-71, September 1994-October Commanded a crew of six American Astronauts and four Russian Cosmonauts to perform the first Docking by a Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station "Mir". Developed training plans, operations requirements, and political and protocol requirements for this unprecedented mission. Flight was flown successfully from June 27 to July 7, 1995.
6 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 6 of 9 Chief Astronaut, December 1992-September Division Chief with overall responsibility for 113 Astronauts and more than 40 support personnel. Worked personnel issues, training, budgets, personnel evaluations and career planning as well as support for Space Shuttle flights, crew selection, and crew assignment. Crew Commander, Space Shuttle Mission STS-47, January 1992-November Managed crew training and duty assignments for a seven-member Space Shuttle crew, including an International crewmember from Japan. The flight was primarily sponsored by Japan and required awareness and sensitivity to the many cultural differences present, both during the training flows as well as inflight and after the mission. The flight was performed very successfully from September 12-20, 1992, and conducted over 40 different experiments in Life Science and Materials Science aboard the Space Shuttle "Endeavour". Host and co-anchor, TV show "Today in Space", a daily television update during Space Shuttle mission STS-40. Served as narrator and host, performed live TV interviews, and analyzed the progress of the flight from start to finish in a live daily TV show. Worked as a member of the production staff as well to develop scripts and tape segments to be used in the live broadcasts. Episodes were performed daily from June 6 to June 13, Space Shuttle Program Representative, Orbiter Project Representative, July 1990-January Represented the interests of the Astronaut office with the major control boards of these two programs. Responsible for determining the astronaut office perspective on all issues presented for consideration at these boards, providing inputs to the managers of the two programs. Safety Branch Chief, August 1989-July Head of the Safety Branch for the Astronaut Office with the responsibility to manage safety inputs and review on behalf of the Astronaut Office. Participated in engineering and hazard analyses in support of Space Shuttle flights. Crew Commander, Space Shuttle flight STS-27, May 1988-May Commander of a crew of five astronauts assigned to a classified Department of Defense Space Shuttle flight. Managed the crew training requirements and crew involvement for development and testing leading to flight. Developed procedures and checklists to successfully perform the mission to accomplish objectives critical to National security. Mission was flown successfully from December 2-6. Solid Rocket Booster Redesign Team, April 1986-May Team Leader for the astronaut team supporting the redesign effort to fix the deficiencies found in the booster rockets for the Space Shuttle. Participated in design studies and reviews, failure analyses, and concept definitions for the redesigned boosters as well as the test plan to requalify the booster rockets for flight. Monitored full-scale development and testing leading to flight. Space Shuttle "Challenger" accident investigation team, Kennedy Space Center, January March Participated in the post-accident investigation to evaluate the processing of the External Tank and the Solid Rocket Booster elements as potential causes of the accident.
7 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 7 of 9 Crew Commander, Space Shuttle Flight STS-61C, the Twenty-fourth mission of a Space Shuttle, January 1985-January Commander of a crew consisting of seven astronauts including the only United States Congressman to fly aboard a Space Shuttle. Responsible for the overall training, duty assignments and overall management of the crew, as well as command of the mission inflight. Mission was successfully flown January 12-18, Deputy Division Chief, NASA Aircraft Operations Division, April 1984-January Resumed the duties of Deputy Chief after completion of Space Flight in February Pilot, Space Shuttle Mission 41-B, April 1983-April Trained and flew the Tenth Space Shuttle mission February 3-11, Second in command of the flight which launched two Communications Satellites valued at 200 million dollars each, tested Shuttle rendezvous equipment for the first time, performed the first-ever untethered spacewalks, and made the first landing by a Space Shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Deputy Division Chief, Aircraft Operations Division, May 1982-April Deputy Chief of the division responsible for maintenance and operation of NASA aircraft assigned to Johnson Space Center. Division consisted of over 300 people, over 35 aircraft, annual operating budget over 35 million dollars. Managed personnel issues, training, flight support for Space Shuttle launches, Flight Readiness Reviews, as well as Aircraft maintenance and Facilities upkeep. Team Leader, Astronaut Support Team to Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, July May Lead Astronaut in charge of a team of 15 astronauts supporting testing in lab to certify computers and software for flight. Managed support requirements for testing, training new astronauts, scheduling test support, and reporting of results. Team Leader, Space Shuttle Airborne Chase Team for second Space Shuttle flight, May November Leader of team of 6 astronauts and technicians responsible for airborne chase and escort of second Space Shuttle mission. Trained all team members, coordinated support requirements and logistics for training and flight support as well as budget for the team. Flew escort for the mission from November 12-14, Test Pilot, Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, February 1980-July Designed test profiles, flew simulated missions in avionics test laboratory to evaluate Space Shuttle systems and software in simulated flight environments. Space Shuttle Airborne Chase Pilot for first Space Shuttle Flight, April 1979-April Developed procedures and maneuvers necessary to rendezvous with and escort Space Shuttles returning from orbit to landing. Flew training missions, trained controllers, designed flight profiles, and flew chase for the first Space Shuttle flight April 12-14, Vehicle Processing Team, April 1979-February Member of Space Shuttle Orbiter processing team for the first Space Shuttle flight. Designed and reviewed procedures to test the vehicle and its systems prior to first flight, conducted hardware tests as a crew member, and coordinated with engineers and test team to support crew training and scheduling.
8 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 8 of 9 Support Crew for Space Shuttle flight 3, January 1979 to February Worked on operations, flight design, procedures and mechanization of systems in support of the mission scheduled to perform the reboost of the Skylab vehicle. Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, July 1979 to November Work experience as listed, all within assignments at NASA. Astronaut Candidate, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, July July Instruction in all aspects of Space Flight and Space Shuttle operation leading to designation as Astronaut in July Test Pilot, Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, July 1977-July Experience in flight testing F-14A aircraft including first flight and flight envelope expansion and demonstration of reconnaissance version of the F-14A. Flight tests of engine failure and flight control system failure characteristics to evaluate causes of F-14A accidents in squadron use. Fighter Squadron 124, Instructor Pilot in Fleet Replacement Squadron, NAS Miramar, California, September 1975-June Trained pilot and radar operator replacement aircrews on the F-14A aircraft, including classroom lectures and flight instruction. Work experience as Instructional Systems Development Officer, responsible for development of training materials and lectures. Experience in Flight Simulator requirements definition, development and testing for three major F-14A Flight Simulators. Fighter Squadron 1, Pilot in first F-14A Fighter Squadron homebased at NAS Miramar, California, December September One cruise aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise. One combat mission in Southeast Asia in support of Operation Eagle Pull, the evacuation of Saigon. Work experience as Personnel Officer and Aviation Electrical Division Officer. Fighter Squadron 111, Pilot of F-4B Fighter-Bomber Aircraft homebased at NAS Miramar, California, March 1972-September Two cruises aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea. Flew combat missions in Southeast Asia in support of Operation Linebacker, Work experience as squadron communications officer, weapons training and tactics officer, squadron scheduling officer. Engineering Assistant, Aerodynamic Loads Division, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, Laboratory Instructor, Aeronautical Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California,
9 Robert L. Hoot Gibson Page 9 of 9 Publications The End of Innocence, Space Shuttle, The First 20 Years, Smithsonian Institution, DK Publishing Inc., Mig Pilot, Oshkosh Memories, Writer s Club Press, The First Space Shuttle to Mir Docking, The Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Proceedings, 1995. | aerospace |
https://herebeanswers.com/how-does-ejection-seat-work-in-fighter.html | 2024-02-27T19:13:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474686.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227184934-20240227214934-00855.warc.gz | 0.969161 | 500 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__60095478 | en | Modern-day supersonic aircraft make it impossible for the pilot to jump out of the cockpit on his own. His survival depends on split-second maneuvers which he cannot execute himself, given the high speed of the fighter aircraft. The seat, complete with the occupant, carrying a parachute has to be ejected mechanically by a rocket motor as well as the ejection gun. All that the pilot has to do is pull a handle located between his knees.
The canopy opens and within a tenth of second further maneuvers take place, and the pilot is on his way to safety. The combined force of the gun and the rocket underneath the seat propels the seated pilot to a height of some 90 meters. This is high enough to allow the drogue (small) parachute and thereafter the main parachute to open fully. It hardly takes more than a second for them to be deployed. The drogue meanwhile detaches itself from the main parachute. Simultaneously, the time-release unit releases the pilot’s safety harness from the seat, which falls away without causing the pilot any obstruction.
The seat is placed in a cockpit and attached to rails via rollers on the edges of the seat. These rails guide the ejection of the seat. The seats contain a catapult, which on initiation by the pilot, fires the seat up. The rocket’s function is to propel the seat further upwards. A part of the whole ejection procedure is the opening of the canopy before the actual lift of the seat. All these occur in a highly synchronized manner to allow the pilot to escape the aircraft safely.
The ejected pilot has a pack of several aids to assist his survival. If he comes down in a lake or the sea, a rubber life raft inflates, and he also has the normal life jacket to keep him afloat. Another important aid is a radio beacon that sends out a distress signal enabling search aircraft and ships to locate the pilot. Besides, there is a small food packet and a water bottle. For the aircraft carrier’s pilot, fishing equipment is also provided.
It was thought earlier that ejection at supersonic speeds would be impossible. Numerous tests were carried out, and this dream finally did become a reality. Pilots have ejected successfully at speeds much higher than the speed of light. The upward acceleration of the ejected pilot and seat is between 12g and 20g, and pilots have safely beaten dead aircraft at heights of thousands of feet above the ground. | aerospace |
http://ajassignmentsulz.centroformazione.info/technology-of-the-global-positioning-system-gps.html | 2018-11-15T23:59:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742963.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20181115223739-20181116005739-00121.warc.gz | 0.925678 | 760 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__134851032 | en | Global positioning system (gps) is a space-based navigation system that uses a in the 1980s for military purposes, today the technology provides positioning,. Relations among the gps-based measure and two self-report measures of npv global positioning system technology (gps) for psychological research: a test . Global positioning system, or gps, is a system that uses satellites and ground the geographic information and global positioning technology certificate. Gps (global positioning system) is a satellite-based positioning and navigation system owned and operated by the us department of defense access is free.
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The global positioning system (gps) data has had a major impact on both business and technology that provides military and civilian users with positioning,. Technology is always evolving therefore, it's no surprise that gps has revolutionized technology read how it's changed our world global positioning systems. Global positioning system (gps) - case study and expert profile representative and marketing of consumer electronics products that use gps technology. | aerospace |
http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/news | 2015-01-29T14:18:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115855094.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161055-00210-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.910825 | 174 | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-06__0__3482931 | en | 2015 will be filled with light festivals, light and art, physics courses, lectures, astronomy, astrophysics, and street lighting as part of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015(@IYL2015).
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching a space robotic competition for school students. The aim is to design a robot that can move cargo from one part of the International Space Station (ISS) mock-up to another. | aerospace |
https://bizneworleans.com/boeing-shareholders-meet-as-companys-plane-faces-scrutiny/ | 2024-04-20T20:35:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817674.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420184033-20240420214033-00619.warc.gz | 0.961774 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__55000017 | en | Boeing shareholders are meeting six months to the day since the first of two deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max airliner and as new questions arise about the aerospace giant's handling of the crisis.
Southwest Airlines says it wasn't told that a safety feature on the Max was turned off until after the first crash. American Airlines pilots say Boeing's proposed pilot training for new automation on the Max isn't good enough.
And a published report says investigators are examining safety allegations made by about a dozen whistleblowers.
At the meeting Monday in Chicago, Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said again that Boeing is close to completing an upgrade to flight software on the jet "that will ensure accidents like these never happen again." | aerospace |
https://en.rua.gr/2021/05/25/belarusian-version-of-the-ryanair-situation/ | 2022-06-25T23:54:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103036176.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220625220543-20220626010543-00363.warc.gz | 0.977762 | 696 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__75918691 | en | At yesterday’s evening special briefing in Minsk, they discussed the forced / voluntary landing of a Ryanair aircraft at the capital’s airport.
The Belarusian authorities continue to assert that the airliner with the Belarusian oppositionist on board, following the Athens-Vilnius route, landed at the capital’s airport voluntarily. The decision was made by the crew after reporting a bomb on board. Artem Sikorsky, head of the aviation department of the Ministry of Transport of Belarus, said:
External informational stuffing and incompetent assessments regarding the actions of the Belarusian authorized bodies are shocking and cause misunderstanding.
He urged “not to politicize the situation” and patiently wait for the results of the investigation, inviting international organizations to take part in it and promising to provide full information. However, according to the Belarusian side, there were 123 people on board. According to information from Lithuania, initially there were 126 passengers, and 121 landed in Vilnius. So there are some doubts about the desire to provide complete and reliable information.
According to the Belarusian version of the development of events, a letter in English was received at the Minsk airport, allegedly sent by Hamas, with a warning about the explosives planted in the liner. The device is supposed to work in the airspace over Vilnius. At the same time, Belsat draws attention: the reason for the written threats had already lost relevance at that time, since the ceasefire and the truce between the Gaza Strip and Israel, which were discussed in the message, were reached 2 days before it was received.
The Commander of the Air Force of Belarus noted at the briefing that MiG29 was raised exclusively to escort the plane, which has already headed for Minsk. The lack of photos of the fighter on the passengers’ side indicates that it did not come close:
To force the plane to land, the MIG29 duty crew had to approach visual visibility and make contact with the crew commander within sight.
Sikorsky said that Minsk dispatchers only informed the pilots about the existence of the bomb and offered to land in Minsk. At the same time, the crew could choose any other place to land and turn to Kiev, Lvov, Warsaw or continue the flight along their route, to Vilnius. Noting that only 70 km were left to the final point of the flight along the route, and 175 km had to fly to Minsk, the head of the aviation department said:
The commander made the right decision – he flew to a more equipped airport with a long runway outside the city.
According to Sikorsky, at 12:47 pm the crew sent a signal of an emergency and informed about the decision to land in Minsk. The command to lift MIG29 for escort came at 12:58, after the message from the dispatch service of the airport “Minsk”, which arrived at 12:48. According to FlightRadar24, which was not even mentioned at the briefing, the plane began to deviate from the course to Vilnius at 12:45.
It was also mentioned at the briefing that already at 16:20 the plane, “after the completion of all procedures,” was offered to continue the flight. However, the liner took off only at 20:48, and this was the decision of the pilots. | aerospace |
https://ownersmanuals2.com/kawasaki/ninja-400-abs-2019-owners-manual-73376/page-10 | 2021-03-03T11:26:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178366959.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303104028-20210303134028-00566.warc.gz | 0.883819 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__92996508 | en | 3. Evaporative Emission Control System
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High Altitude adjustment is not required. | aerospace |
https://thedailyguardian.net/itp-aero-is-committed-to-sustainable-engines/ | 2023-09-25T07:40:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506686.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925051501-20230925081501-00841.warc.gz | 0.962907 | 507 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__239149806 | en | The Commitment to innovation and sustainability are the distinguishing features of ITP Aero. In addition, Basque is distinguished by developing its own technology, “Made in Euskadi”, to allow the aviation sector to be increasingly sustainable and efficient.
In this context is drawn what will be Engine of the future, which will run on 100% sustainable fuel, which comes closer. UltraFan is now a reality, and although it has a long flight ahead, it has taken its first steps along with ITP Aero.
The Basque Company designed and developed the first turbine for this Rolls Royce engine, Thus laying a solid foundation for the future family of jet engines with improved core capabilities. specific, At its facilities in Zamudio, it was responsible for the design and manufacture of the TBH (Rear Bearing Housing), one of the main structures of the engine and an essential connection element to the aircraft. In other words, it is an important part that supports all the loads associated with it and is necessary for thrust.
And what does the manufacture of this new prototype consist of? trying Develop customized processes that adapt to the new needs of the sectorITP Aero produced TBH components through an additive system, that is, using 3D printing. At its Zamudio facilities, which have a manufacturing cell dedicated exclusively to this method of production, removable sound-attenuating panels are integrated, thanks to which the acoustic energy emitted by the turbine is reduced by half.
This noise reduction will be a major factor in approaching Sustainability goals for the company and the aviation sector itselfset by the Advisory Council on Aviation Research in Europe (ACARE), which expects to reduce aircraft noise by 65% by 2050.
In addition to reducing noise and weight, UltraFan design will increase fuel efficiency by 25% It will be able to fly using 100% sustainable jet fuel from SAF. More than promising data because more than half of the aircraft operating around the world have products designed and manufactured by ITP Aero.
Once manufactured, TBH is assembled at a later stage to a medium pressure turbine which is also designed and manufactured by ITP Aero in Agalver facilities in Madrid, to finally be handed over to Rolls-Royce. The British company has assembled the complete prototype of the engine at its facilities in Derby (UK) and is currently undergoing its first tests.
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https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/its-a-hit-missile-hits-the-money-over-pacific-ocean/ | 2021-01-23T05:19:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703533863.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210123032629-20210123062629-00400.warc.gz | 0.922416 | 614 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__18487262 | en | It’s a hit: Missile hits the money over Pacific Ocean
WASHINGTON (AP) – A missile launched from a Navy ship struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific tonight, the Pentagon said.
It was not clear whether the operation succeeded in its main goal of destroying a tank aboard the satellite that carried a toxic fuel that U.S. officials said could pose a hazard to humans if it landed in a populated area.
“Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours,” the Pentagon said in a written statement.
The USS Lake Erie, armed with an SM-3 missile designed to knock down incoming missiles ” not orbiting satellites ” launched the attack at 10:26 p.m. EST, according to the Pentagon. It hit the satellite as the spacecraft traveled at more than 17,000 mph.
Because the satellite was orbiting at a relatively low altitude at the time it was hit by the missile, debris will begin to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere immediately, the Pentagon statement said.
“Nearly all of the debris will burn up on re-entry within 24-48 hours and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days,” it said.
The use of the Navy missile amounted to an unprecedented use of components of the Pentagon’s missile defense system, designed to shoot down hostile ballistic missiles in flight”not kill satellites.
The operation was so extraordinary, with such intense international publicity and political ramifications, that Defense Secretary Robert Gates”not a military commander”was to make the final decision to pull the trigger.
The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name “Burnt Frost,” to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.
Also, six federal response groups that are positioned across the country by the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been alerted but not activated, FEMA spokesman James McIntyre said. “These are purely precautionary and preparedness actions only,” he said.
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STATELINE, Nev. — A California man who almost drowned at a Lake Tahoe resort on Monday night has been discharged from the hospital, local emergency management officials said. | aerospace |
https://safetymatters.co.in/2021/07/14/a350-goes-astray-as-pilot-incapacitation-occurs-over-paris/ | 2023-12-11T08:29:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103810.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211080606-20231211110606-00003.warc.gz | 0.937017 | 1,264 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__279430682 | en | The Airbus A350 was on final approach at Orly Airport in Paris. Two minutes to touchdown, the aircraft systems warn the crew of a wind-shear prediction on their path. The crew discontinue the approach and fly the missed approach procedure. Safety is compromised. The aircraft climbs over their assigned altitude and strays away from their designated path. There is another aircraft taking off nearby.
There is a struggle by both crews to comprehend what was going on. Finally, the crew manages to engage the auto-pilot(AP) that they had disengaged before the predictive wind shear warning. Probably the crew failed to notice this change. In reality, for those few minutes, no one was flying the aircraft. Cognitive incapacitation sets in.
The French authorities (BEA) investigate the incident. The Final Report is available here. The key points are:
- Inadequate Go-Around preparedness
- Startle effect
- Cognitive incapacitation
- Mode awareness
The safety investigation focuses on the pilot flying i.e. the co-pilot. However, there are three pilots in the cockpit. The investigation and many other investigations have focussed on the pilot flying and the errors committed. The investigations fail to look at the collective action and the action of other crew in the cockpit. NTSB investigated the Air Canada 759 incident at San Francisco. The crew did not sight multiple aircraft on the taxiway. The safety investigators did not examine the role of the co-pilot as a pilot monitoring and supporting pilot in-depth. In this incident, the report states that cognitive incapacitation affected only the pilot flying, i.e. the Co-Pilot. In reality, incapacitation affects all three pilots. When the Co-Pilot failed to control the aircraft trajectory, the Captain too failed to notice the change of AP disconnection. The same goes for the relief pilot. Both the Captain & Co-Pilot were trying to give inputs to the automation through the FCU panel but failed since the AP was not engaged.
The Co-Pilot flying the approach at Orly disconnects the autopilot and almost simultaneously gets a safety predictive wind shear warning. Change blindness is defined as the failure to detect when a change is made to a visual stimulus (Simons and Levin, 1997). It occurs when the local visual transient produced by a change is obscured by a larger visual transient, such as an eye blink (O’Regan et al., 2000), saccadic eye movement (Grimes, 1996; McConkie and Currie, 1996), screen flicker (Rensink et al., 1997), or a cut or pan in a motion picture (Simons, 1996; Levin and Simons, 1997); or when the local visual transient produced by a change coincides with multiple local transients at other locations, known as mud-splashes, which act as distractions, causing the change to be disregarded (O’Regan et al., 1999).
Both crews did not notice that the AP is not connected. The predictive wind shear warning was the bigger change. The Captain selected a southerly heading but the aircraft did not turn and the crew did not comprehend.
The aircraft deviated from the assigned altitude and the safety C chord alert triggered. The C chord sounded for about 54 seconds (view the video at the end). The crew did not act to correct the flight path for almost 17 seconds. Thereafter they selected Open Descent. This long interval could be due to the crew’s attention focussed on a particular area. During In-attentional Deafness, Visual Load Leads to Time-Specific Suppression of Auditory Evoked Responses (https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2931-15.2015).
Load-induced modulation of visual responses leads to the phenomenon of “inattentional blindness”: observers fail to notice unattended stimuli when these are presented during task conditions of high perceptual load (Cartwright-Finch and Lavie, 2007). This occurs even when subjects are instructed to detect any additional stimuli beyond the task set (for review, see Macdonald and Lavie, 2008; Carmel et al., 2011; Lavie et al., 2014).
Startle V/S Surprise
There is a difference between startle and Surprise. The safety investigation focuses on Startle but the event is a Surprise even (The para header is ‘Surprise’ though). The psychology of surprise is about how people respond to unexpected events (Wickens, 2001). A response to a sudden, intense stimulus causes Startle. When the crew is not prepared for the moment, they are taken by surprise. It can also trigger when a strategy deployed does not work as expected. Startle and surprise are often cited as potentially contributing factors to aircraft incidents due to their possible negative effects on flight crew performance. For further understanding please read my blog on the subject.
Pilot’s are expected to demonstrate certain competencies and observable behaviors. Of the 9 competencies, Pilot Monitoring is not a defined competency. Trainers may club it under situational awareness. It is however an important subject. In the study by BEA on Go Around awareness, the survey indicates that many pilot monitoring (PM’s) do not know where and when to look during a go-around. Therefore, ‘Pilot Monitoring’ must be included in the list of pilot competencies.
FMA Call outs
Flight Mode Annunciator call outs are mandatory. They are also helpful in enhancing mode awareness, a part of situational awareness. During approach and especially a go-around, they present the current of automation engagement and armed status. It is difficult asking the Pilot Flying to call out all the FMA changes especially in a highly coupled go-around. It could help if the Pilot Monitoring could make FMA call out changes. The PM will stay in loop and secondly present the correct picture of automation engagement status. In most go-arounds, from my experience there has been no FMA calls by the pilot flying due to preoccupation with the maneuver. | aerospace |
https://news.finnuclear.fi/11-nei-magazine/6764-https-www-neimagazine-com-news-newsspanish-drone-detects-radiation-4843181?back=https://news.finnuclear.fi/?filter_tag%5B%5D=116 | 2024-04-18T21:27:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817239.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418191007-20240418221007-00416.warc.gz | 0.949259 | 212 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__147677942 | en | Spain's Escuadrone claims to have developed the world's first drone, equipped with a system for detecting radioactivity, that can be used in the management of nuclear-related emergencies. The Apodaca drone carries probes for detecting alpha, beta and gamma radiation, and the technology has already been successfully used on ground equipment used following the March 2011 Fukushima accident, Escuadrone said.
It also has a system, which can transmit real-time readings and images anywhere in the world using technology and a number of "military security-level" encryption protocols. The drone's powerful engine system, combined with its large wing area, offers flight times up to 90 minutes, the company said.
The drone, alongside fixed detectors installed on the ground, can establish a neural network of sensors which can throughly monitor the most critical areas. The sensors can trace security perimeters for the protection of populated areas and emergency teams on the ground, which is an "invaluable assistance" when making operational decisions during disasters, according to Escuadrone. | aerospace |
https://flyingplastic.net/planes/nieuport17.html | 2023-12-06T01:22:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100575.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206000253-20231206030253-00110.warc.gz | 0.972117 | 1,260 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__178697502 | en | Jari Juvonen'S Home Page / Flyingplastic.net
Eduard 1/48 8023
This model is built from Eduard's kit (n:o 8023). The kit offers two planes which French sous-lieutenant Georges Guynemer flew in the summer of 1916. Eduard has also another kit (n:o 8024). This kit offers a plane of the R.F.C. piloted by Billy Bishop or A.S. Shephard.
There were no major faults in the model and detailing was also quite good. One thing that needed correction was the forward struts of the undercarriage which were too long. I noticed it just I had built up the undercarriage. The struts have to make shorter 1,5 mm which makes the appearance of the model much better. In the cocpit I fixed pilots seat by drilling 16 holes to the bottom of it. I also added seatbelts which didn't include to the kit. Above the cockpit there is an opening at the upper wing. It should be covered with transparent panels. Those panels are missing from the kit. I made the panels of clear styrene sheet. I also equipped the opening with four spars which are clearly visible through the panels.
To the bottom of the wooden tail skid I added an "steel" shred which is made of thin aluminium. I added also two fasteners to tail skid made of thin tape. It's good to paint all smaller parts before final assembly. Installation of the upper wing went well although I had feared little of it and also the wing struts fit well after small adjusting.
It's good idea to drill holes for wires before painting. The wires are made of 0,08 mm flagellum which is painted with gun metal. The wires are reeved through the holes and chocked in place with a thin plastic sticks which is dipped in syanoacrylate. Then the additional parts were cut of and the spots were finished with paint.
The decals are for two sous-lieutenant Georges Guynemer planes in Escadrille N.3 in the summer of 1916. The decals are good quality and settled down well. The overall colour of the plane is Xtra-Color X216 Silver added with light grey 1/10 ratio. The cowling is "natural metal" color and is painted with X216 Silver. The tyres are painted with dark grey, which presents better the colour of the rubber than black.
Despite their resemblance to previous fighters from the same manufacturer, the Nieuport 17c.1 was an entirely new desing which incorporated experience gained with earlier types and their successful use over the Western Front. The plane was also called as "Nieuport 15s" from their metric wing areas, while the ground troops they were known "Silver Hawks" from the aluminium dope with which most were painted.
The lower "halfwing" of Nieuport 11 was weak and twisted under the stress of combat maneuvers or in a high speed dive. The main spars of Nieuport 17 was strengthened and the construction was made more robust. Nieuport 17 was one of the best and most popular planes during the war.
Among other things Albert Ball, Billy Bishop, Georges Guynemer and Charles Nungesser chose Nieuport for their plane. It was exellent in dogfighting, it has good rate of climb and the pilot had exellent field of vision. The first planes to reach the Western Front were those issued to Escadrille N.57 at the beginning of May 1916 and after a few weeks the R.F.C. got also new planes. The main users were France, England, Russia, Italy and USA.
In the beginning the armament included one Lewis gun mounted on the upper wing, later one cowl mounted Vickers gun in front of the pilot. The plane could also carry Le Prieur rockets which were electricically launched. The best appreciate came from the enemy, captured specimens of all Nieuport aircraft were circulated to German aircraft manufacturers with orders to study the best features of the Nieuport design formula. Siemens-Schuckert doing this so exactly that their D.I aircraft design was little more that a copy of the French machine. The later model, Nieuport 17bis, was equipped with 130 hp Clerget engine.
The Nieuport 17, N1531, was the mount of sous-lieutenant Georges Guynemer in the end of July 1916 in Escadrille N.3. The emblem of the Escadrille was flying stork. The left wing strut bore a pennant with the inscription "Vieux Charles" (Old Charles) as Guynemer liked to refer his mounts. This plane had for the first time his personal number " 2 " on the fuselage. His first successful air to air combat in this aircraft occurred on July 28th, 1916. It was his 11th and nearly his last victory. Synchronizing of the Vickers gun broke down and he shot off his propeller, and had to make an emergency landing. Georges Guynemer achieved 53 kills and he was the second-highets scoring ace of all French aces after René Fonck.
Technical Data of Nieuport 17c.1
|Engine||110 hp Le Rhone 9J rotary engine|
|Dimensions||span 8,16 m; lenght 5,80 m; height 2,40 m|
|Weights||empty 375 kg; max. take off 560 kg|
|Performance||max. speed 165 - 170 km/h|
|Armament||1 x 0.303 (7,6 mm) fixed Vickers gun|
|Time of operation||2 hours|
Squadron/signal: Nieuport Fighters in action
Kenneth Munson: Ensimmäisen maailmansodan hävittäjät (Otava)
Tapani Harmaja: Pilven veikot (WSOY) | aerospace |
https://www.esquireme.com/content/40531-emirati-astronaut-said-jiu-jitsu-skills-got-him-through-space-training | 2020-09-26T09:23:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400238038.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926071311-20200926101311-00310.warc.gz | 0.977385 | 550 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__280603763 | en | Emirati astronaut said jiu-jitsu skills got him through space training
Making it to the top as a trained Emirati astronaut is no easy task, in fact only two people out of a pool of over 4,000 were chosen for the task.
One of those two was back-up astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi and he attributes his success in the gruelling training process to his love and skill in the art of jiu-jitsu.
While Hazza Al Mansouri was the first Emirati to leave earth and board the International Space Station (ISS), he was actually one of the two first Emirati astronauts. Alongside Mansouri undergoing the same preparation was Neyadi, acting as back-up astronaut back on Earth, ready to head to the ISS at any time if needs be.
Though he never went to space, Neyadi was more than ready for the occasion, along with an exhaustive list of others including crash landing in a snowy wilderness and surviving. The National reports that the two Emiratis spent three days in a Russian forest learning how to fend for themselves in such a harsh condition.
A key part of training was riding a massive centrifuge to stimulate the g-forces of lift off and the forces of landing. The simulation spins at a whopping 96 kilometres per hour (59.6 miles per hour) and prepares space-goers for the eventuality of blood rushing out of the head resulting in passing out.
“I had a load which weighed eight times my body weight sitting on my chest and it was very similar to passages in jiu-jitsu where the opponent has side control or is in the mount position," he said according to The National.
"In the centrifuge test, the feeling was very similar to a struggle in a jiu-jitsu fight but my training helped me pull through and I completed two runs of the centrifuge test successfully.”
Both Neyadi and Mansouri spent near a year away from their homes training and even spent time in isolation close to the launch to avoid risk of contamination from the outside-world. A new demand of space travel is naturally peak mental and physical strength, which is where Neyadi thanks his time practicing jiu-jitsu again.
“I have trained in jiu-jitsu for almost seven years now and the benefits that the sport brought me were clearly visible during our training process," said Neyadi.
"I was flexible, had good physical strength and was able to focus mentally for long periods.”
Though the doctorate-holder has not yet been to space, it is expected he will be the first choice for the country’s next ambitious space mission. | aerospace |
https://www.afklcargo.com/BH/en/common/news/bollore_second_partner.jsp | 2023-02-03T00:56:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202232251-20230203022251-00754.warc.gz | 0.910944 | 130 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__87712200 | en | Bolloré Logistics has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme of Air France KLM Martinair Cargo for its 2021 shipments between Paris Charles de Gaulle and New York John F. Kennedy airports. This innovative aviation fuel collaboration will cut CO₂ emissions by at least 50% on airfreight shipped by Bolloré Logistics on this symbolic trade lane. Investing in this strategic route represents a new step towards achieving greater sustainability in the future for both Bolloré Logistics and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.
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https://nssphoenix.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/india-to-launch-radar-imaging-satellite-risat-1/ | 2018-07-21T13:27:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592579.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721125703-20180721145703-00283.warc.gz | 0.883655 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__61979487 | en | India is preparing to launch their Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) on Thursday at 5:45 AM local time (2345 UTC and 4:45 PM Phoenix time Wednesday).
RISAT-1 is the heaviest remote sensing spacecraft that ISRO has ever built, weighing almost 1,900 kilograms. RISAT-1 will employ synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in its research.
The spacecraft is headed for a polar orbit, 536 kilometers above the surface of the Earth.
ED: New launch time is 0017 UTC, or 5:17 PM Phoenix time, Wednesday. | aerospace |
https://www.unexplainable.net/nasa/future-of-private-space-flight-reboots.php | 2023-12-01T02:52:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201021234-20231201051234-00831.warc.gz | 0.951822 | 527 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__46780707 | en | After a “no-go” mere days ago at the launch pad, the private space industry is giving the industry another shot as they carry their dragon supply craft up into space. The trailblazing SpaceX company fired its shuttle from the Space Complex at Cape Canaveral and made its next foray into space without incident. The launch once again raises the question about government’s role in space travel.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 delivered the ship’s Dragon cargo capsule to the Earth’s orbit on May 22nd, marking yet another step forward for privately funded spaceflight. Charles Bolden, an administrator at NASA called the mission “significant.”
With the shuttle program resting in peace, political figures on both sides of the aisle have encouraged the privatization of space programs to make room for industry to better travel to the stars without the same sorts of expenses to tax payers. But there has been some apprehension from many critics of the trend. Some suggest that companies, not necessarily SpaceX, would be driven primarily by profit which could keep us from undertaking more profound endeavors such as traveling to Mars before doing so provides the necessary long-term and short term profits necessary to fund it.
Proponents of privatized space travel suggest the process would still allow for profitable ventures to Mars and other planets, and would be able to do so with profits in mind, reducing the strain it would exert on government and tax payers.
The California based company is expected to deliver over a thousand pounds of experimental materials and supplies to the international space station. But while many of the components were necessary for specific experiments on-board the ISS, the SpaceX flight didn’t include any critical components mandatory for the continued success of the ISS’ over-all mission.
Of course those heralding the mission as a success still have to deal with several factors that could go wrong, and those involved in the mission are still vigilant to ensure everything that needs to go right will. Though unmanned, the SpaceX rocket represents a tremendous investment by the company in order to ensure private organizations can take the necessary power and move themselves into the stars.
What does the future hold for space travel? Will private companies increasingly bear the burden as we travel outward seeking new innovative ways of meeting the needs of an increasingly large and complex planet of civilizations and societies? Will technological limitations be met and then exceeded by trailblazers willing to take the risks necessary? And will one day human footprints be placed on Mars? Only time will tell. In the mean time, SpaceX still has much of its work ahead of it as its worthy mission continues. | aerospace |
http://www.stwarchitects.com/project-information.php?c=1&p=09620 | 2013-05-24T05:44:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704234586/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113714-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.901695 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__57174725 | en | ← Previous Project Next Project →
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Shannon Airport, Co. Clare
Irish Aviation Authority
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Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), required a key component in the national air navigation system: a new ‘state of the art’ air traffic control centre to provide safe control of all air traffic operating in Irish airspace, including all over flying aircraft on the busy North Atlantic routes. An international architectural competition ensued.
Our winning approach was simple: to develop an organising principle, that allowed the various components of the brief to expand separately. The glazed links between the main accommodation elements provide a welcoming entry point, while the curved and metallic expressions of the various masses reflect the high level technology of the function accommodated within; a rigorous ergonomic working environment capable of sustaining a busy ATC service operating twenty four hours per day, year round.
In addition to the primary ATC function, the facility includes an education unit for the full time training of national and overseas ATC students together with a full administration section.
Designed to deal with any emergency, a fully integrated design solution for M&E provides a triple system of redundancy to individual services. Levels of operator awareness are enhanced through ergonomic principles and adopting excellent acoustic design techniques and providing a high level of controllable daylight throughout. | aerospace |
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/companies/bosh-global-services/ | 2017-11-20T00:58:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805881.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171119234824-20171120014824-00513.warc.gz | 0.875207 | 463 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__3889981 | en | BOSH Global Services
BOSH Global Services (formerly UAV Communications, Inc.) provides engineering support for UAV systems, payloads, operations, integration, and testing including design development and trade studies of airborne surveillance and reconnaissance systems -- exploring concepts of operations and detailed ISR vehicle and system architectures for various strategic business initiatives and advanced programs. Other tasks include studies of mission utility, operational performance, aerodynamic design evaluation, communications layouts, payload configurations, and survivability features of airborne ISR system-of-systems. UAV Communications offers technical advisory and staffing assistance to customers seeking reliable and secure video, sensor, voice, and data. The company's strength is support of mission-critical UAV systems, First Responder communications networks (Land Mobile Radio (LMR) P25), video surveillance, and intelligence systems. Its focus is on consistent, reliable, real-time delivery of motion video, voice, metadata, still imagery, radar, and other sensor data for end-to-end solutions through any communications media available or desired.
An SBA-certified 8 (a), veteran-owned company specializing in support services for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). We design, build, and sustain UAS Operations Centers supporting mission-critical UAS systems with a focus on consistent, reliable, real-time delivery of motion video, metadata, still imagery, radar, and other sensor data for end-to-end solutions. We provide video distribution technology, communications, networking, and training support to operations centers for reliable and secure video dissemination, sensor, voice, and data. Para Robotics ISR Support Services Turn-key Services Subject Matter Experts Information Technology Systems Engineering and Integration Video Technology Regardless of platform or ground control station (Predator (MQ-1/9), Raven, Shadow, Global Hawk, ScanEagle, Helikite Elevated Platform (HEP), et al., our company offers technical advisory and assistance service to organizations that require timely and reliable delivery of full motion video, complex imagery, or any other high-value data locally or around the world.
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https://owlconnected.com/archives/space-xs-crew-dragon-makes-history | 2023-09-28T13:48:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510412.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928130936-20230928160936-00758.warc.gz | 0.970904 | 724 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__207078701 | en | On May 30, a rocket sent astronauts into orbit, headed toward the International Space Station (ISS). It's the kind of thing that we accept as routine, right? Astronauts are always going up and coming down from the space station every few months. Business as usual.
But this launch was different. And it was most certainly not business as usual. When the two astronauts—Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley—on board Space X's Crew Dragon capsule docked with the ISS, they made history. And brought a huge part of the American space program back to, well, America.
Here is what changed yesterday.
Rockets from Russia
For decades, American astronauts were launched into space from American soil. But that came to a close in 2011, after NASA stopped using the Space Shuttle, the vehicle that launched rockets into space. It was getting too old and expensive to run. And the United States didn't have a replacement.
Instead, they turned to their former space rivals, now space partners—Russia.
Russia's Soyuz rockets became the new vehicles for sending astronauts to the ISS. The rockets launched from Kazakhstan, and they weren't cheap either. NASA paid $80 million a seat to send one of its astronauts into space!
Back in the USA
To solve the problem, NASA started its Commercial Crew program.
NASA used to control and produce all of their rockets and space vehicles. Commercial Crew asked private companies to build vehicles for NASA to use. Why?
One, it lowers costs for NASA. Someone else builds the vehicles, which then NASA pays to use.
Two, it creates competition to build the very best vehicle. In this case, the two biggest players have been Elon Musk's Space X and Boeing. Boeing's vehicle—called the Starliner—has met with some early failures.
But Space X has done much better. And last weekend, they proved it was ready to launch.
Enter the Crew Dragon
For years, Space X's Cargo Dragon has been delivering goods to the ISS. But it was just cargo. The Crew Dragon was their first vehicle to send humans into space.
From the outside, it looks similar to the capsule of the past. But inside, it is state-of-the-art—touch screens, climate control, a toilet, and even specially designed suits. And much like the self-driving cars of Tesla (the auto company also owned by Elon Musk), the Crew Dragon uses cameras and other sensors to dock with ISS all by itself.
If you missed it, you can watch it dock in the video below.
Future of space travel
A lot of people were excited about yesterday's launch. It means that America no longer needs to depend on the Soyuz. It will also potentially mean new jobs for people who live in the US. But there's another interesting wrinkle.
Before, national space agencies like NASA or the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) completely controlled space flight. The only way to go to space was to become an astronaut. But companies like Space X and Boeing want to do more than just send astronauts into space.
They want to sell tickets to members of the public so that they can experience space travel, too.
Space X is building Starship, which is made for just that. If this ever happens, you can bet that those tickets will be very, very expensive. But it would be a huge change to how humans go to space.
And yesterday's successful launch made sending everyday citizens into orbit that little bit closer to being a reality. | aerospace |
http://www.tollfreeairline.com/montana/judithbasin.htm | 2023-03-26T18:26:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946445.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326173112-20230326203112-00280.warc.gz | 0.91998 | 194 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__66075895 | en | Judith Basin County Public and Private Airports, Montana:
Public and Private airports and landing bases for Judith Basin County, MT. Each airport has contact information to help with flight arrangements. In addition to airports, there are landing pads for helicopters, military landing zones and ports for water based aircraft. Public airports include small passenger planes and large commercial carriers. Private airports include restricted or military airports and airports reserved for private charter or membership. For more Montana Airports.
Stanford Airport - S64 |
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|Public Records in Judith Basin County - Provides access to a variety of government websites in Judith Basin County. This is a great place to find out about permits, licenses, aviation rules and regulations, taxes, and a lot of other public resources.| | aerospace |
https://www.chaptico.com/audio-no-injuries-reported-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-after-bird-strike-in-lexington-park/ | 2022-01-26T20:46:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304961.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220126192506-20220126222506-00416.warc.gz | 0.96435 | 241 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__171507760 | en | On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at approximately 10:25 a.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Helen Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported aircraft incident after an animal strike. Personnel from NAS Patuxent River reported a H-60 aircraft struck an animal, and landed somewhere in the Lexington Park area South of Gate 3. A short time later, a resident on Park Hall Road called 911 to report a helicopter landed behind her residence and farm in a field. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the aircraft safely on the ground, with all three crew members reporting no injuries. This is the third incident for NAS Patuxent River where an aircraft made an emergency landing. Luckily, no injuries have been reported in any incidents. On February 27, 2020, a military aircraft made an emergency landing in the area of Poplar Ridge Road and Hermanville Road, with two pilots reporting no injuries. On June 3, 2020, a H-60 aircraft suffered mechanical issues, and made an emergency landing in Lusby, Calvert County, with all the crew members reporting no injuries.
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http://www.bas.com.bh/NewsEvents.aspx?id=g+feQxdz4D4= | 2015-12-02T06:52:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448399455473.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124211055-00099-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.971852 | 300 | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-48__0__102024711 | en | The Airbus A380, makes first landing ever at Bahrain Intl Airport
October 11, 2012
An Airbus A380 aircraft operated by Emirates Airlines, en-route to Dubai from London, landed for the first time at Bahrain International Airport on Wednesday morning. The world's biggest passenger jet with 505 passengers and crew on board diverted to Bahrain due to bad weather conditions at Dubai Intl Airport.
BAS ground handling teams from Operations and Line Maintenance provided full servicing for the large double-decker aircraft during its two-hour turnaround. Furthermore, as brake overheating was reported by the captain, BAS engineering staff used their specialized equipment to cool down successfully the braking system of the aircraft.
Emirates Airport Manager Mr. Khalil Al Mohamed stated: "The Queen A380 had been handled with very extra care. How it was handled extremely astonished everyone. I would like to thank BAS staff for their excellent management, support, and follow up and for taking care of our passengers and crew while they were on board the flight awaiting clearance from Dubai. They made us proud of the way they handled the flight"
BAS CEO Mr. George Saounatsos said: "On a short notice, BAS ground operations and engineering teams welcomed and handled the A380 along with two other aircraft diversions from Dubai. The A380 was serviced very smoothly like any other wide-body jet, proving the high level of operational readiness and expertise in house. It was a great job done by all". | aerospace |
https://www.petersons.com/scholarship/cabaa-maintenance-committee-financial-scholarship-111_216509.aspx | 2024-04-22T02:36:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00030.warc.gz | 0.931888 | 195 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__190195699 | en | The CABAA Maintenance Committee Financial Scholarship will be awarded to a student seeking a degree in Aviation Maintenance-related field, including, but not limited to: Aerospace Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance, Aviation Avionics/AircraftElectronics, etc. This scholarship is open to both high school seniors graduating in 2023 and college level students. Applicants must demonstrate their commitment to aviation, and a desire to work in the Business Aviation field. At least three letters of recommendation are required. At least one recommendation letter from an individual currently involved in business aviation outside of your professors is preferred. Preference is given to Chicagoland or Illinois area residents and students, followed by residents and students of surrounding states.
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https://www.canada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/reports-publications/flight-safety-investigation-reports/ch149903-cormorant-from-investigator.html | 2023-02-07T01:54:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500368.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20230207004322-20230207034322-00779.warc.gz | 0.941178 | 362 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__101499860 | en | CH149 Cormorant (CH149903) - From the Investigator
From: Royal Canadian Air Force
Report / April 6, 2022 / Project number: CH149903-CAT B
Type: CH149 Cormorant (CH149903)
Location: 9 Wing Gander, NL
Date: 10 March 2022
The accident aircraft, call sign “Outcast 903”, with a crew of six, was scheduled for two crew training missions based out of 9 Wing located at Gander International Airport (CYQX), N.L. The first training mission was scheduled in the afternoon and was primarily focused on overland Search and Rescue evolutions for the Flight Engineer Under Training.
At the end of the first training mission, the crew conducted hover work in the vicinity of the intersection of Runway 31 and Runway 21. During the final clockwise hover turn sequence, the pilot flying’s seat unexpectedly descended to its lowest position.The aircraft flight vector immediately reversed from a clockwise rotation to an accelerated counterclockwise left yaw about the aircraft mast. As the aircraft continued to yaw left, the attitude of the aircraft became unstable resulting in an increasing right bank attitude. The aircraft rotated through approximately 400° and as the right rolling moment intensified, the right outboard wheel, the horizontal stabilizer assembly located on the right side of the tail section, and main rotor blades impacted the runway at 15:43 local time. There was no post-crash fire.
The aircraft impact with the ground caused very serious damage. Three of the six occupants sustained minor injuries while two occupants sustained serious injuries.
The investigation is focusing on materiel and human factors.
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https://volgograd.biz/girls-to-design-africas-first-private-space-satellite-2/ | 2022-12-09T16:50:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711417.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209144722-20221209174722-00613.warc.gz | 0.948653 | 712 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__224134496 | en | They are part of a team of high school girls from Cape Town, South Africa, who designed and built payloads for a satellite that will orbit above the Earth’s poles scanning the surface of Africa.
Once in space, the satellite will collect information on agriculture and food security on the continent.
Thanks to the data transmitted, “we can try to determine and predict the problems that Africa will face in the future”, explains Bull, a student at Pelican Park High School.
“Where our food grows, where we can plant more trees and vegetation and also how we can monitor remote areas,” she says. “We have a lot of forest fires and floods, but we don’t always arrive in time.”
The information received twice a day will be used for disaster prevention.
This is part of a project by the Meta Economic Development Organization (MEDO) of South Africa in collaboration with Morehead State University in the United States.
The girls (14 in total) are being trained by satellite engineers from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, with the aim of encouraging more African women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
If the launch is successful, it will make MEDO the first private company in Africa to build a satellite and put it into orbit.
“We expect to receive a good signal, which will allow us to receive reliable data,” says Mngqengqiswa, from Philippi High School, enthusiastically. “In South Africa we have had some of the worst floods and droughts and it has hit farmers really hard.”
“It’s brought down our economy… It’s a way to see how we can revive our economy,” says young Mngqengqiswa.
Early trials involved the girls programming and launching small CricketSat satellites using high-altitude weather balloons, before eventually helping configure the satellite payloads.
Small-format satellites are inexpensive ways to quickly collect data about the planet. So far, testing has involved collecting thermal imaging data which is then interpreted for early detection of floods or droughts.
“It’s a new area for us. [in Africa] but I think with this we would be able to make positive changes in our economy,” says Mngqengqiswa.
Ultimately, it is hoped that the project will include girls from Namibia, Malawi, Kenya and Rwanda.
Mngqengqiswa comes from a single parent family. Her mother is a domestic worker. By becoming a space engineer or an astronaut, the teenager hopes to make her mother proud.
“Exploring space and seeing Earth’s atmosphere is not something that many black Africans have been able to do, or don’t have the opportunity to look at,” says Mngqengqiswa.
The schoolgirl is right; in half a century of space travel, no black African has traveled into space. “I want to see these things for myself,” says Mngqengqiswa, “I want to be able to experience these things.”
Her teammate, Bull, agrees: “I want to show the other girls that we don’t have to sit back or limit ourselves. All careers are possible, even aerospace.” | aerospace |
https://hiddenltd.com/work/power-on-mars/ | 2023-09-27T02:41:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510238.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927003313-20230927033313-00516.warc.gz | 0.940872 | 184 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__290746428 | en | In the evolving commercialisation of the space race, ABB was motivated to develop a thought leadership piece for world leaders and politicians congregating at an annual industry summit. ABB’s vision was to exhibit how they could potentially help this mission by showcasing how its real world technology would position itself and its solutions at the forefront of the mission.
The main challenge of this project was combining the unknown territory of space travel with the need to create an entertaining and engaging VR experience. Through a visually impactful story, the user leaves the earth’s orbit encountering the current ABB technologies used to benefit the earth today and goes on the demonstrate how these solutions could be used to facilitate a colony on Mars. With the target audience in mind, we developed a passive, system guided experience where the demand for interaction with the user is low but the knowledge gained is high. | aerospace |
https://www.geospatial-insight.com/about/partners/ | 2021-04-16T01:44:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038088471.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210416012946-20210416042946-00587.warc.gz | 0.926573 | 1,729 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__106169133 | en | Hexagon Geospatial is part of Hexagon, a leading global provider of information technology solutions that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial landscapes. Hexagon’s solutions integrate sensors, software, domain knowledge and customer workflows into intelligent information ecosystems that deliver actionable information. They are used in a broad range of vital industries.
Hexagon Geospatial helps make sense of the dynamically changing world. We enable our customers to envision, experience and communicate location intelligence. Our technology provides the form to design, develop and deliver solutions that solve complex, real-world challenges. Ultimately, this is realised through our creative software products and platforms.
Established and operating commercially since July 2015, fireFLY is a leading commercial drone operator based in the Midlands. Whilst their core service focuses on large construction and infrastructure projects, they offer creative and innovative solutions whenever and wherever they are required. Services range from aerial photography and video to survey and mapping. They also provide consultancy services, showing clients how they can successfully integrate commercial drone activities into their business.
Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. They are a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.
Airbus provides extensive Earth Observation satellite solutions. This includes a highly capable satellite constellation combining radar and optical satellites, Awhich provides users with what they need, when they need it: wide coverage, fine detail, intensive monitoring, reliable and successful new collections, fresh and extensive archives, premium reactivity.
No one type of sensor can solve all of the issues you face. Whatever you want to track or to map, Airbus Defence and Space can trigger the appropriate satellite or screen a 30-year archive to provide you with the meaningful solution.
SpaceWill Co., Ltd is a leading provider of remote sensing satellite data and geospatial information services in China. The company business covers optical and SAR satellite imagery, data processing, value-added products, solutions, software and GIS platform supply. As the operator of SuperView Constellation from space to ground, not only does Space View manage the imaging services, but also promotes construction of direct-receiving and virtual stations around the World.
GHGSat’s mission is to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG), air quality gas, and other trace gas emissions from any source in the world.
In June 2016, GHGSat launched the world’s first high-resolution satellite capable of measuring greenhouse gas (CO2 & CH4) emissions from any industrial facility in the world. GHGSat is using this unique satellite and its patented technology to provide greenhouse gas emissions monitoring data and services globally, with better accuracy and at a fraction of the cost of comparable alternatives.
Owners of industrial facilities are now able to monitor all of their facilities, local or remote, anywhere in the world, with a common technology, in near-real-time. Significantly improved emissions information is enabling industries to better measure, control, and ultimately reduce emissions of GHGs.
Imagesat are a global leader in end-to-end geospatial solutions. Their solutions help their clients obtain high resolution satellite earth imagery, conduct viable data analysis and gain actionable insights, to better understand and act upon their geo-political, environmental and economic realities. With over 20 years experience in space imagery production and analytics, innovative technology and a multi-source data acquisition network, we deliver high quality data, reports and research insights.
Intermap Technologies® is a global solutions provider that can help overcome spatial data challenges. They achieve this by delivering easy-to-use analyses via software and laying the foundation for location-based decisions. Geospatial Insight is a reseller of Intermap’s Foundation Data (high quality elevation and imagery) layers to provide the framework necessary for governments and businesses to make informed decisions and find intelligent solutions to their planning challenges. Intermap offers some of the most homogeneous imagery and accurate elevation products commercially available today.
Planet started as a small team of physicists and engineers, and now operates the world’s largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites. They offer a diverse selection of 3-meter, 5-meter, and 80-centimeter data products, all under one roof. From precision agriculture and emergency response to supply chain and infrastructure monitoring, Planet believes that timely, global imagery and analytics will empower informed, deliberate, and meaningful stewardship of our planet.
Deimos Imaging, is a subsidary of Urthecast Corp and one of the world leading satellite imagery provider, owns and operates the DEIMOS-1 and DEIMOS-2 satellites with a 24/7 commercial service from our three facilities in Spain and through our own network of ground stations in Canada, Sweden and Norway. All the ground segment software, from mission planning to image processing, has been co-developed in-house, allowing a unique capacity to customise the service to best suite all customer needs.
Deimos Imaging provides high-quality services to clients worldwide, including imagery from our own constellation of satellites and from the satellites of our partners like the PanGeo Alliance, and value-added applications in a wide range of fields.
Deimos Space UK was created in 2013 to address the UK and UK-export market for space systems, services and applications. It is located on the Harwell Oxford campus, close to the UK Space Agency, ESA’s ECSAT facility, RAL Space, the Satellite Applications Catapult and several other space companies.
The company offers expertise in flight systems, ground segment systems, space situational awareness, satellite navigation, applications and services. The knowledge of satellites, data systems and location-based services puts the company in a unique position when developing satellite applications.
Drone Ranger Australia is unique in the developing industry of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) operations.
They have combined cutting edge drone technology with 30+ years of project management experience in sectors such as petrochemical, property and infrastructure to offer a high quality, value-add drone consulting service for clients with project or asset inspections needs.
Established in 2001, Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology were the first commercial Earth Observation satellite operator and service provider in China. Today the company employees over 500 staff and provides imagery through its Beijing-1 and TripleSat constellation series.
Orbita Aerospace was founded in March 2000 in Zhuhai, China. Orbita has been recognised a pioneer for constructing Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Constellation which provides end-users with high value and more efficient satellite data and services from the well configured remote sensing nanosatellite constellation – “Zhuhai No.1 constellation”.
The UK Space Agency’s Space for Smarter Government Programme is proud to be supporting the innovative Breathe Clean project, working with Geospatial Insight and Cherwell District Council, to help improve health outcomes for residents.
Our collaboration with Geospatial Insight has opened up opportunities for Deimos to apply new approaches to Earth Observation analytics in new market sectors.
Geospatial Insight are a valued partner of Planet. Their extensive geospatial and machine learning capabilities combined with progressive methodologies are enabling businesses make better decisions.
We are excited to work closely with Geospatial Insight to develop actionable products which incorporate our data on greenhouse gas emissions. This partnership is a crucial step for GHGSat to extend our footprint in Europe.
Geospatial Insight have proven to be reliable and very committed to the continued sales of Airbus Constellation Imagery and has been a trusted reseller of Airbus satellite imagery since 2015.
Geospatial Insight was established in 2012 by a team of highly experienced Geospatial experts to address a gap in the market for delivering actionable business intelligence sourced from satellite imagery.
Today the company has an enviable market position as one of the leading providers of geospatial intelligence in the World.Meet the team
Interested in being part of our ambitious team? Then we’d love to hear from you. Our standards are high.
If you think you’ve got what it takes to be part of our rapidly growing company, why not send us your details along with your CV.Find out about our culture | aerospace |
http://wiki.rivercruiseinfo.com/index.php/El_Al_Flight_1862 | 2019-08-20T16:00:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315551.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820154633-20190820180633-00025.warc.gz | 0.963815 | 3,788 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__142086985 | en | El Al Flight 1862
On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo plane of the state-run Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For the location in the Bijlmermeer, the crash is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster). A total of 43 people were killed, including the plane's crew of three, a non-revenue passenger in a jump seat, and 39 people on the ground. Many more were injured.<ref name=final>Template:Cite web</ref> This accident remains the deadliest aviation accident to ever occur in the Netherlands.
Template:Refimprove section thumb On 4 October 1992, the aircraft, a Boeing 747-258F, registration 4X-AXG, was traveling from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport and made a stopover at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. During the flight from New York to Schiphol, three issues were noted: fluctuations in the autopilot speed regulation, problems with the shortwave radio, and fluctuations in the voltage of engine number three, the inboard engine on the right wing.
The jet landed at Schiphol at 2:31 pm local time. New cargo was loaded into the plane; the cargo had been approved by customs authorities, but as was realized later, had not been physically inspected. The aircraft was refueled and the observed issues were repaired, at least provisionally. Captain Yitzhak Fuchs, First Officer Arnon Ohad, and Flight Engineer Gedalya Sofer crewed the aircraft. Anat Solomon, the only passenger on board, was traveling to Tel Aviv to marry an El Al employee. Yitzhak Fuchs was an experienced aviator, having previously flown as a fighter-bomber pilot, flying the De Havilland Mosquito in the late 1950s Israeli Air Force.
Flight and crash
Flight 1862 was scheduled to depart at 5:30 pm, but the flight was delayed until 6:20 pm. At 6:22 pm, Flight 1862 departed from runway 01L on a northerly heading. Once airborne, the plane turned to the right in order to follow the Pampus departure route, aided by the Pampus VOR/DME navigation station.
Soon after the turn, at 6:27 pm, above the Gooimeer, a lake near Amsterdam, a sharp bang was heard while the aircraft was climbing through 1.950 meters (6.500 feet). The two fuse pins on engine number three failed. The engine separated from the right wing of the aircraft, shot forward, damaged the wing flaps, and struck engine number four, which then also separated from the wing. The two engines fell away from the plane, also ripping out a 9 meter (30 foot) stretch of the wing's leading edge. They attracted the attention of some pleasure boaters who had been startled by the loud noise. The boaters notified the Netherlands Coastguard of two objects they had seen falling from the sky. Captain Fuchs made a mayday call to air traffic control (ATC) and indicated that he wanted to return to Schiphol. At 6:28:45 pm, the captain reported: "El Al 1862, lost number three and number four engine, number three and number four engine." thumb
ATC and the flight crew did not yet grasp the severity of the situation. Although the flight crew knew they had lost power to the engines, they did not see that the engines had completely broken off and that the wing had been damaged (in aviation, the term "lost" when dealing with engine failure refers to the engines simply having mechanical issues and ceasing to provide thrust, rather than the engines physically separating from the plane). The outboard engine on the wing of a 747 is visible from the cockpit only with difficulty and the inboard engine on the wing is not visible at all. Given the choices that the captain and crew made following the loss of engine power, the Dutch parliamentary inquiry commission that later studied the crash concluded that the crew did not know that both engines had broken away from the right wing.
On the night of the crash, the landing runway in use at Schiphol was runway 06. Captain Fuchs requested runway 27 for an emergency landing, even though that meant landing with a 21-knot quartering tailwind.<ref name=final/>
The plane was still too high and close in to land when it circled back to the airport. The captain was forced to continue circling Amsterdam until he could reduce his altitude to that required for a final approach to landing. During the second circle, the captain instructed the first officer to extend the wing flaps. The inboard trailing edge flaps extended, since they were powered by the number one hydraulic system, which was still functioning, but the outboard trailing edge flaps did not extend, because they were powered by the number four hydraulic system, which failed when the number four engine was torn off the wing. That partial flap condition meant that the plane would have a higher pitch attitude than normal, as the plane slowed down. The leading edge flaps (powered by the pneumatic system) extended on the left wing, but not on the right wing, because of the intensive damage sustained when the engines broke off, which had severely disrupted air flow over the wing. That differential configuration caused the left wing to generate significantly more lift than the damaged right wing, especially when the pitch attitude increased as the airspeed decreased. The increased lift on the left side increased the tendency to roll further to the right, both because the right outboard aileron was inoperative and because the captain elected to increase the thrust on the left engines in an attempt to reduce his very high sink rate. As the aircraft slowed, the ability of the remaining controls to counteract the right roll diminished. The captain finally lost all ability to prevent the plane from rolling to the right. The roll reached 90 degrees just before the impact with the apartment houses.
At 6:35:25 pm, the first officer radioed to ATC: "Going down, 1862, going down, going down, copied, going down." In the background, the captain was heard instructing the first officer in Hebrew to raise the flaps and lower the landing gear.
At 6:35 pm local time, the plane turned over in an over-90 degree bank and with a nose-down attitude of about 70 degrees, and took a nosedive into two high-rise apartment complexes in the Bijlmermeer neighborhood, at the corner of a building where the Groeneveen complex met the Klein-Kruitberg complex. The plane exploded and set fire to the building, which partially collapsed inward, destroying dozens of apartments. The cockpit came to rest east of the flats, between the building and the viaduct of Amsterdam Metro Line 53, and the tail snapped off, and was blown back by the force of the explosion.
During the last moments of the flight, the arrival traffic controllers made several desperate attempts to contact the aircraft. The Schiphol arrival controllers work from a closed building at Schiphol-East, not from the control tower. At 6:35:45 pm, however, the control tower reported to the arrival controllers: "Het is gebeurd" (lit., "It has happened", but often meaning "It is over"). At that moment a large smoke plume emitting from the crash scene was visible from the control tower. The plane had disappeared from arrival control radar. The arrival controllers reported that the aircraft had last been located 1,5 kilometers (1 mile) west of Weesp and emergency personnel were sent immediately.
At the time of the crash, two police officers were in the Bijlmermeer checking on a burglary report. They saw the aircraft plummet and immediately sounded an alarm. The first fire trucks and rescue services arrived within a few minutes of the crash. Nearby hospitals were advised to prepare for hundreds of casualties. The flats were partly inhabited by undocumented illegal immigrants, and the death toll would be difficult to estimate in the hours after the crash.
In the days immediately following the disaster, the bodies of the victims and the remains of the plane were recovered from the crash site. The remains of the plane were transported to Schiphol for analysis. The parts were not used by investigators to reconstruct the aircraft.
The aircraft's flight data recorder was recovered from the crash site, with its data intact. Despite intensive search activities to recover the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage area, the recorder was not found, although El Al employees stated that it had been installed in the aircraft.<ref name=final/>
In the event of excessive loads on the Boeing 747 engines or engine pylons, the fuse pins holding the engine nacelle to the wing are designed to fracture cleanly, allowing the engine to fall away from the aircraft without damaging the wing or wing fuel tank. Airliners are generally designed to remain airworthy in the event of an engine failure, so that the plane can be landed safely. Damage to a wing or wing fuel tank can have disastrous consequences. The Netherlands Aviation Safety Board found, however, that the fuse pins had not failed properly, but instead had suffered metal fatigue prior to overload failure. The Safety Board pieced together a probable sequence of events for the loss of engine 3:
- Gradual failure by fatigue and then overload failure of the inboard mid-spar fuse pin at the inboard thin-walled location.
- Overload failure of the outer lug of the inboard mid-spar pylon fitting.
- Overload failure of the outboard mid-spar fuse pin at the outboard thin-walled and fatigue-cracked location.
- Overload failure of the outboard mid-spar fuse pin at the inboard thin-walled location.
This sequence of consecutive failures caused the inboard engine and pylon to break free. By sheer chance, its trajectory after breaking off the wing caused it to slam into the outboard engine and rip it and its pylon off the wing as well, and serious damage was also inflicted on the leading edge of the right wing. Both loss of hydraulic power and damage to the right wing prevented correct operation of the flaps that Captain Fuchs later tried to extend in flight.
Research indicated that the plane had only managed to maintain level flight at first due to its high air speed (280 knots). The damage to the right wing, resulting in reduced lift, had made it much more difficult to keep the plane level. At Template:Convert, there was nevertheless sufficient lift on the right wing to keep the plane aloft. Once the plane had to reduce speed for landing, however, it was doomed; there was too little lift on the right wing to enable stable flight, and the plane banked sharply to the right without any chance of recovery.
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Immediately after the crash, 1,500 people were considered missing. The Dutch government originally estimated a death toll of over 200.Template:Citation needed In the end, the official death toll stood at 43, including all 4 occupants of the plane (3 crew and 1 non-revenue passenger) and 39 people on the ground,<ref name="final" /> considerably lower than expected. At the time of the crash many potential victims were not at home, possibly because of the pleasant weather on the evening of the crash. Twenty-six people sustained non-fatal injuries; eleven of these were injured seriously enough to require hospital treatment.
A memorial, designed by architects Herman Hertzberger and Georges Descombes, was built near the crash site with a listing of all the victims.
Mental health care was available after the crash to all affected residents and service personnel. After about a year, however, many residents and service personnel began approaching doctors with physical health complaints, which the affected patients blamed on the El Al crash. Insomnia, chronic respiratory infections, general pain and discomfort, impotence, flatulence, and bowel complaints were all reported. 67% of the affected patients were found to be infected with Mycoplasma, and suffered from symptoms similar to the Gulf War Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-like symptoms.
Dutch officials from government departments of transport and of public health asserted that at the time of the crash it was understood that there were no health risks from any cargo on the plane; Els Borst, minister of public health, stated that "geen extreem giftige, zeer gevaarlijke of radioactieve stoffen" ("no extremely toxic, very dangerous, or radioactive materials") had been on board the plane. However, in October 1993, the nuclear energy research foundation Laka reported that the tail of the plane contained Template:Convert of depleted uranium as trim weight, as did all Boeing 747s at the time; this was not known during the rescue and recovery process.
It was suggested that studies be undertaken on the symptoms of the affected survivors and service personnel, but for several years these suggestions were ignored on the basis that there was no practical reason to believe in any link between the health complaints of the survivors and the Bijlmer crash site.
In 1997, however, an expert testified in the Israeli Knesset that dangerous products would have been released during combustion of the depleted uranium in the tail of the Boeing 747.
The first studies on the symptoms reported by survivors, performed by the Academisch Medisch Centrum, began in May 1998. The AMC eventually concluded that up to a dozen cases of auto-immune disorders among the survivors could be directly attributed to the crash, and health notices were distributed to doctors throughout the Netherlands requesting that extra attention be paid to symptoms of auto-immune disorder, particularly if the patient had a link with the Bijlmer crash site. Another study, performed by the Rijks Instituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, concluded that although toxic products had been released at the time of the crash, the added risks of cancer were small, approximately one or two additional cases per ten thousand exposed persons. The RIVM also concluded that the chances of uranium poisoning were minimal.
Soon after the disaster it was announced that the El Al Boeing 747 had contained fruit, perfumes, and computer components. Dutch Minister Hanja Maij-Weggen asserted that she was certain that the plane contained no military cargo.
In September 1993, the media reported that the El Al Boeing contained dangerous cargo. Some portion of the cargo proved to be Israeli national defense materials.Template:Citation needed It was also reportedTemplate:Who that a third of the cargo had not been physically inspected and that the cargo listings had not been checked.Template:Citation needed
The survivors' health complaints following the crash increased the number of questions about the cargo.
In 1998 it was publicly revealed by El-Al spokesman Nachman Klieman that 190 liters of dimethyl methylphosphonate, a CWC schedule 2 chemical which, among many other uses, can be used for the synthesis of Sarin nerve gas, had been included in the cargo. Israel stated that the material was non-toxic, was to have been used to test filters that protect against chemical weapons, and that it had been clearly listed on the cargo manifest in accordance with international regulations. The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed that it had already known about the presence of chemicals on the plane. The shipment was from a U.S. chemical plant to the Israel Institute for Biological Research under a U.S. Department of Commerce license. According to the Chemical weapons site CWInfo the quantity involved was "too small for the preparation of a militarily useful quantity of Sarin, but would be consistent with making small quantities for testing detection methods and protective clothing".
Alterations to Boeing aircraft
After the crash investigation, Boeing issued a service directive to all airlines regarding the faulty fuse pins on Boeing 747 aircraft. The 747s had their engines taken off and examined for cracks in the fuse pins. If cracks were present, the fuse pins were to be replaced.
- List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft
- China Airlines Flight 358 – 29 December 1991 – engines and leading edge slats loss on one wing during takeoff.
- American Airlines Flight 191 – 25 May 1979 – engine and leading edge slats loss on one wing during takeoff.
- Air safety
- Theo Bean, Een gat in mijn hart: een boek gebaseerd op tekeningen en teksten van kinderen na de vliegramp in de Bijlmermeer van 4 oktober 1992. Zwolle: Waanders, 1993.
- Vincent Dekker, Going down, going down: De ware toedracht van de Bijlmerramp. Amsterdam: Pandora, 1999.
- Een beladen vlucht: eindrapport Bijlmer enquête. Sdu Uitgevers, 1999.
- Pierre Heijboer, Doemvlucht: de verzwegen geheimen van de Bijlmerramp. Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 2002.
- R. J. H. Wanhill and A. Oldersma, Fatigue and Fracture in an Aircraft Engine Pylon, Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR TP 96719).
- This event is featured on the National Geographic Channel show Seconds From Disaster.
- "Final Report." (Archive) Netherlands Aviation Safety Board. Originally issued in English, with a Dutch translation to be issued at a later time.
- Corrosion Doctors' entry on El Al Flight 1862
- Photographs of the disaster on AirDisaster.com
- Google Maps view of site
- Pre-disaster photos from Airliners.net
- Air Traffic Control transcript
- cvr 781228. Planecrashinfo.com (4 October 1992). Retrieved on 9 September 2011. | aerospace |
http://ipscblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/nyt-science-astronaut-and-writer-at.html | 2018-04-26T09:16:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948125.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180426090041-20180426110041-00054.warc.gz | 0.880113 | 120 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__182016419 | en | Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Watching the new film “Gravity” with the astronaut Michael J. Massimino, who flew missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope, gives insight into the film’s fidelities, and its flaws.
Published: October 1, 2013 at 4:00AM
via NYT Science http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/science/space/an-astronaut-and-a-writer-at-the-movies.html | aerospace |
https://militaryforsalebyowner.net/page-2/travis-afb/ | 2024-02-29T16:11:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00654.warc.gz | 0.95329 | 229 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__89609365 | en | Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base located in Fairfield, California, in Solano County. It’s approximately halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco, giving it a strategic position in terms of access to major cities and the Pacific.
Named after Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who died in a B-29 crash on the base in 1950, Travis Air Force Base is home to the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the largest air mobility organization in the Air Force. The 60th is responsible for strategic airlift and aerial refueling missions, as well as aeromedical evacuation to improve the health of wounded service members.
Key aircraft at Travis include the C-5M Super Galaxy, KC-10 Extender, and the C-17 Globemaster III. The base plays a critical role in providing rapid global mobility and logistics for the United States’ military operations.
In addition to its operational role, Travis AFB is a community in its own right. The base features housing, educational facilities, a hospital, and other amenities to support service members, civilian employees, and their families. | aerospace |
https://www.ptcnews.tv/patiala-ncc-training-aircraft-crash-wing-commander-student-injured-en/ | 2020-04-09T09:27:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371833063.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20200409091317-20200409121817-00433.warc.gz | 0.973271 | 311 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__200894152 | en | Patiala NCC training aircraft crash: In a major incident, a pilot died while one student got injured after the NCC training aircraft was crashed in Patiala on Monday. According to the information, the plane crashed in the Army zone.
Here are some of the pictures:
The deceased pilot has been identified as Wing Commander Cheema who succumbed to his injuries. Cheema was the part of Patiala Aviation Club. He was with 3rd Air Squadron. He was flying the Micro Light plane, which has no engine. While in the air, it flies only using heat thermals from the air.
While Group Captain G.S. Cheema died in the tragic accident, a NCC trainee from local Government Mohindra College, Vipin Kumar Yadav, was injured.
Watch it here:
Meanwhile, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh expressed deep anguish over the crash of a micro light aircraft in the Army Cantonment Area, which left an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot dead.
Captain Amarinder Singh mourned the demise of Group Captain G.S. Cheema in the crash, and prayed to the Almighty to give courage to the bereaved family, said an official spokesperson. He also prayed for peace for the departed soul. The Chief Minister also wished speedy recovery to the injured undergoing treatment in the Command Hospital, Chandigarh.
Group Commander Cheema had been imparting training to the cadets of NCC 3rd Air Squadron at Air Force Station. | aerospace |
https://www.fosters.com/article/20140111/AP01/301119975 | 2020-09-22T08:17:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400204410.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922063158-20200922093158-00352.warc.gz | 0.975953 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__239083794 | en | New York-to-Maine flight slides off taxiway at Bangor airport
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Airport officials say a flight from New York City to Bangor slid off the taxiway as it made its way to the terminal, but no passengers were injured.
Bangor International Airport says the nose wheel of the Delta flight from LaGuardia Airport went into the grass off the taxiway shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday.
The airport says the aircraft was returned to the taxiway and towed to the gate where passengers got off.
Airport officials did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Associated Press about the cause of the incident. Much of the state experienced icy conditions through the day. | aerospace |
https://gaac.org.uk/about-us-2/supporting-organisations/ | 2024-04-23T14:35:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818711.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423130552-20240423160552-00461.warc.gz | 0.952194 | 2,345 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__11900175 | en | The splendid diversity of GA Flying is reflected in the activities of the many organisations, large and small, public and private which direct, promote, represent and take responsibility for its constituent parts. (Private individual supporters are not listed here).
The purposes and work of some of these organisations (all of which have made financial contributions to the GAAC) are described briefly below:(
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
At 10:35 on December 17, 1903 a dream as old as history was fulfilled when the Wright Brothers realised their ambition to make the worlds first powered flight. In 1999 the dream would be shattered for thousands of pilots, and potential pilots, if AOPA were not fighting to preserve our aerodromes and right to exercise private pilot privileges.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association UK (AOPA UK) is a member of the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA). With a total membership of over 400,000 in 50 countries, it is the largest association for pilots in the world.AOPA ensure the view of pilots and aircraft owners are heard in all the appropriate places both locally and Internationally.
AOPA UK represent pilots and aircraft owners in over a dozen UK and European Aviation forums Through its association with IAOPA representation at over further thirty International Aviation Forums.
The aims of AOPA are to:
Control the cost of private flying
Prevent unnecessary restrictions
Improve general aviation facilities
The British Gliding Association
Gliding first became popular in Germany between the Wars. Interest in Britain evolved in the late 1920′s. Launching gliders requires team work; it demands a minimum crew of three. Flying gliders across country demands courage, skill and develops tactical decisiveness on the part of individual pilots. In the USA, gliding forms part of the astronaut training syllabus.
The British Gliding Association (BGA) is affiliated through the Royal Aero Club to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and is a voluntary association. Self financing and regulating, with the approval of the Civil Aviation Authority, its responsibilities include:
Certificates of Airworthiness
Aircraft type certification
Qualifications and registration of instructors
Standards of instruction
Registration of pilots’ certificates of achievement
The BGA controls and administers a large organisation so that its growing body of members may safely enjoy the challenge of this sport.
The British Microlight Aircraft Association
Long gone is the microlight of the late 70s and early 80s with its hang glider wing and chainsaw engine; smooth is perhaps the word to describe the machine of today designed to meet noise certification legislation.
Subject to stringent standards laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority for both the aeroplane and its operator in terms of airworthiness and pilot licensing, the modern microlight is no longer the vehicle of the lone adventurer; it has become the relatively inexpensive way by which the family of today may enjoy recreational flying. It is also becoming another source of future airline pilots.
With the ability to operate from any reasonable open space, devoid of built up areas or controlled airspace, there has also come an environmental awareness and sense of responsibility. Organised microlight sites, once secure in the knowledge of planning consent, put into force their own local flying rules over and above the demands of air law – rules made with the specific locality and any people nearby in mind.
The Light Aircraft Association
The Light Aircraft Association (LAA), formerly The Popular Flying Association, operates under the aegis of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) which permits carefully supervised construction and/or operation of a particular class of aeroplanes. This enables members to enjoy true sporting and recreational flying at the lowest possible cost. LAA-
Most LAA aircraft require only a few hundred meters of land to land and take off and can be built for the same price as a family car, are economical to operate and demonstrably quieter than next door’s lawnmower. Many LAA-
The British Model Flying Association
The promotion, protection, organisation and encouragement of model aircraft building, flying and development in all its aspects in The United Kingdom, through the medium of clubs and individual members; assistance and guidance to model aircraft clubs or individuals; collaboration between members of the Society; and co-
To produce, collect and distribute information in connection with model aircraft or the model aircraft movement on such terms as Council shall think fit.
To encourage and support research in model aircraft design theory and construction.
To control and record model aircraft performance within the areas under the jurisdiction of the Royal Aero Club.
To act as promoters of National and International model aircraft meetings, contests and exhibitions; as publishers stationers and booksellers, general traders, dealers agents and manufacturers, both wholesale and retail’ of any articles of any description which may assist the development of model aviation;
To establish and support, financially or otherwise or aid in the establishment and support of any educational scheme or establishment with benefit to the model aircraft movement;
Our motto is: “UNITED WE ACHIEVE”
The Flying Farmers Assocation
The Flying Farmers Association was founded in 1974 when it was noticed how many farm-
To qualify for membership the applicant must be a farmer or closely linked to farming and/or a farm-
The British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA)
The BBGA was formed as GAMTA in 1975 to bring together the General Aviation industry as a strong voice in the UK. Member companies are involved in most aspects of trading and commercial operating.
This includes the General Aviation aircraft manufacture, sales, brokerage, maintenance and overhaul. Suppliers of aircraft spares, avionic pilot equipment, support services of insurance, financing, and aircraft handling and the operating of air charter business, and Air Taxi and Flying Training aircraft.
A number of overseas manufacturers who have subsidiary companies in the UK are also members.
BBGA exists to protect, promote and support the growth of a well managed and profitable General Aviation industry in a wide spectrum of activities and to provide a better understanding of its importance within the UK.
The Association must also ensure that the Government does not place intolerable restrictions on the operations of light and business aircraft and that the CAA, whilst having a duty to the public, imposes its regulations at a level consistent with proper safety standards but without excessive and costly non-
The Vintage Aircraft Club
The Vintage Aircraft Club provides a focal point for owners, pilots and enthusiasts of vintage and classic light aircraft by arranging fly-
The present Vintage Aircraft Club has evolved from the Vintage Aircraft Group, which was originally formed in 1964. The change of name in 1974 reflected the expanding membership and scope of the club. The aim of the Vintage Aircraft Club is to provide a focal body for owners, pilots and enthusiasts of vintage and classic light aircraft by arranging fly ins and other events for the benefit of its members.
British Womens Pilots’ Association (BWPA)
The BWPA is a membership organisation that exists to support women who fly or who are learning to fly, and to encourage participation in aviation by women who have yet to try it. Members are of all ages, experience and backgrounds but share a common passion.
We are a non-profit making association run by volunteers who are enthusiastic and committed to our aim of promoting and supporting women in aviation. Members of the BWPA are involved in all areas of aviation, including commercial flying, recreational flying, instructing, air traffic control and engineering.
Formed in 1955, the BWPA came into being ten years after World War II Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) women pilots had been thanked for their services to their country but told to go back to their kitchens. This was a time when women were allowed to work, but only in jobs deemed appropriate for the fairer sex, and were expected to give up work to look after home and husband upon marriage.
Incorporating Air Navigators
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots
About the Company
The Company was established as a Guild in 1929 in order to ensure that pilots and navigators of the (then) fledgling aviation industry were accepted and regarded as professionals. From the beginning, the Guild was modelled on the lines of the Livery Companies of the City of London, which were originally established to protect the interests and standards of those involved in their respective trades or professions. In 1956, the Guild was formally recognised as a Livery Company. In 2014, it was granted a Royal Charter in the name of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots.
What We Do
Today, the principal activities of the Company are centred on sponsoring and encouraging action and activities designed to ensure that aircraft are piloted and navigated safely by individuals who are highly competent, self-reliant, dependable and respected. The Company fosters the sound education and training of air pilots from the initial training of the young pilot to the specialist training of the more mature. Through charitable activities, education and training, technical committee work, aircrew aptitude testing, scholarships and sponsorship, advice and recognition of the achievements of fellow aviators world-wide, the Company keeps itself at the forefront of the aviation world.
Airfield Operators Group (AOG)
The AOG was formed in 2015 to bring together CAA Airfield Licensees and owners / operators of unlicensed airfields to share experiences and represent their views and interests. The driver for establishing the Group was consensus that there was no single group looking after our interests.
The AOG now has 55 registered members from across the country. Through regular meetings and a ‘Forum’ for discussion, combining expert advice from suppliers, positive interaction with NATS and sharing valuable information across the group has been to the commercial benefit of the members.
Historically, a significant number of UK airfields have operated in isolation without the benefit of direct contact or any meaningful conduit for sharing experiences and some policies have changed without reference to those who actually have the day-to-day operational responsibilities. The formation of the Group has facilitated representation on the GAA, NATMAC, APPG-GA and GAAC.
ARPAS-UK is the Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. It is a not for profit trade association and professional body which supports and acts on behalf of the remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS) community, from start-up businesses to larger established operations. ARPAS-UK members continue to break new ground in markets where RPAS (sometimes referred to as UAVs or drones) are delivering significant benefits. On behalf of its members, ARPAS-UK works closely with industry regulators, in particular CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), as well as UK Government departments to influence and ensure that the regulatory framework for the safe and professional operation of remotely piloted aircraft is fit for purpose and encourages best practice.
The Association also works with other key stakeholders in the development of national and international RPAS strategies and standards, to the benefit of its members.
The Association works in the public interest, and advocates professionalism within its membership through compliance with an agreed Code of Conduct and the holding of appropriate permissions.
The Association takes progressive stances on national issues to embed the RPAS profession in all end-user industries, to enable it to continue to grow in reputation and influence. | aerospace |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Astronauts-check-shuttle-s-thermal-skin-leave-7483417.php | 2018-02-24T00:43:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814872.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223233832-20180224013832-00601.warc.gz | 0.945305 | 673 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__99139296 | en | Astronauts check shuttle's thermal skin, leave inspection boom
Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 20, 2008
AP Aerospace Writer
Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship's thermal skin Friday for any possible damage from orbital debris, using a laser-tipped boom that will be left behind at the international space station.
The slow and meticulous survey normally is conducted after a space shuttle leaves the space station. This time, it was done with the shuttle still docked. That's because the 50-foot inspection boom will be left behind for the next shuttle crew.
There won't be room in Discovery's payload bay for an inspection boom in May; Japan's enormous Kibo lab will take up almost every square inch. Two astronauts will attach the boom to the outside of the space station Saturday night during the fifth and final spacewalk of the shuttle mission.
Shortly after reaching orbit last week, the astronauts hooked up the boom to Endeavour's 50-foot robot arm to check the wings and nose for any launch damage. None was found. They repeated the inspection Friday in the remote chance the wings or nose took a micrometeorite or space junk hit during the past 1 1/2 weeks.
NASA was still glowing over the success of Thursday night's thermal tile repair test. Two spacewalking astronauts used a high-tech caulk gun to squirt goo into the holes of deliberately damaged shuttle tile samples. The material reacted much like engineers expected: Bubbles formed in the putty and caused it to expand, but not too much.
Once back on Earth, the tile samples will be subjected to more than 2,000 degrees to mimic the heat of re-entry, then dissected and analyzed.
It was the last safety-related space demonstration stemming from the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Engineers, meanwhile, were trying to figure how to deal with a problem with Dextre, the space station's new robot. The shoulder joint in one of the robot's 11-foot arms was not responding properly, after being moved in preparation for Thursday night's spacewalk. The joint did not know what position it was in.
Flight director Ginger Kerrick said the Canadian Space Agency _ which supplied the $200 million-plus robot _ cannot perform a diagnostic test until the "unknown position" computer message for the shoulder joint is cleared. Engineers are considering a software patch, she said.
The problem does not affect the rest of Endeavour's space station visit, Kerrick said.
Endeavour's astronauts put Dextre together during the first half of their 16-day mission and also attached the first piece of Japan's Kibo lab, a storage compartment.
Saturday night's spacewalk will wrap up their space station work and clear the way for an undocking on Monday night. It will be the most spacewalks ever performed during a joint shuttle-station flight.
NASA, meanwhile, may be forced to delay some of the year's later shuttle flights _ including the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission at the end of August _ because of a slowdown in building new external fuel tanks with post-Columbia design changes. Shuttle officials are evaluating the schedule and what can be done, if anything, to keep the launches on track.
On the Net: | aerospace |
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/enews/breaking/Crews-Look-For-Missing-Plane-Near-Duluth-158364355.html?vid=a | 2016-10-27T07:10:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721142.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00072-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.977472 | 411 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__127349009 | en | Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) -- Crews have expanded their search for a missing pilot North of Duluth.
Searchers are looking for a single engine plane that left St. Paul Friday night, headed to Duluth, but never make it.
Rescue efforts came to an abrupt stop Sunday due to severe weather. Rescue planes were temporarily grounded again Monday due to high winds.
Seven planes and about 40 people are actively searching for 67–year old pilot Michael Arthur Bratlie of Lakeville, Minnesota and his twin engine piper.
Bratlie flew his plane from the Twin Cities up to Duluth Friday and was expected to return to Saint Paul the same day, but didn't come back.
Authorities say the Lakeville man recently put a new engine in his twin engine plane and decided to fly north to put some hours on the engine before making longer trips.
When he didn't come home, his family grew concerned and called the Federal Aviation Administration.
Authorities first surveyed parts of the Northland from air, looking to pick up the plane's emergency locater signal, but didn't find one.
Since then crews on the ground and in the air have been looking for signs of the plane.
Rescue workers are hopeful they'll find something, but say at this point it can be a difficult task.
"But still as you get up into the air, and depending what happened to the aircraft, it can be very difficult, because let's say the worst case, it crashed, there could be pieces and parts spread over several thousands of feet." said Capt. George Supan.
Civil Air Patrol officials are asking anyone in the Northland who might have seen or heard anything on Friday to contact their local sheriff's department.
The Coast Guard was commissioned to search parts of Lake Superior, but didn't find anything.
The plane is described as a white twin engine Piper PA31 Navaho with red and blue striping.
The search is ongoing. | aerospace |
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Are you looking to get into drone flying? Worried about taking the first step? Or just want to experience flying like a bird?
About our Drone Experience Days
Our drone experience days give you the confidence to fly, with the chance to take to the skies with five different flagship DJI drones, including DJI’s immersive Avata FPV drone for an experience unlike any other.
Our drone experience days are all about building up confidence, arming you with the right knowledge on rules and regulations, and teaching you the vital safety aspect of drone flying while ensuring you have plenty of fun!
We get you up and flying as quickly as possible and for most, that’s within 20-30 minutes of arriving on site.
We have a range of DJI drones from the tiny Mini 3 Pro, to a large Phantom 4 Pro and the amazing Avata FPV drone*. You will have the chance to try them all on the day and experience what it’s like to view the world from the air.
*You also have the option to BYOD (Bring Your Own Drone).
With four years of commercial drone flying experience, including shoots for TV and nationally recognised brands.
Plenty of Stick Time
We aim to get you flying the drones quickly, and give you plenty of opportunity to fly.
Wide open space for free flying, experienced instructor, and a full safety briefing.
Our Cotswolds Drone School
Our Drone Experience Days are held across two locations, both in the Cotswolds, and both with easy access from Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Swindon, and the surrounding area. Both offer countryside locations with wide open landscapes, plenty of space to fly drones as well as a good amount of interesting things to see while you’re in the air.
2.5 Hour Drone Experience
Hands on drone experience
Small group size
DJI Avata FPV experience included
Optional memory card containing your footage/photos
Fully guided drone lessons
How the Day Works
Our drone experience days are run over two and a half hours, either in the morning or afternoon, including a quick break for a cuppa.
- We guide you through the basics of drone flying, giving you the skills to take to the air.
- We break down the seemingly complex rules and regulations, so you don’t have to, giving you a safe flying space and the confidence to fly on your own after the class.
- Digital resource pack provided after the class with reference material to guide you on your drone flying journey.
- Tea, coffee, and plenty of biscuits provided on the day. | aerospace |
http://www.pea.com/blog/posts/ladies-it-s-time-for-you-to-learn-to-fly/ | 2013-05-25T14:31:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705956263/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120556-00005-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.966382 | 481 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__97955232 | en | For women, if you want a job that is adventureous, challenging, well-respected and simply amazing, who not work to become an airline pilot? The commercial aviation industry worldwide is open to female pilots now. The numbers are for women commercial pilots, but increasing all the time. In the U.S., for example, women make up about 6% of the 53,000 members of the Air Line Pilot Association (ALPA), which represents pilots in the United States and Canada. In the U.K, approximately 200 of the 10,000 airline pilots are women. The first woman to pilot a commercial airlines was Helen Richey — and that was nearly 80 years ago. So you might still be a wee bit of a “pioneer,” but the opportunities are fully open to you.
Angela Masson, a retired American Airlines captain, who heads the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, said that flying has to be something that you really, really want. She added it’s a very challenging career. It’s also a very exciting and rewarding career! Masson flew for American Airlines for 31 years, so she knows first-hand.
Jill Schilmoeller wanted to be a pilot since she was a child, so after she received a college degree, she learned to fly and become a flight instructor to build more flight hours. (NOTE: Phoenix East Aviation will help you do this also, to become a flight instructor). She then went to work for FedEx, which pays one of the highest salaries in the industry for pilots.
Women who do take up the challenge and choose to be an airline pilot will experience an amazing career, as well as a chance to see the world. Angela Masson talks about ”zooming down runways with only the future in the way, to lift into the sky to play with the clouds, to watch heaven’s light dance…..” What a thrill.
Phoenix East Aviation encourages women as well as men to join the academy for flight training. In addition to both male and female students from all over the world, Phoenix East also employs men AND women as qualified flight instructors. Learn more about this from a knowledgeable Phoenix East Aviation admissions officer (men and women admissions officers!). Start at www.pea.com: your first step to an amazing career. | aerospace |
http://www.aero-zone.com/ | 2016-08-31T00:20:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471983077957.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823201117-00170-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.947365 | 250 | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__3108452 | en | Aero-Zone is a recognized leader in the aircraft parts industry. A trusted provider of new and aftermarket parts for commercial, corporate and general-aviation aircraft since 1994, we have the resources, manpower, and strong industry partnerships to provide the level of service essential to aviators large and small. Our talented team of professionals has been hand-chosen for their ability to innovate, and to deliver only the highest levels of customer service and quality control.
Commercial airlines, corporate jet fleets and owner-operators alike rely on Aero-Zone to help them maintain profitability by keeping their flights in the air. We maintain an inventory of thousands of the most in-demand parts, in stock and ready to ship. We also help companies generate significant revenue from surplus parts thanks to our proprietary marketing and consignment programs.
Take a look around, and you'll begin to see what makes Aero-Zone truly unique. We are your aircraft parts inventory specialist.
AP&M Europe marked another successful appearance for Aero-Zone. We are always thankful for the opportunity to connect with our clients, partners, peers and friends in the aviation MRO industry. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit with Wayne, Graham, Sean and George! | aerospace |
https://www.masterstudies.com/Masters-Degree/Aerospace-Engineering/Middle-East/ | 2022-05-29T04:49:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663039492.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529041832-20220529071832-00391.warc.gz | 0.926375 | 178 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__197471349 | en | A Master in Aerospace Engineering is a degree that includes subjects such as aeroacoustics, aerodynamics, propulsion or aerospace structures. It prepares students for work in the aerospace industry or related research fields.
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The degree of Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (MSc in AERO) is awarded for successfully completing the requirements of a program of study, which includes taught cou ... +
The goal of the Master’s program is to expand the student’s knowledge, in the field of aeronautics and aerospace, to a higher level than acquired at the undergraduate level, a ... +
Aviation is a sector that requires different disciplines to work together and in harmony. Today's aircraft are equipped with high-tech airframe and engine structures. Advanced ... + | aerospace |
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