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References to EU regulation or EU websites in our guidance will not be an accurate description of your obligations or rights under UK law.read more
In light of the specific nature of operations with sailplanes, it was decided that there was a need for dedicated operational rules for the sector. These rules have been restructured and simplified, to ensure that they are proportionate using a risk-based approach.
Taking into account the less complex nature and smaller scale of commercial operations with sailplanes as compared to other forms of commercial aviation and following a risk-based approach, commercial operations with sailplanes now only require a prior declaration to the competent authority. To make a declaration please contact the
British Gliding Association (BGA).
From 9 July 2019 all pilots of EASA sailplanes for both commercial and non-commercial operations shall operate the sailplanes in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex II (Part-SAO) of (EU) 2018/1976.
The EASA sailplanes easy access rule book can be found
Please see the British Gliding Association
webpage for further information.
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https://funnewsdaily.com/movies/mars-soon-to-be-acquired-by-billionaires-rocket-companies-says-brave-new-mars-novel-from-kwest-house/
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Billionaires are building rockets that can reach Mars. They want to own the destinations too.
— Somerset Meece
KEY WEST, FL, USA, July 5, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Trips to Mars may occur in the twenty-twenties now that a Corporation is building “Starships” in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX says their Starships will be “the world’s most powerful space launch vehicles, fully reusable transportation systems designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, to the Moon and to Mars and beyond.”
SpaceX is building the worlds biggest rockets and is owned by a former “World’s Richest Person,” Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon.com, is another former “W.R.P.” who is building reusable orbital rockets that will enable Lunar and Martian travel. These are ambitious people who always reach higher. They won’t be content with merely monetizing trips to outer space, they will want to own the destinations, too.
“Brave New Mars” is a new science fiction novel which imagines what Mars Frontier Life will be like after it is acquired by over-reaching capitalists who will turn it into a Corpocracy for Commerce instead of a Commonwealth for Commoners.
The author, Somerset Meece, from Somerset, Kentucky, grew up in the Air Force during the dawn of the jet age and expected aerospace technology would have us traveling to Mars long before now. He is a member of aerospace and astronomy societies. He loves ‘good’ science fiction movies and wrote this novel like a visual movie. Somerset sharpened his novelist pen on his debut novel called “Tin Can,” about the destroyer he served on during the Tonkin Gulf Incidents in 1964 that provoked an unjust war in Viet Nam.
Blue Ink Reviews lauds the novel, saying; “Brave New Mars is a high tech, futuristic, rocket-head drama, coated with a thoughtful grasp of the human psyche while examining the obsessive pursuit of wealth and power and how it consumes the freedom of its victims.”
This entertaining and informative “cozy” scifi novel is available in hardcover from Ingram Content Group and from Barnes & Noble booksellers. Also published in trade paperback and Kindle digital reader formats. See: https://allenmeece.com
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http://www.stoneskinpress.com/index.php/aviation-love-and-the-new-hero/
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Graeme Davis’ love of classic aviation shines through every narrative rivet and spanner of “Against the Air Pirates”, his perfectly evoked 30s South Sea adventure genre, featured in The New Hero.
“Anyone who has known me for any length of time will be able to tell you that I’m a plane geek. Specifically, a vintage plane geek. More specifically still, a 30s and 40s plane geek. I can bore the pants off anyone with trivia about obscure WWII fighters like the Commonwealth Boomerang and lost designs like the Grumman Skyrocket. If the Westland Whirlwind had been fitted with Merlin engines instead of those wimpy Peregrines, would the Mosquito have even flown?”
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High accuracy signal conditioner
Equipped with 10 levels of gain and cut-off filter, for each high precision charge amplifier. Used in the aerospace industry where high accuracy is essential.
Vibration test systems for clean rooms
Air inlet and air outlet for the shaker is ducted from outside of the clean room; this maintains the quality of the clean room environment.
Large scale 200kN vibration test systems for the aerospace industry
With low displacement requirements for the aerospace industry, this system is fitted with a Team slip table using the T-Film bearing, High-over turning moment and low cross-axis acceleration are features of this system in both vertical and horizontal operation.
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https://www.mwrf.com/markets/defense/video/21172800/chcnav-p330-pro-vtol-uav
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The CHCNAV P330 Pro is an unmanned long-endurance VTOL fixed-wing drone. The P330 Pro meets the requirements of mapping and aerial surveying professionals in mining, construction and infrastructure, environmental monitoring, and the agriculture industry. Some general specs on the P330 Pro include:
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http://www.air-port-codes.com/airport-info/RBM/
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Straubing Wallmühle Airport is a minor German regional airport, located about 3 miles north-northwest of Straubing in Bavaria. It is used for general aviation. The airport was built in 1938 as a Luftwaffe airfield, its primary mission being the training of pilots flying Arado Ar 68 biplane advanced trainer. It remained a training airfield throughout most of World War II, although in early 1945 some night fighter interceptor units were assigned to the field as part of the Defense of the Reich campaign.
Airport Name: Straubing Wallmühle Airport
Airport Keywords: Straubing Wallmühle
Airport (IATA) Code: RBM
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http://www.gananoquekiosk.com/tag/coast
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This film is inspired by the airplane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 A field workplace success producing optimistic critiques, Flight is the first stay-action movie directed by Zemeckis since Solid Away and What Lies Beneath in 2000, and his first R-rated movie since Used Cars in 1980.
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http://www.avi8rix.aero/2016/07/kudos-to-the-community/
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It was the summer of 2011. The FAA had decided to form a group of aviation community stakeholders to help the agency improve airman knowledge testing. We got approval to charter an Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC), the legally appropriate vehicle for getting stakeholder input. We made a list of the diverse constituencies who should participate.
Then I picked up the phone to see if the 15 people we had listed might be willing to help. In every case, I had scarcely finished my explanation of the project before the answer was some version of “Count me in — when do we start?”
Little did any of us know how it would evolve, or how long many of us would be together in this effort. Even as we progressed from the recommendations of the original ARC to a series of working groups established by the industry Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) a few of our participants honestly doubted that anything would really come of this project. One memorably opined that he did not expect to live long enough to see the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) actually take effect. But thanks to the tremendously dedicated efforts that this entire team has made, the transition from the Practical Test Standards (PTS) to the ACS is finally underway.
The lion’s share of the work on the Airman Certification Standards project — developing the ACS, refining documents in accordance with multiple rounds of public comment, reviewing FAA handbooks, developing and running the prototypes — has been accomplished by the industry participants at no cost to the government. Those participating in ARAC working groups do so entirely at their own expense. Member organizations provide meeting space for face-to-face meetings, and they have hosted the many weekly GoToMeeting telcons through which the nitty-gritty work really gets done.
Leveraging industry expertise to accomplish the ACS development work, review handbooks, and other such tasks is essential for several reasons. However, as much we like to fly and teach, there is no way that FAA employees can hope to stay as current as those who work in the aviation training industry every day. Our industry partners in the ACS project have helped not only with the massive task of creating the ACS, but also with the recommending how FAA handbooks should be revised to align with the ACS and stay fully up-to-date. In addition, their work has provided both the framework (i.e., the ACS) and the flexibility (i.e., freed-up resources) for the FAA to develop meaningful knowledge test questions.
So who are these dedicated volunteers? Industry participants include representatives from advocacy organizations, instructor groups, academia, courseware developers, manufacturers, parts 61, 121, 141, 142 training providers, and knowledgeable individuals. Here’s the full list of those who have participated in at least one of the ACS teams:
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association; Airlines for America; Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA); AnywhereEducation Inc.; Aviation Accreditation Board International; Aviation Research Training & Services; Aviation Supplies & Academics; CAE; Cessna Pilot Centers; Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Flight Safety International; General Aviation Manufacturers Association; Gleim; Florida Institute of Technology; Jeppesen; King Schools; Liberty University; Mary Schu Aviation; National Air Transportation Association; National Association of Flight Instructors; National Business Aviation Association; Oxford Flying Club; Paul Alp, CFI; Polk State College; Redbird Simulations; Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association; Robert Stewart, CFI; Satcom Direct; Society of Aviation and Flight Educators; Sporty’s Academy; University Aviation Association; University of North Dakota.
Much remains to be done: The June 2016 deployment of the ACS for the Private Pilot Airplane certificate and the Instrument-Airplane rating mostly marks the end of the beginning. But it is a huge milestone, one that will significantly benefit everyone who does aviation training, teaching, and testing from here on out. Kudos and heartfelt thanks to the many heavy-lifters who have made the ACS a reality. (FAA Safety Briefing – JulAug 2016)
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http://ulcape.org/crawsat-iii-cold-test-success/
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Well its been less then twenty four hours since our finals ended, and already members of the CrawSat III team and Launch Personnel team are back to work on the balloon preparing for the launch on December 18th, 2010.
Today we performed the second Cold Test, with improvements to testing procedures to account for lack of circulation of cold air through the Thermovac chamber. With the additions of a fan and dehydrator to the chamber, we were successfully able to circulate cold air throughout the chamber, and verify the electronics are well insulated and ready to handle the cold wrath of the jet stream on flight day, thanks to the Mechanical Team!
We have uploaded photos from today’s test to the CAPE Gallery.
– The team monitoring the Thermovac during the cold test.
– The dehydrator attached to thermovac.
– Display of data from the ground station received from the package.
All photos can be found here.
Also in addition, heres a little fun tidbit. Using some nifty weather balloon flight prediction software, we have predicted the balloon to land on the levee south of I-10, here.
Expect some post through out the week with new predictions as we get closer to launch day and more updates!
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http://www.sipri.org/research/disarmament/salw/trafficking/case_studies
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Case studies: Air safety violations and destabilizing arms transfers
Available evidence indicates that air carriers involved in destabilizing arms transfers consistently operate in violation of international air safety regulations. These air carriers belong to an identifiable subset of a wider group of entities which typically operate in violation of the Chicago Convention and other air safety regulations. The following case studies present additional information on air carriers suspected of being involved in destabilizing arms transfers that have also violated international air safety standards.
On 22 November 2007 United Nations experts working for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sanctions committee witnessed large green boxes being unloaded into military trucks guarded by Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) personnel from an Ilyushin 76 (IL-76) aircraft, operated by Azza Air Transport and registered as ST-APS. According to the UN sanction committee report, UN peace-keepers and local informants, those boxes contained weapons, ammunition and military equipment. The DRC sanctions committee report notes that this was an apparent violation of UN security council resolution 1771. The UN sanctions committee for Darfur, Sudan has also noted sanction-busting activity on the part of Azza Air, operating flights in violation of the Darfur arms embargo and has recommended that the company be subject to an aviation ban. In common with a significant number of Sudanese air carriers, Azza Air has a poor safety record with at least one documented crash also involving embargo violations.
Photo source: United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Group of Experts Pursuant to Resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo, S/2008/43, 13 February 2008, p. 17
This aircraft, owned by Doren Air Cargo and operated by Goma Express was carrying 2000kg of minerals when it crashed, killing one person. The United Nations group of experts for the Democratic Republic of Congo have noted that the aircraft was carrying military personnel and that aircraft operated or belonging to these companies do not meet European air safety standards.
Photo source: United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Group of Experts Pursuant to Resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo, S/2007/423, 18 July 2007, p. 27
This Phoenix Aviation Antonov crashed in Iran in March 2006. Phoenix aviation aircraft have been the subject of more than six crashes and emergency landings in the past five years and the company was subject to an individual ban of EU airspace prior to its decertification by the Kyrgyz authorities. Phoenix aircraft were allegedly involved in arms smuggling to Somalia, according to a United Nations sanctions committee. Phoenix have supplied aircraft to an additional eight companies named in United Nations reports.
Photo source: Werner Fischdick
This Antonov 12, registration number UN 11006 belonging to GST Aero registered in Kazakstan was later transferred to a Moldova company, Pecotox Air. Both GST Aero and Pecotox air are named in United Nations arms trafficking-related reports and European Community air safety regulations. It was also operated by Buraq Air Services, a Libyan company named in United Nations sanction committee reports and European Community air safety regulations. Buraq Air no longer operates this aircraft. GST Aero was reported by the EC as decertified in March 2007 and Pecotox Air was decertified in July 2007. However a 3 October 2007 United Nations Security Council report noted that this aircraft, UN 11006 landed in Chad in 2007, delivering arms and ammunition. The UN experts observed the aircraft again in Chad on 25 May 2007, bearing GST Aero markings. According to the United Nations Security Council report, the government of Kazakhstan stated that GST Aero ceased operations on 30 November 2006. The government of Kazakhstan state that the aircraft is now operated by a Russian company, East Wing. However, East Wing appear to be in fact registered in Kazakhstan and are named as the successor company to GST Aero in aero transport databank.
Photo source: Werner Fischdick
The remains of an Ilyushin 76 which crashed close to Khartoum, Sudan on 30 June 2008. This aircraft, which crashed on take-off as the result of an engine fire was repeatedly operated or owned by companies named in arms trafficking-related reports and those listed in European Community air safety regulations. At the time of the crash, the Ilyushin 76 was operated by Ababeel Aviation. A 2008 United Nations Security Council report called for a member states to ban Ababeel Aviation for violations of the UN arms embargo on Darfur, Sudan. Prior to Ababeel, the aircraft had been operated by Tomislav Damnjanovic, named in UN and New York Times reports as involved in arms trafficking. Other operators included Kosmas Air, Aerolift and GST Aero, all of which have been named in UN arms trafficking-related reports and later decertified or banned from entering EU airspace.
Photo source: Needa
This table lists 35 air cargo carriers that have been named in United Nations Security Council or other arms trafficking-related reports which have lost entire aircraft (hull loss) as a result of a crash or other air safety related incident.
Source: Information compiled from Air Safety Network (ASN) air accident database
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http://www.chutingeagles.com/WebPages/TheShowPage.html
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USA Powered Parachute Flight Demonstration Team
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The MISSION of the Chuting Eagles is to promote the sport of powered parachute flying through a disciplined and professional public exhibition of the capabilities of these light sport aircraft.
The Chuting Eagles perform a flying routine utilizing four powered parachute light sport aircraft. The configuration, design, and control characteristics of these aircraft do not allow for speed control - they fly at a constant speed of about 28 mph. The routines flown depend entirely on the precise directional and altitudinal control provided by the pilot.
Because these aircraft are so light, the standard flight demonstration performance is limited to winds less than 10 MPH. At higher wind conditions, a non-standard routine may be performed by one or more aircraft.
In low-ceiling or rain conditions, the Chuting Eagles can still perform a non-standard show, and have often been able to entertain air show audiences while waiting for conditions to be suitable for flying by the other performers in the show.
The flying performance is about 18 minutes long, and involves formation flying, slow and tights turns, altitude variations, and other maneuvers within the flight envelope of these aircraft. The design of the aircraft makes it incapable of stalls or inverted flight so all maneuvers are non-aerobatic.
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https://www.clickapk.com/turboprop-flight-simulator-3d-apk/
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Aircraft production during WWII had necessarily concentrated on military types, and it was realised that when hostilities ended there would be a lack of capacity for civil air travel. To meet the immediate need, wartime bomber designs were adapted for civil use. The Hermes used many features of the Handley Page Halifax bomber, and a parallel development produced the Hastings transport for the RAF.
The Hermes had an inauspicious start when the prototype crashed on its first flight, but eventually 25 were built for BOAC for use on its West African and South African routes. In the event only 19 went to BOAC and the others were taken by independent charter-flight operators. The Hermes was a pleasant aircraft to fly on and quite popular with passengers, but it suffered from severe engine problems, mainly because BOAC uprated its Hercules piston engines for operations to high-altitude African airports, putting additional strain on them. Eventually BOAC replaced the Hermes with the more reliable Canadair Argonaut but some were later brought back into service when two of BOAC’s new Comet 1 Jetliners suffered catastrophic accidents and all Comets were grounded. Once BOAC had finally withdrawn all its Hermes fleet many were snapped up by independent airlines such as Skyways and Airwork, where they gave many years sterling service. The last flight by a Hermes was in December 1964.
G-ALDG was delivered in 1950 to BOAC, who operated it until 1953. The following year it was sold to Airwork, then to Falcon Airways, and then to Silver City, who used it on holiday charter and trooping flights until 1962, when it was retired at Gatwick Airport to be scrapped. The fuselage survived and was used by British Caledonian for cabin crew training, before being passed to the Gatwick Fire Service who used it for smoke evacuation training. When they had no further use for it they appealed for an aircraft preservation group to rescue it, as it was the only surviving Hermes, and eventually it was moved by road to Duxford in January 1981. Restoration of the fuselage took until 2006 to complete; the Hermes is now on display in Duxford’s AirSpace building as part of the British Airliner Collection.
|02 December 1945
|4 x Bristol Hercules 763 Radials of 1,566Kw (2,100hp) each
|34.4 metres (113 ft 0in)
|30.4 metres (99 ft 10in)
|9.1 metres (30 ft 0in)
|25,106 Kg (55,350 lb)
|563 km/h (350 mph, 304 knots, Mach 0.46)
|3,219 km (2,000 miles, 1,738 nmi)
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The aircraft that transformed
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Students and staff alike love Cirrus for the spacious cabins, open panel display, power, and speed. The Cirrus commitment to safety is unmatched. The aircraft boasts innovative systems that include Electronic Stability & Protection (ESP) and the Cirrus Airframe Parachute SystemⓇ (CAPSⓇ). These systems combine to create both peace of mind for pilots and passengers and true protective redundancy.
With 12” screens, Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT), Cirrus Perspective+ by Garmin, and a host of other bells and whistles that enable the transfer of information between mobile devices and the control panel, Cirrus Aircraft are well ahead of the competition.
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Everyone is invited to our October Meeting, we present guest speaker, Jaime A. Stearns, the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate Space Control Mission Lead. There will be pizza at the meeting, don’t miss it!!
About Dr. Stearns:
She coordinates the Directorate’s research and development activities in Space Situational Awareness and Command & Control in support of defensive space operations. Dr. Stearns joined the Space Vehicles Directorate of the AFRL as a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow. She became a civil servant a year later, founding and leading an AFOSR-funded research program using laser spectroscopy to explore new concepts for space propulsion and Space Situational Awareness. She has authored or co-authored 24 peer-reviewed publications and holds an Associated Faculty position in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of New Mexico
Below is more information!
2000 Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2005 Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1. Nov 2008 – Nov 2009, National Research Associate, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA.
2. Nov 2009 – May 2011, Research Chemist, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA.
3. May 2011 – Nov 2016, Principal Investigator for Laser Spectroscopy and Reactivity Laboratory, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM.
4. Jan 2016 – May 2016, AFRL Liaison to the Joint Space Operations Center, Vandenberg AFB, CA.
5. Nov 2016 – Sep 2018, AFRL Deputy Capability Lead for Space Superiority, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM.
6. Sep 2018 – present; Space Control Mission Lead, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM.
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https://www.mbsf.co.za/private-pilot-license
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PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE
TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS
CROSS COUNTRY HRS
A private pilot license (PPL) or certificate will allow you to fly an aircraft as the pilot in command. This will allow you to fly passengers in aircraft up to a specific weight and class without being compensated. This journey into aviation is by far the most exciting time for any pilot.
You will learn all aspects of basic aviation. Your instructor will teach you about the aerodynamics of an aircraft, the mechanical elements of aeroplanes, meteorology, flight planning, human performance and many more aspects in becoming an excellent and skilled pilot.
South Africa has some of the best aviation standards in the world. The qualifications are recognized by the International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO. This allows you to be able to go to any country registered under ICAO such as the USA, Europe, Australia and many more countries whereby may use your aviation skills to fly.
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- Hold at least a level 4 English proficiency
- Show evidence of holding a valid Student Pilot License (SPL)
- Pass the theoretical SACAA knowledge examinations
- Pass the practical SACAA PPL skills test
- Completed not less than 45 hours flight time as pilot of an aeroplane with a mass in excess of 450 kg of which
- At least 25 hours are dual instruction
- A maximum of 5 hours dual instruction time may be accumulated in an aeroplane flight simulator
- Have at least 15 hours which are accumulated in solo flight, of which at least 5 hours are cross-country flight time; which must include one triangular cross-country flight of at least 150 NM, on which at least one point must be not less than 50 NM from base and must include full-stop landings at two different aerodromes away from base.
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https://erotisnews.com/toys/tenga-wants-to-send-its-strokers-into-space/?lang=en
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Even though this year marks an even 60 years since the first human flew into space, there are still many things that have yet to be explored out there. For example, according to NASA, to date no astronaut has yet had sex in space. Japanese brand Tenga has decided to do something about that.
Tenga, a company known for manufacturing high quality strokers, has from the very beginning placed great emphasis on using proprietary technologies in their products in order to offer the highest quality of sensations. Their products such as Air-Tech series, Spinner or Flip Zero are known all over the world.
Now the company’s founder, Koichi Matsumoto, plans to send his products into space to collect data to create the world’s first erotic toy for masturbation in space. As he said in an interview with the website IFLScience:
– Since the company was founded, I’ve firmly believed that there will eventually be a huge need for TENGA in space. Sexuality and its needs are always a part of us, and so I want to take this opportunity, through my chance encounter with [Interstellar Technologies Inc founder] Takafumi Horie, as our first step into space-product development.
Some day perhaps, we’ll be able to create something that the likes of NASA will want to incorporate into their endeavours in space.
First sex toy in space
The launch of Tenga’s red rocket, a reference to the color scheme of the company’s first products, will take place within the next month, depending on weather conditions. It will take off from the Hokkaido spaceport in northern Japan and will fly upwards of about 100 kilometers.
A specially modified Tenga Cup stroker will be taken into orbit, which the company says will collect data on the conditions that exist in space and how they affect the toy.
Also taking to the deck, well known to fans of the brand, will be the company’s two iconic figurines modeled after popular products, ‘Tenga Robo‘ and ‘Egg dog‘.
As a token of appreciation for helping to fund the project with the Campfire crowdfunding page, 1,000 messages from Tenga supporters will also fly into space . The company has managed to raise 1,833,680 ¥ (16,500 USD) from its fans to complete the project.
– The Tenga Rocket will carry messages from our fans and supporters of the project to space — messages of love and freedom from people around the world – Tenga president Koichi Matsumoto told IFLScience.
Tenga wants to be the first erotic toy manufacturer to create a device specifically designed for masturbation in space. The company envisions that such stroker would have to be equipped with a vacuum device that would prevent lube and ejaculate from escaping in a gravity-free environment. The device would suck up all fluids, in order to prevent them from floating freely throughout the ship or other space structure.
It is worth mentioning at this point that this is not the first time the adult industry has looked to space. A few days ago, CamSoda announced the launch of dildos modeled after spaceships, and in 2015, the Pornhub platform launched the Sexploration crowdfunding to raise funds to shoot a porn production in space starring Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins. Unfortunately, the adult site failed to raise the required amount of $3 million.
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https://www.amedm.co.uk/edm-services/
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A&M have extensive, unparalleled spark and wire erosion EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) capabilities. We provide sub-contract precision EDM services for a wide range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, medical, oil and gas, nuclear, motor sports, space and universities.
All our EDM work also conforms to:
- Aerospace Quality Management AS9100
- NADCAP Aerospace AS7003
- BSI Quality Management EN9100:2016 covering EDM wire and spark erosion
Trusted Machined Parts Supplier
If you are searching for urgent EDM machined parts, A&M are a trusted supplier, working closely with each customer on their requirements and advising on the right commercial solution.
Our 29 Sodick machines include green technology to reduce power consumption, the spark and wire eroders shut down as soon as a job is completed, helping us to meet Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2015.
We have a dedicated Sodick trained maintenance engineer in-house delivering preventative maintenance and ensuring all machines are calibrated for optimum performance.
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TAS-D Thales Alenia Space Deutschland GmbH
Thales Alenia Space’s German subsidiary, located in Ditzingen, Germany, was founded in March 2011. However, its heritage goes back to the company SEL Alcatel (SEL: Standard Elektrik Lorenz) and the 1980-ies. The company was involved in the Space Lab Mission, in the development of Telecom Satellite electronic components, and the implementation of conventional as well as GNSS-based Air Navigation Aids.
In 2001, after a number of re-organisations, the resulting Thales Air Traffic Management (ATM), became a world leader providing full range Communication, Navigation, Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) solutions. In this context Thales ATM Germany took a leading role in EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System), being responsible for integration of the subsystems into the first operational EGNOS version as well as the Assembly, Integration and Validation (AIV) of the complete system with the successful Operational Readiness Review in 2005.
Since then TAS-D has been constantly growing. Today its team counts over 70 international employees consisting of space professionals, science experts, and software-, hardware- and system engineers. TAS-D focuses on innovative software, electronics and payload development as well as on System Integration activities.
The TAS-D facilities are integrated in the Thales Deutschland Headquarter in Ditzingen, which was recently completed in summer 2014. The building complies with high environmental standards. Due to its low energy consumption it is considered a “Green Building” according to its LEED Gold Certificate.
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SpaceX introduced the launch system as the Big Falcon Rocket or BFR until its upper stage was renamed to Starship and its rocket booster to Super Heavy. Two competing builds are currently undergoing development in Texas and in Florida, and it’s possible that the final spacecraft will combine the best solutions the two teams can come up with.
Although there might be differences between the two builds, both groups are designing a vehicle that can carry 20 metric tons to geostationary orbit and over 100 metric tons to Low Earth Orbit. SpaceX ultimately plans to use the SpaceX-Super Heavy combo to bring payloads to the moon and Mars, though it’s also looking to offer quick point-to-point trips on Earth aboard the vehicle.
Before any of that can happen, SpaceX has to put the launch system through more rigorous testing. Hofeller said it’s doing more hop tests in the coming months and that the company’s goal is “to get orbital as quickly as possible, potentially even this year, with the full stack operational by the end of next year and then customers in early 2021.”
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https://leosweep.upm.es/en/consortium/team-members/ep2-uc3m/11-eduardo-ahedo
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Equipo de Propulsión Espacial y Plasmas
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Professor in Aerospace Engineering
Plasma Physics, Space Propulsion and Electrodynamic Tethers
Eduardo Ahedo is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering department at University Carlos III of Madrid. He received the Diploma and Doctorate degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from the same Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He was a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More recently he has been Visiting Professor at the same institution and at Supaero (France). His research experience is focused in modeling and simulation in applied plasma physics, such as space propulsion, electrodynamic tethers, plasma-surface interaction, plasma instabilities, and, in the past, plasma-laser interaction. He co-authored more than 100 scientific publications and has led projects financed by the Spanish Government, ESA, the Framework Programme of the EU, and the USA-EOARD.
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https://marlenclub.com/watch-the-final-pre-launch-test-of-the-artemis-lunar-rocket/
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The fourth try at pre-launch testing started on Saturday and is predicted to start rocket refueling on Monday morning.
The important test, generally known as moist put on coaching, simulates each stage of launch with out leaving the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This course of includes loading the ultra-cooled propellant, operating a full countdown by simulating the launch, resetting the countdown clock, and eradicating the missile tanks.
The outcomes of the moist clothes coaching will decide when Artemis I’ll set out on a mission past the moon and again to Earth. The mission will launch NASA’s Artemis program, which expects people to return to the moon by 2025 and be the first girls and colourful individuals to land on the moon.
The earlier three test makes an attempt in April had failed, and a number of leaks had killed the missile earlier than it was totally loaded with gasoline. NASA says the error has now been rectified.
The NASA staff introduced a 322-foot (98-meter) stack of Artemis I rockets with the area launch system and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6.
Wet coaching: what to anticipate
Rehearsals started Saturday night at 5pm ET with a “Call to the Seasons” – when all groups concerned in the mission come to their consoles and report that they’re prepared to start testing and the two-day countdown begins.
As the weekend prepares, Team Artemis will start loading propellants into the core and higher phases of the rocket.
The tanks have been suspended Monday morning as a consequence of an issue recognized in the backup provide of nitrogen fuel. The launch staff changed the problem-causing valve. To be certain that the backup provide works as anticipated, it has been changed as the main provide for at the moment’s test.
The remark was taken at 9:28 a.m. ET. Liquid oxygen deficiency will cool to 297 levels Fahrenheit (182 levels Celsius) and fill the liquid hydrogen tanks. Ventilation could seem when the tanks are full.
The two-hour test window will start later, with Artemis concentrating on the first countdown at 4:38 pm ET. Due to the delay in the tank.
First, staff members It will likely be counted for 33 seconds earlier than launch after which the cycle will cease. The clock will likely be reset; The countdown will then resume and final for about 10 seconds earlier than launch.
According to an replace on NASA’s web site, “During the test, the staff could preserve the countdown as wanted to confirm the scenario earlier than resuming the countdown or lengthen it past the test window if needed and sources are permitted.”
Previous efforts at moist climate coaching have already met a quantity of goals to construct rockets for the launch, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch supervisor for NASA’s Earth Exploration System program, instructed a information convention Wednesday.
“I hope we are able to full this time and full the cryogenic load with the final depend,” she mentioned. “Our staff is able to go and we sit up for returning to this test.”
After the Artemis Rocket Group completes its coaching, it should return to the Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to attend for launch day.
There is an extended historical past behind the full testing of new programs earlier than launch, and the Artemis staff has to face the similar experiences as the Apollo and area shuttle groups, which concerned many test makes an attempt and delays.
Jim Frey, Associate Director of Artemis, mentioned, “No one on the staff leaves us and our contractors (Artemis I) with the accountability of managing, distributing and distributing property that meet these flight test goals and people of Artemis I.” I. NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at a press convention final week.
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https://avion-aerospace.com/uav-seminar-held-at-american-international-university-of-bangladesh-aiub/
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Avion aerospace group did an online seminar at AIUB on Emerging UAV Industry and its development trends in Bangladesh. The honorable dean of faculty of engineering Dr. A.B.M Siddique Hossain, Associate dean Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman was also present at the time. It was a brief discussion about UAV technology which is constantly evolving as new innovations and big investments are bringing more advanced drones to the market every few months.
In the seminar, it was discussed about the UAV technology, UAV Global market, Job opportunities, development sectors, how to become a professional UAV pilot, and the future of the UAV industry in Bangladesh.
Unmanned aerial vehicle technology covers everything from the aerodynamics of the drone, materials in the manufacture of the physical UAV, to the circuit boards, chipset, and software, which are the brains of the drone.
The aim of this seminar was to give an insight into the UAV industry to the university students of Bangladesh to prepare them for the biggest upcoming drone market. This seminar bought a huge opportunity for both the students to know more about UAV and University to work with our company closely.
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Triangle craft with flashing red light flew out of a storm over newport news int'l airport VA.During a lightning storm we saw a bright light coming from the storm. At first we thought it was a star but after a few seconds we realized it was moving. So we believed it was a plane that was landing at the nearby airport. But it kept moving even avoiding lightning bolts in the sky. As it flew right past us we saw that it was shaped like a triangle. it had a single white light on it's right wing and and it had a flashing red light in the center. We lost sight of it after it flew behind trees.
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https://www.newsvichar.com/Encyc/2019/7/14/CHANDRAYAAN-2--ISRO-aborts-moon-mission-due-to-technical-snag.html
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SRIHARIKOTA: India’s ambitious second mission to the Moon had to be put on hold due to a 'technical snag' barely an hour before its scheduled launch early Monday morning.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had scheduled its dream moon mission launch of Chandrayaan 2 at 2.51 am, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. But the countdown was stopped 56 minutes and 24 seconds before lift off at 1.55 am. ISRO’S Mission Control Centre announced the decision even as the space agency tweeted saying the Chandrayaan 2 launch was called off “as a measure of abundant precaution” after a “technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system”. ISRO, however, has said that the revised launch date would be announced later.Chandrayaan-2 is an ambitious mission that aims to place a rover on the Moon. A GSLV MK-III rocket is scheduled carry Chandrayaan-2 to the Moon and place into orbit an orbiter that will revolve around the satellite for around a year.
There was tremendous excitement and atmosphere of expectation as over 5000 people had gathered to witness the historical moment of the launch. However, all was not well behind the scenes because checks of the rocket system uncovered a problem and ISRO officials decided to abort the launch.
ISRO officials later said the problem was with the critical cryogenic stage. Reacting swiftly, they ensured that the rocket and satellite were safe, and that the highly flammable liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen were removed from the rocket.
The rocket functioning was not according to laid down parameters... we are extremely lucky to detect the anomaly just before the launch, we are in control, the rocket and satellite are safe,” the Hindustan Times reported, quoting a source.
A committee of experts will now examine what went wrong and suggest ways to remove the glitches. “We will have to dismantle the rocket to get to the root of the problem… we have window till month end to launch the mission,” the source added.
There were four suitable window periods for the launch in the month of July – July 15 and 16 and then again during new moon on July 29 and 30, the HT report said.
Chandrayaan-2 is ISRO's dream moon mission. After its successful completion, India will join an elite club of countries to send a rover to the Lunar surface. India would become the first country to do it so on Lunar South Pole which is one the darker side of the Mon and where there has been some possibility of finding water. Chandrayaan 2 is quite inexpensive compared to the missions of other countries. The total cost of Chandrayaan 2 is Rs 978 crore which includes Rs 603 crore as mission cost and Rs 375 crore as its launch cost. According to estimates, it is way cheaper than Hollywood movies like Avengers: Endgame and Avatar.
The 640-tonne GSLV MK-III is ISRO's most powerful launcher, also known as "Bahubali". 973.7 seconds after lift-off from Sriharikota, Chandryaan-2, carrying lander-Vikram and rover-Pragyaan, will separate from the rocket and head to the south pole of the Moon.
In the first week of September, the orbiter was scheduled to release a lander that would have landed near the lunar south pole. The lander would then have released a rover to move around on the lunar surface and carry out missions.
At 9.30 p.m. on Sunday ISRO tweeted: Filling of Liquid oxygen in cryogenic stage of #GSLVMkIII-M1 Commenced.
At 10.30 pm it tweeted: We are less than five hours from the historic launch of #Chandrayaan2. Meanwhile observe people being dwarfed by the 14 storey high #GSLVMkIII-M1 vehicle.
However, even earlier ISRO chief K Sivan had set a guarded tone and said that the time for celebration hasn't come yet. "The 15-minute final descent will be our most terrifying moments because we have never undertaken such a complex mission," he had said.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE POSTPONED MISSION
JOURNEY TO MOON: Chandrayaan-2 is a 3.8-tonne satellite. After its lift-off from Sriharikota, the Chandrayaan 2 will orbit the Earth several times before being slung towards the moon. The 3.84 lakh-km journey, undertaken primarily to check if the lunar south pole has primordial water reserves, will take nearly two months.
MADE IN INDIA: All the equipment involved in the Chandrayaan 2 mission -- from its orbiter to lander and rover -- has been designed and manufactured in India. It is the sequel to the successful Chandrayaan 1, which helped confirm the presence of water on the moon in 2009.
COST EFFECTIVE: An analysis published by Sputnik International claimed that the approximate $124-million price tag of the Chandrayaan 2 is less than half the budget of Hollywood blockbuster Avengers Endgame ($356 million). The Indian space agency has a budget that's 20 times less than NASA, its US counterpart.
MILESTONE: If India succeeds in this moon mission, it will become the fourth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the lunar surface after the US, Russia and China. Israel had tried earlier this year but failed.
WOMAN POWER: The project director and the mission director of the Chandrayaan 2 are both women.
THE LANDING: Chandrayaan 2 will carry Vikram, a 1.4-tonne lander, which will in turn set the 27-kg rover Pragyan down on a high plain between two craters on the lunar south pole. Chandrayaan 2 will separate from the rocket 973.7 seconds after its launch. After touchdown on the moon, the rover is expected to conduct experiments for 14 Earth days.
ROAD AHEAD: India's next big mission will be to send a human into orbit through Gaganyaan by 2022.
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With the demand for high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi on the rise, Global Eagle Entertainment today announced their plans for a new global Ku/Ku HTS antenna. Developed with antenna manufacturer QEST (Quantenelektronische Systeme GmbH), the antenna is scheduled for installation mid-2016.
The new high-speed technology boasts reliability at all latitudes, including equatorial, and is fully compatible with current Ku satellite systems. The high-speed capabilities of the technology not only deliver an excellent passenger experience but offer airlines the opportunity to maximize on ancillary revenue.
“Through our joint development with QEST, we will provide airlines with the most advanced, high-speed connectivity technology and service in all latitudes where Ku and Ku HTS are available,” adds Aditya Chatterjee, senior vice-president of Connectivity Systems and chief technology officer at GEE.
GEE’s current connectivity solutions include Ka Regional HTS, Ka Global, Ku Wide Area and Ku HTS Spot, with Ku HTS delivering a 30Gbps total throughput. Although the Ka technology has higher data capacities, the Ku HTS service is the most reliable and less susceptible to rain fade.
More details on the new Global Ku Antenna system will be provided at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany on April 14-16th, 2015.
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https://modernactivitycenter.no/en/en-space-time-shuttle/
| 2020-07-09T21:07:24
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World leading VR technology
The Space-Time Shuttle rotates around its own axes and can take you on a practically realistic roller coaster, and also so much more.
Examples of games;
- Ace flying; fighter-like
- Time dead; futuristic city
- Alien dead zone; futuristic jungle
From the manufacturer:
Space-time Shuttle Simulator VR version is a new product, self-developed by Guangzhou Zhuoyuan, with the world’s leading motion control technology integrated. It is designed with a 360-degree rotating platform with 2-room axes, designed to fit the gaming movements. It can achieve amazing movements with distortion at various angles, and with high accuracy. The precise motion simulation, interactive flight control and sound and light effects are combined to simulate an ultra-realistic flight experience. Space-Time Shuttle supports fighting games and multiplayer mode in 3D environment, providing a full demonstration of various features of an aircraft. In each game level you have to perform different tasks in real life scenes. It is often used at science centers, for flight training, aircraft exhibitions and the like.
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https://wvfc.org/learning-to-fly/
| 2023-01-27T18:31:23
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Private Pilot Ground School - Interactive Online
Next Class Start Date - Monday Evenings December 5th. Ground instruction in an interactive setting via the Internet. This is a first for prospective pilots in the Bay Area.
This course is oriented towards learning what you need to know to obtain your private pilot's license for single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft. Upon satisfactory completion of this course you will be authorized to take the FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Test necessary to obtain your private pilot's certificate.
This course is open to anyone interested in obtaining their private pilot certificate, or just interested in learning more about flying. You do not need to be a member of West Valley Flying Club. Ground school is a great complement to those taking flight instruction. It is also a good way to learn more about what it takes to earn your pilot's certificate before making the commitment to flight instruction.
Ground school is held Monday evenings from 7:00 - 9:30 pm, 10 classes total. The next course starts Monday December 5th 7:00PM. Please contact the instructor Rachael Webster at firstname.lastname@example.org to sign up for the course. Cost is $450 and is due the first day of the class. Click here for brochure.
Instrument Ground School - In Person
Next Class Date - Monday Evenings starting January 22nd. This step-by-step course is designed to assist the student in preparing for the FAA Instrument Pilot Written Exam and is open to anyone who is interested, this 12-week in-classroom course will cover the aeronautical knowledge areas required by 14 CFR 61.65. (Instrument Rating)
The cost is $495. Please email Steffen Franz the course instructor at email@example.com to sign up for the course. Course fee due before the first day of class. Click here for brochure.
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http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~arpi/ACP-MODELS/ACP-OVERVIEW/96-MAR/HTML-DOC/orgmodel/node-details-86554-94118.html
| 2017-10-21T23:24:39
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||Close Air Support Sorties
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TBM Architecture Project
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||Planners identify the Close Air Support (CAS) missions and develop the ATO inputs for those missions. These inputs include scheduled mission times as well as alert requirements for CAS aircraft.
These sorties are separated early in the planning process so that planners are certain that the ground support requirements are satisfied. Those sorties cannot be used to support air requirements.
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https://www.flydays.co.uk/news/the-easiest-planes-to-fly/
| 2022-07-01T11:11:58
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Viral livestreams of pilots trying to tame their aircraft during one of the worst storms for a generation at Britain's busiest airports captured the nation for a brief moment. Everyone across the country seemed to be asking the same question - 'How do the pilots do that'?
But flying isn't as difficult as you might first imagine! If you fancy jumping into the pilot's seat, or even taking those first steps to earning your wings - here at FlyDays.co.uk, we have put together a beginners list of the easiest planes to fly.
So, what makes a plane easy to fly? Simplicity. When starting out, you will need an aircraft which is simple, stable, forgiving, and provides good all-round visibility – allowing you to get to grips with the basics and enjoy your time in the air. Anything too complex is going to be frustrating and unenjoyable to say the least.
There is a reason this aircraft is considered the best trainer aircraft. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the most popular single-engine aircraft ever built, with over 43,000 taking to the skies since it was first put into production in the mid-1950s.
The 172 is the perfect beginner aircraft, as it was designed with simplicity in mind, providing enough room for a beginner-instructor combo and room in the cabin for passengers, forgiving controls, lenient anti-stall, and good all-round visibility with the wings sitting high above the cockpit making landings much easier.
Where the Cessna 172 has been updated and tweaked where needed, it is still an aircraft that has its roots in the 1950s. Of course, this is no bad thing. However, the Cirrus SR22 is in an entirely different league.
Going into production at the turn of the 21st Century, this aircraft boasts unique features such as an in-built parachute (Cirrus airframe parachute system, CAPS) and airbag seatbelts for the pilot and co-pilot.
The cabin is simplistic in design making the space less daunting for beginners, therefore, allowing the pilots to focus on what's happening outside the aircraft. Additionally, the SR22 has incredible stability thanks to its larger wings and safety features.
While the Cirrus does have it's benefits and may appeal to more tech-savvy pilots to be, it also has its own quirks such as an off-set sidestick rather than a traditional stick (yoke) between the pilot's legs. Despite this, there is a reason the SR22 is one of the best-selling single seater aircrafts.
This aircraft is even older than the Cessna 172, however, the Piper J-3, also known as 'Cub', earned fame as a trainer and sports aircraft. Although the J-3 went into production in the late 1930s, the simplistic design and gentle handling characteristics exposes the pilot to aviation in its purest form.
As with any aircraft, the 'Cub' does present its own set of challenges for the pilot though its taildragger design (an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the centre of gravity and a small wheel to support the end of the tail).
This results in a limited view in the area straight ahead, so the pilot must conduct a series of s-turns while taxiing before take-off and after landing to check for traffic ahead – the taildragger design also makes landing more difficult when compared to tricycle geared aircraft.
Despite this, you can still find plenty of the J-3s in the hangers of airfields across the country. While the aircrafts mentioned above are easy to fly, any aircraft can be easy to fly when you are guided and mentored by experienced pilots and trainers, like those here at FlyDays.co.uk.
If you are looking to start your journey and earn your wings or experience what it's like to be a pilot, please visit our Flying Lessons page for more information and to book for dates through purchase of our open Gift Vouchers.
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http://justflight.com/product/il-2-sturmovik-cliffs-of-dover
| 2013-06-20T12:13:42
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Over a dozen highly detailed English, German and Italian aircraft, with famous fighters such as the Spitfire, Hurricane, and the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Flyable bombers including the He 111 and Blenheim are also available, with all crew positions open to the player. All flyable aircraft come with true-to-life cockpit interiors, based on thousands of hours of dedicated research, featuring real-time reaction for all cockpit instruments.
Brand new game map
The battle will take place on a large area spanning London and southern England in the north, to northern France and Belgium in the south. The huge map contains thousands of historical cities, towns, roads, airfields, radar stations, ports, and industrial areas – all located exactly where they were in 1940.
Incredible damage model
Every single aircraft component can be damaged for incredibly realistic and satisfying results.
New 3D engine
Latest-gen graphics engine with DX10 and DX11 API support. Huge variety of photorealistic ground vehicles, buildings and other environmental elements recreate minute details of 1940s Europe.
Comprehensive interactive training for new players – fly a real WWII trainer plane with a computer-controlled instructor through a series of training missions.
13 AI controlled aircraft, including Vickers Wellington, Dornier D-17, and others. Show your pilot mastery and take advantage of the AI flaws!
Fly over iconic period locations, radar stations, ports, and industrial areas – all located exactly where they were in 1940. Photorealistic ground units, military installations, buildings and environmental elements have been carefully reproduced.
Exciting Single Player campaign
The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the Battle of Britain, where he will join the Royal Air Force to fight the Messerschmitt and renegade pilots on his own side.
Customizable modes allow for 128 players in huge jump-in/jump-out ongoing battles that can last hours, days, weeks, or even longer - or simple deathmatch-style free for all.
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http://econterms.net/aero/Martin_and_Handasyde
| 2022-05-27T13:23:07
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Martin and Handasyde
Their 1908 monoplane failed to fly, but No. 2 monoplane was successful and several iterations later led to military trials monplanes, 1912. Also built Transatlantic monoplane and pusher biplane racer, 1914. Incorporated 1914 as Martinsyde Ltd.
incorporated and changed name, 1914
|Names||Martin and Handasyde|
|City||formed Woking; construction at Brooklands, both England.|
|Key people||H. P. Martin, George Handasyde|
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https://www.jhuapl.edu/colloquium/Archive/Detail?colloqid=134
| 2021-10-17T19:22:49
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January 23, 2004
The USAF SR-71 "Blackbird" is a superb example of the application of science and technology in service to the nation. The far-sighted and often heroic efforts of human systems researchers laid the foundation for life-support technologies that allowed pilots to operate in extreme environments. As a result, the SR-71, since its development in the 1960's, has taken pilots and reconnaissance systems officers to the edge of space and back while providing the nation's top decision-makers awesome capabilities in a single platform to demonstrate national power. From 80,000 feet and at Mach 3, the Blackbird reliably provided our leaders critically important national intelligence from an evolving array of the most advanced reconnaissance sensors the US science and technology community could provide. The role of the Blackbird in the 1984 MiG-21 crisis is a case study in the nation's use of intelligence. In October 1984, intelligence reported that Soviet MiG fighters were crated and being shipped on a Bulgarian freighter. Three SR-71 missions, piloted by Major General Behler, provided decision makers critical intelligence on the location of the possible MiGs while placing our Soviet and Sandinista adversaries on notice that we were watching and were willing to act to enforce the Monroe Doctrine.
Major General Robert F. Behler, USAF (Ret), is the Business Area Executive for Precision Engagement and Assistant Department Head of the Power Projection Systems Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The general is a command pilot and experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours in 65 types of aircraft, including the SR-71 and U-2. He has flown the fastest airplane in the world and the slowest airplane in the world. Maj. Gen. Behler retired August 1, 2003 as Commander, Air Force Command and Control, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
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https://www.edrones.review/category/drones-with-2k-camera/
| 2023-05-28T16:42:13
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In this Holy Stone HS360 drone review, you will see the features and flight function of this drone, before you can buy it.
Since 2014, Holy Stone has been making cheap consumer drones that have been revolutionizing the way we take aerial footage.
Today, we can say that HS plays in almost the same league as DJI and Potensic. Buying a drone from a good brand name gives you confidence that you are getting a good item, because they have a reputation to protect.
Are there any downsides that you should be aware of before buying? Not really. There have been complaints that it is a bit challenging to connect an iPhone with the drone because the smartphone holder does not seem to hold iPhones very well. However, this seems to be an isolated case.
Continue reading “Holy Stone HS360 Review”
Potensic is a dronemaker who has something for everyone. For instance, they have mini drones for kids and adults, packed with features and flight functions. They even have the DREAMER 4K drone fly more combo, which comes with a myriad of accessories. However, here, we are going to do a review of the Potensic P5 with a 2.7K camera.
You can order this drone with a carry bag and two batteries for longer flight time. It does not have a GPS.
The second P5 drone comes with a 2.7K camera and smart GPS return when it loses signal or battery runs low.
The third option is the P5 RC drone comes with a 1080P camera. This is also the cheapest version.
Some of the downsides you might want to know about the P5 with a 2.7K camera include the fixed camera angle (not possible to adjust angle remotely).
Continue reading “Potensic P5 with 2.7K Camera Review”
Holy Stone is one of the most renowned drone makers in the industry today. They have quadcopters for different users – beginners as well as advanced users.
This is a small aircraft that folds into an even smaller size that can fit into your pants or jackets pocket when traveling. If you are looking for a traveling drone that can capture excellent footage, get the Holy Stone HS175 drone. You will not be disappointed.
This drone responds very well to commands and the sticks are very fluent. They respond to touch without being too sensitive. Keep reading to see the features and specifications of the HS 175 aircraft.
Continue reading “Holy Stone HS175 Drone Review”
If you are an adult and you need a beginner drone to usher you into the game, you will find the DEERC D50 a good buy. It is one of the best beginner drones with camera for adults.
Many adults find the toy drones for children a bit unexciting. Besides, when buying the first quad, you want one that is not too boring. You want to be able to stick with it for several months before you can think of upgrading.
While the D50 has its downsides, it has exciting features and fun flight functions. There are issues with the way it flies. It is a bit jittery, you know, fails to keep a straight line, but you should be fine if you fly it in calm weather.
Another small issue with the drone is that the landing gear seems a bit unstable. Therefore, if you land it too hard, the landing gear might become loose.
It is not foldable, and it does not come with a case. Therefore, you will have to spend extra money to buy a carry-case.
Not to worry though! The pros are more than the cons, so it is a good quad to invest money on.
Continue reading “DEERC D50 Drone Review”
If it is called “Dreamer” and it comes from the Potensic house, you expect it to be good, in fact, super good. We will find out whether this is true in this Potensic Dreamer drones review.
Before we go on with this review, I feel we should water the parade some, but just a little. This drone does not really capture 4K videos. Therefore, we wonder why the manufacturer would go ahead and give it the 4K label. It can only do videos at a resolution of 2688 * 1512P. Technically, this makes it a 2.7K drone. It cannot capture 4K videos.
At the same time, even at the high cost, this drone is still toy-class. Therefore, some people find the cost high, and for some, it is just fine. Whether you want to pay this money for a toy-class quadcopter is up to you.
Apart from those two small hiccups, it has an awesome flight performance, has many automatic flight functions and is quite sleek. Keep reading so that you can see the features and flight functions that the Dreamer comes with.
Continue reading “Potensic Dreamer Drone Review”
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https://www.astrobotic.com/afrl_crada/
| 2024-04-14T04:46:17
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Public-private partnership set to enhance both organizations’ rocket development and testing capabilities
Mojave, CA – April 3, 2024 – Astrobotic and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base have entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) to enhance both organizations’ capabilities and collaborate in the development of advanced liquid rocket engine, rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technologies, and on-base rocket flight testing capabilities using Astrobotic reusable rockets.
“This agreement between Astrobotic and AFRL will enable joint work on new rocket engine technologies, including their applications to in-space propulsion, along with their early flight demonstrations. For Astrobotic, working with AFRL, this rocket-engine flight testbed will demonstrate future capabilities in rocket propulsion such as RDREs and novel additively manufactured materials for high-temperature, high-pressure, chemically-reacting gas environments,” said Dr. Javier Urzay, Chief of the Combustion Devices Branch at AFRL, “These technologies are still at a relatively early development stage but have potential game-changing impacts for liquid and solid rocket propulsion systems relevant for Air and Space Force’s missions.”
The collaboration will help Astrobotic design, develop, test, and demonstrate emerging commercial capabilities with critical applications to air and space military operations, including tactically responsive space access, hypersonic propulsion and testing, and tactical point-to-point rocket transport of cargo. Under the CRADA, AFRL and Astrobotic plan to use Astrobotic’s Xodiac and Xogdor-class vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL) rockets to flight test new liquid rocket engines, integrated systems, payloads, and concepts of operation to mature these types of capabilities.
“The drive behind this cooperative agreement was to work the fastest and least-expensive transition pathway of revolutionary technology, which always come out of AFRL,” said Dr. Shawn Phillips, Chief of the Rocket Propulsion Division at AFRL, “AFRL Rocket Propulsion experts are the best in the world with industry being the pathway for transition, and we believe that such public-private partnerships will be the gold standard for cradle-to-grave innovation.”
“This CRADA between Astrobotic and AFRL will leverage the parties’ complementary skillsets to achieve mutually beneficial goals,” said Sean Bedford, Astrobotic’s Director of Business Development. “Astrobotic is an industry leader in reusable rocket design, VTVL rocket operations with small teams in austere environments, and innovative testing. This agreement represents a unique partnership that will combine our strengths with AFRL’s subject matter expertise to accelerate development of key capabilities through collaborative design, cutting edge analysis, high-cadence ground experimentation, and relevant environment flight testing.”
To optimize this collaboration, Astrobotic will co-locate parts of its Propulsion & Test department with AFRL subject matter experts at Edwards Air Force Base. The CRADA also provides Astrobotic access to facilities on AFRL’s storied “Rocket Ridge” at Edwards AFB, which has hosted development and testing of engines for numerous high profile launch vehicles, including the Space Shuttle and Saturn, Titan, Atlas, Delta, Thor, and Minuteman families of rockets. Working together on base will allow the teams to more closely collaborate on the development of emerging liquid rocket and RDRE technologies.
Distribution Statement A: Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited. PA# AFRL-2024-1465
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http://selfcarearts.com/1/post/2015/01/january-news.html
| 2018-02-25T13:26:02
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The Southwest Airline College of China is training future flight attendants to become proficient
in wing chun kung fu as it is suitable for narrow and confined spaces of aircraft environment, so
it is preferred by aircrews. The course contains eighteen combat techniques for anti-terrorist combat.
The art of wing chun was developed by female master of the martial arts and is suitable for
both male and female crew to disable unruly passengers be they drunks or terrorists. There are
twenty -thousand students learning the art to make the skies over China safer. According to the
airlines, airline travel is becoming more dangerous and therefore there is growing need for
training personnel. Flight crews must be equipped to deal with life-or death situations,
thousands of feet in the air, where firearms have limited use.
By learning these skills the crew will be more confident and capable to deal with future dangers inherent in air travel, both in China and the world.
Self Care Arts teaches the authentic Wing Chun style in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sifu Kelly has been teaching Wing Chun in Springs for over twenty years.
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http://blog.aopa.org/letsgoflying/?p=2390&WT.mc_id=&wtmcid;&WT.mc_sect=blog
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March was a fun aviation month for me! I did a lot of flying, attended the Women in Aviation Conference in Nashville and even better, I got to introduce quite a few women in my local area to general aviation. Women of Aviation Worldwide Week was held March 4 through March 10 and my home airport, Frederick Airport, participated in a contest called Women Fly it Forward. The goal was to earn the title of “Most Female Friendly Airport” by flying the largest number of women and girls during the week. Tallies are still being made to see who has won, but I can tell you that just being a part of the international event was a blast and really helped to solidify why I love to fly and why I love to instruct.
The first day of the week I flew 5 women. The winds were starting to get gusty and I became concerned about how my first time passengers would take some of the bumps that the gusts created during the flight. On the ground before we took off, I made sure to explain to my buy viagra no prescription passengers how and why the bumps happened. Since the goal of these flights are to share the joy of aviation and build future pilots and friends of the airport, I also let them know that if at any time they felt uncomfortable and were no longer having fun, to let me know right away, so that we could head back to the airport and land. It turns out all 5 women had no problem with the occasional bumps during the flight. We got to fly over the city and near Harper Ferry National Park. They all loved it and left the airport with big smiles. It is a great feeling knowing that you helped add adventure to someone’s day and gave them buy cheap viagra a new experience. The letters, emails, and photos I’ve received since Women of Aviation Week from our passengers have put a permanent smile on my face and wonderful memories in my heart.
Even though we had to cancel two days of flying because of weather, snow, and winds, overall it looks like the pilots of Frederick Airport flew over 300 girls and women during the week! Even if we don’t win the official “Most Female Friendly Airport” title, I think we did our job and I know we had fun doing it. Another reason why I LOVE being a pilot!
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https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/v-tail-maiden-flight-with-heavy-porpoising-solved/23269
| 2022-08-17T23:09:47
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The maiden flight of my V-Tail plane was quite scaring .
After take off in FBWA the plane begun to porpoise with 40 - 45° pitch angle , I was very surprised because with all the other planes with standard Pids the plane was always perfectly level , so I panic a bit leaving the throttle high for 20 seconds while I was trying to turn .
Only decreasing the throttle to minimum the plane reduces heavily the porpoising and start to better respond to radio commands .
Then I only thought to bring it back and land, it flew well with no throttle .
Here is the log , I edited it to reduce the size Dataflash Log
I’m not an expert but looking at the log I saw some weird things, looking for some help to understand the reasons for this odd behavior.
1- The V-Tail outputs , CH_Out 2 & 4 (ailerons is CH_Out 1) , had a very small range
2- The PID PI , was negative , went to -10, does that means that the plane was Tail heavy ?
3- Mixing value was 0,7 , is that too much low for a V-Tail and that the explanation for small V-Tail output ?
4- The purpoising was much more with high throttle, is it because of low PID P , for Pitch and roll ?
If the plane was tail heavy it would explain why with full motor it goes nose up.
Do not understand what make it went nose down since the throttle was still high and the plane kept a lot of speed far from stall condition.
Thanks for your suggestions
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http://www.jetopssolutions.com/temp-fd/
| 2018-02-24T21:24:20
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You rely on us to oversee your aircraft operation during delivery and inaugural operations; you can also rely on us when your flight department is in transition.
We can ensure the flight department operates safely while internal issues are being resolved. Besides providing a temporary flight department manager we can supply crews as well. All versed in your type of operation and aircraft.
Our experience and a third party perspective help to gain insight and provide solutions for the operation of your flight department. We have assessment methods that can be used to benchmark and shine light on strengths and weaknesses of the existing flight department.
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International airlines have started operating flight services in Bohol-Panglao International Airport.
The most recent, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, was South Korean low-cost carrier Jeju Air.
BPIA and CAAP officials welcomed Jeju Air’s inaugural flight from Incheon, South Korea on Nov. 21, carrying 187 passengers and one infant, and manned by two cockpit crew and four cabin attendants.
CAAP chief information officer and spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the inaugural flight of Jeju’s 7C-4407 was welcomed by water cannon salute courtesy of BPIA Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting team.
Apolonio added a ribbon cutting ceremony was also held on the same day at the Gate 3 of the airport terminal graced by Jeju Air representatives Kyoung Pyo Ko and Hyun Jun Lim.
Transnational Aviation Support Services, Inc. Duty Officer Val Cuaresma, CAAP-BPIA Supervisor Frank Tayag and Assistant Supervisor Mary Luzelle Piquero also attended the event.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lockheed-seals-final-f-35-201006548.html
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Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) – the largest defense contractor in the world – won two major contracts, worth $7.8 billion, from the U.S. Department of defense (DoD) for 71 more F-35 fighter jets. Both these agreements mark a significant milestone reflecting cost reduction efforts for this very expensive fighter jet.
The defense department inked agreements for the sixth and seventh lots of the U.S. military’s most exclusive weapons acquisition program – the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. However, the deal does not include the engines as the government buys it from Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp (UTX).
The contract calls for the company to deliver 36 low-rate, initial-production (“LRIP”) lot 6 planes in the second quarter of 2014. Lockheed netted $4.4 billion for the production of Lot 6 with an average aircraft unit cost of approximately 2.5% lower than the LRIP 5 aircraft.
Under the LRIP lot 6 program, Lockheed is to deliver 23 Air Force version of F-35As at $103 million a piece; 6 Marine Corps variant of F-35Bs at $109 million per jet; and 7 Navy version of the plane at $120 million a plane.
Under the LRIP 7 contract, valued at $3.4 billion, Lockheed will deliver 35 aircraft, with an average aircraft unit cost of approximately 6% lower than the LRIP 5 aircraft. The deal calls for 24 F-35As for $98 million per jet, 7 F-35Bs for $104 million a jet and 4 F-35Cs for $116 million a jet.
Lockheed will start delivering LRIP 6 warplanes in the second quarter of 2014, marking the first delivery of international F-35 jets for Italy and Australia. Delivery of the airplanes under batch 7 will begin in the second quarter of 2015 and this will mark the first delivery to Norway.
As per the final agreement on the sixth and seventh batches of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Lockheed will pay for all cost overruns. Again, the defense major will book 80% of savings if expenses are less than anticipated and the government will get 20%.
Sequestration and spending cuts were expected to adversely impact the performance of the defense behemoths that explicitly provide products and services to U.S. government defense establishments. However, the defense players, like Lockheed, Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) or Raytheon Company (RTN) seem to be doing well despite the cuts in defense budgets and big-ticket programs.
Lockheed has, in fact, clinched a major share of DoD contracts awarded on Sep 27, 2013. Of the total $10.92 billion worth of DoD contracts, Lockheed sealed more than $4 billion in all.
Lockheed, Northrop and Raytheon presently hold a short-term Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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http://www.mercedgwnews.com/second-plane-crash-reported-plane-hit-power-lines-more-info-here/
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This is the second plane crash within two weeks in Stanislaus County.
Stanislaus Sheriff Deputies and several emergency vehicles responded 30 miles east-Northeast of Modesto at approximately 5:45 pm yesterday for a plane crash.
Deputies had a difficult time locating the site due to it being in a remote location.
Once Deputies located the scene near the 5400 Block of Crabtree Road, they located a single-engine Bellanca Citabria that had crashed.
The plane was largely intact and appeared to have hit some power lines, which caused a small fire and forced the plane to land.
The pilot was able to get out of the plane safely without injuries, no other passengers were in the plane.
The FAA was notified of the crash and per the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigator, no units were required to stay overnight.
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https://whistler.ica-atom.org/actor/browse?page=5&sf_culture=nl&languages=en&sort=alphabetic&sortDir=asc
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Adera Nurseries Ltd. was a garden centre in Vancouver, BC.
- fl. 1978
Laura Adler attended the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in Whistler in 1978.
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Nick Adler attended the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1979.
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Ruth Adolf was an Olympian from Switzerland who competed in alpine skiing in the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics.
Adventures West is a condominium development in Whistler Cay that backs onto Alta Lake, near Blueberry Hill. It was built in 1974 and boasts 54 units. Adventures West has a private beach with access to Alta Lake and the River of Golden Dreams.
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The Advisory Parks and Recreation Commission was active in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) in the 1980s and 1990s.
Affordable Holiday Homes was a holiday home reservation company which formerly operated an office in Whistler Creek Lodge. The company ceased operations in 1998, leaving a list of disgruntled customers and employees who claim to have received cheques which bounced, according to the RCMP in a Pique Newsmagazine article from that year.
- November 28, 1901 - January 27, 1968
Carlyle Clare Agar AFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator. Agar was born on November 28, 1901 at Lion's Head, ON and moved to Edmonton, AB in 1905, where he was educated. He farmed on the outskirts of the city until 1928, when he learned to fly under the tutelage of Moss Burbidge at the Edmonton Aero Club. He earned his private pilot's license the following year, and accepted a position in 1932 with the Department of Indian Affairs as an agricultural instructor at Wabamum, AB. Two years later, he returned to full-time farming. At the outbreak of World War II, he attempted enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot but was rejected for being overage. In 1940, he reapplied to the RCAF, was accepted for pilot training, and posted to Moose Jaw, SK and Trenton, ON, where he graduated as an instructor. He was stationed at Edmonton and High River, AB and Abbotsford, BC until 1944, and was awarded the Air Force Cross for outstanding contributions as a flight instructor. He was discharged from the RCAF in 1945 when he received the maximum age for aircrew.
In Penticton, BC, he formed the South Okanagan Flying Club in partnership with two ex-RCAF members. A lack of commercial flying business forced them into reassessing their position, so they moved to Kelowna and formed Okanagan Air Service. Their plan was to engage in instructional activities, charter flying, and crop spraying, but they were again forced to reconsider their plans due to high maintenance costs. He then investigated the possibility of using the newly designed helicopter as an airborne spraying device. The Company was converted to public ownership, and, in 1947, he flew the first commercial helicopter in Canada, to spray orchards with insecticides. When it became evident the operation would not support the firm, he contracted with the Government of British Columbia to spray infested forest areas. When not engaged in these operations, he pursued helicopter flying in the high reaches of the Rocky Mountains, and perfected new skills and operational techniques. He performed helicopter flying for the government's topographical department on a special survey of the Wahleach Mountain area, where his techniques for high altitude landings and takeoffs from hitherto inaccessible locations became the accepted worldwide standard.
Having conquered the altitude barrier, he then proved the effectiveness of contour flying for timber operations and transported prospecting parties to and from remote bush areas. He also accepted a contract from the Water Board of Vancouver in 1949 to airlift 400,000 pounds of construction material, equipment and personnel to the 3,500-foot level of a mountainside to complete the Palisade Lake Dam. It was the first time a helicopter had been used in such a manner, and more than 200 takeoffs and landings were required to finalize the lift. The international publicity accorded this outstanding achievement caused industry and the military to re-think their operational transportation methods. As a result, his Penticton-based company trained selected commercial and military pilots in mountain flying techniques. His experience was then contracted to the Aluminum Company of Canada in 1951 to assist in the construction of their giant smelter complex at Kitimat. His firm went on to become one of the largest commercial helicopter operations in the world.
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Mark Ages worked for Whistler Mountain during the 1985/1986 winter season.
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The USA’s electronic attack fighters are a unique, overworked, and nearly obsolete capability. With the retirement of the US Air Force’s long-range EF-111 Raven “Spark ‘Vark,” the aging 4-seat EA-6B Prowlers became the USA’s only remaining fighter for radar jamming, communications jamming and information operations like signals interception . Despite their age and performance limits, they’ve been predictably busy on the front lines, used for everything from escorting strike aircraft against heavily defended targets, to disrupting enemy IED land mine attacks by jamming all radio signals in an area.
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All airframes have lifespan limits, however, and the EA-6B is no exception. The USA’s new electronic warfare aircraft will be based on Boeing’s 2-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighter, and has 90% commonality with its counterpart. That will give it decent self-defense capabilities, as well as electronic attack potential. At present, however, the EA-18G is slated to be the only dedicated electronic warfare aircraft in the USA’s future force.
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March 23/21: Block 2 Boeing has inductedthe first US Navy (USN) EA-18G Growler electronic attack(EA) aircraft earmarked for the Block 2 upgrade process.Announced by themanufacturer on 19 March, the milestone saw the firstGrowler enter the modernization programme at Naval AirStation (NAS) Whidbey Island in Washington state.Previously known as the Advanced Growler, the GrowlerBlock 2 enhancement is based on theF/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block 3 upgrade that is now inits early stages. Features common to both aircraftcomprise 10 × 19 inch large-area display (LAD) cockpitsand conformal fuel tanks (CFTs), while the Growler willalso receive enhancements to the mission systemsincluding the Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ) and EA sensorsimprovements related to the Electronic Attack Unit (EAU)Surrogate Processor (ESP), AN/ALQ-218(V)4 RF receiversystem, and AN/ALQ-227(V)2 communication countermeasures.There will also be networking and crew-interfaceimprovements.
January 8/21: NGJ Raytheon won a $34.3millioncontract, which provides engineering and test supportservices for the ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer (NGJ)currently in development for the NavyEA-18G aircraft. The scope includes H16/H18/H20/H22software support for NGJ pod and integration includingrequirements analysis, design, development, integration,testing, training and tools related to and in support ofALQ-249 and advanced electronic warfare initiatives forNavy and Foreign Military Sales customers. The NGJ is anexternal jamming pod. The AN/ALQ-249 utilizes the latestdigital, software-based, and Active ElectronicallyScanned Array technologies in order to address advancedand emerging threats in the middle frequency bands of theelectromagnetic spectrum. The EA-18G Growler is a variantin the F/A-18 family of aircraft that combines the provenF/A-18F Super Hornet platform with a sophisticatedelectronic warfare suite. Work will take place in ElSegundo, California. Estimated completion will be inJanuary 2025.
December 30/20: RFBU Mnemonics Inc. wona $10 millioncontract to procure as-needed engineering supportservices in support of the Radio Frequency Blanking Unit(RFBU) and Electronic Attack Unit (EAU) components of theAdvanced Electronic Attack (AEA) system of theEA-18G Growler aircraft. The services under thiscontract are engineering support services, logisticsmanagement information and fleet support team efforts forthe RFBU and EAU variants and derivative systems.Technical instructions will be issued in accordance withthe statement of work for this contract to support theNaval Surface Warfare Center Crane EA-18G EAU OrganicDepot. Mnemonics, Inc. supplies electronic products andservices. The Company offers electronics systemssolutions such as hardware, software, and systemsdesigns, as well as developing and testing of art weaponsand communications systems. Mnemonics operates in theUnited States. Work will take place in Florida. Estimatedcompletion will be by September 2025.
November 17/20: VAQ-131 VAQ-131 hascompleted its first expeditionary deployment at NAFMisawa, Japan on November 6 andwas relieved by VAQ-135. That was the unit’s firstexpeditionary deployment. But due to COVID-19, theEA-18Gs did not detach to any other places. As anexpeditionary squadron, VAQ-131 deploys their EA-18GGrowlers to air bases worldwide and fluidly integrateswith US Air Force and foreign entities. While deployed toNAF Misawa, VAQ-131’s primary objective shifted fromtheir previous mission of supporting combat operationswhile deployed to the Middle East, to supporting securityand stability operations within the Indo-Pacific Area ofResponsibility.
November 4/20: Fuel Tanks IntegralAerospace won a $9.3 millioncontract modification, which exercises an option forthe production and delivery of 72 external fuel tanks insupport of theF/A-18E/F andEA-18G aircraft. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet isthe US Navy’s primary strike and air superiorityaircraft. It is an updated version of the F-18C/D,featuring a 20 percent larger airframe, 7,000 lb heavierempty weight, and 15,000 lb heavier maximum weight thanthe original Hornet. The Super Hornet carries 33 percentmore internal fuel, increasing mission range by 41percent and endurance by 50 percent over the earlierHornet. The EA-18G Growler is the U.S. Navy’s newestelectronic attack aircraft intended to replace ageingEA-6B Prowlers in the service’s fleet. Based on the F-18E/F Hornet airframe, the two-seater, twin-turbofanaircraft integrates the latest electronic attacktechnology, including the ALQ-218 receiver, ALQ-99jamming pods, communication countermeasures, andsatellite communications. Work will take place in SantaAna, California. Expected completion is in May2022.
September 24/20: Next Generation JammerBoeing won a $21.9 millioncontract modification, which exercises an option fortest and evaluation support for Next Generation Jammerintegration on theEA-18G aircraft. The Next Generation Jammer is aprogram to develop an airborne electronic warfare system,as a replacement for the AN/ALQ-99 found on the EA-18Gmilitary aircraft. It will reach Initial OperatingCapability in 2021. The EA-18G Growler is an airborneelectronic attack (AEA) aircraft, capable of operatingeither from an aircraft carrier or from land-bases. TheGrowler was developed as a replacement for the US NavyEA-6B Prowler aircraft that entered service in 1971 andretired in March 2019. Work will take place in Missouriand estimated completion will be in September,2021.
August 20/20: ALQ-99 Teledyne DefenseElectronics won a $23.6 milliondeal for the repair of the electron tubes associatedwith the ALQ-99 system in support of theF/A-18G aircraft. This contract includes a five-yearbase period with no options. The AN/ALQ-99 is anairborne electronic warfare system, found on EA-6B andEA-18G military aircraft. Receiver equipment and antennasare mounted in a fin-tip pod while jamming transmittersand exciter equipment are located in under-wing pods.Work will take place in Rancho Cordova, California.Expected completion will be by August 2025.
June 29/20: Display Suites UpgradesBoeing won a $16.6 millionorder, which procures retrofit modification upgradesto the series aircrafts’F/A-18 Block II Super Hornet andGrowler display suites within the Block III SuperHornet and Growler Advanced Cockpit Systems. The BoeingF/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine,carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variantsbased on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18Esingle-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are largerand more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and DHornet. The single-seat F/A-18 Hornet is the nation’sfirst strike-fighter. It was designed for traditionalstrike applications such as interdiction and close airsupport without compromising its fighter capabilities.With its excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities,the F/A-18 at the same time increases strike missionsurvivability and supplements the F-14 Tomcat in fleetair defense. F/A-18 Hornets are currently operating in 37tactical squadrons from air stations world-wide, and from10 aircraft carriers. Work will take place in Missouri,Arizona, California and Florida. Estimated completiondate will be in February 2025.
June 12/20: RT-1763C/D AN/APX-111(V) BAESystems won a $58.7 millioncontract, which provides for the manufacture, testand delivery of 239 Mode 5 capable RT-1763C/DAN/APX-111(V) combined interrogator transponders and 397spare shop replaceable assemblies for the F/A-18 SuperHornet series and Boeing EA-18G Growler warfare aircraftfor the Navy and the government of Canada. The USNavy F/A-18 E and FSuper Hornet maritime strike attack aircraft,manufactured by Boeing, flew for the first time onNovember 29 1995. The Super Hornet is about 25% largerthan its predecessor, the F/A-18C/D, but contains 42%fewer structural parts.EA-18G Growler is an airborne electronic attackaircraft, which operates from either an aircraft carrieror from land-bases. The Growler was developed as areplacement for the United States Navy EA-6B Prowleraircraft that entered service in 1971 and is approachingthe end of operational life. Work will take place in NewYork and Texas. Estimated completion date will be byDecember 2025.
April 30/20: BRR3.1 Software Boeing wona $9.7 millioncontract modification provides engineering,manufacturing and development support to integrate BRR3.1software to the Next Generation Jammer on BoeingEA-18G Growler carrier-based electronic warfareaircraft, resulting in BRR3.1 software initial operatingcapability. EA-18G Growler is an airborne electronicattack (AEA) aircraft, which operates from either anaircraft carrier or from land-bases. The Growler wasdeveloped as a replacement for the United States NavyEA-6B Prowler aircraft that entered service in 1971 andis approaching the end of operational life. Work willtake place in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to becomplete by December 2020.
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April 1/20: BRU-32 The US Navyawarded Marvin Engineering a $25.3 millionmodification to procure 428 F/A-18 E/FSuper Hornet andEA-18G BRU-32 ejector bomb racks for the Navy and thegovernment of Kuwait. The BRU-32 bomb rack is a gasoperated ejector rack with dual ejector pistons. Itweighs 76 pounds, incorporate 14- and 30-inch suspensionhooks and can accommodate single stores or multiplecarriage racks. The bomb rack features an electrical fuzesafety interlock, automatic sway bracing and storesensing switches. Work will take place in Inglewood,California. Expected completion will be by July2023.
February 27/20: Model Kits Boeing won a$7.4 milliondelivery order, which procures 30 A1 G-Model kits and66 A3 E-Model kits in support ofF/A-18E/F andEA-18G modifications. The US Navy F/A-18 E and FSuper Hornet is a maritime strike attack aircraft. Thefirst low-rate initial production aircraft was deliveredin December 1998, and all 12 of the first batch weredelivered by November 1999. EA-18G Growler is an airborneelectronic attack aircraft, which operates from either anaircraft carrier or from land-bases. The Growler wasdeveloped as a replacement for the United States NavyEA-6B Prowler aircraft that entered service in 1971 andis approaching the end of operational life. Work willtake place in California,Missouri and Texas. Estimatedcompletion is in October 2023.
December 20/19: Engineering ServicesBoeing Aerospace Operations won a $92.3 millioncontract action, which provides engineering technicalservices in support of Naval Aviation weapon systems andall associated systems and equipment throughout theirsustainment life-cycle, to include contractor fieldservices in support of theAV-8B Harrier II,EA-18G Growler,F/A-18 Super Hornet,C-40 Clipper, andP-8A Poseidon aircraft for the US Navy and thegovernment of Kuwait. In March Boeing was awarded$87.5 million to maintain the AV-B8 Harrier trainers forKuwait. In 2017 the contractor received $41 million forupgrades of the AV-B8 and the F/A-18. Work on thecontract will be performed at various locations in theUnited States as well as Kuwait and Iwakuni, Japan and isexpected to complete by December 2024.
November 25/19: Distributed TargetingProcessor-Network The US Navyawarded Boeing a $24.1 million delivery order, whichexercises the option to procure 34 Group A-1 retrofitkits, 34 Group A-2 retrofit kits, and 34 Group B retrofitkits for incorporation of the Distributed TargetingProcessor-Network into theEA-18G aircraft for the Navy. The EA-18G Growlerelectronic attack aircraft, a derivative of the F/A-18Super Hornet fighter, is manufactured by Boeing. Theaircraft is intended to provide tactical jammingcapabilities and protection to Australian ground, air andsea forces against enemy electronic warfare systems. TheEA-18G Growler measures 18.3m-long and 4.9m-high andfeatures large wings with a span of 13.7m. Its empennageconsists of a horizontal stabilizer and two verticaltailfins that are canted outward. The aircraftaccommodates two crew members in tandem seatconfiguration with pilot in front and electronic warfareofficer at rear. Boeing will perform work in Missouri,California and Washington. Estimated completion date isin June 2022.
September 10/19: First Images of NGJ-MBRaytheonpublished the first images of the Next-GenerationJammer Mid-Band on theEA-18 Growler. According to the company the NGJ-MB isa high-capacity and high-power airborne electronic attackweapon system. It will protect Air Forces by denying,degrading and disrupting threat radars and communicationdevices. InJuly, the jamming pod was the first of 15 EMD pods tobe delivered to the USN for mission systems testing andqualification on the Boeing EA-18G Growler, the service’scarrier-based electronic warfare aircraft.
August 28/19: Kuwait The US Navycontracted Physical Optics Corp. with a $27.2 millioncontract modification in support of theSuper Hornet andGrowler aircraft for the Navy and the government ofKuwait. The deal exercises an option for datatransfer unit production support, 160 data transferunits, 160 ground data transfer units, 14 maintenanceaccess cables, 600 mission data transfer devices, and 459maintenance data transfer devices in support of theNavy’s F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G program. In addition, thisoption exercise procures 37 data transfer units, 35ground data transfer units, 11 maintenance access cables,122 mission data transfer devices, and 90 maintenancedata transfer devices in support of the Kuwait SuperHornet program. Boeing Super Hornets aretwin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraftvariants based on the McDonnell DouglasF/A-18 Hornet. The EA-18G Growler is based on theSuper Hornet airframe. It is an electronic attackaircraft, which is capable of disrupting, deceiving ordenying a broad range of military electronic systems,including radars and communications. Work under thecontract modification will take place in California andestimated completion is in August 2021.
May 29/19: Block II Upgrade The US Navykicked off the Block 2 upgrade for the EA-18G Growleraircraft.Jane’s reports, that the USN issued a request forinformation in late May, in which it announced theintention to procure non-recurring engineering in supportofEA-18G Growler Block 2, including Electronic AttackUnit Surrogate Processor,AN/ALQ-218(V)4 RF receiver system, andAN/ALQ-227(V)2 communication countermeasures. TheGrowler is a variant of Boeing’s F-18FSuper Hornet. The aircraft provides tactical jammingand electronic protection to the carrier air wing. TheNavy will have its existing Growler fleet brought in forthe Block II upgrades, which will incorporate new sensorsand some of the Super Hornet Block III upgrades – likeconformal fuel tanks. The Growler’s sensors upgrades willdo some of the analysis work previously done by pilots,enabling the pilots to process data moreefficiently.
March 8/19: ALQ-249 The US Naval WarfareCenter Weapons Divisionawarded Raytheon a $12.2 million for engineering testsupport services for the ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer(NGJ) currently in development for the Navy EA-18Gaircraft. The US Navy selected Raytheon’s ALQ-249 in 2013to replace ALQ-99 systems used on the EA-18G airborneelectronic attack aircraft. The Boeing EA-18G Growler isa carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft that enteredoperational service in 2009. TheGrowler is able to perform escort jamming as well asthe traditional standoff jamming mission. Servicesprovided under the contract include software support forNGJ pod and integration, including requirements analysis,design, development, integration, testing, training, andtools related to and in support of ALQ-249 and advancedelectronic warfare initiatives. Work will take place inCalifornia and is expected to conclude in March2024.
February 22/19: EW Drone The US Navyplans to test its newelectronic warfare (EW) drone this fall. The dronesare part of the „Remedy“ program by the Navy and NorthropGrumman that sees a small Class II unmanned aerialvehicle (UAV) packed into a cluster munition canisterthat would then eject from a mothership and fly aprogrammed route ahead of stand-off jammers and strikeaircraft. This could mean that electronic EW platformslike theEA-18G Growler could soon release swarms of dronesfrom the aircraft, allowing the smaller vehicles to flyahead to scout out for radar and other battlefieldemitters. The drones could even take part in electronicattack missions themselves by jamming enemy sensornetworks. During the trials in fall, Northrop Grummanplans to link the drone with an actual Growler as part ofFleet Tactical Grid 2019.
Security Growler System
February 13/19: Sensor system UpgradeThe Naval Warfare Center Weapons Divisionawarded Raytheon a $88.4 million contract for themodification and upgrade of the sensor system softwareand hardware of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet andEA-18G Growler aircraft to incorporate updates,improvements, and enhancements of tactical capabilities.The deal includes technical support for hardware andsoftware anomaly investigation, design, development,documentation, integration, test, and evaluation ofsystems and support equipment. The Boeing F/A-18E/F SuperHornet are twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirolefighter based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. TheSuper Hornet is able to carry air-to-air missiles andair-to-surface weapons. The Growler is a specializedversion of the Super Hornet. It is a carrier-basedelectronic warfare aircraft with the ability to performescort jamming as well as the traditional standoffjamming mission. Work under the contract will take placein El Segundo, California and is scheduled to be finishedby February 2024.
This menubar app for OS X will notify you via Notification Center (or Growl) when various security events occur (see list).
It's very useful if you're paranoid about people trying to hack into your computer. Or.. if you simply like having information about people using your computer's resources.
It's extremely lightweight, the app is 3MB including the icon, with <0.01% CPU and <15MB of RAM used when running.It's easily extensible in Python, you can add parsers that detect new TCP connetions or poll logfiles.You can even forward alerts as push notifications to your iOS devices using Prowl.
- Download and run (dark mode)
- Click on the menubar icon once to start detecting events.
Download Security Growler Light.app if you don't use OS X Dark Mode.If you prefer Growl to the OS X Notification Center, run
sudo easy_install gntp in Terminal and relaunch to switch.
It can do cool things like:
Alert you of attempted and succesfull SSH logins:
Notify you of incoming & outgoing TCP connections: FTP, VNC, SMB, MySQL, etc.:
(using less RAM than Little Snitch)
Security Growler Price
Notify you whenever a command is run with
Let you know when you're being portscanned:
Security Growler Download
The currently working alert types are:
- iTunes Sharing
- sudo commands
- port-scans (e.g. if you're on the receiving end of nmap)
- VNC (detailed alerts require app is run as root)
I was tired of not being able to find an app that would quell my paranoia about open ports, so I made one myself. Now I can relax whenever I'm in a seedy internet cafe or connected to free Boingo airport wifi because I know if anyone is trying to connect to my computer.
Little Snitch is still hands-down the best connection-alerting software available for Mac, I highly suggest you check it out if you want a comprehensive firewall/alerting system, and are willing to pay a few bucks to get it. Security Growler is centered around parsing logfiles for any kind of generic pattern, not just monitoring the TCP connection table like Little Snitch. For example, my app can alert you of
sudo events, keychain auth events, and anything else you can think of that's reported to a logfile. This app is significantly more lightweight than Little Snitch, it comes in at <15mb of RAM used, simply because it aims to solve a simpler problem than Little Snitch. This app is not designed to prevent malicious connections, that's what firewalls are for, it's just meant to keep an unobtrusive log, and alert you whenever important security events are happening. The more informed you are, the better you can protect yourself.
This app is meant for developers who frequenly run services that are open to their LAN, and just want to keep tabs on usage to make sure they aren't being abused by some local script kiddie. Since the target audience is developers, I opted to leave some parts a little less user-friendly, such as the
settings.py config system.
Feel free to submit a pull-request and add a new parser (e.g. try writing one for nginx http-auth)!
A similar project written by @benjojo is available for Linux users: PushAlotAuth, it uses the PushALot push-notification platform.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is a type of space telescope that has been launched into orbit since 1990. From ancient times the telescope has been able to study objects in space from Earth with less precision. The reason is that the weather is not clear. Lights and galaxies; This is because the light from the stars tends to dim when it encounters the Earth’s atmosphere.
To solve this problem, before 1923, American astronomer Edwin Hubble proposed building a telescope in space. In 1923, German physicist Hermann Oberth wrote in his book The Rocket into Planetary Space that a telescope could be launched into space via a rocket.
Then they tried to build a space telescope to study the telescope and the universe from space. Due to various difficulties, it was funded in 1970 and was intended to be launched into space in 1983. NASA was able to build the telescope with the help of the European Space Agency. The telescope was named Hubble Telescope in honor of Edwin Hubble.
Due to various technical difficulties and the 1986 Challenger crash, the launch of the Hubble Telescope was delayed, and it was not until 1990 that it was successfully launched with the Discovery spacecraft. But prospects are disappointed when they see photos taken by telescopes. This is because I sent only blurry photos. Later, a fault was found on the main window of the telescope, and it was not until 1993 that it was possible to send clear photos.
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We Mean Business: Will FDI in aviation be a game changer?
By Shweta Rajpal Kohli | Published On: September 25, 2012 21:00 (IST) | Duration: 52 min, 11 sec
The government has finally given a nod for FDI in aviation but will the floodgates of investment in aviation sector open up soon? Are foreign airlines making a beeline to invest in India and will it help bring the sector out of turbulence? On We Mean Business, NDTV's Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Ajay Prasad, Former Civil Aviation Secretary, Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India, Dhiraj Mathur, National Aerospace & Defence leader, PWC, Saroj Datta, Former ED, Jet Airways, Rajan Mehra, Leading Aviation Expert & MD, Universal Aviation USA discuss this issue.
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NASA Internships 2024 – Are you a passionate space enthusiast dreaming of a career that reaches for the stars? These coveted opportunities offer a unique gateway into the world of space exploration and scientific discovery. In this article, we will delve into the exciting realm of NASA internships, uncovering how they work, what you can expect, and how to secure your spot among the stars.
Imagine working on groundbreaking space missions, collaborating with brilliant minds, and contributing to scientific breakthroughs that shape our understanding of the universe. NASA internships offer the chance to turn this dream into reality, providing hands-on experience in a variety of fields.
Why NASA Internships Matter
NASA internships are not just another line on your resume – they are a springboard for your career. These internships immerse you in a dynamic environment where innovation thrives, giving you the chance to learn from experts and contribute to cutting-edge projects.
Benefits Internship at NASA
- Paid Internships
- The valuable experience of work
- The opportunity for career placement
- Chances of networking
- Chances of permanent employment after the Internship based on performance.
- Sponsorship for education.
Also, working with an organization like NASA will add more value to your CV/Resume and make it look more impressive, which will help you later in your career.
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Types of Internship Programs
- NASA year-round Internship program
- NASA Internship programs for space mission
- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Internships (JPL)
- NASA STEM Internships
- NASA-CALTECH Internships
- NASA international internship programs
- NASA Fellow Interns program
- NASA Pathways Internships
These categories further contain hundreds of Internship programs and opportunities for those who want to gain knowledge about NASA.
List of Fields
You must belong to the following mentioned fields before applying to NASA Internships. These fields are necessary to carry out the duties of being a manager of data governance, flight mechanics simulations, and training management.
- Human resources
- Public Relations
- Business Administration
- Computer science
- Information Technology
- Physical Sciences
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Eligibility and Application Process
While NASA internships are competitive, they are also accessible. Most programs require applicants to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with specific eligibility criteria varying based on the internship. The application process typically involves submitting a resume, transcripts, and letters of recommendation.
NASA welcomes students from all over the world. Be it local or overseas passionate students, all are invited to apply for the NASA Internships, but you must follow certain conditions before applying for any of the internship programs. The following countries are eligible for this program;
- New Zealand
- South Korea
- Trinidad and Tobago
You must comply with the following requirements for each internship program, such as;
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NASA International Internship Program
- Be a member or resident of the above-mentioned countries currently participating in agreements.
- Be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in a topic relevant to NASA’s mission priorities.
- Must maintain high academic standards (3.0 CGPA).
- Must demonstrate an interest in the US space program.
- Must be proficient in English.
NASA Pathways Internships
All applicants must be 16 years or above and citizens of the USA. Applicants must be enlisted in accredited institutions for full-time or half-time in any degree. You must have a CGPA of 2.90. You must be able to work 460 hours before completing your degree and sign a Pathways Participant agreement. Male applicants must be certified with the Selective Service System.
All applicants with a CGPA of 3.0 and a citizen of the USA of 16 years minimum age can apply for this internship program. Undergraduates and graduates studying as Full-time students can also apply for this opportunity. You must be proficient in the English language.
How to Apply for NASA Internships?
- You can visit the official website of NASA; there, you will find Internships with information on all requirements and the last date of submission.
- You must go through the details of the program and know about the responsibilities of the internee in each program.
- After that, go to the Website of the USA Government job site, make your profile, and upload your CV. This will help you and notify you whenever there is any open job opportunity.
Official Link: Click Here
List of NASA Internship Programs 2024
- NASA I2 Internship program
- NASA JPL Planetary Department Internships
- NASA year-round Internships
- NASA Space Mission Internships
- NASA STEM Internships
- NASA Undergrad Internship programs
- NASA Pathways Internships
- NASA SSC/NSSC ODEO Internships
- NASA legal honors Internships.
- Sci-Fi Website Development Internships
- Data Governance, training development & UAT for NASA STEM Internships
- NASA GES DISC Video outreach Internships
- MELD Projects Internships
- Rotorcraft aeromechanics Internships
- Precipitation research and validation Internship
- RST Thermal Design and Thermal Desktop Internships
- Software Code Coverage Internships
- NASA IV&V ERC Fab Lab Manager & Space camp.
Internship Experience and Benefits
As a NASA intern, you will dive headfirst into meaningful projects, gaining hands-on experience that goes beyond the classroom. From developing spacecraft components to analyzing space data, you will play a vital role in advancing space exploration. Benefits often include stipends, mentorship, and access to cutting-edge facilities.
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Life as a NASA Intern
Life at NASA is anything but ordinary. You will find yourself working alongside experts who are passionate about their craft. Collaborative environments, skill-building workshops, and networking events are all part of the intern experience.
Notable Projects and Contributions
NASA interns have contributed to a plethora of remarkable projects. From designing Mars rovers to developing life support systems for the International Space Station, their contributions have left an indelible mark on space exploration.
Building Connections and Networks
One of the most valuable aspects of a NASA internship is the opportunity to build connections that last a lifetime. Networking with professionals in the field can open doors to future job opportunities and collaborations.
From Intern to Astronaut: Success Stories
Believe it or not, some former NASA interns have gone on to become astronauts. Their journeys from intern desks to spacecraft serve as inspiration for aspiring space explorers.
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NASA internships offer an unparalleled chance to immerse yourself in the captivating world of space exploration. From honing technical skills to forging lasting connections, these opportunities pave the way for a future among the stars. So, if you are ready to take your passion for space to new heights, set your sights on NASA internships and shoot for the stars.
FAQs – NASA Internships
Who can apply for NASA internships?
U.S. citizens and permanent residents meeting specific criteria are eligible to apply.
Are NASA internships paid?
Yes, most NASA internships offer stipends to cover living expenses.
Can high school students apply?
Yes, there are internship opportunities specifically designed for high school students.
What fields of study are eligible?
NASA internships encompass a wide range of disciplines, from engineering to communication.
How do NASA interns contribute to missions?
Interns play a hands-on role in various projects, contributing to research, design, and analysis.
Who is eligible for NASA internships?
To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident and enrolled in an accredited institution.
Do NASA internships provide a stipend?
Yes, most NASA internships are paid positions that offer a stipend based on your education level.
How competitive are NASA internships?
NASA internships are highly competitive, but a strong application showcasing your skills and passion can set you apart.
Can international students apply for NASA internships?
Some programs may accept international students, but eligibility varies. Check program requirements for details.
What happens after the internship ends?
Many interns continue their journey by seeking full-time positions at NASA, pursuing advanced degrees, or entering related fields.
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Air India flight makes emergency landing in Kochi
The pilot of the Delhi-Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram flight, carrying 60 passengers, detected problem in nose wheel.
Kochi: An Air India flight landed on Saturday night at Kochi airport after the pilot detected problem in its nose wheel, airline sources said.
The pilot of the Delhi-Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram flight, carrying 60 passengers from Delhi, informed airport authorities that there was some problem with the nose wheel and asked permission for emergency landing.
The flight landed safely at 8.30 pm, the sources said.
Passengers to Thiruvananthapuam would be taken by road, they said.
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On September 16th, Tiancheng Controls(TC) responded to investors’ questions at the company’s Semi-annual Performance Meeting of 2021, saying that TC’s aviation seats are being arranged and installed in the exhibition hall of Aircraft Selection Center in COMAC(Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China). COMAC Selection Center was opened to the public officially, through which global customers of COMAC can visit, experience and order TC’s aviation seats.
It is understood that the COMAC Customer Selection Center in Pudong of Shanghai is the first civil aircraft selection center in Asia, whose main function is to provide customers with the whole aircraft configuration in the form of options through product display and experience, selection technical exchange and evaluation, so as to help customers select the aircraft configuration such as aviation seats and interior that are suitable for actual needs.
Acro Aviation seating Limited in England, a subsidiary of TC, is currently a world-renowned supplier of aviation seats, customers including Boeing and Airbus; it is also a line-assembly aviation seat supplier of Airbus and A-class Excellent Supplier of Airbus. At present, the company's products have obtained Airworthiness Certificates authorized by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company has two major series of economy class product structures (S3 series, S6 series) in the Airbus Line-assembly Supplier Catalog, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with many companies such as Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, U.S. Frontier Air, U.S. Allegiant Air, U.S. Spirit Air, and China Spring Airlines.
As a listed company focusing on the R&D, design and production of various types of vehicle seats, aviation seats, construction machinery seats and child safety seats, Zhejiang Tiancheng Controls Co., Ltd.'s main business scope covers aviation seats, passenger car seats, commercial car seats, construction machinery seats and child safety seats. Since the acquisition of Acro Aviation Seating Limited in England in 2018 and its official entry into the field of aviation seats, TC's aviation seat business has achieved rapid growth. In 2019, TC's aviation seats achieved revenue of RMB 453,000,000, accounting for 31.34% of the total operating revenue during the same period. In 2020, the business revenue of aviation seats declined due to the impact of the pandemic. But in the first half of this year, it has begun to recover, with sales revenue and order quantity increasing significantly. In the first half of 2021, aviation business revenue increased by 11.14% year-on-year.
According to TC, the company has a strong feeling that orders from American Airlines are growing, and it is expected that the aviation seat business will continue to maintain a good growth trend in the second half of this year. (Tao Jun)
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Hospital Uses FAA-Approved Drones for the First Time
The Matternet M2 drone is the first FAA-approved drone for medical supply delivery. It will deliver blood samples from a medical park to WakeMed Hospital’s main campus. Photo:Matternet Inc.
WakeMed’s flagship hospital and campus in Raleigh, N.C., has become the first U.S. facility to use drones regularly to deliver medical samples, thanks to a partnership between UPS and Matternet Inc., a startup that develops drones to transport medicine and humanitarian aid.
It marks the first time the Federal Aviation Authority has allowed a drone to make routine revenue deliveries under a contractual delivery agreement. The FAA buy-in came one-and-a-half years after Matternet began teaming with Swiss Post to deliver medical materials in Switzerland.
Matternet will use its M2 drone to deliver blood samples between a medical park to the main hospital for lab testing at least five to six times per day, five days per week.
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The M2 drone can carry a 5-lb payload up to 30 minutes and 12.5 miles on a single charge in no-wind conditions. Four electric brushless motors power the drone, delivering a top speed of 31 mph. It has a cruising flight speed of 18.6 mph and a maximum flight height of 1.3 miles.
The drone connects to the Matternet Cloud Gateway. It serves as a communications gateway to monitor drone flights and protect delivery contents, routes, and other sensitive information. It also enables a remote mission control center that tracks drones 24/7 and intervenes in emergencies.
The company also installed several Matternet Stations around the WakeMed campus for the drones to dock, recharge, and pick up or drop off packages automatically.
Deploying drones in densely inhabited major cities proved a different type of challenge because of airspace regulations. Matternet received regulatory approval through an FAA drone initiative—the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP)—which is introducing a new level of regulated airspace for drone flight.
Before receiving FAA approval, the firm partnered with the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation and Swiss Post in 2017, the state-owned public company that manages the postal system.
The agencies worked together to ensure the drones did not interfere with nearby airport traffic or hospital helicopter landing pads. They certified Matternet to deliver lab samples between two hospitals in Lugano, slashing delivery times to 5 minutes, from 35 minutes. Swiss Post extended the service to Berne and Zurich in 2018.
These flights led Swiss Post (and Boeing) to invest in Matternet. They also gave Matternet the data it needed to partner with FAA, Paolo Resmini, the company’s head of platform and flight safety, said.
“Switzerland was a country that declared very early on that they wanted to be a leader in drone innovation,” he said. “We were able to take that opportunity and work with the [Swiss] regulators to develop a safety concept, functional processes, and establish an organization that could implement those processes.
“We then could take that framework to the United States and show U.S. regulators we know what we are doing in the drone space,” Resmini said.
Matternet traces its founding to 2011 when CEO Andreas Raptopoulos was attending Singularity University. The school encourages students to think big and use today’s “exponential technologies” to tackle global challenges.
Raptopoulos was inspired and believed that drones could provide medical relief in developing countries where medical facilities are sparse, transportation infrastructure often poor, and the clock is always ticking. He developed Matternet’s M1 drone as an automated supply delivery system.
The initial test flight took place three years later, in Papua New Guinea. Working with Doctors without Borders, Matternet launched a fleet of six prototype drones. Since then, Matternet drones have delivered medical materials in Haiti, Bhutan, the Dominican Republic, and Malawi.
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Resmini says that Matternet’s main focus is on the medical space, where it has found the most success and provides the greatest benefit for society.
“Right now we are hyper-focused on the medical space use case,” Resmini said. “If you zoom out, we are building a system that can move physical goods of any size anywhere.”
There is plenty of room for Matternet and other drone companies to grow. By 2025, worldwide revenue for commercial drone applications will approach $12 billion, according to Statista.com. This should drive demand for aviation engineers and drone companies.
“Scaling up our drones to handle a larger payload is easy,” Resmini said. “The more complex problems to solve are how does one coordinate flight safety, work with federal regulators, and ensure the drones are flying safely in the air.”
Carlos M. Gonzalez is special projects manager
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|Malcom Buckley, 4, plays underneath a full-scale mockup of the Dream Chaser
spaceship during a June unveiling in Colorado. SpaceDev's Jim Benson says he is
forming a new company to turn the Dream Chaser into a reality.
Once upon a time, back in the 1980s, NASA had a concept for a "lifting body" spaceship known as the HL-20, which could have been used as a smaller-scale backup for the space shuttle.
NASA ended up going in a different direction. But last year, Jim Benson - the founder of a California-based company called SpaceDev - updated the idea and called it the "Dream Chaser." This year, the Dream Chaser was a finalist in NASA's $500 million program to encourage new commercial spaceships capable of reaching the space station.
Unfortunately for SpaceDev, NASA went in a different direction again last month, awarding the money to SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler to demonstrate their own yet-to-be-developed spaceships. Nevertheless, Benson intends to keep chasing his dream, and now he's founded a new venture called Benson Space Co. for that purpose.
Benson's new venture was first reported online by The Wall Street Journal.
Even before SpaceDev failed to make the final cut for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, Benson had been talking privately about branching out to focus more squarely on using the Dream Chaser as a space tourism vehicle. SpaceDev was turning a profit - producing satellites for NASA as well as other private and government clients, and developing the hybrid rocket engine technology that was used in SpaceShipOne, the first private-sector spaceship.
That success buoyed Benson, but he was looking for new challenges - and today's Journal article signals that he has settled on the challenge he wants to take. "This is the most exciting thing I've ever done," Benson told the Journal.
He says he has quickly raised the first $1 million for what he expects will eventually be a $50 million development effort - resulting in a craft that could take up to six fliers on a suborbital space ride for somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000 each. The Dream Chaser could become a reality as early as 2009, Benson told the Journal. (You can sign up for a reservation even now via Benson Space's Web site, with a $25,000 deposit.)
If Benson's new plan follows the outlines of his previous plan, those suborbital trips would be powered by a SpaceShipOne-style hybrid rocket. The revenue could fuel more ambitious plans and bigger rockets, eventually leading to orbital flights.
But there are lots of questions still to be answered: How well will Benson's new venture mesh with his old venture at SpaceDev? Will he raise enough money to keep up with billionaire competitors such as Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos? When you add in Rocketplane Kistler, XCOR Aerospace, PlanetSpace, Armadillo Aerospace and all the other players in the still-developing suborbital space tourism industry, it's starting to look like a crowded playing field. Is there room for one more?
On the other hand, Benson is one of the few entrepreneurs out there who's actually turned a profit in the commercial space race. For that reason alone, he shouldn't be written off as just another dream chaser.
Update for 1:45 a.m. PT Sept. 28: Benson e-mailed me to say that "Benson Space will become an important customer of SpaceDev, paying SpaceDev for the development of the Dream Chaser spaceships and for the rocket motors to power them on each flight. ... The $1 million was Phase 1 money, successfully completed, and I am currently raising Phase 2 money - up to $50 million."
He also sent along this news release:
"Poway, CA (September 27, 2006) – Having earned a reputation as a successful technology innovator and entrepreneur for more than two decades, Jim Benson today announced that he has stepped down as chairman and chief technology officer of the company he founded nearly a decade ago, SpaceDev (OTCBB: SPDV), in order to launch an ambitious new venture focused on commercial space tourism, Benson Space Company (BSC).
"'I am dedicated to opening space for all of humanity and, with SpaceDev well-managed and growing, I plan to spend the next several years creating the possibility that anyone who wants to go to space will be able to, safely and affordably,' said Benson. SpaceDev owns many of the patents and intellectual property rights associated with hybrid rocket motors used for safe human spaceflight. Under Benson's guidance, SpaceDev developed hybrid rocket motor technology and furnished all of the rocket motors for Paul Allen's SpaceShipOne, the craft that earned the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004.
"Benson Space Co. (www.bensonspace.com) has completed its first round of financing and submitted a request for proposal to SpaceDev for the design and development of its SpaceDev Dream Chaserœ spaceships. BSC expects to be one of SpaceDev's largest customers, purchasing multiple spaceships and safe hybrid rocket motors for use in personal spaceflight.
"'My biggest challenges over the next few months will be evaluating SpaceDev's response to our proposal request, negotiating the contract for the development of our first spaceships, and completing second-round financing for this new venture,' explains Benson. With the expectation that personal spaceflight will grow into a multibillion-dollar industry, Benson intends for BSC to be first-to-market with a spaceship designed for suborbital, and eventually orbital, flights. He predicts it will also be used to transport people and cargo to the International Space Station and to a variety of emerging private sector orbital destinations.
"'I am very proud of what has been accomplished at SpaceDev,' said Benson. 'The SpaceDev team has grown to over 200 employees in three states. SpaceDev designed and built a satellite for NASA, its rocket motor technology propelled civilians to suborbital space, and SpaceDev has provided mechanisms to over 200 space missions. The company continues to secure exciting new contracts for the design and development of high-performance, lower-cost, advanced space technologies. I have total faith in the management team and engineers at SpaceDev and am looking forward to working with SpaceDev's CEO, Mark Sirangelo, to bring the SpaceDev Dream Chaser to market. The "Second Space Age" is here, and a new race to space is on!'
"Benson will remain a member of SpaceDev's board of directors. He and his family continue to own the largest amount of SpaceDev stock, approximately one-third of the issued and outstanding shares.
"Benson invented modern text indexing and searching in 1984, founded and ran Compusearch for eleven years, and sold the company in 1995. Benson founded SpaceDev in 1997. He is a founding director of the Personal Spaceflight Federation, a trade association representing the emerging new personal spaceflight industry. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Missouri in 1971 and was honored as Alumnus of the Year in 2005.
"Benson Space Company is incorporated in the state of Nevada."
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Boeing will showcase its portfolio of commercial, defence and services products at the 2021 Dubai Airshow this month, including the international debut of its newest fuel-efficient widebody jet, the Boeing 777X.
During the event, a Boeing 777-9 flight-test aeroplane will fly in the airshow’s flying program and appear in the static display. Building on the best of the 777 and 787 families, the 777-9 will be the world’s largest and most efficient twin-engine jet, delivering 10% better fuel use, emissions and operating costs than its competition, Boeing claims.
The company’s static display will also feature the 2021 Boeing ecoDemonstrator, an Alaska Airlines 737-9 that is flight testing around 20 technologies to reduce fuel use, emissions and noise and further improve safety.
In addition, Etihad Airways will display a 787-10 Dreamliner that showcases the airline’s collaboration with Boeing to advance sustainable aviation.
Etihad’s programme researches and tests innovative technologies, products and practices on its fleet of 787s and within its operations to reduce carbon emissions further.
Also on display, flydubai – the region’s largest 737 operator – will feature a 737 MAX 9 that reduces fuel use and CO2 by 14% compared to its predecessors.
Kuljit Ghata-Aura, president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa said,
Boeing is excited to participate fully in the Dubai Airshow, the first global airshow in almost two years, and to be able to engage directly with customers, partners, suppliers and other stakeholders from the region and beyond. The show is a perfect opportunity to come together and remind the world of the importance of our industry and discuss technology and innovations that are critical to advance a more sustainable aerospace industry over the long term.
Visitors to Boeing Exhibit #1200 can experience a 360-degree theatre and learn more about the company’s capabilities through the lifecycle of several products.
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NSR’s newest report forecasts 33,000+ satellites manufactured and launched in the next 10 years, primarily driven by non-GEO constellations Cambridge, MA – June 21st, 2022– NSR’s Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, 12th Edition sees global satellite manufacturing and launch market positioned to generate $633B through the next decade. Primarily driven by non-GEO constellations, 33,000+ satellites.
Satellite Evolution Group: NSR report – NSR report: 24,700 satellites to be ordered and launched by 2030
NSR’s latest report, Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, 11th Edition, sees post-pandemic rebound driven by constellations, innovative technologies, and new services offerings. Over the next ten years, satellite manufacturing and launch order volumes reach nearly 24,700. Upcoming deadlines for international regulatory filings, strong investments from public and private investors, and the associated capacity influx.
[NSR] comments on SpaceX’s planned launch of a record breaking 143 satellites. “A growing number of launch opportunities provides more flexible and timely schedules to replace aging satellites or launch new ones, said [NSR]. SpaceX rideshare missions “certainly provide more options for small-sat satellite operators to launch and rideshares on heavy launchers are gaining traction.
The SpaceX ride-share program is filling a need for more launch availability. “Starlink ride-share launches seem to be a strategic move to get more revenue streams coming in, since SpaceX isn’t making money from Starlink yet,”.
It is therefore no surprise that its commercial space industry is responding to the New Space renaissance with a diverse array of launch initiatives to ease access to orbit.
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The floatplane took-off from a coastal lake in strong gusting winds associated with passing squalls. As the aircraft approached the coast, and flew over the beach at low altitude, it descended until the left float struck the top of a wave. The aircraft nosed over into the ocean and began to sink. The pilot and passenger managed to evacuate the semi submerged aircraft without injury. The pilot subsequently reported that, after taking off toward the south into the strong wind, he had to turn left at low altitude to avoid a small hill adjacent to the shore. The aircraft had then probably encountered windshear on the downwind side of the hill, which resulted in the unintended loss of altitude and subsequent contact with the water.
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The Quadrone SPORT HD combines the most aggressive design with the best performance. The NH90089 version is the version with HD camera for those who want to make amazing photos and videos with an HD resolution 1280×720 and 30fps.
With a unique body design, the Quadrone SPORT becomes a great choice for pilots who want to start flying drones and seek for a durable and easy to fly drone.
The precision of the 6-axis electronic stabilizer is only comparable to that of a professional drone. Forget about starting your flight on flat surface. Once its synchronized, you will be able to throw it like a frisbee and push the throttle to start flying.
The electronics of the Quadrone SPORT allow the best 3D stunts.You can do acrobatic figures: loops, flips and rolls in the four directions of flight.
To the 4 channels of the Quadrone SPORT, we must add the HEADLESS mode, which makes it easier for everyone to fly.
Besides, the Quadrone SPORT includes the “automatic return mode”. With this button, your Quadrone will undo your previous movements and flight back to where you started your flight.
The radio control transmitter is 2.4GHz digital technology that enables interference-free flight. Fly up to 80 drones simultaneously in the same space with no interference. The range (distance between transmitter and drone) is up to 80 m.
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Nearly 200 Malaysia Airlines cabin crew quit after disastersReprints
Many cabin crew members at Malaysian Airline System Bhd., branded as Malaysia Airlines, are quitting the airline following recent tragedies involving the airline's flights, the Daily Mail reports.
The disasters left 537 dead, including 27 crew members. The airline said 186 crew members left the company during the January to July period. Many of them said they were concerned about their safety. The resignations are affecting the airline's operations as it is experiencing crew shortages, which in turn is putting pressure on the existing staff.
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2 edition of Some receiving systems for digital telemetry from space vehicles found in the catalog.
Some receiving systems for digital telemetry from space vehicles
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Remote control - Remote control receivers receive digital commands that control a device, which may be as complex as a space vehicle or unmanned aerial vehicle, or as simple as a garage door opener. Remote control systems often also incorporate a telemetry channel to transmit data on the state of the controlled device back to the controller. The Space Ground Link Subsystem (SGLS) TT&C Transponder is a space-qualified, TOR-compliant, S-band transponder that provides compatibility with the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) SGLS telemetry and command formats in a single, highly reliable unit. 34 minutes ago Sand traps may not pose much of a threat to future Mars rovers. One such obstacle ended the long and accomplished mission of NASA's Spirit Mars rover, which got stuck in and ended up freezing.
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Telemetry—the automated measurement and transmission of data from remote sources to receiving stations—plays a vital role in collecting critical information from flight vehicles and space assets.
A telemetry system installed on a flight vehicle, for example, could transmit the vehicle's air speed and Global Positioning System location to a. TELEMETRY SYSTEMS RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) HANDBOOK - Kindle edition by U.S. Army. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading TELEMETRY SYSTEMS RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) Price: $ SPACE VEHICLE SA-6 TELEMETRY SYSTEM SUMMARY The complete telemetry systems, consisting of 10 telemetry links used for flight testing the SA-6 Satuyn vehicles S stage and S-IU-6 Instrument Unit, are analyzed for accuracy and adequacy.
Each of the 10 telemetry links is analyzed on an individual basis and given separate coverage. Classification of Telemetry Systems on the Basis of Signal Transmission Medium Telemetry systems were classified on the basis of the signal transmission medium or link used in Chapter-1 as under: (i) Wire-link or wire telemetry system (ii) Radio or wireless telemetry system, with two special types: 1.
Short-range radio telemetry system Size: KB. This cutting-edge, new resource clearly presents introductory and advanced concepts in telemetry systems, with an emphasis on digital communications.
The book helps you perform link analysis for the design of a communications link, create a FM/FM preemphasis schedule systematically to develop an algorithmic code to perform this function, and design PCM/FM telemetry systems to meet a specific 5/5(2).
• System Function – Tracking Telemetry & Command – Data Collection – Data Relay • Satellite Design – AFSCN (SGLS) - AF Satellite Control Network (Space Ground Link System) – NASA DSN - Deep Space Network – Intelsat/ ˜COMSAT – TDRS - Tracking and Data Relay Satellite • Launch Vehicle: Titan IV/Centaur upper stage + Z File Size: 1MB.
We completed assembly inwith the last Space Shuttle flight. Six humans from the partner nations live and work on Station for 6-month missions. The first year-long crew will launch in March, Challenge.
The International Space Station continuously provides data to ground systems in the form of telemetry. The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) initiated work several years ago to develop a knowledge-base and relevant standards for the protection of the Telecommand and Telemetry.
A spacecraft is any piloted or unpiloted vehicle designed for travel in space. The systems and instruments a spacecraft must carry depends upon the data it will gather and the functions it will carry out.
Their complexity varies greatly but all must endure the hostile environment of space. Digital telemetry systems with PCM-technology Fig. 1: Block diagram of a 1-channel PCM transmission For the wireless transmission of several information channels, several different RF transmission frequencies are necessary and as many selective RF receivers, which would increase the cost/benefit ratio Size: KB.
Real-time fleet tracking systems: Design and implementation. The architecture of a real-time fleet tracking systems would include the in-vehicle tracking device and data transceiver. The in-vehicle tracking device would connect to GPS satellites to ascertain a vehicle’s position, as well as other telemetry information about the vehicle.
Learn about the station from NASA, ESA, and Wikipedia and join us in development with your ideas and corrections via Trello and pull requests via GitHub, or discuss the telemetry. HEWLETT PACKARD DIGITAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM • HP M Telemetry Controller/Receiver Box • HP M Transmitters • Telemetry Monitoring System with Built-in Recorders • Central Station Monitor Options Monochrome HP or HP M Color Monitor M • Options 4-bed System 6-Bed System 8-bed system Typical Manufacturer’s Picture.
Problems involved in re-entry vehicle telemetry are quite different from those of orbiting or booster vehicles* Usually, telemetry from the vehicle is required over the entire trajectory from launch to impact.
Since the vehicle orienta tion with respect to the receiving station changes during flight,Cited by: 1. Advanced Telemetry System for Indian Satellite Launch Vehicles - Qualification & Evaluation Strategies P Kunhikrishnan & R Sethunadh Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO.P.O.
The data flows only in one direction but allows two target vehicles to transmit their data to one subject vehicle, which then can calculate separation data live. DGNSS Telemetry Radios. Moving Base. RLRTM24MBC/S radios are used to transmit and receive corrections from VBOX 3i RTK units within a Moving Base setup.
External digital-system health monitor + current sensor + temperature sensor Another option for adding telemetry to a system is the addion of external ICs, such as a digital-system health monitor with high-precision current sensors and tempera-ture sensors.
This option provides the flexibility to use any. Procedures and sequences for simulating the microsatellite telemetry transmission are stated as follows: (1) A real-time generation of forty channel engineering telemetry data at 5 second period to simulate the microsatellite system health report to the ground receiving station, which is transmitted by a PACSAT Broadcasting Protocol (4,7) (PBP); (2).
Digital telemetry systems with PCM-technology Fig. 1: Block diagram of a 1-channel PCM transmission For the wireless transmission of several information channels, several different RF transmission frequencies are necessary and as many selective RF receivers, which would increase the cost/benefit ratio disproportionately.
Telemetry types, frequency,position and multiplexing in telemetry 1. FREQUENCY TELEMETRY 2. POSITION TELEMETRY 3. MULTIPLEXING IN TELEMETRY TELEMETRY 2.
PREPARED BY 1. SAGHEER AHMED 2. HARIS KHAN DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS SEMISTER VI 3. Telemetry for Automotive Testing. Turnkey telemetry systems for non-contact measurement of torque, temperatures, forces and vibrations on rotating components of a vehicle.
Torque transmission from propeller shafts and drive shafts; Force, temperature and torque transmission from wheels and wheel hubs; Temperature transmission from brakes and tiers. A system developed in the mids for tracking fruit bats in a tropical rainforest had a potential spatial resolution of ± 3 m and Recent Telemetry Technology traditional survey methods to establish the locations of receiving stations and CMOS clocks had to be updated regularly to counter drift (Lemnell et al ), current systems can take Cited by: out of 5 stars Telemetry Systems Engineering Reviewed in the United States on October 8, I am a Telemetry technician involved in R&D of Missile defence systems for the US Government and this book presents a solid foundation of telemetry principals on which I may perform a Cited by: Tracking, Telemetry & Control Transponders 50+ Years Of Space Communications Success General Dynamics has over 50 years of experience designing and manufacturing high reliability space electronics for NASA and the Department of Defense.
– Strictly speaking telemetry is what gets sent to ground; may need better terminology to distinguish data produced by spacecraft vs telemetry received by ground – Computations transform telemetry into other quantities for use in MCC. So there are really 3 ‘classes’ of data item: onboard, telemetry, comps.
A large fraction of range support costs are related to developing, maintaining, and operating accurate and reliable tracking systems. EWR requires “at least two adequate and independent instrumentation data sources” for tracking launch vehicles “from T-0 throughout each phase of powered flight up to the end of range safety responsibility” (Paragraph ).
Digital Telemetry enables you to connect remotely to Industrial Control Systems. Data can be collected with little or no changes to existing PLC's, such as Rockwell Micrologix®. Systems can be remotely controlled and data collected using either Digital Telemetry software or your existing systems.
Tracking system products including antennas, GPS systems, receivers, and transmitters. Aero Telemetry Designs and manufactures full sized unmanned air vehicles as well as integrated telemetry systems and related subsystem components for military and commercial applications. Biotags Measurement and remote telemetry systems for science and industry.
GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MTP-ASTR i 7 SPACE VEHICLE SA-3, TELEMETRY SYSTEM BY W. Threlkeld, Jr., and E. Reeves, Jr. ' Performance Evaluation Office Telemetry Systems Branch Instrumentation and Communication Division Astrionics Laboratory.
Telemetry is used to send commands, programs and receive monitoring information from these remote locations. SCADA refers to the combination of telemetry and data acquisition. SCADA encompasses the collecting of the information, transferring it back to the central site, carrying out any necessary analysis and control and then displaying that.
Management System; AirLink Mobility Manager with AMM ALEOS Telemetry Client License What vehicle types are supported. Passenger Cars and Light Duty Trucks (OBD-II) Heavy Duty Vehicles with a J interface; These features will be available in the.
or digital, with varying degrees of sophistication in each. Digital systems generally offer a more secure, reliable means of transmitt ing data, and they transmit with a higher degree of accuracy than analog systems. The purpose of this paper is to describe a digital telemetry system designed for transmission of hydrologic : G.F.
Smoot, R.H. Billings. Following a Lockheed briefing on pulse-code-modulation (PCM) instrumentation systems, representatives of Goddard Space Flight Center and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) formed a small working group to discuss the feasibility of making the Gemini telemetry system a full PCM system.
PCM was a digital telemetry system which could provide more. Telemetry, highly automated communications process by which measurements are made and other data collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring, display, and recording.
Originally, the information was sent over wires, but modern telemetry more commonly uses radio transmission. Basically, the process is the same in either case. The vehicle suspension system, on the other hand, is specified in the center of mass frame.
Vehicle Telemetry raycasts using the boolean array would be to alter the array of vehicles passed to PxVehicleSuspensionRaycasts so that some vehicles scheduled for update in PxVehicleUpdates do not participate in the batched raycast prior to the.
Instrumentation Fabrication Branch - Telemetry Group. Telemetry is the science of gathering data such as speed, angle of attack, position, acceleration, temperature, motion, pressures, and shear loads on a research aircraft and transmitting this information to a distant receiver where it can be interpreted and also recorded for later analysis.
The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of U.S. spacecraft communication facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA's interplanetary spacecraft missions.
It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and the universe, and supports selected Earth-orbiting Organization: Interplanetary Network Directorate, (NASA. The following are illustrative examples of telemetry. For example, a refrigerator car may communicate temperature readings so that maintenance issues can be quickly addressed.
Spacecraft and space probes relay telemetry from equipment such as engines, navigation systems and sensors. Teletrac Navman DIRECTOR is an integrated, high-performance, automated vehicle location, total fleet management and communication system.
Real-time vehicle information, using active GPS and the Prism onboard data recorder, is delivered via a flexible, web-based manager portal.
Telemetry is the collection of measurements or other data at remote or inaccessible points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment for monitoring. The word is derived from the Greek roots tele, "remote", and metron, "measure".Systems that need external instructions and data to operate require the counterpart of telemetry, telecommand.
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS Q. 1. What do you know about 'telemetry'? Ans. Telemetry is a science of measuring at a distance. Q. 2. Give types of telemetry. Ans. 1. Analog and digital telemetry. 2. According to the signal.
3. According to the channel used. Q. 3. Enlist two major telemetry systems. Ans. 1. Hydraulic and pneumatic. 2.Biotelemetric devices are also used by nurses to monitor the patient’s acute or dangerous condition.
Telemetry Usage in Defense: Telemetry data systems enable defense, space, and resource exploration systems in the U.S., and is the enabling technology for large complex systems such as missiles, chemical plants, oil rigs, and spacecraft.Full text of "Telemetry Intelligence (TELINT) During the Cold War" See other formats Center for Cryptologic History Telemetry Intelligence (TELINT) During the Cold War r\ This publication presents a historical perspective for informational and educational purposes, is the result of independent research, and does not necessarily reflect a position of NSA/CSS or any other U.S.
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"Why Devin Hester is a Better Returner when He Doesn't touch the Ball: The Effectiveness of the Squib Kickoff in the NFL", 2012 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Bosont, MA, 2-3 March, 2012.
"Modeling Human Orientation Perception in Altered Gravity", NASA HRP Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX, 2015.
"Astronaut Spatial Orientation Perceptions During Simulated Lunar Landing", 8th Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration, Houston, TX, April 8-10, 2011.
"Effect of Hyper-Gravity on Human Perception of Vehicle Roll Tilt", 19th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Cologne, Germany, July 8-12, 2013.
"Human perception of Roll Tilt in Hyper-Gravity: Experiments and Modeling (abstract and poster)", XXVIIIth Barany Society Meeting, BuenosAires, Argentina , May 25-28, 2014.
"Analysis of Human Spatial Perception During Lunar Landing (abstract)", 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference AIAA, Technical Co-Sponsor, Big Sky, MT, March 6-13, 2010, 2009.
"Simulation of Astronaut Perception of Vehicle Orientation during Planetary Landing Trajectories", IEEE Aerosapce Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 3-10, 2012.
"Human perceptual overestimation of whole body roll tilt in hypergravity", Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 113, 12/2014, 2015.
"Human manual control performance in hyper-gravity", Experimental Brain Research, vol. 233, no. 2015, pp. 1409-1420, 2015.
"Analysis of Human Spatial Perception during Lunar Landing", IEEE AC Paper #1183, Big Sky, MT, IEEEAC, pp. 1-13, 2/2010.
"Human Perception of Roll Tilt in Hyper-Gravity (abstract & poster)", NASA Human research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX, 2/12/13, 2013.
"Human Manual Control of Vehicle Roll Tilt in Hyper-Gravity (abstract)", NASA Human Research Program Investigator's Workshop, Galveston, TX, Feb. 11-13, 2014.
"Human Orientation Perception of Roll Tilt in Hyper-Gravity", NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Houston, TX, 2012.
"Modeling human perception of orientation in altered gravity", Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, vol. 9, 05/2015.
"Perceptual Noise and Sensorimotor Adaptation", NASA HRP Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX, 2015.
"Human Spatial Orientation Perceptions During Simulated Lunar Landing", Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, vol. SM Thesis, Cambridge, MA, MIT, pp. 135, 2010.
"Effect of hyper-gravity on human perception of vehicle roll tilt (abstract)", NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX, 2/12/13, 2013.
"Predicting Sensorimotor Adaptation to Altered Gravity by Measuring Vestibular perceptual Thresholds (Presentation)", NSBRI Symposium: Designing for the Future: Remote Rehabilitation and Integration of New Technologies in Spaceflight, Houston, TX, May 6-7, 2014.
"Astronaut spatial orientation perceptions during simulated lunar landing", Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 21, no. Special Issue Eighth Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration, pp. 79, April 8-10, 2011.
"Human Spatial Orientation Perception During Simulated Lunar Landing Motions", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 51, issue 1, pp. 267-280, 02/2014.
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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The large jet engines are hoisted up by mechanical winches, moved into the large cement-lined test cells and cranked up to full power to make sure they can safely handle the rigors of flight.
Outside the sealed cells — literal wind tunnels for the fully-functioning engines — the noise of the accelerating turbofans can be clearly heard as the technicians sitting at a type of virtual cockpit run the aerospace technology through a litany of tests.
At the Pratt & Whitney Canada engine service center in Bridgeport, jet and propeller-driven engines from planes the world over are torn apart, inspected, repaired, reassembled and tested before being returned to whatever private owner or corporate customer they came from.
It’s a process repeated around 40 times a month, as the multi-million Pratt & Whitney engines are overhauled and readied for service on the aircraft they were pulled from.
With the repairs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for each engine, the facility’s customers list includes investment bankers, multinational corporations with company jets, the heirs to Hilton Hotels and even the Nigerian presidential air fleet.
The well-choreographed routine that Pratt & Whitney’s employees have perfected is just one example of the small but growing aerospace industry that calls West Virginia home. There are about 10 aerospace companies in Bridgeport, most surrounding the North Central West Virginia Airport, and those companies have become big players in the local economy.
At a time when other parts of the state are trying to find ways to diversify their economies away from extractive industries, Bridgeport is benefiting from continued growth in an aerospace industry that local and state leaders, including former senator Robert C. Byrd, have fostered over the past several decades.
Read more: Aerospace industry flying high in Bridgeport
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RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire.
In terms of organisation RAF Wyton is now part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow. Wyton is the largest of the three. It is home to Equipment Support (Air) and Corporate Technical Services. The only flying activity is the University Air Squadrons of London and Cambridge, and No 5 Air Experience Flight.
Wyton has been a military airfield since 1916, when it was used for training by the Royal Flying Corps. In 1935 it was upgraded to contemporary standards. During World War II it was used primarily as a bomber base, flying Bristol Blenheim, de Havilland Mosquito and Avro Lancaster aircraft. In 1942 it became the home of the Pathfinder Force under the command of Group Captain Don Bennett.
After the war Wyton became home to the Strategic Reconnaissance Force, adding English Electric Canberra to the aircraft flown. Vickers Valiants, modified for reconnaissance, moved there in 1955 and a Handley Page Victor in 1959. Provision was made to store nuclear weapons if necessary.
The Victor belonged to a separate Radar Reconnaissance flight (of one aircraft) to supplement the work of the Valiants of 543 Sqn. The Canberras of 58 Sqn were a mix of PR7 and PR 9s.
RAF Wyton hosts the annual Pathfinder March, a 46 mile walk which starts and finishes at RAF Wyton.
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Possible evidence of life on Mars
Do Mars Rover Photos Show Potential Signs of Ancient Life?, Johnny Bontemps, Astrobiology Magazine, January 07, 2015
A careful study of images taken by the NASA rover Curiosity has revealed intriguing similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth. The findings suggest, but do not prove, that life may have existed earlier on the Red Planet.
The photos were taken as the Mars rover Curiosity drove through the Gillespie Lake outcrop in Yellowknife Bay, a dry lakebed that underwent seasonal flooding billions of years ago. Mars and Earth shared a similar early history. The Red Planet was a much warmer and wetter world back then.
On Earth, carpet-like colonies of microbes trap and rearrange sediments in shallow bodies of water such as lakes and coastal areas, forming distinctive features that fossilize over time. These structures, known as microbially-induced sedimentary structures (or MISS), are found in shallow water settings all over the world and in ancient rocks spanning Earth’s history.
Nora Noffke, a geobiologist at Old Dominion University in Virginia, has spent the past 20 years studying these microbial structures. Last year, she reported the discovery of MISS that are 3.48 billion years old in the Western Australia’s Dresser Formation, making them potentially the oldest signs of life on Earth.
In a paper published online last month in the journal Astrobiology (the print version comes out this week), Noffke details the striking morphological similarities between Martian sedimentary structures in the Gillespie Lake outcrop (which is at most 3.7 billion years old) and microbial structures on Earth.
Mistaken discovery of flowing water on Mars: Science in action
Part I: NASA satellite shows photographic evidence of what appears to be (very salty) liquid water flowing on the surface of Mars today.
Image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
However, these RSL (recurring slope lineae) may be the result of granular flows like sand and dust. “The study is based on observations made with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The RSL have been perplexing scientists since their discovery. Thousands recur during the warmest season on Mars each year, growing longer and darker until they fade in winter. They’re found on steep, rocky slopes on the darkest areas of Mars: the equator, the northern plains, the southern mid-latitudes. Researchers studied 151 RSL at 10 sites and found all ended at similar points, no matter the length of the slope. If liquid had been involved, there would be longer streaks of liquid on longer slopes. But a closer study of the streaks revealed that they behave just like dry grains of sand on active dunes, all settling at the same “angle of repose.” “We’ve shown that RSL are likely granular flows, which changes our assessment of what they mean for flowing liquid water on Mars and points to formation processes with little or no liquid,”
Flows of ‘water’ on Mars may actually be sand, new study reveals, Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11/21/17
An orbiter glitch may mean some signs of liquid water on Mars aren’t real
A new analysis of images once thought to show hints of saltwater suggests they actually don’t. By Lisa Grossman, Science News, 11/21/2018
… Leask and her colleagues found the problem while searching for hydrated salts called perchlorates in maps of Mars taken by the orbiter’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM. Perchlorates can lower the freezing point of water by up to 80 degrees Celsius, which could be enough to melt ice in the frigid Martian climate.
Both the Phoenix Mars lander (SN: 4/11/09, p. 12) and the Curiosity rover have detected tiny amounts of perchlorates in Martian soil (SN Online: 9/26/13). “Finding perchlorate was a big deal, because it’s a way to really make liquid water on Mars,” says planetary scientist Bethany Ehlmann of Caltech.
To see if the salts showed up in other locations on Mars, scientists turned to CRISM’s chemical maps, which show how light reflects off of the Martian surface in hundreds of wavelengths. The resulting spectra allow scientists to identify specific minerals on the surface based on the ways those minerals absorb or alter the light.
In 2015, planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha, now of Johns Hopkins University, and colleagues made headlines when the team reported spotting perchlorates in ephemeral dark streaks on Martian slopes using CRISM data. The results were widely interpreted as a sign that salty liquid water flows on Mars today (SN: 10/31/15, p. 17).
CRISM’s camera doesn’t work perfectly, though. It can be thrown off by boundaries between light and dark, like a shadowed region at the edge of a cliff. Some pixels in the orbiter’s camera take a fraction of a millisecond to realize the surface color changed, so they record an extra spot of light or dark where it shouldn’t be. Planetary scientists have software to correct for these “spikes” in the spectra and make the data more reliable and easier to read.
But the correction sometimes introduces dips in the spectra at the same wavelengths as perchlorates, Leask and Ehlmann and their colleagues found. “We cleverly created a way to get rid of the spiky noise,” Ehlmann says. “But for 0.05 percent of the pixels, it smooths out in a way that looks like perchlorate.”
The researchers found the glitch while looking for small signs of the salts in CRISM images. Assuming that the orbiter would have already spotted large deposits of perchlorates if they existed, the team wrote an algorithm to find smaller traces that covered fewer than 10 pixels in a CRISM image. And the scientists started seeing perchlorates everywhere, including Jezero crater, which NASA announced was selected as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover on November 19 (SN Online: 11/19/18).
“We were like, oh my gosh!” Ehlmann says. If Mars 2020 lands near a potentially habitable environment, the rover team would have to sterilize the spacecraft more stringently, to avoid accidentally poisoning the water with Earth microbes (SN: 1/20/18, p. 22). “You don’t want to send your dirty spacecraft and kill all the Mars life.”
But on closer inspection, Leask and her colleagues noticed that perchlorates seemed to be showing up in places where it made no geologic sense for the salts to form — and especially along the boundaries between light and dark surfaces. That made the team suspect that the spike-smoothing strategy might be introducing an error.
For months, Leask painstakingly examined every perchlorate pixel in the raw data, before the spike-removing correction had been applied. “We knew instantly that some of [the signs] were not real,” she says. It turned out that none of them were.
“I think [Leask] is definitely onto something here,” says planetary scientist Jennifer Hanley of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., who was a coauthor on the 2015 study but was not involved in the new work. Looking at the processed data and the raw data together, the perchlorate feature “does seem to kind of disappear, which is concerning.”
That doesn’t necessarily mean the perchlorates aren’t there, though, she says — they may just be harder to recognize. Hanley and her colleagues are working on a more reliable way to identify similar salts on Mars based on several lines of evidence, not just a single line in the spectrum.
“We definitely know that these salts are on the surface of Mars,” Hanley says. “They could still be important for habitability. But we have to be more cautious about detecting them.”
Also see: Geophysical Research Letters, Challenges in the Search for Perchlorate and Other Hydrated Minerals With 2.1‐μm Absorptions on Mars
E. K. Leask B. L. Ehlmann M. M. Dundar S. L. Murchie F. P. Seelos
09 November 2018
Did the Viking probes detect life on Mars?
The two Viking Mars landers each carried four types of biological experiments to the surface of Mars in the late 1970s. These were the first Mars landers to carry out experiments to look for biosignatures of microbial life on Mars. …The Labeled Release (LR) experiment is the one that gave the most promise for the exobiologists…. Initially, according to a 1976 paper by Levin and Patricia Ann Straat the results were inconclusive [no life discovered]
…In a 2002 paper published by Joseph Miller, he speculates that recorded delays in the system’s chemical reactions point to biological activity similar to the circadian rhythm previously observed in terrestrial cyanobacteria.
In April 2012, an international team including Levin and Straat published a peer reviewed paper suggesting the detection of “extant microbial life on Mars”, based on mathematical speculation through cluster analysis of the Labeled Release experiments of the 1976 Viking Mission.
Life on Mars Found by NASA’s Viking Mission? New analysis suggests robots discovered microbes in 1976. Ker Than, National Geographic News
After running Viking’s LR data through a mathematical test designed to separate biological signals from non-biological signals, Miller’s team believes that the LR experiments did indeed find signs of microbial life in Martian soil.
[…They] used a technique called cluster analysis, which groups together similar-looking data sets. “We just plugged all the [Viking experimental and control] data in and said, Let the cluster analysis sort it,” Miller said. “What happened was, we found two clusters: One cluster constituted the two active experiments on Viking and the other cluster was the five control experiments.”…
The team concedes, however, that this finding by itself isn’t enough to prove that there’s life on Mars. “It just says there’s a big difference between the active experiments and the controls, and that Viking’s active experiments sorted with terrestrial biology and the controls sorted with non-biological phenomena,” Miller said.
Still, the new findings are consistent with a previous study published by Miller, in which his team found signs of a Martian circadian rhythm in the Viking LR experiment results. Circadian rhythms are internal clocks found in every known life-form—including microbes—that help control biological processes… On Earth this clock is set to a 24-hour cycle, but on Mars it would be about 24.7 hours—the length of a Martian day.
In his previous work, Miller noticed that the LR experiment’s radiation measurements varied with the time of day on Mars. “If you look closely, you could see that the [radioactive-gas measurement] was going up during the day and coming down at night. … The oscillations had a period of 24.66 hours just about on the nose,” Miller said. “That is basically a circadian rhythm, and we think circadian rhythms are a good signal for life.
Gilbert V. Levin, 10/10/2019, Scientific American
… I was fortunate to have participated in that historic adventure as experimenter of the Labeled Release (LR) life detection experiment on NASA’s spectacular Viking mission to Mars in 1976.
On July 30, 1976, the LR returned its initial results from Mars. Amazingly, they were positive. As the experiment progressed, a total of four positive results, supported by five varied controls, streamed down from the twin Viking spacecraft landed some 4,000 miles apart.
The data curves signaled the detection of microbial respiration on the Red Planet. The curves from Mars were similar to those produced by LR tests of soils on Earth. It seemed we had answered that ultimate question.
When the Viking Molecular Analysis Experiment failed to detect organic matter, the essence of life, however, NASA concluded that the LR had found a substance mimicking life, but not life.
Inexplicably, over the 43 years since Viking, none of NASA’s subsequent Mars landers has carried a life detection instrument to follow up on these exciting results. Instead the agency launched a series of missions to Mars to determine whether there was ever a habitat suitable for life and, if so, eventually to bring samples to Earth for biological examination.
… Life on Mars seemed a long shot. On the other hand, it would take a near miracle for Mars to be sterile. NASA scientist Chris McKay once said that Mars and Earth have been “swapping spit” for billions of years, meaning that, when either planet is hit by comets or large meteorites, some ejecta shoot into space. A tiny fraction of this material eventually lands on the other planet, perhaps infecting it with microbiological hitch-hikers.
That some Earth microbial species could survive the Martian environment has been demonstrated in many laboratories. There are even reports of the survival of microorganisms exposed to naked space outside the International Space Station (ISS)….
… The Viking LR sought to detect and monitor ongoing metabolism, a very simple and fail-proof indicator of living microorganisms. Several thousand runs were made, both before and after Viking, with terrestrial soils and microbial cultures, both in the laboratory and in extreme natural environments. No false positive or false negative result was ever obtained. This strongly supports the reliability of the LR Mars data, even though their interpretation is debated….
In her recent book To Mars with Love, my LR co-experimenter Patricia Ann Straat provides much of the scientific detail of the Viking LR at lay level. Scientific papers published about the LR are available on my Web site.
In addition to the direct evidence for life on Mars obtained by the Viking LR, evidence supportive of, or consistent with, extant microbial life on Mars has been obtained by Viking, subsequent missions to Mars, and discoveries on Earth:
- Surface water sufficient to sustain microorganisms was found on Mars by Viking, Pathfinder, Phoenix and Curiosity;
- Ultraviolet (UV) activation of the Martian surface material did not, as initially proposed, cause the LR reaction: a sample taken from under a UV-shielding rock was as LR-active as surface samples;
- Complex organics, have been reported on Mars by Curiosity’s scientists, possibly including kerogen, which could be of biological origin;
- Phoenix and Curiosity found evidence that the ancient Martian environment may have been habitable.
- The excess of carbon-13 over carbon-12 in the Martian atmosphere is indicative of biological activity, which prefers ingesting the latter;
- The Martian atmosphere is in disequilibrium: its CO2 should long ago have been converted to CO by the sun’s UV light; thus the CO2 is being regenerated, possibly by microorganisms as on Earth;
- Terrestrial microorganisms have survived in outer space outside the ISS;
- Ejecta containing viable microbes have likely been arriving on Mars from Earth;
- Methane has been measured in the Martian atmosphere; microbial methanogens could be the source;
- The rapid disappearance of methane from the Martian atmosphere requires a sink, possibly supplied by methanotrophs that could co-exist with methanogens on the Martian surface;
- Ghost-like moving lights, resembling will-O’-the-wisps on Earth that are formed by spontaneous ignition of methane, have been video-recorded on the Martian surface;
- Formaldehyde and ammonia, each possibly indicative of biology, are claimed to be in the Martian atmosphere;
- An independent complexity analysis of the positive LR signal identified it as biological;
- Six-channel spectral analyses by Viking’s imaging system found terrestrial lichen and green patches on Mars rocks to have the identical color, saturation, hue and intensity;
- A wormlike feature was in an image taken by Curiosity;
- Large structures resembling terrestrial stromatolites (formed by microorganisms) were found by Curiosity; a statistical analysis of their complex features showed less than a 0.04 percent probability that the similarity was caused by chance alone;
- No factor inimical to life has been found on Mars.
In summary, we have: positive results from a widely-used microbiological test; supportive responses from strong and varied controls; duplication of the LR results at each of the two Viking sites; replication of the experiment at the two sites; and the failure over 43 years of any experiment or theory to provide a definitive nonbiological explanation of the Viking LR results.
What is the evidence against the possibility of life on Mars? The astonishing fact is that there is none. Furthermore, laboratory studies have shown that some terrestrial microorganisms could survive and grow on Mars.
NASA has already announced that its 2020 Mars lander will not contain a life-detection test. In keeping with well-established scientific protocol, I believe an effort should be made to put life detection experiments on the next Mars mission possible. I and my co-experimenter have formally and informally proposed that the LR experiment, amended with an ability to detect chiral metabolism, be sent to Mars to confirm the existence of life: non-biological chemical reactions do not distinguish between “left-handed” and “right-handed” organic molecules, but all living things do.
… Moreover, the Chiral LR (CLR) could confirm and extend the Viking LR findings. It could determine whether any life detected were similar to ours, or whether there was a separate genesis. This would be a fundamental scientific discovery in its own right. A small, lightweight CLR has already been designed and its principle verified by tests. It could readily be turned into a flight instrument.
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I had flown with over a dozen flight instructors before I became one myself. One or two were good, some were O.K., the rest were adequate. A flight instructor who is adequate is one who keeps you from wrecking the airplane as you teach yourself to fly. I was determined to be best flight instructor I could be: thorough, competent, caring, and realistic. Take emergency landings for example. Most of my flight instructors wait until you were over some huge hay fields and say, "O.K., I'm going to reduce the power and we will pretend that we have an engine failure. Where are we going to land?"
When I became a flight instructor, I strove for realism. One of my favorite tricks was to turn off the fuel when the student was looking out the left window, then, when the engine quit, say something like, "It's your airplane, put it somewhere!" Or even better, wait until we were over a lake or city, then dramatically reach up and turn off the key, take it out and drop it into my shirt pocket. "Emergency landing time," I would explain calmly. Of course the old propeller would keep turning and I would put the key back and restart the engine as soon as the student had picked a spot and set up for it.
One of my former students told me that when he had an actual engine failure, it had been easier to handle than my "realistic" training exercises.
Early one fine Saturday morning, I was scheduled with a pilot who was preparing for the flight instructor check ride. We were planning to fly a Tripacer but apparently the last person to fly the airplane had kept the key. We looked for the spare key. There was a rack of keys in the office which contained keys for every airplane that had been on the field for the past twenty years, but there was no key for the Tripacer. We groused around for awhile, then tried to call the person who had kept the key. It was no use. We were at the point of giving up when the mechanic came to our rescue.
The mechanic was one of those old-timers who never threw away anything. He had been a blacksmith in his youth. With the invention of the automobile, he had become an auto mechanic. Then, after airplanes were invented, he had learned to fix them. This guy was really old.
He came out with a cigar box filled with keys. "Been saving them for years," he told us, around the pipe clinched in his teeth, "never know when you might need a key." And he was right, of course, you never know when some one might take the key from the very airplane you are scheduled to fly. We took the box and headed for the Tripacer.
About the fiftieth key worked. Well, sort of worked. The key turned the switch on only after a complicated maneuver which involved tilting it at just the right angle, then jiggling, pushing and lifting it at the same time. When we finally got the switch to the "both" position, I said, "leave it right there, don't do a mag check or anything. We're ready to fly."
I returned the box of keys to the mechanic while the student did a preflight inspection of the plane, being cautious of the propeller, of course. We flew to the practice area, me giving sage advice from my hundred hours or so of teaching. I talked him through the stall series, chandelles and lazy eights. It was such fun. Then I decided to show him how real men demonstrate emergency landings.
I tried later to come up with a good reason why I had turned the switch off and removed the key. But I couldn't. The student stared at me in disbelief. He later said it was the stupidest thing he had ever seen anyone do.
I got the switch back on and the engine restarted, but not until we were on short final for someone's tobacco patch. We flew back to the airport in silence. All I could do was to admit that it was a stupid thing to do and promise never to do it again.
The student became a flight instructor, then a charter pilot, last I heard. He's probably told hundreds of students about the idiot who turned off the key after it had taken five minutes to turn it on. He may have kept many of those students from doing a dumb trick like that. So .... maybe it was a great lesson after all.
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BBC reports Two people have been arrested after RAF Typhoon jets were launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft within UK airspace. A Pakistan International Airlines plane had been diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport. Two men are being held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft, Essex Police said. Police said…
Category Archives for PK709.
BBC now reporting that UK fighter planes have intercepted the PK709 flight from Lahore to Manchester and diverted it to Stansted Airport, just outside London. BBC news report here. Flightaware shows that it got pretty close to Manchester:
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Perfect For Both Leisure & Business
The Gulfstream G550 builds on the incredible foundation of the G500 aircraft. Although slightly slower than the G500, the G550’s strength lies within its award-winning cabin design and extended performance range.
Featuring up to 4 living zones to comfortably seat 14 passengers, the G550 also features a silent cabin and a state-of-the-art fresh air processing system. Taking your comfort to the next level with the G550 is as simple as lying down for a night’s rest. Up to 8 passengers can sleep soundly with plenty of space and an ultraquiet environment.
Lastly, enjoy beautiful panoramic views and bath in natural light thanks to Gulfstream signature oval windows. This is a top of the range aircraft that must be experienced to be believed.
1061kmh / 573kts
12,501km / 6750nm
1.88m / 6.17ft
2.24m / 7.35ft
12 to 16
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Ariane 5 with Envisat on the launch pad
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The Ariane-5 launcher containing Envisat on the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport French Guiana on the 28th February 2002.
On the fairing of the Ariane 5 launcher can be seen the ESA, Envisat and Arianespace logos and the winning drawing in ESA's Earth Flag competition.
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Despite being slightly stuck with the bureaucracy and delayed launch opportunities, the making of WISA Woodsat goes on. We use now more than planned time and effort for testing the satellite – and especially the camera boom because it is the only important moving part of the satellite. It is also very important as without a nicely extended selfie stick we can't take any photos of the plywood surface during the mission.
A balloon flight to the stratosphere and back is not like a ride to space, but the conditions up there at the altitude of around 30 kilometers are very much like in space: air is very, very thin, the sky is almost black, Sun shines brightly and the horizon is clearly curved.
Also, the operations with the satellite via a radio link are totally different than in a laboratory or with a static test setup; the satellite is out in the wild, and using the satellite is like commanding a satellite in orbit (except that the connection with the satellite is constant during a stratospheric flight instead of short flyovers).
On our first stratospheric flight last June, made from Heureka Science Centre in Vantaa (near Helsinki) we wanted to make sure that the connection with the satellite is stable and we can command it and take photos with a camera that was on the tip of the camera boom.
The boom was opened during the whole flight, and we planned to do later another flight for testing also the opening of the boom. This was now the purpose of a flight from Seinäjoki – and we indeed managed to keep the contact with the satellite perfectly, command it and test several settings for the camera boom opening.
The boom is a sophisticated deployable structure, consisting of dozen additionally manufactured, machined, and coated metal parts. It is attached to a hinge and guided by a rail in a hatch covering the bottom part of the satellite. When opened, the hatch will be released first and then the scissor mechanism powered by stings will be opened.
Freeing the selfie stick requires two commands, first for the hatch and another for the boom itself. This is a foolproof, extremely reliable, and simple act – but just like everything in the space business, it has to be not only repeatedly tested, but also verified in as natural conditions as possible.
So: up to the stratosphere for the second time!
Just like on the first flight, we used a test model of the satellite, not the actual WISA Woodsat going to space, nor the backup version. This test model was specially hacked for a balloon flight while it was as close as possible to the actual satellite.
"Capital of space"
For this flight, we teamed up with the city of Seinäjoki and Into Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki’s development company.
The slogan of Seinäjoki “the capital of space” refers to open space, and there is plenty of that in the surrounding plains of the Pohjanmaa district. As Jaakko Kaartinen, mechanical designer of the camera boom at Huld is from Seinäjoki, he proposed that we could expand this space upwards to the stratosphere with this balloon flight and it will bring Seinäjoki into the space age.
Later in spring Into Seinäjoki will also organize a seminar to the local companies about the business opportunities the new space economy offers, and we are happy to help with that as well.
But the first step was the flight last Wednesday. It was a beautiful winter day with temperatures just below zero celsius, Sun shining from the cloudless sky, and just moderate wind at surface level. The winds in the altitude were something else: jet stream heading to the east with a speed up to 140 km/h.
The windy situation wasn't a surprise as the forecasts showed even faster winds for a week beforehand. Therefore we wanted to lift off with a big balloon full of helium and keep the payload as light as possible. This would result in a short flight, though "short" here means about a 200 km distance between the launch site and landing area.
The preparations were done in beautiful Alvar Aalto designed Seinäjoki city hall and the launch site was located just outside in the middle of the Laukeudenpuisto park. The fresh snow that came on a day before, was shoveled off the launch site by the Seinäjoki Public Works with millimeter precision.
After a short interview for a TV station, the team (Kevin Vainio and Jaakko Kaartinen from Huld and Jari Mäkinen and Bruce Clayhills from Arctic Astronautics) put everything together on the launch site, started filling up the balloon, and varied the satellite was behaving nicely. Samuli Nyman, the head engineer of the satellite from Arctic Astronautics, was already closing a position below the balloon burst location on the predicted flight path.
The satellite was then released by the mayor of Seinäjoki Jaakko Kiiskilä at 11.05 local time in attendance of the small public. The balloon lifted off fast, with an estimated speed of 6.5 m/s, and headed east as predicted.
We had a great connection with the satellite from the very beginning. Stong signal just kept on going and we were able to communicate astonishingly well over a vast distance, more than 150 km, from locations in Seinäjoki and Karstula.
Most importantly, the commanding of the satellite was successful, and we received photos taken by the camera.
But then we had two hiccups. First, the winds blew the balloon outside the receiving range and we didn't get any photos from the (presumably) opened boom. Also, the telemetry was lost and we didn't receive the exact location of the balloon after the landing. And secondly, the backup GPS tracker didn't show any signs of life after the descent from the altitude.
Right now we're tracing the satellite and payload with other means and hope for the best; it would be nice to see the satellite with an extended camera boom. Hope is not lost at all, because one of our Kitsats was found from the forest after being lost for 18 months. When given some power, it woke up and beeped happily – like this test model of WISA Woodsat will surely do as well.
The flight lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes reaching a maximum altitude of around 28.4 km, traveling around 285 km with temperatures dropping as low as -48°C.
The next steps for the WISA Woodsat mission are – in addition to paperwork – further tests of the camera boom with different off-nominal situation scenarios and preparations for the final assembly. It won't be done until we have more clarity about the launch time.
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https://skykam.co.uk/services/aerial-drone-surveying-mapping/
| 2022-01-29T11:37:05
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Drones are useful for surveying buildings and land. By eliminating manual “at-height” tasks, they reduce risk and improve safety outcomes. Our unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed quickly and provide clients with ultra high definition 4k imaging to investigate issues. Our drones provide up-to-date information about previously inaccessible locations, enabling our customers to make better-informed decisions faster.
We are Gold Certified Drone Safe – Which means we are the safest, most skilled, and advanced drone operators on the market. We follow all Drone Safety Protocol’s and are fully licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority. We serve the North East of Scotland, including Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and the surrounding areas, for drone surveying services.
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https://friendgineers.rosenshein.org/posts/2023/02/24/
| 2023-12-07T13:30:53
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer by training, and plane geek. One thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a lot that software engineers can learn from aerospace engineers and aviation in general. One of those things is incident response.
A few days ago a couple of Alaska Airlines jets headed for Hawaii had tail strikes, within 6 minutes of each other.
Now tail strikes happen occasionally. There’s a procedure for it. The airplane returns to the departure point, gets checked out, and depending on the intensity of the strike, the passengers either continue on the same plane or a different plane is brought in and the passengers leave on that one.
Two in a row (6 minutes apart), at the same airport, from the same airport, with a similar destination, however, is not normal. There’s no defined procedure for it. Instead, Alaska’s director of operations looked at the situation and made a call. He declared an incident. All Alaska flights on the ground would stay on the ground until the issue was understood and mitigated if needed. It’s a safety of flight issue. When you don’t know what’s going on, stop and figure it out.
In this case, it turns out that a recent software update had some kind of issue. The flight planning software that was supposed to figure out weight and balance information and use it to set takeoff parameters had a concurrency/load issue. When operations got busy and built too many flight plans too quickly it got the weights wrong on heavy flights leading to incorrect power settings, which eventually lead to the tail strikes.
There are lots of lessons to be learned here. And that’s ignoring how the test plan for the software itself didn’t find the bug. First, the system has defense in depth against failures. The flight plan is designed to use less than full power to save fuel and wear and tear on the engines, but it doesn’t use the absolute minimum required. There’s a good sized safety margin built in. The pilots have a checklist involving the length of runway remaining, acceleration, speeds, and altitudes as the takeoff proceeds. If any of those checklist items hadn’t been met on takeoff the takeoff would have been aborted. Even with the margins and checklist, there were a couple of tail strikes, but there was no injury or loss of life, and minimal damage to the planes. One of the planes continued on its way about 4 hours later. The system itself is resilient.
Second, while there are no pre-defined triggers around number of tail strikes in a short period of time, the director of ops understands how the system works, recognized an anomalous situation. He was empowered to act. So he pulled the Andon Cord to stop things. There was a system in place to stop operations, so things quickly stopped.
The next step was information gathering. It quickly became apparent that the weight info was sometimes wrong. To resume operations the pilots, the line operators, who were most familiar with the weights and balances, were empowered to make a decision. They were told to check the weight, apply a TLAR (That Looks About Right) check, and if they felt there was a problem, to check with operations and get the right number.
22 minutes after operations stopped, they were restarted. Meanwhile work continued on a long-term solution to the problem. They handled things in the right manner. Stop the damage. Mitigate the problem and resume operations. Identify and implement the long-term fix. Figure out how the problem got into the system in the first place and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
That’s not just good incident response in a safety critical system. That’s how you should respond to every incident.
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https://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/Page/5590
| 2023-06-09T04:28:17
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On our last week of school, the children voted on fun mini-units that they would like to engage in and space is a big time favorite.
We learned a bit about the planets that orbit our sun.
We discussed the Moon and what it's like on it's surface.
We set up stations where we could help each other fill our our "space liscences".
In builder's club, we made blow rockets and experiemented with the theory of action-reaction.
We created space suits and then....we went to the moon for a brief visit.
Kindergarten is a BLAST!
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https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/16/india-tests-supersonic-cruise-missile/
| 2022-08-13T11:41:16
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India on Monday test-fired a supersonic cruise missile BrahMos off the Odisha coast, Indian media reported.
The missile is said to be an all-weather weapon system. It was fired at 10:18 am from a test range at Chanddipur in Balasore district.
It has a flight range of up to 290 kms and is equipped with many time efficient features. It not only reduces the flight time but ensures lower dispersion of targets, quick engagement time and non-interception by any known weapon system in the world. The missile can be as fast as three times the speed of sound, officials said.
The life extension test was able to achieve all its parameters, said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The initiative is a joint venture between India’s DRDO and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia of Russia.
On January 18, the Modi administration test-fired Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
Sharing borders with nuclear-armed China and Pakistan, India test-fired the missile when Israel has already announced that India was restarting talks with the country over a cancelled deal to buy anti-tank missiles.
Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace, had told PTI, “The test-firing to “validate service life extension” of the missile will take place from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha in the third week of July.” He also said that the vertical dive capability of BrahMos can be used to target enemies or subjects hiding in mountains and aircraft carriers.
BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya. The collaboration is responsible for the design, development and production of the missile.
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http://www.autobuzzfeed.com/2019/06/15/nasa-moon-landing-why-did-the-apollo-11-flag-wave-and-flap-in-space-express-co-uk/
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NASA landed the first two men on the Moon in 1969 after a decade of chasing the Soviet Union in the Cold War space race. America secured its victory on July 20, 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar orb. To mark the monumental achievement, the astronauts were instructed by President Richard Nixon to plant an American flag on the Moon in honour of every US taxpayer who contributed to the Apollo programme. However, the flag planting has attracted over the years an incredible amount of scrutiny and scepticism, leading conspiracy theorists to question whether NASA every really landed on the Moon.
A leading conspiracy theory decrying NASA’s achievement claims the US flag flapping around in the vacuum of space is evidence of the Moon landing being a hoax.
When Commander Armstrong and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag, the red and white fabric appears to move as if it was in the wind.
But if there is no atmosphere on the Moon, how could the flag wave around like that?
This unusual moment, caught one of the Eagle Lunar Module cameras, has propped up 50 years worth of lunar conspiracies.
Or perhaps the Moon landing was filmed in the middle of nowhere in the deserts of Nevada, US?
Highly unlikely because there is one key factor all lunar conspiracies get wrong and that is the American flag did not really flap or wave on the Moon.
According to the UK National Space Centre in Leicester, the flag’s apparent movements were caused by the astronauts themselves and not wind.
The Space Centre explained: “The flag was disturbed as it was planted into the ground and kept this bent shape because of the lack of strong gravity on the Moon.
“In video footage of the flag being planted into the Moon’s surface, it also appears to wave back and forth.
“This is because when astronauts were planting it, they rotated it back and forth to better dig into the lunar soil, which of course made the flag ripple like a pendulum – without a breeze.
“There’s a huge amount of footage of the flags stood on the Moon in exactly the same position.”
By simply comparing photos of the Moon snapped after the flag was planted, you will see the astronauts moving around but the flag remains in the exact same position.
NASA itself addressed the hoax accusations, saying: “Not every flag needs a breeze – at least not in space.
“When astronauts were planting the flagpole they rotated it back and forth to better penetrate the lunar soil – anyone who’s set a blunt tent-post will know how this works.
“So of course the flag waved. Unfurling a piece of rolled-up cloth with sore angular momentum will naturally result in waves and ripples – no breed required.”
So, what happened to the Apollo 11 flag 50 years after it was planted?
After the Apollo 11 mission, NASA planted five more flags on the Moon, some of which are still standing today.
Lunar satellite photos show the Apollo 11 flag has likely fallen over but the Apollo 12, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 flagpoles are still upright.
However, the effects of powerful cosmic radiation washing over the Moon have most likely bleached the flags white.
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https://www.venompower.com/sensefly-ebee-balance-lead-charge-adaptor-by-venom-1749?quantity=1
| 2021-11-28T00:17:46
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SenseFly eBee to 4mm Banana Plug Battery Charge Lead Cable by Venom
The Sensefly eBee is a fantastic platform for commercial drone use, but any unmanned aerial company knows they need to maintain a fleet of batteries to keep their eBee in the air and productive.
This charge lead is an exact duplicate of the eBee factory charge lead and can be used with the OEM charger or the Venom 2-4 AC/DC LiPo Battery Balance charger (0683).
eBee users should also consider our eBee replacement battery (35037), which offers OEM fitment and stellar performance at an industry leading price.
- Length: 150mm (5.9 in)
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| 2023-12-08T15:44:42
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Checklist, Launch Operations, Apollo 11
- Michael Collins
- This is the checklist for launch operations used by astronaut and Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, on Apollo 11 in July 1969.
- Checklists were an important part of the equipment assigned to the spacecraft, and enabled the astronauts to perform their tasks in a consistent and orderly way, while at the same time ensuring that no steps were missed or overlooked.
- This checklist was donated to the National Air and Space Museum by Michael Collins in 1985.
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mr. Michael Collins
- Inventory Number
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- EQUIPMENT-Mission Support
- Chrome Plating
- 3-D (Open/Display): 31 × 3 × 20.5cm (12 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
- 3-D (Closed): 16.5 × 3.5 × 20.5cm (6 1/2 × 1 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
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- Metadata Usage (text)
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https://www.toybrixandblox.com/lego-sets/lego-classic-space-polaris-i-space-lab/
| 2023-12-07T02:42:23
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Lego Classic Space Polaris I Space Lab
Welcome to the lab of the Classic Space astronauts, the Polaris I Space Lab! This vintage classic from 1987 is a futuristic experimental are where astronauts make tests on rocks, scan for incoming meteors, and invent new tools useful out in space. Includes 3 blue astronauts.
- 3 blue astronauts
- Make experimental tests in the lab!
- Ages 8+
- No longer available from Lego
- Model number: 6972
- 375 Lego pieces and 3 minifigures
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https://fortune.com/2012/05/16/in-aerospace-wars-dont-count-russia-out-yet/
| 2022-12-05T07:00:09
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FORTUNE — Russia’s dream of resurrecting its moribund commercial aircraft industry has been put on hold following last week’s spectacular crash of its shiny new prototype. But while the accident appears to solidify the commercial aviation duopoly controlled by Boeing and Airbus, the Russians, as well as other new competitors in the field like the Chinese, shouldn’t be written off just yet. With strong government support and billions of dollars at their disposal, the new start-ups are determined to grab a piece of the lucrative and growing market for commercial aircraft.
The fiery crash of Russia’s newly designed Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft last week in Indonesia has shaken the tightly knit commercial aviation industry. In addition to being a human tragedy — 45 people lost their lives — the crash was also a marketing disaster for Russia’s revamped aviation industry. The crash occurred on a demonstration flight as part of a carefully scheduled six-nation Asian road show. Onboard were journalists, aircraft consultants and representatives from a number of Indonesian airlines who were looking to add the Russian-made jet to their growing fleet.
Indonesian officials say that an investigation into the cause of the crash would take at least four months and could last as long as a year given the remote location of the crash site. The Indonesian government has refused the Russian government’s request to transfer the plane’s black box and flight recorder to Moscow, saying that it wants to ensure a fair an objective investigation into the cause of the crash.
It is understandable why Russia wants to control and speed up the crash investigation. It has a lot to lose if it is determined that a design flaw of some sort was responsible for bringing down the jet. Potential customers will most likely hold off from signing any new agreements to purchase the plane until the investigation is complete, putting a dent in Moscow’s production timetable. And since the plane is Russia’s first new commercial aircraft since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fear is that customers will probably be wary of taking a peak at other new Russian jets on the drawing board.
But this isn’t the end of the road for Russia’s aerospace industry. President Vladimir Putin considers the resurrection of the industry as a point of national pride and has committed billions to the cause. Russian aircraft makers like Tupolev and Ilyushin were at one time true competitors to Boeing (BA) and Airbus. But when the Cold War ended in 1992 funding to the industry dried up.
Putin saw the collapse of the aircraft industry as a reminder of the chaotic 1990s, when Russia slipped from being a true world power to a country run by mobsters and incompetent politicians. In 2005, he merged all of the nation’s various aircraft manufacturers into one holding company, with the Russian government as the controlling shareholder. The state would now pump billions into the industry to get it going again. The goal was to sell $250 billion worth of aircraft by 2025.
The Sukoi 100 entered commercial service in April of last year and competes mostly with regional jet makers like Embrarer and Bombardier. The plane was built and designed in Russia but many of its major parts were designed by foreign suppliers such as Thales, Goodrich (GR) and Honeywell (HON), putting a western seal of approval on the airplane. It even hired Boeing as a consultant, though it most likely was not a big player in the production of the aircraft.
But despite the jet’s competitive price point of around $30 million, buyers have not been forthcoming, with firm commitments secured for only 170 jets. That falls far short of the 1000 jets the Russians had hoped to sell. The Asian tour was supposed to provide a boost to the regional jet’s sales, but that has clearly nosedived.
Yet while the success of the Sukhoi 100 would have been nice, it isn’t as important as the launch of Irkut’s MS-21. Announced last fall and scheduled to be in service by 2017, the jet would target the lucrative and most profitable part of the airline industry – the single-aisle class. Today, the market is dominated by Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320, which haven’t undergone a radical design change in decades. To get an idea of how important this market is for the jet makers, Boeing’s 737 aircraft accounts for around 40% of the jet maker’s commercial aviation revenue and well over half of its profits. Boeing estimates that the single-aisle market will be worth nearly $2 trillion over the next 20 years, with over half of that demand coming from Asia.
Boeing and Airbus clearly have a lock on the U.S. and Western European markets, as well as many established international carriers, but the rest of the world is up for grabs. The Russians are first targeting their own domestic market, where 75% of the aircraft are currently foreign-made. Putin has in no uncertain terms made it clear that Russian airlines should be buying Russian-made jets, now that they are again in production. Along with the former Soviet states and its satellites, the Russian aircraft industry has a built in market. Even with the crash, those customers will be buying Russian.
But the real prize is the budget airlines, especially those based in Asia. These airlines are growing fast and do not have strong brand loyalty to either Boeing or Airbus, so the Russians really have a chance to make their mark here. But the Russians will also have to compete against COMAC, China’s upstart aircraft producer, which is building its own single-aisle aircraft, the C919. So far, only Chinese airlines have ordered the prototype, with the first jet set to go into service in 2016, four years from now. It should slowly gain more customers as China starts to use its influence over certain countries to pick up a few aircraft. But international expansion isn’t critical for COMAC given its lock over the massive Chinese market. It could probably just produce planes for the various Chinese airlines and do very well.
So Boeing and Airbus may control the skies now but not for long. They will most likely lose control of the lucrative single-aisle market in the former Soviet states as well as in China by the end of the decade. While the Russian program has taken a hit with last week’s crash, strong government support will help it through this rough patch. The real show down will occur when the MS-21 hits the market. If it is as fuel efficient and advanced as the Russians claim, it could be a viable alternative to budget conscious upstart airlines in Asia, Latin America and Africa who don’t know their Boeing from their Airbus.
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| 2021-03-02T15:07:54
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Digital TV News: B-SAT
Arianespace orbits Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b satellites
Aug 15, 2020 – Arianespace has launched three satellites into orbit - Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b. BSAT-4b will be used for DTH television in Japan. Galaxy 30 will provide UHD video distribution/broadcast across North America.
News categories: Arianespace, Stéphane Israël, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, North America, Satellite
Arianespace wins contract for BSAT-4b
Apr 19, 2018 – Arianespace has announced that it will launch BSAT-4b, under the term of a turnkey contract between B-SAT and Maxar’s SSL. BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Center.
News categories: Arianespace, Stéphane Israël, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite
Ariane 5 orbits Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a satellites
Sep 29, 2017 – Arianespace has orbited telecommunications satellites for its long-time customers. The mission carried Intelsat 37e for Intelsat, along with BSAT-4a which was launched as part of a turnkey contract between Japan’s B-SAT and SSL.
News categories: Arianespace, Intelsat, B-SAT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite
BSAT-4a delivered to Arianespace launch base
Aug 8, 2017 – Space Systems Loral (SSL) has announced that the BSAT-4a satellite has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, from where it will be launched. The satellite will be used for DTH television service in Japan.
News categories: Space Systems Loral, B-SAT, Paul Estey, Takashi Yabashi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite
SSL to provide UHD-capable satellite to B-SAT in Japan
Jun 18, 2015 – Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a broadcasting satellite to B-SAT of Japan. The satellite, BSAT-4a, will expand the availability of advanced TV services such as HD and 4K/8K ultra-high definition.
News categories: Space Systems/Loral, B-SAT, John Celli, Takashi Yabashi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite
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Lockheed Martin Marks 33rd Consecutive A2100 Success With The Launch Of BSAT-3a Satellite
Aug 14, 2007 – The BSAT-3a telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT), was successfully has been launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Satellite
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https://russophile.org/confrontation-in-the-arctic-mig-31-defended-the-white-swans-from-the-f-16-video/
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Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160 VKS of the Russian Federation carried out a planned flight in the airspace above the neutral waters of the waters of the Barents, Norwegian and North seas.
It is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The crew of the MiG-31 interceptor fighter jets carried out the White Swans air support.
The flight duration was more than 13 hours.
During the flight, the crews of the Tu-160 and MiG-31 completed refueling in the air.
At certain stages of the route, Russian aircraft were escorted by F-16 fighters from the Norwegian and Danish air forces.
The Russian defense department recalled that long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean.
All flights of the VKS RF airplanes are performed in strict accordance with the International Airspace Use Regulations.
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/qantas-plane-diverted-in-qld/story-e6frea7l-1226564460058
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Qantas confirm cabin pressure problem
- From: AAP
- January 29, 2013
QANTAS has confirmed a flight that had to be diverted en route from Brisbane to Townsville was having cabin pressure problems.
The flight, QF974, was expected to land in Townsville in north Queensland at 3.50pm (AEST) on Tuesday.
It was instead diverted to Rockhampton in central Queensland.
Qantas wouldn't say initially why the diversion occurred, but later on Tuesday released a statement saying the crew noticed the Boeing 737-800 "was not maintaining its normal cabin pressure".
"In line with standard procedure, the captain initiated a descent to 10,000 feet (3km)," the statement read.
"Passengers were advised that because the aircraft wasn't maintaining its normal cabin pressure, they would fly at a lower altitude and divert to Rockhampton instead of continuing to Townsville."
Flight tracking data shows the aircraft dropped from about 40,000 ft (12.2km) to 10,000ft (3km) in about five minutes.
Qantas said passengers were "calm" throughout the descent and there were no reports of anyone on board suffering any adverse effects.
Engineers examined the plane at Rockhampton and a replacement aircraft was en route to take passengers to Townsville.
The incident has been reported authorities and Qantas said it would work with Boeing to investigate the case.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) spokesman told AAP it would be investigating.
"Obviously, we'll be looking at it very closely and in due course," he said.
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Common V4 air defence
In the context of the war in Ukraine, implications for European defence are increasingly emerging. One of these is the need to modernise and strengthen Air Defence (AD) assets. In this context, let us recall that on 5 October 2021, the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic signed a contract for the delivery of the SPYDER short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile complex to the Israeli company RAFAEL, and at the end of February this year, the first MADR (mobile 3D air defence radars ELM-2084 MMR) kit arrived under a contract from the end of 2019. From the perspective of European defence integration, it would then be appropriate to consider cooperation with neighbouring states, as discussed in the following article.
On page 18, the Concept of Build-up of the Czech Army 2030 states the following: "Ground-based Air Defence will consist of short-range anti-aircraft missile systems with the possibility of using extended-range and very short-range missiles, supplemented by systems to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket, artillery and mortar fire. All systems will be capable of interfacing with other entities of national and alliance command and control systems and will have the capability to detect, track, identify and eliminate a wide range of airborne targets. Within the framework of the Czech Air Defence Forces NaPoSy, coverage of the designated part of the Czech airspace will be ensured around the clock and point protection of designated objects will be strengthened. The assets providing the Air Defence of the Land Forces will gain the ability to engage air attack assets on the move. The Land Forces units will be provided with VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) systems." Then, in connection with the construction of missile defence capabilities, the following is stated on the same page: "In cooperation with NATO, a decision will be taken on the need to build a missile defence capability."
On page 29, the Concept then states the following: "The capability to counter tactical and operational level unmanned aerial vehicles, missile, artillery and mortar fire will be achieved through the acquisition of C-UAS and C-RAM systems."
As already mentioned in the introduction, the Czech Army plans to modernise short-range air defence systems with the possibility of extending them by acquiring (for the time being) four batteries of the Israeli SPYDER system. In the future, it also plans to acquire C-RAM (Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar) close defence assets. Let us also mention that at the end of 2019, the Czech Republic decided to purchase 8 MADR (Mobile Air Defence Radar) kits, ELM-2084 MMR mobile 3D air defence radars, on the basis of a contract with Israel.
Slovakia has also decided to purchase Israeli ELM-2084 3D radars in the form of government-to-government (G2G) in early 2021. Given the fact that the Czech Army has also acquired the SPYDER system in addition to the above mentioned Israeli radars, it can be assumed that Slovakia will also opt for the same configuration. On the other hand, it should be mentioned that in connection with the war in Ukraine, the American Patriot system is being deployed on Slovak territory and although these systems will not be directly operated by Slovak soldiers, the Slovak government may eventually decide to purchase them based on its experience with these systems. Slovakia would thus follow Poland, which has already received the first components of the Patriot system from the US. In total, the Polish Air Defence Forces will receive 16 launchers, four AN/MPQ-65 radars, 208 PAC-3 MSE missiles and other components, including the IBCS command and control system, which will allow for future integration of, for example, F-35 aircraft with air defence assets.
The last member of the V4, Hungary, is a bit of an outlier. Although it purchases the same Israeli radars as the Czech Republic and Slovakia in terms of launchers, Hungary opted for the US-Norwegian NASAMS system in the SHORAD category.
However, apart from the V4 countries, Germany is also interestingly entering the game, as it currently has the Patriot system and, according to recent information, is exploring the possibility of acquiring the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile defence system, which can be linked to the Patriot system by the IBCS system mentioned above.
Joint air defence options
The technical similarity of all these Air Defence and radar systems makes it possible to consider linking them into one regional air defence network that could protect Europe from the east. The common denominator of this Central European air defence system could be Israel.
In addition to SPYDER, it uses or has used Iron Dome, David's Sling, Patriot and THAAD. It follows logically that these assets must be linked within the Israeli air defence system. It is precisely the linking of existing and future systems into one integrated, multi-layered and international air defence system that is one of the ways to ensure effective protection of the airspace of European states, given the recent experience in Ukraine.
The situation is clear within the Czech Armed Forces. Israeli radars will be the basis of the newly built Air Defence system. Considering the experience from the deployment of the C-RAM Iron Dome system and its compatibility with the ELM-2084 radar, this system is a clear choice for the lowest layer of the Czech air defence system.
The next layer of short to medium range consists of the already mentioned SPYDER systems, which, given the possibility of their purchase by Slovakia, could be linked with Slovak air defence assets thanks to their identical radars. Interconnection of sensors will also be possible in the framework of cooperation with Hungary. The question remains how Poland will deal with this layer.
As far as the next layer for medium to long range is concerned, it can be based on the Polish (or German) Patriots. Their purchase by Slovakia cannot be ruled out either. The Israeli David's Sling also operates in this layer, using the aforementioned Israeli ELM-2084 MMR radars. The upcoming capability to launch SkyCeptor missiles, originally intended for the David's Sling, from the Patriot system is also a major advantage in conjunction with the Patriot system. The US military is also very interested in this capability.
The THAAD system could form the basis of the highest layer of long-range missile defence. In the Concept 2030, the Army does not exclude the possibility of building missile defence. Given the current threats related to the war in Ukraine, Polish efforts to contribute to missile defence cannot be ruled out. For now, however, the debate on a common layer of missile defence is at the very beginning.
The events in Ukraine have clearly demonstrated and continue to demonstrate the need to build a comprehensive Air Defence system capable of responding to virtually any threat. The technical similarity of the systems used in Central Europe can thus provide a good basis for a debate on building a unified air defence system and strengthening this area.
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AHR Interntional Ltd - Aerospace Division
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- At the forefront of bearing technology, RBC Aerospace supplies precision-grade bearings, rod ends and ball screws for commercial and military aircraft.
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- Complete source for premium quality petroleum and chemical products for aviation, industrial and marine industries.
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Area Name and No.
Aircraft Serial No.
LEFT FUSELAGE, AREA #2
Faults and/or Remarks
2.8 Forward landing gear strut for
leakage, cleanliness of exposed piston,
and normal extension (visual).
2.9 Forward landing gear brake hoses
for leakage, chafing, and damage.
2.10 Remove, clean, inspect, and
repack forward landing gear wheel
2.11 Forward landing gear wheels for
cracks, corrosion, and condition of
paint. Bolts for torque and sealant.
2.12 Fuel pod vents on underside of
pods (6 places) for obstructions. Pod
cavities for cleanliness and evidence
of corrosion. Vent screens (clips) for
proper installation and security.
2.13 Pitot-static and AFCS sideslip
system drain lines. Drain caps
installed and secure. Refer to TM
Check work area for tools and parts after completion of maintenance and inspection.
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In October 2021, NASA and GE Aviation announced a new partnership to mature a megawatt-class hybrid electric engine that could power a single-aisle aircraft. Three months later, they announced Boeing's involvement in the project, specifically the propulsion system testing.
This example - a five-year, $260 million effort - demonstrates the prioritization and collaboration around electrification in aviation and aerospace. Both industry pillars and rising startups are making significant commitments and investments in this area.
But as with any major undertaking, sustainability in aerospace presents significant challenges to engineers. Let’s walk through the key drivers of sustainable fuels in aerospace, major challenges, and how companies can respond.
Aviation and aerospace is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, which is causing major damage to our climate.
In response, the aviation industry has set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There are a number of options available to hit those targets:
According to the World Economic Forum, sustainable fuels and carbon offsetting are the tactics most likely to help reach those goals. In that same vein, Boeing CEO David Calhoun has stated that the pressure to invest in unproven technologies - like electrification - is unfounded. Instead, he advocates for mass production of sustainable aviation fuel.
However, this may be because electrification is in its infancy, and needs more time to develop to meet the climate targets. The faster engineers can overcome obstacles and drive the necessary innovations, the more feasible electrification will be as a solution to the climate crisis.
Given the need for broader, more transformational objectives to avoid global catastrophe, aerospace companies cannot afford to hedge on a single solution. While SAFs are a great first step, electrification is another tool in our climate-fighting belt.
In addition to the partnership among NASA, GE, and Boeing mentioned earlier, many other companies are pursuing electrification:
The key takeaway here: there are many successful (and some not so successful) startups in the field of aerospace electrification. However, despite major investments, the challenges faced by this sector still stand.
Companies who adopt new engineering processes will be able to overcome these obstacles faster. Given the opportunity in the market, a company who makes the right moves could soon find themselves a leader in the market.
Most challenges that companies face while trying to meet their aviation sustainability goals come down to a core issue: carrying enough power on board to fulfill the mission objectives.
The problem with most of the solutions is that they, in effect, reduce the operational design domain (ODD) of electric aircraft, rather than design a system that fits the standard use case.
To overcome these challenges, aerospace need to adopt new engineering processes that streamline the development, testing, and iteration cycle. This, in turn, will lead to more efficient innovation, which will solve the actual problems at hand.
The biggest technological challenge in aircraft electrification is battery power density, which is 4-10 times lower than what is needed for a typical all-electric regional commuter aircraft. For long-haul commercial flights, the gap is even greater.
The power density of aviation fuel is typically 43-48 MJ/kg, or approximately 40MJ/kg if fuel tanks and fuel handling are included. By comparison, in state of the art battery technology today, power density is around 1 – 1.1 MJ/kg.
This power density allows for short-range, sub-regional civil aviation. One example is electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVOTL). Several companies are exploring this option including Vertical Aerospace's “VX4”, Beta's “ALIA-250” and Wisk's “Cora.”
Modern aerospace platforms require more sophisticated capabilities to fulfill mission requirements, whether in civil or defense scenarios. These include more advanced avionics, navigation, communication, sensors, and identification tools.
These capabilities are powered by the electrical and electronic systems. Over the last 30 years, these systems have increased the electrical power demand of aircraft tenfold.
One potential solution to this problem is the use of integrated modular avionics (IMA), which distribute processing among multiple computing modules. This reduces the number of independent processing units, using less power.
Compared to automotive, aerospace has much stronger safety and compliance requirements - rightfully so. A plane that loses power mid-flight will cause major issues, compared to a vehicle that loses power on the ground.
DO-178, DO-278 and DO-330 standards are commonly followed across the industry. DO-178C provides guidance for the development of software used in airborne systems. DO-278 provides guidelines for the development of software used in communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management systems. DO-330 provides guidance for the development and qualification of software tools used in the development and verification of safety-critical aviation systems.
As engineers experiment with electric power in aviation, they have to run a large number of scenarios and testing to accrue the data necessary to determine battery capabilities and pass the above certifications.
Until now, renewable energy has been handled entirely in the context of hydrocarbon technology. While electric power is familiar in the context of consumer electronics, there are many unknowns when it comes to air power - not the least of which are battery capacity, weight, and other factors.
Figuring out the trade-off between hydrocarbon energy and electric energy requires a large number of simulations. Engineers need to experiment with varying speeds, locations, and environments.
Companies who adopt model-based engineering processes place themselves as a unique advantage over competitors:
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Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have become ubiquitous, offer diverse applications and can be used to carry out a range of activities. But they equally pose grave privacy, security and strategic challenges. While the government of India has signalled its intent of piggy-riding the technology to boost last-mile service delivery, new and emerging developments continue to keep policymakers in caution mode.
Wide applications: Why drones are on the rise!
Sample this: The recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan led to the emergence of drones as a key component of the military strategy, marking a significant technology-driven escalation. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan deployed a range of drones, including armed drones, for surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strikes. Armenia, which had an established drone program before the conflict, used Israeli-made Harop drones to target Azerbaijani military installations. Azerbaijan, on the other hand, deployed a mix of Israeli, Turkish, and locally made drones.
Both countries extensively used them to gather real-time intelligence and locate and target enemy forces without significant casualties.
On the other hand, Amazon, a US behemoth, launched a drone delivery program known as Prime Air – that aims to deliver packages to customers’ homes within half an hour of placing an order. “The MK30’s increased range, expanded temperature tolerance, safety-critical features, and new capability to fly in light rain will enable customers to choose drone delivery more often,” reads the Amazon website. While the program is under its ‘testing’ phase in the US, UK, and a few other countries, Amazon is actively engaging with regulators and policymakers to expedite the approvals for drone operations in commercial airspace. These drones carry packages weighing up to five pounds and fly at speeds of a little over 24 kilometres per hour.
In India, while drones for delivery services are in their teething stages, companies like Zomato and Swiggy have begun testing drone-based food delivery services in select locations.
These two examples illustrate the potential of drones in transforming industry, yet they also showcase the challenges that this new technology proffers. Add to that, over the past decade, UAVs have become increasingly popular in India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation believes that “drones can be significant creators of employment and economic growth due to their reach, versatility, and ease of use, especially in India’s remote and inaccessible areas.” It argues that “in view of its traditional strengths in innovation, information technology, frugal engineering and huge domestic demand, India has the potential to be a global drone hub by 2030.”
Perhaps, these considerations and the need to streamline its operations egged the government of India to liberalise the Drone Rules in 2021. The new legislation liberalized the drone licensing process, allowing for their registration through a digital platform and categorising them based on their weight and intended use. The rules also established ‘no-fly zones’ around sensitive strategic and military areas, and enforced compliance with privacy and data protection laws.
Delivering Transformational Change
Drones, indeed, have the potential to transform industries, improve disaster response, and revolutionize various fields like delivery services, inspection of infrastructure, and assistance in search and rescue operations. Drones can provide aerial views of remote locations, helping businesses and organizations save considerable time and money. The Indian defence forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) routinely press them into action for disaster relief operations.
Drones can significantly impact agriculture, healthcare, and logistics as they can help monitor crops and manage pest control and irrigation. They can deliver medical supplies to inaccessible regions, ensuring last-mile access to essential healthcare, and faster and more efficient logistics services. In fact, the Indian government has also launched a pilot program for the delivery of medical supplies and vaccines to remote areas using drones.
Serious Challenges are Here, too!
The use of drones also raises several concerns, privacy being one of the most significant challenges. The misuse of drones to follow celebrities and capture their images and videos without their consent is common in the USA. Such instances can lead to grave misuse of personal data.
Besides, they can risk aviation safety and can be used for illegal activities, posing threats to national security. They are now being used to smuggle weapons, drugs, and counterfeit currency across borders, as they fly low and cannot be detected by larger air defence systems. Punjab police and national security agencies have openly expressed concern about the smuggling and airdropping of narcotics, bombs and AK-47s across the Punjab border by Pakistan to ferment trouble in the border state.
Saudi Arabia’s two critical oil facilities, operated by state-run Aramco, were hit in 2021 by “drone attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, damaging facilities that process the vast majority of the country’s crude output and raising the risk of a disruption in world oil supplies,” the New York Times reported. This incident demonstrates that drones can be used to attack critical infrastructure, such as power plants, oil refineries, and government buildings, and trigger global tensions. These drones carried explosives that were detonated remotely. This way, they caused significant damage to Saudi infrastructure, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels waged a low-cost high-yield war.
They have the potential to be used for terrorist attacks as security agencies have a difficult time detecting them. They also pose a significant threat to the security of high dignitaries, as they can be used for the reconnaissance of VIP movements. Several high-handed regimes across the globe have used them for targeted killings, raising serious concerns about extrajudicial killings.
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The United States is sending two surveillance aircraft to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ ability in monitoring and reconnaissance operations against terrorists.
According to US Ambassador Sung Kim, two Cessna 208 planes would be sent out to the Philippine government in a few weeks.
Kim reiterated that the US is concerned about the security situation in Marawi City, where the assault is still ongoing.
The Cessna 208B ISR variant carries an electro-optical sensor pod and other surveillance equipment.
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engined turboprop with fixed-tricycle landing gear built by the Cessna Aircraft Co. in Wichita, Kan. The plane has a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140 turboprop engine that can carry the aircraft at speeds to 185 knots and altitudes to 25,000 feet. It has Garmin G1000 avionics with GFC700 integrated digital automatic flight control system.
Kim also said that the USA is engaged in helping with the rehabilitation program for the city of Marawi. He also noted that American soldiers exist in Mindanao are under the mutual defense treaty between the two countries.
“My sense is that the Philippine government starting with President Duterte remains committed to the relationship. There’s mutual respect for the relationship and mutual appreciation for the importance of the relationship,” Kim added.
“It’s clear that our commitment to the Philippines, to the defense of the Philippines, under the mutual defense treaty is absolute,” Kim added.
The Philippines and US navies lately were conduct coordinated patrols in the Sulu Sea amid rising international interest about Islamist militancy and piracy in the region.
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After launching a small first rocket into space for this file I noticed that the rocket icon on the starmap is missing. The arrow indicating the destination is present, but there's no rocket and it isn't just graphical because clicking where the rocket should be doesn't do anything. The rocket must be sent home from the rocket control station inside the rocket since the destination menu can't be accessed from the starmap.
Not sure how to reproduce it, this is the first rocket I built on this save file. Everything leading up to launch was pretty normal (except a small door permission glitch that was easily resolved).
- Reloading seems to have fixed the issue entirely.
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Pilot, crew, and airplane passenger UFO sightings account for a large number of reported encounters throughout the world – each and every single year. According to statistics, approximately every three minutes of every single day, someone observes something that they are unable to identify within the air.
Pilots and others that work in the aviation industry are believed to be part of the group that observes more than any others. Passengers that utilize commercial airlines for traveling observe many unusual events, too.
Airline companies have always been known to be quite sensitive - in terms of suspected UFO sightings by pilots and other aviation professionals. In the year of 1954, intelligence committees established a ruling that aviation professionals must refrain from releasing information regarding possible UFO sightings and encounters that took place during the course of carrying out their professional duties. As time progressed, changes were put into place by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Airplane passengers – on the other hand – have been free to expound on their experiences. This is part of the reason why we have heard more Airplane passenger UFO sightings throughout the years than sightings observed by pilots and their crew. However, as time has progressed, we have started hearing more from pilots and their crew members.
Since 1954, pilots have continued to observe unusual phenomenon in the sky. These include commercial airline pilots, military pilots, and private pilots. As a result, an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) task force has now been created and this task force works directly with the FAA. Until the creation of this collaboration, most airspace users would make reports to the Air Traffic Organization of the FAA. Unfortunately, these reports are not – in any way – tracked by the FAA.
The FAA instructs airspace users to make their reports directly to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). Due to the fact that there are many airplane passenger UFO sightings, the FAA instructs the general public on their website directly to the NUFORC to submit their official reports. This is a civilian organization that was established in 1998. Since that time, it has obtained numerous reports and accounts.
There is another agency – the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP) – that has obtained confidential reports by professionals in aviation since the year of 1999. It has been established that this agency has logged more reports than any other and takes a cautious effort in the overall analyzation of those reports.
The third agency where commercial pilots may make reports is NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System. Information may be shared anonymously by pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crews, and other professionals that work in the industry.
Airplane passenger UFO sightings may be reported to the National UFO Reporting Center and the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Not only does this organization allow you to report UFO sightings, they also allow you to report abductions and other types of experiences.
If you have been a passenger on an airplane and have observed any type of UFO, UAP, or other unusual event, we encourage you to make a report. Your experience could be the one that verifies we are not alone in the universe.
The following outlines accounts of the most popular pilot, crew, and airplane passenger UFO sightings in the past several decades:
1. July 4th 1947 – A United Airlines flight that took off from Boise, Idaho and landed in Seattle, Washington witnessed two formations of UAPs. All onboard – pilot, crew, and passengers – witnessed the amazing event. Approximately 400 on the ground also witnessed the formations. The craft were oval-shaped and were traveling at exceptionally high speeds.
2. 1948 – In the year of 1948, Eastern Airline Flight of DC 3 had a direct experience with a UFO. The flying craft was very bright and contained a window. Within just a few short minutes, it almost had a direct impact with the airliner.
3. July 19th 1954 – The Pan Am DC 4 in the area of Washington, DC made an observance of 6 UFOs moving at exceptionally odd speeds and in several odd angles in the area surrounding the airliner. Those witnessed these airplane passenger UFO sightings claimed that the UFOs simply vanished and left absolutely no trace.
4. 1969 – In Pori, Finland, 7 objects that were shaped like discs were discovered by two pilots and associated air traffic controllers hovering in a type of formation. When Tarmo Tukeva – a fight pilot – attempted to investigate further, the UAPs departed at a high rate of speed.
5. 1978 – In Victoria, Australia, a pilot called into air traffic control stating that he was observing a UFO while in-flight. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft the pilot was on and the pilot himself completely vanished. This is often referred to as the “Valentich Disappearance”.
6. 1986 – Two square-shaped craft were seen flying beside Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 directly above Alaska for about 50 minutes. Military radar confirmed the object following the 747.
7. 1996 – In Pelotas, Brazil, a pilot reported that he saw a UFO come out of a larger UFO craft.
8. 2004 – Pilots from the VFA-41 squadron who were flying Super Hornets directly from the USS Nimitz reported unexplained aerial phenomena which was confirmed by radar. The visual experience was recorded by an infrared video.
9. 2007 – In the Bailiwick of Guernsey area, two pilots in two different aircraft observed UFOs immediately off of the Alderney coast.
10. 2008 – A police helicopter in the area of Wales in the United Kingdom were nearly hit by a UFO. In addition to being seen by those on the helicopter, hundreds of other individuals in and around the area claimed that they witnessed the UFO.
11. 2021 – In the area of Clayton, New Mexico, a pilot observed a very long, cylindrical-shaped UFO that went directly above his American Airlines flight. Air traffic controllers did not observe this and observation was not picked up on radar.
The information you have been presented with in this article represents only a small number of reports on pilot, crew, and airplane passenger UFO sightings. Are UFOs and UAPs real? It seems that the answer points to “yes”. These amazing vessels in the sky have perplexed humankind – it seems – all through history.
Let’s continue to look up and around. We may just be one of the ones that confirm the existence of UFOs and finally solve one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time!
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Trump is right about the border
Obama Shut Down Air Defense System Grid On US Texas/Mexico Border!
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one Exelis employee had this to say about the announced closure of the TARS sites:
“Not only will this closure mean hundreds of people will be out of jobs, but it also means our borders will not be safe, especially along the remote U.S. Mexico Border like in Texas. These defense radars detect low flying aircraft infiltrating our borders. Without these defense radars, low flying aircraft will go undetected. It will be open season for any drug/gun/slave smugglers, terrorists flying in with nukes, low altitude missiles, or even a full scale low elevation invasion/attack against America.”
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https://technonium.com/airbus-announces-new-zero-emission-passenger-plane.html
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An important step has come from Airbus to make air transport sustainable and environmental. The company introduced the first “zero-emission” passenger aircraft designs using hydrogen fuel cells.
Airbus has announced a plan to produce hydrogen-powered aircraft that will have zero emissions to come to life in 2035.
It is planned to reduce the harmful gases emitted from the exhaust to zero by using hydrogen instead of Jet fuel. Introduced for short distances, it was announced that the propeller-driven hydrogen aircraft would have a capacity of 100 people and a range of about 1700 kilometers.
The new jet-powered passenger plane, which will carry 200 people, will have a range of 3,700 km.
The most notable element in the introduction was the wide-body passenger aircraft design.
In addition to zero emissions, this design will reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent. The aircraft are scheduled to enter service in 2035.
The first small-scale models are expected to begin trials next year.
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About the Kansai Satellite Office
As a base for space development in the Kansai area, JAXA opened a Kansai Satellite Office in Creation Core Higashi Osaka (in Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) in August 2003. At the office, specialists who have been involved in space development are working as coordinators to provide technical support and space business consultations mainly to companies and universities who are interested in the space business. There is also test facilities in the office for a small satellite to carry out thermal vacuum and vibration tests.
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Going to Thailand next month from Dublin. Undecided as to which airline to take. Any suggestions?
China Air via Amsterdam is approx €650
Ethihad via Abu Dhabi is approx €750
Emirates via Dubai is approx €750
Journey times are all around the same, 15-17 hours. The Dubai - Bangkok leg and return are on the new a380 which I've never flown on.
there are many many other airlines you can fly with. From what Ive seen the dubai route usually has a very long stop over. Try KLM, SAS, British Airways, and others.
Ebookers.ie might be an option too.
I've flown with Emirates to Bangkok 2 years ago and they are really good.
They are expensive enough but I would rather pay the extra 100e to fly with them over China airlines.
China Air don't have a great rep for comfort/quality and you'll have 1 short leg followed by a long leg but Amsterdam is a nicer airport to transfer through.
I flew with Etihad to India last year and Oz the year before, I found them really good, great entertainment system - loads of films etc the two equal length flights I liked also. Not a great airport to spend very long in but each time I only had a 2 hour wait so not long to hang around.
Haven't flown Emirates but they're supposed to be very good.
Ethihad via Abu Dhabi and Mumbai later this year..two lay-overs of a few hours each..suits me i can get some grub!
I've done all the research, the 3 listed are the best options.
I'm leaning towards paying the extra for the middle east route, for the similar flight journeys instead of the long flight from Amsterdam.
Im the sort of person who will always go for the cheapest airline no matter what esp if tehre is 100 euro difference . At then end of the day its only a couple of hours and the travel done in Asia will not be very comfortable.
But if you are the sort of person who likes entertainment on a flight dont go with China airlines, Iv flown return with them to bangkok twice and there is no tv on the seats only one smallish screen at the top of the cabin so unless you fall asleep easy this will be a long boring flight.
However its been a year since iv flown and I know they are upgrading their route so it might be worth checking what aircraft they fly on this route now.
With emirates flight times I think it breaks it up better so doesnt seem as long. 7 hours to Dubai and then 5-6 to Bangkok. When i flew to Thailand I had a 2 hour stopover and it was enough time to get food and that. As far as I know, ethiad fly to Abu Dhabi for there connection so think thats longer.
Also would you not arrive more tired if you had to do two 6 hour flights as oppose to one 12 hour flight as your not going to get any proper sleep this way.
I used to get a good 9 hours on the flight with china airlines which arrives in Bangkok at 6.30am so I would then be able to stay awake all day and sleep properly that night and neither time did I get jet lag.
Beware when searching through Skyscanner, many of their cheapest flights are with a company called BudgetAir, they have a terrible reputation and it is better to either book direct with the airline or a trustworthy intermediary like ebookers, lastminute, expedia etc.
I'm not one to sleep on a plane. I had a full row to myself on a flight from Brisbane to Singapore a couple of years ago and still couldn't get a snooze in!
I usually search with Skyscanner but always book my flights direct with the airline.
Etihad all the way, I think better than emirates, if you can't book your seat online ring them up and they'll sort it straight away, air china(we went to bangkok with them)where terrible the service was a joke, emirates( we went to mumbai and singapore with them) good to fly with but Etihad( Mumbai and kuala lumpur and Bangkok with them) were the best airline we travelled with even better than Singapore airlines(and that was non stop)
If your on a380 try and get the seats up stairs there 2seats together in row.
China airlines and air china are two different airlines
Sorry china air....
China airlines for me. Been with them many times and never let down.
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Jim Kirkland’s classic pattern model.
Kit includes fuselage, fiberglass belly pan, .030″ PETG canopy, firewall, foam wings and stabs.
This kit intended for the experienced modeler only. Its construction and flight characteristics require advanced building and flying skills.
Price includes shipping to USA continental 48 states.
2 in stock
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http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/health/china-releases-propaganda-video-of-its-strongest-drone-bomber/
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China has released a new propaganda video of its deadly unmanned fighter jet, which shows the aircraft striking still and moving targets.
CH-5, also known as Rainbow-5, was unveiled in 2016 and is said to be China’s largest and most powerful drone bomber.
The aircraft can carry 16 missiles and strike targets while flying at an altitude of 6,000 metres (19,685 feet), Chinese media have claimed.
It can fly up to 60 hours without refuelling with a maximum flight altitude of 8,000 metres (26,246 feet) and a maximum range of 10,000 kilometres (6,213 miles).
The propaganda film, shared by Chinese state media People’s Daily on its social media account, was released ahead of China’s largest airshow which will take place from November 6 to 11 in Zhuhai.
The clip includes a recent live-fire drill during which CH-5, billed as an ‘air bomb truck’, successfully blew up moving targets.
It also shows the footage of the aircraft’s flight test in May on the Tibetan Plateau.
During the test, the warplane successfully took off and landed at an airport 3,500 metres (11,482 feet) above sea level.
CH-5 is developed and manufactured by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics.
It’s the latest member of the country’s Rainbow Drone Project.
The drone bomber has reported entered a mass-producing stage.
The mass-produced model has a wingspan of 21 meters (69 feet) and a maximum external load of 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds), said China Central Television Station.
‘Because of its external load, its reconnaissance and attacking capabilities has made a qualitative leap compared to the previous models,’ Ou Zhongming, the General Director of the Rainbow Drone Project, told China Central Television Station.
The plane’s maximum take-off load is 3,300 kilograms (7,275 pounds).
A redundancy system has been fitted into its flight control, which would enable the drone to carry on with its task even if one component breaks down, Mr Ou added.
The CH-5 is also capable of carrying high-definition radar systems which would allow the aircraft to conduct surveys at different altitudes.
When the CH-5 debuted in 2016, Chinese media said it was the country’s equivalent to the American military drone, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.
CH-5 is said to be twice as big as China’s other drone fighter jet CH-4 and can carry 2.5 times more external load than CH-4.
The head engineer, Shi Wen, said in a previous interview with Global Times that CH-5 would be able to fly 120 hours without refuelling in the future.
The original CH-5 made its maiden flight in August 2015 in China’s Gansu Province.
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Polish and U.S. fighter jets in joint practice in Łask and Krzesiny
The Armed Forces General Command has released a video showing air drills of Polish and American pilots. Within the framework of the Aviation Detachment Rotation (ADR) practice, twenty U.S. Air Force F-15 and four F-16 fighter jets arrived in Poland.
The practice has been taking place at the 31st and 32nd Tactical Air Bases in Krzesiny and Łask respectively. The F-15s, both E and C models, come from RAF Lakenheath, UK, and belong to the 48th Fighter Wing, whilst the F-16s are assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
"During their missions the fighter jets are supported by a special plane equipped with AWACS system (Airborne Warning and Control System)" - said Major Magdalena Busz from the Armed Forces General Command.
In total, 24 U.S. Air Force fighter jets have been deployed to Poland: ten F-15s and two F-16s per each of the two air bases.
"The practice consists of two sorties a day, during which aerial refueling operations are performed involving a British Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft" - Major Busz said.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, TVN24 Łódź
Źródło zdjęcia głównego: Polish Armed Forces General Command
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Luton Airport Imposes Aircraft Noise Restrictions that Impacts Business Aviation
London is a popular destination for general aviation operators, and there are many airports in the region to pick from. One of the destinations that many operators travel to is Luton (EGGW). Though EGGW is a 24-hour airport, authorities have now published upcoming night restrictions that will be imposed June 1 through September 30—and every subsequent summer period until further notice.
If you plan on operating to EGGW between June 1 and September 30 (and any future summer period), you need to be aware of the following:
- No ad hoc movements – including general aviation, scheduled commercial, and maintenance flights – will be permitted 2200-0559 UTC
- No night slots will be allotted to series flights 2200-0559 UTC
- No revisions of existing confirmed slots from day time (0600-2159 UTC) to night time (2200-0559 UTC)
- No non-emergency diversion flights will be permitted during 2200-0559 UTC
- Effective summer period of 2019 and until further notice, aircraft with a value greater of QC1 will not be permitted to operate during the night time period
Furthermore, below you will find the day time noise restrictions that will start for this year’s summer season between June 1 and September 30:
- No day time slots will be allotted to aircraft greater than QC1 0600-2159 UTC
- No aircraft changes to confirmed slots that would involve replacing an aircraft with a QC value of 1 or less to an aircraft that exceeds that value during 0600-2159 UTC
- No non-emergency diversion flights will be permitted 0600-2159 UTC
Due to the above restrictions, it’s important to consider alternates that will allow you to complete your critical missions. With that in mind, please consider the following recommendations:
- Stansted (EGSS) airport – Note: only 10 night slots per week will be allotted between 2200-0559 UTC
Be advised that airports throughout the London area are imposing stricter noise restrictions that will affect operators with equipment exceeding the designated noise restrictions.
If you have any questions about this article or would like assistance planning your next trip to the UK, contact me at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA 20151, USA
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Goodbye Enterprise, Hello Discovery!This photo was taken just days after the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery was placed in its new home as part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum collection.
The museum offers a tremendous look at both the history and current technology in the field of aerospace and is fascinating regardless of your age or knowledge of physics (that is, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy it).
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, which was formerly housed here, now resides at New York City's Air and Space Museum, aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid.
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Collins Aerospace Systems has joined hands with with Coastal Alabama Community College for an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) apprenticeship at the college’s aerostructures facility in Foley, Alabama.
The four-year program will provide apprentices with on-the-job training, college credit toward an associate’s degree in airframe technology and a Federal Aviation Administration airframe license.
“Our 35-year history in Foley has given us a strong connection to this community and we are proud to offer local students an opportunity to combine education with experience and launch their careers in the growing aerospace industry,” said Marc Duvall, president of the Aerostructures business unit at Collins Aerospace. “To train the maintenance technicians we need while creating new jobs in Foley and supporting higher education – it’s a win for everyone involved.”
“We’re excited about the partnership between Coastal Alabama Community College and Collins Aerospace,” said Mark Sloan, director, Alabama Aviation Center at Coastal Alabama Community College. “This apprenticeship program adds another level to our current aviation work/study, and internship programs. Our students, Collins Aerospace, and our community’s workforce will benefit from this joint venture for years to come.”
The program, recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor and benchmarked by the top apprentice programs globally, goes beyond the classroom by showing students with an interest in aviation and mechanics how to apply these skills in real life. These students will have the opportunity to work alongside mechanics in the facility.
In 2017, Collins announced the expansion of its Foley facility, and has exceeded its commitment to bring 260 additional jobs to the area and now employs over 1,000 people.
With more than 25 years of experience in defence publishing, Global Business Press and its industry leading titles Asian Defence Technology, Asian Airlines & Aerospace and Daily News are the leading defence publications in the region, present at more international shows and exhibitions than any other competing publication in the region.
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Published February 14, 2017
Exploring the hobby of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be difficult to do without support. Fortunately, plenty of sites online can keep users connected to a larger global community. Through specialist news sites, meetups, and forums, pilots can exchange ideas and help each other troubleshoot common issues.
Keeping a pulse on developments in the industry can be a great investment of time. Learning about the latest drone innovations and developments can help users make future decisions in regards to modifications or upgrades. It also makes users informed and valuable assets to the community. Here are a few sites where readers can learn about the latest drone news:
- sUAS News: This site is frequently updated with the latest drone news. It also is home to the sUAS Guide — an attractive quarterly digital magazine that features hundreds of pages of useful information. Best of all, it is available at no cost. They also have a daily email subscription service that summarizes the latest news in an easy-to-digest format.
- Popular Mechanics: While the site for this classic magazine does not exclusively cover news about UAVs, PM does a great job of posting thought provoking pieces about the future of drones. They also post articles discussing the ways that drones are being used for commercial purposes.
- Droneality: This site offers a wide variety of content. It features drone reviews, how-to videos, and some breathtaking aerial photos and videos. Droneality also covers the latest safety regulations and requirements by the FAA, which is an important topic to stay up-to-date on.
- Drone Racing League: Here, drone racing enthusiasts can check out professional competitions. Racing events from around the world can be found here. Furthermore, the site has some useful introductory videos to the fundamentals of drone racing.
In order to be a part of the global conversation, it is necessary to learn a bit about the drone industry. Getting a grasp on current events in the industry is a great way for new users to acclimate themselves. It also helps pilots make informed decisions.
Conventions & Meetups
For a hobbyist, few events can be more exciting than a drone convention. The latest UAV innovations and applications are revealed at expos. It is also an opportunity to connect with other pilots who share a passion for drones. Meetups are a less formal way to be a part of the community, but they can also be enriching experiences. Here are a few sites to keep an eye on conventions and meetups:
- Interdrone: Over 3,500 attendees make the trip to Las Vegas to attend InterDrone. Perhaps the largest commercial drone show in the world, exciting products and announcements often make their debut here, Each year, an impressive roster of key players in the industry give addresses on upcoming innovations and regulations.
- International Drone Expo (IDE): Every year, the most talented members of the international drone community come together in Los Angeles to share news and ideas about commercial drone applications. While IDE might be an opportunity for businesses to investigate new opportunities, it is also an exciting glimpse into the future for UAV hobbyists.
- Meetup: This site is used for a variety of interests, but it has an especially active community of UAV enthusiasts. It boasts over 60,000 members have had already held hundreds of meetups. This is a great way of getting involved with a local community of drone enthusiasts.
- DJI Store App (iOS) (Android): Thanks to DJI, users can take advantage of an innovative feature on the DJI Store app called “Discover”. The app allows users to locate other pilots using GPS technology. While this app is designed for DJI drone users, other pilots might want to check out the feature to simply find local hotspots.
Forums can be an invaluable resource to drone hobbyists. These communities allow users to create a personal profile and connect with other pilots online. They allow pilots to share ideas and get feedback on technical issues, as well as ideas for drone uses and modifications. Each of the following forums have at least 5,000 members, which means there are always experts online to talk with. Check them out — and be sure to follow posting guidelines!
General Drone Enthusiast Forums:
- DroneVibes: This site has a highly active community of drone experts, and the site covers a broad range of topics. Whether a user’s interest lies in aerial photography, racing, or simply learning the basics, there are members here eager to have others join the conversation.
- Quadcopter Forum: A community for quadcopter users. There are sections for users of all experience levels. For beginners, there are sections for troubleshooting, guides, and tips on building your first quadcopter. Advanced users often discuss different builds and review various models.
- FPVLAB: A forum for first person view (FPV) enthusiasts. Users discuss applications for FPV, plan meetups, and even share recordings or live streams of flights. This site has a friendly community of pilots.
Forums for Specific Brands/UAVs:
Below are forums for users of certain brands or specific models of drones. Most discussion revolves around troubleshooting or modifications. Forums that are operated and moderated by the manufacturer are noted as “Official”.
- DJI forums (Official)
- DJI Phantom Pilots
- HeliFreak — Blade Helis Support Forum
- Traxxas Aton forum (Official)
- Yuneec Pilots
However, keep in mind that information from forums are not usually from qualified experts, and should be taken with caution. It is important for users to remain compliant with the law in regards to how they use their UAVs, as well as how they choose to modify the vehicle. If possible, seek advice from the manufacturer’s website before consulting a forum. Information from the manufacturer’s website will contain more authoritative information regarding technical issues.
Manufacturer Support Sites
If pilots have questions about how to use certain functions, how to replace faulty components, or warranty info, the most accurate information is on the manufacturer’s site. Answers to common questions, troubleshooting, manuals, and more can be found on the official support page for most brands. Here are manufacturer support pages for the most popular drone brands at AMain Hobbies:
- Ares RC drone support
- Blade Helis drone support
- DJI drone support
- Traxxas drone support
- Yuneec drone support
These resources are among the best sites to learn about drone developments, engage with the community, and get information on the subject. Innovations in drone technology and applications are changing the way the world works — and there is no better time to become an active part of the discussion.
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The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) provides professional investigative service to commanders of all United States Air Force activities. AFOSI identifies, investigates, and neutralizes criminal, terrorist, and espionage threats to United States Air Force and Department of Defense personnel and resources.
AFOSI has more than 3,000 active-duty, Reserve, and civilian personnel. Of this number, more than half are Federally-credentialed special agents, who are drawn from all segments of the total force. AFOSI accepts applications for civilian special agent positions from experienced law-enforcement personnel and from inexperienced college graduates looking for entry-level positions. In addition, Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) offers OSI special agent positions through its PALACE Acquire (PAQ) program, which hires approximately 10 new agents per year.
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(MyFoxBoston.com) - During daylight hours, the surface of the planet Mercury can reach over 600 degrees Fahrenheit. That's also the same temperature at which Teflon will melt.
It's a myth that Teflon was developed for NASA. It was used by NASA because it can tolerate the temperature extremes of earth orbit and the moon's surface. It was not needed for its more popular attribute: a non-stick cooking surface.
I'm beginning to think that Governor Deval Patrick could survive in space without the requisite protective suit. Tonight, on FOX 25 News at 10 p.m., I'll explain in detail my reasons for naming him, "The Teflon governor."
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