# Boeing Wins \$2B USAF Contract to Deliver KC-46A Tankers

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KC-46A Tankers

Boeing has been awarded a \$2.1 billion contract to deliver 15 KC-46A tankers to the U.S. Air Force, the company reported on Thursday. With the award, the U.S. Air Force will expand its fleet of aircraft, which will help enable the integrated digital battlespace.

“The KC-46’s adaptability is going to be a game-changer for the U.S. Air Force,” said Jamie Burgess, Boeing KC-46 tanker vice president and program manager. “We know our defense customers will need to transform how they fight and win in the modern era. That’s why Boeing is focused on making sure the KC-46 grows and changes with them.”

Boeing’s KC-46 will connect air forces to data needed to maintain the decision advantage and increase success rate on the battlefield. The KC-46 has been designed for state-of-the-art air refueling, cargo and medical transport. Boeing is now on contract for 94 KC-46A tankers.

Boeing delivered the first KC-46A to the U.S. Air Force in Jan. 2019. Since then, the company has delivered 42 tankers to bases across the nation. Boeing’s next-generation KC-46 will feature new capabilities and operational flexibility, which the company will provide to the U.S. Air Force and international customers.

“Our KC-46 fleet is growing, and we’re ready to extend the reach of next-generation air refueling to more of our Airmen,” said Col. Jason Lindsey, U.S. Air Force KC-46 System program manager.

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Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security

In April 2020, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have agreed to incorporate the final design for the remote vision system into KC-46A Pegasus contract requirements. The agreement calls for the implementation of the RVS 2.0 technology with a laser ranger designed to measure distance of the refueling aircraft, larger operator screens and 4K-color cameras

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the advancements are intended to prepare the tanker for future functions such as autonomous refueling and to support other programs as well.

Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract to deliver 15 KC-46A tankers to the U.S. Air Force, the company reported on Thursday. With the award, the U.S. Air Force will expand its fleet of aircraft, which will help enable the integrated digital battlespace.
“The KC-46’s adaptability is going to be a game-changer for the U.S. Air Force,” said Jamie Burgess, Boeing KC-46 tanker vice president and program manager. “We know our defense customers will need to transform how they fight and win in the modern era. That’s why Boeing is focused on making sure the KC-46 grows and changes with them.”
Boeing’s KC-46 will connect air forces to data needed to maintain the decision advantage and increase success rate on the battlefield. The KC-46 has been designed for state-of-the-art air refueling, cargo and medical transport. Boeing is now on contract for 94 KC-46A tankers.
Boeing delivered the first KC-46A to the U.S. Air Force in Jan. 2019. Since then, the company has delivered 42 tankers to bases across the nation. Boeing’s next-generation KC-46 will feature new capabilities and operational flexibility, which the company will provide to the U.S. Air Force and international customers.
“Our KC-46 fleet is growing, and we’re ready to extend the reach of next-generation air refueling to more of our Airmen,” said Col. Jason Lindsey, U.S. Air Force KC-46 System program manager.
In April 2020, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have agreed to incorporate the final design for the remote vision system into KC-46A Pegasus contract requirements. The agreement calls for the implementation of the RVS 2.0 technology with a laser ranger designed to measure distance of the refueling aircraft, larger operator screens and 4K-color cameras
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the advancements are intended to prepare the tanker for future functions such as autonomous refueling and to support other programs as well.


# Helpdesk Specialist Public Address System - Military veterans preferred

Date Posted: 2018-11-29
 Company: The CENTECH GROUP (www.centechgroup.com)
 Job Category: Defense Contracting

Salary Range:/yr
 Types of Work:
 full-time employee contract

Location:
 City: Andrews Afb
 State: Maryland
 Country: United States

THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. (CENTECHÂ®) is seeking a Help Desk Specialist to contribute to the Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) Network Infrastructure Support Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Program, Andrews AFB, MD, to assist users with issues associated with the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

 Qualifications are as follows:

 Candidate must meet the requirements presented above
 Candidate must have one (1) years experience
 Candidate must have a Secret Security Clearance
 Candidate must have a Security+ certification

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

 The duties and responsibilities of our Help Desk Specialist will be to provide assistance to users for the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.

 Required Skills:

 Must have a broad, deep Customer Service orientation and professional demeanor
 Must possess above average verbal and written communication skills
 Must possess expertise in 1+ years of experience managing audio visual systems and familiarization with Anchor portable systems and Yamaha MG166C soundboards
 Must have schedule flexibility to work varying hours
 Desired skills:

 Demonstrated experience interfacing with the Air Force is highly desired

The CENTECH GROUP (www.centechgroup.com)
full-time employee contract
THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. (CENTECHÂ®) is seeking a Help Desk Specialist to contribute to the Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) Network Infrastructure Support Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Program, Andrews AFB, MD, to assist users with issues associated with the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.
Qualifications are as follows:
Candidate must meet the requirements presented above
Candidate must have one (1) years experience
Candidate must have a Secret Security Clearance
Candidate must have a Security+ certification
The duties and responsibilities of our Help Desk Specialist will be to provide assistance to users for the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.
Must have a broad, deep Customer Service orientation and professional demeanor
Must possess above average verbal and written communication skills
Must possess expertise in 1+ years of experience managing audio visual systems and familiarization with Anchor portable systems and Yamaha MG166C soundboards
Must have schedule flexibility to work varying hours
Demonstrated experience interfacing with the Air Force is highly desired


# SKF Nautilus

## Proven reliability and performance

![](/binary/31-64296/210x210/Nautilus-2012_8x10_300_2.66964285714286_146.666666666667_598_741.333333333333.jpg)

The original SKF Nautilus double row tapered roller bearing is one unit that does the work of two, eliminating the need for a main shaft by connecting directly to the gearbox or generator and to the hub. No main shaft means substantial reductions in nacelle dimension and weight. The original SKF Nautilus also operates with much less friction than a main shaft supported by two bearings.
## Now with more design options than ever

The next generation of SKF Nautilus bearing solutions incorporates knowledge gained from many SKF Nautilus-equipped designs developed with turbine manufacturers and design consultants. The result is an expanded range of SKF Nautilus solutions that gives designers many new turbine design options, including those with gearboxes or direct drives, or outer or inner ring rotation.
## Integrated seal and pre-greased solution

SKF Nautilus bearings with integrated sealing carriers help reduce weight and associated costs, plus the risk of bearing contamination during turbine mounting. They also make it easy to replace seals on top of the turbine, without dismounting the carrier.
## Bolted inner ring

Building on the standard bolted outer ring of the original, SKF Nautilus bearings are now available with a bolted inner ring. The bearing is simply bolted to the rotor hub and to the mainframe, enabling significantly higher operational reliability and safety while eliminating the need for time-consuming mounting of all single components on-site.
## Impact business

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Proven reliability and performance
The original SKF Nautilus double row tapered roller bearing is one unit that does the work of two, eliminating the need for a main shaft by connecting directly to the gearbox or generator and to the hub. No main shaft means substantial reductions in nacelle dimension and weight. The original SKF Nautilus also operates with much less friction than a main shaft supported by two bearings.
Now with more design options than ever
The next generation of SKF Nautilus bearing solutions incorporates knowledge gained from many SKF Nautilus-equipped designs developed with turbine manufacturers and design consultants. The result is an expanded range of SKF Nautilus solutions that gives designers many new turbine design options, including those with gearboxes or direct drives, or outer or inner ring rotation.
Integrated seal and pre-greased solution
SKF Nautilus bearings with integrated sealing carriers help reduce weight and associated costs, plus the risk of bearing contamination during turbine mounting. They also make it easy to replace seals on top of the turbine, without dismounting the carrier.
Bolted inner ring
Building on the standard bolted outer ring of the original, SKF Nautilus bearings are now available with a bolted inner ring. The bearing is simply bolted to the rotor hub and to the mainframe, enabling significantly higher operational reliability and safety while eliminating the need for time-consuming mounting of all single components on-site.


# Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

References

# AGBO Aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment

 Aeroballisticheskoe Giperzvukovoe Boevoe Osnashchenie

The Boost-glide concept was first studied by the German engineer Eugene Sanger, whose "Silver Bird" antipodal bomber was intended to bomb New York City. During the early years of the Cold War the Soviet Union investigated a variety of such mixed propulsion configurations, including rocket boosted cruise missiles and rocket launched boost glide vehicles.

The priority development of a hypersonic weapon is on a par with high-precision, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry issues of the government. In his opinion, the one who will own hypersonic weapon "will change the principles of warfare." And, of course, the relevance of this theme highlights the priority in Russian President Vladimir Putin. During his meeting with the students of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", which took place in 2014, the President drew attention to the importance of the development of new materials in the context of just this military equipment. "Modern hypersonic missile systems that provide several Mach speed, it is impossible to imagine without modern materials, - said Vladimir Putin.

According to the president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, the appearance in Russia's own hypersonic weapons will restore the balance of power, as there is practically no means of protection against such weapons. At the same time, as stressed by the head of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, a key task for such weapons can be to destroy enemy missiles when the main thing is "to have time to react."

As explained by the "joint venture", military expert and editor in chief of the portal Militaryrussia Dmitry Kornev , the correct technical name of the tested aircraft is "aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment" (AGBO). Its peculiarity is that most of the flight unit moves along the boundary of Earth's atmosphere. And it is this aerodynamic movement at high speed is termed "hypersonic flight" with a seed up to 7 kilometers per second. It is important to understand that the machine "4202" in itself can not fly. To start it necessarily need a ballistic missile. The "Pretty pictures" often encountered on the web depicting some futuristic hypersonic aircraft, some vehicles with wings, with a pronounced tail and so on, and not the reality. Most likely, the "Objekt 4202" looks not much different from the usual combat unit. Nevertheless, it is able to create additional points by maneuvering airfoils. This is the main innovation of hypersonic unit.

Boost-glide technologies mate a rocket booster with a hypersonic glide vehicle, which may or may not incorporate an air-breathing supersonic-combustion ramjet. A Maneuvering Reentry Vehicle (MARV) is a ballistic missile reentry vehicle, with no propulsion system, equipped with its own navigation and control systems capable of adjusting its trajectory during reentry into the atmosphere. In the 1970s the three measures that were proposed in the United States for increasing hard-target, counterforce capability were: Refine the existing guidance system for the Minuteman III; Initiate engineering development of a larger yield warhead (MK-12A) that could be placed on the Minuteman III; and Initiate advanced development of terminally guided maneuvering reentry vehicles (MARV), such as the Evader MARV as an anti-ABM warhead for deployment on 100 TRIDENT I missiles by the early 1980s.

Long range BGVs start at orbital speed of nearly 8 km/s and have therefore rather more kinetic energy to dissipate than do ICBM RVs. The RV traverses the entire 8 km scale height of the atmosphere at an angle to the horizontal of 22 in a few seconds, while the BGV supports itself aerodynamically for 10,000 km at near-orbital speed for 1,200 seconds. The heating due to lift is concentrated on the lower surface of the BGV rather than uniformly around the axis of the RV. This would typically require a very thick layer of ablative material on the lower surface of the BGV. The function of the inner layer is simple insulation rather than ablation, so much of the protection system could be in the form of non-ablating material such as the tiles on the space shuttle.

The intense heating of the BGV during the whole of the glide phase provides a strong infrared signal to defensive systems designed to detect it or to use it for an infrared homing intercept. A simple terminal maneuver for a ballistic missile will allow it to deny sanctuary to structures and locations shielded by a near-vertical launch interceptor. At intermediate range this can require a 45 maneuver that with an L/D = 2.2 would result in a reduction of warhead speed to 0.7 of the initial speed. If performed at 10 g transverse acceleration (0.1 km/s2), the maneuver could take on the order of 30 seconds. An alternative would be to have a high-drag RV to greatly reduce speed to, say, Mach 3 (1 km/s), so that a 45 maneuver could be accomplished in a few seconds (slowdown to turn). The simple kinematic considerations of this appendix indicate the value of the engineering design of a variable-geometry RV, and the competition between the longer-term better and the earlier and perhaps good enough.

Separated in flight component of the head of the strategic missile (GV), the combat unit of a rocket (BB) designed to directly destroy the target. The missile includes the body with the combat charge and automatic system placed in it, as well as other systems and devices that provide the required conditions for their use as intended. The warhead of the main part of strategic missiles uses, as a rule, a thermonuclear warhead.

The warhead body defines its aerodynamic shape and is designed to accommodate the combat charge and the automation system and protect them from external influences during operation and combat use, including for thermal protection in the atmospheric descent section and ensuring strength when subjected to aerodynamic loads and undermining the anti-missile.

The warhead casing consists of a power structure, heat-protective or multifunctional coating, as well as devices providing the required composition of the gas medium in the warhead casing. The power structure of the housing warhead perceives the bulk of the mechanical loads acting on the warhead during ground operation and combat use; consists of a power shell, frames and other reinforcing elements, bottoms, etc.

The warhead can be uncontrollable, controllable and penetrating. The uncontrolled warhead (NBB) after separation from the MS platform does not change the flight path to the target. The NBB may contain means for targeting and stabilizing with respect to the center of mass as part of the NWB twist motor relative to the longitudinal axis and the oblique pylons at the tail end. To reduce the probability of recognizing the warhead among false targets, the NBB may have a means of distorting radar characteristics in the form of inflatable or reticular reflectors.

Guided [Managed] warhead (UBB) is designed to change the flight path relative to the ballistic one after separation from the MS platform. For this purpose, the UBB has a control system that can be combined with the automation system of the warhead, and controls.

UBB can be homing (SNBB) and maneuvering (MBB). SNBB is designed to correct the flight path in order to improve the accuracy of hitting the target. The flight path is changed at the atmospheric descent due to aerodynamic quality of the SNBB. For this purpose, the command controls from the homing system provide the required angles of attack and slip of the SNBB.

MBB is designed to change the flight path in order to evade the enemy's missile defenses (anti-missile). Maneuvers are usually carried out at the atmospheric section of the flight path due to the aerodynamic quality of the MBB. Maneuvers can be programmatic and adaptive, taking into account the information received about the functioning of the means of intercepting and destroying the enemy's antimissile defense. UBB can simultaneously carry out both a maneuver of evading anti-missiles and homing on the target.

Penetrating warhead (PBB) is designed to penetrate into the ground to a depth of more than 10 m and the implementation of an underground explosion. For this purpose, the PBB has an elongated shape and increased strength of the hull, a cannon-type combat charge and an automation system.

Initially the theme of "Avangard" included the development of various breakthrough themes that give Russia a great strategic advantage. As a result, the hypersonic maneuvering and planning device for delivery of combat blocks, both conventional and thermonuclear, small, medium and high power (and on heavy ICBMs - heavy) remained under this name. "Vanguard" is the heir of the previous generation of these weapons, tested in the 1990s, and then - even the Soviet theme "Albatross".

The ABC was tested on the basis of the liquid medium MBR UR-100NUTTX , in common parlance "Sotka" , and it will also be deployed on it. Thus, the aging third generation ICBM (Voyevoda and the old Topol - 4th generation, Topol-M, various Yarsy and Sarmat - is the 5th) got a chance for a second life as the carrier of the world's first serial model of a "rapid global strike" weapon . Now it's clear why Russia at one time exchanged gas for Ukraine's "dry", unregulated and encapsulated UR-100NUTTX. Moreover, these missiles have not been installed in the mines, but lie in the arsenal.

The hypersonic aeroballistic aerial warhead "Dagger" (GZUR, or X-47M2), has a relationship with the missile of the Iskander-M complex. More precisely, with one of its modifications. By the way, on the 2018 video presented it was carried by the MiG-31 interceptor with the airborne number 592 - this is a famous airplane. The machine of one of the first series, the first of the refueling system, the first to visit the North Pole, participated in a variety of tests, and now - in tests of such a formidable product as a maneuvering hypersonic missile.

AGBO Aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment
Aeroballisticheskoe Giperzvukovoe Boevoe Osnashchenie
The Boost-glide concept was first studied by the German engineer Eugene Sanger, whose "Silver Bird" antipodal bomber was intended to bomb New York City. During the early years of the Cold War the Soviet Union investigated a variety of such mixed propulsion configurations, including rocket boosted cruise missiles and rocket launched boost glide vehicles.
The priority development of a hypersonic weapon is on a par with high-precision, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry issues of the government. In his opinion, the one who will own hypersonic weapon "will change the principles of warfare." And, of course, the relevance of this theme highlights the priority in Russian President Vladimir Putin. During his meeting with the students of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", which took place in 2014, the President drew attention to the importance of the development of new materials in the context of just this military equipment. "Modern hypersonic missile systems that provide several Mach speed, it is impossible to imagine without modern materials, - said Vladimir Putin.
According to the president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, the appearance in Russia's own hypersonic weapons will restore the balance of power, as there is practically no means of protection against such weapons. At the same time, as stressed by the head of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, a key task for such weapons can be to destroy enemy missiles when the main thing is "to have time to react."
As explained by the "joint venture", military expert and editor in chief of the portal Militaryrussia Dmitry Kornev , the correct technical name of the tested aircraft is "aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment" (AGBO). Its peculiarity is that most of the flight unit moves along the boundary of Earth's atmosphere. And it is this aerodynamic movement at high speed is termed "hypersonic flight" with a seed up to 7 kilometers per second. It is important to understand that the machine "4202" in itself can not fly. To start it necessarily need a ballistic missile. The "Pretty pictures" often encountered on the web depicting some futuristic hypersonic aircraft, some vehicles with wings, with a pronounced tail and so on, and not the reality. Most likely, the "Objekt 4202" looks not much different from the usual combat unit. Nevertheless, it is able to create additional points by maneuvering airfoils. This is the main innovation of hypersonic unit.
Boost-glide technologies mate a rocket booster with a hypersonic glide vehicle, which may or may not incorporate an air-breathing supersonic-combustion ramjet. A Maneuvering Reentry Vehicle (MARV) is a ballistic missile reentry vehicle, with no propulsion system, equipped with its own navigation and control systems capable of adjusting its trajectory during reentry into the atmosphere. In the 1970s the three measures that were proposed in the United States for increasing hard-target, counterforce capability were: Refine the existing guidance system for the Minuteman III; Initiate engineering development of a larger yield warhead (MK-12A) that could be placed on the Minuteman III; and Initiate advanced development of terminally guided maneuvering reentry vehicles (MARV), such as the Evader MARV as an anti-ABM warhead for deployment on 100 TRIDENT I missiles by the early 1980s.
Long range BGVs start at orbital speed of nearly 8 km/s and have therefore rather more kinetic energy to dissipate than do ICBM RVs. The RV traverses the entire 8 km “scale height” of the atmosphere at an angle to the horizontal of 22° in a few seconds, while the BGV supports itself aerodynamically for 10,000 km at near-orbital speed for 1,200 seconds. The heating due to lift is concentrated on the lower surface of the BGV rather than uniformly around the axis of the RV. This would typically require a very thick layer of ablative material on the lower surface of the BGV. The function of the inner layer is simple insulation rather than ablation, so much of the protection system could be in the form of non-ablating material such as the “tiles” on the space shuttle.
The intense heating of the BGV during the whole of the glide phase provides a strong infrared signal to defensive systems designed to detect it or to use it for an infrared homing intercept. A simple terminal maneuver for a ballistic missile will allow it to deny sanctuary to structures and locations shielded by a near-vertical launch interceptor. At intermediate range this can require a 45° maneuver that with an L/D = 2.2 would result in a reduction of warhead speed to 0.7 of the initial speed. If performed at 10 g transverse acceleration (0.1 km/s2), the maneuver could take on the order of 30 seconds. An alternative would be to have a high-drag RV to greatly reduce speed to, say, Mach 3 (1 km/s), so that a 45° maneuver could be accomplished in a few seconds (slowdown to turn). The simple kinematic considerations of this appendix indicate the value of the engineering design of a variable-geometry RV, and the competition between the longer-term “better” and the earlier and perhaps “good enough.”
Separated in flight component of the head of the strategic missile (GV), the combat unit of a rocket (BB) designed to directly destroy the target. The missile includes the body with the combat charge and automatic system placed in it, as well as other systems and devices that provide the required conditions for their use as intended. The warhead of the main part of strategic missiles uses, as a rule, a thermonuclear warhead.
The warhead body defines its aerodynamic shape and is designed to accommodate the combat charge and the automation system and protect them from external influences during operation and combat use, including for thermal protection in the atmospheric descent section and ensuring strength when subjected to aerodynamic loads and undermining the anti-missile.
The warhead casing consists of a power structure, heat-protective or multifunctional coating, as well as devices providing the required composition of the gas medium in the warhead casing. The power structure of the housing warhead perceives the bulk of the mechanical loads acting on the warhead during ground operation and combat use; consists of a power shell, frames and other reinforcing elements, bottoms, etc.
The warhead can be uncontrollable, controllable and penetrating. The uncontrolled warhead (NBB) after separation from the MS platform does not change the flight path to the target. The NBB may contain means for targeting and stabilizing with respect to the center of mass as part of the NWB twist motor relative to the longitudinal axis and the oblique pylons at the tail end. To reduce the probability of recognizing the warhead among false targets, the NBB may have a means of distorting radar characteristics in the form of inflatable or reticular reflectors.
Guided [Managed] warhead (UBB) is designed to change the flight path relative to the ballistic one after separation from the MS platform. For this purpose, the UBB has a control system that can be combined with the automation system of the warhead, and controls.
UBB can be homing (SNBB) and maneuvering (MBB). SNBB is designed to correct the flight path in order to improve the accuracy of hitting the target. The flight path is changed at the atmospheric descent due to aerodynamic quality of the SNBB. For this purpose, the command controls from the homing system provide the required angles of attack and slip of the SNBB.
MBB is designed to change the flight path in order to evade the enemy's missile defenses (anti-missile). Maneuvers are usually carried out at the atmospheric section of the flight path due to the aerodynamic quality of the MBB. Maneuvers can be programmatic and adaptive, taking into account the information received about the functioning of the means of intercepting and destroying the enemy's antimissile defense. UBB can simultaneously carry out both a maneuver of evading anti-missiles and homing on the target.
Penetrating warhead (PBB) is designed to penetrate into the ground to a depth of more than 10 m and the implementation of an underground explosion. For this purpose, the PBB has an elongated shape and increased strength of the hull, a cannon-type combat charge and an automation system.
Initially the theme of "Avangard" included the development of various breakthrough themes that give Russia a great strategic advantage. As a result, the hypersonic maneuvering and planning device for delivery of combat blocks, both conventional and thermonuclear, small, medium and high power (and on heavy ICBMs - heavy) remained under this name. "Vanguard" is the heir of the previous generation of these weapons, tested in the 1990s, and then - even the Soviet theme "Albatross".
The ABC was tested on the basis of the liquid medium MBR UR-100NUTTX , in common parlance "Sotka" , and it will also be deployed on it. Thus, the aging third generation ICBM (Voyevoda and the old Topol - 4th generation, Topol-M, various Yarsy and Sarmat - is the 5th) got a chance for a second life as the carrier of the world's first serial model of a "rapid global strike" weapon . Now it's clear why Russia at one time exchanged gas for Ukraine's "dry", unregulated and encapsulated UR-100NUTTX. Moreover, these missiles have not been installed in the mines, but lie in the arsenal.
The hypersonic aeroballistic aerial warhead "Dagger" (GZUR, or X-47M2), has a relationship with the missile of the Iskander-M complex. More precisely, with one of its modifications. By the way, on the 2018 video presented it was carried by the MiG-31 interceptor with the airborne number 592 - this is a famous airplane. The machine of one of the first series, the first of the refueling system, the first to visit the North Pole, participated in a variety of tests, and now - in tests of such a formidable product as a maneuvering hypersonic missile.
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# Luca Perazzolli

![Luca Perazzolli](https://s28490.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/LucaPerazzolli_100px.jpg.optimal.jpg)

Luca “Luke” Perazzolli earned his pilot license in 1989 and has logged more than 1500 hours in 25 different types of aircraft. He currently owns a Van’s RV-8 that he built in 2010. Luca flies aerobatics and is a mountain glacier pilot, with ratings for snow and uphill landings. He is also an LSA instructor, Italian EAA technical counselor, flight advisor, DAR, and experimental aircraft flight test pilot. As president of EAA chapter 1581, he is very focused on Young Eagle activities. Luca also teaches flight testing, metal building, and aircraft electrical systems for the Italian EAA.

![](https://s28490.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/no-limits-Marco-Cherubini-no-limits-marco-cherubini-ph_01-324x160.jpg.optimal.jpg "No Limits!")

### No Limits!

Marco Cherubini is a paraplegic, but that didn’t stop him from building an RV-7 and fulfilling his dreams of flight.

![](https://s28490.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/groundloop_06-324x160.jpg.optimal.jpg "A Ground Loop Story")

### A Ground Loop Story

Sometimes stuff happens.

![](https://s28490.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Tucano_Replica-16-324x160.jpg.optimal.jpg "Flying Legend’s Tucano Replica")

### Flying Legend’s Tucano Replica

If you can't own an original, it's the next best thing.

![](https://s28490.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/smoke-figure_21b-324x160.jpg.optimal.jpg "Up With Smoke")

### Up With Smoke

Installing a smoke system to make your mark in the sky.

Luca “Luke” Perazzolli earned his pilot license in 1989 and has logged more than 1500 hours in 25 different types of aircraft. He currently owns a Van’s RV-8 that he built in 2010. Luca flies aerobatics and is a mountain glacier pilot, with ratings for snow and uphill landings. He is also an LSA instructor, Italian EAA technical counselor, flight advisor, DAR, and experimental aircraft flight test pilot. As president of EAA chapter 1581, he is very focused on Young Eagle activities. Luca also teaches flight testing, metal building, and aircraft electrical systems for the Italian EAA.
This month Barnaby Wainfan turns his attention to the control system and how various aspects such as linkages, the elevator planform and tail aspect ratio, and trailing-edge treatments affect pitch control.


![KC-767 Kit](images/has_10808_title.jpg)

# Hasegawa 1/200 KC-767 World Tanker Combo Kit First Look

| Date of Review | November 2014 | Manufacturer | Hasegawa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | KC-767 World Tanker Combo | Scale | 1/200 |
| Kit Number | 10808 | Primary Media | Styrene |
| Pros | Easy build, nice details | Cons | Nothing noted |
| Skill Level | Basic | MSRP (USD) | \$54.99 |

### First Look

At the beginning of the 21st Century, the US Air Force released a long awaited requirement to replace the aging KC-135 tanker. The KC-135 was based on the 367-80 (Dash 80) jet airliner prototype to provide an all-jet air refueling solution to a growing fleet of pure jet fighters and bombers. While Boeing was scaling up the Dash 80 into the first Model 707 airliners, they chose a smaller airframe as the solution for the KC-135 mission. While never officially designated as the Model 717, the KC-135 was similar in size to the Model 720 which was also a scaled-down 707 for the commercial market. The KC-135 entered production in the mid-1950s and the last production tanker came off the line in 1965. Where the KC-135 was a specially-designed tanker solution, this time the Air Force wanted a tanker based upon a commercial airframe and the 767 was selected.

The Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing in 2002 for the tanker but this soon ran afoul of politics and the contract was scuttled, opened for competition which brought the Airbus A330 as an alternative which won that competition. Once again politics scuttled that award and Boeing won the third (and final) attempt. In the meantime, Boeing had already pushed forward on the KC-767 concept and sold the first four tankers to the Italian Air Force. Japan followed with four tankers for the JASDF while the Airbus A330 tanker was adopted by other air arms. Columbia acquired their own tanker from a 767 converted by IAI.

Here is Hasegawa's 1/200 Boeing 767-200 kit set up as the KC-767 and perhaps we'll see this kit again as the KC-46A once the US Air Force takes delivery of its own belated tankers. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on five parts trees. Actually there are ten parts trees as Hasegawa provides two complete tanker kits in this box. The kits offer the following features and options:

- Simple construction
- Cockpit bulkhead serves as mount for heavy screws used for ballast
- Landing gear is posed extended only
- Two types of refueling drogue pods included (Italy or Columbia)
- High speed refueling boom included (Italy and Japan)

Markings are provided for three aircraft:

- KC-767A, 14-01/N767TT, Italian Air Force
- KC-767 MMTT, 1202, Columbian Air Force, 'Jupiter'
- KC-767J, 87-3602, 404 SQ/1 TAG, JASDF

The decal sheet has a nice set of maintenance stencils for the airframe as well as the distinctive markings for each of the subjects above.

Overall, this really is a nice kit which provides some well-thought-out options with the two different types of refueling pods and refueling boom to mix and match as needed to render each of the subjects above. With two tanker kits in this box, you can render two of the three subjects above or build one of them as a KC-46A (using your own decals...). Have some fun and give this release a turn on your bench!

My sincere thanks to Hasegawa USA for this review sample!

Hasegawa 1/200 KC-767 World Tanker Combo Kit First Look
By Michael Benolkin
|Date of Review||November 2014||Manufacturer||Hasegawa|
|Subject||KC-767 World Tanker Combo||Scale||1/200|
|Kit Number||10808||Primary Media||Styrene|
|Pros||Easy build, nice details||Cons||Nothing noted|
|Skill Level||Basic||MSRP (USD)||$54.99|
At the beginning of the 21st Century, the US Air Force released a long awaited requirement to replace the aging KC-135 tanker. The KC-135 was based on the 367-80 (Dash 80) jet airliner prototype to provide an all-jet air refueling solution to a growing fleet of pure jet fighters and bombers. While Boeing was scaling up the Dash 80 into the first Model 707 airliners, they chose a smaller airframe as the solution for the KC-135 mission. While never officially designated as the Model 717, the KC-135 was similar in size to the Model 720 which was also a scaled-down 707 for the commercial market. The KC-135 entered production in the mid-1950s and the last production tanker came off the line in 1965. Where the KC-135 was a specially-designed tanker solution, this time the Air Force wanted a tanker based upon a commercial airframe and the 767 was selected.
The Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing in 2002 for the tanker but this soon ran afoul of politics and the contract was scuttled, opened for competition which brought the Airbus A330 as an alternative which won that competition. Once again politics scuttled that award and Boeing won the third (and final) attempt. In the meantime, Boeing had already pushed forward on the KC-767 concept and sold the first four tankers to the Italian Air Force. Japan followed with four tankers for the JASDF while the Airbus A330 tanker was adopted by other air arms. Columbia acquired their own tanker from a 767 converted by IAI.
Here is Hasegawa's 1/200 Boeing 767-200 kit set up as the KC-767 and perhaps we'll see this kit again as the KC-46A once the US Air Force takes delivery of its own belated tankers. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on five parts trees. Actually there are ten parts trees as Hasegawa provides two complete tanker kits in this box. The kits offer the following features and options:
- Simple construction
- Cockpit bulkhead serves as mount for heavy screws used for ballast
- Landing gear is posed extended only
- Two types of refueling drogue pods included (Italy or Columbia)
- High speed refueling boom included (Italy and Japan)
Markings are provided for three aircraft:
- KC-767A, 14-01/N767TT, Italian Air Force
- KC-767 MMTT, 1202, Columbian Air Force, 'Jupiter'
- KC-767J, 87-3602, 404 SQ/1 TAG, JASDF
The decal sheet has a nice set of maintenance stencils for the airframe as well as the distinctive markings for each of the subjects above.
Overall, this really is a nice kit which provides some well-thought-out options with the two different types of refueling pods and refueling boom to mix and match as needed to render each of the subjects above. With two tanker kits in this box, you can render two of the three subjects above or build one of them as a KC-46A (using your own decals...). Have some fun and give this release a turn on your bench!
My sincere thanks to Hasegawa USA for this review sample!


Al-Jaburi, K. (Khider) and D. Feszty (Daniel)
# Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators

Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Volume 63 - Issue 3

A novel passive flow control concept—based on the local modification of an airfoil’s surface—is proposed and examined via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the mitigation of the negative effects of dynamic stall, i.e., for the reduction of peak negative pitching moment while not deteriorating significantly the original lift and drag characteristics. Two-dimensional CFD simulations of a NACA 0012 airfoil exposed to a freestream of Mach 0.3 and Re = 3.76 × 106 and undergoing a 15? ± 10? pitch oscillation with a reduced frequency of 0.101 were conducted. The baseline airfoil simulations were carefully verified and validated, showing excellent agreement with wind tunnel data. Twenty-six different local geometry modifications were proposed and examined, all functioning as a trapped-vortex generator. The surface modifications were examined on both the upper and lower surfaces. In the case of the upper surface modifications, the best geometries could reduce the peak negative pitching moment by as much as 37–63%, while sacrificing only 2–10% of peak lift and reducing drag by 14–38%. On the other hand, the lower surface modifications demonstrated the ability to increase lift by 4–16% with only minor penalty in pitching moment and drag.

Al-Jaburi, K. (Khider), & Feszty, D. (2018). Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators. In Journal of the American Helicopter Society

(Vol. 63). doi:10.4050/JAHS.63.032005

Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators
Journal of the American Helicopter Society , Volume 63 - Issue 3
A novel passive flow control concept—based on the local modification of an airfoil’s surface—is proposed and examined via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the mitigation of the negative effects of dynamic stall, i.e., for the reduction of peak negative pitching moment while not deteriorating significantly the original lift and drag characteristics. Two-dimensional CFD simulations of a NACA 0012 airfoil exposed to a freestream of Mach 0.3 and Re = 3.76 × 106 and undergoing a 15? ± 10? pitch oscillation with a reduced frequency of 0.101 were conducted. The baseline airfoil simulations were carefully verified and validated, showing excellent agreement with wind tunnel data. Twenty-six different local geometry modifications were proposed and examined, all functioning as a trapped-vortex generator. The surface modifications were examined on both the upper and lower surfaces. In the case of the upper surface modifications, the best geometries could reduce the peak negative pitching moment by as much as 37–63%, while sacrificing only 2–10% of peak lift and reducing drag by 14–38%. On the other hand, the lower surface modifications demonstrated the ability to increase lift by 4–16% with only minor penalty in pitching moment and drag.
|Journal of the American Helicopter Society|
|Organisation||Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering|
Al-Jaburi, K. (Khider), & Feszty, D. (2018). Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators. In Journal of the American Helicopter Society (Vol. 63). doi:10.4050/JAHS.63.032005


# Israel’s ninth satellite lifts off

ISRAEL YESTERDAY was scheduled to launch Amos 3 — a telecommunications satellite designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries — from a site in Kazakhstan.

It reinforces Israel’s status as a satellite superpower, which can also monitor Iran and its Arab neighbours without relying on other countries’ goodwill.

The satellite will stay in stationary orbit at an altitude of 36,000km, offering services to commercial clients throughout the world. Spacecom, an American service provider which will operate the satellite, announced this week that it already had orders worth \$160 million (£80m). Amos 3 joins a stable of eight Israeli c o mmunic a - tions and reconnaissance satellites currently orbiting the Earth. Israel is one of only seven countries — or in the case of Europe, groups of countries — that build their own satellites and are capable of launching them.

Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, the chairman of Israel’s space programme, told the JC: “Israel is self-sufficient in space. There are about 50 countries involved in space.

“Most of them buy their satellites from those seven. Israel is one of the seven. The world market for space services is already worth \$150 billion (£75bn) a year. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have 5 to 10 per cent of that.”

Israel specialises in micro-satellites, weighing 300-400kg. “The lighter the satellite, the cheaper it is,” explained Professor Ben-Israel, a former director of research and development in the Defence Ministry.

“The launch doesn’t cost so much. The sub-systems cost less. So we found ourselves with the capability of building sophisticated satellites that are relatively cheap. The world started to show an interest.”

Earlier this year, Israel launched the TecSAR, a revolutionary surveillance satellite.

Instead of an optical camera, it uses advanced radar technology, which does not need light. It can send back high-definition images taken at night and through cloud.

With French financial support, Israel is now developing the Venus, a scientific satellite which will be put to use monitoring the environment and pollution.

“Satellites are perhaps the best source of monitoring global warming,” explained Professor Ben-Israel. “They can take photographs of fields, for instance, and identify certain diseases in plants.

“You can look at the sea with multispectral cameras, which can detect and identify all the chemicals in the water.

“The scientists will use those measurements in order to build or verify or change the model which can predict all these phenomena.”

Israel’s ninth satellite lifts off
ISRAEL YESTERDAY was scheduled to launch Amos 3 — a telecommunications satellite designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries — from a site in Kazakhstan.
It reinforces Israel’s status as a satellite superpower, which can also monitor Iran and its Arab neighbours without relying on other countries’ goodwill.
The satellite will stay in stationary orbit at an altitude of 36,000km, offering services to commercial clients throughout the world. Spacecom, an American service provider which will operate the satellite, announced this week that it already had orders worth $160 million (£80m). Amos 3 joins a stable of eight Israeli c o mmunic a - tions and reconnaissance satellites currently orbiting the Earth. Israel is one of only seven countries — or in the case of Europe, groups of countries — that build their own satellites and are capable of launching them.
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, the chairman of Israel’s space programme, told the JC: “Israel is self-sufficient in space. There are about 50 countries involved in space.
“Most of them buy their satellites from those seven. Israel is one of the seven. The world market for space services is already worth $150 billion (£75bn) a year. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have 5 to 10 per cent of that.”
Israel specialises in micro-satellites, weighing 300-400kg. “The lighter the satellite, the cheaper it is,” explained Professor Ben-Israel, a former director of research and development in the Defence Ministry.
“The launch doesn’t cost so much. The sub-systems cost less. So we found ourselves with the capability of building sophisticated satellites that are relatively cheap. The world started to show an interest.”
Earlier this year, Israel launched the TecSAR, a revolutionary surveillance satellite.
Instead of an optical camera, it uses advanced radar technology, which does not need light. It can send back high-definition images taken at night and through cloud.
With French financial support, Israel is now developing the Venus, a scientific satellite which will be put to use monitoring the environment and pollution.
“Satellites are perhaps the best source of monitoring global warming,” explained Professor Ben-Israel. “They can take photographs of fields, for instance, and identify certain diseases in plants.
“You can look at the sea with multispectral cameras, which can detect and identify all the chemicals in the water.
“The scientists will use those measurements in order to build or verify or change the model which can predict all these phenomena.”


# Jonathan E. Smith

Thoughts and musings pertaining to life, ministry, and the pursuit of technology.

### The Final Shuttle Launch STS-135

The final details have come together for our STS-135 launch trip. All the spots are filled at the private location where I will be viewing the launch from. I am interested in Causeway tickets but am not willing to pay the greedy prices currently being listed on eBay. This will be a fun trip as I connect with friends from the launches of STS-132, 133 and 134. I'm also looking forward to a tour of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - a place I have been once....secretly.

This launch is history in the making as our great nation, which just celebrated its 235th birthday, gives up the ability to fly humans into space and instead chooses to rely on our former Space Race competitors in order to reach low earth orbit.

As we watch the last space shuttle escape Earth’s gravity I wonder how history is going to repeat itself. The last manned flight from the Apollo missions was in 1975 and the first space shuttle mission didn’t take place until 1981. Will our gap only be 6 years or will political and economic factors make the gap longer? What role will the private sector play? Will NASA be relegated to a government regulations industry overseeing private space flight or will NASA again lead the world in launching humans into space? What role does national pride play in modern space exploration? And what about the Chinese, could that be the next great Space Race?

Only time will tell but as I watch the final space shuttle mission these and other thoughts will be going through my mind.


# US Air Force launches high-altitude UAS

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a successful test flight of the Global Hawk AF-18.

The high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flew for approximately two hours from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Global Hawk program director Steve Amburgey explained that the next-generation UAS is equipped with an advanced, all-weather multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) sensor.

![](https://images.assettype.com/tgdaily/2016-09/cd11eeec-9f2b-404b-902d-ef60a9698e09/globalhawkaf18_1.jpg)

“[The sensor] provides game-changing situational awareness for our warfighters with its unprecedented capability to detect, track and identify stationary and moving targets,” said Amburgey.

According to Amburgey, Global Hawk’s range, endurance and large payload capabilities are well suited to provide persistent surveillance of the enemy.

“Flying at altitudes up to 60,000 feet for more than 32 hours per sortie at speeds approaching 340 knots, the MP-RTIP-equipped Block 40 Global Hawk can persistently see through most type of weather, day or night.”

??”As the world’s first fully autonomous HALE UAS, Global Hawk is the platform of choice for a wide variety of sensors, foreign and domestic, meeting the global need for persistent ISR.”

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a successful test flight of the Global Hawk AF-18.
The high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flew for approximately two hours from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Global Hawk program director Steve Amburgey explained that the next-generation UAS is equipped with an advanced, all-weather multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) sensor.
“[The sensor] provides game-changing situational awareness for our warfighters with its unprecedented capability to detect, track and identify stationary and moving targets,” said Amburgey.
According to Amburgey, Global Hawk’s range, endurance and large payload capabilities are well suited to provide persistent surveillance of the enemy.
“Flying at altitudes up to 60,000 feet for more than 32 hours per sortie at speeds approaching 340 knots, the MP-RTIP-equipped Block 40 Global Hawk can persistently see through most type of weather, day or night.”
??”As the world’s first fully autonomous HALE UAS, Global Hawk is the platform of choice for a wide variety of sensors, foreign and domestic, meeting the global need for persistent ISR.”


Flight HRT92 – Chartright Air HRT92 FLL to YYZ Flight Status

Chartright Air Flight HRT92 connects Fort Lauderdale to Toronto, taking off from Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and landing at Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ).

## Departure (HRT92 Flight Schedule)

Fort Lauderdale
 Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport

Departure: October 11, 2023

Scheduled:
 19:00

Actual:
 20:12

## Chartright Air – HRT 92

Landed – On Time

Arrival (HRT92 Flight Schedule)

Toronto
 Lester B. Pearson International Airport

Arrival: October 11, 2023

Scheduled:
 22:08

### What is the current flight status of HRT 92?

The current flight status of HRT 92 is landed.

### How long is the HRT 92 flight from Fort Lauderdale to Toronto?

The average flight duration from Fort Lauderdale to Toronto is 4 hours and 8 minutes.

Flight HRT92 – Chartright Air HRT92 FLL to YYZ Flight Status
Chartright Air Flight HRT92 connects Fort Lauderdale to Toronto, taking off from Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and landing at Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
Departure: October 11, 2023
Landed – On Time
Arrival (HRT92 Flight Schedule)
Lester B. Pearson International Airport
Arrival: October 11, 2023
The current flight status of HRT 92 is landed.
The average flight duration from Fort Lauderdale to Toronto is 4 hours and 8 minutes.


## About Us

On August 7, 2019, Al Haya Aviation received its Air Operator Certificate from the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority making Al Haya Aviation the only Iraqi dedicated Air Cargo operator.

Al Haya Aviation currently owns and operates CRJ 200F and narrow-body aircraft for the middle east region with a variable payload capacity, Al Haya Aviation has the capability of providing air cargo charter services both domestically and internationally. Al Haya Aviation will be adding in a near future a wide-body Cargo Aircraft according to Iraqi Markets demand.

Aircraft currently is based at the Sulaymaniyah International Airport and Sharjah International Airport and we can fly to any routes and destinations required for Cargo pickup and delivery as chartered air cargo operations, meeting your air cargo needs and schedules.

Alhaya Aviation has a very expert and skills team for running the Cargo Aviation
 Business.

Alhaya Aviation has its own IATA Code for issuing AWBs under number 164 with
 IATA Code HA.

Finally, Alhaya participated with SITA.
 ALHAYA Can operate to Middle East Area and East European, as well as Africa.
 Our main philosophy is to be focused on one field we know best charter flights and
 simply delivered a better product in that area. Although we have many requests and
 proposals around the world, we believe that the best approach is to focus on one
 thing and make it right.

![](https://en.alhaya-aviation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Asset-1@4x-100.png)

On August 7, 2019, Al Haya Aviation received its Air Operator Certificate from the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority making Al Haya Aviation the only Iraqi dedicated Air Cargo operator.
Al Haya Aviation currently owns and operates CRJ 200F and narrow-body aircraft for the middle east region with a variable payload capacity, Al Haya Aviation has the capability of providing air cargo charter services both domestically and internationally. Al Haya Aviation will be adding in a near future a wide-body Cargo Aircraft according to Iraqi Markets demand.
Aircraft currently is based at the Sulaymaniyah International Airport and Sharjah International Airport and we can fly to any routes and destinations required for Cargo pickup and delivery as chartered air cargo operations, meeting your air cargo needs and schedules.
Alhaya Aviation has a very expert and skills team for running the Cargo Aviation
Alhaya Aviation has its own IATA Code for issuing AWBs under number 164 with
IATA Code HA.
Finally, Alhaya participated with SITA.
ALHAYA Can operate to Middle East Area and East European, as well as Africa.
Our main philosophy is to be focused on one field we know best charter flights and
simply delivered a better product in that area. Although we have many requests and
proposals around the world, we believe that the best approach is to focus on one
thing and make it right.


# AN-2 RA-84566 18.09.2016

| Accident date | 18.09.2016 |
|---|---|
| Investigation status |  |
| Aircraft registration number | RA-84566 |
| Place of aircraft departure |  |
| Airport of departure |  |
| Intended destination |  |
| Intended Airport of arrival |  |
| Accident site | in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region |
| Latitude |  |
| Longitude |  |
| Aircraft type | AN-2 |
| Serial № |  |
| Aircraft operator |  |
| Aircraft owner | "Avia-partner" Ltd |
| The date of the completion of the investigation (report) | 04.09.2017 |
| Number of fatalities | 0 |
| Victims accuracy |  |
| Degree of aircraft destruction | aircraft substantially damaged |
| Report | report_ra-84566.pdf (1.51 MB) |
| Aviation type | GA |
| Works type |  |
| Note |  |

### 19 september 2016

The accident with An-2 Ra-84566 aircraft owned by "Avia-partner" Ltd occurred in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region on September 18, 2016. According to the available information the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The Interstate Aviation Committee has assigned the Investigation team of the accident in accordance with the Russian Aviation Legislation. The Investigation team has started its work.
### 12 september 2017

Investigation team of the Interstate Aviation Committee has completed the investigation of the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft owned by Aviapartner, Ltd occurred in the Ulyanovsk region (RF) on 17.09.2016.

Most probably, the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft was caused by the destruction of the nose gear mount attachment bolted-type connection resulted from one-time off-design load as a result of obstacle in-flight collision occurred during the areal works performance, that resulted in the separation of the mount attachment from the fuselage in course of landing. Thereby the gear design integrity was broken that resulted in the fuselage damage.

Most probably, the contributing factors were:

- violation of An-2 AFM, Chapter 2, Minimum cabin crew, which specifies a two-member crew when performing the areal works:
- violation of FAR-128, item 7.4 according to which the flights during the chemical treatment of flat areas (fields, gardens, vinelands, etc.) should be performed at a hight not lower than 5 m.

In violation of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, article 96, the aircraft owner provided to the Investigation team neither the PIC information, nor the aircraft documentation.

Appropriate safety recommendations based on the investigation results were developed. .

|Aircraft registration number||RA-84566|
|Place of aircraft departure|
|Airport of departure|
|Intended Airport of arrival|
|Accident site||in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region|
|Aircraft owner||"Avia-partner" Ltd|
|The date of the completion of the investigation (report)||04.09.2017|
|Number of fatalities||0|
|Degree of aircraft destruction||aircraft substantially damaged|
report_ra-84566.pdf (1.51 MB)
The accident with An-2 Ra-84566 aircraft owned by "Avia-partner" Ltd occurred in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region on September 18, 2016. According to the available information the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The Interstate Aviation Committee has assigned the Investigation team of the accident in accordance with the Russian Aviation Legislation. The Investigation team has started its work.
Investigation team of the Interstate Aviation Committee has completed the investigation of the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft owned by Aviapartner, Ltd occurred in the Ulyanovsk region (RF) on 17.09.2016.
Most probably, the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft was caused by the destruction of the nose gear mount attachment bolted-type connection resulted from one-time off-design load as a result of obstacle in-flight collision occurred during the areal works performance, that resulted in the separation of the mount attachment from the fuselage in course of landing. Thereby the gear design integrity was broken that resulted in the fuselage damage.
Most probably, the contributing factors were:
In violation of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, article 96, the aircraft owner provided to the Investigation team neither the PIC information, nor the aircraft documentation.
Appropriate safety recommendations based on the investigation results were developed. .


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# Innovative Lightweight Onboard Aerodynamic Palliatives for Helicopter Brownout…

Award Information

| Agency: Department of Defense | Branch: Air Force | Award ID: 86958 | Program Year/Program: 2008 / SBIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency Tracking Number: F081-078-0535 | Solicitation Year: N/A | Solicitation Topic Code: N/A | Solicitation Number: N/A |

Small Business Information
Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618-2302
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Innovative Lightweight Onboard Aerodynamic Palliatives for Helicopter Brownout Dust Abatement
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA8650-08-M-1387
Award Amount: \$99,997.00
Abstract:
Rotorcraft brownout, which is caused by the entrainment of dust and ground debris by the rotorwash during take-off and landing, is a critical operational problem, and has caused a significant number of military helicopter accidents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brownout affects safe operations due to the reduction of visibility, in addition to damaging engine components and rotor blades. Recent experience gained from operations in brownout with a variety of rotorcraft configurations, as well as ongoing work with validated analyses, indicates that aerodynamic modifications to the aircraft may offer a true solution to the brownout problem, at least in terms of pilot visibility. Therefore, the effort proposed herein seeks to develop innovative lightweight onboard aerodynamic solutions to brownout that can be retrofitted to current rotorcraft and incorporated into future designs without degrading performance or requiring additional onboard equipment or consumables. This effort will leverage work for the US Army developing physics-based analysis tools for the engineering simulation of rotorcraft brownout conditions and expertise in rotorcraft aerodynamic design, testing and performance analysis, to demonstrate that lightweight active aerodynamic solutions to brownout are not only viable, but also practical and cost effective without posing a risk to performance, operations or personnel.
Principal Investigator:
Glen R. Whitehouse
Associate
6095380444
glen@continuum-dynamics.com
Business Contact:
Barbara A. Agans
Director, Business Administration
6095380444
barbara@continuum-dynamics.com Small Business Information at Submission:
CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC.
34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618
EIN/Tax ID: 222248930
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No

Innovative Lightweight Onboard Aerodynamic Palliatives for Helicopter Brownout Dust Abatement
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
Rotorcraft brownout, which is caused by the entrainment of dust and ground debris by the rotorwash during take-off and landing, is a critical operational problem, and has caused a significant number of military helicopter accidents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brownout affects safe operations due to the reduction of visibility, in addition to damaging engine components and rotor blades. Recent experience gained from operations in brownout with a variety of rotorcraft configurations, as well as ongoing work with validated analyses, indicates that aerodynamic modifications to the aircraft may offer a true solution to the brownout problem, at least in terms of pilot visibility. Therefore, the effort proposed herein seeks to develop innovative lightweight onboard aerodynamic solutions to brownout that can be retrofitted to current rotorcraft and incorporated into future designs without degrading performance or requiring additional onboard equipment or consumables. This effort will leverage work for the US Army developing physics-based analysis tools for the engineering simulation of rotorcraft brownout conditions and expertise in rotorcraft aerodynamic design, testing and performance analysis, to demonstrate that lightweight active aerodynamic solutions to brownout are not only viable, but also practical and cost effective without posing a risk to performance, operations or personnel.
Small Business Information at Submission:
CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC.
34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618
Number of Employees:


### Outer Space

# Check out NASA’s Artemis spacecraft’s stunning selfies

Jaw-dropping portraits saw the lunar surface in close proximity.

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The Moon is seen as flight control team used the cameras on the Orion's solar wings to do a thorough inspection of the spacecraft. (NASA Orion via SWNS)

By Dean Murray via SWNS

As NASA's Artemis spacecraft arrived at the Moon Monday, November 21, the spacecraft snapped some amazing selfies.

Jaw-dropping portraits saw the lunar surface in close proximity as the flight control team used cameras on Orion's solar wings to do a thorough inspection of the spacecraft.

Orion’s entry into the lunar sphere of influence made the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.

The Moon is seen as flight control team used the cameras on the Orion's solar wings to do a thorough inspection of the spacecraft. (NASA Orion via SWNS)

The maneuver saw flight controllers conducting an outbound powered flyby burn to harness the force from the Moon’s gravity, accelerate the spacecraft, and direct it toward a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon.

Orion re-acquired signal with NASA’s Deep Space Network at 12:59 GMT after successfully performing the outbound powered flyby burn with a firing of the orbital maneuvering system engine for 2 minutes and 30 seconds to accelerate the spacecraft at a rate of more than 580 mph.

At the time of the burn, Orion was 328 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,023 mph.

Shortly after the burn, Orion passed 81 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,102 mph.

At the time of the lunar flyby, Orion was more than 230,000 miles from Earth.

The outbound powered flyby burn is the first of two maneuvers required to enter the distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.

The spacecraft will perform the distant retrograde orbit insertion burn Friday, November 25, using the European Service Module.

Orion will remain in this orbit for about a week to test systems. The distant retrograde will take Orion 40,000 miles past the Moon before it returns to Earth.

By Dean Murray via SWNS
As NASA's Artemis spacecraft arrived at the Moon Monday, November 21, the spacecraft snapped some amazing selfies.
Jaw-dropping portraits saw the lunar surface in close proximity as the flight control team used cameras on Orion's solar wings to do a thorough inspection of the spacecraft.
Orion’s entry into the lunar sphere of influence made the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.
The maneuver saw flight controllers conducting an outbound powered flyby burn to harness the force from the Moon’s gravity, accelerate the spacecraft, and direct it toward a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon.
Orion re-acquired signal with NASA’s Deep Space Network at 12:59 GMT after successfully performing the outbound powered flyby burn with a firing of the orbital maneuvering system engine for 2 minutes and 30 seconds to accelerate the spacecraft at a rate of more than 580 mph.
At the time of the burn, Orion was 328 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,023 mph.
Shortly after the burn, Orion passed 81 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,102 mph.
At the time of the lunar flyby, Orion was more than 230,000 miles from Earth.
The outbound powered flyby burn is the first of two maneuvers required to enter the distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.
The spacecraft will perform the distant retrograde orbit insertion burn Friday, November 25, using the European Service Module.
Orion will remain in this orbit for about a week to test systems. The distant retrograde will take Orion 40,000 miles past the Moon before it returns to Earth.
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# Expedition 31 Trio Launches To International Space Station

## Two Russians, One American To Join ISS Crew

NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin lifted off for the International Space Station at 2301 EDT Monday, May 14 (0901 Baikonur time on May 15), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

![](/images/content/aerospace/2012/NASA-Expedition-31-launch-0512a.jpg)

Acaba, Padalka and Revin are scheduled to dock their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft to the Poisk module of the station at 2339 EDT Wednesday, May 16. They will join Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and André Kuipers of the European Space Agency, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since Dec. 23, 2011. The six astronauts and cosmonauts will work together for about two months.

Upon arrival, Acaba, Padalka and Revin will become members of the Expedition 31 crew, restoring the station's crew complement to six and continuing scientific research aboard the station. Pettit, Kononeko and Kuipers are scheduled to return to Earth on July 1. Acaba, Padalka and Revin will return home in mid-September.

Also on board with the crew was a small "Smokey Bear" plush toy serving as the traditional Soyuz "talisman." Smokey Bear is the U.S. national symbol for wildfire prevention. Prior to the flight, Acaba explained he proposed flying Smokey Bear in an effort to raise awareness of human-caused wildfires. Acaba, an avid outdoorsman, holds two degrees in geology and served as an environmental education awareness promoter while in the U.S. Peace Corps.(Photo: Expedition 31 Launch courtesy NASA TV)

###### FMI: www.nasa.gov/station

Tue, May 15, 2012
Two Russians, One American To Join ISS Crew
NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin lifted off for the International Space Station at 2301 EDT Monday, May 14 (0901 Baikonur time on May 15), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Acaba, Padalka and Revin are scheduled to dock their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft to the Poisk module of the station at 2339 EDT Wednesday, May 16. They will join Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and André Kuipers of the European Space Agency, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since Dec. 23, 2011. The six astronauts and cosmonauts will work together for about two months.
Upon arrival, Acaba, Padalka and Revin will become members of the Expedition 31 crew, restoring the station's crew complement to six and continuing scientific research aboard the station. Pettit, Kononeko and Kuipers are scheduled to return to Earth on July 1. Acaba, Padalka and Revin will return home in mid-September.
Also on board with the crew was a small "Smokey Bear" plush toy serving as the traditional Soyuz "talisman." Smokey Bear is the U.S. national symbol for wildfire prevention. Prior to the flight, Acaba explained he proposed flying Smokey Bear in an effort to raise awareness of human-caused wildfires. Acaba, an avid outdoorsman, holds two degrees in geology and served as an environmental education awareness promoter while in the U.S. Peace Corps. (Photo: Expedition 31 Launch courtesy NASA TV)
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- Fighting Crime – Drones with equipment are used for guarding the border at night using infrared technology. They are useful to spot the criminals hiding and shoot them directly with the drones.

Advancement in technology has made us believe that if we can imagine, we can transform it into reality. As a matter of fact, even things that we cannot imagine in our wildest dreams also exist thanks to the researchers and inventors. Nobody ever thought that unmanned aerial vehicles would ever exist. But drones are a reality now, and its popularity has been increasing like wildfire. There are so many applications and uses of drones that over the next few years, the aerial routes can become as busy as any airport. Drones with cameras have become so affordable that anybody can buy it. But you should go through Best Reviews On Drones With Cameras before deciding which one to buy according to your budget.
Types Of Drones
There are various categorizations of drones based on different parameters. Depending on the number of propellers used, there can be four types, tricopter, quadcopter, hexacopter, and octocopter. Tricopter uses three propellers, and the overall size is very small, and it is best for close range drones. With the increase in the number of propellers, the size increases and applications vary.
Based on equipment, drones are also of four types – drones with cameras, drones with FPV(first person view), drones with GPS and drones with stabilizers. Drones with cameras are the most used and most popular among common men who would like to take the drone as high as they can and get an awesome top and aerial view like in airplane but sitting at the comfort of their home. Drones with cameras are very popular in children who use it as a toy. Such toy drones are less powerful but very much affordable. Photographers and video shooters use powerful drones to get views from an angle that a human being can never take. There are various ranges of drones available, and hence, you need to check out the Best Reviews On Drones With Cameras listed according to prices on droneswithcamera.info.
Applications Of Drones With Cameras
There are so many useful applications of drones that they have become indispensable for human beings. Apart from using them as toys or get amazing aerial views, drones are used for –
- Disaster Aid – Drones can reach out to places of disaster, and it used to provide aid and relief to the needed people. Fire, flood or fallout, physical presence becomes dangerous and unreachable. Drones can be used to pass on the messages and provide food to save lives. As a matter of fact, package delivery by drones is also used by e-commerce sites for urgent delivery.
- Exploration and Research – Drones can reach those places where the human view can never reach and hence, drones with cameras have become essential for research purpose. They are small and fit in any space, and the researchers get to see everything as if he is physically present there. Wildlife exploration is best with drones.
- Survey – Drones are used to survey crops and weather very often. Farmers can sit at a particular place and check out if the plants are suffering from disease or malnutrition and if the irrigation system is working perfectly. Furthermore, construction companies use them to show clients live videos of the spaces they are about to book.
- Fighting Crime – Drones with equipment are used for guarding the border at night using infrared technology. They are useful to spot the criminals hiding and shoot them directly with the drones.


# Cheap flights from Michigan to Winston-Salem (INT)

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If you book a flight to Winston-Salem from Michigan, you will be flying to Smith-Reynolds, which is the city’s only airport. Winston-Salem Smith-Reynolds (INT) is located 2.7 mi from the center of Winston-Salem.
These are just IATA (International Air Transport Association) codes. They are used in aviation to identify and differentiate airports. That’s why a Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Winston-Salem Smith-Reynolds Airport flight would often be abbreviated as a DTW to INT flight. Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford Intl Airport (GRR), Flint Bishop Airport (FNT), Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Lansing Capital City Airport (LAN), Kalamazoo Intl Airport (AZO) are other airports near this flight route and their unique identifiers/IATA codes.