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http://raffotn.org.uk/technical-test/tech | 2021-10-18T22:16:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585215.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018221501-20211019011501-00361.warc.gz | 0.916151 | 348 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__64139884 | en | Science & Technology
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) is an important part of this World Speed Record attempt – and of course, anything to do with flying!
The Flight of the Navigator Team aims to leave a lasting legacy to the ‘Next Generation of Aviators, Engineers and Scientists’ through the fostering of an interest in the STEM subjects. This will be achieved through:
- Talks by members of the FOTN Team to schools and events.
- Participation in the delivery of Air Cadet 'Qualified Aerospace Instructors Course' (see photos below)
- Close liaison with the Air Cadet Organisation for a broader STEM programme.
- An exploration of STEM subjects on this page of our Website.
- Internet flight-following of the aircraft during the flight test schedule and circumnavigation.
The FOTN STEM project was kicked-off at the Royal Aeronautical Society ‘Cool Aeronautics’ event at RAF Halton on Thu 17th November 2016 when Mark acted as key note speaker to 70 Year 4 local school children - since then he has completed a further 8 Royal Aeronautical Society STEM events. In addition to a brief on the project, viewing aircraft and simulators, the participants were set a number of tasks to help plan the first leg of the circumnavigation route. The questions, answers and workings are as follows:
Help solve the following planning problem for the Flight of the Navigator.
Our (example) aircraft:
- Flies at 200 miles per hour (it covers 200 miles every hour it is flying)
- Uses 30 litres of fuel per hour
- Carries 450 litres of fuel | aerospace | 1 |
https://lite.poandpo.com/politics/two-new-satellites-to-boost-norways-arctic-internet-2832018234/ | 2021-12-08T08:59:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363465.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208083545-20211208113545-00301.warc.gz | 0.924175 | 261 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__93648647 | en | Two new satellites to boost Norway's Arctic internet
Space Norway has been working to establish satellite-based broadband communications capacity in the High North since 2015. Space Norway’s project is based on a system of two satellites providing coverage 24 hours a day in the area north of 65 degrees N latitude.
The expected lifespan of the satellites is 15 years. If all goes according to plan, the satellites will be launched in 2022.
For negotiations to proceed with customers, suppliers and banks, the company needs a promise that the Norwegian state will contribute, in its capacity as owner, about NOK 1 billion in equity capital if the company manages to negotiate good agreements.
The Government is therefore proposing a conditional pledge to Space Norway AS of about NOK 1 billion in equity capital to realise this project.
This means the state will contribute equity if Space Norway lands agreements ensuring, among other things, the project’s commercial profitability. In addition, the customers must bear market risk by securing project income across the lifespan of the satellites.
Poor coverage in the High North makes it harder for the authorities to carry out security and emergency services such as search and rescue at sea, oil spill protection and crisis management.
Not least, the Armed Forces requires stable and secure communications for operations in Norwegian waters. ■ | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.jeccomposites.com/knowledge/international-composites-news/pressure-bulkhead-boeing-787 | 2016-10-22T13:37:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718987.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00544-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950016 | 375 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__123822783 | en | JEC Group have brought together the international community of composites leaders and executives in our Composites Circle as an unique networking opportunity to meet with both peers and future partners.
The Vacuum Assisted Process (VAP®) is a patented infusion process developed by the aircraft engineers of "Aerostructures made in Augsburg" for the manufacture of CFRP components. This new technology has the advantage of doing away with expensive autoclaves.
(Published on June 2008 – JEC Magazine #41)
This technique also allows shorter component production times in comparison to conventional processes. Boeing was won over by the process: the approximately 5m x 6m "black" aft pressure bulkheads for the B787 Dreamliner are made using the VAp
technology in Augsburg. This vital component separates the passenger cabin from the lower pressure outside the aircraft and closes the end of the cabin inside the tail section of the fuselage. The Augsburg aerostructures plant developed the aft pressure bulkhead and is also ensuring the assembly operations. Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is assembling the pressure bulkhead to the 787 aft fuselage sections and delivering them through Global Aeronautica to the Boeing 787 final assembly line at Everett near Seattle. The certification test for the aft pressure bulkhead includes static, fatigue, damage tolerance and failure testing. Static tests were successfully completed under surveillance of the authorities at the test facility near Munich. The pressure loads of take-offs and landings were simulated during 165,000 fatigue test cycles. Result: no failure or objection was recorded during any of the test cycles. Another product based on the VAP® technology is the cargo floor for the new A400M military transport aircraft. At a size of approximately 7m x 4m, it is the world's largest aircraft component to be manufactured using this innovative technology | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.janes.com/article/66661/argentina-progresses-hercules-upgrade-effort | 2017-11-18T15:39:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934804976.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20171118151819-20171118171819-00577.warc.gz | 0.950533 | 298 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__167251447 | en | Argentina has progressed the ongoing refurbishment and modernisation programme for its Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules fleet, with completion of the second of five aircraft in late December 2016.
The completion of the work on aircraft TC-61 was announced by Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) following a 10-month effort to install new communications and navigation systems, a Rockwell Collins Flight2 digital 'glass' cockpit, and other systems and components.
Work on the first aircraft - TC-69 - was completed by L-3 at its Waco facility in the United States in April 2016. The remaining three aircraft will go through the process at FAdeA's Cordoba plant between now and 2019. According to FAdeA, this work should extend the life of the Argentinian Air Force's (Fuerza Aérea Argentina: FAA) 1960s/70s/80s-era C-130H/KC-130H/L-100-30 fleet by a further 20 years.
IHS Jane's has previously reported that, beyond the five Hercules aircraft already fielded by Argentina, the FAA is looking to buy two more C-130s that are currently stored in the 'boneyard' at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
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https://www.space.com/27267-us-russian-space-station-crew-launch.html | 2024-04-23T10:53:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818474.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423095619-20240423125619-00575.warc.gz | 0.946883 | 931 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__81907034 | en | An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have blasted off on a history-making trek to the International Space Station, where they will spend nearly six months working in orbit.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore and cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova launched into space from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday (Sept. 25) at 4:25 p.m. EDT (2025 GMT; 2:25 a.m. Friday local Kazakhstan time). Serova is just the fourth Russian woman to fly in space, and she'll become the space station's first-ever female cosmonaut when the Soyuz arrives late Thursday night.
"I think I feel the same thing as all other crewmembers: It's a huge responsibility; we are excited," Serova said through a translator during a prelaunch press briefing from Baikonur. [Women in Space: A Gallery of Firsts]
"We would like to say a special thank you to all people who supported us, who trained us, who built our rocket," she added. "We will do our best."
The Soyuz is scheduled to reach the International Space Station about six hours after liftoff. You can watch a live webcast of the capsule's arrival on Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV. The docking webcast will begin at 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 GMT). Another webcast at 11:30 p.m. EDT (0330 GMT) will show the Soyuz crewmembers entering their new orbital home.
Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will join the space station's Expedition 41, which currently consists of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev. This latter trio will return to Earth in November, while Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will remain in orbit until March 2015.
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Wiseman radioed NASA's Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston shortly after the Soyuz launch to say he and his crewmates were able to watch a video feed live.
"That looked like a good ride," Wiseman said. "We look forward to seeing them in orbit, and we'll have dinner ready waiting for them."
Serova, 38, is the first Russian woman to leave Earth since Elena Kodakova visited Russia's Mir space station on a space shuttle mission in 1997. The other two female cosmonauts were Svetlana Savitskaya, who flew on space missions in 1982 and 1984, and Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman to reach space.
An American woman didn't get to orbit until Sally Ride flew on the STS-7 space shuttle mission in 1983. But a number of female NASA astronauts have lived and worked aboard the International Space Station. Peggy Whitson, for example, became the first woman to command a space station mission when she took the reins of Expedition 16 in 2007.
While Serova is a spaceflight rookie, today's launch marks the second space mission for both Wilmore and Samokutyaev.
Russia's Soyuz spacecraft and rockets are currently NASA's only way to launch American astronauts into space since the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet in 2011. Last week, NASA announced that it will fly astronauts to the International Space Station on new private space taxis built by the commercial spaceflight companies SpaceX and Boeing beginning in 2017.
Construction of the $100 billion orbiting outpost began in 1998, and it has been staffed continuously by rotating crews on roughly six-month stints since November 2000.
Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, "Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.afritraveller.com/post/embraer-and-air-peace-sign-services-agreement-for-e2-fleet | 2024-02-26T00:24:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474649.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225234904-20240226024904-00730.warc.gz | 0.950081 | 580 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__198246460 | en | Embraer has signed a comprehensive long-term services agreement with Air Peace, the largest airline in Nigeria and West Africa, to support the airline's fleet of E195-E2 and ERJ 145 jets.
The contract includes access to the Pool Program, which includes component exchange and repair services for hundreds of items on Air Peace's Embraer aircraft, and the installation of Ahead-Pro (Aircraft Health Analysis and Diagnosis - PROgnosis) in the fleet. of the company's E195-E2.
The services agreement with Embraer is critical to Air Peace's operational success, and will provide the airline with immediate access to an efficiently managed parts inventory, while reducing its investment requirement for the initial supply of spare parts.
The Pool Program will offer the most efficient and reliable solutions to the Air Peace fleet. The airline will benefit from the availability of spare parts, realizing significant savings in repair and service costs while maintaining a profitable operation.
The Pool Program is designed to allow airlines to minimize their initial investment in high-value inventory and repair resources, as well as to leverage the technical expertise of Embraer and its vast network of component repair service providers.
Currently, the Pool Program supports over 50 airlines worldwide. Ahead-Pro is a state-of-the-art maintenance diagnostics management tool. The system leads to the optimization of preventive and corrective maintenance planning management and has been well recognized by customers all over the world.
The system is based on web platforms that allow airlines to continuously monitor the health of the aircraft even in flight. This is done through the automatic, real-time transmission of alert and maintenance messages from aircraft systems that will be received by a ground base and used to generate fault identification reports.
Troubleshooting and planning of maintenance resources takes place even before the aircraft arrives at its destination, optimizing the time to return to operation between flights.
Air Peace is the first customer in Africa of the E2, the newest, most efficient and most comfortable aircraft in the segment. The airline is also the first global customer for Embraer's innovative tiered premium seating design.
The company has 13 firm orders for the E195-E2, with purchase rights for another 17 aircraft of the same model, while still operating eight ERJ 145 jets. Five aircraft of the 13 firm orders were delivered in 2021, with more deliveries scheduled for this year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets with up to 150 seats. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service centers and parts distribution, among other activities, in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Since its founding in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, carrying more than 145 million passengers a year. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/14/national/u-s-report-reveals-cover-osprey-mishap-2014/ | 2021-08-02T08:45:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154310.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802075003-20210802105003-00162.warc.gz | 0.976512 | 621 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__232072157 | en | Details in a report recently obtained via the U.S. Freedom of Information Act suggest the U.S. Marine Corps misled the public about an incident involving one of its Osprey aircraft in 2014.
The investigation, released by the Naval Safety Center, Virginia, describes a mishap on June 26, 2014, in which a MV-22B Osprey aircraft was struck by lightning while flying from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to its home base at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa.
The strike, which occurred over the city of Kobayashi, Miyazaki Prefecture, burned the aircraft’s propeller blades and caused multiple failures to its onboard systems. None of the three crew members on board was injured and the aircraft was able to continue its flight to Futenma.
According to the report, damage to the aircraft was assessed at $286,627 and it was categorized by the military as a “Class C Mishap”, the second-lowest in its four-tier scale.
Initially, the U.S. Marine Corps did not make the incident public. However, following enquiries from Japanese media, the military announced in August 2014 that the lightning strike had occurred while the aircraft was parked on the runway of Futenma air base.
Also, the U.S. Marine Corps claimed there were no indications during the flight that the aircraft had been struck.
However, the accident report states the crew experienced the strike as “a bright flash with varying levels of turbulence.”
Moreover, the U.S. Marine Corps told reporters there had been no predictions of thunderstorms prior to the incident. This statement, too, is contradicted by the report, which states that both Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Kagoshima Airport, located near the Osprey’s flight path, had warned of thundery weather.
Explanations of why the pilot was granted permission to fly through such conditions were redacted by the Naval Safety Center from the report on the grounds that if such information was made public, it might inhibit investigators’ abilities to engage in “open, frank and honest discussion” about the cause of the incident.
On Jan. 12, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga explained at a news conference that he would seek clarification from the U.S. military regarding the circumstances of the mishap.
At the time of publication, the Pentagon had not provided comment for the issues raised in this article.
Last month, the crash of an Osprey off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, reignited public fears about the safety of the aircraft. The U.S. military resumed flights six days later.
The cause of the accident, which occurred during a night-time refueling drill, has not yet been determined.
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https://phys.org/news/2018-11-image-future-moon-base.html | 2023-05-31T20:48:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647409.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531182033-20230531212033-00010.warc.gz | 0.942451 | 377 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__110639898 | en | Image: Future moon base
A vision of a future moon base that could be produced and maintained using 3-D printing.
Habitat modules are seen beside 'garages' for rovers, with an adjacent launch site. Note the robotic vehicles on the surface, proceeding with base construction.
A new ESA-led project is investigating the ways that 3-D printing could be used to create and run a habitat on the moon, reducing logistical dependency on Earth. Everything from building materials to solar panels, equipment and tools to clothes, even nutrients and food ingredients can potentially be 3-D printed – as detailed in this new video.
Space agencies around the world are considering the concept of a lunar base as a possible next step in human space exploration – and 3-D printing represents a key technology for making it happen.
The aim would be to 'live off the land' as much as possible, by printing as many structures, items and spares out of lunar regolith as possible, or by using and reusing materials brought for the mission, rather than continuously relying on the long, expensive supply line from Earth.
Maximised 3-D printing would also allow on-demand production of items and spares with routine recycling of materials available within the base, making lunar settlement much more self-sufficient and sustainable.
"The selected print processes would allow available materials to be recycled for different purposes," explains Antonella Sgambati of OHB System AG, managing the project. "Another major benefit of 3-D printing – otherwise known as additive manufacturing – is the breadth of design options it allows. Components, products and the print process itself can be redesigned based on their intended final usage in the lunar base. Decisions can be made on how best to link available materials with the hardware to be printed."
Provided by European Space Agency | aerospace | 1 |
https://alwaysflyhigh.com/product/foxeer-mini-standard-razer-fpv-camera-2-1mm-lens-43-ratio-black/ | 2021-04-12T20:22:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038069133.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20210412175257-20210412205257-00476.warc.gz | 0.852926 | 772 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__16173951 | en | 【Altitude Hold Function】Compared with other helicopters,SYMA S107H-R with this function but most of others without this function.it be locked at a certain height when you release the throttle stick, which makes it easier to control the helicopter for beginner and kids.
【One Key Take Off/Landing】with these functions,The helicopter will hover at certain altitude automatically after taking off/landing.it is easy to operate for kids and beginers.
【Whole Alloy body&Anti-Collision】Whole alloy material weight 0.97LB is very sturdy with longer lifespan, which is suit for kids and beginner to play as no serious damage or dysfunctional appearance after many times crashes.
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❤Durable & Very Crash Proof❤ Remote control helicopter is made of newly upgraded reinforced tough composite air frame and tail rotor. RC gyro helicopter can crash into anything and then get right back up and keep flying.
❤Precise Landings & Easy to Fly❤ RC helicopter equipped with the latest Gyroscope technology & high grade metal body frame which is used to stabilize the helicopter’s heading. Mini RC helicopter is easy to learn and flys very smoothly.
❤3.5 Channel & Lights❤RC Helicopter has 6 modes of flight which are up, down, turn left, turn right, forwards & backwards. Choose from 3 frequencies that let you fly up to 3 helicopters at once. Indoor RC helicopter with bright LED lights keep your Helicopter at night.When you start using it, the middle knob must be centered, and it can be fine-tuned by turning it clockwise and counterclockwise.
Micro radio control helicopter with collective pitch, impressive 3D aerobatic capability, and dazzling performance
Stabilizing system with confidence-building control makes challenging maneuvers like flips and inverted flight easy for pilots of all skill levels
SAFE Z Altitude Control uses on-board accelerometer to maintain consistent altitude
EASY REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTER: Fly easy with 1-Key Lift/Land and Trim Control to correct drifting and tilting; Altitude Hold keeps the RC helicopter hovering at a set height
STEADY FLYER RC HELICOPTER: With the flybar positioned lower on the S107H (below the top blades), this indoor helicopter toy performs better pitch, yaw, and roll control
WIDER FLIGHT RANGE WITH 2 SPEEDS: RC toy helicopter races in 2 speeds, features bright LEDs to fly in low light, and features a wider 65-foot flight range for more indoor games fun
【Start Your Adventure】 Control it with your palm, just put your hands underneath the RC helicopter to control it fly up and down, please remember to hold the toy’s body. Flying a drone just got easier and more amazing than ever!
【Rechargeable Helicopter】 Remote control helicopter comes with a USB cable and has a good battery life so kids can play good amount of time about 8-10 minutes for a full 20 minutes charges.
【Really Robust Toy】 The RC helicopter is non-toxic and kid-safe that is made of high quality material. The RC helicopter shuts itself off if crashes. Play it indoors freely without worries or hurting others. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.scout24.com/en/news-media/social-media/detail/up-in-the-skywith-airteam | 2024-02-21T00:45:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473360.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221002544-20240221032544-00162.warc.gz | 0.962743 | 576 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__30573915 | en | AIRTEAM is a drone pilot to business platform. The startup connects businesses that need aerial shots with pilots that can execute these shots. They create stunning aerial photos, videos, 360 videos, 3D models, virtual tours, thermal imaging and inspections and offer aerial drone services all over Germany catering for customers in real estate, energy, construction and TV & events. We talk to Thomas Gorski, AIRTEAM’s founder & team captain, to learn more about the startup’s cooperation with Scout24, its current key projects and his view on the next trends in drone photography.
1. Thomas, AIRTEAM has been in the You Is Now (YIN) accelerator program for more than a year now. How does the program support you in building your business?
Thomas: The YIN program has helped AIRTEAM in several ways to accelerate our business. First of all, it has connected us to very skilled and knowledgeable people at Scout24 from all different departments. This has helped us tremendously to learn about customer needs and how we can best service them with aerial imagery and videos. It got us exposure to customers from the commercial team and learn rapidly by doing several projects together. Secondly, the program has also helped us by connecting us with other startups to exchange ideas and learn from each other. Last but not least, it was special people such as Sascha Karstädt, Beate Wendenburg, Ralf Neugebauer, Annika Jungnickel and Christian Bubenheim who made the program really great for us.
2. How will you collaborate with Scout24 in the future now that the company has taken another approach for its innovation strategy?
Thomas: We will continue to collaborate with Scout24, being their preferred drone service provider. Customers request more and more aerial imagery and we will help to provide it to them in the fastest and most secure way.
3. What are your current key projects?
Thomas: Currently we are expanding our services from drone imagery for marketing purposes to also cover more technical demands of aerial imagery such as for construction projects. We will work closely with the ImmobilienScout24 developer team to identify their customers’ needs and to develop a solution with added value for ImmobilienScout24 and for its customers.AIRTEAM’s equipments
4. What do you think are the next trends in drone photography? What comes after the drone revolution?
Thomas: I believe the drone revolution has just started. We are seeing more and more use cases for drones from aerial imagery for real estate, inspections, logistics, agriculture and also for human transportation. When I was a kid I was already fascinated by drones that carried humans in books about the future. Being part of the drone revolution myself and seeing such technologies become a reality feel like a childhood dream come true. | aerospace | 1 |
http://voodoowarriormilitary.blogspot.com/2010/04/vark-dump-and-burn-aussie-style.html | 2018-07-19T20:38:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591296.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719203515-20180719223515-00384.warc.gz | 0.973366 | 231 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__198922219 | en | The F-111 Aardvark was operated only by two forces - the USAF and the Australians. The aircraft has never received its due, in my opinion. A friend, Quizmo, flew these incredible aircraft out of Lakenheath and Cannon, before moving on to Beagles.
The F-111 served in A, C, D, E, F, G, EF- and FB- versions. A Navy version, the B, was initially developed, but was found to be totally unsuitable for carrier operations. Sadly, the last American Aardvarks were retired back in the mid-1990s, but the Australians still fly them.
The F-111 has a fuel dump nozzle uniquely placed - between the two engine exhausts. If the dump was turned on while the jet was in afterburner, a 100 foot long torch shot out the rear of the aircraft. The USAF deemed this to be too dangerous to allow, but the Aussies jumped on it and used it to great delight at airshows and other events.
Here are a couple of Aussie 'torches' for your enjoyment .... | aerospace | 1 |
https://aerialspotter.com/jjrc-h37-mini-baby-elfie-wifi-fpv-720p-camera-quadcopter-foldable-g-sensor-mini-rc-selfie-drone-2/ | 2019-07-17T23:17:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525414.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717221901-20190718003901-00351.warc.gz | 0.659359 | 582 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__167635127 | en | JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie 720p HD FPV Selfie Drone Flight Test Review
JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie
JJRC H37 Baby drone, selfie drone foldable + fpv + altitude hold
JJRC H37 Mini BABY ELFIE WIFI FPV RC Quadcopter Fly More Combo – RTF
JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie 720P HD Foldable Pocket Drone Review
JJRC H37 Elfie Foldable Selfie Drone Flight Test Review
JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie 720p HD FPV Selfie Drone unboxing & flying testing
JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie WiFi FPV 720P Camera Quadcopter Foldable G-Sensor
JJRC H37 Mini Baby Elfie Wifi FPV Selfie Drone Unboxing
JJRC Mini Baby Elfie unboxing and REVIEW
Designed to be portable, the quadcopter features a foldable arm design, allowing for carrying anywhere on the go without hassle.
HD 720P WIFI FPV
Wifi real-time transmission FPV system which can capture photos and record videos for your great memory.
Gravity Sensor Remote Control
Gravity Sensor Mode allows the user to control the flight by holding and moving the smart phone accordingly
Dual Remote Control
★.Two remote control ways are available,RC control mode and gravity control mode.
With aerial photography beauty mode, let your photo looks more beautiful.
Altitude Hold Mode
.In altitude hold mode, the aircraft maintains a consistent altitude while allowing roll, pitch, and yaw to be controlled normally.
Headless mode ensures that the quadcopter will always follow controls from your perspective all the time, regardless of which way the quad is facing.
Trajectory Flight Mode
With trajectory flight, you can plan your fight plan.
Item Name: Baby Elfie
Item No.: H37 MINI
Motor type: Brushed
Quadcopyer Battery: 1S 3.7V 400mAh
Flying Time: About 6-7mins
Charging Time: About 60mins
Remote Control Battery: 2 X 1.5V AAA(Not Included
R/C Distance: About 80-100m
WIFI Distance: About 20-30m
Quadcopter Size: 13.5*11.3*3cm(Before Folding)11.3*5.7*3cm(After folding)
Quadcopter Weight: 57.5g(With Battery)
1 X JJRC H37 MINI RC Quadcopter(With 720P HD Camera)
1 X Remote Control
1 X 3.7V 400mAh Li-po Battery
1 X USB Charger
4 X Propeller
1 X Outdoor package
1 X Manual | aerospace | 1 |
http://seattletimes.com/html/photogalleries/businesstechnology2011017920/index.html | 2015-01-27T03:24:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122059136.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175419-00001-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.910846 | 81 | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-06__0__64168872 | en | Monday, February 8, 2010
As the Boeing 747-8 taxis out to the runway, it passes a crowd of Boeing employees waiting for it to pass by. The initials "JW" on the flap just above the landing gear stand for Jack Waddell, a former Boeing test pilot. Waddell flew the first 747 on its first flight in 1968.
© 2010 The Seattle Times Company | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.relativelyinteresting.com/first-iphones-in-space-final-shuttle-astronauts-to-deliver-1-app/ | 2017-12-11T05:39:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948512208.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211052406-20171211072406-00306.warc.gz | 0.873206 | 294 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__92074640 | en | This news item, courtesy of Mashable, got my attention because it is oh-so-very-cool. “The final, much-delayed mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis, which has a 30% chance of lifting off this Friday, will be carrying with it the planet’s first astro-phones — a pair of Apple iPhone 4s, ready for a first-of-its-kind experiment aboard the International Space Station, using a $1 app.
The app, SpaceLab for iOS, uses the iPhone 4?s in-built three-axis gyroscope to replace far more expensive custom-built equipment. It will measure altitude, the curvature of the Earth, and locate itself by looking for recognizable coastline via the iPhone camera. (Astronauts aboard the ISS will be taking the snapshots…)”
From the iTunes description… “The primary purpose of these experiments is to collect data for future flights, to improve the sensor accuracy and precision, and to demonstrate some of the basic capabilities intrinsic to iPhone but uniquely applied to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space environment.”
Once the experiment and iPhones are returned to Earth and analyzed, it will be made available to users as part of a new release.”
You can pick up the app here. Remarkable, I still haven’t jumped on to the iPhone bandwagon… I have to resort to my second generation iPod Touch. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/black-box-air-india-dubai-kozhikode-flight-crucial-understand-why-aircraft-crashed-130297 | 2021-09-22T18:34:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057371.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922163121-20210922193121-00029.warc.gz | 0.96384 | 1,366 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__235154713 | en | The Black Box from the Air India Express Flight from Dubai to Kozhikode that crashed on landing at the Kozhikode International Airport has been recovered and will be pertinent to understand the cause and what happened before the flight crashed. At least 18 people including the pilot and co-pilot were killed after the Air India Express IX 1344 flight carrying 190 passengers, reportedly skid off the tabletop runway while landing and plunged 30 feet and split into two after crashing into a wall.
The exact cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained and this is where the Black Box or the flight data recorder plays an extremely important role.
Now that the Black Box from the Air India Express flight has been retrieved, the preliminary investigation will take at least 48 hours. The Aviation accident investigation team will look into the details. In some cases, the Black Box will have to be sent to the airline company in the United States of America to decode the Black Box. The entire investigation may take a couple of weeks to complete.
Explaining the importance of a Black Box, Group Captain KVSN Murthy who is a former Indian Airforce Pilot and also a two-time gallantry award winner said, “The Black Box is crucial as it will give the investigation team the complete details. It will help reconstruct the story. It will reveal all the parameters. The height, the speed, the thrust, the acceleration, details about whether the pilot was overriding the automated system, every minute detail is revealed once the Black Box is recovered. Moreover, the conversation is also recorded, and this will reveal a lot about the accident.”
What is a black box?
Flight data recorders (FDR) store important data about a plane, which is often important in investigating air crashes. Unlike the name Black Box suggests, the box isn't actually black, but is bright orange so that is easier to locate during crashes. They are also designed to withstand extreme weather conditions such as extremely high temperatures, deep waters and high pressure or impact. They reportedly can work even when pilots go off the radar.
A former pilot with expertise in difficult-terrain flying told TNM that the Black Box is placed near the tail of the aircraft, and this is because it is the safest part of the aircraft and usually takes least impact in a crash, compared to the cockpit, etc.
“Because a flight carries so many lives, by law it is required to have a Black Box that can record all the important data that can be retrieved in cases of a crash,” she added.
The Black Box has two components: The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR). The FDR stores all the data of the flight that includes the trajectory, rate of descent, speed, level of fuel, altitude, engine thrust, etc, and where the flight was at every point in the past few hours.
“It gives you every parameter of the airplane and the configuration at each point. Was the flap taken out, when was the landing gear taken out, was it taken out late, or did a part of it get damaged, it records everything of the aircraft,” she added.
The CVR, on the other hand, records everything happening inside the cockpit - from the pilot’s conversations with the Air Traffic Control to conversations with the cabin crew, etc.
This will help ascertain if the Air India Express pilot was finding it difficult to land the aircraft, what the visibility was and whether he conveyed any issues to the ATC and vice versa. As per reports, this helps understand if a crash was a mechanical glitch, human error or any other cause.
All this information is stored on a memory board house in a metal block inside the box, which will have to be retrieved and decoded. Thirteen hours of data is usually recorded in the box, but in cases of crashes, the last half an hour worth of data is what is retrieved to understand the cause of the crash.
Several theories are already doing rounds with regard to what could have possibly led to the accident. One of them is that the pilot could have been high on approach. Dismissing these claims as baseless, Group Captain Murthy, who trained under the pilot said, “The Instrument landing system (ILS) is used until the plane is about to land. Only before landing the pilot takes over the control. The computerised system will not allow you to override it usually. The claim that the pilot was high on approach is baseless and it is too early to comment.”
The tail wind is another theory that is being widely discussed. To this Group Captain Murthy said, “For example if an aircraft is at 100 km/hour and the tail wind component is 20 kms/hour, then the flight’s velocity will be 120 km/hour when it lands. The presence of a tail wind component means that the velocity of the aircraft will be higher, and this will require more runway length. As per my understanding, it doesn’t seem to be a fault with the landing gear, because if that was the case the pilot would have surely diverted the flight to another airport without taking a risk considering this is a tabletop runway.”
In 2010, when the Mangaluru plane crash happened, the Black Box was recovered only after three days of intense search. “In the Mangaluru plane crash, the aircraft plunged off the table top and fell into the jungle terrain. The fall had disintegrated the aircraft into several pieces. The area below the table top was jungle terrain which made it even more difficult to carry out the search operations. In the Air India Express crash, the aircraft had only split into two parts. The tail-end where the recorders and the Black Box is stored seemed intact from the visuals and hence it won’t be as difficult to retrieve the Black Box as in the Mangluru aircraft crash”, added Group Captain Murthy.
Reminiscing his days from the National Defence Academy, Group Captain Murthy fondly remembered Wing Commander Deepak Vasant Sathe as one of his instructors at the academy. He said, “Wing Commander Sathe was a very experienced Captain. He was a thorough professional. He was a recipient of the President’s Gold Medal and was also bestowed the Sword of Honour. It is rarely that you achieve both of these. He was not only good at studies but was also an all rounder.” | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.p51pilots.com/P51-Pilots.cfm?c=incp51BiographyHome.cfm&viewmode=BIO&pilotid=486&p=P-51%20Mustang%20Pilot%20Paul%20Rizzo | 2023-10-02T18:20:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511002.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002164819-20231002194819-00864.warc.gz | 0.94428 | 1,889 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__145076165 | en | PAUL RIZZO, born in Brooklyn in
1904, to immigrant parents, became
obsessed with aviation at age 13 when a
Curtiss Jenny made a forced landing near the
school he attended in Brooklyn.
In 1926 he purchased a disabled Jenny,
and with no instruction restored it to flying
condition, then taught himself how to fly.
Later, at Curtiss Field, he started to teach
others how to rebuild and fly Jennies.
He became a Flight Instructor; Fixed Base
Airport Operator; Charter Pilot; Aviation
Mechanic and Engineer; Float, Amphibian
and Flying Boat Pilot; Aerobatic Pilot; Air-
show Performer and Promoter and started his
own airport in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York.
He called it Barren Island Airport. A few
years later, Clarence Chamberlin, appointed
by New York City Mayor, Jimmy Walker,
chose Paul Rizzo's Barren Island Airport Site
to become the first New York City Municipal
Airport, Floyd Bennett Field. Floyd Bennett
Field, now a Brooklyn historical landmark,
has been replaced by the Kennedy-La Guardia Jetport complexes.
In March 1939, Paul Rizzo enlisted in the
Army Reserve, and in 1942 he was in the Air
Force Ferry Command and Military Air
Transport Command. He ferried many fighters and bombers across the Atlantic and
throughout the United States. He served 23
years in the Air Force and retired as an Air
Force Major. He served in World War II in
the United States Army Air Force's 2nd
Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, New Castle Army Base,
Wilmington, Delaware, (October 1942 to
May 1946). He held the rating of SP, Senior
Service Pilot. Rizzo delivered military aircraft throughout the U.S. ranging from single engine fighters to four engine bombers.
Later with (MATS) Military Air Transport
Command he flew C54's across the Atlantic
to the European and African theaters. Piloting the C54's overseas he carried cargo and personnel to foreign shores and on the return
trips carried litter cases back to the U.S.
During his military career he flew P47, P51,
P63, AT6, B25, B26, A26, B17, B24, C54,
and A20's. He totaled 1,205 hours of military flying.
As of May 1980 he logged a total of 12,393 flying hours. One hundred and
three hours of his military time was in the
P47, models P47D, P47N and P47G. Major
Rizzo states, "the P47 was a solid, sturdy
airplane, easy to fly and performed good. She
gave a pilot a feeling of security. The P47
proved itself in World War II."
He taught Aviation Mechanics in New
York City serving 30 years. He flew a Grumman Widgeon to remote lakes in the Canadian Bush. At times he and his fishing party were
the first United States Americans some of the
Canadian natives had seen.
He gave flight instructions to many early
New York City police aviators and present
day transport pilots.
He piloted the New York Daily News
Grumman Mallard and Beaver De Havilland
part time and week-ends for six years.
Major Rizzo in 1968 spent three months
flying a Grumman Super-Widgeon down the
Amazon River to remote native villages in
Today he is a noted expert in restoring
antique airplanes and is known nationally for
his keen restoration knowledge of vintage
automobiles. At age 76 Rizzo says "He'd
Rather be Flying" and he still does. Paul
Rizzo resides with his wife Olive in East
Meadow, New York, and is an active member
of many organizations including the Lon~
Island Early Fliers Club.
"As American warplanes were coming off
the factory assembly lines, ferry pilots, such
as myself, flew them to destinations all over
Asa A. Adair
He returned to the States in August of 1944 after participating in the invasion "D" Day. He flew P-63's, P-51's, F-80's, T-33's, F-84's, T-38's, P-47's in numerous assignments during the following twenty years in in, Japan, U.S.A. and Europe before retiring after twenty-six years of Active Duty.
John C. Anderson
After P-47 transition he was assigned to the 406th Fighter Group, 512th Fighter Squadron. (E.T
.0.) He flew 56 missions through January, 1945 destroying supply routes, bridges, and railroads; he also flew close support missions with the ground forces, with attacks on tanks, artillery and enemy positions.
W.B. 'Tex' Badger
Eight and Ninth Air Force in WWII. B-l7's, P-51's and P-47's. Fifth Air Force in Korea, F80's and F86's. WWII and Korea, Flew 156 missions. Tactical units served in with the USAAF and USAF were: 305th BG , 368th Fighter Group, 4th Fighter Group, 49th Fighter Group, 12th Fighter Wing, 506th Fighter Wing.
Robert T. (Bob) Bagby
He trained in P47's at Cross City and Dale Mabry Fields, Florida and then joined the 341st FS Black Jack Squadron), 348th FG of the 5th AF in Brisbane, Australia in June 1943. Bob flew 78 combat missions in New Guinea (Port Moresby, Finchafen, Sador, Wakde and Biak) primarily as wingman to squadron CO's John Campbell and John Moore. Also privileged to fly wing to Neil Kirby on several occasions.
After brief stops at Stone and Atcham, England he joined the 313th Fighter Squadron of the 50th Fighter Group in France. He flew 90 missions through V.E. Day. Most of the missions were close support attacks on various ground targets with a few B-26 escort missions thrown in. All of the missions took place in eastern France and southern Germany. He was awarded the Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters.
John M. Balason
To relieve the boredom, Balason went down on the deck and blew up a locomotive
he had observed at altitude. A few seconds after making his strafing pass he received a hit in his left wing tank and a fire started immediately in the cockpit. The paralyzing effect of the intense heat made climbing out of the cockpit impossible.
Albert W. Barlow, Jr.
He flew 69 escort and ground support missions. Destroyed one E/A (ME-I09). Was shot down on Sept. 8, 1944, and evaded enemy ground forces for 8 days. Was picked up by an American Recon. Unit behind the German lines. Was hospitalized until Feb. 1948, when he was medically retired with the rank of Capt. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart.
William T. Beckler
In July, 1944 Beckler exchanged his P-40 for a P-47N Thunderbolt. Missions in the Jug covered Northern Italy and Southern France. These included escorting medium bombers. The Bombers, based in Southern Italy, would be escorted to France by Thunderbolts based on Corsica. Shortly before target the Jugs would pull ahead of the bombers and bomb the enemy gun positions.
Beckler's activities while participation in three major campaigns earned him the DFC, two Air Medals and two Presidential citations.
Herbert R. Benson
After training in P-47 Thunderbolts at bases in North Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware, he was
assigned to the European Theatre of operations and joined the 48th Fighter Group
493rd Fighter Squadron at St. Trond, Belgium. After flying 44 combat missions, he was awarded the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf clusters.
Marvin C. Bigelow
Training in the Southeast Training Command with the class of 44C, he graduated and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant single engine pilot at Marianna, Florida with the class of
44D. After checking out in the P-40 at Marianna, he transitioned in the P-47 in the Northeast Defense Command and after gunnery at Dover, Delaware was shipped on the Queen Mary to England. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.aviationauditors.com.au/cherry-services/aviation-consulting/ | 2023-12-10T06:28:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101282.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210060949-20231210090949-00243.warc.gz | 0.886383 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__47180172 | en | We provide aviation consulting services in all areas of aviation.
We provide aviation consulting services in all aspects of aviation.
We have consulted clients in;
- Aviation auditing
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- Transport Security Program/s
this is just the more frequent requests.
We have liaised with CASA, ATSB, and the Department of Transport and Regional Services, on behalf of clients. At Aviation Auditors, we are more than just a tick in the box. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.spacefoundation.org/2015/05/04/lockheed-martin-space-education-center-at-the-space-foundation-discovery-center-to-be-dedicated-may-12/ | 2024-04-15T10:01:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816954.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415080257-20240415110257-00515.warc.gz | 0.912317 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__204214424 | en | Space Foundation News
Lockheed Martin Space Education Center at the Space Foundation Discovery Center to be Dedicated May 12
Written by: developer
A $400,000 grant from Lockheed Martin Corporation has established the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center (LMSEC) at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. LMSEC will be dedicated in a public ceremony at the Space Foundation Discovery Center on May 12, and is already benefiting Colorado schoolchildren and educators, especially those at schools serving large concentrations of low-income and at-risk children. Lockheed Martin is a long-time champion of future innovators in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
LMSEC (pictured) will directly impact more than 8,000 students and teachers annually, and the long-term impact will grow exponentially from the ripple effect of hundreds of teachers becoming better trained and uniquely motivated to inspire current and future students. Hundreds of thousands of students will be reached and inspired to join the next generation of STEM leaders.
Lockheed Martin began operations in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 50 years ago, creating a foundation for a long-standing commitment to the Colorado Springs community. With a focus on strengthening the quality of life and enhancing the city’s economic growth, Lockheed Martin and its employees have contributed to supporting military families and programs that educate and inspire tomorrow’s scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
For information about supporting STEM education in Colorado, please contact the Space Foundation at [email protected].
This article is part of Space Watch: May 2015 (Volume: 14, Issue: 5). | aerospace | 1 |
http://stepcone.gmrit.org/spotlights&other/drone.html | 2019-04-23T21:54:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578613888.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423214818-20190424000818-00183.warc.gz | 0.934034 | 112 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__153657485 | en | Climb high; climb far. Your goal is the sky; your aim is the star!
Here comes one of the most awaited and exhilarating competitions of STEPCONE - Drone Voyage, where the best pilots from all over India and many flying enthusiasts race their drones head-to-head to win the coveted title. Get the chance to be a part of this mega-event and feel adrenaline rush through their veins as the drones swoop across the sky. Making curves, twisting turns, and flying whirls, Get Ready for the Challenge. | aerospace | 1 |
https://satsearch.co/suppliers/astos | 2020-09-24T00:42:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400213006.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200924002749-20200924032749-00395.warc.gz | 0.81013 | 111 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__252807206 | en | Astos Solutions GmbH
Astos Solutions provides software and hardware solutions for mission and system concept analysis, spacecraft design and trajectory optimization, GNC/AOCS sizing and simulation, GNC/AOCS SCOE, pointing error engineering, real-time sensor simulation, gravity field identification, magnetic cleanliness, highly realistic space scenario visualization.
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https://www.toyoda.com/news-events/toyodas-spring-2016-northeast-tech-center-open-house | 2019-05-20T14:33:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256040.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520142005-20190520164005-00158.warc.gz | 0.873652 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__24381718 | en | Taking a Chance on Toyoda Pays Off
Carlson Tool & Manufacturing, located in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, a production-focused company, wanted to add more capabilities to their tool …
Toyoda Machinery USA invites machine enthusiasts and shop owners to explore the 2016 Toyoda Aerospace Innovation Days at the Shrewsbury, MA tech center on April 28th and 29th. Featured will be Toyoda's FH630SX-i horizontal machining center, FV1165 vertical machining center and the new GL4A-i-50 grinding machine - all showing off diverse cutting capabilities on unique parts such as aerospace flap track and engine casings. Toyoda will be joined by dealers, Iniram Precision Technology and Alta Enterprise, Inc. in addition to numerous partners including Koma Precision, Walter Tools, Mastercam, Sandvik and Machine Metrics.
Stay tuned for the release of Toyoda Aerospace Innovation Days' scheduled demos, seminars, full list of vendors and announcement of new technology.
Toyoda Aerospace Innovation Days
Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th, 2016
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Toyoda Northeast Tech Center
577 Hartford Turnpike, Suite B
Shrewsbury, MA 01545 | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=289731 | 2016-09-30T14:45:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738662197.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173742-00043-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.990296 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__25478929 | en | -HAH! Answers the question where this plane got painted then...There's a pic of this on skyliner-aviation.de but they quote the pic as being taken at DAL
which is incorrect...I thought that the field it was actually at was New Iberia, LA
as there's a lot of painting that gest done there.
As for the airplane itself, C5-WAL is the former Northeast L1011 3D-NEG which was in DAL
for at least 7 months and was the star of the pilot episode of "LAX
", being the Serb Air example shown.
If my wife wasn't due this week, I'd head out to Hondo! | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20071027/astronauts-add-room-to-station | 2018-08-21T23:23:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221219197.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821230258-20180822010258-00323.warc.gz | 0.959937 | 286 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__205891022 | en | Cape Canaveral, Fla. | Astronauts added a new room to the international space station on Friday in the way of Harmony.
That's the name of the school bus-size compartment that was attached by a team of spacewalkers working outside and robot arm operators working inside.
"I don't know that anybody's ever told our crew that we bring harmony with us, but we sure bring fun," Discovery's commander, Pamela Melroy, said as the spacewalk ended.
The Italian-built Harmony - 24 feet long and 31,000 pounds - was unloaded from the shuttle's payload bay and hoisted into place by the space station's robot arm. It is a temporary location; it will be moved to its permanent spot once the shuttle leaves.
European and Japanese laboratories will latch onto Harmony in the coming months.
"Now the crews that are hot on our heels have a place to come," spacewalker Scott Parazynski said.
It was the first of five spacewalks planned during Discovery's space station visit, and the first pressurized compartment added to the orbiting complex in six years.
The space station's living space grew by 18 percent with the addition of Harmony.
Parazynski and his spacewalking partner, Douglas Wheelock, helped prepare Harmony for the demanding robot arm operation by Stephanie Wilson and Daniel Tani.
Astronauts add room to station | aerospace | 1 |
https://en.nirapadnews.com/india-test-fires-ballistic-missile-agni-iv/ | 2020-08-10T05:12:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738609.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20200810042140-20200810072140-00101.warc.gz | 0.937216 | 354 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__109036421 | en | India test-fires ballistic missile Agni-IV
Published: November 9, 2015 2:57 pm
09 November 2015, Nirapad News: India on Monday test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV, capable of hitting a target at a distance of 4,000 kms, from a test range off the Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the armed forces.
Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, at about 0945 hours, defense sources said, reports The Times of India.
The indigenously developed surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile is a two-stage weapon system. It is 20 meters long and weighs 17 tones. The trial was conducted by Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the army, they said.
‘The sophisticated surface-to-surface missile is equipped with modern and compact avionics to provide high level of reliability,’ sources in Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) said.
Agni-IV missile is equipped with 5th generation onboard computer and distributed architecture. It has the latest features to correct and guide itself for in-flight disturbances, they said.
The most accurate ring laser gyro-based inertial navigation system (RINS) and supported by highly reliable redundant micro navigation system (MINGS), ensures the vehicle reaches the target within two-digit accuracy.
The re-entry heat shield can withstand temperatures in the range of 4000 degrees centigrade and makes sure the avionics function normally with inside temperature remaining less than 50 degrees centigrade. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.ssplprints.com/image/88247/nasa-apollo-command-and-lunar-modules-late-1960s | 2017-01-24T19:21:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285244.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00015-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.82273 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__31114768 | en | Apollo Command and Lunar Modules, late 1960s.
© National Aeronautics & Space Administration / Science & Society
Artist's impresion of the Apollo Command Module docked to the Lunar Module and separating from the third stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle. The service module engine can be used during flights to the moon to make any midcourse corrections necesary to ensure that the spacecraft intercepts the Moon at the right point. This is one of a series of drawings isued by NASA before the first Moon landing to give an impresion of an Apollo lunar landing mision. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/boeing-demonstrates-sharc-hawaii/ | 2022-11-27T08:40:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710218.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127073607-20221127103607-00247.warc.gz | 0.92821 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__162677728 | en | Boeing demonstrates SHARC in Hawaii
Boeing has demonstrated the Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Crafts (SHARCs) off the coast of Hawaii, the company said on 13 January.
SHARCs are used for data collection, surveillance and acoustic monitoring. In September 2014, Boeing and Liquid Robotics signed a multi-year agreement to enhance the unmanned marine vessel’s capabilities.
The demonstration took place in Kamuela, Hawaii near Liquid Robotic’s engineering test and evaluation center.
SHARCs can operate in a fleet to connect with other SHARCs, on land data centres and a variety of Boeing marine and aerial assets. They can be at sea for up to a year without a manned crew or servicing, which mostly involves removing barnacles from its sensors.
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The NiDAR CUAS Compact system developed by MARSS is designed to identify and track potential drone threats to vessels using multiple sensor feeds.
A new task order running until 2029 will see the General Atomics MQ-9A uncrewed aerial system (UAS) continue to fly intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for US Africa Command (AFRICOM).
This year marks Textron's second year at the US Army's Project Convergence, bringing two uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and three uncrewed ground vehicles to demonstrate collaborative teaming. | aerospace | 1 |
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-space-trying-to-kill-us-ron-shaneyfelt | 2023-09-24T02:45:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506559.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924023050-20230924053050-00515.warc.gz | 0.947796 | 237 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__34928411 | en | Is space trying to kill us? - Ron Shaneyfelt
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Phil Plait also wrote a book titled "Death From The Skies" which includes more detail about what I discussed in my video.
NASA even has a website telling you about their work to protect Earth as well as other planets they explore with their space probes. The mission of the Office of Planetary Protection is to minimize the biological contamination that may result from exploring the solar system. In other words, NASA wants to make sure humans don't send any bacteria, viruses, or anything else from Earth that will affect the environment of planets we explore (like Mars). The website can be found here.
NASA wants to make sure astronauts living for several months in space will not be hurt by space radiation. They have a website that explains how this is done here.
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https://www.pentecostalnews.com/2022/10/05/russia-space-agency-seeking-to-extend-iss-participation-past-2024/ | 2022-12-06T09:55:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711077.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20221206092907-20221206122907-00820.warc.gz | 0.900407 | 230 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__9031592 | en | SpaceDaily.com reports: “Russia’s space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday.
Sergei Krikalev, head of Russia’s human space flight programs, told reporters that Roscosmos had started ‘to discuss extending our participation in ISS program with our government and hope to have permission to continue next year.’
With ties between Russia and the West rupturing over the war in Ukraine, Roscosmos chief Yuri Borissov had announced over the summer that Russia would leave the ISS ‘after 2024’, and would seek to build its own space station…”
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“The World Will Look Differently After We Have Gone Through This Transition” – WEF’s Klaus Schwab on the Great Reset to World Leaders at G20 Summit
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https://www.dailyhealthtribune.com/mda-sees-successful-commercial-spin-off-from-canadarm3-in-robotics-partnership-with-lockheed-martin-general-motors-nasaspaceflight-com/2022/06/01/16/47/30/16992/science/laxman/ | 2022-07-04T20:55:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104496688.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220704202455-20220704232455-00563.warc.gz | 0.931204 | 1,768 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__187037654 | en | With more than 21 years of service aboard the International Space Station, Canadarm2, along with Dextre and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), served as a mission-critical tool in support of the construction of the orbital outpost and its ongoing maintenance.
The robotic crew also serves as a test bed for innovative concepts enabling future space operations such as in-orbit refueling and robotic arm artificial intelligence technology.
Today, as Canadarm developer MDA works to develop Canadarm3 for the Lunar Gateway, the company is also studying the Moon closely through a partnership with Lockheed Martin and General Motors to provide robotics for a new large lunar rover – a commercial spin-off of Canadarm3 robotic advances still under development.
“MDA’s joining the industry partnership is truly an iconic moment for us,” said Holly Johnson, vice president of robotics and space operations, MDA. “We are leveraging Canadarm space technology, which stands on its own in terms of what it has enabled in human spaceflight and space exploration over the past few decades.
“Leveraging that and creating commercial spin-offs [for the lunar surface] on the heels of the development of Canadarm3 is an exciting partnership for us with Lockheed Martin and General Motors where we really believe that creating this basic infrastructure and establishing the [commercial] mobility infrastructure on the Moon is something that will not only enable government missions.
So what is this branch of MDA’s partnership with Lockheed Martin and General Motors and how does it relate to MDA’s ongoing initiatives with Canadarm3 and the Canadian Space Agency’s LEAP (Lunar Exploration Acceleration Program) rover?
The concept for the new, large lunar terrain vehicle includes a 2.5 meter long robotic arm that incorporates many internal control systems and software taken from Canadarm, Canadarm2, Dextre, OBSS and Canadarm3.
Additionally, the arm must be both controllable by the astronauts using the rover and completely autonomous to support operations when the astronauts are not present.
“When you think about robotic systems in space that have proven to be very safe to interact with astronauts, that’s a pretty key requirement. And that’s something we can build on because we’ve done it so often and are experts in the field,” Johnson noted.
But what does this interface look like in terms of crew control and total autonomy?
“The control and operation architecture is still under development,” Johnson explained. “So the teams are currently doing an optimization strategy. We will create a framework that will assess the level of autonomy required.
“If there’s a relatively simple task that can be done with prepared, repeatable interfaces in a constrained environment, that leads you in one direction.”
“If there’s a more complex task, whether or not humans are involved, that may lead you in another direction.”
And all of this knowledge and capability derives from the long history of MDA space robotics, particularly from the control and operation software developed, tested and implemented over the decades in the various arms used in NASA programs and run by NASA.
“When you look at the types of operations that Canadarm2 performs today versus what it was originally designed for, we’ve really evolved the operational modes,” Johnson noted. “We’ve evolved the types of tasks it can perform. And really, it leverages the control base and the software base that the teams have built.
Additionally, MDA has incorporated some of the upgrades designed and used on the Canadarm3 for the upcoming Lunar Gateway outpost into the new Lunar Terrain Vehicle with Lockheed Martin and General Motors.
While the new rover arm will be much smaller than the previous Canadarm, “much of the internal intelligence, control systems and control software is taken directly from past projects, including Canadarm3.”
This is a direct commercial application of Canadarm3 technology… while Canadarm3’s own development is ongoing.
Based on the history of the shuttle/station, @MDA_space started the development of #Canadarm3 for #Bridge. As the initial requirements are defined, the company is also working on the parallel development of new commercial space robotics.
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“It’s really exciting!” Johnson related. And the Canadarm3’s software isn’t the only area where it could — and probably will — help MDA’s other commercial robot arm offerings.
AI will also play a key role.
“As we look at Canadarm3, which [will be] 1,000 times further from Earth than Canadarm2, the need to adapt autonomy and artificial intelligence for this system to understand its environment, make decisions in real time, carry out tasks from a command of level up and then navigate through different scenarios…that’s critical,” Johnson says.
“And in some cases, there may be decision making that he can make. In other cases, it might stop and wait for news from Earth.
This AI is directly applicable to the need for an autonomous lunar rover arm to assess the local area so that it can pick up or interact with a target without hitting other objects or being confused by a shadow on the lunar surface.
But that raises another question: What will the end effector — the hands, so to speak — of this moon rover arm look like when it may have to pick up rocks on Monday and then use a scientific tool to study another rock? . tuesday?
“That’s a very good question, and we’ve developed a commercial line of robotic interfaces and end-effectors for just that purpose,” Johnson said.
“Having a common interface that has actuation/power/data capability that can interact with payloads, with other rovers, with different tool sets…if you have that standardized robotic interface, you can design tools and a payload.”
“So it’s kind of a versatile end-effector, complemented by different tools.”
In this way, the arm is almost universal in terms of what it can allow, as long as the tools interface correctly with the end effector. In theory, this kind of universality could allow for multiple tools to be taken on a rover — tools that the arm could individually grab to complete a task before grabbing a different tool for a different task.
“If we have a standardized interface, we can work with commercial vendors who have payloads, who have science instruments,” Johnson said. “But it won’t necessarily be up to us to provide all the exact utilities or features the customer needs.”
“The goal is to be adaptable so that we can accommodate as many of these use cases as possible.”
In other words, MDA seeks to give the industry a universal accessory from which various tools, including mission-specific tools, can be used.
And that’s really just the beginning, according to MDA. “As interest in the lunar surface grows, whether governmental or commercial, [the goal is] to consider supporting a wide range of customers for their mobility needs – NASA and Artemis are among them, but other commercial and government customers are following,” Johnson added.
The new initiative with Lockheed Martin and General Motors is separate from MDA’s ongoing participation in the Canadian Space Agency’s LEAP initiative, which aims to advance Canadian lunar technologies and activities via a lunar rover.
And, in large part, the LEAP and Gateway programs (the latter having involved the development of the Canadarm3) were designed from the perspective of the CSA to do exactly what MDA now sees — particularly with the Canadarm3: advancing the technology and industry which can then be used for commercial applications.
“You can really feel the pace of business advancement,” Johnson enthused. “And when you look at new infrastructure in orbit and ultimately as everyone turns their heads from the Moon to Mars, we really think robotics is a key enabler of space infrastructure.”
(Main image: Proposed lunar terrain vehicle concepts. Credit: Lockheed Martin) | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.foxnews.com/science/shuttle-endeavour-arrives-at-space-station | 2022-10-07T21:28:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030338280.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007210452-20221008000452-00676.warc.gz | 0.946015 | 647 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__103753918 | en | INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION – Endeavour and its six astronauts showed up at the International Space Station on Wednesday with the most expensive payload ever carried by a shuttle, a $2 billion magnetic device that scientists hope will unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.
The two orbiting crews will attach the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the space station Thursday.
Endeavour -- making its final journey and the next-to-last flight of NASA's shuttle era -- docked with the space station as the two vessels soared more than 200 miles above the planet, near Chile.
Commander Mark Kelly steered Endeavour in for the slightly early linkup. He is married to wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who attended the shuttle launch Monday. Giffords was shot in the head Jan. 8 during an assassination attempt in Tucson.
Kelly was the first to float into the space station. He was greeted with handshakes and hugs.
"Hey, you guys wore coordinating shirts," Kelly told the six space station residents, all dressed in blue polo shirts and tan slacks. "We didn't do that."
The combined crews include seven Americans, three Russians and two Italians.
The space station occupants rang the ship's bell to mark Endeavour's arrival. It is the 12th and final visit by Endeavour to the space station; after this mission, the baby of NASA's shuttle fleet will be decommissioned and sent to a museum in Los Angeles.
Atlantis will carry out the final shuttle trip in July.
Kelly and his crew will spend nearly two weeks at the space station. Their main job is to install the 7-ton Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, an international collaboration representing 16 countries and led by Nobel-winning physicist Samuel Ting of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
At the heart of the spectrometer is a 3-foot, doughnut-shaped magnet. The instrument will seek out invisible dark matter as well as antimatter; whether any of this is found or not, the results will help explain what the universe is made of and how it formed.
As soon as the spectrometer is installed, it immediately should begin working. Ting expects to start receiving data within an hour or two.
The AMS will remain anchored to the space station for the rest of its life. The outpost will continue to operate until at least 2020.
Endeavour's crew also will unload spare parts for the space station and carry out four spacewalks, the first one scheduled for Friday.
For now, 12 astronauts are aboard the shuttle-station complex. On Monday, three of the six space station residents will climb into their Russian Soyuz capsule and return to Earth after a five-month stay. Endeavour's two-week launch delay resulted in the mission interruption.
NASA will continue to rely on Russia to transport U.S. astronauts back and forth to the space station for the foreseeable future. The space agency wants private companies in America to take over this operation, hopefully within a few years.
The Obama administration wants NASA focusing on interplanetary travel, once the shuttles are retired. | aerospace | 1 |
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The government today approved the costliest military aircraft upgrade programme yet, gifting to France a deal that will see the Indian Air Force’s 25-year-old Mirage fighter planes being dressed up for more than Rs 200 crore a piece.
The cabinet committee on security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this morning put its seal of approval on the Mirage 2000 modernisation package that will cost $2.4 billion.
The IAF inducted 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft, made by Dassault Aviation of France, from 1985 to 1988. Over the years, the IAF has lost four such aircraft in crashes or in other damage.
Indian and French negotiators toiled over the proposal for nearly five years because of the high price that, critics said, would buy new aircraft. That is not entirely true. The kind of new combat aircraft that the IAF is currently evaluating would come, at a conservative estimate, for $80 million (over Rs 360 crore) each.
The total upgrade programme for the Mirage aircraft could top $4 billion. The proposal cleared does not include about $900 million for new weapons (possibly MBDA-made Mica air-to-air missiles) that will re-arm the aircraft and another $500 million for new facilities at Hindustan Aeronautics’s Bangalore establishment.
The Mirage 2000 aircraft of the IAF are based in Gwalior. The multi-role aircraft are also assigned a nuclear strike role. The upgrade programme envisages a new radar, new avionics, an electronic warfare suite and counter-measures.
Dassault Aviation shut down its Mirage 2000 assembly line in France in 2007. But before that it introduced a variant known as the Mirage 2000-V (called “dash five”). In the upgrade, the IAF’s Mirages are to be brought up to the dash-five standard.
India is currently in the process of acquiring 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft that could cost $12 billion. The French aircraft Rafale, also made by Dassault, and the Eurofighter Typhoon, are the only two in the race for the order from a field of six.
The Mirage 2000 upgrade will be mostly done by French firm Thales, in which Dassault has a significant stake.
Thales is also the major beneficiary of the Indian Navy’s Scorpene submarine acquisition programme.
Two Mirage 2000 aircraft will be flown to France for the modernisation package. Two will be upgraded in India with assistance from the French firms and the rest will be refitted by Hindustan Aeronautics.
Israel had also made a bid to modernise the IAF’s Mirage aircraft for half the cost that the French have charged. But the IAF did not find the Israeli package suitable. | aerospace | 1 |
https://gyrate.nz/about/history-of-gyros | 2021-07-24T05:26:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046150129.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20210724032221-20210724062221-00608.warc.gz | 0.953762 | 1,211 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__39398671 | en | History of Gyrocopters
In 1919 a Spanish man named Juan de la Cierva, whilst pondering the crash of a large three-engine bomber that crashed on its initial flight when it stalled, had the brilliant insight to see the wing differently. An aircraft will stall when the air passing over the wing fails to generate enough lift at slow speed. He reasoned that stalls could be effectively eliminated if the wing itself moved independently of the aircraft.
The rotor, a moving, stall-proof wing, was placed on top of an existing fuselage. He patented the name "Autogiro" and it flew by autorotation - "the process of producing lift with freely-rotating aerofoils by means of the aerodynamic forces resulting from an upward flow of air." Air coming up through the rotor would generate lift, and should the Autogiro's motor fail, it would gently descend while air flowed upward through the rotor blades.
Between 1920 - 23 Cierva progressively developed autorotation through various models of autogyro developing more sophisticated designs with a means to tilting rotor head, altering individual blade pitch, pre-rotaters and forms of "jump takeoff" capacity.
The rotor would be spun up at zero pitch and then "snapped" into a positive angle, causing the aircraft to "jump" into air.
Unfortunately for the autogyro, the world's attention became riveted on the stunning indoor demonstrations of a helicopter in 1938.
Following the death of Cierva in the crash of a KLM DC-2 bound for Amsterdam from London in 1936, the Cierva Autogiro Company would shift the focus of their efforts towards developing a helicopter.
Even though Cierva-licensed Autogiros would be used by the British, French, Russian and Japanese forces, including the daily calibration of the coastal radars that enabled the RAF to defeat the German Luftwaffe and win the Battle of Britain, the Autogiro would all but disappear by the end of WWII.
The most familiar of the WWII autorotational developments were the English and German rotary kites launched from German submarines at the end of a 400 ft tether to increase target observation.
Looking like Cierva's vision would merely be a minor footnote to helicopter development, it did survive due to a Russian immigrant called Igor Bensen.
With a degree in mechanical engineering, Igor Bensen began work for General Electric on their helicopter development efforts.
While working on the project, Bensen flew and gained almost exclusive use of a surplus Autogiro and gained a deep understanding of the dynamics and theory of autorotational flight.
In 1953 Bensen founded his own company and introduced various Gyro-Gliders, towed behind a vehicle and deriving its lift from an unpowered rotor.
Eventually came the B-7M (M for motorized) which first flew in 1955 with Bensen as pilot.
Bensen called his creation a Gyrocopter, a term he subsequently trademarked.
The subsequent B-8M model, incorporating the improvements developed and tested in the B-7M, was placed into production in 1957 and became the most produced and copied aircraft design in history and provided, in kit form and plan-built, the most popular way to fly.
The Bensen, and its variants and local adaptation were to dominate the American Gyrocopter movement for almost twenty-five years.
In Europe, however, it was a different story. England's Wing Commander Kenneth H. Wallis and others began with Bensen kits or plans, but soon modified the design, taking gyrocopter design into some very un-Bensen-like directions.
Wallis, who would achieve international fame with "Little Nellie", a WA-116 autogyro, in the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice", remains an honored pilot, world record holder and designer.
Behold the 21st century and the arrival of a great advancement in gyrocopter design and engineering incorporating comfort, ease of operation and safety.
There are now around half a dozen top quality gyrocopter manufacturers, mainly from Europe, each of them having multiple models of gyrocopter, fully assembled, for sale, which makes it a great time to get started in aviation by learning to fly a safe future proof aircraft.
The versatility of the modern gyro now include water or snow operations with the use of floats or skis, police and border patrols, Search and Rescue and Agricultural flying. Over 1,000 gyrocopters worldwide are used by authorities for military and law enforcement. Autogyro's Cavalon is now certified for night flying in the UK.
In 2002, Groen Brothers Aviation's (GBA) Hawk 4 provided perimeter patrol for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. The aircraft completed 67 missions and accumulated 75 hours of maintenance-free flight time during its 90-day operational contract.
Extending from the gyrocopter's extra comfort and safety qualities, comes a more common desire for gyro pilots to attempt longer flights across countries and even around the world.
From 2009 to 2010 for the first time a world tour was undertaken by a German pilot couple Melanie and Andreas Stütz who flew in 18 months in different gyrocopter types in Europe, southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA and South America. The adventure was documented in the book "WELTFLUG - The Gyroplane Dream" and in the film "Weltflug.tv - The Gyrocopter World Tour".
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http://www.cyberdanmark.dk/gaia/about.htm | 2018-12-15T06:52:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826800.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215061532-20181215083532-00330.warc.gz | 0.862349 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__28751305 | en | About GAIA Virtual Airlines
GAIA Virtual Airlines is a part of business of GAIA Virtual Airlines industries. All VA companies GAIA buy with an own aircraft fleet, will be a part of GAIA Aircraft fleet and this aircrafts will be use on the GAIA flight schedule. GAIA will have flight schedules all over the world, because GAIA own VA's based worldwide. GAIA dont have a main HUB, but CEO John H. Olsen lives in Denmark near the capital Copenhagen and some flight will be from Copenhagen Airport.
All VA's on the GAIA Portfoli runs a a kind of sub-division under GAIA. It means, that VA's with own aircrafts, will bew used on flight schedules world wide.
The main virtual airlines of all sub-divisions of GAIA is the danish CDA Cyber Danmark Airlines, that have HUB in Denmark, Copenhagen Airport.
To contact GAIA Virtual Airlines E-mail CEO John H. Olsen : [email protected] | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.bestflyingdrone.com/best-drones-under-300-review/ | 2019-08-20T00:38:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315174.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820003509-20190820025509-00065.warc.gz | 0.89433 | 2,733 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__176973577 | en | Welcome to the informative article here on the best-flying drone about drones. Thinking to enter into the world of quadcopter world, but don’t want to spend more money then check these drones under $300. Drones became a hot topic in the present days due to their various applications. They are used for aerial photography, filming, recording memories, surveys, etc. Considering the people needs companies introduced drones in all price ranges. In this article, You can find Top Best Drones under 300 having advanced features. Without concerning others and wasting time, you can choose our right drone from the below-sorted list of best drones. It will be an appreciable thing choosing your drone and gaining knowledge about the drone features and specifications.
Best Drones Under 300 for Sale
Here we are providing the best drones under 300 $, along with the best Cheap drone with Camera under 300 Amazon offer. Now Quadcopters are everywhere, isn’t It? At one particular time, drones were only exclusive for the Defence. But, now the enthusiasts can have this best drone with Camera under 300 at an affordable price. Nowadays, Best drones have become more moderate thanks to Advanced technology and the demand being increased day by day. Drones now are part of every occasion, Whether is a Get to gather or a Marriage. Drone with Camera are now found is many parties.
Top 10 Best Camera Drone Under 300 $
1. Cheerson CX-20 Auto Path Finder Drone
Cheerson CX-20 UAV drone is a ready-to-fly quadcopter. The Cheerson CX-20 Quadcopter is one of the best-selling drones under 300 in the present market. Are you want to improve your photography skills? then this Cheerson professional drone will suits you best. Cheerson Hobby CX-20 is a professional drone having vision position system for stable flight indoors. CX-20 has an amazing flight performance with an outstanding flight time. If you have several batteries and multi port charger if you want to have fun all day long.
- The Flight time of Cheerson CX-20 UAV is 14mins.
- It is included with a camera mount to fix a GoPro camera.
- Failsafe mode: The flight will return when the connection between transmitter and drone is lost.
- It has an Intelligent orientation system(IOC).
- Return to home feature.
- The dimensions of Cheerson is 22.3 x 14.8 x 5.4 inches.
- Frequency: 2.4GHz
- The Control range is about 300m.
- Battery: An 11.1V 2500mAh rechargeable battery.
- The charging time is 2 hrs for the battery.
2. Hubsan H501S X4
Hubsan H501S X4 is probably one of the best drones under 300 having First-person-view feature. The FPV Hubsan X4 is a compact brushless machine including a 1080P camera with 5.8G FPV screen on the transmitter. We say that this is advanced version because of its advanced RC control. All the information during the flight is displayed on FPV screen. The built-in 1080P HD camera can capture beauteous pictures and video. Built-in GPS system is present in both transmitter and Quadcopter.
- The flight time is about 19 mins.
- Hubsan has the latest 6-Axis gyro stability system.
- The transmitter of Hubsan X4 has FPV 4.3 Inch LCD Screen.
- Follow me: Automatically Follows you where ever you travel.
- Return to home: Parrot Returns directly to its home location when selected.
- Hubsan also has features like GPS hold and headless flight modes.
- The dimensions of Hubsan H501S is 220 x 70 x 220 inches.
- It weighs about 3.6 pounds.
- Hubsan X4 has LCD Resolution: 480*272P.
- The camera resolution is 1080P.
3. Parrot Bebop Quadcopter
Parrot Bebop UAV is one of the best Quadcopters under 300 which is commonly used for aerial photography and recreational purpose. The Parrot Bebop drone is the smartest drone that offers same features as many expensive drones. Parrot Bebop is considered as best camera drone under 300 because of 14MP camera. Without a high investment, we can shoot awesome videos and photos. No instructions are included in the box. For First-Person-View we can wirelessly connect the UAV with a tablet or phone.
- Parrot Bebop has a 14MP fish eye camera.
- The Flight time of Parrot Bebop drone is 12mins.
- You can control Bebop drone using Free Flight App with IOS, Windows 8.1, Android.
- Capture images and videos with Bebop’s 180° field of view.
- The dimensions of Parrot are 13.2 x 3.8 x 14.4 inches.
- It weighs around 3 pounds.
- Parrot control distance is 2000m.
4. Upair One Drone
The Upair one UAV is also coming under the category of best drones under
300 which has a live transmission FPV monitor. Upair one Quadcopter has a removable 12MP camera to shoot HD photos and videos. The LED light status warns us at every moment. Upair One is Ready To Fly model where all the parts are assembled. This UAV comes with either 2K or 4K camera which is comparable with GoPro.
- Upair One Drone has intelligent flight modes like GPS hold, Altitude hold.
- The Upair One drone has live transmission through FPV monitor.
- Safety: Auto Return to home when the battery is low.
- The flight time of Upair drone is 25mins
- Headless mode: Easier way to control without worrying about direction.
- The Dimensions of U-Pair drone are 18.5 x 9.1 x 13.4 inches.
- It weighs around 9.2 pounds.
- Camera Pixels: 12MP
- The control range of Upair is 1000m.
5. Flying 3D X6 Quadcopter
The flying 3D x6 drone is an affordable drone under 300 for a beginner. It doesn’t come with a camera, but it is suited for learners for flying drone for the first time. Without concentrating on taking pictures, a beginner can concentrate only on flying. If you want to step ahead in flying the drones in the limited budget, then you can purchase this product which satisfies your needs. The high-precision GPS helps the drone to hover in fixed point. Let us have a look at the Best Drones Under 300 here.
- Failsafe mode: When the connection between transmitter and drone is lost, the drone will return to home.
- While flying 6-Axis Gyro gives more stability.
- It has strong wind resistance.
- Flying 3D has a 4.3 inches FPV screen on the transmitter.
- The flight time of 3D flying drone is around 15 mins.
- GPS inducted hovering and altitude hold.
- Remote frequency is 2.4GHz
- The battery capacity is 7.4V 1000mAh.
- It weighs around 2.7 pounds
- The control distance is 500m
- Dimensions of Flying 3D are 18.9 x 9.8 x 3.7 inches.
6. WL Toys V666N Quadcopter
The WL Toys V666N Quadcopter is one of the drones comes under the category of best drones under 300. A beginner can experience FPV feature because of 2MP camera and a live video transmitter. We do not require a smartphone as it comes with 4.3inches LED display. The RC is cleverly designed because we can switch left and right controls. The right-hand stick can be used to monitor proper throttle
- The flight time of WL toys is 8-mins.
- 6-Axis Gyro stabilization ensures stableness to flight.
- Automatic Takeoff function.
- Lightweight airframe gives a reliable durability.
- Camera Pixels: 2 MP
- The dimensions of drone are: 22.6 * 22.6 * 6.3 inches
- Operating distance: 150m
- Battery capacity: 7.4V 1200 mAh
7. UDI U818S FPV Quadcopter
UDI U818S drone is an amazing drone, you can enjoy both playing a drone and also watch your flight with the FPV screen on the transmitter. The UDI U818S has a large size, and unique design gives an attractive look. This UAV is one of the best drones under 300 mainly for beginners. UDI U818S is the best drone for beginners before going for an expensive one. We do not recommend you flying the drone on concrete or asphalt surface.
- UDI hovers with 360-degree flips
- Two speed modes: low and high for beginners and experienced ones.
- Possible dark flying due to bright LED lights
- 6-Axis gyro stabilization
- A 7.4V 850mAh Lipo gives a flight time of 8-10mins.
- 2MP HD camera to capture and record memories.
- Transmitter frequency: 2.4GHz
- It weighs around 5.6 pounds
- The control distance is 150 mins.
- Camera Pixels: 2MP
- The dimensions 22.9 x 20.9 x 10.7 inches
8. Eachine Racer 120 FPV
You can also find racing drones under 300, among that Eachine racer 250 FPV drone is one of the best drones. Eachine Racer will come with 7inch FPV screen transmitter. Racer is called as PNF(plug and fly) model. To configure, we have to download and install the open pilot GCS software. But the lack of instructions makes the download process difficult. Eachine Racer 120 FPV is one of the trending racing drones in the market. This Quadcopter is a durable and light-weight drone because of its carbon fiber material.
- Ready-to-fly drone
- Bind and fly feature
- The flight time of Eachine racer is 14min.
- It is GPS compatible quadcopter
- Return to home
- Controller Frequency: 2.4GHz
- Operating range 30meters
- It weighs around 400gms.
- Battery Capacity: 11.1V 1300mAh LiPo battery.
9. Walkera Runner 250 Drone
If you are interested in racing, then Walkera Runner 250 is a beginner’s choice for racing along with FPV feature. It has a 5.8GHz mushroom antenna for better video transmission. Walkera Runner will fly extremely fast which is a good choice for a beginner to learn flying and also to race with a drone. This Best Drones Under 300 is suitable for those who have a decent knowledge about flying the UAVs. Because of the lack of GPS, we cannot hover the drone at a fixed point. Because of its quick and high speed we can experience a real life “Pod Racing.”
- Ready-to-fly quadcopter which is available at affordable prices.
- As it is used for racing purpose, the drone can go upto 40km/h.
- Walkera has Built-in 5.8Ghz FPV Video Transmitter.
- 11.1V 2200mAh 25C 3S LiPo battery will give a flight time of 14min.
- Front and Rear LED lights for night visible.
- The operating range is 1000m
- Max video resolution is 1080P
- The Walkera weighs around 530 gms
- The dimensions are 18.5 x 11.3 x 5.2 inches.
10. DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter
This Phantom 2 DJI is viable drone which you can afford below 300. This UAV is one of the powerful drones which can carry action cameras like GoPro. Even we can efficiently work when worked with GoPro Hero 3 and 4. The self-tightening propellers of this Best Drones Under 300 provide us with more security. If you charge the batteries and install them, your drone is ready to fly.
- It is very powerful to carry GoPro cameras, and we can see a smooth functioning.
- This UAV comes with camera ready.
- By the DJI app, we can control the drone.
- Phantom 2 has a flight time of 28 mins.
- It weighs around 1000 grams
- The dimensions of DJI 2Phantom 20 x 10 x 14 inches.
- The controlling distance is 1000 meters.
Finally, this article gives you a complete picture about the top best drones under 300. Based on my research on drones I would recommend these drones for beginners as their first drones. These are the top drones for aerial photography, with these drones you can improve your skills of photography. This review on best drones under 300 will help you a lot in picking your right drone. | aerospace | 1 |
https://agmsys.ru/en/mscan/ms3 | 2024-04-18T04:25:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817187.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418030928-20240418060928-00470.warc.gz | 0.912112 | 434 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__63780623 | en | Laser scanner for UAV AGM-MS3
Cost-effective multifunctional solution for mobile and airborne laser scanning from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
› engineering surveys;
› creating three-dimensional models of infrastructure objects;
› inventory and diagnostics of the roads and railways;
› creating GIS for various purposes;
› mine surveying;
› and others.
The weight of the laser scanner for the UAV is 1.5 kg, which makes it easy to install it on a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles. The AGM-MS3 laser scanner is designed for fully autonomous operation with minimal operator involvement, which makes survey easy, fast and convenient. The ability to integrate external cameras - from panoramic to thermal imaging, opens an unlimited number of applications.
The weight of the AGM-MS3 mobile laser scanner is only 1.5 kg, taking into account the inertial navigation system AGM-PS.
The technology of airborne laser scanning with UAV is based on the integration of distance measurements to the underlying surface with the help of a small laser rangefinder and navigation measurements necessary for determining the trajectory of the airborne laser scanner and the angles of its orientation in space.
Airborne laser scanning with UAVs is accompanied by GNSS measurements on a network of ground base stations. On the basis of these measurements, differential corrections are made to the solution of the trajectory obtained from the navigation system of the airborne laser scanner.
As a result of joint processing of range finders measurements and trajectory, an array of laser reflection points is obtained, in which each point has spatial coordinates XYZ in the required coordinate system with high accuracy. The density of air-scan points with UAV can reach several hundreds per square meter of survey. Simultaneously with airborne laser scanning, aerial photography by a small digital camera is also carried out. Aerial photography is carried out together with definition of external orientation elements of images using the navigation systems AGM-PS. This allows you to "snap" aerial photographs to a site with high accuracy. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.cheapflightsdeal.net/flights/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas-airport-mad/queen-alia-international-airport-amm/ | 2019-04-18T20:53:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578526807.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190418201429-20190418223429-00092.warc.gz | 0.671968 | 573 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__201424489 | en | Tue, Apr 30
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IATA : AMM
ICAO : OJAI
Airport Type : Public
City : Amman
City Served : Amman
Country : Jordan
Country Code : JO
Continent : Middle East
Time Zone : Asia/Amman
Latitude : 31.722535
Longitude : 35.989318
Elevation : 2395 Feet
ADJ - Marka International Airport - Amman, Jordan - 40 km
MTZ - Masada Airport - Masada, Israel - 135 km
TLV - Ben Gurion International Airport - Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel - 158 km
URY - Gurayat Airport - Gurayat, Saudi Arabia - 195 km
VDA - Ovda Airport - Ovda, Israel - 221 km
There are 1 Direct/Connecting flight(s) operating from MAD to AMM. cheapflightsdeal.net provides you the cheapest flights deal round the World. MS - These airlines provide direct/connecting flights from Madrid to Amman. From Madrid (Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport) to Amman (Queen Alia International Airport) total distancen is 2,269 miles.
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How far is Madrid to Amman?
Approx : 2,269 miles (3,651 kilometers)
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https://www.cnet.com/news/lunar-landers-disappoint-in-the-desert/ | 2020-07-10T13:02:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655908294.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20200710113143-20200710143143-00342.warc.gz | 0.961556 | 512 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__3387268 | en | Here at the second-annual, one of the marquee events was the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, a $2 million contest for and test new space craft technology that could simulate landing on the moon.
One of the signs of ill-preparedness was that four of the five teams originally set to compete Friday dropped out.
Armadillo Aerospace, a Mesquite, Texas-based research outfit and the sole competitor, got off the ground Friday in the first-round of the contest and even flew vertically to specification, but its legs buckled upon landing, causing a fire. Armadillo plans to refit the computer-controlled vehicle, "Pixel," by borrowing parts from its second craft, "Texel," for a second try at prize money on Saturday.
Rockets galore at X Prize space expo
Space competition blasts off in New Mexico.
The Lunar Lander Challenge was designed to test the design of rocket-propelled moon vehicles, a la Apollo. The contest required Armadillo to fly at least 50 meters in altitude and then land vertically within 100 meters of the takeoff point, thereby simulating a landing on the lunar surface.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission, was present at the X Prize Cup on Friday and said building new space vehicles to land on the moon will ultimately help the United States explore Mars.
"The moon is really a learning place to develop technology we need for Mars," said Aldrin. "That's what the Lunar Lander Challenge is all about, promoting that idea."
Armadillo, which professionally is developing manned suborbital vehicles, built two computer-controlled LOX/ethanol rockets for this competition. Pixel and Texel are nearly all aluminum built with four sphere tanks. They have carbon chamber engines wrapped in carbon fiber for strength. They're fueled with 190-proof ethanol, something akin to alcohol but not made for digesting. Another internal tank in both rockets takes liquid oxygen.
Before taking off, Armadillo engineers said they were having problems with navigating the rockets, so they installed an external camera on the vehicles to land it properly. "We almost didn't make it. It takes 38 flights to iron out the bugs," said one Armadillo engineer who has volunteered on X Prize Cup project.
Aldrin summed up the task of building next generation lunar landing vehicles by saying: "Space is something that will take a lot of time." | aerospace | 1 |
http://uncharted-frontier.obsidianportal.com/wikis/race-to-the-stars | 2017-08-20T13:30:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106754.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820131332-20170820151332-00069.warc.gz | 0.966248 | 276 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__131519157 | en | Race to the stars
During the first decades of the 21st century the space race came to a halt. The ongoing economic crisis prevented governments from funding their expensive space programs. The many ambitious plans to build a lunar base and travel to mars were put on hold, indefinatly.
While the crisis wreaked havoc among most companies, several multinational corporations grew incredibly wealthy. This wealth brought with it as of yet unseen power as these companies became the only source of income for most of earth’s population.
Already in the first years of the 21st centruy private companies had begun research in to commercial space travel and by 2020 the technologies available to the private sector had outgrown the space progams of even the U.S., Russia and China.
In 2025 a conglomerate of several corporations launched their own space station and announced the creation of a lunar base. By 2050 all corporations had moved their executive seat to either the privatly owned space station “The Market” or to the Corporate Lunar Base. By doing this the corporations finally managed to escape the last of earth’s nations influence.
The following decades were marked with an incredible advancement in spacetravel, exploration and exploitation. Bases were built on Mars, Titan and Europa. These bases supported mines that provided earth with the natural resources to keep it’s economy going. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.southafrica.to/transport/Airlines/TAAG/TAAG-Angola-Airlines.php | 2023-03-28T03:02:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948756.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328011555-20230328041555-00182.warc.gz | 0.891839 | 1,038 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__112287991 | en | - Airline Reviews
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TAAG Angola Airlines is based in Luanda, Angola. The airline often runs incredible flight specials from Cape Town Johannesburg to Europe and Africa. See the latest deals available on the booking engine on the left.
TAAG is 100% owned by the Angolan government and has been in operation since 1938. Before it changed its name to TAAG in 1974 it was known as DTA Diviso de dos Transportes Aereos and later DTA Linhas Areas de Angola.
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See our flights to Angola page, for a full discussion of flight connections between South Africa and the DRC.
These baggage regulations depend on the route you're travelling on. You can confirm your luggage allowance either on your ticket or on TAAG's website.
5 kg OR 8 kg Hand luggage
8 kg OR 2 x 8 kg Hand luggage items
2 x 8 kg Hand luggage items
30 kg OR 2 x 23 kg Checked bags
40 kg OR 2 x 32 kg Checked bags
3 x 32 kg Checked bags
The Umbi Umbi Club is TAAG's frequent flyer program, named after a common bird in Angola.
The club has 3 tiers - Classic, Silver & Gold. Miles can be used to purchase airline tickets with TAAG (for the member or for another person) or to upgrade a ticket to a higher class. Depending on your status you can take advantage of airport lounges, special check-in queues and extra baggage allowances.
You can sign up online or with their call centre at +244923190000.
TAAG operates three tier cabin classes out of South Africa and on several other routes. Some cabins are only configured for two classes, Economy and Business.
This is what a business class meal looks like:
TAAG operates a fleet of 15 aircraft and has a new Boeing 777-300ER and 737-700s.
TAAG has entered codeshare agreements with Air France, Brussels Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa. These agreements allow passengers to connect seamlessly onto regional flights.
21 Sep 2013. TAAG adds a 2nd weekly frequency from Luanda to Beijing, and plans to start a 3rd in 2014. "We are the only African airline that employs Chinese crew", said Antonio Inacio, TAAG's director in Beijing. TAAG's flights are scheduled to leave Luanda at 04h15 on Mondays and Fridays (flight DT690) and return at 03h10 on Tuesdays & Saturdays (flight DT691).
31 Mar 2013. TAAG operates flights from Cape Town to Luanda, from 31 March to 26 October 2013; on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays; using a Boeing 737.
14 Nov 2008. The EU extends a ban on TAAG Angola Airlines to all airlines certified in Angola.
4 Jul 2008. For safety reasons, the EU bans TAAG Angola Airlines from flying in the European Union.
28 Jun 2007. A TAAG Boeing 737 crashes in northern Angola.
Nov 2006. TAAG acquires 2 Boeing 777-200ER and 4 Boeing 737-700NG.
8 Jul 1997. TAAG acquires its first Boeing 747.
1995. The Luanda - Lusaka flight route is reopened.
1994. The Luanda - Johannesburg flight route is opened.
1993. The Luanda - Harare flight route is opened.
1976. The first jet, a Boeing 737, is acquired.
1975. With the proclamation of independence from Portugal, TAAG is named Angola's national flag-carrier.
Feb 1974. The airline is renamed TAAG – Linhas Aéreas de Angola.
1962. The first Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft is acquired.
1948. The first Douglas DC-3 aircraft is acquired.
1940. The airline is renamed DTA – Linhas Aéreas de Angola.
17 Jul 1940. The DTA starts operating flights using De Havilland Dragon Rapide biplanes.
Sep 1938. The Portuguese Colonia Government of Angola creates the DTA - the Division of Air Transport in Angola (Divisão dos Transportes).
TAAG Angola Airlines is the 100% owner of Angola Air Charter. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=1122195 | 2018-02-17T20:09:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891807660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180217185905-20180217205905-00185.warc.gz | 0.904805 | 251 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__272873205 | en | Royal Lockheed P-38 Lightning laser cut short kit, plans & instruction.
Buyer will receive nice, clean laser cut wood parts & plans only.
5 - 6 servos
6 functions radio
74 inches wingspan
50.75 in fuselage length
9.5 - 10 lbs. weight range
.40 - .60 two or four cycle nitro engine
3/32" hard balsa for all wing ribs & stabilizer ribs
1/8" balsa for F1 & F2, 3/8" balsa for four V5 & two nacelles
1/8" plywood for all fuselage bulkhead and nacelles formers.
Building instruction booklet and set 2 large printed sheets of plans are included, building detail, notes & cg balance pointare also indicated on plans to complete scratch build an beautiful 6 functions remote control aircraft with installation of flaps & retract landing gear, cowls are build up with balsa and plywood, wing is detachable from fuselage for easy in transportation, the building structure materials are balsa and plywood, with some building skill & experience, I am sure this plane can modify to install electric motor as well. | aerospace | 1 |
http://shop.history.com/space-shuttle-atlantis-full-stack-model-1200-scale/detail.php?p=368969&v=history_collectibles_military&pagemax=all | 2014-04-21T00:51:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609539337.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005219-00475-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.871247 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__5762043 | en | Space Shuttle Atlantis Full Stack Model - 1/200 scale
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Atlantis made its first flight in October 1985, conducting classified military tests. In 1989, it deployed two planetary probes, Magellan and Galileo, and in 1991, it deployed the Arthur Holley Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
Atlantis made seven straight flights to the Russian space station Mir starting in 1995. In October 2002, after a four-year hiatus, the space shuttle and its six-person crew completed the eleven-day STS-115 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) including three space walks. On June 8, 2007, Atlantis launched on its longest-ever mission, STS-117, which lasted almost 14 days. The spaceship will be retiring in 2010 after it completes STS-131. Its last mission will be carrying the Docking Cargo Module to the ISS. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.defenseworld.net/2021/02/08/russias-pantsir-s1-systems-destroy-enemy-drones-attacking-s-400s.html | 2024-03-05T08:13:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948223038.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305060427-20240305090427-00253.warc.gz | 0.959276 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__75741386 | en | Russian military’s Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft systems destroyed “enemy” drones that were attacking S-400 air defense systems during a recent exercise in Crimea.
The Southern Military District said in a statement that the Pantsir “found, identified and destroyed the air targets at a safe distance.” The targets and their characteristics were simulated electronically, it noted.
The Pantsir was much maligned in the war zones of Syria and Libya as having been shot down by Turkish drones (Bayraktar TB2 and Anka) and Israeli jets.
KBP Instrument Design Bureau that manufactures the Pantsir, claimed it destroyed some 100 drones around the world in the past few years. Pantsir-S combined with electronic warfare system reportedly brought down 13 UAVs when a drone swarm attacked the Hymeimim air base in Syria during January 2018.
The Pantsirs have been tested to intercept targets flying at extremely low altitudes (below 50m); down high-speed target missiles; and destroy targets simulating armoured personnel carriers at a distance of up to 3km.
They have also received an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-upgrade. | aerospace | 1 |
https://community.pix4d.com/t/merging-sequoia-projects/17508 | 2021-08-03T07:36:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154432.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20210803061431-20210803091431-00067.warc.gz | 0.962674 | 188 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__148053301 | en | I have a question about merging projects when using multispectral imagery, specifically from the Micasense Sequoia.
I have been merging projects that are for areas where we had to flying multiple missions to capture imagery of larger areas. I have been running the initial stage for each flight separately so each flight will retain the radiometric calibration data for each flight then merging those projects. Sometimes I use manual tie points on the merged project and sometime I don’t when the misalignment doesn’t affect our work.
I was just looking at the help page for that and it seems I have been doing it wrong! I am mostly concerned about losing the radiometric calibration as the misalignment has either never been a problem or it is corrected my adding a few manual tie points to the merged project. By not using manual tie points in the first set of projects as per the help page am I losing anything? | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.airdatanews.com/embraer-e195-e2-now-faces-737-max-on-coast-to-coast-route-in-canada/ | 2024-04-23T20:48:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818740.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423192952-20240423222952-00516.warc.gz | 0.955355 | 398 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__35653058 | en | Porter Airlines has become a trailblazer for Embraer’s E2 family of commercial jets. Owner of an order for 50 E195-E2s, the Canadian airline began receiving its planes at the end of 2022 and today has 14 units in its fleet.
Thanks to Embraer’s largest commercial aircraft, Porter was able to expand its network exponentially since it only operated with Dash 8 turboprops.
In addition to establishing routes within the country, Porter also flies to the United States with the E195-E2, marking the debut of the model in that country.
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On July 26, however, the Embraer aircraft reached another milestone when it debuted on the first Porter Airlines route on the west coast of Canada.
The flight between Ottawa and Vancouver put Porter in direct competition with Air Canada, WestJet and Flair Airlines, which use Boeing 737 jets on the route, including the MAX model, which has a great autonomy.
In fact, the new route shows that the E195-E2 is also a jet capable of covering long distances. Ottawa and Vancouver are about 2,000 nm (3,600 km) apart, covered in a five-hour flight.
“The Ottawa-Vancouver route is an important part of our expansion as we build a coast-to-coast network that offers travelers our unique approach to economy air travel,” said Kevin Jackson, executive vice president and chief commercial officer. “Travellers can connect through our well-established Eastern Canada network and enjoy Porter’s elevated economy experience each step of the way.”
Porter Airlines’ E195-E2s are configured with 132 seats and feature free WiFi, among other amenities.
In September, the Canadian carrier will inaugurate another destination with the Embraer jet from Ottawa, the city of Edmonton, also in the western part of the country. | aerospace | 1 |
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00639/txt/h_icbm.html | 2013-05-25T19:35:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00041-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.97169 | 1,934 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__112323085 | en | The origins of the ICBM and modern-day cruise missiles lie in World War II.
On June 13, 1944, the residents of London were perplexed by a strange buzzing noise. When the looked up, they saw a small airplane traveling across the sky at high velocity. Suddenly, the plane’s engine stopped and it plummeted to the ground, causing a horrific explosion. There was no time to think about the first plane as one plane after another crashed into the city and exploded.
The V-1 attack had begun.
In the end, 25,000 houses were destroyed and 6,184 people had been killed. The V-1, however, had its shortcomines. It had to be launched by catapult in order for its pulse-jet engine to work. It cruised at 3000 ft, easily within range of antiaircraft guns as well as fighter planes. But for its time, it was extremely fast-559 mph, though fighter planes about 100 mph slower could still shoot it down. By August 1944, Allied fighters and antiaircraft guns were shooting down 80% of the V-1's.
For the first time, the technology existed to bombard a target from far away. The Germans were using unpiloted planes powered by pulse-jet engines. The Germans called the weapons Vergelstungwaffe eins. The British labeled them “buzz bombs.” Though the term would not come into use until decades later, it was the world’s first cruise missile.
The next month, the residents of London received yet another surprise, nastier than the first. The V-2’s arrived. Unlike the V-1’s no noise preluded their crash and there was nothing in the sky to see.
Technologically speaking, it was a great leap over the V1. The V-2 was a liquid-fueled rocket with a programmable guidance system. Years of research of space travel and weaponry went into its construction. The V-2 was launched straight up into outer space and it travelled in a high arc. Then, its rocket engine would stop and it would fall for its target, powered only by Earth's gravity, enough to give it more than supersonic speed. Because it arrived so fast it was practically invisible, there was no warning sound associated with its arrival.
Werner von Braun was the genius behind the V-2. As a teenager, he had been fascinated by the idea of space travel and built rockets in his free time. He was enthralled by rockets, it seemed, and he did not care what political use they were put towards.
Germany was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles to possess any heavy artillery, but the treaty said nothing about rockets. Thus, Germany had a profusion of traditional solid-fuel rockets. But von Braun was not interested in short-range solid-fuel rockets. He had been working on liquid-fuel rockets using an inflammable liquid combined with liquid oxygen--a method pioneered by American rocket scientist Robert Goddard.
Working with a politically motivated Walter Dornberger, the prototype V-2 was successfully test tired in October 1942. But soon the British spy programs learned of the V-2's existence and bombed the research site, Peenemunde, so heavily that it was not ready until 1944.
The V-2's continued to bombard London between September 8, 1944 and March 29, 1945, when Allied troops captured their base.
Even with the V-2 in use, von Braun and the Germans were working on new, deadlier weapons. Von Braun and Dornberger (see inset) had planned the A-10, a new missile that would have multiple stages much like the Apollo space rockets. The A-10 would have a range of 2800 miles, long enough to cross the Atlantic.
At the same time, German scientists were also working fervently on the deadliest weapon of all-a nuclear bomb.
Unfortunately for these scientists but fortunately for mankind, Germany was defeated before either project could be put into use.
Three months after Germany's May 7, 1945 surrender, the United States deployed the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. As soon as it could, the US and the Soviet Union brought Werner von Braun and his fellow German rocket scientsists to their own laboratories. Soon, the US and the Soviet Union were constructing super-long-range missiles and testing nuclear weapons. The super-rockets were labelled Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM's) because when their engines stopped, they were guided by nothing more than the laws of ballistics.
Similar to ICBMs are the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM's)
Missile guidance systems and other components of rockets have greatly improved since World War II. The lastest ICBM's have multiple warheads. The first of these multiple-warhead carrying missiles were the Multiple Reentry Vehicles (MRV's), which scatter warheads around a single large target to multiply the magnitude of destruction. Later, the Multiple Independently-Targeted Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs). As a MIRV descends to the Earth, warheads and decoy objects are ejected at varying points to hit a multitude of targets. The most advanced and horrific of these is the MARV system (Maneuverable Alternative-Target Reentry Vehicle). With MARV, each warhead has its own rocket, and the warheads can change course to a different target if anti-ballistic missile defenses appear.
Currently, all ICBMs are designed to carry nuclear warheads. They cost far too much to be used on mere conventional warheads. No ICBM has ever been deployed. All military engagements and foreign policy, however, are conducted with the potential use of nuclear ICBMs in mind.
The nations of the world currently utilize long-range missiles, a descendent of the old V-1. They are powered by jet engines and most reach a maximum speed of approximately 590 mph. They carry high-power conventional explosives and are much cheaper than ICBMs. The range and accurcacy has greatly improved, however.
Cruise missiles were a major US weapon both in the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2002. There are two types: the Tomahawk and the CALCM (Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile). In both wars, the Tomahawk missiles were launched from both surface ships and submarines. Some submarines can launch the missiles through the top of the deck, others shoot the missile out of the torpedo tubes, after which it rises to the surface and flies away. The CALCMs are launched from B-52 bombers. They have less range than Tomahawks, but their launching airplanes can get closer to most targets. They also carry a larger warhead.
Primary Function: Air-to-ground strategic cruise missile
Contractor: Boeing Defense and Space Group
Length: 20 ft, 9 inches (6.3 m)
Weight: 3150 lbs (1429 kg)
Wingspan: 12 ft
Unit Cost: AGM-86B - $1 million, AGM-86C - additional $160,000 conversion cost, AGM-86D - additional $896,000 (USD)
ALCM Cruise Missile, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA
The AGM-86B/C is a sub-sonic air-launched cruise missile employed by the United States Air Force. The missiles were developed to increase the effectiveness of Boeing B-52H bombers. Used together, they dilute an enemy's forces and create complications for the defense of enemy territory. The AGM-86B/C/D is powered by a turbofan jet engine and travels at sustained subsonic speeds. After launch, the missile's folded wings, tail surfaces, and engine inlet deploy.
The AGM-86B utilizes a terrain contour-matching guidance system. It is able to read surface features below and match them to topograph information stored in an onboard computer.
The AGM-86C/D employs an onboard Global Positioning System (GPS) along with its inertial navigation system to fly. The missile can guide itself to the target with great accuracy.
A single B-52H bomber can carry 12 of these missiles externally and 8 interally, giving it a total maximum capacity of 20 missiles per bomber.
The AGM-86C is the true CALCM and differs from the "B" model in that it carries a conventional explosives payload instead of a nuclear warhead.
The Tomahawk cruise missile can travel a distance of 1550 miles and can hit within meteres of its target even at maximum range. Tomahawk missiles in the Gulf War were guided by a radar system which took into account terrain features of the land it was flying over and compared it with an electronic topographic map. The radar system has been replaced by a Global Positioning System (GPS) that has been even more accurate.
Tactical Tomahawk Cruise Missile in a test flight over a Naval base in southern California, USA
Tomahawk missiles have been used during the administration of US President Bill Clitnon when they flattened a Sudanese chemical plant that was believed to be producing nerve gas for Al Qaeda. They have also been delpyed against several public buildings in Baghdad in the war in Iraq. | aerospace | 1 |
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https://www.sarkarimirror.com/168-people-onboard-jet-airways-flight-dhaka-narrow-escape-tail-aircraft-hits-runway/ | 2023-05-31T16:30:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646937.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531150014-20230531180014-00319.warc.gz | 0.952823 | 442 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__85026795 | en | 168 PEOPLE ONBOARD JET AIRWAYS FLIGHT AT DHAKA HAD A..
168 PEOPLE ONBOARD JET AIRWAYS FLIGHT AT DHAKA HAD A NARROW ESCAPE AS TAIL OF AIRCRAFT HITS RUNWAY
As many 168 people onboard a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai had a narrow escape after the tail of the aircraft hit the runway on landing at the Dhaka International airport last week, prompting the airline to take the pilots concerned off duty.
The B737-800 aircraft has been grounded and a team from Boeing company is expected to visit Dhaka to assess the extent of damage to the plane while engineers from Jet Airways has already started the assessment, sources said.
The incident, which happened on January 22, has been reported to aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation).
DGCA sources said Bangladesh’s aviation authorities are expected to investigate the incident since it happened in Dhaka.
According to them, if the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Bangladesh, which is the country’s aviation regulatory body, decides not to probe the incident, then AAIB may take up the investigation.
When contacted, Jet Airways confirmed the “tail strike” incident.
The flight 9W-276 from Mumbai to Dhaka had 160 guests and eight crew members when it had a “tail strike” on landing at Dhaka airport on January 22. There were no injuries to guests or crew, all of whom deplaned safely, the airline said.
In a detailed statement, Jet Airways also said the crew of the flight has been placed off roster in order to assist with the investigation as a standard practice.
The aircraft, B737-800, is currently being inspected by the Jet Airways’ engineering team at Dhaka before it is brought back for routine operations.
Aircraft Accident investigation Bureau (AAIB), which comes under the Civil Aviation Ministry, is the apex body for probing accidents, serious incidents involving Indian aircraft.
Further, Jet Airways said it continues to offer all cooperation to support the investigation in its aircraft incident | aerospace | 1 |
https://interreviewed.com/spacex-crew-3-ready-to-fly-how-to-watch-the-astronaut-launch-live-tonight/ | 2023-02-06T19:45:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500357.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230206181343-20230206211343-00134.warc.gz | 0.910359 | 666 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__63678616 | en | The subsequent flight of a SpaceX Crew Dragon is now simply hours away.
4 astronauts have been set to blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle aboard a Crew Dragon on Oct. 31 as a part of the SpaceX Crew-3 launch, however the spooky date appears to have unintentionally cursed the liftoff. The Florida climate and a minor medical challenge have performed havoc with launch day. It may be powerful to maintain up with all of the delays, however don’t fret. We have you lined with the launch proper right here.
The earliest the launch window will open now’s 6:03 p.m. PT (9:03 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Backup launch home windows open at 5:40 on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. The webcast normally kicks off round 4 hours earlier than liftoff. As of Wednesday morning the climate forecast seemed 70% favorable for the launch going ahead.
The entire thing will likely be streamed reside through NASA’s feed, proper right here.
The NASA astronauts on this Dragon’s passenger listing are former US Navy submarine warfare officer Kayla Barron, take a look at pilot Raja Chari and veteran astronaut and emergency doctor Tom Marshburn, together with European astronaut Matthias Maurer, a German supplies scientist who’s been with the European Area Company for greater than a decade.
Throughout their six months aboard the Worldwide Area Station, the Crew-3 astronauts are slated to do a number of spacewalks for house station upkeep and in addition assist carry out scientific analysis in orbit involving fiber optics, rising plants without soil and the way astronauts’ eyes change from publicity to house, amongst different experiments.
Although the Crew Dragon is a reusable spacecraft, this explicit automobile is a brand-new one which’s been dubbed Endurance. The Falcon 9 booster and nostril cone have flown earlier than, nonetheless.
After liftoff in darkness, the Falcon 9 will return to aim a touchdown on a droneship within the Atlantic, and the Dragon will hit speeds over 17,000 miles per hour on its solution to intercept the ISS about 22 hours later.
The 4 astronauts and others already aboard the ISS will welcome two non-public crews to the house station in coming months as the brand new period of house tourism accelerates. A gaggle of Japanese vacationers will trip a Russian Soyuz capsule to orbit in late 2021, andto the ISS in early 2022, additionally on a Crew Dragon.
A Crew Dragon first carried people in Might 2020 when astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode it to the ISS, marking the return of human spaceflight to US soil after a nine-year hiatus following the tip of the Area Shuttle program in 2011. Dragon is certainly one of two automobiles NASA authorized for growth for its Business Crew program.after failing to succeed in orbit throughout a December 2019 take a look at flight.
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The Bahrain Aviation Fuelling Company (BAFCO) is a joint venture company formed in 1985 to provide into-plane fuelling services at Bahrain International Airport (BIA), including the storage and transport of aviation fuel from the refinery. It manages this service on behalf of its three shareholders: The Oil Gas Holding Company B.S.C. (60%), Chevron Asia Pacific Holding Ltd (27%) and BP Middle East Limited (13%). The BAFCO Formation Agreement expires on 30 June 2018.
BAFCO’s shareholders are responsible for the marketing of the aviation fuel at BIA. The shareholders each negotiate the terms and conditions of their sales with the airlines at BIA and then BAFCO delivers the fuel to the customer airlines in accordance with the agreements concluded between the airline and the shareholder.
BAFCO’s Shareholders own a 8 inch pipeline from Sitra Refinery to the Arad Depot, the Arad Depot which stores jet fuel before supply to the BIA, the hydrant system at BIA that supplies fuel to aircraft, and 18 refuelling vehicles. BAFCO operates the Arad Depot, the hydrant line and the Into-Plane fuelling service.
International standards and practices are followed for the handling of the fuel from the refinery to the aircraft wing and the delivery of the fuel to the aircraft.
To be the Global Awarded Winning Aviation Fuel Supplier.
To operate and maintain the aviation fuel storage, handling and into-plane delivery service on behalf of their Shareholder’s to their Airline Customers, whilst balancing the costs to maintain safe and reliable operations that gives the shareholders a competitive into plane fee that allows them to attract business. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.flyingairplanegames.com/novalogic-flight-simulators/ | 2020-05-29T09:31:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347402885.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20200529085930-20200529115930-00178.warc.gz | 0.799158 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__150132272 | en | Welcome to NovaLogic.com
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https://generalaviationnews.com/2022/07/06/bonanza-pilot-surprised-by-autopilot/?replytocom=1195702 | 2022-10-07T21:19:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030338280.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007210452-20221008000452-00192.warc.gz | 0.966697 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__199809394 | en | This is an excerpt from a report made to the Aviation Safety Reporting System. The narrative is written by the pilot, rather than FAA or NTSB officials. To maintain anonymity, many details, such as aircraft model or airport, are often scrubbed from the reports.
On short final to a visual landing, the autopilot (which was turned off) pushed the nose towards the ground. I was surprised. I pushed and held the autopilot disconnect, recovered, and landed.
I was familiar with the ESP (Electronic Stability & Protection) feature on my recently installed Garmin GFC 500 autopilot in theory, but seeing it in practice was scary.
Landing speeds for my Bonanza 33 are 64 to 70 knots depending on weight per the POH. I was light, winds were light, and I intended on landing at 68 knots. The GFC 500 ESP pushes the nose down below 70 knots.
Note that a V Tail bonanza with the exact same flight characteristics has a GFC 500 ESP speed of 65 knots, which is better.
This is a hazard that needs a software modification to correct.
Primary Problem: Aircraft | aerospace | 1 |
http://defensenews-updates.blogspot.com/2013_01_04_archive.html | 2020-07-06T03:46:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655890092.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20200706011013-20200706041013-00434.warc.gz | 0.914303 | 778 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__129929349 | en | (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $755,134,781 firm-fixed-price contract.
The award will provide for the procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3, which includes support for Foreign Military Sales, and related services.
Work will be performed in Grand Prairie; Lufkin, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Chelmsford, Mass.; and Ocala, Fla.; with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2015.
One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-13-C-0068).
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) is a high/medium advanced surface-to-air guided missile air defense system. BMDO planned to select either (1) the Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT), which was designed to destroy missiles by colliding with them; or (2) the Patriot Multimode Interceptor, which incorporated a multimode seeker and an improved explosive warhead. BMDO planned to make its selection before the PAM program enters engineering and manufacturing development in early 1994.
In FY94 the Army selected ERINT to be the PAC-3 missile. This small, agile missile combined several state-of-the-art technologies to provide hit-to-kill lethality and increased fire power in an asset defense role against both TBMs and air breathing threats. PAC-3 is a major upgrade to the Patriot system. The PAC-3 Operational Requirements Document (ORD) represents the Army Air Defense need to buy back required battlespace lost against the current and evolving tactical missile and air breathing threat. PAC-3 is needed to ounter/defeat/destroy the 2008 threat and to extend Patriot's capabilities to accomplish new/revised missions. The PAC-3 missile has a lethality enhancer and uses hit-to-kill technology to destroy ballistic missile targets. In tandem with the upgraded radar and ground control station, PAC-3 interceptors can protect an area about seven times greater than the original Patriot system. Lockheed Martin Vought Systems and Raytheon are the prime contractors for the PAC-3.
The PAC-3 Program consists of two interrelated acquisition programs - The PAC-3 Growth Program and the PAC-3 Missile Program. The Growth program consists of integrated, complementary improvements that will be implemented by a series of phased, incrementally fielded material changes. The PAC-3 Missile program is a key component of the overall improvements of the Patriot system, it will provide essential increases in battlespace, accuracy, and kill potential.
PAC-3 is a much more capable derivative of the PAC-2/GEM system in terms of both coverage and lethality. The PAC-3 has a new interceptor missile with a different kill mechanism -- rather than having an exploding warhead, it is a hit-to-kill system. The PAC-3 missile is a smaller and highly efficient missile. The canister is approximately the same size as a PAC-2 canister but contains four missiles and tubes instead of a single round. Selected Patriot launching stations will be modified to accept PAC-3 canisters.
*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. 005-13 dated January 3, 2013
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https://skedgo.com/future-of-transport-flying-with-jetpacks/ | 2020-04-09T20:59:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371876625.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20200409185507-20200409220007-00392.warc.gz | 0.949085 | 1,261 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__76611647 | en | James Bond, Star Wars, the Rocketeer, even the Jetsons – we’ve been seeing jet packs announced and dreamed about for years. Similar to flying cars, people in the past thought by now everyone would be using them.
And – wouldn’t you like to have one yourself? Below are some jetpacks that you can hire or even buy… Read on for more detail.
So, what are the issues? Why don’t we fly to work every day propelled by a powerful jet that would make our commute the best part of the day?
- Overcoming gravity requires a lot of energy. Anything that wants to lift off and fly (like planes and rockets) will need a lot of fuel to achieve this.
Needing more energy for the take-off means also needing more fuel, which means more weight, which in turn means more energy needed to lift the jetpack away from the surface. The fuel would have to contain a lot of energy. Currently available fuels are just not efficient, safe and affordable enough for mainstream use.
- Pollution through high-energy fuel reactions. Assuming as many people could afford jetpacks as have cars now, just imagine the CO2 emissions resulting from all the jetpacks. It’s not a pretty thought.
- Steering, stabilisation and control of the jetpack. As the human body is basically a dead weight which does not contribute anything to the flying in all its complexity, just flying it around is a lot harder than it sounds. You wouldn’t want to wobble through the air and possibly bump into buildings or other people wobbling around.
- Safety – What if your engine fails mid-air? Most likely you’d have to take a parachute (adding more weight again). Also, if you do crash into something or someone, the resulting fall will be a lot more dangerous than if you’re on the ground already.
- Which leads us to the final point: Regulation and control of the airspace. This includes issues like, who is allowed to fly and when? Would you need to go through some sort of pilot training, get a license? What about right of way in the air? How do you ensure that jetpacks and planes don’t get into each other’s way?
But don’t despair, jetpacks ARE around today, and some of them you can even fly!
- Hydro jetpacks – the most accessible option to make your dream of flying a jetpack come true. They work by using water as fuel, solving the problem of needing a lot by staying connected with a hose; an example is the popular JetLev that can be seen in the video below. Many hydro jet pack rental businesses are operating in various locations around the world today.
- SAFER (short for “Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity Rescue”), a jetpack worn by astronauts for spacewalks (e.g. outside the ISS) for emergencies. As it is used in space, it doesn’t have to overcome gravity which makes it a lot cheaper to use.
- The TAM Rocket Belt. Its top speed is around 100km/h (60mph), and it flies for about 30 seconds. Depending on the pilot’s weight, it will weigh between 56 and 63kg (124-139lb). Including training, buying one for yourself will set you back around $250,000.
- The Jet Pack H202-Z by Jetpack International is a bit faster, it reaches up to 123km/h (77mph) and stays in the air for a full 33 seconds. It carries up to 20l (5.3gal) of fuel and “only” costs $155,000 including training. JetPI are currently working on its successor which they give the codename “Falcon”, but at this stage it is unclear when this will be available.
- The Troy Hartman Jetpack – this one is not commercially available, but it’s still cool. Built by “professional aerial stuntman and adventurer” Troy Hartman, it reached quite a bit of popularity online. The jetpack reaches speeds of 100km/h (60mph) and cost Troy about $40,000 to build. It weighs 32kg (70lb) with a full tank; half that when empty. Plans are to evolve the design so it won’t need a parachute any more to lift off. Also, with a new design in July 2014 Troy managed a total air time of 15 minutes, using 19l (5gal) of fuel.
- Yves Rossy’s jet wing. He overcomes the gravity problem by not even trying to lift off using the jetpack, but jumps from a plane and just uses the jetpack to fly. Using this strategy gives him about 10 minutes of air time with an average speed of 200km/h, enough to have successfully crossed the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in just over 9 minutes. The jetpack also uses foldable wings for stabilisation. With a full tank of 30l (8gal), it weighs about 55kg (121lb). The jet wing cost Yves about $190,000 to build.
- Last but not least, the Martin Jetpack – this one could be yours soon, although the company targets emergency services. With top speeds of 74km/h (46mph), and a fuel capacity of 45l (12gal) it promises a flight time of up to 30 minutes. It does weigh 180kg (400lbs) though. Currently the website Martin Aircraft Company plans to sell it for $215,000 from 2016.
Over to you
Tell us what you think about jetpacks in the comments below!
- Daily Mail article on the Martin Jetpack (20 Nov 2014)
- Guardian article on why we don’t have jetpacks yet (23 September 2014)
- How Jet Packs Work
- TAM Rocket Belt and Jet Pack H202 compared
- Technical information about SAFER
- and websites linked above | aerospace | 1 |
http://australian-students.wikia.com/wiki/Australia_Students_Celebrate_WIA_Centenary_with_ARISS_QSO | 2018-05-28T03:21:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794870771.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180528024807-20180528044807-00153.warc.gz | 0.968047 | 702 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__73820115 | en | Students from the Trinity Christian School at Wanniassa in the Australian Capital Territory made history on May 29 with the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact to be held in Canberra. The event was part of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Centenary Dinner on May 29. More than 200 people attended the event, including international guests IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, and ARRL International Vice President Jay Bellows, K0QB, as well as prominent Australians such as IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI, Australian Communications and Media Authority Chairman Chris Chapman and WIA Centenary Patron Dick Smith, VK2DIK. The principal of Trinity Christian School is Carl Palmer, VK2TP/VK1TP.
With Philippe van Houte, ON5PV, in Belgium -- using the call sign ON4ISS -- ARISS Asia-Pacific Coordinator Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, made contact via telebridge with the International Space Station (ISS), A telebridge utilizes a dedicated ARISS Amateur Radio ground station located somewhere in the world to establish the radio link with the ISS. Voice communications between students and the astronauts are then patched through regular telephone lines.
The audience remained quiet and listened intently as the high school seniors asked a series of questions of ISS Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF, including her assignment in space. The QSO began with a brief speech by Caldwell-Dyson who congratulated the WIA on its centenary and commented briefly on Amateur Radio’s history and Amateur Satellites.
William Shaw, age 18, asked Caldwell-Dyson when she is in space, is she “above the law.” He wanted to know if there was a legal issue that could come up while on the space station where a nation’s law might apply. Caldwell-Dyson said that she did not foresee that there would be a legal problem on the space station and added that there were controls on what could occur in space.
Elizabeth Shen, age 17, asked about living in space with zero gravity, its effects on the body and whether there were changes to one’s normal blood pressure and pulse rate. Caldwell-Dyson told her that the crew is constantly monitored and that there are effects and rehabilitation on return to Earth that can take up to three months. Questions about sleeping in an environment with 16 sunrises and sunsets a day, space walking -- Caldwell-Dyson is to have that experience soon -- and the potential for collision with solid matter in space, rounded out the questions.
After the ARISS contact, the students said they were extremely impressed by the efforts made by astronauts to qualify and fly in space, giving them encouragement to strive in their chosen careers. Shen added, “The opportunity to speak to someone above the space station was one of the best experiences in my life.” Shaw said it was “really cool to be able to talk to someone who is in a completely different situation -- with the zero gravity and what not.”
WIA President Michael Owen, VK3KI, presented each student with a participation certificate, while WIA Centenary Patron Dick Smith, VK2DIK, shook their hands, spoke to them about their experience and had his photograph taken with them. Some information provided by ARISS and The Canberra Times. | aerospace | 1 |
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2983111/Florida-man-crashes-remote-control-plane-Jets-RC-Air-Lakeland-Polk-County.html | 2019-06-18T21:42:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998817.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618203528-20190618225528-00481.warc.gz | 0.960729 | 922 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__16168551 | en | He needed Harrison! Man suffers serious burns after he crashes his $20,000, three-foot, remote-controlled plane near himself
- Plane was part of the Florida Jets RC Air Show in Lakeland in Polk County
- Crash occurred this morning at Linder Regional Airport's Paradise Field
- The man crashed his yard-long plane and some of its fuel burned him
- He went to Lakeland Regional Hospital with non-life threatening injuries
- No. 1 cause of remote control plane crashes reported to be pilot error
A Florida man was hospitalized after he crashed his remote-controlled plane this morning.
The unidentified man was flying the radio-controlled jet as part of the Florida Jets RC Air Show in Lakeland in Polk County.
It crashed into Paradise Field near the runway at Linder Regional Airport.
The remote-controlled jet that crashed on Friday in Lakeland, Florida, is 'similar to one of these in size'
The jet crashed into Paradise Field at Linder Regional Airport during the Florida Jets RC Air Show this morning
Fog stopped the man from going to Tampa General Hospital so he was was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital
The man suffered non-life threatening injuries, but was severely burned during the crash, according to 10 News.
When the aerial enthusiast's three-foot, $20,000 plane crashed near him, some of its fuel sprayed out and caused the burns.
Polk Fire Rescue originally wanted to fly the injured man to Tampa General Hospital, but there was too much fog for the medical chopper to navigate.
The man was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital instead.
Although the accident was originally reported as an actual plane crash, that notion was dispelled.
The Florida Jets Air Show is not a competition, but more of a 'fly-In, or Jet-Together', according to its Facebook page from last year.
The page reads: 'Florida Jets is one of the most exciting R/C Aviation events on the planet.
'FJ features the ultimate technology in airframe construction and power plant, and has the highest level of pilot proficiency of any radio control model aviation discipline.'
The Florida Jets Air Show is not a competition, but more of a 'fly-In, or Jet-Together', according to Facebook
There were some initial reports that a plane had crashed, but Sgt Gross quickly cleared up the confusion
Although this mishap might seem out of the ordinary, it is more common than you might think.
Remote-controlled planes crash frequently enough that there is a webpage about it.
The No. 1 cause of remote control plane crashes is pilot error, according to R/C Airplane World.
According to the site: 'Either the pilot is flying beyond his or her abilities, or flying a plane that's too advanced or simply unsuitable for his/her level of experience.
'Or perhaps they make a genuine mistake because of, say, disorientation - even experienced rc pilots make the wrong stick movements sometimes!
'Equipment failure is another reason. In fact pilot error is commonly disguised as equipment failure!
'Flying surface or control surface failure can also be the guilty culprit in bringing down our planes, especially if the builder did a less than satisfactory job on the hinges!
'Prevention is better than cure, but sadly it takes a crash to figure out what went wrong and hopefully prevent it happening again in the future.'
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https://buffalonews.com/2009/02/17/perspectives-differ-on-autopilot-icing-amid-probe-of-crash-no-federal-consensus-for-deadly-problem/ | 2019-10-19T10:00:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986692723.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019090937-20191019114437-00021.warc.gz | 0.944724 | 1,146 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__110223631 | en | The nation's airline regulator says it's safe to fly some planes on autopilot in light to moderate icing.
But the nation's transportation safety watchdog warns that even "thin amounts of ice . . . can be deadly" -- and advises pilots to turn off the autopilot system when ice starts to gather.
So pilots have to choose which of two federal masters to serve to combat a potentially deadly problem: the accumulation of ice on an airplane.
The disagreement between the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board is one of several they have regarding icing on aircraft.
Given that the crew of Continental Connection Flight 3407 reported icing in the minutes before the plane crashed Thursday night in Clarence, killing 50, the crew's use of autopilot could end up being central to the safety board's investigation of the crash.
Pilot experience and actions also are expected to be probed, but the icing issue is key because of what aviation experts know about what happens when a plane on autopilot experiences icing.
The ice on the wings would normally cause the plane to drag, but the autopilot compensates for the drag until the system reaches a breaking point and shuts off, said Michael B. Bragg, an engineering professor who heads the University of Illinois Aircraft Icing Research Group.
Once that happens, the pilot is suddenly flying a plane that's heavier and less aerodynamic than the one that left the ground -- one that may veer out of control the minute the autopilot is disengaged.
"Then the pilot becomes a test pilot," Bragg said.
The NTSB warned of that danger in a safety alert for pilots last December.
"Using the autopilot can hide changes in the handling qualities of the airplane that may be a precursor to premature stall or loss of control," the safety board said. "Turn off or limit the use of the autopilot in order to better 'feel' changes in the handling qualities of the airplane."
Steven R. Chealander, the agency commissioner who is investigating the crash in Clarence, said this week that this doesn't mean pilots should always fly manually when icing conditions occur, or that the crew of Flight 3407 was wrong to be flying on autopilot.
It just means that flying manually can help the pilot "stay ahead of changes as a result of icing," said Chealander, who added: "The FAA sees things a little differently than we do."
Indeed, in a 2006 alert, the FAA did not specify so clearly that the autopilot should be used sparingly in icy conditions.
"Pilots should follow approved guidance for use of the autopilot," the FAA said. "If not closely monitored, the autopilot may mask dangerous airspeed losses. When ice is accumulating on the airplane, the autopilot should be disconnected at least once every five minutes."
Laura Brown, an FAA spokeswoman, said the two agencies are really not that far apart on the autopilot issue.
"Our guidance is to periodically turn off the autopilot," she said, stressing that the decision on how to fly may well vary from one aircraft to another.
"It may, in fact, be safer to fly with the autopilot," she added.
That's not the only issue on which the safety board and the FAA don't see eye to eye.
The safety board's alert last December says: "Thin amounts of ice, as little as one-quarter inch, can be deadly."
But the FAA has long certified individual planes -- including the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 that crashed in Clarence -- to fly in "light to moderate icing" conditions. An FAA memo describes light icing as a quarter-inch to an inch accumulation per hour on the outer wing, while moderate icing is accumulation of 1 to 3 inches per hour.
Moreover, the FAA has not acted on several of the safety board's "most wanted transportation safety improvements" regarding aircraft icing.
Icing narrows the range of speed at which a plane can safely fly, Bragg explained. The increased drag produced by the ice both increases the minimum speed the aircraft needs to fly in order to avoid stalling out and decreases the plane's maximum speed.
The addition of other elements that increase drag -- such as the raising of the flaps or the lowering of the landing gear -- can make matters worse, he said. The flaps were raised and the landing gear went down on the plane that crashed in Clarence.
If the icing is severe enough, a plane will stall -- and it will be up to a suddenly surprised pilot to right a plane that's suddenly tumbling through the sky.
Not all pilots can handle it, said Jim Hall, a partner in the Nolan Law Group of Chicago and former chairman of the federal safety board.
"Many times, without the proper training, their normal instincts may put the plane in an even more difficult situation from which to recover," Hall said.
The safety board and the FAA disagree on the use of autopilot for the same reason that the two agencies have been at odds on other icing issues, Hall said: Industry interest groups lobby to stand in the way of a tougher approach.
But that may change now, said Justin T. Green, a pilot who is a partner in the aviation law firm Kreindler & Kreindler.
"This accident," Green said, "may prompt the FAA to restrict the use of autopilots in icing even further and hopefully will cause them to act on the NTSB's safety recommendations on icing."
News Staff Reporters Mary B. Pasciak and Aaron Besecker contributed to this report. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/companies/rs-30-lakhs-parking-charges-for-united-airways-at-raipur-airport/379010/ | 2016-09-28T03:30:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661296.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00091-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.979697 | 449 | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__200237584 | en | Sounds interesting that it takes more than a year for an international airlines to move out it’s own aircraft which landed in an emergency.
Yes, at 7 pm on August 17, 2015 officials at Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda airport was told that a United Airways flight was flying over the city and that it needed clearance for an emergency landing as one of its engine has failed.
Already suffering from space crunch officials at Raipur airport gave clearance for the Muscat-based United Airways flight with 173 passengers on board to make an emergency landing.
Quite amazingly a year has passed since the emergency landing took place the McDonnell Douglas DC 63 still occupies one of the six parking bays at Chhattisgarh’s only functioning airport — an anomaly at a facility with no international service.
Though several letters have been written by officials from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to their counterparts in Bangladesh and the private carrier to expedite the process of vacating the parking space, no such actionable response have been received by the Indian authorities.
In April 2016, civil authorities from Bangladesh arrived at Raipur and fitted a new engine replacing the old one. “The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) accorded approval, they fitted their engine successfully, and a ground test was carried out. But the flight could not take off because it still did not have a Certificate of Airworthiness, which is a mandatory requirement,” said Santosh Dhoke, airport director.
Response from the United Airways said that they were unable to renew the CFA, which meant that the flight was incapable of being flown out but they were hopeful of a resolution in two or three months.
As per officials account, United Airways will have to pay “parking charges” upwards of around Rs 30 lakh and counting. “This is normal international procedure with very clear norms. The charge is fixed according to the weight and the wingspan of the aircraft. In this case, it works out to around between Rs 8,500 and Rs 9,000 a day. No clearance to take off will be given without this amount being paid,” Dhoke said. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.nexnews.org/chopper-crash-inquiry-full-cfit-possible-trigger/ | 2022-05-22T08:47:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662545090.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522063657-20220522093657-00548.warc.gz | 0.958724 | 586 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__94843406 | en | Findings despatched for authorized evaluate after which they might be submitted to the Authorities
The tri-service inquiry ordered into the ill-fated chopper crash which killed Chief of Defence Employees (CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat and others is full with officers indicating the possible trigger to be Managed Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). The findings have been despatched for authorized evaluate after which the report can be submitted to the Authorities, a defence official mentioned on situation of anonymity.
“The findings have been despatched for authorized vetting. It’s going to take about 10 to fifteen days for finalisation,” the official mentioned on Friday.
Two officers within the know of the matter mentioned CFIT was essentially the most possible reason for the crash and the inquiry report, as soon as submitted, would throw extra gentle on it.
The Indian Air Drive (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter with Gen. Rawat, his spouse Madhulika Rawat and 12 others together with his workers, the pilots and crew was enroute to the Defence Companies Employees School, Wellington, from Sulur on December 8 when it crashed within the Nilgris in Tamil Nadu near the vacation spot. A tri-service inquiry was ordered by the IAF headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coaching Command to analyze the crash.
As a part of the inquiry, the Flight Information Recorder (FDR) in addition to the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) had been recovered and despatched for evaluation to reconstruct the final moments earlier than the crash.
CFIT signifies that the pilot is in full management of the plane however as a consequence of defective situational consciousness the plane strikes the terrain, defined Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (Retd), a former helicopter pilot.
“An instance might be of an plane doing low flying over a big expanse of water and hanging it as a consequence of lack of depth notion. An identical strike may occur over snow,” he mentioned elaborating on what CFIT means.
A CFIT means the helicopter was absolutely serviceable and devices are so as, a senior Military pilot who has flown extensively within the mountain mentioned. The crash is probably going as a consequence of lack of situational consciousness and disorientation which generally is because of poor climate, he said.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), defines CFIT as an unintentional collision with terrain (the bottom, a mountain, a physique of water, or an impediment) whereas an plane is below constructive management. “Most frequently, the pilot or crew is unaware of the looming catastrophe till it’s too late. CFIT mostly happens within the strategy or touchdown section of flight,” an FAA reality sheet said. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2020/09/24/luh-himalayan-trials-perfomance-hal-arup-chatterjee.html | 2022-01-25T16:55:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304859.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125160159-20220125190159-00603.warc.gz | 0.962362 | 1,210 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__34713498 | en | Bengaluru: The Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) recently completed the high altitude trials in the Himalayas. During these 10-day extensive trials, the helicopter underwent several tests under extreme weather conditions.
Arup Chatterjee, Director (Engineering, Research & Development), HAL, in an interview told Onmanorama, that LUH demonstrated the required performances and payload capabilities, and even exceeded the user expectations operating under stringent environment.
“LUH’s performance during the recent trials has been exceptional. Due to aerodynamic improvements implemented, the performance was far better when compared to last year’s trials at Leh,” said Arup. Excerpts:
Q: What were the challenges faced by the team as the project evolved?
A: Any new R&D project faces various challenges in spite of having the best of design tools and skill sets. LUH is no exception. Any helicopter design is a complex job. We indigenously designed two most critical systems - rotors and transmission, which are different from that of Advanced Light Helicopter and Light Combat Helicopter. The rotors had two-segment blade concept, being tried out for the first time in India. We had challenges in tooling and process stabilization to realize the main rotor blades with as many as 21 iterations.
On the gearbox, we had to overcome many design and manufacturing issues by replacing foreign items with indigenous ones. We developed it ourselves and in some cases jointly did it with the private sector.
Q. What are these items made in India?
A: The oil cooler fan quill shaft was from a source in the UK and it was replaced by our own in-house fabrication. The ring gear was from a source in the UK again and it was replaced by gears manufactured by Shanti Gears, Coimbatore.
Similarly, the MGB (main gearbox) housing has been manufactured by Microtek, Hyderabad and the tail rotor shaft has been manufactured by MTAR and Sumek, both based out of Hyderabad.
Q: How critical was the recent high-altitude trials?
A: High altitude environment coupled with hot weather (around 26 to 28 deg C) between July-Sept in Himalayas are considered stringent for the performance of helicopters. The challenges at such high altitudes are in terms of temperature, pressure, wind speeds and visibility - all of which can vary anytime impacting the performance of the helicopter.
The maximum payload capability (the maximum useful load that can be carried by the helicopter at highest altitudes) is a critical parameter and every kilogram matters. The helicopter needs to have adequate engine power and rotor capability to overcome these challenges and still deliver the payload.
In addition, the helicopter must land and take off from small helipads which require good hover capability, rudder margins and piloting skills.
The LUH was flown to various high altitude bases in Siachen Glacier by pilots of Indian Air Force and Indian Army and they are satisfied with the performance of the helicopter and its systems.
Q What is the present status of the project?
A: We have made three prototypes for development flight testing and certification activities. We also built a specific Ground Test Vehicle (helicopter clamped to ground) to carry out endurance runs and system checks before undertaking flight testing.
First flight of first prototype (PT-1) was carried out on September 6, 2016, the second prototype (PT-2) had its maiden flight on May 22, 2017 and third prototype (PT-3) took to the skies on December 14, 2018. Presently, all three prototypes have completed about 600 hours of flight testing.
Certification activities involving extensive ground testing and flight testing have been completed in Bengaluru. Outstation trials for assessing the performance of the helicopter and systems under hot weather, cold weather, sea level and hot weather and high altitudes, have also been completed. The IOC for IAF version was accorded during DefExpo at Lucknow this year. We are confident that the IOC from Army also will come soon.
The basic version of LUH will be integrated with role and optional equipment such as rescue hoist, cargo hook, emergency floats among others. The helicopter can be used for reconnaissance and surveillance, troop transport, search and rescue, casualty evacuation and scout.
Q: When will LUH production begin?
The issuance of IOC by the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILCA) paves the way for launch of production. We have requested the IAF and Army to initiate the process of AoN (Acceptance of Necessity) to enable HAL to commence production.
The process of AoN, issuing RFP (Request for Proposal), technical evaluation, commercial evaluation, price negotiation and placement of order has a lead time of two to three years. We hope everything will fall in place soon with the successful completion of trials.
To start with, we can produce minimum 30 to 40 LUHs per year at our upcoming facility in Tumukuru in Karnataka.
Q: Can a civil version of LUH be developed by HAL?
A: We have made extensive study to assess the market potential of LUH in civil applications. We found great potential for LUH in India and overseas in the next 10 to 15 years.
Keeping this in view, we have made a concept paper and forwarded to Ministry of Civil Aviation for possibility of upfront funding. If concurred, we can develop and certify the LUH with civil certified equipment and system within a time span of four to five years.
We have made formal application to DGCA for taking up design and development of LUH civil version in this regard.
(The writer is an independent aerospace and defence journalist, who blogs at Tarmak007 and tweets @writetake.) | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.helicharterservices.co.uk/aerospatiale-as365 | 2023-12-10T14:47:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102469.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210123756-20231210153756-00386.warc.gz | 0.881265 | 110 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__180813291 | en | Range: 3hrs (approx. 530 miles)
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https://www.gizmocrazed.com/2018/07/nasa039s-astro-mice-will-test-what-space-does-to-your-gut/ | 2021-09-18T23:19:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056578.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918214805-20210919004805-00327.warc.gz | 0.937193 | 985 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__175892140 | en | Does living in space make your gut bacteria bug out? Twenty mice headed to the International Space Station are about to find out. Early Friday morning, SpaceX plans to launch its 15th resupply mission from Cape Canaveral, sending its Dragon spacecraft packed with nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo into orbit. Most of that will be a scientific payload—instruments and equipment to help the six crew members do some science on board.
One of those experiments will include pricking, weighing, and collecting poop from the new mouse arrivals. Oh yeah, and videotaping them while they sleep.
The rodents are part of a study to determine how living on a sterile ship in the dark vacuum of space alters circadian rhythms—and potentially disrupts a healthy microbiome. It’s a murine mirror of astronaut Scott Kelly’s twin experiment. Because before NASA can start sending humans to Mars, they want to know exactly how the long journey will mess with their bodies, including all their resident bacteria.
Ten of the mice will spend a record 90 days in space (that’s about nine years in Homo sapiens time). “We’re trying to understand the cascade of events that happens when microgravity interrupts sleep and wake cycles,” says Martha Vitaterna, a co-principal investigator on the study and the deputy director of Northwestern University’s Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology. Microbes make all kinds of essential molecules humans and mice can’t produce themselves; Vitaterna and her colleagues are hoping to learn if shifts to those chemical signals impair their host’s ability to weather things like sleep loss, which can throw metabolism and immune systems out of whack.
Her team is sending two different strains of mice into space, one that they expect to snooze just fine at zero-G and one that was a light sleeper in simulation experiments. Thanks to their genes, mice of the poor-sleeping strain don’t make melatonin.
The Earth-bound twins of both strains will be housed at one of NASA’s research facilities, inside habitats identical to the ones aboard the ISS—a sealed metal box with air-locking portholes and a fancy air-filtration system. They’ll be subjected to the exact same environmental surroundings as well—gas composition, temperature, lighting to simulate night and day—though on a three-day delay. A datastream for the ISS will tell scientists on the ground how to replicate the minute-by-minute conditions on the space station.
The project is analogous to NASA’s Year in Space study, in which astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days of intense observation aboard the ISS while his identical twin brother Mark (a retired NASA astronaut) went through the same paces back down on planet Earth. Northwestern was one of 10 research teams from around the country that joined forces to figure out how space changed Scott’s body.
Vitaterna’s team discovered that zero gravity living shifted the balance between the two dominant groups of bacteria in Scott Kelly’s GI tract, but that things went back to normal once he returned to Earth. Spaceships have to be kept extremely clean to protect astronauts from dangerous pathogens, and scientists have wondered whether the lack of bugs could make it hard to replenish a diverse microbiome. But overall, the scientists were surprised how little the overall diversity of his gut microbes changed during his year in space.
To understand that, there’s also a much larger NASA study currently underway—the Astronaut Microbiome Project—that seeks to track the bacterial communities on ISS crewmembers’ bodies before, during, and after their missions. The space agency began collecting blood, spit, and swabs (from foreheads, armpits, and yes, buttholes) from astronauts back in 2013, and gathered the final round this past February. The results, which have not yet been reported, will offer the best look yet at how space impacts the body’s bugs, including downstream effects on metabolism and immune function.
You can swab human subjects to your heart’s content, but you can’t dissect them. Which is where the planned rodent studies come in. After their trip, scientists will take a look inside different organs like the liver and spleen, to better understand any links between inflammation, altered metabolism, and changes to the microbiome. All of this information will be vital for designing missions to Mars that keep astronauts’ internal engines running.
If all goes as planned, the mice will reach the space station Monday, July 2, along with a grinning, floating companion robot and special tiny aquariums to grow microscopic chemical gardens in zero-G. It’s all just another productive day of sciencing aboard the good ship ISS. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.12af.acc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000387655/ | 2022-05-20T14:51:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662532032.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520124557-20220520154557-00486.warc.gz | 0.909392 | 280 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__263854443 | en | Staff Sgt. Vanessa Young reads over her processing paperwork in preparation of her deployment to Chile March 8, 2010, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Sergeant Young, a public affairs specialist, is deploying in support of an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team composed of more than 80 Airmen who deployed to Chile March 8 to aid local medics in response to victims of the Feb. 27, 2010, 8.8 magnitude earthquake there. Sergeant Young is a member of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio, (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)
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https://www.flightglobal.com/ghosts-in-the-machine-tales-of-haunted-hangars-and-phantom-pilots/71143.article | 2021-11-29T20:56:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358842.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20211129194957-20211129224957-00124.warc.gz | 0.975249 | 2,695 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__76422000 | en | Whether you believe in them or not, tales of haunted hangars and aircraft abound in the aviation world. Flight International takes a spirited look at some of the stories that have chilled the industry
I didn't keep a diary in 1993, so I will never know how close I came to witnessing the events that reportedly happened just a few miles away on 13 June that year. It was Sunday morning and I was at home in Orange County, California, while most of my Flight International colleagues were in Paris covering the air show.
What I, and the rest of the world, did not yet know was that Donald "Deke" Slayton, one of the original Mercury "Seven" astronauts and a true test pioneer of The Right Stuff fame, had just died at his home 2,225km (1,200nm) away in Houston, Texas. Slayton, who succumbed to a brain tumour, died at 03:22 local time, with his wife Bobbie and daughter Stacey at his bedside.
Although one of the select group picked to be the USA's first astronauts, Slayton was at first prevented from going into space by a heart problem, and it was not until he was cleared for flight in the 1970s that he finally made it into orbit as the docking module pilot of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz project. Having celebrated his 51st birthday four months before the docking mission with the Soviet cosmonauts, he was then the oldest man to fly into space.
The notice of violation concerning Deke Slayton's aircraft, which was in a museum at the time
Back on Earth, Slayton later led the Shuttle approach and landing test programme before retiring from NASA in 1982. But retirement could not keep this ex-astronaut, Second World War bomber pilot and test pilot out of the air for long, and he developed an enthusiasm for the adrenalin-charged world of Formula One air racing. His chosen mount was a bright red, Art Williams-built 19ft (5.8m)-span monoplane dubbed "Stinger", with a 100hp (75kW) Continental 0-200 piston and the number "21" on the fuselage in black. Formerly flown to 18 US racing victories - including two national championships - by ace racer John Paul Jones, the Stinger was finally donated in the early 1990s by Slayton to an air racing museum in Nevada, never to fly again... or was it?
Orange County's John Wayne airport - at the centre of this strange tale - is tightly ringed by urban development and is one of the most noise-sensitive airfields anywhere in the world. Surrounded by a battery of 10 noise-monitoring stations (NMS), the airport's noise abatement office maintains a careful curfew that prevents any airliners from taking off before 07:00 Mondays to Saturdays, and 08:00 on Sundays. These same hours also mark the noise limitations for business and general aviation aircraft, which can operate for periods into the night as long as certain noise levels are not exceeded.
At 07:57 on 13 June 1993, while the curfew was still in place and commercial airliners were waiting impatiently for take-off clearance, a small red racing aircraft apparently took off, performed "various flight manoeuvres" according to reports, and immediately triggered the sensitive noise-monitoring systems into action.
NMS1, 0.75km from the runway localiser, recorded 90.4dBA, against a limit of 86.8dBA. NMS2, south of the departure path from runways 19 left and right, spiked at 90.9dBA (versus 86.9dBA) and NMS3, 1.3km away, registered 3.5dBA beyond the limit. The aircraft was then seen to continue in a slow climb to the west, outbound, and out of sight over the nearby Pacific.
It is unclear whether air traffic control tried to make voice contact with the mystery aircraft, but what is known is that several witnesses reported the noisy, high-speed fixed-propeller aircraft to the airport's Noise Abatement Office. All reports, presumably linking the clearly visible "21" identifier with the unusual lines of the F1 racer, identified it as the US Federal Aviation Administration-registered N21X.
A notice of violation of the airport's General Aviation Noise Ordnances Section 2-1-30 was sent by certified mail on 28 June 1993 to the Houston address of the aircraft's registered owner, Donald Slayton. Here it was picked up by Slayton's astonished widow, who read: "As an initial violation, this letter is intended as a warning, to seek your voluntary compliance with the Noise Ordinance - absent any additional violation, no further referral of this matter will be made."
Bobbie Slayton told the FAA that not only had her husband died about five and a half hours (including local time differences between Texas and California) before the alleged incident, but that N21X was, at the time, stored in a museum several hundred miles away. Edward Maloney, who received the aircraft into his museum collection from Slayton all those years ago, says: "We've never flown it at all since Deke gave it to us. He was the last one ever to fly it." Contrary to other reports, Maloney says the engine has never been removed from the aircraft which, in the mid-1990s, was relocated to his Planes Of Fame museum in Chino, California, where it resides to this day.
Although Maloney believes the ghost flight incident is "someone having pipedreams", there appears to be more than the usual circumstantial evidence often attributed to paranormal occurrences. Kay Bender, executive director of the Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bicycle Museum in Sparta, Wisconsin - close to the farm where Slayton was born in 1924 - provided Flight International with a copy of the violation notice and says: "We have never questioned its authenticity." Although a few enquiries about the incident crop up from time to time, Bender says most visitors are interested in the stories about Slayton's proven lifetime achievements in space and in the air.
Beyond that, JWA's Noise Abatement Office changed its record-keeping process in the late 1990s and enquiries to the control tower revealed that, in common with most FAA sites, the strips recording movements from and to the airport are stored for only six months. So, like so many other apparent sightings and unusual events, Slayton's reported final flight remains a tantalising enigma.
Witnesses claim to have seen Slayton's Williams Midget Racer, today preserved in the Planes of Flame Museum, take off hours after his death
But if it was a prank, and someone risked the ire of the FAA to fake Slayton's aircraft, the timing was "highly unusual", says Loyd Auerbach, the San Francisco-based director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations. "Surely, the best time to pull something like this would have been while Slayton was still alive. At the time we know that only Bobbie, their daughter and the doctor knew he was dead." The Formula One type aircraft is also highly unusual at John Wayne, where most of the resident high-performance sports aircraft are well known and easily recognised.
Auerbach specialises in investigating unusual paranormal phenomena. His office voicemail promises a response as soon as "humanly, or paranormally, possible". He goes ghost-hunting all over the Bay area, but his recent focus has been on investigations into the spectacularly haunted US Navy retired aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet.
Dubbed the USA's most haunted ship, the Hornet was originally commissioned in 1943 and survived 59 air attacks during the war in the Pacific. Aircraft from her decks made the first air strikes against Tokyo since the Doolittle raid in 1942, and years later Hornet recovered the Apollo 11 and 12 astronauts.
During all this time, in peace and war, the Hornet proved a dangerous place and more than 300 sailors and airmen lost their lives on board. Not surprisingly, the ship has more than its fair share of spectral sightings, unexplained sounds, doors and hatches that move or close by themselves, and objects that fall off shelves or disappear altogether. Auerbach, whose study of the Hornet hauntings is chronicled in A Paranormal Casebook, says: "The more a place can 'replay' emotions or events, the more significant the level of haunting there seems to be."
In the ship's sick bay, Auerbach says,"we had a situation where my field device [a tool for detecting deviations in the local magnetic field] was being affected on command". In this situation, he says, the "ghost" - thought to be a medical officer - was unusually co-operative, and moved in and out of the field device "on demand".
Aircraft, like ships and even airfields, are likely places for such phenomena to be found because of the residual effects of human emotion, says Auerbach. "Pilots over the years can get pretty emotional about their aircraft. It's the same sort of emotion that people put into homes that are later haunted." He says the aircraft is the "nearest thing to land that holds on to information, and the more that happens on that land, the more ghostly the phenomena".
One of the best-known aircraft hauntings is the story of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, in which a perfectly serviceable Lockheed L-1011 crashed into the Florida Everglades late one night in December 1972 after the crew were distracted. Within weeks of the crash, apparitions of the flight's captain, Robert Loft, and flight engineer Don Repo were reported being seen on other aircraft in the Eastern fleet by bewildered and frightened crew members.
The four-month-old L-1011 had been carrying 163 passengers and 13 crew from New York's Kennedy airport to Miami International that fateful night. The flight had been routine until the approach into Miami, when the crew noticed that the landing gear indicator had not illuminated. After cycling the gear and failing to correct the problem, the crew elected to hold while trying to confirm that the issue was simply the indicator light itself.
Repo went into the avionics bay beneath the flightdeck to check whether the gear was down through a small viewing telescope, while Loft put the L-1011 on autopilot. But during attempts to remove the indicator light bulbs, it is thought the control column was nudged, altering the autopilot command and putting the aircraft into a gradual descent that was not noticed by the crew. The flight ended with a shallow impact into blacked-out swampland 34km (18.7 miles) from the end of Miami's runway 9 Left at a speed of about 200kt (365km/h). The impact killed 99 passengers and crew instantly, and two others died later.
Sightings, often by multiple witnesses, were reportedly traced to aircraft that had received salvaged parts from the crashed TriStar, and did not even stop when the writing up of such events was made a sacking offence. The incidents appeared to spread as parts from the crashed aircraft were moved into other fleets, but eventually petered out as early L-1011s were retired. In some incidents, the apparitions reportedly spoke to flight or cabin crew and would warn of impending problems. Not surprisingly, senior Eastern management held a dim view of the story, with the airline's chief executive, Frank Borman, describing the tale as a "load of crap". In later years, Borman also considered suing the makers of a 1978 film about the story, The Ghost of Flight 401.
A classic example of an aircraft haunting is that of an Avro Lincoln bomber at the UK's Cosford Aerospace Museum. Investigations followed sightings of an apparition in and around the Lincoln, and perplexing sounds - some of which were apparently recorded during an overnight vigil inside the aircraft by a BBC reporter and a paranormal investigator. Some of the sounds were later identified by ex-Lincoln crews as typical of those that would be caused by flightcrews either going through pre-flight checks or during a flight.
The RAF's Hendon Air Museum in London seems to host similar spirits in its Avro Lancaster S for Sugar. According to the aviation ghosts and myths section of the Paranormal Database (paranormaldatabase.com), a gunner has been observed sitting in one of the aircraft's gun turrets and the sounds of people working on the aircraft have been recorded late at night.
Other manifestations even appear to be loosely tied to particular airspaces. Residents living near the former RAF station at Biggin Hill, Kent, claim to have seen, and sometimes heard, a Supermarine Spitfire flying overhead. The phantom Spit is apparently best seen around January, with the 19th your best bet. See you in the bar at the Kings Arms if it's wet and overcast!
Source: Flight International | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.rdanderson.com/stargate/lexicon/entries/aerofighter.htm | 2023-06-10T18:50:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657735.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610164417-20230610194417-00443.warc.gz | 0.899164 | 149 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__195483941 | en | AERO-FIGHTER WEAPONS SYSTEM
An example of Eurondan technology, the aero-fighter is a remote controlled weapons system that uses direct neural interface for targeting and vectoring, thus making the hand controls secondary. The weapons system was used by the Eurondans in their civil war against the Breeders on the surface of their planet. Each underground station is capable of piloting a formation of unmanned aero-fighters for aerial assaults, however years of exposure to the neural interface can be damaging to the fighter pilots, causing a withdrawn and non-responsive demeanor.
Cross Reference: Alar, Beta-Cantin, Breeders, Euronda, Eurondans, Farrell
Episode Reference: The Other Side | aerospace | 1 |
http://jeffwise.net/2015/03/25/germanwings-flight-9525/ | 2021-03-01T18:54:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178362899.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20210301182445-20210301212445-00379.warc.gz | 0.973492 | 1,037 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__90843736 | en | Yesterday morning, an old friend sent me a text: “Did you hear the news?”
I always get a pit in my stomach when I hear that. “No,” I emailed back. “What happened?”
What happened, of course, was Germanwings 9525. At the time all that was known was that an Airbus 321 carrying 150 people had crashed into the Alps. Soon enough details began to emerge, but how strange they were: a 24-year-old aircraft, en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, had climbed to its crusing altitude of 38,000 feet and then, within a matter of minutes, begun to descend at 3000 to 4000 feet per minute, apparently fairly steadily and while remaining on course, until it crashed eight minutes later into the French Alps. The flight crew issued no distress call.
I’d never heard of anything like it, but as the conversation developed online, some parallels emerged. Foremost was the case of LH1829, which took off from Bilbao last November and began an uncommanded descent of some 4000 feet per minute after the flight management system became confused by frozen angle-of-attack sensors.
In that case the pilots communicated with technicians on the ground and figured out how to solve the problem before a great deal of altitude was lost, but perhaps yesterday’s pilots had tried to tackle the issue by themselves and gotten too absorbed by the challenge to realize how much altitude they were losing, a la Eastern Air Line Flight 401?
Some speculated that a sudden decompression might have caused the tragedy. There have certainly been incidents in which aging, inadequately repaired aircraft have suffered catastrophic failure of their pressure hulls, leading to destruction of the plane, but those don’t generally look like this–the plane either breaks up at altitude or the pilots are able to don oxygen masks and keep flying the plane and communicating, if only for a while.
Another possibility–one hesitates to raise it in today’s climate of fear–is that a hijacker attempted to take control of the cockpit. I don’t think we can rule this out, either.
At this point, frankly, none of these scenarios make a great deal of sense, and I think the overall sentiment among people who spend a lot of time looking at this sort of thing is bafflement. “I’m at a loss,” one veteran 777 pilot emailed me yesterday. I think that about sums it up. Hopefully, the recovered cockpit voice recorder will provide some clarity.
UPDATE 3/26/2015: At a press conference in Marseille today prosecutor Brice Robin revealed that, according to audio recordings recovered from the Cockpit Voice Recorder, co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit and initiated the descent that led to the plane’s crash into the Alps. “He took this action, for reasons we still don’t know why,” Robin said. “We can only deduce he destroyed the plane. He voluntarily allowed the plane to lose altitude. I think the victims only realised at the last moment because on the recording you only hear the screams on the last moments.”
Given the latest information, the default scenario going forward will be that Lubitz commandeered the plane in order to commit suicide. However, I think it’s important to resist the tempation to consider the case closed. Indeed, the investigation has only just begun, and hopefully a good deal of information remains to be pieced together (though hope seems to be fading that the Flight Data Recorder will be usable). Though the weight of evidence may seem overwhelming, I still find it strange that a suicidal pilot would prolong his own agony by descending at a relatively modest 3000-4000 fpm instead of just pointing the nose straight down, as the pilots did in the other apparent suicide crashes such as EgyptAir 990 and SilkAir 185.
The case most similar to Germanwings 9525 is probably that of LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470, which crashed in 2013 while en route from Mozambique to Angola. The plane had climbed to its cruise altitude of 38,000 feet when it began to descend at a rate of about 6000 feet per minute. Six minutes later, it impacted the ground, killing all aboard. Data from the black boxes revealed that the captain locked the co-pilot out of the cockpit and changed the autopilot settings to initiate a descent.
I haven’t seen any reporting explaining what might have motivated the captain to do this.
Meanwhile, the Guardian is reporting that Lubitz had 630 hours flying time (which is very low) and had been with the company since 2013. “Lubitz was also described by neighbours as being friendly and pursuing his dreams ‘with vigour’. One told the local newspaper, the Rhein Zeitung that he had kept fit through running, ‘How often we saw him jogging past our house.’” | aerospace | 1 |
https://3dlabprint.com/shop/f-84f-thunderstreak/ | 2024-04-20T10:27:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817576.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420091126-20240420121126-00833.warc.gz | 0.920846 | 455 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__45893106 | en | A semi-scale 3D printable 50 mm EDF jet with 730 mm wingspan by Michael Hammer based on F-84F Thunderstreak. Model features rotary drive system for controlling the surfaces, allowing no visible linkages.
What you’ll get:
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The 3D printed F-84f by Michael Hammer is designed to look and fly like the full size Thunderstreak. The lines and proportions of the model match the real Jet with its swept back wings and all moving tail plane.
The optimized edf duct ensures great performance without the use of cheater holes. Designed to be powered by a 50mm FMS electric ducted fan (3S version) and a 3S2200mAh Lipo battery, the model has great performance and flight times from 6-8 minutes. The model is designed to be printed from regular PLA or PolyAir 1.0 or PolyLight to reduce weight.
An innovative RDS (Rotary Drive System) is included for the ailerons. The rotary movement of the servo will be translated directly to control surface movement with no visible linkages to the control surfaces. No more broken control horns or visible control rods to spoil the scale looks. Files for tradional ailerons with control horns are also included.
The Edf is easily installed without the use of screws or glue. The edf is secured by the detachable front fuselage and held in place by magnets. The F-84f is designed with an optional catapult hook for safe and consistent bungee assisted launch. The model can be hand launched but it is recommended to use a catapult or bungee with 6kg pulling force for a safe launch of the model. Optional scale Drop Tanks can be fitted for that classic Thunderstreak look. All parts are designed to be easily aligned and glued with medium cyano glue.
Extensive hi-tech 3d structural reinforcement resulting in solid yet lightweight airframe thanks to additive 3Dprinting technology
Each plane has been thoroughly tested to find ideal shape and best possible inner structure
Choose your aircraft, download 3d files and print as many you need. Using your desktop 3Dprinter | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13283 | 2016-05-03T10:48:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860121423.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161521-00186-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.898288 | 460 | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-18__0__45533265 | en | AIR UNIVERSITY COMMAND CENTER OPERATIONS: AFSO21|
Printable Fact Sheet
To establish a continuous process improvement (CPI) environment whereby all Airmen are actively eliminating waste and continuously improving processes.
To provide the methods and means to continually improve and eliminate waste across Air University's full spectrum of Air Force education, training, and development. A CPI operating style enables AU to support air and space power at the highest levels. This is achieved by integrating Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21) concepts into Air Force Professional Military Education, implementing a CPI program for AU, providing CPI consulting services to AU organizations, and developing and managing a Web-enabled Air Force-wide CPI Resource Center.
About Air University AFSO21
- Empowers Airmen to eliminate waste from the Air Force's end-to-end processes. Efficiently and effectively delivers war-fighting capabilities today and tomorrow.
- Leverages various improvement methods such as Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Business Process Reengineering. The Air Force is not alone in its quest for this Department of Defense-mandated CPI program; the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy also have CPI programs that focus on lean process improvement.
- Aligns an innovative Air Force with a world class CPI culture to create a standardized, disciplined approach that is applicable across organizational, functional, and capability boundaries, with the ultimate objective of improving the Air Force's combat capability. The program applies anywhere there is a process - any process can be improved.
- Facilitates CPI initiatives through working with AU schools to execute AFSO21 education programs, maintains a list of trained AFSO21 instructors for AFSO21 facilitator training and certification, and provides a highly trained cadre of AFSO21 level 1 and level 2 certified facilitators for problem solving events at AU.
- Works with the Secretary of the Air Force AFSO21 office to develop and maintain standardized AFSO21 training course material for use Air Force wide.
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6335
Phone: (334) 953-1819
Fax: (344) 953-2082 | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrnw/installations/nas_whidbey_island/news/news-archive/naswi-sar-maintenance-crew.html | 2021-05-17T16:34:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991258.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517150020-20210517180020-00547.warc.gz | 0.964201 | 590 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__30695633 | en | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Wood
OAK HARBOR, Wash. – Heroes always stand behind heroes. This doesn’t ring more true than for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Search and Rescue (SAR) maintenance crew. While the public recognizes the daring rescues of the MH-60S helicopters and the team manning them, there’s a team in the background constantly at work ensuring these aircraft can fly and do their job.
“Being a plane captain, working out in the line shack, you’re the last person to look over that aircraft and say that every single thing on that aircraft is where it’s supposed to be,” said Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Naomi Beck, line shack supervisor for the SAR MH-60S helicopters.
“You’re the last person to look at that aircraft and sign off saying this aircraft can support the people in it and go out and support the mission. All that happened because I was able to look at an aircraft and say this can help save lives,” Beck added.
Being the team out of the spotlight, pride for the maintenance crew runs deep. This pride is no longer dependent on external recognition but an internal satisfaction knowing that one’s job is done and done well.
“I’m here to put out a problem. I’m concerned with productivity. Whatever I’ve got to do to be productive, to allow these guys to be productive and put that product out, that’s what I do,” said Maintenance Lead Dan Champlin, speaking about the potential stressors of the job and having to ensure the helicopters are ready to go at the turn of a dial.
Champlin conveyed his own internal satisfaction by asking a question, “Would you put your mother in this airplane and let her go fly? To a man, it was yes.”
“What you’re saying is you’re doing a good enough job you’re going to put your loved ones in there, and you feel good about it,” he explained.
Champlin mentioned there’s always the inherent frustrations that come with any job and that it’s easy to get bogged down in such details, but when asked what makes the job worth it, a slight grin came to his face as he answered, “There’s a great deal of pride that swells up in you because you’re a part of it and that, I think is the best part of the job, because you’re a part of something bigger than yourself.”
Champlin seemed to speak for the entire maintenance crew as everyone in the shop had his or her face down, intently concentrating on the task at hand. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/3348/publisher_ID/30/ | 2014-04-25T08:14:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223211700.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032011-00468-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.932816 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__141361580 | en | C-130 Will Spray GF/EGF for Mosquitos Thursday NightAir Force plane will starting low-level passes at 7:30 PM
The cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks will bring in the heavy artillery to battle mosquitos this week.
An Air Force C-130 plan will buzz the towns Thursday night spraying insecticide on its low-level passes.
The cities had planned an aerial spraying earlier this summer, but the weather did not cooperate.
The plane will start spraying around 7:30 Thursday night and will conclude at sunset, weather permitting. | aerospace | 1 |
https://au.trip.com/flights/salt-lake-city-to-fresno/airfares-slc-fat/ | 2019-12-11T09:05:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540530452.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20191211074417-20191211102417-00119.warc.gz | 0.859031 | 158 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__158719541 | en | Airlines adjust prices for plane tickets from Salt Lake City to Fresno based on the day and time that you book your flight. After analyzing data from all airlines, we have discovered that the best days to book flights are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
There are 21 direct flights from Salt Lake City to Fresno.
Delta Air Lines provides 100 of the non-stop flights between Salt Lake City and Fresno.
|Airlines flying this route:||Klm Royal Dutch Airlines Air France Delta Air Lines Aeromexico Virgin Atlantic|
|Airports in Salt Lake City:||Salt Lake City International Airport|
|Airports in Fresno:||Yosemite International Airport|
|Average duration of direct flights:||1h46m| | aerospace | 1 |
http://airnav.com/airport/KMLB/SHELTAIR_FAC | 2019-07-17T19:49:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00316.warc.gz | 0.89943 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__204197113 | en | Sheltair is located on the north side of Melbourne International Airport (MLB), was developed and has been operational since 1990. The complex includes: over 200,000 square feet of individual aircraft T-hangars; large corporate aircraft facilities with office and shop space; and full-service FBO. With plenty of site-ready land available for development at MLB, Sheltair is ready to assist you in the planning, design and construction of your large-scale hangar complex of up to 500,000 square feet. Expansion is underway at the Sheltair MLB complex which includes new hangars and support shop space available for custom design/build requirements in sizes ranging from 4,500 to 8,000 square feet.
1401 General Aviation Drive
Melbourne, FL 32935
United States of America
Hangar and office leasing information:
Todd S. Anderson, A.A.E.
Senior Vice President of Real Estate & Development
3024 E Amelia Street
Orlando, FL 32803 | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/flying-fortress | 2022-07-05T16:20:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104585887.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220705144321-20220705174321-00784.warc.gz | 0.903783 | 90 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__42625851 | en | US super plane Flying Fortress is being assembled in American factory.
Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
United States of America (USA).
Various shots of the new American super plane Flying Fortress being assembled in the US factory. Assembled Flying Fortress being wheeled out from the hangar. American voicover is stating he characteristics of the plane. | aerospace | 1 |
https://deepoceanpowerphilippines.com/qa/question-does-the-iss-get-hit-by-meteors.html | 2021-03-09T10:49:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178389798.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20210309092230-20210309122230-00425.warc.gz | 0.931399 | 1,527 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__24654331 | en | - Has anyone been lost in space?
- How often does the moon get hit by meteors?
- What if a meteor hit the ISS?
- How many meteors hit the Earth every day?
- Can you hear a meteorite?
- How big does an asteroid have to be to damage?
- Do satellites get hit by meteors?
- How many meteors hit Earth every year?
- Can you jump from ISS to Earth?
- Has anyone been hit by meteor?
- What does a meteor look like from Earth?
- Are meteors dangerous?
- When did the last meteorite hit Earth?
- Will the ISS fall to earth?
- Does the ISS get hit by debris?
- Where do meteors go when they hit Earth?
- What would happen if the ISS lost power?
- Do meteorites contain gold?
Has anyone been lost in space?
Soyuz 1 dooms cosmonaut: The first fatal accident in a space mission befell Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, whose problem-plagued Soyuz 1 capsule crashed onto Russian soil in 1967.
The resulting drop in pressure also exposed the crew to the vacuum of space — the only human beings to ever experience such a fate..
How often does the moon get hit by meteors?
The Moon gets hit by about 2800 kg of meteor material per day. If we imagine a typical large musket ball with a mass of 28 g, we could imagine 100,000 of them rain down on the Moon each day. That sounds like a lot, but it is a big Moon. The surface area of the Moon is about 37.9 million square kilometers.
What if a meteor hit the ISS?
If the system detects that an asteroid has a good chance of entering this area, the ISS will use its thrusters to move out of the way. “The ISS will normally maneuver away from the object if the chance of a collision exceeds 1 in 10,000,” Huot told IFL Science.
How many meteors hit the Earth every day?
17Every year, the Earth is hit by about 6100 meteors large enough to reach the ground, or about 17 every day, research has revealed. The vast majority fall unnoticed, in uninhabited areas. But several times a year, a few land in places that catch more attention.
Can you hear a meteorite?
Meteors are able to create sound waves. … However, since meteors are generally 100km or more in altitude, and sound travels much more slowly than light, such sonic booms would not be heard until many minutes after the meteor appeared to viewers on Earth. Furthermore, the sound may not be loud enough to be heard at all.
How big does an asteroid have to be to damage?
Asteroids larger than approximately 35 meters across can pose a threat to a town or city. However the diameter of most small asteroids is not well determined, as it is usually only estimated based on their brightness and distance, rather than directly measured, e.g. from radar observations.
Do satellites get hit by meteors?
Space is big, satellites are small, and a meteor shower is incredibly sparse. … Yes, it’s moving fast enough to cause damage, but it won’t “destroy” a satellite, it’ll put a small crater in whatever it hits.
How many meteors hit Earth every year?
500 meteoritesHow do we get so many samples of meteorites? To date, there have been nearly 1,100 recovered falls (meteorites seen to fall) and nearly 40,000 finds (found, but not seen to fall). It is estimated that probably 500 meteorites reach the surface of the Earth each year, but less than 10 are recovered.
Can you jump from ISS to Earth?
Originally Answered: Is it possible for an astronauts from International Space Station (ISS) space Jump (diving) to Earth (planet)? No. The ISS is moving at 17,500 mph (7.8 km/s). Any astronaut leaping off the ISS would have that same speed.
Has anyone been hit by meteor?
Importance. The Sylacauga meteorite is the first documented extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being. The grapefruit-sized fragment crashed through the roof of a farm house, bounced off a large wooden console radio, and hit Hodges while she napped on a couch.
What does a meteor look like from Earth?
What Do Meteorites Look Like? Meteorites may resemble Earth rocks, but they usually have a burned exterior that can appear shiny. This “fusion crust” forms as the meteorite’s outer surface melts while passing through the atmosphere.
Are meteors dangerous?
As you saw with the event over Chelyabinsk, an object that was probably less then 20m in size can have quite a significant impact on the ground. The meteor itself broke up before it hit the ground but the airburst caused all the damage — the broken windows, throwing people across rooms, and structural damage.
When did the last meteorite hit Earth?
66 million years agoThe last known impact of an object of 10 km (6 mi) or more in diameter was at the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The energy released by an impactor depends on diameter, density, velocity, and angle.
Will the ISS fall to earth?
Still, at some point the mission will end, and the orbiting laboratory will be directed to plunge toward Earth. The station can’t simply be left in orbit, or it will eventually fall from the skies on its own, raining debris over a wide swath of the planet and possibly endangering people on the ground.
Does the ISS get hit by debris?
As it tumbles through space, the International Space Station is often hit with orbital junk, usually tiny fragments from satellites and lost equipment. … It’s pretty unnerving that something so small could cause such a significant crack, but the ISS is orbiting Earth at 17,150 miles per hour.
Where do meteors go when they hit Earth?
Unpredictable catastrophes. Most meteorites that are found on the ground weigh less than a pound. While it may seem like these tiny pieces of rock wouldn’t do much damage, a 1-lb. (0.45 kilograms) meteorite traveling upward of 200 mph (322 km/h) can fall through the roof of a house or shatter a car windshield.
What would happen if the ISS lost power?
First of all, when the power goes down in the ISS, it won’t take long before the astronauts die in one way or another (no heating, no oxygen, no water etc.). … The last option is to evacuate every astronaut, commanding 3 astronauts to enter the Soyuz and sending another Soyuz to the remaining other 3 astronauts.
Do meteorites contain gold?
The reported gold contents of meteorites range from 0.0003 to 8.74 parts per million. Gold is siderophilic, and the greatest amounts in meteorites are in the iron phases. Estimates of the gold content of the earth’s crust are in the range ~f 0.001 to 0.006 parts per million. | aerospace | 1 |
https://manyworlds.space/tag/sample-return/ | 2023-09-24T10:33:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506632.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924091344-20230924121344-00472.warc.gz | 0.961381 | 455 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__66201369 | en | In the early hours of December 6, 2020, what appeared to be a shooting star blazed across the sky above the Woomera desert in South Australia. The source was the sample return capsule from JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission, which contained precious material from a near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu.
Within 60 hours, the capsule had been retrieved and flown to the curation facility at JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan. In vacuum conditions to prevent any trace of contamination, the capsule was opened to reveal over 5 grams of asteroid grains.
This material is expected to have undergone little change since the early days of the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago, and its highly anticipated analysis could provide new information about how the Earth acquired water and organics needed to begin life. The sample is the first ever collected from a carbonaceous (C-type) asteroid, which resemble primitive meteorites found to have a chemical composition close to that of the Sun.
Tet despite a rigorously planned and executed journey of over 5,000 million kilometers to bring back a pristine sample from space, concerns have remained. Chief among these are whether the rocky grains in the sample capsule were typical of the asteroid.
If the Hayabusa2 spacecraft had inadvertently gathered grains from an unusual spot, or if the grains had been altered during the collection and return to Earth, then deductions about the asteroid’s composition–and therefore our solar system’s past–could be wrong.
The Hayabusa2 team had already gone to rather extreme lengths to mitigate this issue.
In addition to the rapid retrieval operation that ensured that the sample was not contaminated by our planet’s atmosphere, the spacecraft had performed the dangerous landing twice on the surface of asteroid Ryugu to collect samples from two separate sites.
One of these locations was close to where the spacecraft had made an artificial crater, ejecting material from beneath the asteroid’s surface to be gathered during the second collection operation. Rocky grains from below the top layer surface are expected to be particularly pristine, as they have been protected from the bombardment of sunlight, cosmic rays and micrometeorites.… Read more | aerospace | 1 |
https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4258 | 2021-09-28T07:26:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780060538.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210928062408-20210928092408-00318.warc.gz | 0.950302 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__243685464 | en | IWM Film website upgrade: self-selection and authorised download of HD clips. More info
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Title:WAR IN THE AIR : unique pictures by our own photographer with the Russian Navy [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 650
Summary: A flight by a Russian seaplane out from Batum to a rendezvous with a Russian destroyer on the Black Sea, 1915-1917.
Description: The aircraft is taken out from its shed at Batum seaplane base. It appears to be a modified Farman M Type seaplane. The crew get in and the seaplane takes off from the water's edge. The view down from the aircraft shows the town and base of Batum, and the wharves with cargo ships riding at anchor. The plane flies out to rendezvous with a Bistri Class destroyer at sea, lands, and is towed back to Batum by the ship. A second seaplane, used as the camera plane, can also be seen in tow. | aerospace | 1 |
https://regenaxe.com/2018/05/08/destination-moon/ | 2020-05-27T12:38:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347394074.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20200527110649-20200527140649-00011.warc.gz | 0.970568 | 367 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__152645292 | en | The Saint Louis Science Center is now hosting the exhibit, Destination Moon. This Smithsonian created show will complete its four city tour next year in Seattle, on the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing. Saint Louis was awarded its stop in honor of its creation of the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft.
I can still remember that July evening, almost fifty years ago, when men first walked upon the moon. I was summering at my maternal grandfather’s resort in Massachusetts, the Pond. Our cottage didn’t have its own TV set, so we went to a neighboring cottage to watch the moon landing. It was a black & white and being in the country, its reception wasn’t the best. When the live moon feed was added, the picture became nearly unintelligible. Still it was a momentous event.
Years later, when I moved to Saint Louis, I worked at McDonnell Douglas. I met engineers who had built the Mercury and Gemini space capsules. They recounted President Kennedy’s famous inspection tour of the plant. While, I was working there, manufacturing of the space shuttle orbiter’s maneuvering system pods was underway, Each pod was as big as a truck. Later, I had the opportunity to work with the same high altitude test chamber that was originally built to test the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft.
Destination Moon is a title that this exhibit shares with a 1950s science-fiction film. In this movie, a failed government rocket launch leads the government to abandon the race to the moon. American industrialists step-in and pick up the mantle of manned spaceflight. A rocket is dispatched to the moon and safely returns, but not before one of the astronauts poses for a photo, with the Earth seemingly resting on his shoulder. It all sounds rather prophetic. | aerospace | 1 |
https://apollospace.com/tag/space-suits/ | 2023-06-03T01:41:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648911.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603000901-20230603030901-00250.warc.gz | 0.957702 | 119 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__273812377 | en | RON WOODS – APOLLO REFLECTIONS
Ron Woods is a retired NASA Space Suit Technician and space artist. During his NASA career Ron suited up members of the Apollo 8, Apollo 11 (including Buzz Aldrin), Apollo 15 crews, as well as Skylab and ASTP crews. In this clip from our “Apollo Reflections” project, Ron discusses his NASA career and how that inspired his art.
Here is an original painting by Ron of Charles Conrad’s Skylab suit in the collection of Apollospace owner, Jeremy Theoret: | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/potential-drone-regulations-hovering-over-local-industry/59625/ | 2023-09-23T20:59:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923194908-20230923224908-00663.warc.gz | 0.954364 | 619 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__293555223 | en | For a growing number of drone owners, public airspace seems to have become a private playground – or commercial marketplace.
But some major atmospheric changes are now on the not-too-distant horizon.
While unmanned aircraft are flying in a sort of Wild, Wild West of 'blue yonder', that’s now giving way to storm clouds of concern over safety and privacy.
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to issue some ‘rules of the road’ -- and so are California lawmakers, joining counterparts in several other states.
Meantime, as ingenious as the San Diegans who built Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis", those now propelling the modern drone industry are involved in dozens of local ventures that mostly fly 'below radar' -- waiting for regulations that have been long in coming.
Their guarded outlook, explains Lisa Halverstadt, who covers the fledgling industry for Voice of San Diego, is this: "Once there are rules, they may be willing to follow them. But they don't want to hold back, or slow innovation of any sort and assume there are going to be rules that may not actually play out."
Says aviation law attorney Robert Griscom, a retired FAA investigator: "I think very likely where it will go is that the federal government will require some sort of certification for the operators of these things."
While weighing how to regulate commercial drones in "low-risk, controlled environments", the FAA limits hobbyist drones to altitudes below 400 feet, and at least five miles away from airports -- within sight of their operators.
But under a bill introduced by San Diego County Assemblywoman Marie Waldron (R-75th District), the state of California may wind up creating its own rules task force.
Depending on the scope, any regulations such a group might come up with could be preempted by Uncle Sam.
Should certified transponders be required for hobbyist drones operating under 400 feet?
Should manufacturers install software to keep the aircraft from reaching higher altitudes in busy airport locales?
”I think the wise approach is to keep the pressure on the FAA and let them get this thing put together properly,” Griscom told NBC 7 in an interview Monday. “...before the states jump in and say, ‘We're going to do it ourselves’."
Halverstadt offers this caution about the Waldron’s proposed state regulatory task force: "If California does have more rigorous rules for drone use than other places, you'll probably have a lot of industry leaders speaking out against that -- saying 'Hey, we're really a hotbed of innovation here. You're trying to stymie us'."
Besides basic aviation safety and privacy issues, there are concerns about drones being deployed by drug traffickers and terrorists.
Even if federal and state regulations wouldn't serve as a deterrent to those threats, it's one more question mark hovering over an industry that's filled with opportunities -- and potential, unintended consequences. | aerospace | 1 |
https://thedailyguardian.net/nasa-advances-a-mission-to-the-moon-europa/ | 2023-11-29T19:15:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100135.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129173017-20231129203017-00679.warc.gz | 0.919685 | 902 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__12544870 | en | Madrid, April 5. (Europe Press) –
Europa Clipper, NASA’s next major mission to the outer solar system, You have passed an important milestone by completing a critical design review.
This spacecraft will make multiple flights to Jupiter’s moon, Europa To investigate the livability of this ocean world.
During the review, experts examined the detailed design of the spacecraft to ensure it was ready for completion. The task can now complete instrument manufacturing and testing, Moving towards assembling and testing the spacecraft and its cargo of advanced scientific tools.
With an inner global ocean twice the size of Earth’s oceans combined, Jupiter’s moon Europa has the potential to provide conditions suitable for life. But the freezing temperatures and the constant bombardment of Jupiter’s radiation surface make it difficult to explore.: Mission engineers and scientists must design a spacecraft strong enough to withstand radiation but sensitive enough to collect the science needed to explore the Europa environment.
The orbiter Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter in an elliptical path, approaching the moon with each flight for detailed exploration. Science includes collecting measurements of the inner ocean, mapping surface composition and geology, and searching for plumes of water vapor that might rise from the ice crust. NASA reports in a statement.
Spacecraft development is progressing well, according to an extensive review recently completed by NASA. The Critical Design Review covered in depth in the details of the plans for all scientific instruments, from cameras to antennas, and flight subsystems, including propulsion, power, avionics, and flight computers.
In addition to the detailed plans, the mission built prototypes and engineering models to test how well the hardware and engineering subsystems were performing. Then there is the flying equipment itself. Much of it is already under construction. Individual engineering devices and systems have passed their design reviews over the past year and a half.
The Europa Clipper’s most striking features, and signature elements, are taking shape. About 3 meters in diameter, the high gain disc antenna, That will receive orders from the ground and transmit scientific data, in its final stage of compilation.
By far the most visible device of the Europa Clipper, the massive solar panels that will dot deep space like wings, are also under construction. The spaceship, with its fully spread panels, is wider than a basketball court and measures 30.5 meters. The panels will cover an area of more than 90 square meters.
They will contact the propulsion unit that the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is building in Laurel, Maryland. The core of the propulsion unit consists of Two stacked cylinders together about 3 meters high It contains propulsion tanks and 16 rocket engines that will power the Europa Clipper as soon as it leaves Earth’s atmosphere.
APL is also building a telecommunications unit for radio communication with the ground and a radiation monitoring device to measure the size of the electron blast hitting the spacecraft during more than 40 flights in Europa.
In the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, many elements of the flight system are being built, including a protective dome that shields important electronic devices from the intense radiation of Jupiter. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory also builds and tests the avionics subsystem, which includes the flight computer, switching power and distribution devices, the flight software needed to perform the scientific mission, and the ground system tools needed for the mission’s flight. Ground support equipment that will be used to assemble and test large parts of the Europa Clipper flying apparatus is also being built.
As this work progresses, project leaders continue planning mission knowledge. The spacecraft’s scientific instruments will measure the depth of the ice crust, measure the depth, thickness and salinity of the inner ocean, take color pictures of the surface geology in detail, and analyze potential plumes.
Scientists are especially interested in what the moon’s surface is made of. Evidence indicates that the material detected there mixed in the ice crust and may have come from the ocean below. The Europa Clipper will also investigate the moon’s gravitational field, which scientists will tell more about How the moon folds when Jupiter pulls it and how this action might warm the interior.
The entire set of instruments will go through extensive testing upon arrival at JPL in 2021. Early 2022 will see the start of assembly, testing and launch operations.
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https://www.southasiatime.com/2023/12/28/yeti-airlines-crash-in-nepal-pilots-mistake-led-to-fatal-aerodynamic-stall-report-reveals/ | 2024-03-04T01:50:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476409.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304002142-20240304032142-00119.warc.gz | 0.940704 | 458 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__179031389 | en | Yeti Airlines Crash in Nepal: Pilots’ Mistake Led to Fatal Aerodynamic Stall, Report Reveals
Kathmandu, Nepal: A tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of 72 people in Nepal almost a year ago has been attributed to a critical error by the pilots, according to a report released by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday.
The crash involved an ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines, a privately-owned airline in Nepal. The incident occurred just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara on January 15, marking one of the country’s most devastating airplane accidents in three decades. The victims included 72 individuals, among them two infants, four crew members, and 15 foreign nationals. Regrettably, there were no survivors.
The investigation panel, led by aeronautical engineer Dipak Prasad Bastola, identified the cause of the crash as the pilots mistakenly cutting power, leading to an aerodynamic stall. Bastola explained that due to a lack of awareness and standard operating procedures, the pilots erroneously placed the condition levers, which control power, in the feathering position instead of selecting the flap lever. This action caused the engine to run idle and not produce thrust. Despite the momentum, the aircraft managed to fly for up to 49 seconds before tragically hitting the ground.
The ATR 72, a twin-engine aircraft, is manufactured by ATR, based in France, with engines produced in Canada by Pratt & Whitney Canada (RTX.N).
This incident marks Nepal’s deadliest air crash since 1992 when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside on approach to Kathmandu, claiming the lives of all 167 people on board. Over the past two decades, nearly 350 people have lost their lives in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal, a country renowned for its challenging aviation conditions due to sudden weather changes, particularly in regions boasting eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Everest.
In response to safety concerns, the European Union has prohibited Nepali airlines from its airspace since 2013. This latest report underscores the critical need for enhanced awareness, training, and adherence to standard operating procedures within Nepal’s aviation sector to prevent future tragedies. | aerospace | 1 |
https://nord.news/2022/07/29/sichuan-airlines-continues-flights-from-helsinki-vantaa-airport-to-chengdu/ | 2023-06-05T19:06:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00633.warc.gz | 0.889805 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__193084359 | en | The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has decided to allow flights from China to Finland not only from Shanghai but also from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
“We are very happy that Sichuan Airlines is returning to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The reopening of the route is an important step towards the recovery of China’s air traffic from the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Petri VuoriDirector responsible for Finavia’s route development.
An Airbus A330 aircraft flies the route once a week on Fridays. In weeks 29-31, the arrival time at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is 4 a.m. local time, and the flight to Chengdu leaves at 6 a.m.
The schedule changes on August 19, 2022, after which the flight arrives at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport at 21:50 local time and departs Chengdu at 23:20.
Previously, the route ran from Chengdu to Copenhagen via Helsinki-Vantaa. Now the route runs directly between Helsinki-Vantaa and Chengdu.
Source: Finavia Oyj
Source: The Nordic Page | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.kabircares.org/latinas-in-aviation/ | 2024-04-24T05:54:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819067.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424045636-20240424075636-00862.warc.gz | 0.930748 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__54717489 | en | In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, join the M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation’s College Park Aviation Museum and Airport, as we honor Latinas in aviation. Watch as pilots featured in the Latinas in Aviation book fly into the College Park Airport and share their unique experiences and passion for aviation. This one-of-a-kind event gives you the opportunity to meet and hear from contributing authors while learning about the magic of aviation. Explore static aircraft displays, interactives, presentations, children’s activities, mentorship circles, and scholarship opportunities throughout the event. Details here. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/accidentes-aviacion | 2022-12-06T17:10:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711111.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20221206161009-20221206191009-00620.warc.gz | 0.863332 | 717 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__167192150 | en | DC-9 was operated by AMX from 1967 until 2003
CFIT on APP at PVRXA-SOC / DC-9-15 / AMX229
At MMPR VOR Rwy04 Non Prec APP (no DME) while flying at +320 Kts (No limit speed below 10,000')
Flew farther than protection area on initial leg and crash into mountain when turning into final.
Runway over run at MMLOXA-SOF / DC-9-15 / AMX152
Windshear on APP at CUUXA-DEN / DC-9-32 / AMX230
Airplane flew final leg of the approach to runway 36L.
Active thunderstorm in area with windshear conditions.
CFIT at Sierra de GuerreroXA-DEO / DC-9-32 / AMX110
Crew experienced depressurization and started a rapid descent maneuver.
Emergency procedure steps were not correctly executed.
Speed-brakes not retracted created repeatedly stalling conditions.
Airplane crashed near ZIH at 6,000' in the "Sierra de Guerrero".
Midair crash overflying Cerritos, Ca. USAXA-JED / DC-9-32 / AMX498
Aeroméxico flight 498 was a scheduled passenger flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles, with intermediate stops at Guadalajara, Loreto and Tijuana.
The DC-9, departed Tijuana and proceeded toward Los Angeles at FL100.
Just three minutes earlier Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee N4891F departed Torrance Airport, CA for a VFR flight to Big Bear, CA. Piper collided with AMX498 over Cerritos at an altitude of about 6560 feet.
Vehicle incursion/collisionXA-AMF / DC9-32 /
A motor grader collided with the left wing of the aircraft.
The motor grader coming from the left was not on the marked roadway nor in contact with the ATC.
MMMX Landing TailstrikeXA-DEJ / DC9-32
Late ATC change of runway from 05R to 05L, created unstable approach conditions with increased descent path.
Airplane landed smoothly on runway but with a too high pitch condition.
Engines hit the floor and were damaged.
MMRX Runway over runN936ML / DC9-31 / AMX250 / MEX-REX
During adverse weather conditions on a non-precision approach, a high approach with excessive speed and long landing on a waterlogged runway resulted on an overrun.
MMMY Runway over runXA-AMF / DC9-32 / AMX254 / MMGL-MMMY
The DC-9 overran the runway after completion of a second approach, causing the nose gear to collapse. Local authorities reported that the landing threshold for runway 29 had been displaced 900 meters due to the construction of a taxiway, leaving 2,100 meters of usable runway. | aerospace | 1 |
http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Titan_Airways | 2019-11-20T08:49:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670535.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20191120083921-20191120111921-00167.warc.gz | 0.942694 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__11605078 | en | Welcome to IMPDb!
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Titan Airways is a British charter airline based at London Stansted Airport. It offers charter services and ACMI operations for other airlines and tour operators as well as individuals and corporations. Titan Airways was founded in 1988, and today is wholly owned by one of the original founders, Gene Willson, who completed a management buyout from private investment firm 3i at the end of 2012. Its initial fleet of aircraft included smaller airliner types such as the 33-seat Short 330 twin-engined turboprop.
The airline has received several awards, notably a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2001. The carrier has been ranked in the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 league table on four occasions since the year 2000. All of Titan Airways' aircraft operate under UK registrations with regular maintenance governed by the UK (CAA) Civil Aviation Authority and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency). The carrier is registered under the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) programme. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats
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The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/passengers-stranded-planes-at-keflavik-airport/ | 2023-12-02T21:29:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100452.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202203800-20231202233800-00531.warc.gz | 0.962756 | 136 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__275718566 | en | Passengers aboard nine airplanes that landed at Keflavík International Airport around 9 o’clock this morning are stuck in their seats due to weather. ISAVIA Public Relations Officer Guðjón Helgason told RÚV the passengers will be permitted to leave the planes when the wind calms down. Two other planes are approaching landing and their passengers will likely have to wait before disembarking as well.
All flights at the airport have been suspended since 9 a.m., where the wind speed has been measured at 37 metres per second. Guðjón says ramps may not be used to offload passengers when winds exceed 25 metre per second. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.flightglobal.com/iata-china-southern-to-get-first-a380-in-september/100364.article | 2024-02-26T13:42:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226130305-20240226160305-00440.warc.gz | 0.961824 | 195 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__136379861 | en | China Southern Airlines expects to receive its first Airbus A380 aircraft in September.
The Guangzhou-based airline, which has five of the superjumbos on order, will receive the second in November, said the airline's chairman Si Xianmin.
It aims to use the A380 to "develop new markets from China to the USA and Europe", he added.
"The A380 will further strengthen our position in the international market and help us to raise our service standards," said Si.
He did not rule out placing more orders for the superjumbo, but said the airline wants to wait until it receives all five A380s.
China Southern also expects to receive its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner by year-end, and the airline plans to deploy the new aircraft on international flights.
"We will mainly use them to open up new international routes [rather than on existing flights]," said Xi.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news | aerospace | 1 |
https://visionnewspapers.com/indonesian-divers-find-plane-parts-belonging-to-boeing-jet-that-plunged-into-java-sea/ | 2024-02-27T13:09:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227121318-20240227151318-00594.warc.gz | 0.961905 | 388 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__100935352 | en | A search mission for a Boeing passenger plane that went missing off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia has located several parts of the aircraft. It’s believed that all 62 people on board died in the crash.
Indonesian divers on Sunday took advantage of favorable weather and visibility conditions, allowing them to locate parts of the wreckage. Indonesian officials said that they recovered broken pieces of the fuselage with aircraft registration parts 23 meters (75 feet) below the Java Sea.
Rescue workers earlier found small pieces of debris from the plane, as well as body parts and pieces of clothing.
Indonesian rescue members inspect what is believed to be the remains of the Sriwijaya Air plane flight SJ182, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta International Container Terminal port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2021. © REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Indonesian-operated Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 went missing on Saturday afternoon while traveling from Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. The plane reportedly experienced an hour delay before takeoff, and then disappeared from radar four minutes after becoming airborne. Authorities are still investigating what caused the tragic accident. Officials say the initial delay was due to bad weather and that a maintenance report stated that there were no issues with the aircraft before the fatal flight.
The Boeing 737-500 was carrying 62 people, including seven children and three babies. No survivors have been found.
The crash marks the worst air accident for Indonesia since the Lion Air tragedy in October 2018, when a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet crashed into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta. All 189 people on board were killed. The accident, followed by another crash in Ethiopia involving the same plane model, led to the grounding of the MAX 8 for nearly two years over concerns about the aircraft’s automated flight-control system.
Credit: RT News | aerospace | 1 |
https://spaceflightnow.com/apollo13/retro/09/launch.html | 2021-12-08T00:17:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363420.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207232140-20211208022140-00291.warc.gz | 0.852159 | 724 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__37881839 | en | The launch and mission trajectory
NASA PRESS KIT
Retro-posted: April 10, 1970
The information presented here is based on an on-time April 11 launch and is subject to change before or during the mission to meet changing conditions.
April 11 launch plans call for liftoff at 2:13 p.m. EST on an azimuth of 72 degrees. The vehicle will reach an altitude of 36 nautical miles before first stage cutoff 51 nm downrange. During the 2 minutes 44 seconds of powered flight, the first stage will increase vehicle velocity to 7,775 feet per second.* First stage thrust will reach a maximum of 8,995,108 pounds before center engine cutoff. After engine shutdown and separation from the second stage, the booster will fall into the Atlantic Ocean about 364 nm downrange from the launch site (3O degrees North latitude and 74 degrees west longitude) about 9 minutes 4 seconds after liftoff.
The second stage (S-II) will carry the space vehicle to an altitude of 102 nm and a distance of 892 nm downrange. At engine shutdown, the vehicle will be moving at a velocity of 21,508 fps. The four outer J-2 engines will burn 6 minutes 32 seconds during the powered phase, but the center engine will be cut off 4 minutes 47 seconds after S-II ignition. At outboard engine cutoff, the S-II will separate and, following a ballistic trajectory, plunge into the Atlantic about 2,450 nm downrange from the Kennedy Space Center (31 degrees North latitude and 33.4 degrees West longitude) some 20 minutes 41 seconds after liftoff.
The single engine of the Saturn V third stage (S-IVB) will ignite about 3 seconds after the S-II stage separates. The engine will fire for 143 seconds to insert the space vehicle into a circular Earth parking orbit of 103 nm beginning about 1,468 nm downrange. Velocity at Earth orbital insertion will be 24,243 fps at 11 minutes 55 second ground elapsed time (GET). Inclination will be 33 degrees to the equator.
*NOTE: Multiply nautical miles by 1.1508 to obtain statute miles, multiply feet per second by 0.6818 to obtain statute miles per hour.
The crew will have a backup to launch vehicle guidance during powered-flight. If the Saturn instrument unit inertial platform fails, the crew can switch guidance to the command module systems for first-stage powered flight automatic control. Second and third stage backup guidance is through manual takeover in which spacecraft commander hand controller inputs are fed through the command module computer to the Saturn instrument unit.
May Launch Opportunities
Flight Data File
Mission: Apollo 13
James A. Lovell, Jr.
John L. Swigert, Jr.
Fred W. Haise
Saturn V AS-508
1913 GMT, April 11, 1970
Lunar landing site:
The rocket - A description of the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Jim Lovell - Meet the mission commander.
Jack Swigert - Meet the command module pilot.
Fred Haise - Meet the lunar module pilot.
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https://digitalphotoacademy.com/glider-rides/ | 2018-07-17T22:55:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589932.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717222930-20180718002930-00186.warc.gz | 0.977854 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__131987969 | en | © Chuck Place
In the Santa Barbara area, fall is a time of cool mornings, warm afternoons and trying new things. A glider ride is something I had never experienced but had always wanted to try. I photograph most everything I do and when I got to the glider port, I realized that a glider cockpit is so tight that there would be no turning around to photograph the pilot in the air.
A digital camera made the process quite simple, however. I set my camera exposure on the ground before we took off and mounted a wide 20mm lens, set to auto focus, on my full-frame camera. Once airborne, I placed the camera on my shoulder, pointing back toward the pilot. I checked each shot, moving the camera slightly each time until I had the image I wanted. It was simple.
The feeling of soaring freedom in virtual silence was quite an experience, and it was all mirrored in my pilots face–a perfect shoot. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.key.aero/historic/default.asp | 2016-10-27T16:38:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721355.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00322-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.900375 | 415 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__35659185 | en | - » Historic Aviation
Missing National Standard found and handed to Allied Air Forces Memorial
Lost for over 10 years, the National Standard of the Air Gunner Association has been discovered in East Sussex and returned to the National Air Gunners Memorial at the Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington near York.
Brooklands Valiant nose completed for display
Personnel at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, have completed restoration work on the nose of Vickers Valiant XD816. The completed exhibit has been moved from the main hangar to the recently re-opened Stratosphere Chamber, originally built in 1947 to investigate high-speed flight at very high altitudes. XD816 was the last Valiant to fly, in 1968. www.brooklandsmuseum.com WITH THANKS TO MATT HASWELL
BBMF Lancaster under maintenance at Duxford
The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Avro Lancaster recently arrived at the Aircraft Restoration Company’s new Stephenson Hangar at IWM Duxford to undergo major maintenance work
A Ghostly Adventure: First Ever Novel Set at Surrey’s Brooklands Museum Released
Mark Richardson’s new novel ‘The Ghost at Brooklands Museum’ will launch this Halloween and builds on the museum’s long standing reputation for being haunted.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Farnborough when it comes to Britain’s aviation history. Samuel Cody made the first ever powered flight from the north east Hampshire town in 1908, and Farnborough’s airshows over the years are the stuff of legends. Today, the airfield is still very much alive with aviation development work and commercial flying...
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https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=145971 | 2018-06-22T02:05:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864337.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622010629-20180622030629-00422.warc.gz | 0.953992 | 337 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__138526694 | en | North Korea Starts Disassembling Missile - Report
North Korea is said to have started disassembling the long-range rocket it had been preparing to launch between December 10 and December 29.
The rocket is being disassembled over "technical problems," South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.
Satellite photos show workers have begun taking down the three-stage rocket at the Tongchang-ri launch site in the country's northwest, which was due to be launched later this month, the agency has said, as cited by RIA Novosti.
"We detected signs of (North Korea) breaking down the rocket at the Tongchang-ri launch site. It seems that the North is trying to fix technical problems," a senior military source in Seoul has told Yonhap.
It emerged on Monday that North Korea has extended the launch window for its latest rocket test to December 29.
While North Korean authorities have claimed the rocket will attempt to send a satellite into outer space, the international community has condemned what it believes to be the development of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program meant to ferry nuclear warheads.
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https://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=2963&h=The-First-Supersonic-Business-Jet-Shuts-Before-Production | 2021-12-05T14:09:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363189.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205130619-20211205160619-00542.warc.gz | 0.96002 | 1,163 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__66782232 | en | The Nevada-based company that was expecting to begin output of the first planes in 2023, was hit hard by a financial crisis
Financial woes due to the pandemic cast shadow on one of the earliest supersonic flight dreams for the business jet travellers. Supersonic jet-manufacturer, Aerion, has stopped production operations of its AS2 supersonic jet. The jet-developer stated the failure to secure enough money to start building the aircraft as the reason for ceasing operations.
“In the current financial environment, it has proven hugely challenging to close on the scheduled and necessary large new capital requirements” to begin production of its AS2 supersonic jet, the Nevada-based company stated. This comes as an abrupt surprise especially considering that the company had said in March this year it would begin output of the first planes in 2023, with the first commercial delivery expected in 2027.
In addition to that, the company had even achieved the wind tunnel validation recently with the AS2 amassing the equivalent of 78,000 nautical miles flown. The company had also reported that time, that the extensive low and high-speed testing programme allows Aerion engineers to assess more than 2,00,000 in-flight data points. It had ensured that the combination of advanced digital modelling and physical model-based wind tunnel testing allow Aerion to fasttrack development programme ahead of 2023 production start.
Founded in 2003 to develop new, more efficient aerodynamic technologies for supersonic aircraft, Aerion introduced its AS2 12-passenger business jet design in 2014 and had unveiled the AS2’s GE Affinity engine design in 2018 claiming it to be the quietest and most fuel-efficient engine in the supersonic history. The engine was a turbofan developed for supersonic transports, evolved from CFM International CFM56. With the shutdown of production, the GE Affinity team is also being redistributed to other programmes.
In 2019, Boeing had announced a partnership with Aerion and as part of the agreement made a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, and unlock supersonic air travel for new markets. “While we are disappointed Aerion could not secure additional funding to continue their work, we remain committed to working with innovative and creative partners who, like Aerion, continue to push limits on groundbreaking technology,” Boeing stated.
“Supersonic flights are an inevitability. It’s a matter of time, of who gets it right first. The biggest issue is to make it affordable and sustainable. Number of agencies are working on it. Work and research done by Aerion will not go waste. I’m sure we will have supersonic jets flying in the next 5 years.”
—Rohit Kapur, President, Jet HQ Asia
Backed by Boeing, AS2 was path breaking for being the first:
AS2 would have flown at Mach 1.4 supersonic cruising speed with a supersonic range of 4,200NM and 0.95 Mach subsonic cruising speed accompanied by 5,400NM subsonic range.
It was also the first aircraft in history to fly supersonic without a boom reaching the ground as the AS2 would have operated in the Boomless Cruise autopilot mode between Mach 1.0-1.2, taking advantage of a well-known atmospheric phenomenology called Mach Cut Off where the sonic boom refracts off denser, warmer layers of air.
Apart from Boeing and GE Aviation, Aerion was collaborating with Spire Global for high fidelity weather models that will be coupled into the Aerion’s Boomless Cruise technology to compute an optimised flight plan where the AS2 can be flown at supersonic speeds. Aerion was also incorporating Honeywell’s next-generation, state-of-the-art flight deck and Forge platform. The company had secured over $11 billion worth of orders, including a recent deal for 20 planes from NetJets.
Earlier this year, Aerion had also selected Rosen Aviation to develop a new Cabin Management & Technology System (CMTS) for the AS2. “Rosen Aviation joins Aerion’s growing team of worldrenowned technical partners, as progress on the AS2’s development gathers pace ahead of manufacturing commencing in 2023 at Aerion Park in Melbourne, Florida. The Eugene, Oregon based technology supplier will develop the CMTS system, software sophistication and cabin experience for the 8-10 passenger, private jet,” Aerion had announced.
The launch of the AS2 supersonic business jet, which was priced around $120 million per jet, was the start of Aerion’s pursuit of faster point-to-point travel. Designed to be inherently environmentally responsible from first flight, the AS2 was supposed to be the first supersonic aircraft designed to be powered by 100 per cent engineered synthetic fuel and reach supersonic speeds without the need for an afterburner. The manufacture of 300 AS2 aircraft was planned for the first decade of production, the company had noted earlier this year.
The ceasing of Aerion AS2’s operation has certainly come as quite a disappointment for the industry, hitting turbulence in the plans of supersonic airliners, but has also given a reality check of the cost that is involved in upgrading to the supersonic level. The COVID-19 pandemic has given a hard blow to most of the aviation industry as air travel reduced to almost negligible through the last year with lockdowns and travel bans imposed across the globe in major locations. | aerospace | 1 |
http://esdcdoi.esac.esa.int/doi/html/data/astronomy/xmm-newton/072837.html | 2024-04-16T22:59:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817112.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416222403-20240417012403-00161.warc.gz | 0.794792 | 629 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__178994164 | en | |Probing the nature of the circumstellar environment around periastron
|Dr Sebastian Drave
|The mass transfer and accretion mechanisms in SFXTs are key questions to place
them in the wider context of HMXB systems. Current theories centre on mass
transfer via isotropic but inhomogeneous (.clumpy.) winds, but some systems also
show evidence of disk-like structures around the supergiant, analogous to those
seen in Be/X-ray binaries. We propose a campaign of periastron observations of 2
SFXTs with known ephemerides. Simultaneous INTEGRAL/XMM observations will
measure the instantaneous accretion rate, emission spectrum and time variability
generated on and around the neutron star. Continuous broad-band observations
around periastron yield the best opportunity to use the neutron star as a direct
probe of the circumstellar wind environment.
|No observations found associated with the current proposal
|EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
|The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations.
Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
|Publisher And Registrant
|European Space Agency
|European Space Agency, Dr Sebastian Drave, 2015, 072837, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-bjkuzeb | aerospace | 1 |
https://eng.aerodyne.tech/design | 2022-12-04T02:06:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710953.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204004054-20221204034054-00134.warc.gz | 0.928314 | 327 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__109308546 | en | Aerodyne offers professional approach for developing new drone products.
Good concept development is cruical. During this stage, the needs of the target market are identified, competitive products are reviewed, drone specifications are defined, a configuration is selected, an economic analysis is done, and the development roadmap is outlined. This stage provides the foundation for the entire project.
System level design
System-level design defines the exact configuration of the drone systems. Main drone systems calculations are made, drone components are estimated for feasibility of own manufacturing or external purchasing, including suppliers evaluation. Various options, additions or extended product family creation reviewed from marketing point of view.
During detail design, or design-for-manufacture, we make necessary engineering for every component of the drone. Data sheets, specifications, materials, and dimensions are defined, and the design is documented. Detailed design data is then the source of information for prototype manufacturing.
Prototypes and testing
During the testing stage, a number of prototypes are built and tested. Purpose of the prototypes is to check the drone performance and behaviour according to the specifications and to determine areas of improvement based on first in-the-field experience of use.
During production setup, the manufacturing process and tools are establised. Production areas and particular operations are defined, work force is trained as the first drones are being assembled. Supplier components, fabrication, and assembly procedures are being optimized. Manufacturing process is being documented and prepared for product transfer for offshore manufacturing if required. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=taxonomy/term/446&page=42 | 2014-08-22T16:27:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500824209.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021344-00195-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.94079 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__34261914 | en | Rosemary Williams has been assigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense (military community & family policy), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Arlington, Virginia.
Mocana, San Francisco, has named James Isaacs chief executive officer.
Rear Adm. David F. Baucom, USN, will be assigned as director, strategy, policy, programs, and logistics, TCJ5/4, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Rear Adm. Vincent L. Griffith, USN, will be assigned as commander, Naval Supply Systems Command Global Logistics Support, San Diego.
David E. Johnson has been assigned as regional director, eastern region, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Smyrna, Georgia.
Jennifer Tejada has been named chief executive officer of Keynote Systems Incorporated, San Mateo, California.
Brig. Gen. John L. Dolan, USAF, has been assigned as assistant deputy commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and assistant vice commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Brig. Gen. Bradford J. Shwedo, USAF, has been assigned as director, capability and resource integration, Headquarters U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Arthur G. Hatcher Jr., has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service as director of communications, Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
Novelda, Oslo, Norway, has appointed Alf-Egil Bogen as chief executive officer. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Imperative-of-the-Chic-by-Mohammad-Ala-101004-456.html | 2023-03-20T15:46:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943484.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320144934-20230320174934-00206.warc.gz | 0.963282 | 835 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__247148740 | en | Often in the Western media one finds accusations that third world countries are not complying with international law and ethical standards. This article discusses such a violation by certain Western countries to an agreement that they themselves initiated and signed.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United States was of the primary architect of the Chicago Convention and the ICAO was created to carry out the goals of the Chicago Convention. ICAO is a specialized agency of the UN charged with coordinating and regulating international air travel.
The Convention on International Civil Aviation is also known as the Chicago Convention. The Convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, and establishes specific requirements regarding the signators' responsible in international air travel.
The preamble provides ". . . the undersigned governments having agreed on principles and arrangements in order that international civil aviation may be developed in a safe and orderly manner and international air transport services maybe established on the basis of equality of opportunities . . . "
The sanctions placed by the United States and supported by the Western countries are contrary to the goals of the Article 44 of the Chicago Convention in which the USA is a signatory. A report issued by ICAO on October 4, 2004, concluded that the Western countries are violating their own accord and treating a member country differently, contrary to the provisions of the Convention.
The USA sanctions affect aviation safety which the international community has not yet been able to resolve. The issue has become political and has nothing to do with international norms that the Western countries expect member countries to abide by.
Following several assessments by ICAO, a report was issued on May 9, 2005 stating that the USA embargo had endangered the safety of the civil aviation in Iran and violates the provisions of the Chicago Convention. One of the recommendation of ICAO is for the Western countries " . . . should recommit to the Chicago Convention (July 17, 2005)"
The Chicago Convention states clearly that . . . "licenses may be issued for the exportation of goods, services and technology to insure the safety of civil aviation and safe operation of US origin commercial aircraft (31 C.F.R. 2005). This wording would permit US aircraft parts and components to be exported to Iran directly or through a third party.
ICAO experts have found that the US sanctions have placed Iran's civil aviation in danger. Several of their findings were reported on May 9, 2005; for example, several thousands, mostly Iranians have been killed in Iran because of mechanical failures of aircraft. The USA has even prevented the Boeing Company from repairing parts that were found to be defective in six aircraft which have been detrimental to the safety of flights in Iran and other countries to where these six Boeing aircrafts fly (ICAO report, p. 1). The Radar for international airports in Tehran and Shiraz needed spare parts for safe operation. Not only Iranian airlines have been at risk, but other airlines which flew into those airports. Because of sanctions, even service bulletins and modifications kits are not available to Iranian airlines.
Although the ICAO has on numerous occasions issued advisory reports stating. . . " continuation of sanctions must be construed to be very detrimental to aviation safety, and immediate actions must be taken by the international community to avoid regrettable occurrence. The reports have advocated whatever the justifications for economic sanctions, there must be safeguards to protect the minimum level of safety."
An interview of two ICAO officers (in Peru and Canada) in 2010 confirmed that this organization is committed to international law and policy and will continue its efforts in seeking to remove the sanctions that are applied to civilian aircraft equipment, spare parts, and safety bulletins. Civilian aviation safety affects not only Iranians but all nationalities and should supersede political differences among nations. The countries that signed the Chicago Convention should abide by its principles, especially those in Articles 4 and 44.
If the United Nations is to be respected, its organizations such as ICAO must have the authority to carry out the mission of the Chicago Convention. Countries that have signed the Chicago Convention must abide by its rules and goals to promote the safety of civil aviation internationally. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.momondo.in/flights/ktm/kul/flights-from-kathmandu-to-kuala-lumpur.html | 2017-01-24T19:16:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285244.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00561-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.766971 | 90 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__29006735 | en | Direct flights available:
16 PER WEEK
Popular non-direct routes for this connection are Tribhuvan - Zia International - Klia - Klia, Tribhuvan - Zia International - Klia and Tribhuvan - Suvarnabhumi - Klia.
You can fly from Tribhuvan to Klia indirect via Zia International, Suvarnabhumi or Changi.
Direct flights available on | aerospace | 1 |
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