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http://iconicinfo.co.in/the-story-of-raynana-barnawi-the-first-arab-female-astronaut-to-reach-space/ | 2023-06-01T18:04:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648000.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601175345-20230601205345-00458.warc.gz | 0.971997 | 378 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__153569008 | en | According to the British media BBC, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Space Center in Florida, America, last Sunday. Barnawi is the second Arab to achieve this feat on the Axiom space mission. The British media report also said that the female biomedical scientist plans to research stem cells and breast cancer during her 10-day stay in Earth orbit.
The media report expressed hope that many more women will be inspired by his work in the future. The report also states that Barnawi’s research will build on work with stem cells and tissues at the King Faisus Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh. The astronaut and biomedical scientist spent nine years at the center, according to the BBC.
The Saudi female astronaut said in a video message before arriving at the International Space Station“The future of all people in the world is very bright. Appeal to everyone to dream big like him. Also a message to believe in yourself as well as trust in humanity.”
Al Karni, native of Barnawi, is one of the astronauts on the Axiom space mission. In a message before going into space, he said that this mission is important not only to him, but to every Arab. He said that this mission would not have been successful without the support and love of every Arab citizen.
Another member of the mission, Commander Peggy Whitson, shared their excitement at arriving at the space center. Peggy is a former NASA astronaut. He is the commander in this mission. He has experienced several space missions in the past. Peggy Whitson did not forget to share the joy they were having when they arrived at the space center.
The fourth member of this mission is American businessman John Shoffner. This is the second private mission of the Axiom space mission. Three businessmen and a retired NASA astronaut visited the International Space Station last year. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/charts/uranus_orbit_rings_moons.html | 2018-02-20T07:47:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812913.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220070423-20180220090423-00402.warc.gz | 0.819122 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__177039418 | en | The Bruce Murray Space Image Library
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https://www.britannica.com/technology/Ranger-space-probe | 2020-08-09T00:43:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738366.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200808224308-20200809014308-00456.warc.gz | 0.924171 | 453 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__170358126 | en | Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Join Britannica's Publishing Partner Program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work!
Ranger, any of a series of nine unmanned probes launched from 1961 to 1965 by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Project Ranger represented NASA’s earliest attempt at lunar exploration. Ranger 1 and 2 (launched Aug. 23 and Nov. 18, 1961, respectively) failed to leave Earth orbit. Ranger 3 (launched Jan. 26, 1962) missed the Moon and went into orbit around the Sun. Ranger 4 (launched April 23, 1962) became the first U.S. spacecraft to hit the Moon, crash-landing on its surface as designed. Ranger 5 (launched Oct. 18, 1962) suffered the same fate as Ranger 3. The last three probes in the series, Rangers 7, 8, and 9 (1964–65), transmitted more than 17,000 high-resolution photographs of the Moon, including many from as close as 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the lunar surface, before crashing.
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MoonMoon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body. Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun. It is designated by the symbol ☽. Its name in English, like that of Earth, is of Germanic and Old English derivation. The Moon’s desolate beauty… | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.bytron.aero/aviation-news/meet-our-pilots-jim-munn | 2021-01-15T16:52:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703495936.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210115164417-20210115194417-00285.warc.gz | 0.983015 | 648 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__99112702 | en | Meet our pilots... Jim Munn
By | 4th March 2020
Jim joined Bytron as a Customer Account Manager with responsibility for supporting clients throughout their skybook journey. A typical day for Jim involves communicating with clients on all aspects of their migration from paper-based flight operations to skybook. Every day is different and sees Jim communicating progress updates, new software releases, and hosting meetings, he can also be seen out and about at various trade shows.
Jim started flying professionally in 1985 as a pilots assistant with Loganair flying around the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in a Twin Otter. In 1986 he commenced flying as a commercial helicopter pilot on offshore operations in the UK and Ireland and during his twelve year career achieved Captain. Jim converted his commercial rotary licence to fixed wing aircraft in 1998. He subsequently joined regional airline Eastern Airways where he achieved Command. In 2005, Jim joined Netjets and flew business jets to a variety of destinations throughout Europe and North Africa which he cites as one of his career highlights as it required a great deal of thinking on his feet due to the variety of destinations flown, often at short notice. He was fortunate to meet many interesting people along the way and make some lifelong friends.
Jim always wanted to be a pilot and at 7 years old he started flying radio control model aircraft. At age 13 he joined the Air Cadets and attained rank of Cadet Warrant Officer. Jim was awarded an Air Cadet Navigators Award and chosen as one of two UK cadets to visit Switzerland as part of an International Air Cadet exchange programme. Jim was also commissioned in the RAF Reserves training branch as a Flying Officer. After receiving one of only twelve flying scholarships from The Air League of Great Britain, he was awarded his wings by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1984.
Originating from Glasgow, one of Jim's favourite memories was taking his best friend flying over Loch Lomond after receiving his private pilot licence. Perhaps the biggest achievement of his career was his first solo flight at Glasgow Airport, however, he is proud of piloting his first solo glider at age 16, achieving his Private Pilot Licence at 18 followed by his commercial helicopter licence at 21 years old.
Having achieved everything he set out to in his flying career, Jim became a Software Support Consultant before joining Bytron. When talking about life as an Account Manager, he describes seeing satisfied customers as the best part of his job and how it wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the relaxed working atmosphere and the trust he has in colleagues to ensure he has the information to onboard customers in a timely manner.
With vast experience in the aviation industry, he is well placed to advise customers on skybook and he cites Airfield Watch as the feature he most likes as it's always up to date and easy to interpret.
Outside of Bytron, Jim's interests are technology, meeting new people and travelling with his wife.
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http://nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/2017/default.htm | 2019-11-22T11:33:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496671249.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20191122092537-20191122120537-00016.warc.gz | 0.953591 | 323 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__92591107 | en | The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to search for missing vessel with 9 people on board near Fiji.
27 December 2017
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping search for a missing vessel with nine people on board near Fiji.
The vessel was on a return leg back to Tovu, Totoya Island when a local search and rescue was initiated on Christmas Day.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft deployed from Auckland this morning to search for the missing vessel. A Fijian Navy Patrol Vessel is also assisting in the search.
Air Commodore Darryn Webb, the Air Component Commander said “we are pleased to be doing our bit to assist our neighbours in searching for their families, especially at this time of year.”
“The P-3K2 is uniquely equipped for this type of search, and is the best means to locate missing boats in the South Pacific,” Air Commodore Webb said.
The Fijian Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand requested NZDF support to locate the missing vessel through the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand.
The NZDF flew 234 hours on 19 search and rescue missions in New Zealand and the Pacific in 2016, up 59 per cent from the 147 flying hours recorded the previous year. Since January, it has flown more than 80 hours on seven search and rescue missions. Its last search and rescue operation, on October 18, involved three Kiribati fishermen who had been missing for four days in the Pacific Ocean. | aerospace | 1 |
https://spacechannel.com/tag/ariane-6/ | 2022-01-27T20:07:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305288.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127193303-20220127223303-00322.warc.gz | 0.904847 | 235 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__243061629 | en | The central core for the Ariane 6 rocket has arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Tuesday. This is the first time the rocket’s parts have come together on the launch pad, enabling the team to conduct combined tests that will mimic a real launch campaign. The first flight […]
SingTel Optus, an Australian operator, has signed a contract with Arianespace to deploy the Optus-11 communications spacecraft in 2023 using the latest Ariane 6.
ArianeGroup is preparing final tests for the upgraded heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket it hopes to launch for the first time next year.
Arianespace has secured a contract with Australian operator SingTel Optus to launch the Optus-11 communications satellite using the new Ariane 6 in 2023.
In preparation for the scheduled launch of Ariane 6 in the second quarter of 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) inaugurated the rocket’s launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana Tuesday. The finished facilities will support rocket launches for years or even decades to come. | aerospace | 1 |
https://gamervlog.pro/sega-jet-rocket-opened-1970-electro-mechanical-arcade-flight-simulator-in-operation/ | 2020-10-19T15:04:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107863364.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20201019145901-20201019175901-00328.warc.gz | 0.876012 | 1,079 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__162203304 | en | Rare sight into inside of a working Sega Jet Rocket arcade machine from 1970. Jet Rocket is electro-mechanical arcade flight simulator. This machine is playable at the Finnish Museum of Games’ retro arcade room and is quite possibly the only Jet Rocket in whole world that’s working, playable and open for public.
The machine was opened and its operation was shown to the audience at Finnish Museum of Games 3rd anniversary birthday party by Toni Cavén from Reprocade Oy, a classic arcade machine / pinball operator.
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Information about Jet Rocket:
The player aircraft is viewed from a first-person perspective, and the landscape and targets are displayed on a screen, using a projection display system similar to Duck Hunt, Grand Prix, Missile and Killer Shark.
It features free-roaming, first-person flight shooting gameplay. It was the first flight simulator game, a genre that it introduced to the arcade industry, where it inspired a flood of clones as soon as it released in 1970, which in turn inspired flight simulator video games. Jet Rocket was also the earliest first-person shooter, the first open-world sandbox game, and the first action-adventure game.
System(s): Electro-mechanical arcade
Developer: Sega Production and Engineering Department
Number of players: 1
Using controls which look like that of a cockpit, the player controls the jet by joystick handle and aims rockets to intercept target areas such as fuel dumps, missile sites, island fortresses and air strips in a night mission. Pushing the firing button fires the rocket. When a target is hit, the rocket explodes and score (5 points per hit) is indicated. Ground impact explosions are marked by light and sound effects.
The cockpit controls move the player aircraft around the 3D landscape displayed on a screen and shoot missiles onto targets that explode when hit.
Jet Rocket was the earliest first-person flight simulator game, a genre that the game introduced to the arcade game industry, and in turn the video game industry. Jet Rocket inspired a flood of clones as soon as it released in 1970, including popular clones from three Chicago manufacturers (such as Target Zero and Flotilla).
It featured shooting and flight movement in a 3D environment from a first-person perspective, like first-person vehicle combat video games such as Battlezone (1980) and Hovertank 3D (1991). This makes Jet Rocket the earliest first-person shooter, predating by many years the mid-1970s computer games Maze War and Spasim, the latter a flight simulator influenced by Jet Rocket.
The game had free-roaming flight movement over an open-ended 3D landscape, for the first time in an electronic game. This makes it the first example of an open-world sandbox game. Jet Rocket, along with its clones Target Zero and Flotilla, influenced the development of free-roaming flight simulator video games such as Flight Simulator (1980), which in turn influenced open-world space flight simulators such as Elite (1984), and which in turn influenced Grand Theft Auto (1997).
Jet Rocket was also the first action-adventure game, combining action gameplay with open-world adventure exploration.
Jet Rocket was featured in a scene from the 1980 film Midnight Madness.
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http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/tag/civil+aviation+authority+of+nepal+(caan) | 2019-05-24T22:14:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257767.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524204559-20190524230559-00209.warc.gz | 0.917476 | 297 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__134473236 | en | Stories Tagged 'Civil aviation authority of nepal (caan)'
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has invited fresh bids for the expansion works at Tribhuvan International Airport, three months after deciding to finance the project on its own.full story »
The proposed Integrated Civil Aviation Bill to split the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal into two entities--a regulatory body and service provider--to facilitate stringent enforcement of safety measures has been thrown into uncertainty again.full story »
The aviation regulator—Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal—has announced a slew of measures to enhance the operational safety of helicopters in Nepal following the Air Dynasty helicopter crash in Taplejung on February 27 that killed all seven aboard, including Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari.full story »
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has lodged a counter claim for Rs13 billion in loss of income at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre against Constructora Sanjose, the ousted Spanish contractor of the Tribhuvan International Airport improvement project.full story »
At least 19 fatal crashes of helicopters have taken place across the country since the aviation authorities started keeping records in 1966.full story »
The Tourism Ministry has informed the ambassadors from different European countries, including the ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Nepal, on the progress of splitting the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal into two entities, which they said was a prerequisite to remove Nepal from the “EU air safety list”.full story » | aerospace | 1 |
https://staging.arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/04/25/fatal-plane-crash-in-yell-county | 2021-11-29T23:36:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358847.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20211129225145-20211130015145-00587.warc.gz | 0.987567 | 158 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__26409167 | en | River Valley Now has a detailed report on the crash of a single-engine plane in remote Yell County Friday night. There were no survivors. UPDATE: Four people died but they have not been identified.
The wreckage was found Saturday, but authorities haven’t said how many were aboard the plane, which was en route from Muskogee, Okla., to Florida. The crash was near the Waltreak community on HIghway 80 between Danville and Waldron.
FAA information indicates the plane is registered to a Tulsa dentist who is a pilot but no information has been released about who was aboard or flying the plane. A flight path with a radar image indicates the plane was flying at 20,000 through heavy weather when it dropped precipitously and crashed. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/he-277.php | 2018-12-15T00:34:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826530.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214232243-20181215014243-00031.warc.gz | 0.934914 | 1,331 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__173602207 | en | In an effort to overcome the problems being experienced with the coupled DB 606 engines of the He 177, Heinkel suggested in 1940 that four separate DB 603s should be substituted. Although the Reichsluftfahrtsinisterium rejected the plan, work continued unofficially under the designation He 177B and the design was resurrected in response to Hitler's May 1943 demand for a heavy bomber to facilitate effective strikes on London. Converted from an He 177A-3/R2 airframe, with four DB 603A engines, the first Heinkel He 277 prototype flew at Vienna-Schwechat in the closing months of 1943, followed by the second aircraft on 28 February 1944. Directional instability resulted in the fitting of a twin fin and rudder tail unittothe
third prototype. Eight 1305kW DB 603A-powered He 277B-5/R2
production models were completed
before the priority given to fighter production in July 1944 brought the programme to an end.
|A three-view drawing (1322 x 632)|
According to some sources some 277 were powered by 4 x 1,973 h.p. BMW 801E 14 cylinder radial engines. (Heinkel 177-277-274 by Manfred Griehl and Joachim Dressell Airlife Publishing 1998)
Span 131'3" Length 75'5" Height 19'10" Wing area 1,432 sq ft
Empty weight 48,060 lb Maximum take off weight 98,100 lb
Maximum Speed 354 mph Cruising speed 286 mph
Range 3,728 miles Service ceiling 30,000 ft
Armament 2 x 20 mm cannon in remotely controlled under
4 x 20 mm cannon in twin dorsal turrets one
remotely operated forward turret and one aft
2 x 20 mm cannon in remotely controlled ventral
turret to rear of bomb bay
4 x 13 mm MG 131 machine guns in rear manned
"Hecklafette" HL 131 V turret
Maximum bomb load of 12,345 lb
|Simon Gunson, 21.01.2014|
Steve the He-177-B0 Aircraft which you refer had the following factory codes:
prototype V101 = NN+QQ destroyed at Cheb (Czech) in Allied air raid;
V102 = NE+OD (probably one which you refer);
V103 = WkNr.550036 with KM+TL;
V104 = DL+AT
It is also worth noting the Germans had an infuriating practice of assigning Stamkennzeichen codes to more than one aircraft, thus KM+TL is dubious.
V102 was converted from a single fin tail to a twin fin "H" tail assembly converting it to He-277 B-5 and from this conversion it then wore the code GA+QQ. This code was assigned to the He-277 test development unit at Reichlin.
Reichlin also made several conversions at it's own worksops converting six He-177 A-6 R1 prototype aircraft and one He-177 A-6 R2 prototype into He-277 B-5 aircraft. The He-177 A-6 R2 had a tail turret.
This is what they should have been building all along instead of the over-complicated and unreliable He 177. By the time the RLM saw sense and ordered this instead, it was too late.
|Ray B. Hall, 20.05.2013|
Steve .. the photos I found of He177B had code-signs, from the factory, of D7+GA A1+BA 1G+HP G1+BH .. German dairies state there were MANY planes IDLE because of lack of fuel .. AND there were pilots and crews that were sent to infintry A1+BA: the A is black, the 1 and B white... codes were put on fuselage and under wings, but were painted over on wings when they arrived
The pic on this site shows a "N" outer starboard wing but no more.Thanks to anyone who can help.
Heinkel He 277
|Simon Gunson, 05.05.2010|
Correction Luft Archiv.de have a photo of the aircraft which you refer to Steve from the side and the Stamkennzeichen is NE+OD which would be a factory code for the first prototype. That codes identified for 6 airframes now.
|Simon Gunson, 05.05.2010|
The aircraft with "N" is likely to have been GA+QN.
There were possibly as many as 26 He-277 produced. If you go online you may find a photo of one bombed out at Cheb airfield Czechoslovakia in 1945. Stamkennzeichen which I can identify include:
GA+QQ Heinkel He277 V9
GA+QR Heinkel He277 V10
GA+QM Heinkel He277 V26
GA+QX Heinkel He277 V18
GA+QQ Heinkel He277 V9
This aircraft could have been the german Lancaster. Thousand bomber raids over london ? luckly it was too late in development.
|Simon Gunson, NZ, 22.05.2009|
Some sources give W.Nr.535550 as a prototype He-277 but conflict whether it was the first or third prototype. The first was a single fin aircraft. The third was a twin fin. It's code was NN+QQ.
W.Nr.535550 (above) and Heinkel He277 GA+QQ (former He177 A-08 W.Nr.23 previously coded DL+AT are the only two records of He-277 which I can locate.
There are various claims that only 5 were built. Other claims that 8 were built. Given the lack of records or conflicting records it's hard to identify. Good luck.
|Steve Woodward, 04.10.2008|
Can anyone tell me what the factory call-sign codes (stamkennzeichen)were on either of the He177B single-fin aircraft please? I want to model this aircraft but can find no photo showing all four letters. The pic on this site shows a "N" outer starboard wing but no more.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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https://www.giiresearch.com/report/gi311892-impact-faa-rules-on-small-uas-business.html | 2019-06-26T06:28:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000175.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20190626053719-20190626075719-00480.warc.gz | 0.929614 | 293 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__182678862 | en | Market Research Report
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The research examines the economic impact of current FAA policies for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) operating in Class G uncontrolled airspace and evaluates how commercial service providers and operators perceive those rules and assess their importance.
Since 2007, the FAA has essentially banned commercial use of sUAS in the U.S. through a series of statements and policies aimed at controlling activity until actual regulations are put in place. The Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 authorizes the FAA to issue licenses for commercial drone use in the U.S. The FAA modernization law was widely expected to result in tens of thousands of commercial drones being licensed to fly over U.S. airspace. So far, however, it has produced only uncertainty: a combined 71% of participants in the survey say current rules are unclear and indicated confusion around conditions under which it is currently legal to operate sUAS for commercial purposes in the U.S. In fact, when offered 12 possibilities for conditions conducive to legal sUAS operation, the third most-checked condition was “the FAA does not regulate Class G air space.” | aerospace | 1 |
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/44653/why-do-dc-4-landing-performance-charts-have-different-values-for-the-intended-an | 2022-01-20T06:11:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301720.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120035934-20220120065934-00573.warc.gz | 0.934491 | 483 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__115577583 | en | Runway length = landing distance / 60%
For the DC-4 there are two sets of landing performance charts. The first one is the landing distance. The other one is the minimum effective runway length, for the intended and alternate airports separately.
From a 1982 NTSB safety recommendation:
The Safety Board recognizes that changes in the landing distance demonstration procedures during certification could result in penalizing the operational specifications of the airplane as they are presently determined using the existing minimum landing distance procedures. For actual line operations on dry runways, a safety margin is currently provided by the operational limitation of 14 CFR 121.195 which requires that the minimum effective runway length be the airplane's landing distance as determined during certification divided by 0.6 (or multiplied by 1.667). The Safety Board's accident investigation experience has not indicated to date that the actual runway lengths used in line operations for dry runways do not afford a proper level of safety. Safety Board recognizes that a change in the aircraft certification criteria specified in 14 CFR 25.101 and 25.125 will necessitate a corresponding review of the operational limitations in 14 CFR 121.195 so that operational specifications are not unjustifiably penalized. Of course, we are not suggesting that current runway length requirements be compromised to the detriment of present levels of safety.
The rules have changed since the DC-4 days. The related regulation I found applies to turbine aircraft, see: 14 CFR 121.195.
The 60% and 70% are an added factor of safety, which as the above text shows, limits the operational capability of the aircraft.
Dividing by 0.7 reduces the effective length required for the alternate compared to the intended stop, my understanding for the shorter runway length is to allow an easier selection of alternate airports, especially when the fuel maybe running low and the nearest airports are not of particularly long lengths.
The effective length charts make it clear that the 0.6 or 0.7 are already accounted for and need not be applied again. They would be manually applied if the crew are using the landing distance charts.
The crew would start by the expected landing gross weight. It will be heavier at the intended stop due to carrying the alternate fuel. Then the pressure altitude, and finally via the reported headwind, the required effective length is known.
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http://www.papercraftsquare.com/wwii-bristol-type-156-beaufighter-mk-vif-free-aircraft-paper-model-download.html | 2019-05-20T04:25:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255562.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520041753-20190520063753-00450.warc.gz | 0.955131 | 176 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__70848782 | en | This aircraft paper model is a Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter MK VIF, a variant of the Bristol Beaufighter (often referred to simply as the "Beau"), which is a multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by Bristol Aeroplane Company in the UK, the papercraft is created by KEL, and the scale is in 1:50.
The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort bomber. The Beaufighter was a versatile aircraft used in service initially as a night fighter, and later mainly in the maritime strike and ground attack roles; it also replaced the earlier Beaufort as a torpedo bomber. For further information please click here.
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https://abc7.com/science/spacex-launches-comms-satellite-recovers-rocket/2138086/ | 2020-08-09T09:06:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738523.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809073133-20200809103133-00365.warc.gz | 0.934303 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__101017739 | en | HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KABC) -- SpaceX had another successful satellite launch and recycled rocket landing on Friday.
The Hawthorne-based company sent a commercial communications satellite into orbit. The trip marked the second time SpaceX has used the first stage of a Falcon 8 rocket. Recycling equipment is important to the company's efforts to lower costs.
The rocket that carried the satellite, called BulgariaSat-1, into orbit launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida around noon. The Falcon 9 rocket was piloted back to Earth and landed in the Atlantic Ocean minutes after it took off.
SpaceX will launch more mass communications satellites on Sunday.
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SpaceX launches communications satellite, recovers rocket for 2nd time
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/juno-powered-sun-and-s-big-deal-180959691/ | 2024-04-13T23:25:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816853.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413211215-20240414001215-00602.warc.gz | 0.944843 | 850 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__6303275 | en | The Juno spacecraft that just entered orbit around Jupiter passed another milestone last January when it became the furthest-flung spacecraft ever to use solar power. That achievement was made possible by the spacecraft’s large (60-square-meter) solar panels containing nearly 19,000 advanced solar cells, in addition to mission engineers designing Juno’s instruments to draw as little power as possible.
Two previous missions—the Dawn spacecraft now orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, and Europe’s Rosetta comet mission—“were the pioneers in using large, efficient solar arrays in space,” says Dawn project scientist Christopher Russell. Juno’s big contribution is demonstrating that these advanced arrays can be used so far from the Sun, where the amount of solar energy is only four percent of what it is on Earth.
Does that mean nuclear-powered spacecraft are a thing of the past?
Not quite yet. Spacecraft bound for Jupiter and beyond—including the two Pioneers, Voyagers 1 and 2, and Cassini—have traditionally used plutonium-powered batteries to produce electricity for their instruments. But the United States currently faces a plutonium shortage, after it voluntarily chose to import and produce less of the radioactive material. Plutonium is expensive and poses a slight risk if the spacecraft were to crash to Earth during launch or a flyby.
Powering a large spacecraft in the “low intensity, low temperature” (LILT) conditions of the outer solar system using solar arrays alone used to be considered impossible, and is still a challenge. Most solar cells are designed for sun-friendly Earth environments, and they can have very different results in a LILT environment. And, like a cheap string of Christmas tree lights, one malfunctioning solar cell can affect other healthy cells in the same string.
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“The photovoltaics will work out there,” Piszczor says. “Is it feasible or not? That becomes an issue, because you would need a very big array.”
Going past Jupiter on solar panels alone would be a doubtful proposition because the science return would be so low, says Nicolas Altobelli, a European Space Agency scientist who is working on the solar-powered JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) expected to launch in 2022. “You could take just one full battery with you and operate it during a single flyby of an icy moon around Saturn or the ice giants,” he says. “But it would take ages to recharge, during which time you would not be able to do any science and possibly would have difficulties downloading the data to Earth.”
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Sun-Earth Connection at NASA
NASA Missions Wind, Polar, Geotail, Soho, Cluster
Current Satellites in Orbit for Space Weather
SOHO stands for Solar Helioseismology....
SOHO stands for Solar and Heliospheric, where the heliosphere is the sphere around the sun (Helios).
Space scientists around the world are today celebrating the first anniversary of the European Space Agency's revolutionary Cluster mission to explore near-Earth space and study the interaction between the Sun and Earth.
This groundbreaking mission began exactly one year ago, on 16 July 2000, when two of the four Cluster spacecraft were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Within a month, a second pair of identical satellites joined them in similar orbits that pass over the Earth's poles.
After the most complex period of spacecraft commissioning ever undertaken for any space mission - including the verification and testing of 44 separate instruments and 64 boom deployment sequences - full scientific operations started on 1 February 2001.
Since then, the Cluster quartet has been carrying out the most comprehensive exploration of the Earth's environment ever undertaken. For the first time, scientists have been able to explore the magnetosphere - the magnetic bubble that surrounds the Earth - with a flotilla of four identical spacecraft.
"Although Cluster has only been fully operational for five months, we have already gathered a huge amount of new information about the Sun - Earth connection," said Professor David Southwood, ESA Director of Science. "More than 200 scientists around the world are currently analysing this remarkable treasure trove of data."
"It has been a very challenging, but satisfying year," said Philippe Escoubet, Cluster project scientist. "Cluster is a completely new type of scientific mission, so it took us a while to find out how to get the best out of the satellites and their suite of instruments. Now we are receiving exciting new information about the magnetosphere and making new discoveries all the time."
By flying in a close, tetrahedral (lop-sided pyramid) formation, the four spacecraft have provided scientists with their first small-scale, three-dimensional views of near-Earth space.
"Cluster's new three-dimensional 'picture' of the magnetosphere is rather like looking at photos of an old familiar scene, but instead of the dull black-and-white pictures, we now have the same view in brilliant colours," said Professor Andre Balogh of Imperial College, London, principal investigator for the FGM experiment on Cluster.
Monitoring the magnetic shield around Spaceship Earth
Like a spacecraft orbiting another world, our Earth is trapped on an everlasting journey around the Sun. During its eternal voyage, Spaceship Earth is continuously exposed to the solar wind, a perpetual blast of plasma (electrically charged particles) sweeping outwards from our nearest star.
Fortunately for us, the Earth is protected by a powerful magnetic field which forces the supersonic solar wind to sweep around the planet. In the process, the magnetic field is shaped into a gigantic teardrop that typically extends approximately 65 000 km towards the Sun and more than two million km - five times the distance to the Moon - in the opposite direction.
However, a continuous struggle for supremacy rages as gusts in the solar wind cause the magnetosphere to balloon in and out. The fluctuating fortunes of the magnetic field are monitored by the Cluster flotilla as it flies through different regions of this unpredictable teardrop - the bow shock, the magnetopause, the cusps and the tail.
On the sunward side of the Earth lies the bow shock, where particles of the solar wind slam into the magnetosphere at a speed of about 400 km/s (around 1.5 million km per hour). This creates an enormous shock wave similar to a sonic boom ahead of a supersonic aircraft.
The new three-dimensional view from Cluster reveals a fast-moving, complex surface, in contrast to the motionless snapshots, frozen in time, provided by previous spacecraft measurements. During their encounters with the bow shock, the Cluster satellites have found that this turbulent boundary moves through space at 5 to 6 km/s (about the same speed that the International Space Station travels around the Earth).
Cluster has also provided the first confirmation of waves along the magnetopause - the outer limit of Earth's magnetic field. Until now, these plasma waves have only existed in computer simulations, but the Cluster spacecraft have surfed these waves and confirmed their existence. The speed of the waves has been estimated at around 70 km/s - equivalent to travelling from London to Paris in 4.5 seconds.
One of the real surprises concerned the polar cusps - 'windows' above the northern and southern polar regions where the particles from the solar wind can penetrate the magnetic shield. These cusps rapidly shift position due to gusts in the solar wind. The Cluster quartet has shown that they pivot through space at between 10 and 30 km/s - the first time this motion has been directly measured by spacecraft.
Closer to Earth, the mini-armada has flown through the plasmasphere - a doughnut-shaped region of dense plasma, mostly electrons and protons, that lies between the Earth's two magnetic poles. By flying in formation through the narrow part of the doughnut, Cluster has provided the best data yet on its complex ingredients of particles, electric and magnetic fields.
Radio signals from lightning, auroras (the curtains of red and green light that illuminate the polar skies) and particles that are trapped in the Earth's radiation belts have also been detected by Cluster. The new data are enabling scientists to find out where these signals originate and how they travel through near-Earth space.
Most dramatic of all have been the Cluster observations of solar storms. With the Sun now at maximum activity in its 11 year cycle, numerous powerful sunstorms are expected to occur. When one of the biggest solar storms on record began on 8 November 2000, instruments on Cluster were used to monitor the dramatic changes around Spaceship Earth.
About 8 minutes after a huge cloud of hot gas, known as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), was blasted from the Sun, the WHISPER instrument on Cluster detected an intense radio emission. Several days later, when the CME arrived at the Earth, it punched into the magnetosphere, pushing the magnetic shield toward the planet and leaving the Cluster spacecraft exposed to the solar wind, where they stayed for many hours.
The best is yet to come...
The latest chapter in Cluster's exciting exploration began in June, when ESA's intrepid flotilla began to explore the elongated magnetotail which stretches far beyond the Moon. During the next few months, Cluster will cast new light on this region where storms of high energy particles are generated. When these particles arrive at the Earth, they can cause intense auroras on the nightside of the Earth. A less attractive consequence is their ability to cause power cuts, damage satellites and disrupt communications.
"Cluster will provide us with a mass of new information about what takes place inside this magnetic 'power station' and help us to find out what generates such surges of energetic particles," said Dr. Escoubet.
"As we pass Cluster's first launch anniversary, we are all looking forward to even more exciting results in the months ahead," he added. "The best is yet to come."
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NASA-funded Earth Science researchers have discovered that during periods of increased solar activity much of the United States becomes cloudier, possibly because the jet stream in the troposphere moves northward causing changes to regional climate patterns.
The new study supports earlier findings by suggesting there is a relationship between increased cloud cover over the United States and the solar maximum, the most intense stage of activity on the Sun.
Previous studies have shown that during the solar maximum, the jet stream in the Northern Hemisphere moves northward. The jet stream guides storms and plays an important role in cloudiness, precipitation and storm formation in the United States.
Dr. Petra Udelhofen, a NASA-funded researcher at the Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is the lead author of a paper that discusses this topic, appearing in the July 1 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
"Based on these results and because the location of the jet stream influences cloudiness," said Udelhofen, "we suggest that the jet stream plays an important role in linking solar variability and cloud cover."
The jet stream is a ribbon of fast-moving air in the upper troposphere that blows from west to east. Storms beneath the jet stream follow its path. A shift in the jet stream can alter the location of clouds and precipitation across the U.S.
The troposphere is the region of the atmosphere that extends from the Earth's surface out to about 50,000 feet and is the focus of local, regional and global weather research. The stratosphere extends above the troposphere to about 150,000 feet and is the region where the ozone layer is formed.
The Sun's energy output varies over an 11-year cycle, sending more ultraviolet radiation towards the Earth during times of increased activity. While the Sun's total energy output only varies by about one-tenth of one percent between periods of low and high solar activity, the ultraviolet radiation that affects ozone production in the stratosphere can change by more than 10 percent.
Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed in the Earth's stratosphere and creates the protective ozone layer. When the ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation, it warms the stratosphere, which may affect movement of air in the troposphere where clouds form.
Solar cycle effects of ultraviolet radiation absorption by ozone in the stratosphere, its impact on atmospheric circulation and the location of storm tracks have been the subject of recent Earth Science research.
"Our results show that cloudiness varies on average by about two percent between years of solar maximum and minimum. In most parts of the U.S., cloud cover is slightly greater in years of solar maximum," noted Udelhofen.
Though more investigation is needed to better understand just how changes in the Sun's ultraviolet energy output is linked to atmospheric winds, the study helps people identify potential large-scale mechanisms that affect local and regional climates.
Scientists continue to investigate mechanisms that may link solar variability with weather. These new results support the idea of a link between stratospheric chemistry and meteorology, and support other recent theoretical studies associated with the impact of stratospheric chemistry on climate change and weather.
"It is important for future studies to identify and explain in detail the link between solar variability, ozone, the atmospheric circulation and cloud cover," Udelhofen said.
This research is part of the NASA Earth Science Enterprise program, which is dedicated to understanding how Earth is changing and what consequences these changes have for life on Earth.
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Space physicists have made the first direct observations of the process that causes auroras and magnetic disturbances -- or space weather -- around the Earth. Settling a fifty-year-old debate, scientists have directly measured the transfer of energy from the solar wind into the magnetic space around Earth, or magnetosphere, and down to the atmosphere. Such events can affect radio communications, spacecraft operations, and the control of electric power systems on Earth.
Relying on observations collected by NASA's Polar spacecraft and Japan's Geotail spacecraft, scientists associated with the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program have gathered the first direct evidence that a process known as magnetic reconnection occurs naturally in the Sun-Earth system. Until now, reconnection had only been observed under contrived conditions in a few physics laboratories.
During reconnection, magnetic fields that are heading in opposite directions -having opposite north or south polarities -- break and connect to each other. In space, reconnection between the magnetic fields of the Earth and Sun allows the solar wind to break through the planet's magnetic shell and flow into the space around Earth. Along the way, magnetic energy gets converted to bursts of particle energy that create auroras - "northern or southern lights" -- and space weather storms.
Indirect evidence of reconnection has provoked debate for more than half a century, as space physicists could only detect signs of reconnection after it had happened. But recently, the Polar spacecraft flew through a region on the sunlit side of Earth where reconnection was in progress, gathering the first eyewitness account of the process. Using data collected from Geotail's dozens of passes through Earth's magnetic tail, scientists also have pinpointed the area on the night side where reconnection occurs, and have shown for the first time a clear association between reconnection and auroras.
"Reconnection is the fundamental process for transferring and exchanging energy in the Sun-Earth system," said Dr. Atsuhiro Nishida, a researcher with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the recently retired Director-General of Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). "Reconnection on the day side of Earth is critical for allowing solar wind energy to come into the magnetosphere. Night-side reconnection is critical for the transfer of that energy down to the atmosphere."
Nishida and colleagues presented their results today at the spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held in Washington, D.C.
While crucial for understanding space weather, the direct observation of reconnection around Earth has implications for many fields of physics. Reconnection on the Sun likely plays a role in the development of solar flares and of coronal mass ejections. Similar magnetic activity outside our solar system may explain some of the galactic X-rays that astronomers have detected. And observations of reconnection in nature may aid the study of nuclear fusion and other plasma processes in the laboratory. The magnetosphere is the only place where reconnection has been observed first-hand as it occurs naturally.
A popular misconception holds that auroras and space weather are caused when electrically charged particles from the Sun plunge directly into Earth's atmosphere near the magnetic poles. But in fact, the Sun provides the energy -- but not necessarily the particles -- to drive space weather activity around Earth. And rather than a direct trip from the solar atmosphere to Earth's poles, solar wind and storms from the Sun must pass through these small and elusive reconnection regions before they can stir up space weather.
"The magnetosphere acts like a great magnetic cocoon around the Earth," said Dr. Jack Scudder, professor of physics at the University of Iowa and principal investigator for the Hot Plasma Analyzer (HYDRA) on NASA's Polar spacecraft. "There are often times when the solar wind creates tears in this cocoon, allowing charged particles and energy from the Sun to enter the space around Earth. This tearing - reconnection - is what we directly observed with Polar."
Once these "tears" open up - scientists call them "reconnection regions" - the magnetic field of the solar wind becomes directly linked to the magnetosphere. Solar energy floods into the system, overloading and destabilizing it. The energy excites the particles already trapped around the Earth and stretches the magnetic tail like taut rubber bands, forcing reconnection to happen again -- this time inside Earth's space. As magnetic field lines on the night side snap and reconnect, they shoot energy stored in the tail down toward the auroral zones near the poles and into the radiation belts.
When the solar wind and magnetospheric fields reconnect, it opens a valve or faucet that lets the solar wind energy cross the magnetopause and pour into the magnetosphere," said Dr. Jeffrey Hughes, chairman of the department of astronomy at Boston University. "Without reconnection, the magnetosphere would be a very benign place."
Over the past eight years, ISAS's Geotail spacecraft has systematically studied and surveyed the magnetic tail of Earth in search of this process. As a result, scientists have been able to pinpoint the area where reconnection happens in the tail, about 85,000 to 96,000 miles (140,000 to 160,000 kilometers) downwind of the Earth. They have also been able to show that reconnection frequently occurs in the tail shortly before auroras and magnetic disturbances begin in Earth's atmosphere. Nishida and colleagues interpret those results to mean that reconnection is the source of energy behind the auroras and storms.
The International Solar-Terrestrial Physics program is a joint scientific study between NASA, ISAS, and the European Space Agency (ESA), with contributions from Russia's Institute for Space Research and many other international science institutions. The primary spacecraft of ISTP include ISAS's Geotail, NASA's Polar and Wind spacecraft, and the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
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Significant discoveries about the Sun made during and outside of solar eclipses.
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According to our new research study on “Aircraft Wheels MRO Market Forecast to 2028 – COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis – by Wheel Type, Aircraft Type, Technology, and Geography,” the market is projected to reach US$ 2,769.54 million by 2028 from US$ 1,704.25 million in 2021; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.2% from 2021 to 2028.
With the rapidly growing aviation industry from the last few years, the demand for aircraft wheels MRO services is also increasing. Emerging economies in APAC are showcasing a significant rise in the adoption of MRO services for the components of commercial and military aircraft, including aircraft wheels. The well-established MRO hubs in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, among others, produce significant revenues from the services provided for aircraft wheels. The aircraft wheels MRO service hub in Singapore is characterized by the presence of AMETEK Singapore Pte Ltd., SIA Engineering Company Limited, and Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd, among others. In June 2019, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd formed a joint venture with Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO) to offer MRO services for wheels and other aircraft components to Vietnam Airlines.
Further, according to Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the country houses over 120 aerospace companies that contribute to ~25% of the MRO services business in APAC. Further, Singapore-based airlines observe substantial growth in passenger counts, which is compelling them to operate their aircraft fleet for extended periods. The flying frequency is directly proportional to the demand for MRO activities, involving repairing or replacing wheels and other aircraft components. Additionally, countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines are witnessing a surge in aircraft wheels MRO services due to the rise in demand for passenger airline services. Thus, growth in the number of aircraft MRO service providers and increase in aircraft fleet volumes in APAC are creating a favorable business environment for the market players.
The aircraft wheels MRO market is segmented based on wheel type, aircraft type, and technology. Based on wheel type, the aircraft wheels MRO market is segmented into nose wheel and main wheel. Based on aircraft type, the market is categorized into narrowbody aircraft, widebody aircraft, general aviation aircraft, military aircraft, and helicopter. Based on technology, the aircraft wheels market is segmented into inspection, non-destructive testing, machining, and others. Based on geography, the global aircraft wheels market is segmented into five major regions—North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East & Africa (MEA), and South America (SAM).
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Aircraft Wheels MRO Market
Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, governments in regions such as Europe, Asia Pacific, and North America have imposed stringent limitations on corporate activity and the movement of products and persons. These variables are expected to impact both supply and demand for aircraft maintenance services, affecting the worldwide aircraft wheels MRO market’s revenue growth, particularly in 2021. The market is likely to stabilize in 2022, and the aircraft wheels MRO market will see growth from 2022 to 2028.
AAR CORP, AeroRepair Corp., Air Atlanta Aviaservices, AMETEK Inc., Lufthansa Technikt, Röder Präzision GmbH, Technic Aviation, TP Aerospace, and World Aero are among the major companies operating in the aircraft wheels MROs market.
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https://www.dronecommunity.biz/drones-data/ | 2019-07-18T02:23:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525483.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718022001-20190718044001-00021.warc.gz | 0.955357 | 628 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__217611996 | en | At some point in the not-too-distant future, fleets of commercial drones are expected to swarm across European skies. Companies in a wide range of industries will employ unmanned vehicles for tactical advantage—inspecting infrastructure, surveying crops, maybe even estimating how much your new roof will cost.
And when these drones fly, a torrent of data will follow them like an invisible contrail.
“Data is the new oil,” Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich said this week at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual Xponential conference in Dallas, the industry’s top trade show, also for a lot of European companies. He cited a growing competitive separation between companies that collect and understand their data and those that don’t. A single autonomous car can generate the same data trove as 3,000 people surfing the internet, while a small drone fleet could easily create 150 terabytes of data per day. The data rate is going to explode on us in the next few years.
But how to handle that wide open fire hose of information?
Operation of an unmanned system is no longer a stand-alone activity. There is an assortment of maps, images, video, and intelligence which are being broadcast to the operators and this needs to be fused into a common operational picture. This proposition, unsurprisingly, is leading to an array of new business models aimed at helping companies sift through and exploit the mountains of information headed their way.
The proliferation of commercial drones won’t be so much about getting your pizza or new shirt faster—although there is that consideration—but a broader change in how companies employ aerial surveillance and data to inform their businesses, spurred by efficiency. However, legislation that allows commercial unmanned systems to operate at farther distances and autonomously are necessary in Europe.
A diverse array of companies, ranging from insurers and utilities to real estate and energy, are likely to shift some of their operations to UAV. Some of the work now done by helicopters could be replaced at lower cost. Insurers, for example, are finding aerial surveillance to be a good method for assessing claims after tornadoes and hurricanes and to help understand risks in their underwriting activities.
To date, one of the major impediments to commercial drone flying has been the lack of European rules, which are now being proposed and will be implemented much too late in 2020. In the US they are also slow at getting federal rules squared away, bu teven so the American UAV service market may mature more quickly than in Europe, owing to the U.S. having only a single regulatory body. Something to bear in mind.
Yet as soon as these new commercial operations take flight, those who employ them will be grappling with the whole info-glut problem. It’s an interesting challenge because the amount of data that drones generate is huge—we’re talking petabytes and petabytes of data. It really becomes that big data problem everybody keeps talking about but no one really knows how to address.
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http://icc.ub.edu/activity/1128 | 2019-02-20T04:48:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247494449.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190220044622-20190220070622-00354.warc.gz | 0.897573 | 186 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__207723596 | en | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
By Giorgio Matt (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
Tuesday 17 Apr
Place: DAM Seminar Room (724), 7th floor
IXPE, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, has been selected by NASA as the next mission in the Small Explorer Program, for a launch in early 2021. IXPE, a collaboration between NASA and ASI (the Italian Space Agency), will reopen, after a gap of more than 40 years, the X-ray polarimetric observing window.
In this seminar, the main characteristics of the mission and its scientific objectives will be described. While at present only one positive measurement, dating back to the 70s, is available (the Crab Nebula), IXPE will provide sensitive measurements on at least the brightest objects of all major classes of X-ray sources. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aircraft?page=175 | 2017-03-27T03:15:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189377.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00644-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.917088 | 246 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__26723014 | en | News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
Norwegian Air Shuttle's drawn out application for a U.S. foreign air carrier permit is creating drag on its bottom line.
Business jet orders soften, deliveries increase as Bombardier looks to improve liquidity.
Israeli company has chosen the Bombardier business jet as it re-enters the maritime patrol aircraft market.
Industry veteran starts a family business with Hatt & Associates.
“Overall the industry trajectory is positive. But we are not nearly where we need to be,” said GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce.
Qatar could follow, but negotiations with India are still unresolved.
Northrop Grumman will propose a new design for the U.S. Air Force's T-X advanced jet trainer program instead of teaming with BAE Systems with its Hawk jet.
First flight of C919 due next year
Airbus booked four orders for ACJ320 family in 2014, about on par with total VIP/ACJ sales in 2013.
CSeries Program head reports 'solid progress' | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.sspi.org/cpages/robert-hawkins | 2023-12-01T19:37:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100304.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201183432-20231201213432-00723.warc.gz | 0.963939 | 443 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__69143807 | en | Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Boeing
Robert Hawkins joined Boeing in 2014 as an End-to-end Modeling and Simulation Engineer after completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. In the 8 years he has worked for Boeing, his career has spanned commercial and military satellite communications, including several government programs. Robert has particular expertise in orbit and constellation design, as well as the multidisciplinary optimization of complex space system architectures. In his role at Boeing, he frequently works with external customers to help define their high-level system requirements and shape their business and organizational goals. He has received several awards from the company in his time there, including being named Boeing Satellite Systems’ Employee of the Month in May 2016, a member of the June 2018 Team of the Month and Boeing Satellite Systems World Class Engineer in 2017 for his work in orbital coverage and systems performance modeling.
While at Boeing, Robert led research and development on proliferated constellations that resulted in multiple U.S. patent awards. His work focused mainly enabling the optimization of orbital coverage to maximize revenue generation within specific business models. Robert’s responsibilities in this role included analyzing orbit deployment methods and inter-constellation collision avoidance. His technical contributions on the project have become integral to several programs across Boeing, particularly Boeing’s LEO mega-constellation filings. Robert’s other achievements at Boeing include serving as part of the independent review team of communication analysts for CST-100 Starliner’s first on-orbit flight test (OFT-1). His analysis and recommendations for communications subsystem improvements helped lead to a successful OFT-2. Robert’s work in orbit and constellation optimization has also led to significant government program wins for Boeing whose value constitutes over $1 billion in orders. More recently, he has been leading analysis on several MILSATCOM programs and Analysis of Alternative (AoA) architectures for the company.
Outside of work hours, Robert spends time mentoring junior members of the organization in technical and professional skills. He also teaches communications, analysis, orbit design and MBSE during group seminars at Boeing. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.jeccomposites.com/knowledge/international-composites-news/lift-composite-prototyping-center-partners-vaughn | 2016-10-26T03:56:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720615.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00177-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.93094 | 349 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__234321619 | 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.
Long Island Forum for Technology's CPC will partner with Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology for STEM course.
The LIFT CPC program provides an introduction to composite technology designed to give high school students an appreciation for the field of composite design, engineering and manufacturing. The use of composites in 21st century manufacturing is infiltrating all major market segments, including aerospace, transportation, alternative energy, and consumer goods. This market-responsive program will expose students to the state-of-the-art in composites manufacturing at a level that is currently offered by just a few engineering schools in the United States.According to LIFT CPC Executive Director Leonard Poveromo, the first school districts that will be participating in the STEM course are Bethpage, Syosset, and Huntington. Eighteen juniors and seniors will be taking the six-week pilot program. Once the pilot is completed, CPC plans to roll-out the program and make it available to all Long Island school districts.CPC is a resource for composite prototyping production. Its mission is to enable all organizations to meet the needs of advanced composite manufacturing by providing access to essential training, workforce development, process technologies, and prototype manufacturing, and testing capabilities. Through these services, CPC will be helping companies to meet the advanced manufacturing supply chain needs of prime contractors.CPC is collaborating with local universities and colleges to develop multi-level advanced Composite Technology Certificate and degree programs for post-secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students to create a highly-skilled workforce.More information: www.lift.org | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.cheapflights.com/flights-to-heathrow/dallas/ | 2018-01-18T08:21:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887077.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180118071706-20180118091706-00570.warc.gz | 0.877013 | 518 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__106076964 | en | Flights from Dallas (DFW) to Heathrow (LHR)Edit search
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- Over the next ten days, Heathrow (48°F) is expected to be 7°F cooler than Dallas (55°F).
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- There are on average 1400 seats available each day on flights from Dallas to Heathrow
- From Dallas to Heathrow, American Airlines Inc. operates 62 flights a week
- The largest plane flying between Dallas and Heathrow is the Boeing 777-200
- The smallest aircraft operating flights from Dallas to Heathrow is the Boeing 777-200
- The most common destination gate in Heathrow for flights from Dallas is 34
- The standard cancellation rate when flying from Dallas to Heathrow is 3.2 percent
- Diversions are not expected on flights between Dallas and Heathrow
- A delay of 47 mins is common when flying from Dallas to Heathrow
- If you’re flying from Dallas to Heathrow, 3 will be the most common destination terminal | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.fastweb.com/college-scholarships/scholarships/92318-harriet-quimby-scholarship | 2016-09-26T15:49:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738660864.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173740-00078-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.898612 | 60 | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__120610520 | en | Harriet Quimby Scholarship
Provided by: Ohio University
The Harriet Quimby Scholarship is available to aviation majors at Ohio University. You must demonstrate an enthusiasm and love of flying to be considered for this award. Preference will be given to students who have earned a private pilot certificate. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/26/space-force-space-station-commander-endorses-trump-pitch.html | 2019-06-18T16:56:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998808.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618163443-20190618185443-00519.warc.gz | 0.951457 | 938 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__155547223 | en | Stocks surged after President Donald Trump said he will be meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the upcoming G-20 summit.US Marketsread more
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A former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force fighter pilot says the U.S. military should create a space force, an idea that recently gained traction because of President Donald Trump.
A space force would have to be distinct from the Air Force, retired Air Force Col. Terry Virts argued, because it requires two different skillsets to launch and pilot planes and spacecraft.
"Having spent nearly three decades as an Air Force pilot, with 17 of those years in Air Force Space Command, I can say unequivocally that air and space are completely unrelated domains, in the same way that land is a separate domain from the sea," Virts wrote in a recent government research report.
Virts, a former International Space Station commander, added that the new space force should be separate from sister service branches in order to streamline operations.
"Today there are space forces in the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as intelligence agencies. Combining many of them into a space force would reduce duplication," Virts wrote in the "Space Platforms and Hypersonic Technologies Taxonomy " report from government research firm Govini.
The move would knock down "bureaucratic barriers" and consolidate multiple chains of command, according to Virts.
He also makes a case for collaboration among the service branches, saying "the guiding principle should be if something needs to be launched to, intercepted or operated in, or returned from space, then the space force should be the lead."
A military presence in space is inevitable, according to Chris Taylor, CEO of government research firm Govini.
"At some point, we are going to have a group of people dedicated to space, it seems to me that this is a logical progression," Taylor told CNBC.
Trump floated his idea for a theoretical new branch, which he dubbed "space force," while addressing an audience of service members last month in San Diego.
"Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea," Trump said. "We have the Air Force, we'll have the space force."
As it turns out, the proposed space force sounds a lot like the space corps legislation the Trump administration opposed last year.
In June, the House Armed Services Committee proposed the establishment of a space corps, a new branch of the U.S. military that would fall under the command of the Air Force, in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
This prospective military service would relate to the Air Force similar to how the Marine Corps serves the Department of the Navy. The space corps would have an area of responsibility that encompasses the vast expanse outside of the Earth's atmosphere.
At the time, the White House, the Air Force and Secretary of Defense James Mattis disapproved of the idea of creating a space corps.
"I oppose the creation of a new military service and additional organizational layers at a time when we are focused on reducing overhead and integrating joint war-fighting efforts," Mattis wrote in a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.
While the legislation passed the House, the space corps bid did not make it into the final NDAA bill in November. | aerospace | 1 |
https://dubaiaerospace.com/2019/03/13/dae-completes-delivery-of-6-boeing-787s-with-gulf-air/ | 2024-02-25T18:16:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474641.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225171204-20240225201204-00074.warc.gz | 0.94025 | 456 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__144256758 | en | Dubai, U.A.E., 13 March 2019 – Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. announced that it has completed the delivery of six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to Gulf Air based on an aircraft lease agreement signed in November 2017 and were delivered between April 2018 and February 2019.
Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE, said: “We are delighted to partner with Gulf Air and deliver these new-technology wide body aircraft to assist the airline with its fleet transition strategy. This transaction highlights our ability to underwrite large commitments and provide a full suite of solutions including financing of pre-delivery payments. We look forward to building on our strong relationship with Gulf Air.”
Krešimir Kučko, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Air said: “It is an honor to consider DAE as a strategic partner for the Kingdom of Bahrain and Gulf Air as they played a crucial role in our strategic direction towards furthering our fleet modernization process, enhancing passenger comfort and broadening our network as we look to strengthen our presence across the globe. We have already witnessed increased customer satisfaction with the new modern, fuel efficient Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners as they are deployed on popular routes such as London, Casablanca, Bangkok and Manila. The relationship with DAE is highly valued and we look forward to continue this relationship with future projects”.
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. is a globally recognized aerospace corporation and one of the largest aircraft leasing companies in the world. Headquartered in Dubai, DAE’s leasing and engineering divisions serve over 125 airline customers around the world from its seven locations in Dubai, Dublin, Amman, Singapore and the US.
DAE’s award-winning leasing division DAE Capital has an owned, managed and committed fleet of approximately 355 Airbus, ATR and Boeing aircraft with a fleet value of US$14 billion. More information can be found on the company’s web site at www.dubaiaerospace.com.
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https://www.aeroinside.com/10599/klm-cityhopper-e190-near-amsterdam-on-nov-23rd-2017-smell-of-smoke-in-cabin | 2022-08-07T19:30:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00620.warc.gz | 0.870649 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__191701646 | en | KLM Cityhopper E190 near Amsterdam on Nov 23rd 2017, smell of smoke in cabin
Last Update: November 23, 2017 / 22:53:50 GMT/Zulu time
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Mesa Pilot Development has opened a new training facility located at Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, AZ. In conjunction with the opening of its training facility, Mesa Pilot Development has significantly expanded the training opportunities for individuals interested in becoming aviation professionals. With the opening of its newest training facility, Mesa Pilot Development will begin offering a full range of training opportunities and FAA certificates to interested candidates. Courses offered will range from training individuals with no flight experience through training courses designed for individuals interested in becoming professional pilots. For the first time, Mesa Pilot Development will offer its training program to individuals who are not enrolled in an affiliated degree based program, thereby significantly expanding the access of this valuable training and eliminating the unnecessary expenses associated with a non-airline academic course curriculum.
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http://www.ainonline.com/social-tags/dassault-falcon?page=52 | 2014-10-21T04:49:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507443883.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005723-00137-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.935179 | 821 | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__135190036 | en | This year’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget provided an opportunity for me to see Dassault’s new Falcon 7X up close before I got my chance at the left seat, alongside Dassault 26-year veteran senior test pilot Yves (Bill) Kerherve, who has since retired from the company. A former French Navy fighter pilot, Kerherve flew the ultra-quiet 7X through a series of maneuvers for the crowd on the opening day of the show.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada has named EADS SECA, a subsidiary of EADS Sogerma Services, a designated overhaul facility for the PW300 series of turbofans. Engines covered by the agreement include the PW305A/B, PW306A/C and PW308A/C. As part of the appointment, SECA will support PW&C’s Eagle Service pay-by-the-hour plan.
Montreal-based flight simulator manufacturer and training provider CAE inaugurated its newest business aviation training center in Morristown, N.J., on June 7. The well attended festivities kicked off with a high-flying aerial acrobat and featured a GIV simulator programmed to dance to big-band swing.
The Falcon 2000DX made its first flight late last month with little fanfare. The aircraft is essentially a shorter-range version of the company’s popular 2000EX (3,250 nm versus the 2000EX’s 3,800 nm). According to Dassault, the new 2000DX will excel in time to climb–17 minutes to 41,000 feet. After a short flight-test program, the aircraft is expected to be certified by the end of the year. | aerospace | 1 |
https://kslnewsradio.com/1955874/trailblazing-tourist-trip-to-orbit-ends-with-splashdown/ | 2022-08-11T21:50:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00546.warc.gz | 0.95305 | 1,215 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__16532939 | en | Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, not far from where their chartered flight began three days earlier.
The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut.
The billionaire who paid undisclosed millions for the trip and his three guests wanted to show that ordinary people could blast into orbit by themselves, and SpaceX founder Elon Musk took them on as the company’s first rocket-riding tourists.
“Your mission has shown the world that space is for all of us,” SpaceX Mission Control radioed.
“It was a heck of a ride for us … just getting started,” replied trip sponsor Jared Isaacman, referring to the growing number of private flights on the horizon.
SpaceX’s fully automated Dragon capsule reached an unusually high altitude of 363 miles (585 kilometers) after Wednesday night’s liftoff. Surpassing the International Space Station by 100 miles (160 kilometers), the passengers savored views of Earth through a big bubble-shaped window added to the top of the capsule.
The four streaked back through the atmosphere early Saturday evening, the first space travelers to end their flight in the Atlantic since Apollo 9 in 1969. SpaceX’s two previous crew splashdowns — carrying astronauts for NASA — were in the Gulf of Mexico.
Within a few minutes, a pair of SpaceX boats pulled up alongside the bobbing capsule. When the hatch was opened on the recovery ship, health care worker Hayley Arceneaux was the first one out, flashing a big smile and thumbs up.
All appeared well and happy.
Next up: A helicopter ride back to shore for a reunion with their families at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, scene of their launch Wednesday night.
This time, NASA was little more than an encouraging bystander, its only tie being the Kennedy launch pad once used for the Apollo moonshots and shuttle crews, but now leased by SpaceX.
Isaacman, 38, an entrepreneur and accomplished pilot, aimed to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Donating $100 million himself, he held a lottery for one of the four seats. He also held a competition for clients of his Allentown, Pennsylvania payment-processing business, Shift4 Payments.
Joining him on the flight were Arceneaux, 29, a St. Jude physician assistant who was treated at the Memphis, Tennessee hospital nearly two decades ago for bone cancer, and contest winners Chris Sembroski, 42, a data engineer in Everett, Washington, and Sian Proctor, 51, a community college educator, scientist and artist from Tempe, Arizona.
Strangers until March, they spent six months training and preparing for potential emergencies during the flight, dubbed Inspiration4. Most everything appeared to go well, leaving them time to chat with St. Jude patients, conduct medical tests on themselves, ring the closing bell for the New York Stock Exchange, and do some drawing and ukulele playing.
Arceneaux, the youngest American in space and the first with a prosthesis, assured her patients, “I was a little girl going through cancer treatment just like a lot of you, and if I can do this, you can do this.”
They also took calls from Tom Cruise, interested in his own SpaceX flight to the space station for filming, and the rock band U2′s Bono.
Even their space menu wasn’t typical: Cold pizza and sandwiches, but also pasta Bolognese and Mediterranean lamb.
Before beginning descent, Sembroski was so calm that he was seen in the capsule watching the 1987 Mel Brooks’ film “Spaceballs” on his tablet.
Aside from trouble with a toilet fan and a bad temperature sensor, the flight went exceedingly well, officials said
“A very clean mission from start to finish,” said Benji Reed, a SpaceX senior director.
Nearly 600 people have reached space — a scorecard that began 60 years ago and is expected to soon skyrocket as space tourism heats up.
Congratulations streamed in, including from the Association of Space Explorers to its four newest members.
Reed anticipates as many as six private flights a year for SpaceX, sandwiched between astronaut launches for NASA. Four SpaceX flights are already booked to carry paying customers to the space station, accompanied by former NASA astronauts. The first is targeted for early next year with three businessmen paying $55 million apiece. Russia also plans to take up an actor and film director for filming next month and a Japanese tycoon in December.
Customers interested in quick space trips are turning to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The two rode their own rockets to the fringes of space in July to spur ticket sales; their flights lasted 10 to 15 minutes.
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https://elisoftware.org/w/index.php?title=Secret_Weapons_Of_The_Luftwaffe_(PC,_1.2MB_5_1/4%22_Disk)_LucasArts_Entertainment_-_1990_USA,_Canada_Release | 2023-12-03T07:22:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100489.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203062445-20231203092445-00432.warc.gz | 0.747423 | 163 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__50237967 | en | Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe (PC, 1.2MB 5 1/4" Disk) LucasArts Entertainment - 1990 USA, Canada Release
Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe
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Description from the packaging.
...They were fast... They were deadly... They were outnumbered! The were the...
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
by Lawrence Holland.
... A World War II air combat simulation that pits the U.S. Eight Air Force against the awesome aerial weaponry of the Third Reich...
Tandy 16 Color
VGA 256 Color | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.aircargoweek.com/dhl-ready-blast-outer-space-services-moon/ | 2023-09-25T05:30:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506686.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925051501-20230925081501-00587.warc.gz | 0.922028 | 335 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__255096212 | en | Consumers will soon be able to send packages to the moon using DHL’s MoonBox, with the first flight on track to launch in 2019.
The Peregrine Lunar Lander, produced by Astrobotic will primarily be used for science, exploration and marketing payloads but private individuals will be able to send objects up to one inch in diameter using small honeycomb-shaped boxes called DHL MoonBoxes.
The first mission in 2019 is expected to carry numerous DHL MoonBoxes and 35 kilogrammes of cargo for science and exploration, with the payload increasing to as much as 265 kilogrammes on later missions.
Astrobotic vice president of development, Dan Hendrickson says: “Our commercial lunar mission is giving institutions and countries around the world their first opportunity to reach the Moon, and at a historically low cost.”
Deutsche Post DHL Group senior vice president – corporate brand marketing, Arjan Sissing says: “For DHL, being part of the first commercial space logistics service is an exciting and inspiring experience. This means that we are not only part of a breakthrough project for research and science – the DHL MoonBox is also our very first extraterrestrial offering for consumers.”
Customers can order their DHL MoonBox and DHL will be in charge of the outbound delivery and transport to Astrobotic in Pittsburgh, where the packages will be stored for safekeeping until the first lunar mission.
DHL is also the official logistics partner of the aerospace outfit, and will transport the Peregrine Lunar Lander from Pittsburgh to the launch site in Florida. | aerospace | 1 |
https://dailyyemen.net/2021/03/04/houthis-targeted-saudi-aramco-in-jeddah-king-khalid-base-in-khamis-mushait/ | 2023-12-07T09:17:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00698.warc.gz | 0.921283 | 269 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__70421207 | en | The missile force of the Sana’a forces and popular committees (Houthis) targeted on Thursday Saudi Aramco in the Saudi city of Jeddah, a Spokesman of Sana’a forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sarie.
Sarie added the missile force targeted Aramco in Jeddah with a winged missile- Quds-2.
He stressed the winged missile- Quds-2 hit its target accurately.
Sarie said the targeting comes within the framework of the legitimate response to the continuation of the siege and aggression against the Yemeni people.
Earlier on Thursday, the Houthis’ drones hit King Khalid base in Khamis Mushait region in the depth of Saudi Arabia, a spokesman announced.
Sarie added the air force launched a Qasef-2K aircraft on an important target at King Khalid base in Khamis Mushait.
He emphasized the Qasef-2K aircraft hit its target accurately.
Sarie indicated the targeting came in response to the escalation of the enemies and the continued siege and “aggression” against the Yemeni people.
On Tuesday evening, the air force drones had targeted the hangers of the Saudi warplanes at Abha International Airport with a Qasef-2K aircraft and hit its target accurately. | aerospace | 1 |
https://secure.action.news/news-headlines.php?article=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49369172 | 2020-02-28T12:39:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875147154.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20200228104413-20200228134413-00259.warc.gz | 0.960466 | 193 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__164093792 | en | Russia bird strike: How cool heads glided jet down to safety - BBC News
Russian crew are hailed as heroes for saving everyone aboard an Airbus jet hit by a flock of gulls.
The A321 was moments into its flight, after taking off from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport, when a flock of gulls got sucked into its engines, causing both to fail.
Russians are comparing the drama to "Miracle on the Hudson" - the bird strike that almost doomed an Airbus over New York in 2009, but ended happily when the pilot landed the jet safely in the Hudson River.
What happened to the Russian A321?
It was a regular flight from Moscow to Simferopol, in Crimea, with 226 passengers on board, mostly going on holiday to the seaside.
The Ural Airlines plane weighed as much as 77 tonnes and pilot Damir Yusupov told reporters how narrowly the passengers and seven crew had escaped disaster. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.smallsat.org/conference/technical-sessions | 2019-03-19T01:57:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912201882.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20190319012213-20190319034213-00317.warc.gz | 0.899427 | 472 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__146670851 | en | Small Satellite Production | Driving a Revolution
Over the past few decades, small satellites have transitioned from one-of-a-kind systems performing very specific missions to being considered for constellations where they work in concert to achieve a larger purpose. Just as the Industrial Revolution, with its new manufacturing processes, marked a turning point in history, small satellites are poised to create a revolution in space. While mass production of small satellites conjures up thoughts of large factories with assembly line workers installing standardized products, it may not be that simple. To enable the high-volume production necessary to achieve the global coverage sought by commercial and government stakeholders, new considerations must be addressed regarding quality control, standards, and designing for manufacturability, and automated assembly, integration and test—all to be balanced with the cost considerations critical to startup investments.
During the 33rd AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, we will explore the technical issues, development considerations, and new opportunities that result from an ever-growing trend toward missions using tens, hundreds, or even thousands of small satellites to achieve revolutionary effects.
Year in Review
A review of missions that have been launched in the past 18 months, with an emphasis on lessons learned and/or the technological advancements that significantly enhanced mission utility.
Next on the Pad
A preview of missions that are scheduled to fly within the next 18 months, with an emphasis on the missions and their scientific or technological purpose.
Innovative technologies or systems (hardware or software) for ground networks, mission operations centers, or science/data analysis that provide significant advances in mission utility.
Launch systems, rideshares, or multi-manifest opportunities that are specifically designed to provide access to space for small satellites.
Educational programs, approaches, or philosophies that benefit the development of engineers and/or scientists through the use of small satellite technologies.
Innovative technologies or systems that enable cutting edge missions to be formulated.
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https://www.afr.com/world/africa/ethiopian-airlines-crash-raises-more-questions-about-the-boeing-737-max-20190311-h1c8bn | 2024-03-01T04:39:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474948.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301030138-20240301060138-00606.warc.gz | 0.959353 | 849 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__2833324 | en | New York | When a plane carrying at least 150 people crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday, killing all aboard, it was the second time in less than six months that this particular plane model was involved in a catastrophic accident.
In both cases, brand-new planes faltered minutes after takeoff and plunged into a deadly descent, leaving no survivors.
The investigation into both cases is continuing, but the latest crash renewed questions about the safety of the 737 Max, which Boeing unveiled in 2017 and sold as a fuel-efficient, technologically advanced upgrade to its popular 737.
The 737 Max became the fastest-selling plane in Boeing history, the company said on its website, and is used by airlines around the world.
Here's what we know so far about the plane involved.
What is the Boeing 737 Max?
It is the latest generation of the Boeing 737, a kind of aircraft that has been flying since the 1960s. There are four kinds of Maxes in the fleet, numbered 7, 8, 9 and 10. The 8 series, which was involved in the crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, has been flying the longest.
The 737 Max is mostly used for short- and medium-distance flights, but a few airlines fly it between Northern Europe and the East Coast of the United States. It is more fuel efficient and has a longer range than earlier versions of the 737.
The flight on Sunday was travelling from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to Nairobi, Kenya.
What is known after the crash in Indonesia?
It was too soon to tell Sunday whether the causes of the Ethiopian Airlines crash were the same as or similar to those of the Lion Air crash in Indonesia last year.
But there are some initial similarities: On Sunday, the flight lost contact about six minutes after takeoff. The pilot had been given clearance to return to the airport in Addis Ababa, according to Ethiopian Airlines, which operated the flight. But the plane went down near Bishoftu, about 55km south-east of Addis Ababa.
In the Lion Air case, the crash involved a plane that went down minutes after takeoff and after the crew requested permission to return to the airport.
Investigations by Indonesian and American aviation authorities determined that the Lion Air plane's abrupt nose dive might have been caused by updated Boeing software that was meant to prevent a stall but that can send the plane into a fatal descent if the altitude and angle information being fed into the computer system is incorrect.
The change in the flight control system, which can override manual motions in the Max model, was not explained to pilots, according to some pilots' unions.
After that crash, Boeing said that it was continuing "to evaluate the need for software or other changes as we learn more from the ongoing investigation". It was unclear if the company had made any changes.
In a statement on Sunday, Boeing said it was "deeply saddened" to learn of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
"A Boeing technical team is prepared to provide technical assistance at the request and under the direction of the US National Transportation Safety Board," the company said.
Which airlines fly the Max?
In addition to Ethiopian Airlines, which has a reputation in Africa for having a newer fleet than other airlines, and Lion Air, an Indonesian low-cost airline with a long history of maintenance problems, many airlines around the world use this model.
In the United States, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines are all operators, using it on routes like Miami-New York and Dallas-Chicago. Other major carriers around the world include Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air China, Icelandair and LOT Polish Airlines.
These planes are still certified as airworthy by aviation's governing bodies. But if you're concerned, most airlines let you see the aircraft type when booking your travel online.
On Southwest's website, for example, you can find what kind of plane will be used by clicking the flight number on the page where prices and flight times are displayed. You can also find what kind of plane is being used for your flight on seatguru.com.
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https://www.256businessnews.com/uganda-airlines-pilots-start-training-at-bombardier/ | 2024-03-05T11:53:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948234904.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305092259-20240305122259-00518.warc.gz | 0.968555 | 454 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__90863493 | en | Uganda Airlines pilots start training at BombardierCAA Uganda airworthiness inspectors pose by the first example of a CRJ-900 due for handover in February. Courtesy photo
Uganda Airlines has finally handed over the first cockpit crew sets to Bombardier for training as the comeback carrier ramps up to a revised June 2019 launch.
The first set of eight pilots has been sent to a training facility in France while the second set which travelled over the weekend will be training at the manufacturer’s site at Mirabel just outside Montreal.
Uganda Airlines will be receiving four examples of the Bombardier CRJ-900 series which will form the core of its regional fleet. A pair of Aibus’ rejigged A330 dubbed the -800neo expected to arrive towards the end of 2020 have been selected for the initial long haul services.
Twenty four of an eventual complement of 36 pilots have been recruited so far and will undergo training at different levels depending n their current professional status.
“Those that already qualified on the CRJ-900 will undertake recurrent training while those rated on different models of the CRJ will be going through a differences course to get rated for the CRJ-900,” said a source close to the Uganda Airlines project team.
He added that it is those pilots transitioning from other aircraft types that will undergo the full type rating course that can take up to 28 days before they are qualifies to fly the new type as first officers.
Training for the pilots was supposed to start last November but was held up by delays in concluding employment contracts.
Delays in recruiting key position holders are responsible for a shift from the initial April 2019 launch of commercial operations to June.
Sources however, say delivery of the first aircraft will go ahead as planned around February 23 followed by others in March, May, July and September.
There have been concerns about delays in locking up a finance deal for the purchases but President Museveni has assured the team that he will make the money available. AfriExim Bank, the successor of the PTA Bank has offered a loan at a rate of just under six percent but the cabinet has asked the finance ministry to vet cheaper alternative. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.newmediawire.com/news/epazz-holdings-zenadrone-inc-signs-cooperative-research-and-development-agreement-crada-with-us-naval-research-laboratory-7072299 | 2024-04-13T00:50:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816465.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412225756-20240413015756-00317.warc.gz | 0.930324 | 1,028 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__163941990 | en | Epazz Holdings: ZenaDrone, Inc. Signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with US Naval Research Laboratory
The CRADA will help leverage both organizations' strengths, potentially revolutionizing drone technology applications
CHICAGO, IL - (NewMediaWire) - February 01, 2024 - Epazz, Inc. (OTC Pink: EPAZ), a mission-critical provider of drone technology, blockchain mobile apps, and cloud-based business software solutions, has announced today that its holdings company ZenaDrone, Inc., a company known for its patented multispectral imaging sensor and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone technology, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Naval Research Laboratory (USNRL), focused on advancing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology.
ZenaDrone, Inc. is working with the US Navy to test and develop UAS Technologies in a hostile environment. The agreement will enable the testing of ZenaDrone 1000 with US Navy operations. ZenaDrone is advancing its landing gears to take off and dock on US Navy ships. We are developing a new heavy payload propulsion technology specifically tailored to USSOCOM end-user mission requirements. This move represents a pivotal step towards integrating advanced drone capabilities within military applications.
ZenaDrone's innovative VTOL drone technology has distinguished itself by delivering extended flight times with heavy payloads using its patented technology. This advancement proposes to bring transformative changes to multiple logistics streams, notably in healthcare, tactical support, military applications, and beyond.
The CRADA represents a formalized partnership between federal research capabilities and the dynamic innovation of the private sector. It is a crucial instrument for aligning ZenaDrone's objectives with the cutting-edge research and development programs at the US Naval Research Laboratory.
"ZenaDrone technology can assist our soldiers and troops in combat zones. We are excited to have the chance to explore use cases such as transporting essential medical supplies in harsh environments, either with our heavy-vertical-lift UAV platform or by increasing the range of existing aircraft. This year, the ZD1000 will greatly improve as it integrates with military technology," stated Shaun Passley, Ph.D., CEO of Epazz Inc.
The partnership marks a significant milestone in ZenaDrone mission to drive innovation within the aerospace industry. The CRADA will help leverage both organizations' strengths, potentially revolutionizing drone technology applications and acknowledging Epazz's commitment to collaborative enhancement of its product offerings.
For further information about this revolutionary partnership and to schedule a demonstration of the cutting-edge ZenaDrone technology, interested parties are encouraged to visit www.zenadrone.com.
About ZenaDrone Inc. (https://www.ZenaDrone.com/)
ZenaDrone Inc. is dedicated to improving intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology incorporating machine learning software and AI. It was created to revolutionize the hemp farming sector and later evolved into an intelligent multifunctional industrial surveillance, inspection, and monitoring solution.
About Epazz, Inc.
Epazz, Inc. is a mission-critical provider of Metaverse solutions, blockchain cryptocurrency mobile apps, and cloud-based software. It is a company that specializes in providing customized cloud applications to corporate firms, higher-education institutions, and the public sector. Epazz is developing Metaverse business solutions, enabling people to collaborate through VR in real-time. Epazz is upgrading its business solutions to be fully integrated into the Metaverse. Epazz will be manufacturing low-cost smart glasses for Metaverse.
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Investors are encouraged to review Epazz's public filings on SEC.gov, including its unaudited and audited financial statements, its registration statement, Form 10-Ks, and Form 10-Qs, which contain general business information about the company's operations, operations results, and the risks associated with the company and its operations. Penny stock picks need to be researched. Do your homework. Please review all our filings.
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https://www.smarthouse.com.au/forget-tabs-samsung-cockpits-take-flight/ | 2022-05-16T22:56:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662512249.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516204516-20220516234516-00058.warc.gz | 0.914548 | 139 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__295821528 | en | Man-of-many tricks Samsung have revealed a new sideline – making cockpits for fighter jets. The electronics giant showed off its “Next Generation Aircraft Display” wares yesterday, which included a cockpit built for a South Korean Aerospace Industries K-FX stealth fighter, at Samsung Thales exhibit at the Seoul Air Show.
It is designed for KF-16 cockpit, according to Flightglobal.
This concept is set to be developed by 2020. (We wonder if it comes with 3D TV inbuilt?)
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With Samsung patents battle with Apple ongoing, lets hope its arch enemy doesn’t take to fighter jets too! | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.news18.com/news/india/ba-flight-to-delhi-forcelands-in-germany-222-safe-299304.html | 2017-05-27T01:22:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608726.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527001952-20170527021952-00011.warc.gz | 0.976677 | 256 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__38248647 | en | DON'T SHARE NUISANCE.
BA flight to Delhi forcelands in Germany, 222 safe
Air travel is fraught with peril if signs and snags are overlooked.
A British Airways flight to Delhi with 222 passengers and 16 crew members made an emergency landing at a German airport on Sunday October 12, following technical problems with its in-flight entertainment system.
The pilot of the Boeing 777 was alerted to the problem by a cockpit alarm and the plane was diverted to the Schoenefeld airport, south-east of Berlin.
A British Airways spokesman said the flight, which left London Heathrow this morning, has since returned to London and was rescheduled to leave for Delhi again on Sunday evening.
He said the plane landed safely and no-one was hurt.
After take-off, the plane developed the fault in one of the television screens at the back of an economy class seat and was diverted as a precaution.
The place was checked by engineers before returning to London.
"The cabin crew is trained to deal with this kind of incident on board," the spokesman said.
"We apologise for any inconvenience to our passengers but the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is paramount and will never be compromised," he added. | aerospace | 1 |
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Fast-Support-in-Case-of-an-AOG---Le-Bas-International.html?soid=1102397751501&aid=iAu2UjKGj8U | 2019-03-25T19:06:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912204086.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325174034-20190325200034-00241.warc.gz | 0.94722 | 125 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__31427622 | en | As a valued Le Bas International client, we wanted to let you know that our
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https://www.15minutenews.com/technology/space/2022/09/22/ | 2022-09-29T04:08:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335304.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929034214-20220929064214-00120.warc.gz | 0.927336 | 1,363 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__124566612 | en | American Space News for 22 Sep 2022
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket passed a critical fueling test Wednesday (Sept. 21), potentially keeping it on track for a planned Sept. 27 liftoff.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have spotted signs of a "hot spot" orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. The finding helps... astronomers better understand the enigmatic and dynamic environment of our supermassive black hole.
Cyberattacks and geopolitics threaten today's increasingly digital world, leading to the disruption of essential supplies such as power and water. ESA, the European Commission and space companies in... Europe are teaming up to work towards a highly secure, satellite-enabled connectivity system for the EU - based on the unbreakable laws of physics.
DoD and the intelligence community are laying out requirements for how they would use commercial space systems during wartime The post As DoD grows more reliant on space industry, it needs to define... the relationship appeared first on SpaceNews.
Axiom Space says it’s working with the Saudi Space Commission to send two spacefliers from the Arab kingdom, including the first Saudi woman to go into orbit, to the International Space Station... as early as next year. The inclusion of a female astronaut is particularly notable for Saudi Arabia — where women were forbidden to …
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, to discuss the cryogenic demonstration test conducted Wednesday, Sept. 21, ahead of the next Artemis I launch attempt.
Super-thin planet nurseries have a boosted chance of forming big planets, according to a study announced this week at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada, Spain. An international... team, led by Dr. Marion Villenave of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), observed a remarkably thin disk of dust and gas around a young star, and found that its structure accelerated the process of grains clumping together to form planets.
According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 18, 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4.67 million square kilometers (1.80 million square miles)... this year, roughly 1.55 million square kilometers (598,000 square miles) below the 1981-2010 average minimum of 6.22 million square kilometers (2.40 million square miles).
On Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), NASA's Juno spacecraft will come within 222 miles (358 kilometers) of the surface of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. The solar-powered... spacecraft is expected to obtain some of the highest-resolution images ever taken of portions of Europa's surface, as well as collect valuable data on the moon's interior, surface composition, and ionosphere, along with its interaction with Jupiter's magnetosphere.
SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket is getting some work done to gear up for its coming orbital launch attempt.
China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission has been awarded one of the spaceflight world's most prestigious awards.
The quality of ground-based astronomical observations delicately depends on the clarity of the atmosphere above the location from which they are made. Sites for telescopes are therefore very carefully... selected. They are often high above sea level, so that less atmosphere stands between them and their targets. Many telescopes are also built in deserts, as clouds and even water vapor hinder a clear view of the night sky.
On Monday, Sept. 26th, the DART mission will collide with an asteroid to test a method of planetary defense. The even will be hosted live around the world! The post The World’s Ground Stations... are Getting Ready to Watch a Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid Next Week! appeared first on Universe Today.
NASA's DART mission mimics what scientists would do if an asteroid were headed toward Earth, but there are a few differences compared to defense against a real asteroid impact.
Satellites watch the Atlantic hurricane season of 2022 pick up momentum after a slow start as hurricane Fiona becomes a Category 4 hurricane and four more tropical depressions brew above the ocean.
Stone samples brought back to Earth from asteroid Ryugu have had their elemental composition analyzed using an artificially generated muon beam from the particle accelerator in J-PARC. Researchers... found a number of important elements needed to sustain life, including carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, but also found the oxygen abundance relative to silicon in asteroid Ryugu was different from all meteorites that have been found on Earth, reports a new study in Science.
Saudi Arabia has started an astronaut program and plans to send two of its citizens to space -- at least one of them a woman -- as early as 2023.
Mangata Networks, a U.S. satellite startup founded by a former OneWeb executive, has applied for a U.K. license to connect broadband terminals to its planned multi-orbit constellation. The post... Mangata seeks permission to connect UK user terminals appeared first on SpaceNews.
In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away.
China is planning an ambitious two-for-one shot to the outer planets with a pair of spacecraft to launch for Jupiter and Uranus around 2030.
SkyView is an excellent app for all abilities and skill levels that will drastically enhance your stargazing experience and is available for Android and iOS.
At the 2022 International Astronautical Congress in Paris, France, the University of Manchester and Breakthrough Listen (the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe) announced a... reanalysis of existing data that extends the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) into a new realm of parameter space and places stringent limits on the existence of extragalactic technosignatures.
Maritime connectivity specialist Marlink will offer Starlink to its customers as SpaceX's broadband service turns to partners to expand beyond the consumer market. The post Marlink to offer Starlink... to maritime and enterprise customers appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Amazon has discounted three of Anycubic's Photon 3D printers, with huge savings to be had. | aerospace | 1 |
http://vaa.steroids-australia.net/does-tren-ace-make-you-hungry.html | 2018-03-23T03:37:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257648177.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20180323024544-20180323044544-00040.warc.gz | 0.938867 | 294 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__59260787 | en | The remainder of the messages occurred from 02:11 UTC to 02:14 UTC, containing a fault message for an Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) and the Integrated Standby Instrument System (ISIS). At 02:12 UTC, a warning message NAV ADR DISAGREE indicated that there was a disagreement between the three independent air data systems . [d] At 02:13 UTC, a fault message for the flight management guidance and envelope computer was sent. One of the two final messages transmitted at 02:14 UTC was a warning referring to the air data reference system, the other ADVISORY was a "cabin vertical speed warning", indicating that the aircraft was descending at a high rate.
Logistically, some sort of air traffic control system is going to need to be in place if the future is really going to include drone package delivery, medical drones , internet-delivery drones , and, of course, massive police surveillance . The skies are going to get too crowded and it’s too easy for bad actors to use drones for nefarious purposes . Even when people have no ill intent, the remote-controlled devices can cause chaos. Earlier this week , two planes fighting wildfires in Colorado had to prematurely drop their flame-retardant payloads because of drones flying in the area—a screwup that cost the US Forest Service somewhere between $16,000 and $20,000. | aerospace | 1 |
https://hypebeast.com/2021/3/mr-jones-drops-far-out-watch-honor-martian-exploration | 2021-06-15T11:02:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487620971.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20210615084235-20210615114235-00468.warc.gz | 0.940058 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__193367971 | en | Mr Jones Watches has dropped Far Out, a hand-printed quartz watch with orbital timekeeping.
Clearly inspired by the recent space race to Mars and the successful landing of the Perseverance rover, the London-based watch brand selected a design from print artist (and the company’s own print technician) Paul Wardski.
Wardski not only designed the Martian surface dial but also mixed the inks and printed each color before handing the components over for assembly.
“When I first saw the images from Mars taken by Perseverance rover I thought, wow, we are actually discovering a whole new alien planet,” he said. “We are receiving these real, detailed landscapes images that we could only imagine before. It’s pretty mind blowing that humans have managed to put a car sized robot on Mars, that’s able to send these beautiful digital landscape images back to us.”
Depictions of two of Mars’ moons take the place of conventional hands with the Deimos (the larger moon) indicating minutes while Phobos (the smaller moon) indicates the hours.
Far Out is limited to just 100 pieces and is available via Mr Jones Watches, priced $245 USD.
Elsewhere in watches, Audemars Piguet announces the end of its most famous watch. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.rosswatton.com/photo_13822562.html | 2022-11-28T11:21:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710503.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128102824-20221128132824-00546.warc.gz | 0.959573 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__12436237 | en | The Sea Harrier entered service in April 1980, as a
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https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/07/air_force_sent_out_worldwide_safety_bulletin_after_mq-9_reaper_drone_crashed_in.html | 2022-01-22T21:23:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303884.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220122194730-20220122224730-00278.warc.gz | 0.963716 | 754 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__185461345 | en | An MQ-9 Reaper drone like this one, taking off from Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum , crashed Nov. 12, 2013 into Lake Ontario. The drones are remotely piloted by members of the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field in Mattydale. (Photo by Tech. Sgt Ricky Best)
(Photo by Tech. Sgt Ricky Best)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Air Force sent out a worldwide alert bulletin to operators of its MQ-9 Reaper drones after a software error in navigation equipment caused one to crash in Lake Ontario northwest of Syracuse, the chief accident investigator said in an interview today.
Within two days of the Nov. 12 crash, the Air Force determined that two GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems failed to operate properly because of the software problem, said Col. Dana Hessheimer, the Air Force official who led the investigation.
The Air Force and manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace immediately sent out an alert bulletin to all units with deployed Reapers, instructing them to cease using the faulty software immediately, Hessheimer said.
"There was some sort of software problem with the thing, and they corrected it right away," Hessheimer said in his first public comments since the Air Force released a 21-page report on July 2 that blamed the crash on two failed GPS units.
Hessheimer said he was not authorized to disclose specifics about the software problem for national security reasons.
"I can't really get into the details because that was all redacted from the companies that made it," he said.
Hessheimer said two previous failures of the navigation units in the Reaper in the days leading up to the crash were related to the same software problem that has since been corrected.
The Lake Ontario crash was the first on record involving navigation units in the MQ-9 Reaper, among the largest remotely piloted planes in the Air Force.
The lost aircraft was one of two flying together on a training mission after taking off from Wheeler-Sack Military Army Air Field at Fort Drum. The drones are piloted remotely by members of the Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field in Mattydale.
The navigation equipment is routinely used by the remotely piloted aircraft to help determine the aircraft's position, and report to a satellite if the aircraft is speeding up, rolling or turning.
After the navigation system failed in the ill-fated plane, it went into a right spin and crashed into Lake Ontario near Montario Point, on the border between northern Oswego County and southern Jefferson County.
Only light composite pieces of the plane that floated on the water were recovered, Hessheimer said today. The aircraft's hardware, including navigation units, were never recovered and likely sunk to the bottom of the lake.
Hessheimer, commander of the 163d Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif., oversees a unit that operates MQ-1 Predator drones, a slightly smaller and older version of the Reaper.
Asked what he would tell residents of Northern and Central New York concerned about the safety of the Reaper drones, Hessheimer said, "I've been flying these things since 2007 and I have all the confidence in the world in them."
He said the MQ-9 Reaper has a lower accident rate per-hour-flown than F-16s, which are not remotely operated.
"I am a huge proponent of these things," Hessheimer said of the Air Force drones. "I know it's a new technology and it scares the public because it's a new technology. But it's just like anything else -- new technologies scare people." | aerospace | 1 |
https://astroengine.com/2008/12/16/the-space-exploration-crisis/ | 2023-02-09T10:04:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764501555.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20230209081052-20230209111052-00789.warc.gz | 0.929023 | 2,032 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__285136279 | en | When you look up on a starry night, what do you see?
Do you see a Universe with endless potential and resources for mankind to discover? Or, do you see an unnecessary challenge; too expensive, too risky and too pointless to consider wasting billions of tax-payers dollars on?
Right now, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is pondering the future of US manned spaceflight, and I’m sure they are addressing each of the above questions in turn. There has always been an unhealthy mix of politics and spin when it comes to the way NASA is funded, and while it would appear NASA’s future is confronted with a flood of budget cuts and red tape, the Obama administration will want to put a positive light on whatever direction they choose.
However, it will be hard to justify a funding cut (and therefore a delay) of the Constellation Program. We already have a “5-year gap” between Shuttle decommissioning and proposed Ares launch (2010-2015), if this block on US-administered manned spaceflight is extended, the damage inflicted on NASA will be irreversible. However, I doubt we’d ever be able to measure the permanent damage caused to mankind.
The Ying and the Yang of a Space Exploration Crisis
So, what should the US administration do with the space program during an international economic crisis?
A: Make cutbacks, save money and ride out the storm.
B: Boost science and research funding, invest in innovation to provide a viable future investment.
If you chose A, that appears to be the root of NASA. If you chose B, that reflects the recent decision by the European member states to fully-fund the European Space Agency for 2009. It is the ying and yang of space funding policy. On the one hand, there is politically motivated (short-sighted) budget cuts regardless of the importance of the endeavour. On the the other hand, there is the “investment in the future” mindset.
Granted, we are talking about two very different space agencies. NASA is a government agency, ESA is a multinational organization. NASA is politically motivated, ESA less so. NASA’s budget dwarfs the ESA budget. These may be important factors, but the President-elect transition team should be looking beyond US shores for an answer to the current space exploration crisis.
So why a “crisis”? Am I jumping on the media hyped world in crisis scenario? After all, we have the mortgage crisis, the economic crisis, the Iraq/Afghanistan crisis, environment crisis, stock market crisis, healthcare crisis, employment crisis… the list is endless. However, not once have I ever heard that there was an impending “space exploration crisis”, or even a “science crisis” (I’d argue the science crisis has been rolling for the past decade in the West – misinformation rules. Case and point the Evolution/Creationism debate… debate? There’s a debate?).
A crisis is often viewed as a short-lived event that will eventually be fixed. The housing markets will recover (in one way or another; note “recover” and not “boom”), we’ll eventually get troops out of Iraq, the stock markets will continue to wax and wane; in short, the things that are causing the most panic right now will eventually right themselves. History has shown that us humans, although vulnerable to economic panic, have the recurring ability to bounce back to equilibrium. Sometimes it can get messy, but we usually get through it.
President-elect Barack Obama has hinted many times that he intends to cut NASA’s budget in some way. At first it was to pay for education reform, a worthy cause, but now it seems that NASA’s plan to get man back to the Moon, and then Mars, was hopelessly flawed from the start. Obama’s transition team are noticing the cracks and they will have to react. NASA cannot build an entirely new launch system and fund an aggressive manned planetary exploration campaign without a huge injection of capital. As the Apollo Project taught us in the 1960’s, there needs to be a huge political impetus to free up funds for manned spaceflight. Back then, the impetus was Communism and the Cold War. Today, what is the political impetus? To get man into space because “it’s there”? To show the world the US space agency can still make the planet vibrate with the biggest and most powerful rocket system built by man? To explore space because that’s what we should do? Unfortunately, President Bush’s vision for manned spaceflight isn’t backed up with the promise of increased funding, and that is what is required to make Constellation work.
If the US had a viable enemy to demoralize, it would be a slam-dunk for NASA when asking for a cash injection. The argument would be: We need a strategic base on the Moon, and we need to build an infrastructure in space for the first manned mission to Mars. This would have the political goal of “beating the other guy”. As my grandfather used to say, politics is a game of “my stick is bigger than yours.” And William Berry would be 100% right.
Take the Iraq war for example. To stem the actions of international state-funded terror, President Bush set forth a campaign of “shock and awe” to intimidate this faceless evil. It wasn’t the fact the Allies had the technological advantage of dropping bombs through toilet windows in downtown Baghdad, it was the overwhelming firepower by which we hinged our plan of victory. Did it work? Well, yes, for a short time. As to why the region is still in a mess five years on? I’ll leave that debate for history to decide.
The point is, the White House and Congress requires a goal to be achieved to free up funds. Until that happens, NASA will just be “another government agency”. Currently, no other nation can match the US in technological or strategic advantage. The USA is the world’s only superpower, her strength is global, with military bases spread throughout every continent. When you sit in the #1 spot for long enough, you can afford to be a little complacent, but just be aware competition for that #1 slot can appear from nowhere and could snatch a critical strategic advantage from you at any moment.
Alas, should NASA’s budget be eroded any further, that strategic advantage could be low-Earth orbit and, potentially, the Moon. It’s one thing dominating the globe, but if China or Russia leapfrogs the US for a dominance in the Solar System, it could spell disaster for the world’s only superpower and could spark a situation more reminiscent of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961. Think about it, rather than having nuclear weapon silos appear off the coast of Florida, other nations could operate with impunity in the space above the US. This might not be a reality now, but who knows what is going to happen in ten years.
Political Incentive for Manned Access to Space
Whether we like it or not, politics is deeply ingrained in the mindset of space exploration. Fortunately there is an emerging commercial motivation behind the exploration of space, but the key to a nations success in space is still in the hands of government agencies. Government-funded agencies are subject to political decisions, so world events and international relations directly influence our endeavours in space.
NASA’s future is on a knife-edge and this could severely damage the US future in space. To depend on another nation for manned access to the space station beyond 2010 is not a solution to the Shuttle decommissioning, it is a quick fix with huge problems. Delaying (or cancelling) the completion of the Constellation Project would be a disaster to the future of the US, and not only in space. There will be severe ramifications for a lack of space exploration development; economic, political and sociological, many of which we will not be able to predict until they happen.
Unfortunately, NASA lacks the political incentive to push into space. Simply telling Congress that it is essential to maintain (and indeed advance) manned spaceflight is not enough. As a manned spaceflight advocate, I’d argue that it is a priority to get man back to the Moon and then onto Mars, for the long-term survival of our species (I’m not a big fan of putting all my eggs in one basket, i.e. Earth). Alas, this isn’t how politics works. Such a proposition will be viewed with complacency and short-term (4-year) thinking. How would such an endeavour help the current administration? Not a lot, but as a long-term goal of survival, we need to find ways to unlock funds allocated to more pressing concerns.
Manned exploration, and colonization, of the Solar System is mankind’s next step of evolution, but without recognition of the benefits to the US and mankind as a whole, NASA’s budget will always be up for review and eroded until a political answer is found.
Let’s just hope it’s not too late for NASA, and let’s hope Obama’s transition team can see past the mismanagement allegations blighting the space agency. I hope the value of manned spaceflight is realised for the long-term health of the economy (as ESA has pointed out) and the long-term survival of mankind.
For more on NASA’s transition turmoil, check out my Universe Today article What About the Space Exploration Crisis? NASA Budget Could be Cut to Save Money. | aerospace | 1 |
https://aireonalert.com/ | 2018-11-13T20:09:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039741491.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20181113194622-20181113220622-00538.warc.gz | 0.910328 | 504 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__119614044 | en | Completely free, global, real-time emergency aircraft locating service. Available to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Aircraft Operators, Regulators and Search and Rescue Organizations.Register
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When an aircraft is in an uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase, a pre-registered ANSP, aircraft operator, regulator or search and rescue organization can call the Aireon ALERT 24/7 phone number and provide the missing aircraft’s unique ICAO 24Bit Address (in HEX i.e. 4CA123) or Flight ID. The Aireon ALERT operator will search for the last known position of the aircraft, and if found, will provide that location in WGS84 coordinates to the ANSP, aircraft operator or search and rescue organization over the phone. The Aireon ALERT operator will also email a report of the location of the missing aircraft to the designated representative within the pre-registered organization.
The service is only available to commercial aircraft operators, ANSPs, regulators and search and rescue organizations who may at some point need to know the last known position of an aircraft in an uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase. The service is not designed for private pilots and the General Aviation (GA) community, who are reminded that they should escalate all requests for uncertainty, alert or distress actions with the appropriate ANSP and mandatory State authority in accordance with current procedures. Use of the Aireon ALERT service by persons who want to know the last position of an aircraft, but are not directly related to or responsible for the aircraft in focus, can compromise the timely delivery of the service.
Aireon ALERT will be available once the Iridium® NEXT constellation, hosting the Aireon ADS-B payloads, is fully operational. Pre-registration is currently open, and full services will be available in Q1 of 2019. For updates on the Aireon system and service, please visit https://aireon.com. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/astronaut-tweets-dramatic-photos-of-gaza-explosions-as-seen-from-space/ | 2014-11-25T21:05:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931003959.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155643-00154-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.877673 | 90 | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__57537332 | en | German astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this photo of rockets over Gaza and Israel, as seen from space.
Alexander Gerst via Twitter
What does a war zone look like from space?
From aboard the International Space Station, German astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted two images captured Wednesday as the station passed over Israel and Gaza.
He also tweeted this image, with the same message written in German.
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/01/19/0312222/Global-Observers-First-Hydrogen-Powered-Flight/insightful-comments | 2014-12-20T03:13:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769328.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00067-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.908603 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__3538405 | en | timothy from the oh-the-non-humanity dept.
cylonlover writes "Following on from a successful maiden flight under battery power in 2010, AeroVironment's high altitude, long endurance (HALE) Global Observer unmanned aircraft has now taken to the skies using hydrogen-fueled propulsion. The aircraft reached an altitude of 5,000 feet during the four hour flight on January 11 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. Both the endurance and the altitude of the system will be expanded in further test flights in order to achieve the planned operational altitude of 55,000 to 65,000 feet."
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A Quick 100 For the Groen Brothers SparrowHawk Gyroplane
Groen Brothers Aviation announced that total sales of the company’s SparrowHawk gyroplane and SparrowHawk/P modification kits have now reached 100. Sales have strengthened since the introduction of the new FAA Sport Pilot rules, the company says, since gyroplane builders with the appropriate license can now fly the SparrowHawk using a driver’s license instead of an FAA medical certificate.
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http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/3/15/us_warns_iranian_jet_away_from.htm | 2014-10-31T11:29:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414637899632.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20141030025819-00147-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.885377 | 305 | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__97196418 | en | An Iranian fighter jet came near a U.S. Predator drone flying over the Persian gulf, but turned away after a warning by U.S. Air Force jets, officials said.
The Pentagon issued a statement saying the Iranian jet came within 16 miles of the drone Tuesday as it conducted classified surveillance over international waters.
One of the two U.S. Air Force jets escorting the drone moved to within two miles of the Iranian aircraft and issued a warning, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
"The Iranian aircraft departed after a verbal warning," the Pentagon statement said.
"The United States communicated to the Iranians that we will continue to conduct surveillance flights over international waters consistent with long-standing practice and our commitment to the security of the region," the statement added.
Initial reports said the U.S. jets dropped a flare to warn the Iranian jet, but the Pentagon later corrected that account, the Times reported.
"Updated reporting indicates that no flare was discharged," the statement said.
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Hit by eagle, wing collapsed and crashed, Risalpur, India
Sgt James Edward Wren (28) killed #345850
Cpl Thomas William Penny Jeffrey AFM (29) killed #344812
1st March 1929.
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
The KING has been graciously pleased to
approve of the following awards to the under
mentioned offcers and airmen of the Royal Air
Awarded the Air Force Medal.
344812 Corporal Thomas William Penny Jeffrey
Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Wednesday 21 January 1931
EAGLE CAUSES AIR CRASH
Two Killed at Risalpur
BIRD FLIES INTO R.A.F. MACHINE
Flight-Sergeant Wren and Corporal T. W. Jeffreys (sic Thomas William Penny Jeffrey), A.F.M., were killed recently at Risalpur as the result of a crash brought about by a rock eagle's flying into the machine and breaking a strut.
Sergeant Wren was piloting a Westland-Wapiti machine of No. 39 (Bomber) Squadron, which is stationed at Risalpur. It was one of 36 machines engaged in practising formation flying for the forthcoming aerial pageant at Delhi.
When the order to land was signalled, Sergeant Wren's flight began to descend, and the 'planes were at approximately 800 feet when spectators saw an eagle with immense spread of wing fly into the machine. One of the wings collapsed and the machine fell to the ground. Corporal Jeffrey was seem to jump, out of the rear
cockpit of the falling 'plane, but his parachute became entangled in the fuselage and he crashed to death.
WING SPAN OF 8 FEET
At the subsequent inquiry it was revealed that the eagle had a wing spread of eight feet and that it belonged to a species which is fairly common in the Risalpur district. This is the first fatal accident experienced by No. 39 Squadron during the last seven years. The Squadron which is under the command of Squadron-Leader S. B. Harris, D.F.C., A.F.C (Stafford Berkeley Harris) , played an active part in the recent operations on the North West Frontier.
Flight-Sergeant Wren was experienced pilot and gained his certificate five years ago. Corporal Jeffrey had also considerable flying experience and four years (sic 2 years) ago was awarded the Air Force Medal for distinguished conduct. | aerospace | 1 |
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/6009 | 2023-03-25T04:47:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945315.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325033306-20230325063306-00518.warc.gz | 0.91941 | 390 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__237143401 | en | Non-NASA commercial applications for the research proposed would include the following: LH2 fuel cell. HEI is currently executing a contract for LH2 storage for a vehicle application. This research will aid the mobile fuel cell industry safety and reliability. Vehicular CNG storage. The research proposed herein will aid the safety and reliability of the CNG vehicle market. Marine-transport of propane. The research proposed herein will develop knowledge and data applicable to transporting propane in tanker ships. Environmentally-friendly earth-based cryogenic fluid storage. Composite structures do not react to environmental corrosion as do the typical cost efficient metals such as steel. Safer earth-based cryogenic fluid storage. Due to the high strength of composite materials, little raw material is required to perform draconian structural feats when compared to typical cost efficient metals. Therefore, the manufacturing and movement of large COPVs is much less expensive and much safer. NASA applications for the research proposed herein would include the following: Cost efficient cryogenic storage vessels. These vessels could be utilized as both earth-based and space-based cryogenic storage vessels. Habitat structures. The research proposed herein is applicable to space-based habitat and other structures manufactured with fiber-reinforced composite material. Volumetric efficient cryogenic storage vessels. HEI's high pressure storage systems are highly volumetric efficient. Reliable, long system life cryogenic storage. HEI have successfully designed, manufactured, and cycle tested COPVs with up to 20,000 cycles. Space-based cryogenic COPVs. It is probable that COPVs utilized in space will experience impact damage due to micrometeoroids and other space debris and it is certain that the COPVs will experience radiation damage. The research proposed herein will assist the COPV designer by identifying the coupled effects of hypervelocity impact damage, cryogenic temperatures, and irradiation thus developing mechanical property allowables for the designer. | aerospace | 1 |
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/151264 | 2017-05-28T23:02:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463611569.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170528220125-20170529000125-00157.warc.gz | 0.921253 | 360 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__118107210 | en | NASA Engines Found, News About Squid and MoreBreaking News
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So few people do favors for NASA these days. So when Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com founder, announced last week that an expedition he financed had hoisted two F-1 rocket engines from an Apollo mission off the ocean floor, the agency was understandably grateful.
“We look forward to the restoration of these engines by the Bezos team and applaud Jeff’s desire to make these historic artifacts available for public display,” the NASA administrator, Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., said in a statement.
The engines may have been among the five that helped launch Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 shipmates to the Moon in 1969, while Mr. Bezos, then 5, watched on television. Today Mr. Bezos, one of a lineup of millionaires keen on space and underwater adventure, noted in a blog post that the F-1 rocket engine is “still a modern wonder — one and a half million pounds of thrust, 32 million horsepower, and burning 6,000 pounds of rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen every second.”...
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http://plane-wallpaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/124-heavy-military-transport-aircraft.html | 2017-05-23T18:48:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607649.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523183134-20170523203134-00166.warc.gz | 0.965529 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__222381890 | en | The An-124 Heavy Military Transport Aircraft, Antonov ASTC designed by, based in Kiev, Ukraine, a cargo plane is large. It is manufactured by the plant Avianto State Aviation, Kiev, and Aviastar, Ulyanovsk, Russia.
The plane, which is named Condor reports of NATO, is designed for long-term delivery and airdrop heavy and large, including machinery, equipment and troops. The An-124 entered service in January 1986 and over 60 aircraft have been built. The Russian Army operates 28 aircraft An-124. | aerospace | 1 |
https://asteroidday.org/people/reinhold-ewald-2/ | 2023-06-10T01:19:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656869.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609233952-20230610023952-00673.warc.gz | 0.936845 | 1,208 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__181821741 | en | Reinhold EwaldReinhold Ewald https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20085656/reinhold_ewald.jpg 480 271 Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20085656/reinhold_ewald.jpg
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Born 18 December 1956 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, Reinhold Ewald is married and has three children. He enjoys reading and spending time with his family and performs with an amateur theatre group. He also plays football and holds a black belt in karate.
Reinhold received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Cologne in 1977 and has a Master of Science in Experimental Physics in 1983. He graduated in 1986 with a PhD in Physics and a minor degree in human physiology. Reinhold is a member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physics Society) and the Association of Space Explorers. He is a Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Reinhold received Russia’s Order of Friendship in 1992 and Russia’s Medal for Personal Courage in 1997, awarded by President Yeltsin of the Russian Federation. In 2011 he received the Russian medal for Achievements in Spaceflight. He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit (First Class) in 1997.
From 1983 to 1987 Reinhold was a research scientist with the University of Cologne on a German academic research federation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) project to assemble and use a 3 m-diameter radio telescope at the Gornergrat Observatory at an altitude of 3100 m near Zermatt, Switzerland. His research topic was the structure and dynamics of interstellar molecular clouds, which are thought to be the birthplace of new stars.
In 1987 Reinhold joined the DLR German Aerospace Center. He managed several projects in extraterrestrial science, including the SOFIA airborne stratospheric observatory, and various experiments launched on sounding rockets from the Esrange facility in Sweden. He then became the coordinator for spaceflight in DLR’s planning department. In 1990 he joined the German national astronaut team and took up training for the German–Russian Mir ’92 mission at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia. As backup astronaut for Mir ’92, launched 17 March 1992, he served as Crew Interface Coordinator at the Russian mission control centre, TsUP, in Korolev, providing communications between the crew in orbit and the project management and scientists on the ground. After the mission, he returned to Germany as the Deputy Head of DLR’s Astronaut Office and supported the Spacelab-D2 mission on the Space Shuttle mission STS-55, April–May 1993. In 1993 Reinhold was appointed assistant to the Director of DLR’s Space Programme. He was responsible for extraterrestrial, spaceflight and microgravity programmes.
In 1995 he returned to Star City, Russia, to train for the second German–Russian mission, Mir ’97. From 1998 to 2002 Reinhold lectured part-time on spaceflight operations at the Technical University of Munich. Since then he has also lectured at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, where he is a member of the faculty, and at the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. In February 1999 he joined ESA’s European Astronaut Corps at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. Reinhold was the Crew Operations Manager for two Soyuz missions with ESA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2002. As ESA’s Operations Manager from his duty station in ESTEC, the Netherlands, he directed the two nationally sponsored missions in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he was appointed Head of the International Space Station Mission Integration and Operations Division in the ESA Directorate of Operations and Infrastructure with a permanent duty station at the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, From July to December 2006, as ESA’s Operations Manager, he supervised preparation and flight operations for the first long-duration mission of an ESA astronaut on the International Space Station. The Astrolab mission with ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter was a precursor to Columbus operations. Reinhold led the ESA operations management team during the STS-122/1E mission, which delivered Europe’s Columbus laboratory module to the Station in February 2008.
When Columbus operations began in 2008 and until March 2011 Reinhold was ESA’s lead person at the Columbus Control Centre and interacted with the Industrial Operations Team and their representatives in Mission Integration, Executive Planning and Mission Operations services to assure adherence of operations to ESA’s Space Station programme. As head of ESA’s International Space Station Mission Integration and Operations Division, he oversaw day-to-day Columbus operations handled by the group’s Mission Directors. After serving as Advisor to the Head of Director General’s Cabinet at ESA’s headquarters in Paris (2011–14), Reinhold promoted the scientific achievements of the ESA research programme on the International Space Station, working at the European Astronaut Centre. in Cologne.
On 1 September 2015 he was appointed as Professor for Astronautics and Space Stations at the Institute of Spaceflight System at University of Stuttgart on secondment from ESA. February to 2 March 1997. Reinhold was a research cosmonaut on the Russian Soyuz TM-25 spacecraft and spent 18 days on Mir. He performed experiments in biomedical and material sciences and carried out operational tests to prepare for missions to the International Space Station. He returned in Soyuz TM-24. Reinhold retired from ESA in September 2018. (Courtesy of: ESA) | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.volpe.dot.gov/tags/federal-aviation-administration | 2020-10-24T01:06:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107881551.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023234043-20201024024043-00151.warc.gz | 0.887933 | 526 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__173861420 | en | A team of experts developing and testing an early prototype automation system aimed at reducing congestion in our nation’s airports received the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) 2018 Aeronautics Associate Administrator Technology and Innovation Award, which recognizes work that has a profound positive impact on NASA’s aeronautics research mission.
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The Journal of Air Traffic Control's Winter 2014 Issue, "A New Approach to Monitoring and Alerting Congestion in Airspace Sectors." | aerospace | 1 |
https://todaysxm.com/space/118/after-a-malfunction-on-a-trip-in-july-the-faa-grounded-spaceshiptwo/ | 2023-03-26T21:09:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946535.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326204136-20230326234136-00251.warc.gz | 0.960244 | 625 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__196356758 | en | Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane will not be able to fly again until the Federal Aviation Administration completes an inquiry into a problem that occurred during the vehicle’s previous voyage in July.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement on September 2 that it is supervising a Virgin Galactic mishap inquiry into the July 11 trip of SpaceShipTwo, dubbed “Unity 22” by the firm, which emerged to go as planned but had an issue that triggered it to deviate from its controlled airspace.
The government declared that “Virgin Galactic may not be able to return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to the flight until FAA accepts the final mishap inquiry report or decides that the issues linked to the mishap do not pose a risk to public safety.”
The remark came a day after The New Yorker published an article revealing that during the July 11 trip from the Spaceport America situated in New Mexico, the 2 SpaceShipTwo pilots ignored an “entry glide cone warning.” They and four other passengers, notably Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic founder, flew to edge of space and came back with no evidence of any difficulties at the time.
According to the notice, this vehicle was outside of glide cone, a region of space where it had sufficient power to glide back to a runway landing at spaceport. Late in the powered section of the flight, the alert occurred, suggesting that this vehicle was not ascending steeply enough.
According to the article’s sources, SpaceShipTwo’s hybrid rocket motor could perhaps have been shut down in the case of such a warning, aborting the trip. Instead, the pilots, Mike Masucci and David Mackay, left the motor run for the whole flight. Branson’s attempt to reach space before Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder, accomplished so on his firm’s New Shepard suborbital aircraft on July 20 may have been thwarted if SpaceShipTwo had aborted before reaching the 80-kilometer altitude that the business classifies as space.
SpaceShipTwo went outside of its allocated area during its glide return to the runway at the Spaceport America, as per flight monitoring data. The vehicle made a safe landing. Virgin Galactic issued a statement on September 1 disputing the article’s “misleading characterizations and conclusions.” However, it acknowledged that SpaceShipTwo “dipped below the elevation of the airspace which is secured for Virgin Galactic flights for a limited distance and time,” which it assessed to be 101 seconds.
According to Virgin Galactic, the variation in course that sparked the alarm was attributed to high winds at higher altitudes. According to the firm, “our pilots reacted accordingly to these shifting flying conditions just as they were taught and in strict conformity with our established procedures.” “Although the flight’s final trajectory differed from our original plan, Unity 22 was able to successfully reach orbit and land securely at the Spaceport in New Mexico thanks to a controlled and planned flight path.” | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/antenna-of-gsat12-deployed/article2282489.ece | 2024-03-05T14:12:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948235171.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305124045-20240305154045-00577.warc.gz | 0.965176 | 314 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__14665812 | en | The antenna of communications satellite GSAT-12 was deployed on Thursday afternoon, to much applause from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka.
The satellite, launched on July 15, will now reach its final orbital destination, at 83 degrees east and pointing at India, on August 6.
ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said the satellite's 12 transponders would be put through a series of in-orbital tests and they would be considered fully operational for commercial use after four to five weeks.
GSAT 12 will facilitate telemedicine, tele-education and village resource centres. The 1.2-metre reflector antenna was the final deployment of the satellite, which is now in the final configuration of 36,000-km circular orbit. It will be co-located with INSAT-2E and INSAT-4A.
“GSAT-12 is in good health and is on continuous radio-visibility from the MCF,” Dr. Radhakrishnan said at a press conference at the MCF. There was, however, a moment of concern when GSAT-12 sounded an alarm on Thursday morning. “Communication was cut off for a few seconds, but immediate remedial action was taken,” he said. The alarm was caused by radiation. All operations were now going well, he added.
The MCF's 300-odd scientists and engineers work three shifts and monitor satellites by the minute. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/26244-how-pan-am-boeing-707-offered-us-the-world | 2024-02-24T05:49:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474523.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224044749-20240224074749-00375.warc.gz | 0.958421 | 796 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__157485617 | en | On October 26, 1958, Pan Am Boeing 707 took off from Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) to Paris, France. The airline’s first daily transatlantic flight named Clipper America started a new era of commercial aviation.
Creation of Boeing 707
In the beginning of 1950s Boeing was well behind airplane makers in the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, who were already operating passenger jets. England’s de Havilland DH 106 Comet first flew in 1952 but was soon overrun with structural problems that caused three of them to crash over a period of two years. Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-104 Camel became the world’s only commercial jetliner between 1956 and 1958, when the Comet was grounded, but it had capacity for only 50 passengers.
Boeing’s designers made innovative decisions when constructing the 707. They swept the aircraft wings further back than the de Havilland team swept the Comet’s. Boeing also had an unusual concept of installing the engine pods beneath the wing. By doing this, the 707 pylons guided the airflow over the wing on a straight path.
The 707 first engine, the Pratt & Whitney JT3C, won the 1952 Collier Trophy. It was quieter, more powerful, and more fuel-efficient. The remarkable two-spool engine produced 11,000 pounds of thrust, compared with the Comet’s Avon, which produced 10,250 pounds.
Pan Am 707 starts flying
America’s first international airline Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) acquired its first Boeing 707-120 on August 15, 1958, and immediately started planning the daily transatlantic jet service from New York to Paris. The world was anticipating the moment when a new era of traveling would begin. Boeing helped to build the anticipation with ad campaigns underlining the safety and comfort of jet travel. One ad announced: “Only seven hours to brush up your French”.
On the night of October 26, 111 passengers and 12 crew members boarded the Boeing 707 on a red carpet while a US army band was playing for them. Actress Greer Garson, also a passenger on the flight, performed the ribbon cutting, and at 7:20pm, the sleek 707 started its journey.
The Pan Am flight was comfortable and smooth. Passengers chatted and enjoyed onboard luxuries ‒ drinks and hot-meals served on china and set on linen-covered tables. Due to headwinds the aircraft had an unscheduled stop in Gander, Newfoundland. At 10:01 am, 8 hours and 41 minutes after leaving New York the flight landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport.
Jet Age ensues
On the tail of the aircraft, Pan Am painted a huge blue globe. With the airlines’ new and faster routes around the globe this new logo was a symbol that promised travelers the world.
By December, 1958, the 707 was flying the route from New York to Miami and in January 1959 the company started the first transcontinental flight from New York to Los Angeles. The Boeing 707 is often credited to have started the Jet Age. It was the dominant long-distance jetliner until the wide-body Boeing 747 was launched in 1969.
Pan Am’s Boeing 707 affected world affairs like no other aircraft would. It influenced economies, politics and culture, fashion and society. Pan Am also opened the doors to a generation of educated women who could work as flight attendants and earn respectable wages. These opportunities would help them move towards greater social and financial freedom.
With shorter flying time, the world was full of possibilities. Commercial jet travel would become customary and grow immensely in the next few decades. According to the International Air Transport Association, it grew from 87.2 million passengers in 1957 to 4.34 billion in 2018. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Press-Room/News/Article-Display/Article/2642332/masks-still-required-for-visitors-not-fully-vaccinated-at-national-museum-usaf/ | 2024-03-04T14:16:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00887.warc.gz | 0.929419 | 484 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__68682570 | en | Masks still required for visitors not fully vaccinated at National Museum USAF Published June 2, 2021 By Rob Bardua National Museum of the U.S. Air Force DAYTON, Ohio -- As statewide public health measures are rescinded today, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base guidelines will continue to allow those who are fully vaccinated (at least two weeks beyond their final dose) to visit without wearing masks. Those who are not fully vaccinated should continue to wear masks inside the museum, and all are asked to continue practicing good hygiene and physical distancing. Visitors will not be asked by museum officials to prove their vaccination status, and those who wish to continue wearing masks may still do so. Cleaning procedures, sneeze guards at volunteer and cashier desks, and hand sanitizer stations will remain in place throughout the museum. In addition, the presidential walk-through aircraft, including those used by Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower, as well as the Boeing VC-137C also known as SAM (Special Air Mission) 26000, and used by eight presidents -- Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton, will re-open beginning June 2. Visitors are asked to maintain physical distancing between groups while waiting in line and on-board the aircraft. For the latest news and information, please visit the museum’s website at www.nationalmuseum.af.mil and social media channels. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, is the world’s largest military aviation museum. With free admission and parking, the museum features more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands of artifacts amid more than 19 acres of indoor exhibit space. Each year thousands of visitors from around the world come to the museum. For more information, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. NOTE TO PUBLIC: For more information, contact the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at (937) 255-3286. NOTE TO MEDIA: For more information, contact Rob Bardua at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Division at (937) 255-1386. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/19070/Romania_Interested_In_Raytheon_built_Patriot_Missiles | 2018-05-21T14:57:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864405.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521142238-20180521162238-00341.warc.gz | 0.932695 | 881 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__60956526 | en | NATO member Romania has expressed its interest in the US Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system to modernize its military, benefiting from a gradual increase in annual spending.
European Union country’s defense budget was 1.7 percent of its gross domestic product in 2016 and was increased at 2.0 percent this year - in compliance with the NATO defense spending standard.
Patriot missile developer Raytheon confirmed Thursday in a statement sent to Defense News: “Romania has announced their intent to enhance their defensive capability by procuring Patriot”.
According to various other media reports, this program is intended to begin this year. "The Patriot missile defense system is part of the multilevel air defense system of Romania's airspace. We're assessing all options to develop this [acquisition] program," General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of the General Staff, was quoted as saying in various media reports. "It is important to say the program will start this year," General added.
The size of the planned acquisition and the budget for it are still unknown.
Poland will sign a $7.5-billion agreement on the purchase of eight Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries by the end of 2017
A US ally reportedly has used a $3 million worth Patriot missile to shoot down a $200 worth drone aircraft. "A very close ally used the surface-to-air missile to bring down the drone, US General David Perkins told a military symposium
Romania has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based defence contractor Raytheon for maintenance of Patriot missile defence systems, the countrys economy ministry said Wednesday. According to the MoU signed by Romanian aircraft construction and repair company Aerostar on behalf of the economy ministry, stipulates transfer of technology and technical assistance necessary for the modernization and upgrading of existing equipment, as well as the provision of technical support for Patriot missile systems, Reuters reports
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Romania for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), army missile systems, armored vehicles and related equipment estimated to cost $1.25 billion
Romanian Defense Minister Adrian Tutuianu has signed a letter of intent with Bell Helicopter to acquire AH-1Z Viper combat helicopter for the countrys armed forces. For the planned procurement, funds will be provided from the €9
Romanias defense council has approved $11.3 billion (9
Japan has started training its troops Thursday to use Patriot air-and-missile defense systems against a threat from North Korea. "The one-hour exercise took place at the Komaki base in the Aichi prefecture
Raytheons Integrated Defense Systems has won a $52.6 million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract from US Air Force for Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System
Russian Helicopters M-171A2 Completes First Flight
China Delivered 57 Turboprop Aircraft to Export Customers
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One of the most interesting exhibits at the Dubai Air show 2017 occupies a corner in the Aviation Industries Corporation...
While investigators in India are following up on the money trial in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scandal, the leads as...
With over 451 submarines in service worldwide, the global market of submarines fleet is expected to surge up to $100...
Amid the proliferation of real-time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional...
Helmets for pilots and ground troops do much more than stopping bullets
As the role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) expands from traditional low-resolution reconnaissance to high-res video and infra-red besides precision-attack,... | aerospace | 1 |
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https://defense-update.com/20150808_space_plane.html | 2023-09-28T09:05:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510368.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928063033-20230928093033-00761.warc.gz | 0.92366 | 514 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__323951876 | en | Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Masten Space Systems have won additional funding from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to continue developing their concepts for the United States military’s XS-1 robotic space plane under the program’s second phase (Phase 1B).
The current phase funds the “development of the XS-1 demonstration concept, substantiating identified core component technologies, mitigating risk, developing a Technology Maturation Plan (TMP), and performing several demonstration tasks,” DARPA said. Completion of Phase 1B is expected by August 2016. All three companies had received money in the summer of 2014 for initial “Phase 1” design work. The first XS-1 orbital mission could take place as early as 2018, DARPA said.
The objective of the Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 program is to demonstrate relevant technologies and then fabricate and fly a reusable, unmanned aircraft to the edge of space. The XS-1 would then deploy a small expendable upper stage able to launch a 3,000-pound spacecraft to Earth orbit at a cost of no more than $5M, or about one-tenth the cost of today’s launch systems.
The experiment will demonstrate the XS-1’s “aircraft-like” operability, cost efficiency and reliability, agency officials have said. Key anticipated characteristics of the XS-1 aircraft include a physical size and dry weight typical of today’s business jets.
The XS-1 will likely feature a reusable first stage and one or more expendable upper stages. The first stage will fly to suborbital space and then return to Earth, while the upper stages will deploy the space plane’s payloads.
The three companies have teamed with private ventures already seeking commercial space flight vehicles. space. Boeing teamed up with Blue Origin; Northrop Grumman partnered with Virgin Galactic and Masten cooperated with XCOR Aerospace.
Boeing already has experience building robotic space planes for the U.S. military. The company constructed the Air Force’s two X-37B space planes, which have launched on a total of four mystery missions over the past five years. In addition, DARPA is exploring another concept for launching small satellites to orbit from an F-15 – under Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA). The first in-air ALASA test could occur later this year. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=21727.msg206043 | 2017-04-29T13:15:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123491.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00077-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964291 | 216 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__61522127 | en | Bernard, thank you for drawing up those plans. They worked great. I always modify and alter the build to my taste and ability but the plans were a fantastic base to work from. The top fuselage formers gave me some issues, but I'm sure that was my fault. I built the wing as a removable piece, mainly to make covering easier, but it did complicate building the top keel, etc. If you are interested I posted photos of the build on the Stick n Tissue sight under Schneider Trophy Cup Cookup. http://www.stickandtissue.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=grumman
The balance is very close with no added weight. I'm sure that I'll need a small amount once I remove the hydrofoils. The Pc.7 did not turn out light and weighs approx. 36 grams. It will be interesting to see where the actual CG is since the plane never flew and Bernard has indicated the 'suspected CG' on the plans. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.newsherald.com/story/business/2013/03/04/1-105573/33951143007/ | 2022-12-04T18:23:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710978.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204172438-20221204202438-00276.warc.gz | 0.947688 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__201783526 | en | Lockheed gets millions in contracts
PANAMA CITY — Just before the implementation of billions of dollars in military budget cuts, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) handed out more than $400 million in contracts to Lockheed Martin.
The night before “sequestration” went into effect, the DoD awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin totaling $333,786,000. The work is for maintenance of the accessories for the F-35 Lighting jet fighter and other aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, the Marine Corps and Navy.
The contract also included aircraft sales to the United Kingdom and Norway.
A few days earlier, on Feb. 25, Lockheed Martin announced they were awarded two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next-generation Global Positioning System satellites, known as GPS III.
On Feb. 21, Lockheed Martin was awarded more than $12 million in government contracts.
Lockheed Martin has facilities at Tyndall Air Force Base and Panama City. They also do work at the Navy base in Panama City Beach.
The company also produced the F-22 Raptor and designed the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships currently in production. The company produces the remote mine-hunting system that provides the primary mine reconnaissance capability in the Littoral mine countermeasures mission package.
Lockheed Martin employs about 120,000 people worldwide working in, among other things, research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Inquiries to Lockheed Martin were not returned Monday. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/boeing/article/FAA-reportedly-poised-to-allow-Boeing-787-to-4446995.php | 2017-08-18T05:07:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104565.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818043915-20170818063915-00704.warc.gz | 0.928079 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__69659116 | en | FAA reportedly poised to allow Boeing 787 to restart service
Published 11:32 pm, Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Federal Aviation Administration will act as soon as Friday to allow Boeing 787 Dreamliners to resume commercial service, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening.
The Federal Aviation Administration and other regulators grounded 787s worldwide in January, after a lithium-ion battery fire in a Dreamliner parked in Boston and an overheated battery that led to an emergency landing of another 787 in Japan.
Boeing and regulators have not tracked down the cause of the incidents. Nonetheless, in March, the FAA approved a Boeing plan that called for improved battery design features to prevent faults from occurring and isolate any that do; enhanced production, operating and testing processes; and a new enclosure system to keep any battery overheating from affecting the airplane.
Boeing flight tested the fix earlier this month.
Once the FAA approves Boeing's fix, other regulators are expected to follow suit. Boeing must then retrofit 787s around the world. Japanese airlines have the most 787s. Dreamliners could resume carrying passengers as early as May, The Journal reported. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/want-to-work-in-aviation-training-in-the-gulf--222801/ | 2017-09-26T18:21:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818696677.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170926175208-20170926195208-00012.warc.gz | 0.972345 | 747 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__115184804 | en | The proliferation of training establishments in the Gulf has created opportunities for those who want to work as instructors
Want to work in aviation the Gulf but not as a line pilot or engineer? Then how about using your skills and experience to teach others? The growth of the airline and business aviation market has led to an explosion in training facilities - from ab initio flying schools and engineering colleges to simulator centres and an aerospace university. All of them need instructors and teaching staff.
Emirates opened its training college near Dubai airport in 2001, offering pilot, cabin crew, engineering and flight operations training to the airline's employees and other students. Next to it, the Emirates-CAE Flight Training joint venture boasts 12 full-flight simulators, providing third-party training to Airbus and Boeing, business jet and helicopter pilots. CAE also runs a smaller facility in Doha, Qatar, and last year Etihad opened its training centre at Abu Dhabi airport.
Among the flight schools operating in the UAE, Horizon Flight Academy at Al Ain is the most established at five years old, starting as a helicopter training school but branching into fixed wing last year with five Cessna 172s. Most of its students are UAE nationals: among other partnerships it runs Etihad's cadet programme. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has also launched a flying school as part of its DAE University. Based in Ras Al Khaimah, the DAE Flight Academy is taking delivery of a fleet of up to 40 Cirrus SR22s and 12 Eclipse 500 very light jets as its first students begin to train this month. The school aims to satisfy not only demand for pilot training in the UAE but - helped by year-round blue, uncongested skies - attract students from Europe and Asia's emerging markets.
Emirates-CAE Flight Training says it is looking for instructors who "have a lot of experience" - at least 15,000h including 10,000 of command - to train 25,000 pilots each year. It employs around 30 instructors - flying in freelances to cope with peaks in demand - many former airline pilots in their fifties or sixties, says managing director Walter Visser. The company is also happy to hire younger pilots and "offer them a career path" as an instructor within the CAE network.
However, just as airlines and business aviation operators struggle to find pilots with the right credentials, so too does the training sector. "For some platforms such as the Airbus A320 it is tough," says Visser. "We manage, but it is not without efforts."
There are many attractions to an instructor career, maintains Capt Ahmed Elnadi, head of training. "Most people move into training because it is rewarding. We attract people who are passionate about sharing their experience with younger generations," he says. For some it is a chance to continue in aviation after the compulsory retirement age for line pilots. "Sometimes coming to a halt is very difficult for an active pilot. Training is a good vehicle to continue doing what you love," he says.
Like other recruiters, ECFT plays on the appeal of Dubai, stressing the attractions on offer which give residents the chance to hook up with cultural and sporting activities organised by their national community, from ice hockey to amateur dramatics.
Although like most training providers, ECFT operates its simulators continuously, an instructor's job is less intense than a long-haul pilot. "We offer the sort of package of hours and scheduling where there is time to enjoy life with your family," says Visser. "We also address issues like accommodation, transport, medical care, schooling and life insurance, making it a very mature package." | aerospace | 1 |
https://avionews.it/item/71336-canada-emergency-landing-for-a-cargo-plane.html | 2022-11-27T17:47:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710417.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127173917-20221127203917-00454.warc.gz | 0.957097 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__77712120 | en | Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
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Canada: emergency landing for a cargo plane
Ottawa, Canada - Problems for an engine and a door
A cargo plane created some problem yesterday in Canada, when because of a technical problem had to make an emergency landing near Saskatoon. The emergency started after the crew of the Boeing B-727 with three people and goods on board noticed one of the three engines had some problem. Immediately the request for authorization to make the manoeuvre started, and then the landing has been made without...
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http://aviationweek.com/awin-only/cessna-prepping-latitude-assembly-line | 2017-04-25T16:29:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00498-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.88367 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__27734639 | en | GENEVA — Textron Aviation’s Cessna Aircraft recently secured type inspection authorization for its new Latitude mid-size aircraft, clearing the way for the Wichita manufacturer to earn certification credit in the flight-test program. TIA comes as Cessna adds the first production unit to the flight-test program. In just three months since the flight-test program got underway, it has accumulated more than 60 flights and 130 hr. Work on the next aircraft is also underway – ...
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https://www.today24x7.com/News/research-shows-how-auroras-form-on-mars-without-global-magnetic-field/ | 2022-06-25T16:38:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103036077.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20220625160220-20220625190220-00263.warc.gz | 0.910754 | 480 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__62736715 | en | Auroras are pure gentle shows, forming dynamic patterns of sensible lights within the Earth’s sky due to disturbances within the magnetosphere brought on by the photo voltaic wind — jet of charged particles coming from the Sun. The magnetosphere is an space of house managed by a planet’s magnetic area. Except Mercury, nearly all planets within the photo voltaic system have auroras. However, issues get a bit fascinating on Mars. Unlike Earth, the Red Planet doesn’t have a world magnetic area that performs a vital function within the formation of auroras. Mars has spots of native, induced magnetism. As per the newest analysis, these localised magnetic fields work together with the photo voltaic wind in fascinating methods to supply Mars’s discrete (or structured) ultraviolet auroras.
Scientists on the University of Iowa, US, know that discrete auroras type on Mars, similar to on Earth. But they didn’t understand how they shaped, particularly within the absence of a world magnetic area. They now report that discrete auroras on the Red Planet are ruled by the localised interplay between the photo voltaic wind and magnetic fields generated by the crust on Mars – in contrast to Earth, the place auroras seem when particles from the photo voltaic wind collide with Earth’s magnetosphere.
“We have the first detailed study looking at how solar wind conditions affect auroras on Mars,” claimed physicist and astronomer Zachary Girazian of the University of Iowa.
“Now is a very fruitful and exciting time for researching auroras on Mars. The database of discrete aurora observations we have from MAVEN is the first of its kind, allowing us to understand basic features of the aurora for the first time,” Girazian added.
The researchers have printed their findings within the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics after greater than 200 observations of discrete auroras on Mars by the NASA-led Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.
According to the analysis, auroras type on all different planets on account of the advanced interplay between their magnetic fields and photo voltaic winds. But Mars’s international magnetic area decayed a very long time in the past, forsaking solely patches of magnetism preserved within the crust. | aerospace | 1 |
https://portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/624305/ | 2020-09-24T11:10:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400217623.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20200924100829-20200924130829-00025.warc.gz | 0.928683 | 282 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__30574432 | en | The final EVA to complete an upgrade to the Space Station’s robotic arm’s end effector is taking place. EVA-48 is being conducted by Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. This EVA was delayed after the previous spacewalk, EVA-47, included a software issue that was set to result in the need to reverse the work conducted on the EVA before a software patch was developed.
The main task of these spacewalks is to replace Latching End Effector-B (LEE-B) on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), prior to returning one inside the Station for a return on a future SpaceX Dragon.
The LEE allows the SSRMS to grapple onto objects, and the SSRMS has one LEE on each of its ends, in order to enable the SSRMS to relocate itself around the ISS via so-called base changes.
The LEE features three snares which close around a grapple pin on target objects, in the same way that the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm used to work. This enables the LEE to grapple any object which features a Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture (FRGF) interface.
However, the LEE also has some ... | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.genomeweb.com/scan/sequencing-among-stars | 2024-04-15T00:23:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00265.warc.gz | 0.959188 | 305 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__37493745 | en | NASA has announced that DNA has been sequenced for the first time in microgravity.
"Welcome to systems biology in space," astronaut Kate Rubins, who conducted the experiments onboard the International Space Station, says in a NASA press release.
As part of the space agency's Biomolecule Sequencer project. NASA sent DNA samples from mice, viruses, and bacteria along with Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinIon to the space station earlier this summer. The agency first tested the sequencing approach they were to use in space at NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operation base that's underwater off the Florida coast. A lack of gravity, it notes, introduces new problems into the sequencing procedure.
"In space, if an air bubble is introduced, we don't know how it will behave," Aaron Burton, a NASA planetary scientist and principal investigator, says. "Our biggest concern is that it could block the nanopores."
The samples Rubins ran were prepared on the ground for sequencing and will be compared to ones run in full gravity on Earth. So far, NASA says they seem "to match up."
"A next step is to test the entire process in space, including sample preparation as well as performing the sequencing," project manager and NASA microbiologist Sarah Castro-Wallace adds.
Once that's possible, the agency says astronauts will be able to sample their own environment to gauge whether a microbe they found poses a threat or study the effects of microgravity on gene expression or on DNA itself. | aerospace | 1 |
https://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/05/sbir/phase1/SBIR-05-1-O1.07-9189.html | 2022-05-21T11:51:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539101.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521112022-20220521142022-00369.warc.gz | 0.899886 | 823 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__16838270 | en | |PROPOSAL NUMBER:||05 O1.07-9189|
|SUBTOPIC TITLE:||Extravehicular (EVA) Radios|
|PROPOSAL TITLE:||Reconfigurable, Digital EVA Radio|
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TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
AeroAstro proposes to develop a low-power, low-volume and lightweight, state-of-the-art digital radio capable of operating in a wide variety of bands, from VHF through Ka microwave, with data transceive capabilities of voice, telemetry, and high-resolution video. This device is intended for use in manned extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) in deep-space environments, on lunar and planetary surfaces, and in the links and networks involved in end-to-end data flow. This radio is innovative in several aspects: in its size and power, in its modularity that allows the ability to handle different bands, in its use of software radio technologies, in its automatic adaptability to varying transmission environments, and in its reliability and fault-tolerant performance. This technology is paramount to the safety and success of manned missions in space, where unpredictable environments are present and where reliability is absolutely critical.
POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 150 WORDS)
Any of the NASA's planned manned space missions would benefit from the advantages offered by the radio AeroAstro is proposing to design, whether it's an orbiting space station, a short-range mission, a lunar or planetary mission, or any number of EVA applications for which it is ultimately intended. In particular, EVA spacesuits require a radio that is small, lightweight, and requires minimal power. AeroAstro's design offers a solution that will allow astronauts to safely and easily maneuver during EVA activities and maintain reliable communications with other EVA astronauts and those on the planetary surface even in harsh and unpredictable environments.
POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 150 WORDS)
This radio is very universal and applicable almost anywhere that radio communications are needed, although it is particularly targeted to those applications where ultra-high reliability is required. Any emergency service where on-the-fly reconfigurability would allow them to interoperate amongst themselves would be good candidates. In addition, any military or government organization requiring a high-level communications network could benefit from this radio. It will easily handle encrypted data, and its wide bandwidth would allow it to handle real-time video. Its frequency agility might be useful in wide frequency hopping systems for low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) communications or anti-jam systems.
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https://fsf.nerc.ac.uk/news/Gobabeb.shtml | 2023-12-01T04:12:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201021234-20231201051234-00818.warc.gz | 0.905296 | 903 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__329061 | en | FSF was approached by Agnieszka Bialek and Chris MacLellan of the Earth Observation, Climate and Optical Group at the National Physical Laboratory to collaborate in hyperspectral and multispectral data collection in Namibia.
NPL are leads in two key projects, the HYPERNETS Horizon 2020 project, involving a consortium of 6 European and one Argentinian science institutions (RBINS, TARTU, SU, CNR, NPL, GFZ, CONICET), and RadCalNet (ESA, NASA, Magellium, NPL, CNES, AOE + MetEOC-3). Both projects aim to set up ground calibration sites for the spectral calibration of satellites. Gobabeb has been selected as it is in an area of exceptional year round clear skies and low atmospheric water content, flat topography, and a relatively homogenous spectral profile across large areas.
The prospective new hypernet sites
FSF was tasked with producing spectral surveys for a new HYPERNETS and RadCalNet sites. In order to do this, we travelled to Namibia with on of our SVC 1024i Spectrometers, and our brand new ESA Sentinel 2 matched multispectral camera, the SAL Engineering MAIA S2. FSF has developed systems to integrate Emlid differential GPS into our SVC 1024i, which, along with the dGPS on the MAIA system, provides exceptional accuracy to the survey.
Setting up the MAIA dGPS base station
To overcome local UAV flight restrictions, FSF developed a boom-mounted frame with which to mount the Maia camera. This enabled us to undertake the equivalent of a 7m altitude UAV survey with a handheld pole, a technique that may be applied in future projects where UAV flight is limited, such as urban areas or close to airports.
The MAIA S2 mounted on a long boom for an 'aerial' survey. Here Jack holds it over a Spectralon reflectance panel
The HYPERNETS project is "a new hyperspectral radiometer integrated in automated networks of water and land bidirectional reflectance measurements for satellite validation" . This project requires a good a priori knowledge of the spectral profile of each site before its establishment, and so we used the SVC 1024i along with areal RGB imagery from a local UAV operator to produce a spectral transect through various potential sites. Despite the large site area and challenging desert conditions, this was achieve in excellent time using FSF developed 'dual field of view' (DVOF) methodology, which uses a second spectrometer to constantly monitor a calibrated white panel reference. This allows much faster data acquisition than repeated white panel measurements with a single spectrometer.
A dGNSS equipped SVC 1024i on a boom for repeated surface reflectance measurements along a transect. In the background, an ASD is set up for concurrent measurements of a panel for DFOV
RadCalNet "provides satellite operators with SI-traceable Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) spectrally-resolved reflectance's to aid in the post-launch radiometric calibration and validation of optical imaging sensor data. " FSF surveyed a prospective new site for RadCalNet with our new SAL Engineering MAIA S2 camera, as well as our DFOV methodology. This enabled to provide sufficient data for scaling analysis to determine a suitable spatial and spectral resolution required for subsequent surveys.
'Station Dune' , looking back towards the Gobabeb Research station
Alongside a successful field campaign, Namibia provided fantastic scenery, wildlife, and hospitality. Staying at the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute, we were able to call on the expertise of centre staff on local geology, ecology and weather. The food and accommodation were fantastic, and we were treated to some great local wildlife walks. Among the wildlife were Oryx, Ostrich, scorpions, Sand Snakes, and meercats.
The Camel Thorn tree, a distant Oryx, and a small Tree Scorpion fluorescing under UV light
We all managed to get ourselves and the equipment back from Namibia without any trouble before countries started to implement lockdowns due to covid-19. We'recurrently processing the data, and we are looking forward to sharing these with you soon! | aerospace | 1 |
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Propulsion Systems for Aircraft. Aerospace Education II.
Mackin, T. E.
The main part of the book centers on the discussion of the engines in an airplane. After describing the terms and concepts of power, jets, and rockets, the author describes the reciprocating engines. The description of diesel engines helps to explain why these are not used in airplanes. The discussion of the carburetor is followed by a discussion of the lubrication system. Lubrication is an important feature in the smooth functioning of aircraft, not only because of lubrication properties but because of its complementary role in cooling down the heat released in engines. The chapter on reaction engines describes the operation of the jet in theory and gives examples of how the different types of jet engines operate. Rocket engines are also explained briefly. The book is to be used for the Air Force ROTC program only. (PS)
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Authoring Institution: Air Univ., Maxwell AFB, AL. Junior Reserve Office Training Corps. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/25176/Northrop_Grumman_To_Support_US_Navy___s_MQ_4C_Triton_UAS | 2020-09-22T01:20:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202686.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922000730-20200922030730-00107.warc.gz | 0.898782 | 242 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__60160888 | en | Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $33.7 million contract by the US Navy to provide support for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
This order procures material kits and retrofit labor to incorporate the Integrated Functional Capability 4.0 configuration into retrofit aircraft and ground segments, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday.
The MQ-4C Triton is a high altitude, long endurance drone developed under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. The system is intended to provide real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions (ISR) over vast ocean and coastal regions, continuous maritime surveillance, conduct search and rescue missions, and to complement the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. Its primary surveillance sensor is an AN/ZPY-3 Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) X-band AESA radar, which is capable of a 360-degree field-of-regard, allowing a MQ-4C Triton to survey over 7 million square kilometres of ocean within a 24-hour period.
Work is expected to be completed in January 2022. | aerospace | 1 |
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https://persecondnews.com/2019/05/22/nigerian-aviation-workers-begin-indefinite-strike-wednesday/ | 2022-10-04T14:29:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00090.warc.gz | 0.909499 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__34880157 | en | Nigerian aviation workers begin indefinite strike Wednesday
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“Having therefore exhausted all efforts and patience on the issues, and left with no other option, our unions hereby direct all staff of NCAA nationwide to commence an indefinite industrial action with effect from 0500hrs on Wednesday, 22nd, May, 2019,” the workers’ unions wrote in a circular on Tuesday.
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https://www.zippia.com/space-sciences-director-jobs/ | 2021-07-24T03:38:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046150129.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20210724032221-20210724062221-00369.warc.gz | 0.963133 | 721 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__288273081 | en | Space sciences refers to many scientific disciplines that include astronomy, meteorology, astrophysics, and many others. A space sciences director uses their knowledge of all these branches to direct research into space. They are highly technically proficient and experienced professionals that are no strangers to complicated laboratory equipment. Throughout their career, they have demonstrated impeccable analytical, problem-solving, and math skills.
Most employers require their space sciences directors to have bachelor's degrees at the very least. American space sciences director commonly major in chemistry, biology, or physics. Because this is such a high-skill position, many of them spend more time establishing their expertise by pursuing doctorates.
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The FAA directive was immediately adhered to by aviation regulator of countries whose airlines have so far bought these latest aircraft.
Yesterday, Japan had grounded 24 Dreamliner owned by two of its airlines-- ANA (All Nippon Airways) and Japan Airlines.
Air India officials said they have grounded all the six planes in its fleet with immediate effect following the FAA directive and the DGCA advisory.
They said that FAA has directed the grounding of the entire Dreamliner fleet till such time as the aircraft manufacturer Boeing "demonstrate compliance" of various
measures the American regulator has asked it to carry out.
However, the officials maintained that its services will not be affected in any major way as flights to Paris and Frankurt operated by the Dreamliner will now be serviced by Boeing 777.
While one of the six planes is always on a standby, three are used on the domestic sector and two on international including Paris and Frankfurt, they said, adding that domestic services would be absorbed by the existing fleet of aircraft.
The American aircraft maker had last Friday jointly announced investigations with FAA after three of these aircraft owned by the Japanese carriers suffered glitches this month -- an electrical fire, fuel leakage and a broken cockpit window.
In September last, Air India had also experienced a glitch in its Dreamliner's liquid cooling system and electrical power system, which had led to the grounding of all three of these planes at that time.
After the faults were rectified, these aircraft have been flying regularly on select domestic and international routes.
Regarding the problem of fuel leaks, the Air India officials had said this was not something "unusual as it occurs in all aircraft types. Such problems have to be rectified immediately but these are not anything new or different."
Boeing had designated a team in Delhi for any trouble- shooting for Dreamliners.
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The European Commission is enhancing technological sovereignty through greater investment and cooperation.
Investment in key space technologies
Through its Horizon 2020 program, the Commission has invested €100 million to promote European non-dependence on key space technologies to underpin the maintenance, development and evolution of our space systems and components, and for which there are presently no alternatives in the EU.
The Commission will now increase investment in Horizon Europe to respond to the needs caused by the current geopolitical context: as of 2023, €20 million will be allocated to critical space technologies on a yearly basis.
Horizon Europe is the EU’s primary funding programme for research and innovation. Its main objectives are to enhance European industrial competitiveness and ensure strategic autonomy in the space sector.
Over the past decade, the European Union has taken significant strides towards enhancing its technological sovereignty in space. Notably, the EU has invested heavily in microelectronics for space applications, with a focus on GaN (Gallium nitride) technologies, rad-hard Systems on Chips (SoC), space solar cells, and advanced high dissipative packages, among others.
One major example of this investment is the funding of the first rad-hard space graded FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) entirely based on a European supply chain. This development has resulted in the creation of a series of 4 FPGAs products (NG-MEDIUM, LARGE, ULTRA and ULTRA7) that have been developed or are currently under development through EU funding. These FPGAs are crucial components for all types of space missions, including Copernicus and Galileo, and are key enablers of future advanced on-board computing capabilities (e.g. autonomous systems).
Renewed cooperation with the European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency
In 2008, the Commission, ESA and EDA established a Joint Task Force (JTF) with the objective of ensuring autonomous and unrestricted access to these technologies. Since then, the JTF has mapped critical space dependencies and identified relevant actions.
In this context, the Commission, ESA and EDA have given a fresh impetus to the Joint Task Force to lift up their institutional cooperation.
The JTF Evolution will lead to new activities, including the development of common JTF roadmaps, institutional synergies, and enhanced collaboration to address the growing technological dependencies faced by the EU in the field of space research. Through these efforts, the EU is taking a bold stance in promoting its strategic interests and ensuring its continued leadership in space research and innovation.
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https://bioprepwatch.com/exiting-the-737-200-the-air-inuit-team-puts-an-end-to-thunder-pig/ | 2024-04-24T02:47:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00224.warc.gz | 0.943175 | 615 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__120065542 | en | Less than two years ago, Air Inuit had an addition to its sub-fleet: At the time, the carrier from Quebec secured the services of a 737-200 that landed on the rival Northern Canadian side. The 41-year-old C-GOPW, like the three “thunder pigs” who were already flying Air Inuit, a freight-and-passenger station wagon, joined his new employer in late summer 2021 and has been flying regularly to remote corners of the region since then. . At the time, Air Inuit hailed the old-school Boeing, laden with kits of gravel for gravel runways, as the perfect plane—”whether you’re planning a mining mission in the Canadian Arctic with 25 people hauling 25,000-pound machinery, or with 111 of your closest friends wanting to travel.” to a strange destination.”
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Change to the latest 737
While Canadian North retired its last 737-200 in May 2023, Air Inuit aircraft continue to fly happily across the country today. But the Air Inuit’s love of the 737-200 seems to be fading away — instead giving way to a sober economic reality. In any case, those in charge of the airline announced earlier this week that they will be buying three Boeing 737-800s in the near future and retiring the four 737-200s within 24 months.
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P/N 61T-7998-003 (Brown Bezel)
P/N 61T-7998-013 (Gray Bezel)
(Replaced CRT EDU)
EDU-776 – EHSI / EICAS
EDU-776C P/N 622-5046-10X
EDU-776D P/N 622-7999-00X
EDU-776D P/N 622-7999-013
EDU-766 – EADI
EDU-766C P/N 622-5047-10X
EDU-776D P/N 622-7998-00X | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.bromleyhistoricaltimes.co.uk/grigorovitch-m9 | 2022-05-23T14:01:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662558030.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523132100-20220523162100-00706.warc.gz | 0.96927 | 514 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__176385600 | en | Also called ShCh M-9 or Shchetinin M-9 this Russian ww1 biplane flying boat was a development of the M-5, ready in the fall of 1915, which first flew on January 9, 1916 at Baku. By September 17, 1916, Jan Nagórski, test pilot, became the first to make a loop with a flying boat, worldwide. A good indicator of its agility and handling characteristics.
The Grigorovitch M9 became the best-seller of the company, being produced by the hundreds (an estimated 500+) by Shchetinin up to the civil war.
This was reliable, sturdy aircraft, a two-seater 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in) long with a wingspan of 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in) and wing area of 54.8 m² (589.6 ft²). Its empty weight was 1060kg, 1540kg fully loaded, with a tested 1,610 kg (3,542 lb) maximal takeoff weight.
It was propelled by a French Salmson 9 engine in pusher configuration, the engine rated at 150 hp. Its top speed was 110 km/h (59 knots, 68 mph), with an operational ceiling of 3,000 m (9,840 ft) and a 3.5 hours flight endurance. So this was a bit lower than the previous M5, but it was compensated by a better armament, with comprised alternatively a 7.7 mm MG in the nose, or a 7.5 mm MG, a 20 mm cannon or even a 37 mm cannon, in addition to bombs (100 kgs+ or steel darts). This made it one of the most powerfully armed floatplane in service for this size.
The M9 produced served with the Navy until the fall of the regime, and fought actively on both sides due to their availability with the Reds and Whites alike, and Soviet forces after the war. Many distinguished themselves in the air defence of Baku, dropping 6,000 kg of bombs and 160 kg of steel darts or “arrows”, but also carried out photo reconnaissance missions, artillery spotting and interception of enemy planes. Some also participated in sea shelve studies spotting new oil fields near Baku. Nine M-9s were captured by Finland (one evaluated and lost), eight more were sent at Åland and Turku for local defence and flew actively until 1922 with the Finnish Air Force. | aerospace | 1 |
https://sputniknews.com/science/201704241052945797-trump-iss-mars/ | 2018-12-13T10:22:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376824675.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20181213101934-20181213123434-00327.warc.gz | 0.97469 | 172 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__140076357 | en | "We’ll have to speed that up a little bit," Trump said of the Mars mission, apparently in jest, noting that he would like to see a human on the Red Planet in his the first or second term as president.
When Trump asked who on the station wanted to fly to Mars, Whitson replied, "We’re all ready to go."
But Whitson indicated the flight scheduled for sometimes in the 2030s would probably belong to the next generation of astronauts, urging students to study math, science and technology so that they could be part of that mission.
Trump called Whitson from the Oval Office, sitting alongside his daughter Ivanka Trump and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. Whitson explained the International Space Station is providing a "key bridge" for people on Earth to eventually travel into deep space. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=18281939 | 2022-11-29T18:58:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710710.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129164449-20221129194449-00876.warc.gz | 0.934356 | 468 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__129792023 | en | VSE Corp. (VSEC) Announces $37.5 Million in New Federal and Defense Contract Awards
VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC), a leading provider of aftermarket distribution and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for land, sea and air transportation assets supporting government and commercial markets, today announced approximately $37.5 million in combined new contract awards with the United States Air Force and a U.S. Government foreign ally. Activity under both contracts is expected to commence during second quarter 2021.
The contract awards are as follows:
- A three-year task order award under the United States Air Force (USAF) Contract Field Teams (CFT) program. As stipulated within the task order, VSE will provide corrosion control treatment, prevention and repair maintenance on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and associated support equipment. VSE will support the VAW-120 Fleet Replacement Squadron attached to the Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
- A contract award to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for more than one hundred Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) and FMTV companion trailers for a U.S. Government foreign ally for approximately one year. This work will be performed at VSE’s Vehicle MRO facility in Texarkana, Arkansas.
“These contract awards reflect the continued execution of our Federal & Defense Services’ vehicle and aviation MRO strategy introduced last year, one that emphasizes multi-year growth in higher-margin segment backlog,” stated John Cuomo, President and CEO of VSE Corporation. “We continue to pursue new niche MRO opportunities with U.S. and allied foreign militaries as we leverage our technical expertise and proven project management capabilities.”
“We remain focused on growing our MRO capabilities through a combination of both organic and inorganic growth, while pursuing less commoditized, higher-margin opportunities,” stated Robert Moore, Federal & Defense Services Group President. “We are honored to have been selected for these awards following competitive bidding processes. We look forward to providing our customers with world-class, on-demand MRO support to ensure continued operational readiness of their mission-critical assets.” | aerospace | 1 |
https://walford.sa.edu.au/usa-space-tour/ | 2023-09-23T21:48:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923194908-20230923224908-00486.warc.gz | 0.933745 | 720 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__307946934 | en | At Walford, we are serious about addressing the under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. This is where many jobs of the future lie and it is vital that females are not excluded from these career pathways. We are proud that more than 55% of our graduates enter STEM related pathways and we remain committed to providing interesting, fun and engaging STEM experiences that show how related careers can be accessible and exciting.
NASA Space School
Walford is the only girls’ school in South Australia to offer a bespoke STEM tour which includes an up and close experience at NASA Space School! During their five day camp at the Kennedy Space Centre, students undertake a simulated mission which sees them working in teams on the International Space Station and at ground control, undertaking real life problem solving exercises. The use of hydraulic technology enables girls to experience the weightlessness of gravity in space, as they manage shuttle repairs in readiness for their return flight home. During the camp, students lunch with astronauts, undertake g-force training and launch rockets.
Following Space Camp, the tour continues with a STEM focus. A raft of tailored activities to show where a career in STEM can lead are incorporated into the trip, including a behind the scenes tour of Universal Studios with engineers to better understand the physics behind adventure rides, a tour of the National Ignition Facility (NFI) and a visit to iFly. Other experiences are planned in advance with the touring group to enable a highly personalised itinerary to be delivered.
This is but one life-changing opportunity available at Walford.
Head of Science
“The STEM Tour is designed to immerse students in STEM experiences and career pathways that they are unlikely to experience in Australia or on a family holiday. Every activity has a learning component related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
The main activity is a space camp held in Huntsville, Alabama. Students explore the mental, emotional and physical demands of being an astronaut and learn about Space Stations and Mission Control. Students design and test a virtual reality Mars rover and participate in a range of simulations. Additionally, students spend time in a Neutral Buoyancy Trainer. This is an underwater SCUBA trainer, a smaller version of the Underwater Astronaut Trainer.
The tour also travels to Orlando, Florida to visit the Kennedy Space Center where students experience a simulated shuttle launch, walk through a full-scale space shuttle and learn about the most powerful rocket ever built, the Apollo Saturn V moon rocket. Students also meet and have lunch with a NASA astronaut. Other highlights include an airboat ride along the Everglades and a visit to Universal Studios which includes an exclusive educational program. Another attraction is the visit to the U.S. Department of Energy National Ignition Facility in San Fransisco (home to the world’s largest and highest-energy laser system which is investigating nuclear fusion as a future energy source).”
“The Walford trip was a once in a lifetime experience. Highlights of the trip were the bus tour in San Francisco, visiting Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, Space Camp, learning about space missions and experiencing simulated space missions!”
“The STEM trip was the perfect opportunity to learn about Space and other STEM subjects at some of the most highly-regarded industries in the world, while forming inseparable bonds with classmates and meeting new people from all over the world.” | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.answers.com/Q/Flight_time_london_to_miami | 2021-12-06T09:36:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363290.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20211206072825-20211206102825-00149.warc.gz | 0.91904 | 583 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__30644572 | en | The in-air flight time for a flight from London, England, to Miami, Florida would take 9 hours and 21 minutes. This would cover a distance of 7,121 km.
A flight from Miami Airport to London would have a flight time of about 9 hours. British Airways offers a direct flight from MIA to LHR with a flight time of 8hrs and 15 minutes
The flight time from London Heathrow Airport to Miami International Airport is about 8 hours, 51 minutes.
A flight from Heathrow Airport in London to Miami, Florida, would take about 9 hours and 21 minutes. This is factoring in time for take-off and landing.
9 hours 9 hours
A flight from London to Miami will fly west out of London (assuming your talking about London Heathrow Airport), and then southwest towards much of the West Country, Devon and Cornwall before leaving the UK, the flight will then fly over much of the Atlantic continuing southwest until descending into Miami.
Miami, FL (MIA) to London (LON) Shortest Flight Duration 8 hours 20 mins About 7 hours
The average flight time is 8 hours, 51 minutes. This is only an approximation and flight times are likely to vary. Your airline will provide you with a flight time when you book a flight.
London (LON) to Nassau (NAS) Shortest Flight Duration * 12 hours 5 mins * Via Miami International Apt, Miami (MIA)
The flight time from Miami International Airport to Brazil is about 6 hours.
How long is the flight from Miami to denver
London (LON) to Miami, FL (MIA)Flight Duration 9 hours 5 mins
Its about 10 hours
The flight time from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas is: 52 minutes
The flight time from London to Nepal is 13hrs.
The flight time from Miami, Florida, to Micronesia is 16 hours 21 minutes. The flight distance is 7,924 miles (12,52 kilometers). The time difference between Miami and Micronesia is 15 hours while Miami is on daylight savings time and 16 hours while Miami is on standard time.
The shortest flight time from Miami Florida to Dublin Ireland is 11hours 25 minutes
flight time from london to antigua
About 8 - 11 hours
A flight from Miami to Austin, Texas would have a flight time of about 3 hours.
The flight time from Miami to San Juan is two hours.
The flight time between Miami and St. Thomas is roughly 2.5 hours.
The flight time from Miami International Airport to Male, Maldives is about 19 hours, 28 minutes.
The average flight time from Miami International Airport to Africa is 13 hours, 25 minutes.
flight time from London to Lahore is almost 8 hours
what is the flight time from London to Maldives? | aerospace | 1 |
https://newsonline24.blogspot.com/2008_09_27_archive.html | 2021-09-20T21:24:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057091.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20210920191528-20210920221528-00594.warc.gz | 0.968974 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__256212214 | en | Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets have launched a precision air strike at the LTTE's main, female 'black tiger' training facility located at Rathnapuram, in Kilinochchi, Saturday (Sep 27), at around 12.15p.m.
according to defence.lk."The target was located 1.5km East of the A-9 trunk road and North of the Iranamadu Tank", Air Force Spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said.
According to the Air Force Spokesperson, the target was acquired on real-time ground information received.
The site is known to be the main female black tiger training and coordinating facility and a most frequented location by LTTE's intelligence wing chief, Pottu Amman, military sources said.
Read more :http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20080927_05
But according to tamilnet.com a civilian was killed and at least two, including a child, were wounded in Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) attack in Iraththinapuram, a suburb of Ki'linochchi town, Saturday around 12:30 p.m.
tamilnet has repoted The ICRC office, which was recently relocated from Ira'naimadu junction, is situated around 150 meters away from the bombed locality. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan defence ministry claimed that the attack was a 'precision air strike' against an LTTE target.
Child wounded in SLAF attack at Ki'linochchi hospital(Pictures:Tamilnet) | aerospace | 1 |
http://twinbee.ch/termine.htm | 2019-03-21T10:20:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202510.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321092320-20190321114320-00354.warc.gz | 0.685251 | 225 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__144764417 | en | |"SILVER PLANE AIR SERVICES" Flight Status||2019|
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your proposal for visiting additional Airshows or Museums is always highly welcome! | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/birmingham-airport-flight-diverted-16626006 | 2023-09-22T01:25:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506320.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922002008-20230922032008-00047.warc.gz | 0.970093 | 350 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__169182966 | en | A Flybe flight had to make an unscheduled landing in the Midlands this morning after a "technical fault" forced it to divert.
Flight BE1331 - the 6.25am flight from Edinburgh - was set to land at London City Airport, but instead touched down at Birmingham Airport at 8am.
Emergency vehicles were ready to meet the plane as a precautionary measure.
Flight tracker Flight Radar 24 showed the aircraft circling over the Midlands for a short period of time, before it landed at Birmingham.
The airline has confirmed that the unscheduled landing came as a result of a "suspected technical fault".
All 56 passengers were able to leave the plane safely after it landed in Birmingham.
What FlyBe said
In a statement, Flybe told our sister paper BirminghamLive : "Flybe can confirm that the captain of the above flight elected to divert to Birmingham this morning due to a suspected technical fault with the aircraft.
"Having taken all necessary action, the aircraft landed safely without further incident and taxied to stand where all 56 passengers disembarked as normal.
"As is standard procedure, the airport put its emergency vehicles on standby as a precautionary measure.
"The airline fully complied with its Duty of Care and passengers were offered the option of completing their journey by coach or being re-accommodated on a flight returning to Edinburgh.
"The safety of its passengers and crew remains the airline’s number one priority and Flybe apologises for the inconvenience experienced."
On Twitter, Flybe replied to a member of public saying: "The BE1331 had been diverted to Birmingham due to a technical issue. All passengers were then transported by coach to London City." | aerospace | 1 |
https://aerospace.technion.ac.il/news/euroavia-takes-to-the-sky/ | 2024-04-21T17:44:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817790.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421163736-20240421193736-00687.warc.gz | 0.976093 | 668 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__139460809 | en | Towards the end of 2012, four students at the Technion heard about EUROAVIA, the European Association of Aerospace Students, and decided to begin the process of founding a chapter in Israel. EUROAVIA connects over 2000 students from 38 universities in 19 countries and creates a bridge between them and Europe’s aerospace industries. Each chapter, or “Associated Society,” organizes events for its members on both the local and international level, allowing students from other universities the experience of visiting aerospace faculties and companies all over Europe.
In April 2015, after a long process which included hosting an international event, “EUROAVIA at the Technion” was finally accepted as an Associated Society. Since then, all of the founding members have graduated and the challenge has been to recruit new members and create a new local board. The new members and local board have already begun planning local events for the chapter.
This past summer, one of the organizing members, Rami Veiberman, was obtaining his solo gliding license at the Megido Gliding Center near Afula. After hearing about this amazing experience and at Rami’s suggestion, the local chapter decided to organize the most exciting local event to date, an introductory glider flight! The event was planned for the end of October and advertised in the Faculty. The turnout was impressive! By the end of September all 21 spaces were filled. Due to bad weather, the event had to be rescheduled, but all registered members were still able to attend.
The day of the event saw gorgeous weather. The instructors were incredibly welcoming and excited to see such a large group of eager aerospace students. After an introduction and instruction, the group quickly began to take flight. The group was assigned two gliders and one tow plane. As one glider flew, the ground crew prepared the second, allowing to take off one after the other. The gliders seated both the participant and an instructor and each flight lasted 15 minutes.
Take-off was bumpy as the glider got dragged up by the tow plane, but soon it was smooth flying. After a few minutes of climbing to a safe height, the towing cable was released and the glider was on its way! The instructor piloted the glider through thermals to maintain its altitude. Clear weather and excellent visibility allowed for a breathtaking view of the northern landscape, and the quiet flight of the engine-less aircraft was truly a unique, serene experience. While some were content with the scenic, relaxing flight, bolder participants could ask the instructor to perform aerobatic maneuvers like zero-gravity. The highlight of the flight, however, was being given the chance to pilot the glider!
Each participant finished the flight and climbed out of the glider with a big smile on their face. It was a new experience for everyone, and some of the students have already decided to take up the hobby.
Events like this are a good break from lectures and, as aerospace students, was truly inspiring and motivating. We had a lot of fun planning and attending this event and are looking forward to offering more opportunities like this in the future! Stay tuned!
EUROAVIA at the Technion President | aerospace | 1 |
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