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Brexit has dangerously complicated the situation for British airlines. They are at risk because when England exits the EU, an open sky agreement will no longer apply to them. This allows each airline registered in the European Union to operate over all EU Member States. The routes between Britain and Europe would be canceled. That is why EasyJet decided to set up new airline in Vienna.
“The accreditation process is already at a very advanced stage, and EasyJet hopes to receive an airline certificate and license in the near future.” said EasyJet.
So-called EasyJet Europe will provide transportation with about 100 aircraft and 4,000 employees. This change allegedly won’t affect passengers in any way.
“The creation of a new airline in Austria will also create many new jobs.” add EasyJet.
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CHINESE FIGHTERS HAVE ENDANGER AMERICAN OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT
China has made it clear that US observing machines flying around their airspace boarders are simply not welcome. At least according to two sources from the US Air Force who | aerospace | 1 |
https://flb.ru/info/63242.html | 2024-04-17T00:47:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817112.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416222403-20240417012403-00341.warc.gz | 0.954614 | 11,517 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__32295050 | en | Two months ago the newspaper "Sovershenno sekretno" began to search for real guilty persons of the shooting of the Malaysian Boeing on the basis of "newly discovered circumstances". The newly discovered circumstances were copies of the documents received from our "Source N." who carried out a complex and dangerous work together with his colleagues to "take out" the secret materials of the SBU and MO of Ukraine and to document the facts of their crimes. In the article «To destroy the facts of conducting a special operation». Operation of the SBU "Clearing". Part 1.
Which was prepared jointly with the Agency for Federal Investigations FLB.ru we published the copies of four secret documents of the Security Service of Ukraine which demonstrated that immediately after the Boeing 777 wreckage the SBU conducted a state special operation to destroy the evidence of the mass murder in the sky over the Donbass on July 17, 2014. Then we published a certificate of the Main Processing Center for Special Information of the State Border Guard of Ukraine which indicated that "Crossing of the Ukrainian state border through Buk M-1 from Russian Federation is not captured." The operation "The Buk Legend". Part 2.
What kind of facts did the employees of the "secret police" of Kiev want to clear out? In one of the top secret documents signed by the head of the Office of Inspector General of the SBU Anatoly Kalyuzhnyak it was quite definitely said: "As part of a special operation, to destroy all materials that indicate the presence of the combat aircraft and carrying out combat missions in the specified area on July 17, 2014; To carry out preventive measures and rotation of servicemen of the air squadron who made flights in the specified area. In particular, the servicemen of the Aviation Brigade No. A-4104, Chuguev city, Kharkov region.”
So, the Chuguev city, m/u А4104, the aircraft carried out combat missions in the area of Boeing wreckage on July 17, 2014. The traces guide to the airfield "Chuguev", the 203th training aviation brigade is based here which is a part of the Kharkov University of the Air Force of Ukraine named after Ivan Kozhedub. In 2014, Chuguev training was centrally subordinated to the "northern" - the Command of the Air Force of Ukraine (Vinnitsa).
"Today the aviation of ATO forces did not go up in the air at all - neither helicopters nor aircraft nor fighters." Do you remember? This statement was made by the head of the ATO informing group Vladislav Seleznyev and was spread by the agency Interfax-Ukraine on the day of the tragedy on July 17 at about eight in the evening. At our disposal there are several documents (a flight map, two orders, audio recordings with servicemen of the m/u A4104) which refute this primitive lie that became the official position of the Kiev authorities. We do not consider these documents as impeccable but we know from words of our “Source N.” that these photocopies "were definitely borrowed for a while and copied directly at the m/u staff and conversations with the servicemen were recorded as a result of an undercover operational approach to them". In any case, if the world wants to find out the truth about the death of 298 passengers and aircrew members of the Boeing in the sky over the Donbass, these documents and evidence should be studied by an objective investigation. Or is everyone satisfied by the Ukrainian-Netherlands fairy tale with American tunes about "Russian Buk?
SECRET FLIGHT PLAN No. 734
Translation of the document No. 1:
Secret, Copy 1.
Approved. July 16, 2014. Commander of m/u A4104 Colonel Dubovikh G.V.
Flight date: July 17, 2014.
Flight plan. No. 734.
General staff Kharkov region 13-27-3 M-37-B
Executed by: pilot of 299 BTA Air Force of Ukraine Captain Voloshin V. 16.07.2014.
(BTA – tactical aviation brigade – Ed.)
Flight ready: Chief of flying training of Air Force of Ukraine Kutsenkho R.
- What can you say about this flight map? - we asked Ruben Esayan, honored test pilot, Hero of Russia, head of the Flight Test Center of the State NII of Civil Aviation (GosNII GA).
- It is maid according to the standards. The flight route is specified, how it should fly. The marks 50, 210 and so on are the distance between the turning points.
We will revert to the comments of test pilot Esayan. Until then we say that you see a secret flight plan compiled and personally signed the day before the flight, on July 16, 2014, by the pilot of the 299 tactical aviation brigade Captain Vladislav Voloshin and approved by the commander of m/u 4104 Colonel Gennady Dubovik. There is a personal visa of Dubovik. In addition there is also the signature of the Chief of flight training Roman Kutsenko. (We mean that if wished all the signatures can be passed through the graphologic examination.)
According to this secret flight map, on July, 17 Voloshin's aircraft took off (or had to take off) from the airfield in Chuguev located near Kharkov and headed for southeast flying sequentially over the following settlements: Chuguev – Kremennaya (distance of 265 km), Kremennaya - Bryanka (125 km), Bryanka - Snezhnoe (100 km). The area of settlement Snezhnoe is the endpoint of the route at which the aircraft makes a sharp turn by 300 degrees and returns to the airbase leaving Konstantinovka (215 km) and Balakleya (210 km). The total route length amounted to 965 kilometers.
We all know the consequences of what happened in the sky in the Gorlovka area along the route of the fighter Voloshin (Snezhnoe-Konstantinovka). The routes of the Boeing 777 and the combat aircraft almost converge exactly in this square.
Look at the trajectory diagram of the Boeing flight presented four days after the tragedy, on July 21, by the head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of RF Andrey Kartapolov. And compare it with the route of the VSU aircraft. (See the diagram No. 1.3) "The diagram shows the international route over according to which Boeing 777 was supposed to fly. Please note that the aircraft moved to Donetsk in the established corridor and then it deviated from the route to the north. Herewith the maximum distance from the left border of the corridor was 14 kilometers. Later a maneuver is seen to return the Boeing 777 to the established corridor. But the Malaysian aircrew did not manage to finish the maneuver", - General Kartapolov explained at a briefing at that time
Now, comparing the flight plan No. 734 with the route of the civil aircraft deviated 14 km from the international air route, it can be imagined that it seemed specially to be led to a meeting with a combat vehicle.
Please note that we are not about to claim that the Boeing-777 was shot down exactly by the pilot 299 BTA VS of Ukraine Captain Voloshin. We are just saying - guys, here is a photocopy of the map (Secret, Copy 1), please explore it, recheck. This document is pulled out by hook or by crook from the secret unit m/u A4104. This is not cynical statements of the adviser to the head of SBU Markiyan Lubkovsky who said in December 2014
"As it was established, on July 17, 2014 the Ukrainian aviation was not applied in accordance with the ATO conduct plan. The information regarding the absence of Ukrainian combat aircraft in the area of the passenger aircraft crash is confirmed by the materials of the objective control of the radar data collection and processing system... Captain Voloshin did not take a flight and on July 16 (his aircraft) was put for repairs."
Well, how radically the information of "objective control and radar data" of the ministries of defense of Ukraine and Russia differ. Maybe the eternal world referees - Americans will help to establish the truth? Film director Oliver Stone in his recent film asks the question to President Putin "Does he think that US intelligence services can have information about the Boeing wreckage?" "I am convinced that it is so. ... If the information contradicts this, then they will never disclose it", - Putin replied. And, as you can see, the real information contradicts...
Why do we believe that the passenger Boeing was shot down not necessarily by the pilot Voloshin? Because on this terrible day the two more combat aircraft flew from Chuguev. This follows from the two orders of the commander of the military unit A4104, Colonel Dubovik. (These orders are from the same "case" that we received from our "Source N.").
"TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PILOTS FOR A TIME OF FLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION 17.07.2014"
Translation of Document No. 2
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
of the commander of the military unit A4104
10.07.2014 Chuguev city No. 702
According to the second part of Article 45 of the Air Code of Ukraine, the point 6 of the Regulations on the Use of the Airspace of Ukraine approved by the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from March 29, 2002 No. 401 (as amended). Law of Ukraine "On the Approval of the Rules for the Flights Implementation of State Aviation of Ukraine", Rules of Conducting Combat Flights and Conducting Operations, Plan for Flight Implementation in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the order of the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 30.05.2014 No. 32/4/540 "regarding the combat missions execution and the flights implementation under the conditions of conducting an anti-terrorist operation, etc.”,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. To use the airfield "Chuguev" as an airfield used by the state aviation of Ukraine during the conducting an anti-terrorist operation in the territory of the Northern region of Ukraine.
2. To carry out the technical inspection of the aircraft of state aviation assigned by the nomenclature of the military unit A4104 for use in the implementation of combat flights.
3. The aircraft of state aviation which were relocated from the airfields of Ukraine (Nikolaev, Melitopol) according to the Order of the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Ukraine from 02.07.2014 No. 32/4/837 "regarding the use of airfields during the conducting an anti-terrorist operation...", after their registration to carry out the technical inspection of the planes.
3. To carry out the organization of the performance of the flight support and operations of the aircraft as well as air traffic at the airfield "Chuguev" by elements of the military unit A4104.
5. The first deputy commander of the military unit, deputy commander of the unit –commander of the flying unit, Chief of staff shall be charged with supervising the execution of this order.
Commander of the military unit A4104
Colonel Dubovikh G.V.
The Order No. 702 indicates that, firstly, about a week before the accident it was decided to use the airfield "Chuguev", where the 203th training aviation brigade of the Kharkov University of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was based, for combat flights as part of an "anti-terrorist operation…" Secondly, aircraft were transferred from military airfields from Nikolaev (airfield Kulbakino, 299 BTA) and Melitopol to Chuguev.
And the second written order of the commander of the unit Colonel Gennady Dubovik issued on July 15, 2014 two days before the shooting of the Boeing indicates already the transition to the specific combat operations:
Translation of Document No. 3
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
of the commander of the military unit A4104
15.07.2014 Chuguev City No. 734
According to Law of Ukraine "On the Approval of the Rules for the Flights Implementation of State Aviation of Ukraine", Rules of Conducting Combat Flights and Conducting Special Operations, Plan for Flight Implementation in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, order of the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 30.05.2014 No. 32/4/540 "regarding the combat missions execution and the flights implementation under the conditions of conducting an anti-terrorist operation, etc.”,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. To secure the aircraft of the state aviation for a time of flight implementation 17.07.2014 to the pilots:
- Captian Voloshin V., SU-25M1 No. 08 (25508110284), second pilot Lieutenant Colonel Pomogaybo V.;
- Lieutenant Colonel Plohodko R., SU-27 No. 36 (19614), second pilot Soskovets I.;
- Major Ruchko I., MiG 29 MU1 No. 29 (2960731217), second pilot Major Sitnik G.
2. To carry out the technical inspection of the aircraft of state aviation SU-25M1 No. 08 (25508110284), SU-27 No. 36 (19614), MiG 29 MU1 No. 29 (2960731217) assigned by the nomenclature of the military unit A4104 for use in the implementation of combat flights.
3. To persons in charge - to prepare and provide flight plans and tables, fuel calculations, information on weather conditions. To carry out a medical examination and exercises on actions during extreme conditions while performing combat missions.
4. To execute the mission under the conditions of conducting an anti-terrorist operation in the territory of the Northern region of Ukraine.
5. The first deputy commander of the military unit, deputy commander of the unit –commander of the flying unit, Chief of staff, medical officer shall be charged with supervising the execution of this order.
Commander of the military unit A4104
Colonel Dubovik G.V.
By the way, the number of this order coincides with the number of the above-mentioned "Flight plan" for Captain Vladislav Voloshin, who the SU-25M1 attack aircraft with the side number "08" was secured to. The fighter-interceptors MiG-29 MU1 with the side No. 29 and the SU-27 No. 36 were to take off from the airfield Chuguev with him on July 17. The pilots of the main squad and their backups were named. It should be noted that Colonel Dubovik's order has only surnames but at the same time according to our source in other staff papers the surnames of the pilots flying on July 17 to execute the mission No. 1 were classified and changed to Evtushenko, Savitsky, Verkhovetsky, Vetlitsky...
According to the officer of the m/u A4104, who was contacted undercover, a combat fight for conducting a special operation to the area Toreza-Snezhnoye was implemented by the SU-27 plane. "The cloak mission: the air cargo plane Boeing transported humanitarian and military aids for the militia of LNR, DNP. The real mission: the destruction of the passenger aircraft." (We'll revert below to the evidence of this officer recorded on the recorder).
Unfortunately, we do not have yet flight plans for SU-27 and MiG-29 but we can imagine a combat operation in the air which simultaneously involves an attack aircraft and two fighter-interceptors.
When we showed a copy of the flight map and two orders to the honored test pilot Ruben Esayan, he noted that, of course, these documents should pass a consolidated examination but at the same time he said: "Just as I expected!”
- It is problematically for the SU-25 attack aircraft to catch up with the Boeing, in that case it should have been brought close to it. It would take him more time to catch up the goal. But the fighters SU-27 and MiG-29 are supersonic aircraft, they could quickly gain this height and catch up with the Boeing. These are air combat aircraft. I think that the Boeing MN17 is shot down by either MIG-29 or SU-27. Most likely it is the front-line fighter MiG-29 equipped with air target kill guns and missiles.
By the way, I aviated the Boeing 777, tested this aircraft in 1998 in the United States, in Seattle, for our airlines. It has a cruising speed of 900 km/h. At this speed you fly 60 kilometers in 4 minutes. The pilot who shot him down, he hurried, he was afraid that in 4 minutes the Boeing manage to break away. He hurried, he began earlier to shoot at him, you know. And his task was the shooting down so that the wreckage would fell to the border. But it turned out as it is happened.
I can say with certainty that Boeing was not shot down by the Buk. When the fragments of the Malaysian airliner were showed I saw a fragment of the pilot cabin left side and in the pilot cabin’s area, on portside, a fuselage damage reminiscent of a cannon shot trace. There were 4 or five holes. The pilot of the fighter clearly took aim to the cockpit. So the task was the hitting the pilot cabin. Not the engines. Because if he made a shot at the engines, the engine caught fire, the air crew would report that the engine was on fire. And he hit the place where the aircrew was for putting out of action immediately, so that they did not have time to report and say anything. This happened.
This is the reconstruction of the shooting of the aircraft maid by the honored test pilot Ruben Esayan. Would you say skeptically that he is a civilian pilot? In the world of aviation Esayan is the highly authoritative expert who participated in the analysis of dozens of air accidents. By the way, read at leisure about Ruben Tatevosovich (see "We are not kamikaze", "Sovershenno sekretno" No. 12/389, December 2016)
AND ABOUT THE WEATHER
Seeking the truth from a country that has been fighting for more than three years with its own people is unpromising. Its combat aircraft did not fly on that day. Its pilot Voloshin who get into the focus of public attention, on the advice of his "PR persons" from the SBU told: "SU-25 is not intended for the damaging such targets as Boeing. We fly lower... The main thing is that we did not fly from July 17, 2014. We did not have the weather. Elementary. But nobody even thinks about it. The aircraft can perform take-offs and landings at a certain meteorological minimum. This is a cloud amount, horizontal visibility... Yes, the Boeing was flying. But, sorry, the Boeing has tools that are much cooler than the Su-25. Boeing can land without an airstrip visibility. And we can not - only with visual visibility, but it was not at that time. At the time it rained, it was overcast sky, 10 points, the sky was completely covered by clouds. We could not fly."
Non-flying weather? And on the advice of Voloshin we thought about it and asked the general director of the famous company Gismeteo Yuri Shmelkin for providing us with the actual weather report for July 17, 2014 in this region of Ukraine. As a result we received data of weather stations Dnepr-34504 (Dnepropetrovsk City), Kharkov-34300 (Chuguev city is located 36 km from Kharkov) and Debaltsevo-34524 (the accident area).
If the pilot Voloshin was on July 17 at a military airfield in the village Aviatorskoe near Dnepropetrovsk, then indeed on that day there were "showers of slight rain". Moreover, at 15:00 there was no precipitation - 0 mm. And at 18:00 there were 2 mm of precipitation. But at the same time – the cloud base height was 1000-1500 meters and the meteorological range of visibility was 10 kilometers. How did Captain Voloshin say - " the sky was completely covered by clouds"?
By the way, if you read newspaper reports about the flight training of the 299th tactical aviation brigade, you can find, for example, such confessions of "Nikolayev aces": "Today we practiced landing exercises in difficult weather conditions so that we could fly in all conditions." "Now I can execute missions in any weather conditions day and night." (This is December 2013) "The air staff of military pilots restored the skills of piloting the Su-25 attack aircraft in various weather conditions." (This is in November 2012).
But if Captain Voloshin flew July 17 from the airfield Chuguev, as follows from the order of the commander of military unit 4104 Gennady Dubovik, then the weather was fine from three to six in the evening: the precipitation is 0 mm, the cloud base height is 1000-1500 meters, the meteorological range of visibility is 10 kilometers... And finally we say about the weather in Debaltsevo between 15:00 and 18:00 - 0 mm of precipitation, the past weather is cloudy, the meteorological range of visibility is 20 kilometers.
Shoot as much as you like!
As test pilot Ruben Esayan said in this regard: "What means that they did not have the opportunity to fly if such weather was? All aircraft both combat and passenger aircraft have a weather minimum. This is a cloud base and visibility at which it can take off and land. And the cloud base is not so low that the aircraft could not fly."
WHERE WAS PILOT VOLOSHIN?
We understand that our case of "Chuguev" documents refutes the official false to the core version of Kiev but at the same time it diverges with the evidence of the mechanic of air armament of the first squadron of the tactical aviation brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine Evgeny Agapov. In December 2014 Agapov gave an anonymous interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda and in June 2015 he recorded his official testimony in the Investigative Committee of RF. We recall that the mechanic Agapov said that "on July 17, the aircraft flew regularly, they began to fly in the morning. After noon three SU-25 aircraft were taken to the air. The two were shot down subsequently. One plane came back. The pilot Captain Voloshin got out of the cab. Being next to him... the technical crew asked for comments to the plane. Later he went with the other pilots and I heard a phrase from him - "the plane is wrong."
The main discrepancy with our "Chuguev" documents is that according to Agapov in early July he was already moved with all the air staff from Chuguev to a military airfield in Aviatorskoe settlement near Dnepropetrovsk: "In mid-June 2014 I was sent on mission, the air unit was relocated to Chuguev, flights were carried out, weapon systems were used. Two weeks we were in Chuguev, then were relocated to Dnepropetrovsk. In early July it was."
So, relying on Agapov’s words Voloshin had to fly July 17 according to another "Flight plan", but for us it is more important to confirm that the aircraft of 299 BTA flew to combat missions on this day. We admit that Chuguev's secret "Flight plan" No. 734 could have been an alternate one.
However, we also have testimonies of witnesses and eyewitnesses. About departures from Chuguev...
"THEY FLEW TO EXECUTE THE MISSION NO.1 OF DESTROYING AIR TARGETS SOMEWHERE TO THE AREA OF TOREZA-SNEZHNOE"
Thanks to our «Source N.», we managed to get audio recordings of conversations «on the merits» with three servicemen of the military unit А4104, who «serviced and provided flights at the airfield «Chuguev» on July 17, 2014. Do you remember the order No.702 of Colonel Dubovik? If desired, the voices of these witnesses can be easily identified. Conversations were being conducted and written down by a man, who we conditionally name «Source B.». One of his interlocutors was the Chief of Staff of the military unit A4104 Lieutenant Colonel V.S. Baturin. In July 2014, he served as a Commander of a separate airfield battalion of technical support for the aviation regiment. To be sure - Baturin understands all danger of conversation, he agreed to meet with «Source B.» only because of the request of a certain Tolya. Apparently, he is the former colleague, to whom Lieutenant Colonel Baturin is very obliged. But it doesn’t prevent him to «feed beans» his interlocutor during the conversation. And, maybe, not beans? Baturin gives information, that differs from the data specified in the order of the Commander of the aircraft unit Dubovik. Instead of the boards No.08, No.36, No.29, he names aircraft under numbers No.63, No.64 and No.52. Instead of the last names of pilots Voloshin, Ruchko and others, he mentions pseudonyms - Yevtushenko, Savitsky and also mentions «the unknown pilot of «Sushka» No.52, who arrived from Kirovograd».
But this isn’t so important. Because in the conversation the Chief of Staff of the air unit A4104 confirms the main thing - on July 17, 2014, the combat aircraft «flew to execute the mission No.1 of destroying air targets, somewhere to the district Toreza-Snezhnoye». And the task was completed. We decrypted this conversation and print it in its original best:
Listen to the audio recording of the conversation with the Chief of Staff of the military unit A4104 Lieutenant Colonel V.S. Baturin. Witness No.1
Decryption of the conversation with the Chief of Staff of the military unit No.A4104 Lieutenant Colonel V. Baturin:
«Source B.»: And what are you saying, I'm here... Stanislavovich, what can you tell me about the issue of July 17, when there was a tragedy in the Grabovo region? July 17, what had you at that time... and, what can you say... flights - there were flights or there were not, what can you say in a few words from your regiment?
Baturin V.S.: Well, guys, what can I clarify, guys, you understand that these are serious questions, so open out ... this information is very closed, you can lose epaulets and posts and everything else, but if you are from Tolya, I know Tolya well, that's why I can describe you in a few words, this is my information, that's what I have, what I can analyze, what I have. Here is...
S.: Well, tell me please... Tell me, exactly, on the 17th, what flights were performed in that area, and what tasks did the pilots fulfill?
B .: Well, look, on the 15th, in my opinion, just before 15th, the board No.52 «Sushka» was sent from Kirovograd supposedly for execution ...
S.: On the 15th?
B.: On the 15th, on the 15th of July 2014, «Sushka» was driven from Kirovograd, I know it for sure, as if for technical re-equipment, but, it was strange, that they drove it into the hangar and that it. All. On the 15th it was driven in the hangar, on the 16th, in my opinion, we didn’t have any flights, and on the 17th, according to the regulations, there were departures. Here is, on the 17th, July 17, 2014, according to the schedule should have taken off the boards No.63 and No.64.
S.: Is that, what you know?
B.: Yes, according to the journal entries, that's it... Here is. But instead of the board No.63, flew this No.52, that arrived, arrived from Kirovograd. It is also somehow strange, here is, that it isn’t registered, doesn’t pass through the journals, doesn’t pass anywhere.
S.: I get it. Tell me please…
B.: They flew off to fulfill the task No.1, the course task. This is task No.1 of destruction of air targets, somewhere in the Torezovo region, somewhere there, Snezhnoye and Torez, that area was carried out.
S.: Is it in that place? This is Grabovo, right?
B.: Yes, this is a small settlement, located between these settlements, where they flew.
S.: And how, tell me, how do these planes perform this combat mission, are they fully equipped with combat installations or how?
B.: Well, you are an adult man, airplanes, that carry out task No.1, combat tasks No.1, means - combat weapons. This includes rockets - air-to-ground, cannon installations. Like that.
S.: Are they fighting?
B.: Of course, they are, it flies to the battle task.
S.: And they use it all?
B.: Naturally they do.
S.: And how? To conditional goals or how?
B.: Well, it is so, if No.1, then the goal was, at least.
S.: Struck, in one word....
B.: The thing is, look at one more nuance. At that time, at the time, when these flights took place, so, I was in another position, so I can not...
S.: And what, and what was your position?
B.: Well, I was then the Commander of a separate battalion of the aerodrome of the technical support of the aviation regiment, then I was at that position, that is, simply, to say simply - deputy Commander of the regiment for the rear.
S.: At the same time, it's...
B.: Yes, at the same time. It's just according to my information, something, that I quasi know.
S.: And who was your Commander then?
B.: Well, then we had Commander Dubovik Gennady Stanislavovich
(An error in the patronymic. Actually he is Dubovik Gennady Valentinovich - ed.)
S.: The same unit right?
B.: Yes, unit 4104.
S.: Ah, I understood... But, could you tell me, at least approximately, if it's not secret information, though, the names of the pilots? The numbers you said...
B.: Well, look, according to the implementation, there is all in the journals, then the boards No.63 and No.64 flew out, there were pilots Evtushenko and Savitsky. But Savitsky didn’t fly away on the board No.63, instead of him flew this unknown pilot, who arrived from Kirovograd.
S.: Ah, I got it.
B.: And more, and more interesting information, that just before, ca. on the 15th, a defending guided missile installation of the 156th anti-aircraft missile regiment arrived, somewhere, it is there near Donetsk, so arrived. Our «specialist» communicated with this crew, and therefore I know, that on the 17th they also went somewhere in the area, between the Snezhny and Torez, to support, to support the fulfillment of the task from the ground.
S.: So. What did they conduct, held, fired launchers, or what?
B.: No, they didn’t, I guess, but they seemed to come out to support the fulfillment of the combat mission.
S.: Well, I see, as if it suddenly will not work...
B.: I can’t tell you exactly.
S.: And do you know any of these people, their surnames, have they been recorded by you anywhere, somebody from this missile launcher?
B.: No, but from memory, from memory, it's been quite a long time ago, you understand, from this complex, the anti-aircraft missile system, there, in my opinion, was the driver the Senior Smetkovsky, in my opinion, so, I don’t know the others. Our Sasha Yakovenko, our «special», communicated with them, Sanya communicated with them closely. That is, what is known.
S.: Oh, it's clear, it's good. Well, to the task, they did it and that is all, right?
B.: Yes, I guess, according to my information, task No.1 was fulfilled, and immediately on the same day, strangely, I emphasize, that it's strange, pilots from the boards No.64, No.63, No.52 were immediately disbanded, somewhere transferred, it is unclear where and how.
S.: And were these machines left?
B.: No, they were not. There were no machines, no pilots. They were immediately...
S.: ...Did the machines fly away too?
B.: Yes, all the machines flew away, it's not known where they are.
S.: And nobody has any information?
B.: While there is no information where, what ... I guess, they were transferred somewhere to other bases, as it is usually being done, were disbanded, maybe, even were renamed...
S.: Well, well, what... Thank you very much... How did you already tell us, that...
Well, I understand, I see, it was just on the 17th, right?
B.: Yes, it was the 17th. That's when, the day, when the Boeing was shot down.
S.: But have you accomplished your task? That is, you performed your tasks separately, as expected, in accordance with the flight schedule?
B.: Yes, it was planned.
S.: Well, thank you very much. If anything else, we'll call you...
B.: Don’t, don’t call me, please, if it's there...
S.: Well, if I'm not on the phone, if I'm on the phone, then I'll ask you something figuratively ...
B.: Don’t... time is and information is... information not for all...
S.: Well, well, if that, I think, is not the first time... maybe we'll catch up there, well, thank you...
Once again, it is heard on the record as the Chief of Staff of the military unit A 4104 Baturin turns around, weasels out. He is afraid. He is obliged to unknown «Tolik» in some way, trying to please his comrade, our «Source B.», who poses dangerous questions. And at the same time, Baturin tries not to say too much. But the Сommander-in-Сhief confirms the main thing: on July 17, 2014 combat sorties took place, combat mission No.1 in the Torez-Snezhnoye area was completed. As Lieutenant Colonel Baturin said: «Task No.1 WAS carried out»... «On the day, when the Boeing was shot down».
In our opinion, this is priceless information: an unknown pilot “from Kirovograd”, board No.52, which isn’t recorded anywhere and doesn’t pass through journals. The pilots, who were immediately disbanded and transferred somewhere. It was just in the spirit of the secret orders of the SBU, that we had published earlier: «to carry out preventive measures and rotation of servicemen of the air squadron, that made flights in the specified area».
And, maybe, just the Chief of Staff of the military unit A 4104 Lieutenant Colonel V.S. Baturin told the truth? Or half-truth, but with real details? And the order of the Commander of the military unit A4104 Colonel Gennady Dubovik is the «order of cover»?
Listen to the audio recording of the conversation with the Officer at the military unit A 4104 Captain Dmitry Samofalov. Witness No.2
«THE UKRAINIANS SHOT DOWN... AT WORK WE ALL KNOW, WHO DID THIS ACTION AGAINST BOEING...
As our «Source N.» told us, his colleague «Source B.» managed to establish friendly relations with the serviceman of the military unit No.A4104, Captain Dmitry Samofalov. At the time of the interview, the Officer resided in Chuguev town, Aviator district, used a mobile phone + 38063-XXX-XX-XX (the number is at the disposal of the editorial office of the newspaper «Sovershenno sekretno»). It was Captain Samofalov, who told to «Source B.», that according to his information on July 17, 2014, the fighter SU-27 made a combat sortie from the airfield Chuguev to the Torez-Snezhnoye area. It has a «task of covering up»: the destruction of the transport Boeing, which was carrying humanitarian and military aid for the militia of the LNR and the DNR. In fact, the Kiev authorities cynically planned the destruction of a passenger airliner.
«Source B.» didn’t manage to document the entire conversation. But the part, that he was able to write down, in our opinion, is of factual value for the future objective investigation.
The conversation went «for three» in a literal and figurative sense. On the audio tape, you can hear the noise of the feast, the clinking of dishes. In general, the guys had a good time at least, sat like it should be in our way, in Slavonic. Except Captain Samofalov, his friend participated in the conversation, he is a member of the «Pechenegi» tracking station (the RLS of the Air Traffic Control Center, the RLS is located next to the settlement Pechenegi, Pechenezhsky district of the Kharkov region. Among the people it is called «Ball»). Yes, there is a lot of profanity in the conversation, that's why we «translated» some words into decent Russian. For example, the phrase «The Ukrainians fu..ed down the Boeing we rewrote – .
Decryption of the conversation with Captain Dmitry Samofalov from the military unit No. A4104 and his friend - Officer of the tracking station «Pechenegi»
Friend: And they , who to shoot at. Though at these, though at those. Who runs, those they .
Samofalov: None. They don’t . They were told to shoot first at those, and then maybe according to the situation, because the provocation was...
«Source B.»: And someone says, that it were not Russians, who ? Do you mean that Boeing, right?
S.: The Ukrainians shot it down. Well, we have here, in Pechenegs, this huge «Ball», which is intended to escort the aircraft.
F.: Completely all, (obscene), in Ukraine, well, our guys are there...
S.: Our friends work there.
S.B.: Well, so what?
S.: This «Ball», it doesn’t work, because everything was moved to Dnepropetrovsk for a long time, where this «Ball» conducts these airplanes.
S.B.: But is it far away, this Dnepropetrovsk? It isn’t?
S.: Well, it's far or it isn’t, the «Ball» that stands near us, is situated on the highest point, that’s why it stands there and observes it all. And they have an antenna, this antenna works only for reception. Crews, that fly through this station, that is, they fly here, and need to contact New York, or someone else. This antenna translates these waves from the pilot into a telegraph, and transmits them by telegraph. It is old, relay-type, but very reliable... It says, that everyone at our work knows, who attacked the Boeing (foul language).
S.B.: Well, there, above Snezhnoye, it's flying...
F.: In the district.
S.B.: And what is the name of this station?
F.: Station for escorting, tracking.
S.B.: So did these guys figure out?
F.: Why not, they are obliged, they make tracking. This is the station for tracking.
S.B.: And are your airplanes being tracked?
F.: Yes, they are, all.
S.: Let's speak humanwise, if Russia really shot it down, you would yell till now, you would argue, and all the evidences would show, but if this is so, why don’t you show it? This is top secret, they declare...
S.B.: And does the military or civilians stuff work on it?
S.: They are simply operators there, it works in an autonomous mode, maximum, what they do, if something happens there, some kind of malfunction or automatic switching, or manually. They are just sitting...
F.: Well, they just change a block or repair manually.
S.B.: And when it was, I don’t remember simply, sometime in July, in the middle of July, in my opinion, chic and they fixed it on that day, right?
F.: Do you remember when the first Boeing was shot down or what, I don’t remember, it was immediately identified at the time – by missilemen...
S.: They, who are above the Black Sea...
S.B.: Ah, when the Jews were shot down?
S.B.: So... there was this minister, he is sitting now in the Verkhovnaya Rada, Kuzmuk. He says, well, we’re sorry, we made a mistake... (Alexander Kuzmuk was Ukraine's Defense Minister from 1996 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005 - Ed.)
S.: And moreover, both the Russians and the Jews died. Ukraine paid compensation to Jews, but paid nothing to Russians... <...> «The ugly Americans» just smile, they have nothing to respond.
S.B.: Yes... (Obscene)
The tracking station «Pechenegi» («Ball»), described by Captain Samofalov and his friend, is still maintained in operational state. However, all telemetric information from July 17, 2014 by the order of Kolomoisky was withdrawn, delivered to Dnepropetrovsk and classified. «Chic and fixed».
Listen to the audio recording of the conversation with the refueling technician of the military unit A4104 Dmitry. Witness No.3
«EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHO SHOT DOWN – IT WAS KIEV»
The third, the shortest conversation was recorded with a refueling technician at the military unit A4104 named Dmitry (surname is not identified). The record is of very poor quality.
Dmitry: ...I was on duty that day.
«Stranger»:Yes, I'm sorry, but how much is such a deal, at least surpass it? Have the self-propelled guns gone by themselves?
Dmitry: Yes, they have.
«Source B.» (whispered): Do you remember the day, when Boeing was shot down? Who did it?
Dmitry: So everyone knows, who shot down, everyone knows that. Kiev.
«Source B.»: Who?
Dmitry: Kiev, Su-25 attacked, in August everyone was dispersed from here...
We advise the International Commission of Inquiry in the Netherlands to take witnesses No.1, No.2 and No.3 under its protection.
MASSACRE No.734 UNDER THE COVERAGE
So, both the flight plan No.734 and the orders of the Commander of the military unit A 4104 No.No.702, 734, and the testimony of the Chief of Staff, Officer and refueler of this airbase, and even a summary of the weather conditions for July 17, 2014 lead us to the conclusion that on July 17, 2014, an airplane (or several aircraft) of the Ukrainian Air Force shot down a passenger Boeing 777, flight MN17. These could be planes SU-25M1 No.08, SU-27 No.36, MIG 29MU1 No. 29 (according to the information from the order of the Commander of the aircraft unit Dubovik) or «Sushkas» No.52 (unknown pilot), No.64 and No.63.
In our opinion, this «Chuguev» case of documents further confirms and clarifies the data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, that were published by the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Andrei Kartapolov: «The Russian control devices recorded the rising of the plane of the Ukrainian Air Force, presumably the Su-25, towards the Malaysian Boeing 777. Removal of the Su-25 from Boeing 777 was 3 to 5 kilometers.»
When we together with the Federal Investigation Agency FLB.ru published the first two parts of the investigation – «Destroy the facts of the special operation» and «Moving of Buk M-1» through the Ukrainian state border from Russian Federation is not captured», the predictable reaction of the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine was: this is fake, falsification of Russian special services, forgery. «Nobody writes like that in Ukrainian», - the «philologists» from the SBU expressed their dissatisfaction. So send each of the SBU workers to the Ukrainian language and literature courses! And also teach them not to trade with secret documents.
It's another matter, that in the case of the order No.734 from 15.07.2014, of the Commander of the military unit A4104, Colonel G. Dubovik, we first fell into a deadlock from a number of absurdities, which we found in this document. The strangest thing seemed to be a surname list of pilots: SU-25M1 No.08 (Captain Voloshin V., second pilot Lieutenant Colonel Pomogaybo V.); SU-27 No.36 (Lieutenant Colonel Plohodko R., second pilot Soskovets I.); MiG-29MU1 No.29 (Major Ruchko I., second pilot Major Sitnik G.)
Firstly, we stalled at the rank of reserve pilot of the board No.08 – «Lieutenant Colonel» Pomogaybo. He was easy found on the Web: the Commander of the 299th tactical aviation brigade, Colonel Vladimir Anatolievich Pomogaybo, under whose command Voloshin served. Colonel. To confuse the title of the most famous commander of the «Nicholaev aces» in Ukraine? Random error? Intentional misinformation? We check further. SU-27 No.36 - Lieutenant Colonel Plohodko R. The only one we found on the Internet search - Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Vladimirovich Plohodko,
Commander of the helicopter branch of the 16th separate brigade of army aviation... deceased on May 2, 2014, two and a half months before the described events.
And as a reserve pilot of MiG-29MU1 No.29 Major G.Sitnik is inscribed in the order. We found only one suitable Sitnik - the Commander of a helicopter branch of the 7th separate regiment of army aviation Grigory Alexeyevich Sitnik. On the August 2, 2014, this Major helicopter pilot was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnytsky of III degree. And herewith, the main pilot of the MiG in the order No.734 is a very real character - Commander of the unit 299 BTA, Captain Ruchka Ilya Nikolayevich.
At this moment, we vividly imaged, how numerous Internet trolls jump from the sofas and clap their hands: «Fake! Fake»! But the fact is, guys, that we are not engaged in propaganda and information adjustment for a certain result.
«So the orders are false, rough juggling? How could a dead helicopter pilot sit in the SU-27 armchair?», - we asked our «Source N.»
- Do you want to receive an assured piece of paper signed by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Poroshenko with the admission that I, the President of Ukraine, gave the order to shoot down the «Boeing»? And didn’t you think that these were «covering orders»? The SBU’s operational combination. Look, I know for sure, that the copies of these orders have been reshuffled from the staff documents of the Chuguev air force unit. I know by name the people, who did this. I know where the original of Voloshin's flying card is now... They committed a deliberate murder, they shot down the passenger board. They fulfill a special operation. Clearly, they played an operative combination, they aren’t stupid idiots. And Dubovik's orders, purposeful distortions of documents are quite part of this operational game. The task is to wipe the tracks. The airplanes eventually took off on the 17th! Fact».
It is a fact. In any case, we believe, that the «Chuguev’s» documents and witnesses' revelations are the necessary puzzle, that will help restore the tragic events of July 17, 2014. The day, when the «Boeing» was shot down. On that day, when at 13:20:03 UTC or 16:21:28 local time, the recording of the flight recorders of a passenger airplane with 298 passengers and crew members broke. Three years ago.
... It turned out, that after July 17, 2014, the military career of the Commander of the military unit A4104 of Colonel Gennady Dubovik, who gave an order for combat flights of attack planes and interceptor fighters, began to skip a bit strange. Dubovik was dismissed from the post of commander of the Chuguev aviation unit. Information about his further movement, we found on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. September 22, 2014, the commander of the Air Force of Ukraine, Colonel General Yuri Baidak awarded the order «For courage» of the III degree... Major Gennady Dubovik, the Commander of the detachment-senior instructor of the mixed air squadron of the training aviation brigade. From the Colonels - to the Majors, from the Commander of the military unit A4104 - to the instructors of the training squadron. And at the same time he was awarded the Order... What was so guilty about Gennady Dubovik? Was he horrified by what happened?
Subsequently, Dubovik served as a Commander of the third air squadron in the military unit 2269 of the National Guard of Ukraine, and in March 2017 took up the post of the Head of the flight department of the Kharkov National University of Air Force. Career went smoothly.
But honor and profit lie not in one sack. We found his income statement, filed on February 17, 2017. Over the past two years Dubovik has acquired 10 acres of land in the village of Vakhovka, Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region and used Zaporozhets (ZAZ-Lanos) from the year 2007. Together with daughter Inna, a student of the same Kharkov University of Air Force, Dubovik lives in a 30-meter apartment in Chuguevo.
A sharp drop in the rank and position of Dubovik is the next step of the SBU in the cover operation? «Preventive measures and rotation» were carried out...
See the 1st and 2nd parts of the investigation:
«To destroy the facts of conducting a special operation»
4 «цiлком таемнiх» («top secret») documents of the Security Service of Ukraine. At the disposal of the newspaper “Sovershenno sekretno” were copies of secret documents of the Security Service of Ukraine on the conduct of a special operation to destroy the evidence of mass murder in the sky over the Donbass on July 17, 2014. The newspaper “Sovershenno sekretno” initiates an investigation “We uncover a secret of Boeing MH17 wreckage”. The operation of the Security Service of Ukraine “Clearing”. Part 1.
«Moving of Buk M-1 – is not captured»
FLB: Was it a Buk? The newspaper “Sovershenno sekretno” published a letter of the State Border Guard of Ukraine that in mid-July 2014 “the information regarding an illegal crossing of the Ukrainian state border from Russian Federation, namely movement of an air defense system "Buk M-1" is not captured”. Part 2. | aerospace | 1 |
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Wanted: Space-Age Dust Removal On Mars
If Mars had an on-line Web site for ads, one of them might say something like this: “Wanted: Gentle space-age dust removal system to clean solar cells without leaving grit behind. Please direct inquiries to NASA.”
NASA’s Spirit rover has accumulated a lot of dust during four years of exploring Mars, especially following last year’s dust storms. Only about one-third of incoming sunlight is able to penetrate dust on the rover’s solar panels to be converted to electricity. As a result, Spirit is experiencing the lowest energy levels to date and accumulating a backlog of data waiting to be transmitted to Earth. The only available cleaning agent would be a timely gust of Martian wind!
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The Business View – July 2016 / From the Publisher
Huge congratulations to Airbus on delivering its first A321 to JetBlue from its brand-new facility at Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. The world has been waiting, and Mobile delivered. There were so many who thought it might never happen, but it absolutely did on a picture-perfect “chamber of commerce” weather day in late April.
Within three years of breaking ground, the first Airbus airplane was flown and delivered to JetBlue, and several others will fly out of Mobile to a new home with American Airlines. Assembling and delivering aircraft from its only site in North America says a great deal about Airbus’s strength as a globally competitive company, and the company’s working relationship with partners across the state of Alabama and, most specifically, in the Mobile region.
As production ramps up to four aircraft per month in this phase, Mobile can look forward to many more first deliveries to various airline customers. I know I will get a thrill every single time another plane takes off from Brookley.
Perhaps the best news is that we’ve only just scratched the surface of what is to come in the development of our region’s aviation sector – unprecedented growth that will occur for decades to come. And that’s a lot to look forward to.
Mobile has officially entered a new era of commercial airplane production, and a new chapter of our region’s economic story. A chamber of commerce day indeed.
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More than 5,500 people were killed during the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russia has sent around 2,000 military personnel to monitor the peace deal.
Azerbaijan’s military forces had the upper hand during the war with its use of more advanced technology. Among that equipment were Israeli-made drones and the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone which carried missiles and were used to destroy infantry positions, armoured vehicles, trucks
Armenian forces shot down a Bayraktar drone and displayed the Canadian-made equipment on the aircraft. The equipment was manufactured by L3 Harris Wescam in Burlington, ON. The drone’s engine is made by a firm owned by Bombardier.
The Canadian Forces has ongoing training missions in Latvia and Ukraine. It also has around 500 military personnel operating in various Middle East nations as part of efforts to counter the Islamic State of Iraq. That insurgency has been largely defeated, according to military commanders, and the Canadian mission is scheduled to end March 31.
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But first NASA engineers have to slow it from 13,000 miles per hour to zero in just seven minutes and place carefully into an extremely hostile environment. It’s a delicate act, an art form really, but it’s been done before. Curiosity doesn’t stand alone, but on the shoulders of giants.
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Curiosity’s landing will be the most technologically dazzling landing on another planet ever conceived by human spaceflight engineers, but it isn’t happening without the benefit of experience. Since the 1960s, the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) have been building expensive, sophisticated machines and slamming them into other planetary bodies. Some missed their targets completely, some were crushed like soda cans, some were bashed to pieces, and some lucky few made it long enough to beam a signal back home.
Thus far we’ve landed on nearby planets, faraway moons, and fast-moving asteroids zipping through our celestial neighborhood. We’ve delivered stationary landers, exploratory rovers, and in one case an orbiter that was never intended to touch down on anything at all. Take a spin through the history of robotic space landings–the ones in which everything that could’ve gone wrong didn’t.
Luna 9, the First Lunar Soft Landing, February 1966
The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 spacecraft was the first to achieve a lunar soft landing and survive to transmit photographic data back to Earth. Launched on the last day of January 1966, Luna 9 truly made a crash landing, bouncing several times (it impacted at roughly 14 miles per hour, slowed by a retrorocket and then four onboard engines) before coming to rest in a region known as Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) on February 3, 1966. Several minutes later its four “petals” opened up and stabilized the spacecraft on the surface. It’s sensor payload consisted only of a radiation detector and a small upward facing camera. A turret-mounted rotating mirror mounted above the camera allowed it to capture 360 imagery from its stationary position on the lunar surface. Luna 9 transmitted data to Earth in seven radio sessions totaling just more than 8 hours. These transmissions included three series of TV pictures–the first taken from the moon’s surface–as well as panoramic views of the lunar frontier. Radiation data was also returned. Three days later the batteries died and Luna 9’s mission was terminated. But despite its short duration, by simple virtue of its landing Luna 9 settled something that was previously uncertain–that the lunar surface could support a spacecraft (Luna 9 weighed about 220 pounds). Some models at that point in time showed that the lunar regolith wasn’t load-bearing; any spacecraft that landed there would sink into the moon’s powdery surface. Luna 9 placed a manned mission to the moon firmly within the realm of possibility.
Surveyors: America’s First Moon Landers, June 1966
The Surveyor missions were the first attempts by the United States to make soft landings on the moon, and five of the seven spacecraft proved American technology up to the task, including the very first one (Surveyor 1). The Surveyors were originally intended to be their own stand-alone science missions but were quickly folded into support missions for the Apollo program as the space race heated up. Surveyor 1 marked the first soft landing for the U.S. on June 2, 1966 (four months after Luna 9), but all seven Surveyor spacecraft served to develop and validate NASA’s ability to put a spacecraft on a lunar intercept trajectory, make the proper maneuvers to place a spacecraft at a predetermined point on the lunar surface, and to communicate with mission control on Earth across a quarter-million miles. They also all served as scouts for potential Apollo landing sites. All except Surveyors 2 and 4, that is–those two crashed upon arrival. Pictured: Surveyor 3.
Lunokhod 1, the First Moon Rover, November 1970
Though by this time Americans had already walked on the moon, the Soviets launched a series of lunar rovers to the moon between 1969 and 1977 under the program heading Lunokhod (or “moonwalker”). The first Lunokhod didn’t make it through launch (it was given the designation “1A”) but the second, Lunokhod 1, touched down at the moon’s “Sea of Rains” on November 17, 1970, aboard the spacecraft Luna 17. Though the Soviets had lost the race to the moon, they did have something novel in Lunokhod 1. It was the first remote-controlled rover to land on another planetary body. Luna 17 deposited Lunokhod 1 on the lunar surface via dual ramps that deployed from the spacecraft. Once on the surface, Lunokhod 1 demonstrated many of the rover technologies that are still employed today: special lubricants that keep moving parts working at different atmospheric pressures, electric motors, a radioisotope heater to keep it warm during the lunar night, and solar panels that charge its batteries during the day. It operated for just short of one year, traveling more than 34,000 feet and transmitting 20,000 pictures during that time. It also created the modern paradigm for rovers that would be followed for decades.
Venera 7, Interplanetary Explorer, December 1970
Venera 7 was part of a series of probes designed to study the atmosphere and surface of Venus. Some were crushed on the way to the surface by the immense pressure present there (93 times that of Earth), but seventh time’s a charm. Venera 7 entered the Venusian atmosphere on December 15, 1970 and jettisoned its landing capsule, which this time made it all the way to the surface for a successful soft landing via aerodynamic braking and a parachute. The capsule extended its antenna as designed and beamed signals back to Earth for 35 minutes before suddenly going silent. Then, mysteriously, another 23 minutes of very weak signal were recorded from Venera 7’s lander a few weeks later. It was the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth.
Mars 3, Almost a Perfect Mars Landing (Orbiter Pictured), December 1971
The Soviet Mars Program was a string of mixed successes and failures launched between 1960 and 1973 in an attempt to put unmanned spacecraft in orbit around and on the surface of Mars. Some found orbit but failed to soft-land their descent modules. Some missed orbit completely. But Mars 3 should be recognized for making the first successful soft-landing on the Martian surface even if the mission lasted all of 20 seconds. After the failure of the identical Mars 2 mission to soft-land its descent module just a few days prior, Mars 3 managed to put its descent module on the proper downward trajectory. Atmospheric braking, parachutes, and retrorockets combined to slow the lander adequately, and after a 4.5-hour descent it landed–in the middle of a massive dust storm. No one can be sure, but mission controllers speculate that these storms were the reason the Mars 3 lander was only able to establish a line of communication with Earth for a mere 20 seconds before its instruments stopped working. The Mars 2 and Mars 3 orbiters continued to ring the planet for the next year, returning a wealth of topographic and atmospheric data, so the missions weren’t a total loss for the program. And Mars 3 proved that, with a little better luck, the Martian surface was within reach of robotic spacecraft.
Viking 1 Lands on Mars, July 1976
The first really successful robotic exploration of Mars came in 1976, when the Viking 1 and Viking 2 spacecraft, launched the year before, each successfully deposited their landers on the Martian surface via soft landing. The orbiters continued to orbit, measuring atmospheric water vapor and thermally mapping the planet in infrared. On the surface, the landers took 360-degree pictures of the Martian surface, took temperature readings, analyzed soil samples, and otherwise gave planetary scientists the bulk of their body of knowledge of Martian geology and geography that would serve them for the next two decades. Unlike Mars 3, these missions were not short-lived. The entire Viking program wasn’t shut down until May of 1983. The Viking 1 lander operated for more than six years on the Martian surface, and even then only ceased function after human error during a software update caused critical parts of its communication programming to be overwritten, terminating its link with Earth. Pictured: the view from Viking 1
Mars Pathfinder Lands, July 1997
Post-Viking, NASA turned its attention to Earth orbit and its newly commissioned space shuttles, but in on July 4, 1997, NASA landed the first mobile rover on the Red Planet. The Mars Pathfinder mission placed both a stationary lander (renamed Carl Sagan Memorial Station upon landing) and a small robotic rover (named Sojourner for civil rights crusader Sojourner Truth) on the Martian surface via an untried soft landing system that relied on parachutes to slow the spacecraft down and a casing of airbags to allow it to bounce (at least fifteen times) and roll to a stop on the Martian surface. Though designed to right itself, the spacecraft happened to come to a rest right side up. The lander then deployed the rover and both proceeded to outlive their operational lives several times over–the lander by three times its designed lifetime of 30 days, and the rover by 12 times its designed lifetime of seven days. From landing to the final transmission of data on September 27, 1999, the Pathfinder mission delivered 2.3 billion bits of information back to earth, including more than 17,000 images, 15 chemical analyses from soil and rock samples, and myriad weather and atmospheric data. Pathfinder provided the strongest evidence yet that Mars was once warm and wet, and informed the design of future Mars missions that would follow.
NEAR Shoemaker, the Unintended Asteroid Lander, February 2001
NASA’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker, named for planetary scientist Gene Shoemaker) was designed to study asteroid 433 Eros, one of the largest asteroids in Earth’s orbital neighborhood. It was not designed to land on it. But after orbiting 433 Eros for nearly a year, snapping some 160,000 images along the way and creating the first real body of data about asteroid composition and properties, the opportunity was too good for mission handlers to pass up. As it approached the end of its life in 2001, NASA mission handlers chose to attempt a landing on the asteroid’s surface. NEAR Shoemaker continued snapping images all the way down, gathering pictures from as close as 400 feet that clearly resolved features the size of a golf ball. The spacecraft touched down moving a mere 4 miles per hour on February 12, 2001 and continued transmitting data to Earth until the end of that month, making it the first spacecraft to successfully orbit, land upon, and transmit data from an asteroid.
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, January 2004
Following the success of Mars Pathfinder, NASA crafted the Mars Exploration Rover Mission around dual rovers launched in tandem in summer 2003, named Spirit and Opportunity. The two rovers were designed as robot geologists, tasked with seeking clues to Mars’ terrestrial and hydrological history. Both landed successfully on opposite sides of the Red Planet within weeks of one another in January of 2004 and began exploring. Then they just kept going. Both Spirit and Opportunity have far outlived their three-month planned lifespans by more than two dozen times, returning from “hibernation” over and over again (during the Martian winter they power down and rely on internal heaters to keep their circuitry intact). Spirit’s mission was finally terminated last year after it failed to wake up from its hibernation state after more than six years of exploration (Spirit was already rendered immobile back in 2010 after becoming stuck in a sand pit near the Martian equator). And as of this writing Opportunity continues roving, exploring the Endeavour crater and preparing for another Martian winter. Between the two of them, Spirit and Opportunity have by far generated more and better data about the Martian surface and geology than any other exploratory mission–and far more than even the most optimistic NASA mission planner could have expected.
Huygens, The Outer Solar System Explorer, January 14, 2005
Mars exploration is amazing, but the oft-forgotten Huygens probe could very well be the most interesting planetary lander humankind has ever sent into space. Carried by the Saturn-exploring Cassini spacecraft for seven years all the way to the outer solar system, the ESA-designed Huygens was jettisoned from Cassini in January of 2005 and made the first and only spacecraft landing in the outer solar system on the surface of the Saturnalian moon Titan. Mission designers had little idea what to expect for this landing, so Huygens was designed to land on both dry land or in an ocean. Ideally, it would transmit data for a few hours during its descent through the atmosphere and–if mission handlers were lucky–for a short time from the surface. Not only did it beam back two-and-a-half hours worth of data and images during its descent through the atmosphere, but after landing in the mud along a shoreline Huygens beamed back data from Titan’s surface for a full 70 minutes. It remains the most distant spacecraft landing ever achieved.
Hayabusa Lands on Itokawa, November 2005
NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker made the first landing on an asteroid, but it was the Japanese Space Agency’s Hayabusa probe that actually lived to tell the tale. Launched in 2003 on a trajectory to intercept the asteroid Itokawa, Hayabusa landed on the asteroid’s surface in November 2005, collected samples from the surface of the asteroid (a first), and returned them to Earth, providing the only samples of asteroid material scientists have ever seen. But it almost didn’t happen. Upon landing on Itokawa, the projectiles designed to blast dust from the surface up into Hayabusa’s collection chambers didn’t fire. Only the dust kicked up upon landing was available for collection, and mission controllers had no idea if any of it had actually been contained aboard the spacecraft. For five years researchers were left wondering whether Hayabusa had been a bust as they waited for it to make its return journey to Earth. Sure enough, their patience paid off. Hayabusa returned some 1,500 particles from the asteroid, marking only the third time a space exploration mission has returned samples from another planetary body.
Mars Phoenix Lander Touches Down, May 2008
With two robot geologists already roving the Martian surface and a handful of orbiters overhead, NASA (along with several partners including the University of Arizona, which led the mission) sent the Mars Phoenix Lander to a region near the Martian north pole to search for environments suitable for microbial life and research the historical hydrology of the planet. In May 2008 it landed and operated until November of that year. During that time, the stationary Phoenix lander examined deposits of underground water ice detected by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and found several interesting things hiding in the Martian soil and near-surface ice, including evidence for the occasional presence of thawed water near the surface and traces of perchlorate, an oxidizing agent found on Earth that is sustenance for some kinds of microbial life (and toxic to others). It also observed snow falling from cirrus clouds. Phoenix was never meant to survive the Martian winter however. Though it outlasted its three-month life expectancy by two months, it sent its last transmission in November of 2008, and upon the return of sunlight to the region the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to observe severe ice damage to Phoenix’s solar panels. The mission was formally terminated in May of 2010. | aerospace | 1 |
http://nssphoenix.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/russian-dnepr-launches-picard-tango-and-mango/ | 2014-11-21T02:06:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400372542.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123252-00218-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.91605 | 216 | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__39050488 | en | A Soviet era military rocket has successfully launched three satellites. Liftoff was at 7:42 AM Phoenix time (14:42 UTC).
The French satellite, Picard, named after the French astronomer Jean Picard who measured the diameter of the Sun in the 17th century, carries three instruments:
SODISM, a 4.3-inch imaging telescope, is designed to measure the diameter, shape and rotation of the Sun. The study will also deal with the source of variations in solar radiant energy.
SOVAP and PREMOS will measure energy fluctuations across the spectrum from ultraviolet to infrared.
The Swedish satellites Tango and Mango, are designed to test automated rendezvous and formation flying. These capabilities will be crucial for future space telescopes based on multiple spacecraft flying thousands of kilometers apart.
Artist’s concept of Picard observing the sun from Earth orbit.
Image Credit: CNES/D. Ducros
Artist’s concept of the Tango (left) and Mango (right) spacecraft.
Image Credit: Swedish Space Corp | aerospace | 1 |
https://justculture.be/2020/05/stop-at-the-line-but-which-one/ | 2024-04-21T21:08:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817819.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421194551-20240421224551-00268.warc.gz | 0.954308 | 163 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__173272626 | en | Unlike popular belief, there is not always a person (‘marshaller’) to guide the aircraft while parking on a stand. At many airports, pilots (carefully) manoeuvre their plane to the right spot. To assist them, so-called stop-lines are painted on the ground. Unfortunately, there are sometimes so many that things may become confusing. Furthermore, they are only on one side (no cross-check + guidance needed from Captain if First Officer is taxiing) and sometimes hardly readable (especially at night with a wet or contaminated apron).
In the image above, you see two stop-lines. The aircraft types are displayed in the small yellow markings just below the line – as you can see (even in bright sunlight) hardly readable from the flight deck. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/auckland-airport-still-experiencing-fog-delays-update/ | 2022-05-17T07:52:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662517018.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517063528-20220517093528-00212.warc.gz | 0.923707 | 137 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__116483324 | en | UPDATE: Nineteen domestic flights have been cancelled and 13 domestic flights have been delayed due to fog in Auckland.
That includes one flight to Wellington, which is running late.
Domestic flights to Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown have not been affected.
International flights have not been affected by the fog either.
Passengers should check Auckland Airport’s website www.aucklandairport.co.nz or its iPhone app for the latest flight arrival and departure information.
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 29, 2016
– Newstalk ZB | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Navigation_Tech_Shows_Timing_Really_Is_Everything_999.html | 2024-04-20T23:11:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817688.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420214757-20240421004757-00513.warc.gz | 0.9068 | 1,501 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__118137637 | en | NASA Navigation Tech Shows Timing Really Is Everything
by Danny Baird for GSFC News
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2019
Without accurate timekeeping, space navigation would be impossible. As NASA goes forward to the Moon with the Artemis missions, precise measurements of time are key to mission success.
To calculate where a spacecraft is in the solar system, NASA must measure the time it takes for electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed of light to flow between the spacecraft and known locations, like an antenna on Earth.
By multiplying that time by the speed of light, NASA knows the distance between the spacecraft and the ground station - distance equals velocity multiplied by time. Over a period of time, NASA can collect enough of these time measurements converted to distances to accurately compute where the spacecraft is and where it is going.
Without incredible timekeeping precision, these calculations could be wildly inaccurate.
Fortunately, atomic clocks provide the accuracy NASA needs. A modern mechanical watch that one might wear on their wrist can be off by about three seconds per day. The array of atomic clocks used by the U.S. Naval Observatory, the Master Clock, only deviates by 100 picoseconds (0.000 000 000 1 seconds) per day.
Atomic clocks observe the ultra-stable oscillations of the atoms trapped within them. At the Naval Observatory, they rely on dozens of cesium and hydrogen maser clocks. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS and other similar systems, use multiple onboard atomic clocks for timekeeping, but they're too heavy and bulky to put on exploration spacecraft where size, weight and power consumption are at a premium. So, in order to calculate a precise location, today's exploration spacecraft must receive and return a signal from a location with an atomic clock, then wait for orders.
This process can take hours, and doesn't offer the level of autonomy and responsiveness NASA needs for future deep space exploration. As NASA goes forward to the Moon and ventures on to the Red Planet, navigation engineers must develop revolutionary ways to keep time and navigate the stars.
Deep Space Atomic Clock
The Deep Space Atomic Clock can be so small because it uses new, mercury-ion trap technology. Engineers expect that the clock will maintain a deviation less than two nanoseconds (0.000 000 002 seconds) per day. That type of accuracy could enable a spacecraft or astronauts to make navigation decisions on their own, rather than waiting for communications from Earth.
The clock will fly aboard the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Orbital Test Bed satellite, launching in June 2019. After launch, it will perform a year-long demonstration, confirming its performance against GPS satellite atomic clocks. Once the technology has been proven, small, mercury-ion trap clocks could be integrated into future deep space missions.
GNSS Space Service Volume and Beyond
Beyond this altitude, navigation becomes more challenging. It becomes necessary to combine signals from multiple GNSS constellations. This more challenging region stretches up to geosynchronous orbit (some 22,000 miles) and is known as the GNSS Space Service Volume.
But, NASA engineers want to reach even higher. In fact, NASA simulations show GNSS signals could even be used for reliable navigation in lunar orbit, far outside the space service volume, over 200,000 miles from Earth. Engineers are considering using GNSS signals in the navigation architecture for the Gateway, an outpost in orbit around the Moon that will enable sustained lunar surface exploration.
X-Ray Timing and Navigation
Engineers can calculate a spacecraft's position in space by comparing a pulsar's predicted pulse time of arrival with the observed pulse time of arrival, combined with specialized onboard navigation software. The unique pulses from a subset of these stars can be used for time since they can be accurately predicted down to the microsecond for years into the future. Since astronomers know where some pulsars are located on the celestial sphere, they can provide both time and location for spacecraft outside the near-Earth region, enabling a galactic positioning system.
X-ray navigation in space could revolutionize deep space exploration, giving future missions the capabilities they need to maintain time and navigate with minimal oversight. Using X-ray navigation, NASA could even launch autonomous, robotic spacecraft to Mars, the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.
The Space Technology Mission Directorate rapidly develops, demonstrates and infuses revolutionary, high-payoff technologies through transparent, collaborative partnerships, expanding the boundaries of the aerospace enterprise. Their contributions to the development of innovative technologies like the Deep Space Atomic Clock and X-ray pulsar navigation promise to enable the next generation of exploration, including going forward to the Moon in 2024.
NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program office oversees the agency's work in navigation policy related to GNSS. NASA, consulting the United Nations International Committee on GNSS (ICG), collaborates with other U.S. agencies and the six international GNSS providers to define GNSS requirements and develop additional capabilities. Their work will ensure that NASA missions like the Gateway, a lunar-orbiting space station, can take advantage of GNSS signals for navigation.
NISTex-II instrument successfully launched on May 4th
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2019
On May 4, 2019, the Navy Interferometric Star Tracker Experiment II (NISTEx-II) instrument, a joint project of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and NASA, was successfully launched into space aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle as part of SpaceX's Commercial Resupply Service mission 17 (CRS-17). CRS-17 docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on May 6, 2019, and will stay docked for approximately one month as supplies and equipment are unloaded, and equipment that will be returned to Earth will be ... read more
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https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-this-nissan-gt-r-race-a-drone-at-115-mph/ | 2023-06-04T21:18:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604193207-20230604223207-00107.warc.gz | 0.952629 | 240 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__72909523 | en | The enhanced features of the latest drones and widespread popularity of the UAVs inevitably led to the birth of a new sport: Drone Racing!
One of the first questions about drone racing is related to the maximum speed that these racing unmanned aerial vehicles can achieve. Nissan just took the whole drone racing experience up a notch by creating a customized Nissan GT-R drone that can go from 0 to 100km/hr in an incredible 1.3 seconds.
You can see the customized Nissan GT-R drone race against a real GT-R in this video:
James Bowles, who also won the 2015 British National Drone Racing championship, piloted the drone. Nissan GT-R drone is fitted with four 2,000 kV motors. The drone was custom-made to keep up with the 2017 Nissan GT-R.
Although, the four-wheeled GT-R won the race, remember that this race was a part of the marketing campaign for the 2017 Nissan GT-R, so the result was pretty obvious right from the start.
Albeit losing the race, Nissan GT-R drone indicates the features and advancements in drone racing that we may witness in the coming days. | aerospace | 1 |
https://gizmodo.com/the-craziest-low-pass-flyby-ive-ever-seen-updated-5808599 | 2022-11-26T13:56:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446706291.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20221126112341-20221126142341-00671.warc.gz | 0.946586 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__62827243 | en | A Spanish pilot friend of mine sends me this stunning video of a low pass flyby in Argentina. I just can't believe the mad man who was flying this jet got it so close to the ground. Watch:
The airplane is an FMA IA 63, an Argentinian trainer jet that can also fight in combat. I don't know what speed he is pushing, but this 31-foot wingspan bird can reach 442 knots (509mph, 819km/h) at almost 23,000 feet. One thing is for sure: By the looks of it, it can't be flying much higher than one meter from the ground at the lowest point.
Eat your heart out, Maverick. [Thanks Jorge!]
Update: Here's a another view, from reader Richie Beaumont. [Thanks Richie!] | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.team.aero/controls/directory/company_information.php?id=2152 | 2018-06-25T04:06:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867424.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625033646-20180625053646-00637.warc.gz | 0.936314 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__86917199 | en | Airliners is a U.S. magazine dedicated to the airline industry. Six issues are circulated each year. The title was first published by World Transport Press in 1988. Since the 100th issue (July/August 2006) it has been produced by Airliners Publications, LLC.
The magazine includes articles about the world of commercial aircraft and air carriers, including new low cost airlines, changes at legacy companies, jetliners such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787, trips around the world, historical airlines, adventurous flights, airliner crashes and pictures of airliner liveries.
Featured authors include John Adlard, Sebastian Schmitz, Dave Nichols, Ben Wang, Bill Hough, Joel Chusid, Royal King, Robbie Shaw, and Cody Diamond. Photographers contribute images of airlines, aircraft, personnel, facilities and operations.
On December 11, 2009, designer/Creative Director Robert Christensen took the lead of the magazine and in 2010, he initiated a series of online initiatives, releasing e-book formats of the print magazine and establishing a social media presence. Popular components of past issues such as the Air Photo News section are being returned to the magazine's pages. | aerospace | 1 |
http://highpowerrocketry.blogspot.com/2006/10/ | 2019-01-24T00:32:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584431529.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123234228-20190124020228-00444.warc.gz | 0.935019 | 223 | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__177342801 | en | Wednesday, October 18, 2006
"Jim McKinnon's 1000lbf thrust LOX / Jet A Static Test. Jim's injector is using 28 O-F-O Triplets with a O-O-F-O-O Pentad element in the center. The combustion chamber was a surplus Atlas Vernier. The large gauge is measuring chamber pressure."
This is from the Reaction Research Society web page.
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Mach Buster is a project to make the first prop. plane that can go supersonic in level flight. This may just be a way-out there plan that will never work. But I have always thought about this, and wonder why it has not been done in the past. I understand that the shape of the airfoil of props might not work at such high speeds, but what about simple turbine blades? Certainly a canted turbine blade can still work at supersonic or even hypersonic speeds. Anyway check it out, I love the idea. I love the 1,230 hp engine. These are good things. : ) | aerospace | 1 |
https://trainingzone.eurocontrol.int/ilp/pages/coursedescription.jsf?courseId=5377065 | 2017-04-25T16:40:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00509-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.918224 | 301 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__32079296 | en | This course provides an overview of the technical layout and operational principles of Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems ( A-SMGCS).
The key components of an A-SMGCS and their characteristics as well as the resulting implications for implementation and operation are discussed in detail. Additionally, practical experience gathered from actual implementation is shared wherever possible, in order to allow those intending to implement a system to make informed decisions based on in-service experience.
Other topics covered include procurement issues, the specification of performance requirements and the monitoring of in-service performance. The course concludes with an overview of current research and possible future developments.
After completing the course, participants will have an understanding of the practical issues that need to be considered when implementing an A-SMGCS. In particular, the benefits provided by specifying an accurate operational requirement, taking account of the needs of all users of the A-SMGCS will be appreciated, as will the technical challenges and limitations of available systems.
In addition, the course will provide participants with a selection of business and safety arguments which can be used for justifying the implementation of an A-SMGCS at an airport.
This course is designed for a wide variety of participants. It will be of particular interest to project managers and operational managers with responsibility for implementing an A-SMGCS. It will also be of interest to managers from airport operators, aircraft operators, handling agents and regulatory agencies.
All candidates will receive a certificate of attendance. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Model_Aircraft/AIR0A004021/product.php | 2024-03-03T12:15:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476374.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303111005-20240303141005-00207.warc.gz | 0.943687 | 457 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__69719502 | en | Bristol Beaufort Mk.1
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The second in a successful trio of twin engined aircraft designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company during the 1930s, the Beaufort is significant as the only monoplane produced for the Royal Air Force designed from the outset as a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance platform. Developed from the Blenheim light bomber, the Beaufort was ordered off the drawing board by the Air Ministry, a move which showed great faith in the Bristol Company whilst illustrating the RAF's urgent need for an effective torpedo bomber at the same time.
Entering Royal Air Force service with No.22 Squadron Coastal Command in January 1940, the Beaufort proved to be a rugged and highly manoeuvrable aircraft, although the engines continued to be something of a problem. Initially employed laying mines in enemy waters, Beauforts would later mount attacks against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. However, in the European theatre, the aircraft would operate in the main as a medium bomber. In the Mediterranean, Beauforts operating from Egypt and Malta would take a terrible toll of Axis shipping and during a concerted onslaught from the middle of 1942, would make a significant contribution in denying Rommels Afrika Korps the vital supplies they needed to continue fighting the desert war. Due to the weight of the aircraft, a steep diving approach was not suitable for the Beaufort and a torpedo attack run needed to commence at a relatively low, flat attitude and quite some way from the target, if the torpedo release was to be successful and not hit the water ineffectively at a steep angle. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.empire-machinery.com/blog/mynarski-memorial-avro-lancaster-mk10-bomber-fly-past/ | 2023-09-27T12:20:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00869.warc.gz | 0.991528 | 230 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__134427860 | en | A piece of history flew over Empire Machinery today. The Mynarski Memorial Avro Lancaster Mk10 Bomber is stopping in Winnipeg for a four day visit and with Empire Machinery located north of the Winnipeg Airport we were able to see the Lancaster fly over our heads.
The Lancaster Bomber was one of the main Heavy bombers used during WWII. There were 7,377 built and only two remain air worthy. During WWII, the Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties dropping more than 608,000 tons of bombs.
The Mynarski Memorial Avro Lancaster is named after the Winnipeg born, Andrew Mynarski. Mynarski received the Victoria Cross for his actions on his last flight. On Mynarski’s last mission his Lancaster had received flack and cannon fire, before bailing out he noticed his friend and tail gunner was trapped. Unfortunately in his unsuccessful attempt to free the gunner he was burned and later died from his injuries. Ironically the tail gunner survived the crash and was able to relay this tragic story. Mynarski was the only crew member not to survive the mission. | aerospace | 1 |
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London airport’s deal with Flair heats up ultra-low-cost competition
Flair Airlines is launching nonstop service to London International Airport this December, meaning more ultra-low-cost travel options for surrounding communities.
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New regulations to address refund requirements for flight cancellations outside of air carrier's controlThe Minister of Transport issued a statement on new Canadian Transportation Agency regulations to ensure Canadians' interests are protected when they travel by air.
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http://wunc.org/post/mars-curiositys-tracks-close-and-above | 2013-12-18T15:26:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387345758904/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218054918-00074-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.893346 | 275 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__144260473 | en | Most Active Stories
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From Mars: Curiosity's Tracks, Up Close And From Above
NASA continues to share some fascinating photos of the Mars rover Curiosity. Among the latest:
-- An image taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that shows Curiosity's tracks from high above. According to NASA, "the image's color has been enhanced to show the surface details better."
-- From the rover itself, a look back at the tracks it has made so far as it moves across the surface.
The images have, of course, traveled a long way to get here. As NASA says: "At their closest, Earth and Mars can be no less than 54 million km [34 million miles] apart, while at their most distant they are as much as 400 million km [249 million miles] apart."
(H/T to Joe.) | aerospace | 1 |
https://news.metroairvirtual.com/2011/02/23/embraer-announces-order-from-us-based-allegius-airlines/ | 2021-05-09T16:44:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989006.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210509153220-20210509183220-00085.warc.gz | 0.974935 | 312 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__126599434 | en | Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil – Early this morning executives at the Brazil based aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, announced that they had signed an agreement with the Allegius Corportation for an unspecified number of aircraft. Allegius Corporation is a small Kansas City based company which flies smaller regional aircraft under the MetroAir brand. Allegius officials commented that MetroAir Virtual Airlines has been expanding in recent months and industry analysts had predicted an order for regional aircraft would be forthcoming to help bolster Allegius’ regional fleet in it’s new hub at Kansas City.
This is not the first time Embraer will be flying a MetroAir callsign. Late last year the airline purchased a single Legacy 600 for executive and charter usage. An unidentified spokesman for MetroAir stated ‘When we were speaking with them [Embraer] about the Legacy we also asked them to provide some materials on their other aircraft. The Legacy is basically one of their ERJ series commuter jets fitted with a business interior and we were very happy with it’s performance. Our future scheduling plans were incentive to use these aircraft as it made more sense to go with Jets rather than Turboprops due to range. Allegius officials were quickly convinced when MetroAir disclosed the number of markets being opened and the potential benefit for both companies.”
Preliminary details of the order indicate that Allegius expects to order up to 25 ERJ-170 series aircraft. They are expected to begin delivery and entry into service in mid to late April of 2011. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/05/did_boeings_albaugh_hint_at_a/ | 2015-05-23T13:30:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207927634.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113207-00305-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.944714 | 341 | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__63084103 | en | A lot of people ask the question, well, is the re-engined A320 getting traction with your customers? And if you look at the airplane or the airline market out there, most people either have Boeing products or Airbus products. The people that have mixed fleets are the ones who have come together through acquisitions and mergers or the Chinese, where they bought both types of airplanes. And there’s a very high cost of switching. And there’s also a cost for complexity and I really don’t think that we’re going to see too many customers really think about switching to a different type of airplane any time soon.
Airbus’ John Leahy has publicly stated that he believes if Boeing “loses” a solid 737 customer, specifically naming Delta Air Lines, Boeing would be “forced” to re-engine. Buckingham reports in the May 3 BCC research note that Boeing may no-bid Delta, largely due to the inability to offer production slots (Boeing’s 737 line is sold out to 2016/17); there is, therefore, nothing for Boeing to “lose.”
Yet, Albaugh’s comment underscores a possible emerging strategic advantage with the A320neo even if Boeing chooses not to compete for the Delta order. Airbus may be able to gain traction in mixed fleets, but can Boeing? The A320neo’s 95% part commonality does not unlock the current Airbus customer base allowing it to look elsewhere, though Airbus has positioned itself for modest marketshare growth to re-fleet one of the world’s largest carriers and the Chinese market. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.engadget.com/tag/plane/page/2/ | 2018-05-25T01:42:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866917.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525004413-20180525024413-00597.warc.gz | 0.938949 | 329 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__58146672 | en | NASA working with students on Mars airplane concept
NASA is working with students to help it built its Mars-bound aircraft.
Fast in-flight WiFi is coming to Europe
Lufthansa will be the first EU airline to trial the European Aviation Network system in 2017.
NASA starts testing light and flexible plane technology
"NASA needs to test the technology extensively, since planes with pliable wings are typically more susceptible to strong winds and vibrations."
ICYMI: Hypersonic plane, social connections app and more
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Terrafugia's flying car project is still a couple of years away
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Watch this solar-powered plane attempt to fly around the world
While you're just about to head to bed, over in Abu Dhabi the Solar Impulse team will attempt to f... | aerospace | 1 |
https://husbandinfo.com/a-beginners-guide-to-flying-a-drone/ | 2024-02-22T11:09:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473738.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222093910-20240222123910-00059.warc.gz | 0.89452 | 584 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__96752556 | en | Drones have soared in popularity, captivating hobbyists, photographers, and tech enthusiasts alike. Their versatility spans recreational enjoyment, professional photography, surveillance, and even environmental conservation. Before taking your drone to the skies, it’s essential to understand the basics of drone flight, safety precautions, and the diverse applications these devices offer.
Understanding Your Drone
Drones come in various shapes, sizes, and functionalities. Some are designed for aerial photography and videography, while others prioritize speed and agility, like FPV drones used in racing. Understanding the type of drone you own or intend to purchase is crucial.
When considering buying a drone, exploring options from reputable sellers is key. Drones for Sale outlets often offer a range of models suitable for beginners, professionals, and everyone in between. They provide guidance and support in choosing the right drone, ensuring a fulfilling flying experience.
Before takeoff, familiarize yourself with local regulations governing drone flight in your area. Most countries have specific laws and guidelines regarding where, when, and how high drones can fly. Understanding these rules ensures you fly safely and legally.
Equally important is the pre-flight checklist. Ensuring your drone is in optimal condition includes checking for propeller damage, battery life, and proper calibration. Moreover, having a clear understanding of the drone’s controls through simulation or practice flights can prevent accidents.
Exploring Drone Parts and Accessories
Understanding the anatomy of a drone is fundamental. Accessories and spare parts play a crucial role in maintaining and customizing your device. Websites like Drone Parts offer an array of components from batteries to propellers, allowing enthusiasts to upgrade or repair their drones conveniently.
For those interested in a more immersive experience, FPV (First Person View) drones offer an adrenaline rush. These drones, equipped with specialized goggles, provide a real-time view from the drone’s perspective. FPV Drones available at select outlets cater to enthusiasts looking to delve into this exhilarating world of drone racing and aerial acrobatics.
Safety and Etiquette
Safety is paramount in drone flying. Always conduct flights in safe environments away from people, buildings, and airports. Respect others’ privacy and avoid flying over private properties without proper consent. Additionally, regularly updating software and firmware ensures optimal performance and compliance with evolving regulations.
Mastering the art of drone piloting takes time and practice. Starting with the basics, understanding your equipment, and gradually advancing to more complex maneuvers and techniques is key. Leveraging resources from reliable drone shops like XDrones Shop and familiarizing oneself with safety protocols ensures an enjoyable and responsible flying experience.
Exploring the skies with a drone is not just a hobby; it’s an opportunity to witness the world from a unique perspective. Whether it’s capturing breathtaking landscapes or contributing to innovative industries, drones continue to redefine possibilities in various domains. | aerospace | 1 |
https://cuashub.com/event/xelevate-and-washington-warren-ocw-air-drone-show/ | 2024-02-25T15:40:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474617.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225135334-20240225165334-00514.warc.gz | 0.914396 | 291 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__7013585 | en | To commemorate the partnership and celebrate the 119th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ First Flight in North Carolina, Xelevate and Washington-Warren Airport will co-host the inaugural Washington-Warren (OCW) Air & Drone Show on December 17, 2022.
The event is open to the public and designed to demonstrate the safe integration of drone technology in this community. Visitors will gain a cultural introduction to drones through a technology showcase, live demonstrations, local business partnerships, and more. Educational programs will also highlight how unmanned technology will create purposeful and prosperous careers in Beaufort County.
The move paves the way for Washington-Warren Airport to become the first Drone-Smart airport on the East Coast, a commercial co-location facility for both airplanes and scalable, safe unmanned flight operations.
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When it comes to airspace awareness and protection, we can all learn from the knowledge, experience, and perspectives of others in this emerging field. If you have original, never before published content, thought leadership, research, reports, multimedia resources, or other interesting airspace awareness or Counter-UAS content, we’d love to hear from you.
For your work to be considered for publication on C-UAS Hub, please send an email containing any relevant information to [email protected]. We will respond to your email as soon as we are able. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.careersin.space/job/spacex-usa-florida-launch-engineer-electrical-systems/?wmc-currency=GBP | 2021-01-21T08:15:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703524270.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20210121070324-20210121100324-00347.warc.gz | 0.888706 | 906 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__142842106 | en | SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
Work as part of a small team of elite engineers designing and improving the mechanical, electrical and control systems at our rocket launch facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Be there on the ground floor, getting your hands dirty and contributing directly to the success of future launches.
- Design, operate, install, and test low power electrical systems at SpaceX’s launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Help manage the ground support control and instrumentation systems that operate the fueling and operation of the launch vehicle/spacecraft to support launch day activities; directly involved with all cape GSE build, checkouts, and troubleshooting
- Operate, upgrade and maintain all data acquisition system hardware at launch and support sites
- Control and maintain network infrastructure interfaces to data acquisition system
- Build and design junction boxes and conveyances for end instruments
- Create electrical schematics for new instrumentation
- Use electrical equipment in the field to verify functionality of end instruments
- Maintain systems through a preventative maintenance program
- Address physical installation issues and wear/tear/corrosion of electrical components
- Write procedures to address both routine tasks as well as off-nominal troubleshooting steps
- Provide innovative solutions to special requirements and challenges faced by the team, which can range from specialized equipment to challenging installation locations and blast environments
- Build, and operate servo motor controls
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, or other engineering field
- 1+ years of experience with instrumentation power systems design, data acquisition system, and/or instrumentation of some type (professional and/or academic lab experience qualifies)
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Proficiency or direct hands-on experience in one or more of the following: electronics test rack design and build, data acquisition setup and field measurements, build of electronics systems or test systems for local assembly or industrial applications. (e.g. robotics, automotive, aircraft, marine, autonomous vehicles, RF or communication systems, power plant or chemical process type industrial systems)
- 1+ years of professional experience with one or more of the following electrical test equipment: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies
- 1+ years of professional and/or classroom experience with low power systems and/or DC circuits and filters
- Proficient in python, SQL, html, java, MS Excel
- Experience with Modbus
- Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLC)
- Ability to juggle a multitude of tasks simultaneously
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
- Experience working at a rocket launch facility and supporting launch campaigns
- Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
- Willing to travel to other SpaceX locations as necessary
- Work schedule may vary depending on site operational needs, and flexibility is required
- Ability to lift up to 35 lbs. unassisted
- Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000. | aerospace | 1 |
https://rchelicop.com/airplane/what-is-required-in-order-for-an-airplane-to-be-airworthy.html | 2021-08-02T21:27:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154385.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802203434-20210802233434-00024.warc.gz | 0.919723 | 860 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__290941464 | en | Two main factors determine if an aircraft is airworthy: The aircraft conforms to its type certificate and authorized modifications; and. The aircraft must be in condition for safe operation.
What are the required documents for an aircraft to be airworthy?
The registration certificate is the most important, according to the FAR; the airworthiness certificate defines “airworthy” and the standards to meet it; the operation manual identifies the performance limits and other requirements for the pilot; and the weight and balance sheet is the most important technical document …
What do you need to fly your own plane?
How to Become a Private Pilot
- Make Sure You’re Eligible. Make sure you meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the regulations. …
- Pass a Third-Class Aviation Medical Exam. Obtain an aviation medical certificate. …
- Find an Instructor. …
- Take the FAA Written Exam. …
- Start Flying. …
- Take the Checkride (FAA Practical Exam) …
- Get Your License.
Who is responsible for determining if an aircraft is airworthy?
14 CFR 91.7 places responsibility on the pilot in command by stating, “The pilot in command of a civil aircraft is responsible for determining whether that aircraft is in condition for safe flight.” Many aircraft owners might be surprised to find multiple violations for flying an aircraft that is not airworthy.
What is the FAA definition of airworthy?
Definition. Airworthiness has a number of aspects which relate to the legal and physical state of an aircraft. According to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (1998), the term airworthy “is when an aircraft or one of its component parts meets its type design and is in a condition for safe operation.”
Does an airworthiness certificate expire?
A standard airworthiness certificate remains valid as long as the aircraft meets its approved type design, is in a condition for safe operation and maintenance, preventative maintenance, and alterations are performed in accordance with 14 CFR parts 21, 43, and 91.
What is the minimum hours for your private pilot license?
|Total Hours Required|
|Private Pilot License||40 Hours|
|Commercial Pilot Certificate||250 Hours|
|Airline Transport Pilot Certificate||1,500 Hours|
How much does airplane fuel cost?
Gas and Oil
The average small plane fuel burn rate is five-to-10 gallons per hour. Aviation fuel is significantly more expensive than typical automotive fuel, averaging $5 dollars per gallon.
How expensive is flight training?
The average cost of flying lessons is between $155 and $170 per hour. This price includes the average airplane rental cost and the typical cost of a flight instructor of $45 per hour. Completing flight school and earning your pilots license costs $5,100 to $16,100.
How much does a Boeing plane cost?
Some of Boeing’s prices include: 737-700 – $89.1 million. 737 MAX 7 – $99.7 million. 737 MAX 8 – $121.6 million.
What action is required when two aircraft of the same category converge but not head on?
C – An aircraft on final approach to land. What action is required when two aircraft of the same category converge, but not head-on? A – The faster aircraft shall give way.
How does the FAA define time in service?
Part 1, section 1.1, Definitions, defines time in. service, with respect to maintenance time records, as that time from the moment an aircraft. leaves the surface of the earth until it touches down at the next point of landing.
What are the two types of airworthiness certificates?
There are two different classifications of FAA airworthiness certificates: Standard Airworthiness Certificate, and Special Airworthiness Certificate.
Who can perform an aircraft annual inspection?
With limited exceptions, only a certified mechanic holding an inspection authorization (IA) can perform an annual inspection in accordance with 14 CFR 91.409(a)(1). Thus, unless the owner-pilot also holds an IA, he or she is not permitted to assist with the inspection function of an annual. | aerospace | 1 |
https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/Martin_146 | 2019-10-24T01:49:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987838289.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20191024012613-20191024040113-00533.warc.gz | 0.954905 | 1,773 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__78374546 | en | The Martin Model 146 was an unsuccessful American bomber design that lost a 1934–1935 bomber design competition to the prototype for the Douglas B-18 Bolo (itself soon supplanted by the B-17 Flying Fortress).
|Martin Model 146 during competition c. 1935, USAF photo|
|Manufacturer||Glenn L. Martin Company|
|Primary user||United States Army Air Corps (intended)|
|Developed from||Martin B-10|
Although generally satisfied with the speed and bombload of the Martin B-10, the United States Army Air Corps expressed a requirement for a bomber with long range. Two competitions were held in 1934-35: one for fast bombers capable of flying 2,200 miles (3,500 km), and a second for the experimental prototype of a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) bomber.
The Martin 146 was built for the first competition, competing with the Boeing Model 299 (later the B-17) and Douglas DB-1 (later the B-18). Two versions were submitted for the competition, the Model 146 (actual aircraft) and the Model 146A (design only). The only significance between the two was the planform, the 146 center section was rectangular with the outer wing being tapered while the 146A had a constant taper.
The Model 146 bore a striking resemblance to the earlier Martin B-10, with the same configurations of turret and cockpits and even the same two Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines – albeit with 50% more power than the 600 hp Cyclones of the original B-10. The biggest differences between this aircraft and the Martin 139 (B-10) was that it was wider, allowing the pilot and co-pilot to sit side by side and was equipped with Fowler flaps, the first large aircraft equipped with them.
The Model 146 was not successful but it led the Martin company to begin research into contemporary aviation technology. Some offshoots included the innovative Martin 145 proposed for the long-range bomber competition as well as the early studies that would lead to the Model 179 (later to emerge as the wartime Martin B-26). The aircraft was eventually returned to the factory and scrapped.
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
The 2014 UCI World Tour was the sixth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 21 January, and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Beijing on 14 October.
After winning the 2008 UCI ProTour, Spain's Alejandro Valverde won his first World Tour individual points title, amassing 686 points over the course of the season. The Movistar Team rider finished 66 points clear of his closest rival and compatriot Alberto Contador of Tinkoff–Saxo, while Australian rider Simon Gerrans was third for the Orica–GreenEDGE team, but was over 200 points in arrears of Valverde. In the teams' rankings, Movistar Team finished top for the second year running, with a total of 1440 points. Second place went to the BMC Racing Team after taking overall victories in two of the season's last three races, while Tinkoff–Saxo finished in third position. The nations' rankings was comfortably headed by Spain, with a points advantage of 764 over Italy.2016 Adur District Council election
The 2016 Adur District Council elections took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election, and the Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council. The Labour Party trebled their number of seats from one to three.After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 16 (-4)
UKIP 8 (+2)
Labour 3 (+2)
Shoreham Beach Residents Association 2 (no change)2016 Racket Club Open
The 2016 Racket Club Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 11 and 17 January 2016.2016 Torneo de Mendoza
The 2016 Torneo de Mendoza was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mendoza, Argentina from 5 to 10 January 2016.2016 Vivo Tennis Cup
The 2016 Vivo Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 18 and 24 January 2016.2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 11 August 2018.2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the scheduled twelfth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. Planned to be held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 26 August 2018, the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. This is the first cancelled MotoGP race since the cancellation of the MotoGP class race during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix due to Marco Simoncelli's fatal accident, and also marks for the first time since the 1980 Austrian Grand Prix that racing for all classes was cancelled.Flap (aeronautics)
Flaps are a kind of high-lift device used to increase the lift of an aircraft wing at a given airspeed. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used for extra lift on takeoff. Flaps also cause an increase in drag in mid-flight, so they are retracted when not needed.
Extending the wing flaps increases the camber or curvature of the wing, raising the maximum lift coefficient or the upper limit to the lift a wing can generate. This allows the aircraft to generate the required lift at a lower speed, reducing the stalling speed of the aircraft, and therefore also the minimum speed at which the aircraft will safely maintain flight. The increase in camber also increases the wing drag, which can be beneficial during approach and landing, because it slows the aircraft. In some aircraft configurations, a useful side effect of flap deployment is a decrease in aircraft pitch angle, which lowers the nose thereby improving the pilot's view of the runway over the nose of the aircraft during landing. In other configurations, however, depending on the type of flap and the location of the wing, flaps can cause the nose to rise (pitch-up), obscuring the pilot's view of the runway.
There are many different designs of flaps used, with the specific choice depending on the size, speed and complexity of the aircraft on which they are to be used, as well as the era in which the aircraft was designed. Plain flaps, slotted flaps, and Fowler flaps are the most common. Krueger flaps are positioned on the leading edge of the wings and are used on many jet airliners.
The Fowler, Fairey-Youngman and Gouge types of flap increase the wing area in addition to changing the camber. The larger lifting surface reduces wing loading, hence further reducing the stalling speed.
Some flaps are fitted elsewhere. Leading-edge flaps form the wing leading edge and when deployed they rotate down to increase the wing camber. The de Havilland DH.88 Comet racer had flaps running beneath the fuselage and forward of the wing trailing edge. Many of the Waco Custom Cabin series biplanes have the flaps at mid-chord on the underside of the top wing.Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the US and allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War. During the 1950s and 60s, the Martin Company moved from the aircraft industry into the guided missile, space exploration, and space utilization industries.
In 1961, the Martin Company merged with American-Marietta Corporation, a large sand and gravel mining company, forming Martin Marietta Corporation. In 1995, Martin Marietta merged with aerospace giant Lockheed to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation.List of aircraft (Ma)
This is a list of aircraft in numerical order of manufacturer followed by alphabetical order beginning with 'M'. | aerospace | 1 |
https://10daily.com.au/shows/theproject/news/a190313ovz/one-small-step-for-woman-marks-nasas-giant-leap-to-mars-20190313 | 2020-04-05T06:52:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370529375.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20200405053120-20200405083120-00475.warc.gz | 0.944909 | 547 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__147198206 | en | One Small Step For Woman Marks NASA’s Giant Leap To Mars
NASA have announced that the first person on Mars is likely to be a woman.
They say that men are from Mars, but NASA plans to leave that cliché in the red dust.
In fact it’s more like the 1967 B-Movie… Mars Needs Women.
In a radio interview last Friday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested that the first human to set foot on the red planet was likely to be a woman.
Bridenstine was responding to a question from a listener to Science Friday about whether a woman could be expected in the next manned (or humanned) trip to the Moon.
“The answer is absolutely,” the NASA chief said. “In fact, it’s likely to be a woman, the first next person on the Moon. It’s also true that the first person on Mars is likely to be a woman. So these are great days.”
Bridenstine then talked about the first all-female spacewalk, which International Space Station astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch are due to take on Friday March 22.
McClain and Koch were part of the 2013 astronaut class, which had a 50/50 gender split. The agency says women comprise 34 percent of active NASA astronauts.
"NASA is committed to making sure we have a broad and diverse set of talent and we're looking forward to the first woman on the moon," Bridenstine said.
Yesterday, Bridenstine provided more formal details of the agency’s plans to return to the moon and move on to Mars at a presentation at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Bridenstine is tasked with implementing President Trump’s Space Policy Directive 1, and the White House this week released their budget request for 2020 - a total of US$21 billion for NASA.
It’s a slight downgrade from their 2019 budget, pushing some milestones back, but the headline is the establishment of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (aka “the Gateway”), a waystation and research station which would be placed in lunar orbit.
"Beginning with a series of small commercial delivery missions to the Moon as early as this year, we will use new landers, robots and eventually humans by 2028 to conduct science across the entire lunar surface," Bridenstine said in a statement.
The agency also launched a new website – Moon2Mars – to spell out their plans to us mere Earthlings. And according to that site, women should be walking on Mars in the 2030s. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?offset=135&where=%7CLockheed%20P-3C%20Orion%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7CLockheed%20P-3C%20Orion%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C | 2016-09-27T12:15:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661051.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00018-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.86169 | 146 | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__193703966 | en | AirX Malta International Airshow participant.
Wide angle of a P-3 Landing gear bay.
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AirX Malta International Airshow Participant.
Arrived as Dragon 41, routing NSY-MLA-NSY....Brought two spare tyres for the other P-3 at the static display which had a puncture.
Arrived as GNY4533, routing FCN-MLA-FCN...Static display at the Malta Airshow 2014.
Arriving for the Malta Airshow 2014.
P-3C Orion and 4 Alpha Jets, doing a flight formation during "Open Day" at Beja Air Base. | aerospace | 1 |
https://hybridtechcar.com/2019/07/11/conclusion-reconnaissance-satellite-uae-ended-in-accident/ | 2020-10-31T16:05:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107919459.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20201031151830-20201031181830-00624.warc.gz | 0.979334 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__131922882 | en | Early in the morning Minsk time from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, the Vega light launch vehicle with the Falcon Eye 1 military satellite, which belonged to the United Arab Emirates, was launched. Two minutes after launch, a “serious accident occurred”: the trajectory of the rocket’s flight immediately after launching began to gradually shift.
As a result of the accident, the satellite was lost. Previously, its launch was postponed twice due to adverse weather conditions. The launch was broadcast live on YouTube.
Vega was developed by the joint efforts of the European and Italian space agencies. Since 2012, 14 successful launches have been carried out in succession, but the Arab military satellite had no luck. In November, the same model of the launch vehicle will have to put Falcon Eye 2 into orbit. | aerospace | 1 |
https://web.archive.org/web/20161118022813/http:/launchportal.arc.nasa.gov/ | 2020-03-30T05:24:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370496523.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20200330023050-20200330053050-00399.warc.gz | 0.929584 | 267 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__89032091 | en | The tremendous increase in interest in small satellite development by university, industry, and government organizations has enabled a new industry that facilitates ride sharing on launch vehicles delivering heavier primary payloads to particular orbits. A challenge for those developing small satellites continues to be access to an efficient way to find these launch opportunities. To a similar degree, launch vehicle providers looking for secondary payloads to complement their currently manifested primaries, or those interested in understanding the extent of future interest in launch opportunities by the small satellite developer community, also need an effective tool to support current and future planning.
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) recognizes the need for a tool that aggregates launch opportunities and small satellites in need of a launch opportunity. To that end, this website is intended to evolve into a one-stop-shop for launch providers to find payloads for their secondary slots, and for small satellite developers to find candidate launch opportunities in the coming months and years.
The scope of this web-based service is limited to payloads less than 200kg. With the latest push on SmallSat class satellites, this initial beta release website is limited to SmallSat-size payloads and opportunities for the near term. Over time, it will grow to include small micro and nano satellites up to the 200kg limit unless the industry drives the website another direction. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/29287/20160927/mercury-volcanically-active-nasa-spacecraft.htm | 2021-12-07T15:38:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363400.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207140255-20211207170255-00330.warc.gz | 0.962189 | 460 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__14150182 | en | A NASA spacecraft has found evidence that the planet Mercury is still tectonically active.
NASA's MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft captured images of steep cliffs called scarps on the surface of Mercury about 10 kilometers long, which resemble breaks in the planet's crust. Similar scarps could also be found on the planet, but all appear larger and more eroded and had been present since over 3.5 billion years ago, Science News reports.
However, the newly discovered scarps are different. According to Thomas Watters from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, the cliffs were about less than 50 million years old, owing to their smaller sizes, sharp edges and lack of overlapping craters. The discovery, which was detailed in a paper published in Nature Geoscience, suggests that the planet's surface still fractures as it cools down and that some of the faults are active at present.
The images were captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft during the final 18 months of its mission when it flew closer to the surface of Mercury. The probe started to orbit Mercury in 2011 and ended with an intentional crash landing in April 2015.
Previous studies indicated that Mercury is gradually cooling despite its proximity to the sun. This cooling down causes the quakes and contractions on the planet. However, it is not clear whether these newly discovered scarps are related to the quakes.
An earlier study published in the Geophysical Research Letters suggested that Mercury ceased to be volcanically active about 3.5 billion years ago and that the planet has stopped evolving altogether. According to the study author Paul Byrne, Mercury has a smaller mantle and so it lost its heat much earlier than Venus, Mars, and Earth.
A close inspection of the planet will provide more information about its evolution and volcanic activity. The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft, which is the second mission to Mercury, is slated to launch in 2018 and will arrive on the planet in 2024. It will have the same altitude as the MESSENGER but it will probe Mercury's southern hemisphere and allow scientists to get a better view of the planet's faults.
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/06/0247246/air-force-extends-plug-and-play-spacecraft?sdsrc=prevbtmprev | 2017-12-16T22:50:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948589512.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216220904-20171217002904-00221.warc.gz | 0.944313 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__120179707 | en | from the can-we-get-an-analogy-upgrade? dept.
coondoggie writes "Looking to build strategic satellites in days if need be, rather than months, the Air Force is pushing forward with what it calls plug-and-play spacecraft. This week it awarded a $500,000 order to Northrop Grumman to begin designing the plug-and-play spacecraft 'bus' which will offer standard interfaces for a variety of payload components, much like a laptop computer that immediately recognizes new hardware when it's plugged in, Northrop stated. The order was awarded under a contract that has a ceiling of $200 million."
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the exact opposite."
-- Bertrand Russell, _Sceptical_Essays_, 1928 | aerospace | 1 |
https://kc4mcq.us/busy-crew-assists-each-other-for-space-science-and-lab-upkeep/ | 2024-04-13T19:05:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816832.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413180040-20240413210040-00053.warc.gz | 0.916748 | 478 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__108437994 | en | The seven-member Expedition 69 crew conducted a wide variety of experimental work on Tuesday including more life science and physics research and installing new science hardware. The maintenance duties aboard the International Space Station included lab stowage work and orbital plumbing tasks.
The station astronauts split their day assisting each other on a host of space research and lab upkeep on Tuesday. NASA Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg began his day swapping samples inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox for a space manufacturing study with help from UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi.
Afterward, Hoburg moved on to support NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen as he loaded the NanoRacks External Platform inside the Kibo laboratory module’s airlock to place science experiments in the harsh environment of outer space. Alneyadi wrapped up his day in the Tranquility module replacing components in the station’s bathroom, also known as the Waste and Hygiene Compartment.
Hoburg would finally end his day in the Quest airlock installing a new overhead stowage platform. Bowen and Alneyadi started the work first removing and transferring the old stowage platform. The platform replacement work increases the equipment stowage volume inside Quest.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio also worked in Quest at the beginning of the day installing a battery charger and new components that power the spacesuits to sustain astronauts during spacewalks. Rubio ended his day inside Kibo consolidating and stowing hardware making room for upcoming activities planned inside the lab module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
Heart research was on the Roscosmos work schedule for Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev as he attached sensors to himself for a study measuring his cardiac performance in microgravity. Commander Sergey Prokopyev installed and configured hardware to image Earth’s nighttime atmosphere in the ultraviolet wavelength. Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin started his day checking for leaks between the ISS Progress 84 cargo craft and the Poisk module. In the afternoon, Petelin swapped cargo between Poisk and the Zarya module to accommodate the next Soyuz crew to visit the station in mid-September.
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/airbus-2000-special-edition | 2014-03-14T02:54:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394678683543/warc/CC-MAIN-20140313024443-00033-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.843226 | 244 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__47281908 | en | Not an American user?
DescriptionAirbus 2000 is a add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 that gives you a great collection of Airbus airplanes to choose-from A300 to the cargo Airbus-the Beluga. Each are modeled impressively, with many liveries available. A detailed and comprehensive user's manual is included to get you flying with these new aircraft quickly. Also, a unique 'jumpseat' view gives a new level of realism to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000.
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https://synergyfbo.com/main/about-us/ | 2020-02-25T11:58:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146066.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200225110721-20200225140721-00555.warc.gz | 0.976457 | 391 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__148781003 | en | Andrew Dustman | Owner and CEO
Andrew is an ATP qualified pilot with over 3,000 hours of total experience under his belt. He is a CFI, CFII and MEI qualified flight instructor. For six years Andrew flew a Lear Jet for air medical and Executive charter, serving 3 years as a First officer and 3 years as Captain. Andrew became passionate about aviation at a young age and achieved his PPL while earning his Bachelor of Science in Econ Finance at the University of Kentucky. He has remained immersed in the aviation culture through his own personal flying and his continual interest in the cutting edge technology available for pilots today. Andrew is excited to bring said technology to the Central Illinois area and is optimistic about the numerous opportunities that Synergy will provide to the community’s pilots.
Rich Anderson | Director of Operations
Rich brings a broad base of aviation knowledge to Synergy Flight Center. His passion for flying was kindled by attending the annual EAA fly-ins from a young age and has continued throughout his life, including experience as a skydiving jumpmaster. Rich also has an extensive background working with flight simulators- including developing his own models. Currently Rich is working towards attaining his private pilot license. With significant expertise in fueling, ramp operations, security, customer service and air charter dispatch, he rounds out the Synergy team with his diversity of experience.
Dan Amolsch | Certified Flight Instructor
Dan is a university trained CFI who graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1998 with a Bachelors degree in Aviation Management. He is an Instrument rated Commercial Pilot, and Flight Instructor. In addition to aviation, Dan has worked as a business analyst and recently completed a master’s degree. As a Synergy Flight Instructor Dan stands ready to serve as an ambassador to aviation. He brings the manner and philosophy of a coach and mentor that we seek to provide our students in the process of learning to fly. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.bestaviation.net/school/glacier-aviation-olympia/ | 2020-09-25T13:08:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400226381.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20200925115553-20200925145553-00319.warc.gz | 0.936767 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__141593448 | en | We are a medium-sized flight school, small enough to have fun and large enough to ensure the highest quality pilot instruction. We offer helicopter and airplane training for private, commercial, instrument, and certified flight instructor licenses, and other advanced industrial training. We keep an FAA examiner on staff and provide an FAA Lasergrade written test center.
Our helicopter fleet includes the Robinson R22 & R44 with instrument trainers in both platforms. Our airplane fleet includes the Cessna 152, 172, 172RG and the Jabiru light sport airplane. | aerospace | 1 |
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=55989 | 2021-05-18T20:44:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991514.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20210518191530-20210518221530-00573.warc.gz | 0.928412 | 727 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__24757535 | en | From: Tethers Unlimited
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020
is pleased to announce that has selected TUI’s for end-of life disposal of its new Sherpa-FX orbit transfer vehicle. As part of an upcoming mission, Spaceflight will test the deorbit process with the Terminator Tape. When the orbit transfer vehicle’s mission is completed, a timer release system will deploy the Terminator Tape to rapidly deorbit the Sherpa-FX vehicle so that it does not contribute to the growth of the space debris problem.
“When Tethers was founded in 1994, its main focus was to solve the problem of space debris so that NASA, the DoD and commercial space enterprises could continue to safely operate in Earth orbit,” says Dr. Rob Hoyt, TUI’s CEO. “We are pleased to see our solutions are now making a significant contribution to ensuring sustainability of the space environment, which will benefit the entire industry.”
Within the last decade, space debris has become a growing concern to the space industry, with government agencies imposing strict requirements upon satellite operators ensuring that their spacecraft will be disposed of properly. According to , as of February 2020, the number of debris objects estimated by statistical models to be in orbit are as follows:
· 34 000 objects >10 cm
· 900 000 objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm
· 128 million objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm
The Terminator Tape is a small module, weighing less than two pounds and about the size of a notebook, designed to attach to the exterior of a satellite. When the satellite has completed its mission and is ready to be disposed of, an electrical signal from either the satellite or an independent timer unit activates the Terminator Tape, causing it to deploy a 230-foot long conductive tape from the satellite. This tape interacts with the space environment to create a drag force on the satellite that lowers its orbit far more rapidly than it would if it were simply abandoned in orbit.
“We’re focused on being a good steward of our space resource, and our mission is to conduct frequent small satellite launches, so we have a responsibility for deorbiting what we send up,” says Philip Bracken, vice president of engineering at Spaceflight Inc. “Tethers’ solution is affordable, compact, and lightweight and will help us fulfill our responsibilities to clean up space after our mission is complete.”
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Tethers Unlimited, Inc. develops transformative technologies for Space and Defense missions. Its technology portfolio includes programmable radios for small satellites, advanced space propulsion modules, and systems for in-space manufacturing of spacecraft components. To learn more about TUI and its products, please visit.
About Spaceflight, Inc.
Spaceflight is revolutionizing the business of space transportation through its comprehensive and innovative suite of rideshare launch and mission management services. The company offers state-of-the-art satellite integration capabilities, including flight and ground support hardware, licensing and logistics management, and mission expertise to support each customer’s specific mission needs. Spaceflight’s diverse portfolio of launch partners across the globe enables the company to offer routine launch options and unprecedented launch flexibility. Based in Seattle, Spaceflight has successfully launched hundreds of satellites and is a part of the Mitsui & Co., Ltd. portfolio, operating as an independent, U.S.-based company. For more information, visit
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https://newdaycrypto.com/spacex-has-launched-the-construction-of-a-new-generation-of-rockets-starship/ | 2023-12-05T01:47:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00835.warc.gz | 0.953266 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__303673784 | en | Aeronautics company Ilona Mask SpaceX has begun the construction of 50-meter Starship stainless steel rockets.
Next generation rockets will be equipped with threeRaptor engines creating a thrust of 12 MN. They are designed to transport large loads, as well as transport people into space for flights to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
After the project for Starship Mk 2 was submitted last month and the preliminary deadlines for the ship to enter orbit were announced, the company began installing three rockets.
Aerial video shows glittering towers made ofstainless steel that will become rocket bodies. On the ground are also visible stacked sets of rings, prepared for installation.
In addition to these two missiles, the company is creating another one at its Texas base in Boca Chica.
Earlier during the presentation of the Starship projectSpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that suborbital testing of the Mk 2 version should take place in the next couple of months. If they are successful, construction of the Mk 3 will begin immediately.
In addition to transport, space companies plancreate a comfortable infrastructure for travelers. Gateway recently presented a project for the first space hotel with artificial gravity and all the amenities available on Earth.</p> | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.aviationbusinessnews.com/industry-news/ge-aviation-wins-nasa-contract-to-develop-new-compact-engine-cores/ | 2023-03-27T07:22:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948609.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327060940-20230327090940-00231.warc.gz | 0.927388 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__211994968 | en | GE Aviation has been awarded multiple cost-share contracts by NASA valued at more than US$20 million to research advanced engine cores for single-aisle aircraft.
The jet engine manufacturer will test and mature compact jet engine core designs, including compressor, combustor and high-pressure turbine technologies, as part of NASA’s ‘Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core’ (HyTEC) project.
Continued development of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) is also a key part of the duo’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. They plan to ground test a new compact engine core by the mid-2020s.
GE Aviation’s vice president of engineering Mohamed Ali said: “The HyTEC project further expands GE Aviation’s partnership with NASA on the future of flight with our shared commitment to accelerate the introduction of technologies that reduce the environmental impact of commercial aviation and make a step-change reduction in fuel burn.
“We are grateful for NASA’s confidence in GE Aviation as a partner to co-develop sustainable technology solutions, including new aircraft engine cores and hybrid electric powertrains that are critical elements of our CFM RISE programme.” | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/EN/Dossier/aerospace-policy.html | 2023-11-28T23:10:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100016.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128214805-20231129004805-00483.warc.gz | 0.887193 | 349 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__117782158 | en | Promoting research: the Federal Government’s aviation research programme
Since 1995, the Federal Government has promoted the research and technology development in the "LuFo" aviation research programme. The main focus of the current, fifth, edition of the programme includes strengthening the sector as a lead market for Industrie 4.0, and developing new digital products.
Facilitating financing: the Aircraft Equipment Programme
In order to strengthen the equipment and component supplier industry in the aviation sector and to safeguard its technological edge, the Economic Affairs Ministry provides loans to help fund development projects. This limits the development risks and delivers greater financial security. .
Strengthening international cooperation and networking
Innovation is not a one-way street. Aerospace technologies find their way into other sectors – and vice versa. With programmes like “Future Lab: Aviation Technology Transfer” and the Aerospace StartUp Night, the Economic Affairs Ministry promotes cross-sectoral technological networking. The aim is to highlight and leverage potential for innovation and synergies.
The Economic Affairs Ministry is actively involved in shaping the international environment for research, development and exports in the aerospace sector, working on this in national, European and international bodies. Also, the Economic Affairs Ministry backs the interests of Germany’s aviation industry in European research framework programmes like Clean Sky, SESAR, Horizon 2020.
Promoting the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institutional funding of more than €200 million goes towards the research work of the DLR each year.
Supporting German space flight projects
Via Germany's membership of ESA (the European Space Agency) and the National Programme for Space and Innovation, the Economic Affairs Ministry provides around a billion euros of funding each year. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002303813/mediaid/4234357/ | 2023-12-06T11:34:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100593.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206095331-20231206125331-00194.warc.gz | 0.88739 | 247 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__29340832 | en | A 34th Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer lands on the runway at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., May 20, 2020, after the completion of a long-range, long-duration Bomber Task Force mission within the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. BTF missions provide opportunities to work and train with U.S. allies and partners, while strengthening capabilities by familiarizing aircrew with air bases and operations in different parts of the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina Bennett)
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https://www.influencivenews.com/universal-space-mission-is-expected-by-2021/ | 2023-02-08T04:04:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500671.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230208024856-20230208054856-00480.warc.gz | 0.96103 | 606 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__298744720 | en | 2020 was a big year for space exploration, and based on what is scheduled for 2021, we are in for another year of chaos, milestones, and general space badassery. February is a big month for space travel on Mars. The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is expected to reach the Martian environment on February 9. This is a significant milestone for the country and marks its first successful booth that has given a deep space ship sight. The next day, the Chinese Tianwen-1 was ready to reach the Red Planet. After a few months of exploring its environment, the spacecraft will send a man to Mars from May to May. When successful, that was the first time China had placed a ship on another planet.
These are not the only space missions to Mars in February – the NASA Perseverance rover is expected to arrive on the planet on February 18. Perseverance will even go for a landing, and once settled on the Martian surface, it will begin to hunt for signs of ancient alien life – something no other rover has tried. During his time on Mars, he will launch a small solar-powered helicopter, marking the first controlled flight attempt on another planet. In partnership with NASA, two private companies, Astrobotic Pittsburgh and Houston’s Intuitive Machines will send landlords to the moon in 2021. These landlords will carry a total of 16 tests and technical demos designed to NASA help prepare for upcoming crew missions to the moon.
This year, NASA also plans to test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion MPCV capsule they developed for the crew’s monthly missions. The current plan is for the launch to be launched in November, but it has been postponed dozens of times, so maybe just mark it in pencil. On July 22, a window will open for the launch of NASA’s “Terra Double Asteroid Redirection” or “DART”. Normally, NASA intentionally crashes into nothing during its space missions, but if a large asteroid hit Earth, it could do enormous damage. In anticipation of such a situation, NASA wants to be able to put the outer asteroid into space by breaking an inner space, so the agency has already tested the device on the ground. asteroid system is not a threat to our planet. NASA is not just planning to destroy asteroids – in October, it plans to launch Lucy, a mission to study ancient asteroids on Jupiter. Those asteroids are 4 billion years old – the captain from the time our bodies were born. However, examples have recently been explored – hopefully, Lucy will be able to unravel some of their secrets.
Also in October, NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. This highly anticipated spacecraft is expected to provide an unprecedented glimpse into some of the most distant objects in all space and time, giving us an idea of what happened in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, and perhaps even help in the search for extraterrestrial life. | aerospace | 1 |
https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starship-orbital-cape-canaveral | 2024-02-22T18:37:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473824.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222161802-20240222191802-00551.warc.gz | 0.957743 | 405 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__195690266 | en | It's really happening.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter today that SpaceX has begun the "construction of Starship orbital launch pad at the Cape." Satellite images dating back to November 29 shows a flurry of activity at the launch pad.
It's an exciting prospect to think of the next-gen spacecraft one day lifting off from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center — the very same pad that served as NASA's "Moonport" during the Apollo years over half a century ago.
Back to the Moon
Earlier this year, NASA picked SpaceX for its multi-billion dollar Human Landing Systems contract, with the hopes of having Starship carry the first astronauts to the lunar surface since 1972.
The first orbital test launch of the spacecraft won't be taking place at the Kennedy Space Center, though. According to Musk, SpaceX will be attempting Starship's maiden voyage into orbit from its "Starbase" testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas some time early next year.
"There's a lot of risk associated with this first launch, so I would not say that it is likely to be a success, but I think we will make a lot of progress," Musk said during a virtual meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine last month.
Musk also revealed that he's aiming to do up to a dozen test flights next year alone, with commercial service kicking off in 2023 to launch "real payloads." It's unclear, however, where each of these tests will be conducted from.
All told, SpaceX is inching closer to turning its Starship into a reality — though it has plenty of hurdles left to overcome, including the testing of its massive Super Heavy booster, not to mention an environmental review by the Federal Aviation Administration.
And that's without getting into the dire financial straits the company may be facing. According to a leaked email Musk sent to employees this week, SpaceX is facing a "genuine risk of bankruptcy."
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https://www.mosdirectory.com/jobs/245/ | 2021-11-30T14:25:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964359037.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20211130141247-20211130171247-00508.warc.gz | 0.935392 | 290 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__13358286 | en | Marine Corps Aircraft Intermediate Level Structures Mechanics (MOS 6092) is the final MOS available under USMC Field 60.
Aircraft Intermediate Level Structures Mechanics inspect, maintain, and repair sculptural components of aircraft.
Mechanics are assigned job duties at the intermediate level as defined by the U.S. Marine Corps.
Aircraft Intermediate Level Structures Mechanics (MOS 6092) are required to have the same minimum ASVAB score of Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 105 or higher in order to qualify.
Soldiers must complete the Aviation Structural Mechanic Core in Pensacola, Florida for “A” school training.
“C” school training takes place at the Airframes Intermediate Maintenance in Oceania, Virginia.
Military Duties Translated:
Marines that serve OccFld 60 perform a lot of maintenance and mechanics specific to the military branch.
However, there are civilian job equivalents to military mechanics and aircraft maintenance technicians.
In fact, some are very high paying and could land you a job working for a commercial airline or airport.
There are some former USMC Field 60 that choose to pursue a completely different line of work after leaving the military.
USMC Field 60 military jobs are very technical and “left brain” oriented so jobs that have to do with science and logistics are natural fits. | aerospace | 1 |
http://researchusa.org/search.php?type=documents&keyword=mixing+layer | 2019-02-16T16:14:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247480622.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216145907-20190216171907-00102.warc.gz | 0.968621 | 233 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__177283684 | en | The effort here has been to compile and present collectively the concepts of Low Speed Wind Tunnel. I have tried to make it explanatory with help of large number of figures and pictures whose sources have been mentioned under them. I have tried to incorporate as much latest information as available via Internet although the backbone of the work is ‘Wind Tunnel Technique’ by R.C. Pankhurst, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England. It includes a very descriptive documentation of the Wind Tunnel and in a very organized manner.This work was done as an assignment for one of the undergrad courses. Information may not be very current but the general principles remain the same nevertheless.
Wind tunnel testing is the technical support of any major development process involving aerodynamics. It is used for aircraft, helicopters,cars, trains, and laboratory research.It is estimated that it took the Wright Brothers less than 20 hours of wind tunnel testing to produce their successful Flyer (although their empirical research was a life time achievement). The Douglas DC-3, perhaps the most successful commercial aircraft ever built, required about 100 hours of wind tunnel testing. Wind tunnel time has been steadi... | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.buzzza.com/so-lets-get-real-whats-actually-the-plane-of-the-future/ | 2019-05-21T10:47:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256314.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521102417-20190521124417-00530.warc.gz | 0.946639 | 2,061 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__135004593 | en | Supersonic speed, modular cabin design, all electric power, transparent cabin walls, pilotless planes, personal jets for everyone—that all sounds great, but what’s actually the plane of the future. In the next 15-20 years, what will be the next major aircraft release to make an impact on the industry? Well, it’s not nearly as exciting as those concepts, at least for passengers. More and more people travel by plane each year and the industry is only growing. In recent years the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made a significant impact on the airline industry. This relatively small, super-efficient, long range airplane has allowed for the advent of long-haul budget airlines and for traditional airlines to open up long-haul routes between smaller markets.
Now, the near-future of aviation has a lot to do with one decision Boeing made almost a decade ago—a decision they’ve been regretting ever since. In 1983 the first Boeing 757 entered into service with Eastern Airlines. It was billed as a replacement to the successful 727 for popular shorter routes that needed more seats than a 737. At the time it was incredibly fuel efficient burning 40% less fuel per seat than its predecessor. It sold well, but not phenomenally. By the turn of the millennium about a thousand were made and sales were slowing rapidly so Boeing pulled the plug on the aircraft’s production in 2004.
But then, in 2007, the aircraft started to be used for something it wasn’t intended for—transatlantic service. When the 757 was originally developed airlines weren’t really allowed to fly twin-engine aircraft over long stretches of ocean, but the regulations changed so airlines changed how they used the plane. With a range of well over 4,000 miles, the 757 can easily reach most destinations in western Europe from the US east coast. When operating a smaller plane, airlines are almost guaranteed that they can fill the seats so they’re almost guaranteed to make money. So, instead of operating larger planes that might not fill up, airlines started flying this single-aisle, twin-engine plane across the Atlantic. The smaller size also allowed airlines to fly to smaller destinations with smaller demand. United, for example, flies this plane on routes like New York to Shannon, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Lisbon, and Stockholm. At the same time, since the plane was originally developed for domestic routes, it can easily be used for shorter domestic flights between transatlantic flights which leads to high aircraft utilization—a key to profitability.
But these planes are getting old. Some have been in service for well over 30 years and airlines need to retire them to remain competitive both with passenger comfort and with aircraft efficiency and right now, nobody really knows what’s going to replace these aging 757’s. There’s a huge gap in the market. The biggest Boeing single aisle aircraft in production is the 737 Max 10 while the smallest twin-aisle aircraft is the 787-8 Dreamliner. In an all economy configuration the Max 10 carries 230 passengers while the Dreamliner carries 359 passengers. Meanwhile, the Max 10 can fly up to 3,700 miles while the Dreamliner can fly up to 8,300 miles. At between 230 and 280 passengers and up to 4,000 nautical miles, the 757 perfectly fits between the two sizes, but we need a plane of the future for this middle spot. Neither Boeing or Airbus has officially announced plans for a middle of the market plane but it’s almost certain that the next entirely new plane to hit the market will be in this sweet spot of size.
Boeing tried to hurriedly make a plane this size with the 737-MAX program but many traditional airlines aren’t buying it. Budget airlines love using it to serve between the British Isles and US east coast, but the largest 737-MAX can only fly up to 3,700 miles—only barely reaching continental Europe from New York. United, Delta, and American Airlines all want a longer-range and slightly larger plane for their low-demand transatlantic routes. So here’s the good news: this plane is coming. There have only been trickles of information, but we’ve all but confirmed that the Boeing 797 will be a brand new plane between the size of the 737 and the 787 and here’s what it will look like. It will have between 225 and 260 seats and a range of just shy of 6,000 miles—enough to get even to the American west coast from London. While the increased range of the 737-Max planes is allowing transatlantic service from smaller cities in the British Isles and American east coast, this 797 will open transatlantic service from cities deeper into the continents along with replacing the aging 757s.
With super-efficient engines and composite design, it will be one of the most efficient planes yet and further drive down the cost of hopping the pond. Meanwhile, Airbus is doing nothing, because they already tried. The Airbus a310 was exactly the size of this potential 797 but they only sold 250 of them. It was likely before its time—airlines just didn’t consider serving long-haul routes between smaller markets at the time. It’s a newer concept. Ironically, the best replacement for the Boeing 757 is actually an Airbus plane—the a321 neo long range—but this plane is a bit too small to serve as a true replacement.
It’s more a temporary solution until Boeing releases their solution. As of now the 797 would most likely enter service in 2025 so it will be a while until we know which manufacturer chose correctly. But what’s next? After completing their entire ranges of aircraft sizes, what will Boeing and Airbus make to remain competitive? Right now oil prices are low so there’s less pressure to operate greener aircraft, but most analysts predict a doubling of oil prices in the next 20-30 years with ever faster increases after that. The industry will need to adapt to stay alive against the potential future threat of high-speed land-based transportation systems like hyperloop. For that, electric is the answer. Fuel is airlines’ number one cost and cutting that out could make flying competitive in price to taking the bus, but electric aircraft have their limitations. Current batteries are heavy and electric engines are weak so electric aircraft are limited in speed and range, but there’s a place for that kind of aircraft—on regional routes. Trains currently dominate the 200-400 mile transportation market. Think DC to New York, Edinburgh to London, or Tokyo to Osaka.
There’s just no way that the plane can beat the train in terms of price, convenience, and time, but the electric aircraft has the potential to beat the train on the most important of those three factors—price. By offering a transportation option at roughly the same cost but significantly faster than the bus, electric aircraft will have the potential to dominate the short-haul market because on shorter routes, aircraft speed doesn’t really matter. On flights so short, aircraft barely get up to their top speeds. Both British Airways and Flybe operate the Edinburgh to London Heathrow route, for example, but British Airways uses a320 and 767 jets while Flybe uses Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops.
British Airways flies this route in an average 79 minutes while Flybe, with their slower turboprop planes flies between Edinburgh and London Heathrow in a faster 73 minutes on average. British Airways’ a320 has a top speed of 541 mph while Flybe’s dash 8 has a top speed of 370 miles per hour and yet the turboprop flies the route faster. On such a short route, the low speed of an electric airplane wouldn’t matter since aircraft can’t get up to speed and the dramatic cost reduction would make airplanes the absolute dominant transportation method in short-haul markets.
Airbus is the current market leader in electric aircraft development with a goal to release a hybrid commuter aircraft by 2030, but as the reality of a world without oil nears, Boeing will likely start more serious development of an electric aircraft in the coming years. None of this is to say that we will never see some of the more exciting future aircraft concepts, but the entire aviation industry is dictated by economics, not comfort. It’s a lot easier for airlines to market lower prices than it is for them to sell higher comfort so more efficient aircraft will always win. With the completion of a middle-of-the-market airplane, however, the entire range of aircraft sizes will be filled in a way that might allow the aircraft manufacturers to turn their focus to developing more novel aircraft concepts that will change the way we fly in the future. The good news is that these aircraft developments are all about making flying cheaper which will let more and more people fly for less. If you have a business, a youtube channel, a podcast, or really anything else, you need a professional web presence.
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https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=112111 | 2021-10-27T12:31:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588153.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027115745-20211027145745-00678.warc.gz | 0.915203 | 364 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__279786322 | en | Title: Passenger perceptions on sustainable propulsion systems: which factors mediate or moderate the relationship?
Authors: Scott R. Winter; Tracy L. Lamb; Bradley S. Baugh
Addresses: College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1 Aerospace Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, USA ' College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1 Aerospace Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, USA ' College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1 Aerospace Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, USA
Abstract: The purpose of these studies was to examine how the type of propulsion system impacted the willingness to fly in a hypothetical scenario. Using a sample of 624 participants from the USA across two studies, it was found, in general, that participants were most willing to fly using traditional jet fuel or a biofuel followed by battery/electric and then solar-powered aircraft. There were no significant differences based on participant gender, any significant interactions nor any significant mediators between the type of propulsion and the willingness to fly. Still, familiarity with sustainability, willingness to pay for sustainability, and environmental commitment were found to be significant moderators. In cases where participants had high levels of the three moderating variables, they were significantly more willing to fly using sustainable propulsion systems than compared to low levels of the moderating variables. The study concludes with a discussion of these findings and the practical applications of this research.
Keywords: sustainability; aviation; biofuels; electric power; solar power; mediation; moderation.
International Journal of Sustainable Aviation, 2020 Vol.6 No.3, pp.195 - 219
Received: 04 Jan 2020
Accepted: 25 May 2020
Published online: 22 Dec 2020 * | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.socaltech.com/virgin_galactic_claims_test_milestone/s-0035510.html | 2017-08-23T00:46:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886116921.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823000718-20170823020718-00516.warc.gz | 0.958294 | 181 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__245056703 | en | Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Virgin Galactic Claims Test Milestone
Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight and tourism company backed by Richard Branson, said Wednesday that it has met a major test milestone. The firm said its latest test flight for its SpaceShipTwo demonstrated its reentry configuration early Wednesday, as part of the third test flight for the vehicle in less than two weeks. The firm said the tests--at 51,500 feet--demonstrated its ability to slow the spacecraft during re-entry. The tests were conducted in Mojave, north of Los Angeles. The firm's vehicles are being built by Mojave-based Scaled Composites, the firm founded by famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan.
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https://blog.osborndesign.co.uk/2015/07/21/new-kind-of-powder-kegs-for-the-royal-navy/ | 2022-05-25T03:55:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662578939.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525023952-20220525053952-00607.warc.gz | 0.953959 | 198 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__218184872 | en | The University of Southampton and the Royal Navy are already testing the technology to manufacture UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) at sea from 3D printers supplied with various plastic powders stored in barrels ! In 5 years time, UAVs with wing spans up to 4m could be produced from multi- material 3D printers tailored to specific missions. The semi-disposable aircraft would be printed in sections with wiring within them, and clipped together without fasteners. They would then be fitted with batteries and electronics, such as cameras for reconnaissance trips.
This is quite amazing – tailored designs of a UAV with ‘just in time’ manufacturing within a war zone !
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http://mashable.com/category/space-station/ | 2014-11-26T11:40:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931006747.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155646-00031-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.942076 | 1,182 | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__90381214 | en | NASA signed two patent agreements with GRoK Technologies on Monday to help advance biotechnology innovations that could improve the health of astronauts working long-term at the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts who live in space for months at a time often pay a price with reduced bone density and muscle mass. NASA's new partnership with GRoK aims to develop breakthroughs in biomedicine, product testing and improve treatments for people suffering from musculoskeletal pain.
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Two private American companies are now responsible for hauling cargo to the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft attached to the orbiting laboratory Monday by 8:44 a.m., a first for the cargo ship. The rendezvous was nearly flawless, according to officials with NASA and the private company.
An Italian astronaut who experienced a harrowing near-drowning inside his spacesuit during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station is telling his story. In a blog post last week, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano recounted the scary experience of feeling his spacesuit and helmet fill with water, as he floated outside of the space station on July 16.
How do satellites die? Sometimes we send them to high-Earth orbit, to spend eternity -- or our version of it -- circling the planet as space junk. Sometimes we kill them off and then bring them back to life, reincarnating them for new purposes. And sometimes we simply destroy them, sending them out of orbit to break up in Earth's atmosphere and plunge into the ocean below. That last fate is planned for the International Space Station, which is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2020.
From Babylon 5 to Elysium, some of the best science fiction on the big screen has involved a space station. The pop culture space stations may play integral roles in their plotlines while others merely appear and disappear as needed. But no matter how big or small of a role they play, all of the stations elevate their particular works of fiction to new heights.
In the new movie Elysium, Earth is beyond repair, and the rich and powerful have decided to leave it behind. Instead of three to six highly trained astronauts circling the Earth in an orbiting laboratory as there are today, the Elysium space station serves as an oasis for those that can afford it. In the film, humanity has developed a large, rotating space station above a dystopic Earth by the year 2154.
The successful landing of China's latest manned space mission in June cast a spotlight on the country's growing human spaceflight skills as it honed the capabilities needed to build a huge, permanently crewed space station. During the 15-day Shenzhou 10 spaceflight, three Chinese astronauts accomplished both automatic and manual dockings to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory, where they lived and worked during the mission.
The International Space Station and a European cargo-carrying spacecraft are locked in a cosmic dance, and you can see it all unfold right from your own backyard. The European Space Agency's bus-size Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) -- a space cargo ship loaded with food, rocket fuel and experiments -- launched toward the space station last Wednesday. This week, weather permitting, you'll be able to see both the station and the ship (named "Albert Einstein") pass overhead.
When it comes to candy in space, it is not just about Mars bars and Milky Ways. Most of the popular sweets that children, dressed up like astronauts (among their other costumes), will get trick or treating this Halloween have, at one time or another, been launched to orbit as treats for the real astronauts in space. And while the six people onboard the International Space Station (ISS) won't be visited by any candy seekers this Wednesday (Oct.
The private Dragon spacecraft is set to return to Earth Sunday (Oct. 28), wrapping up the first-ever commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station. The unmanned Dragon capsule, built by the California-based firm SpaceX, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab at 7:55 a.m. EDT (11:55 GMT) Sunday, then be released by the station's huge robotic arm about 90 minutes later. If all goes according to plan, Dragon will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast at 3:20 p.m.
If you are in need of a reminder that the world is indeed beautiful, look no further than this amazing timelapse video put together by photographer Knate Myers. Myers says every photograph in the video was taken from the International Space Station. The awe-inspiring visuals are accompanied by music by John Murphy. This timelapse is a must-watch. Sit back, relax and revel in the beauty that is our planet. Video Courtesy Vimeo/Knate Myers.
China plans to launch a space station into orbit by 2020, China Daily reports. The station will be made of three capsules -- a core module and two modules for conducting experiments, with total weight of the station being 60 tons. China also plans to develop a cargo spaceship that will transport supplies to the station. At 60 tons, China's space station will be small compared to the International Space Station, which weighs 419 tons and is the only space station in orbit.
We're not even sure what category to file this story under. We're utterly baffled by this one. Earlier this year, the Crystal Palace Space Station went onto virtual auction in the Entropia Universe massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG). Entropia Universe is well known for its "real cash economy," where $1 can buy you 10 PEDs (Project Entropia dollars) in the virtual world. The Crystal Palace is a huge virtual space station that orbits the Planet Calypso. | aerospace | 1 |
https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/glossop-cemetery-derbyshire-ac2-wilfred-pownall-rafvr-1043753/ | 2020-06-04T11:01:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347439928.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20200604094848-20200604124848-00389.warc.gz | 0.97491 | 236 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__33606825 | en | Wellington Mk.III X.3355 AA-Y took off from Feltwell at approximately 13:10 on the 28th of February 1942 for an engine check. During the air test the starboard motor failed, followed soon afterward by the port engine. As the crew prepared for an emergency landing, the aircraft stalled and crashed at 4:00pm , near Lime Kiln Farm, Brandon, Suffolk, 5 miles North West of Thetford, Norfolk.
The Wellington burst into flames on impact.
Army personnel, stationed nearby, along with local inhabitants, helped to pull the airmen from the burning wreckage. The farmer on whose land the bomber had crashed on, a Mr G. F. Harrington was awarded the British Empire Medal, for bravery shown.
AC2 Wilfred Pownall and Cpl Kenneth John Howes, both groundcrew were killed in the crash and the 2nd Pilot, Sgt. Henry William Woodham RNZAF, died of his injuries later that day.
Cpl Howes now rests in Selby Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Sgt. Woodham was buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Feltwell. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.smithsonianstore.com/museum-stores/museum-stores/flight-jacket-28237.html | 2014-03-11T13:45:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011205602/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305092005-00057-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.895615 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__37864676 | en | Sale Price: $99.99
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Each time a plane takes off, the wonder of its feat seems brand new. Trailblazing pilots embraced flight’s gravity-defying possibilities, and the bravery of their vision never fails to astonish. Indulge your appreciation of pioneering aviators, whose lives and historically innovative aircraft and are exhibited in our National Air and Space Museum and its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
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Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are pilotless and non-crewed aircraft that are capable of flight either by remote control or through the use of on-board computers. Other names for these types of aircraft are remotely piloted vehicle (RPV), remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), and remotely operated aircraft (ROA). Drones are commonly used by the military, but are also being implemented in search and rescue operations and being utilized in other civil applications, such as...
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, once known as the Predator B, is an unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV that was created by the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for the United States Air Force. Air Force members refer to the MQ-9 and other UAVs, also known as drones, as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) because humans can control them, but they are capable of autonomous flight as well. This hunter-killer drone is the first of its kind that can be used for long-endurance...
The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter that is used by the United States Armed Forces for reconnaissance missions, situational awareness, and targeting assistance for ground, air, and sea bound soldiers. There are four variants of this UAV, two of which were derived from Schweizer helicopters. The first MQ-8 version, known as the RQ-8A, was used after the Navy retired their RQ-2 Pioneers. The Navy wanted an updated UAV with specific guidelines, including...
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- Specifically— The legendary sweat-cloth; the handkerchief of St. Veronica, according to tradition miraculously impressed with the mask of Christ; also, the napkin about Christ's head (Johu xx. 7).
- In general, any miraculous portrait of Christ.
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http://thebusinesstravelmag.com/index.php/news-pages/articles/aer-lingus-expands-transatlantic-operations | 2018-02-20T05:52:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812880.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220050606-20180220070606-00532.warc.gz | 0.930458 | 246 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__175026047 | en | Aer Lingus expands transatlantic operations
Aer Lingus will operate its largest-ever transatlantic schedule next summer, including a twice-daily service to Chicago and the addition of Philadelphia to its route network.
Further transatlantic expansion includes a daily service to both San Francisco and Los Angeles and while its daily service to Washington DC will be flown by larger aircraft on four out of seven days.
In total, the airline will operate an extra 575 flights compared to its 2017 summer schedule, and seek further growth as it takes delivery of eight Airbus A321 long range aircraft in 2019.
“We are delighted to announce Philadelphia as our new route for summer 2018,” says Mike Rutter, Aer Lingus’ Chief Operating Officer.
“The introduction of Philadelphia comes on the back of the four new routes announced in the last two years, namely Los Angeles, Newark, Hartford and Miami.
“We are proud to continue to deliver on our promise to grow our transatlantic network and further strengthen Dublin Airport as a leading gateway to North America.
”The airline flies from 18 UK airports to Dublin, where passengers can pre-clear US Customs and Immigration before boarding transatlantic flights. | aerospace | 1 |
http://thepondsofhappenstance.com/2019/09/13/what-you-should-know-about-this-year-26/ | 2021-03-03T20:26:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178367790.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303200206-20210303230206-00454.warc.gz | 0.957505 | 543 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__96959244 | en | Reasons for Owning an Aircraft
There are reasons why people want their own aircraft despite of having options to have fractional ownership, jet card, and jet charter. Some people say they want to fly with the same aircraft for a long time. Individuals prefer the same set of professionals as their aircraft’s maintenance mechanics and flight crews. Another factor is you flights are more economical.
Expenses for the crew, hangar fees, insurance, property taxes, interest, and maintenance are established when you own an aircraft. It is the same no matter how many hours you fly in a year. Fuel usage and aircraft maintenance for extra travel time, are the expenses that are variable. Regardless, those varying fees are lesser than the equivalent flights with a chartered aircraft.
You will see how cost-effective personal aircraft flights are since overhead expenses are balanced out by your savings for each travel. You do not have to fly a certain number of hours in your own aircraft to know that it is cost-effective. If you do fly more, then the more you feel how economical it is to own an aircraft.
It is important for companies to know what you expect from an aircraft when you travel. The aircraft’s luggage capacity, passenger capacity, destination, number of flight hours, and cabin size are discussed. Destinations will then dictate the aircraft’s routes, costs, and flight times, and you have to share those with the company. Aircraft models that fit your preferences will then be suggested by the companies. The estimated operating and capital budget of an aircraft will be shown afterwards. Heavy, midsize, and light are classifications of an aircraft. If what you want is outside those categories there are other options that can offer what you need.
Examine the market if they sell the aircraft model you want. The final price will be determined by how much the last plane was sold at and the plane’s current listings. After that, you can wait for the right time to get the best price by negotiating.
If you have your aircraft already then a management company can help you in placing it on charter certificate. A charter certificate helps in mitigating your operational cost. The management company will then inform the public that your plane is available for charter. Ownership costs are offset by the profit earned from some of the yearly chartered flights.
VREF services are available for customers looking for the opportunity to own a plane. The vref aircraft services is a reliable source of information for the best valued planes on the market. Their homepage is a good source of information about their deals and services. VREF aircraft value reference is on the rise so do not miss out this opportunity. | aerospace | 1 |
https://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2007/04/16/jal-777-photo/ | 2018-02-23T07:07:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814493.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223055326-20180223075326-00147.warc.gz | 0.948261 | 128 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__66573722 | en | Japan Airlines has decorated one of its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with a special design in celebration of the airline becoming a member of the oneworld alliance.
The design features a globe in the blue of oneworld.
The first flight of the 777 with the new livery took place, from Narita in Japan to Moscow.
JAL plans to have the same special oneworld livery on one of its 777-300ERs at the end of April. That plane will be operated on domestic routes.
For a photo of the 777-200ER in the oneworld livery, see the JAL press release. | aerospace | 1 |
https://9jaguest.com/2017/08/14/after-a-month-long-break-spacex-aims-to-return-to-flight-monday%E2%80%8B/ | 2018-06-21T18:14:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864256.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621172638-20180621192638-00094.warc.gz | 0.93846 | 185 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__183286038 | en | After standing down for a month due to Air Force maintenance on the launch range along the US East Coast, SpaceX will attempt to return to flight on Monday.
This will be SpaceX’s 11th launch attempt of 2017, with the company already having flown more rockets into space this year than in any previous calendar year.
It last flew on July 5th, when a Falcon 9 rocket lifted the very heavy Intelsat 35e communications satellite, nearly 7 tons, to geostationary orbit.
Because the Dragon spacecraft is only going to low Earth orbit, the Falcon 9 rocket flying Monday will have plenty of propellant left behind to attempt a return to Landing Zone 1, along the Florida coast.
Musk said in mid-June the company would not fly its “Red Dragon” mission to the surface of Mars, an innovative idea to land a large, uncrewed spacecraft on Mars. | aerospace | 1 |
http://sarangsinga.blogspot.com/2006/12/man-at-work.html | 2018-07-16T08:11:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589237.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716080356-20180716100356-00217.warc.gz | 0.942141 | 104 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__60641714 | en | Captured an image of the gas turbines personnel installing the weights on the blades during the gas turbines balancing exercise. This is inside the gas turbines, the prime mover of similar operating principles with the commercial aircraft jet engines only somewhat bigger. This is a highly specilized job, of which the error tolerance is zero.
But no matter how specialized it is, the concept is very much simple. It more or less like a wheel balancing, where weights will counterbalance the force and to make it equalibrium. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/explore-international-space-station-google-street-view/ | 2019-02-17T08:50:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247481766.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20190217071448-20190217093448-00550.warc.gz | 0.918311 | 486 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__142239373 | en | The International Space Station, also known as the ISS, is a multi-nation space project that is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. It orbits the earth every 90 minutes at a speed of 17,500 mph flying at an average 400 kilometers above Earth.
Photo credit: NASA/Giphy
As of 2017, aspiring astronauts can now experience what it’s like to float on the International Space Station thanks to Google.
The company worked with astronauts on the orbiting complex to provide a Google Street View of the International Space Station. A European Space Agency astronaut, Thomas Pesquet, helped in providing the images earlier this year. Thomas Pesquet, said in a blog post that the experience of capturing the tour “describes the feeling of being in space” better than words or a picture can;however, there were limitations to collecting the data. For one, astronauts float in space, so the imagery of the ISS couldn’t be captured the same way as other Google Street View locations.
Photo credit: European Space Agency/Giphy
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama worked directly with Google to create a “gravity-free method of collecting the imagery,” Pesquet said in his blog post. Some of these methods include DSLR cameras and various other equipment already available at the space station. The extended video below provides an additional look at how the view came together.
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http://cockpitvista.com/flight-anxiety-program/ | 2021-01-26T18:43:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704803308.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210126170854-20210126200854-00132.warc.gz | 0.951146 | 918 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__282318518 | en | say bye bye to flight Anxiety
Relax! you are not alone !! As per figures tabled by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO - a body of United Nations), upto 40 percent of air travelers have anything ranging from flight anxiety to fear of flying. Thankfully most of the persons are affected by mild flight anxiety only. The good news is that Flight Anxiety can be overcome easily.
How did i get flight Anxious?
Even though aeroplanes are the safest mode of transportation, However, most of these passengers get flight Anxious due to a bad experience or preconceived notions based on misplaced information about aircrafts, pilots, and aviation environment. Seeing is believing, unfortunately even frequent flyers have aggravated symptoms as there is no possibiliity to practically see the truth and the inbuilt safety and practices followed in Aviation.
How important is it to get rid of flight Anxiety?
Flight Flight Anxiety affects the well being and health of the person and can be a limiting factor in performance in official and personal domain in many ways. Eventually, it affects the safety of the flight. No wonder, leading airlines in western nations conduct flight anxiety removal programs
So, flight Anxiety can be overcome?
Flight Anxiety can be addressed at any stage and it is prevented well if a person goes through a basic Flight Awareness program at early stages. At later stages, lot of myths have to be unlearnt and then relearnt the correct way through customised Flight Anxiety Removal Programs.
Cockpit Vista is the founder organisation in India to introduce Flight Anxiety removal Programs. The Basic Flight Anxiety Removal Program aims at addressing the specific issues to turn around the situation. You will fly the plane yourself into as many situations as you dis-believe and with the assistance of the Aviation Consultant / Advisor of your program you can come out of it joyous and convinced. Most likely, you will look forward to flying and enjoy your flights every time thereafter.
Members attending flight Anxiety programs at Cockpit Vista can count on the Cockpit Vista as a personal Counsellor for times to come
Tell me more about the COCKPIT VISTA FLIGHT ANXIETY REMOVAL program
Flight Anxiety refers to the discomfort to an individual on board a plane and may begin as early as the person comes to know of an upcoming flight trip. The anxiety is no different from that seen when we are referred to a doctor for a surgery !!!
The degree of anxiety varies from mild discomfort as seen in most of the affected passengers and in few cases may manifest in refusal to board a flight or violent behaviour on board a plane. The extreme case is identified as a case of 'fear of flying'.
Mild forms of flight anxiety are usually due to misinformation and myths about aviation environment. Understandably, most cases of flight anxiety can be addressed by correcting the perceptions. Serious cases can be addressed with many sessions of consulting and often requires intervention of a Avation Psycologist.
Cockpit Vista specialises in Flight Anxiety Removal Programs. The Basic Flight Anxiety Removal Program is a combination of fun flying, knowledge and therapy. Each person or a group of family members / friends are heard completely in an interactive session with the Aviation Consultant / Advisor and the correct perspective is experienced by yourself flying a plane safely. The process also helps identify the acute cases who need continued consulting and need to go through Advanced (Fear of Flying) Removal Program
Cockpit Vista recommends minimum session of three hours for basic Program. This is usually followed with another one hour session some days later after a real flight.
However if most of your family members are anxious of flights and you travel together often, it is recommended that the family attends the program together so as to have a common understanding of the subject and to be of assistance to each other during the real flights.
FEAR OF FLYING
It is known that a very small percentage of Flight Anxiety cases are affected by extreme symptoms known as "fear of flying" to an extent that they refuse to board a flight or display irrational behaviour on board the flight. Most of them take medication to overcome the stressful travel. All such cases require a triangular consulting with a Aviation Medicine Specialist in coordination with a Aviation Consultant and a Pilot.
Cockpit Vista organises sessions for affected passengers wherein the three specialist interact with the passenger to remove the fear. The interaction continues over few sessions and in most cases interleaved with real flights. The program is usually a one on one sessions and is completely customised. | aerospace | 1 |
https://liveactioneating.com/2023/06/25/newsbreak-nasa-begins-mission-to-prevent-internet-apocalypse-that-could-leave-earth-without-internet-access-for-months/ | 2023-09-22T15:48:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506420.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922134342-20230922164342-00104.warc.gz | 0.896517 | 726 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__216026025 | en | A NASA mission has successfully sent out a spacecraft in an attempt to stop a potential “internet apocalypse“.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) successfully travelled through solar wind for the first time, and NASA is hopeful that it can prevent a global broadband blackout.
Scientists have warned that solar storms could halt internet access on Earth for months — or even years — something NASA’s latest mission hopes to avert.
Professor Stuart Bale, the lead author of the study and a University of California at Berkley professor, explained the significance of understanding solar wind and it’s relation to broadband on Earth.
“Winds carry lots of information from the sun to Earth,” Bale said. “So, understanding the mechanism behind the sun’s wind is important for practical reasons on Earth.
“That’s going to affect our ability to understand how the sun releases energy and drives geomagnetic storms – which are a threat to our communication networks.”
If a strong enough geomagnetic storm occurs, internet access on Earth could be disrupted for months, or even years.
Solar wind consists of a continuous stream of charged particles emanating from the sun’s outermost atmosphere, known as the corona.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, with its cutting-edge technology, detected solar wind in incredible detail and discovered vital information that is lost as the wind exits the corona in the form of photons and electrons.
When these winds pick up, they can disrupt, or even cease, all broadband signals on Earth, leaving an increasingly digitalized society offline for an extended period of time.
With millions of jobs and businesses relying on the internet, it’s no surprise that NASA wants to get ahead of the potential “internet apocalypse” as quickly as possible.
Five years ago, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was sent on its initial launch around the Sun to better understand how solar wind works.
A team of U.S. researchers compared the experience to “seeing jets of water emanating from a showerhead through the blast of water hitting you in the face.”
These discoveries fueled the discovery of a phenomenon called “supergranulation flows” in coronal holes, where magnetic fields first appear.
The team suggests that high-speed solar wind originates from these areas.
Typically, these holes do not impact Earth, but, during the sun’s active phase every 11 years, when its magnetic field flips, these holes appear across the sun’s surface, generating bursts of solar wind aimed directly at our planet.
Hopefully, after gaining more insight from the Parker Solar Probe’s continued orbit and research of these solar winds, NASA is able to formulate a plan to protect the Earth from these harmful geomagnetic storms and preserve internet access on Earth.
The Tribulation is commencing..
Please repent, carry your cross daily and accept the free gift of Jesus Christ’s Death on the Cross for payment for your sins.
#Yahweh #Yeshua #HolySpirit #LordAlmighty #SovereignLord #Nameaboveallnames #TheWay #TheTruth #TheLife #TheGate #Heaven #KingdomofHeaven #Saved #Glorified #Endtimes #LastDays #FeastofTrumpets #markofthebeast #verseoftheday #birthpains #Judgement #Christian #Christianity #hope #love #Jesus #Christ | aerospace | 1 |
https://stormbee.com/drone-mapping/ | 2023-09-22T10:29:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00161.warc.gz | 0.830407 | 426 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__201330348 | en | Aerial Mapping System STORMBEE
STORMBEE UAV-20 is used for aerial surveys of industrial facilities, storage areas, forestry and agricultural land and the other spaces difficult to reach in a road vehicle. STORMBEE UAV-20 has a light carbon fiber frame and can be equipped with any FARO 3D laser scanner.
- Dimensions: 145 cm x 150 cm x 60 cm
- Size for transport: 70 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm
- Weight: 15 kg (excluding scanner)
- Fully automatic takeoff, flight trajectory, and landing via iPad control station.
- Flight time: 15 minutes
- Flight Speed: 0 to 15 m/s
- Altitude: 10 to 100 m
- Wind resistance: 30km/hr
- Operating environment temperature: -5°C / 45°C
- Full carbon fiber frame with foldable motor arms
- Vertical field of view: 300°
- Absolute point cloud accuracy @ 30m: 5 cm
- Relative accuracy: 1-2 cm
- Export formats: LAS, E57
- Compatible with any Faro terrestrial laser scanner
- Measurement range dependent on Faro scanner option
- Built-in power supply for Faro scanner
- Included software: flight planning, GNSS post-processing, and point cloud reconstruction
- GNSS base station can be used optionally for best results at remote locations
Applications of the Aerial Mapping System STORMBEE UAV-20
STORMBEE UAV-20 is a turn-key solution for any business interested in scanning its property and monitoring its security and safety. STORMBEE UAV-20 equipment is used for pipe lines, bridges, industrial plants etc. The STORMBEE can be used in both autonomous and piloted mode and generates a precise geo-referenced point cloud. STORMBEE equipment is delivered complete with the control station, power supply, charger, software and user manual. Piloting the STORMBEE requires a preliminary 2-3-day training course. | aerospace | 1 |
https://canadianbirdstrike.ca/wildlife-risk-analysis-program/ | 2023-12-08T16:40:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100762.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208144732-20231208174732-00120.warc.gz | 0.887496 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__126182910 | en | One of the most relevant uses of Safety Management System (SMS) is in the analysis of risks. The evaluation is made on a per-scenario basis, individually analyzing each strike scenario involving hazardous components with an inherent danger to operations. In the end, the result of a SMS evaluation indicates the level of risk for a strike scenario: a given aircraft type striking a given wildlife species.
The Wildlife Risk Analysis Program is a free software for the assessment of strike risk on an airport as a function of wildlife and aircraft. It integrates all Airport Bird-Hazard Risk Assessment Process elements and those of SMS. It uses a semi-quantitative method based on a series of variables such as frequency of wildlife observations, hazardous wildlife behaviours, aircraft type, number of movements, etc.
Find the strike risk on your airport using your own data HERE ! | aerospace | 1 |
https://journeyflight.com/empty-leg/ | 2024-03-02T10:45:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475806.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302084508-20240302114508-00293.warc.gz | 0.921518 | 95 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__99868156 | en | EMPTY LEG FLIGHTS ARE A SMART DECISION
One-way flights are often available at a significant discount to clients whose travel plans are compatible with the routing of an available empty leg flight. These flights are offered when an unchartered aircraft is moved to another location.
Available empty leg flights change daily. To be notified via email when a new empty leg flight becomes available at Journey Aviation, please sign up via the contact form at the bottom of this page. | aerospace | 1 |
https://akaerospace.com/news/kodiak-launch-complex-reconstruction-update/ | 2024-04-25T13:56:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297295329.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425130216-20240425160216-00289.warc.gz | 0.966968 | 298 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__136476832 | en | Kodiak, Alaska – In preparation to rebuild the Kodiak Launch Center’s Launch Pad -1 (LP-1) facilities after a recent anomaly, local Alaskan construction crews have cleared all of the debris from the area. The damaged facilities are being readied for repair work that is planned for the spring and summer. The work is on schedule, allowing the facilities to be back in operation no later than December of 2015.
The termination of a rocket on August 25, 2014 in the beginning of flight resulted in significant damage to the facilities around LP-1 at KLC. Engineering inspection determined that the majority of the buildings were structurally sound, but some siding, structural steel, mechanical systems and electrical components needed to be replaced.
“The demolition contractors and personnel from companies like Central Environmental, Inc., (CEI) and others have been fantastic,” Barry King, Director of Launch Operations, said. “They were efficient, thorough and very capable, and thanks to them, we are maintaining schedule and our budget in order to be ready to launch a soon as possible.”
Kodiak Launch Complex, one of the newest orbital launch facilities in North America, will have the latest equipment installed on these facilities, within the scope of the project. This, along with our schedule, is important due to continued discussions Alaska Aerospace is having with numerous customers who are interested in launching from KLC as soon as the facility is operational. | aerospace | 1 |
https://citibusinessnews.com/2016/06/goldstar-air-to-begin-operations-by-2016-third-quarter/ | 2024-04-15T19:30:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817014.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415174104-20240415204104-00667.warc.gz | 0.957907 | 904 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__84103401 | en | Wholly owned Ghanaian Airline, Goldstar Air is set to commence operations by the third quarter of this year.
Citi Business News understands the airline which has been battling with issues of clearance from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority for about two years now, has finally commenced processes for its Air Carrier License.
The move when completed will also clear the way for it to obtain the Air Operator certificate and subsequently commence operations.
The company which announced operations in 2014, was met with initial registration challenges as it was to engage in charter flights.
Per the GCAA’s regulations, companies or individuals may charter aircraft for hire or reward on ad-hoc basis provided they have, among other requirements, received recommendation from the Tourist Board and the company has provided them with an agreement between itself and the chatterer.
Commenting on the latest development, the Chief Executive Officer of GoldStar Air, Eric Bannerman told Citi Business News the company has made payment of about 17,000 dollars to facilitate the inspection of its aircraft by the GCAA.
“We have paid for the inspection of our aircraft which is almost 17,000 dollars and we are just waiting for the certificate to enable us commence operations. This is because you would have to first obtain the Air Carrier License before the Air Operator Certificate then once the GCAA inspects the Aircraft then you are set to commence operations from there,” he said.
Mr. Bannerman also tells Citi Business News processes will be initiated next month to select the cabin crew for further training by GCAA.
“We had over 5000 applicants and we are taking about 70 of them. We have contacted the Ghana Air Force for some Air Marshalls and they have written back to us and we would have to pay them for the training for our staff who will be on every flight going out of Accra,” he explained.
“Initially we were trying to train the cabin crew for free since we were bringing in people from outside the country but the GCAA informed us they would rather have to engage in the training so we would have to permit that and reimburse them later,” he added.
Following the issuance of an Air Carrier License, Goldstar Air will then be provided with an Air Operator Certificate and subsequently clearance to commence operations.
All these processes Citi Business News understands should ideally last between two to three months given the necessary compliance of the Airline company in question.
When everything goes through, Goldstar Air will be embarking on international flights to London, Baltimore, Guangzhou as well as Dubai.
The airline will also embark on some regional flights to Banjul, Dakar, Conakry, Monrovia and Freetown.
Three domestic airlines to miss out on third quarter resumption timeline
The commencement of the operations of Goldstar Air in the third quarter is likely to coincide with the time frame the GCAA earlier indicated for some domestic airlines that have suspended operations for over two years now, to resume.
The three airline companies; Antrak Air, Royal Fly Gh and Citi Link suspended their operations for varied reasons leaving only two; Africa World Airlines and Starbow Airlines to operate.
But Citi Business News’ sources indicate that the three airline companies may not resume as scheduled since they are yet to complete the processes for onward clearance from the regulator, the GCAA.
Ghana searches partner for national airline
The development also comes at a time when the country is searching for a partner for its national airline.
An initial evaluation conducted by the transaction advisors, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), suggested Qatar Airways as a preferred partner for Ghana’s National Airline.
The Ministry of Transport recently opened for an expression of interest to invite prospective strategic partners for the national airline.
Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport, Twumasi Ankrah – Selby, told Citi Business News.
“When we receive the bid hopefully by the end of 24th of June this year, we will then conduct an evaluation and short list the credible ones among them, based on their response to the criteria that we set in our expression of interest, shortlisted airlines will be given request of proposal then they can formally submit bids which will be considered for the selection of the airline,” he observed.
By: Pius Amihere Eduku/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana | aerospace | 1 |
https://db0nus869y26v.cloudfront.net/en/Tupolev_Tu-2000 | 2022-08-14T14:23:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00106.warc.gz | 0.967568 | 1,293 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__130882103 | en | |Artist's impression of the Tu-2000 entering orbit around Earth|
|Role||Hypersonic technology demonstrator|
The Tupolev Tu-2000 was a planned hypersonic flight experimental aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau. It was intended to test technologies for a single-stage-to-orbit aerospaceplane and also the Tupolev Tu-360 intercontinental bomber.
Development of the Tu-2000 began in 1986 as a Soviet response to the X-30 project in the US. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia took over the project and pursued it until 1992, when it was suspended due to lack of funds.
The experimental technology demonstrator would have weighed 70–90 tonnes (150,000–200,000 lb) with a length of 60 m (196 ft), while the single-stage-to-orbit vehicle would have weighed 210–280 tonnes (460,000–620,000 lb) and carried a maximum payload of 10 tonnes (22,000 lb) into earth orbits 200–400 km (120–250 mi) high.
Work on the project began in the 1970s. The Tupolev Design Bureau began the development of an aerospace plane with a launch weight of about 300 tonnes (660,000 lb). Various propulsion methods were considered, such as liquid rocket engine on fuel elements, aircraft nuclear propulsion, plasma engine, or an ion engine.
The reason for the appearance of the Soviet Air Defense was the appearance of the US Space Shuttle. Works were activated in 1981. Three years later, an aerospace system based on a single-stage orbital aircraft with a liquid-propellant rocket engine was proposed, which could be launched both from the ground and from aircraft carriers. However, to increase efficiency and increase the fuel stock, a variant with a combined power plant of a turbojet engine, ramjet engine, and a liquid rocket engine was soon adopted, which became the prototype of the Tu-2000.
The aircraft was designed as a tailless aircraft, and had an engine and triangular wing low extension located under fuselage. The core of the design was the power plant, which included:
The large number of engines was required to optimize efficiency in different flight modes. Most of the aircraft's volume was occupied by liquid hydrogen fuel tanks. The crew of two people was located in the nose of the fuselage. An automatic crew rescue system was to provide an escape route at all altitudes. The bow section, including the cabin, was detachable. Two escape options were considered: rescued by parachute from the cockpit and an ejection seat.
Radio and electronic equipment was located behind the flight deck. The nose strut chassis was removed in the same compartment. The middle and rear parts of the fuselage held the liquid hydrogen fuel tank. The liquid oxygen tank supplying oxidizer for the rocket engines was located in the tail of the fuselage. Liquid hydrogen was used as fuel for all engines and came from a single fuel system.
The aircraft was designed with tricycle landing gear. The front gear had twin small diameter wheels with high pressure tyres. The main landing gear was to be single-wheeled, retracting to the fuselage compartments.
The VKS[clarification needed] was supposed to take off from standard runways up to 3 km (1.9 mi) long, fly back to subsonic speed after takeoff to reach the set starting point of acceleration and before landing for approach to a given airfield; carry out flights to change the airfield base, quickly perform acceleration to a given speed and altitude, including access to a circular orbit; perform multiple orbital maneuvers; perform an autonomous orbital flight of up to a day; perform cruising flight in the atmosphere with hypersonic speeds, perform deceleration with deceleration when returning from orbit; in the process of acceleration to orbital parameters and in the process of descending, perform maneuvering for the passage of a given route and exit to a given orbit and a given airfield; change the orbital flight plane.
Acceleration of the work contributed to the information about the Rockwell X-30 project, a technology demonstrator for the US National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) project. In 1986, two government decrees were issued to develop a similar project. On September 1 of the same year, the Ministry of Defense was released technical task to single-stage reusable video conferencing, capable of solving problems in the atmosphere and near space and performing high-speed intercontinental transatmospheric transportation.
It was planned to implement the project in two stages:
By the time of the collapse of the USSR the project was in full swing. Perestroika resulted in lower project costs. However, by December 1991, many structural elements had already been manufactured: the nickel alloy wing torque box, part of the fuselage, cryogenic fuel tanks, and composite fuel lines. For comparison, at the time the US X-30 project was stuck on an attempt to build a titanium alloy section of the fuselage. The Tu-2000 could have been completed by the year 2000, but circumstances had changed.
Due to lack of funding in the summer of 1992, the project was declassified and had to be transferred to a commercial basis. The layout of the MVKS was presented at the Mosaeroshow-92 exhibition. The country's top leadership promised to support the project to raise the country's prestige, but did nothing. Soon, funding was discontinued altogether.
At 1995 prices, the cost of building one Tu-2000 was estimated at $450 million, and the cost of development work estimated as $5.29 billion. At a rate of 20 starts per year, the cost of one start should have been $13.6 million. With adequate funding, the project could have been completed in 13–15 years, but in 1993 the Tu-2000 was cancelled.
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This Soviet equivalent to the US X-30 single-stage-to-orbit scramjet aerospaceplane began development in 1986 | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.trueachievements.com/gamer/redlink13 | 2021-05-15T06:06:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989812.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515035645-20210515065645-00219.warc.gz | 0.890591 | 79 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__30305321 | en | Yay!, just got upgraded to GS only tracking!!, thanks IT
I enjoyed this one. Very weird though… probably woulda been better with some kind altering substances on board. Haha.
1st catastrophic crash. - Microsoft Flight (PC)
Complete Tutorial 1: Flight Essentials. - Microsoft Flight (PC)
Complete 'Party Time'. - Saints Row: The Third | aerospace | 1 |
http://earsc.org/news/?page=359 | 2018-03-20T11:48:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647406.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320111412-20180320131412-00784.warc.gz | 0.924755 | 1,214 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__169827383 | en | In these times of intensified European integration and co-operation, the role of EARSC is becoming increasingly vital, that is for, the Association maintains close links with key European Institutions, European Space Agency and National Space Agencies, providing a key unified voice on wider European issues. EARSC has the challenge to be a representative association at European level and a lobbying collective voice towards governments and data providers for a coherent and dynamic development of Earth Observation.
The COASTCHART project, led by LogicaCMG, is entirely funded through the Data User Element (DUE) of the European Space Agency??s (ESA) Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP). Once completed, the project will allow for the delineation of 6,000 kilometers of western African coastline, and will also enable standard navigation charts to be updated from space-based observations.
Info extracted from Cordis News.
Ministers from the countries affiliated to the EU and/or the European Space Agency met on 7 June to take stock of progress towards the implementation of a European Space Policy. The policy is set to be approved at the next meeting of ministers in November.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with NASA, United Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Maryland launched One Planet, Many People: Atlas for our Changing Environment - a publication that provides visual evidence of environmental change using satellite images, graphisc and text. The focus is on the status and trends over several decades, both in physical and human geography. The volume presents visual evidence of global environmental changes resulting from natural processes and human-induced activities. www.na.unep.net
SPOT Image appointed Terra Image USA as its master distributor for SPOT satellite imagery products and services. While Terra Image USA is already SPOT's exclusive partner for the U.S. civilian government markets since July 2004, its expanding role will include market developments and sales to the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers.
The second European ?¨Space Council?Æ was held in Luxembourg. Ministers from the European Union (EU) and/or Space Agency (ESA) Member States encouraged the Commission to complete its proposal for a European space policy and programme due to be approved at a third Space Council meeting planned for the end of November 2005. For the first time, there has been a consensus of 29 European countries on a new European approach in the space sector. The roles of the different actors have been clarified, leading to a better use of existing resources. The Commission has proposed uniting resources in Europe with the objective of making the EU a key player in the space sector. Info extracted from EU
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) and National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC) will sign seven contracts soon, said a GIU official Thursday. The cooperation between China and European Union (EU) on satellite navigation is "crucially important" and expected to have a very successful future, said executive director Rainer Grohe in press release about the NRSCC officials' meeting. Info extracted from News-Xinhuanet
i-newswire.com. The newly ratified agreement lays the groundwork for ongoing cooperation on projects and activities in which Canada and Italy have a common interest. In particular, it will enable joint programs for Earth observation to be set up, and encourage participation by the space agencies, private companies, and universities of the two countries.
The second meeting of the Space Council ?± concomitant meeting of the ESA Council at ministerial level and of the European Union Competitiveness Council (Internal Market/Industry/Research) ?± was held at the Kiem Conference Centre in Luxembourg today. In consultation with private and public stakeholders, the Space Council is working on the definition of a coherent space policy and associated programmes, covering the activities of the EU, ESA and their Member States. The objective is to endorse, at the third Space Council meeting planned for November this year, a European space policy and European space programme for the period to 2013. Info extracted from ESA
PR29-2005- 7 June 2005
Canadian space companies and their industry partners from Finland have been selected to develop four remote-sensing projects through a unique international partnership that will promote the commercial potential of satellite products and services for both Canada and Finland. Source at newswire
"Building the European Research Area of knowledge for growth?Æ. This central theme is inspired directly by the stated desire to make the ?´Lisbon Strategy?? a success and to set out the ?¨growth triangle?Æ formed by research, education and innovation policy. The Commission??s proposal to establish the Seventh Framework Programme has been before the Council and European Parliament for examination since the beginning of April 2005.
For the first time the document reveals the likely components of the policy, namely: a strategy outlining objectives; a definition of the roles and responsibilities of the main actors; a European Space Programme identifying the priorities of the main actors; and a set of implementing principles. Info extracted at CORDIS
Vexcel Corporation, a world leader in remote sensing technologies and services, announced today that it recently acquired the assets of Synoptics, a Netherlands-based remote sensing company and provider of satellite-based geo information and geographical information systems (GIS).
The paper responds to the desire of EU and ESA Member States in the ?´Space Council?? to:
The European Commission has now outlined the first elements for a European Space Policy, which is expected to be devised and approved before the end of 2005. Today??s communication (COM(2005)208 final identifies the roles and responsibilities in space policy of the EU, Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA) and other stakeholders and the relevant funding sources and instruments. The Commission also specifies priorities, funding principles and an approach to developing a broad industry policy for Europe as a whole. Info resource European Commission | aerospace | 1 |
https://drasticnews.com/russian-helicopters-begins-certification-of-mi-171a2-helicopter-in-brazil/ | 2024-04-14T17:13:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414161724-20240414191724-00357.warc.gz | 0.943407 | 1,313 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__47094819 | en | The Russian Helicopters holding company, part of State Corporation Rostec, and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) have delivered technical and operational documentation for the Mi-171A2 helicopter to the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency.
Brazilian aviation authorities will decide on the certification of the helicopter for the local market based on its application.
“Brazil is our long-time partner and one of the key countries in South America for the promotion of Russian helicopter products. Mi-171A1 helicopters have been successfully operating in the country for more than 10 years, and I am sure that the new helicopter will soon also have the opportunity to earn a positive reputation. Brazil’s certification authority is processing the documentation received on the Mi-171A2. Considering experience certifying the Mi-171A1 helicopter, I think that this issue will be resolved in a short time,” said general director of Russia Helicopters Andrey Boginsky.
“In light of Brazil’s high demand for mid-class multipurpose helicopters, we are bringing to the local market a new machine — modern, roomy and reliable. The Mi-171A2 helicopter provides long range, which is important for a country where the machines are operated in hard-to-reach areas. We intend to develop after-sales service as part of an international partnership to guarantee maximum operational life and as a prerequisite for flight safety,” added director of the Rostec aviation cluster Anatoly Serdyukov.
In 2005, the Mi-171A1 helicopter optimized for the requirements of European commercial operators and the FAR-29 aviation regulations received approval for the Type Certificate in the Brazilian Aviation Register. During its development, special attention was paid to safety issues. In the same year, the first Mi-171A1 helicopter was delivered to Brazil.
In 2010, the Mi-171A1 helicopter, presented by the operating company Atlas Taxi Aereo, won a Brazilian state oil and gas company Petrobras tender to carry out aerial work in the Amazon due to its positive characteristics and price/quality ratio.
The T-HUMS system (onboard monitoring and diagnostics system) was installed in the new Mi-171A1 helicopter for the first time on an order by the Brazilian company. It provides automatic monitoring of a large range of nodes in real time, significantly increasing flight safety. The use of the T-HUMS system also makes it possible to transition to maintenance “as-is,” and not according to the regulations, which can significantly reduce the financial costs of the operating company and increase the efficiency of the helicopter business.
Mi-171A1 helicopters were used by Atlas Taxi Aereo in harsh environmental conditions to support Petrobras drilling in the rainforests of Brazil, and they showed their best side. In a year of intensive operation, one helicopter, for example, flew more than 1,000 hours (an average of 120 hours per month), moving about 600 tons of cargo, mainly drilling equipment, on an external mount.
The Mi-171A2 was developed based on this helicopter, the result of a thorough modernization of the Mi-8/17 helicopters. More than 80 changes have been made to the design of the Mi-171A2. The helicopter is equipped with VK-2500PS-03 engines (a civilian version of the engines installed on the Mi-28 combat helicopters) with a digital control system. One of the most important differences between the Mi-171A2 and the helicopters of the Mi-8/17 family is the new carrier system. The helicopter has a more efficient X-shaped tail rotor and a new main rotor with integral composite blades with an improved aerodynamic layout. In August 2017, the helicopter received a Type A certificate from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, which indicates implementation of the most stringent safety requirements for civilian helicopters.
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant JSC is one of the production enterprises of the Russian Helicopters holding. The modern production and technological capacity of the plant makes it possible to manufacture new types of aircraft quickly and combine the creation of prototypes with the line production of equipment. In over 75 years of existence, more than 8,000 aircraft have been built at the plant. Today, the plant specializes in the production of Mi-8AMT (Mi-171E), Mi-171 and Mi- 8AMTSh (Mi-171Sh) helicopters.
JSC Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) is one of the world leaders in helicopter industry, the only developer and manufacturer of helicopters in Russia. The holding company was established in 2007. The head office is located in Moscow. The holding company is comprised of five helicopter plants, two design bureaus, enterprises for production and maintenance of components, aircraft repair plants and a service company providing after-sales support in Russia and abroad. The buyers of the holding company’s products include the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, EMERCOM of Russia, and other state customers, Gazprom Avia and UTair airlines, as well as major Russian and foreign companies.
Rostec is a Russian State Corporation established in 2007 to promote the development, production and export of high-tech industrial products designed for civil and military applications. The Corporation comprises over 700 organizations that are currently part of eleven holding companies operating in the military-industrial complex and three holding companies working in civilian industry, as well as over 80 directly managed organizations. Rostec’s portfolio includes well-known brands such as AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ, Kalashnikov Concern, Russian Helicopters, VSMPO AVISMA, UralVagonZavod, etc. Rostec companies are located in 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and supply products to more than 100 countries. The consolidated revenue of Rostec in 2017 amounted to RUB 1 trillion 589 billion rubles, while the consolidated net income and EBITDA amounted to 121 and 305 billion rubles, correspondingly. In 2017 the average salary in the Corporation was 46.8 thousand rubles. According to Rostec’s strategy, the main objective of the Corporation is to ensure that Russia has a technological advantage in highly competitive global markets. Rostec’s key objectives include the introduction of a new techno-economic paradigm and digitalization of Russian economy. | aerospace | 1 |
http://maxmatric.com/pilot/ | 2018-01-24T00:24:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084892802.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123231023-20180124011023-00180.warc.gz | 0.959182 | 232 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__125202370 | en | A pilot is someone who is in the aviation industry, and who is able to operate aircraft in order to transport passengers or goods from one location to another. They are employed by commercial airlines, corporations, or governments. In some cases, pilots are self-employed or work for an individual to provide private transport in small aircraft or private jets. Aviation is a diverse career field with many opportunities in both the public and private sectors and even opportunities to work in an educational setting.
Where To Study
Private Pilot: The training for a private pilot can be done at numerous licensed flying clubs or schools, it consists of :
- Theoretical training
- Practical training
- At least 40 flying hours.
After completion of the course, a Private Pilot License (PPL) is obtained which entitles the pilot to fly for recreational purposes but not for money or any reward.
Professional Pilot: qualified private pilots may enroll at certain advanced flying schools to receive training as a commercial pilot and qualified commercial pilots may receive training toward obtaining an Airline Transport Pilot’s License.
For Other Licensed Flying Clubs Click Here
How to become a Pilot? | aerospace | 1 |
https://hotdrones.club/2018/09/30/ahahoo-rc-flying-cars-2-4ghz-remote-control-quadcopter-6ch-rc-drone-3d-flips-land-and-sky-double-modes-with-led-light-2/ | 2020-03-29T21:06:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370496227.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200329201741-20200329231741-00405.warc.gz | 0.797562 | 660 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__53600601 | en | AHAHOO RC Flying Cars 2.4Ghz Remote Control Quadcopter 6CH RC Drone 3D Flips Land and Sky Double Modes with LED Light
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4CH RC Drone/Car: RC Drone (ascend, descend, forward, backward, left sideward fly, right sideward fly and rolling 360°); RC Car(Forward, Backward, Left, Right, Speed up operations).
The rc done/car is equipped with a strong power system, the reaction will more agile.
Built-in 750mAh battery for up to 8 minutes of long flight time.
Controller: 2.4GHz mode 2
Channels: 4 Channels
Function: Forward/backward, up/down, left/right, sideward flight, hovering, 3D-flip, headless mode, high/mid/low speed, one-key return, car mode run on the ground.
Remote distance: About 200m
Battery for quadcopter: 3.7V 750mAh li-po battery
Battery weight: 18.8g
Battery dimensions: 45 x 24 x 9mm
Charging time: About 90 minutes
Working time: About 8 minutes
Battery for remote controller: 4 x AA battery (not included)
Item dimensions: 21 x 190 x 65cm / 8.3 x 7.5 x 2.6in
Item weight: 92.6g
Package size: 36.5 x 28 x 8.5cm / 14.4 x 11 x 3.4in
Package weight: 678g / 1.5lb
1 x Quadcopter
1 x 2.4G Transmitter (mode 2)
1 x 3.7V 750mAh Li-Po Battery
1 x USB Charging Cable
2 x Spare Propellers
1 x English Manual
1 x Screw Driver
This RC model is not a toy and is not suitable for children under 14 years old, keep it away from children.
Carefully read the instruction manual before any use, if you are a beginner, it's advisable to be assisted by an experienced adult.
- Land-sky dual mode: It can be used as rc drone and rc car. When the aircraft on the ground, forward or backward, push the joystick to rise.
- Multi-function: Headless mode, remote control of aircraft heading directly. When the aircraft flying on a certain height, can do rolling action. Built-in remote control positioning system, for one key return. With LED light.
- 6-axis gyroscope: Built-in six-axis gyroscope flight system to ensure that the flight always maintain balance and stability.
- Anti-interference and remote control distance: 2.4Ghz radio remote control to meet the multi-aircraft take off at the same time without interference. Remote control distance more than 200 meters! Amazing!
- High quality material: The aircraft body adopt with ABS plastic, nice toughness and not easy to wear. Tire was EVA foam material, can play a buffer role. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.warplane.com/gift-shop/new-product-arrivals/spitfire-xiv-mv257-capt-j-e-johnson-denmark-1945-diecast-model-1-48.aspx | 2024-02-29T10:00:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474795.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229071243-20240229101243-00177.warc.gz | 0.977184 | 220 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__122171570 | en | James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson was the top RAF Ace to survive WWII with 38 kills. In early July 1944 Gp. Capt. Johnson was placed in charge of the Canadian Spitfire Wing No. 127, 2nd TAF (Tactical Air Force) comprised of 404, 441 and 442 Squadrons of the RCAF. Being a Wing Leader he was able to use his own initials instead of the unit code. Johnson also held the record of never being shot down and only having one German shell hit his plane throughout the entire war.
The Mk XIV was the most notable of the Spitfire family. Originally it was based on a strengthened Mk VIII airframe so a 2,035 hp Griffon 65 engine could be used. The Griffon came with a two-stage supercharger and a 5 bladed propeller. The fin area and rudder were enlarged and the overall fuselage length was increased. The new Griffon engine surprised some test pilots because it rotated in the opposite direction of the Merlin engine. The E winged variant allowed for improved armament. | aerospace | 1 |
https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/lgav-to-licc-b737-800-ryanair-expert-server/376078 | 2023-11-29T08:06:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00479.warc.gz | 0.93144 | 291 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__241500054 | en | Hey, guys just filmed my flight from LGAV to LICC and posted it on YouTube. Night flight hope you guys will like it, I got some photos for y’all down below.
The Video On YouTube
Made this flight today in the expert server, during night time and from LGAV Athens Intl Airport to LICC Catania Fontanarossa.
Here are some photos :
Taxiing for take-off:
Taking-off at LGAV:
Flying by the mountains:
Touchdown at LICC:
Taxiing at LICC:
Here is everything, have a good day/ night!
Did you Ryanair the landing
Never Mind. Great Photos Dude!
Nice photos, make sure your landing was a Ryanair. 😉
@Matt_Croatia001 @Butter_Boi Ugh, I think I might’ve buttered that one 😬😂
I feel like violations shouldn’t apply for Ryanair liveried aircraft, you’ve gotta be as realistic as possible ;)
Nice! What device are you using?
Btw guys sorry with the video the quality, that was not what I expected. My screen recorder let me down this time, I’ll try to re-upload it with better quality if I can.
Don’t stress over it, you did well | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33295539-78/many-worlds-to-explore.html.csp | 2020-07-09T18:24:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655900614.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709162634-20200709192634-00280.warc.gz | 0.964691 | 698 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__189920554 | en | A spacecraft could have visited Pluto nearly three decades ago as part of the Voyager I mission to the outer planets, but NASA judged a flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan to be of greater scientific interest. The choice put Voyager on a course that would not pass near what was then the ninth planet. It’s just as well: The New Horizons probe that will zip past Pluto today is better equipped to delve into what has become one of the most productive fields of planetary study — a field that scarcely existed in Voyager’s day.
New Horizons was launched early in 2006, and later that year the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto from its status as a planet. The reclassification was necessary, because in 2005 a body about the size of Pluto, now called Eris, was discovered even farther from the sun. If Pluto was a planet, so was Eris — and so would be an open-ended number of similar bodies detected in the Kuyper Belt at the edge of the solar system. Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet, but the solar system was found to contain a whole new class of dwarf planets.
What’s more, interest in Pluto itself has grown since New Horizons was launched. Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, has been an anomaly since it was discovered in 1978 — it’s bigger in relation to its parent than any other moon in the solar system, and the two could be regarded as binary dwarf planets. And since New Horizons begin its journey, four other moons orbiting Pluto have been discovered.
The mission to Pluto has been called the last of the planetary reconnaissance missions — spacecraft will now have visited every planet in the solar system, plus Pluto — but that could be like saying Columbus had completed explorations of the New World after landing at Hispaniola. There’s likely to be more to be found beyond Pluto. New Horizons arrives at Pluto just as a new understanding of the solar system is taking shape, and after today’s flyby will continue on to investigate the Kuyper Belt further.
Sending a scientific instrument to Pluto and beyond is an achievement of tremendous ingenuity. New Horizons is traveling at a greater speed than any spacecraft before it, and still took 91/2 years to make the 3 billion mile trip. The spacecraft carries seven scientific instruments, energized by heat from plutonium dioxide — at that distance from the sun, solar cells cannot provide sufficient power. Each image and measurement, traveling at the speed of light, will take 41/2 hours to reach Earth.
Similar ingenuity is ready to be applied to other planetary missions. Later this year, a probe will orbit Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. Plans to collect samples from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth are in the works. Some have proposed sending a vehicle that could dive beneath the surface of Titan’s seas, the only surface oceans in the solar system other than Earth’s. The possibility that liquid water exists beneath the crust of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, makes it a good candidate for closer investigation.
President Kennedy said in 1962 that Americans would go to the moon not because it was easy, but because it was hard. NASA sends probes to explore the solar system for the same reason — and in centuries to come, achievements such as today’s will be remembered as among the nation’s greatest. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/Airport-Pavement/Pavement-Test-Facilities/Construction-Cycles/Construction-Cycle-1 | 2024-04-22T04:26:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00879.warc.gz | 0.89081 | 396 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__197171358 | en | Construction Cycle 1 (CC1)
Construction Cycle 1 (CC1) was the first test pavement constructed in the National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF). Construction of CC1 was performed at the same time as the construction of the NAPTF.
The CC1 experiment was performed on both rigid and flexible pavements. CC1 included nine pavement test items; six flexible and three rigid, constructed on three test section between stations (STA) 0+00 and 9+00. Each test section had different subgrade strengths characterized as low (target CBR 4); medium (target CBR 8) and high (target CBR 20). Construction of the test items was completed in May 1999, shortly after the opening of the facility in April 1999.
The primary objectives of CC1 are:
- Provide full scale test data to support new computer-based thickness design procedures then under development by the FAA.
- Provide full-scale pavement response and data for use in airplane landing gear design and configuration studies.
- Provide full-scale test data for re-evaluation of load repetition (alpha) factors used in the CBR method of design for flexible pavements.
Due to the contemporaneous introduction into service of the Boeing B-777 airplane, particular emphasis was placed on determining the level of pavement damage expected from the B-777 airplane (6-wheel landing gear) relative to the B-747 airplane (4-wheel landing gear).
An overview of the CC1 Project can be seen below. For a pdf version of the CC1 Historic Drawings click here.
CC1 Plan View (Click to Zoom)
CC1 Profile View (Click to Zoom)
For more information on the Construction Cycle 1 Experiment click on the links in the table below.
To search the CC1 database, click here.
To download the CC1 Comprehensive Report, click here.
Results & Analysis | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.flightglobal.com/northrop-eads-defend-euro-hawk-performance/109914.article | 2020-04-10T09:41:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371893683.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20200410075105-20200410105605-00379.warc.gz | 0.948447 | 268 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__143516008 | en | Northrop Grumman and EADS, the main parties behind the Euro Hawk programme, have defended the unmanned air vehicle's performance after criticism from its customer, the German air force, which led to the cancellation of the procurement worth up to €1 billion ($1.3 billion).
The two companies also believe they have developed an "affordable and achievable plan" to convince the customer to change its mind.
Germany pulled the plug on Euro Hawk earlier in May, citing problems with the RQ-4 Global Hawk-derived high-altitude, long-endurance UAV's flight control system and "significant certification issues" preventing the completion of its test programme.
However, in a joint statement, Northrop and EADS deny the programme has encountered any setbacks. "The full Euro Hawk system, including the mission control system and the sensor, has performed flawlessly and safely throughout the entire flight test programme.
"Media reports that indicate there are challenges with the aircraft's flight control system, as well as excessive costs associated with completing airworthiness certification, are inaccurate."
It will continue to work with the customer, it adds, to "provide an affordable and achievable plan to complete flight testing of the initial asset and the eventual production and fielding of the full system of four additional aircraft".
Source: Flight International | aerospace | 1 |
https://candela.com.my/etihad-airways-plans-to-bring-in-cop27-delegates-on-a-net-zero-emissions-flight/ | 2023-11-30T10:16:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100184.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130094531-20231130124531-00009.warc.gz | 0.934372 | 1,528 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__286973633 | en | Delegates to COP27 will travel to the conference with net zero emissions, rather than contributing to climate change. Etihad Airways has partnered with World Energy in order for the first Net-Zero flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Book & Claim to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly energy delegates.
What’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)?
According to the US Department of Energy, SAF is a biofuel used to power aircraft which has similar properties to regular jet fuel, but leaves behind a smaller carbon footprint. Depending on the materials used to produce it and the technologies employed, SAF could dramatically reduce lifecycle GHG emissions compared to conventional jet fuel. Some newer SAF pathways even have a net-negative GHG footprint.
SAFs lower carbon intensity makes it an important solution for reducing aviation GHGs, which make up a significant portion of US transportation GHG emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- An estimated 1 billion dry tons of biomass, which is enough to produce 50–60 billion gallons of low-carbon biofuels, can be collected sustainably each year in the United States. Possible sources include:
- Corn grain
- Oil seeds
- Other fats, oils, and greases
- Agricultural residues
- Forestry residues
- Wood mill waste
- Municipal solid waste streams
- Wet wastes (manures, wastewater treatment sludge)
- Dedicated energy crops
This vast resource can meet the projected fuel demand of the US aviation industry, produce additional volumes of drop-in low carbon fuels for use in other modes of transportation, and produce high-value bioproducts and renewable chemicals. SAF grown from renewable and waste resources can create new economic opportunities for farmers, improve the environment, and even boost aircraft performance.
Because it doesn’t go through the same process as fossil fuels in traditional oil refineries, and its carbon attributes follow all state and US federal regulations for advanced biofuels, its lifecycle carbon emissions are up to 85% lower than regular jet fuel. Right now, it’s approved for a 50/50 blend with conventional jet fuel for commercial use, but World Energy is still collaborating with other industry leaders to gain approval pure, 100% renewable SAF so that we can have a future of aviation reliant on net-zero fossil fuels .
The Journey To COP27
The airline will operate its Washington Dulles to Abu Dhabi service, which is routed via COP27 venue Sharm-El-Sheik. This demonstration shows the only current feasible path to net-zero commercial aviation using technology. It also showcases SAF opportunities and challenges.
“This initiative is about proving Net-Zero commercial aviation is possible, but equally facing up to the significant logistical challenges the industry faces to turn the possible into the routine,” said Mariam Alqubaisi, Head of Sustainability & Business Excellence, Etihad Airways. “Etihad endeavors to make good on the rigorous commitment towards sustainable aviation through the Greenliner programme in partnership with Boeing, GE and other aviation leaders in 2020, followed by the addition of the Sustainabile50 programme in partnership with Airbus and Rolls Royce, coupled with our commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and halving our net emission levels by 2035.”
By Etihad enabling delegates to travel 10,000km without emissions to COP27, it will buy (or book) SAF for the provided flight by fueling partner World Energy. The fuel used for this particular flight will be conventional Jet-A1, but the physical SAF that has been purchased by Etihadwill still be delivered into the Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) fuel system and used on flights operated by other airlines out of LAX.
The Book & Claim system is the go-to model for SAF use and distribution in aviation and energy industries. With flying becoming increasingly more popular, there’s a higher demand now than ever before for sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This method includes transactions that have been verified by an outsider and comply with Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials’ guidance.
“Aviation is how the world connects but we are on a collision course as flying people and goods is one of the most carbon-intensive things humans do. Aviation is on an unsustainable trajectory as it is projected to continue to account for an ever-greater share of global carbon emissions. But there is a way off this course,” said Gene Gebolys, CEO, World Energy. “The course correction will come from the fuel tank rather than the cockpit. Together, we can efficiently change the fuel we fly on so we can change the impact of flying. We are grateful to corporate leaders like Etihad who are paving the way to help make net-zero aviation a reality.”
Although guests will not have to pay an additional fee, it is difficult to fly without charging each passenger or cargo shipment a surcharge because the cost of SAF is four times higher than JetA1.
Etihad Airways will become the world’s first airline to fly a commercial airliner across the Atlantic while managing non-CO2 effects through contrail avoidance prediction and flight planning. This is possible by tokenizing and trading CO2e avoidance credits, which partially offset operational and handling costs. In addition, other sources are helping minimize these extra cost such as government subsidies reducing the SAF cost by 50% and 28% from the Corporate Conscious Choice programme. Etihad Guest Raffle members will also provide support with 22% of necessary funds.
Since 2020, Etihad has been running a series of “EcoFlight” tests to develop its Greenliner programme. The Net-Zero flight will be the latest in this series and will test and prove various concepts.
Is It Really Zero Emissions?
The press release is careful to refer to this flight as “net zero emissions” and not “zero emissions.” As pointed out above, whether that’s true depends heavily on whether the feedstocks for making the fuels come from sources that were going to end up in the atmosphere or contributed to atmospheric CO2. By at least getting a flight out of them instead of just having the materials rot CO2 into the air through decomposition, the theory is that they’ll at least get some good out of the emissions that were going to happen anyway.
Another gotcha in the information we’ve been given is that the flight was subsidized. If private citizens were to book a flight with the same fuel and pay for the tokenized carbon credits to make up for the regular fuel portion of the mix, you can expect to pay a lot more for a ticket. So, it pays to have governmental and/or corporate backers, right?
But, ultimately, it’s just a showboat flight and a proof of concept that could be done without heavy subsidies at some point in the future. But, it can only be part of the solution as part of a diverse mix of electrification, avoiding travel, and other measures to prevent climate change.
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https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/manufacturing/4691-northrop-grumman-nasa-complete-sunshield-deployment-for-james-web-telescope | 2024-04-12T20:45:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816070.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412194614-20240412224614-00461.warc.gz | 0.906796 | 413 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__84187996 | en | Webb’s sunshield is a remarkable feat of human engineering and ingenuity designed to protect the telescope from light and heat emitted from the sun, Earth, and moon, and the observatory itself.
The sunshield maintains Webb’s one-of-a-kind scientific instruments in a deep cold, approximately negative 388 degrees Fahrenheit.
Scott Willoughby, vice president and program manager, James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman explained the importance of this milestone, saying, “The success of this important milestone demonstrates the rigour and dedication of the Northrop Grumman and NASA team. The sunshield is designed to deploy in space and that is exactly what we validated during this final round of testing.”
To fully deploy Webb’s sunshield, the team activates its components and executes a series of commands that initiates the release of devices which free the sunshield’s five layers.
Following the release of several more cable restraint devices, a highly co-ordinated series of individual motor movements are completed, deploying then tensioning each sunshield layer one by one.
Lastly, these actions allow the sunshield to take its final diamond-like form via a system of pulleys and springs.
The next series of major milestones includes completing the final wing deployments of Webb’s primary mirror to verify flight worthiness, followed by a final and complete full systems evaluation before shipping to the Kourou, French Guiana launch site.
Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. NASA leads an international partnership that includes the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.
Goddard Space Flight Center manages the Webb Telescope project, and the Space Telescope Science Institute is responsible for science and mission operations, as well as ground station development.
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https://en.wordpress.com/tag/moon-base/ | 2018-02-19T12:21:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812584.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219111908-20180219131908-00319.warc.gz | 0.923152 | 172 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__123958357 | en | Tags » Moon Base
Cutting funding for the International Space Station before NASA has a viable and working new mission is a terrible idea! NASA and its astronauts are explorers, and with a ship to fly, or a destination to go to, those explorers would be grounded on Earth, doing nobody any good.
Any kind of permanent human settlement on the Moon or Mars will need to have power to run all of the various computers, machines, and other equipment needed to live & survive. 298 more words
Plans include launches, robotic moon bases, and interplanetary manned missions.
By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer December 19, 2017
Last week, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing NASA to send astronauts back to the moon for long-term exploration and to prepare for the long-awaited manned Mars mission. 688 more words | aerospace | 1 |
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https://forum.fsairlines.net/viewtopic.php?f=148&t=9298&p=44282&sid=ed4ca062ee7d545470403c07eaaa4351 | 2022-11-27T15:00:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710409.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127141808-20221127171808-00510.warc.gz | 0.962009 | 80 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__12788375 | en | 1 post • Page 1 of 1
The top three pilots by flight! According to the monthly flight report will have their flights multiplied by their miles flown. The pilot with the highest calculated number will be awarded the pilot bonus award for the next month. The bonus is 60% of VA income Per flight and Home page status for the month. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/whats-next-for-spacex-and-the-falcon-heavy/news-story/4a45c3119c55f1ae5d53d41648226c79 | 2021-12-05T16:58:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363215.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205160950-20211205190950-00198.warc.gz | 0.947088 | 862 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__108161912 | en | What’s next for SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy?
THE success of today’s historic launch will give Elon Musk confidence to take things to the next level.
THIS morning the world witnessed an incredible and unique feat.
Elon Musk and SpaceX successfully launched the world’s most powerful — and reusable! — rocket in the world, and in doing so sent a Tesla roadster into orbit around the sun that will take the car to the edge of Mars as it floats around space.
But as we’re apt to do, the world can’t help but ask: what’s next?
The hero of today’s launch, the Falcon Heavy, was designed from the outset to carry humans into space. The rocket is as powerful as those used in the Apollo missions and essentially restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the moon or Mars.
Today’s success gives SpaceX momentum to begin developing even larger rockets to fulfil Musk’s lofty aspirations.
The SpaceX and Tesla boss is intent on establishing a city on the red planet, with hordes of Earthlings and mini habitable pods. The idea is that inhabitants and building materials will be flown there on an extra-mega SpaceX rocket that is still in development.
At the 68th annual meeting of the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide in September last year, Musk described a new-generation rocket dubbed B.F.R. (Big F***ing Rocket) that his company was working on, which might be ready for launch in the mid 2020s. It will be bigger, more powerful, be able to carry a heavier payload, and will ultimately replace the Falcon Heavy. While still theoretical, such a rocket will be integral to Musk’s plan for an interplanetary transport system.
The fact that Falcon Heavy’s maiden flight was a success will no doubt give SpaceX engineers confidence to take things to the next level.
The launch today was very near flawless. Two of the boosters - both recycled from previous launches - returned for side-by-side touchdowns at the Florida launch site. However a few hours later, Musk told reporters that the third booster, brand new, missed its floating landing platform and slammed into the Atlantic Ocean at 480 kilometres an hour.
For now, the company will earn its crust by competing for contracts to launch satellites into orbit on behalf of governments and other private companies.
The beauty of building reusable rockets is you can put them straight back to work — and SpaceX already has customers lining up to take advantage of the Falcon Heavy with flights scheduled for later this year.
It is booked to send up a large communications satellite for Saudi Arabian company Arabsat sometime in the first half of 2018.
The private company’s online flight manifest shows the US Air Force is also signed up.
SpaceX works closely with NASA and the US government wants to use SpaceX’s biggest rocket to launch a test payload for the Air Force likely to occur sometime after June.
The launch will allow the US Air Force to judge whether or not the Falcon Heavy is ready to fly national security payloads, which could become a big market for Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The mission will include a probe from the Planetary Society called Lightsail which aims to test a large sail which uses the sun’s radiation to propel the craft through space.
The Falcon Heavy is also expected to launch two more hefty satellites in the near future for British communications company Inmarsat and US company ViaSat.
Other aerospace companies are developing rockets and NASA is currently sinking billions of dollars into a massive new rocket called the Space Launch System, or SLS, that’s meant to return astronauts to the moon and also get them one day to Mars.
However NASA’s planned SLS rocket, a comparable system, is expected to cost about $1.25 billion per flight compared to the Falcon Heavy’s $144 million per launch. As a result, space could increasingly become the domain of private companies like SpaceX.
For now, the company is set to keep launching things into space and improve the capability and cost of its rockets to make the idea of space colonisation just a little bit more realistic. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.thesciencestory.com/videos/spacex-starship-sn3-ready-for-testing-spacex-dragon-xl-announced/ | 2022-08-16T12:19:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00276.warc.gz | 0.815233 | 484 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__16789499 | en | SpaceX Starship SN3 Ready for Testing, SpaceX Dragon XL announced
Download NordLocker Free at https://nordlocker.net/marcushouse. Use the coupon code “marcushouse” to get 32% off the 1 year premium plan. Another jam-packed week of news. The Starship SN3 is ready for testing and a huge news today with SpaceX Dragon XL announced. SpaceX development of the SN3 Starship is still steaming ahead with the main body now stacked and more news dropping every day. The lost booster from the Starlink #5 missions is getting a little more interesting now with NASA now involved in the investigation. We’re hoping that isn’t going to cause any new delays with the upcoming Crew Dragon mission. Also, some tough news for fans of Bigelow space and Oneweb among other things, so yes, it has been an interesting week. I've got to say though, the awesome news breaking with NASA announcing that SpaceX will be delivering cargo to the Lunar gateway using the mystery Dragon XL on a Falcon Heavy is really exciting.
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https://www.paramountbusinessjets.com/airports/kgeu.html | 2019-11-19T04:33:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669967.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119015704-20191119043704-00150.warc.gz | 0.73713 | 362 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__107791516 | en | Private Jet Charter Services - Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU)
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Overview; Status: Operating: Locale: Chicago, Illinois, United States: Termini: Kimball The Loop, Belmont: Stations: 27: Service; Type: Rapid transit: System: Chicago ...
This was the first developmental flight of the GSLV Mk.I featuring Russian cryogenic engine KVD-1.It was used to place an experimental satellite GSAT-1 into the orbit. . However, due to sub-optimal performance and lack of fuel the vehicle did not achieve the intended oribit and the satellite had to maneuver itself using onboard fuel to correct the sho | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.globalaviationguide.com/flight-news/1469/ | 2020-02-24T07:31:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145910.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20200224071540-20200224101540-00142.warc.gz | 0.948906 | 350 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__115327616 | en | Greater Toronto Airways has introduced a 12 minute flight from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Commuters will now be able to fly directly. In a route that has only had the option to take a 1-hour drive (depending on traffic conditions) or a 90-minute train ride. This is why flying will be the best, fastest, and most convenient option.
The service will start by September 15th 2015. It will be flown between Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and the Niagara District Airport. Travelers who want to use the service can book for the flight from Greater Toronto Airways commuter services offered twice a day Monday through Friday. Commuters can also book the 12 minute flight through the private charter service.
Morning and afternoon services will be included in the commuter services program on flights to and fro from Billy Bishop Airport (0730 and 0830 hours) and Niagara District Airport (1630 and 1800 hours). One-way fares will start from $85 and return trips at $159.Private charters will be in 6-seater and 8-seater configurations. Leasing the entire aircraft will start at $800 one-way and $1,200 round-trip. Inflight services will include snacks and beverages to make the trip more enjoyable.
Though the flight is only 12-minutes, it is not the shortest flight in the world. The shortest commercial flight is between Loganair’s Westray to Papa Westray. This is averaged at 47-seconds, depending on winds and the aircrafts airspeed.
The Greater Toronto Airways 12 minute flight is expected to be a popular one as there are many tourists who travel from Toronto to Niagara Falls. They will certainly enjoy the convenience of the speedy service. | aerospace | 1 |
https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/0.24.2 | 2023-02-02T00:51:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499954.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202003408-20230202033408-00200.warc.gz | 0.839528 | 120 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__210552996 | en | From Kerbal Space Program Wiki
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https://whoknewnews.com/elon-musk-on-2030-mars-landing-european-rivals-aiming-too-low/ | 2021-04-19T06:53:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038878326.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419045820-20210419075820-00128.warc.gz | 0.978022 | 484 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__76940348 | en | WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED:
- Elon Musk declared that “SpaceX will be landing Starships on Mars well before 2030” as a response to an article that Europe will begin with its competitive launch as soon as 2030.
- Musk added that Europe was “aiming too low” with its launch efforts.
- Musk plans to send about one million people to Mars.
A space race is on the works.
After an Ars Technica article said that Europe would start its competitive launch systems as soon as 2030 and that European companies were trailing SpaceX, Elon Musk declared that his rockets will land on Mars earlier.
“SpaceX will be landing Starships on Mars well before 2030,” the billionaire tweeted. “The really hard threshold is making Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining.”
In a tweet thread, Musk also said that Europe was “aiming too low” with its launch efforts, saying “only rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable,” like his 387-foot-long Starship rocket was designed to be, “will be competitive.”
After Starship’s three most recent prototypes all exploded during testing, the company is expecting to launch Starship SN11 this week. Eventually, the billionaire tycoon plans to build 1,000 Starship rockets, launch three of them in a day, and send one million people to Mars.
Musk has been very vocal about his space travel visions and target time frames, but experts said actual timings could be longer than he’s forecasting.
In February, Musk said that SpaceX would take “5 1/2 years” to have a crewed mission of its Starship rocket to reach Mars. This timeline hasn’t changed for the past five months.
In October and December, Musk expressed his confidence that the space company had a “fighting chance” of launching an uncrewed rocket to the planet in 2024, then a crewed mission in 2026.
In 2017, Musk envisioned that SpaceX would transport cargo ships to Mars in 2022, and a crewed mission two years later.
According to experts, SpaceX had only three remaining launch opportunities to successfully land humans on Mars by 2026. If things will go smoothly, it will be a sure hit for Musk.
Source: Business Insider | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.uh.edu/class/hhp/news-and-events/news-archives/2014/14_guined-nasa.php | 2023-12-05T14:50:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100551.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205140836-20231205170836-00655.warc.gz | 0.896747 | 334 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__93663981 | en | HHP research employee, Jamie Guined recently commandered a crew of 6 people on a mission to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert. The MDRS crew spent two weeks at the Mars analog habitat in southern Utah conducting simulation work in one of the most Mars-like environments on Earth to help prepare human explorers for a mission to the Red Planet.
The crew's experiences were featured in a National Geographic news video titled "Exploring Mars in Utah" by photojournalist Jim Urquhart, who was embedded with the crew.
A screen grab of Crew 138 Commander, Jamie Guined
Watch the Video on the National Geographic website
While on site, Jamie's team named Crew 138 carried out a variety of research directly related to human Mars exploration. Areas of testing included: geology, microbiology, communications, bio-medical, human factors, engineering, astronomy, food-nutrition, robotics and agriculture, to name a few.
Quad-copter in use by MDRS crew member for aerial filming and mapping purposes. (Image courtesy - Mars Desert Research Station)
Check out more images of crew 138's mission on the Mars Desert Research Station Facebook page
Read the final mission report for crew 138
About The Mars Desert Research Station and the Mars Society
The Mars Desert Research Station is one of four Mars base-like habitats located in deserts in the Canadian Arctic, the American southwest, the Australian outback, and Iceland. It is a project of the Mars Society, whose purpose is to further the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet.
Visit the Mars Desert Research Station website
Visit the Mars Society website | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=15328 | 2023-03-29T13:15:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948976.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329120545-20230329150545-00760.warc.gz | 0.840962 | 436 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__277284892 | en | |Abstract:||As the demands on terrestrial transport systems increase, there is a growing need for greater efficiencies. More intelligent mobility and ultimately autonomous transport assets will deliver these efficiencies through the evolution of cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) technology. Central to this evolution will be the capability to accurately and precisely position assets within their environment and relative to each other to predefined and regulated standards. The core of modern positioning and navigation methods are the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) (e.g. GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou). These systems rely on line of sight radio frequency signals, which are vulnerable to obstruction and/or interference (e.g. multipath and/or non-line of sight reception). As a result, the position accuracy is degraded and therefore GNSS would greatly benefit from a priori intelligence that predicts where and when obscuration or interference will occur. Similarly, a real time assessment of where and when GNSS signal reception will be restored and the location of the satellites in the sky will aid in restoring satellite lock. This paper describes a computer vision system that utilises 360o images to derive a priori intelligence to predict changes in the environment that may threaten position and navigation integrity.|
Proceedings of the 30th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2017)
September 25 - 29, 2017
Oregon Convention Center
|Pages:||2117 - 2125|
|Cite this article:||
Roberts, Simon, Bonenberg, Lukasz, Meng, Xiaolin, Moore, Terry, Hill, Chris, "Predictive Intelligence for a Rail Traffic Management System," Proceedings of the 30th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2017), Portland, Oregon, September 2017, pp. 2117-2125.
ION Members/Non-Members: 1 Download Credit | aerospace | 1 |
http://saypeople.com/2013/03/03/nasas-curiosity-rover-got-a-glitch-in-memory-and-went-to-safe-mode/ | 2023-09-22T22:32:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506423.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922202444-20230922232444-00440.warc.gz | 0.950766 | 344 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__69144672 | en | NASA is switching the Curiosity Mars rover’s operations to the backup computer and now the rover is in “safe mode”. It will stay in this mode while the engineers will backup the computer to take primary actions of the rover. However, the issue is not reportedly affecting the Curiosity on long-term.
“We switched computers to get to a standard state from which to begin restoring routine operations,” Richard Cook of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, project manager for the Mars Science Laboratory Project, which built and operates Curiosity, said in a statement.
Don’t flip out: I just flipped over to my B-side computer while the team looks into an A-side memory issue go.nasa.gov/ZN8xsx
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) March 1, 2013
Engineers found the memory issue on Wednesday when the Curiosity didn’t send the recorded observations to the Earth or switched to a daily sleep mode as it was expected to. The problem may take some days to be resolved.
“We’re still early on in the process,” said Richard Cook, Curiosity project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “We have probably several days, maybe a week of activities to get everything back and reconfigured.”
Scientists are working on the cause of the corrupted memory but Space.com reported that the memory may have been damaged by the cosmic rays, which are usually present in the space. Although the rover has protected shields against cosmic rays but it is possible that some particles have been transmitted to the rover’s shell. | aerospace | 1 |
https://airlive.net/emergency/2020/07/23/breaking-a-mahan-air-airbus-a310-was-harassed-by-an-unidentified-fighter-jet/ | 2023-12-01T17:31:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100290.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201151933-20231201181933-00052.warc.gz | 0.949887 | 305 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__222639124 | en | Iranian state television reported on Thursday a Mahan Air passenger flight was approached by an unidentified fighter jet in Syrian skies, forcing the plane to take emergency measures that caused injuries among the passengers.
The flight was en route from Tehran to Beirut and was in Syrian airspace when the alleged incident occurred.
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- UPDATE US Central Command just released statement confirming it was a US F-15: “A U.S. F-15 on a routine air mission in the vicinity of the CJTF-OIR At Tanf garrison in Syria conducted a standard visual inspection of a Mahan Air passenger airliner at a safe distance of approximately 1,000 meters from the airliner this evening. The visual inspection occurred to ensure the safety of coalition personnel at At Tanf garrison. Once the F-15 pilot identified the aircraft as a Mahan Air passenger plane, the F-15 safely opened distance from the aircraft. The professional intercept was conducted in accordance with international standards.”
- UPDATE Flight IRM1153 now is airborne again & flying out of Beirut.
- UPDATE The aircraft involved was aMahan Air Airbus A310-304 (reg. EP-MNF).
Video aired by Iran’s state-run television, IRIB, appears to show at least one fighter jet flying close to the passenger plane. In another video, passengers can be heard screaming.
The report said the pilot rapidly dropped altitude to avoid contact with the jet. Several passengers were injured. | aerospace | 1 |
http://www.shawconstruction.net/?portfolio=sunborne-fixed-base-operations-facility | 2020-01-28T22:44:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251783342.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20200128215526-20200129005526-00214.warc.gz | 0.837265 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__144122903 | en | SunBorne Fixed Base Operations
Size : 25,758 square feet aircraft hangar including 13,001 square feet office space
Client : The SunBorne Companies
Architect : H+L Architecture
The SunBorne Fixed Base Operations facility design includes a 25,758 square feet hangar building and a 13,001 square feet office building with approximately 90,000 square feet of ramp, apron and taxiway. The hangar includes “Smart Rail” HWB840, eight section side and bi-parting bottom rolling hangar door. This system maximizes the usable space within the hangar facility. | aerospace | 1 |
https://apta.biz/2015/03/28/introducing-airkenya-helicopter-scenic-flights-with-safari-trails/ | 2023-10-01T09:48:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510810.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001073649-20231001103649-00816.warc.gz | 0.838248 | 212 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__126247569 | en | Safari Trails can now make flying in a Helicopter a reality for your clients! Whether they are in Nairobi for a short business trip, celebrating an anniversary, a birthday, or simply celebrating life, Safari Trails are excited to share the following information about Helicopter Scenic flights:
Airkenya Helicopter Scenic Safaris adds a new dimension to flying safaris. Get up close and experience the East-African region in its true magnificence. Kenya is full of dramatic landscapes: from beautiful, lush forests to mountains, waterfalls, craters and savannah plains – all easily accessible by helicopter!
Scenic Flight 1 – Lake Magadi: 2 – 3 hour excursion including 1 hour flight time – From US$ 440 Per person
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Scenic Flight 3 – Full South Rift Flight: Half day excursion with 3 hours flight time – From US$ 1,375 Per person | aerospace | 1 |
https://spacenews.com/tag/diux/ | 2021-10-22T14:17:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585507.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022114748-20211022144748-00703.warc.gz | 0.954133 | 575 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__287322638 | en | The Defense Innovation Unit in a new solicitation is asking the companies for ideas on how to build a “hybrid architecture” of government and commercial satellites.
The Defense Innovation Unit last week issued a call for bids for small nuclear-powered engines for space missions beyond Earth orbit.
Small launch vehicle developer Astra will carry a test payload for the U.S. Space Force on its next attempt to reach orbit in August.
President Biden’s pick to serve as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, Michael Brown, has withdrawn his nomination.
Small launch startup ABL Space Systems announced May 17 it was selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit to launch a military payload.
Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, was nominated by President Biden to serve as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
Relativity Space was selected to launch a small U.S. military payload to orbit in 2023 using a 3D-printed rocket.
DoD has to transition to a space architecture that takes advantage of emerging technologies, Steve Butow, director of the Defense Innovation Unit’s space portfolio, said at the SmallSat Symposium.
DIU space director Butow: “We have the power where it make sense of leveraging and using public private partnerships to our advantage.”
One of the narratives in the report is that the United States is at risk of being displaced by China as the world's space superpower.
Three companies have received study contracts from a Defense Department agency regarding concepts for small, uncrewed space stations in low Earth orbit, although none of the awards yet fund spacecraft construction.
A group with more than 150 government and industry officials will recommend greater investments in space technology and education.
The RAND Corp. will identify commercial space technologies that the Space Force could put into use as well as the potential risks.
Technologies of interest include synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral imaging, electro-optical imaging, infrared imaging and radio frequency sensing.
DIU received 25 proposals for the Dismounted Assured PNT System
DIU wants to 'make the process easy for companies that don't have time to answer traditional government solicitations.'
Competitors have to develop computer vision algorithms to automate the process of assessing building damage after natural disasters.
DIU: We are working with companies like Rocket Lab and Vox which are more mature as well as potentially disruptive ones like SpinLaunch.
A new report warns of China’s stealth investments in U.S space companies and the country’s coordinated public-private efforts to dominate markets.
In its quest for cutting edge commercial solutions to military problems, the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) is not ignoring the talents of traditional government contractors. | aerospace | 1 |
https://www.dover.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002311312/ | 2022-01-21T13:35:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303385.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220121131830-20220121161830-00262.warc.gz | 0.880615 | 263 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__249510367 | en | Col. Matthew Jones, 436th Airlift Wing commander, cuts a ribbon, marking the official opening of the brand-new hazardous cargo fuels facility June 4, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The facility cuts response times to the hot cargo pad by 33 percent and refueling times by 50 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)
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Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other
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trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings
regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters. | aerospace | 1 |
https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/classification-and-prediction-of-pilot-weather-encounters-a-discr | 2023-11-28T13:25:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099514.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128115347-20231128145347-00197.warc.gz | 0.962717 | 225 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__240621018 | en | Introduction: Flight into adverse weather continues to be a significant hazard for General Aviation (GA) pilots. Weather-related crashes have a significantly higher fatality rate than other GA crashes. Previous research has identified lack of situational awareness, risk perception, and risk tolerance as possible explanations for why pilots would continue into adverse weather. However, very little is known about the nature of these encounters or the differences between pilots who avoid adverse weather and those who do not. Methods: Visitors to a web site described an experience with adverse weather and completed a range of measures of personal characteristics. Results: The resulting data from 364 pilots were carefully screened and subject to a discriminant function analysis. Two significant functions were found. The first, accounting for 69% of the variance, reflected measures of risk awareness and pilot judgment while the second differentiated pilots in terms of their experience levels. The variables measured in this study enabled us to correctly discriminate between the three groups of pilots considerably better (53% correct classifications) than would have been possible by chance (33% correct classifications). Conclusions: The implications of these findings for targeting safety interventions are discussed. | aerospace | 1 |
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