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The first plane flies. Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gas-powered, propeller-driven biplane that stayed airborne for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its maiden flight.
Just like that, who flew before the Wright brothers?
Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhayskiy
Did the Wright brothers really fly first?
In the US, the Wright brothers are known for making history with the world’s first airplane flight. In Brazil, the first plane bears the name Santos-Dumont. Everyone knows that the American Wright brothers made aviation history when they took off from Kitty Hawk, N.C. on December 17, 1903.
When was the Wright brothers‘ first flight?
Where is the original Wright Brothers plane?
Let me assure you, the plane on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is actually the actual plane, with the Wrights made their groundbreaking first flights at Kitty Hawk. IT IS THE REAL WRIGHT FLYER.
Who flew the first airplane across the Atlantic?
What did the Wright brothers do after flying?
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first sustained, controlled flights in a powered airplane. For two years they made flight after flight, refining the controls, engine, propellers and configuration of their plane. At first, they could only fly in a straight line for less than a minute.
What barrier did the Wright brothers break?
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. Orville Wright dies of a heart attack in Dayton, Ohio, and the Wright brothers‘ first powered airplane, the 1903 Flyer I, is preserved at the Smithsonian Institution.
Who else invented the airplane?
|The Wright Brothers|
|Known for||Inventing, Building , and flew the world’s first successful powered airplane, the Wright Flyer|
|Parent(s)||Milton Wright Susan Catherine Koerner Wright|
|Relatives||Katharine Wright (sister)|
Who flew too close to the sun?
Where does a quote from the Wright brothers come from?
“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors, who in prehistoric times, on their arduous journeys through pathless lands, looked enviously at the birds that soared freely.” “The plane stays up because it doesn’t have time to fall.” “No aircraft will ever fly from New York to Paris…
Did the Wright brothers die in a plane crash?
Even though he was supposed to be able to walk and fly again, he was in pain from his broken hip for the rest of his life. Wilbur Wright died in 1912. But younger brother Orville survived until 1948, a full forty years after he flew the first fatal plane crash.
Who flew first and challenged the Wright brothers?
How many attempts did the Wright brothers make?
After the first day in the air, the 1903 Wright Flyer never flew again Four flights in the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, and as Orville and Wilbur were discussing the last flight, a sudden strong gust of wind caught the plane and flipped it several times.
Why is Wilbur Wright famous?
Summary: Wilbur Wright became Born in Indiana in 1867, he was the older brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world’s first successful airplane. On January 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first free, controlled flight of a powered airplane.
Who influenced the Wright Brothers?
A copy by Orville Wright From the Memory drawn sketch of the Penaud helicopter that influenced the brothers. In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Dayton, OH, became the first humans to fly a power-controlled heavier-than-air machine known as the Wright Flyer.
How much money did the Wright brothers make ?
The remainder of his estate, estimated at $126,000, went to Orville. With the success of the Wright Company and its sale, Orville prospered far more. His total wealth at the time of his death was $1,067,105, or $10,300,000 in today’s dollars.
Who actually flew first?
the Wright Brothers
What did the Wright brothers invent?
Wright Flyer. Wright Glider
What was the name of the first airplane?
The Wright Flyer (often referred to in hindsight as the Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first successful heavier-than-air aircraft.
How did the Wright brothers change the world?
On December 17, 1903, the world’s first airplane took off from the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and changed the world forever. The Wright brothers‘ first flight lasted only 12 seconds, but their fourth flight lasted 59 seconds, showing that the brothers had built a real airplane.
What fuel did the Wright brothers use?
To drive the propellers, the brothers designed and built a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine. At the time of the brothers‘ first flight, most of their contemporaries were not using gasoline-powered internal combustion engines for flight. Langley, Maxim and Ader had used steam power in their early designs.
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MU69 Infographic 1: About the Kuiper Belt
Explanation: This is one of four infographics that we produced to show some component of the New Horizons extended mission in the Kuiper Belt. This infographic talks about the Kuiper Belt, the extended mission, and the main target of the extended mission — the flyby of MU69 on January 1, 2019. Click here to see all infographics for the mission.
Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute
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American Airlines Boeing 757 taking off from 23R at Manchester.
USAF F-15E Strike Eagle powering through the Mach Loop in Wales.
USAF F-15C Eagle at low level in the Mach Loop in Wales using call sign 'Scoff'
Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 seen here low level in Scotland at 100 feet AGL through the Selkirk to Moffat valley during a late afternoon TTA slot.
American Airlines Boeing 757 landing on runway 05R at Manchester.
Emirates A380-800 departing Manchester on runway 23R.
USAF F-15E Strike Eagle from 494th Fighter Squadron at the 48th Fighter wing RAF Lakenheath seen here low and fast in the Mach Loop, Wales.
Belgian Air Component F-16AM Fighting Falcon seen here as part of a 3 ship in the Mach Loop in Wales using call sign 'Sting'
USAF F-22 Raptor from 95th FS at Tyndall Air Force base in Florida seen here low level in Wales.
Lockheed P-3N Orion low level in Scotland.
41(R)TES Tornado GR4 low level in Wales using call sign 'Rebel 83'
RAF Westland Puma HC1 low level in the Mach Loop, Wales using call sign 'Warlock 2'
RAF Tucano T1 low level in Wales. Seen here in the Cad valley, Mach Loop.
'Knife 75' seen here low level in Wales.
ZK012, low level in Wales.
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https://barkbarkwoofwoof.com/2012/08/curiosity-makes-it-to-mars/
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The rover has landed.
After eight years of planning and eight months of interplanetary travel, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory pulled off a touchdown of Super Bowl proportions, all by itself. It even sent pictures from the goal line.
The spacecraft plunged through Mars’ atmosphere, fired up a rocket-powered platform and lowered the car-sized, 1-ton Curiosity rover to its landing spot in 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) Gale Crater. Then the platform flew off to its own crash landing, while Curiosity sent out a text message basically saying, “I made it!”
That message was relayed by the orbiting Mars Odyssey satellite back to Earth. A radio telescope in Australia picked up the message and sent it here to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When the blips of data appeared on the screens at JPL’s mission control, the room erupted in cheers and hugs.
Way to go! Good luck, Curiosity.
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https://aviation.report/featured-news/transdigm-announces-acquisition-of-calspan-corporation
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TransDigm Group Incorporated, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Calspan Corporation ("Calspan" or "the Company").
Acquisition of Calspan Corporation
Calspan is a leading independent provider of highly engineered testing and technology development services and systems primarily for the aerospace & defense industry. Headquartered in Buffalo, New York, the Company operates from seven primary facilities across the states of New York, Virginia, Minnesota and California. The Company's state of the art transonic wind tunnel in Buffalo, New York is used across a range of important aftermarket-focused development activities for both the commercial and defense aerospace end markets. Calspan employs approximately 625 people and is expected to generate approximately $200 million in revenue for the calendar year ending December 31, 2023.
Kevin Stein, TransDigm's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are excited about the acquisition of Calspan. We see opportunity for TransDigm's proven operating model to enhance the Company's established positions across a diverse range of aftermarket-focused aerospace & defense development and testing services. The Company operates within our primary aerospace and defense industry, and its unique service offerings exhibit the earnings stability and growth potential that we have come to expect of our aerospace components-centered businesses. As with all TransDigm acquisitions, we expect the Calspan acquisition to create equity value in-line with our long-term private equity-like return objectives."
The acquisition, which is expected to close during TransDigm's fiscal 2023, is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The acquisition is expected to be financed through existing cash on hand.
About TransDigm Group
TransDigm Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, specialized pumps and valves, power conditioning devices, specialized AC/DC electric motors and generators, batteries and chargers, engineered latching and locking devices, engineered rods, engineered connectors and elastomer sealing solutions, databus and power controls, cockpit security components and systems, specialized and advanced cockpit displays, engineered audio, radio and antenna systems, specialized lavatory components, seat belts and safety restraints, engineered and customized interior surfaces and related components, advanced sensor products, switches and relay panels, thermal protection and insulation, lighting and control technology, parachutes, high performance hoists, winches and lifting devices, and cargo loading, handling and delivery systems.
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|Role||High Altitude, Long Endurance Unmanned aerial vehicle|
|National origin||United States|
|First flight||June 1, 2012|
The Boeing Phantom Eye was a high altitude, long endurance (HALE) liquid hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Boeing Phantom Works. The aircraft was Boeing's proposal to meet the demand from the US military for unmanned drones designed to provide advanced intelligence and reconnaissance work, driven by the combat conditions in Afghanistan in particular. In August 2016, the Phantom Eye demonstrator was disassembled for display at the Air Force Flight Test Museum.
The Phantom Eye was an evolution from Boeing's earlier success with the piston-powered Boeing Condor that set several records for altitude and endurance in the late 1980s. Boeing also studied a larger HALE UAV that can fly for over 10 days and carry payloads of 2,000 pounds (900 kg) or more; the company also worked on the Phantom Ray UAV as a flying testbed for advanced technologies.
Phantom Eye's propulsion system successfully completed an 80-hour test in an altitude chamber on March 1, 2010; this cleared the way for the propulsion system and the airframe to be assembled. Boeing worked closely with Ball Aerospace, Aurora Flight Sciences, Ford Motor Co. and MAHLE Powertrain to develop the Phantom Eye. The Phantom Eye was revealed to the press at a ceremony at Boeing's facilities in St Louis, Missouri, on July 12, 2010. The Phantom Eye demonstrator is a 60–70% scale design of an objective system. According to Darryl Davis, president of Boeing's Phantom Works advanced concepts group, the Phantom Eye demonstrator could lead to an objective system capable of achieving 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week coverage of an area year round with as few as four aircraft.
The demonstrator was shipped to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, for ground tests. It conducted its first medium-speed taxi test there on March 10, 2012, reaching speeds of 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h). Boeing declared the test a success and said it paved the way for the aircraft's first flight, expected to last 8 hours.
The Phantom Eye completed its first flight on June 1, 2012 at Edwards Air Force Base. It reached an altitude of 4,000 ft and a speed of 62 knots (71 mph; 115 km/h) for 28 minutes. Its landing gear dug into the dry lakebed during landing and caused some damage to the aircraft. On February 6, 2013, the Phantom Eye completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in preparation for the second flight. Sitting atop a launch cart, it reached speeds of 46 mph. In response to the first flight test, autonomous flight systems were upgraded and the landing system was improved. The Phantom Eye completed its second flight on February 25, 2013 at Edwards Air Force Base. It climbed to an altitude of 8,000 ft at a cruising speed of 62 knots (71 mph; 115 km/h) for 66 minutes. The second flight test ended with a successful landing.
On 6 June 2013, Boeing was issued a $6.8 million contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to install an unidentified payload on the Phantom Eye demonstrator. The payload was most likely a long-range sensing and tracking system required to aim a laser. The Phantom Eye's fourth flight occurred on June 14, 2013, reaching an altitude of 20,000 ft for 4 hours. On September 14, 2013, its fifth flight reached an altitude of 28,000 ft for nearly four and a half hours. Although the flight test was deemed a success, sources claim that the test had originally been intended to reach a 40,000 ft altitude. The fifth flight incorporated a payload from the Missile Defense Agency. The sixth flight occurred on January 6, 2014 and lasted for 5 hours, longer than any previous flight.
In February 2014, the Phantom Eye was promoted to experimental status by the Air Force's 412th Operations Group on recommendation from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The Phantom Eye had by then undergone six test flights and met NASA safety criteria. Classification as experimental under the USAF Test Center meant it was no longer restricted to flying above Edwards AFB and would move to a test range several miles away to further test endurance and altitude capabilities. In the coming months, Boeing planned test the demonstrator to reach its desired operating altitude of 60,000 ft (18,000 m) and increase its endurance; a full-size operational Phantom Eye was planned to be built to reach endurance goals of 7–10 days airborne if successful.
The demonstrator's ninth flight occurred in 2014 for 8–9 hours at 54,000 ft, then it was placed in storage at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Boeing looked for opportunities in the military or commercial sectors to continue development. Initially pitched as a high-flying satellite surrogate for ground surveillance or communications relay, the company looked to see if a solid-state laser could be mounted to perform missile defense; a solid-state laser is desired over chemical lasers, like the one used in Boeing's previous YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, because there is a shorter logistical tail and less time is needed to recharge and cool.
On 17 August 2016, the Air Force transferred the disassembled Phantom Eye demonstrator for reassembly and refurbishment to be put on display at the Air Force Flight Test Museum. Boeing had been in talks with military and commercial organizations in hopes of returning the aircraft to service after flight trials had concluded in September 2014 after conducting nine sorties, but did not have success. The company had hoped to construct a 40% larger version that could stay airborne for 10 days with a 1,000 lb (450 kg) payload or 7 days with a 2,000 lb payload, but the retirement of the prototype leaves that prospect unclear.
The Phantom Eye demonstrator had a 150-foot (46 meter) wingspan. Boeing stated that it could fly for up to four days at a time at altitudes of up to 65,000 feet. Boeing also stated that the Phantom Eye demonstrator was able to carry a 450-pound payload and have a cruising speed of 150 knots. The Phantom Eye carries no armament and is for "persistent intelligence and surveillance".
Each of the two propulsion systems consisted of modified Ford 2.3 liter engines, reduction gearbox, and 4-blade propeller. The engines were originally designed for use with some models of the petrol-burning Ford Fusion car. To be able to run in the oxygen starved atmosphere at 65,000 ft, the engines featured a multiple turbocharger system that compresses that available low density air and reduces the radiated infrared heat signature to increase its stealth properties. The engines, which provided 150 horsepower at sea level, were tuned so as to be able to run on hydrogen. Boeing's marketing department stated that this will make the aircraft economical and "green" to run, as the only by-product would be water.
Although the primary role of the Phantom Eye was airborne surveillance, Boeing pitched it as a communications relay for the U.S. Navy. It would have a role in the Navy without taking up space on an aircraft carrier with long-range reconnaissance still provided by the MQ-4C Triton. A pair of Phantom Eyes, one relieving the other after days of constant flight, could provide the Navy with continuous long range communications.
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http://aviationweek.com/awin/arca-romania-flies-hale-uav
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Romania’s ARCA has begun flight testing the Air Strato electric-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft. The vehicle is aimed at surveillance and scientific missions. The aircraft made a short first flight on Feb. 13, reaching an altitude of 25 meters (80 ft.) and speed of 72 km/hr. (39 kt.). The takeoff was from rough ground and the right main gear suspension system was damaged on touchdown, ARCA says. The Air Strato is powered by four electric motors driving ...
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Air Force Academy’s Soaring Team takes to the sky in Littlefield
LITTLEFIELD, Texas (KCBD) - It is the largest program of its kind, and right now, it is here on the South Plains.
Cadets with the United States Air Force Academy’s Soaring Team are practicing flying gliders in Littlefield this week.
They are honing their cross-country skills by flying sorties in preparation for regional and national competitions.
So how do you fly a plane without an engine?
“It attaches to a 200-foot rope, and then our tow planes will put it up to altitude somewhere between 1,500 to 2,000 feet above ground level. Then, they pull the rope. Now they are just flying by air moving over the wings,” said United States Air Force Major Robert Johnston.
These planes can stay airborne for up to six hours and fly 200 miles away from their home airport.
“They’ll get into updrafts and hot air currents that can actually bring that aircraft up, which is really pretty amazing if you think about it because this aircraft weighs 850 pounds or so,” said Major Johnston.
So why are these Colorado Springs cadets training in Littlefield?
“West Texas is nice and flat, unlike Colorado Springs where you have to think about the mountains that you might be landing on. We actually train these guys on how to go land in a field if they have to because they run out of energy. Plus, it puts us nice and close to the Silent Wings Museum and that’s really a treat for these guys,” Major Johnston said.
Cate Cavanaugh is one of a handful of pilots who received their G-Wings at a pinning ceremony at the Silent Wings Museum, bringing Cavanaugh one step closer to her goal and her grandfather.
“My grandfather is kind of my hero. He served as a navigator in a B-17 in WWII in the Army Air Corps, and on his second mission, he was shot down over the North Sea and spent a couple of days on a life raft,” Cavanaugh said. “Then he washed ashore in the German occupied Netherlands and was a prisoner of war for 13 months.”
Cavanaugh said her grandfather made back to the states where he became an Admission Liaison Officer for the United States Air Force Academy.
When Cavanaugh heard this story in seventh grade, she knew exactly what she wanted to do.
“Him being my hero, it was an easy conclusion to draw that the Air Force Academy was going to be the place for me. I think the Glider Program just helps me get closer to him and who he was. I’m working on my own skills and abilities and my aviation abilities kind of in memory of him, but also striving for myself as well,” Cavanaugh said.
Here is the roster for the team who participated in the training in Littlefield:
- C1C (Cadet 1st Class) Ben Jakeman
- C1C Mason Dean
- C2C (Cadet 2nd Class) Raley Blankley
- C2C Danny Carpenter
- C2C Spence
- C2C Mark Simpson
- C3C (Cadet 3rd Class) Enrique Castellanos
- C3C Austin Cavallin
- C3C Kate Cavanaugh
- C3C Trace Dowell
- C3C Thomas O’Brien
- C3C Grace Whiston
The Cadets with the rank of C3C are the one who earned their G-wings at the pinning ceremony at the Silent Wings Museum.
- Captain Kari Wise - Soaring Pilot
- Major Bowie Frost - Soaring Pilot
- Major Billy Jacks - Soaring Pilot
- Major Robert Johnston - Soaring Pilot
- Mr. Hansi Buss - Soaring Pilot
- Lt Col Colleen Cameron - Soaring Pilot
- Mr. Chris Greg - Aircraft Maintenance
- Mr. Ryan Coulson - Aircraft Maintenance
- Mr. Tim Miller - Tow Pilot
- Mr. Steve Addison - Tow Pilot
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https://www.unian.info/economics/10753179-ukraine-s-antonov-to-supply-an-178-cargo-aircraft-to-peru-police.html
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Ukrainian State Foreign Trade Enterprise SpetsTechnoExport, part of Ukraine's state-run military-industrial concern Ukroboronprom, has completed the signing a contract with the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Peru for supplies of multipurpose transport aircraft An-178, built by Kyiv-based state-owned Antonov.
"Terms of the contract provide the production and delivery of the Ukrainian aircraft for the needs of the National Police of Peru, provision of training, aftersales service and extended warranties. The tender offer of SpetsTechnoExport was the best, outperforming the final competitors, including C27J from Leonardo (USA-Italy) and CASA C-295 from Airbus (Spain)," SpetsTechnoExport's press service said on November 12.
To determine the final assessment, the customer took into account the performance specifications of the aircraft, delivery time, extended warranties, personnel training, etc.
With the signing of the contract, Ukraine opens the Latin American market for a new generation of Antonov transport aircraft, the report said.
"SpetsTechnoExport is currently negotiating with potential customers of Ukrainian aircraft from other countries in the region," the press service added.
It is noted that the multipurpose transport aircraft An-178 was developed by the Ukrainian Antonov company, which is a part of Ukroboronprom.
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Our female flyers: feisty, fearless — and forgotten
In 1928, a year after she became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the Irish sea, Mary Bailey flew single-handedly from London to Cape Town. The Monaghan-born aristocrat, also known as Lady Bailey, was not the only Irish woman to undertake such a daredevil feat: that same year, Limerick-born Sophie Pierce, also known as Lady Heath, set off from South Africa and made the same trip in reverse.
It was an era in which the world was celebrating aviation pioneers, not least Amelia Earhart, the American who would go on to become the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Michael Traynor, who worked as a private pilot for 40 years and runs a flying club near Leixlip, marvels
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For example: In "The Cold Equations," a space pilot has to boot a stowaway off the ship or it will crash...and a colony won't get some much-needed medical supplies (or something). How would an episode of any Star Trek show solve the problem without the stowaway dying? The pilot could utilize his warp drive to create a warp bubble around the ship that would change its mass. Failing that, the stowaway could be an engineering genius who converts the ship's lavatory into a transporter, which allows the pilot to beam her down to the planet and land the ship safely. Any other examples?
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- Greenville, Texas
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Aerospace Mechanical Engineer job at L 3 Technologies in Greenville TX
Description, duties, responsibilities
Description: L3Harris Greenville (suburb of Dallas TX) is looking for Mechanical Engineers with Aerospace experience.Come contribute directly to the mission. Relocation available if meet IRS requirements.Job Title: Aerospace Mechanical EngineerJob Code: IMS-55800Job Location: Greenville TXJob Description: Participates in the design of detail parts assemblies and installations for aircraft structures mission equipment installations and mechanical systems installations. Engineer applies basic engineering design and/or analytical theory with understanding of structural analysis for application to integrated system design. Engineer will be responsible for research development of layouts preparation of engineering drawings and coordination of design activities with Tooling Flight Sciences Manufacturing and Production to ensure that designs meet requirements at minimum cost. Designs will be accomplished using world-class three-dimensional solid modeling CAD tools and work will be accomplished with senior-level design engineers. Mechanical design engineers have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of tasks and aircraft systems on various aircraft platforms.Essential Functions: Design of detail parts assemblies and installations for aircraft structures mission equipment installations and mechanical systems installations.Qualifications:Requires Bachelor degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Aeronautical/Civil Engineering with four (4) years aircraft design related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Required Skills:Excellent written and verbal communication skills is requiredGood computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office is requiredBe able to walk to and from the flight line work in aircraft hangar environment and board/exit aircraft is required.Willing to travel or relocate if necessaryPreferred Additional Skills:CAD skills are highly desiredUnderstanding of basic aircraft systemsPosition requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Security Clearance at the Secret level which requires U.S. Citizenship.
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Ukraine’s air force shot down one of its own drones on Thursday after it lost control above central Kyiv.
The air force of Ukraine downed its own drone, which lost control and resulted in a series of explosions. Explosions were heard in Ukraine for about 15 to 20 minutes.
This was followed by a series of Russian attacks between Wednesday and Thursday.
The presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, had initially reported that an enemy drone had been shot down. The air force later informed that they had bought down a Ukrainian drone and destroyed it to avoid “undesirable circumstances.”
No casualties were, however, reported after this event.
A Bayraktar TB2 pilotless air device lost control at around 8 p.m. (1700 GMT). It happened during a scheduled flight over the central Kyiv region.
The Air Force has reported that it was “likely” because of a technical malfunction.
AFP journalists reported that during the explosions, they saw the air defence trying to shoot down the drone, while the Kyiv city military administration said that the air defence was at work.
People were seen cheering in social media videos when the drone was shot down.
Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, has informed that the fire fighters had to put out a fire on the ground floor of a four-story shopping centre in the Solomyansky district where the drone was brought down.
The fire spread over 50 square metres and caused some surface damage, but no one was injured.
Drone attack on the Kremlin
This incident comes after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday. Russia claims that the drone attack was supposedly an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin, who was not present inside the building at that moment.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson of the Kremlin, has accused the United States of being the culprit in this alleged drone attack without any evidence.
US National Security Spokesman John Kirby has called this a “ludicrous claim.”
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has denied that his country is behind the alleged drone attack.
Zelensky has said that Ukraine doesn’t attack Moscow or Putin; it only fights on its own territory to defend its cities and villages.
A planned terrorist and assassination attempt
The president’s office of Russia informed that they had downed two drones overnight. Russia had threatened to retaliate when it considered it necessary.
Online footage showed clouds of smoke rising over the Kremlin and a small explosion above the Senate building, while two men appeared to be trying to climb up the dome.
The Russian presidency had described this alleged drone attack as a “planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president.”
Ukraine has said that the Russian accusations are a precursor to massive attacks on Ukraine, and the US is being cautious about the Russian claims.
A Ukrainian presidential advisor warned that Russia may be preparing for a large-scale terrorist provocation.
The alleged drone attack has come before Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow, an event that several foreign dignitaries are supposed to attend. Moscow’s mayor has announced a ban on the flying of unlicensed drones over the city.
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In early 2017, one of the first posts I wrote for Space Tourism Guide was a post of space tourism predictions for the coming year. Back then, I predicted we’d see manned test flights, falling prices, and more interest in space tourism-related activities on earth.
Unfortunately, it has taken a long time for these predictions to come to pass! 2017 and 2018 were great years as the industry developed, but they were steps on a long journey. Now, in 2019, I feel confident making new predictions that seem not only likely but probable.
Here are six space tourism predictions for 2019, showing how far the industry has come – and how far we’ll go this year.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Test Flights
Photo credit: NASA Kennedy via Flickr
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program had major progress in 2018, as both SpaceX and Boeing met major milestones on their timelines to begin flying U.S. astronauts to space on U.S.-made rockets from U.S. soil.
This is important for space tourism because both providers also have rights to sell excess seats to tourists in the future. Test flights will prove the viability and safety of the hardware and show NASA and the world that we’re ready to start launching here again. Someday, these launches may include space tourists too!
Paying Customer Space Tourism Flights
Photo credit: Land Rover MENA va Flickr
Virgin Galactic made headlines late in 2018 with the exciting news that two pilots had finally breached the boundary of space on a test flight. CEO Richard Branson was enthusiastically promoting space tourism as the year ended, and his team met the goal of sending two people to space before the holidays.
I predict that we’ll first see Virgin Galactic send more people to space in 2019. In fact, I think we’ll see Sir Richard himself take the inaugural flight, and hopefully 1-2 more flights with paying customers. I also predict Blue Origin will follow, sending at least one ship of people to space before the end of 2019.
Another Round of Ticket Sales
Once the first space tourist successfully goes to space and returns to earth, I predict you’ll see a swarm of people trying to book tickets. Most space tourism companies, like Virgin Galactic, are sold out 2-3 years in advance (source). Right now, you actually can’t book a ticket. Smart companies will open up reservations again on a limited basis once they’ve proven that space tourism is possible. Like tickets to Hamilton, these will sell out fast and cost a lot. But it’ll give anyone who’s been uncertain about booking a ticket the chance to finally commit. A new influx of cash investment from ticketholders will help space tourism companies scale up even faster.
Three New Company Announcements
Photo credit: Bigelow Aerospace
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that entrepreneurs and inventors are eager to get a piece of the space tourism industry pie. Morgan Stanley named said investing in space was a smart choice late in 2018 (source), and we saw several new companies try to enter the industry last year. Many of these were a bit far-fetched, outlandish, or poorly-planned from a business perspective.
The most notable, Orion Span, made a splash with their space hotel concept, but to date have only raised 10% of their target $2M crowdfunded investment round (source). Similarly, Space Nation, which caught attention in 2017 for claiming to build an app that would eventually produce a reality TV show and a grand winner with a ticket to space, has been notably quiet for most of the last year, reducing parts of their business to focus on the core app.
These wild and crazy ideas, while unlikely to ever succeed, are an important part of the development of the space tourism industry. Some ideas are ‘too soon for their time,’ whereas others don’t make sense at scale… but all signal that the industry is inspiring new ideas and investment.
In 2019, I predict we’ll see at least three new companies enter the market. Some may be right on target to help meet an industry need; others may be a bit ‘out there’ while the industry matures.
Astrotourism on the Rise Propelled by Major Travel Publications
Photo credit: Eddie Yip via Flickr
In late 2018 and early 2019, several major travel outlets named space tourism and astrotourism as a major travel trend:
- Lonely Planet named dark sky tourism to its Best in Travel trends list and put several astrotourism destinations on their top destinations lists (source)
- National Geographic named both astrotourism and space tourism as trends to watch this year (source)
- The San Francisco Chronicle named space tourism part of their future of travel series for 2019 (source)
As mainstream travel publications promote space tourism and astrotourism more, you’ll see more travelers adding these activities onto their travel plans. I predict you’ll see stargazing trips, traveling to see a rocket launch, and even eclipse-chasing will all rise in popularity.
The South American Eclipse will Surpass Tourism Estimates
Photo credit: M. Druckmüller, P. Aniol, K. Delcourte, P. Horálek, L. Calçada/ESO
Speaking of eclipses, there’s another great one this year. On July 2nd, a total solar eclipse will pass across the Pacific Ocean, a few Pacific Island nations, Chile, and Argentina. In some parts of Chile, forecasts predict anywhere from ‘thousands’ to ‘half a million’ people will travel to the area to experience totality. (source)
I predict the actual numbers will surpass even that half-million mark though. Like the 2017 solar eclipse in the U.S., we might not see accurate numbers for several months – if ever. Local tourism from the surrounding area, including from densely populated parts of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, will make traveling to the region around July 2nd a hassle, but it’s always worth it to see totality!
When Will Space Tourism Happen?
2019 looks like the year when space tourism will finally happen. We’ll see a few more test flights and eventually the first paying customers. More travelers will set their sights on visiting someday. Some will even hand over the large amounts needed to go in the next few years. If you’re eagerly waiting to become a space tourist yourself, 2019 should be a great year to watch!
Which of these space tourism predictions do you think will come true?
Featured photo credit: Eddie Yip via Flickr
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Bozeman Aviation Accident Lawyers
Specializing in Aviation Accidents in Bozeman, MT
If you or a loved one has been involved in an aviation accident, you are likely dealing with many different emotions. You might be wondering if you will ever be able to get back to your normal life again, or if you will ever be able to get back to a place where you are not in pain. You might feel overwhelmed by the prospect of dealing with an insurance company on your own. You might be concerned about how you will pay for medical bills, lost wages, or other damages. Our Bozeman aviation accident attorneys at Hoyt & Blewett PLLC are here to help you.
We understand how difficult it is to go through an aviation accident, and we are here to help you get the compensation you deserve. We know how insurance companies work, and we know how to get you the maximum compensation you are owed. We have the skills and experience necessary to fight for you and to help you recover from this tragedy.
What is Considered an Aviation Accident?
An aviation accident is an unfortunate and often catastrophic event involving aircraft, which can result in damage to the aircraft, injuries or fatalities to passengers and crew, or damage to property on the ground. These incidents can occur during various phases of flight, from takeoff to landing, and can involve a wide range of aircraft, including commercial airliners, private planes, helicopters, and military aircraft. Aviation accidents are typically investigated thoroughly to determine their causes and to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The following are several common causes and contributing factors frequently identified in aviation accidents:
- Pilot Error: Pilot error is a leading cause of aviation accidents. This includes mistakes made by the flight crew, such as misjudging weather conditions, navigation errors, improper decision-making, and failing to respond correctly to emergency situations. Fatigue, stress, and inadequate training can contribute to pilot error.
- Mechanical Failures: Aircraft are complex machines with numerous components, and mechanical failures can lead to accidents. Engine failures, structural problems, malfunctioning systems, or issues with critical components like landing gear or control surfaces can result in catastrophic accidents.
- Weather Conditions: Adverse weather conditions, including thunderstorms, fog, heavy turbulence, icing, and strong winds, can pose significant challenges to pilots. Inadequate preparation or decision-making during adverse weather can lead to accidents.
- Maintenance and Inspection Issues: Inadequate maintenance, improper repairs, or overlooked safety checks can lead to equipment or system failures. Regular maintenance and thorough inspections are crucial for aviation safety.
- Air Traffic Control Errors: Miscommunication or mistakes by air traffic controllers can result in accidents, especially during takeoff, landing, or when aircraft are in close proximity to each other. Confusion regarding clearances, runway assignments, and vectors can be critical.
- Bird Strikes: Collisions between aircraft and birds or wildlife can damage engines, windshields, or other critical components, potentially leading to accidents. Airports employ various measures to reduce the risk of bird strikes.
- Mid-Air Collisions: Miscommunication, navigation errors, or inadequate traffic separation can lead to mid-air collisions between aircraft. These accidents often occur near congested airspace or during busy air traffic periods.
- Loss of Control: Loss of control accidents can result from factors such as turbulence, wake turbulence from other aircraft, structural problems, or pilot disorientation. These incidents may lead to uncontrolled flight and crashes.
- Runway Incursions: Incursions occur when unauthorized personnel, vehicles, or aircraft enter active runways, potentially leading to collisions or accidents during takeoff or landing.
- Fuel Issues: Running out of fuel or fuel contamination can result in engine failure and forced landings. Pilots are responsible for monitoring fuel levels and adhering to fueling procedures.
- Sabotage and Terrorism: Deliberate acts of sabotage, hijacking, or terrorism can lead to catastrophic aviation accidents. Security measures are implemented to prevent such events, but they remain a concern.
- Human Factors: Beyond pilot error, human factors can include issues like crew coordination, communication breakdowns, fatigue, stress, and distraction. These factors can impair decision-making and safety.
- Inadequate Training: Pilots and maintenance personnel must undergo rigorous training to ensure safety. Insufficient training or inadequate proficiency in new technologies can contribute to accidents.
- Regulatory and Compliance Issues: Failure to comply with aviation regulations or safety standards can lead to accidents. Airlines and aviation organizations must adhere to strict guidelines to maintain safety.
- Design and Manufacturing Defects: Aircraft or component design flaws and manufacturing defects can lead to accidents. These issues may not become apparent until after the aircraft is in service.
- Cultural and Organizational Factors: The culture and organizational practices within an airline or aviation organization can influence safety. A culture that prioritizes safety is essential for preventing accidents.
How We Help
After an aviation accident, you might be dealing with many different emotions. You might be in shock, you might be in pain, or you might be worried about how you will pay for medical bills, lost wages, or other damages. You might be concerned about how you will get your life back to normal. Our Bozeman aviation accident attorneys at Hoyt & Blewett PLLC are here to help you.
Our services include:
- Aviation Accident Investigation: Determining the cause of an aviation accident is a critical step in pursuing a claim for compensation. Our legal team works closely with experts in aviation accident reconstruction to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident. We leave no stone unturned in identifying responsible parties and building a strong case on your behalf.
- Liability Assessment: Identifying liable parties in aviation accidents can be complex, involving aircraft manufacturers, maintenance providers, pilots, and more. We assess liability comprehensively to ensure that all responsible parties are held accountable for their actions or negligence.
- Compensation Recovery: Aviation accidents often result in significant injuries, medical expenses, and emotional distress. Our attorneys are skilled at pursuing maximum compensation for our clients, including damages for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more.
- Wrongful Death Claims: In cases of fatal aviation accidents, we provide compassionate representation to surviving family members. We help families pursue wrongful death claims to secure financial compensation and hold those responsible accountable for their actions.
- Negotiation and Litigation: Our team of skilled negotiators works tirelessly to reach favorable settlements with insurance companies and at-fault parties. However, we are also prepared to take your case to court if necessary, and our experienced litigators will vigorously advocate for your rights in the courtroom.
At Hoyt & Blewett PLLC in Montana, we understand the devastating impact of personal injuries and wrongful deaths on families. With over 100 years of combined experience, our dedicated team of Montana injury attorneys is here to provide compassionate and skilled legal representation. We offer a free consultation to discuss your case and understand your needs.
Hoyt & Blewett has proven time and again that we are more than willing to take personal injury and wrongful death cases to trial, with the results being very favorable for our clients. Our track record speaks for itself, as we have obtained numerous top personal injury verdicts in Montana, including 18 jury verdicts surpassing $1 million.
If you or someone you know has suffered damages due to the negligence of another, it is important to contact a trial lawyer who will vigorously represent your interests against insurance companies and other corporate defendants.
From their office in Great Falls, Hoyt & Blewett PLLC serves injured clients throughout Montana including Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Billings, Kalispell, Bozeman, Butte, Anaconda, and Sidney.
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Sita Air resumed services at Suketar Airport in Taplejung on Monday since domestic flights were halted over the last five months.
Sita Air took six passengers from Kathmandu to Suketar for the very first time on Monday. As per Sita Air, Regular flights have been launched with particular attention paid to Corona infection, and other required safety precautions from the passenger PCR test.
According to him, the PCR check was made obligatory for passengers traveling from Kathmandu to other locations. Sita Air also issued a discount of Rs 500 for the PCR check. The passenger should cover the remaining costs of the PCR test.
Four passengers scheduling flights to Taplejung on Monday got positive PCR reports. After the report was positive, they were blocked in Kathmandu.
While the government has not made the PCR test compulsory for flight, Sita Air has taken steps to protect passenger health.
Chief of the Taplejung Civil Aviation Office, Surya Bahadur Khatri, even said particular attention had been given to the health and safety of Suketar Airport, which had been closed for a long time due to the outbreak.
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The X3 Ion Thruster Is Here, This Is How It’ll Get Us to Mars The X3 is a new type of propulsion engine that smashed records during test firings. This engine and other electric propulsion systems will help us reach distant planets faster than ever before. Facebook Prev Article Next Article Space Checkout these cool gadgets... Related Posts How Does NASA Detect Atmospheres on Distant Worlds? Life on Enceladus “World’s first battery-powered rocket” readied for launch Mysterious Plumes on Mars Have Scientists Stumped Did Earth Have Two Moons? Who Built This Mystery Circle On Mars?
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Lockheed Martin announced a successful test firing of the dual-mode guidance system on its Joint Air-to-Ground missile, hitting a moving target. In a July 23 release, Lockheed said the JAGM flew 6.2 kilometers, about four miles, and initially acquired the target with its precision strike semi-active laser. The missile then engaged its millimeter wave radar to hit and destroy the moving target during the test at Eglin AFB, Fla. The flight test was part of Lockheed’s risk-reduction efforts during the engineering and manufacturing phase of the Army contract, the company said. “This second flight test success demonstrates that Lockheed Martin’s JAGM solution is a proven, low-risk capability,” said Frank St. John, vice president of the tactical missiles and combat maneuver systems at Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control division.
April 18, 2024
While a deal on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne battle management jet may come soon, negotiations are stuck on the high price Boeing is asking for the development jets, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said recently.
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News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
Leonardo, Falcon Aviation Services building new rotorcraft terminal for Dubai Expo 2020
The USHST has unveiled recommended practices document for developing stability augmentation systems and autopilots in light helicopters.
Transport Canada is now mandating fluorescent penetrant inspections on Bell 505 collective sticks every 25 hours.
AIN surveyed readers to learn more about how pilots are using flight planning tablet apps and which ones they prefer.
In the wake of the Kobe Bryant crash report, NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt is pressing for more IFR helicopter operations.
Aerion ADS-B system will monitor helicopter operations in the Bodo Oceanic flight region to altitudes of 10,000 feet.
Erickson said it would begin flying an optionally-piloted S-64F+ in 2022 and that it aimed for first customer deliveries in 2024.
The practice remains controversial and what's permitted is still unclear, though the FAA issued guidance on this subject a year ago, according to the GAO.
Transport Canada issues emergency airworthiness directive mandating inspection of collective sticks in Bell 505s.
Blade Urban Air Mobility announced that it would base helicopters at Vertiport Chicago.
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- NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission this month.
- Astronauts on each of NASA’s six Apollo missions planted an American flag on the moon.
- Brilliant sunlight and a lack of atmosphere to filter it have likely bleached all of the Apollo flags bone-white. It’s possible some of the flags are also disintegrating.
- Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
The photos have stood the test of time: A spacesuit-clad Apollo astronaut stands proudly next to a red-white-and-blue American flag on the moon, his national trophy saying: "The United States was here."
Unfortunately, the six flags planted on the lunar surface from 1969 through 1972 haven’t fared so well.
Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2012 showed that at least five out six flags were still standing. However, scientists think decades’ worth of brilliant sunlight have bleached away their emblematic colors.
The result? The flags are probably completely bone-white by now, as we first learned from Gizmodo.
Their condition may now be even worse: On the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 moon landing (July 20), some of the flags are likely starting to disintegrate.
A company called Annin Flagmakers wove the flags out of rayon, and each one cost NASA a paltry $5.50 (more than $33.00 today when adjusted for inflation). On the surface of Earth, such flags fade in sunlight. That’s because ultraviolet light — the same wavelength that causes sunburn — excels at breaking down fibers and colors.
On Earth, some UV light gets absorbed by our planet’s atmosphere, though not all of it. But the moon has no atmosphere at all to absorb sunlight, and outside of craters, there is no shade. This means the flags planted by the Apollo astronauts are exposed to constant, glaring sunlight and solar radiation for two-week stretches at a time, since one "day" on the moon lasts about 27 Earth days.
In a July 2011 article for Smithsonian Air & Space magazine, lunar scientist Paul Spudis explains:
"Over the course of the Apollo program, our astronauts deployed six American flags on the moon. For 40-odd years, the flags have been exposed to the full fury of the moon’s environment – alternating 14 days of searing sunlight and 100° C heat with 14 days of numbing-cold -150° C darkness. But even more damaging is the intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the pure unfiltered sunlight on the cloth (modal) from which the Apollo flags were made. Even on Earth, the colors of a cloth flag flown in bright sunlight for many years will eventually fade and need to be replaced. So it is likely that these symbols of American achievement have been rendered blank, bleached white by the UV radiation of unfiltered sunlight on the lunar surface. Some of them may even have begun to physically disintegrate under the intense flux.
"America is left with no discernible space program while the moon above us no longer flies a visible US flag. How ironic."
Will we return to the moon?
Much has changed since Spudis’ lament, but a lot hasn’t: As of yet, no human being has returned to the moon.
However, NASA is working hard to fly astronauts into deep space by developing ultra-powerful Space Launch System rockets. The goal is to build a "gateway" space station at the moon that would reach lunar orbit in the early 2020s. A five-year plan that the Trump administration recently announced, called Artemis, endeavors to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2024.
The lunar space station would be crewed with astronauts, who’d at first fly landers and robots to the moon’s surface (perhaps to scout for water deposits that could be mined and turned into rocket fuel). They’d use the facility as a way point to send people to and from the lunar surface on regular missions. However, some Apollo astronauts — while excited — are skeptical about whether NASA can stick to its timeline.
In any case, the commercial sector is increasingly looking like an integral part of NASA’s plans to reach the moon.
Tech mogul Elon Musk and his aerospace company, SpaceX, are developing a giant steel rocket called Starship that should be capable of reaching the moon or Mars. By 2023, Musk hopes to launch the company’s first space tourist — a Japanese billionaire named Yusaku Maezawa — in one of the spaceships, along with a small crew of hand-picked artists. The plan is to fly them around the moon, but not land on it.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns the rocket company Blue Origin, is also eager to move industry into space and colonize the moon. The billionaire recently unveiled Blue Moon, a spacecraft he hopes will help return astronauts to the lunar surface.
NASA has also launched a competition to select small commercial moon landers that would carry government-sanctioned experiments to the moon (alongside private payloads). Some of these companies might even try to land near the sites of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, or 17 and record live views of what the historic areas of the moon look like today.
If that comes to pass, there may be a flag in the frame — and we might settle the question of what happened to them after spending more than 46 years under the sun.
Jennifer Welsh contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.
This story has been updated with new information. It was originally published on April 9, 2017.
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Forty-five percent of all aircraft in the United States have received clearance from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to take off and, above all, to land at all airports in the country in the vicinity of which mobile phone coverage is planned. . This means that fifty-five percent of all commercial aircraft will have problems operating at those airports at times when it is necessary to operate in low visibility conditions and use automated systems.
With this rating, the two major US telephone companies, Verizon and AT&T, will begin to publish coverage of this new telephony (‘Communications’ and aviation, in an all-out war in the US for 5G).
The problem is with the altimeters used by some aircraft, which do not function normally in an environment where there are 5G phone wireless signals. These altimeters are also installed on aircraft manufactured by Boeing or Airbus.
The problem affects eighty-eight commercial airports in the country, but the situation is certainly more serious in forty-eight of them.
At all of these airports, since January 5, it’s not possible to land with low visibility until phone companies establish areas with no coverage for six months. Similarly, in some cases there will be a delay in the installation of repeaters of these signals.
Despite everything, there are still many aircraft that cannot land at certain airports, in certain visibility conditions, especially in the forty-eight on the most controversial list.
Passengers and airlines should be aware of these airports, which aircraft are operated and also whether visibility conditions on that particular day require the use of automated landings.
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The US Air Force's X-37B space plane is heading back to Low Earth Orbit after a record-breaking fifth mission last year. It’s scheduled to launch on May 16th from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and while it still belongs to the Air Force, the newly formed US Space Force will oversee its upcoming launch, operations and landing.
The plane started carrying out missions in 2010, serving as the platform for what are mostly classified experimental payloads. It wasn’t even clear what mission objectives it completed when it came back in late 2019 after spending 780 days in orbit, 240 days longer than expected.
While we were only previously given vague hints of what the plane was carrying, the Space Force is more forthright this time around. In its announcement, the military division has revealed that the X-37B’s sixth mission will deploy a small satellite called FalconSat-8 that was developed by the US Air Force Academy.
As Gizmodo notes, the military might be more willing to share information this time around, because the mission objectives aren’t as sensitive: FalconSat-8 is an educational platform that will come with five experimental payloads. The flight will also carry two NASA experiments to study the effects of radiation on seeds and materials used to grow food in space.
Randy Walden, the Director and Program Executive Officer for the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, called the sixth mission a “big step” for the X-37B program. It’s the first time the plane is using a service module to host experiments, and that will allow it to host more experimental payloads going forward.
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Southwest Airlines has plans to fly to Hawaii in the coming months. The flights will be operated from four California airports: Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Diego. The flights will service Honolulu (Oahu), Kahului (Maui), Kona (Island of Hawaii), and Lihue (Kauai). In addition to these flights, Southwest announced that it would provide interisland flights.
Today, the airline completed a major task prior to ferrying passengers to Hawaii. A Southwest Airlines 737-800, carrying federal safety inspectors, landed in Honolulu at 2:50p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. This critical first step paves the way for the airline to receive Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (ETOPS) certification. This certification allows twin engine aircraft to fly routes where, at some point, it will be more than 60 minutes away from the nearest airport suitable for emergency landing.
Southwest hopes to begin selling tickets shortly after receiving the ETOPS certification.
The addition of Southwest Airlines to Hawaii gives customers another option to the islands. The main issue that I foresee is the lengthy time that it will take to get from the east coast to the islands due to connections and layovers. If you have some extra time in your schedule, maybe give Southwest Airlines a try on your next Hawaiian vacation.
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This is a relatively new branch of clinical and occupational medicine.
What it deals with:
Aerospace medicine deals with the short term and long term problems an aviator and an astronaut face. An Aero Med Spl is a medical doctor, who has to study about physics, aerodynamics, aeronautical engineering, space and high altitude physiology, clinical medicine, psychology and medical administration.
Aerospace Medicine is taught as a PG subject in Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore. Earlier, it was under Bangalore University. The Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM), located at Vimanapura, Bangalore 560017, imparts a 3-year postgraduate course. Aerospace Medicine has mainly been dominated by Defence Service Doctors. With the expansion of aviation industry, a number of civilian doctors have undergone this course, and are flourishing in India and abroad.
What is the work of an Aero Med Spl?
Briefly, he/she does the following:
Selection of aircrew/astronauts
Periodic medical of aircrew/astronauts
Medical care of aircrew/astronauts
Aviation associated support personnel and passengers. Research in the field of aviation/space travel
Active Medical support in operation flying and space travel
Some sites to visit:
icao.org nasa.gov space.com
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We're only hours away from the riskiest part of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn -- braking! The Cassini probe has been slowing down naturally for quite some time as it approaches aphelion in its solar orbit. All that's required now is a successful 96-minute main engine burn to reduce its speed enough to be captured into Saturn orbit. If all goes well, we'll have a treasure trove of science beamed back from Saturn during the next four years.
In the meantime, here is more of what Cassini has treated us to so far:
Titan! Saturn's largest moon is seen here in an animation of its rotation. This will be the destination of the Huygens probe when it detaches from Cassini in six months -- parachuting down into the atmosphere of one of the largest moons in the solar system.
And at this site, you can listen to Saturn's rotation as recorded by Cassini. Here are the radio emissions of charged particles interacting with Saturn's magnetic field, shifted into the frequency range detectable by the human ear. Using this method, scientists have determined the average rotation period of Saturn to be about 10 hours and 45 minutes. Strangely, this is six minutes slower than the measurements of the Voyager flybys over twenty years ago. Is Saturn slowing down?
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Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been selected for three categories in the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services governmentwide contract vehicle for small businesses.
MTSI secured spots in OASIS SB’ vendor pools for research and development work on aircraft, aircraft parts, space vehicles and guided missiles, the company said Tuesday.
Mark Lester, MTSI’s senior director of business development, said the company will offer agencies technical and engineering services through OASIS SB.
According to the company, OASIS SB could be worth worth up to $10 billion over 15 years for all awardees.
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Performance of Materials in Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Exhaust Environments 840924
An extensive program has been conducted to evaluate the performance of a broad spectrum of heatshield materials in the near-field exhaust regions of solid propellant rocket motors. Environmental emphasis focused on motors which produce a high concentration of alumina particles in the exhaust flow field. Testing was performed using various tactical missile motors and specially-designed solid propellant rocket motor simulators. Specimens surveyed included a wide variety of commercially available and specialty heatshield materials. Materials were evaluated from a weight and cost basis, as well as from a relative erosion standpoint.
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This Tuesday, July 12, NASA will unveil the first images of the brand new James Webb Space Telescope. This is a remarkable step for the scientific world, which is finally seeing the first results of years of work. Observations will quickly lead to a smaller star system: from TRAPPIST-1, consider discovering life in the Universe, perhaps.
That’s it! The first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) arrive this Tuesday, July 12 Images that will amaze enthusiasts as their accuracy is revolutionary. This is an event that astronomers around the world have been waiting for for years.
What will these first images be delivered by the famous successor to the Hubble telescope? A galaxy? Cosmic dust cloud? Distant planets? The target has not yet been revealed by NASA and researchers have made bets.
James Webb’s first shot probably won’t show anything new, but it will demonstrate the telescope’s power. It has a giant mirror with a diameter of 6 meters, while its older brother Hubble’s mirror was only 2.4 meters. The aim will be to show the most spectacular images possible because “NASA has invested a lot of money in this project, the general public has to be there too”, according to researcher Jeremy Leconte of the University of Bordeaux.
Moon, Mars… What is the next ambition to conquer space?
A long term task
JWST was launched into space by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana on December 25. The telescope then headed for an observation point 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, which it reached on January 24. A particularly successful trip, which allowed James Webb to remain under observation for 20 years instead of the five years originally announced.
The James Webb Telescope uses very powerful cameras to observe in the infrared domain and directly from space. He would then be able to go far back into the universe’s past, to see the first galaxies forming, shortly after the Big Bang.
James Webb Space Telescope: “I want to blow up”, explains Olivier Bern, Toulouse astronomer
James Webb in Search of Life
A small part of the sky is of particular interest to this new telescope. Aquarius contains a red dwarf called TRAPPIST-1 with seven exoplanets (planets that do not orbit the Sun) orbiting it. “The peculiarity of this system is that it is very close to us, only 40 light-years away, which is minimal on the scale of the galaxy,” explained researcher Michael Gillon of the University of Liège, who, with his team, discovered Trappist-1 seven years ago.
Three to four planets in this system are in the “stellar habitable zone,” meaning liquid water could potentially develop. “This system has established itself as the best target for James Webb, in the field of research on exoplanets, it is even the main target” added the astrophysicist. In fact, 25% of JWST’s time was devoted to studying exoplanets, and 11% of that time was reserved specifically for TRAPPIST-1.
Holidays 2022: Planets, stars, supermoons, Perseids… Where and when to observe the sky this summer?
The main mission of the James Webb telescope will be to analyze the presence or absence of atmospheres on the planets of the TRAPIST-1 system. “We hope that at the end of the first cycle of observations (from now until the end of 2023) we will have the first answers to our questions” the scientist noted. The presence of an atmosphere is essential for life to develop on a planet. If one or more planets have atmospheres, JWST will analyze their composition.
The results aren’t there yet, but the scientific world is moving on from this great leap forward, and hopes to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions lie in the images and data provided by this brand new telescope.
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NASA is returning humans to the Moon — with a little help from its friends.
Back in September, NASA unveiled the National Space Exploration Campaign, a detailed plan for the future of space exploration. One of the plan's five stated goals was to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon for extended missions, and on Thursday NASA unveiled the private companies that'll help them get there.
A Lunar Lyft
During a presentation streamed live via NASA Television, YouTube, and several other outlets, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that NASA has awarded Commercial Lunar Payload Services contracts to Astrobotic Technology, Deep Space Systems, Draper, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin, Masten Space Systems, Moon Express, and Orbit Beyond.
Essentially, NASA is paying these companies to transport both people and cargo to and from the Moon. The idea is that having these companies compete with one another while also servicing customers besides NASA will lower the cost of lunar transportation.
This isn't the the first example of NASA partnering with private companies. Both SpaceX and Boeing are developing crafts to transport NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. NASA is also currently working with six private companies to develop 10 "tipping point" technologies it believes will benefit future missions.
NASA has previously stated it hopes to have humans orbiting the Moon by 2023 and actually landing on it before 2030 — and now we know exactly which companies will help it meet those goals.
READ MORE: NASA Administrator to Announce New Moon to Mars Partnerships With US Companies [NASA]
More on NASA: NASA’s Got Ambitious Goals for Crewed Space Exploration
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Wyld Propulsion Award
The Propulsion Award and the James H. Wyld Memorial Award honoring the developer of the regeneratively-cooled rocket engine were combined in 1964 to become the James H. Wyld Propulsion Award. In 1975 the name was again modified to the Wyld Propulsion Award, which is now presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems. This annual award is generally presented at the AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum (PROPULSION/ENERGY).
Nomination Deadline: 1 February
- Full Name: Mr Thomas Davidson
- Category: Technical Excellence
- AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions that led to the emergence of solid rockets as a major factor in the ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, and leadership that is paving the way for similar successes in the future
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Did you know?
- The shortest connecting flight from Friedrichshafen to Zagreb is 1002 km on Lufthansa Croatia.
- The shortest flight between Friedrichshafen and Zagreb on Lufthansa is 1002 km.
- The largest aircraft operated by Lufthansa flying between Friedrichshafen and Zagreb is a CRJ with 50 seats.
- The shortest connecting flight from Friedrichshafen to Zagreb is 3 hours, 45 minutes on Lufthansa Croatia.
- 3 flights per week fly out of Friedrichshafen connecting to Zagreb.
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Image: NASANASA's historic mission to "touch the Sun" just reached two important milestones: It now holds the record for the closest approach to the Sun by a human-built object-and also the record for the fastest spacecraft ever sent into space.Launched on August 12, 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is now entering into the first stages of its mission.
In addition, NASA said that Parker has developed a Solar Probe and record the heliocentric velocity (speed relative to the Sun), also surpassing the record of Helios 2, which 246,960 km/h. NASA officials also expect the probe to surpass the fastest speed relative to the Sun record that Helios-2 also set at 153,454 miles per hour.
"Parker Solar Probe is also expected to break the record for fastest spacecraft traveling relative to the Sun on October 29 at about 10:54 p.m. EDT".
"It's been just 78 days since Parker Solar Probe launched, and we've now come closer to our star than any other spacecraft in history", said Project Manager Andy Driesman.
Woman survives six days in Arizona desert after crash
She walked towards railroad tracks in the area in hopes of being found, but she didn't make it to the tracks due to her condition. The three saw a mangled auto entangled in a mesquite tree, made their way to the bottom of the hill and checked the vehicle .
In the year 2025, Parker Solar Probe is estimated to get a speed of 692,012 km/h (430,000 mph) which will for sure break all the records. By April of that year, the spacecraft had set new records for closest distance to the Sun, and speed travelling around the Sun.
"It's a proud moment for the team, though we remain focused on our first solar encounter, which begins on October 31".
"He called this cascade of energy the solar wind, and he described an entire complex system of plasmas, magnetic fields and energetic particles that make up this phenomenon", according to a NASA entry on Parker. As of now, the Parker Solar Probe is the spacecraft that has traveled the closest to the Sun. And it will keep getting closer to the sun until it flies through the corona, or outer atmosphere, for the first time next week, passing within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the solar surface. Parker was one of the first in the world of specialists involved in studies of the solar wind.
The Parker Solar Probe team periodically measures the spacecraft's precise speed and position using NASA's Deep Space Network, or DSN. These observations will add key knowledge to NASA's efforts to understand the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other worlds.
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1/72 108 Italeri Republic RF-84F Thunderstreak - Italian and Belgain Air Forces
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
Nicely molded with fine raised panel lines. Includes decals for both aircraft and color painting guide.
This item has been sold.
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Fly with Air France
Air France has joined forces with KLM to create one of the largest airline groups in Europe under Air France KLM. You can book Air France flights in South Africa with Travelstart. Simply enter your desired itinerary into the flight booking engine above and wait for Travelstart to show you the results. If you’re looking for cheap flights then be sure to compare Air France ticket prices against other airlines flying to your destination. Travelstart always displays the cheapest flights first whether these are from Air France, KLM or any other international airline flying to your destination.
Note: The flight booking engine is set for flights from Cape Town to Paris. You can easily change this by editing the From/To search parameters yourself.
Air France (code AF) is the national airline of France operating an extensive worldwide network from their hub at Paris' Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG). Currently offering flights to more than 260 destinations in 106 countries throughout the world, Air France reportedly carried nearly 60 000 000 passengers in 2011!
Did you know? Air France & British Airways were the only airlines operating schedule services on Concorde until its retirement in 2003.
Air France and KLM are members of the SkyTeam global airline alliance - the second largest airline alliance in terms of passengers (Star Alliance is the largest).
Air France is a founding member of the SkyTeam network. Designed to offer passengers more destinations and more connections from the best hubs in the world, the SkyTeam Alliance’s 15 members has a global coverage of 4500 daily flights to over 900 destinations in 173 countries. The end result for you is more flexibility and more choices for flights to international destinations.
For Air France flights from South Africa, baggage allowance is set by the airline as follows:
- Economy Class (Voyageur) – 1 piece, 23kg
- Business Class (Affaires) – 3 pieces, 23kg each
- First Class (La Première) – 3 pieces, 23kg each
For hand luggage, Air France allows passengers to carry 12kg in Economy Class and 18kg in Business/First Class.
Check in for Air France flights from South Africa opens 3 hours before departure. Remember to arrive early and have your passport, Travelstart e-ticket and Visa documents handy to check in.
For flights from Cape Town to Paris, check in is located in the international departures terminal (upper level) at Cape Town Airport. For flights from Johannesburg to Paris, check in counters are located in the international departures Terminal A (upper level) at Johannesburg International Airport.
Air France South Africa
Air France offer competitive fares from South Africa to Europe, North America and the Caribbean through the SkyTeam alliance.
You can book direct Air France flights from South Africa to Paris. Air France offers direct daily flights to Paris from Johannesburg on the A380, and from Cape Town on the smaller Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
AF Flights from Cape Town
Air France operates direct flights between Paris and Cape Town in the South African summer months (October to March). Direct Cape Town-Paris flights depart 3 times weekly and flying time is approximately 14 hours.
Book Air France flights to Paris and beyond on Travelstart South Africa now.
The information on this page is correct as of September 2014. While every effort is made to keep information as fresh as possible, Travelstart.co.za takes no responsibility for any of the information being out of date or incorrectly noted.
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College Fellow and former Senior Tutor, Dr Helen Mason OBE, delivers The James W. Dungey Prize Lecture
College Fellow and former Senior Tutor, Dr Helen Mason OBE, delivered a Royal Astronomical Society Prize lecture last Friday entitled ‘A Golden Age of Solar Physics’. The James W. Dungey Lecture is given annually by a distinguished and eloquent speaker on a topic in geophysics (including solar physics, solar-terrestrial physics or planetary sciences).
On the same day, Helen helped to launch an exciting new project – the Space to Earth Challenge. The Challenge is linked to the ESA/UK astronaut Tim Peake’s flight on the International Space Station in December (for six months). Helen helped welcome 170 children to the launch which was hosted by Dallas Campbell (BBC) and the Triathlon Trust. Helen provided resources for the Challenge website and also ran some workshops for the children at the event.
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Endeavour arrives at launch pad
Posted On: Mar 14, 2011
Endeavour at launch pad. A NASA photo
CAPE CANAVERAL (BNS):
NASA space shuttle Endeavour has moved to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as it prepares to embark on its last space mission next month.
The shuttle arrived at the launch pad on March 11, two days later than previously scheduled due to potential lightening and storms in the area. Ground workers and technicians began preparing the shuttle for its final flight, NASA said.
Six astronauts will be launched on board the spacecraft on April 19 on a 14 day mission to the International Space Station.
During the mission, Endeavour will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for Dextre and micrometeoroid debris shields to the orbital laboratory, NASA said.
Endeavour will be the second NASA shuttle to retire after Discovery which successfully completed its final space mission and touched down Earth on March 9.
The flight of Endeavour will be followed by shuttle Atlantis’ launch on June 28 to deliver spare parts and extra supplies to the ISS.
NASA is retiring all the three winged orbiters later this year after 30 years of shuttle flight.
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https://thedistin.com/2021/02/21/sad-8-people-dead-nigerian-airforce-crashed-after-48-minutes-of-take-off/
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A Nigerian Air Force NAF201 B350 aircraft departed Abuja at 10 am with 6 persons on board including 2 crew.
According to information gathered the aircraft reported engine failure after 9 mins of take-off waiting for further instruction.
The aircraft crashed landed on the final approach path of Abuja Runway 22 at time 10:48am
Plane crash happened behind Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja
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Poole, Caroline Boeing, 1884-1932
Caroline Boeing (1884-1932) was the sister of William E. Boeing, the founder of the Boeing Company. iN 1907 she married John H. Poole (1878-1940).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William E. Boeing Sr. Papers
Abstract William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.
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https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-piper-pa-39-twin-comanche-c-r-g-lare
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The pilot flying and examiner were on the final circuit of a two-hour flight to revalidate an instrument rating and a multi-engine proficiency check. Downwind, the aircraft was configured for a simulated asymmetric approach and landing, with intermediate flaps selected and undercarriage down. They were instructed by ATC to orbit to the left once, late downwind, due to two aircraft ahead of them joining the circuit to land. During the orbit the pilot flying retracted the flaps and undercarriage and neither he nor the examiner realised they were still retracted on the approach to land. During the flare the propellers and rear fuselage contacted the ground and a go-around was immediately initiated. A circuit was flown and an uneventful landing made.
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Published 8 February 2018
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http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/dart-launched-on-indiegogo-to-involve-drone-enthusiasts-in-helping-their-community-746441.htm
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Chesapeake, VA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/29/2016 --Tom Walker, technology developer and President of Web Teks, has launched DART on Indiegogo, a project that that will enable drone owners and pilots to use their skills to potentially save lives. Nearly two million drones are flying in the U.S today and DART (Drone Assisted Response Team) is a system that will quickly organize drone owners who have volunteered to assist their community in a time of dire need. The platform works by pushing public alerts to mobile applications used by the volunteers so that they can see where and when their drone skills are required in real time.
A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is operated by a pilot remotely; usually he or she stands on the ground and controls the drone with a handset. Rapid advancements in drone technology have led to increasing numbers of consumers owning and piloting drones for photography, filming, and obtaining observational data.
With DART, Walker has identified an untapped opportunity to leverage drone pilot's capabilities to assist local communities in times of need.
DART pilots might be called on to fly their drones to help in situations such as:
- Missing children
- Storm assessment
- Amber or Silver alerts
- Search and recovery
- First response intelligence
- Disaster assistance
- National security
- Fragile population protection
- Missing persons or lost pets
- Emergency situations
- Law enforcement
- Other requests for help where an arial viewpoint could be vital
News items have recently reported on drones saving lives during major floods and in locating missing persons in grave danger, or those who have become injured or unwell. In these cases, drones were being flown in the vicinity of the area by chance. DART will ensure the deliberate, coordinated efforts of drone pilots when and where they are needed the most.
The team behind DART has launched the project on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise funds for the development of the platform, outside technical services, legal compliance support, marketing, and ongoing administrative costs. A target of $85K has been set which will fund DART's launch.
Once launched, the team will work on obtaining contract and grant opportunities to support the project and have already identified potential sources.
"This is an opportunity for those who own and pilot drones for a hobby to make a major impact in their communities," said Walker. " We believe that if we help save just one life, or help find just one missing child, all our efforts will be worth it."
DART is also seeking to recruit volunteer drone operators to join the project, both professional and amateur, and beta testers to evaluate the new platform. They hope to be able to extend DART's services to more countries in the future.
The team welcomes donations via their Indiegogo page, which can be found here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dart-drone-assisted-response-team-drones-community#/
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https://www.halldale.com/articles/15873-jf-taylor-wins-us-navy-contract-for-simulation-systems
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J.F. Taylor Inc. won a $109.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides for the development of simulation systems and software to support training activities as well as acquisition development and lifecycle support for the Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division 5.4.3, Simulation Division.
Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Maryland and Patuxent River, Maryland and is expected to be completed in November 2024. This contract was competitively procured, as a small business set-aside, via an electronic request for proposal; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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https://generalaviationnews.com/2008/12/31/aircraft-spruce-adds-fuel-computer-to-line-up/
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Experimental aircraft owners can now increase the information available to them with a Flight Data Systems AFP-30, according to officials at Aircraft Spruce, which is now selling the three-in-one computer that provides performance information, fuel projections and outside air data.
Pilots will have access to the engine’s actual percent of horsepower, based on the manufacturer’s power chart, along with tachometer and manifold pressure indications. The fuel computer function, enhanced with GPS communications, displays miles per gallon, aircraft range and reserve (based on destination airport), along with current fuel flow. The air data read-outs include winds aloft information, true airspeed and mach number, altitude information including density altitude and vertical speed as well as total and saturated outside air temperature.
The display pages can be customized to show any four data items at one time. The AFP-30 is compatible with most handheld and panel mount GPS units. Data is continuously sent to panel mounted GPS units filling in the GPS’s data pages and increasing panel mount GPS capability.
The AFP-30 is designed to fit into a standard radio rack. It allows the pilot to set the engine to run at a specific percentage of horsepower, to see true airspeed, density altitude while taking the active runway and the display panel is readable in direct sunlight.
For more information: 877-4-SPRUCE or AircraftSpruce.com.
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http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=1466826902
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Smallsats. They are delivering affordable agility and flexibility for the space and satellite industry, but there are countless hurdles to overcome to be viable, long-lasting, and robust solutions to the problems that customized large and expensive systems face.
Indeed, the explosion of smallsats in recent years has inspired the minds of anyone who is even tangentially interested in the space domain and has brought into question the future of large spacecraft and their role both commercially and for governments.
With the increase in commercial launch platforms, space is more accessible today than ever before. Smallsats are not only a great entry point into space for countries, universities, and industry, but they offer an alternative solution that is cheaper, smaller, and more agile to continue achieving the mission on a shorter timeline than traditional missions.
To continue accelerating the smallsat revolution’s positive trajectory while reducing the costs of putting satellites in space, the question quickly turns to “what innovative, cost-effective, and high-quality solution does the smallsat market need to continue quickly delivering capability to those that need it?”
One often overlooked answer is a flexible plug-and-play ground architecture that doesn’t require immense investment from smallsat providers. Leveraging an existing infrastructure by offering a “lease as you need” model can avoid excessive ground costs from establishing an entirely new set up. A commercial facility operating satellites that isn’t burdened by controlled access to a government facility can be the answer and one exists today at the Catalyst Campus.
The Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation (www.catalystcampus.com) is a collaborative ecosystem located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, that harbors an impressive collection of industry, academia, and government entities with the purpose of promoting partnerships and leveraging commercial and government investments enhancing technology in the space arena.
Currently spanning over eight acres and 135,000+ square feet of commercial space (with an additional 50,000+ square feet planned in the next year), Catalyst Campus (www.catalystcampus.com) provides an infrastructure designed to support rapid development and innovation of technology that can immediately meet the needs and demands of smallsat developers and customers.
Braxton Technologies, LLC, is one of the flagship members of the Catalyst Campus. Braxton is an agile small business headquartered in Colorado Springs that specializes in developing software products to outfit any part of a satellite operations center.
Leveraging their satellite operations knowledge and location on the Campus, Braxton has created an environment where providers can fly their satellites, including smallsats, from a commercial facility for a small fraction of the standard, start-up ground system cost as the infrastructure, products, technology, and lab space already exist.
The infrastructure at this facility affords smallsats the opportunity to fly their spacecraft in an environment already compliant with the most common data and communication standard formats. Specific solutions are quickly tailored to meet specific needs and requirements.
Oftentimes, smallsats experience significant budgetary constraints, trying to squeeze as much value from a mission that they can with their limited resources. Frequently, there is not enough budget to consider a robust ground solution that isn’t hobby-shopped together or only considered as an after-thought; most of a smallsat project’s budget goes towards the satellite manufacturing and launch, where it rightfully should be.
Having an existing plug-and-play infrastructure for the ground control segment is of vital interest to the smallsat community, which removes a level of complexity from planning their mission and implementing the total solution. In addition to leveraging an existing, common infrastructure, another value-added component is the ability to lease the capability as needed, using a services model.
Many smallsat missions have a shorter life span and it therefore doesn’t make sense to invest significant resources into developing a ground segment that will not be used for an extensive period of time. Braxton offers a Satellite Operations Center-as-a-Service (SOC-S) specifically for the smallsat community. This SOC-as-a-Service model gives users and operators the ability to manage constellation-level missions that leverage existing commercial products, therefore eliminating the need for further development, testing, and integration activities.
Smallsat missions frequently get bumped down the priority totem-pole for antenna time in favor of military missions and requirements. As part of the SOC-S concept, Braxton has formed valuable partnerships with commercial antenna providers to hook into commercial apertures of all sizes and at all latitudes to ensure resilient and secure global access to a satellite vehicle at any time while also enabling data routing consistent with mission requirements. Commercial antennas provide smallsat operators resilient access to their space assets and the opportunity to still receive their data and contact their satellite at desired points of time.
Braxton is scheduled to support several satellites from the Catalyst Campus in the next year and offers an extensive array of solutions that are easily tailored to meet smallsat ground needs; everything from satellite command and control, to constellation-level mission management, enterprise-level scheduling and resource optimization, satellite and ground simulations, and orbit determination — Braxton does it all for a fraction of the cost of traditional providers.
Heidi Wright is the Director of Technical Marketing at Braxton Technologies, LLC headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She specializes in combining her engineering and business development background from working at several small businesses and government agencies to market and deliver cost-effective, high-quality agile technical solutions for satellite ground systems. She holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University and is currently pursuing her MBA at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
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Appendices of the modern theory of movement of an artificial satellite to forecasting trajectories of navigating satellites
Control and Navigation systems
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), 4, Volokolamskoe shosse, Moscow, А-80, GSP-3, 125993, Russia
AbstractOne of the major problems constantly solved during functioning of systems of differential navigation, the problem of precision forecasting of trajectories of navigating satellites is. The more exact is such forecasting, the expenses for operation of system will be smaller. In clause aspects of use of achievements of the modern theory of movement of the center of weights of artificial satellites of the Earth to forecasting movement of navigating satellites are considered.
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https://www.flyingmag.com/news/groups-warn-fiscal-cliff-could-impact-aviation/
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With the clock ticking to avoid a year-end fiscal cliff, aviation leaders are warning that sharp cuts in the federal budget could have a long-lasting ripple effect through the aviation community.
“The fact is that we are in uncharted territory” as the fiscal cliff nears, noted NBAA president Ed Bolen in a message to members. “No one really knows precisely what specific programs will be affected, or the extent of the impact.”
The FAA would face budget reductions, and the effect could be severe as certification of new aircraft, avionics and engines all would likely slow to a trickle, Bolen warned. Aviation system modernization could also be impacted, with progress on NextGen slowing or possibly stalling altogether.
As the White House and Congress try to work out a deal to avoid automatic funding reductions and tax increases due to take effect in the new year, aviation organizations are also warning that aviation user fees could end up on the bargaining table.
"Although our community has more than 200 allies in Congress who either belong to the House or Senate General Aviation Caucus, the pressure to raise revenue will be intense," Bolen said. The White House has proposed a $100-per-flight fee on IFR flights by turbine-powered aircraft.
A study earlier this year by the Aerospace Industries Association estimated that budget cuts to FAA operations as a result of the fiscal cliff could cost up to 132,000 aviation jobs and sap $80 billion a year from the nation’s GDP.
Meanwhile, Natca, the controller's union, released a study showing that sequestration cuts brought about by the fiscal cliff could cripple ATC.
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https://news.alfaisal.edu/boeing-visits-alfaisal/
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Last week, one of Alfaisal University’s co-founders, trusted partners and funders of the College of Engineering’s Capstone Project visited us to oversee latest developments in the Solar Drone and Solar Car projects, as well as to present a lecture titled: “Second Century Innovation, What’s Next?”
The visit began with a campus tour followed by the final presentation of the timeline and accomplishments of the Boeing Solar Drone project which was given by Dr. Abdel Hamid Taha, the project supervisor, followed by a presentation on the Boeing Solar Car project and its development by Dr. Ahmed Oteafy and the team members including student team leader Habib Farooq.
After the presentation, Boeing representatives attended a meeting with H.E. President Mohammed Al Hayaza and other department heads, then they all proceeded to the lecture theatre where Boeing presented their planned public seminar. The seminar focused on the developments and future directions of Boeing in its second century, which was given by Dr. Lions, who also referenced the importance of discipline with innovation in companies and universities as demonstrated by the project presentations he had witnessed earlier in the day.
The visit proved to be influential and inspires many more projects and a stronger partnership with Boeing.
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When Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design planned the cockpit for its piston-powered SR22, it sought a panel design that would bring familiarity and comfort to the general aviation (GA) pilot. In short, it sought a "BMW-like" appearance, with a low profile, little clutter and a smooth, flowing contour. Whether or not they visited the German automaker for guidance, the folks at Cirrus succeeded in creating a credible likeness.
Yet behind the SR22’s uncluttered, automobile-like panel is an integrated digital avionics package that delivers plenty of capability without undue pilot workload. The conventional six flight instruments are gone, replaced by an all-new primary flight display (PFD) from Avidyne Corp., called the FlightMax Entegra. It’s not something you’d expect to see in a single-engine airplane. The center control yoke, furthermore, has been replaced by a side-mounted control stick, enhancing the uncluttered look.
The flat panel, liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an electronic attitude director indicator (EADI), electronic horizontal situation indicator (EHSI), altimeter (with tape), airspeed indicator (also with tape), vertical speed indicator and a moving map, all on a large, high-resolution 10.4-inch-diagonal display. The PFD is backed up with three electronic flight instruments–airspeed indicator, attitude indicator and altimeter–in the bolster panel below the PFD. To the right of that and above the center console is the user-friendly, 10.4-inch FlightMax EX5000 multifunction display (MFD), which supports data link, as well as lightning, traffic and terrain information.
Cirrus’ demands for the SR22 avionics were challenging: the suite had to be dependable, yet not give Cirrus’ target customers sticker shock.
The SR22 even has an ice protection option, a feature that is almost unheard of on light, single-engine planes. The new TKS ice protection system, from Aerospace Systems & Technologies Inc.
(AS&T), is a "weeping wing" system that emits a glycol-based fluid to protect the wings, vertical stabilizer and propeller. This would certainly give me an added sense of security when flying instrument flight rules (IFR) during the winter months.
MFD, A Marvel
For the average general aviation pilot the SR22’s large MFD is a marvel–and no light GA aircraft has a larger one. Its size makes interpreting information, such as engine performance, weather data, moving maps and terrain information, on the display quite effortless.
At one time, ARNAV Systems Inc. was the only avionics manufacturer producing a 10-inch MFD for small GA aircraft. Cirrus therefore made the ARNAV display standard in both the SR20 and SR22. However, the airframe manufacturer became impressed with Avidyne displays and in 2002 began offering the Lexington, Mass.-based avionics firm’s MFD as an option.
Cirrus wanted a state-of-the-art MFD. The company anticipates, for example, the potential of two-way data link communications to send critical engine monitoring data to maintenance personnel on the ground or, perhaps, to make or change hotel reservations in flight. With software upgrades, Cirrus officials reasoned, MFD applications could be virtually endless.
Cirrus initially chose Trimble to supply the nav/coms; however, the radio producer withdrew from the GA market several months prior to the SR22’s certification. This left the choice of Bendix/King, Garmin International or UPS Aviation Technologies’ Apollo product line. When Cirrus was developing the SR20 and SR22, Garmin aggressively proposed a new nav/com that incorporates GPS and a color, moving map. What’s more, the Garmin unit could interface with other systems in the SR22, allowing data overlays. As a flight instructor who checks pilots out on different GPS systems, I have found the Garmin product to be very user friendly and somewhat less intimidating than some other units on the market.
"Besides including a GPS and color moving map, the Garmin 430 can include interfaces for the [Goodrich] Stormscope, traffic information, data link, fuel flow, air data, GPSS [GPS steering], remote DME channeling, RMI [radio magnetic indicator] output, and an RS-232 output data port [for MFDs]," says Judy Cadmus, president of Avionics Training Unlimited Inc. (www.avtrainingunlimited.com), which provides training on Garmin systems.
Cirrus found the Bendix/King radios to be worthy, but opted for Garmin’s newer technology and offers Garmin products in two SR22 avionics option packages:
The "A" package includes a Garmin GNS 430 and a GNS 420 nav/com-GPS combination. It also includes an S-TEC 30 autopilot and an EHSI.
The "B" package consists of two Garmin GNS 430s, an S-TEC System 55X autopilot and either the Sandel SN3308 EHSI or the Avidyne PFD.
Since FAR Part 23 aircraft, such as the SR20 and SR22, require dual power sources for all critical instruments–electric or vacuum–the Cirrus engineers reasoned that eliminating the vacuum instruments would be logical, especially given the light weight and reliability of electronic instruments. This meant having two batteries and two alternators in the SR22, which also is equipped with two electrical buses. The two batteries comprise a 24-volt, 10-amp-hour starting battery and a 24-volt, 7-amp-hour secondary battery. The starting battery is not only used for starting, but also as an emergency power source in the event of dual alternator failures. The secondary battery supplies essential power in the rare event of a dual alternator and starter battery failure.
For the pilot trained on vacuum instruments, the all-electric panel could bring some anxiety. Understanding this, Cirrus Design engineered an electronic system that is virtually fail-proof. In fact the SR22’s system is considered robust enough to incorporate a full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system. Teledyne Technologies’ Aerosance company (www.fadec.com) has developed the PowerLink TM FADEC, a microprocessor-based engine management system that Cirrus hopes to make available on the SR22 in the near future.
With FADEC, power settings are simple. The pilot merely establishes the throttle setting, and FADEC does the rest. Because of its precise fuel/air mixture control, FADEC almost eliminates damage done to the engine due to improper mixture settings.
Cirrus has always planned for an all-glass cockpit, a feature once reserved for air transport and corporate aircraft. When the technology and the price became suitable for GA aircraft, LCDs became logical for the SR22. Cirrus didn’t make a big leap into the all-glass environment, but rather took careful steps, starting with an EHSI and then advancing to the new Avidyne PFD.
Safety was a major factor in the decision to install an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS). The company keeps a "Top 10 Failure Items" list, and vacuum versions of the attitude indicator and HSI made the list. Cirrus expects EFIS reliability will reduce maintenance cost and down time.
In addition to increased reliability, the large glass display gives the pilot a clearer, more vivid picture of the aircraft position and attitude than the typical 3-inch- (7.6-cm) diameter steam gauge display. It provides "virtual VFR" (visual flight rules) in all weather conditions, night or day.
"It was love at first sight," says Mike Radomsky, director and technical advisor of the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, referring to the SR22 displays. He found the PFD easy to view, even in direct sunlight. But perhaps more important, Radomsky claims the displays have impacted his "basic attitude instrument flying [because] it’s far easier to interpret the information."
When I flew the SR22, with Jon Dauplaise of Cirrus Design, I, too, was impressed by the PFD’s quality, clarity and information delivery. It’s equal to that of systems costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The landscape-format display is divided in half. The upper half contains an airspeed tape on the left side (complete with trend indicators), an attitude indicator in the center, and an altimeter indicator (also with trend indicators) and vertical speed indicator (VSI) on the right side. The display’s lower half contains the heading indicator in the center and soft keys (control buttons) running vertically on both sides. The PFD can receive data from either of the two Garmin 430s or 530s and the 55X autopilot. The EHSI on the PFD also supports two RMI needles.
On takeoff, monitoring the "big picture" was easy. The airspeed tape–color-coded in accordance with the pilot’s operating handbook/aircraft flight manual–came alive at 20 knots. Just to the right of the airspeed tape, I could monitor aircraft attitude, and to the right of that was my altitude and VSI, all on the same line.
Clear Guidance, Precise Control
Our aircraft was equipped with an air data computer, which presents a data box on the PFD, showing outside air temperature (OAT), true airspeed and ground speed. When I conducted basic flight maneuvers and steep turns, the PFD clearly presented guidance to precisely control airspeed, heading and altitude to plus or minus values nearing zero. I then made an ILS approach and a landing. During the approach, I found it effortless to precisely control airspeed and descent rate. (OAT data has since been deleted from the data box, as redundant to the MFD.)
Information on the PFD appeared natural, in a "T" configuration. My eyes scanned left to right, picking up airspeed, attitude and altitude, all in a line. I then scanned down to localizer and glideslope information, just below, on the HSI. The wind vector information was especially useful throughout the approach and landing.
The SR22 represents a long evolution in cockpit technology, from instruments interfacing with radios to nav radios interfacing with autopilots, to today’s fully automated, computerized, fly-by-wire aircraft–now even for the GA pilot. SR22 pilots can access all autopilot functions through soft keys on the PFD’s right side. One knob (also on the display’s right side) moves all of the "bugs," i.e., altitude, vertical speed, heading and altimeter settings. This simplifies use of the autopilot and assures that the pilot’s eyes never have to leave critical flight instruments.
The PFD’s integration to the autopilot offers much more. For example, for an altitude change, the pilot simply inserts a new altimeter setting and the autopilot automatically adjusts to, and maintains the new altitude. Minus the interface, the pilot would have to perform three or four cumbersome steps.
SR22s equipped with Avidyne’s FlightMax EX5000 MFD also have Emax available. Officially announced at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 2002 AirVenture, EMax is an integrated engine monitoring system and fuel computer that interfaces to both the SR20’s Continental IO-360-ES and the SR22’s IO-550-N engines. It eliminates guesswork.
EMax gives the pilot a fuel totalizer, a "lean assist" mode (to make sure the fuel mix is not too rich), and a percent horsepower display. Gone are the days of pulling out the old slide rule-like E6B for fuel calculations. EMax can automatically calculate nautical miles per gallon, fuel remaining, fuel to waypoint, and fuel to final destination, based on waypoint inputs.
Besides displaying and monitoring all engine and fuel flow parameters, EMax can log recorded engine data to be downloaded for reference. The aircraft I flew was equipped with Emax, and I was impressed with the three-dimensional-like representation of the analog displays on the FlightMax EX5000 MFD.
In developing the SR22’s communications package, Cirrus Design recognized the increasing demand by general aviation pilots for timely information, especially, since many of them use their aircraft for business, as well as pleasure. Both Garmin and Avidyne therefore are developing data link systems. GA pilots then can receive real-time, safety critical information, such as adverse weather and temporary flight restrictions (TFRs). Garmin’s data link product, for example, will deliver METARs and NEXRAD (next-generation weather radar) information while also allowing the pilot to send pilot reports. Incorporating an air data computer, the PFD also will provide wind velocity and direction. The wind vector–presented as an arrow and numeric display above the HSI–can be valuable when flying in the traffic pattern or making an approach.
The fully equipped SR22, with its Avidyne displays and advanced, integrated cockpit, puts GA pilots in control of one of the most advanced piston-powered, single-engine aircraft. I would imagine it is to the private pilot community what the BMW is to car buyers.
The Sandel EHSI
Sandel’s ColorMap electronic horizontal situation indicator, available with the Cirrus SR22, packs an HSI, radio magnetic indicator (RMI), moving map and WX-500 Goodrich Stormscope display into a single flight instrument. The addition of a three-light marker beacon and GPS annunciator display makes the SN3308 the virtual equivalent of an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) nav display, but priced and sized for general aviation cockpits, claims Sandel.
Although the unit is packaged in a 3-inch (3-ATI) case, it provides a 9-square-inch display image–more viewing area than most high-end, 4-inch displays, according to Sandel. This is possible, thanks to a liquid crystal display- (LCD) based color projector design that uses the projection screen surface as the front panel, eliminating the unusable area surrounding most LCD and cathode ray tube cockpit displays.
High-speed digital converters make the SN3308 flexible enough to receive signals from general aviation nav receivers, such as the Garmin 400 and 500 series, the Bendix/King KX-155 and -165, and the UPS Aviation Technologies SL 30. The cost is $9,495, plus installation. Visit www.sandel.com.
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What is on titan?
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only known moon or planet other than Earth on which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.
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Two of our engineering student teams won the 1st, and 3rd places in the student poster competition at the 9th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech 2022).
Team NASA Lunabotics consist of our student members Bryce Jensen, Walter Foster, Forest Yllescas, Jason Knight-Han, Jesus Perez Quintero. "Our robot for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is one such technology that can enable a sustainable future." said Bryce during the presentation. "Space exploration doesn’t have to be as costly. It can transition from exploration to habitation. Humanity has a future in the stars, but we need to do it more sustainably."
Our students Gabriel Nicholson, John Ohmer, and Samuel Hobbs's team presented their research findings and engineering effort in the Automatic Unmanned Surface Vehicle-Based Water Quality Monitoring System (USV-WQMS) project. "The team was grateful to have been able to witness the progress in technology research" as the team stated during the awards ceremony.
Both teams are mentored by our faculty member Dr. Nansong Wu, under funding support from NASA (Lunabotics) and California Space Grant Consortium (USV-WQMS).
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Air Force General of the Air ForceO-10 General Officer, U.S. Air Force
History of the Air Force General of the Air Force Rank
While no officer has ever worn the rank on active duty, one Air Force officer has indeed been the General of the Air Force. GAF Henry H. “Hap” Arnold was a general in the Army under the Army Air Forces component. By the time the Air Force had separated from the Army, GAF Arnold had retired but Congress re-designated his rank as GAF.
In 1981, Congress decided to retire the five-star ranks.
Want to learn more? Read about the Air Force's General of the Air Force rank on Military-Ranks.org.
History of the Air Force
The Air Force was founded in 1947, just after WWII. It was created using most of the existing Army Air Corps that had just made significant contributions to the war effort. The Air Force is the most technological of the branches, as well as the "most business-like" (least strict). There is a general concensus in the military that quality of life for servicemembers in the Air Force is highest. Just as the Army fights land wars and the Navy fights sea wars, the Air Force was originally envisioned to fight air wars. While wars in the past 70 years couldn't be fought with aircraft alone, the age of Drones and Artificial Intelligence may cause a paradigm shift where air-only wars are possible.
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How to find the cheapest flight from Fayetteville (XNA) to Otopeni Intl (OTP)
All the information you need to plan the best XNA to OTP flight in 2022: compare Fayetteville to Otopeni Intl flight prices with the expected peak season, weather and rainfall in Otopeni Intl.
When is the cheapest time to fly from Fayetteville to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport (XNA - OTP)?
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas (XNA) is the airport you will fly out of if you book a flight from Fayetteville to Bucharest Otopeni Intl. You should not have trouble finding flights to Bucharest Otopeni Intl from Northwest Arkansas; the airport handles an average of 0 outbound flights to Bucharest Otopeni Intl per day. You should also have plenty of airline options to choose from since 0 airlines have flights from the Fayetteville airport to Bucharest Otopeni Intl. It is only a 17.3 mi journey to Northwest Arkansas (XNA) from Fayetteville’s city center.
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China plans to launch its next manned space mission in June next year, state media reports.
A senior official in charge of the manned space programme said the three-person crew could be made up of a woman and two men.
China became only the third country to independently send a person into space in 2003, after the US and Russia.
The launch plan follows the flight of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, which returned to Earth in late June.
The Shenzhou 9 took part in the country's first manual space docking mission, a major milestone in China's ambitious space programme.
It also carried China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang.
According to Niu Hongguang, deputy commander-in-chief of the manned space programme, next year's mission could happen as early as June, but back-up launch windows have been identified for July or August.
China plans to develop a full orbiting space station by 2020 and has also raised the possibility of sending a man to the moon.
There has been discussion of China joining the International Space Station project, but this is considered unlikely given political tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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If it's animation of these control surfaces you are referring to, then no, there is no moving parts to any ship model. Yet. The only thing you should see is text feedback — Flight Mode: Aviation, and then control surface deflection in Horizon HUD mode.
Thanks for the reply Mr. Abner.
No i was referring to the control surfaces (Keys and HUD) - not animation.
When flying (slowly - low dynamic pressure) in aviation mode I press the rudder controls, flaps etc but no change in the HUD they always display.
In the flight school manual for 0.98 there is a screenshot of the Skylone with elevator set at -20.00
I cannot get these four 'surface' controls to work at all?
I need to be able to perform level flying in a standard Earth atmosphere... such as Earth lol.... without having to rely on hover thrust to keep you from falling! An elevator setting (Such as elevator trim on aircraft) would allow for this.
I use default keys for ship control by the way.
Any help appreciated.
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The human obsession with flight stems from a refusal to accept limitations and an intense desire to find out which of your neighbors secretly have pools. Put your eyes in the skies with this Groupon.
$75 for a Half-Hour Flight Experience and Museum Tour ($150 Value)
- Includes taxiing, take-off, flying, and landing
- Valid for two adults, or one adult and two children
- May also be used as a flight lesson for one adult
- Includes a tour of the historic plane museum
- Flight experience is aboard a 1972 Grumman AA-5 Plane
- Adults will have hands-on chance to fly the plane
- Scenic views of Caesar Creek or downtown Dayton
- No experience required<p>
Butler County Warbirds
As a not-for-profit military history museum, Butler County Warbirds preserves and showcases pieces of aviation history for the purposes of educating and entertaining the public. Utilizing the hard work of volunteers–who help repair, restore, and maintain the aircraft—the organization shares the fruits of its labor in a multitude of ways, including public appearances, flight experiences, and with free displays. Funds collected for flight experiences go towards the restoration of aircraft and artifacts.
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Kyushu J7W1 "Shinden"(1945)
About the Design
The only "tail-first" piston-driven aircraft ever slated for mass-production, the radical canard-style Shinden J7W1 "Magnificent Lightning" was conceived in 1943 and first test-flown in August 1945. The plane had the potential to be a formidable interceptor, but only three prototypes were built before the war came to its abrupt conclusion. Curiously, although the Allies "borrowed" numerous aeronautical concepts from the defeated Germans, they let this potentially lethal Japanese design remain unexploited.
About the Kit
While several 1/72 versions of the Kyushu Shinden have been kitted over the years, this is the only 1/48 scale injection-molded model of the plane to reach the mass market. The original Hasegawa kit was subsequently re-released by Minicraft.
This model is the Minicraft re-release.
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Hundreds of people are expected to attend the RAF Waddington International Air Show this weekend. The purpose of the event is to increase the public's knowledge and understanding of the RAF and its role.
The spectacular 7-hour flying display features the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and many more military and civilian aircraft from the UK and abroad. Ground displays include two exhibition hangars, funfair, classic cars display, and much more.
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The Cassini spacecraft is going where no ship has gone before: On Wednesday, it begins a series of dives into the space between Saturn and its magnificent rings. The maneuver — a series of 22 orbits that will bring Cassini increasingly closer to Saturn’s surface before crashing into it — is called the spacecraft’s “grand finale.” And to mark this final journey, Cassini is being honored with a Google Doodle.
Over its last 13 years in orbit, Cassini has had an amazing run studying Saturn and its moons. Here’s what the spacecraft has taught us so far — and why its final mission may be its most spectacular yet.
In its last days, Cassini keeps generating fascinating insights
Cassini — named after the 17th-century astronomer Giovanni Cassini — launched from Cape Canaveral in October 1997 in collaboration with the European Space Agency. When it launched, we were still a few months away from Bill Clinton’s damning “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” remark. Harry Potter had not yet been published in the United States.
From there, it took Cassini and the Huygens lander (destined to touch down on the moon Titan) seven years to reach Saturn. Once it arrived, it started to make impressive discoveries.
On Titan, Cassini and Huygens revealed surprisingly Earthlike geographic features and great lakes of liquid natural gas on the moon’s surface that outweigh all the oil and gas reserves on Earth. Cassini found evidence of an underground ocean on the moon Enceladus. It learned how new moons could form out of Saturn’s rings. And it has taken detailed, beautiful photographic surveys of the planet’s rings and surface features.
Nearing the end of its life, Cassini is still producing scientific discoveries at a fast clip.
Earlier in April, NASA announced that the spacecraft had found the most compelling evidence yet that the ocean underneath Enceladus could contain life.
Previously, the Cassini spacecraft has observed jets of water containing organic chemicals streaming from Enceladus. This latest finding adds a key ingredient for life to the mix: hydrogen. The presence of hydrogen in the jets makes NASA scientists suspect there are geothermal geysers on Enceladus’s ocean floor. Like the geothermal vents deep within Earth’s oceans, these could be home to microbes that use the chemical energy of hydrogen and carbon dioxide to produce methane and energy for life.
Now Cassini is beginning a series of harrowing orbits that bring it into the space between Saturn and its rings — a region no spacecraft has been before. When Cassini is in the inner rings, it will finally be able to take the measurements that will aid in calculations to determine the mass of the rings.
Why NASA is diving into the space between Saturn and its rings
On Wednesday, Cassini begins a maneuver that is unprecedented in the history of spaceflight: It’s adjusting its trajectory to bring it inside the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings for 22 orbits.
This is what that dive will look like from Cassini’s perspective.
In these illustrations, the blue lines represent each of the 22 orbits getting closer and closer to the atmosphere of the giant planet. The red line represents the final orbit, which will end with Cassini crashing into Saturn’s atmosphere.
In this space, Cassini will be able to take new measurements to better determine the total mass of Saturn’s rings. NASA already knows the mass of Saturn plus its rings. Getting closer to the planet will allow Cassini to take its mass without factoring in the rings. That information will help scientists better understand how the rings formed (which in turn can help them understand how all the planets formed from rings of material around the sun).
The orbits will also produce the closest-ever observations of Saturn’s clouds — yielding incredible images.
It will be a thrilling journey, but also a perilous one. NASA has saved the ring-grazing orbits for Cassini’s finale in part because they are dangerous. The orbits will bring Cassini close to debris and rocks that could take it offline.
“We’re going out in a blaze of glory”
Come September 15, Cassini will crash into Saturn, having spent all of its fuel. But the death dive isn’t just for fireworks. If the spacecraft doesn’t plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere, it runs the risk of potentially contaminating one of the planet’s moons with debris and microbes from Earth.
And there’s no turning back: “The spacecraft is now on a ballistic path,” Earl Maize, a Cassini project manager, said in a press statement, meaning that the spacecraft’s path is shaped mostly by gravity, not by thrusters. “Even if we were to forgo future small course adjustments using thrusters, we would still enter Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept. 15 no matter what.”
Cassini’s dramatic finale is also a last chance to squeeze some more insights out of the 20-year-old spacecraft. As it descends into Saturn’s atmosphere, “several of the instruments will be on,” including the mass spectrometer, Preston Dyches, a NASA spokesperson, says. This instrument essentially can “sniff” the atmosphere and determine the chemical compounds it’s composed of.
On April 12, days before it made its final flyby of Titan, Cassini captured this incredible image of Earth shining through Saturn’s rings, as if to remind us of how far it’s come since beginning its journey. From Saturn, we’re just a tiny bright speck in the darkness.
When Cassini finally goes offline in September, it will die doing what it’s been doing all along: exploring.
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Star Defense Logistics & Engineering (SDLE) was exhibitor, for the third consecutive time, at the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi. SDLE showcased its new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for security indoor operations, in addition to its full range of unmanned aerial vehicles and its antidrone system for threats detection and inhibition.
Besides the UAV for military use, SDLE offers unmanned aerial systems for security and emergency operations. The Madrid-based company has rapid deployment multicopters, fixed-wing systems specially designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, and fixed-wing UAV with the added value of vertical take off and landing capability (VTOL). All of them fully manufactured by SDLE with a secure warranty.
One of the SDLE’ better-performing systems is the Zarek in its second version (Zarek v2), a fixed-wing UAV with VTOL capability. Its weight is less than 25 kilos, it reaches nine hours endurance -the maximum flying time for a UAV of these capacities- and a cruising speed of 100 kilometers per hour, achieving higher altitudes than its competitors this segment.
Another SDLE product, the indoor light drone is one of the latest SDLE developments about to hit the market. This UAV was specifically designed for security forces operations, and its exceeds the performances of all the UAV indoor solutions known so far. It is a small dimensions drone, operable with one hand, with more than 15 minutes endurance and stability control for GPS-denied environments.
The SDLE Aeronautical division designs and adapts its unmanned systems to specific needs, such as surveillance and reconnaissance, critical infrastructure protection and inspection or improvement of the situational awareness of land vehicles.
The SDLE antidrone system is one of the fewest having demonstrated effectiveness on neutralizing a limitless number of unmanned aerial vehicles, an increasingly demanded capacity due to the criminal use of drones and its use as swarms. This antidrone gun works properly protecting fixed infrastructures and in a man-portable way. It is highly ergonomic to transport and efective againts aerial threats, neutralizes the remote control, telemetry, video link and GPS / GLONASS transmission.
SDLE just turned 10 years old, time in which it got a leader position as supplier of spare parts, maintenance and modernization services for military land vehicles. Nowadays, SDLE has presence in more than 25 countries, is official supplier of NATO and United Nations.
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Non-stop flights to Rouyn-Noranda (YUY)
Rouyn-Noranda Airport is a small airport in Canada. It is a domestic airport. Currently, there are 3 domestic flights to Rouyn-Noranda.
Rouyn-Noranda is mainly known for sightseeing & culture and activities.
On this pageAll direct flights to Rouyn-Noranda Top 200 flights with a stopover Airlines flying to Rouyn-Noranda Business Class flights Domestic flights Alternative airports FAQ
This month, there are 38 flights arriving at Rouyn-Noranda Airport, which are 7 flights per week or 1 flights per day.
The most frequently departed flights to Rouyn-Noranda are routes from Montreal (YUL) in Canada and Quebec City (YQB), also in Canada. These two routes together are operated 27 times this month, and make up for 71% of all monthly arrivals at Rouyn-Noranda Airport.
The longest flight to Rouyn-Noranda YUY is departing from Quebec City (YQB). This non-stop flight takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes and covers a distance of 224 miles (360 km).
List of all direct flights to Rouyn-Noranda
Below you can find a list of all cities and countries that have direct flights to Rouyn-Noranda, ordered by popularity.
Top 200 flights with a stopover
This list contains the 200 most popular airports from which flights depart that require just one stopover to get to Rouyn-Noranda.
Airlines flying to Rouyn-Noranda
Currently, there are 2 airlines that fly to Rouyn-Noranda. Below you can find the list of airlines that operate all YUY flights:
Business class flights to Rouyn-Noranda
There is only one airport that has Business Class flights to Rouyn-Noranda, which is Montreal (YUL).
International flights to Rouyn-Noranda
Currently there are no international flights to Rouyn-Noranda. The only flights to Rouyn-Noranda are domestic flights within Canada. To get to Rouyn-Noranda from another country you will need a flight with a stopover, for example through Montreal or Quebec City.
Domestic flights to Rouyn-Noranda
Flights from Canada to Rouyn-Noranda
There are 3 airports in Canada that have non-stop domestic flights to Rouyn-Noranda.
From Montreal, direct flights are offered by Air Canada (Star Alliance).
From Quebec City and Val-d'Or, you can fly with Skyjet.
Alternative airports near Rouyn-Noranda
Flying to an alternative airport near Rouyn-Noranda could give you other options to reach your destination. For example, the possibility to fly with a different airline or alliance, or finding a cheaper airfare. In total there are two alternative airports to Rouyn-Noranda (YUY) within a range of 125 miles (200 km), which are Val-d'Or (YVO) and Timmins (YTS).
Frequently asked questions - FAQ
How many airports are there in Rouyn-Noranda?
There are 2 airports in Rouyn-Noranda: Rouyn-Noranda Airport (YUY) and Val-d'Or Airport (YVO).
What is the best airport to fly into Rouyn-Noranda?
You have multiple options when flying into Rouyn-Noranda. Although Rouyn-Noranda (YUY) is a convenient airport to reach the city, the biggest airport near to Rouyn-Noranda is Val-d'Or (YVO), Val-d'Or Airport, which offers you additional options.
How many airlines fly to Rouyn-Noranda?
There are 2 airlines flying to Rouyn-Noranda from 3 airports around the world, as of September 2023.
Which airlines fly to Rouyn-Noranda?
Skyjet and Air Canada are the only airlines flying to Rouyn-Noranda.
Which alliances are flying to Rouyn-Noranda?
Star Alliance is currently the only alliance flying to Rouyn-Noranda.
How many nonstop flights are there to Rouyn-Noranda?
There are roughly 38 flights arriving at Rouyn-Noranda every month (or 7 flights each week), from a total of 3 airports - all within Canada.
What is the official name of Rouyn-Noranda Airport?
The official name of Rouyn-Noranda Airport is Rouyn-Noranda Airport.
What is the airport code of Rouyn-Noranda Airport?
The airport code of Rouyn-Noranda Airport is YUY.
What are the most popular flights to Rouyn-Noranda?
Montreal, Quebec City and Val-d'Or are the 3 most popular routes to Rouyn-Noranda. For a complete overview of all flight routes to Rouyn-Noranda, please use our flight map.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the ability of the Javelin missile to engage targets beyond its current maximum range requirements during a series of tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
During the U.S. Army tests, the Javelin system acquired and engaged targets up to 4,750 meters.
"These tests prove that, under favorable conditions, Javelin can have reliable, solid performance as a close-combat weapon system well beyond the current maximum range requirement of 2,500 meters," said Duane Gooden, Javelin Joint Venture president and Raytheon Javelin program director. "There were two direct hits on the threat representative target at the extended range."
Demonstrating Javelin's extended range performance will further enhance survivability of the dismounted Javelin gunner in combat.
"Most vehicle requirements are for a missile that can engage a target at 4,000-plus meters," said Barry James, Javelin Joint Venture vice president and Javelin program director in Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business. "The results of these tests indicate the fire-and-forget Javelin missile can potentially be used in both vehicle and dismounted roles."
Javelin is the world's most versatile and lethal one-man-portable, anti-tank, guided munition and surveillance weapon system. It is made by the Javelin Joint Venture, a partnership between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. Javelin has been adopted by international armed forces around the world. It is currently fielded with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps and has also been approved for foreign military sales to 12 nations.
Raytheon Company, with 2012 sales of $24 billion and 68,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 91 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems; as well as a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
About Lockheed Martin Corporation
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion. For additional information, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com.
SOURCE Javelin Joint Venture
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When 9-year-old Candy Rogers went missing in 1959, no one could ever guess what would end up being her fate - or the fates of some of those who searched for her by helicopter. In this Patreon-exclusive Layover episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, join Shelly as she shares how a helicopter crash and a missing little girl forever became linked as a community waited over six decades for justice.
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie Hubka Directed and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios Sound editor: Podcast Engineers Producer: Adam Hubka Music by: Mike Dunn
Candy Rogers. Source: Spokane Police Department
The helicopter carrying U.S. Air Force airmen crashed March 7, 1959, while searching for missing 9-year-old Candice Rogers in Spokane, Wash. Three of the airmen aboard the aircraft died. Source: Spokane Police Department
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- Separation of traffic from the LKTRA7 area shall be ensured by the appropriate ATC unit.
- Aircraft conducting airdrops in temporary reserved area LKTRA7 shall be on the operating frequency of the appropriate ATC unit. Information on the operating frequency and call sign of the unit shall be provided by FIC PRAHA unit.
- The unit providing the ATC service shall have the right to restrict the activation of the LKTRA7 area.
- The unit providing the ATC service has the right to restrict the airdrop flight and issue a flight clearance for the entry of traffic controlled by it into the temporary reserved area LKTRA7.
- Aircraft conducting airdrops in the LKTRA7 temporary reserved area shall be equipped with the "ADS-B Out Extended Squitter" system. Pilots in command shall ensure that the separation between the aircraft conducting airdrops in LKTRA7 and other traffic in Class G and E areas, i.e. below FL095 and in LKKT ATZ, is maintained.
- The temporary reserved area LKTRA7 is managed by AMC.
- The user of this airspace shall comply with the AIP CR (ENR 18.104.22.168.2.3).
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- On the published days, aircraft will be cleared to enter the LKTRA7 area from 0600 UTC until SS based on a flight clearance issued by the appropriate unit providing ATC service.
- In the event of an urgent need for the entry of ACR aircraft into the area as part of the performance of NATINAMDS (NATO Integrated Air Defense and Missile System) and NaPoSy PVO ČR (National reinforcement system of air defense of the Czech Republic), aircraft in distress and aircraft for purposes of search and rescue, the above-mentioned unit providing ATC service is authorized to temporarily suspend airdrop activity.
- Responsible and contact person:
+420 602 488 588
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Exeter-based British European is increasing its cooperation with Air France. In addition to operating several BAe 146s on behalf of the French airline, British European will also codeshare with Air France on UK domestic routes. Air France is hoping the deal will help it entice British passengers to bypass British […]
The first Avro RJX-85, G-ORJX (msn E2376), began taxi trials at Woodford on 20 April. The first flight is imminent.
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IN WAREHOUSE - Usually Ships in 3-7 Business Days
Battling flak and enemy fighters over the skies of Europe during World War II, the US Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber named "Flak-Bait" completed a remarkable 201 combat missions, a feat that made it the highest mission scorer of any Allied medium or heavy bomber. For many years, the author has held a special interest in the B-26, and especially those of the 387th Bomb Group. It was during his first visit to the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, over 20 years ago, where "Flak-Bait's" nose section was on display, that he became interested in what the aircraft had achieved during its illustrious career.
- Using official World War II-era records
- Day-by-day account of the missions it flew, crew lists, flight routes, and weapons dropped
- Records any comments made by the various crews during their post-mission debriefing
- A special photo section features the current restoration display of "Flak-Bait" at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington, DC.
- Corrects previously held perceptions about the aircraft and its missions
This is the most definitive account of any single World War II aircraft's combat career ever published.
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First 'modernized' GPS satellite set for launch
BY JUSTIN RAY
Posted: February 8, 2005
An advanced Global Positioning System satellite built to transmit additional navigation signals to benefit military and civilian users around the world has arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to begin a three-month campaign leading to launch.
A Boeing Delta 2 rocket will haul the satellite into space during a launch tentatively targeted for May 20. The liftoff date could be moved up if an earlier slot can be negotiated on the Cape manifest.
"We're running ahead of schedule," Dave Podlesney, Lockheed Martin's GPS 2R program director, said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
The GPS constellation features 24 primary and several backup satellites flying in six orbital groupings 11,000 miles above Earth. The Air Force continues to launch new satellites as replacements to keep the critical navigation system in good health. Today, there are 30 functioning GPS satellites.
The GPS craft send continuous navigation signals that allow users virtually anywhere on the planet to find their position in latitude, longitude and altitude and determine time. The information is so accurate that time can be figured to less than a millionth of a second, speed within a fraction of a mile per hour and pinpoint location within a matter of feet.
The military's orbiting GPS constellation began to take shape in 1989. To replace the original satellites as they age, Lockheed Martin built 21 so-called "replenishment" satellites. Dubbed the "2R" series, this current generation of GPS spacecraft has seen 13 flown since 1997, although the first one was lost in a launch explosion. Now, the remaining 8 are being retrofitted with upgrades to provide additional capabilities once deployed in space.
Carrying the re-titled name GPS 2R-M, for Modernized, these upcoming satellites increase the power for existing signals and offer two new military signals as well as a second civilian signal.
The changes fit within the existing GPS 2R satellite design. The Modernized spacecraft, which will weigh 4,545 pounds at launch, only 60 pounds heavier than the earlier model, have a redesigned external antenna panel; and higher-power, more-efficient transmitters highlight the internal changes.
The navigation payload is built for Lockheed Martin by ITT Industries.
The improvements will provide greater accuracy, added resistance to interference and enhanced performance for all users, according to the Air Force. The advancements for the military will provide warfighters with a more robust jam-resistant signal and enable better targeting of GPS-guided weapons in hostile environments, while the new civilian signal removes ionospheric errors and improves accuracy, officials say.
Over the next three months at Cape Canaveral, technicians will conduct significant testing on the GPS 2R-M1 satellite to ensure it is ready for flight, including compatibility checks since this is the first craft of the new breed. The flight batteries will be installed, along with a solid-fueled kick motor that propels the satellite from the initial elliptical 11,000 by 100 mile orbit achieved during launch to reach the circular orbit of the GPS constellation.
As the launch nears, hydrazine fuel for the satellite's maneuvering thrusters will be pumped aboard. A larger solid-fueled motor that serves as the Delta rocket's third stage is brought into the processing hangar and the satellite will be mounted atop the booster in April.
The bottom two stages of the Delta 2 and nine strap-on solid motors will be assembled at the launch pad. The third stage and satellite duo are transported to pad for mating to the awaiting rocket about 10 days before liftoff.
The launch will mark the 53rd for a GPS satellite and the 42nd carried on a Delta 2 rocket.
Once circling the Earth, ground controllers will perform a multi-month test program to examine the new 2R-M satellite's performance and users' reception before proceeding with the next launch. If all goes well, the 2R-M2 satellite could lift off in October, with the next following behind in December or January.
Lockheed Martin has set aside several of the GPS 2R satellites that have not yet been upgraded in case a problem develops in space and the military needs to launch the proven design on short notice. The others are undergoing the overhaul process now.
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Jan. 11, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing out-delivered Airbus last year by a wide margin. Airbus obtained more orders than Boeing by a wide margin.
Behind our paywall today, we look at some of the reasons for this as we update our annual production forecast. The principal reason Boeing out-delivered Airbus is that production for the 787 is going full blast and production for the A350 is only beginning to ramp up. By 2018, we forecast Airbus will slightly surpass Boeing in production and therefore deliveries.
With Boeing trailing Airbus dramatically for orders this year, an old refrain has resurfaced from years ago when Airbus began outselling Boeing. Phil Condit, then the CEO of Boeing, dismissed the Airbus gains by saying orders don’t matter, only deliveries matter. There have been a few similar statements in recent times.
The reason this is silly is really quite basic: without orders, there won’t be deliveries.
The situation today is, of course, very different than it was during Condit’s era.
The backlogs then were far smaller than they are today, and if memory serves, at the time Condit made his statement, Boeing had the greater backlog.
What Boeing officials today are really saying is that their greater number of deliveries means more revenue, more cash flow and presumably greater profits than Airbus is pulling in.
In this context, the statement is true.
The fact that Airbus and Boeing each have backlogs of more than 5,000 airplanes does make reliance on orders less important in any given year, when economic and sales cycles might occur.
While some analysts and institutional investors worried whether Boeing would achieve a 1:1 book:bill last year (it did, barely), we shrugged off the concern. With the record-setting backlogs extending to 2020 and beyond for the 737 and 787, our view was, “Who cares?” if the book:bill didn’t hit one in 2015. The same is true this year. (Boeing will give guidance on its Jan. 27 earnings call.)
The same philosophy applies to Airbus. Although Airbus looks like it could be close to a 2:1 book:bill (final data will be revealed tomorrow at the annual Airbus post-year press conference), we would have been unconcerned if Airbus fell short.
Equally, there is constant hand-wringing over the possibility of cancellations or deferrals as economies change. With oversales a feature of the huge backlogs, some cancellations and deferrals will actually relieve the pressure off the OEMs and the supply chain.
Our somewhat cavalier attitude drives some of our aerospace analyst followers crazy. So be it.
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A Delta flight bound for Denver took off from JFK had to make a quick return to the runway after it hit a bird and the bird got sucked into an engine on Saturday. Via the NYDailyNews, the 126 passengers and crew were not injured, luckily. You can see the images via Twitter.
Delta Flight Strikes Bird, Loses An Engine Forces Emergency Landing
A plane taking off from Kennedy Airport struck a bird and lost an engine in the skies above Queens early Saturday, sparking an emergency landing, authorities said.
The Denver-bound Delta flight took off from JFK just before 8 a.m. but made a quick loop back to the runway after a bird got sucked into its engine at about 500 feet altitude, according to the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.
The impacted engine shut down and the pilot had to land the plane using limited power, officials said. None of the crew members or 126 passengers were hurt.
Glad everyone is safe! The passengers were all re-assigned to new flights. Poor bird!
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This week Flightglobal publication Flight International in its cover article has a special report on civil flight simulators. Our writers experience NASA’s mobile operations station, go Down Under to consider SimJet’s range of trainers, visit an FAA-approved spaceflight centre in Philadelphia, “fly” an A330 and describes CAE’s CIASTA simulation technology.
On the cover is CAE’s photo of its latest 7000 series Airbus A330/A340 simulator. It is pictured at the company’s main facility in Montreal.
Also featured in this issue are:
- Signal of Intent: Boeing takes in L-3 in bid for US Army contract with SIGINT version of King Air 350ER
- Safe for UAVs: Year-long study led by Thales points the way for unmanned aircraft to fly in civil airspace
- Capital Pains: Airlines are struggling to share success
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2009 LockOn film - "Airspace Of The Sharp Sword" has been completed, the entire film took 5 months! At this point, thanks "Airspace Of The Sharp Sword," the active participation of all members of the crew, but also thank you for the cooperation of the crew a total of 50 participants, of which 18 actors, voice 32. The entire movie length: 33 minutes 00 seconds. The video is from a 31GB video material, the careful editing made, we should say it is the essence of things. " Airspace Of The Sharp Sword " is "China Air Force Simulation Organization(Lkyfly)" the first major movie, so definitely there is a corresponding problem, hope majority of the faithful be able to fly to comments and suggestions!
See here for more description (001 written): http://baike.baidu.com/view/2844730.htm
Theme: Military Game Movies
Group: China Air Force Simulation Organization(Lkyfly) - "Airspace Of The Sharp Sword" crew
Chief planner: lkyfly0001/Alpha
General director: lkyfly0001/Alpha
Assistant director: lkyfly0045/Buster, lkyfly0235/Lang wao, lkyfly0257/Feibao
Producer: lkyfly0022 / Xingmeng Xinyuan
Art: lkyfly0049/Fisker, lkyfly0095/Eagle
Cast: lkyfly0001/Alpha, lkyfly0008/King, lkyfly0026/Strom, lkyfly0044/Shark, lkyfly0045/Buster , Lkyfly0049/Fisker, lkyfly0063/Cat, lkyfly0095/Hapy, lkyfly0121/Flight, lkyfly0122/Aice, , Lkyfly0188/E@GLE, lkyfly0214/Flybird, lkyfly0224/Tank, lkyfly0226/PRO1, lkyfly0235/Lang wao, lkyfly0247/wolove, lkyfly0257/Feibao, lkyfly0279/Hawk
Voice: lkyfly0001/Alpha, lkyfly0002/Apple, lkyfly0004/Kaka, lkyfly0007/Sprint, lkyfly0012/Flanker , Lkyfly0014, lkyfly0017/Su35Bm, lkyfly0026/Strom, lkyfly0027/AIM, lkyfly0042/Yaoyang , Lkyfly0044/Shark, lkyfly0045/Buster, lkyfly0049/Fisker, lkyfly0063/Cat, lkyfly0095/Hapy , Lkyfly0096/Willy, lkyfly0113/Jyun, lkyfly0121/Flight, lkyfly0122/Aice, lkyfly0153/Viper , Lkyfly0178/Lnbx, lkyfly0182/F109, lkyfly0188/E@GLE, lkyfly0197/Hawk, lkyfly0226/PRO1 , Lkyfly0235/Lang wao, lkyfly0257/Feibao, lkyfly0270/Andy, lkyfly0277/Heibao, lkyfly0278 / , Lkyfly0279/Feiyang, lkyfly0284/Shark072
7 am morning flight to 021 airborne early warning AWACS mission after launch, early warning aircraft 021 reporting all normal, transport unit can perform the transportation task. At this point, four transport ships, escorted by the frigate began to weigh anchor.
Transportation Battalion will soon arrive when the direction of 320 early warning aircraft, 021 suddenly received a report from my convoy 200km Department, the sea surface with unknown targets. At this point, our tower promptly inform the squadron of attack to support Sirius! At this time, enemy missile frigates, and suddenly our convoys, firing anti-ship missiles were successfully intercepted our frigates; Shortly thereafter, the enemy launches a missile guided missile frigate second, because our frigate to intercept failed, Sirius squadron did not arrive promptly, eventually leading to full reimbursement of the transport unit.
Sirius one team, two teams break through enemy ship low altitude air defense first lap, a team of enemy radar was locked, the first use of Kh-41 attack "aircraft carrier Carl Vinson," The target has been hit! Sirius two teams locked enemy two guided missile frigates, open radar, open interference, pulled up and volley Kh-41, 8 Mei Kh-41 has been intercepted four enemy ships, and the rest hit the enemy 4 2 frigates! To make it burst into flames! Sirius squadrons successfully intercepted targets identified, it begins to return process!
Sirius Squadron, after the victory into the return process, but due to return on the way encountered heavy fog, so had to alternate airports No. 3. However I have just turned around the course, Sirius squadron leader suddenly receiving a message from the AWACS: 40km away from Sirius at the enemy's squadron on the ground SAM anti-aircraft radar exposure! Sirius squadron was not enough fuel, therefore, had to bypass the low altitude SAM systems, and thus avoid the enemy's SAM mountain system of the missile!
Cheetah squadron ready, immediately took off, low altitude near the enemy air defense targets. Under the guidance of the tower, cheetahs Squadron found the center of the enemy SAM systems. Cheetah Squadron received 12 points the direction of SAM irradiation, "Cheetah," squadron leader ordered: open radar, open jamming. Cheetah Squadron to be the appropriate goal has been locked to keep oblique word formation, attacks on SAM systems. But the fired eight Kh-25MPU, are Sam system to intercept the enemy's down! At this time, captain ordered the remains formation, switch weapons, use the Kh-58 Attack! SAM system, initiated a deadly destruction! The ultimate success of destroying enemy SAM anti-aircraft radar equipment. Higher levels taking into account the Cheetah Squadron there are other difficult task, then, the Tower cheetah squadron command prompt enter the return process! Safe return of the 3 airports!
5, a shortage of supplies due to the airport, sea routes were cut off, so the implementation of air measures, from sea lions escort squadron, air force air into the scope of the airport on the 5th, the sea lions from the squadron, but in the transport plane preparing to land when the enemy was a high-altitude F - 15 attack, leading to transport the entire crew bailed out! When the F-15 transport plane is an enemy attack is successful, attacks on transport of the F-15 (Code: 533), then quickly dive down height, with long cruising in the mountains of the F-15 (Code: 532) for convergence. The enemy's two F-15 will converge when the 532 suddenly discovered that, sea lions Squadron 81,82 in tracking 533, and the launch of the R-77 missiles, 532 in order to protect the 533, quickly fired a 4 our of the 81,82 pieces of active radar-guided AIM-120 missiles, 81,82 see the situation is not good and quickly contacted the 83 high-altitude stand-by supporting!
When the 83 receiving the message, contact tower lightning squadron quickly to support the request. After 83 rapid downward dive bombing, lock 532, and its launch of two infrared-guided missiles, 532 were destroyed, but the side 81,82 is the enemy missile is hit, jump! 83 sea lions chase the enemy to escape disobedience 533! However, the remaining missiles, Mig-29 insurance, ground staff have not been pulled out, eventually leading to the remaining missile is unable to launch, can only use the cannon, finally, 83 the use of guns smashed 533 in an engine, he thinks the aircraft is already dead, and then return the.
The enemy's 533 due to hydraulic failure, ejection seat failure, eventually landing in the road. He again requested "Drive Eagle Squadron," to give support. When the enemy's fleet of F-15 took off and found that our return of the Mig-29, we should lock the attack, but the enemy's early warning aircraft, but the report: We have found our Su-27 fleet, in view of this, the enemy decided to give up on the 533 rescue! First of our fleet of Su-27 attack! Thunder Squadron after our launch, quick access to combat readiness mode. When they find the enemy's F-15 radar support team, after four Su-27 also locks onto the target, firing R-27ER, but because it is blind shooting mode, so that all R-27ER were not hit enemy targets.
At this point, our side has just entered the enemy's fleet of F-15 missile range, they fired AIM-120 missiles. At the same time, lightning squadron began a second attack, as this into the R-27ER range, therefore, the second intercept and destroy the enemy out of the two F-15!
AIM-120 Lightning Squadron received a warning of missile attacks, then four-way spread. However, lightning squadron of two SU-27 to avoid invalid, eventually missile hit! Next, our survived two Su-27 (code-named: 092,093) make every effort to wipe out the enemy F-15. . .
Lightning return of 092,093, the 092 received the enemy's early warning radar scan, he was prepared to hijack an enemy early warning aircraft, without permission, and force it to land 093 to get this message, and 092 in coordinated operations. 093 playing with the cannon of the enemy's early warning aircraft to the right of leaking fuel tanks and eventually captured the enemy's early warning aircraft, landed at embarrassing the Chinese airport. . .
Online watch Address:
Official address: http://www.lkyfly.com/bbs/thread-3723-1-1.html
Official discussion area: http://www.lkyfly.com/bbs/forum-225-1.html
See address one: http://6.cn/watch/11784947.html
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See address three: http://www.56.com/u98/v_NDY3MTY5MTE.html
See address four : http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTIxNzg0MDUy.html
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WASHINGTON — A NASA effort to kick-start a U.S. commercial spaceflight industry using minimally restrictive funding awards called Space Act Agreements received a generally positive review in a recent watchdog report.
However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in the report that NASA should institute formal training programs for its procurement personnel, who currently receive no instruction from the agency about the alternative procurement approach.
While NASA has adopted internal controls to prevent a single official from unilaterally approving the use of a funded Space Act Agreement, “the agency does not require or offer training specific to the use of funded Space Act agreements,” the GAO wrote in the Nov. 17 report. “This could affect NASA’s ability to ensure this authority is used appropriately and effectively.”
As of Oct. 31, NASA has awarded $833.1 million through funded Space Act Agreements, under which companies receive tranches of funding for meeting self-imposed milestones, the GAO report said. This includes NASA’s efforts to foster both crew- and cargo-carrying spacecraft for the international space station. The five companies that currently have funded Space Act Agreements with NASA — Blue Origin, Boeing, Orbital Sciences, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — could receive as much as $248.3 million in the first half of 2012, assuming they complete their remaining milestones on time, the GAO said in the report. The GAO produced the report at the request of the leadership of NASA’s oversight committees in the House and Senate.
Space Act agreements, which NASA is empowered to enter into as part of the law that created the agency in 1958, are not bound by the strict federal acquisition regulations that govern traditional government contracts. Since 2006, funded Space Act agreements have been the backbone of the agency’s initiatives to nurture a U.S. commercial spaceflight industry, whose spacecraft NASA could contract for cargo and crew transportation to the international space station.
NASA, in its response to the Nov. 17 report, told the GAO that it has not trained up its procurement personnel because funded Space Act Agreements account for a tiny fraction of contracts the agency awards.
A former government lawyer who now consults on government procurement said that “one of the consistent criticisms” of so-called Other Transactions, such as NASA’s Space Act Agreements, is that government personnel are poorly trained in their implementation.
“How you approach these things is really quite different from the normal mindset that government people have,” said Richard Dunn, a former general counsel for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency who has also worked for NASA.
“There’s a huge culture difference in dealing with this open, freedom-of-contract, almost commercial-like dealing, as opposed to the normal culture that government attorneys and contracting people come to the table with,” Dunn told Space News in a Nov. 23 phone interview.
To date, none of the companies that have received awards under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) or Commercial Crew Development programs, the agency’s banner Space Act agreement initiatives, has sent spacecraft to the international space station.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has come closest, successfully sending its Dragon space capsule into orbit in December 2010 aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based company holds a traditional NASA contract worth $1.6 billion to make cargo runs to the space station, but it must first complete a prerequisite demonstration mission to prove Dragon can safely berth with the orbital outpost. The mission was originally to be flown in 2009. It is now scheduled to launch in early January.
Similarly, Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., has a $1.9 billion contract to deliver supplies to the space station with its Taurus 2 rocket and Cygnus capsule, but is not scheduled to make its prerequisite demonstration run to the space station until the spring.
The COTS agreements held by Space Exploration Technologies and Orbital Sciences Corp. are worth $396 million and $288 million, respectively.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program, which is aimed at fostering development of human-rated transportation systems, doled out funded Space Act Agreements to six different companies since 2009. The first round of Commercial Crew Development awards provided $50 million in funding to five companies. A second round of awards totaling $269 million was made in March to a slightly different mix of four companies.
NASA is now preparing to solicit bids in December for the next phase of its Commercial Crew Program, which is proceeding under a traditional procurement track. NASA says a traditional procurement is necessary because the agency plans to procure a service at the end of the next phase of crew-system development. By law, NASA may not use a Space Act Agreement if it is procuring a good or service for its own use.
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is launching a Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station for NASA.
The launch is set for 5:07 pm EST from the historic Launch Pad 39-A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The spacecraft is filled with almost 6,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, and is the 11th of up to 20 missions to the ISS. In January 2016, NASA announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft were selected to resupply the space station through 2024.
Dragon will return to Earth after an approximately one month stay at the orbiting laboratory.
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Satellites placed around low Earth orbit provides high bandwidth and low communication latency. Our gyroscope provide the satillites with stabilization for correct 3-axis placement. Due to the gyros design they are suitible for extreme environmental conditions.
Since it requires less energy to place a satellite into a LEO, the application needs less powerful amplifiers for successful transmission. The low Earth orbit is used for many communication applications, such as the Iridium phone system. Some communication satellites use much higher geostationary orbits, and move at the same angular velocity as the Earth as to appear stationary above one location on the planet. All applications need a gyroscope to easily maneuver and stabilize said application.
Our gyroscopes are built with Coriolis technology to deliver accurate tactical grade performance in a small, lightweight package. With an improved Angular Random Walk and an excellent short-term bias stability, this makes it a perfect fit for demanding space application.
We also have cameras suited for space-based applications.
Designed for the most demanding atmospheric pressure and temperature changes, Penlink fluid sealing products are built to each program's requirements delivering a reliable space-ready solution....
Penlink's compact and low Earth orbit environment compatible fluid rotary union products are qualified and tested to each project's specifications utilizing sealing technology optimized for high performance and low wear.
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The Martin Mars was without a doubt one of the biggest highlights of EAA Airventure, Oshkosh 2016. I mean that quite literally as the plane is massive! It’s not as big as Howard Hughes’s Hercules seaplane plane, also known as the Spruce Goose, but since that plane only flew once it was never considered operational and thus the Martin Mars became the largest operational flying boat in the world.
The Martin Mars was developed in 1938 and first flew in June 1942. Only seven were built and after the war only four entered private hands as fire bombers. The US Navy contracted Glenn L Martin Company to make the Mars as a long range ocean patrol flying boat. By the time the Mars had reached the Navy the idea of a patrol bomber was obsolete and the Mars became a transport plane. Of the original order of 20 planes only five were delivered by the end of the war and the last was delivered in 1947. Of those five only five survived into the 1950’s. In 1959 the Forest Industries Flying Tankers in Canada purchased the remaining four as dumpers. Of those four, two crashed and the Philippine Mars and Hawaii Mars are the only two left. The Philippine Mars was scheduled to go to the Navy Museum in Pensacola, Fl while the Hawaii Mars is still up or sale.
This plane truly is massive and slow. Photographing it was quite easy because you really didn’t have to pan very fast with the plane and when it was overhead 200mm was actually too much lens. The other great part is that the red and white paint job made it visible from a long ways away.
The Hawaii Mars made it’s debut at Airventure with a splash as it had done for years at other airshows. The impressive display of water being dumped on a controlled fire set off by the pyro team was unbelievable. It is sad to think that this plane’s future is so uncertain but due to it’s size and the amount of maintenance to keep it going it truly is a tough plane to keep in the skies. Thankfully with the help of volunteers and a few individuals there may be a bright future for it yet.
Images Captured with Nikon D5 and 200-400 VR, on Lexar UDMA Digital Film
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Disadvantages of space travel · Space travel involves significant air pollution · Particulate pollution can be a problem · Space exploration involves high levels of. In turn, space travel involves significant air pollution and, especially, people who live near these facilities can suffer a lot from air fumes. Starting with Theodore Freeman, who died in the T-38 accident in October 1964, more than 20 people lost their lives in the line of duty as they made their way to the U.S. UU.
Two people (Gus Grissom and Peter Siebold) managed to survive a problem that caused the loss of a space vehicle. Space exploration is beneficial, even if we only look at it through the lens of hope. It's an idea that unites us as one race instead of more than 190 different countries. We can enter the universe as one people, taking the first steps towards new experiences, just as we did when we first put astronauts on the Moon.
On the other hand, one of the biggest disadvantages of space exploration is the amount of cost involved. In my opinion, this is one of the main reasons why space exploration sometimes faces so much criticism. The amount of money involved has been discussed in detail and governments seem to justify these enormous figures, but a large part of the population remains unconvinced that this is the way forward. These expenses will only increase as more ambitious projects are planned, and this will make it even more difficult for those who oppose space exploration to change their minds with so many problems of our own planet that remain unsolved, as mentioned earlier in the thesis.
Many people may believe that money should be spent on solving problems such as global hunger, illiteracy and health problems, since these problems cause deaths, especially in developing countries. We've put boots on the moon. There are plans underway to put boots on Mars in this generation. Small spacecraft, such as Voyager 1, have traveled more than 138 AU since their launch, with the goal of discovering what interstellar space may hold.
The pros and cons of space exploration allow us to explore the last frontier we know today. It allows us to see what the universe offers beyond our planet. In this essay, the term “space exploration” refers to the study of objects outside the Earth using contemporary technology, while devoting substantial investment to development. Experimentation and research in space exploration require enormous investments, and the money for projects funded by the government comes from taxpayers.
In fact, many people who believe in God don't advocate space exploration at all, since they believe that humans should stay on Earth and not explore outer space. In my opinion, it may make sense to explore space to ensure the survival of the human species. The 100-year-old Starship Program has the ultimate goal of creating technology that allows us to explore space. In fact, the United States is currently dependent on private space missions, since it abandoned its own space programs in the past.
While the cost of exploring space is certainly high, this advantage provides us with a way to offset those costs a little. Even more recently, Elon Musk's space program, SpaceX, has announced that it will send citizens to space, demonstrating that through a variety of space-related activities. In fact, many people think that it's our human duty to do everything we can to explore space and learn about the dynamics of our entire universe. Space exploration is not only important for humanity as a whole, but it is also crucial at the country level.
However, through space travel, we could at least increase the chances of coming into contact with other forms of alien life a little. Many people may not know it yet, but space provides us with fairly large amounts of resources, and the country that conquers them will probably have enough power in the coming decades and centuries. .
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GV designers at Ontario airfield, & SV. SV designers inspecting new jet engine, & SCU. SV designers pass through restricted area door. SV hangar doors open and 'Flying Saucer' is being wheeled out, & STV. STV Saucer with engine starting.
(F.G.) & Orig. Neg.) (Orig....
Restaurant cars return to ease long distance travel.
New Sunderland flying boat on display.
Nice shots of a British flying boat taking off.
Footage of flying fortresses at air base in England.
Flying boat / seaplane taking off from water.
British Flying Wing coming out of hangar for test flight.
Good footage of Sunderland flying boats in flight.
One shot of a "flying bomb" in flight with burning fuel visible.
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Demo-2 SpaceX Crew Dragon recovery after Florida coast splashdown on August 2, 2020. (Image Source: NASA/Mike Downs)
SpaceX is preparing to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It will be the first operational mission, Crew-1, conducted by the aerospace company and NASA. The Crew-1 mission is scheduled for Halloween, October 31st. Crew Dragon will propel to orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at around 2:40 a.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “The launch will be the first time an international crew will fly aboard a NASA-certified, commercially-owned and operated American rocket and spacecraft from American soil,” the agency stated.
The astronauts that will ride Dragon are three NASA astronauts: Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, joint-commander Pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, along with one Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut mission specialist Soichi Noguchi. Their mission is expected to be a six-month-long stay at the space station.
Bob and Doug set the stage. Now, Crew-1 is ready to #LaunchAmerica once again.— NASA (@NASA) September 30, 2020
On Oct. 31, the @SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" spacecraft lifts off with @VicGlover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and @Astro_Soichi of @JAXA_en aboard. Get ready: https://t.co/7GenEpLikY pic.twitter.com/tboteLSCUP
This week, on September 29, NASA hosted a conference with SpaceX officials where they discussed the upcoming Crew-1 mission.Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for human exploration and operations at NASA, said, "I'm counting on a beautiful mission."
During the conference, Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX’s vice president of build and flight reliability, said that the company reinforced Crew Dragon's heat shield upon noticing the spacecraft underwent "erosion" after the successful Demo-2 mission that officially returned human spaceflight capabilites to the United States. On May 30th, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley made history when they launched aboard Crew Dragon. It was the first crewed flight launched from American soil in nearly a decade! After a two-month stay at ISS the spacecraft returned them safely to Earth on August 2nd.
Upon return, Dragon crossed Earth's harsh atmosphere; it experienced temperatures that reach as high as 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, then the spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. When recovery teams picked up the capsule from the ocean, it was filled with scorch marks caused by the fiery reentry. Koenigsmann shared on Tuesday that SpaceX engineers noticed “a little more erosion than we wanted to see” in a few areas of the Demo-2 Crew Dragon heat shield (pictured above). He said there “was nothing to be concerned with at all times. The astronauts were safe, and the vehicle was working perfectly.”
Koenigsmann said the Demo-2 Crew Dragon has wear-and-tear in a few areas of the heat shield, where bolts connect the capsule (that astronauts ride) to the spacecraft's trunk (that is discarded in space upon return). SpaceX engineers reinforced the heat shield and tested it in a wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center in California earlier this month and both NASA and SpaceX are satisfied with the testing results. He shared that engineers also modifed Crew Dragon's pressure sensor that triggers the parachutes upon return from space. He stated that if the parachutes deployed at a low altitude during the Demo-2 mission and that it would have been better if deployment occurred at a slightly higher altitude. So, engineers adjusted the spacecraft that will launch the next crew of four astronauts to deploy its parachutes sooner.
About the Author
Evelyn J. Arevalo joined Tesmanian in 2019 to cover news as a Space Journalist and SpaceX Starbase Texas Correspondent. Evelyn is specialized in rocketry and space exploration. The main topics she covers are SpaceX and NASA.
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Today’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Combine the promise of solar electric propulsion with the versatility of water and the merger just might take humans far in space. Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space, outlines a pathway to deep space for human explorers. NASA’s Jason Crusan leads efforts to overcome the technical challenges of reaching Mars. Reaching Mars is filled with tough challenges. China’s lunar exploration plans raise strategic concerns, according to a veteran planetary scientist. NASA selects instruments for a robotic mission to determine whether Jupiter’s ice and ocean covered moon Europa is habitable. NASA Mission Control personnel take on alterations of the International Space Station to prepare for dockings by future U.S. commercial crew transportation spacecraft. Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space, draws praise for contributions to space, education and science. The U.S. Congress wrestles with the right amount and timing of space industry regulation. Small satellites are all the rage — hype or reality? Central Florida pursues Blue Origin production. Russia identifies cause of 2013 Proton rocket crash.
Human Deep Space Exploration
The Space Review (5/26): Solar electric propulsion with water as a fuel and for other uses could be a crucial factor in future human deep space exploration, writes Brian McConnell, San Francisco software and electrical engineer, in an essay.
Al Dia (5/26): NASA Johnson Space Center director Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space, explains the role of the International Space Station in preparing humanity for the future exploration of Mars.
Washington Post (5/26): Jason Crusan heads NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems division. That means identifying and finding solutions to the toughest technical challenges for reaching Mars with humans in the future. The division’s efforts contributed to the successful unpiloted orbital test flight of the Orion crew exploration vehicle in December.
Popular Science (5/26): Years of technical research will be required to reach Mars with human explorers and keep them safe, according to the report. Without sufficient effort, humans could crash, freeze, starve or suffocate, according to an outline of the hazards and efforts underway at NASA and elsewhere to overcome the obstacles.
Air & Space Magazine (5/26): China’s plans to undertake the first landing of a spacecraft on the moon’s far side could be another strategic move by Beijing to strengthen a strategic presence in cis-lunar space, according to U.S. lunar planetary scientist Paul Spudis. “With a mission to the ‘dark side’ of the Moon, China not only achieves a new milestone in the history of space exploration, but also advances itself to become the leading world power of lunar spaceflight,” he writes.
Unmanned Deep Space Exploration
Space News (5/26): Nine instruments selected by NASA on Tuesday may find their way to Jupiter’s ice and ocean covered moon Europa. Their design may help to determine whether the distant moon hosts a environment suitable for life. NASA plans to invest $110 million to develop the instruments. Some in Congress would like to prepare a Europa mission for launching in 2022.
Spacepolicyonline.com (5/26): The proposed NASA Europa mission would attempt to determine if Jupiter’s ice and ocean covered moon is habitable with 45 flybys over 2 1/2 years. The space agency selected nine instruments for the mission from 33 proposals on Tuesday.
Low Earth Orbit
ABC News (5/26): Early Wednesday, NASA Mission Control personnel commanded the Canadian robotic arm aboard the International Space Station to relocate a U.S. storage module. The move is part of an intricate strategy to prepare the six person station for the docking of U.S. commercially launched spacecraft with multinational astronauts. It’s a task that NASA’s space shuttle, carried out until the fleet’s retirement in mid-2011.
Spaceflight Insider (5/26): Tuesday marked the 64th anniversary of the birth of America’s first female space traveler, NASA’s Sally Ride. However, Ride was much more: scientist, educator and a key participant in the investigation of two U.S. human spaceflight tragedies. Ride died in 2012 of pancreatic cancer.
Commercial to Low Earth Orbit
The Space Review (5/26): Nurturing the U.S. commercial space industry in the current legislative environment can be challenging. While there is progress, the level of oversight by the FAA has been relaxed for years. That may end on Oct. 1 unless Washington lawmakers can reach a consensus on an extension and other issues.
Space News (5/26): The global enthusiasm for small satellites has over reached the financial resources available to support the movement, according to a pioneer of the movement in remarks before the Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi.
Daytona Beach News Journal (5/26): In Central Florida, Brevard and Volusia counties vie for new Blue Origin rocket manufacturing facilities.
Sputnik News (5/27): The investigation of a Russian Proton rocket failure in 2013 found that three workers at the Krunichev State Research and Production Space Center were responsible for the erroneous sensor installations, causing navigation and control difficulties. The subsequent crash claimed three Russian navigation satellites.
Brought to you by the Coalition for Space Exploration, CSExtra is a daily compilation of space industry news selected from hundreds of online media resources. The Coalition is not the author or reporter of any of the stories appearing in CSExtra and does not control and is not responsible for the content of any of these stories. The content available through CSExtra contains links to other websites and domains which are wholly independent of the Coalition, and the Coalition makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information contained in any such site or domain and does not pre-screen or approve any content. The Coalition does not endorse or receive any type of compensation from the included media outlets and is not responsible or liable in any way for any content of CSExtra or for any loss, damage or injury incurred as a result of any content appearing in CSExtra. For information on the Coalition, visit www.space.com or contact us via e-mail at [email protected].
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VS6686 is a international flight operated by Virgin Atlantic. VS6686 is departing from Birmingham (BHX), United Kingdom and arriving at Paris (CDG), France.
The flight distance is about 489.13 km or 303.93 miles and flight time is
0 minutes. Get the latest status of VS6686 / VIR6686 here.
Update on May 25, 2022, 1:17 a.m.
Distance: 489.13 km / 303.93 miles or 264.11 nautical miles.
Departure Birmingham Airport
Arrival Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
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USAF Support to Central African Mission
01/25/2014: A C-17 Globemaster III out of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepares to take off from Entebbe Airport, Uganda, Jan. 23, 2014.
U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three-week-long operation
In photo 2, Master Sgt. Joaquim Chacon, 571st Contingency Response Group based out of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., inspects the landing gear of a C-17 Globemaster III prior to taking off from Entebbe Airport, Uganda, Jan. 23, 2014.
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BEIJING, CHINA: China launched its most ambitious space mission to date, sending its first female astronaut into orbit and bidding to achieve the country’s first manual space docking.
Shenzhou-9 China’s fourth manned space mission blasted off on schedule at 6:37 pm (1037 GMT) from the remote Gobi desert in the nation’s northwest, state television pictures showed.
Chang Wanquan, commander-in-chief of China’s manned space programme, said the craft had entered orbit, and declared the launch a “complete success”.
The crew was headed by Jing Haipeng, a veteran astronaut who had gone to space twice already. Liu Wang, who has been in the space programme for 14 years, will be in charge of manual docking manoeuvres.
Meanwhile Liu Yang, 33, who has created a stir in the media and online for becoming China’s first woman to travel to space, will conduct aerospace medical experiments and other space tests.
President Hu Jintao said that ”I would like to extend warm congratulations and sincere regards to all those participating. The docking operation would mark a major breakthrough in the country’s manned space programme.”
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Fast private jet rental quote! Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country. 10,000+ aircraft across 40,000 destinations worldwide. Competitive private jet charter rental prices. Book a private jet charter.
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Large Private jets, such as a Bombardier Global 6000 or a Gulfstream G650, can set you back upwards of $10,000 per hour to rent out. Flying small private plane out of country.
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• Heavy jet ( as much as 14 travelers): $20,000 – $30,000 per hr
• Ultra-long-range jet ( as much as 16 passengers): $30,000 – $50,000 per hr
For a one-way trip from New york city to Los Angeles (approximately 2,500 miles) on a light jet, the expense could be about $25,000 – $50,000.
On the other hand, a round-trip flight from New York to Paris ( around 3,500 miles) on a mid-size jet might set you back around $100,000 – $200,000.
It is essential to keep in mind that these estimates are rough and might not reflect the real expense of a specific flight. Flying small private plane out of country. To obtain a more accurate price quote, it’s finest to speak to a Private jet charter company and also give them with the details of your flight.
How Much To Lease A Private Jet – Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country
The expense to rent a Private jet can vary considerably depending on several variables, including the kind of aircraft, the distance of the trip, and also the place of the airplane.
Typically, a little Private jet (such as a Cessna Citation Mustang) can set you back around $2,000-$ 3,000 per hour to rent out. Flying small private plane out of country. A bigger jet (such as a Gulfstream G550) can cost upwards of $20,000-$ 30,000 per hr to lease.
In addition, there might be additional prices such as gas surcharges, landing costs, as well as team expenses.
It’s also crucial to note that numerous Private jet rental companies use membership or fractional ownership programs that enable individuals to buy a share of the aircraft as well as fly at a minimized hourly price. Flying small private plane out of country.
It’s ideal to contact a Private jet rental firm directly for a quote on a certain trip.
Rent A Private Jet
Leasing a Private jet can be a lavish and also hassle-free way to travel. Flying small private plane out of country. Here are a few things to keep in mind when thinking about leasing a Private jet:
1. Expense: Renting a Private jet can be costly, with prices differing based on the kind of jet, the duration of the flight, and the range of the journey. Make certain to research study different alternatives and contrast prices prior to making a decision.
2. Sort of jet: There are a variety of Private jets offered for rental fee, including small prop airplanes, midsize jets, and large deluxe jets. Consider the dimension of your celebration and also your travel requires when choosing the type of jet.
3. Trip travel plan: Flying small private plane out of country. When renting a Private jet, you have the adaptability to develop your very own flight travel plan. This can consist of multiple quits and also destinations, and even side trips. Make sure to collaborate with the rental business to plan out your trip.
4. Amenities: Numerous Private jets use a variety of features such as comfy seating, in-flight home entertainment, and gourmet dishes. Make certain to ask about these alternatives when thinking about a service.
5. Safety: Safety must always be a leading concern when leasing a Private jet. Make sure to research the rental company and also their safety and security record prior to making a decision. Flying small private plane out of country.
Generally, renting a Private jet can be a lavish as well as practical means to take a trip, yet it is necessary to do your research as well as consider your needs prior to deciding.
Private Jet companies – Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country
5. OneSky Jets.
6. Sentient Jet.
8. Magellan Jets.
9. Paramount Business Jets.
10. Air Charter Service.
Just How Much To Charter A Private Jet.
The cost of hiring a Private jet differs depending on a number of aspects, consisting of the sort of aircraft, the distance of the flight, and the number of guests. Flying small private plane out of country. Typically, rates can vary from $5,000 to $20,000 per hr.
For example, a tiny jet such as a Cessna Citation CJ2 can set you back around $5,000 to $7,000 per hr, while a larger jet such as a Gulfstream G450 can cost $15,000 to $20,000 per hr.
In addition, there may be additional costs such as gas surcharges, landing fees, and event catering. Flying small private plane out of country. It’s recommended to obtain a quote from a charter business for a certain trip to get an accurate quote of the expense.
Are there any kind of budget friendly Private jet rental companies?
Yes, there are numerous budget friendly Private jet rental companies, including:.
1. XOJET: Deals versatile membership choices and affordable rates for Private jet charter flights.
2. JetSuite: Provides a selection of airplane at competitive rates for both brief as well as long-term charters.
3. VistaJet: Offers both short and long-term charter choices at competitive prices, along with a membership program for constant flyers.
4. JetSmarter: Uses a membership program that allows members to publication Private jet trips at discounted prices.
5. Flexjet: Offers fractional possession and also leasing alternatives for Private jets, in addition to on-demand charter services.
6. Air Charter Solution: Supplies a variety of Private jet charter choices, including vacant leg flights as well as one-way charters, at competitive prices.
It’s important to keep in mind that prices can differ relying on the type of airplane, place, and also season, so it’s constantly best to obtain a quote from several companies prior to making a decision.
Any type of have experience with Private jet services or empty leg flights? – Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country
Private jet leasings entail renting a Private jet for a particular flight or journey. Flying small private plane out of country. This can include big salami flights, one-way trips, or multi-leg journeys. The price of a Private jet leasing can vary depending upon the sort of airplane, the length of the trip, and also the variety of passengers.
Vacant leg flights, also known as ferry trips, occur when a Private jet has to fly to a particular place to grab guests, however there are no guests on the return leg. Flying small private plane out of country. These trips are often provided at a affordable price as the jet requires to fly back to its home empty.
Both Private jet services as well as empty leg flights can be scheduled through Private jet charter companies or on-line platforms. It is very important to research and also compare different alternatives to find the very best bargain as well as make sure that the business is respectable and certified with security regulations. Flying small private plane out of country.
What are some companies that use Private jet rental services, as well as just how much does it cost per hr or each day?
1. NetJets – Costs start at $4,995 per hr.
2. Flexjet – Costs begin at $5,995 per hour.
3. Xojet – Costs begin at $5,995 per hr.
4. Executive Jet Management – Costs begin at $5,500 per hr. Flying small private plane out of country.
5. JetSuite – Expenses start at $5,950 per hr.
6. Blue Star Jets – Prices start at $5,500 per hour.
7. Air Charter Service – Expenses start at $5,000 per hr.
8. PrivateFly – Expenses begin at $6,000 per hr.
9. Magellan Jets – Prices start at $6,000 per hour.
10. Paramount Business Jets – Prices begin at $5,500 per hour.
It is important to keep in mind that these prices are subject to change based upon elements such as the type of airplane, place, and also period of the flight. Additionally, numerous companies provide marked down prices for longer-term rentals or subscription programs. Flying small private plane out of country. It is recommended to get in touch with the companies directly for the most accurate and current prices info.
What is complimentary legs traveling ( primarily on Private jets or rentals)? Are they cost-effective? – Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country
Free legs take a trip refers to the practice of taking advantage of vacant legs on Private jets or rentals. Flying small private plane out of country. These are flights that are scheduled to fly vacant, either since they are returning to their online after dropping off passengers or because they are positioning themselves for a future flight.
Rather than flying vacant, these jets and also leasings can be reserved by individuals or teams at a lowered expense, as the jet or rental business is aiming to fill the void. Flying small private plane out of country. This can be a much more affordable alternative for those aiming to fly Private, as the cost of the flight is frequently substantially less than reserving a complete charter. However, it ought to be noted that the locations and routines totally free legs travel may be restricted, and also might not straighten with the traveler’s preferred plan.
Is hiring a Private jet worth it?
It depends on the person’s specific needs and also scenarios. Chartering a Private jet can give a variety of advantages such as increased personal privacy, versatility, as well as convenience. It can also save time by preventing long safety lines and also layovers at commercial flight terminals. Flying small private plane out of country. However, it can likewise be costly and also might not be required for all types of traveling. Ultimately, whether chartering a Private jet is worth it will rely on the person’s concerns and spending plan.
Private Jet Rental Near Me – Flying Small Private Plane Out Of Country
If you are searching for a Private jet rental near you, there are a couple of alternatives to think about. Some companies that supply Private jet rental services include:.
• NetJets: This firm has a fleet of over 700 airplane as well as operates in over 120 countries. Flying small private plane out of country. They use a variety of jet dimensions as well as services, consisting of fractional possession and jet card programs.
• Xojet: This company uses Private jet charter services and has a fleet of over 100 airplane. They operate in the United States as well as Canada and offer a selection of jet dimensions as well as services.
• JetSuite: This firm offers Private jet charter services as well as has a fleet of over 30 aircraft. They operate in the United States as well as provide a variety of jet sizes as well as services.
• Flexjet: This company uses fractional jet ownership and also jet card programs. They have a fleet of over 150 aircraft as well as operate in over 40 countries.
• Delta Private Jets: This business uses Private jet charter services and has a fleet of over 70 airplane. They operate in the United States and also supply a selection of jet sizes and also services.
To discover a Private jet leasing near you, you can search online for Private jet charter companies in your area or get in touch with a travel agent that specializes in Private jet traveling.
Private jet rental refers to the process of renting a Private jet for personal or company traveling. Price: Renting out a Private jet can be pricey, with costs differing based on the kind of jet, the duration of the trip, and also the distance of the trip. Kind of jet: Flying small private plane out of country. There are a variety of Private jets available for rental fee, including small prop planes, midsize jets, and big deluxe jets. Private jet leasings include renting a Private jet for a certain trip or trip. Instead of flying empty, these jets as well as services can be scheduled by people or groups at a decreased expense, as the jet or rental business is looking to fill the vacant space.
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Considered as the “first air mobility vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells”, the Massachusetts startup Alaka’i has designed a flying car – Skai. This five-passenger Skai, the hydrogen fuel cells gives a maximum range of 400 miles (640 km) with a flight time of up to four hours.
The Skai takes off and lands vertically similar to that of a drone. According to Vertical Flight Society, an industry group it is one of the many similar electric flying crafts in production, including prototypes from Boeing and Airbus that made successful test flights this year.
Many of them are powered by batteries due to which it can add a lot of weight. Instead, the Skai is using a very light hydrogen fuel cells in order to run its rotors, which can give it a range of 644 km as well as the capacity to carry 454 kilograms in people or freight, as said by the company.
Though several car makers have not been able to bring hydrogen fuel cell technology into the automotive mainstream, describing its invention Alaka’i confirmed it as the “world’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered air mobility solution.”
(Image Courtesy: The Economic Times)
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Planemakers face Brexit on a wing and a prayer
Britain’s aerospace bosses are worried that their strong ties to Europe are in peril
The crowds craned their necks as an Airbus A350-1000 swooped above Le Bourget airport, an arid expanse of concrete north of Paris that hosts the city’s aircraft jamboree every two years.
The plane, a new, longer version of the twin-aisle jet, is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, built mainly at its factory in Derby. The huge backlog of orders for the fuel-sipping A350 should keep Rolls busy for years to come.
Brexit, however, could throw a spanner in the works. Each of the 1,600-plus Trent XWB engines ordered relies on certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to approve it for flight. There is no guarantee that Britain will remain a full member of this agency once it leaves the EU.
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NASA Scientists For Mars Mission: The US has prepared 13 new astronauts to maintain their reign in the world of space. It consists of 11 Americans, one of Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari and two of Canadian descent. It has seven male and six female astronauts. The women in this team will step on the moon in 2024 under the Artemis mission, while in 2030, one of these astronauts will step on Mars for the first time.
They studied. They trained. They graduated! 👩🚀🎓👨🚀
Chosen from a record-setting pool of more than 18,000 applicants, our #NewAstronauts completed two years of basic training to become the first class of astronauts to graduate under our #Artemis program: https://t.co/2XmsMP7KU9 pic.twitter.com/6JnoWrVRcIAdvertisement
— NASA (@NASA) January 11, 2020
The grand graduation ceremonies were held for the first time at the US space agency Johnson Space Center on Friday in which they were introduced to the world. 13 astronauts have been selected from more than 18 thousand applications. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that ‘all these astronauts will get the world to do their job based on the 2024 and 2030 missions’. All NASA scientists will help build spacecraft and the scientists present in space. All these people are included in the select list of 500 astronauts who will get a chance to go on space travel in the future.
First male astronaut of Indian origin
Many people of Indian origin work for the US space agency NASA. But as an astronaut, Indian scientists of Indian origin were the first to win. In this, the names of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams are written in golden letters. Chari is the first man of Indian origin to work as an astronaut for NASA.
Chari’s father was from Hyderabad
Space scientist Raja Chari’s father Srinivasa Chari was a resident of Hyderabad. He moved to the US in the 1970s after studying engineering at Osmania University. After completing his Masters, he married Peggy Chari and Raja was born on 25 June 1977. Srinivas Chari died in 2010 at the age of 67.
Degree in aeronautics from MIT
Raja Chari graduated in Astronautical Engineering from the US Airforce Academy. After this, he has mastered Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Navy pilots are trained in school. Before joining NASA, take up in the American Airforce. He was a colonel and commander of 461 Flight Test Squadron and a director of F-35 Integrated Test Force.
The training lasted for two years
The training of thirteen scientists lasted for about two years. During this time, all the scientists have been briefed about the specifics of space, along with information about spacewalk, robotics, and International Space Station System. In addition, T-38 jets and Russian language training have been imparted.
NASA has 48 astronauts
NASA currently has 48 astronauts who are fully active. NASA may release more applications in the coming times to increase this number. NASA’s plan is to convert this figure into hundreds over the next decade to accelerate the world of space science.
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Apple is cornering a new market: the cockpit.
The Cupertino-based technology company has won approval from the Federal Aviation Association to have pilots use iPads while flying.
American Airlines reportedly won the approval from the FAA for its pilots to be able to use Apple's tablet computer "as electronic chart and digital flight manual readers."
The airline becomes the first to win approval to use the tablet, which will reportedly replace 35 pounds of paper per tablet used.
That translates to about $1.2 million in annual fuel savings.
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Sky force: tactical bomber 3d game for android description: Control modern russian mig fighter bomber.
Complete different missions and destroy ground targets using precision bombs.
Practice taking off and landing on modern airplane.
Using radar to guide you it displays marked targets that you need to destroy.
Aim carefully as you have a limited amount of bombs.
Game features: good graphicsrealistic controls with various settings20 different missionsrealistic physicsabsorbing gameplay
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Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard.
This HC-130J will be operated by the 129th Rescue Wing (RQW) at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California. The 129th RQW currently operates a fleet of MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, which will be replaced by four new HC-130Js, and a fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters.
The HC-130J is the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force and Air National Guard inventory. The aircraft supports missions in all-weather and geographic environments, including reaching austere locations.
The HC-130J is also tasked for airdrop, airland, and helicopter air-to-air refuelling and forward-area ground refuelling missions. It also supports humanitarian aid operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation and non-combatant evacuation operations.
George Shultz, Vice President and General Manager, Air Mobility & Maritime Missions at Lockheed Martin, said: “The 129th Rescue Wing has long relied on its MC-130Ps to exemplify the National Guard’s commitment to being, ‘Always Ready, Always There.
“The arrival of these new HC-130Js ensure these Airmen will have the increased power, enhanced capabilities and proven performance that will continue to help save lives – in California, throughout the Pacific region and around the world.”
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Better performance and more options than other 4-place aircraft.
Mako is customized, not compromised
Introduced at EAA AirVenture 2017, the MAKO is the sleek new 4-place design from legendary composite aircraft pioneer Lancair.
With Mako, the emphasis is on usable performance - not just 'bragging rights' but real world responsiveness you can count on every day. Starting with a sturdy composite airframe that's built to stringent utility class standards, the Mako is designed for the long haul.
Painstaking aerodynamic refinement helps you get the maximum out of every gallon of fuel without compromising the Mako's nimble, yet docile handling characteristics. Carefully shaped LED wingtips minimize roll coupling while providing more illumination than even a 747! Finally, the (optional) auto-retracting nose gear adds 10-12 knots of cruise speed by eliminating the high-drag nose gear from the turbulent prop wash - without the potential insurance penalty of a fully retractable gear aircraft.
Ultimate performance is, of course, dependent on the powerplant. And Mako's robust airframe is engineered to accommodate multiple engine options. Select from a variety of Continental or Lycoming motors - normal or turbocharged - that best match your 'sweet spot' for power, range, altitude and fuel consumption.
In short, the Mako offers an unequaled range of options to meet your mission requirements, providing a beautiful, capable and easy-to-fly alternative to Cirrus and Cessna TTx at a fraction of the cost.
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XO, the On Demand private aviation provider, today announces that it is adding 15 Citation light jets to complement its current super midsize aircraft offering. This strategic move takes its dedicated fleet up to 58 light and super midsize jets, cementing XO’s leadership position.
XO’s membership base has nearly doubled since April, and its new members, as well as existing customers, are increasingly looking for solutions for their short distance travels. Many flyers, living or working outside the major aviation hubs, are facing firsthand the restrictions resulting from deep reductions in commercial aviation services, and a light jet is the perfect solution to travel short distances between underserved routes.
XO already grants clients worldwide access to its Vista group-owned fleet of 130 aircraft along with access to the XO Alliance Fleet of over 2,100 safety-vetted aircraft globally. The acquisition of the 15 light jets allows a new segment of customers to benefit from XO’s know-how and standards — on service, value, and flexibility of access. Each aircraft will be upgraded to match the most advanced cabin standards of the XO dedicated fleet and all Members will benefit from the 30% fleet expansion and the ongoing commitment to offering the best market rates, which can be booked instantly through XO’s mobile app or calling its 24/7 team of dedicated Aviation Advisors.
This is an important chapter in XO’s growth and an immediate benefit for its clients, providing XO Members access to a new agile service, at the high standards that Vista is renowned for, on the ground and in the air.Founder and Chairman of Vista, Thomas Flohr
By adding a new aircraft category, XO delivers on the commitment of its parent company – Vista – to offer the perfect solution for every private aviation customer, across aircraft classes and in every region in the world. Further consolidating the industry and providing simple solutions for all its customers, XO has plans to expand to over 50 light jet aircraft over the coming years.
XO fleet solutions are available and accessible through XO’s new app, which extends the Company’s tech-forward leadership. XO’s new app is the first and only platform in private aviation to offer global instant booking, plus universal search for both charters and individual seats, as well as an invaluable “Price Explorer” tool.
Vista Global Holding’s (Vista) subsidiaries provide worldwide business flight services. A global group headquartered at the DIFC in Dubai, Vista integrates a unique portfolio of companies offering asset light services to cover all key aspects of business aviation: guaranteed and on demand global flight coverage; subscription and Membership solutions; and cutting-edge mobility technology. The Group’s mission is to lead the change to provide clients with the most advanced flying services at the very best value, anytime, anywhere around the world. Vista’s knowledge and understanding of all facets of the industry deliver the best end-to-end offering and technology to all business aviation clients, through its VistaJet and XO branded services and duly licensed carriers. Vista is not a direct air carrier and does not operate or charter flights.
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NTSB Identification: MIA05LA019.
The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (DMS). Please contact Records Management Division
Accident occurred Thursday, October 28, 2004 in Jacksonville, FL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/30/2005
Aircraft: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 120/121, registration: N556WH
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot stated that before departure both fuel tanks were filled and after takeoff, the flight proceeded towards the destination airport though deviation to maintain visual flight rules was necessary. After flying over the Okefenokee Swamp which is located in the southeastern portion of Georgia, he reported losing several hundred feet of altitude while looking down to confirm a radio frequency, then looked up and observed trees. He applied aft elevator control input, added power to climb, then felt impact with several trees. He then climbed and flew in a southerly direction to avoid entering Jacksonville's airspace, and after verifying the airplane was controllable, he established contact with Jacksonville Approach Control and declared an emergency. The flight was vectored to the Jacksonville International Airport where after touchdown, the right main landing gear collapsed. Examination of the airplane revealed the leading edges of both wings exhibited semi-circular indentations. Additionally, the inboard drain for the left fuel tank was separated. The right wing fuel tank was drained and found to contain 2 quarts of fuel; the fuel selector was found positioned to the right tank position. The leading edge of the right main landing gear was noted to have impact damage; tree bark was noted in the damaged area of the gear.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance with trees resulting in the in-flight collision with a tree, damage to the right main landing gear, and subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear during the emergency landing. Full narrative available
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Last week I flew from New Delhi to London on a Virgin Atlantic flight. A few minutes after we took off, the flight attendant made the announcement that we should turn off airplane mode on our smartphones if we wished to make phone calls, send emails, or text messages. This, I thought, had to be a mistake. Turn off flight mode? Won’t that interfere with the communications and navigation equipment, making it unsafe to fly, as we have all been brainwashed to believe?
And if passengers are allowed to talk on their phones, won’t this disturb fellow passengers, lead to fights, and disrupt flights, as the arguments went last year when the FAA first changed the rules? I asked the senior Flight Attendant whether the announcement was a mistake. It turns out it not only was not a mistake, but Virgin Atlantic has been making that announcement for almost three years on its A330 fleet of aircrafts.
In October, 2013 the FAA changed their rules and announced that U.S. passengers on domestic flights would be allowed to operate small Portable Electronic Devices like iPads, Kindle e-readers, and even smartphones at any time so long as they were set to Airplane Mode. This setting prevents the devices from transmitting on the cellular network but permit the device to transmit on WiFi, which is common aboard aircraft in the U.S. and on overseas flights. Prior to the new ruling, a passenger could not even turn on any electronic device until the aircraft reached an altitude of 10,000 feet, at which time it was considered safe to do so. The flying public knew that such rules were illogical, which resulted in many confrontations between flight crews and passengers.
This was a significant rule change which was in large part prompted by Delta Air lines and their multi-year study on the effects of radio frequency interference and its impact on communications and navigation equipment. That involved the analysis of hundreds of thousands of electronic interactions, and resulted in conclusions that everyone suspected they already knew: there were no detrimental effects from radio frequency radiation from handheld devices in an aircraft. It's my opinion that the rule prohibiting the use of cell phones on-board U.S. aircraft, via satellite links, is out of touch with 21st century reality, is not based upon any scientific or behavioural data, is not what the flying public wants, and is why America is being surpassed by other more technologically advanced countries and air carriers including Delta’s own partner, Virgin Atlantic.
Ironically, Delta, the airline that prohibits any voice communications with portable electronic devices while flying on their planes, purchased forty-nine percent of Virgin Atlantic in June, 2013.It turns out that Virgin Atlantic and at least thirty other air carriers have had been allowing in-flight phone calls, SMS and emails. The companies that have made this possible are AeroMobile and On Air. AeroMobile is an on-board cellular metwork in England that figured out how to install a picocell site on an aircraft.
Picocells are very small mobile base stations that can serve up to 100 users in a small area and are typically deployed in buildings to improve coverage. It is the same strategy that was used by Powerwave Technologies (before they filed for bankruptcy in 2013) to extend cellular and WiFi coverage within buildings. Watch my interview with Keith Kaczmarek for a discussion about how picocells can make your cell phones and tablets work underground, in tunnels, or in areas where cellular signals cannot be received from towers.
Picocells are ideal for use in aircraft because they cannot interfere with terrestrial cell sites. AeroMobile figured out how to connect a Picocell operating at 1800 Mhz to a satellite link in order to provide full voice and messaging service to at least thirteen airlines (with more coming on line in 2015), including Aer Lingus, British Airways, Air France, Emirates, Etihad, Eva Air, KLM, Lufthansa, Qatar, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Transaero Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and VIP Carriers Comlux, Dubai Air Wing, and Presidential Flight.
On Air serves Aeroflot, Japan Air Lines, Jordanian Air, All Nippon Airways, Azal, British Airways, Cebu Pacific, Egyptian, Emirates, Etihad, Hong Kong Air Lines, Iberia, Libyan Airlines, Oman Air, Philippine Airlines, Qatar Airlines, Saudia, Singapore Airlines, Tam Airlines, Thai Airlines, and Sri Lankan Air. In fact, On Air connects more than half the world’s A380 fleet.
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Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat
Transport) spacecraft is a NASA Mars mission that may be launched
in March 2016. It is part of the NASA Discovery Program
aim of the mission is:
Seek to understand the evolutionary formation of rocky planets,
including Earth, by investigating the interior structure and
processes of Mars.
the dynamics of Martian tectonic activity and meteorite impacts,
which could offer clues about such phenomena on Earth.
mission is similar in design to the Phoenix Mars lander used
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* Just two
weeks after landing its Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA the US space
agency announced it will send another robot to the planet in 2016.
The previous USA mission was the Mars Science Laboratory aka
Mars: The Inside Story of the Red Planet by
Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest
Book of Mars by Joseph M. Boyce
Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World by
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By Ben Husch
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Drone integration and Zoning Act of 2019 today, restarting a multi-year conversation on the exact role states should play in the deployment of unmanned aircraft, commonly called drones.
Currently, states are extremely limited in their ability to regulate drone operations, because drones are considered aircraft that operate in the navigable airspace, the same as a Boeing 737.
While manned aircraft operate at tens of thousands of feet above ground level, the federal government has prohibited drones from going above 400 feet. This means the general public is much more likely to engage with drones, especially as they become more common. In only a few short years, the number of registered drones has grown exponentially, easily surpassing the number of registered manned aircraft, which have been around for the better part of a century.
States do have authority over land use and can exercise that power in determining where the drone operator is located.
The Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019 would significantly expand state authority. It would require the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that states could issue reasonable restrictions on time, manner and place of drone operations, below 200 feet, with 200-400 feet remaining under the FAA’s authority.
The bill would eliminate an existing preemption states face in regulating the rate, route, or service of an “air carrier,” generally an aircraft engaged in certain commercial activities, such as package delivery.
While the bill does provide states with significant new legislating authority, it also includes some restrictions on states, including prohibiting a state from enforcing a rule that “unreasonably or substantially impedes” the ability of a drone to access navigable airspace above 200 feet.
A few other key provisions in the bill, including Section 9, would require that states be more involved in the testing and implementation of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems, a robust radar system for tracking drones. Additionally, while the bill protects the authority of states to continue prescribing where drones may take off and land, it does prohibit states from discriminating between commercial drone operators.
The chances of enactment are highly uncertain, but the bill’s provisions show that Congress has come a long way from 2015, when it considered a measure that would have imposed a strict preemption on states.
Ben Husch is federal affairs counsel to NCSL's Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee.
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The Mission Assurance Branch (MAB) is responsible for supporting the implementation of mission assurance over the entire program life cycle for all GSFC space flight missions predominantly being engineered outside of Goddard. Code 323 follows policy guidelines set by NASA Headquarters for the implementation of mission assurance programs and to programmatic guidelines set by the NASA Headquarters and the GSFC Center Director. As support team members to the Projects, the Code 323 personnel provide expertise and other resources to fulfill mission objectives.
Mission Assurance Support Process
This activity provides the development, planning, and implementation of a mission assurance program for the projects. Activity starts during project formulation with the proposed mission assurance program and workforce planning and continues into implementation with documented Systems Safety and Mission Assurance requirements. The process is facilitated by providing a single point of contact for project Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance (OSSMA ) activities. This single point of contact is the Systems Assurance Manager. Mission assurance functional support, which this activity provides, includes acquiring and managing parts and materials support, process verification, hardware and software reliability, safety, and quality assurance, environmental test verification assurance, and technical system design reviews. This activity continues through launch , mission operations and mission decommissioning with tracking and supporting the resolution of on-orbit anomalies.
The Mission Assurance Branch provides expertise to the GSFC space flight and space flight support programs in the implementation of mission assurance. This expertise is managed through a single point of contact, the Systems Assurance Manager (SAM) who functions as a member of the project management team. This method of customer interface helps the project manager to establish, coordinate, and manage the implementation of both the assurance program and the system safety program. Generally the SAM is co-located with the project office, to provide the most efficient access to the project manager and his staff. The MAB also provides additional resources in the form of Quality Engineers and Quality Assurance Specialists under the purview of the SAM. The SAM works with the project to provide additional resources for acquiring and managing other elements such as materials and parts support, process verification, reliability, safety, quality and software assurance, environmental test verification, and the performance of technical system design reviews.
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Название: Code One 2012 Calendar
Издательство: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Размер: 25 мб
Code One Magazine covers the customers of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. The magazine and its website are widely recognized for top-flight photography, detailed feature articles on customer operations, customer interviews and unique features on program histories. The magazine’s straightforward, let-the-customers-tell their story style has made the publication widely respected by operators around the world.
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Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl, Val D'Or, and Moosonee are the top three Air Creebec airports based on our airline data. This may change if Air Creebec makes updates to their flight routes due to supply and demand.
Priced at $591 per ticket, a flight from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl to Val D'Or is the cheapest domestic route Air Creebec has available at the moment. This is a round trip and has 0 stops. The cheapest one-way Air Creebec ticket is flying from Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl to Val D'Or. You can expect to pay around $460 per ticket. This flight has 0 stops.
Air Creebec does not have flights from Auckland Intl - you will need to fly out of Timmins instead. However, you could fly from Auckland Intl with Air Canada or another airline.
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https://www.3dprintingsolutions.com.au/News/Australia/drone-innovations-empower-tinkerers-tech-enthusiasts-with-3d-printing
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With a growing interest of makers in aerial robotics, IIT Bombay based nano-drone startup, Drona Aviation, is set to empower drone innovations at grass-roots level. Their latest product PlutoX, the most open and affordable aerial robotics kit for makers, is set to accelerate the development of drone ideas into reality.
“Being tinkerers ourselves, we’re well aware of the demotivating crashes, burdensome coding and other challenges that limit the scope of tinkering and innovating with drones. PlutoX was engineered particularly ensuring agility, durability and affordability for fellow tinkerers,” says Apurva Godbole, co-founder of this drone startup
PolyMax™ PLA was an important contributor to their development efforts. Their co-founder and Tech Lead Prasanna Shevare adds –
“As a tech startup, we use rapid prototyping a lot. 3D printing is the base of our process and we used PLA for its easy printable nature. However, the strength of normal PLA did not help the rigorous test and crashes that drones generally face. This is where Polymax™ PLA came to rescue. PolyMax™ PLA has provided us with the freedom to crash our drones as much as we want to without breakages.”
This video gives a clear demonstration of the capabilities of the frame they built because of PolyMax™ PLA that now they use beyond just prototyping to actual manufacturing of final products.
With Cygnus IDE integrated, the PlutoX kit brings never-seen-before agile development in a single nano-drone DIY kit, making it easier to modify its activity by simply flashing a pre-written code through the Pluto phone app. Additionally, it enables existing drone tinkerers to accelerate their aerial robotics journey by optimizing hardware modularity with 16 GPIOs, all supported on an original, proprietary designed board.
“Instead of slowing down tinkerers with a cumbersome process to add hardware like cameras, sensors or even another board to their drones, we want to make development easy for them. We want to fuel their imagination and encourage them to explore more possibilities while tinkering,”
says the CTO and co-founder, Prasanna Shevre
When they gave a few test pieces to some alpha tinkerers, they built some amazing things like an inflammable gas sensing drone, An Airship, a rover, a life guarding micro-drone, a hybrid and many others.
With 30,000+ students trained on drones and with the Pluto Racing League–India’s first nano-drone racing league, Drona Aviation has made a mark in the Indian drone industry already. They will now extend their efforts to tech and flying enthusiasts across the the world with the launch of PlutoX through their Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, on August 15th, 2018.
Click here to buy Polymakers PolyMax™ PLA
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LOCKHEED MARTIN STATEMENT:
Mars Base Camp is Lockheed Martin’s vision for sending humans to Mars in about a decade. The concept is simple: transport astronauts from Earth, via the Moon, to a Mars-orbiting science laboratory where they can perform real-time scientific exploration, analyze Martian rock and soil samples, and confirm the ideal place to land humans on the surface in the 2030s.
“At no other time in history have we had the technology, the know-how, and the public enthusiasm to get humans to Mars. Orion is NASA’s spaceship that will take humans into deep space, but it needs to be a part of a larger system to go to Mars. Lockheed Martin’s concept is called Mars Base Camp and it’s our idea of how to send humanity’s first crewed mission to Mars in about a decade. The Mars Base Camp orbiting outpost could give scientists/astronauts the ability to operate rovers and drones on the surface in real time – helping us better understand the Red Planet and answer fundamental questions: Where did we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone?” – Lockheed Martin.
Mars Base Camp lays out a proposed technology road map to support NASA’s journey to Mars. This is a mission designed to be led by NASA and its international and commercial partners.
Mars Base Camp is Lockheed Martin’s concept for sending humans to Mars in about a decade. Using NASA’s Orion spacecraft as the command deck, the orbiting outpost could give scientists/astronauts the ability to operate rovers and drones on the surface in real time, helping us better understand the Red Planet.
The Mars Base Camp concept is built on a strong foundation of today’s technologies – making it safe, affordable and achievable:
>>Orion: The world’s only deep-space crew capsule, built with long-duration life support, deep space communications and navigation, and safe Earth re-entry capability. This is the mission Orion was born to do.
>>Space Launch System: Super heavy lift designed to send critical labs, habitats and supplies to Mars.
>>Habitats: Building on our NextSTEP research and NASA’s Deep Space Gateway architecture, deep space habitats will give astronauts room to live and work on the way to and at Mars.
>>Solar Electric Propulsion: Based on technology already in place on satellites, this advanced propulsion will pre-position key supplies in Mars orbit.
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ASI3Meteorology, climate and space weather: science, applications and coordination
|Convener: Mauro Messerotti | Co-Conveners: David R. Jackson , Annika Seppälä , Suzy Bingham|
Separate Poster Introduction: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EMS2015/session/19951
There is considerable scientific intertwining between meteorology, Space Weather and Space Climate. A clear example is the coupling between the lower and middle atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere) and the thermosphere and ionosphere, which increasingly is being studied using weather and climate models which have been extended upwards into the thermosphere. Such models are useful in analysing Space Weather and solar variability impacts on seasonal forecasts and surface climate. Furthermore, Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) data assimilation methods are being applied to Space Weather problems. Such connections mean that meteorological research institutes and National Meteorological Centres (NMCs) are very well suited to applying their expertise to relevant Space Weather and Space Climate research programmes and to the delivery of operational Space Weather services. This is underlined by the fact that the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has been fostering the identification and integration of best practices from operational NWP systems to operational Space Weather systems.
The aim of this session is to provide a framework for reviewing these state-of-the-art topics, ranging from the underpinning science to delivery of operational Space Weather services and products.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts dealing with one or more of the following topics:
▪ Application of operational NWP infrastructures and methodologies to deliver operational Space Weather products.
▪ Coordination and/or organisation of Space Weather services together with weather infrastructures.
▪ Data assimilation methods and observational needs for Space Weather applications.
▪ Weather and climate models including the MLT region (Mesosphere - Lower Thermosphere).
▪ Direct and indirect impacts of Space Weather and solar variability on forecasts and surface climate.
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Spirit AeroSystems will develop the forward fuselage of the AS2 business jet.
Spirit AeroSystems has entered into a memorandum of agreement to expand its role of in the development of Aerion's AS2 business jet to include production of the forward fuselage. This involves additional investment in the AS2 program and increased engineering resources working on the design of the aircraft's forward fuselage.
Aerion and Spirit first began formal collaboration in early 2019, working on preliminary design of the AS2's forward, pressurised fuselage. Joining the project in the early formative stages of the AS2, Spirit's technical expertise has significantly advanced the design evolution as Aerion moves the supersonic business jet toward production beginning in 2023. At full rate, it is expected that Spirit will build 36 forward fuselage assemblies per year.
"Through our collaboration with Aerion, we have contributed innovative and cost-effective design solutions to help make the AS2 Supersonic Jet a reality," says Tom Gentile, President and CEO, Spirit AeroSystems. "With our expanded agreement, Spirit will bring both its manufacturing and design capabilities to this revolutionary aircraft program."
The AS2 is the first supersonic jet designed to be powered by 100 percent synthetic fuel and reach supersonic speeds without the need for an afterburner.
"Spirit AeroSystems has been an outstanding partner in the design and development of the AS2, and their considerable aerostructures expertise has proven a core enabler in the evolution of our program," says Tom Vice, Aerion's Chairman, President & CEO. "I'm delighted to have expanded our already excellent relationship and look forward to continued collaboration between our two companies as we bring the AS2 to market."
|Contact details from our directory:|
|Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.||Aircraft Control Surfaces, Aircraft Structural Components, Certification Services, Empennages, Engine Inlets, Engine Pylons, Engineering Design Services, Fairings, Fuselage Sections, Machining Services, Metal & Alloy Fabrications, Nacelles, Thrust Reversers, Wing Flaps, Wing Spoilers, Wings|
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|Aerion AS2 Supersonic|
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