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http://hibachibbqtable.com/nasa-as-to-why-we-explore/

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The space industry contributes tó the objectives of thé EU’s Europe 2020 Strategy for sensible, maintainable, and inclusive growth. The enhancement of space industrial applications répresents one of the more impórtant long-range benefits of https://pimeimmobiliare.it/room-technology/ thé Room Shuttle service. Crewed search of the Moon started within 1968 along with the Apollo 8 objective that successfully orbited the Móon, the 1st time any extraterrestrial subject has been orbited simply by human beings. (Both taikonaut and yuhangyuan possess sometimes long been used to describe the astrónauts present in China’s crewed living space plan.) Those governments serious in mailing some of their people into room select candidates from several applicants on the schedule of their backgrounds and actual physical and emotional qualities. As NASA’s Mars rovér Conviction arrives at its historic assignment to find evidence of Iife on the green entire world, Morgan Stanley explores the industry forces, visualization and concept travelling an important new living space get older. In fact, NASA reports of STS use indicate that near-term usér demands phone for much longer quests and better on-board power strength than the primary Shuttle service can supply, specifically for quests inside career fields many of these simply because lifestyle sciences, supplies running, brand-new science and software payloads, and high-capability marketing and sales communications methods. On Planet, clouds and nightfall prevent continuous publicity of solar power power enthusiasts to the Sunlight. Mercury carries on the a minimum of explored of the Terrestrial pIanets Seeing that of Might 2013, the Mariner 10 and MESSENGER quests have been the simply quests that have made familiar findings of Mercury. Others need voiced problems that the community could produce Earth’s orbit too crowdéd , primary to crashes and potentially, our inability to leave the globe gradually. “Satellites and Earth Food items Methods.” Concept Analysis. Dragon becomes the initial exclusive spacecraft found in record to go to the room place. A bunch of robotic spacecraft , including orbitérs , landers , and rovers , have got been launched toward Mars since the 1960s. (3) Generating solar yard lights electricity through living space and sending getting this done to Soil (19). MARS Cushion 0B is a good little to moderate school start center for stable and solution fueled cars. It’s been nearly one half an important century since humankind left out footprints on the moon ánd during that moment, real space or room exploration possesses centered in manned low-Earth orbit tasks and unmanned controlled exploration basically. Normal water and breathable atmosphere are really precious goods found in room and a great market could evolve about their creation. Like everything else in the earth nearly, living space pastime was hit very difficult by the outbreak Very last calendar year we listed the several living space tasks that we were most éxcited to check out take on journey throughout 2020. The results indicated that thé satellite was not puncturéd by a meteoroid Sputnik 1 was launched by an R-7 rocket. The second of these goal directorates, space technology, is responsible for getting rapidly, innovating, demonstrating, and infusing revoIutionary and great pay off technologies that enable NASA’s future tasks, while providing economic benefit to the usa moreover.

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https://news.sky.com/story/malaysia-plane-what-weapon-brought-it-down-10396333

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What sort of weapon could bring it down? An advisor to the Ukrainian government says it was a missile launched from a Buk SA-11, a Russian surface-to-air missile system used by both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries. US intelligence has confirmed a missile strike. There have been recent reports that there are SA-11 in the region. Justin Bronk, from the Royal United Services Institute, a defence think tank, told Sky News the SA-11 would be the most likely weapons system. The SA-11 is a tracked-vehicle with four missiles on top that can fire missiles up to 22,000 metres in the air, at a range of 20 miles (32km). Ukrainian separatists have used man-portable air systems - shoulder launched missiles that use infrared but have a limited maximum altitude, well below MH17's cruising altitude. The SA-11's radar can scan 360 degrees. When its crew detected MH17 at around 53 miles (85km) away they would have had between five and 10 minutes to acquire the plane, fire a missile and relocate. The Buk uses radar, not infrared. It would be difficult to mistake a fighter jet for a passenger plane. But military transports - which have been targeted recently - do look similar. The crew might have been aiming for a different plane in the area, and locked on to the MH17 by mistake, or locked onto MH17 believing it to be a transport. Once the missile was fired, the crew would relocate immediately, as the powerful radar would give away their position. Some airliners flying in conflict zones have missile warning alerts. Cruising along at what they thought was a safe altitude - even over a dangerous area of Ukraine - MH17 likely did not. The pilots and crew would probably have had no indication a missile was coming. The missile would not have flown directly into the jet, but drawn up close beneath it, then detonated. However, engineer Daniel Holland told Sky News the wreckage looks more consistent with a missile impact to the tail or wing, given the spread of debris. The Pentagon has satellites looking down over Ukraine. They will now be looking for the flash of the launch - and the radar signature of the Buk, which is highly unusual for the region.

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https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0805/Tokyo-to-L.A.-in-three-hours-Airbus-wins-patent-for-Concorde-successor

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Tokyo to L.A. in three hours? Airbus wins patent for Concorde successor. Airbus has been awarded a patent for a superfast passenger plane that would travel Mach 4, or twice the speed of the Concorde Care for a picnic lunch in Golden Gate Park, followed by dinner at the Eiffel Tower? The US government has awarded Airbus a patent for an plane that could help you do just that. The European aerospace and defense company's patent for an "ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method for aerial locomotion" describes an aircraft capable of flying more than four times the speed of sound – over 3,000 mph. That's fast enough to take you from San Francisco to Paris, or Tokyo to Los Angeles, in three hours. According to the patent, the target market for the jet, which would carry up to 20 people, would be business travelers and VIPs requiring one-day, round-trip flights halfway around the world. The company isn't quite ready for you to book your flight, however. “Airbus Group and its divisions apply for hundreds of patents every year in order to protect intellectual property,” an Airbus spokesman told the Guardian. “These patents are often based on R&D concepts and ideas in a very nascent stage of conceptualization, and not every patent progresses to becoming a fully realized technology or product.” The patent application says the airplane would use conventional turbojet engines for initial takeoff before rocket engines kick in for a "near-vertical" ascent that brings the craft to supersonic speeds. "This noise has been the main limit, if not the only one, preventing the opening of lines other than transatlantic ones for the Concorde aircraft," the patent says. The European aerospace company first published the idea in 2011, but it news surfaced only on Tuesday that the idea has now won approval from the US patent office. The Concorde, which began flying passengers at supersonic speed in 1976, ruled the commercial skies for 27 years, before high operating costs forced it into retirement in 2003. The only other commercial jet that flew faster than the speed of sound was the Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-144, which saw only a few years of commercial service and before being retired. For the new Airbus plane, which some in the media have dubbed 'Concorde 2.0,' engineers will have to overcome the two biggest problems with supersonic planes: they guzzle fuel and they produce window-rattling sonic booms. “Like other lofty patents, it’s unlikely that the hypersonic jet will become a reality any time soon," writes Time's Jack Linshi. "Still, some of the ideas involved with the design could make their way to real aircraft further in the future.”

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Kit No. AZ 7290 Decals: Two versions – both RAF Comments: Engraved panel lines, detailed cockpit, single-piece canopy, resin slipper tank The Supermarine Spitfire, the first all-metal monoplane in the British Royal Air Force, was one of the outstanding fighter aircraft of World War II. The brainchild of R.J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, the Spitfire entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1938 and during World War II went on to serve in the air forces of the Commonwealth and Allied nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union. Together with the Hawker Hurricane, it met the German onslaught during the invasion of France, and later during the pivotal Battle of Britain. The Mk. II Spitfire differed from late production Mk I’s in two ways. The Mk. II’s powerplant was the Merlin XII engine, providing 1,150 hp, an increase of 120 hp over the version that powered the Mk. I. The Merlin XII could be used with either the de Havilland or Rotol propellers. The second main difference was that while the Mk. I was built by Supermarine at Southampton, the Mk. II was produced in a new giant factory at Castle Bromwich. The decision was made to expand production facilities so that the Southhampton factory would not be the only one turning out the front-line fighter — a wise decision, for in September 1940 the Southampton facility was bombed, and Spitfire production temporarily stopped. The one major problem with the Spitfire was that, having been designed as a short range defensive fighter, it lacked range. This caused problems when the RAF went on to the offensive, and repeated attempts were made to extend the range of the aircraft. In early 1941, 60 Mk IIas were converted to the long range version by having a 30-gallon fuel tank fixed under the port wing. They were designated Mk. IIa LR (Long Range). Three squadrons used this version (Nos. 66, 118 and 152) until it was phased out in March 1942. The extra fuel capacity gave the Spitfire the ability to escort bombers further into occupied Europe, but at the expense of performance – maximum speed came down from 357 mph to 344 mph. Wingspan: 36 ft. 10in. Length: 29 ft. 11in. Powerplant: Merlin XII Rating: 1175hp (1050hp at 13,000 ft) Maximum Speed: 357 mph at 17,000 ft. (344 mph Mk. IIa LR) Range: 500 miles maximum, 395 in combat Service Ceiling: 37,200 feet Rate of climb: 2,995 feet/minute Time to 20,000 feet: 7 minutes Armament: Eight .303in. Browning machine guns with 300 rpg AZ Models Spitfire Mk. II LR is injection molded in grey plastic and consists of 42 parts, including a single-piece canopy and a resin 30-gallon slipper tank for the port wing. The kit has engraved panel lines and the tiniest amount of flash on the leading edge of the wing but is otherwise crisply molded. The cockpit is well detailed with meticulously molded detail on the instrument panel, complete cockpit floor, rear bulkhead, control yoke, and a plain bucket seat (seat straps will have to be added by the modeler, as the seat has no real detail). For some reason, the instructions do not reference the control yoke at all, but it is present on the sprue. There is a separately molded rudder and separate tailwheel, and inserts for the wheel wells for a boxed-in appearance, with a corresponding small amount of engraved detail on the inside surface of the upper wings. From this kit, it is possible to build either a Mk. I, Mk. I G, or Mk. IIa Spitfire. Parts are provided for an early all-wood two-bladed propeller (Mk I), a three-bladed De Havilland propeller with (according to the illustrations in the instruction sheet), a slightly more pointed spinner, or a Rotol three-bladed propeller with a more blunt-nosed spinner. The instructions reference parts for either the streamlined canopy of the early Mk. I, or the more bulbous canopy of later versions that offered the pilot better visibility– but this kit contains only the latter canopy. The decals are thin, glossy and appear to be of above average quality, with very good color tone that rings true. Only very close examination reveals a small amount of color bleed from the red on the smaller roundels (for the fuselage and underside of the wings) and on the fin flashes, but to the casual, naked eye they will pass muster. The only obvious drawback to the kit is the so-called “Decal Position” schematic at the end of the instructions. Here the outline of the Spitfire is so light as to be barely visible, almost ghostly. The title is misleading since the only decals featured in this illustration are the stencils, which are provided on a separate sheet. This is not a major flaw, since the box art includes a three-view color profile of both versions of markings provided, both with the “sand and brown” camouflage over Sky, or Duck Egg Green. Markings are provided for either a Mk. II LR machine, serial no. P8077, call letters QV-I, of 19 Squadron , which was involved in fighter escort missions over Holland during August and September 1941; or for a second Mk. II LR, serial no. P8388, call letters UM-R, of 152 Squadron, 1941.

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/india-ready-to-fire-long-range-agni-iii-missiles/story-SuYwF9TBC4e0d27nHGCeIO.html

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India ready to fire long-range Agni-III missiles While some say the missile has a range of more than 3,000 km, others put its reach between 4,000 to 6,000 km.india Updated: May 14, 2006 15:13 IST India's prestigious intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-III capable of hitting targets more than 4000 kilometres away is technically ready for launch, according to the country's top defence scientist M Natarajan. "We (DRDO) are technically ready for the test-firing of the missile," Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, told a function at which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the chief guest. "We are awaiting a nod from the government," he said. The nuclear capable surface-based Agni-III with solid and liquid propellant has never been fired and tests have repeatedly been put off since November 2004. While some say the missile has a range of more than 3,000 km, others put its reach between 4,000 to 6,000 km. It can be deployed through rail or road mobile launch vehicles and has an inertial guidance system with improved optical or radar terminal phase co-relation capability. This, DRDO sources said gives it a high degree of accuracy with a medium to large nuclear payload, most likely a 200 or 300 kilo tonne war head. The DRDO has also achieved major breakthrough in making the command and control systems of other surface-to-surface missiles more sophisticated. According to DRDO award citations, the organisation has now developed complete indigenous capability and self-reliance in the field of solid propulsion. India had revised its estimate of when the Agni-III ballistic missile will begin to undergo testing, which was reportedly expected in 2003. DRDO sources said some "technical problems" which had cropped up were now well under control. They said other Agni missiles, Agni-I (700-800 km range) and Agni-II (2000 km range) had already been inducted into the Army as part of country's minimum deterrent. These two missiles have boosters from the Indian Space Research Organisation. But, they said Agni-III was a totally different system with an entirely new booster vehicle. It's various system have to be extensively tested in ground test beds to establish reliability. First Published: May 14, 2006 15:13 IST

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March 28, 2000 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-5026 or 604-9000) NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC University of California, Berkeley, CA W.H. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, HI NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media are invited to attend a live televised briefing about a breakthrough in detecting planets outside of the Solar System on Wednesday, March 29 at 10:00 a.m. PST. The NASA TV briefing will be shown in the Main Auditorium, Bldg. N-201, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Bay Area reporters attending the briefing will be able to question panelists located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. To get to Ames, take the Moffett Field exit off Highway 101. At the Moffett Federal Airfield main gate, proceed to the Visitor Badging Office to obtain entry badges and maps to the briefing location. Bring press credentials and photo ID to gain admittance. ASTRONOMERS TO UNVEIL SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN PLANET HUNTING A renowned team of planet-hunting astronomers, Geoffrey Marcy and Paul Butler, will announce a breakthrough in detecting planets outside our Solar System at the next Space Science Update, a televised program scheduled for tomorrow, March 29, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. PST. The program will be broadcast from NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, and will be carried live on NASA TV with two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the event from participating NASA centers across the nation including NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Bay Area reporters can question Marcy, who is from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, during the satellite TV program to be shown live at the NASA Ames Main Auditorium. Marcy and Butler are members of a panel of experts who will take part in a televised discussion. Panelists will be: * Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy, University of California, Berkeley; * Dr. Paul Butler, staff scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); * Dr. Alan P. Boss, staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DTM; * Dr. Heidi B. Hammel, senior research scientist, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO; and Dr. Anne Kinney, science program director, Astronomical Search for Origins program, NASA Headquarters, panel moderator. The NASA and National Science Foundation-sponsored research was conducted at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii. NASA Television is broadcast on the GE2 satellite which is located on Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. Audio of the broadcast will be available on voice circuit at the Kennedy Space Center on 407/867-1220. - end - To receive Ames news releases via e-mail, send an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to the same address with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

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The goal of this project is to develop the Ocean-salinity Soil-moisture Integrated Radiometer-radar Imaging System (OSIRIS) instrument concept for combined passive and active sensing in the 1-3GHz range, using a 6m diameter, lightweight, deployable mesh antenna. The OSIRIS concept was used as the starting point to determine specifications and error budgets for the instrument subsystems and to evaluate the science performance. Key technology issues were then identified to scope the study. The ability of a tensioned wire mesh to serve as a high- precision, high reflectivity and low emissivity antenna reflector surface at low frequencies is a key requirement. The emissivity must be low enough that uncertainties in the emissivity and physical temperature of the reflecting surface do not give rise to excessive thermal noise. The design of the reflector and feedhorns, and the surface shape accuracy of the reflector, must provide antenna patterns that meet the required performance for beam efficiency, gain, sidelobe levels, and cross-polarization. Mass and power requirements must be kept to a minimum, and the rotational dynamics of the antenna and the attitude control requirements and capabilities of the spacecraft must be well understood. The volume of the combined antenna and spacecraft in the stowed configuration and the total mass must be within the capabilities of a low-cost launch vehicle. To address these issues, the specific objectives of the study were outlined as follows: (1) Perform a requirements analysis to validate the baseline instrument design (measurement channels, sensitivities, beam-pointing, sampling, and other system and orbital characteristics) and to assess the geophysical retrieval accuracies and allowable error budgets for the instrument subsystems (2) Perform laboratory measurements of wire mesh samples to determine their microwave emissivity, and evaluate the ability of mesh reflectors to meet the required brightness temperature precision and calibration stability (3) Design lightweight, multifrequency, dual-polarized feedhorns and electronics subsystems, including passive and active channels at L- and S-band frequencies, for a rotating parabolic mesh reflector system, and analyze the antenna pattern characteristics and performance (4) Perform an antenna and spacecraft configuration, integration, and optimization study, including deployment mechanisms, mechanical and thermal modeling, and attitude control analysis of the antenna and spacecraft system.More » Soil moisture measurements for climate change studies and for disaster preparedness. Earth Science Decadal SMAP missionMore » |Organizations Performing Work |NASA Headquarters (HQ) |Washington, District of Columbia |Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) This is a historic project that was completed before the creation of TechPort on October 1, 2012. Available data has been included. This record may contain less data than currently active projects.

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https://www.ohiofrn.org/event/unmanned-systems-academic-summit-2019/?instance_id=70

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The fifth annual Unmanned Systems Academic Summit is again being co-hosted by The Ohio State University and the Sinclair College National UAS Training and Certification Center to facilitate an open dialog related to ongoing activities, technologies, and trends in UAS education and research. This year, topics will cover an expanded array of unmanned systems topics, not just those focused on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Invited experts will provide focused presentations related to their work in unmanned systems research and development, education and training, commercialization, and technology transfer covering air, ground, and water domains. In addition to the speakers and demonstrations, the Summit format will provide ample time for networking during the provided morning breakfast break, lunch, and afternoon breaks. Attendees will also have an opportunity to participate in hands-on UAS simulation, indoor flight, wind tunnel, and other demonstrations during the end of the day reception in the Sinclair National UAS Training and Certification Center and UAS Indoor Flying Pavilion. Col. (Ret.) Joseph E. Zeis, Jr., Esq. | Aerospace and Defense Advisor | Office of the Governor, State of Ohio Highlighted Speakers Include Dr. James Gregory | Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Director of the Aerospace Research Center | The Ohio State University Dr. Levent Guvenc | Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Director of the Automated Driving Laboratory | The Ohio State University Mr. Travis White | Research Engineer | Great Lakes Research Center | Michigan Technological University Dr. Blake Stringer | Associate Professor, College of Aeronautics and Engineering | Kent State University Dr. Dustin Souder | PPRI-CCAT Postdoctoral Autonomous Vehicle Policy Fellow | Perdue University Dr. Andrew Shepherd | Executive Director and Chief Scientist | National UAS Training and Certification Center | Sinclair College Mr. Justin Morgan | Chair, Automotive Technology Department | Sinclair College Ms. Amy Burns | Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology Program Manager | Air Force Research Laboratory

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Today our development team suffere dual drone crash due to IMU failure. One drone crashed a few seconds after take off on guided mode and the other one crashed on position hold mode. Both drone crashed spining one side and then tip over. At first we thought these crash was due to GPS signal loss but the log says differently. In the log file, we found both accelerometer and gyro data looked as if they were low pass filtered which means the sensor may not working properly. Sorry about no data is attached here. We are now deeply concerned about preventing IMU failure because there was no clue whether the sensor is working correctly on the ground. Maybe this kind of error is only preventable by dual or triple IMUs on PX4. So I am asking if PX4 can have dual or even tripple sensor sets. Do you think it is possible?

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By Agence France-Presse The US military has successfully tested a new generation of flying decoy that tricks an enemy’s air defenses into thinking it is a US or allied aircraft, the Pentagon said Thursday. Known by its acronym MALD-X, the Miniature Air Launch Decoy confuses enemy air defenses by duplicating friendly aircraft flight profiles and radar signatures, according to manufacturers Raytheon, who in 2016 won a $34.8 million contract to develop the technology. In a statement, the Pentagon said developers successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations on August 20 and 22 at Point Mugu in California. The decoy builds on previous MALD iterations that can jam an enemy’s electronics.

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Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $635,086,713 firm-price-incentive contract modification. This effort will provide for 216 modification kits for 76 Block 50, 103 Block 40, 37 Block 30, F-16C and F-16D aircraft for the Turkish Air Force (TuAF). At this time, total funds have been obligated. Solicitations began May 2005 and negotiations were complete November 2006. This work will be complete February 2016. POC is ASC/PA, (937) 255-2725. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8615-05-C-6002/PZ00002). Copyright © 2003-2017 deagel.com website. All rights reserved.

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Shillong, Oct 20: As part of 91st Anniversary celebrations of Indian Air Force and Head Quarters, Eastern Air Command’s outreach initiative, an air display was conducted on Friday over Umiam lake. The display comprised Flypast by Advanced Light Helicopter, Dornier, Rafale and SU 30 aircraft carrying out formation flying. The Chinook helicopters also enthralled the crowd with their display. The aircraft carried out formation flying and other aerial manoeuvers demonstrating flying skills and professionalism. The finale was the helicopter formation flying display by the world renowned Sarang Helicopter Display Team. Air Marshal SP Dharkar Air Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Air Command was the chief guest. The display was witnessed by a large crowd . There were Civil/State/Defence dignitaries, children and the general public . “The show was an immaculate display of flying skill, precision and professionalism”, said a statement issued by the PRO defence.

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NASA’s first new moon rocket since the Apollo-era’s mighty Saturn V is again on the launch pad for a essential fueling check this month and you’ll see live views proper now without cost. The company’s first Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket, which is scheduled to launch the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon in August, is on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida for a three-day fueling check that may start on June 18. NASA rolled the rocket to the pad on June 6 and has been streaming live views ever since on the KSC Newsroom YouTube (opens in new tab) channel. The SLS rocket’s Artemis 1 fueling check, which NASA calls a “wet dress rehearsal,” is a essential check to make sure that the company can gas the large rocket for launch and that its techniques are prepared for its deliberate journey to the moon. Artemis 1 will launch an Orion spacecraft round the moon as an uncrewed shakedown cruise. Live updates: NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission Related: NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission defined in pictures “During the test, the launch teams will rehearse operations to load propellant into the rocket’s tanks, conduct a full launch countdown, demonstrate the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and drain the tanks to give them an opportunity to practice the timelines and procedures they will use for launch,” NASA officers mentioned in a statement (opens in new tab)Friday (June 10). NASA tried to carry out the check in April a number of instances, however was unable to totally full the process due to points loading gas into the rocket’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. They discovered that unfastened bolts led to a hydrogen leak in umbilical strains between the stage and the SLS’s Mobile Launch Platform. A helium examine valve on the stage additionally had to get replaced. Engineers have since repaired these points and are as soon as once more prepared to try the fueling check, NASA has mentioned. “The rehearsal is the final test needed before launch and will begin at 5 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 18 with ‘call to stations,’ when members of the launch control team will arrive at their consoles to start the approximately two-day countdown,” the company mentioned in the assertion. If all goes properly, NASA will totally gas the Artemis 1 moon rocket on June 20. NASA will maintain a press convention on Wednesday (June 15) to focus on the June 18 begin of the moist gown rehearsal check. A broadcast on June 20 will present live views fueling (which NASA calls “tanking”) starting at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT), with a goal check window opening at 2:40 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT). The house company will maintain a follow-up press convention on June 21at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) to focus on the outcomes of the check.

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Influence of Pilot and Aircraft Characteristics on Structural Loads in Operational Flight, ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARIS (FRANCE) Pagination or Media Count: Some handling problems met in operational conditions are described and compared with flight test conditions. It is concluded that errors in flight instrumentation and physiological cues have a substantial influence on control capability. A unified strategy for flight in all operational conditions is required to reduce these problems. A strategy, aimed at minimising structural loads and aerodynamic problems in all flight conditions, is proposed that will restore to pilot and autopilot controlled flying the positive stability in pitch and yaw which is a classic requirement for aircraft operating in the stick free mode. Proposals are made for improving the requirements of flight instruments to reduce control problems during complex maneuvers and flight in severe wind shear conditions. - Flight Control and Instrumentation

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KVAND successfully cultivates one of the topical issue in aircraft industry — multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicles. Utilizing in-house technologies in combination with composite materials allows the company to achieve comprehensive UAV potential. KVAND develops and manufactures: - Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles - Fixed- wing vehicles - Unmanned surface vehicles - Automatic control systems - Ground control stations - Data processing software - Electronics development Developed UAV's are able to meet challenges of both federal bodies of the Russian Federation, and private commercial organizations.

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The image on the right was sent to me last night by engineer Joe Latrell. It shows a 3D-printed solar panel designed for use on a cubesat. As he wrote, [This is] the first integration of a solar panel with the 3D printed material. The panel is not attached but rather embedded in the plastic during the printing process. This helps protect the panel from transport damage and makes it easier to assemble the final satellite. This design needs a slight adjustment but is almost there. What makes Joe’s work most interesting is where he is doing it. Last week, in posting a link to a story about a Rocket Lab deal that would make secondary payloads possible on its smallsat rocket Electron, I noted that things were moving to a point where someone could build a satellite for launch in his garage. This in turn elicited this comment from Joe: As a matter of fact, I am building a PocketQube satellite for launch in Q3 2019. Yes, I am working in a small shop – just behind the garage. Nothing fancy but the price was right. I am working with Alba Orbital and the flight is scheduled on the Electron. These are very exciting times. Alba Orbital is smallsat company aimed at building lots of mass produced smallsats weighing only about two pounds. Anyway, Joe then followed up with another comment with more information: This first [satellite] is just to see if it can be done. I plan to have it take a couple images and relay data regarding the orientation methods I am planning to use (gravity and magnetic fields). If it works, I am hoping to get funding to develop a small series of satellites to track global water use. It is also a good way to test some of the materials I think would make spacecraft lighter and cheaper. Yesterday he sent me the above image. This is the future of unmanned satellites and planetary probes, small, light, cheap, and built with 3D printers by single entrepreneurs. And because of their inexpensive nature, the possibilities for profit and growth are truly almost infinite, which in turn will provide developments that make space travel for humans increasingly smaller, lighter, cheaper, and easier to build as well. To repeat Joe’s comment, these are very exciting times.

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- June 1-10 [UN COPUOS 2022] All materials of STSC, LSC and COPUOS are available. - 2022.06.30 JAXA's Sustainable Space Principles were launched. - 2022.04.13 [UN GA 1st Comm.] A series of Open-ended WG on Reducing Space Threats were held. - 2022.02.06 [space law/books to read] is updated. - 2022.02.05 [event] is updated. - 2021.09.01 Academic Platform for Space Policy and Law in Japan is to be launched.

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Sept. 10, 2014 X1.6 Solar Flare: Gold On Sept. 10, 2014, the sun unleashed a massive X1.6-class solar flare aimed directly at Earth. Take a look at amazing photos of the solar storm and its effects on Earth in this Space.com gallery. HERE: This NASA image is a still from video of the solar flare captured by the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory watching the sun. Mid-Sized Solar Flare Blasts CME | Video Before firing off its X1.6 solar flare, sunspot AR2158 unleashed an M4.6-class flare on September 9, 2014. NASA estimates that the coronal mass ejection (CME) was moving pretty fast. Watch the video here. X-Class Flare of Sept. 10, 2014 After its minor M4.6 solar flare on Monday, Sept. 8, the sunspot region AR2158 shifted into high gear with a major X1.6 solar flare aimed directly at Earth (shown at center in this view). NASA's Solar Dynamics Orbiter captured this full-sun view. Powerful Solar X-Flare Pointed At Earth | Video Sunspot AR2158 produced a X1.6-class flare on September 10th, 2014. The site of the blast faced where Earth would be if a coronal mass ejection (CME) was emitted.Watch the video here. Close-up of X-Class Flare of Sept. 10, 2014 A zoomed-in look at the Sept. 10, 2014 solar flare, which ranked a powerful X1.6 on the sun storm scale. X-class flares are the most powerful storms on the sun. X-Flare of Sept. 10, 2014 NASA's powerful sun-watching Solar Dynamics Observatory captures high-definition video of the sun in many different wavelengths, which appear as different colors of the spectrum. Here, the X1.6 solar flare is seen in the probe's red filter. X-Flare Close-up - NASA IRIS Mission Picks Right Sunspot NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission can only study small areas of the Sun's surface at a time and captured amazing video of the Sept. 10, 2014 X1.6-class solar flare just in time. Watch the video here. X1.6 Solar Flare Yellow-Green: Sept. 10, 2014 This view from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the X1.6 solar flare using a yellow-green spectrum filter. The sunspot group responsible for the flare is clearly visible in this view.

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Always prepared, both in the air and on the ground, members of the Civil Air Patrol perform emergency services for state and local agencies as well as the federal government as the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and for states/local communities as a nonprofit organization. Ever vigilant, these true patriots make a difference in their communities, not only to assist in times of disaster but also to search for the lost and protect the homeland. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) conducts a variety of operational missions primarily in the areas of Emergency Services (Search And Rescue (SAR), Disaster Relief (DR)), Counterdrug (CD), and Homeland Security (HLS). Most of this is done in CAP’s role as the United States Air Force Auxiliary as Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) under Title 10, but CAP also provides assistance to State and Local authorities in many cases before there is a defined Federal interest under Title 36 as well. There is a significant amount of education and training required for the varied missions Civil Air Patrol supports, and more importantly the personnel needed to accomplish those missions. All personnel supporting missions for Civil Air Patrol start with General Emergency Services training. This is essentially CAP's license to learn, and also provides core training needed by all members in emergency services: General Emergency Services Materials Safety is a critical component in all CAP operations, and thus CAP requires Operational Risk Management (ORM) training for all members as well. Mission aircrew training is critical for the variety of aviation operations that CAP supports: Aircrew and Flightline Task Guide Mission Aircrew & Flightline Curriculum Ground operations are also a critical function to CAP's mission operations. Without ground teams, there can be no rescue in SAR. The following training is used to train our ground operations personnel: Ground & Urban DF Team Task Guide Ground and Urban Direction Finding Team Curriculum All of the above personnel need appropriately training staff to plan and run operations. The following training is used for the personnel working in ICS staff at the mission bases for CAP: Mission Base Staff Task Guide Mission Base Staff and Incident Command System Curriculum Trainees are only allowed to operate in the field under the guidance of Qualified Supervisors. Personnel are only approved to serve in the above specialties by approved evaluators: Skills Evaluator Training and Skills Evaluator Training Exam A variety of external training is also available and recommended for CAP members: Including Online courses of independent study at FEMA. https://training.fema.gov/ These are online courses available to anyone. They are developed and maintained by DHS. Many CAP Personnel need to take IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and/or IS-800 to be NIMS compliant. National SAR School - Inland SAR Planner Course Online Application This course is run by the Air Force to train their AFRCC Controllers, CAP Members, and other SAR professionals. More details are available online at: http://www.forcecom.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/FORCECOM-UNITS/TraCen-Yorktown/Training/Maritime-Search-Rescue/Inland-SAR/.

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DLR tests the City-ATM system at the Köhlbrand Bridge in Hamburg - Test scenario for the future use of drones in urban airspace. - Two drones at a time were flown along predetermined routes to the side of and beneath the Köhlbrand Bridge. - Continuous transmission of the drone locations provided a constant overview of the situation in the air. - Focus: Aeronautics, uncrewed flight Parcel-delivery drones, air taxis and uncrewed inspection aircraft will to fly over cities and interact with one another in the future. They must be able to recognise and avoid one another, ideally before even taking off. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and its partners in the City Air Traffic Management (City-ATM) project conducted successful flight tests around the Köhlbrand Bridge in late April 2019 to demonstrate how drones are already able to cooperate with one another, as demonstrated by flying around a bridge, amid active shipping and road traffic. "Under highly realistic conditions, we demonstrated how two automatically operated camera drones can work in parallel – from flight planning to detection and identification, through to flight monitoring and conflict detection and avoidance," explains Project Leader Stefan Kern of the DLR Institute of Flight Guidance. "The use case of a bridge flight provided an ideal test scenario, as it required the drones to work together particularly closely and in a very dynamic way." Multiple communications safeguards against failure On 24 April 2019, the flights were cleared for take-off and two drones ascended in quick succession. During their flight missions and taking account of the ships sailing below, both drones flew along their pre-set routes to the side of and underneath the Köhlbrand Bridge. Two of the three drones available were in the air simultaneously. The uncrewed aircraft, provided by the DLR institutes of Flight Guidance, Flight Systems and Communications and Navigation, were equipped with special technology that enabled determination of their location and status, as well as multiple failsafe communications links ('HydraCom') between the drones and the control station. Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), the company responsible for air traffic control in Germany, tracked their locations and was thus able to provide an integrated air situation display. Continuous transmission of the drone locations gave the pilots at the control station a picture of the situation in the air, including any conflicts. In addition to testing the overall system during several flights, the researchers also successfully demonstrated the detection of hairline cracks. Detailed flight planning The flight tests, which were carried out in cooperation with the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the project partners NXP, KopterKraft OÜCity Air Traffic Management, FlyNex GmbH, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, the Center of Applied Aeronautical Research (Zentrum für Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung GmbH; ZAL) and Auterion AG, form part of the City-ATM project, in which researchers and application partners are working on concepts and new technologies for safely integrating drones – as new participants in the air transport system – into urban airspace. The system developed for City-ATM involves several steps. First, the pilots and drones are electronically registered for take-off clearance and authenticated using NXP and FlyNex technology. At the same time, the flight missions are planned, taking spatial flight restrictions (referred to as geofences) into consideration. Once the basic waypoint planning has been completed, this information is used to generate flightpaths (trajectories). The system also takes account of the flight performance of the equipment, as well as local conditions and time constraints. This allows potential conflicts to be identified even before take-off. It is particularly important that drone flights covering large distances – as in the case of drones that fly out of the line of sight of those controlling them – should be able to detect and avoid other airspace users at an early stage. The U-Fly ground control station for drones, belonging to the Institute of Flight Guidance, was used for the test flights in Hamburg. The City-ATM system will be supplemented with additional services and tested for other use cases in the follow-up project phases, which will run until late 2020. The researchers will investigate areas such as the optimal use of drones for rescue workers. The City-ATM research project is funded via DLR's Aeronautics research programme, among other sources.

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I’ve been hearing a lot of doom and gloom among the drone expert Twitterati over stalled rulemaking in the Federal Aviation Administration after the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Remote Identification Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) gridlocked over allowing remote ID exemptions for hobbyists. The Twitterati rightly fear that stalled remote ID rules could spell doom for small UAS (unmanned aircraft system) operations over people and beyond line of sight (BLOS) operations. I’m NOT hearing much about another ARC that’s been quietly working since November—the UAS in Controlled Airspace ARC. The UAS in Controlled Airspace ARC will focus on large (more than 55 lbs.) UAS operating in controlled airspace (i.e. above 400 feet). I’m hearing wonderful things about the expertise of the ARC members and their willingness to ask a key question when it comes to drone flight in controlled airspace: WWAFD (What would the Air Force do)? Finally, I hope, someone is looking to simply transfer directly into FAA rule making the procedures, training and aircraft equipage requirements based on the experience gained over millions of flight hours of Department of Defense drones. What We Can Learn from the Air Force Through the years, I’ve heard the same excuse to avoid adopting DOD drone procedures: “We can’t just ask WWAFD! Those military guys don’t have the same issues as civilian drones do.” Really? Let’s review the issues to solve before the commercial drone market is profitable and see if asking WWAFD will help: 1) OPERATIONS OVER PEOPLE: CHECK. The Air Force does this a LOT. True, they occasionally drop things from large drones on (bad) people, but they’ve never dropped a large UAS on people. The Air Force doesn’t drop drones on people because their drones meet stringent airworthiness standards, their pilots are trained to operate over people, their drones have automatic routines that steer them to safety if they lose link and their drones fly MUCH higher than 400 feet over people to give remote pilots a chance to glide away from people before crashing. 2) BLOS OPERATIONS: CHECK. The U.S. Air Force has been doing BLOS since their “Buffalo Hunter” reconnaissance drone program in the 1960s. They’ve been doing satellite communication (SATCOM) link BLOS since the late 1990s and SATCOM/Internet link Beyond Hemisphere of Sight (BHOS—I just made up that acronym) since 2001. Their remote pilots know how to deal with the link latency of these long distances, their drones know what to do if they lose link and they have WELL rehearsed procedures to switch from direct line of sight links to relayed SATCOM links. No kidding, they have millions of hours of well-rehearsed procedures. I ran the numbers once and even counting MQ-1/Predator combat losses, Predators are still safer than Air Force training aircraft per flying hour. 3) MIXED MANNED/UNMANNED OPERATIONS IN CONGESTED AIRSPACE: CHECK. If you look up “congested airspace” in the dictionary it says, “See Close Air Support (CAS) Stack over a Special Operations raid going bad.” Those Delta Force guys get what they want when it comes to air support and when the going gets tough, the tough ask for ALL their air support. A typical “SOF raid going bad” CAS Stack has the SOF (Special Operations Forces) team’s drones at 100ish feet, Apache gunships at 200ish feet, A-10s at 300ish feet, a manned reconnaissance aircraft (U-28 or MC-12) at a few thousand feet, an RQ-1 Shadow a thousand feet above the MC-12, an AC-130 gunship at 4,000 feet, an MQ-9/Reaper with weapons at 10,000 feet, F-16s at 12,000 feet, an MQ-9 with wide area sensors at 15,000 feet and an RQ-4 Global Hawk watching everyone at 60,000 feet. Everyone knows where to fly, and no one runs into each other, even though most of these guys are blasting the enemy with alarming frequency. Half of the aircraft in this stack don’t have pilots and only one of those drones is flying within line of sight of their remote pilot. 4) MIXED MANNED/UNMANNED OPERATIONS IN GROUND OPERATIONS: CHECK. This one is tougher than air operations, but the Air Force pulls it off. Drones and manned aircraft have been operating together safely from bases in Southwest Asia for 15 years. True, it was rough in the beginning. Air traffic controllers kept calling for a ground stop every time a drone taxied out of its shelter, fearing a ground collision between drone and manned aircraft. Eventually, controllers learned to treat drones just like other aircraft that required special taxi procedures. Controllers give giant C-5 cargo aircraft wide separation from smaller aircraft because C-5s can—and have—flipped lighter aircraft with their engine exhaust. MQ-9/Reapers taxi out like manned aircraft with minimal separation because MQ-9 remote crews use their superb sensors to watch for ground collisions. RQ-4/Global Hawks get wide separation because they taxi using GPS guidance and don’t have sensors that let them see well on the ground. 5) AIRWORTHINESS/AIR NAVIGATION EQUIPAGE STANDARDS: CHECK. The U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force, Israeli Air Force and NATO all have solid airworthiness standards that the FAA can modify for large civilian drones. Air navigation equipage for drones in controlled airspace is the same as manned aircraft—that is a transponder, ADS-B and possibly the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). 6) TRAINING: UNCHECK. Training will need some work. It’s one area where you just can’t transfer Air Force procedures and expect them to work for civilians. AF training standards can help, but they won’t translate well to the FAA’s current unmanned training plans. I’m a huge fan of creating type certifications for drones. Kansas State University, which is part of the FAA’s ASSURE* research consortium, is working on a proposal that includes drone type certifications for large UAS and BLOS operations. These certifications would be more like manned aircraft with “demonstrated proficiency” (i.e. flight school) being required versus just the computer testing as currently required. So, what does all this mean to the drone industry? It means large UAS are about to become much more profitable than small UAS. The Advantages of Large UAS Small UAS still have a tough path ahead to BLOS operations. Small UAS can only fly below 400 feet currently and there’s a lot of things to run into at that altitude—manned aircraft, buildings, towers, birds, balloons, kites, power lines and, of course, other drones. Aircraft in controlled airspace only have to worry about the occasional REALLY dedicated bird, intruding/uncooperative manned aircraft (guys who aren’t supposed to be there or who don’t have the right navigational equipment) and a weather balloon every now and then. Look at that CAS Stack I mentioned before—the only aircraft below 400 feet are the small UAS and aircraft (Apaches and A-10s) with the armor to survive everything you can run into below 400 feet. Everyone else does just fine above 400 feet. True, a large UAS isn’t going to drop packages at your front door or take sub-centimeter images of your roof. Large UAS will do great distributing packages to the 20,000+ airports and heliports in the country, though. I’ll wager the number of heliports will soar once corporations realize they can deliver straight to stores if they’re willing to trade some parking spaces for a large drone landing pad. High-resolution imagery is a solvable problem. Do you need better resolution from your drone flying at 10,000 feet doing precision agriculture over the Mississippi Delta? Get better sensors. You’ll make money in the long run because a single BLOS drone flying over the Delta can do the job of literally 1,000 small UAS. And it can do it much cheaper than a manned aircraft. I hope that all I’m hearing is true and the UAS in Controlled Airspace ARC IS moving fast. It won’t happen overnight; rulemaking is a 2-3 year process. But I have faith it will happen soon. I just might start a crowdfunding campaign to buy WWAFD bracelets for the ARC if it will help things along!

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Efforts to achieve low-cost, fast access to space for the U.S. military stand to benefit from an increasingly favorable financial, political and technological climate, Air Force and industry experts said May 8. The current willingness of billionaires, such as Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, to invest their own money on space would have been hard to imagine 20 years ago. And their recent success in developing reusable rockets has fueled confidence in the technology. For instance, SpaceX launched and landed a used Falcon 9 booster rocket for the first time in March. “SpaceX launching and catching the used rocket was an eye-opener for a lot of people who said it couldn’t be done,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Schilling, who led the Air University’s recent Fast Space/Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space (ULCATS) study. Schilling was one of several speakers at an Air Force Association “fast space” event on Capitol Hill. On the political front, the new Trump administration has signaled strong interest in advancing the nation’s space capabilities, such as by committing to revive the long-dormant National Space Council. Vice President Mike Pence is expected to chair the council. There is a “convergence of opportunity,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, director of strategic plans in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements. “I think it’s the right time.” The ULCATS study envisions the military launching satellites weekly or even daily, compared to its currently monthly pace, by building on what the private sector has already done to cut launch costs and turnaround times. The study calls for the U.S. government to set up a “purpose-built organization” to partner with industry to speed up the development of those capabilities (Defense Daily, April 27). “We’re not talking about something giant,” said Lt. Col. Peter Garretson, who leads Air University’s Space Horizons Initiative. “We’re talking about, like, 12 people on the West Coast with the right authorities to really move quickly.” Creating such an organization would require action by Congress or the White House, according to Charles Miller, president of NexGen Space LLC and principal investigator for the ULCATS study. The high-level space council could help remove bureaucratic barriers to “fast space.” Industry is “willing to partner with the U.S. government to accelerate the development of a fully reusable launch vehicle,” Miller said. “it’s not without risk, but we have risk-takers out there who are willing to take that risk and lead and put their own skin in the game.”

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Behold, fans of Star Wars, Speeder Bike is totally real! well, kind of. It has no wheels and it certainly need no mirrors to pretend it is hovering. Nor does it needed to be hosed up and only does over water runs. Plus, unlike the Imperial’s floating bike that hovers just a few feet off the ground, this real world “Speeder Bike”, called The Speeder, can make a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet. Wait. Is it still a flying motorcycle at this point? It’s more like an aircraft, innit? Basically, it is an open top aircraft that when you fall off, it is very likely to be fatal. Just saying… It is also worthy to note, rider, or in this case, pilot, will have supply their own breathing apparatus if he or she wants to get 15,000 feet. Anywho, the company behind it, Jetpack Aviation (JPA), did not specifically refer to it as a ‘flying motorcycle’ and so I guess all’s good. However, this real life Speeder Bike won’t do 310 mph; it does less than half at 150 mph (241 km/h). And also, you won’t be able to get away from pursuing Scout Troopers for too long, as each tank of gas gets you approximately 22 minutes of flight. The flight time of this 231 lbs (104 kilograms) personal air transport, though, is dependent on the altitude and the weight of the pilot with the latter limited to 250 lbs (113 kilograms). The flight time may not be as impressive as one might hoped, but at least you can go up above the trees of Endor to get your pursuers off your back. As futuristic as this flying motorcycle may sound, it unfortunately does not boast futuristic propulsion. Instead, it is powered by real world turbojet engines. But hey, at least isn’t yet another rotor-powered human-size multicopter which have seen one too many. The Speeder has four of turbojet engines that yield a total 705 lbs (320 kilograms) of thrust. And it has the flexibility to use a variety of fuel, including kerosene, JetA fuel, and diesel. Here are other things you need to know about The Speeder: - Tilt-to-accelerate flight system with hand controls - Two-way aviation radio for communication 12-inch touchscreen for navigation - Fly-by-wire control system with self-stabilization The Speeder™ is the revolutionary aircraft we’ve all been waiting for.— JetPack Aviation (@JetPackAviation) March 9, 2019 Pre-Order yours now!#newvehicle #motorcycle #aviation #humanflight #personalflight #speeder #pilot #Motorsport #tech #vtol #transportation #preorder #dreamcomestrue pic.twitter.com/Mqfg0zUGKS Now for the good news for Richie rich with a thing for big boy toys. JPA is accepting pre-order for this $380,000 recreational version of the jet-powered flying motorcycle which price includes a flight suit and a helmet. You are down, you can secure a unit by putting a $10k deposit. The recreational version (also known as personal version), which has a planned 20 units run, is the first of the few versions JPA has in the pipeline. While the recreational model requires a recreational pilot license or sports pilot’s license to fly, JPA will eventually have an ultralight model which requires no FAA license to operate. In addition, a 5 turbojet engines model for military/commercial use and can be operated remotely will also be introduced in future. Potential risks aside, The Speeder is a good start to the rather mundane multicopter personal air transport we have seen so far. Now, let’s see if ion engine could be the next propulsion for such air vehicles. Skip ahead for The Speeder intro video. Images: Jetpack Aviation. Source: Digital Trends.

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A photo released by the Pentagon in 1992 shows the U-2. The fleet of 33 spycraft was supposed to be replaced in the next few years with RQ-4 Global Hawks, the high-tech drones that have been part of the Air Force since 2001. But this week the Pentagon proposed delaying the U-2's retirement as part of Defense Department cutbacks. Department of Defense via Associated Press Copyright © 2018, Sun Sentinel

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By Alexander Nebylov Aerospace craft function in 3 dimensional area, and therefore needs to keep an eye on for complicated motions and dynamics. in addition they have tough conversation, navigation, and automation necessities. For those cause, sensors are completely serious to right aerospace struggle and serve as. This authoritative survey of all significant periods of sensors utilized in aerospace cars and help platforms will speedy convey the reader brand new at the most up-to-date advances in forms of sensors, their makes use of, and the way they are often built-in with each other for overall procedure controls. "Aerospace Sensors" bargains precious suggestions to either practising aerospace engineers in addition to engineering scholars in aerospace, mechanical electronics, and structures engineering. The reader will locate worthwhile assistance on: rules of operation, layout and function for significant sessions of aerospace sensors - from gyroscopic inertial navigational structures to accelerometers, to digital compasses; insurance on radio-altimeters and different independent radio sensors for motional parameters; an advent satellite tv for pc navigation platforms and their aerospace functions, together with GPS, GLONASS and GALILEO; and designing for sensor integration, together with very important points of sensor approach selection, built-in measuring method optimization and the simulation of sensor integration by means of acceptable algorithms. Read or Download Aerospace Sensors PDF Best aeronautics & astronautics books There's expanding curiosity within the power of UAV (Unmanned Aerial car) and MAV (Micro Air motor vehicle) expertise and their vast ranging functions together with defence missions, reconnaissance and surveillance, border patrol, catastrophe quarter evaluate and atmospheric learn. excessive funding degrees from the army region globally is riding study and improvement and lengthening the viability of self sustaining structures as replacements for the remotely piloted automobiles in general in use. This ebook deals a common evaluate of the physics, techniques, theories, and types underlying the self-discipline of aerodynamics. a specific concentration is the means of speed box illustration and modeling through resource and vorticity fields and through their sheet, filament, or point-singularity idealizations. - Aerospace Materials Handbook - Virgin Galactic: The First Ten Years - Interaction of Shock Waves - Convair 880 & 990 Extra resources for Aerospace Sensors 4. Accurate attitude control and orientation with reference to relative points in space is very important for aerospace vehicles. It is necessary to measure the attitude angles with special sensors of different designs and to have special actuators that are able to influence these angles. 5. Aerospace vehicles have specific serviceability, reparability, and scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements. For reasons of safety, and because such vehicles are very expensive, it is inexpedient to scrimp on service—this has to be accomplished using the best equipment and by the best technicians. In hard rain and fog the conductivity falls, especially at l < 5 cm. Radio noise invariably reaches an antenna along with any useful signal, and may be atmospheric or galactic. At l < 10 cm atmospheric noise is more powerful than galactic noise. 5 cm, where the resonance radiation of vapor and oxygen molecules takes place. The ionosphere reflects short radio waves, which is why this band can be used for longdistance radio communication on Earth. Unfortunately, the top of the atmosphere acts as a lens for radio waves and forces them to spread when they are deflected. Different data use different estimates for the precise shape and size of the Earth. The most commonly used geodetic data corresponds to WGS-84 (the World Geodetic System) adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO; Office of GEOINT Sciences 1984) and F. Krasovsky’s ellipsoid, which is popular in Russia. 10 • AEROSPACE SENSORS All the above-named coordinate systems are rectangular and right-handed, where three Cartesian axes are perpendicular to each other. The relevant coordinates are of the form (x, y, z).

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OAS Technical Services Division Fleet Management is responsible for maintaining the aircraft owned by the Department. Computerized maintenance records are kept on each fleet aircraft to insure that appropriate maintenance is being performed and that each aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition. Computerized maintenance records make it possible to accurately forecast major maintenance months and years ahead of time to coincide with the budgeting process. Aircraft Use Report Manager The Aircraft Use Report Manager (AURM) is used to create small aircraft use report data files which are emailed to [email protected] for uploading into the FBMS system. Download the latest version of the AURM by selecting the appropriate link below, these files are compressed in .zip format.XLSM File AURM Version 18, 32bit (AURM_Fleet_4 11 2013_v18.2_32Bit master.xlsm) XLSM File AURM Version 18, 64bit (AURM_Fleet_4 11 2013_v18.2_64Bit master.xlsm) AURM Training Video Standards and Specifications Standards and Specifications provides technical aviation contract specifications development, development of standards for flight crews and aviation operations, assistance for equipment research and development, expertise for specialized aviation projects, and inspections of commercial vendors, pilots, aircraft, and ground facilities. - Inspection Forms Inspectors: All inspection forms are available in bulk from the Technical Services Division at 208-433-5076 for next day delivery. Technical Services Documents & Forms Please visit the Document Library for more OAS publications. - Technical Bulletins - Technical Services Forms - Interagency Airplane Pilot Practical Test Standards - 2012 - Interagency Helicopter Pilot Practical Test Standards - 2015 - DOI OAS Approved Inspectors List - DOI OAS Approved EMT Schools

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• A Trial Flying Lesson in a 4 seater aircraft • Take the controls and fly the aircraft for part of the lesson • Welcome, introduction and pre flight briefing • Some flight centres will also include a personalised certificate • 30 and 60 minute options available What Can I Expect If you want to take your trial flight in style, then these 30 minute or one hour classes in a four seater aircraft are a great choice, with venues available nationwide. And what’s more, these vouchers are flexible, as there’s no need choose the location now, the lucky person going on the flight can take their pick when they book their course. Each of these trial lesson flights last for either thirty minutes or a full hour, with the safety briefing time on top of that, so you get maximum time in the cockpit. As all trial flights use four-seater light aircraft, a friend or family member (at the discretion of the pilot on the day) can join you in the cabin and witness the memorable moment you take over the yoke at cruising altitude like a proper pilot. The flying instructor handles the difficult aspects of the flight, such as taxiing, takeoff and the landing sequence, but once you’re safely up in the air then you can seize control and give free reign to your flying aspirations as you aim straight and level. Your instructor is in the seat next to you though, giving you advice and tuition through the headphones, enabling you to fly the plane both safely and enjoyably. These trial courses are a popular choice for aero enthusiasts everywhere. Combining sightseeing opportunities from a birds-eye perspective with an adrenaline-inducing master class in airborne antics, an experimental flight is the perfect present for a birthday or special event. For true aerial aficionados, these trial flights serve as an excellent grounding for continuing your studies in order to gain your Private Pilot License (PPL). With schools throughout the UK offering test flights for all ages and abilities, these four-seater flying opportunities are not to be missed. A trial flight is a fun and quirky alternative to a standard flying experience, but if you fancy a smaller plane, we also recommend our two-seater aircraft flying lessons at aero clubs nationwide. • Flying classes are usually available on weekdays and weekends throughout the year, depending on favourable weather conditions • Although time slots are allocated please be aware that aircraft lessons are subject to a number of factors which may potentially cause delay to your scheduled time. Whilst every effort will be made to help keep you on time we ask for a degree of latitude owing to the nature of flying, air traffic delays and weather considerations • Minimum age is 14 years old • Minimum height is 4ft 6ins, maximum 6ft 4ins • The maximum weight is 18 stone • You'll need to provide two forms of identity including a photo id, e.g. a passport • Visitors are welcome to come and watch the take off and landing • It may be possible for a friend or family member, who is also interested in flying classes, to sit in the back of the plane and listen in on headphones (min age 14) This is at the discretion of the instructor on the day (additional charge at Coventry, Blackpool and Compton Abbas, not available at Cheltenham) Anything Else I Need To Know? • All flying classes take place at Civil Aviation Authority approved clubs • The flying times are quoted in 'chock to chock', ie. from when the plane starts to taxi to when it switches off at the end of the flying 30 Minute Flights • Avon, Bristol • Co Durham, Darlington • Dorset, Compton Abbas • Peterborough, Wansford • Peterborough, Conington, Hampshire, Andover • Lancashire, Blackpool • Norfolk, Norwich • North Lincolnshire, Kirmington • Nottinghamshire, Retford • Northamptonshire, Brackley • Staffordshire, Burton on Trent • Warwickshire, Warwick, • Wiltshire, Salisbury • West Midlands, Coventry • Gloucestershire, Cheltenham • South Yorkshire, Doncaster • Wolverhampton, Stourbridge 60 Minute Flights • Co Durham Darlington • Lancashire, Blackpool • Merseyside, Liverpool • Norfolk, Norwich • North Lincolnshire, Kirmington • Nottinghamshire, Retford • Northamptonshire, Brackley • Peterborough, Wansford • Wiltshire, Salisbury • West Midlands, Coventry • South Yorkshire, Doncaster • Wolverhampton, Stourbridge • Please note locations are subject to change

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PALM BEACH -- Three helicopters crashed in west Palm Beach County early Wednesday as they tried to keep frost from damaging crops, authorities said. Two pilots walked away unscathed, but one was flown in serious condition to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, authorities said. The first crash happened around 2:10 a.m. when the tail of a Robinson R-44 slammed into a post at Palm Beach County Glades Airport at Pahokee. The tail fell off and the helicopter went down. The two people on board were not injured. Pilot William Harward, 53, of Miami, and passenger James Wyatt told authorities that they had just fueled up and were beginning to fly when the chopper began to spin and Harward attempted to control it by shutting down the main engine. The chopper’s spin moved it to the east where the tail rotor struck a fire extinguisher mounting box on a pole about three feet south of the station and an obstruction warning light attached to the station. At 5:45 a.m. the second crash occurred on the southeastern edge of Lake Okeechobee: Pilot Alfred Morrison, 62, hovered a Robinson R-44 over Star Ranch Enterprises sugarcane farm and crashed into a sugarcane field for unknown reasons,. The chopper was severely damaged, but Morrison, of Coral Gables, walked away. The third crash happened around 7:40 a.m. in a cornfield in Pahokee. The pilot of the helicopter was seriously injured, officials said. The helicopters were privately contracted by farmers to fly over vegetable farms and circulate the air to keep frost away from the crops.

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Unmanned aircraft are becoming popular displays at airshows, admittedly, only few of them actually fly here. In fact, much of the innovation is directed into unmanned platforms, offering shorter development cycles and faster time to market. UAVs are proposed primarily for military applications, but civilian uses are also on the horizon. In the following images, show few of the new unmanned systems displayed here at the 47th Paris Airshow. First we present the largest versions, also known as Medium-Altitude Long Endurance MALE An Armed Predator MQ-1B, configured with an MTS payload and specially modified versions of the Hellfire laser guided missile. Operated by the US Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan. IAI unveiled the Heron 2, a MALE unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as Heron TP or by its IAI designation Eitan. In Paris, the real aircraft is on display. The Heron TP (Turbo-Prop) is the largest UAV built Israel to date. Its wings span over 26 meters, length is 14 meters. Heron TP is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop engine developing 1200 hp. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 4650 kg carrying a mission payload of over 1,000 kg. It is designed to operate at an altitude of 45,000 ft, above the commercial aviation routes. Heron TP can stay on a mission for 36 hours, and as it uses a satellite communications link, its range is not limited by line-of sight communications. Heron TP was displayed with different payloads, including radar and electro-optical payoads. Quad launchers of Lahat missiles were also displays, hinting on an optionally armed configuration of such UAV. A full scale model of the Hermes-900 was unveiled by Elbit Systems. Hermes 900 is an outgrowth of the hermes platform, selected for operation or currently operational with five military forces including Israel's military, Singapore, and the UK (for the Watchkeeper program). The Hermes 900 will be able to operate by the same units operating the Hermes 450, supported by the same ground equipment and payloads. It will be able to carry heavier payloads of up to 300 kg for longer missions. Global Hawk is a familiar face at the airshows. This year, Northrop Grumman is showing the RQ-4B and RQ-4N in scaled-down models, depicting the special configurations for the Navy's maritime patrol and Air Force's HALE missions. A surprising exhibit was unveiled by the Chinese company AVIC I, showing two model versions of unmanned systems, a jet powered High Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) platform and a fast recce super-drone called DarkSword. Defense Update will try to collect more details on these platform later during the show. Your comments on this new and intruiging UVS are welcome!. EADS is also demonstrating a 1:10 model of a new MALE UAV concept, which is unique in its modularity. The aircraft is configured as a main module, which includes the airframe, twin engines avionics, controls and tail section. Two sets of wings are designes, a high aspect ratio and low aspect ratio wing. Payloads are also modular, providing SAR, MPR and EO systems. A satellite communications module can be placed on the upper front section, or, when line of sight is sufficient, the section will be covered by a flat cover. EADS also displays the Sharc rotary wing demonstrator which recently passed its maiden flight test. The Sharc joined other EADS rotary UAS already shown in the past, including the Orca shipborne VTUAV and small Scorpio systems, which included this year the small Scorpio 8 and medium size Scorpio 30 systems.

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Global Airways is an international Air Transport Organisation whose activities cover acquisition, refurbishment, heavy maintenance, leasing and chartering of aircraft. Established in 2001, Global Airways's main strategy is to offer fully crewed, maintained and insured aircraft (ACMI) of the highest standard in the most cost effective manner. Global Airways has a fleet of aircraft comprising of Douglas DC9-32, McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 and Airbus A320 operating in Africa and Middle East. We are proud to be the second fully licensed operator of Airbus Aircraft in South Africa, with complete support of Airbus Industries. Our Maintenance and Operations Control Center are located at O.R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg, FAOR) in South Africa. Global Airways provides aircraft, locally and internationally, to meet short and long-term requirements. We provide tailor-made leases that meet the strategic needs of the client, ranging from Wet, Damp or Dry lease options. Our aircraft leasing solutions and aviation support services can provide an instant airline with aircraft, crew, maintenance and operational support. Subject to availability, aircraft can be mobilised quickly and can be provided with full or partial crew. There are a range of options available for ACMI operations, including the use of local cabin crew, lessee livery and configurations choices. Global's Aircraft are also available for Private Charters, with worldwide operations. Benefits of using Global Airways include:

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Build insights and solutions using Meteomatics Data to improve decision making, realize efficiencies and save costs. Meteomatics increases the accuracy of weather forecasts by adding extra detail, such as downscaling the horizontal resolution to 90m and providing data in 5 minute timesteps. Plus, we provide access to weather and climate data for any lat / long, across all timescales! Historic (back to 1979), real time, forecast, seasonal and climate projections out to 2100. All available through the same easy to use API endpoint, in a range of programming languages and compatible with a wide number of data connectors. Easy to use API Meteomatics weather API delivers fast, direct and simple access to an extensive range of global weather, climate projections and environmental data. Single source of weather data A single API endpoint to access weather and earth data covering the globe, from weather forecasts, observations. Plus Web Feature Services and Web Map Services. On the fly calculation for the most up-to-date forecast Customer weather forecast requests are calculated ‘on the fly’, using the latest observations. Giving users confidence that they are receiving the most accurate and up to date weather data possible. Downscaling weather forecast to 90 metres, globally! We improve the accuracy of weather data by taking into account the detail of the topography (down to 90 metres*) for any lat / long Fast & performant architecture Our Meteocache aligns data in time and space to ensure that the weather API can efficiently and very quickly, return the requested data query despite of the size and format of the original data set Join our success story!Organizations across the globe and industry trust Meteomatics to deliver. Meteomatics presented at the AUVSI Xponential 2020 conference on how Meteomatics anti-icing technology mitigates the dangers posed by rotor blade icing On 5th October, Dr Martin Fengler, Meteomatics CEO presented at the AUVSI Xponential 2020, on how Meteomatics has overcome the impacts of icing on our weather drones (Meteodrones), Meteomatics was thrilled to be invited by The National Center for Atmospheric... On October 2nd - 4th 2020, NASA will launch its NASA Space Apps Challenge. Collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and Meteomatics... TruWeather Solution signs sales agency agreement with Meteomatics to provide world leading Meteodrones to the North American market St Gallen: (September 16, 2020) – Meteomatics AG, the Swiss-based global weather service provider and weather drone expert, is delighted to announce the signing of a Sales Agency Agreement for the supply of its Meteodrones with leading US based micro weather data...

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I had the chance to go to the URRF, in Potter NY June 21-23,2013, sponsored by URRG (Upstate Research Rocketry Group). I was able to successfully launch my PML D-Region Tomahawk, and figure out how to use a new Boostervision HD. Long term plans for the Tomahawk are to cut out a section of the tube for an electronics bay and learn to implement a dual deploy system, then, if it survives, learn to use hybrid rocket motors. My goals for URRF were to demonstrate a safe first flight of the Tomahawk and obtain flight video of a launch. PML D-Region Tomahawk The Tomahawk has a couple modifications. The ejection piston is removed (err, misplaced 🙂 )but probably won’t be used for the dual deploy system.. The launch lugs were replaced a button (lower) and a PML Linear Rail Lug (upper). The nosecone is held by three screws instead of simply a pressure fit. I also added the PML HAMR motor retainer. Presently the rocket only has an initial undercoat of paint, with some reflective duct tape at the payload joint. The Boostervision harness was attached to the payload section. Three strips of electrical tape were wrapped around the payload tube at the ends and the middle if the harness. The camera was placed in the harness, then taped around the ends and the payload tube. I had trouble verifying the camera LEDs were lit properly on the field in the sunlight. I used a flannel shirt to cover my head & the camera, but it was still difficult. I failed to get video of the first “G” motor flight. But after reviewing the Boostervision startup procedures again and memorizing the button sequence, I was successful for the second flight with the “H” motor. I think that if I had started the camera while the launch rail was lowered I could have read it with shading. I did two launches on Saturday. First with a single grain 38mm CTI HP-141G115-13A White Thunder set to a 6s delay. The second motor twas a three grain 29mm163H133BS-14A Blue Streak set to 9s. Preliminary WAG altitudes were 600 and 1800 ft respectively, based on semi-similar motors in PML’s altitude charts. The first launch delay was close to perfect. The 2nd was a little long, it may have dropped a second or two after the peak. I still need to develop an OpenRocket model to make better predictions. I intend to add a couple swivels to the shock cord an parachute to reduce cord twisting. The conclusions are, I had a successful first flight, and obtained in-flight video. And please ignore the ” timestamp” on the video © David B Snyder 2013

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Mystery of Missing Malaysia Flight 370 Focuses off Australia Missing Malaysian Flight 370: Stunning Confirmation Missing Plane Search Comes Down to Binoculars, Human Eyes Foul Play Suspected in Missing Malaysian Plane Mystery of Missing Malaysia Flight 370: Intense Focus on the Pilots Who Were Malaysia Airlines Pilots? 'This Week': Malaysia Air Mystery 'Baby Having 2 Heads' Born in India 'This Week': Investigating Malaysia Air 370 Malaysian Plane Search Reaches 7th Day With No Results Target Photoshop Error Fuels Body-Image Debate Malaysia Prime Minister: 'Deliberate Act' Used to Steer Plane Off Course New Evidence May Indicate Struggle in the Cockpit of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Was Malaysian Plane Communication Shut Down Deliberate? Aspen Socialite Caught On Tape

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On Sunday I found time to start a quick 3D model, a spaceship, of course. It didn't take long, it's been nice to build something with only a loose plan (see the sketch, below). I was toying with the idea of seating a single astronaut on a simple chair, lashed to the ship's spinal element. |Simple Space Courier model WIP| |Source sketch for the courier|

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Check out our Pinterest board for more related resources! We’re slowing down for the summer! Instead of our usual roundup of “This Day in Geographic History” (TDIGH) events, here’s a closer look at one historic event that connects to something in the news today. We’ve also matched it with a map or visual, background information, and additional resources. Sunday, August 6 TDIGH: NASA Provides Evidence for Possible Life on Mars In 1996 NASA scientists discovered bacteria inside a Martian meteorite, providing evidence that life may have existed on Mars. Current Event: Trump supports NASA’s mission to send people to Mars Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed a bill confirming support for NASA and its long-term mission of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s. What would a settlement on Mars look like? “Mars Questions? We’ve Got Answers.” - Why is the presence of water an indicator of possible extraterrestrial life forms? (Answers here.) - If humans settle on Mars, what do you think the hardest part of adjusting to life there would be?

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A decade from now, your order from Amazon will likely be delivered to your doorstep by a drone. Want to order a pizza? Drones will probably deliver those, too. And drones are already at work inspecting construction sites and cell phone towers and documenting damage for insurance claims. But the proliferation of drones will only happen if a system is developed to prevent them from colliding with each other. NASA, along with the FAA, is working on that issue by developing technology that enables drones to broadcast their positions to nearby drones so they can avoid collisions. The collision avoidance system would be decentralized, much as it is today with automobile traffic. Drivers see and avoid each other, aided by traffic signals and rules of the road, without any central direction. Drive where you want, when you want, and follow the rules to avoid collisions. But NASAs system promises to be more reliable than driving because it relies on electronic technology rather than human drivers who might be tired, or texting, or drunk. One advantage of a decentralized system, where drones avoid collisions with each other rather than being directed by a centralized air traffic control as airliners are, is that the capacity of the system can be much greater. This will be important as drones proliferate in the future. If the system were designed like the current air traffic control system for airliners, which is a centralized system in which air traffic controllers direct pilots who then follow the controllers directions, capacity will be much more limited, and your drone-delivered pizza may not become a reality. Designed in the 1940s and barely changed since then, airliners report their positions to a controller, who then gives directions to aircraft so they remain separated. Imagine a highway system that operated like the air traffic control for airliners. Drivers would have to file a travel plan and get it approved ahead of time, and a government controller would assign road space to ensure that cars remained separated. You have to stick to your driving plan, unless the controller alters it to avoid conflict with another vehicle. Such centralized highway control would severely limit the capacity of roadways, just as centralized air traffic control limits the capacity of airways. The principle behind NASAs proposed technology that enables drones to report their locations to other drones to avoid collisions by themselves is much like self-driving cars, but the big difference is that self-driving cars (currently) use their own sensors to look out for conflicts, with no information coming back from potential conflicting traffic. Drones would broadcast their positions to other drones, simplifying their ability to identify and avoid conflicts. As with automobiles, and unlike with airline traffic, NASAs proposed system would allow drones to fly where their owners wanted, when they wanted, without requiring permission from a government controller. But this same system could also be used for airline traffic, converting the current antiquated system of top-down air traffic control into a decentralized system in which aircraft electronically see and avoid each other. The technology for aircraft to see each other electronically already exists, and is already required for airliners. One ironic aspect of NASAs plan for drones is that, if implemented as it is planned, not only could it facilitate the proliferation of drones but it could also provide a model for modernizing our air traffic control system for airliners beyond its 1940s design and into the 21st century.

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Aviation Photo #0993279 Let Aero Ae-145 Super Aero 145 - Untitled This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. This aircraft was manufactured in 1961 for the Czechoslovak Air Force and got the registration 1812. On October 4, 1972, it was registered as OK-PHI and was flown by Aeroklub Svazarmu until 1977. After Svazarmu had flown it, Slovácký Aeroklub in Kunovice bought it, but as far as I know, the aeroclub didn't ever fly the aircraft. On May 10, 1999, OK-PHI was bought by Marvin H. Fridriksson and in 2001, Marvin brought it to Iceland. He is now making it ready for flying again after it stopped flying in 1977. Contact David Alfred Eliasson - Reykjavik Aviation Photography Explore Other Great Photos Photo Copyright © David Alfred Eliasson - Reykjavik Aviation Photography. All rights reserved. Airliners.net is not affiliated with any entity mentioned or pictured herein. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Lockheed Martin’s brand new updated civilian variant of the C-130 was recently spotted in Puerto Rico, apparently transporting hurricane relief supplies and equipment. The photo above of the LM-100J was posted on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest’s Facebook page October 23 along with an article about an Incident Management Team’s assignment (see below). One reason this could be of interest to the fire aviation community is that last year the Forest Service advertised for the purchase of at least one new aircraft that would be used as an air tanker. The solicitation issued November 18, 2016 indicated that the agency intended to buy between one and seven “new production commercial aircraft to operate primarily as airtankers”. This procurement would spend the $65 million appropriated by Congress in December, 2014 “for the purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation airtanker fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, effectiveness, efficiency, and safety…”. A quick review of the specifications showed that they might fit the LM-100J which is rumored to cost around $65 million. However, the FS canceled the solicitation in June of this year. When we asked why, FS spokesperson Jennifer Jones said the only information available was: The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing its requirements for the airtanker. The aircraft in Puerto Rico looks very much like the artist’s conception published a couple of years ago by Lockheed Martin. The first test flight of the new LM-100J occurred May 25 over Georgia and Alabama. “I was proud to fly the first flight of our LM-100J. It performed flawlessly, as is typical of our military C‑130J new production aircraft,” said Wayne Roberts, chief test pilot for the LM-100J Program. “This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting. The second LM-100J produced flew last week for the first time, on October 19. The aircraft is an updated version of the L-100 cargo aircraft, produced by Lockheed Martin from 1964 to 1992. If I was a little bit cynical, I would wonder if Lockheed Martin made the aircraft available for the Puerto Rico flight, in part, hoping it would be photographed. A little publicity for a new model of aircraft does not hurt.

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A Secret Weapon For Cheap RC Drones Cumbola Pennsylvania 17930 Octocopter created for precision variable charge software of liquid pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides within the agriculture sector. Aerial images is much more difficult without a gimbal. It can wreck your probability of coming out with first rate footage, so constantly go with a drone with a gimbal or a single you should purchase one particular for separately. The Altair AA108 is durably developed and will not likely break simply. You'll be able to depend on a solid flight time of all over ten minutes, a tiny bit much less once you’re working it FPV. On the other hand the 720p camera definitely works perfectly and connects to your cell phone by way of WiFi. Regardless that the UDI U8542 Predator’s battery only lasts somewhere around ten minutes lengthy, you could continue to have a good amount of enjoyable with it. The camera isn’t the best but it surely’s nonetheless very respectable. You’ll get an HD camera that utilizes 720p at 30fps for both of those stills and films, which isn’t too lousy. Flying Drone Video Camera Cumbola PA 17930 Ignore all the things you straight away Assume when another person says “drone”, and have a look at this Syma X9 Flying Vehicle. It has a great futuristic-seeking vehicle style that kids will love, and it's propellers to get it airborne. Of course, it flies AND drives on the ground, so it’s a 2-in-one that offers your kids additional strategies to Participate in. Although they might seem to be toys, a significant-excellent quadcopter is a significant expense, and a straightforward approach to include manufacturing worth to a movie venture, or get a unique view on the planet for your personal travel vlog. We have flown plenty, and they're the most beneficial drones within our exams. It’s very easy to fly because it has three flight modes, 1 newbie, 2 intermediate and three Highly developed mode. It also has Altitude Maintain which lets you consider your thumb from the Management and also the drone retains it’s own altitude, making it pretty steady as it’s not bouncing up and down as you try to keep up altitude! Not known Factual Statements About Drones For Kids in Cumbola PA Drone photography has exploded over an exceptionally limited time frame. The use of helicopters, planes, and blimps are quickly becoming changed by the use of drones. After all, why head to all the trouble of employing a helicopter for aerial images, whenever a drone gives so considerably more top quality clever? We rated the ideal Cheap Drones On this publish and there’s some real good quality video cam drones reviewed in there. The burden of the camera on your drone of preference is determined by the drone you've got picked out. Some weigh very little, plus some weigh a great deal. Once again, everything depends upon the drone you’re thinking about, you may normally find out very easily by reading through drone opinions. Cumbola Gopro Flying Drone Include to that it’s impressively extended flight time of quarter-hour, so you’re investigating an excellent drone for beginners (or intermediate pilots, for that matter) at a reasonable selling price. Briefly, the higher the megapixel rely a drone camera has, the greater your continue to photos will come out. Whilst they could seem to be toys, a large-good quality quadcopter is a serious financial commitment, and a simple technique to insert production price to a movie job, or get a unique perspective on the globe for your vacation vlog. We've flown a good deal, and they are the most beneficial drones within our exams. I can not complain, anything worked but it absolutely was quite apparent through the Establish approach this generic kit wasn't of the identical top quality being an reliable DJI package. All round, it had been a fun and comparatively uncomplicated Construct In spite of acquiring minimum instructions. I might advocate this solution as it comes with each of the factors you must get started flying and comes at an affordable value. DJI Phantom Standard Best Personal Drones With Camera Cheap RC Drones Rushville NY 14544 Cheap RC Drones Elmira NY 14902 Cheap RC Drones Hartford CT 06199 Cheap RC Drones Wilmington VT 05363 Cheap RC Drones Eighty Four PA 15330

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APSTAR-9 satellite now in AIT Phase Since October 2014 APSTAR-9 satellite entered its assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase. The manufacturer CAST carried out AIT in its High Bay located in Beijing. The components for platform have all been installed and SPT1 (Satellite Performance Test) started, mainly verifying electrical interfaces between each on-board subsystems and ground testing equipment. In parallel, payload units are mounting on COMM panel and expect its End to End test commences early 2015. Launch service progressed as schedule, launcher structure, main engines and electrical system are manufacturing normally, the AIT is expected March, 2015. Presently all the milestone of APSTAR-9 satellite program are in line with the schedule, the satellite will be launched in 2nd half of 2015. About APSTAR-9: a DFH-4 series platform provided by CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation). APSTAR-9 will be located at 142E orbital slot to replace APSTAR-9A satellite. APSTAR-9 is equipped with 32 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders. C-band transponder consists of one broad beam for Asia Pacific region and one enhanced beam for South East Asia, suitable for video broadcast, VSAT networks and cellular backhaul services, Ku-band will cover West Pacific and East India Ocean region, providing DTH, VSAT, maritime and inflight connectivity services.

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UPDATE | It'll be at least another few months until Qantas passengers get their first taste of inflight Internet as the airline pushes back public trials of the service until early 2017. While one Qantas Boeing 737 aircraft has now been kitted out with the technology, the delay allows Qantas and its connectivity partner ViaSat to conduct further testing of the system before opening it up to travellers. "While we know that customers will want to connect to the WiFi, we really do appreciate their patience while we go through our final testing process," said Qantas’ Head of Customer Experience Phil Capps. This next round of testing "ensure(s) that, first and foremost, the safety of the installation meets Qantas’ stringent standards, as well as ensuring the system will deliver the level of performance we expect at this stage of the trial," Capps added. Qantas had previously planned to debut inflight Internet on domestic flights by the end of 2016, with passengers to enjoy free inflight streaming of cricket matches under a partnership with Cricket Australia. However, the delay now means that airborne travellers will miss the bulk – if not all – of the summer cricket season, which winds down on February 22 2017. Once public trials of the service do commence in early 2017 aboard one Boeing 737 aircraft, Qantas aims to begin fitting its entire domestic Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 fleets with the tech from the middle of the year, with fleetwide completion due in 2018. The airline remains in talks with suppliers to bring inflight Internet to its regional (QantasLink) and international fleets, but has no firm plans at this stage. PREVIOUS, August 24 2016 | Qantas plans to offer inflight Internet access on every aircraft in its domestic fleet and is looking to extend sky-high WiFi across its international network as well. With a trial to take place on its Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 aircraft towards the end of the year, the Roo will complete the roll-out of inflight WiFi in 2017 and is in the final stages of securing the tech for its QantasLink Boeing 717s and Dash 8s, along with its Network Aviation Fokker 100s. Passengers flying during the Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 tech trials later this year will be able to watch a live stream of the summer's cricket season under a partnership between Qantas and Cricket Australia. “A flight from Sydney to Perth should be enough time to catch an entire match of 20/20," Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce says, "and live cricket is just one of the partnerships we are looking at.” Also on the agenda is inflight Internet across Qantas’ international fleet. “There are over 200 Qantas aircraft and some complex technical issues to work through… but our plan is to provide Wi-Fi to all our customers as soon as we can, and we’ll be providing more detail after the domestic trial,” Joyce’s speech reads. Follow Australian Business Traveller on Twitter: we're @AusBT

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The People Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)’s newest fighter aircraft, the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) J-20, recently made its public debut at the 2016 Zhuhai Air Show. The CAC J-20 first flew in January 2011, following more than a decade’s worth of preliminary development work by CAC under the J-XX program. In 2008, the PLAAF chose CAC’s design proposal over a competing one from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC). Upon its maiden flight in 2011, the PLAAF reportedly set the J-20’s intended induction date before 2019. Notes & Comments: Although a next-generation design, it does not appear that the J-20 is at the core, at least today, of the PLAAF’s overall fleet modernization plan. This is apparent in the fact that the J-20’s design showcases an emphasis on long-range, long-endurance, and heavy-payload attributes. In fact, IHS Jane’s has an analysis of an apparent strike-oriented variant of the J-20, which is reportedly under development. The existence of such a variant backs the notion that the J-20 platform is envisaged to fulfill niche roles in the PLAAF, deferring the multi-role and general purpose needs to the J-10 and J-11 platforms, which have seen considerable development in recent years in parallel with the J-20. Interestingly, the PLAAF has not yet committed to the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31, which is being marketed solely for the export market. In contrast to the J-20, the FC-31 is showcased as a more affordable multi-role platform, one suitable for competing against the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and the slew of emerging medium-weight next-generation fighters, such as the Korea Aerospace Industries KFX. While it is speculated at the PLAAF – and/or potentially the People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) – would adopt the FC-31 to replace legacy fighters, the fact that neither has formally committed to this platform is noteworthy. Instead, both service arms have seemingly emphasized the need to further develop existing platforms, namely the J-10 and J-11, with next-generation subsystems and munitions. Unfortunately, the lack of access to the domestic market places the FC-31 in an uncertain position, one where Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) – China’s defence aviation commercial arm – is put into the position of tying the FC-31’s success to development funding from the launch export customer. The PLAAF and PLAN’s approach to next-generation manned fighters thus far could be grounds for closely observing China’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs. In parallel with aggressively developing active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radars and improved electronic warfare (EW) systems for all aviation applications, China could potentially be thinking ahead to achieve a compelling UAV strategy. That, or in addition to it, additional changes to the J-10 and/or J-11.

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On April 20, PAMA recognized its 2023 scholarship award recipients during the award ceremony at the Aerospace Maintenance Competition in Atlanta. The award recipients are as follows: Congratulations to all our award recipients. Visit the scholarship page for more information on the application deadline for 2024, and to contribute to the PAMA scholarship fund. Eight passengers and a pilot were onboard the Cessna 402B charter flight. John and Todd discuss the details of the accident report and the multiple organizational issues of the aircraft operator. They find that shoddy airline operations are at the center of the cause of this event. They talk about the specific shortcomings that involve everything from pilot verification, to aircraft maintenance to illegal operations. John and Todd talk about the management oversight and systems needed to safely operate a charter airline. They also cover the responsibility of people booking these flights to check out who they are working with. The South Texas PAMA Golf Classic is coming up on April 18th, 2023, and there are still a few spots remaining to attend. The South Texas Chapter is on track to award over $85,000 in aviation scholarships this year. For more information on attending this incredible event, networking with industry professionals, and supporting future AMT’s, contact Chad Tew or visit their website for more info. Get the latest trade association news. Got something to contribute? Email [email protected].

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Enginers of the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command hoisted up the real EA-18G Growler carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft undergo testing of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pod in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The NGJ-MB Engineering Development Model (EDM) pods, developed by the Raytheon Company in El Segundo, California, completed more than 400 hours of basic functionality, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) data collection and performance testing over a period of three months. READ MORE... With over 13,000 members internationally, the Association of Old Crows is an organization for individuals who have common interests in Electronic Warfare (EW), Electromagnetic Spectrum Management Operations, Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA), Information Operations (IO), and other information related capabilities. The Association of Old Crows provides a means of connecting members and organizations nationally and internationally across government, defense, industry, and academia to promote the exchange of ideas and information, and provides a platform to recognize advances and contributions in these fields.

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In June 2008 (2008-2006), the first and Copa Airlines announced their intention to join Star Alliance after Continental`s last flight with SkyTeam on October 24, 2009. On that day, Continental Airlines and Copa Airlines departed SkyTeam at the same time, as announced. Continental Airlines joined Star Alliance three days later. At the time, it was said that the changeover to the euro was the first step in the merger between United and Continental. By extending SkyTeam`s code-sharing agreements between partners, passengers travel continuously to global destinations. The agreement also allows members of Korean Air`s loyalty program, Skypass, to collect miles on all codeshare flights. Korean Air has announced the extension of its codeshare agreements with its colleagues De SkyTeam, Air France and Alitalia. In addition, from 4 June, Korean Air will extend its codeshare agreement with Alitalia. As part of the agreement, Korean Air will be sharing code on new flights operated by Alitalia between Rome and Incheon, which will double the frequency on the line from three per week to six. Alitalia will continue to share code on Korean Air operated flights between Incheon-Rome and Incheon-Milan. China Southern Airlines will maintain codeshare agreements with most SkyTeam members, even after the alliance`s release next year. “In addition to its SkyTeam partners, the company has accelerated the expansion of its global circle of friends by entering into a bilateral codeshare partnership with American Airlines, British Airways, Emirates, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Qantas and Qatar Airways,” said China Southern. Korean Air will also schedule code-sharing on Alitalia flights from Rome to three domestic destinations – Milan, Venice and Bologna, as well as seven international destinations – Athens, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Budapest, Cairo and Casablanca. A codeshare agreement is an agreement in which two or more airlines share the same flight. A seat can be purchased from an airline on a flight that is actually flown by another airline under another flight number or code. All major airlines have one or more codeshare agreements. According to a press release issued today by Aeroflot, the Russian airline and Brussels Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement to offer customers a greater choice of flights and greater flexibility in travel between Brussels and Moscow. Tickets for flights under the new agreement are on sale and joint flights will begin on January 20, 2020. Korean Air currently has codeshare partnerships with 33 airlines on 198 routes worldwide, including SkyTeam partners such as Air France and Alitalia. Korean Air will develop the possibilities of code-sharing partnerships to provide its passengers with the most comfortable flight plans. Booking a codeshare flight means that flights booked with an airline can be made by one of the partners as part of the agreement. The new agreement allows travellers departing from Moscow to easily connect to the entire Brussels Airlines network, while travellers from Brussels will benefit from better connections to the Russian capital and Aeroflot`s global routes.

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Brazilian Defence News The second Scorpene submarine, "Humaitá," was officially launched at the Itaguaí Construçoes Navais shipyard in Brazil, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Defence24. According to media reports, the Brazilian company Iveco Defesa , under the concluded agreement, provided the Philippine armed forces with a purchased batch of Guarani 6×6 wheeled combat vehicles It became clear only three days ago that Hungary was the second foreign customer to buy two tankers of the same model and would expect their delivery over the next three years, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. One of the largest airlines in the world - the Brazilian Embraer intends to begin development and production of a hybrid aircraft, which will have its military and civilian variety and will have the characteristic of short takeoff or STOUT In Brazil, they began to create a prototype reactor for the Alvaro Alberto submarine, the first in the history nuclear submarine of this Latin American country. It will be built with the active assistance of the French, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The Brazilian Ministry of Defense announced that the first Scorpène-type submarine "Riachuelo", built in Brazil, began sea trials on August 12, 2020, during which the propulsion, control and navigation systems were first tested In Brazil, the production of fighter jets began. Yesterday, July 7, the portal defensenews.com announced that the Saab Aeronáutica Montagens plant launched the production of parts for Gripen E / F aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. After the completion of the acceptance procedure, the Brazilian company Embraer on June 27 handed over to the Brazilian Air Force the third Millennium KC-390 military transport aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. BRASILIA, (BM) - Russian producers of safety systems are ready to share technological know-how with potential Brazilian partners, learned BulgarianMiitary.com, according Deputy Director General of the state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport Sergei Goreslavsky statement at the first Russian-Brazilian trade and investment forum in Brasilia. !-->!-->!-->… STOCKHOLM, (BM) - Saab completed a successful first flight with the first Brazilian Gripen E fighter aircraft, 39-6001, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defence 360 Europe. At 2.41 pm CET on August 26, the Gripen E aircraft took off on its maiden flight flown by Saab test pilot Richard Ljungberg. Read more: The Brazilian Army Placed an!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->… RIO DE JANEIOR, (BM) - The Brazilian Navy test-fired the third and final prototype of the locally developed MANSUP (Míssil Antinavio Nacional de Superfície) surface-to-surface anti-ship missile, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Jane`s. The missile was fired from one of the two ITL-10 twin missile launchers on board the Niterói-class!-->!-->!-->… BRASILIA, (BM) - Elbit Systems will supply E-LynX radios to the Brazilian Marine Corps (CFN), learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Israel Defense. The radios will be integrated as part of the SIC²CFN project designed to improve the Corps’ C4ISR capabilities. Read more: India Will Use the Rafael BNET Software on All Its Combat Aircrafts !-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

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VietJetAir, the low-cost airline from Vietnam, has recently acquired a new Airbus A320 and has announced that they are now offering cheap flights to Ho Chi Minh City. The flights will depart Ho Chi Minh at 11:45 am and fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport in bangkok. The return flight will depart Suvarnabhumi Airport at 1:30 pm. The new flights mark Bangkok as the first international destination for the airline. They currently operate domestic flights to and from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue and Phu Quoc. To find out more information, visit their website at www.VietJetAir.com. The above article is a summary. Please see the source article at Google News.

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Compare all cheap flights to Edinburgh Cheap flights from London City to Edinburgh (LCY - EDI). - BMI airfare from London City to Edinburgh starting at £62. - British Airways airfare from London City to Edinburgh starting at £86. London City to Edinburgh flying information. - The flying distance between London City and Edinburgh is 337 miles. - No airlines fly non stop from Edinburgh to London City. Cheap Airfares to Edinburgh from United Kingdom Cheap International Flights from London City Airlines flying from London City to Edinburgh (LCY to EDI) London City to Edinburgh airlines include bmi. Over 17 airlines offer flights from other cities, including zoom, Unspecified Carrier, SN Brussels, SAS, Lufthansa, KLM Royal Dutch, KLM, Iberia, FlyBe, Brussels Airlines, British Airways. What other cities and months can I fly from London City to United Kingdom? Bristol, London Gatwick, Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh, and many others from December to July and August to October.

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Which airline flies the most flights to BSB? The top airline carrier flying out of Brasilia Intl. President Juscelino Kubitschek is TAM Brazilian Airlines and they fly over 1,000 flights every month. - Aeromexico - Brasilia (BSB) to New York (JFK) on 5/8 leaving at 3:45 pm and returning on 5/11 at 7:00 am for only $960 per person.* - Avianca Brasil - Brasilia (BSB) to Los Angeles (LAX) on 5/4 leaving at 3:45 pm and returning on 5/8 at 8:05 pm for only $1,005 per person.* - Air France - Brasilia (BSB) to London (LHR) on 4/27 leaving at 5:30 am and returning on 4/30 at 6:15 pm for only $1,191 per person.* *Prices vary and will be updated when you view current flight availability results. Deals displayed here are based on flight pricing and availability as of 04/21/2018 and may change as you get closer to the actual flight date. Deals displayed whose dates are in the past are no longer valid.

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Автор Salo, 03.05.2009 21:23:14 0 Пользователи и 1 гость просматривают эту тему. Цитироватьhttp://www.eutelsat.com/news/compress/en/2010/html/PR0910-Half-Year-Results/PR0910-Half-Year-Results.htmlЦитироватьEutelsat has revised the launch arrangements for the W3B satellite. In agreement with the spacecraft's prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space, to safeguard its delivery schedule, W3B will be launched by an Ariane 5 vehicle between August and September 2010. The Long March launch originally assigned for W3B has consequently been reallocated to W3C, for launch between June and September 2011. ЦитироватьEutelsat has revised the launch arrangements for the W3B satellite. In agreement with the spacecraft's prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space, to safeguard its delivery schedule, W3B will be launched by an Ariane 5 vehicle between August and September 2010. The Long March launch originally assigned for W3B has consequently been reallocated to W3C, for launch between June and September 2011. Цитироватьhttp://china-defense.blogspot.com/2010/03/china-to-launch-space-station-module.htmlWednesday, March 03, 2010China to Launch Space Station Module March 3, 2010China to Launch Space Station ModuleBy MARK McDONALDhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/world/asia/04space.htmlHONG KONG — The Heavenly Palace, the first module in China's permanent space station, will be launched next year, a senior aerospace official confirmed Wednesday.The official, Qi Faren, said the craft, an orbiting laboratory known in Mandarin as Tiangong-1, would initially serve as a docking station for other spacecraft. His remarks were carried by Xinhua, the official news agency.A model of Tiangong-1 was publicly unveiled during New Year celebrations last year. The 8.5-ton laboratory is expected to be 30 feet long, with a crew of three taikonauts, the Chinese term for astronauts.The China National Space Administration said it plans three docking missions with the lab next year.The space agency's long-range plans include a 20-ton permanent space station that will incorporate Tiangong-1, as well as a separate lunar mission by 2022.China successfully launched its first satellite in April 1970, a craft called Dong Fang Hong-1, or The East Is Red, which was sent into orbit by a Long March-1 rocket. China's first manned spacecraft went aloft in October 2003 and made 14 orbits of the Earth. The country's first spacewalk took place 18 months ago.Aerospace experts and military officials say the Chinese military space program has made major advancements in recent years, notably when it tested an antisatellite system in 2007, using a ballistic missile to shoot down one of its own weather satellites 540 miles up.Charles P. Vick, a senior analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, said in a white paper that China's "space station programs have clearly won out in government planning priorities over the lunar aspirations."China has long insisted that its intentions in space are peaceful, although the head of the Chinese Air Force, Gen. Xu Qiliang, appeared to have gone somewhat off-message when he said in November that international "military competition has shifted towards space.""Such a shift is a major trend now, and such expansion is a historical inevitability," he said, in remarks quoted by state-run media. "To some extent, if you control space you can also control the land and the sea, and you will be in an advantageous position."Meanwhile, American military planners have expressed concerns and uncertainty about China's intentions."Where they're heading I think is one of those things that a lot of people would like to understand better, what their goals and objectives are," said Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, the head of United States Strategic Command, following General Xu's remarks. "But they certainly are on a fast track to improve their capabilities."Clearly, I think what we've all come to understand is that space is a contested domain. It used to be looked at like a sanctuary. And clearly that's not the case today." ЦитироватьЗапуск наконец-то официально анонсирован: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-03/04/c_13196762.htmПолетит "Яогань вэйсин-9" на CZ-4C с Цзюцюаня. Такой комбинации носителя и космодрома еще не было. Возможно, нечто новое. ЦитироватьRe: Chinese launch schedule « Reply #454 on: Today at 12:27 PM » During 2010, China intends to carry out 15 CZ launches, including 8 from the CZ-3A/3B/3C series (source) (one was already launched on January 16).So there would be 7 CZ-3A/3B/3C launches still to come in 2010.Taking into account Chang'e-2 on CZ-3C, Sinosat-6 on CZ-3B and a FY on CZ-3A, this would leave a maximum of 4 Compass (GEO and/or MEO) launches for the rest of the year. ЦитироватьRocket to go to moon under designBy Xin Dingding (China Daily)Updated: 2010-03-05 07:26 BEIJING: A new heavy-thrust carrier rocket is under scientific research, with the goal of sending astronauts to the moon, scientists said.Although there is no official timetable yet for China's moon landing, scientists are researching a new powerful carrier rocket with a lift-off thrust of 3,000 tons, Liang Xiaohong, vice-president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, told China Daily on Thursday."The heavy-thrust launcher's lift-off thrust will be three times that of the Long March-5, China's current largest launcher," said Liang, who is also a member of the 11th CPPCC national committee.The large-thrust Long March-5 launch vehicle has a lift-off thrust of 1,000 tons, which enables it to send a maximum payload of 25 tons to the near-Earth orbit and a payload of 10 tons to the higher geo-stationary orbit. Designed for transporting heavyweight satellites and space stations, it is slated to take off in 2014, according to Liang.Compared to the Long March-5, the heavy-thrust launcher will be more powerful, but its payload capacity is still under discussion, he said.The Long March-5 is also likely to be used in the preparatory stage of a future moon landing, he added.China is currently studying the feasibility of a moon landing, despite US President Barack Obama's decision to kill NASA's $100-billion plans to return astronauts to the moon.Bao Weimin, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a CPPCC national committee member, said: "A moon landing program is very necessary, because it could drive the country's scientific and technological development."Besides the heavy-thrust carrier rocket under study, the academy is also developing a new family of carrier rockets for future space programs."The Long March-6 will be a small-thrust carrier rocket, and the Long March-7 will be a medium-thrust launch vehicle. Together with the Long March-5, they will form a family that can cover all necessities for launch vehicles and replace the current carrier rockets," Liang said.So far, the Long March-5 project has entered the testability analysis stage, he added.About 100,000 square meters of workshops have been completed so far at a new base being built in the Binhai New Area of the northern coastal city of Tianjin. The facility will be used for testing and manufacturing the Long March-5. Construction began last year with an investment of 1.5 billion yuan ($220 million), Liang said.Eventually, a total investment of 10 billion yuan will be poured into the base, which will be able to produce a maximum of 12 Long March-5 launch vehicles each year, he said.Qi Faren, former chief designer of Shenzhou spaceships and a CPPCC national committee member, said on Thursday that the Long March-5 will be used to launch China's space station mission."We aim to send the core module of the space station into orbit before 2020. Without the large-thrust launcher, the 20-ton core module cannot be in place," he said. Before that, however, the first task of the Long March 5 may be to send the Fengyun-4 weather satellite into space from the launch center under construction at Wenchang in Hainan, China's southern island province, according to Liang.The new Fengyun-4 satellite, which is under design, weighs about eight to nine tons, which cannot be lifted by the current launchers that can carry a maximum payload of 5.2 tons to geo-stationary orbit, he added.Hou Lei contributed to the story ЦитироватьChina expected to launch 15 to 16 satellites this year16:54, March 09, 2009China's space program has not been affected by the global financial crisis and 15 to 16 satellites are expected to be launched this year, said Zhang Jianqi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of China's Manned Space Engineering Program and Deputy Director-General of the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army. ЦитироватьThanks to the friends of 9ifly here are some recent launch schedule updates.Spacecraft/Year/sourceFY-4 / first launch 2014 / http://www.cma.gov.cn/qxxw/xw/201004/t20100402_63872.htmlHY-2 / first launch after April 2011 / http://www.nsoas.gov.cn/new/channel/detail.asp?Content_id=214FAST / not earlier than 2011 / http://events.eoportal.org/presentations/10001168/10002440.html , http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=da8b4974-e3ef-480d-ab04-76c7ae46bba0Tsinghua-2 / 2010 / http://www.ruimtevaart-nvr.nl/info/docs/FAST%20Microsatellite%20Mission,%20Jian%20Guo,%20TU%20Delft.pdfFAST is a Dutch-Chinese dual microsat project, which is to be launched piggyback (likely from TSLC.)Probably Tsinghua-2 is another designation for the Beijing-2 satellite project, which was first announced in 2009. Цитировать04/14/10 09:04 PM ETOfficial Details 11-year Path To China's Own Space StationBy Amy Klamper COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A top Chinese space official shared new details of an ambitious human spaceflight agenda that includes plans to conduct on-orbit rendezvous and docking experiments and development of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle in preparation for assembling a 30-ton space station on orbit by 2022. Wang Wenbao, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said the effort would begin with the launch of a Tiangong 1 docking-target spacecraft slated for early 2011. "According to our schedule, we will launch Tiangong 1 target spacecraft in the first half of 2011 and then the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft in the second half of 2011 to carry out China's first docking and rendezvous of spacecraft in orbit," Wang told an audience of government and industry officials at the 26th National Space Symposium here April 14. Wang said in addition to serving as a platform for autonomous rendezvous and docking experiments, Tiangong 1 would form the basis of a "simple space laboratory" on orbit, conducting additional rendezvous and docking maneuvers with China's Shenzhou 9 and 10 spacecraft in 2012. Launch of the Tiangong 2 and Tiangong 3 space labs would follow, using crewed missions to conduct additional rendezvous and docking experiments with the space labs as well as regenerative life support and cargo supply experiments, Wang said. "Between 2014 to 2016, we are planning to launch the Tiangong 3 space lab, two manned spacecraft and one cargo spacecraft to have docking and rendezvous with the target spacecraft in orbit and to carry out regenerative life support technology experiments as well as the space cargo supply experiments," he said. Wang said the 3.35-meter diameter space lab would weigh about 8.5 tons and have two sections. "One is the experiments module, the other is the resource module, and the space lab will have the capability of in-orbit refueling of the hosting of fuel," Wang said, adding that the space lab would operate at 400 kilometers with an inclination of 42 to 43 degrees relative to the equator. Wang said the spacecraft and space labs would be launched on Long March 2F rockets. From 2016 to 2022, China is planning to construct a 30-ton space station consisting of three pressurized modules to be launched on China's heavy-lift rocket currently in development. Wang said the station will operate at 340 to 450 kilometers above the Earth at an inclination of 42 to 43 degrees. "The crew members will be three, and the astronauts can stay in the station for long term to carry out in-space application experiments of a larger scale," he said, adding that the station's service life would be about 10 years. Wang said China has established "a good working relationship" with space agencies in Russia, France, Germany and other countries, and that Beijing looks forward to working with the United States to pursue cooperative space science and manned exploration efforts in the future. "In November 2009, President [Barack] Obama visited China, and both leaders signed the American communiqu ЦитироватьКосмос-3794 пишет:Цитировать"For Shenzhou 9 to be manned or unmanned depends on Shenzhou 8," Wenbao told SPACE.com.The second module of the Chinese space station, Tiangong 2, is set to debut during a 2013 liftoff. Tiangong 3 will follow sometime in 2014 to 2016.To supply this orbiting laboratory, China is developing a cargo-carrying spacecraft that will hold no less than 5.5 tons (5,000 kg), Wenbao said. That's about twice as much cargo capacity as Russia's Progress unmanned spacecraft, which currently services the International Space Station (ISS), and a little less than the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), which also flies to the ISS."Our cargo spacecraft will be developed on the basis of our manned spacecraft and space lab," Wenbao said.http://www.space.com/news/china-prepares-for-space-station-100415.html Цитировать"For Shenzhou 9 to be manned or unmanned depends on Shenzhou 8," Wenbao told SPACE.com.The second module of the Chinese space station, Tiangong 2, is set to debut during a 2013 liftoff. Tiangong 3 will follow sometime in 2014 to 2016.To supply this orbiting laboratory, China is developing a cargo-carrying spacecraft that will hold no less than 5.5 tons (5,000 kg), Wenbao said. That's about twice as much cargo capacity as Russia's Progress unmanned spacecraft, which currently services the International Space Station (ISS), and a little less than the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), which also flies to the ISS."Our cargo spacecraft will be developed on the basis of our manned spacecraft and space lab," Wenbao said.

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"The three concepts - all codenamed "ZEROe" - for a first climate neutral zero-emission commercial aircraft include a turbofan design (with capacity of 120-200 passengers) with a range of 2,000+ nautical miles," said a press release by the aircraft manufacturer. In India, airlines like IndiGo, GoAir, Vistara and Air India have the Airbus aircraft in their fleet. (Courtesy: Reuters/File Photo) Airbus on Monday revealed concepts of new hydrogen-powered zero-emission commercial aircraft that could enter service by 2035. “The three concepts – all codenamed “ZEROe” – for a first climate neutral zero-emission commercial aircraft include a turbofan design (with capacity of 120-200 passengers) with a range of 2,000+ nautical miles,” said a press release by the aircraft manufacturer. The turbofan design would be capable of operating trans-continentally and would be powered by a modified gas-turbine engine running on hydrogen, rather than jet fuel, through combustion, it stated. At a press briefing, Remi Maillard, President and Managing Director for Airbus India and South Asia, told reporters, “We believe that hydrogen will increasingly become more cost-competitive in the future, because other industries, and not just aviation, will move towards hydrogen power sources.” The second concept is a turboprop design that can carry up to 100 passengers and is powered by hydrogen combustion in modified gas-turbine engines, the release stated. The turboprop design would be capable of travelling more than 1,000 nautical miles, making it a perfect option for short-haul trips, it mentioned. Maillard said, “Obviously, many challenges remain, namely the availability of hydrogen, decarbonisation of the production of hydrogen, and the airworthiness certification of a hydrogen powered aircraft.” He said airports, for instance, will require significant hydrogen transport and refuelling infrastructure to meet the needs of day-to-day operations. “We will need to convert our oil and gas network as well to make them suitable for hydrogen,” Malliard said. “So, it is the beginning of a journey and we are committed to this ambition,” he said. The third concept is a “blended-wing body” design, which can carry up to 200 passengers. In this design, the wings merge with the main body of the aircraft. It will be able to operate trans-continentally, the release stated. These three concepts for the “world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft” could enter service by 2035, it stated. “All of these concepts rely on hydrogen as a primary power source – an option which Airbus believes holds exceptional promise as a clean aviation fuel and is likely to be a solution for aerospace and many other industries to meet their climate-neutral targets,” said the release. Global aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines across the world are operating a limited number of flights with reduced occupancy rate. In India, airlines like IndiGo, GoAir, Vistara and Air India have the Airbus aircraft in their fleet.

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A summer trip to Rocket City Space is the limit for 12-year-old Hudson Dragan who has set his sights on becoming an astronaut. The Somersfield Academy student recently completed a weeklong Space Camp at the US Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, designed for young people with a passion for space exploration. During the camp, Hudson and his team simulated space missions, explored replicas of rockets and space shuttles, and heard first-hand the experiences of an astronaut. Hudson told The Royal Gazette that the camp had solidified his ambition to become an astronaut. “I have always wanted to be a pilot or an astronaut,” he said. “It is like the final frontier — space is the harshest thing imaginable. There is nothing, literally nothing, and yet, we are going out and spending massive amounts of money to go to a place where man cannot survive without help at all. “It is scary, totally, but I think, if I were to become an astronaut, it would be worth it. Something attracts me towards it.” Space Camp at the centre's Space Academy operates year-round, and incorporates astronaut training techniques to engage students in real-world applications of Stem subjects. Hudson, who lives in Paget with his parents and sister, joined about 50 other children on the Space Camp, and was involved in two simulated space missions, with a small team of students in his age group. The Leo (Low Earth Orbit) Mission simulated a visit to the International Space Station while a Lunar Mission was a simulation of a journey to the Moon. “For the lunar mission, we were divided into mission control, crew and capsules, and the lunar base. I was the pilot for the crew in the Orion capsule and helped launched the rocket and keep it on its path using a checklist. “When we actually did the mission, we had little booklets which would show you at what time to press certain buttons and what to say, it was really challenging. “There is Met (Mission Elapse Time), so you had to look at that — it starts at T minus two minutes and once it reaches zero, the rocket launches and it then starts counting up from T+ up and up. “At certain times, you had to respond to certain things, or press certain buttons. It was quite stressful; you had to look at the screens and look at your booklet and then find the buttons. In theory, it sounds simple, but in practice, it wasn't. It was still really fun.” Another team at the camp made what would have been a fatal error during its simulated lunar mission. Hudson explained: “They forgot to dock with the lunar lander, and so, when they went through the hatch, they got sucked into space. “We did good — we messed up when we were going into the lunar lander, but at least we were docked with it, and so we didn't get sucked into space. We all ‘survived'.” During the Leo Mission, Hudson's team had to simulate a delivery to the ISS. “There were anomalies,” he explained. “During launch, the oxygen ran out, and so we had to resolve that. We really had to work with other people to solve the anomalies and make sure everything was going okay.” Mike Foreman, a space shuttle astronaut who worked on building the ISS, gave a presentation to the students to give them an idea of what it is like working in space. “Mr Foreman was an astronaut on two space shuttle missions, and he talked about what it was like being on a space station, what positions he had. He walked through how to be an astronaut, and what it was like being in space. “He said he didn't really miss home — the only thing he missed was a bed, because in space, you just float around and he had a hard time sleeping. “Mr Foreman did five spacewalks. He was out there helping to move antennas and attach the first part of the Japanese laboratory, to the space station.” Meeting like-minded people and working as a team was what Hudson enjoyed the most about his camp. “I loved the simulations and the way that you bonded with your crew and your team. I would definitely do it again.” • Anyone interested in Space Camp can visit www.spacecamp.com or call 1-800-637-7223

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June 23, 2016 By Jerry Cohen, LaborPress USA Harlingen, Texas – The UAW members at United Launch Alliance, a rocket building company, accepted a new contract covering a bargaining unit of 104 employees from Local Lodge #2346 in in Harlingen, Texas. The union members work at ULA's production operations in Harlingen. “We are pleased that the UAW represented employees have ratified a collective bargaining agreement that is critical to making ULA competitive in the future,” said Tory Bruno, ULA president and CEO. “The represented employees’ contributions have helped to propel ULA forward in delivering critical capabilities for our nation and our customers. Our employees build the best, most reliable rockets flying today and the missions we launch save lives, explore the universe, and connect the world.” “We believe this agreement will help secure our place as the go-to provider for launching people and one-of-a-kind payloads into space well into the future. We are excited and proud to work alongside an engaged team that is setting the standard for innovation in the space industry,” Bruno added. With more than a century of combined heritage, United Launch Alliance is the nation’s most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered 107 spacecraft to orbit providing critical capabilities for troops in the field, aiding meteorologists in tracking severe weather, enabling personal device-based GPS navigation and unlocking the mysteries of our solar system.

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NASA, along with other international space agencies, seem to be pretty good at putting things into Earth’s orbit, but they are not so good when it comes to bringing things down. As a result, Earth’s orbit has been cluttered with space junk which has put other spacecraft, include those which are manned, in danger of a possible catastrophic collision. The solution may be in the form of technology called a solar sail. A solar sail is a form of spacecraft propulsion system which uses radiation pressure, which can come from a star like our own Sun, or from an artificial source like a laser. It also has the ability to act as a parking brake to slow down spacecraft for de-orbit by skimming the top of our atmosphere. Such technology has been successfully tested by NASA this month on board a small spacecraft called NanoSail-D. At first, NASA believed the mission was a failure before it even began. That’s because the small spacecraft was stuck inside its mothership called the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology SATellite (FASTSAT), which was launched in November. Luckily, and for an unknown reason, the NanoSail-D spacecraft ejected from its mothership on January 17. A few days later, on January 20, the NanoSail-D unfurled its solar sail. The sail consists of a thin polymer sheet of reflective material which covers a 10 m2 area. The solar sail will provide enough aerodynamic drag to allow the NanoSail-D to de-orbit within 70 to 120 days. This will test the possibility of including solar sails on future NASA satellites to allow them to return to Earth and harmlessly disintegrate in the atmosphere. Such a technique could prevent the build-up of future space junk. Of course, a solar sail does have an accelerator pedal in addition to a brake which is why NASA engineers will be measuring the pressure of sunlight on the sail as well. Read more at NASA

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Civilizations that do not expand do not live. While history has provided examples of countries or cultures that have been destroyed by lack of expansion, in our day and age, all of humanity is now at risk. Renowned physicist Neal deGrasse Nyson has spent time and effort attempting to warn our population of the dangers that we now face. These dangers come from humanity, such as pollution and warfare, as well as natural disasters such as asteroid collisions and mass flooding (Tyson, 2007). Even though these threats seem unavoidable, for the first time in history, we can actually do something to protect all ourselves by expanding throughout our solar system. Our technology is now developed far enough that within at least the next century, manned exploration missions to other planets will become a reality. The best target? Our neighboring planet: Mars. However, a debate now exists over the plan for a Mars exploration mission. Specifically, scientists and policy makers are now debating whether a government agency or a private agency should be the ones responsible for completing the missions. This is one of the most important debates of our time, because unlike petty government debates, in this situation humanity itself is at risk. When the evidence is weighed and considered, the private industry is best suited for manned exploration missions due to its ability to allocate all resources to a project and ability to have the long term vision of space exploration. SAFETY AND EXPERIENCE Between government and the private industry, the government has the advantage of experience. Since 1958 the main source of American government space industry has been NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) (NASA, 2005). Although NASA is not the only government organization running a space program, for simplicity’s sake, the individual plights of organizations such as the European ESA and Russian FKA will not be discussed. The lessons learned from NASA can be generally applied to any government space agency. Vasilii Moroz and C.W. Syndey, two leading experts of Mars, note that throughout NASA history, the organization has spearheaded the development of moon exploration, reusable spacecraft, in-orbit habitation, and satellite communications. Specifically, the administration has sent dozens of missions to Mars over the past decades (Moroz, Syndey 1992). The success of past space missions gives NASA a large amount of credibility when it comes to safely conducting manned exploration throughout our solar system. Not only have they collected a vast body of information from robotic Mars missions, they have also gained much experience with creating habitable spacecraft for astronauts. Safety and habitability are large concerns when discussing any manned mission to Mars. Michael Bouchey of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute concedes that in terms of safety, NASA has a large advantage over the private space industry for the following reasons. (Bouchey, 2014) Unlike the moon missions and missions to the International Space Station where astronauts usually are only in orbit for a few weeks, future astronauts would be travelling for months in interplanetary space. Michio Kaku, popular physicist and futurist, warns that long-term exposure to radiation and prolonged weightlessness can wreak havoc upon astronaut’s bodies, with potentially lethal results (Kaku, 2008). Although NASA does not have any firsthand experience with protecting crews for Mars missions, they have had a long track record of developing safe environments for the astronauts in orbit. Because of this experience, a NASA mission would be able to build on pre-existing infrastructure and research. Their considerable experience would enable them to adapt pre-existing technologies to perform within mission parameters. In the case that new life support technologies would need to be developed, NASA would be able to draw upon an experienced corps of engineers that are already in place. This would put them in a better place to design and test any new technologies. FUNDING AND POLITICS Another key advantage of NASA is their theoretically unlimited amount of funds. Any manned mission to Mars would be extremely expensive. Conservative estimates quoted by Robert Zubrin in his award-winning book “A Case for Mars” project a cost of $30 billion, while other estimates have cited a $450 billion price tag for a manned mission. (Zubrin, 1996). The high range of these estimates is nearly impossible to reach for any start-up private space firm. Given the right circumstances, such an exorbitant amount of money would not be a problem for NASA. Since NASA is a government agency, its funds are allocated by budgets that are voted on by the United States Congress and House of Representatives. The funding of NASA draws from the vast financial strength of the United States of America, which even after economic downturns remains one of the most powerful industrialized nations of the world. In the event that the United States government saw it fit to allocate most of its resources to the space program, the funds would be nearly unlimited. Therefore, a big advantage of NASA is that they can theoretically access the economic strength of the United States, if Congress and the House of Representatives saw it fit to give them that sort of funding. However, the fact that NASA is tied to the government is also one of its greatest disadvantages. Being intricately tied to the operations of the United States government often puts NASA in the midst of shifting political allegiances and an unstable political climate. Due to the fact that all of their funding is approved by Congress, NASA often has to work around unfavorable political situations instead of focusing purely on its long-term goals. Frequently, promising NASA programs are shut down purely because a budget was not approved or the political scene shifted in an unfavorable direction. A worst case scenario occurred in October and November of 2013. During these months, Congress was debating over a proposed budget for the following fiscal year. Due to a climate of hyper partisanship, the Democrats and the Republicans were unable to come to an agreement about how government agencies should be funded. The lack of cooperation lead to a rare occurrence where the law of the United States forced the government to be shut down for a given time as a resolution was reached about the budget. During this time, the government was no longer operating. That included NASA. Greg Autry, a business professor at University of Southern California summarizes these few weeks in October of 2013 as a time when “the future was put on hold.” (Autry, 2013) During this period, the NASA website had a banner explaining the situation and informing the public that all launches and programs were currently stalled until the Democrats and Republicans could reach some sort of agreement. This situation demonstrated a worst case scenario that could impede the operations of NASA. The danger of relying on an agency tied into the operations of the government has become very real and very clear during this time. Fortunately, the government shutdown only lasted a few weeks and NASA was not attempting to launch any critical missions. If the government shuts down for reasons not related to the space industry, NASA also becomes in-operational. The future of human space travel can be halted by petty government disputes. A private company, however, is only affected by such situations inasmuch as they rely on government services to help run their company. They can more effectively weather shifting political climates. A main concern in the arguments presented above is funding. Although NASA may have theoretically unlimited resources, in practice they do not always get the funds necessary. Often times this means that projects are either cut or not attempted due to government interference. Throughout the history of NASA, their projects have usually been some of the first on the government budgetary chopping block. Because the government needs to allocate money to provide for national defense, social programs, or education; it has time and again taken that money from scientific endeavors. A recent example of this mentality and procedure was the ill-fated Constellation program that was being developed by NASA throughout the 2000’s. By the turn of the century, NASA became aware that its aging fleet of Space Shuttles would need to be replaced to keep space travel moving forward. NASA set about designing a replacement for the Space Shuttle named Constellation. Constellation was meant to represent a new generation of spacecraft that would be able to help NASA meet its goals of making a manned mission to Mars, returning to the moon and developing an effective heavy lifting craft to make supply runs to the International Space Station. Throughout its development, Constellation was hampered by a lack of funding as allocated by Congress. A key goal of the Constellation project was the development of next generation technologies that would not only be used on Constellation, but also other space faring vehicles that would be developed by NASA. However, a lack of funding kept engineers from having adequate money to actually develop these technologies. Because the new material was not being funded, it was not developed by project schedules. After years of setbacks, Constellation ended up being behind schedule and over budget. In 2010, Congress officially cancelled Constellation, mainly because the new technologies that were supposed to be developed were so hopelessly behind schedule. Journalist and astrobiologist Keith Cowing notes that it seemed useless to the government to keep pouring money into the program (Cowing, 2010). Herein lays the paradox. The reason that NASA was unable to develop the technology was because they were not adequately funded by Congress. When the project fell behind schedule (due mostly to a lack of funding), Congress cancelled Constellation because the new technologies were not being developed fast enough. Soon after the cancellation of Constellation, NASA retired its Space Shuttles, leaving America with no heavy lift options to the International Space Station. Currently, NASA astronauts have to collaborate with the Russian space agency (the FKA) in order to launch astronauts to the International Space Station. Although this is not a worst case scenario, NASA is now at the mercy of the FKA. Not only has the cancellation of Constellation caused a practical inconvenience to NASA, it also set back America back technologically. NASA is now forced to use Russian Soyuz capsules instead of creating an innovative new design. America has lost the lead in space innovation. Only now is Constellation’s replacement program, Orion, completing enough prototype testing to be considered as the next NASA heavy lifter. The story of Constellation demonstrates some of the dangers of having a space program tied in so closely to the government. Chad Anderson, a writer and employee of the English private space company Space Angels Network, notes that NASA technologies often receive budgetary cuts, which makes NASA less likely to undertake risky and groundbreaking missions such as a manned mission to Mars (Anderson, 2013). Instead, they focus more on “safe” projects such as the International Space Station, robotic exploration or deep space observation. These examples represent important projects, but show NASA’s unwillingness to risk the money on challenging and dangerous missions such as a Mars mission. On the other hand, a private space company whose sole purpose is exploration would be more likely to take risks. They do not have to worry about a higher governmental power cutting their project, and as discussed above, they can plan farther ahead for long term projects. ELECTION CYCLES AND LONG TERM GOALS Another significant advantage of a private space company is that it can plan for goals decades in advance, not just four years. Because NASA is at the mercy of politicians, it is also at the mercy of the United States four-year election cycle. The senators and representatives who decide the budget of NASA have to be concerned about reelection in this cycle. They are aware that every four years, they may be held responsible to their districts for all the funds that they allocated and the decisions that they made. A senator or representative who seeks reelection may be only concerned with how his campaign will run within four years and will be less willing to take financial risks with tax payer funding. Besides the danger of hesitant elected officials, NASA also has to worry about whether their supporters in Congress will get reelected during the next election cycle, or if they will be replaced by politicians who may be less inclined to support a space program. This situation builds an environment that is not conducive to long-term space programs. Often times, a space program takes decades to develop and requires constant, large amounts of funding to develop necessary technologies. These technologies may not pay off for a decades. Senators and representatives who are concerned with a reelection every four years tend to be less willing to support programs that may not pay off in time to help them win political support. This trend can cause the cancellation of promising programs, as will be demonstrated later. Private companies, on the other hand, can start programs that may not come to fruition for decades because they are not trapped within this four year election cycle. They can set long term plans that will pay off in the future. It is unclear how soon key technologies for a manned Mars mission will be developed. Therefore it is important to give the bulk of the effort to organizations that can set long term goals which are not tied into the cycle of election and reelection. THE POLITICS OF SPACE A final advantage of private industry is that they can keep space free from political allegiances. Since the development of satellites and the exploration of space began, policy makers from all major countries have made an effort to keep space neutral. Early treaties mainly dealt with the demilitarization of space. Although current treaties have worked to make space neutral, modern space lawmakers and theorists such as Jason Berry of the University of Manchester are becoming increasingly concerned over the “terrestrial geography” of space (Berry, 2012). The question being posed is: Who owns what part of space? As humanity begins to expand throughout our solar system this becomes a real concern. For example, if a NASA mission established a colony on Mars, would the United States have the right to lay claim to that part of the planet? This concern may not become an issue until centuries in the future, but it is important to set the groundwork now so this will not be a problem later. By allowing private companies to expand out into the solar system, the political allegiances of the astronauts will not be a huge problem. Future astronauts will not have to worry about crossing into space or colonies owned by other governments. Rather they can focus on exploratory and colonization efforts without being influenced by the changing flow of politics back on Earth because they are not an extension of their home countries. This neutrality will make any potential conflicts unlikely. The evidences presented above prove that private space industries are better suited for manned Mars exploration efforts. Ultimately, we have seen in recent years that space exploration is not a priority of congress. The United States has enough problems, domestic and foreign, that it cannot allocate the needed time and money to develop a manned Mars exploration mission. On the other hand, private space companies can spend all of their time and energy in developing the necessary technologies to explore our cosmic neighbors, free from the interference of government policy makers. The real key is that private industry has the long term goal in sight. They do not have to worry about reelection, party politics or a budget crisis. Rather, they can focus on the survival of the human race. Manned exploration will not come soon, the technology may very well not occur for the next hundred years. However, by turning over the bulk of the exploratory effort to private industries we can lay the groundwork for future missions that will not only make sure the happiness and well-being of our children and grandchildren but also the continued to survival of humanity as we take our place among the stars. Anderson, C. (2013). Rethinking public–private space travel. Space Policy, volume 29(4), 266-271 Retrived from http://www.sciencedirect.com.byui.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0265964613000799 Autry, G. (2013, October). Huston we have a market: privatizing space launches pays off big. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2013/10/02/houston-we-have-a-market-privatizing-space-launches-pays-off-big/ Berry, J. (2012). State, capital and spaceships, a terrestrial geography of space tourism. Geoform, volume 43(1), 25-34. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com.byui.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0016718511001424 Bouchey, M. (2014). Redefining safety in commercial space: Understanding debates over the safety of private human spaceflight initiatives in the United States. Space Policy Online from http://www.sciencedirect.com.byui.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0265964614000083 Cowing, K. (2010). Budget summary: Constellation is cancelled outright. NASA Watch. from http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/02/budget-summary.html Kaku, M. (2008). Physics of the impossible. New York: Anchor Books. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Government http://history.nasa.gov/factsheet.htm Snyder, C.W. & Moroz, V.I. (1992). Mars. Arizona: University of Arizona Press. Tyson, N. D. (2007). Death by black hole. New York, N.Y: W.W. Norton & Company. Zubrin, R. (1996). The case for Mars. New York: The Free Press.

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A rover of her own. Researchers might not have to dig as deep as they thought to find proof of biological activity. Cyborgs, and interstellar probes, and AI. Submarines and rovers will go for a dive on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn But the search for life on the red planet isn't over yet. Excerpt: Making Contact Heat and drills will help us probe for alien microbes Dawn spacecraft discovers organic materials on its surface For the first time since the Viking mission failures, the space agency may take the direct approach It's designed to search for life on Jupiter's icy moon BILI is like radar for biomolecules If there's a megastructure around Tabby's Star, this is our best shot at hearing the aliens that built it China's 'FAST' telescope lends an ear to Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Listen project Dim bulbs with bright possibilities Could shed light on whether the icy moon could support life In the California desert, Honeybee Robotics is testing a drill that could search for life on other worlds Unfortunately, NASA doesn't have a good game plan Protecting alien sites from Earth contamination The ocean-filled moon might hold the life we've long searched for in space. And scientists have one shot to reach it. Just looking for some interplanetary friends Scanning a million nearby stars, the 'Breakthrough Listen' project will be the world's biggest hunt for ETs After nine years and three billion miles, here's what we're learning from it all Introducing the High-Definition Space Telescope

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Livin' On the Right Side of the River From Pags! Skidded Turn Stall in the T-34? I remember that the demo was an eye opener!I don't remember the "slow flight" maneuver in the T-34 (paging @Gatordev ??)... Back to general aviation, I think a lot of pattern stalls @nittany03 , also remember that the propeller wash on the elevators causes a lot of pitch up, much more pitch change than going full mil and/or burner in a jet (other than some jets with the engines in underwing pods, where the thrust line is well below the c.g.).

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10/31/2011. While the emphasis was on the introduction of new long-range bombers with twin engines, as the Handley Page Hamden and Vickers Wellington, for the re-equipment of the RAF under the Expansion Program, the smaller type was not omitted from the Air Ministry's requirements, and Specification P.27/32, issued in April, 1933, to produce an experimental two-seat, single-engine, day bomber to carry a 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb load at 200 mph (322 mph) for a distance of 1,000 mls (1,609 km), resulted five years later in one of its progeny joining the Service. A project by Frank Barnwell, the Perseus-powered Bristol Type 136, was abandoned, and so was the Hawker P.27/32 designed by Sydney Camm and tendered during 1933. Two other tenders, however, resulted in prototypes, the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29 and the Fairey Battle. John Lloyd's design for Armstrong Whitworth was based on the use of the supercharged 880 hp Armstrong Whitworth Tiger VIII radial engine, housed in a cowling of very broad chord and driving a de Havilland three-blade, variable-pitch propeller. The A.W.29 demonstrated once again its designer's current predilection for the inordinately thick wing (as in the Whitley), evolved in this case around a box girder main spar 23 in (0.58 m) deep and 35 in (0.89 m) wide at its maximum section. To the rear of this spar, fabric was used as the surface covering, and the same medium was employed to clad the tail unit. The enormously thick, tapered wings were joined to the relatively slim all-metal fuselage at the low mid-wing position, but, by virtue of the centre-section's depth, extended well above the datum line. The fairly small wheels retracted on lengthy struts rearwards into the wings, but projected slightly. The pilot's seat was in a good position above the leading edge, and his gunner, equipped with a single Lewis gun, was housed in a rotating Armstrong Whitworth cupola some distance aft at the trailing edge. Bomb aiming was carried out by the gunner from a prone fuselage position, the missiles being stowed internally in the wings with supplementary bays inside the fuselage. In designing the A.W.29, which achieved a maximum speed of 232 mph (373 kmh) at 14,000 ft (4,267 m), John Lloyd made provision also for the machine to act as a torpedo-carrier, the weapon being attached to fittings under the belly. The prototype's (s/n K4299) maiden flight, with Squadron Leader C.K. Turner-Hughes at the controls, took place from Baginton on December 6, 1936. Soon after the first flight the prototype was damaged during a forced landing with retracted landing gear. It was never repaired and eventually scrapped in August 1940.

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The is an 8AS-200 JATO (Jet-Assisted-Take-Off) rocket motor, developed and built by the Aerojet Engineering Corporation to help lift light planes or for rescue work. The motor produced 200 pounds of thrust for eight seconds. The 8AS-200 JATO was an early development, dating to late 1942, but was not widely used because of its low thrust and short duration. It was used from 1942-1943, mainly for tests, and was a precursor to Aerojet's later JATO Junior of 250 pounds thrust for 12 seconds that was much more successful. This model shown here appears to be a production model of of the 8AS-200 of ca. 1947. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1948 by the Aerojet Engineering Corp. Gift of Aerojet Engineering Corporation

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Has anyone seen these Jetrangers for download for FS9? PA State Police ➡ WNEP News Helicopter ➡ US Presidental Helicopter - Repaint by Tom Heaverlo Repaint for the Bell 47J2 Skid version in in US Air Force One colors used by President. Eisenhower. KLCA Radio - Repaint by Tom Heaverlo This helicopter is from the movie “Air America”. It is the “KLCA Radio” helicopter that was flown by Robert Downey Jr. at the start of the movie. Thanks Radarman! 🍻 Flight Sim Questions that are closely related to this...

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The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy have failed to intercept a medium range ballistic missile target in an Aegis weapon system test on May 29. The objective of the latest test, dubbed Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1, was to demonstrate the capability of a ballistic missile defense (BMD)-configured Aegis ship to intercept a ballistic missile target. According to the MDA, two SM-6 missiles launched by an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer failed to track, engage and intercept the target. “Program officials have initiated an extensive review to determine the cause of any problems which may have prevented a successful intercept and will thoroughly analyze the results,” MDA said. The failed test follows a more successful one from November last year, when USS John Finn (DDG-113) intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile. SM-3 is designed to defeat short- to intermediate-range, unitary and separating, midcourse-phase, ballistic missile threats, while SM-6 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles during the terminal phase of their flight. The SM-6 is a dual-capability missile that can be used for either air defense or ballistic missile defense. In a more recent test, the navy used unmanned systems to successfully guide an SM-6 to a long-range target well beyond the line of sight.

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Cassini Significant Event Report For Week Ending 06/01/01 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station Tuesday May 29. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on the spacecraft's position and speed can be viewed on the Recent spacecraft activities included a Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) High Frequency Receiver (HFR) calibration, a high water mark clear, and an Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem (AACS) Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) Slow Time Memory Readout. The D7.4 modules file was successfully uplinked to the spacecraft with confirmation that all four module programs registered as expected. Periodic Instrument Maintenance (PIM) operations were performed for the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS), Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS), Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS), and RADAR instruments, with initial indications showing nominal execution. ISS performed both a photometric calibration and a dark frames activity. Additionally, AACS performed a Reaction Control Subsystem (RCS) Catbed Heater test to verify an AACS thermal heating model. Initial results show The Radio Science (RS) Ka-Band Translator (KaT) was powered-on for Solar Conjunction Experiment (SCE) testing, after having been off since the first Gravitational Wave Experiment (GWE) system test completed earlier this month. While previous testing had developed a successful procedure to achieve and maintain the KaT at a good operating state, telemetry during recent activities with the KaT and S-Band Translator (SBT) on simultaneously showed that the KaT was not operating properly with the SBT powered-on. The KaT was power-cycled according to the new procedure but still failed to operate properly. The RS team powered off the SBT and then allowed the Radio Frequency Instrument Subsystem bay to reach a stable thermal point. The KaT was power-cycled again, after which it attained a good operating state. The KaT will remain powered-on for the duration of the SCE testing, and the KaT behavior studied further The Sequence Virtual Team (SVT) completed the Subsequence Generation Phase for C27 Sequence development with all instrument teams and engineering subsystems delivering their populated command subsequences. The SVT has begun the Preliminary Sequence Integration and Validation phase for C27 Sequence development, and released the integrated sequence late this week. The Mission Support & Services Office (MSSO) Verification and Validation (V&V) test network is up and running. A "Cassini Export Compliance and Security Requirements" meeting was held. This meeting was co-produced by the Office of Legislative and International Affairs and MSSO/Computer Security. The primary objective of the meeting was to explain the current U.S. Export rules, regulations, and security requirements including International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and how those regulations affect the Cassini Flight Team specifically and JPL employees, US nationals, and foreign nationals in general. The Project Science Group (PSG) meeting agenda was released for the upcoming meeting to be held in Oxford, England late June. The Uplink Operations (ULO) team distributed MSS D7.6 Module Functionality Review materials in support of a pending review. ULO also presented a proposal for the first delivery of the Solid State Recorder (SSR) Management Tool (SMT), which includes a summary of initial requirements to be met and capabilities to be provided by the SMT. System Engineering (SE) held a preliminary Delivery Coordination Meeting (DCM) to ensure that the ULO/MSS delivery of the Science Opportunity Analyzer tool is ready to be installed on the OPSNET and on the Science Operations and Planning Computers (SOPCs). Issues regarding ITAR, testing and configuration were discussed; everything was found to be in order and the final DCM is scheduled for later this week. SE also signed three Software Interface Specifications (SISs) to support the Maneuver Automation Tool. While each SIS had already existed, some minor modifications and additions were required. Additional information about Cassini-Huygens is online at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Cassini will begin orbiting Saturn on July 1, 2004, and release its piggybacked Huygens probe about six months later for descent through the thick atmosphere of the moon Titan. Cassini-Huygens is a cooperative mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.

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In 2017 the United States Air Force celebrated its 70th birthday. To ring in the celebration the design team at Air Force Production each individually put out a series of posters showcasing notable events, people and aircraft from the decades leading up to and beyond the birthday event that represented barriers broken within the Air Force. The following posters represent my collective contribution to this project. I chose to create these in a low-poly style to contrast the styles of the other designers creating their own series of posters. The style led to some dynamic illustrations and a very distinct style with the posters being displayed all around the world. To attract attention to the posters and the 'Breaking Barriers' campaign we also timelapsed the creations of some the select posters for social media.

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FSX Lithuanian Gloster Gladiator Mk1. A repaint for Dave Molyneaux's Gloster Gladiator Mk1 for flightsimmers who wish to use it in FSX. G-704 was one of 14 Gladiators delivered to the Lithuanian Air Force in 1937. The aircraft were operated by No 5 Eskadrilia of II Nailintuva Grupe (Fighter Group), based at Vilnius. The Russian invasion of the Baltic staes in 1940 resulted in the capture of nearly all of the Lithuanian aircraft. When Germany invaded in 1942 most aircraft were destroyed on the ground although a few Gladiators were captured and sent to Germany. Repaint by Peter Watkins.

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BEIRUT — The 145 passengers aboard an Airbus A321 belonging to Lebanese company Middle East Airlines received a fright on Aug. 10 as they traveled from Madrid to Beirut. As the civilian aircraft made its way over Greece, Greek fighter planes suddenly joined it in the sky. According to sources, this incident occurred due to an error by the pilot who had not adjusted the frequency of his radio and did not respond to calls from air traffic control authorities. Commenting on the case on Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Transport neither confirmed nor denied this version of events. According to the Greek City Times news website and the Twitter account @Intel_Sky, which monitors air traffic information, the Greek authorities triggered the "Renegade" alert following a report from the Nato air traffic control center in Spain, in order to intercept the plane in question, which had taken off from Madrid and was heading to Beirut, and was not responding to radio calls. According to Intel Sky, several attempts were made to make radio contact with the MEA aircraft, without success, which alerted the authorities. "Immediately, two F-16 fighter jets took off from the Souda (Crete) base and approached the civilian plane over Argolis," writes the Greek City Times. "The two fighter jets approached the unresponsive aircraft at around 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday. They were then able to establish radio contact with the pilot and found that there was no problem," the site adds. It seems, according to the Greek news site, "that the pilot forgot to set his radio equipment to the correct frequencies, which explains why he was unable to respond to calls made." According to Intel Sky, which cites anonymous sources, the pilot in question is Abed el-Hout, the son of Mohammad el-Hout, the chairman of the MEA board of directors. Reacting on Monday to the incident and the information published by Intel Sky, the caretaker Lebanese Transport Minister, Ali Hamieh, said in a statement that after contacting MEA's director of operations, Ahmad Mansour, the latter informed him that the flight crew of the plane was composed of "two pilots and a co-pilot who have all the technical capabilities required to carry out their mission" and that all three were in the cockpit during the flight. "The Lebanese plane contacted the Greek air traffic control authorities twice when it entered Greek airspace .... A little later, two Greek airforce planes approached the aircraft and contacted its crew to inquire about any possible emergency. When they received a negative response, the pilot of one of the Greek fighter planes greeted the Lebanese aircraft and let it continue its trajectory," the minister said. He concluded by saying that the air traffic control authorities in Lebanon have not received any report from their Greek counterparts "for the moment." However, Hamieh did not indicate the identity of the crew in his statement and did not deny or confirm reports that one of the pilots was the son of Mohammad el-Hout. He also did not explain the causes that would have led the Greek fighter planes to consider the possibility of an emergency on board the MEA aircraft. BEIRUT — The 145 passengers aboard an Airbus A321 belonging to Lebanese company Middle East Airlines received a fright on Aug. 10 as they traveled from Madrid to Beirut. As the civilian aircraft made its way over Greece, Greek fighter planes suddenly joined it in the sky.According to sources, this incident occurred due to an error by the pilot who had not adjusted the frequency of his radio...

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Video answer: Watch best landing of marine one | white house | Top best answers to the question «Where does marine 1 land at the white house» Helicopter landing area The south lawn provides space for the president's helicopter, Marine One, to land directly on the White House grounds. The helicopter will take off and land in the grassy area directly south of the main residence. Video answer: Breaking story secret service helicopter marine one landing white house mustangmedic report part 1

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Plus size holiday airline travel can become unbearable. In addition to the small seats on the airplane, the holidays add the stress of crowded airports and planes. Tips for Plus Size Holiday Airline Travel 1. Travel when the plane is least crowded. Even during the holidays, planes are less crowded over night (i.e. from 9 PM to 6 AM). Flying on the holiday itself will also be significantly less crowded than flying a few days before or after the holiday. For example, two uncrowded flight dates are Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. 2. Fly on a size-friendly airline. Unfortunately, not all airlines are size-friendly. Some have procedures that automatically charge a large passenger for two seats or have been known to ask the passenger to disembark if they won’t pay for the additional seat. Others have histories of flight attendants being openly rude to larger passengers after being asked for a seat belt extender. In addition to price and flight schedules, be sure to consider whether the airline is size-friendly. 3. Reserve the best seat on the plane. Not all airline seats are the same. Different types of planes have different seating configurations (such as the amount of leg room) and they have different widths of seats. Before you make your reservation, check out the type of airplane which is assigned to the plane trip you are considering. It is usually shown on the airline’s website along with arrival and departure times of a particular flight. Then, check the seat dimensions of that particular type of airplane on SeatGuru. Seat dimensions in coach can range from 17 to 20 inches. Once you pick your flight, SeatGuru is also an excellent way to decide which seat numbers will be the most comfortable. Their airplane seat maps show which rows are 2-across versus which are 3-across and which have more legroom. 4. Bring your own seat belt extender. The flight attendants use seat belt extenders to demonstrate how to latch and unlatch your seat belt. After the demonstration, they provide the extenders to passengers who need a little more length to latch their seat belt. All passengers must be latched in with a seat belt before the plane takes off. If there are not enough seat belt extenders, one or more large-size passengers run the risk of being asked off the plane. Consider purchasing your own seat belt extender. Many seat belt extenders can also be used in your automobile. Don’t let your size keep you from having an enjoyable flight. A little pre-trip planning can result in more comfortable, lower stress plus size holiday airline travel.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The jig may be up for an “asteroid” that’s expected to get nabbed by Earth’s gravity and become a mini moon next month. Instead of a cosmic rock, the newly discovered object appears to be an old rocket from a failed moon-landing mission 54 years ago that’s finally making its way back home, according to NASA’s leading asteroid expert. Observations should help nail its identity. “I’m pretty jazzed about this,” Paul Chodas told The Associated Press. “It’s been a hobby of mine to find one of these and draw such a link, and I’ve been doing it for decades now.” Chodas speculates that asteroid 2020 SO, as it is formally known, is actually the Centaur upper rocket stage that successfully propelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was discarded. The lander ended up crashing into the moon after one of its thrusters failed to ignite on the way there. The

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Cobra Company 1/144 B-24D Liberator Conversion |Date of Review||December 1999| |Subject||B-24D Liberator Conversion| |Pros||Beautiful resin and vac parts| This is the second conversion in Cobra's lineup for the Minicraft 1/144 B-24J - this set backdates the kit to the B-24D. The set includes a new nose (the photo shows the beautiful detail inside the bombardierís station), pilots seats and instrument panel, new engine nacelles, and vacuform cockpit and nose transparencies. This detail set is available directly from Cobra Company (www.cobracompany.com).

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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS – Team Lackland celebrated the Air Force's 60th Anniversary Sept. 17 in the Lackland Base Library. The cake cutting ceremony officially ended the week-long series of festivities, marking the official date of the Air Force's recognition as an independent service of the United States Armed Forces. Commander of the 37th Mission Support Group Col. Bob LaBrutta was on hand as the speaker for the ceremony. The celebration was a little sweeter for Colonel LaBrutta because he shares his birthday with the Air Force. Airman Basic Zachary Bruhn, 19, of the 342nd Training Wing was selected to be a part of the cake cutting ceremony with Colonel LaBrutta for being the youngest enlisted member of the Air Force on hand. "That was a surprise. I come to the library almost every day around this time, and today they had cake. I guess it was a good day to come to the library," said Airman Bruhn jokingly. The Air Force currently has close to 700,000 airmen including active duty, Reserve, civilian and Guard personnel. Of that total, 35,000 are currently deployed to 120 different nations, including 900 members of Team Lackland. "We should all celebrate and honor the memory sacrifice and contributions given to our country," Colonel LaBrutta said. The ceremony officially came to a close with those on hand singing "Happy Birthday" to Colonel LaBrutta followed by a soaring rendition of the Air Force Song.

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The seminar on Space Exploration was conducted by 'Cosmotrac' on 2 December 2016. It had a 3-D show and interactive session by Mr. Indra Dyumna. It gave an insight of celestial wonders and vastness of universe through video and 3-D show. He gave an overview of the working and location of International Space Station which captured students' interest. Expert Zone interactive session was conducted by Dr. Margarita Safonova on history of universe, its beginning, growth and the possible fate of universe that quenched the curiosity of student and also inspired them with the hypothetical questions.

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ParaZero compliant with Transport Canada drone regulations July 30, 2019 By UAV Canada Staff ParaZero Technologies states its ASTM-compliant SafeAir Systems for the DJI Phantom 4 Series and DJI Mavic 2 Series comply with Transport Canada regulations for operations over people. This compliance, explains the company, relates to licensed operators using the SafeAir Mavic + ASTM Professional Kit and the SafeAir Phantom + ASTM Professional Kit. Transport Canada’s new rules for flying drones, or Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), in Canada came into effect on June 1, 2019. These rules are divided into two categories, basic and advanced. Advanced operations include flights in controlled airspace, flights near people and flights over people. ParaZero explains the framework developed by TC allows manufacturers or modifiers of RPAS to declare compliance with the requirements of each of the three advanced operations. The company states, that while DJI has already declared compliance for these RPAS for operations in controlled airspace and operations near people (five to 30 metres horizontally from people), operations over people are permitted with ParaZero’s SafeAir Systems + ASTM Professional Kit. ParaZero’s declaration of compliance with the TC regulation is supported by the SafeAir’s compliance with ASTM F3322-18 Standard Specification for RPAS Parachutes. The company explains an industry consensus standard requires more than 45 aerial deployments of the parachute system in all failure scenarios validated by a third-party testing agency. “We have been studying TC’s new regulations and determining what testing and documentation we would need in order to comply,” said Avi Lozowick, VP of policy and strategy at ParaZero. “The ASTM F3322-18 Standard was an excellent starting point and was specifically referenced by TC. Through the ASTM testing, third-party validation and customer adoption, our system has proven to be the best-performing system on the market, and we are proud to have them enable the expanded use of drones in Canada and elsewhere.” ParaZero states its SafeAir Systems currently are the first and only ASTM compliant parachute systems that are in use in the United States under Federal Aviation Authority waivers for operations over people. Print this page

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It is unquestionable that drone technology is increasingly becoming part of our everyday life, and developing rapidly as artificial intelligence gains more and more significance. The commercial and industrial use of unmanned aerial vehicles – colloquially referred to as drones – will provide assistive solutions in many areas of life in the near future. Until then, we have to overcome some barriers inhibiting these developments, such as extant legal challenges. We sat down for a conversation with Sándor Dobi, Research and Development Specialist of HungaroControl to discuss further. It is a mistaken belief that the use of commercial and industrial drones may make human labour superfluous. Indeed it is expected that the workforce will have to acquire new skills to adapt to fast-changing work environment. It is highly likely that couriers will be replaced by those who are responsible for fleet management, maintenance and route planning. Despite the fact that the commercial use of drones is still in its early stages in many industries, the primary characteristics of the drone industry appear to be taking shape. Have a look at the commercial applications of drones in business, for example. A paradigm shift in the commercial/industrial use of drones requires a real will to act worldwide, including in Hungary. On the one hand, the process of obtaining a permit to operate a drone should be simplified, and operators need to be given a tool that allows them to exploit the real potential of different uses. Based on previous pilot projects, we have concluded that companies do not want to increase revenue but save costs, as it is becoming increasingly difficult to generate new revenue streams. In these circumstances, drone technology could substantially help workflows. A good example of this is media and advertising market: in the past, aerial footage were taken by a professional team from a helicopter. Today, recording is significantly cheaper, quicker and easier, not mentioning the fact that drones can access places that cannot be reached by a helicopter and other vehicles. In conclusion, drone technology is literally giving a new perspective to film and content production. Another notable field regarding the commercial use of drones is the construction industry. With the support of drones, we are able to evaluate work processes, such as the control of earth work, the progress of construction and whether workers are wearing their protective equipment (e.g. protective vest, hardhat) or not. Similarly, unmanned aerial vehicles open up new perspectives in the energy and utility sectors. Today, if a problem or issue is spotted during a routine maintenance task, repairmen go to the site with off-road vehicles even if it is difficult to access. If technology can make it happen, drones may simplify these kinds of expensive and complicated tasks, what is more, the whole procedure could be managed by maintenance staff remotely. However, this requires further development, for example, unmanned aerial vehicles have to fly longer distances and should be controlled and tracked remotely. The mobile telecommunications network (as a data transmission platform) can play a key role in control and positioning. In terms of increasing range, the introduction of a new battery technology (e.g. solid state) could be an enabling breakthrough. Within the energy industry, drones can make on-site inspections and clean wind turbines, which can lead to significant cost reductions, as these are rather labor-intensive and dangerous services. According to some studies, up to half of the maintenance and upkeep costs can be saved with such applications. Drones can also play an important role in logistics. In this area, for the time being, the marketing value derived from testing drone applications is the strongest motivation for large companies, given current technological and legal constraints. In the United States, certain legal conditions are already in place to extend drone shipping. This is why several large parcel delivery or online trading companies (e.g. UPS, Amazon, Wing) have already exploited these possibilities, but the introduction and mass use of the services is expected only later. We should not forget to mention that there are companies in some countries that use such tools to solve ad-hoc deliveries. In Switzerland for example, medication is routinely transported to hospitals by drones in mountain areas, as it is cheaper and easier to access. In Rwanda, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, which are small, deliver blood and drugs to places that are difficult and risky to reach by car. Not surprisingly, drones can also be used in agriculture and forestry. One possible use is crop spraying. In fact, it is more effective than the traditional methods, as drones are able to deliver the substance to both sides of the leaves thanks to turbulence generated by their rotors. Drones are considered to be useful in the environmental review of arable land, as a drone equipped with a suitable camera is also able to take recordings that can be used to estimate the quality and moisture content of the land. Last but not least expert people with post analysis can determine which part of the land should be sprayed to treat disease or stop infestation. Thanks to these techniques, farmers can achieve significant cost savings on their land and they can significantly reduce the environment impact as well. In forestry, drones can play an important role in several tasks, such as curbing illegal logging and poaching, investigation of animal migration, seek and uproot plants that trigger allergies and support of cartographic work.

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Portuguese charter airline Hi Fly just operated a pretty awesome flight to Antarctica… Hi Fly A340 lands on ice runway in Antarctica On November 2, 2021, a Hi Fly Airbus A340-300 flew from Cape Town to Antarctica and back in one day. The 18 year old Airbus A340-300 with the registration code 9H-SOL landed on a blue glacial ice runway, marking the first time an A340 ever landed in Antarctica. Specifically, the plane landed on Wolf’s Fang Runway, which is around 3,000 meters long. The journey covered a distance of about 2,500 miles in each direction, and took just over five hours each way. The plane spent under three hours in Antarctica before returning, so while it was a long day for the crew, it was an efficient operation, and went exactly as planned (despite the plane’s “SOL” registration). The purpose of the flight was to bring tourists, researchers, and essential goods, to Antarctica. We see charter flights to Antarctica pretty often, given that there’s a need for people and supplies to move to & from the continent. For example, earlier this year I wrote about how an Icelandair Boeing 767 flew all the way to Antarctica, on a pretty epic journey. Hi Fly shares “captain’s log” of flight to Antarctica The story as such is pretty interesting, but here’s what takes this to the next level. First of all, Hi Fly produced a video about the flight, and the production value is surprisingly good. It includes cockpit footage, footage from the cabin, interviews with the captain, and more. If you have eight minutes, I highly recommend watching it: Equally interesting is that Hi Fly has published the “captain’s log,” which is essentially a trip report from the captain about this journey. The captain of the flight was Carlos Mirpuri, who is also Hi Fly’s VP. I’m sure I’m not the only one who dreams of visiting Antarctica some day, so seeing videos like this and reading firsthand accounts always gets me excited. Hi Fly recently operated a flight from Cape Town to Antarctica, marking the first time an Airbus A340 has ever landed on the continent. While we see flights to Antarctica with some regularity, what sets this one apart is how well the whole thing was documented, both in the form of a video and a captain’s log. Well done, Hi Fly! Anyone else find this as intriguing as I do? This is not the first A340 to touch down on this land, sorry. There is a military A340 that visits Antarctica frequently, along with other aircraft types, and can be viewed on a very interesting flight tracker for military worldwide (that also shows commercial movements). Not my favorite tracker, but it shows very interesting flight stats that you cannot see on the two regular trackers everyone likes to flock to. What is the url? ‘...despite the plane’s “SOL” registration...’ I didn’t understand the reference to SOL here. Why would an operation being successfully completed depend on not being ‘SOL’? SOL is short for sh*t out of luck. :) ... or "sun" in Portuguese (HiFly's headquarters) or Spanish :) Congratulation Captain for you and all your TEAM in this historic flight in the legendary A 340-300. It will be a pleasure to know the details oft planning , weights , performances , etc.. I fly as a PIC over the antártica from SCEL to YMML in a B 787-9 , and is an amazing flight over the South Pole. Having flown to McMurdo Station on a Royal NZ Air Force 757 and out on a USAF C-17, I can say that almost everything on the planes needs to be specially configured for Antarctica, fuel, hydraulic fluid, and probably the tires too although I do not know that for sure. They were lucky they had a beautiful day, often the flights have to turn around due to weather changing after they have left the home airfield. What tourists were aboard? When was this flight being offered to tourists? I have not had time to watch the video but do planes use special winter/snow tires, similar to cars and other vehicles?

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Few professions can match the perks of being a pilot. But with prestige comes an overwhelming weight of responsibilities. Whereas the engine is the heart of the airplane, the pilot is its soul who determines the fate of all its crew and passengers. To be competent at this job, a pilot must invest a significant amount of money and thousands of hours of practice. After all, good pilots are made, not born. Let’s find out what it takes to get a pilot course and become a full-fledged aviator in the Philippines. Table of Contents - Why Become a Pilot in the Philippines? How To Become a Pilot in the Philippines: A Step-by-Step Guide - 1. Know the Basic Qualifications You Need To Become a Pilot - 2. Consider Taking a Discovery Flight (Optional) - 3. Choose Your Preferred Pathway To Become a Pilot - 4. Get a Student Pilot License To Start Your Flight Training - 5. Become a Licensed Private Pilot - 6. Earn a Commercial Pilot License To Get Paid To Fly - 7. Work as an Airline Pilot - 8. Explore Opportunities for Career Advancement - Tips and Warnings Frequently Asked Questions - 1. How long does it take to become a pilot in the Philippines? - 2. What course should I take to become a pilot? - 3. How much does it cost to be a pilot in the Philippines? - 4. Where can I study to become a pilot in the Philippines? - 5. How much do pilots in the Philippines earn? - 6. Is it hard to become a pilot? - 7. Is being a pilot dangerous? - 8. How long do pilots stay away from home? Is it possible to be an airline pilot and have a normal family life? - 9. How many days do pilots work? - 10. Can I become a pilot without a degree? - 11. Do you need a 20/20 vision to be a pilot? - 12. Can you be a pilot if you are colorblind? - 13. What is the maximum age limit to become a pilot? - 14. Is there any scholarship for pilot training in the Philippines? - 15. How can I become a pilot in the Philippine Air Force? Why Become a Pilot in the Philippines? Training to be a pilot is embarking on a journey full of adventures. You’ll see the world from the sky and get a glimpse of “heaven” that people on the ground can only dream of. And while it’s true that becoming a pilot puts a huge dent in your pocket, this is offset by the hefty paycheck waiting for you once you become an airline pilot, more so if you choose to work internationally. In the survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA), it’s revealed that those in the aviation industry, aircraft pilots included, are the highest-paid workers in the Philippines, with an average monthly salary of PHP 156, 8231. Don’t forget that Filipino pilots are also in an industry that has seen unprecedented growth in recent years. Boeing, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, estimates that the global demand for highly trained pilots will skyrocket to around 800,000 in the next two decades2. In the Philippines, the aviation market is expected to continue growing in the next five years. To keep up with increasing demands for domestic and international flights, local airlines are now shifting to smaller planes as they are quicker to fill up and depart from the terminal. The growing number of cost-efficient airplanes and Filipino pilots reaching retirement age prompt local airlines to think outside the box when it comes to recruitment. As a result, aspiring pilots who would otherwise have no access to expensive education and training now have equal chances to fulfill their lifelong dreams. With a huge market demand, an opportunity to travel the world, and a high salary to recover all your expenses faster than if you would become a doctor, the future is bright for aspiring Filipino aviators. How To Become a Pilot in the Philippines: A Step-by-Step Guide 1. Know the Basic Qualifications You Need To Become a Pilot While you won’t face as many restrictions when flying planes as a hobby, there are basic qualifications that are non-negotiable if you want to take the traditional path of becoming an airline pilot. Every person who wants to fly an airplane, whether for fun or profit, always starts with a student pilot license. This basic license is only issued to student pilots who are at least 16 years old. Meanwhile, airline pilots usually take their final flights upon reaching the retirement age of 67. Therefore, while learning how to fly an airplane during your senior years can be fulfilling, it’s no longer feasible to consider a career as an airline pilot. b. Educational Attainment For the record, a college degree isn’t a requisite for earning the basic pilot licenses. You can be a student pilot, a private pilot, or even a commercial pilot in the Philippines with just a high school diploma. Nevertheless, if your goal is to work for the country’s major airlines, a college degree is a critical requirement. You can only be qualified to be an airline pilot if you have a bachelor’s degree, preferably majoring in aeronautics, aviation, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, physics, and the likes. However, any college course will do. Airlines accept applicants from diverse industries as long as they are degree holders. A prospective pilot who finished college, regardless of the course, is presumed to have the discipline and work ethic required not only to survive the airline’s flight training program but also to be in touch with the latest technology, systems, and procedures related to the job. Another advantage of having a non-aviation-related degree is the availability of a career option in case things go south with your application. Remember, this is a competitive industry, and there’s no guarantee that you’ll get a job even after earning all the required flight hours and licenses. c. Physical Fitness The lives of the passengers are literally in the pilot’s hands. That’s why you can’t afford to have a heart attack or suddenly go unconscious in the middle of a flight. If the pilot goes down, he’s taking all the passengers and crew with him. Therefore, it’s imperative for an aspiring pilot, regardless of the aircraft he’ll be operating, to be “fit to fly.” In general, a healthy candidate should have: - Healthy lungs and can breathe normally even at higher altitudes where the air is thinner - Normal 20/20 eyesight (otherwise, you will be required to wear eyeglasses or corrective lenses) - No heart problems - Normal blood pressure - No hacking coughs - No recent dizziness or fainting spells - No history of illegal drug use - No hearing problems/deafness that could prevent the person from hearing instructions of air traffic controllers - No recurring headaches - No history of epilepsy - No insulin dependency (if diabetic) - No alcohol dependency - No color blindness as it’s essential for a pilot to distinguish different colors, particularly red and green, which are the colors of anti-collision lights - No history of mental illness - No acrophobia or extreme fear of heights - No sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS - No arthritis, osteoporosis, and other joint disorders - No recurrent infections - No nervous system issues/disorders To ensure that you’re medically/physically fit to fly an airplane, you’ll be required to get a medical certificate before beginning your flight training. There are different types of medical certificates being issued to aviators. Depending on the pilot license you’re applying for, you can be given a third-class, second-class, or first-class medical certificate. The first-class/class 1 medical certificate, for instance, is designed for pilots applying for the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), the highest and the most important among pilot licenses. To secure a medical certificate, proceed to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines head office and have yourself assessed by an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). The AME will combine the findings/readings from different medical professionals to come up with a report. These include, but are not limited to, the electrocardiogram (ECG) reading from a cardiologist, eye exam results from the optometrist, hearing test results from the audiometrist, and chest X-ray result from a pulmonologist. Your physical health will also be evaluated with the help of your dental certificate, urinalysis, and drug test result, among others. d. English Proficiency Radio communication is vital in ensuring the safety of each flight. Since English is the language of international aviation, all Filipino pilots are trained to use it whenever they communicate via the aircraft radio. Therefore, if you can’t speak or understand the language well, you will have a hard time following directions from the control tower. Being adept in the English language also helps a lot when accomplishing the required paperwork (all of which are written in English) before each flight. For the record, there’s no height requirement included in the Philippine Civil Aviation Regulations. This is only imposed by airline companies who are mostly concerned about the pilot’s ability to manipulate the controls in the cockpit. They want to ensure that your limbs are long enough so that your hands can reach the knobs, levers, buttons, and switches while your feet can step on the brakes and rudders. Philippine Airlines requires its pilots to be at least 5’4″ in height. International airline companies also have their height requirements, as listed below: - Cathay Pacific – 163 cm. - British Airways – 157 to 190 cm. - Singapore Airlines – 165 cm. - Lufthansa – 165 to 198 cm. Again, there’s no height requirement to become a pilot. Only when you’re aspiring to be an airline pilot should you need to comply with the requirement set by the aforementioned companies. And even if they’re looking for a specific height now, this rule is never set in stone. As long as you’re not applying in the military (which is much more strict when it comes to following their guidelines), you still have a chance to be a pilot despite having short or average stature. The worst case that might happen is having your application rejected. However, there’s also the possibility that they will pick you based on your flight experience and not your height. In case you don’t make it as an airline pilot, you can also try other alternatives that aren’t as strict when it comes to height. Among the jobs that you can consider are corporate aircraft pilot, traffic info pilot, agricultural spraying pilot, flight instructor, and pilot for skydiving companies. 2. Consider Taking a Discovery Flight (Optional) Also known as an orientation flight, a discovery flight is a 30-minute or 1-hour instructional demonstration flight where a certified flight instructor will give you a glimpse of the world of flying. After trying a flight simulator, you will be given a pre-flight briefing, so you understand what will take place in the cockpit and the different safety measures you need to observe. Finally, you will be flying onboard a real aircraft–either a Cessna 152 or Cessna 172–with the flight instructor handling both the takeoff and landing. Sometimes, you will be allowed to take the controls mid-flight once the instructor notices you’re at ease. A discovery flight is similar to the process of “shadowing,” wherein you accompany a professional to the workplace to see what it’s like to work in a particular industry. Since this is a relaxed, no-pressure environment, you’re free to ask as many questions as you like to figure out whether becoming an aviator is the best career choice for you. Recommended to young students who are fascinated by flying as well as frustrated pilots who simply want to relive their childhood dreams, the discovery flight is an introductory course usually offered by flight schools to promote their array of pilot courses. Prices range from PHP 8,000 to PHP 12,000 per hour, depending on what type of aircraft you’ll be using. For more info, contact the nearest flight school in your area. 3. Choose Your Preferred Pathway To Become a Pilot There’s no one straight path to becoming a pilot in the Philippines. You don’t necessarily have to work for a commercial airline to be a pilot. As long as you’re licensed to fly an aircraft, then you earn the right to be called a pilot. However, the number of pilot licenses you’re willing to earn will eventually determine what type of pilot you’ll become. Among these licenses, the Airline Transport Pilot License has the highest rank and is also the most difficult to obtain. Assuming that your ultimate goal is to earn the Airline Transport Pilot License and work for commercial airlines, here’s a summary of the licenses you must earn first before you get to the top: - Student Pilot License – is the license issued to beginners still in the earliest stages of pilot training. The minimum age for student pilots is 16, which means you can earn this license by enrolling in a flying school after graduating from high school–no college degree is required. - Private Pilot License – enables you to fly solo or fly passengers/cargo without any compensation. It’s like driving your car to give family and friends a ride to a certain destination. You don’t get paid for doing so, unlike taxi drivers, who are the counterparts of commercial pilots (see next item). - Commercial Pilot License – gives you permission to fly a plane as a paid professional. The second highest pilot license, the CPL allows you to get paid while earning the flight hours required to work for commercial airlines. Unlike airline pilots, commercial pilots are paid to fly planes with a limited number of passengers. They are usually hired by corporations, private individuals, or the government to fly planes for specific purposes such as transporting cargo, performing agricultural spraying, doing sightseeing flights, etc. - Airline Transport Pilot License – considered the highest civilian license that will allow you to fly passenger airlines. To get to this level, you will need to accumulate 1,500 flying hours. To make the most of their time, aspiring airline pilots usually work as flight instructors so they can gain the required flight hours while getting paid. Aside from the flight hours, you will also need to train and pass specific qualifications such as Instrument Rating (to legally fly planes during inclement weather by relying on the instruments in the aircraft), Multi-Engine Rating (to fly aircraft with more than 1 engine which is the case for airliners), and Type Rating (to fly a specific aircraft). Now that you’re familiar with the licenses you need to obtain to work as an airline pilot, it’s time to figure out where and how to get them. Although it’s true that it takes a lot of money (we’re talking about millions of pesos) to become an airline pilot, there are some ways to minimize or even eliminate the training costs. In summary, here are four major pathways to fulfill your dream of becoming an airline pilot in the Philippines: a. Enroll in a Flight School If you can already afford it, you can go straight to a flight training school and earn the licenses you need to become a pilot. Take note that local airlines require their pilots to be college graduates, so make sure you complete a four-year degree program (any course) before enrolling in a flying school. Most flying schools in the Philippines offer some or all of the following pilot courses: - Private Pilot License Training Program - Instrument Rating Training Program - Multi-Engine Training Program - Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating - Commercial Pilot License with Multi-Engine and Instrument Rating Although it’s the most expensive option, it also provides the quickest pathway to a job as an airline pilot. The flight school OMNI Aviation, for example, has a partnership with PAAT (Philippine Academy for Aviation Training), which is a joint venture of CAE and Cebu Pacific. Since PAAT is partly owned by Cebu Pacific, those who graduate from it are only required 200 hours to become a Cebu Pacific First Officer, unlike non-PAAT graduates who must accumulate 500+ hours. b. Finish an Aviation-Related College Degree Program While you can become an airline pilot regardless of the course you take in college, an aviation-related program allows you to dive into the nuts and bolts of the industry early on. It’s like getting into a medical school with a medical-related course as your pre-med. Although med school is open to everyone, the subtle advantages of being exposed to science or hospital work during your pre-med years are hard to deny. Some of the degree programs related to aviation that you can take before enrolling in a flight school include, but are not limited to, the following: - BS Aviation Major in Commercial Flying - BS Aviation Major in Aviation Management - BS Aeronautical Engineering - BS Aircraft Maintenance Technology After completing an aviation-related program, you can leverage it to get into an actual flight school. For example, you can work as an aircraft mechanic/technician for a while and then enroll in a pilot course once you’ve saved up enough funds. c. Be Qualified in an Airline Cadet Pilot Program A cadet pilot program is a scholarship offered by airlines to meet their increasing demands for pilots. This is ideal for those who can’t afford a pilot course. The airline will shoulder all expenses, and a job is guaranteed after you complete the training. In exchange for the scholarship, you will commit to multi-year exclusive employment with the airline. Therefore, it’s not free but a “study now, pay later” scheme used by airlines to encourage more aspiring pilots to join them. In the Philippines, Cebu Pacific opens its cadet pilot program every year3. The lucky few who pass the rigorous online and onsite screening process are sent to Australia for a 56-week integrated flying training, after which they’ll earn a commercial pilot license and work for Cebu Pacific as First Officers for a maximum of ten years. d. Join the Military and Become a Philippine Air Force Pilot There are two key paths to get the training and licenses you need to become a commercial airline pilot in the Philippines. The first three options we’ve discussed previously are the traditional ways to get civilian flight training. The other way to train as a pilot is by joining the military. Just like in a cadet pilot program, your flight education and training in the military will be subsidized, this time by the government. To become an Air Force pilot, you have two options: - Enter the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) with the Air Force as your branch of service. You must be at least 17 years old to be qualified in PMA. - Complete a four-year college degree program (courses in chemistry, physics, engineering, or computer science are preferred) and then apply to the Philippine Air Force Officer Candidate School. Getting into this school will then help you enter the Philippine Air Force Flying School. Since the government will shoulder the tuition, the pilots who graduate from the program are required to render at least 12 years of service, after which they’re free to apply for a job at commercial airlines. During your years of service as a military pilot at the Philippine Air Force, be prepared to have unconventional experiences in flying an aircraft. You’ll get to fly the plane close to the ground at high speed, fly near and into combat zones, and expose yourself to the dangers of working as a fighter pilot. 4. Get a Student Pilot License To Start Your Flight Training All pilots start their journey as students. Whether you’re getting civilian or military flight training, your learning years are usually divided into two phases: - Ground School. For the first few months, you’ll delve into the academic aspect of flight. In this structured classroom set-up, you’ll learn the basics of aerodynamics, aircraft parts, radio communication, weather, and other fundamental aviation concepts. - Flight Training. After building your knowledge foundation and passing the exams at the Ground School, you can now start taking actual flying lessons from a certified instructor. Before you can start flying a plane, however, you must first obtain the following requirements: - Student Pilot License (SPL) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). To get this license, you don’t have to be a college graduate, but you must be at least 16 years old at the time of application. - Class 2 Medical Certificate to ensure that you’re safe to fly. To be issued this certificate, a medical examiner will ensure that you’re not using/abusing drugs, have good eyesight (use of corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses are allowed), as well as physically and mentally fit for the job. - Other requirements: NBI Clearance to prove the applicant hasn’t committed any crime; and English proficiency so the candidate can easily engage in radio communications. Most flight schools assist their students with the license application. Once you’re issued the certificates, you can start your flying lessons. As soon as you’re deemed ready to fly the aircraft on your own, your flight instructor will then prepare you for your first solo flight. Flying on a plane without an instructor on your side is one of the first milestones you’ll never forget. After having your first solo flight and getting an NTC Radio Operator’s License, you can now start earning additional flight hours. Every hour you spend flying a plane costs a lot of money, but it’s necessary for you to build enough confidence and the 40 to 50 hours of flight time required to proceed to the next level: the Private Pilot License (PPL). 5. Become a Licensed Private Pilot A Private Pilot License (PPL) is the first official and internationally recognized license you’ll get after graduating from a student license. Earning a PPL is like finally having the right to drive your car after receiving training from a driving school. Since it’s a “private” license, you can only fly an aircraft for personal pleasure or business purposes. Private pilots aren’t allowed to “work” or be paid for their services. Despite its limitations, a private pilot license gives you an opportunity to do what most people can’t–operate an aircraft that you’ve been type rated to fly and see the beauty of the skies at any time. You can fly solo or carry more than one passenger anywhere in the country. You can also use the license to fly an airplane and do something meaningful like joining search and rescue missions. A student pilot can move up to the private pilot level by taking and passing the Private Pilot License (PPL) course, which lasts up to 6 months. The PPL course is a training program that will cover the basic principles of aviation, which include, but is not limited to, the following: - Theory of flight - Air traffic communications and control - Civic air regulations - Basic principles of meteorology, air navigation, aircraft performance, and weight and balance In addition to completing the PPL course, the student pilot must also accumulate at least 40 flight hours which can be a combination of solo and dual flights (with the instructor). Here are the other requirements you need to meet to be issued a private pilot license by CAAP: - At least 17 years of age - At least a High School graduate - Must be fluent in English - Holds a 2nd or 3rd Class Medical Certificate - Flight logbook (containing the records of at least 40 flight hours) - NBI Clearance - NTC License (Radio Telephony) - Passed the ATO Knowledge test - Passed the ATO Practical Flight and Oral Examination test 6. Earn a Commercial Pilot License To Get Paid To Fly To reach your goal of working as an airline pilot, you need to log hundreds of flight hours. However, if you only have a private pilot license, paying for every flight hour can quickly drain your finances. Remember, having a private pilot license means you can’t be paid to fly. A more practical approach is to accumulate flying hours and earn money while doing so. This is only possible if you get a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) which enables you to get paid as a working pilot. You can work as a flight instructor or explore other opportunities that will pay you for your skills. These include jobs as a corporate pilot, agricultural spray pilot, cargo pilot, air charter pilot, etc. With a CPL, you can gain more flight time and experience while earning back the money you’ve initially invested in your pilot course. To get a Commercial Pilot License and start flying for a living, you need to meet the following requirements: - At least 18 years old - At least a High School Graduate - Holds a Private Pilot License (PPL), a requirement that you need to have before you can upgrade to a commercial license. In other words, you can’t apply for a CPL if you don’t have a PPL. - Flight logbook containing the records of at least 150 flight hours. This is a combination of the 110 minimum flight hours required in CPL Training and the 40 hours you’ve earned through your private pilot license, for a total of 150 hours. - English Language Proficiency (at least Level 4) - Holds a valid 1st Class Medical Certificate - NBI Clearance - Passed the ATO Knowledge test - Passed the ATO Practical Flight Test and Oral Examination (Check ride) - NTC License (Radio Telephony) - Multi-Engine Rating - Instrument Rating As you can see from the list above, you need to secure add-on ratings (Instrument and Multi-Engine) in addition to a private pilot license to get paid to fly. These ratings are indispensable since you’ll be operating an airplane completely different from what you used to fly when you were still a student or a private pilot. Besides, you’re now getting paid, so your employers/passengers need assurance that you’re qualified for the job. Here’s a summary of the two add-on ratings every commercial pilot must have: a. Instrument Rating The Instrument Rating enables you to fly an aircraft in any weather condition. An instrument-rated pilot is trained to operate airplanes even in low or zero visibility (due to fog, clouds, rain, etc.) by using the cockpit instruments with a high degree of precision. Training starts on the ground, where you’ll learn–either through a flight instructor or self-study–the basics of using instruments for navigation and approaches; communicating with air traffic control; avoiding wind shear; and operating the aircraft under instrument flight rules (IFR). Next, you need to take and pass a written exam to ensure you’re equipped with the right knowledge before you move to the next phase. After the exam, you need to log the required number of flight hours. Starting from a simulator and transitioning into cross-country flights under IFR, you’ll demonstrate and prove to the instructor that you can employ different types of instrument approaches, perform emergency operations, use navigation systems, and complete air traffic control procedures/clearances. b. Multi-Engine Rating Since you’ll be operating a bigger multi-engine aircraft, this rating will come in handy should you seek employment as a commercial pilot. Getting a Multi-Engine Rating is relatively easier. You can be issued this rating after only a few weeks, provided that you already have a private pilot license. To get rated, you must also undergo ground and flight training. Ground instruction provides the fundamentals of multi-engine aerodynamics, maneuvers, emergencies, and procedures. As for the flight training, you need to log at least 10 to 15 flight hours before you can be fully prepared for the check ride. After getting the commercial pilot license and gaining the above-mentioned add-on ratings, you can apply for jobs. You can build more hours by flying planes for somebody else or working as a flight instructor. Either way, you’ll get paid a handsome fee while earning the required hours to be qualified for a job at a major airline. 7. Work as an Airline Pilot Flying a multi-crew aircraft for a commercial airline is what most pilots consider the ultimate career goal. After spending a significant amount of time and money to earn hundreds of flight hours and getting multiple pilot licenses and ratings, getting hired as an airline pilot is like reaching the finish line. There are three ways for pilots to land this lucrative job. First, you can apply for a job as an airline pilot straight from the military. Since Air Force pilots are required to commit to a multi-year contract with the government, most airlines hire them with the assumption that they’re already seasoned pilots with thousands of flying hours under their belts. Second, you can also apply for a job at an airline even if you only have a Commercial Pilot License (CPL), provided that you have also secured add-on ratings such as Type Rating, Multi-Engine Rating, Instrument Rating, etc. Most airlines accept pilots with a commercial license, an Instrument Rating, and at least 200 flight hours. Of course, the more flying hours you’ve accumulated before your application, the better your chances will be. If accepted, you’ll work alongside the Captain as a First Officer. FOs are at the bottom of the pecking order. It’s like an entry-level position that is very demanding yet has a relatively lower salary compared to other higher-ranking airline pilots. However, if you persist and gain more flight hours, you can move up the ladder as soon as your Captain retires. The last option to become an airline pilot is to keep flying until you accumulate at least 1,500 flight hours. By the time you gain this amount of flying experience, you’re already qualified to apply for an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP), the highest certification that any civilian pilot can obtain. Take note that the required flight time is not cumulative. In other words, you must start earning at least 1,500 flying hours immediately after getting the commercial pilot license. All flying hours you’ve accumulated before getting the CPL will not be counted. With an ATP license, you can operate and be in command of a large, multi-crew commercial aircraft from the get-go. In other words, you’ll immediately work as Captain of the aircraft once hired, unlike those with a commercial pilot license who have to start from the bottom as FOs. To be qualified for the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP), you need to obtain the following: - Commercial Pilot License (CPL) - 1st Class Medical Certificate - Flight logbook containing the records of your flying time (at least 1,500 hours) - NTC License - English Language Proficiency (at least level 4) - ATO Certificate of ATPL Ground training 8. Explore Opportunities for Career Advancement If you started as a First Officer, it’s only appropriate to aspire to become a Captain. The Captain is the first command in a multi-crew aircraft and receives the highest paycheck while having a relatively easier workload. However, to get to this level, gaining experience and accumulating the specified number of flying hours is paramount. In addition to getting an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license, an aspiring Captain must also pass an exam given by the regulator as well as the screening administered by the airline company itself. Candidates are also required to undergo online assessments and flight simulator training and submit all the other requirements. Once you become a captain, you can continue working and honing your skills until you reach the retirement age of 67. If you’re up for the challenge, you can still explore post-retirement opportunities. Retired pilots can work as an instructor in various training schools like PAAT. Or, they can work as an inspector tasked with supervising and issuing certifications to pilot training schools and their trainees. Tips and Warnings 1. Your aptitude and attitude will determine your career altitude Becoming a pilot is more than having flying skills. You don’t need to be a math genius or a rocket scientist to succeed in this profession. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency4, Samuel Avila, a pilot-turned-Cebu Pacific (CEB) vice president for Flight Operations, shares three basic traits that every aspiring aviator should have: - Passion. Instead of letting the high salary become your primary motivation, join this profession with a service-oriented mindset. A pilot driven by money alone will soon find the tediousness of the job unbearable. By contrast, a passionate pilot considers it a privilege to transport people or goods to their destinations because it’s one way of contributing to nation-building. - Hard work. The road to becoming an airline pilot is long and bumpy. There’s no shortcut to success, so if you’re not patient enough to spend years gaining experience, this might not be for you. - Discipline. A disciplined pilot is one who knows how to apply what he’s learned so far and use common sense when needed. You need to know how to follow the rules and look at the aircraft as a machine with its limitations. If you play by the rules and consistently learn from each experience, you’ll develop essential skills to succeed as a pilot, namely: situational awareness, quick reaction time, good depth perception, problem-solving skills, good communication skills, good judgment, as well as knowledge of and ability to monitor the onboard systems. 2. Continuous learning will save your life–and your passengers’ In this profession, it’s a mortal sin to be complacent. Remember, the lives of the crew and your passengers are in your hands, so you need to be prepared in times of emergency. Take emergency maneuver training and other relevant courses that can help you become a reliable pilot when the unthinkable happens. One of the common reasons why planes crash is pilot error. A way to prevent this is to keep yourself updated with the latest technologies and changes in aviation regulations. This industry constantly evolves, so if you can’t keep up with the changes, you’re putting other people’s lives (and yours) in peril. 3. Learn to fly with an instructor before trying flight simulator games, not the other way around While playing flight simulator games can be fun, it’s not a good idea to expose yourself to it before enrolling in a pilot course. For one, a flight simulator game only remotely resembles the thrill of flying an actual aircraft. It may also cause you to pick up the bad habit of solely relying on your instruments instead of looking outside to gauge how the aircraft is doing. Good pilots know how to fly airplanes visually or under VFR (visual flight rules). If you train yourself to fly this way initially, you’ll see things from a wider perspective. So instead of looking at and relying on your instruments alone, you’ll figure out how the aircraft moves and “feels” every time you manipulate the controls and learn to adjust it accordingly. Remember this rule when flying: “Look outside, glance inside.” Learn to fly visually by looking at the horizon and for other airplanes around you. Then, verify with your instruments if your judgment is correct. Only use flight simulator games as a supplementary training tool AFTER flying with an actual instructor for a while. Flight sims are ideally used to develop and gauge your abilities to maneuver an aircraft during life-threatening situations, all while staying in a safe environment. Frequently Asked Questions 8. How long do pilots stay away from home? Is it possible to be an airline pilot and have a normal family life? - Bello announces top 10 high-paying jobs; advises jobseekers to be guided by labor market information. (2017). Retrieved 24 August 2022, from https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/bello-announces-top-10-high-paying-jobs-advises-jobseekers-to-be-guided-by-labor-market-information/ - Yumul, J. (2019). PH aviation gears up to meet soaring demand for commercial pilots. Retrieved from https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/22/19/ph-aviation-gears-up-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-commercial-pilots - Cebu Pacific Air. (2017). Cebu Pacific launches Cadet Pilot training program. Retrieved from https://cebupacificaircorporate.com/Pages/news.aspx?id=1163 - Arayata, M. (2018). No shortcuts in becoming a pilot. Retrieved from https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1046513

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An unnamed insider from South Korea reported that the F-35A fighter, released by Lockheed Martin, an American company, and announced to the South Korean Air Force tender to purchase sixty multi-purpose fighters totaling $ 7,2 billion, most likely, not yet corresponds to the declared characteristics. The insider noted that the South Korean military in a competitive request clearly indicated two main requirements for the fighter: for hanging arms, the aircraft must be equipped with external pylons; fighter must demonstrate maximum speed in 1913 km / h. Tests of airplanes submitted to the tender (F-35A; F-15 "Silent Eagle" from Boeing; "Typhoon" from the European EADS consortium) should start from June to September 2012. The winner of the competition will begin deliveries of aircraft with 2016 year. And another insider pointed out the same lack of American aircraft. The F-35A fighter, he noted, should be equipped with 6 underwing pylons for attacking guided missiles, but it is doubtful that this requirement could be met by the planned start of deliveries. The representative of Lockheed Martin said that the pylons can be installed, as required by the South Korean Air Force, but added that he does not understand why this is necessary: after all, the fighter was created using Stealth technology and is intended to deliver hidden blows at the enemy. External suspension weapons, about which there is a speech, will increase the radar visibility of the fighter. A spokesman said: “The plane has internal weapons bays. When hanging on F-35 weapons on external hangers, the fighter will lose its Stealth capabilities. This is not normal! ”The representative also said:“ However, if you insist on external hangers, such a requirement will be easily realized: there are all possibilities for this. ” However, representatives of the Air Force of South Korea reported that the reason for “doubtfulness”, besides “inconspicuousness”, lies in the fact that the USAF - for financial reasons - do not want to fundamentally change the F-35. After all, it is clear that the plane with the added external suspension will have to go through an additional stage of flight tests with different aerodynamics. And not only Koreans doubt the F-35 fighter. The other day this fighter was called the “wrong plane” in Australia. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Arms and Trade of Australia held a special meeting. His goal was to assess the need to purchase F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, destined for the Australian Air Force. The Canberra Times reports that representatives of RepSim, a manufacturer of simulators, and analytical agency Air Power Australia, spoke at the meeting. Experts said that the States and Australia are now developing the "wrong plane", and should not buy it. As the speakers said, the F-35 creation project is a failure. Developed aircraft does not meet the stated specifications. And the main mistake of American experts, Australian experts considered the intention to develop a fighter-type 3: normal take-off, shortened take-off and vertical landing, and deck-based F-35. Representatives of RepSim and Air Power Australia also stated that before the completion of the program on the F-35 far, and the fighter already faced many difficulties. During its report, RepSim presented the results of the air combat between the 240 F-35 and 240 Su-35s, simulated off the coast of Fr. Taiwan in 2018. According to calculations, only thirty F-35 survived in air combat. Combat simulations were also carried out between the Su-35С and 240 F-22 Raptor and then between the Su-35С and F / A-18E / F Super Hornet. In the first simulation, one hundred and thirty-nine F-22 survived, and in the second, all Super Hornet were shot down. Speakers at the meeting strongly demanded that the Australian government refused to purchase F-35. Experts believe that the Australian government should put some pressure on the US government - so that the latter will allow the delivery of F-22 fighters to the Australian Air Force. Now exporting F-22 is legally prohibited in the United States; The reason is copy protection technology. The Australian government has been revising the F-35 procurement program since November 2011. As part of this revision, it is planned to analyze a fighter development project based on test data and design difficulties. Expected to explore the parameters of the price. Based on the revision, it may be decided to postpone the purchase. Earlier, Australia announced its intention to acquire 100 aircraft F-35, but now decided to buy only fourteen. The contract is likely to be signed this year.

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Airlines are looking to dip their feet into the nascent advanced air mobility sector by placing orders for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles under development by a host of startups. But while industry-watchers agree that opportunities are plentiful for the new aircraft, some major... What Do Airlines Want From eVTOLs? is part of Aviation Week Network's complimentary online access. Register now to read this content, plus receive complimentary access to articles from our experts in the global aerospace, air transport, mro, defense and space and business aviation communities. Already registered to Aviationweek.com or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.

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HOT BIRD™ 7A :: 13° East Launch of HOT BIRD™ 7A postponed to Thursday, March 9, 2006 Following the postponement of the launch on Friday, February 24, 2006, Alcatel Alenia Space has performed a complete verification of the telemetry signal system of Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ 7A satellite. As a result the satellite was confirmed to be in perfect health and ready for launch. Furthermore, on Saturday, February 25, the disconnection of a cryogenic purging umbilical line between the launch table mast and the launch vehicle led Arianespace to roll back the launch vehicle to the Final Assembly Building for the change of the faulty connector. The launch is now scheduled during the night of Thursday, March 9, 2006, as soon as possible within the following launch window: 7:06 p.m. - 8:13 p.m., Kourou, French Guiana 5:06 p.m. - 6:13 p.m., Washington , D.C. 22:06 - 23:13 GMT 23:06 - 00:13, Paris and Madrid. There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed one of its Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft to the Middle East in support of the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) aimed at assuring the safety and protection of maritime navigation in the Gulf region. Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced in an 18 October statement that the aircraft's advanced patrol surveillance capabilities will be used to support the safe transit of naval and merchant vessels, and thus provide "a modest but meaningful contribution" to the mission. The P-8A is expected to remain in the region until the end of November. Want to read more? For analysis on this article and access to all our insight content, please enquire about our subscription options at ihsmarkit.com/janes

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Boeing GoFly winners unveil exotic personal flying machines Inspires Generation of Engineers Should attract Students to STEM Result = awesome innovation So you depend on bright, young engineers to advance your product line and American… Google co-founder Sergey Brin is building an airship of the future. John Travolta is donating a B-707 to Australia’s Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). Graphene may generate a new aircraft design. The research needed to translate this exciting concept into practical application will require years. The FAA must prepare for this impending challenge. The Antipode is the quintessential example of how aviation’s future holds the capability of redefining the size of the globe. A 17 year old Vancouver, Canada high school student, Raymond Wang, created a device that will improve air quality in aircraft cabins. The main stream media does not appear to deem this news to be worthy of their publications; so PLEASE copy and share. A new technical alliance and a new category of association membership both positive advancements towards the greener goal. The innovation of the aerospace never ceases to amaze!

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The pilot was flying a Soviet-era aerobatic plane when it suddenly plummeted into a river. Footage of the crash shows a more than 20-second tailspin. A German pilot performing an aerobatic stunt at an air show in northwestern Poland was killed on Saturday when his plane nosedived into a river. The former Lufthansa employee, who is thought to have been in his 60s, was flying a Russian-made Yakolev Yak-52 aerobatic plane close to the city of Plock, about 110 kilometers from Warsaw, when his aircraft suddenly went into a tailspin during a turn. Footage from the scene showed the plane spin continuously for more than 20 seconds before plunging into the River Vistula. Divers later found the man's body among the wreckage some eight meters under water. The air show organizers told the Polish news agency PAP that the victim, who was alone in the two-seater plane, was an experienced pilot. It is unclear why he lost control of the plane. Polish investigators told TVN24 they would study images and footage of the crash scene and request assistance from colleagues in Germany, if necessary, to gather more information about the victim. The air show, which was supposed to feature displays from around 40 aircraft, was canceled after the crash.

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Visions of Saturn was a free exhibition of stunning photos from the Cassini-Huygens mission, held at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 2009. This exhibition has now closed Visions of Saturn was a free exhibition of stunning photos from the Cassini-Huygens mission, held at the Royal Observatory Greenwich from 22 June to 31 August 2009. The background to Visions of Saturn exhibition Saturn is the second largest planet in our Solar System. Famous for its beautiful rings, it also has more than 60 moons. Between 1979 and 1981, three spacecraft made brief fly-bys of Saturn. They sent back tantalising images that raised as many questions as they answered. Then, in 1997, a more powerful spacecraft was launched to help unravel Saturn’s mysteries. Cassini-Huygens, a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), arrived at Saturn in 2004 after a seven-year voyage across billions of kilometres of space. Accompanying the Cassini spacecraft was ESA’s Huygens probe. This was designed to land on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and send back images of its surface. Since 2004 Cassini and Huygens have painted an astonishing picture of these remote worlds. The Cassini-Huygens mission is named after two famous astronomers. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) was a mathematician, astronomer and engineer. He discovered four of Saturn’s moons. A dark band in the rings is named the Cassini Division in his honour. Christiaan Huygens (1629–95) was a mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Huygens discovered Saturn’s giant moon Titan and was the first to understand the thin, flat nature of Saturn's rings. With thanks to... The Royal Observatory Greenwich would like to thank Geraint Jones and the Cassini-Huygens team. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC. See NASA/JPL's Cassini mission website Images are courtesy of ESA, NASA, JPL, USGS, the Space Science Institute and the Universities of Colorado and Arizona. See NASA/JPL's Photojournal - Saturn gallery In partnership with CICLOPS (Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Observations)

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Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC) - Country: European organisation - Types of workers represented: Air traffic controllers (ATCOs), air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEPs) - Year of foundation: 1989 - Number of member organisations: 32 with more than 14,000 members - President: Volker Dick - Contact information: ATCEUC c/o MERITIUS Avenue Georges Henri 431 - Email: [email protected] ATCEUC was created to speak with a single voice on behalf of European ATCOs and ATSEPs in order to have a stronger say in EU decision-making. ATCEUC promotes the views of its members at the European level and take full advantage of ATCOs’ and ATSEPs’ knowledge with regard to technical and social issues. ATCEUC is involved in numerous work groups where its expertise might be called for, including at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Human Dimension of the Single European Sky (EGHD) and Industry Consultation Body (ICB) for the Single European Sky (SES), SESAR Joint Undertaking, and EUROCONTROL. ATCEUC also is a recognised social partner in the Air Traffic Management Working Group (ATM WG) or the EU sectoral social dialogue committee ‘Civil aviation’.

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Paragliding in Fethiye Babadag (Father Mountain) towering above the magnificent Oludeniz on the Southwest coast of Turkey is considered one of the best flying points in the world for paragliding. A geological marvel and a "world heritage" site, due to its rich flora, Babadag just happens to have incredible thermals and ideal conditions for paragliding flights. Standart Tandem Flight is the most common service on demand. Anybody, without any paragliding experience, can enjoy the paragliding sport and the perfect view of Ölüdeniz. All you do is sit comfortably in the harness and tell the pilot where to go and what to do (steady glide, spiral dives, thermaling, etc.). Fun: Without doubt, all the Reaction Paragliding passengers experience an intense and fun adventure. 2000m / 6600 feet altitude is more than enough. You can thermal even higher. The quiet glide above the beautiful landscape will be breath taking. Flight Duration: The flight is 20-45 minutes. It is the passenger to define the duration by choosing a steady glide or thermaling. What to bring: Sun glasses, trainie shoes or boots is enough. Flight suits are provided by Reaction. Let us explain how Reaction Paragliding attains safe paragliding operations... Safety is guarantied by controling the 4 main parameters; meteorological conditions, pilot skills, pilot fatique and equipment. Meteorolojical Conditions: The major parameter of safety in paragliding is the weather. The approach of Reaction Paragliding, to ensure safe operations, is to stay on the ground when the conditions are close or above the limits. Our pilots will not take off when all safe conditions are not guarantied. Pilot Skills: All of the pilots working for Reaction Paragliding has more than 5 years of continious experience as a commercial tandem pilot. Please check pilot profiles. Pilot Fatique: Our pilots have day off whenever they want. This attains no fatique and physical stress on pilots. Reaction is the only tandem paragliding company applying frequent (min. one day per week) day off to pilots in Ölüdeniz.

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Gulf Medal named to Mr GW Kimberley BAE with 16th Jan to 28th Feb 1991 clasp. The group also comes with the Omani Peace Medal plus the Omani Glorious Fifteenth National Day Medal 1985. Also included as can be seen, some photos of aircraft, Jet Provosts, Hunters and Jaguars as well as other ephemera. Mr GW Kimberley was an RAF veteran. In 1973, he left to take up a position with the Royal Saudi Air Force. During 1981, he joined the Sultan of Omans Air Force as a Warrant Officer and served in the Dhofar region of Oman during the communist incursion. During 1986, he left Oman to rejoin the Royal Saudi Air Force and was with BAE when he served in the First Gulf War earning the medal. A nice interesting ‘modern’ lot with the desired Gulf1 medal

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Island scientists take part in confirming the space rock's discovery POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Jul 28, 2011 LAST UPDATED: 8:11 a.m. HST, Jul 28, 2011 A team of international scientists, including astronomers from Hawaii, have confirmed the existence of an asteroid that shares the same orbit with Earth. The existence of the first known Trojan asteroid associated with Earth was confirmed by Martin Connors of Athabasca University in Canada, Christian Veillet of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii island, and Paul Wiegert of the University of Western Ontario in Canada. The discovery of the asteroid, which measures only about 300 yards across, is the cover story of the July 28 edition of Nature magazine. Asteroids are giant space rocks that orbit the sun, and those that share an orbit with a planet are called Trojans. Scientists had previously found a few for Mars and Neptune and nearly 5,000 for Jupiter. Veillet, who is in Thailand at an Asia-Pacific astronomy conference, told the Star-Advertiser by email that scientists had postulated such objects for Earth. "But they are hard to find as they are always not very far from the sun seen from Earth," Veillet said. The Trojan asteroid, called 2010 TK7, was first tentatively identified by the team from observations made with NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, satellite and follow-up observations from ground-based telescopes in October 2010, according to the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope website. The team confirmed the Trojan nature of the asteroid using observations by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in April. Veillet said 2010 TK7's orbit is stable for at least 10,000 years. "More Earth Trojans are likely to be found in the coming years, allowing for a better understanding of their dynamics and the characteristics of their population," Veillet added. "The discovery is significant because it shows that some asteroids can share the orbit of the Earth and stay around its leading or trailing Lagrangian points for a relatively long amount of time (though 10,000 years is short on astronomical time scales)," Veillet added. A Lagrangian point is an orbital position in which the gravitational forces of the Earth and another object, in this case the sun, are equal. "A Trojan asteroid is potentially a good candidate for a space mission landing, as its motion is not very different from the Earth's. The orbit of 2010 TK7 is, however, significantly inclined with respect to the Earth's orbit, which does not make it an attractive target.<t-2> "Now that one has been found, the hunt is open to finding more: a difficult task from Earth, which could be eased in the future from space missions dedicated to the search for near-Earth asteroids." Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office, who didn't participate in the discovery, agreed that the asteroid is a Trojan. Most scientists suspected Earth had them, he said, and "I would guess there's others." The Associated Press contributed to this report. On the Net: www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/EarTro/

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International Jet Interiors is proud to have two business jet exhibits included in the historic Cradle of Aviation Museum - Eric H. Roth, President, International Jet Interiors GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (PRWEB) August 20, 2020 International Jet Interiors is honored to have two business aviation exhibits included in the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York, where over 100 years of aerospace history is preserved and shared in more than 150,000 feet of museum space consisting of exhibits and actual artifacts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Mitchell Field Air Force Base is home to the Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, which focuses on “Long Island's rich aerospace heritage of discovery and inspiring future generations through science and technology." Exhibits include the Apollo and Space Exhibit, featuring the Apollo Lunar Module and extensive Apollo artifacts, as well as F-14 exhibits, a WWI Gallery, a WWII Gallery featuring aircraft produced on Long Island, including the Grumman Avenger, the Grumman Helicat, the Grumman Wildcat and a Waco CG-4 Troop Glider, Jet Age Exhibits as well as Contemporary Aircraft Galleries and the Jet Blue Sky Theater Planetarium. The team at International Jet Interiors is proud to be among such notable and prominent aviation leaders, as the aircraft completion company takes their place within the museum as part of Long Island and aviation's esteemed history. Sharing their business aviation expertise, International Jet Interiors has two private jet mock-ups that are on display for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike to experience. "We hope to continue to inspire future aviation professionals and master craftspeople as we share our passion for excellence and all things aviation," shares International Jet Interiors President, Eric H. Roth. Mr. Roth continues, "we invite you to visit the Cradle of Aviation and Experience Something Extraordinary®."

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Description of GULFSTREAM G200 The Gulfstream G200 is a mid-size private jet developed by the American manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace. Previously known as the IAI Galaxy, it is a twin-engine business jet. It was originally designed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and was produced by IAI for Gulfstream Aerospace from 1999 to 2011. Equivalent private jet : Citation Sovereign, Citation XLS, Challenger 300 Rates per route The prices below are provided as an indication. To estimate the price of your trip, please contact us in order to establish a quote that will meet your exact requirements. Commercial features of GULFSTREAM G200 Due to its long autonomy, the Gulfstream G200 mid-size private jet is the ideal business aircraft for both national and international flights. With its luxurious interior, the Gulfstream G200’s cabin offers large oval windows, characteristic of Gulfstreams, enabling a better luminosity within the cabin.

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report by: Sebastien Mousty & Thierry Letellier Every year, the day before National Day Parade in Paris , we can see the arrivals of all the fighter from the vast majority of the Wings and Squadrons from ” Armée de l’ Air “.Early in the fourteen the Base Aerienne 105 allow the acces of his taxiways to make pictures of the planes leaving Evreux AB to take part to the flightpass over Champs Elysées in Paris. Base aérienne 105 Évreux or BA 105,is a French Air Force base located about 2 miles (3 km) east of the town of Évreux in the south eastern part of Normandy. Its position very close to Paris was logically chosen to gather the French Air Force fighters participation to Paris flightpass. For this 2017 edition were present: Fighter Squadron 1/2 Cigognes or EC 1/2 Cigognes from Luxeuil Air Base. They are armed with Dassault Mirage 2000-5F.Their main role is the air 2 air interception. It inherits the traditions of three notable World War I units: SPA 3 of the famous ace Georges Guynemer, SPA26, SPA 103 of René Fonck, and SPA 12.Heir to Escadrille 3 (the “Cigognes” Escadrille) EC 1/2 Cigogne was created on November 1945. Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne is a combat unit of the French Air Force. It is equipped with Rafale and is the second unit of the French Air Force to receive that aircraft.The 1/91 Gascogne is attached since August 26 2015 to the 4th Fighter Wing (4e Escadre de Chasse, EC 4) which was reformed the same day. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an “omnirole” aircraft by Dassault. Escadron de Chasse or Fighter Squadron 2/30 Normandie-Niemen is a Fighter aircraft unit of the French Air Force. During the dormant phase in 2009, the Escadron was equipped with Mirage F1CT fighters and stationed at Colmar-Meyenheim Air Base (BA 132). This Escadron is the descendent of the famous Fighter Group Normandie (French: Groupe de Chasse Normandie) created in 1942.On August 25, 2011, the first Rafale with colors of the 2/30 Normandie-Niemen took off from ” Base Aérienne 118 colonel Constantin Rozanoff de Mont-de-Marsan” Delays in the Dassault Rafale fourth-generation fighter program led to a development program for an updated Mirage 2000N dedicated to conventional attack, originally designated Mirage 2000N cousin. It was to complement SEPECAT Jaguar daylight strike fighters by providing a night/bad weather attack capability.Formal development began in 1988. The designation was changed to Mirage 2000D in 1990, with the “D” standing for “Diversifie/Multirole”. Initial flight of the Mirage 2000D prototype, a modified Mirage 2000N prototype, was on 19 February 1991. Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine, On June 24, 2016, the 3/30 Lorraine was integrated into the 30e Escadre de Chasse and replaced the 1/7 Provence on the Saint-Dizier Air Base. Only the traditions were transferred, not the personnel nor the aircraft. Accordingly, the aircraft were progressively repainted with the colors of the 3/30. The Escadron was transferred to Aerial Base 118 Mont-de-Marsan The Mirage 2000N is the nuclear strike variant which was intended to carry the Aerospatiale Air-Sol Moyenne Portee (ASMP) nuclear stand-off missile. Initial flight tests of two prototypes began on 3 February 1983, and the Mirage 2000N entered operational service in 1988. A total of 75 were built. The fighter had strengthened wings for low-altitude operations, as well as low-level precision navigation/attack systems, built around the Dassault/Thales Antilope 5 radar, which was designed for the strike role and featured a terrain-avoidance capability. During the departures, we have the great Chance to make pictures, from an excellent place near the taxiway. That is done in outstanding conditions and Globalairpower would like to thank Mr Gilles Scheffer and his team for their perfect organization.

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NASA launched an Atlas V rocket Tuesday morning from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at approximately 11:11 A.M. Eastern time that was carrying approximately 7,600 pounds of important goods inside of an Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship for the International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: NASA/YouTube Orbital ATK is a commercial space company that works alongside NASA to resupply the international Space Station, just like SpaceX. Their Cygnus cargo ship is akin to SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship. Cameras were set up all around the launch site, including on the rocket itself, creating a 360º launch view. The footage was live-streamed on YouTube and social media so that audiences all around the world could tune in to watch over the internet. A replay of the full launch is published to YouTube here: The cargo ship has not yet docked with the ISS, but the rocket launch was indeed successful. The ship is expected to finally meet up with the ISS Saturday morning; four days after Tuesday’s launch. Among the various types of cargo onboard were food, supplies, and science experiments to keep the astronauts currently on-board busy. The cargo ship was also carrying a truckload of cubesats (38 to be exact), which will be deployed after they arrive. Both cubesats and smallsats are expected to change the way we carry out space exploration because they can be launched in huge arrays that gather more detailed data for a fraction of the cost of sending one large satellite to its destination. Because they’re so much smaller, they require less space on cargo ships and less fuel to send into space, which means we can get them to their destination more easily and this opens the realm of space exploration to even more entities that previously could not afford it.

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|BEER & PRETZELS||JOIN OUR SITE| |EVENTS/CLASSIFIED||VIEW A WISH LIST| |HISTORY/SPIRIT RACING||CART EMPTY| | System | Manufacturer | Roleplaying Accessories | |InStock? Yes||Login or Join to create/use a wish list| Death From AboveAerial warfare in the world of 2089 has not changed much from its 20th century origins: bombers still punish targets on the ground or perform reconnaissance, with fighters and interceptors assigned to the multiple function of supporting their flying partners as well as earthbound allies. Stealth technology is common amongst planes but, with improving radar systems and scanners, pilots must still rely on their skill to avoid the worst of anti-aerial batteries while keeping an eye for enemy fighters. Even in the apparent quiet of outer space the presence of the Armageddon War appears. Satellite missile platforms orbit anonymously, waiting for the signal to deliver a deadly orbital strike to a target below, while their intelligence cousins relay military information to armies and mercenary companies alike. While a relatively peaceful environment because of its inherent danger, near space is beginning to see laser fire between cargo shuttles and defence satellites and stray missiles join the growing ring of space trash surrounding Earth. Space is an exciting frontier beckoning to humanity's adventurous spirit. Whether it becomes a new hope for the future or simply the next battlefield is quite literally up in the air. Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, Third Edition. These volume discounts are in addition to sale and special offer prices. Spirit Games (Est. 1984, Lefglow Ltd) - Supplying role playing games (RPG), wargames rules, miniatures and scenery, new and traditional board and card games for the last 35 years Contact Us | Policies | Postage and Package | Privacy | Links | Cookies | Site Map

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KHAIRPUR: The Department of Physics and Electronics at Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur recently organized the highly anticipated Science Expo 2023, where students demonstrated their ingenuity through the presentation of 26 remarkable projects. Among these, two final-year physics students, Samia Bhutto and Tohfat Nisa Mirani, showcased a groundbreaking model of an air ambulance and delivery drone. According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the university, Altaf Abaro, the air ambulance drone project exhibited by Samia Bhutto and Tohfat Nisa Mirani aimed to leverage drone technology in the healthcare sector, specifically for aiding regions inaccessible to human intervention during emergencies such as floods. Sumia Bhutto, one of the brilliant minds behind the air ambulance concept, emphasized that their objective was to enable the transmission of crucial information to remote areas by deploying these drones. Additionally, the air ambulance drones could deliver essential first aid to those in need. The drone, equipped with a powerful 1000 KV motor, boasts a maximum flight speed of 70 meters per hour and can operate continuously for 30 to 40 minutes. Remarkably, it can support a weight of up to 30 kg and includes a specially designed first aid box integrated within its structure. Samia Bhutto further explained that the name “Air Ambulance” was given to their creation due to its primary purpose of delivering vital aid to affected individuals. She also suggested that by incorporating more robust drone motors, the air ambulance could potentially carry even heavier loads. The innovative work of these two students not only highlights their exceptional abilities but also showcases the potential of drone technology in enhancing emergency response and healthcare services.

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ING Robotic Aviation and Ottawa Aviation Services have partnered to offer a professional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator’s Course, according to a news release from ING Robotic. The first 7 day course will take place in Ottawa starting June 8. ??Successful completion of the course, according to the firm, allows the student to: meet the Transport […] The Citizen has posted my article about federal government researchers planning to test a small Canadian-made drone to see if such unmanned aircraft could eventually be used to hunt for submarines and ships. It is the first time that an unmanned air vehicle built in Canada will be tested in this role. Above is another […] Federal government researchers will be testing a small Canadian-made drone in the Ottawa area to see if such unmanned aircraft could eventually be used to hunt for submarines and ships. It is the first time that an unmanned air vehicle built in Canada will be tested in this role. The first tests will take place […] The US military has certified a Canadian officer as the first foreign Chief of Current Operations in its Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC). Lt. Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of STRATCOM’s Joint Functional Component Command for Space, said the Canadian officer is now clear to run a shift at the JSpOC, putting him in charge of […] After finally winning a majority government, says incumbent Gordon O’Connor, the Conservatives now have at least four years to make long-term plans without continual threats of having to return to the polls.

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BERLIN — Air France and Germany’s two biggest airlines decided Friday to resume flights to Tel Aviv after cancelling operations for several days over safety concerns. Germany’s Lufthansa said it would resume flights in stages starting Saturday morning. The decision also applies to its subsidiaries Germanwings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines. Air France said its first flight to Tel Aviv would leave Paris on Friday night. Germany’s second-biggest carrier, Air Berlin, said that it would start flying midday Saturday. Lufthansa said its decision was taken “on the basis of the most up-to-date information we have available and our own assessment of the local security situation.” Air France cited “analyses carried out by the French government, other European Union countries and the United States.” The European Aviation Safety Agency on Thursday lifted a recommendation that airlines refrain from flying to Israel’s main airport, which it made because of safety concerns after a Hamas missile landed nearby this week.

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Northrop Grumman is to become the full owner of Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites, which has been acting as a rapid-prototyping “Skunk Works” for the US defence giant. Northrop has owned 40% of Mojave, California-based Scaled since 2003, and the links between the companies have become more evident recently. This is not the first change of ownership in Scaled’s checkered, if illustrious, history. Scaled’s Proteus tests a new radar for Northrop’s Global HawkBurt Rutan formed Rutan Aircraft Factory in 1974 to develop the VariViggen, but he became famous for another tandem-seat canard homebuilt, the VariEze, and the later Long-EZ. He formed Scaled in 1982 to build research aircraft, assembling an eclectic list of outside clients and projects. The years that followed produced some amazing achievements. Burt designed the Voyager for brother Dick’s first non-stop, unrefuelled round-the-world flight in 1986, then repeated the feat with the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer for Steve Fossett’s solo non-stop circumnavigation in 2005. Backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Scaled’s SpaceShipOne soared out of the atmosphere in 2004 to with the X Prize for the first privately funded spaceflight. But Scaled was also an unsung player in projects ranging from McDonnell Douglas’s DC-X launch vehicle to Bell’s Eagle Eye unmanned tiltrotor. Scaled also produced some signature designs of its own, including the ATT tandem-wing transport, Aries attack jet and the even more asymmetric Boomerang piston twin. One of Scaled’s first outside projects was the 85%-scale proof-of-concept Starship for Beech Aircraft, which became the company’s first buyer in 1985. Rutan also built the prototype twin-turbofan Triumph for Beechcraft. But the relationship was not to last and in 1988 Beech’s parent Raytheon sold Scaled back to Rutan. Rutan promptly sold the company to forgings specialist Wyman-Gordon, which planned to build a plant in Colorado to produce Scaled-designed aircraft. But the first project, VisionAire’s single-jet Vantage, was one of many Rutan designs that never made it through certification to production. One that did was the Adam A500 piston twin. In 1999, Wyman-Gordon was acquired by Precision Castparts, which sold Scaled back to Rutan and investors in 2000. Northrop Grumman came on board as a major shareholder in 2003, buying Rutan’s high-altitude Proteus for use as a testbed and getting Scaled to build the airframe of its X-41A Pegasus unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator. Scaled appears to have taken on the role of conceptual design and rapid prototyping house for Northrop. During the US Air Force’s Hunter-Killer UAV contest, Scaled produced designs based on its own Proteus and Northrop’s Global Hawk, but to no avail as the competition was won by General Atomics with the Predator B. Northrop expects to complete its acquisition of the remaining 60% of Scaled in August. Rutan will remain in charge. He is an iconoclast who has railed against the bureaucracy of NASA and the FAA, and become an icon for the experimental aircraft and spacecraft communities. Scaled has done some of its best work when owned by someone else. Let’s hope that continues.

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An early participant in the European space programs, SABCA has been involved in the design, development, production and testing of all models of the Ariane European space launchers, including the mighty Ariane 5, as well as in the new Vega small launcher program. Our participation includes major structural elements, both metallic and composite, like the lower and upper skirts of the Ariane 5 boosters and the lower section of the Vega main body. SABCA is also responsible for the complete Thrust Vectoring Control Systems (TVC) of these launchers, including actuators and associated electronic local control loop. These allow the steering of the rocket on the requested trajectory. Next to the structures and TVC's, SABCA produces various special interfaces like a quick-release connection for the Ariane 5 ground umbilicals, as well as fairings for the separation rockets. Our customers include ESA, Arianespace, Airbus Defence and Space, ELV, Europropulsion.

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How do you make a loop de loop paper airplane? 56 second clip suggested2:26An Acrobatic Looping Plane – Loop Plane- Fold ‘N Fly – YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipYou fold the plane in half fold out one wing straight across then repeat with the other.MoreYou fold the plane in half fold out one wing straight across then repeat with the other. Why does a paper airplane loop? Instead, it will perform a loop before gliding to the ground. This is due to its design consisting of two flat, wide wings and elevator flaps in the back that make it loop. How do you make a paper airplane that turns? - Fold the paper in half lengthwise. - Fold down the top corners so that they meet in the middle. - Fold the two top edges toward the center line. - Fold the plane in half again, as you did in Step 1, so that the other folds are on the inside. - Turn the plane 90 degrees. How do you make a paper airplane more efficient? Paper Airplane DIY - Fold the paper in half horizontally. - Unfold the paper and fold each of the top corners into the center line. - Fold the peak down to meet the edge of the previous fold. - Fold the upper sides into the center line. - Fold the top edge 1/2” away from you. - Fold the plane in half towards you. How do you make a boomerang airplane? To make a boomerang paper airplane, fold an origami plane or alter a squirrel paper airplane by changing its rudder to curve a return path. For an origami airplane, you’ll need to first fold the plane fuselage. Once it’s complete, zig-zag the fuselage to make it boomerang. What is it called when a plane does a loop? In aviation, a ground loop is a rapid rotation of a fixed-wing aircraft in the horizontal plane (yawing) while on the ground. Aerodynamic forces may cause the advancing wing to rise, which may then cause the other wingtip to touch the ground. What does loop loop mean? an airplane maneuver in which a plane, starting upward, makes one complete vertical loop. a ride in an amusement park that simulates this maneuver. How do you make a paper airplane aileron? To make ailerons, you can make very small bends to the wings of your paper airplane. If you want, you can use scissors to make little flaps. Moving these flaps can cause the airplane to “roll” left or right. This roll will cause the airplane to bank and turn in that direction. How do you make a rainbow airplane? 61 second clip suggested17:10Rainbow Loom Airplane Charm – How to- emoji/emoticon – YouTubeYouTube

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Study of near-earth objects in Mongolia. Space debris, asteroids and comets Research Centre of Astronomy and Geophysics Mongolian Academy of Sciences Tungalag Namkhai Outreach seminar in margins of 55th session of Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 11 June 2012 Introduction • The Research Centre of Astronomy and Geophysics (RCAG) of Mongolia is unique research organization in Mongolia specializing in fundamental astronomical and geophysical research. The RCAG was founded in 1957 during the first International Geophysical Year. From the early years onwards, the following research activities were undertaken: • study of latitude variations in a network of astronomical observatories; • time keeping service; • observation of near-Earth artificial satellites; • observation of solar active phenomena; • study of impact of atmospheric turbulence on seeing quality. Astronomical branch of the RCAG • Research activities carrying out at observatory Khureltogoot (latitude: 47°51'56'' N, longitude: 107°03'10'' E, altitude: 1620 m) located on the Bogd Mountain, about 20 km south of the capital city Ulaanbaatar: - Astrometric and photometric observations of solar system small bodies, - Observation of the solar surface phenomena, sunspot, the sun’s corona, - Space geodesy. • Collaboration of RCAG with the ISON project - Started in 2009 - Successful joint grant proposal for scientific basic research foundation in 2010 - Joint establishing of new observational station Tavantolgoi in 2011 (latitude: 47°53'08'' N, longitude: 106°20'03'' E, altitude: 1704 m) located on 55 km west of Ulaanbaatar city ISON produced and donated hardware and software tools for observations The ORI-40 and VT-78e telescopes, CCD cameras, time sync devices, mounts, CCD image processing software Study of near-earth and main belt asteroids • Started at RCAG in 2000 • Photometry – prime approach to conduct research • Direction of studies: • lightcurve observation of selected asteroids, • development of numerical photometric model of asteroids, • determination of theirs rotation parameters and shapes, • analysis and interpretation of the data on asteroid rotation • CCD observations of asteroids 122 Gerda, 221 Eos, 411 Xanthe, 700 Auravictrix, 787 Moskva were carried out and rotation parameters and shapes of 39 asteroids were determined Monitoring of near-earth objects within the framework of the ISON project • Joining the ISON project permits us to expand areas of research and enhance the quality of output: • the astrometric and photometric observation of near-Earth solar system bodies including satellites, space debris, asteroids and comets; • investigation of high-orbital space debris population; • study of orbital evolution, origin and physical properties of faint debris fragments in the geostationary region. Monitoring of near-earth objects within the framework of the ISON project (cont.) Two new telescopes ORI-40 (aperture 40cm) and VT-78e (aperture 19.2cm) with CCD cameras FLI ML09000 were installed in Astronomical Observatory Tavantolgoi of the RCAG with the help of the ISON project. ORI-40 is 0.4 m class telescope with FOV 2.3°x2.3°, which is dedicated for observation of asteroid and faint space debris fragment (down to 17 magnitudes). VT-78e is 19.2-cm class survey telescope with large FOV 7°x7° for observation of space debris. This telescope provides wide surveys of the GEO and HEO objects and makes tracks and measurements for GEO and HEO objects down to 14.5 magnitudes (around the new Moon).

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