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Your primary training probably included a diagram explaining where the elevator and aileron controls should be positioned based on where the wind is coming from while taxiing. When we have such wind conditions-and even when we dont, if we want to be honest- we can and should use the ailerons to help control the airplane on the ground. Alas, we dont always have that diagram available, and its easy to forget whether the upwind wings aileron should be down or up. (Hint: It depends.) Lets try to come up with a one-size-fits-all understanding of when and how to use ailerons on the ground.

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Fast Market Research recommends "Commercial Avionics Systems Market - Global Forecast to 2020" from Markets and Markets, now available [ClickPress, Tue Apr 12 2016] Commercial Avionics Systems Market by Sub-System (FMS, FCS, CNS, HMS, and Electrical & Emergency Systems), Platform (Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing), Fit (Forward and Retro) and Geography - Global Forecast to 2020 Implementation of avionics systems for next-generation aircraft is driving the growth of the commercial avionics systems market The commercial avionics systems market is expected to grow from USD 16.73 billion in 2015 to USD 22.49 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 6.10% from 2015 to 2020. The market for commercial avionics systems is driven by factors, such as increase in aircraft orders and deliveries, growth in developing economies, and implementation of avionics systems for next-generation aircraft. The narrow body aircraft market is anticipated to grow at a high CAGR during the forecast period Based on aircraft type, the commercial avionics market is segmented into very large aircraft, wide body aircraft, narrow body aircraft, and regional transport aircraft. The narrow body aircraft market is expected to account for the largest market share during the forecast period. Full Report Details at North America dominates the commercial avionics systems market; this market in the Asia-Pacific region is projected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2015 to 2020 In 2015, North America is estimated to account for the largest share of the commercial avionics systems market. However, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness the highest growth rate in the commercial avionics systems market in the coming years. This is mainly attributed to the growth of the aviation sector in the Asia-Pacific region, thereby propelling the demand of commercial avionics systems. In the process of determining and verifying the market size for several segments and subsegments gathered through secondary research, extensive primary interviews were conducted with key industry personnels. The break-up of profiles of participants is listed below: * By Company Type: Tier-1 (55%), Tier-2 (20%), and Tier-3 (25%) companies * By Designation: C-level (75%), and Manager Level (25%) * By Region: North America (10%), Europe (20%), Asia-Pacific (40%), and Rest of the World (30%) Major players operating in the commercial avionics systems market include Honeywell International Inc. (U.S.), Thales Group (France), Rockwell Collins (U.S.), United Technologies Corporation (U.S.), and GE Aviation (U.S.), among others. Reasons to Buy the Report: About Fast Market Research Fast Market Research is a leading distributor of market research and business information. Representing the world's top research publishers and analysts, we provide quick and easy access to the best competitive intelligence available. Our unbiased, expert staff is always available to help you find the right research to fit your requirements and your budget. For more information about these or related research reports, please visit our website at http://www.fastmr.com or call us at 1.800.844.8156 (1.413.485.7001 Int'l) You may also be interested in these related reports: - Flight Navigation System Market - Forecast & Analysis to 2014 - 2020 - Commercial Aircraft Oxygen System Market - Global Forecast to 2020 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market - Global Forecast to 2020 - Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems Market - Global Forecast to 2020 - Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Market - Global Forecasts to 2020

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Help: I'm running a vitural freight airline with guys at work. We fly mostly into military air bases. We have downloaded and updated the air bases we fly into. But I'm wondering how can I place parked airplanes on the ramp area to make it more real. If anyone know how please let me know. I have searched this forum and can't find anything. CEO Rossa RumRunners Airline

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Our Flight School For many years now, our flight school has successfully provided flight instruction in Tidewater. With a good deal of intuition and patience, we prepare our student pilots for the FAA Written Exam and Flight Practical Test. Our extensive training programs familiarize first-time student pilots with typical flight situations, and provide them with rigorous safety instructions to prepare them for a possible emergency. At Curtis Eads we take safety seriously. A few things about us: - Our friendly and professional staff is available to assist you seven days per week. - We run a fleet of well maintained aircraft. Our classrooms are comfortable and well-lit. - Our flight instructors are patient, friendly and highly skilled professionals. - Our aircraft are insured for commercial flight training. Whether you are just beginning your journey into aviation, are already an experienced pilot looking for some advanced training or just need a check ride, the top notch instructors at Curtis Eads Flight School are ready and waiting for you! - Private Pilot Training and Ground School - Commercial Pilot Training and Ground School - ATP Pilot Training and Ground School - Written Exam Preparation materials - Jeppesen Training materials - Instrument Flight Training and Ground School - All Instrument Trainers equipped with Garmin 430 GPS! - Pilot Skills - Dual Instruction cost is $40/hr, plus "wet" aircraft rental

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Published on : Monday, October 24, 2016 CAAFI is a coalition that promotes development and deployment of alternative jet fuels that sustainably reduce lifecycle carbon emissions and local pollution around airports, improve energy security, minimize fuel price volatility, and enhance rural economic development. In addition to the FAA, CAAFI’s sponsors include Airlines for America (A4A), the Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), and the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).To date, the work of CAAFI, the FAA, and other initiative members has resulted in the approval for use of five new alternative aviation fuels. A key goal of these fuels is to ensure that they are “drop-in fuels,” meaning their use on current aircraft engines systems requires no changes or modifications. This year is CAAFI’s 10-year anniversary. The meeting will celebrate the progress made in the last decade and highlight the success of the aviation industry in beginning to deploy sustainable alternative jet fuels.

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Wed, May 02, 2012 Draft Orders From The Leasing Company Worth About $6 Billion Industry sources are saying that Air Lease is one of Boeing's as-yet-unnamed buyers for the re-engined 737 MAX airplane to the tune of about $6 billion. Reuters reports that the leasing company is set to acquire 60 of the latest version of the workhorse 737, but the orders are not yet firm. The sources asked not to be named because final details of the deal is still being worked out. The deal will possibly be announced in July at the Farnborough Air Show. The Wall Street Journal says that the deal is close to completion. The move comes despite criticism from Air Lease CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy for both Boeing and Airbus for re-engining their single aisle jets rather than completely redesigning them. Speaking of the re-engined A320neo ... Air Lease also has a pending provisional order for 36 of the upgraded Airbus airliners, and will likely order 16 more in January of next year. Also: Hartzell/Red Bull, GA Coalition, Aero-Calendar, Commemorative Air Force, Sarah Brightman To ISS, Hot Air Balloon Endurance Record The pilot of a single engine Cirrus SR22 air>[...] Gives Inside-The-Cockpit Look At The Prototype Electric Trainer Pipistrel on Monday released a video showing an inside-the-cockpit view of their new WattsUp electric trainer ... a >[...] AD NUMBER: 2014-26-08 PRODUCT: All Airbus Model A330-200, -200F, and -300 series airplanes.>[...] The Google Lunar XPRIZE The Google Lunar XPRIZE consists of $30 million in prizes designed to inspire pioneers to do robotic space transport on a budget. Teams from around the worl>[...] A set of rules and procedures designed to increase the flexibility of user flight planning within published guidelines.>[...]

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Fri, Feb 22, 2013 Will Power Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Transport Canada has granted type certification to Pratt & Whitney for its first PurePower Geared Turbofan engine – the PW1500G engine that will power Bombardier's CSeries aircraft. Pratt & Whitney has conducted over 4,000 hours of rigorous engine testing since the initial engine began testing in September 2010. The PW1500G engine test program included 340 hours of flight testing on P&W's experimental 747 Flight Test airplane. "Certification of the PW1500G engine is a significant milestone and a critical step in supporting the progressive transfer of the first CSeries flight test vehicle to the flight test program," said Rob Dewar, vice president and general manager, CSeries, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. "We are very pleased with the engine's performance and the overall, steady progress of the CSeries aircraft program. We have met a number of key milestones over the last few months, accepted the first pair of PW1500G propulsion systems and are in the process of completing final assembly of the first CSeries flight test aircraft." "We have successfully demonstrated the durability and game-changing performance of our Geared Turbofan engine architecture," said Bob Saia, vice president, Next Generation Product Family, Pratt & Whitney. "To date we have conducted over 9,000 hours of testing on our Fan Drive Gear System, demonstrating the service readiness of our gearbox. We have also validated the improvement in fuel efficiency and noise reduction that we targeted in 2007, when we launched the PurePower PW1500G program." The PW1500G engines were type certified through Transport Canada by Pratt & Whitney Canada and are assembled at Pratt & Whitney Canada's Mirabel Aerospace Centre in Mirabel, Quebec. UTC Aerospace Systems, formed after UTC's acquisition of Goodrich, provides the nacelle system. Each CSeries aircraft is powered by two PurePower PW1500G series engines. The PurePower PW1500G engine uses an advanced gear system, allowing the engine's fan to operate at a different speed than the low-pressure compressor and turbine. The combination of the gear system and an all-new advanced core deliver double-digit improvements in fuel efficiency, environmental emissions and noise. Also: Eclipse Improvements, AEA Urges NextGen GA Fund Adoption, FAA OKs External Cams, GA Accident Rate Declines The FAA has granted an STC to Cool City Avionics for the installati>[...] Also: Chris Heintz, Lear 70/75 Certs, Beluga Birthday, Leap Frogs 9/11 Jump Cancelled, Lawyers Sue NTSB The Commercial Spaceflight Federation congratulates NASA and the winners of >[...] Avidyne's Long-Awaited IFD540 Finally Gets A Chance To Show Its R9 Roots If you are looking for the bells and whistles of modern avionics you missed an opportunity if you were not >[...] ASTM International ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of i>[...] Basic empty weight includes the standard empty weight plus optional and special equipment that has been installed.>[...]

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4 April 2014 The US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system has completed a series of ground and air demonstrations at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., expanding the adaptability of the Global Hawk system to use an additional satellite communications link to improve the transfer of mission data. At the request of the US Air Force Air Combat Command, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) worked with Air Force partners to demonstrate that Global Hawk is compatible with different SATCOM architectures with no changes to the aircraft´s hardware, software or payload. Taking place from Jan. 13-15, the demonstration highlighted a unique split link capability for Global Hawk that allows it to send mission data through a satellite link that is independent of the link used for command and control. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.

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6,000 Starlink Satellites were Launched into Orbit by SpaceX During a Recent Falcon 9 Flight With the successful third test flight of Starship just a few days prior, SpaceX expanded its network by adding 23 more Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 launched a second set of Starlink satellites into orbit at 8:21 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Two prior attempts at launching, which resulted in scrubs when the countdown approached t – two minutes, preceded this effort. Teams from SpaceX promised to examine the cradle arms of the transporter erector and perform any repairs. With a 43-degree orbital inclination, the 23 satellites were launched on a South Easterly course. Over the following two months, this batch, designated Group 6-44, will start elevating itself to their operational orbits and undergoing checkouts while in orbit. SpaceX has now completed 25 missions this year, 15 of which have been focused Starlink launches. According to Jonathan McDowell’s Starlink tracking site, SpaceX has now launched 6,011 Starlinks into orbit, of which 5,614 are still in orbit and 5,131 are in their operational orbit. Out of those satellites, Groups 5, 6, and 7 comprise 1,967 Gen 2 small Starlink satellites, some of which are still in the process of reaching their operational orbit. Forty-five days ago, on Booster 1062, a Falcon 9, this last batch of Starlink satellites was launched into orbit. This mission was also a Starlink mission, and SpaceX now routinely launches Starlink satellites using its seasoned rockets. After liftoff, the rocket touched down safely on the droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” after around eight and a half minutes. At this point, B1062 and B1061, as flight leaders, have flown 19 times each. B1062 has safely sent 8 people into orbit together with 528 different payloads. The next project for SpaceX is a new batch of Starlink satellites, which will launch from California on March 18 at the latest.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Jeffrey Tucker likes working on computers. He’s even done it flying over war zones. Tucker is a U.S. Air Force veteran, having been stationed at Tinker Air Force Base for four years after being at Altus AFB for five years. In the U.S. Air Force, Tucker served as a computer display maintenance technician. He flew on the Boeing E-3 Sentry, which is an Airborne Warning and Control System, better known as the AWACS. He was able to wear a flight suit, like a pilot, but his vision kept him from taking the wheel, he said. But joining in the Air Force seemed like a logical path if he wanted to have a technical job later, he said. Serving one’s country also ran in his family. He was the third generation, with his father also serving in the Air Force. “Someone has to troubleshoot the computers to make sure they work,” he said. “I picked up my technical skills from there.” AWACS flies over war zones to provide radar detection to service members on the ground. The planes are mainly stationed at Tinker, though there are aircraft in Japan and Alaska. He was honorably discharged in 2010, which left him looking for a job. He worked for MidFirst Bank for a few years, but in 2014, he heard about a position at Paycom. He had friends who worked for the human-resource software developer. “My friends had nothing but great things to say,” he said. Tucker writes custom payroll software to help integrate clients into the company. “If they need something in and out of Paycom, but need a special fix for it, that’s what my team handles,” he said. Development Director Brad Smith oversees Tucker’s work. Smith credited Tucker’s military experience for his organizational skills and discipline. Smith said he also has respect for the chain of command, which is a trait he’s seen in other military employees. “There’s an understanding that you talk to your boss before you go around your boss,” he said. Tucker said he often uses the troubleshooting skills he learned in the military while working at Paycom. He said he would have left the state if he hadn’t found the position at Paycom. Smith enjoys having him on the team as well. He said he’s been a good addition to the group. “He’s a highly efficient developer,” Smith said. “He works in an area that’s very productive, and he does exactly what he needs to do to meet customer demands.”

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Independence man dies in crash of homebuilt aircraft outside of Scio This story was updated at 6:45 p.m. A 78-year-old Independence man was killed in a plane crash southwest of Scio Sunday afternoon. Dennis Jackson was piloting a plane referred to by the Federal Aviation Administration as an Experimental Amateur Built Aircraft built in 2004, according to the Linn County Sheriff's Office. The plane was a two-seat, homebuilt aircraft. Jackson was declared dead at the scene of the 2 p.m. crash at 37665 Richardson Gap Road. His wife, Amy Jackson, was transported by LifeFlight Air Ambulance to Salem Health with life-threatening injuries. "A single-engine RV-8 flipped over in a field near Scio, Ore., at about 2 p.m.," the Federal Aviation Administration said. "The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate," the FAA said. "The NTSB (National Safety Transportation Board) will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates." The crash scene will be secured overnight by Linn County Sheriff’s Office deputies. People are asked to avoid the area. Further information will be released around 10 a.m. on Monday, the sheriff's office said. This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Thai AirAsia budget airline to fly Hanoi-Bangkok route soon HANOI (XFNews) - Thai AirAsia, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia, will launch daily Bangkok-Hanoi flights in a few weeks, said the company's chief executive officer Tassapon Bijleveld. The flights could begin in September or October, Tassapon said in an email. The firm won a licence to offer Hanoi-Bangkok flights in May. The carrier will operate seven flights a week between the two capitals.

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UAV Navigation in Depth: Use of magnetometers in fixed wing platforms UAV Navigation is aware of the possible challenges that an unmanned vehicle faces during a flight, so it works to develop a reliable system that is easy to operate and capable of overcoming all the situations. As it was explained in the previous blog articles, an accurate estimation of heading in a UAS can be critical to completing the mission safely, so a reliable and accurate system should be used. UAV Navigation families POLAR AHRS and VECTOR autopilots include internal magnetometers. However, as magnetometers use magnetic fields to calculate the vehicle heading, the autopilot position inside the platform - close to the center of gravity - with ferromagnetic components (avionics bays…) may create electromagnetic disturbances which affect the heading calculation, producing an inaccurate navigation. For that reason, the use of external magnetometers is very common in fixed-wing platforms with an MTOW bigger than 10 kilograms. Our external magnetometer MG01 has been designed to be integrated into aircraft structures and can cope with the possible surrounding electronics magnetization. The MG01 offers the possibility to install the device in more appropriate zones far from interferences, like wingtips or the aircraft tail. Although these devices require a previous soft iron and hard iron calibration and provide a lower static precision against other technologies GNSS-based as the Dual GNSS Compass, they provide great advantages at a very low cost. Also, single GNSS systems are affected by outside conditions and may affect the precision of the calculations on windy days with the aircraft drifting (“crab angle”). The use of our external magnetometer creates a physical redundancy in the system that ensures flight safety in case of entering fly zones with potential jamming or spoofing of GNSS signal, hence flying in a denied GNSS scenario and in case of sensor failures during the flight. In this sense, the use of magnetometers is critical for dead reckoning operations in order to provide an accurate and autonomous heading estimation in situations where internal algorithms can not use the GNSS source, and hence, precise and clear data from magnetometers become critical to estimate heading. In the same way, these devices are also very useful in VTOL platforms where the aircraft’s heading may be critical in their vertical takeoff and landing stages of the flight. UAV Navigation autopilots and AHRS have faced many different and demanding scenarios and have worked in every part of the world through the years. The company uses that experience to recommend the best subsystems and components to their projects, acting as a consultant to their clients and helping them maximize the success of their projects.

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Prometheus Between Rings Saturn's A ring appears bright compared to the thin F ring, which is shepherded by the moon Prometheus, in this view from the Cassini spacecraft. Prometheus can be seen near the F ring on the middle right of the image. The gravity of potato-shaped Prometheus (86 kilometers, or 53 miles across) periodically creates streamer-channels in the F ring, and the moon's handiwork can be seen faintly on the right. To learn more and to watch a movie of this process, see Soft Collision. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from about 5 degrees above the ringplane. A star is visible in the lower left of the image. The image was taken in visible red light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Jan. 27, 2010. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 322,000 kilometers (200,000 miles) from Prometheus. Image scale is 19 kilometers (12 miles) per pixel. 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, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org . Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Under the skin of the new Iranian stealth fighter Further details are emerging on the new fighter jet unveiled by Iran earlier this week. The F313 “Qaher” – which means conquer in Farsi - is described as a new stealth fighter with short take off and landing capability. Pictures by Younis Khany, MEHR news agency "The advanced aircraft with an advanced appearance has a very small radar cross section and is capable of operating and flying in low-altitude," Iranian defence minister Brig Gen Ahmad Vahidi told the official FARS state news agency. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad witnessed the unveiling and said that the Qaher 313 is “one of the most sophisticated fighter jets in the world today”, and “Iran’s defence does not serve purposes of expansionism and aggression against other countries.” The defence minister said that the new jet featured advanced electronic systems and could be armed with missiles and other weapons developed by the Iranian industry. "The fighter jet is Iranian made and all its parts, from A to Z, have been manufactured domestically," Hassan Parvaneh, project manager for the Qaher 313, told Iranian state television. He also said that the Qaher was the first Iranian jet to use a front control wing. Observers at the launch said there were ten characteristics that stood out on the Qaher. 1- Using Two inlets and inlet ducts make up the air induction system to deliver air to the engine. Due to an indirect angle of the engine to the air inlets, the radar reflectivity is reduced, and it makes angled design of inlet ducts to the surface to get radar energy wave, just like in F35 2- The hot exhaust gas mixes with cold air through the inlet ducts, and gets cooler before it gets out of the exhaust system, to reduce heat effects on the surface of the aircraft. 3- Use of radar-absorbent materials in the body, to absorb wave energy and reduce radar reflection, for greater stealth effect of Qaher F-313 fighter. 4- Considering the estimated length and height of the aircraft is less than 16 and 4 meter, the two compartments with payload capacity of carrying two 2000 pound bombs, or greater number of smaller smart guided missiles, or at least 6 air-to-air missiles in the category of R-17 or PL-12. 5- Relatively large vertical tail surface has created favourable directional stability and with canted vertical tails create aerodynamic benefits as well specific appropriate lateral manoeuvring capabilities. 6- The very large canopy gives a 360 degree visibility, which is essential for low altitude fly-by flights, especially helps ground mission attacks, and it is also very useful in close dog-fights. 7- The angled wing is a perfect example of indigenous design for aircraft, which gives a side profile like M, and similar to a W profile, is the best form to use in modern aircraft. 8- Single-cycle landing gear is proof that F-313 is a light weight aircraft, with minimum flying weight of 12 to 14 ton, and maximum flying weight of 20 ton. 9- There are 8 analogue displays in the cockpit, which shows Multi-Function Display (MFD) technology has more room to improve in the Qaher jet. 10- The F-313 has a central control stick, with the control systems, the wing movable surfaces, rudder, and vertical stabilizer all hydraulically controlled and not fly-by-wire (FBW) system. Vahidi said that advanced computer design software (CATIA) was used for designing the F-313, and aerodynamic analysis methods such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) also were used, with the help of numerical grid generation software (GAMBIT), flow analysis software (FLUENT) and other design computation software, “his shows complete scientific work in various areas of indigenous scientific and technology was used for F-313,” he said Observers at Flightglobal said that given the apparent small size of the aircraft and its single engine design, the Qaher 313 could be powered by reverse engineered variants of the General Electric J-85 turbojet that Iran is known to have in its possession. Stay up to date Subscribe to the free Times Aerospace newsletter and receive the latest content every week. We'll never share your email address.

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Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Who became the first American in space just weeks after Gagarin’s flight? A Buzz Aldrin B Gus Grissom C Alan Shepard This leg of the space race was won by a nose. Shepard’s 15-minute suborbital spaceflight came less than a month after Gagarin’s—though he didn’t match the cosmonaut’s feat of orbiting Earth, as John Glenn would the next year. Shepard later claimed another critical space race first by golfing on the moon. The correct answer is Alan Shepard.

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05 Jun The Crew Dragon mission is a success for SpaceX and for NASA THE ECHOES were obvious. The first launch of an Apollo spacecraft with a crew took place in 1968, an election year in which the country was reeling from assassination and riot, at war abroad and divided at home. To some on both sides of that divide, the Apollo programme remained an inspiration, a revelation of what the nation could do if determined to. It was “Man’s noblest venture”, declared Ralph Abernathy, a civil-rights leader, as he demonstrated outside the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida—but moving and heroic as it was, he went on, it threw into sharp relief the priorities of a nation which badly needed to improve the lot of its poorest people. Others were less magnanimous about what they saw as a distraction. “Was all that money I made last year”, asked the poet Gil Scott-Heron, “for Whitey on the Moon?”On May 30th, in the most eagerly anticipated space mission for a decade or more, a Falcon 9 rocket launched a new space capsule, the Crew Dragon, from the same Florida launch pad that saw those Apollo missions blast off to the Moon. Less than a day later the spacecraft delivered her crew, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station.America’s first crewed spacecraft since the space shuttle, which first flew in 1981 and was retired in 2011, had done its job perfectly. This coup for NASA, America’s space agency, which President Donald Trump wants to see land people on the Moon by 2024, might in other circumstances have been much ballyhooed. The return to space could even have been a boost to the morale of a nation reeling from disease—had it not been for protests and violence 400km below bringing to mind other aspects of 1968.The mission was eagerly anticipated for two reasons. One is that it has been something of an embarrassment for America to go so long without the capacity to launch its own astronauts, relying instead on rides into space provided by the Russians (and paying handsomely for the privilege).The other, deeper, reason for excitement was that the Crew Dragon programme proved that human space flight can be far cheaper than NASA’s previous record would lead you to expect. The Planetary Society, which lobbies for space exploration, reckons the Dragon cost NASA just $1.7bn, making it the cheapest crewed spacecraft developed in America (see chart).Dragon is cheap largely because of the way it was procured. Previous NASA practice was to offer “cost plus” contracts for building rockets and spacecraft which met specific design requirements. There was little competition involved and few incentives to keep costs down, not least because the giant defence contractors which won such contracts have many friends in Congress happy to see NASA spend generously as long as it does so in their own districts and states.This produces programmes like the Space Launch System (SLS), which has been made integral to NASA’s Moon plans. The SLS is a very big rocket conceived as part of George W. Bush’s plans for missions to the Moon and Mars. Barack Obama had no time for those plans, but the Senate made sure that a version of the rocket was kept in development regardless. According to NASA it will have cost at least $17bn by the time of its first mission, slated for 2021. Developing the Orion spacecraft that the SLS is meant to launch has cost even more.In the mid-2000s Mike Griffin, then NASA’s administrator, began experimenting with a new approach. Instead of specifying what a rocket or spacecraft should look like, NASA would tell firms what it wanted and agree to pay for some of the R&D which might be required while allowing them much more room for manoeuvre when it came to choosing technologies and making trade-offs in design.That approach opened the door for companies beyond the established military-industrial complex—including SpaceX, a firm founded in 2002 by Elon Musk in order to further his dream of establishing a civilisation beyond the Earth. When Dr Griffin left NASA in 2009, SpaceX had launched just one small payload into orbit. But it had also become part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services programme. By 2012 money from NASA, some earned by meeting specified R&D milestones, had allowed it to use a new rocket, the Falcon 9, to launch a new cargo spacecraft, the Dragon, to the space station. The investment by NASA had not only given SpaceX new capabilities, it had also helped build up a truly innovative company in an area sorely bereft of innovation.Rewriting the rocket equationA spacecraft for humans was the next step. Not everything went to plan. The crewed version of Dragon was supposed to fly in 2015 but was delayed by technical problems and funding constraints. But NASA’s new, cost-saving approach now has a human-rated spaceship to add to its list of accomplishments. It should soon add a second. The programme which saw SpaceX develop Crew Dragon has seen Boeing, a giant defence contractor, develop something similar, the Starliner. But a test flight last December went badly, and no crewed flight is expected until 2021. The next Crew Dragon flight—the first of six routine crewed flights that NASA has signed contracts for—is due in August.Now NASA is applying a similar approach to its lunar ambitions. In April it announced it was spending $1bn with three industry groups to develop the capacity to take humans from lunar orbit down to the surface. One group is led by Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. Blue Origin has yet to fly a rocket to orbit, but its technology appears first-rate. Mr Bezos, like Mr Musk, thinks that developing a human presence in space will assure him a place in the history books of a civilisation too grand for a single planet.The second recipient of funds was a consortium led by Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos, a defence contractor formerly known as SAIC. The third was SpaceX, which offered a version of Starship, a new spacecraft it is developing off its own bat. The Starship and its booster are designed to be as capable as the SLS and also fully reusable. Things have not, so far, gone smoothly: four test vehicles have blown themselves apart, the most recent on May 29th.None of these three lunar-lander options requires the SLS to get into orbit. Starship would be launched with a new booster SpaceX is designing for exactly that. The Blue Origin lander could be launched on the company’s New Glenn rocket, somewhat more powerful than the Falcon 9, or on Vulcan, a similarly sized booster made by Boeing and Lockheed which is Dynetics’s ride of choice: both launchers are due to make their debuts next year. But the SLS and its Orion capsule are still integral to NASA’s Moon plans. They will fly the astronauts to lunar orbit before the new spacecraft takes them to the surface.This looks even less sensible now than it ever did. With a big SpaceX rocket—the Falcon Heavy—already available, two new big boosters due to debut next year and Starship being developed, American industry offers a number of options for getting astronauts up to the Moon. A programme truly aimed at improving the state of the spacefaring art, demonstrating a unique national capability or providing a shared experience around which Americans could, in principle, unite needs no more. And it would cost much less. The idea that a trip to the Moon might heal national wounds looks even less likely now than it did half a century ago. But it could at least take less of the money that Scott-Herron’s heirs earned last year. ■This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “The shape of things to come”Reuse this contentThe Trust Project Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

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Venus has the most intense tilt in the solar system. Venus is actually upside-down, compared to the other planets. The thinking is that Venus got flipped the same way the Earth got its tilt. In the young solar system, when there were lots of little planets wandering around, collisions were common. It was one of these collisions with a Mars-sized planet that gave the Earth its tilt. The debris from that collision created our moon. Venus probably got its extreme tilt from one or many of these collisions. For the inner rocky words of our solar system, this collision model makes sense; the outer planets are another story. The outer planets are made mostly of gases like hydrogen, helium, and methane. Uranus's axis is tilted over 90 degrees. Yes, Uranus orbits the sun on its side! Even most of Uranus's moon's are orbiting in this weird plane. The problem: to tilt such a large planet, you need a lot of big planets to hit it. We just don't think that there were that many big planets hitting Uranus. Some other ideas are out there, but it is really hard to know what happened 4.5 billion years ago. Hopefully one day we will find new evidence that could lead to an answer, but for now this is another one of our solar systems mysterious features.

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Saransh Jain holds bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIIT Jabalpur and Master’s degree in “Engineering of Structures” from AcSIR. Currently he is working as Scientist with Advanced Composites Division in CSIR-NAL. His work primarily focuses on design and development of composite structures for aerospace applications. His research interests include damage tolerance studies, development of energy absorbing aircraft structures, development of high temperature composites and structural health monitoring. He is involved in experimental studies on damage tolerance aspects of composite T-joints (healthy and with defects such as disbonds) with full field measurement techniques (i.e. digital image correlation). He has also developed simulations capabilities to understand damage tolerance aspects of co-cured composite structures. He has been involved in high velocity bird impact experiments on flat panel and leading edge nose skins; various flat plates made of commercial Aluminum, aerospace grade Aluminum and Glass-PPS were tested. Also leading edge nose skins of commercial Aluminum, S-glass and Thermoplastic composites were tested. He has developed simulations capabilities for high velocity bird strike event. He has contributed in developing different material models and analyses techniques (i.e. lagrangian, coupled eulerian lagrangian). His field of interest also includes structural health monitoring of composite structures. He has developed Finite element modeling and analyses capabilities of composite wing box with disbond and subsequently has developed Algorithms using Artificial Neural Networks for disbond detection and load identification in composite wing structure containing disbond. He has also contributed in development of algorithms for load estimation of Unmanned Air Vehicle ‘Nishant’ using in-flight data. Last updated on : 27-07-2021 12:06:01pm

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avionics technician jobs near Fort Worth, TX Refine your searchClear Filters Quality Auditor - Technical / Grounds Ops - Miami - Norwegian Airlines Sigmar Recruitment - United States Avionic Engineer Degree. Or an aircraft maintenance technician qualification with additional education acceptable to approving competent authority.... Avionics Technician A Lockheed Martin - Fort Worth, TX Responsible for complete operational check-out of electronic systems prior to or after installation on the aircraft. Diagnose malfunctions and adjust, repair, Avionics A&P Flight Line Technician Objectstream Inc. - Fort Worth, TX Avionics Technician with an A&P Certificate & a minimum of 3 years’ aircraft maintenance experience. Repairs, maintains, and troubleshoots aircraft systems with...

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- Is there a US military base in China? - What are the best jobs in Air Force? - How much does an o3 make in the Air Force? - Can you choose your base in the Air Force? - Is there a US military base in Switzerland? - Who has the world’s best military? - Why is the Air Force better? - How long is basic training for the Air Force? - What are the largest Air Force bases in the United States? - Which state has the most air force bases? - What is the largest Air Force base in the world? - How many Air Force bases are in the US? - Is there a US Air Force base in Norway? - Can you quit Air Force? - What US city has the most military bases? - Does the US have troops in Iran? - What is the biggest military base in the United States? - What is the best Air Force Base? - What is the most important Air Force Base? Is there a US military base in China? Notably, the United States has been in an aggressive posture in this region to counter the growing Chinese influence in the region. Under a compact of free association signed with Washington in 1994, the United States is responsible for its defense; however, it does not maintain any permanent military presence there.. What are the best jobs in Air Force? Best U.S. Air Force jobsPilot. Pilots are responsible for completing missions by flying various Air Force aircraft. … Public affairs officer. … Flight engineer. … Security forces. … Operations intelligence. … Air traffic control. … Tactical aircraft maintenance. … Aircraft loadmaster.More items…• How much does an o3 make in the Air Force? A Captain is a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force at DoD paygrade O-3. A Captain receives a monthly basic pay salary starting at $4,383 per month, with raises up to $7,131 per month once they have served for over 14 years. Can you choose your base in the Air Force? To be assigned to a base, there must be a need for your specialty at that base. At the same time, your preferred locations are considered during the assignment process. Whenever possible, we try to match an Air Force need with your assignment preferences. Is there a US military base in Switzerland? Militärflugplatz Dübendorf (ICAO: LSMD) is a military airfield northeast of Dübendorf in Switzerland, located east of Zürich. Who has the world’s best military? The 5 Most Powerful Armies in the World5) Japan. Japan’s armed forces have to contend with a volatile neighbor in North Korea. ( … 4) India. India has an estimated 1,444,000 people actively serving in its armed forces. ( … 3) China. … 2) Russia. … 1) United States. Why is the Air Force better? The Air Force has the reputation of having the best quality of life programs (dormitories, family housing, on-base shopping and services, and recreation) of all the military service branches. … Here are a few areas where this branch of the military concentrated its resources. How long is basic training for the Air Force? approximately 8.5 weeksBasic Military Training (BMT) is approximately 8.5 weeks in length and is held at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. What are the largest Air Force bases in the United States? The largest Air Force base in the United States is Eglin AFB, FL, with 640 square miles. Which state has the most air force bases? CaliforniaCalifornia is home to more military installations than any other state, with a total of 32. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard/Reserve bases are located across California. What is the largest Air Force base in the world? Fort BraggFort Bragg The total area of the base is 251 square miles, with the post itself being 19 square miles. With its active and civilian population, Fort Bragg is the largest military base in the world and it’s still growing. How many Air Force bases are in the US? The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. Is there a US Air Force base in Norway? Værnes Air Station is the one of two air stations in Central Norway, the other being Ørland Main Air Station. … Værnes also serves as a storage base for the United States armed forces as part of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway. The military owns the runways and taxiways, but these are operated by Avinor. Can you quit Air Force? While “quitting” isn’t an option, there are some ways you can be discharged from active duty, but they are rarely voluntary. It’s especially important to note that early separation or discharge from the military is different from military retirement and even disability or medical separations. What US city has the most military bases? San AntonioSan Antonio is home to one of the largest concentrations of military bases in the United States. Does the US have troops in Iran? 60,000 US troops in Iran’s immediate region 4 trillion ($9.3 trillion) — the US has built up a massive military presence in the Middle East in its own right. … Kuwait has the lion’s share of troops in the region, with more than 13,000 troops stationed in the tiny Middle Eastern state. What is the biggest military base in the United States? Fort BraggFort Bragg is the largest US Army base in terms of population. Located west of Fayetteville in North Carolina, the base is home to the 82nd Airborne. What is the best Air Force Base? Here, based on Air Force Times research, are the Air Force’s best bases in the United States:1. ( tied) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. … (tied) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. … Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. … Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. … Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. What is the most important Air Force Base? Top 5 duty stations in the Air ForceJoint Base San Antonio, Texas. With two Air Force bases in the area, San Antonio tops our list. … Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. A joint service color guard presents the colors during the U.S. Transportation Command change of command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. … MacDill AFB, Florida.

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Advanced Stabilization Controller The extraordinary precision of the A2 sets a new standard in flight control by providing a complete, stable flight system for a wide variety of multi-rotor platforms. "9 Multi-Rotor Configurations & Customized Motor Mixer" "The A2 was designed for commercial and industrial multi-rotor platforms. Simple configuration, easy installation, and stable performance make it perfect for almost any application. The A2 also supports customized motor mixing, which allows it to meet the specific demands of individual users. The A2 supports nine different motor configurations: Quad I / Quad X / Hex I / Hex V / Hex IY / Oct X / Oct I / Oct V" Intelligent Orientation Control (IOC) "Usually, the forward flight direction corresponds with the aircraft's nose direction. Intelligent Orientation Control (IOC) allows the forward direction to be set to any specified direction, regardless of how the nose orientation changes during flight. In Course Lock flying, the forward flight direction is set to correspond with nose direction of the aircraft at the time that Course Lock mode is activated. In Home Lock flying, the forward flight direction is the same as the direction from Home Point to the aircraft." Point of Interest (POI) Users can record the position of the aircraft as a Point of Interest, at any time, using a switch on the remote controller. Then, when the left control stick is pushed either left or right, the aircraft can perform a circular flight around the Point of Interest, with its nose pointing toward the POI. This distance from the aircraft to the POI can be set between 16 feet (5 meters) and 1,640 feet (500 meters). This function is easy to set up and simple to operate, making it the ideal solution for when you want to fly 360 degrees around a specific point at a fixed distance. Intelligent Landing Gear Once the Intelligent Landing Gear function has been enabled in the Assistant software, the landing gear will be lowered whenever the aircraft is close to the ground. The system will automatically lower the landing gear in the case of an emergency, motor failure, or auto landing event. This serves to protect the aircraft and the gimbal. You can use the switch to manually change the position of the landing gear when the aircraft reaches an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) or greater. "If the connection between the aircraft and the controller is broken during flight, and the aircraft's GPS signal is strong enough, the aircraft will return to the Home Point and land automatically. You can also press the Return-to-Home button to manually activate this feature at any time." "Banked Turn" Mode In this mode, the roll and yaw control sticks are combined in order to help you perform banked turns using one hand. The aircraft can be maneuvered like a fixed-wing aircraft, thereby providing a new flight experience. Normal and FPV aerial photography are stable and smooth, giving your work a whole new visual effect. Activate Cruise Control to lock your aircraft into its current horizontal speed. While cruise control is active, the speed can be adjusted at any time using the remote controller. By maintaining a steady flight speed, you can dedicate more attention to controlling the camera and capture the perfect shot every time. This function also increases the total flight time by eliminating unnecessary speed changes that increase power consumption. ANOTHER EVOLUTIONARY 3-AXIS PROFESSIONAL HD GIMBAL The DJI Zenmuse Z15-GH4 (HD) gimbal, an upgraded version of the popular Zenmuse Z15-GH3, represents a breakthrough in Zenmuse precision, offering a control range of just ±0.01°. When used with a DJI professional aerial system, your Panasonic GH4/GH3 remains stable and under control even in strong winds and during intense maneuvers. BUILT FOR THE PANASONIC GH4/GH3 Each Zenmuse is guaranteed to deliver nothing short of the best in camera control and stabilization. The Zenmuse Z15-GH4 (HD) is built specifically for the the Panasonic GH4 and GH3, so either camera fits perfectly in the gimbal. The Panasonic GH4 is known for its digital film quality images and small body, making it ideal for aerial cinematography and photography. The Zenmuse Z15-GH4 (HD) gimbal connects with your GH4 through a standard HDMI cable, but if you are using a Panasonic GH3 with the gimbal, please use the included GH3 HDMI cable. Weight is minimized by using a small video output module that allows you to control the camera shutter and other features while transforming the camera’s HDMI signal into a first-person-view AV signal. Wiring has been kept to a minimum to further reduce weight. 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Republic Day 2022: Rajpath Witnesses Splendid Fly-Past Of 75 Aircrafts 🔥| Reaction !😍 So we saw perfect balance, total concentration and absolute discipline here on the ground its a windy day, so the wind definitely plays a role in getting the balance right and we now move from these beautiful moves. The first formation commander s junkers wing commander wing commander salami formation leader, pn, ready special provision has been made to give you aerial shots too. So normally we take a look at the fly pass from ground gallery. Music to Music Music is of saluting base. All very nice pilot traditionally flypasts also serve as an aerial salute. They show respect, display aircraft and showcase flying skills and delight the public. This formation, comprising one dakota aircraft in the lead with two dornier aircraft in echelon flying in big formation, will fly past at a height of 300 meters over the water channel north of rajput. The dakota is being flown by wing commander ss gehelot, the dorniers by wing commander, mishra and wing commander abhishek display with cameras specially positioned deals, never been seen before. Yeah ive never seen before. Maybe taking you up close to the Music commander Music for these men in blue of the indian air force, the blue sky seems to be just an extension of them, as they take wing and vanish into the blue first special number yeah. We now look forward to the next formation. This is the netra formation captain pranjal singh with squad leader, rahul yada, the su 30s group captain arkbit khanna with squadron leader, aditya sinha wing, commander varun with flight lifting and abhishek bhandari and the so slowly as the fly past progresses speeds will increase heights. Music. Music excitement galore at the republic day for rate right now, speed, pulse daring and, of course, there Music entail approaching the saluting base comprising five rafael aircraft, arrowhead formation, 300 meters, Music, Music, all eyes up in the sky, heads turn: skywards gay searches for the glimmer of Silver, a message goes out to the future. We see you and were preparing to meet you especially record it for you visuals here after the buzz. We now look forward to the threshold formation comprising three su 30 mki aircraft, which will fly past in vic formation at 900, kilometers per hour, maintaining 300 meters aol over water channel north of graduate Music Music threshold formation under the command of group. Captain the other pilot captain commander, god of sharma jordan Music in the words of a pilot, the roar and the thunder, can be actually felt in the pounding of your heart. As these visuals tell you absolute concentration, absolute precision, different places, all coordinated to perfection, and now we have the vijay formation. One profile aircraft will be flying in 900 kilometers per hour behind the tiranga formation. Maintaining 300 meters aol well execute two and a half turns group. Captain m jam in this aircraft you can see carrying out the vertical charlie is splendid display. It is for the first time we also have some naval colleagues of the indian armed forces flying with their air force. Colleagues of our national identity, a nation on the move. Men and their machines defining the sky space Music, magnificent men in their flying machines head towards their landing base. Our hearts also land back to ground up is Music.

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By Scott Prater Master Sgt. Michael Wright, Schriever’s Law Office superintendent, earned the Steve Swigonski Award for Outstanding Young Paralegal at 14th Air Force and Air Force Space Command for 2010 and has been submitted to compete at the Air Force level. Honoring Chief Master Sgt. Steve Swigonski, USAF retired, the first special assistant for Legal Airman Affairs to the Judge Advocate General, the award is presented to an active duty paralegal who demonstrates superior initiative, technical skill, leadership, attorney/paralegal teaming and devotion to duty. Though eligible candidates are paralegals in the grade of technical sergeant or below, Sergeant Wright was still eligible because he held the rank of technical sergeant at the end of 2010. Lt. Col. Richard Ladue, 50th Space Wing staff judge advocate, nominated Sergeant Wright based on his performance in the legal office here and during his six-month deployment. “He did more than what a normal paralegal would do down range,” Colonel Ladue said. Sergeant Wright began his deployment during July 2010, when he arrived at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan to serve as the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing’s noncommissioned officer in charge of the legal office. “The legal work ebbed and flowed there,” he said. “So I was able to volunteer with the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility.” When Soldiers, Airmen and civilians were wounded, they were treated at the hospital at Kandahar, and moved to a medical facility in Baghram once stabilized. Sergeant Wright volunteered to move the stabilized patients from the hospital to waiting busses or ambulances then drove them to the flight line and helped load them onto aircraft. He was credited with loading 58 patients, 13 critical, on five separate occasions. “The critical patients had a lot of extra medical equipment and some weighed upwards of 300 pounds, so often it would take six of us to move them,” he said. Colonel Ladue learned from the commander of the CASF that Sergeant Wright was often the first volunteer to show up for duty. “The transport folks raved about him, saying he did outstanding work,” Colonel Ladue said. “Plus, he was doing an awesome job here during the first half of the year.” His nomination package lists Sergeant Wright as an “Operational Readiness Inspection star.” He was credited with crafting JA’s emergency management training plan for the HQ AFSPC inspection during April 2010 and instrumental in the JA office’s fully-compliant-with-zero-findings inspection rating. He also rated as AFSPC’s best in processing standards for General Courts Martial, scored high on the Attorney/Paralegal Teaming criteria and proved exemplary in the Devotion to Duty criteria. Sergeant Wright is now awaiting the results of the Outstanding Young Paralegal competition at the Air Force level, which should be announced in the next month. “It would be kind of exciting to win at the Air Force level,” the Sergeant said. “I would get to travel to New Orleans this October, where the JAG corps hosts this year’s Keystone Conference. They present the award and the winner gives a speech in front of a big crowd. So, that would be a different experience to say the least.”

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Does satellite latency really matter? Low Earth Orbit(LEO) satellites are now a reality in Africa, with the satellite landscape set to change forever as more and more LEO satellites are launched. Much of the current early adopter talk focuses on the fact that as LEO satellites are closer to earth, they offer shorter data latency periods – known as “lag” - and that this is a defining specification in use-case scenarios. Before we can determine the veracity of this belief, we need to be clear about what exactly latency is, and how it impacts end user and enterprise satellite internet experiences. Is latency (or lag) an issue with other connectivity technologies, and does it stand in the way of large-scale deployment of GEO satellite services? So, what is latency? Latency is the time delay that occurs in transmitting information from one point to another. For practical reasons, latency is measured for the round trip, i.e., the time the data takes to travel from source to destination and back again. Latency is a feature of all data networks, whether fibre, microwave, wireless or satellite. In fibre networks, data travels at about 200 000km/sec. The table below provides examples of network distances from Cape Town to different destinations and typical associated latency values. Latency in satellite networks For satellite networks, the data connection path is from the source or user on the ground, to the satellite in orbit and then back to the destination network on earth. Different satellite constellations are located at different orbital distances from the earth, and are grouped in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) constellations. Since latency is determined by the distance between the satellite and earth and the speed at which the signal travels, distance to the satellite is a key factor in defining latency time. For LEO satellites – those closest to the Earth’s surface, in orbits at heights of between 500 and 1500km above the earth’s surface - the latency will be between 8msec and 25msec. And for GEOs – those furthest from the Earth’s surface, in orbit at some 35,786km above the earth - the latency is 550msec, or just over half a second. To quantify this 550msec time we can consider that most people speak at a rate of 4 syllables per second, or roughly 2 syllables in 550msec – so this degree of latency is the equivalent of saying “hello”. So, does latency matter? If latency is never more than 550msec (or “hello”), and given that today, all forms of satellite are used for voice, video, enterprise and other data applications, all of which can operate perfectly with a latency of 550msec latency, we need to ask why the perception endures that latency is a significant issue. The full answer to this question would be that “latency not compensated for” does matter. That is to say, latency will adversely affect real-time services such as voice and video calls unless satellite links “fix” the issue. Current satellite technologies do indeed include advanced acceleration and quality-of-service features that perfectly compensate for latency over GEO satellites. Smarter satellite networks mean no latency issues The Twoobii Smart Satellite Service is an example of a solution that includes highly advanced quality-of-service features that effectively support voice, video, and other real-time fast data applications. Smart satellite networks compensate for latency in such a way that users don’t experience any problems. In this way, Smart Satellite Networks have proven to be a ‘myth-buster’ when it comes to the notion that latency is somehow an issue for satellite communication networks. Different networks, different challenges For Smart Satellite Services to adequately compensate for the adverse effects of latency on data transmission, the satellite link must be able to implement data packet optimisation, priority rules and other data management policies. All of these are of course very feasible when the satellite link has the necessary technology mandate to optimise data traffic in this way. However, SD-WAN network (software-defined wide area network) architectures are notably different. SD-WAN solutions deployed over fibre and LTE broadband networks have two main disadvantages: - These networks maintain a high volume of “keep-alive” traffic; and - These networks transmit data in tunnels that nullify satellite optimisation technologies, and impede the benefits of satellite link optimisation. In this case, SD-WAN networks are compromised over GEO networks and have limited feasibility due to higher keep-alive data costs and poor data speed throughputs, because of the bypassing of the optimisation features. Designing with latency Considering the implications of latency and the benefits of Smart Satellite Service features, we have developed the following design option matrix: Yes … latency over satellite links does matter. However, low latency is not the only consideration. All aspects of end-to-end network architecture and design should be considered in order to implement the optimum solution. For low-data applications, GEO Smart Satellite Networks offer very attractive total-cost-of-ownership models whereas higher data volume links and networks using SD-WAN technology are better serviced with LEO networks.

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At Rank Plane, we are about significantly more than just a private jet charter corporation, we give attention to rotating each personal trip into a distinctive encounter that couples exemplary service with our high expectations in safety, convenience and consistency. Consequently with to exploring by chopper every one of these rewards, you will want to find out whenever you howmuch you're able aircraft charter to save and obtain a price today book. Light aircraft rental is beneficial for those of you over a small budget, as lighting fly journey is usually cheaper that using a significant airplane to your vacation. Midsize plane charter is the next level from renting a light fly up, and thus is slightly higher priced, but there are many benefits to chartering a midsize aircraft over light aircraft charter. Private Charter knows my Sector, and knows precisely which plane I will requirement for particular excursions. What I prefer most about Individual Charter is the fact that they truly want to assist me, and certainly will go beyond and above to make sure this. We are so much more than just a private-jet rent company—with that is global experienced team across five time zones, training of practices in Europe, CIS Asia, and America, we are confident we could offer a quality experience that is real. Private Jet Charter generally arranges helicopters and fly hire on behalf of his household and my consumer, for both short and long-haul flights. I've Been using Jet Charter for 14 years simply because they offer a great company global and so are highly reputable. Their support continues to be beyond fantastic for me personally, as even at exceptionally short notice (within 2hrs) they nevertheless have the ability to get me a plane with time.

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NASA x ANICORN - "Lunar Sample Return" The Moon CarryThe Moon Carry NASA "Lunar Sample Return" The Moon Carry | ANICORN ODDJECTS *FREE international shipping, All Prices exclude VAT + Tax Anicorn Watches has teamed up with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) again to create a dual-branded watch – ANICORN x NASA – 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing Limited Edition, the hero item in LUNAR SAMPLE RETURN Collection. Our last collaboration with NASA had created a 1-min sold out record. Inspired by Neil Armstrong’s Moon Bag The collaboration project is named after Neil Armstrong’s Moon Bag – “LUNAR SAMPLE RETURN”. Armstrong’s Moon Bag traveled to the moon and returned to Earth during the Apollo 11 mission, the bag collected moon dust and rock samples from the Sea of Tranquility. LUNAR SAMPLE RETURN celebrates the first human step on the moon, as well as the effort, knowledge, and discoveries on space exploration, pushing our physical boundaries and achieving the impossible. The Moon Carry is a tailor-made waterproof bag created by space suit-inspired textile. Collaboration with Butcher Lab Living Grocery. - Bag size: 31.5cm (w) x 55cm(h)

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October 5, 2020 Tallahassee Community College has recently been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI). The FAA’s Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program allows educational institutions to collaborate with the FAA to help students pursue their aviation career goals. The UAS-CTI program recognizes institutions that prepare students for careers in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones. TCC is one of the first 26 institutions across the country selected to participate in this program and establishes itself as a training center for small UAS. “This program will provide the North Florida Region with a training center that will provide a highly skilled workforce using state-of-the-art technology,” said Albert Wynn, Associate Director, Wakulla Environmental Institute and Director of TCC UAS CTI. “Drones will revolutionize the workforce while improving safety, efficiency and provide an economical boom to this area.” The FAA launched the UAS-CTI program in April. Participating institutions will engage with the FAA, other participants, general industry, local governments, law enforcement, and regional economic development entities to address labor force needs. This collaboration will ensure that UAS-CTI school graduates have the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a successful career in a UAS-related field. For more information, contact Albert Wynn, Associate Director, Wakulla Environmental Institute and Director of TCC UAS CTI at [email protected].

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is up-to-date in the nation’s attempts to introduce broadband facilities to improve the digital landscape in Nigeria. The Commission has confirmed that it is not excluding broadband satellite networks while reviewing all the methods. NCC said this at a visit yesterday by Viasat, a commercial satellite provider, to the Commission in Abuja to make an update on its preparation to launch broadband satellite services in Nigeria. Augustine Nwalunne, director of NCC Spectrum Administration, received the Viasat delegation on behalf of Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice President. He confirmed that the Operator had been exploring its plans to secure regulatory approval for entry into the commercial Nigerian satellite communications industry. At the session, Viasat requested authorization and consent from the Commission to secure and use the country’s KA frequency band of 28 GHz to provide reliable Internet access and high-speed satellite communication via its established Nigerian subsidiary Viasat Nigeria. The organization further disclosed its proposal for carrying out a test Proof of Concept (POC) in Abuja in 2020 to the Commission. And after that, Viasat intends to expand its services in a community, and then subsequently broaden its services throughout a state, then proceed to widen broadband Satellite Services countrywide by 2022. He said the GTH satellite services of Viasat intend to cover for homes, estates, schools, and micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), among several others. The organization has shown confidence that its services will be of real benefit to the unserved regions of Nigeria. Over the years, Viasat has invested more than $2.2 billion on geostationary satellite networks worldwide, having a footprint in Nigerian space to bridge the existing digital divide in the nation. Initially a satellite contractor, but currently an operator and services supplier, Viasat has been equipped to provide efficient Internet access via satellite and to offer high-performance broadband services via satellite in Nigeria. The Nigeria Communications satellite service (NigComSat) now links its customers throughout Africa and Asia to the Ku-band, C-band, and Ka-band channels on the NigComSat-1R network, providing various alternatives to their communication demands. The NigComSat satellite internet services can be implemented almost anywhere, especially for enterprise continuity and remote connectivity in brief periods, in areas that are hard to reach or on temporary sites. The company clarified that its services are reliable, cost-effective, high-speed Internet and data links optimized for efficient communications delivery, disaster recovery, and applications in Security. Nigeria has 72 million or 37.8% broadband penetration, while 126 million citizens of Nigeria have GSM technology, through the narrow band, which connects to the Internet.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert on Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport America as the company moves toward commercial operations. The company announced the flight on social media and shared photos of the craft on the runaway and members of the crew stationed far apart around the special carrier plane that ferries the smaller spaceship to high altitude. After years of development and testing at Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California, Virgin Galactic is close to starting actual operations at its futuristic terminal and hangar in southern New Mexico. The company has not set a date for the first commercial flights but has said it anticipates doing so in 2020. A small number of test flights are needed before Virgin Galactic can take paying customers on supersonic thrill rides to the lower reaches of space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the Earth below. The suborbital flights will reach an altitude of at least 50 miles before the spaceship glides to a landing. The company considered Friday’s flight a major achievement that has been in the works since the spaceship and carrier plane relocated to New Mexico in February. The flight provided the first opportunity to test all the components required to fly the carrier aircraft and spaceship in glide configuration from their new home base. Officials will now be reviewing data gathered during the exercise so they can prepare for the next test flight. More than 600 customers from around the world have put down firm deposits for flights, and Virgin Galactic has received about 8,000 online reservations of interest since the successful test flight into space in December 2018. Company officials expect that interest to surpass the company’s capacity for flights for the next few years. The initial seats were sold at $250,000 apiece. Those who want to register interest online are paying a fully refundable deposit of $1,000. Virgin Galactic said Friday that stringent operational protocols were in place during the glide flight at Spaceport America to ensure safety amid the coronavirus outbreak. The protocols included the use of masks, changes to the work areas and procedures to enforce social distancing. Many employees have been working remotely during the pandemic, and Virgin Galactic President Mike Moses said in a recent blog post that the team has been busy with relief efforts. They’ve donated meals, masks, gloves and other medical supplies to communities and hospitals in New Mexico and California. The company also has made donations of more than $60,000 in New Mexico and is working on developing oxygen hoods that could potentially help Covid-19 patients. Virgin Galactic went public on the New York Stock Exchange last fall. Company officials are preparing to release their first quarter results Tuesday. Source: Read Full Article

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Aviation of World War II Marine long-range reconnaissance aircraft MDR-2 (ANT-8) - experimental long-range sea reconnaissance aircraft A.N. Tupolev. The aircraft was an all-metal twin-engine flying boat - a high-wing aircraft with a cantilever wing and two load-bearing floats. The boat was two-redan with a weakly pronounced rear step. The underwing floats were carried out, i.e. not only provided lateral stability, but took on part of the weight of the aircraft afloat. Two BMW VI (M-17) engines with pushing two-blade propellers were placed on high struts above the center section. The engines were started with compressed air from cylinders. The tail unit is single-fin, with a high-positioned adjustable stabilizer. The stabilizer frame consisted of two spars and ribs. To change the angle of installation of the stabilizer, a cable transmission was used, which brought the drum into rotation. The crew consisted of five people: the front gunner, the commander (who is also the bombardier, radio operator and photographer), two pilots, and the rear gunner. The placement of the crew was as follows: in the first cockpit - the front gunner, in the second - the commander, then there was the cockpit, and behind the center section - the seat of the rear gunner. The assembly of the machine was completed only by December 1, 1930, and on January 30, 1931, after several taxiing, ANT-8 took off for the first time. Armament. Two double 7.62-mm DA-2 machine guns on a conventional bow and rolling from one side to the other rear turrets, one 7.62-mm DA machine gun was installed in the cockpit of the ship's commander on movable kingpin. Bomb load - on external sling up to 900 kg of bombs. The bombs were dropped using the SBR-8 bomb release device. The assessment of the feasibility of introducing MDR-2 into production has changed several times. So, in 1932, the question of its serial production arose again. An exchange of views took place on the finalization of the prototype into the standard for the series. Obviously, this was due to the failure of the MDR-3 I.V. Chetverikov, who suffered from buffeting, but in the end, the scales again tipped to fine-tune the MDR-3. In the same 1932, they planned a large flight on ANT-8 along the route of the Northern Sea Route. The car was supposed to go along the route from Arkhangelsk to Uelen, and then fly through Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Okhotsk to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Aerial photography was planned along the way. However, the flight failed. The ANT-8 itself remained an experimental machine - the first swallow of the domestic all-metal hydro-aviation industry. July 06, 2020.

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F-22s launch for ACE-focused PF 22-4 Published March 31, 2022 By Senior Airman Samuel Colvin 673d Air Base Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 3rd Wing launched F-22 Raptors as part of Polar Force 22-4, an Agile Combat Employment-focused exercise, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 30. This is the first time the 3rd Wing has led a Polar Force exercise, with the primary focus on developing Agile Combat Employment and U.S. Pacific Air Forces’ ability to fight in a contested area. ACE is a proactive and reactive method of generating combat airpower using resilient, survivable and flexible manpower strategies. Making readiness-enhancing concepts like this operational is critical to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific. “Our mission here at JBER is as critical as it is complex," said U.S. Air Force Col. Travolis Simmons, the 3rd Wing commander. “This exercise is an opportunity to test our Agile Combat Employment capabilities posturing us to fly, fight and win in a modern, contested environment.” ACE exercises train Airmen to operate from different locations with varying levels of capacity and support to emphasize the ability to deploy, survive, operate, maneuver, sustain and regenerate. During this iteration, maintenance personnel and aircrew are operating at multiple locations, both on and off the installation, to further test the ACE concept and practice working in notionally contested areas. Lessons learned during the next two weeks will ensure military personnel remain ready and capable to deter aggressors and defend the nation.

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Check out this technical view of the V8 codec at http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377 This well written report suggests that V8 is not going to solve the problems, both technical and financial, Google suggests. NASA's Orion Flight Software Production Systems Manager Darrel G. Raines joins Planet Analog Editor Steve Taranovich and Embedded.com Editor Max Maxfield to talk about embedded flight software used in Orion Spacecraft, part of NASA's Mars mission. Live radio show and live chat. Get your questions ready. Brought to you by

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These early insights into flying - and life itself - formed a template that Bob Hoover followed throughout a storied career in which he flew more than 300 types of aircraft and met, interacted, and in some cases flew with, a virtual who’s who of aviation’s first century, including Orville Wright, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, Jacquelin Cochran, Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin. Warning: Last items in stock! Availability date: 0000-00-00 "The Gift" R.A. "Bob" Hoover – Bob is considered by his peers as the "pilot's pilot”, a man who has served his country in war and peace as a fighter pilot, prisoner of war, test pilot, master of aerobatics and aviation executive. “The Gift” is the true story of Bob Hoover’s flight into history. Hoover is a true American hero. He tells his amazing story in his own words sharing all the historic moments, spectacular flights and death-defying recoveries that made him a living aviation legend. Climb into the cockpit with America’s original top gun for an astonishing inside look at a life lived on the edge - a life that began just 19 years after the Wright Brothers first powered flight and lasted well into the Space Age. Hear and see his first person accounts of his friendships with giants from Eddie Rickenbacker to Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, Chuck Yeager, Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong and others. Jimmy Doolittle called Bob Hoover the ‘Greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived’. But Hoover had a gift that superseded that - a gift that made him get back in the cockpit repeatedly when inherent motion sickness threatened to keep him from learning to fly at all, a gift that sustained him through 16 months in a NAZI prison camp, waiting to steal an enemy airplane and fly himself to freedom, a gift that caused him to stand firm against the engineers of his own company until they did everything humanely possible to make their products as safe as possible. “R.A. Bob Hoover - The Gift” is all knew biopic of the “pilot’s pilot”, produced by Sleeping Dog Productions.” No customer comments for the moment. We are in the process of moving our complete database of items, as well as implementing an entirely new website design. As such, you may find a few website page/photo issues during the transition. If you encounter any problems or have suggestions, please e-mail us at [email protected].

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Vice President Mike Pence is making his way to the Rocket City. Pence will be in Huntsville on Tuesday, March 26th to chair the next meeting of the National Space Council at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. “For the past several weeks, our special operations division has been working on an operations plan to ensure the safety of everyone involved in this visit,” Huntsville Police Lt. Michael Johnson said. The trip is part of the president’s renewed focus of manned space flight. Last month, Congress approved a NASA budget of nearly $22 billion; much of that work is happening behind the scenes in Huntsville. “It reflects on the importance of the community and the contributions they’ve made to the space program,” former NASA shuttle astronaut Dr. Sandra Magnus said. Magnus says Tuesday will be more than a high profile meet and greet in Huntsville. The vice president is expected to give a speech in which he’ll give guidelines to NASA and the space council for future missions. So does that mean we’ll get a date for putting a man or woman on Mars? Magnus said, ‘don’t hold your breath.’ “It’s important that we first go to the Moon and kind of get our act together first and understand our technology is working operationally and we have a good paradigm. I think that’s the first step. I wouldn’t expect a Mars date,” Magnus said. Magnus will give one of two presentations to the vice president called, “Ready to Fly” and “Ready to Explore”, which will highlight the current status of the upcoming Space Launch System and Orion rockets. “We’re going to go from eight years of no human space flight to a multiplicity of ways humans can engage in space from US soil, so I think that’s very exciting,” Magnus said. The meeting will be held in the Saturn V Hall of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center around 12:00 p.m. Huntsville police say they expect once the motorcade arrives and departs, commuters will be stopped a few minutes on I-565. Traffic is expected to be affected between 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.-3:00 pm.

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That made it clear to the Pentagon that space, long seen as a peaceful domain, was a place where wars could be fought and won. The defense secretary, Jim Mattis, has endorsed plans to reorganize the military's spacewar fighting forces and create a new command, but has previously opposed launching an expensive separate new service. "Our adversaries have transformed same into a war fighting domain already, and the United States will not shrink from this challenge". "Both China and Russian Federation have been conducting highly sophisticated "on-orbit" activities that could enable them to maneuver their satellites into close proximity with ours, posing unprecedented new dangers to our space systems", Pence said. Unofficial NASA news coverage site NASA Watch gave us three options for future Space Force uniforms: Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars and Star Trek. The report calls for the creation of Space Command, Department of Space Force, an elite Space Operations Force, and an agency that will field weapons for the new Space Force. Pence compared the creation of the Space Force to the creation of the Air Force at the start of World War II. The Department of Defense released a report on Thursday detailing the specifics on how it will carry out Trump's request to establish a Space Force by 2020. The creation of the Space Operations Force. Mattis had previously opposed the creation of a separate military branch focused on space, writing to Rep. Mike Turner of OH in July of 2017 that he did "not wish to add a separate service that would likely present a narrower and even parochial approach to space operations". "The time has come to establish the United States Space Force". It's going to take a lot more than a few grandiose speeches from Trump and Pence in order for the Space Force idea to come to fruition, though. "Next February in the president's budget, we will call on the Congress to marshal the resources we need to stand up". In 2007, China destroyed one of its dead weather satellites with a missile. "Peace only comes through strength", Pence said. It identifies several actions that DoD will take as the nation evolves its space capabilities, "and they are built on the lessons of the past", Pence said. Hawaii senator Brian Schatz branded the Space Force a "silly but unsafe idea" as he instead urged the expansion of the "Medicaid" health programme.

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TheFutonCritic.com reports that Fox will air the two-hour pilot for the proposed sci-fi series Virtuality on July 4, a Saturday, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The pilot, co-created by Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), centers on the crew of the Phaeton, Earth's first starship. To endure the 10-year journey, the astronauts use virtual-reality modules that allow them to explore self-created scenarios. But a virus infects the system and puts all of their lives on the line, the site reported. The pilot's ensemble cast includes Clea DuVall, Erik Jensen, Gene Farber, James D'Arcy, Jimmi Simpson, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Joy Bryant, Kerry Bishe, Nelson Lee, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omar Metwally, Richie Coster and Sienna Guillory. Peter Berg directed the Universal Media Studios-based pilot and executive-produced alongside Taylor, Moore, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Sarah Aubrey. It's not clear if the show is being picked up as a series; the pilot was ordered revamped during production. Fox announces its fall lineup on May 18.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 AVWK: The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap its Northrop Grumman high-altitude unmanned surveillance plane program and instead extend the life of its U-2 aircraft into the 2020s, according to a government official and a defense analyst. Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Virginia-based Lexington Institute, said the Air Force decision was based on the cost of the Global Hawk unmanned planes, and that the service would investigate using a Marine version with different sensors that Northrop is developing for the Navy. The Northrop drone is one of dozens of weapons programs that face cancellation or cutbacks in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2013 budget and five-year plan, which begins to implement $487 billion in spending cuts over the next decade. A U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the Air Force’s Block 30 variant of the unmanned plane was being terminated in the budget request that will be sent to Congress Feb. 13. Lawmakers have the final say over the Pentagon’s budget, and have reversed other program cancellations in the past. An Air Force spokeswoman declined to comment. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told Reuters earlier this month that the service’s budget proposal for fiscal 2013 would include terminations of some programs. He declined comment at the time about the Global Hawk program, saying the service would likely “end up doing what gives us the best capability for the least cost.” The remotely piloted Global Hawk surveillance planes fly at altitudes above 60,000 feet and can remain in the air for over 24 hours. The Block 30 airframes sell for roughly $30 million apiece, not including their payloads. Raytheon’s optical, infrared and radar sensors let the aircraft scan large swaths of terrain and transmit images in near real-time. The Global Hawk was due to replace the Cold War-vintage U-2 spy plane in 2015, but those planes, built by Lockheed Martin, would now remain in service until around 2023, the U.S. official said. The planes have been used over Iraq and Afghanistan and Libya. They also were used over Japan after the March earthquake, flying from Andersen AFB, Guam, and have been used to track forest fires in California. Posted by Steve Douglass at 3:21 PM

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Raipur: A helicopter ferrying Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh to the state capital from Sukma district experienced a sudden jolt mid-air and a loss of height due to technical snag this afternoon but none of those on board was hurt. "The incident took place at around 4 pm when the chopper was flying approximately 4,000 feet above the ground over the jungles of Kanker," pilot of the helicopter Gopal Krishna Panda told PTI. Kanker is located around 125 kms away from Raipur. The Chief Minister had gone to Naxal-hit Sukma district to take part in a series of programmes. After attending the events, Singh and School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap left Sukma for the state capital in the chopper at around 3.15 pm. "When the helicopter was flying above the forest area of Kanker, it experienced a technical snag in the auto-pilot system, which led to a sudden jolt. It caused the copter to plunge about 100 feet but we managed to control the situation," Panda added. The helicopter landed at Raipur at around 4.15 pm. "An investigation has been initiated to ascertain the cause behind the snag," he said.

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Since its launch in 1977, Voyager 2 has been moving through space, and it is currently more than 11.6 billion miles (18.8 billion kilometers) away from the planet. - 1 How far is Voyager 2 from Earth now? - 2 Will Voyager 2 ever reach another star? - 3 Will Voyager 2 leave the Milky Way? - 4 How long does it take Voyager 2 to send a message to Earth? - 5 Will Voyager 1 leave the Milky Way? - 6 How fast is Voyager 2 in mph? - 7 How far can Voyager 1 go before we lose contact? - 8 Was there a voyager 6? - 9 Will there be a voyager 3? - 10 Has anything ever left the Milky Way? - 11 How far away is Voyager 2 in light years? - 12 What did Voyager 2 discover? - 13 How far is Voyager in light years? - 14 Will the Voyager hit anything? - 15 How long does it take a radio signal to reach Voyager 2? How far is Voyager 2 from Earth now? After completing its primary mission, the spacecraft is currently on an extended mission to research interstellar space. As of November 20, 2021, it has been in operation for 44 years and three months, and had traveled a distance of 129.14 AU (19.319 billion kilometres; 12.004 billion mi) from the planet Earth. Will Voyager 2 ever reach another star? Before the spacecraft really comes close to an alien star, it will have traveled another 10,000 years. That star is a red dwarf star known as Ross 248. Oberg estimates that the spacecraft will travel by the star in around 30,000 years, however it may be a stretch to argue that the spacecraft will really pass by the star. Will Voyager 2 leave the Milky Way? The present trajectory of both probes will keep them traveling outward across the galaxy for eons after they have escaped the gravitational pull of the sun, and maybe for a very long time after our star dies in four or five billion years. How long does it take Voyager 2 to send a message to Earth? A round-trip communication with Voyager 2 takes around 35 hours, with each leg taking 17 hours and 35 minutes. DSS 43, a 70-meter dish that has been in operation since 1973, is the oldest dish in the world. Will Voyager 1 leave the Milky Way? Voyager 1 will depart the solar system on its way to the constellation of Ophiuchus, according to NASA. AC+79 3888 is an inconspicuous star in the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Bear or Little Dipper) that will be within 1.7 light years of the spacecraft Voyager 1 in the year 40,272 AD (more than 38,200 years from today). How fast is Voyager 2 in mph? Voyager 1 is going faster than Voyager 2, with a velocity of approximately 17 kilometers per second (38,000 miles per hour). Voyager 2 is traveling at a velocity of 15 kilometers per second (38,000 miles per hour) (35,000 mph). How far can Voyager 1 go before we lose contact? After then, the mission will be prolonged until roughly 2025, when the radioisotope thermoelectric generators aboard Voyager 1 will no longer be able to provide enough electric power to operate the spacecraft’s scientific equipment. It will be more than 15.5 billion miles (25 billion kilometers) distant from the Earth at that time. Was there a voyager 6? After then, the mission will be prolonged until roughly 2025, when the radioisotope thermoelectric generators aboard Voyager 1 will no longer be able to provide enough electric power to operate the spacecraft’s science equipment. That is more than 15.5 billion miles (25 billion kilometers) distant from the Earth at that point. Will there be a voyager 3? A third Voyager mission was planned, but it was ultimately scrapped. I’m presently reading the book Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds In The Third Great Age Of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne, which claims that Voyager 3 was cannibalized during construction. Has anything ever left the Milky Way? The Voyager 2 spacecraft, which launched from Earth in 1977, has become the second human-made object to exit our Solar System after the space shuttle Endeavour. The Voyager 2 spacecraft was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, however because of the quicker trajectory of Voyager 1, the latter probe arrived at “the gap between the stars” six years before the former. How far away is Voyager 2 in light years? Voyager 2 will pass 1.7 light-years (9.7 trillion miles) from the star Ross 248 in approximately 40,000 years, and it will pass 4.3 light-years (25 trillion miles) from Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, in approximately 296,000 years. The Voyagers are doomed to roam the Milky Way for the rest of their lives, maybe forever. What did Voyager 2 discover? Among the discoveries made by Voyager 2 were ten new moons, two new rings, and a bizarrely slanted magnetic field that was greater than Saturn’s. The spacecraft received a gravitational boost at Uranus, which accelerated it toward its next target, Neptune. How far is Voyager in light years? Voyager 1 is 19.4 hours distant and there are 8760 hours in a year. It’s 1/451.5 of a kilometer distant, then. Given that it has taken 40 years to get there, the answer is 40 x 451.5 = about 18,000 years, with the rate of progress diminishing as time goes on. Will the Voyager hit anything? Right now, Voyager is a long way away from any space junk or asteroids in the outer solar system, which means it is safe. Except for the fact that the mission planning engineers plotted its trajectory to avoid colliding with anything known throughout its travels, it didn’t really have a method to avoid striking anything during its journey. How long does it take a radio signal to reach Voyager 2? The spacecraft collects information about their surrounding environment in real time and transmits it back to Earth through radio waves to keep them connected. It takes around 19 hours for data from Voyager 1 to reach Earth, and approximately 16 hours for signals from Voyager 2. It takes the rovers on Mars an average of 20 minutes to contact Earth, as a point of comparison.

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Medway Micriolights Eclipser, G-BZGE The aircraft lost power in the cruise and the pilot carried out a forced landing. During the landing flare the pilot could not reduce the power to idle and the aircraft landed long, running into trees. The pilot suggests that the initial power loss was due to carburettor icing. Published 10 December 2014

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Facebook Twitter Linkedin Over the next decade, both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will take the first steps toward a defensive plan against asteroids. The Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet) Satellite that will explore outer space was launched on December 18, 2019. The European Space Agency (ESA) will send a robot to clean space from the garbage gathered by satellite debris. The Rosetta space craft, which explores the comet 67P, discovered something very interesting. ESA (European Space Agency) reported changing a satellite's course to avoid a collision with a SpaceX aircraft. Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin Copyright © 2002-2021 Elxis s.a. Powered by ARGO-E LLC. All rights reserved. Disclaimer - Copyrights & Permissions - Cookies To find out more about the cookies we use and how to delete them visit our Cookies page. Learn more

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Salt Lake City ARTCC Salt Lake City ARTCC (1962-Present) - One of 20 FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the lower 48 United States. Established in 1962 near Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Assigned an FAA ID of ZLC. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Salt Lake Center. The Salt Lake Center is located at 2150 W 700 N, Salt Lake City adjacent to the Salt Lake City International Airport. The present facility was Commissioned in 1962. The Salt Lake City Center (ZLC) covers part of the Western Service Area. Initially, the 20 ARTCCs in the lower 48 States were equipped with IBM 9020 computers to automate some of the ARTCC functions. In 1988 the IBM 3083 computer system known as "Host" replaced the old IBM 9020s in these ARTCCs. On 14 Jun 2012, the FAA decommissioned the 4-decades-old En Route Host computer system at the Seattle and Salt Lake City ARTCCs and replaced the system with the new En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system. As of 27 Mar 2015, all 20 of the lower 48 United States ARTCCs had converted to the ERAM system as had the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ERAM technology is the heart of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and the pulse of the National Airspace System (NAS), helping to advance the transition from a ground-based system of air traffic control to a satellite-based system of traffic management. ERAM can process data from 64 radars versus the 24 radar processing with the legacy HOST system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system of 24 FAA Area Control Centers, 20 in the lower 48 United States, one in Alaska, one in Hawaii, one in Puerto Rica and one in Guam. The system operates with radar data provided by FAA radar sites, DoD radar sites, and other federal agency radar sites. These centers provide en route and oceanic services to private, commercial, and military aircraft overflying their respective control areas. As aircraft enter or exit from one control area to the next, responsibility for the aircraft is transferred to the gaining ARTCC. Voice communication between aircraft and the ARTCCs is supported by a network of ground-air radio sites often co-located with the radar sites. The gathering of radar, beacon and other sensor data are now largely automated and continuous, but the actions necessary to control the airspace are conversational and require some 14,000 FAA air traffic controllers talking directly to pilots in the air and on the ground at terminals. This number does not include military air traffic controllers. Notes: From the 23 Dec 2016 FAA "Site listing of Legacy Radars" that identified this ARTCC as the Overlying Enroute Center. Active FAA facility in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Visited: 12 Oct 2018

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Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) is the leading provider of radar sensor systems. We provide war fighters the most accurate and timely information available for the network-centric battlefield. This position is for a RF Test Support Engineer to support the production factory for our Airborne Early Warning System (AEWS) and GNS (GPS and Navigation Systems) production programs. There is an immediate need for a full time, engineer who can ramp up quickly. The person must be interested working at least a year, but ideally long term (multi-year) in a production manufacturing area (El Segundo north or south campus). A senior engineer will oversee training in testing and troubleshooting. Advancement potential exists to grow into the lead RF Engineer. These activities include: - Partnering with the Operations Manager, interface with IT/PMs/IPTLs/CEs and customers to support production programs - Perform as the lead engineering for RF testing and troubleshooting, supervising and mentoring junior engineers and develop test technicians in support of production efforts - Support Lead engineer in tracking and improving the test engineering process efficiency over time. - Support the STE design team to architect, procure, and implement new test stations, and the associated software, for future needs. - Support technical presentations to both internal and external customers - Support technical peer reviews throughout the product lifecycle of design, development, integration and test, and field test requirements verification - Support customer and/or program technical review presentations, and provide task progress status updates and work products to the team lead. - Support RCCA (Root Cause analysis and Corrective Action) - Writing ETPs and ATPs (Engineering and Acceptance Test Procedures) - Minimum of 2 years of experience in systems engineering and/or hardware development in the following areas - Understanding of RF receive chain measurement techniques (Gain, NF, IP3, 1 dB compression, spurious signals) - Capable of using RF instrumentation (vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, noise figure meter, oscilloscope) - Capable of performing RF test setup design, documentation, configuration control, and software version control - Occasional travel to support troubleshooting at customer and supplier sites - Teaming with technicians, quality engineers, operations personnel, and hardware/systems engineers - Good judgment and decision making abilities - Active U.S. DOD Secret Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. DOD Security Clearance within 1 year of start date. - U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will require the ability to access US only data systems. - Able to prioritize among multiple tasks and priorities - Strong leadership and communication skills - Strong written and oral communication skills - RF troubleshooting, fault identification, improvising test setups - RF Test Station Automation using LabVIEW for instrument control and Excel Visual Basic macros for test report generation - Work experience in radar design, development, integration and test - Fiber optic connector cleaning; experience working with optical fiber communication systems - Experience using VM (Visiprise Manufacturing) system or other shop floor control systems - Experience using Subversion or similar software version control repository - Familiarity with Matlab or other data analysis tools B.S. in Engineering, Physics, Math or related discipline; advanced degree(s) preferredDesired Education: Advanced degree(s) in Engineering, Physics, Math, System Engineering or related discipline Raytheon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

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- View accepted manuscript: Morphing wing real time optimization in wind tunnel tests (PDF, 1 MB) |Author||Search for: Popov, Andrei Vladimir; Search for: Grigorie, Teodor lucian; Search for: Botez, Ruxandra Mihaela; Search for: Mamou, Mahmoud1; Search for: Mebarki, Youssef1| - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Aerospace Research |Conference||ICINCO 2010, the 7th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, June 15-18, 2010, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal| In this paper, wind tunnel results of a real time optimization of a morphing wing in wind tunnel for delaying the transition towards the trailing edge are presented. A morphing rectangular finite aspect ratio wing, having a wind tunnel experimental airfoil reference cross-section, was considered with its upper surface made of a flexible composite material and instrumented with Kulite pressure sensors, and two smart memory alloys actuators. Several wind tunnel tests runs for various Mach numbers, angles of attack and Reynolds numbers were performed in the 6'x9' wind tunnel at the Institute for Aerospace Research at the National Research Council Canada. Unsteady pressure signals were recorded and used as feed back in real time control while the morphing wing was requested to reproduce various optimized airfoils by changing automatically the two actuators strokes. The paper shows the optimization method implemented into the control software code that allows the morphing wing to adjust its shape to an optimum configuration under the wind tunnel airflow conditions. |Publisher||SciTePress, Science and Technology Publications| |Export citation||Export as RIS| |Report a correction||Report a correction (opens in a new tab)|

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An unmanned QF-16 aircraft prepares to participate in a graduation exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., May 14. The graduation exercise tests the aircraftís capabilities and connectivity to the White Sands Test System at White Sands Missile Range. The unmanned QF-16ís were converted to remotely piloted aircraft from retired F-16 Fighting Falcons. This is the second unmanned QF-16 to launch in history and the first to launch at Holloman AFB. All of this week's top headlines to your email every Friday.

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Military and aerospace applications demand lightweight, reliable, high density Space Grade microminiature connectors to perform in extreme environmental conditions. Ulti-Mate connectors have been proven to be able to withstand harsh environments for military and aerospace applications. Our expertise manufacturing custom connector and cable assembly solutions have exceeded design requirements with unique space constraints, weight restrictions, ruggedization requirements. From UAVs to gyroscopes, Ulti-Mate has many decades of experience when it comes to developing connectors for various military and aerospace OEMs. Ulti-Mate Micro D COTS product line includes commercial versions of the MIL-DTL-83513 and Mil Spec wired Micro D’s, solder cup and PCB connectors.

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Plano, TX, Aug. 31, 2010 — Along with showcasing its many fixed and transportable antenna products and systems, ASC Signal will exhibit its new Next Generation Controller (NGC) for satellite antenna systems at IBC 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, beginning Sept. 10. Incorporating the most current technology on the market, ASC Signal’s Next Generation Controller will end many of the challenges associated with integrating satellite Earth station subsystems. The controller will also reduce the cost and complexity of controlling multiple devices at once by providing control in one central device. “Our Next Generation Controller is state-of-the-art — there isn’t a comparable product on the market today,” said Keith Buckley, ASC President and CEO. The NGC will work with ASC’s full range of C-, Ku-, X- and Ka-band antennas, as well as its transportable Trifolds used by broadcasters, the military and many other antenna systems users. With its many features built inside its small, three-rack-unit frame, including a spectrum analyzer, redundancy switching and satellite acquisition assist capabilities, the new NGC is designed to make antenna installation and operation much easier and quicker. “Unlike any other controller, the NGC is unique because it offers customers the flexibility to upgrade and add capabilities as their budgets allow, making this an investment that’s not frozen as a one-time purchase,” Buckley said. Continuing a long-standing tradition of exhibiting at the IBC Conference that began when the company was part of Andrew Corporation, ASC Signal is using this premier international gathering to demonstrate the many benefits of the NGC and its entire suite of industry-leading satellite antenna technologies. The Company will have representatives from its many international sales and engineering offices to provide product demonstrations, as well as support its leadership position with the Society of Satellite Professionals International and the World Teleport Association during the conference. ASC Signal will demonstrate its new NGC in Booth C.51, Hall 1, RAI, Amsterdam. About ASC Signal ASC Signal is a multinational manufacturer of high-performance, highly-engineered satellite Earth station, radar and UHF antenna systems. The company’s customers include international broadcasters and Fortune 500 companies, as well as military and government organizations. ASC Signal leads through design innovation that capitalizes on a 40+ year heritage of engineering creativity and excellence. www.ascsignal.com

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- 1 What is aircraft Autobrake? - 2 How does an anti-skid system work? - 3 How do planes decelerate? - 4 Why do planes look slow when landing? - 5 Which brake is used in aircraft? - 6 What is Autobrake? - 7 What does an anti-skid warning indicate? - 8 Does ABS reduce braking distance? - 9 What does the ABS allow drivers to do? - 10 Can airplanes stop in the air? - 11 What stops a plane when it lands? - 12 At what speed a plane takes off? What is aircraft Autobrake? Autobrake systems reduce pilot workload during landing, by automatically applying smooth, even braking pressure to maintain a programmed deceleration value. They also reduce workload in a rejected take-off (RTO) scenario, helping to bring the aircraft to a halt as rapidly as possible. How does an anti-skid system work? The anti – skid system not only detects wheel skid, it also detects when wheel skid is imminent. Lower pressure is then maintained to the brake at a level that slows the wheel without causing it to skid. Maximum braking efficiency exists when the wheels are decelerating at a maximum rate but are not skidding. How do planes decelerate? Hall says small, propeller aircraft do use brakes almost exclusively to slow down. Commercial jet transport aircraft come to a halt through a combination of brakes, spoilers to increase wing drag and thrust reversers on the engines. Why do planes look slow when landing? Originally Answered: Why do airplanes appear to move so slowly when landing and taking of? A combination of size, distance and expectations. First off, aircraft are pretty big. Big objects appear to move more slowly – even when they are doing quite a turn. Which brake is used in aircraft? Modern aircraft typically use disc brakes. The disc rotates with the turning wheel assembly while a stationary caliper resists the rotation by causing friction against the disc when the brakes are applied. What is Autobrake? Landing. While landing, the autobrake can help to free up the pilot to allow monitoring other systems (such as the execution of the landing flare). When the landing feature of the autobrake is engaged, the aircraft automatically engages pressurized wheel braking upon touchdown to the landing surface. What does an anti-skid warning indicate? What does an anti – skid warning indicate? Definition. System failure or the system is turned off. Does ABS reduce braking distance? ABS lets you maintain vehicle stability and directional control, and may reduce stopping distances during hard braking — particularly on wet and icy roads. But to work properly, you have to allow your ABS to do its job. What does the ABS allow drivers to do? Four-wheel ABS (Anti-Lock Brake Systems) is a safe, effective braking system when used properly. It offers an important safety advantage by preventing the wheels from locking during emergency braking situations, allowing drivers to maintain control over steering and operate vehicles more effectively. Can airplanes stop in the air? Can an Airplane stand still in mid- air? Technically, it is possible for an airplane to hover for a few moments, but only in the rarest of circumstances. If weight and lift cancel each other out at the same exact time that thrust and drag cancel each other out, the plane would hover until one of these variables changed. What stops a plane when it lands? On any given modern aircraft, there are mainly three types of braking sources; ground spoilers, disc brakes, and thrust reversers. The three combined can provide the most potent braking effect post-landing. At what speed a plane takes off? Typical takeoff air speeds for jetliners are in the range of 240–285 km/h (130–154 kn; 149–177 mph). Light aircraft, such as a Cessna 150, take off at around 100 km/h (54 kn; 62 mph).

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Astronaut Edward Lu is a respected scientist, technologist, consultant and speaker. And he’s even been to space! He’s seen amazing stuff and he’s going to talk to us about it and more! He is a co-founder of LeoLabs, a company that provides orbital tracking and collision avoidance services for satellite operators. He is also the Executive Director of the B612 Foundation Asteroid Institute, a non-profit organization whose goal is to predict and prevent catastrophic asteroid impacts on Earth. Ed provides advice and guidance to leaders in business and government on complex technical issues, scientific and technology trends and long term strategic planning. He also serves as an advisor to several entrepreneurial companies in Silicon Valley. He is a highly sought-after speaker and has given talks around the world on innovation, technology, space, and energy. Formerly at Google, Inc., he led the Advanced Projects Group responsible for imaging for Google Street View and Google Maps/Earth, book scanning technology and innovative energy projects. Prior to Google, Ed had a distinguished twelve-year career as a NASA Astronaut. He flew on three space missions logging over 206 days in space. In 2003 with just nine weeks of training, he earned the distinction of being the First American to launch as the Flight Engineer on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. He became part of the first two-person skeleton crew to live aboard the International Space Station for six months. Ed received numerous commendations for his space service including NASA’s highest honour; the Distinguished Service Medal. Ed lives in Silicon Valley and is writing a book about his 6-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Ed joined us at our very first event in 2013 and so much has happened since then we are delighted to have him join us again.

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Flight AH1020 left Algiers airport, in Algeria, at 1.30pm local time was due to arrive in Marseille just after 4pm. The plane which could carry up to 123 people mysteriously disappeared off the radar for hours earlier today. But it is being reported the jet has landed safely in Algiers. Before it vanished, the flight radar showed the jet turn around and head back towards the point where it took off. The pilot returned the jet to the airport where it took off after experiencing a technical glitch, a source from Air Algeria told RIA Novosti. But at the moment it remains unclear what the technical fault was. All onboard are safe. Passengers will board another plane to continue the journey to France, officials have said. Flightradar24 said the passenger jet could have disappeared off the map because of the limited coverage in the country. We believe Air Algérie #AH1020 to be a *coverage issue* NOT a missing aircraft. Our ADS-B coverage in Algeria is limited.— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 6, 2016 Aircrafts do not show any activity under 17,000 on this flight path. This comes as the search for missing Malaysia MH370 was called off. It vanished, with 236 passengers onboard, when travelling to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur in March 2014. Chilling reports reveal the "rogue" pilot may have "deliberately" caused the jet's crash. And a medical plane that dropped off the radar plunged into a timber yard killing at least two onboard. The Piper PA31 was flying over northern California from Crescent City near Oregon, US, to Oakland, California when it disappeared.

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After receiving new, more powerful turboprop engines, the New York ANG's 109th Airlift Wing deployed the first of five Lockheed LC-130H Hercules transports to Antarctica on October 19 in support of research operations being conducted by the US National Science Foundation Poland’s first C-130H Hercules is currently being prepared for service at Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No 2 (WZL-2, Military Aircraft Works No 2) in Bydgoszcz We present a selection of images of visiting aircraft from airports around the UK. For the most part they’re commercial jets, but almost all of them are unusual types, wearing new or unique liveries, or first visits by an airline or airliner to a particular airport. Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas is the largest C-130 base in the world and home of Stateside Hercules training. Combat Aircraft Journal pays a visit to this super base and talks to the personnel of the 19th AW During the dates of April 28 to May 13, one of the largest multi-national combat training exercises was taking place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in Alaska. Key.Aero spoke to the Officer Commanding of No. 47 Squadron, RAF, Wg Cdr James Sjoberg, about the unit’s involvement at Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 22-1 Operating the C-130J Hercules, the Franco-German Joint Tactical Airlift Squadron is the first bi-national unit of its kind in Europe. Babak Taghvee investigates Giving the RAF’s Hercules transport force its own air-to-air refuelling capability was a boost for its commitment to the South Atlantic theatre in the aftermath of the 1982 war, as a former ‘Herc’ pilot relates Poland’s Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, located in the southeast of the country just 50 miles from the Ukraine border, could be playing a significant part of the NATO response to the ongoing Russian invasion, with multiple Allied transport aircraft arriving over the past 24 hours

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The car is called a fundamentally new attack helicopter. According to Boginsky, it will be an optionally manned vehicle. That is, it will exist in both manned and unmanned versions. In addition, the possibility of information interaction between different aircraft and points on the ground will be provided. The helicopter of the future will also be able to use unified weapons – suitable for different aircraft. Externally, the new helicopter may also be very different from the existing ones. Let us remind you that the Termit unmanned attack helicopter has recently been tested in Russia. From it, missiles were launched with a range of six kilometers.

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The sub-committee of the Air India Board will meet shortly with the leaders of the 14 trade unions representing a cross-section of staffers, including pilots and engineers, on the company’s cost-cutting and turnaround plan. “The unions are ready with their suggestions and will be meeting shortly with the panel to put across these suggestions,” union sources said here on Sunday. A constant monitoring of fuel consumption, minimum use of hotels, getting away with the practice of dual engineers (if the aircraft is of the same type and regulations permit), bringing-down overtime expenditures to almost zero-level are some of the suggestions that are likely to be presented to the panel, sources said. The Committee was set up recently, following which the executive pilots withdrew the agitation against slashing of their productivity-linked incentive (PLI) and flying allowance by 50 per cent. Besides Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav, the committee comprises Civil Aviation Ministry’s Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser E K Bharat Bhushan and Joint Secretary Prashant Sukul. The Committee would submit its recommendations to the Board within two months.

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There are around six million parts that comprise a 747. Someone, or more accurately a team of people, has had to assemble each and every one of those components. Teams of maintenance personnel will continue to service and repair those parts, keeping the aircraft in a safe operational state throughout the duration of its service life. As the world’s population takes ever more flights, millions of people are putting their lives in the hands of these maintenance staff. If you were about to board an aircraft, then just as surely as you would want the most experienced and skilled pilots in the cockpit, the same should be equally true of the team of maintenance workers who look after the functioning of all those parts. Maintenance personnel, by their very nature and the demands of their work, need to operate to the highest standards. They must have the passion to strive for technical excellence, as air passengers all over the world put their trust in these unseen armies with their armoury of tools and equipment. With rapid and relentless change taking place in the aviation industry, encompassing new safety and security standards, evolving information technology, next-generation aircraft, and fierce competition — combined with alarmingly unpredictable world financial markets and soaring fuel prices — the training and re-training of maintenance personnel is vital for airlines and MRO facilities if the aviation industry is to appropriately adapt to such dynamic change. It’s a genuine concern for the industry that there should be a lack of suitable people filling these crucial roles. The majority of maintenance tasks and safety checks must be carried out by humans; as yet, there are still no machines that can reliably draw upon the creativity and skilful application of the mind required to carry out safe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). This dearth of skilled labour and new entrants into the MRO industry needs to be addressed by OEMs, airlines and MRO facilities if they are going to cope with the forecasted explosion in the world’s aircraft numbers and the subsequent need for their maintenance. If the issue is not confronted immediately, there is a possibility that aircraft demand will be too great for MRO resources and a tipping point may be reached whereby maintenance capability is so stretched that MROs effectively control the airline industry. The importance of replenishing the maintenance profession with new skilled workers is apparent to many companies and those who wish to remain competitive are investing in new training developments for tomorrow’s maintenance personnel. The MRO facility British Airways Engineering (BA Engineering) is the MRO subsidiary of British Airways (BA), supporting the parent airline and other carriers. The company is constantly evolving to achieve maximum performance in the industry and David Smyth, manager of BA’s Engineering Learning Academy, explains how. “Despite the challenging financial pressures experienced across the world, we are committed to investing significantly in a number of training programmes and recognise that these are critical to our future. Last year at BA Engineering we hired 115 industrial apprentices, 20 business support apprentices and nine graduates,” he says. “This year we plan to take on even more and in addition to this, we have an ongoing programme to recruit and train a number of both mechanics and licensed aircraft engineers. Safety is of paramount importance and we embed a continuous improvement culture in our organisation to continue the exacting safety standards required by the industry.” In order to prepare for the boom in maintenance which the next 20 years have in store for the aviation industry, businesses not only have to attract a quality MRO labour force, they will also need to move with the times and deploy the most advanced training methods, being ready to adapt to new training concepts. As Smyth says: “We operate in a fast-paced and highly dynamic environment with changing requirements that must be acknowledged. For example, with next-generation aircraft being introduced into fleets of airlines across the world, we are entering a new era that will require engineers to use new technologies and different techniques, making training and preparation even more critical.” With regard to new facilities and innovations, Smyth adds: “We have made a substantial investment in three new state-of-the-art, bespoke training rooms to deliver theoretical and practical training elements for our short-haul Airbus fleet and future aircraft to be introduced to the fleet. These rooms move from a traditional ‘chalk and talk’ style of training, to an engaged hands-on simulation style to enhance learning. We are also looking at how we use mobile devices to support learning to add flexibility to our training proposition.” It is clear that new technology will play a major role in efforts to accelerate the recruitment and education of the next generation of maintenance personnel. As the industry is geared towards reducing turn around times (TAT) and benefitting from as much uptime as possible, the opportunity for trainees to actually gain experience on grounded aircraft is increasingly more difficult. Accordingly, many companies will look to virtual solutions, allowing engineers to practise on simulation aircraft. This technology also allows for trainees to become familiar with virtual examples of an airline’s new aircraft models before they are even integrated into the fleet. Another vital element of new training methods will be web-based applications. As Smyth states: “We have seen more of a shift towards e-learning which is particularly interesting as it is very useful for fact-based learning and when complimented with other styles of learning can be very effective. Working in the aviation industry, which is essentially an international environment, e-learning is highly beneficial because engineering staff at line stations across the globe will be able to access training tools wherever they are.” As well as adopting new technologies, the need for new educational establishments to train the next generation of maintenance workers will be crucial. This is acknowledged by businesses at the frontline of the problem. Established in 1969, Morson International is a recruitment company specialising in the engineering industry and was recently named the UK’s top technical recruiter in the industry’s Top 250 report. Ryan Hamer, a senior consultant at the firm, comments on the founding of new colleges and increased investment into higher education courses: “The clearest trend in the MRO training sector is to outsource training packages. We have seen the opening of colleges in the UK that deliver complete training to attain B1 and B2 licences; this has given MRO facilities the option to outsource training. So we are seeing higher skilled, academic personnel becoming engaged in MRO business activities due to these new colleges that concentrate primarily on MRO requirements.” Hamer also points out that fixed institutions — although much needed and welcomed — will not be the only answer. As well as new colleges, training will increasingly be made available in-house wherever needed. As he says: “The training sector is currently evolving into a mobile solution so that training can be delivered when the customer demands it. The training will travel to MROs when required.” The wide acceptance throughout the industry that encouraging a new influx of maintenance personnel is essential is at least getting more and more companies involved in collective efforts. “Naturally, as more organisations become involved, many major companies have now shown interest in supporting MRO training requirements, thus raising the level of quality within the training packages across the industry,” Hamer observes. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) play a central role in bolstering the training industry and helping it to expand. Boeing, as the world’s largest aerospace company and the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, is weighing into the challenge. The company employs more than 170,000 people in 70 different countries, easily representing one of the most diverse workforces in existence. From this remarkable staff, more than 140,000 employees hold degrees in a vast range of business and technical fields. “The challenge is always to deliver better training in less time and for less money, whilst still meeting any regulatory requirements. By better training, we really mean training that better prepares a mechanic to be able to start being effective on the job more quickly,” comments Steve Pennington, senior director of maintenance training with Boeing Flight Services. “At Boeing, we are continually looking for ways of providing more task-focused training within the existing training footprints. This means being responsive and adaptive to the needs of the mechanic and developing advanced media and training solutions to do this. Some examples of this are our licensed course materials package and the 360 airplane tours we’ve built. This approach is enabling our customer training organisations to be more self-sufficient and to satisfy much of their in-house needs, since they can generally do this more efficiently than any outside vendor, and offering substantial savings in the development of high quality materials and media to teach with.” The training sector will undoubtedly see new trends come and go. The teaching philosophies may alter, course programmes will be tweaked, and new technologies will be trialled. But whether it is fixed-base simulators or desktop simulators, mobile training solutions or static courses, the aim should always be the same: to impart the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain the world’s burgeoning aircraft fleet. With regard to Boeing’s role in this, Pennington says: “Our mission is to provide as much knowledge and skills transfer as we can prior to the launch of a new airplane programme to make sure our early customers have as successful an entry-into-service experience as possible. Beyond that, we’re here to provide continued support to all of our customers and will continue to evolve our training programmes accordingly.” Of all the varied factors that influence the maintenance training sector and contribute to its growth and improvement, Pennington is quick to emphasise what he regards as the most crucial element — people. “Despite all the great advances we see in technology, a good instructor is really at the heart of a great maintenance training programme. Boeing has always been able to attract and retain some of the best instructors in the industry. We have an amazing breadth of skills and experience within our team and we’re very privileged to be able to share this with our customers,” he explains. “But the skill set that we look for is evolving – it used to be enough that instructors had some relevant maintenance experience and brought some natural teaching ability, but now we need to expand this base level to include instructional systems, design expertise, an awareness of modern and evolving technologies and a degree of comfort in using non-traditional teaching strategies such as coaching and facilitation.” Over a 20-year period, the maintenance cost of owning an aircraft is second only to the fuel cost. In the next decade alone the global MRO demand will equate to hundreds of billions of dollars. Meeting the demands of scale and having consistent lines of maintenance and volume is vital for the success of any airline. Considering that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that between six and eight years of experience is required for an aircraft maintenance engineer to achieve adequate performance, the aviation industry has to ensure that sufficient numbers come into the maintenance industry and become tomorrow’s engineers.

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Talk about unusual. On Aug. 10, the U.S. Air Force announced it had sent its B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to join older, non-stealthy B-52 Stratofortresses and B-1 Lancers on Guam. It’s an extraordinary show of force in the Pacific region, because for the first time ever, America has based all three heavy bomber types on the island at once. Deborah Lee James, the Air Force secretary, described the deployments as providing a “valuable opportunity for our bomber crews to integrate and train together, as well as with our allies and partners through the region in a variety of missions.” But James did not elaborate on just how unusual the arrangement actually is, nor did she expand on any deeper possible reasons for basing Spirits, Lancers and Stratofortresses at the same base at same time — all within striking distance of China and North Korea. Sign up for our free e-mail list to see future vaticancatholic.com videos and articles.

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The Rafale fighter jets have been in the centre of all the media attention in India. Indian Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria praising the French-built jets had earlier stated that there is no question of parity between the Pakistan Air Force and the Indian Air Force while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that with Rafales, India does not need to cross the border. The Air Force Chief on Monday said, “The induction of Rafale is important because it will boost the Air Force’s fighting capability tremendously. Once Rafale is inducted, our immediate plan is to make Rafale and Su-30 as a potent force.” Before being delivered to India, the advanced Rafale fighter jets could undergo heat tests in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). France is a country of cold climate and while India experiences both severe winter and summer. There is no doubt that Rafale jets will stand India’s winter easily, however, whether it will be able to bear the intense heat or not needs to be tested. It will be tested in the UAE which is at least four to five degrees warmer than India. According to Defense Ministry sources, talks between the two countries have been held on this issue. The UAE already has a US airbase. Heat tests of Rafale aircraft will begin at this Al Dhafra airbase in Abu Dhabi. The tests are likely to be conducted in April or May when the maximum temperature reaches 50 degrees there. The objective of these tests is to see if the functioning of these aircraft is impacted by intense heat. If they see any kind of concern, France may have to make technical changes in the aircraft. The proposal given by France states that Indian Air Force officers and experts will be present during the heat test of the aircraft. The tests will be conducted under the supervision of the Indian side. Four Rafale aircraft are to be brought to India by August. In October, when Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited Paris, the formalities of handing over the Rafale aircraft were completed. But the aircraft are still in France.

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Senator Iroegbu in Abuja The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has perfected plans to use the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) platforms to maintain security in the nation’s waterways. To this end, the NAF would be deploying its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to assist in the effective surveillance and intelligence report on the activities of criminals within the maritime area to checkmate piracy, oil thieves and smugglers. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated this on Wednesday when the Director-General, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, visited his office to strengthen areas of partnership with the Agency. Abubakar said that maritime environment is one the most important for Nigeria and that NAF is collaborating with NIMASA to ensure safety and security of the whole sector through air patrols, monitoring and enforcement. He said: “We have actually been partners and we have been operating together for so many years because the maritime environment is one of the most important environments in this our great nation. “We are therefore, doing everything humanly possible right now in the maritime environment in the area of maritime patrol air planes, with which we have been working with you before and we are trying to see how we can get more planes. In fact, in our strategic plan, we intend to acquire the CASA 295 Air Craft, which is another maritime patrol aircraft that can be used to handle some of the situations in our maritime environment. But in the meantime, we trying to see how we can get back our second ATR 42 aircraft which is another maritime patrol aircraft. “ MORE TO FOLLOW

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Miscommunication Nearly Led to Russian Jet Shooting Down British Spy Plane, U.S. Officials Say LONDON — A Russian fighter jet fired a missile at a manned British surveillance aircraft flying over the Black Sea in September but the munition malfunctioned, according to U.S. defense officials and a recently leaked classified U.S. intelligence report. The incident was far more serious than originally portrayed and could have amounted to an act of war. According to two U.S. defense officials, the Russian pilot had misinterpreted what a radar operator on the ground was saying to him and thought he had permission to fire. The pilot, who had locked on the British aircraft, fired, but the missile did not launch properly. In October, Britain’s defense secretary, Ben Wallace, described the close call in a briefing to Parliament members as “potentially dangerous” after the Russian fighter jet “released a missile in the vicinity” of the British aircraft. But one of the leaked documents said the Sept. 29 event was a “near-shoot down.” The Russian Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. The dance between surveillance aircraft from the United States and other NATO countries, and Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea has played out for years, especially after Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. Tensions have only grown as Ukraine increasingly relies on Western-gathered intelligence to push back against the Russian invasion that began last year. Last month, a Russian warplane knocked into a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, hitting the drone’s propeller and causing it to crash in international waters. The collision was the first known physical contact between the Russian and American militaries since the war in Ukraine started. The two U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the near shoot down in September confirmed the seriousness of the encounter between the British plane — a four-engine aircraft known as an RC-135 Rivet Joint — and two Russian Su-27 fighter jets. The British aircraft is often manned with a crew of around 30 people and is capable of intercepting radio traffic. The defense officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said the British Rivet Joint was listening to intercepted communications between a Russian radar controller on the ground and one of the pilots of the Russian Su-27s dispatched to monitor the aircraft. What we consider before using anonymous sources. Do the sources know the information? What’s their motivation for telling us? Have they proved reliable in the past? Can we corroborate the information? Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. The British Rivet Joint was in international airspace off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea. The pilots of the Russian aircraft were not in visual range of the British patrol but were equipped with missiles capable of hitting it, the officials said. One of the officials who was briefed on the encounter called it “really, really scary.” Asked to comment on The New York Times’s reporting and the leaked document, a British defense official said in a statement, “A significant proportion of the content of these reports is untrue, manipulated, or both. We strongly caution against anybody taking the veracity of these claims at face value and would also advise them to take time to question the source and purpose of such leaks.” In his October briefing to lawmakers, Mr. Wallace said that he took his concerns following the incident to the Russian military, including Russia’s minister of defense, Sergei K. Shoigu. The Kremlin indicated there had been a “technical malfunction,” Mr. Wallace said, adding that he did not consider the incident a deliberate escalation by the Russians, according to a Reuters report at the time. Mr. Wallace said that in the wake of the incident, surveillance flights were initially suspended, but then were restarted with fighter aircraft escorts. Now, British Rivet Joints patrolling over the Black Sea fly with at least one Typhoon fighter jet alongside. The September episode has eerie echoes of a time during the Cold War when Soviet fighter jets scrambled to intercept what they feared was a hostile aircraft that was actually Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747 passenger jet. The airliner had accidentally flown into Soviet airspace, and after a Soviet pilot gave a partial description of the passenger jet to a ground radar station, he was given permission to fire. All 269 people aboard were killed after two air-to-air missiles slammed into the aircraft. With tensions high and miscommunication a staple of wartime environments, NATO surveillance flights are now flying farther away from Crimea than permitted by international law. Instead of 12 miles off the coast, which counts as international airspace, the U.S. military is currently observing a wider limit of about 46 miles, which is described in one of the leaked documents as a “SECDEF Directed Standoff.” The classified documents also point to a number of air-to-air incidents involving Russian aircraft and NATO planes and drones that occurred since the Sept. 29 near shoot down. From Oct. 1 to Feb. 22, British, French and American flights reacted to six different events in which Russian aircraft approached their patrols, from distances of six nautical miles to just 100 feet. Source: Read Full Article

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DHL has repositioned one of its Boeing 757 which saw its cargo door open midair in February. The aircraft made its way from Leipzig/Halle Airport to Budapest yesterday, likely to undergo further repairs. Considering the low altitude of the flight, it is possible the plane was unpressurized during this repositioning trip. As noted by FlightRadar24.com on Twitter yesterday, a DHL Boeing 757-200 made its way from Leipzig to Budapest yesterday. The aircraft, registration G-DHKZ, is the same plane that suffered a midflight door opening in February. The incident caused significant damage and it was grounded in Leipzig for nearly three months. G-DHKZ has just transferred from Leipzig to Budapest (given the max altitude of about 10,000 feet, likely unpressurized). The main cargo door on this 757 opened immediately after take off on 13 Feb and the flight returned to LEJ safely. https://t.co/nuo3gqLr53 pic.twitter.com/yIRt3IkOvf — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 4, 2021 The plane made its first flight since February 13th yesterday, flying from Leipzig/Halle Airport to Budapest Airport. The flight itself took just one hour and twenty minutes and was fairly routine. However, notably, the aircraft never crossed an altitude of 10,000 feet during its cruise. This signals that the cabin was unpressurized during this flight, possibly due to the damage sustained during the last incident. When an aircraft cabin is not pressurized, altitude must be kept below 10,000 feet so that passengers and crew can breathe without supplemental oxygen. Such a low-altitude flight likely required prior approval from German, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian authorities before being allowed to fly. Simple Flying has reached out to DHL to request a statement about this repositioning flight. The statement will be added here when it is received. As mentioned earlier, this particular 757-200 suffered a rare incident a few months ago: a door opening while flying. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Leipzig, with the plane only reaching 5,300 feet before returning. The aircraft landed safely 15 minutes later, although some airframe parts landed a few miles away from the airport due to the incident. No civilians were hurt during the incident and no cargo was lost either. The door that opened was a cargo door on the fuselage, one that is much larger than standard passenger doors. These outward opening doors make it much easier to load and remove cargo pallets at airports around the world. An incident as rare and dangerous as this warrants extensive investigations and repairs before the plane can return to the skies. The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation is currently investigating and will return its findings on why this occurred. Until then, DHL is likely working hard to return its jet to service and ensure similar incidents do not happen again. As a major freight logistics company, DHL operates a diverse fleet of aircraft across its subsidiaries globally. The company flies 187 planes in total, according to Planespotters.net. This includes 41 Boeing 767s, 36 757s, 36 Airbus A300s, 23 737s, 17 777Fs, 13 A330s, 12 747s, eight ATR 42/72s, and one Tupolev Tu-204. The demand for cargo has increased rapidly in the last year as overall capacity has fallen due to the lack of international flights. Due to this increase, DHL has leased dozens of aircraft to keep up with requests and operates a full schedule.

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Friends of ours were booked on Monarch to return from Portugal but their flights were changed to Ryanair. They couldn't land at Manchester or Liverpool for some reason so were told they would be landing in Dublin with three hours wait then taken to Manchester. In the event, this was on Monday, they still flew them into Dublin, knowing that the airport would be closed because of the wind. They were dumped there, no help offered at all, complete chaos. We got them a hotel and the first flight out was TODAY, so two nights in a very expensive hotel (not much choice, all had doubled their prices or were completely unavailable), extra subsistence etc, no compensation offered as yet. I wouldn't fly with them if they were the last airline going on our route, no sirree!

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It is acceptable for an airport to have only one FBO if it is impractical to have two. At many airports there is enough land to go around, but not enough business. Or is there? Who decides? The FAA. And to do so, the FAA created The Airport Compliance Program.

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An Alaska Airlines flight that had just departed from Sea-Tac Airport returned to the airport after pilots heard a person banging on the cargo compartment Monday afternoon. Alaska Flight 448 to Los Angeles returned to the airport after only 14 minutes in the air to investigate the noise from the forward cargo hold beneath the plane’s passenger compartment. Air traffic controllers gave the pilots priority over other flights to get the plane back on the ground, the airline said. Rescue workers and airline officials discovered a baggage handler, an employee of Alaska contractor Menzies Aviation, in the cargo compartment when they opened its door. The compartment is both pressurized and temperature controlled, said an airline spokesman. The worker told investigators he had fallen asleep in the compartment. Both airline and airport officials were investigating the incident. The compartment carries luggage and cargo. The trapped worker was taken to a hospital to be checked. He was able to walk away from the aircraft under his own power after the cargo door was opened. Passenger Marty Collins told KOMO-TV that the flight was surrounded by emergency vehicles when it returned to the airport. She said passengers did not hear the worker banging or making noise. “Nobody on the plane heard anything like that, nobody knew why we were turning around,” she told the station. “They just said we were fine and we weren’t in any danger.” Passengers were later told about the situation. “They just said there was someone in the cargo hold and he’s been escorted off and taken away,” she said. Flight passenger Jesse Sycuro told KING-TV that passengers in first class “heard banging from underneath us and a person yelling for help.” According to Sycuro, two air marshals jumped up and spoke with a flight attendant, who alerted the pilot. “And shortly after that, we heard the announcement that the plane was going to be turned around,” Sycuro told KING-TV. “The banging continued for quite a while we were circling. … Air marshals banged back down trying to communicate with the person in the hold and yelling down that we were landing.” The flight departed again at 3:52 p.m. and landed in Los Angeles about 6:30, around 80 minutes late, according to the airline’s website.

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Alaska-Siberia Lend-Lease Memorial and Ladd Field, Fairbanks When I wrote my post about construction of the Alaska Highway I mentioned the “Northern Staging Route,” the series of airfields through which military aircraft were ferried from the U.S. to the Soviet Union during World War II. Since I broached the subject I thought I would share a photograph of the Alaska-Siberia Lend-Lease Monumenthere in Fairbanks, and some photos I took years ago of the historic area at Ladd Field (now Fort Wainwright). The bronze sculpture of two WW II pilots was produced by Juneau artist, Richard T. Wallen. The project was spearheaded by the Alaska-Siberia Research Center, a non-profit organization based in Juneau, and the sculpture was dedicated in 2006. It commemorates the Lend-Lease program during World War II through which almost 8,000 military aircraft were ferried for the United States, via Canada and Alaska, to Siberia and the war fronts in the western Soviet Union. |Hanger No. 1 Ladd Field was the transfer site for the aircraft. U.S. pilots ferried the planes from Great Falls, Montana to Fairbanks, and Soviet pilots flew the planes from there to Siberia. Hanger No. 1 on Fort Wainwright was built in 1941 and was the only hanger at the field for two years. The field is a National Historic Landmark. Other buildings around the “Quadrangle” were also built in 1941, and additional facilities were added between 1942-1945. The buildings around the Quadangle included Officers Quarters, Commanding Officer’s Quarters, and an Administrative Center (now Murphy Hall). |Quadrangle looking north from Hanger No. 1 I’m working on a drawing of Hanger No. 1 and when that is finished I’ll write in more detail about Ladd Field and the Northern Staging Route.

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How Strateole 2 came about The Strateole 2 project was conceived with the LMD dynamic meteorology laboratory at CNRS, the French national scientific research centre, in 2006 as a follow-on to the large-scale French-U.S. Strateole-Vorcore climate research project in the Antarctic. Analysis of data from Strateole-Vorcore opened new avenues for scientific investigation, not in the polar regions but in equatorial regions. Strateole 2 precursors Four previous projects conducted scientific survey campaigns at different latitudes using superpressure balloons: - STRATEOLE-VORCORE in the Antarctic (McMurdo), flying 27 balloons from September 2005 to February 2006 - AMMA-Driftsondes in the tropics from Africa (Niger) to the West Indies, in September-October 2006 - Pre-Concordiasi in equatorial regions, circling the planet from the Seychelles from February to May 2010 - CONCORDIASI in the Antarctic (McMurdo), flying 19 balloons from September 2010 to February 2011 The capabilities of the balloons, flight systems and control centre used for these campaigns have been progressively enhanced to make the Strateole 2 mission possible. They now have the ability to carry more instruments, supply more power, transmit more data and operate effectively in the tough conditions of the equatorial lower stratosphere. Strateole 2 flight plan The first instruments specifically for Strateole 2 were conceived in 2010. Project development started in 2014 and got the official go-ahead mid-2016. The Seychelles were chosen as the balloon launch site on the basis of a comparative multicriteria study of nine potential equatorial sites. A key factor in this choice was the probability of maintaining the flights for long enough in the required equatorial band for the mission, between 15° North and 20° South. The Strateole 2 project schedule is: - 2018-2019 validation campaign: 6 balloons launched during the boreal winter to validate the technologies developed by CNES and research laboratories. - First science campaign in 2020-2021: 20 balloons launched between mid-October and mid-December 2020. - Second science campaign in 2023-2024: 20 balloons launched between mid-October and mid-December 2023.

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Cathay Pacific has revealed it will be launching its second South African route to Cape Town starting November 13, 2018 confirming speculation that it would soon be announcing the service. The service initially will only run as a seasonal operation, however, with flights three times a week between November 13, 2018 and February 18, 2019. The departing flight CX795 will leave Hong Kong just before midnight on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, arriving in Cape Town the following morning. The return flight CX794 will then depart before noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays before arriving back in Hong Kong the next morning. “We are very pleased to be able to expand our services in Africa, a booming aviation market,” said Cathay Pacific CEO, Rupert Hogg. “Growing our reach to destinations that are not otherwise served from Hong Kong creates considerable new opportunities for business, trade and tourism, in addition to strengthening our home hub.” Currently, Cathay Pacific passengers can travel between Hong Kong and Cape Town by flying the airline’s daily service to Johannesburg (JNB), operated by its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and then connecting on to flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town (CPT) by Kulula Airlines, a low-cost subsidiary of British Airways franchisee, Comair. This journey takes 17 hours and 55 minutes in total with a minimum transfer time of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The new non-stop flight will take just 14 hours and 20 minutes. |CX795||Hong Kong (HKG)||Cape Town (CPT)||2345||0805+1||Tue, Thu, Sun| |CX794||Cape Town (CPT)||Hong Kong (HKG)||1105||0655+1||Mon, Wed, Fri| Cathay Pacific will fly its three-class Airbus A350-900 on the route, which has 38 seats in business class, 28 in premium economy and 214 in economy. Business class is laid out 1-2-1 in a herringbone pattern, while premium economy is configured 2-4-2 and economy 3-3-3. Business Traveller has previously reviewed both business class and premium economy on board Cathay Pacific’s A350-900. - Flight review: Cathay Pacific A350-900 business class - Flight review: Cathay Pacific A350-900 premium economy class Cathay Pacific is due to take delivery of the newer variant of the A350 family, the A350-1000, later this year, which it will launch on its new non-stop service to Washington DC on September 15. Airbus’s newest aircraft was delivered to launch customer Qatar Airways on Tuesday and will reportedly debut on the Doha-based carrier’s London Heathrow service.

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Pilot training is vital and inevitable for anyone aspiring to fly an aircraft, whether small or bigger. One of the crucial parts of the pilot training course is offering instrument knowledge. The instructors are contentiously involved with the instrument training while opting for making a proficient and well-versed pilot. That is why it is the primary and inseparable part of the pilot training course. Let’s talk about the prudency of instrument pilot course in West Palm Beach, FL, while getting pilot training! Why is the instrument pilot training an integral part of the pilot training course? The need for an instrument pilot training course is vital because, The flight is equipped with different instruments Technological advancements have even reached aircraft. In fact, aircraft are a more evident aspect where this advancement can vibrantly be seen. However, the technological inclusion of the aircraft ensures more convenience and ease for the passengers on board; at the same time, it has extended the responsibilities of the pilots to be more tech-savvy and well-versed about the instruments available in the aircraft to take a safe flight always. The instruments help to alleviate accidents and uncertainties Adverse incidents are unpredictable not only in the sky routes but also in the roadways or waterways. Whereas other routes can have support and other resilience to support, pilots can hardly avail of any in the top-most level off the ground. In such uncertain situations, it is the instrument that can alleviate the problem and safeguard the lives of the people in an aircraft and on the ground. One can easily find a convenient and safer way to avoid the inconveniences. This skill of operating instruments is thus an important part of a pilot training course. The pilot can safely disembark the passengers on board The Instrument Pilot Training in West Palm Beach, FL, helps to ensure the safety of the passengers. Irrespective of flying a smaller or larger-sized aircraft, you can have at least one or two boarders whom you should safely land on the ground. Moreover, you should also be careful of safe landing if flying alone. This is because, in any way, the lives on the ground can be greatly hampered if you mishandle or are inefficient in handling the instruments available inside the aircraft. Henceforth, there is no need to separately get an Instrument Pilot course in West Palm Beach, FL, as you will be learned this in your pilot training course only. However, you can get up-skill training to develop your knowledge about newer instruments incorporated into the aircraft. Meet us to know more about the pilot training course or enroll your name for the training!

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Jump directly to the content MORE FROM THE SUN Plane crashes and air disasters A NEW HOPE More MH370 ‘plane debris' found by victims’ families demanding new jet probe MH370 experts demand jungle search after ‘wreckage’ spotted on Google Maps DOWNED BY JET? MH370 investigator claims passenger jet was intercepted before disappearing MH370 won't be found 'as search isn't based on pilot being suicidal' MH370 pilot flew 'doomed' jet over his hometown for 'emotional goodbye' JET RIDDLE SOLVED? MH370 experts convinced they finally know what happened to missing plane Drug-fuelled student with 'bombs' held jet passengers hostage for TWO HOURS 'HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE' Hero tells how he tackled passenger screaming 'I’m going to blow the f****** plane up' on Malaysia Airlines flight - as chilling audio reveals pilot's mayday call 'I'm going to blow up this plane' Passenger wrestled to the ground by fellow fliers after screaming he had a bomb and forcing Malaysia Airlines jet to make emergency landing ‘IT’S A KICK IN THE GUTS’ Hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks without search teams finding a single body ARE THEY FROM MH370? Woman believes she has debris from doomed flight - including a SLIPPER seen on CCTV footage

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This KF607 GPS drone equipped with a built-in GPS system ensures a stable and accurate flight. High-definition 1080p Camera, 2.4G Wifi FPV Real-time Transmission, Gesture Video/Photo, Follow Me Mode allows it to have a quality aerial performance. The high-energy-density lithium battery boosts power and delivers 15 minutes of flight time, giving you a more extensive flight experience, making it an ideal gift for kids and adults. Function: Up/down, forward/backward, turn left/right, 1080P camera, one key to take off/land/return, follow me, waypoint flight, point of Interest, gesture photo/video, GPS positioning, speed control, headless mode. • HD Camera: 90°adjustable camera angle and 1080P high-definition 120°wide-angle camera capture stunning sharp and vivid images with expansive backgrounds. • Gesture Photo/Video: In the gesture control mode, you enable to take a picture by posing Victory gestures while taking a video by posing Palm gestures which achieves great convenience in photography. • Waypoint Flight: The drone allows you to set the desired flight path and then the aircraft can fly from the initial point to complete the preset flight path. • GPS Retrieval Function: Click the GPS signal icon 3 times in the APP interface to open the map interface, and then the map will show the last distance and latitude and longitude of the aircraft • Endurance for 15 min-the The Modular battery with real-time batter display applies 7.4V 1200mAh capacity long-lasting flight. • Follow me - After setting a target, the drone will automatically recognize objects of different shapes and sizes then tracks them according to what they are and how fast they move. • Warranty-Any problem, please contact our store without hesitation. Honor to serve you. Model: KF607 GPS Size: 28.5 * 28.* 5.8cm/11.22 * 11 * 2.28in(unfolding); 13.2 * 7.5 * 5.8cm/5.2 * 2.95 * 2.28(folding) Color: Dark Grey Max. Flight Time 15 mins Satellite Systems GPS / GLONASS Remote Distance 250m Gesture Control Distance 1-3 meters GPS Follow Me Distance: 30m+ Image Transmission Distance 100m Image Transmission Frequency 2.4G Wifi Video Resolution 1280*720P Photo Resolution 1920*1080P Frame rate 20 fps Lens Angel 120° Mobile Device System iOS 8.0 or later/Android 4.4.4 or later Adjustable Camera Angle 90° INTELLIGENT FLIGHT BATTERY Battery Type LiPo Charging Time 150 mins USB Charging 5V/2A REMOTE CONTROLLER BATTERY Operating Frequency 2.4GHz Battery 3.7V 350mAh Lithium Battery Battery Life: 10h Charging Time 50min Package Size: 25.4 * 19.3 * 9cm Package Weight: 812g General box packing. * There could be a few deviations due to manual measurement or slight color difference owing to photographing condition. Thank you for your understanding. * Don't over-charge, or over-discharge the battery. 1 * RC Quadcopter 1 * Remote Controller 1* Spare Propellers Set 1 * Screwdriver 1 * Aircraft Charging Cable 1 * Remote Controller Charging Cable 1 * Drone User Manual 1 * APP Introduction 1 * Drone Battery

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Thu, Oct 28, 2004 F-15 Exercise Next Month At Tyndall AFB With no aerial conflicts about, the Air Force's F-15C drivers are headed back to the practice range. It's time for a William Tell exercise. It's the first time in eight years the Air Force has conducted the air-to-air exercise. For two weeks, air crews go head-to-head in a test of skills and a chance to exchange tactical This year, something a little different has been added. For the first time in "William Tell's" 50-year history, the 64th Aggressor Squadron from Nellis AFB (NV) will take part. The exercise runs from November 8th through the 19th. Also: Airborne at XPONENTIAL, AMA On Mil-Airspace, Canadian Drones, AMA Legislative Efforts With an appearance not all that different than many of the multi-copters we’re all>[...] The World's Greatest Gathering Of 'All Things Unmanned' Will Get Expert Live Coverage! The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and their "Airborne-Unmann>[...] Also: Aeryon Labs, Northrop Grumman, XTAR Connectivity, Bowling Green Drones The broadcast platforms of tomorrow may well be unmanned... and 360 Designs has just introduced the Fly>[...] Also: Peggy Whitson!, AUVSI 2017 Live, Air Medical Group, Canadian Airports, GLO Bankrupt, WestJet, Second T-X A HondaJet has officially secured its first speed records over two re>[...] Also: American Airlines, Airborne-NextGen, Biofuel, ATR 72-600, Gogo, Drone Drive, L3 Aviation Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider to the edge of space to colle>[...]

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Power and support for 12,500 civil aero engines on over 30 types of commercial aircraft around the world. Power for all major defence aircraft sectors: transport; combat; patrol; trainers; helicopters and, unmanned vehicles. World leader in power for the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry, including 35 pipelines across 24 countries. Marine products on 30,000 vessels for over 4,000 commercial and 70 naval customers worldwide. FTSE100 index value (Delayed by 15 minutes) -15.00 (-1.42%) 16:35 31 Jul 2014 Detailed share price 31 Jul 2014 Rolls-Royce appoints Ruth Cairnie as a Non-Executive Director View desktop site

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The global satellite data service market was valued at US$ 6.18 billion in 2020 and US$ 7.35 billion in 2021, and is further anticipated to reach US$ 26.73 billion by 2028, registering a CAGR of 20.2% from 2021 to 2028. Satellite data service is a process of collection of data about earth, through man-made satellites which are present in the earth’s orbit. These satellites generate and capture information about changes in the weather and surface on the earth. Imaging satellites are responsible for the clicking of images and sending them to the authorized center. These images are further used for commercial process called commercial satellite imaging. Several commercial uses of the images are – securing energy resources, surveillance of areas around the border, environment management & control and mapping of projects under construction. Satellite data service is widely used for observation of the earth and in the development of smart cities. Satellite data service also proves to be a big help in the building of infrastructure projects by providing high resolution images. These images further help the engineers & administrators by providing more accuracy in the construction. Increasing prevalence in the demand of satellite data services for industries like oil, mining, agriculture and gas are the key reasons which fuels the demand of the global satellite data service market. Moreover, demand in earth observation satellites, demand for satellites in mapping construction sites and advancements in geospatial imagery analytic also propel the growth of global satellite data service market. Lack of launch vehicles for the small category of satellites and stringent government regulations are the factors which hurdles the growth of the global satellite data service. Limited satellite bandwidth, satellite internal legacy, complex nature of satellite and high costs are the key reasons which challenges the global satellite data service market. Several companies are trying their level best in the area to provide better & advanced features in the field of satellite data services. Increase in the uses of artificial intelligence, high usage of machine language and cloud in the aerospace sector provide lucrative opportunities in the market growth of global satellite data service market. The global satellite data service market is bifurcated on the basis of Service, Vertical, End User and region. Based on the Service, global satellite data service market is segmented into Image Data & Data Analytics. Based on Vertical type, the market is classified into Energy, Defense, Intelligence, Environmental, Maritime, Insurance, Transportation & Logistics. and Power. Based on end user, the global satellite data service market is segmented into Government, military and commercial. On the basis of region, the global satellite data service market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Rest of the World (RoW). The North America is further classified into U.S. & Canada. Europe is further segmented into Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Russia, Spain, and rest of Europe. Asia-Pacific is segmented into China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and rest of APAC. Currently, Asia-Pacific dominates the global satellite data service market. Over a long period of time, data analytics and satellite imaging technologies have widely been used in Asia-Pacific for the development of certain areas marking the market growth. Prominent players in the global satellite data service market are DigitalGlobe, URSA Space Systems, ImageSat International, L3Harris Technologies, Airbus S.A.S., East View Geospatial Inc., Maxar Technologies, Satellite Imaging Corporation, Ursa Space Systems Inc, SpecTIR LLC and Trimble Inc. among others. Market Segmentation and scope of the global Satellite data service market. Key Players in the global satellite data service market

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World Bulletin/News Desk The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. A Soyuz capsule under an orange parachute raised clouds of dust as it ignited an engine to cushion its landing some 150 km (90 miles) southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan at 8:31 a.m. (0231 GMT), Russian television showed in a live broadcast. "The crew are feeling well," Mission Control outside Moscow said in a radio transmission, as several search and rescue helicopters hovered around the capsule on a bright morning. The three astronauts were shown smiling, seated in semi-reclined chairs and covered with blue thermal blankets, waiting for medical tests after their landing. About 3-1/2 hours earlier, space station commander Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko departed the $100-billion orbital outpost as it sailed 255 miles (410 km) over eastern Mongolia. "It's just been an extremely fulfilling and amazing experience," Hadfield radioed to flight controllers on Monday. The mission included an impromptu spacewalk on Saturday to fix an ammonia coolant leak that had cropped up two days earlier. Without the repair, NASA likely would have had to cut back the station's science experiments to save power. The cooling system dissipates heat from electronics on the station's solar-powered wing panels. During a 5-1/2-hour spacewalk, Marshburn and Chris Cassidy, who remains aboard the station, replaced a suspect ammonia coolant pump, apparently resolving the leak. Engineers will monitor the system for several weeks to make sure there are no additional problems. Hadfield made history on Monday when he released the first music video shot in space, turning an astronaut into an overnight music sensation with his zero-gravity version of David Bowie's hit "Space Oddity." The mission of Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko, who blasted off 146 days ago, was the 35th expedition aboard the space station, a permanently staffed laboratory for biomedical, materials science, technology demonstrations and other research. Their replacements are due to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 28. Until then, a skeleton crew commanded by Pavel Vinogradov and including NASA astronaut Cassidy and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will keep the station operating. The crew's return to Earth comes on the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first U.S. space station, Skylab. Three crews lived and worked on the relatively short-lived Skylab between May 1973 and February 1974. The project helped NASA prepare for in-flight research aboard the space shuttles and the International Space Station, which was constructed in orbit beginning in 1998. The outpost, which is scheduled to remain in orbit until at least 2020, has been permanently staffed since November 2000.Last Mod: 14 Mayıs 2013, 09:44

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We’ve known for years that there is at least some water ice on Mars, but it’s been hard to pin down where it is and how easy it would be to extract. New data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates there could be a lot of it in giant sheets that run for hundreds of meters hiding just below the surface. This could make future manned missions to explore Mars much more feasible. The dusty Martian surface has proven adept at hiding the planet’s icy deposits. While several rovers and ground probes have studied Mars up close, they can only probe the top meter or so of the surface. Scientists have long suspected that any significant sources of water ice on Mars would be under the surface where they remain protected — from us and from the elements. Luckily, erosion happens on Mars just like it does on Earth. Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has spotted several places where erosion has revealed vast ice sheets (in blue above). Using high-resolution images from the orbiter’s HiRISE camera, NASA has identified eight scarps (steep slopes) where thick layers of water ice are visible along the planet’s mid-latitudes. The team theorizes the ice was deposited in the past as snow before being compacted and obscured by the dust and rocks of Mars. Readings indicate the ice is relatively pure and several meters thick at least. Some deposits are believed to be as much as 100 meters thick. On top of the ice is a “cap” of ice mixed with rock and dust a few more meters thick. NASA believes that access to water on Mars is essential to any long-term exploration plans. Every speck of matter you launch into space adds tremendously to the cost. Taking all the water necessary to sustain human astronauts adds significant complications. Water isn’t only for people — splitting the molecules into oxygen and hydrogen yields fuel that can be used for a return trip, saving even more on launch costs. The search is on for more examples of these icy scarps. The eight identified by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are between 55 and 60 degrees north or south of the equator. These regions of the planet get very chilly at night, so most missions stick to a narrow band around the equator. If icy scarps are found in those regions, it could be a boon to future human exploration. However, NASA worries deposits could be hidden deeper under the surface in these warmer areas. NASA’s 2020 rover will bring ground-penetrating radar to the red planet that might point scientists in the right direction. The Opportunity Rover Has Now Operated for 5,000 Martian Days This plucky little robot has just spent is 5,000th Martian day on the red planet. It was only supposed to last 90 Martian days. Giant Martian Dust Storm Threatens Opportunity Rover NASA says the plucky little rover remains operational, and the team hopes it will meet this challenge as it has so many others. NASA Loses Contact With Opportunity Rover as Martian Dust Storm Rages On NASA now says the rover has missed its latest check-in. That suggests its batteries are drained, and that could spell the end for this tenacious little solar-powered rover. Mysterious Martian Rocks Finally Explained The Mars of today is almost completely geologically inert, but that was not always the case. Scientists believe they've identified a process that created the previously unexplained Medusae Fossae formations on the planet's surface.

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They've flown on high-profile interplanetary and more modest low-Earth-orbiting missions, but in all cases the ubiquitous fluxgate magnetometers that scientists use to measure the intensity of a magnetic field will degrade over time. A technologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, now is developing a self-calibrating magnetometer that would be ideal for measuring the intensity and orientation of magnetic lines from both CubeSat and more traditional spacecraft. With Goddard research-and-development funding, Todd Bonalsky is developing a functioning prototype, which he plans to fly on a sounding-rocket mission called Visualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral Atom Sensing-2, or VISIONS-2, in 2018. VISIONS-2 is designed to study the outflow of oxygen ions from Earth's upper atmosphere and into the magnetosphere. The prototype combines two types of magnetometers -- the highly precise fluxgate and the optically pumped atomic magnetometer -- into one relatively small package that could be used on constellation-type missions where multiple CubeSats are deployed to gather simultaneous, multi-point observations. This technique particularly is effective for studying Earth's ever-changing, enveloping magnetic fields. "We've already shown we can take relatively large, power-hungry fluxgate magnetometers and shrink them down to fly on CubeSats," said Bonalsky, who successfully miniaturized a fluxgate magnetometer for the Dellingr CubeSat mission (this could link to the Dellingr feature slated for late July), which NASA recently launched. A Goddard team purposely developed Dellingr to improve the reliability of these small platforms. "Now, I want to incorporate our miniaturized fluxgate with an absolute atomic magnetometer to create a fully self-calibrating, miniaturized vector magnetometer for CubeSats and small satellites, alike. This never hasn't been done before," he said. Need for a Hybrid System The need for an all-in-one instrument lies in the inherent advantages and disadvantages of both magnetometers, made more challenging as technologists attempt to further shrink the size of these instruments to fit inside CubeSats, whose units measure only four inches on a side. Made of a core, which is highly susceptible to magnetization, and two coils of wire to resemble a transformer, fluxgate magnetometers have long been scientific workhorses due to their overall rugged construction and accuracy. They work when an alternating current, or AC, is passed through one coil, called the primary, to produce an alternating magnetic field that induces AC in the other coil, called the secondary. The intensity and phase of the AC in the secondary are constantly measured. When a change occurs in the external magnetic field, the output of the secondary coil changes. The extent and phase of this change can be analyzed to determine the intensity and orientation of the magnetic fields in question. Consequently, the device measures not only the magnetic field of an object, but also its direction, whether it's north, south, east, or west. However, ever-changing temperatures such as those encountered in space will reduce its performance over time. Consequently, mission planners occasionally fly an atomic magnetometer, which operates under a different set of principles, to maintain the fluxgate's calibration. First developed more than 50 years ago, atomic magnetometers are made of alkali gases, such as rubidium or cesium, which send out a frequency proportional to the magnetic field. In other words, they literally resonate -- like a crystal wineglass when its rim is rubbed -- indicating the extent of a magnetic field. Atomic magnetometers, unfortunately, aren't a panacea, either. While not prone to drifting or degradation, they only can measure the field's magnitude, not its direction. Under his R&D funding, Bonalsky is developing a self-calibrating hybrid system combining both measurement techniques. To achieve this, he has built an ultra-small, "chip-scale" atomic magnetometer filament, which he plans to install within the sensor coils of the fluxgate magnetometer he developed for the Dellingr mission. He then plans to test the device at Goddard's upgraded Magnetic Test Facility in preparation for its possible inclusion on the VISIONS-2 sounding rocket mission. "If we succeed, Goddard will be at the forefront of science-grade CubeSat magnetometry," he said. Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA, including: planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities.

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An antique watercolour paint with the emblem of the Royal Air Force Medical division, being used for Royal Air Force Medical Corps, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Association, Royal Air Force Medical Command. Inscriptions in latin "Nec Aspera Terrent" that have some interpretation like " Adversities do not frighten" "nor do the hard times deter (Us)" the most popular is "difficulties be damned". Painting have a crown on top with wings and two snakes on a scepter. Nice wood frame golden colour done in 157 James street S. in Hamilton. A.H. Hardwick, English Picture Frame Shop in England. Approx. size 16"x 13"

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A spacecraft in Earth orbit recently captured a rare view ofa solar eclipse from space. During a solar eclipse the moon passes between the Earth andthe sun, and when the three are perfectly aligned, the sun's disk is blockedout by the moon. The sight was witnessed on Earth by people across Africa andAsia on Jan. 15. The view from space, meanwhile, was captured onvideo by the European Space Agency's sun-watching Proba-2 spacecraft. The probe, which was launched in November 2009, carriesscientific instruments to monitor the sun and space weather. The Jan.15 eclipse wasn't a total eclipse, when the moon is the right distance fromEarth to block out all of the sun's face. In this case, called an annulareclipse, the moon was further away from Earth, and so blocked out less of thesun's disk. With a maximum length of 11 minutes, 8 seconds, it was the longesteclipse of the millennium so far. To study the event, India launched a fleetof small rockets to see how the drop in sunlight as the moon blocked partof the sun affected the Earth's atmosphere. - Video ? Solar Eclipse Seen From Space - Gallery: 2008 Solar Eclipse - HowSolar Eclipses Work

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Chapman Freeborn repurposes passenger plane to operate their longest Belgian charter The Belgium office made history when after the first leg from Malaysia to UAE, the second leg covered the 16 hours from Dubai to the final destination in the USA; the longest non-stop flight they had ever chartered. Chapman Freeborn Belgium smashed a record for themselves by transporting 195 pallets of consumer goods on their longest non-stop flight in two passenger planes in December. The time-critical assignment was to transport the goods from Southeast Asia to the USA, with a strict arrival deadline before Christmas. The team immediately set to work, and when it became apparent that there was no suitable freighter capacity at this time, they sourced two Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft for the job instead. The journey began in Malaysia, where some clever loading ensured the 195 Euro pallets could fit perfectly in the belly hold of the two planes. The pallets measured 120cm x 80cm and are loaded onto a ULD (Unit Load Device), which usually accommodate six pallets each. However, using wooden spreaders on the ULDs to add a few extra centimetres of height to each one, they were able to hold seven pallets each instead of six. This meant that each aircraft was equipped with 14 ULD positions, giving a total capacity of 196 Euro pallets – just enough for the cargo. Without the innovative thinking of the brokers and aircraft loadmasters, there would have only been enough room for 168 pallets, and three aircraft would have needed to be chartered instead of two. The journey began once the goods were loaded onto the passenger planes. The first leg was from Malaysia to UAE, where a stopover allowed for a crew change. The Belgium office made history when the second leg covered the 16 hours from Dubai to the final destination in the USA; the longest non-stop flight the Chapman Freeborn Belgium team has chartered.

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Air France Flight Attendant Uniform Embodied with elegance and a touch of haute couture, the Air France flight attendant uniform is a symbol of French chic on the skies. The carefully tailored suits and dresses exude a timeless appeal, reflecting the national pride and fashion-forward spirit of the country Air France represents. Known for their iconic blue color palette, scarves, and impeccably styled hats, these uniforms don’t just comply with practicality but also grace the aisles with a parade of sophistication and poise. Flight attendants for Air France are not only ambassadors of safety and service but also of an enduring style that marries tradition with contemporary flair, making them some of the most recognizable crew members in the global skies. Air France Flight Attendant Uniform 2024 Typically, when a major airline like Air France decides to update its uniforms, it’s a process that involves considerable design and consultation to ensure that the new attire reflects the airline’s brand, ethos, and commitment to elegance and functionality. Such updates are often made public via press releases or events to showcase the new designs. If Air France were to update their flight attendant uniforms for 2024, one might expect that the design would continue to reflect the airline’s legacy of French elegance and style. The process would likely involve collaboration with prominent fashion designers, ensuring that practicality meets the high fashion for which the airline is known. For the most current information on Air France’s flight attendant uniforms or any upcoming changes for 2024, it would be best to check directly with Air France’s official announcements or media releases. Air France Flight Airlines Air France, the flag carrier of France, is renowned for its high standards of service and extensive global network. It operates from its main hub at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Air France is a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, which extends its reach through codeshare agreements and shared benefits with other member airlines. Here’s a brief overview of Air France and its operations: Air France serves numerous destinations across all inhabited continents. It offers flights to major cities worldwide, catering to both business and leisure travelers. The airline boasts a diverse and modern fleet that includes both Boeing and Airbus aircraft, such as the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777, which are used for long-haul flights, and smaller jets like the Airbus A320 family aircraft for short-haul European routes. Depending on the aircraft and route, Air France offers up to four cabin classes: Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and La Première (First Class). The higher tiers, especially La Première, are known for luxurious seating, gourmet dining, and exceptional service. Flying Blue Program: Air France, together with KLM, operates the Flying Blue loyalty program, allowing passengers to earn and redeem miles on Air France, KLM, and a wide range of partner airlines. Cuisine and Amenities: The airline takes pride in offering high-quality French cuisine, fine wines, and champagne across all its classes, with menus often curated by renowned chefs. Air France is actively involved in sustainability initiatives, working towards reducing its environmental impact through various measures such as fleet modernization, sustainable aviation fuels, and carbon offset programs. For travelers looking to book flights with Air France, obtain real-time flight information, check-in, manage bookings, or join their loyalty program, the official Air France website serves as the most comprehensive resource. Always verify the authenticity of the website before making any bookings or providing personal information. Air France USA Air France operates numerous flights connecting various cities in the United States with France and beyond, offering American travelers a gateway to Europe and other destinations. Here’s an overview of Air France’s presence and services in the USA: Key Airports and Routes: Air France flies to several major U.S. airports, including but not limited to: - John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York - Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - San Francisco International Airport (SFO) - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) - Miami International Airport (MIA) - Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) From these and other U.S. hubs, Air France provides direct flights to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport, and in some cases, to Orly Airport. From Paris, passengers can connect to a vast network of international destinations. Services for U.S. Customers: Air France offers localized services for U.S. customers, including a dedicated U.S. website where passengers can book flights, check schedules, manage their bookings, and get support. The website also offers the convenience of dealing with transactions in USD. The airline provides customer service tailored to American passengers, with English-speaking representatives available via phone, email, or social media channels. Flying Blue Program: U.S. residents can join Air France’s frequent flyer program, Flying Blue, which allows them to earn miles on Air France flights, as well as with partner airlines and through various credit card programs available in the U.S. Air France partners with several U.S. airlines for codeshare flights, enhancing connectivity within the United States. One of its primary partner airlines in the U.S. is Delta Air Lines, which is also a SkyTeam alliance member. Safety and Travel Information: Given the current global circumstances, Air France provides updated travel advisories and safety guidelines for passengers traveling from or to the United States. To access the full suite of Air France’s services for U.S. customers, including flight booking and customer service, always go through the official Air France website or contact customer support directly. The most current and accurate information regarding flight schedules, policies, and other services will be available through these official channels. air france flight Schedule To view Air France’s flight schedule, you would need to visit their official website or contact their customer service directly. Here’s how you can check the flight schedule: - Official Website: - Go to the Air France official website. - Use the booking engine by entering your departure and arrival cities along with your intended dates of travel. The website will then display available flights and times. - For a more general view, you may look for a timetables or schedule section on the website, if available. - Mobile App: - Download the Air France mobile app on your smartphone. - Use the app to check flight schedules, book flights, and manage your existing bookings. - Customer Service: - You can call Air France’s customer service hotline. Provide them with your travel dates and destinations, and they can inform you about the flight schedules. - Travel Agents: - If you prefer, you can also consult a travel agent who can provide you with the flight schedule and assist with booking. - Airport Information: - Most airports also have information about Air France flight schedules, especially for departures and arrivals on the current and following day. Keep in mind that flight schedules are subject to change due to various factors such as weather, operational requirements, and demand. It’s always advisable to check the flight status close to your departure date for the most up-to-date information. Additionally, in the context of the travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, schedules can be even more variable, and it’s important to check for any travel advisories or restrictions that might affect your journey. Air France Flight Booking Booking a flight with Air France is a straightforward process that can be done through various channels. Here’s a step-by-step guide to booking a flight with Air France: Online Booking via Official Website: - Visit the Official Air France Website: - Open your web browser and go to the official Air France website (airfrance.com or the specific country domain). - Enter Your Trip Details: - On the homepage, you’ll find the booking section where you can enter your departure and arrival cities, dates, number of passengers, and travel class. - Search for Flights: - Click the search button to view available flights. You can filter the results by price, time, duration, and other criteria. - Choose Your Flight: - Select the flight that best fits your schedule and budget. - Provide Passenger Information: - Enter the details of all passengers traveling, including names as per passports, date of birth, and contact information. - Select Additional Services (if needed): - You may choose extra services like seat selection, additional baggage, or special meals. - Review and Pay: - Review your trip summary, enter your payment details, and complete the purchase. - Download the Air France App: - You can book flights using the Air France mobile app available for iOS and Android devices. - Book Your Flight: - The app will guide you through a similar process as the website, with the convenience of doing it from your mobile device. - Call Air France Booking: - You can call the Air France reservations center to book a flight over the phone. A customer service representative will assist you with the booking process. - In-Person or Online Agencies: - You can also book Air France flights through licensed travel agents, either by visiting a travel agency office or through an online travel agency platform. Air France accepts various payment methods including credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, and other localized payment options depending on the country. Once you have booked your flight, you will receive a confirmation email with your flight details and a booking reference. You can use this reference to manage your booking on the Air France website, where you can check in online, change flights, or add services to your booking. Always ensure you book through official channels or authorized agents to avoid scams or fraudulent activities. If you have any special requests or need assistance, Air France’s customer service can help accommodate your needs. Air France Cargo Tracking Air France Cargo offers a tracking service for its customers to monitor the status of their shipments in real-time. Here’s how you can track your cargo: - Go to the Air France Cargo Tracking Website: - You can access this service directly by visiting the Air France Cargo tracking page. - Enter Your Air Waybill Number: - The Air Waybill (AWB) number is a unique identifier for your cargo shipment. It usually consists of an 11-digit code starting with the airline code (for Air France, this is 057), followed by a serial number. - Enter this number into the tracking field without spaces or dashes. - Submit the Information: - Once you’ve entered your AWB number, you can submit it to view the status of your shipment. - View Cargo Status: - The tracking system will provide you with real-time updates on the location of your cargo and its transport stages, from acceptance through to delivery. If you encounter any issues or need further assistance with your cargo shipment, you should contact Air France Cargo customer service directly. They can provide more detailed information and support if there are any issues with your shipment. Remember to have your AWB number on hand when you contact customer service, as it will be required to access any details about your cargo.

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Defense Minister Lauds Iranian Technicians for Overhauling 8 Military Aircraft TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami hailed efforts by technicians of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) who managed to overhaul eight fighter jets and other military airplanes. “The overhaul of military aircraft is a complicated process that only a few powerful countries in the world could do,” General Hatami said at a ceremony in which the Air Force received the airplanes. Noting that the Air Force has taken “important steps” over the past 40 years to boost the country’s military capabilities, he said the overhaul of the military jets and planes has helped make the US sanctions ineffective and is an indication of “self-belief” of the Iranian military. Following successful test flights in the presence of the Iranian defense minister and IRIAF commander, F-14, F-4, Sukhoi, and Mirage fighter jets as well as C-130 a Hercules logistic aircraft and a Boeing 707 cargo plane rejoined the country’s Air Force fleet. Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the overhaul of military planes in Iran was carried out by foreign military attaché. But today the Islamic Republic is able to overhaul military aircraft thanks to some of the world’s most adept engineers and technicians. Iran has become one of only a handful of countries capable of performing the servicing and overhaul of its fleet of airplanes, both military and civilian. This is while the country has been under sanctions since 1979 and the embargoes have become more intense since the country started its peaceful nuclear program.

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We are expanding our team and are seeking an In-orbit Test (IOT) Engineer to support the ongoing test programmes that are necessary to ensure mission success. This role will typically require development of the test strategy which encompasses system and complex multi-payload end-to-end system and acceptance test campaigns for cutting-edge satellite communications networks. The successful candidate is expected to undertake a variety of IOT preparation and test activities. Working closely with our clients on their test campaigns before, during and of course after communications service launch. The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking a variety of test-related activities and related communications systems engineering tasks including the development of test strategies, plans and procedures. Typically, during campaigns, the work offers the opportunity of on-site international travel. You will require an excellent understanding of payload design and RF communications with system-level breadth and trouble-shooting depth, ideally (but not exclusively) gained via a typical satellite system project. This interesting and varied work will incorporate both space and ground segments and requires test systems and systems engineering knowledge. A graduate who impresses and/or who has some relevant experience would be encouraged to apply. • Development and execution of IOT VV&T (Validation, Verification and Testing) test cases which will incorporate satellite payload, IP-based service networks, ground systems and satellite radio networks. • Identifying and troubleshooting system communication paths, capacity performance and network devices as well as conducting post-test data analysis and reporting. • Creation of test reports to document issues and assist development with the investigation and resolution of issues. • Review/comment on ‘testability’ issues, obvious design flaws, anticipate data collection points and develop plans for and conduct anomaly test and analysis as required. • Assist with the design, development and preparation of strategies and plans; assist with specifying environments, facilities and equipment for complex satellite networks. • Experience of creating test procedures / cases / scripts in one or more of: satellite payloads (classical communications, optical), ground systems, mobile and satellite radio networks, service networks or IP networks. • Willing to travel nationally and internationally where required (project dependent, short durations for example to support test execution campaigns). • To be able to work as an integral member of a highly focused team; a team player who is self-motivated and enthusiastic even when under pressure. • Experience in testing and/or fault analysis and faulting tools. • Good customer-facing and communication skills with ability to produce and present clear, concise and unambiguous presentations to customers and other clients • An ability to develop innovative solutions to defined problems; adaptable to new requirements and changing priorities. • Awareness of both commercial and technical issues. • A sound technical engineering background. • An appreciation of systems engineering processes, particularly those related to test activities and operational environments. • An interest in the sector and role; a genuine willingness to learn. • A university degree or other qualification in a space / engineering discipline or STEM subject); equivalent qualifications and/or experience will be considered as an alternative. • Experience of producing link budgets. • Knowledge or experience of on-board processing payload systems. • Understanding of satellite system design. • Understanding of RF propagation theories. • Understanding of RF equipment in ground stations. • Strong work ethic with a desire to grow knowledge both through mentoring and independently.

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If you think you are living in cramped conditions - think again! during their six-month mission on board the ISS. Credit: NASA (Clockwise from bottom) Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos; NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov; Astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; NASA astronaut Scott Tingle. Credit: NASA.

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CHANDIGARH: Air warriors, who laid down their lives during the Indo-Pak war of 1965, were remembered at a wreath laying ceremony held at 12 Wing Air Force Station here today. Homage and respect were paid to the martyrs to mark the Golden Jubilee of the war at War Memorial of the Air Force Station. Air Commodore S K Indoria, Air Officer Commanding, 12 Wing paid their tribute to the martyrs. A large number of Air Force veterans also joined in paying homage to the war heroes, a defence release said here. Indoria assured the war veterans that "It will be our endeavour to emulate the act of valour, grit and determination shown by them."

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The Philippines is banking on its military alliance with the United States in monitoring North Korea’s planned rocket launch next month, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said. “I don’t think we have that capability but then with our alliance with the United States we will be provided the necessary information,” Gazmin told reporters on the sidelines of the Army’s 115th anniversary rites Thursday. The government will monitor the path of the rocket, parts of which have been reported as possibly dropping into Philippine territory, he said. “Siyempre mako-concern ka, kasi ‘yun ay safety ng ating mga tao, we should be sensitive to that so kailangan masabihan natin sila,” Gazmin said. “We need the help of the United States to monitor the path because we don’t have that capability,” he said. Earlier, Gazmin’s spokesman Peter Paul Galvez said the DND will ask “appropriate authorities” about the flight path to prevent a “possible disaster.” The rocket launch, which North Korea says is only aimed at deploying a satellite, is projected to happen between April 12 and 16. Parts of the projectile is feared to drop in waters near Luzon Island. Sharing technological advances such as those determining a target’s location is not new between the US and Philippine militaries, though the North Korea launch may be the first time for the allies to deal with a projectile. On February 2, the Armed Forces of the Philippines claimed killing 15 Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf members in Sulu, during an airstrike where the US military provided “technological assistance.” Gazmin admitted that the US’ unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called as “drones,” are being used in “monitoring terrorists in the south.” In 2010, the DND said the US was to provide software and other equipment to enhance local military planes’ capability in hitting targets, especially during operations in Mindanao. Eduardo Batac, the department’s spokesman then, said the software and equipment were to be installed in some of the Air Force’s OV-10 bomber planes. (John Roson) – end –

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"Pappy" Gunn had served in the U.S. Navy for twenty years before retiring to start airlines in Hawaii and the Philippines. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he returned to the service — and received a Distinguished Flying Cross for flying in medical supplies to besieged troops on the Bataan Peninsula. He was evacuated to Australia, and in the summer of 1942, he began his major contribution to the war effort. Gunn started to add M2... PARDON THE INTERRUPTION The Legend of Maj. Paul “Pappy” Gunn Article in August 2020 Issue ON THE COVER: Jason Somes, of the Socal CAF Wing brings it in close for the camera in the Camarillo Museums NAA PBJ-1J, the sole surviving 'Marine Mitchell'. Publication Archives channel Every digital replica of the industries leading publication Flight Journal magazine starting 90 days since the last issue going back several decades. Beautifully rendered in a magazine style experience. You can search across all titles or just within an issue. Issues become available 90 days after publication. You May Also Enjoy Our Bi-Monthly Magazine Subscription Flight Journal is like no other aviation magazine in the world. Gripping accounts of flights and combat missions put the reader in the cockpit with all involved: pilots, engineers, gunners and eye-witnesses. Flight Journal covers the world of aviation from its simple beginnings to its high-tech, no-holds-barred future. We see aviation history through the eyes of those who made it. The leader in the field of aviation photojournalism, Flight Journal captures what it's like to pilot aircrafts that inspire fear and awe, from the historic B-17 Flying Fortress to today's F-16 fighters.

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By Chaturanga Samarawickrama Three SriLankan flights and one Qatar Airways flight which were scheduled to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) were diverted to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) last evening due to adverse weather conditions, MRIA Manager Upul Kalansuriya said. “Passengers were not allowed to disembark. The flights were landed at MRIA at 5.45 p.m. and will return as soon as the weather condition improves at BIA,” Mr. Kalansuriya said. He said the three SriLankan flights UL-365, UL-303 and UL-315 had arrived from Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur while Qatar Airways flight QR-654 arrived from Doha. Meanwhile, the BIA Duty Manager said there was no clear view of the runway to land aircraft.

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“We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.” Theodore Roosevelt BE20 Question: When the Auto ignition is in the ARM position, the ignition is: b. Continuous only when Torque is greater than 400 foot-pounds. b. Continuous only when Torque is greater than 400 foot-pounds. African Pilot’s October 2020 edition The amazing October edition of African Pilot was completed in the final week of September and has been fully distributed. This edition of African Pilot features Aircraft Maintenance Organisations (AMOs) and Aircraft Refurbishment. This edition has been tailormade to be read on any laptop computer or any other electronic device such as your smart phone, iPad or desktop computer. African Pilot’s September edition was the first utilising the new 3D software that greatly enhances your reading experience. Within that edition African Pilot became an international aviation magazine publishing on an international stage and not just an African aviation magazine. This October edition, with 48 illustrated articles is available to anyone throughout the world FREE of charge, whilst this magazine has set the standard for digital publishing, not just in South Africa, but throughout the world. At 224 pages this edition has 24 embedded videos and 12 embedded picture galleries. Several of the videos were created by the African Pilot team, which again sets this magazine apart from ALL other aviation publications, especially South African aviation publications. Advertisers can now see the benefits of marketing their products and services to a vast international aviation audience including short videos, picture galleries and actual virtual shops, they will realise that marketing is most important for future profitability. In South Africa and the African continent, African Pilot is the only aviation publication that has purchased the latest software to provide digital enhancement to any advertiser anywhere in the world. At the same time African Pilot is also the only aviation magazine that is easy to read on any digital smart device, because our team understands the importance of ensuring the ease of use in this ‘new normal’ digital age. It is now quite obvious that ALL the other aviation publications are copying what African Pilot has pioneered, but this was to be expected. At least African Pilot publishes correct aviation information such as the calendar of events on a regular basis. African Pilot’s November 2020 edition As we get closer to the end of this year, the November edition will feature ‘Gifts for Pilots’ as well as international news about all aspects and developments in aviation. The material deadline for the November edition is on Wednesday 21 October 2020. For advertising opportunities please contact Adrian Munro at e-mail: [email protected] or Cell: 079 880 4359. All editorial material should be sent to me at: [email protected]. About African Pilot There is no doubt that African Pilot provides the finest overall aviation media reach in Africa. We are positioned to provide professional video and stills photography, website development, social media platforms, company newsletters as well as several other important media services to our customers. The monthly magazine is available as a digital edition where ALL advertisers enjoy the direct routing to their websites at a touch on a smart phone or tablet as well as a click of the mouse on a computer screen or tap on any smart phone device. Then of course this APAnews service has been part of African Pilot’s line-up since the inception of the magazine 20 years ago. Do you want instant aviation news and opinions? Visit www.APAcom.co.za and register yourself as a user View and download African Pilot’s last three (3) 2020 editions. Click on the covers below. Video of the week: Performed in Budapest in 2014. I doubt that anything like this held in the US would have disallowed it. Great restored B25 and helicopters doing things they should not be able to. Launch of Wouter Botes’ e-book ‘Flights to Nowhere’ Wouter Botes’ E-book on Flight to Nowhere is available by visiting www.africanpilot.co.za and click on the button provided on the home page. We have provided an option for payment of R60 per download on the page. AERO South Africa news Take your business to NEW HEIGHTS this August at the one-stop business to business platform. The platform will be active for 12 months, allowing you to market your products and services to a targeted global General Aviation market and engage with visitors and other exhibitors on the portal. Want to book your booth on the AERO South Africa Virtual Marketplace or simply find out more? Contact one of our team members below to take your business to new heights. African Pilot’s picture of the week Something exciting for African Pilot’s readers to enjoy is the launch of the ‘Picture of the Week’. Please send any aviation related picture to me at: [email protected] at a resolution of at least 500 Kb. There is no payment or prize offered, just editorial recognition. However, all photographs submitted will be considered for the ‘Picture of the Month’ within the monthly magazine and I will be looking for a sponsor to cover the cost of a monthly fee. SOUTH AFRICAN AVIATION NEWS How FlySafair’s new aircraft and travel demand may reduce fares FlySafair revealed that their new aircraft ‘will help to increase capacity and hopefully push fares down a bit.’ The company welcomed the Boeing 737-800 Next-Generation aircraft, which touched down at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday 1 October, whilst a second aircraft is due later this month. FlySafair revealed the airline has been increasing capacity since restarting operations in June this year. These new arrivals will allow to increase capacity as demand for local travel grows. FlySafair’s Kirby Gordon said the new aircraft, already painted in the company colours, will begin operations as soon as registration requirements are processed by the South African Civil Aviation Authority. “Now is a great time to look to expand your fleet, if you are in a position to do so because with the industry being where it is, there are plenty of aircraft up for grabs at very reasonable prices,” said Gordon. According to The Center for Aviation (CAPA), capacity in South Africa is down about 70 percent from this time last year and that upwards of 74 percent of the seats available on the local market is being operated by FlySafair. Last week the International Air Transport Association (IATA), published new statistics that indicated that 4.5 million African jobs will be lost in aviation and aviation-related industries thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. This accounts for well over half of the 7.7 million jobs in the sector. “It was important to us that we got our operations going as soon as it was feasible to do so, especially as it was clear that there was not going to be any state support for our sector. We are also in the fortunate position where we perform all our own maintenance, so there is no reliance on possibly unstable third parties in that regard,” he said. What happened in aviation over the past week? Aero Club of South Africa centenary celebration Hosted by the Balloon and Airship Federation of South Africa at Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safaris venue in Skeerpoort, Magaliesburg on Saturday 10 October. It was an early morning departure from home for the one hour travelling time to reach the venue by 06h30. The assembled group represented most of the sections of the AeCSA, but it was great to meet up with Bill Harrop and Terry Adams (Flamboyant Balloons) who is considered as the ‘father of ballooning in South Africa’. Richard Bovell, chairman of the BAFSA addressed the gathered group of dignitaries before proceedings started. Once the tethered balloon rose into the air the South African national anthem was played to the delight of all gathered close to the action. On completion of the demonstration, we enjoyed a traditional South African breakfast compliments of the AeCSA. This was an opportunity to meet many friends, who we have not seen during the months of COVID-19 lockdown. The wonderful weather afforded everyone the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air in the countryside whilst catching up with the news within the sport aviation sector. The AeCSA had the Centenary book available at R300 each for the soft cover and of course I purchased a copy. A big thank you to everyone involved, especially the staff members of Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safaris for your terrific hospitality. More on this exciting morning in the sun with a video and pictures in the November edition of African Pilot. Aero Club of South Africa’s Centenary Yearbook Produced by John Illsley who is the second master at Pretoria Boys’ High School (I spent five happy years at PBHS), the AeCSA is taking pre-orders for the Centenary Yearbook, to assess the demand for a print run. It will be in the form of a hard and soft cover version as well as a limited-edition leather-bound book on request. Details of the book are available on the AeCSA Website. Indicative Pricing: – Hard Cover Book – R 400 – Soft Cover Book – R 300 – Leather Bound Book – add +/- R 200 for Novalite & R 500 for Leather. Delivery options are collected at the Rand Airport AeCSA office, or door to door courier service anywhere in South Africa. Courier costs will range between R 100 to R 130 per book dependent on location. Volume purchases are also available should this be required. Once you have registered for a pre-order and the print run is complete, the AeCSA will send an invoice for payment, which once received will have the book dispatched. To get your pre-order secured, please go to this link. Centenary Yearbook Order form: If you are not a member and wish to join the Aero Club and any of its sections, feel free to do so http://www.aeroclub.org.za/member-renewals-and-new-memberships/ What is scheduled for the next few months? African Pilot’s 2020 calendar We will publish the aviation calendar within APAnews three months ahead, but you can always visit African Pilot’s website: www.africanpilot.co.za if you would like to obtain the full calendar for the entire year. AERO South Africa cleared for take-off Theme: A pilot’s guide to returning to flying Date: Thursday, 15 October 2020 With lockdown levels in South Africa becoming less restrictive and the resumption of international flights, Mayday-SA and the AERO South Africa Virtual Marketplace proudly present this webinar. Join Paul Dickens for a presentation and discussion on preparing pilots to return safely and effectively to flying post-pandemic. It is definitely not just a case of turning up for a flight and starting the engines! This webinar is aimed at giving all pilots, whether general aviation, recreational or airline operations, information on how to return to flying after the long break of lockdown. Paul Dickens is one of only 11 accredited Aviation Psychologists in the UK. He is a member of the British Psychological Society’s expert working group on Aviation psychology, the ICAO Mental Health Working Group, and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Sling Aircraft breakfast fly-in Contact Shanelle McKechnie Cell: 066 224 2128 Now that South Africa is at COVID-19 alert level 1, Sling Aircraft is thrilled to announce the first Sling Aircraft breakfast fly-in of 2020 is finally upon us! From 07h00 to 11h30, Sling’s breakfast fly-in will be held at the Tedderfield Airpark, 23 Nettleton Road, Eikenhof (FATA). At just R100 per person paid on arrival, bring your mask, bring your buddy, relish in a scrumptious breakfast, shop Sling branded merchandise from our Sling Store, enjoy a factory tour and possibly even a sneak peek the new Sling high wing! In addition, a spot landing competition will be held on arrival between 07h00 and 08h00. Of course, spots are limited due to COVID-19 regulations so, if you would like to experience the Sling lifestyle for yourself, RSVP by Wednesday, 14 October in order to avoid disappointment. Fly, drive, walk or bike, you will not be disappointed. 24 and 25 October SAC North West Regionals TBC Contact Annie Boon E-mail: [email protected] 26 to 28 October Airport Show, Airport Security and ATC Forum DWTC, Dubai Registration is now open for Airport Show, Airport Security and ATC Forum. FREE registration: https://bit.ly/2SnJ33S SAPFA spot landing training camp at Brakpan Airfield Contact Jonty Esser Cell: 082 855 9435 Krugersdorp Flying Club breakfast fly-in Refer to website www.fakr.co.za WhatsApp to 079 213 9059 EAA Chapter 322 AGM Venue TBA Contact Neil Bowden Cell: 084 674 5674 E-mail: [email protected] CAASA AGM to be a virtual meeting from 11h00 Contact Sam Keddle E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 011 659 2345 13 to 16 November Battlefields now in Mossel bay fly-in view poster for details Contact E-mail: [email protected] Cell: 082 446 9916 or 082 875 5419 27 and 28 November SAPFA Speed Rally at Springs airfield Contact Jonty Esser E-mail: [email protected] Cell: 082855 9435 Aero Club of South Africa annual awards at Rand Airport Contact Sandra Strydom e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 011 082 1100 5 and 6 December SAC Ace of Base TBC Contact Annie Boon e-mail: [email protected] As further dates are sent to me, I will continue to update the aviation calendar I have started preparing the 2021 calendar with assistance from Air Show South Africa and the various sections of the Aero Club of South Africa. Please send me your planned aviation event fixtures for next year so that I may accommodate them on the calendar. Thank you. AFRICAN AVIATION NEWS SAA Technical reinstates its services South African Airways’ maintenance arm, SAA Technical, has started reinstating its services after it had suspended them to four customers due to outstanding payments. However, the airline has said it has now reached an agreement with South African Airways and low-cost carrier Mango Airlines. SAA Technical reinstates its services after suspension. SAA Technical chief executive Adam Voss said: “The decision we took to suspend services to our customers was not taken lightly.” He added that the company is seeking “resolution and settlement” on the issue. Airlink adds more services in Africa Airlink will commence services to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique. Airlink’s re-introduced regional flight schedule will be phased in commencing from 5 October 2020. Services will also be increased in South Africa from the major cities including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein and Nelspruit, as well as regional destinations such as Harare, Lusaka, and Maputo. Starlite Aviation Training Academy purchase AL250 ALSIM has announced the sale of an AL250 to Starlite Aviation Training Academy, based in Durban and Mossel Bay, South Africa. The ATO decided to choose ALSIM’s solutions to respond to the growing demand for single and multi-engine instrument simulator training at their campus in Durban. “After looking at various options, the options of simulating analogue or glass cockpit at the touch of a button, the instrument and in R/Nav capability and various other aspects like the fact that it fully also satisfies EASA and FAA certification requirements, played a big role in our choice of selecting the AL250.” explains Klara Fouché, managing director. “We are extremely satisfied with our decision to purchase the AL250 and look forward to a long-standing relationship with ALSIM” concluded Klara Fouché, elated with the investment Starlite has made in this exceptional piece of technology. The AL250 simulator addresses initial phase training needs (PPL, CPL, IR/ME) and offers both classic and glass cockpit instrumentation for each flight model at the simple flick of a switch. This device has been extremely well received since its creation and more than 65 of these have already been installed and are in successful operation worldwide. WORLDWIDE ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS Vehicle drives onto runway while plane is landing The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped Piper PA-16 reported that, while on final approach to the airport in Manchester, West Virginia, he noticed a vehicle stopped short of the runway on a road that intersected the runway. After touchdown, while taxiing and about 40 feet from the intersection, the vehicle slowly drove onto the runway. The pilot veered left to avoid the vehicle and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The plane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He added that he assumed that the driver could see the landing airplane. Dead mouse leads to loss of engine power on take-off Shortly after take-off for the cross-country, personal flight, the Piper PA28’s engine suddenly lost partial power. The pilot made a forced landing to a corn field near New Market, Virginia. During that landing, the left main landing gear penetrated the left wing and separated from the airplane, the nose landing gear collapsed and the firewall and engine mount sustained substantial damage. Post-accident examination of the engine did not reveal evidence of any pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The carburettor exhibited no external damage. However, when the air box and alternate air control were removed, a dead mouse fell out of the intake manifold. NTSB preliminary report: Piper PA28R On 1 August 2020, a Piper PA-28R-201 airplane, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Seiling Airport (1S4), Seiling, Oklahoma. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. In a statement from the pilot, he reported that he arrived with the same three passengers earlier that day for a rodeo event. After the rodeo, they returned to the airplane about 0100 and prepared to depart. The pilot confirmed that the take-off weight was 2,622.8 lbs (maximum take-off weight is 2,750 lbs) and about 25 to 26 gallons of fuel onboard. He calculated that the airplane required 1,700 to 1,800 feet for take-off from the 2,435-foot-long runway and elected not to perform a short field departure. He added that he ‘still made the decision to spare every inch of runway’ when taxiing the airplane into position at the end of the runway. Prior to take-off the pilot held the brakes and applied the throttle, mixture, and propeller controls full forward. ‘When the engine was up to speed’ he let off the brakes and began the take-off roll. He reported that during the take-off roll, he noticed a sound and vibration from the engine, so he aborted the take-off. He was unable to stop the airplane and it continued off the end of the runway, over a road and into trees. The airplane was equipped with an Electronics International Inc. MVP-50P engine monitor, which records engine data. The unit will be downloaded, and the data analysed. The airplane has been retained for further examination. NTSB preliminary report: Piper PA46 The pilot was performing a straight-in approach to runway 35R and the approach was ‘bumpy’ due to winds and terrain. She reported that about touchdown, a ‘severe wind event caused what felt like a potential upset.’ The pilot felt the left wing lift up and an uncommanded downturn to the right. She applied full power to bank left and climb, but the airplane did not climb. The left-wing tip scraped the runway and the airplane was forced to the right. Before the pilot was able to regain control, the airplane impacted a taxiway sign and several runway lights. The airplane then landed and taxied to the ramp. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rear wing spar and wing root. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. NTSB preliminary report: Cessna 172 On 13 September 2020, a Cessna 172I airplane, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Cottage Grove, Minnesota. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Radar data showed the airplane depart SGS at 14h28, climbing to about 1,800 feet mean sea level and proceed southbound before it turned southeast bound over Upper Grey Cloud Island. At 14h32, over Lower Grey Cloud Island, the target disappeared. Another airplane, inbound for landing at SGS, captured N8488L in a video and still photographs as it descended. Examination of the photographs indicated the airplane appeared to be intact. Some wreckage was located and recovered on 14 September 2020. The majority of the wreckage (about 90 percent) was recovered on 19 September 2020. The wreckage has been taken to a secure location where it will be further examined. WORLD AVIATION NEWS Can aviation turn to automation as growth rebounds? · The aviation industry has a projection of 40,000 new aircraft including planes, helicopters, air taxis and unmanned aerial vehicles in the next 20 years · An effective doubling of production rates is required to meet commercial aviation needs alone · Industry 4.0 and its promise to deliver greater productivity and quality may help to boost aviation production Few events in modern history have upset manufacturing, wholesale, as much as COVID-19. With the virus having disrupted internal supply chains or, in some cases, laying on demand for certain goods, organisations of all sizes which rely on production, warehousing and logistics are in discussions around how they can enact damage limitation and ensure businesses are able to tick over, both until the crisis resolves and long after. These discussions may well lead to a wider pool of businesses to consider the benefits of automation technologies and robotics. Automation in aviation One industry humbled significantly by the pandemic is aviation. From record low passenger numbers to 14-day quarantines, pre-flight COVID testing to re-routes in flight paths, travel and aviation has had a tumultuous year. An effective doubling of production rates is required to meet commercial aviation needs alone. In addition to commercial planes, the military is exploring avenues for unmanned aircraft to be produced in the thousands, while air taxis have been pegged as the ‘future of travel.’ The only way to satisfy that projected need is through increased automation, especially if the demand for flights resume to previous levels before restrictions were put in place. Manual labour in the aviation industry, unlike many other sectors is common due to a lack of feasible alternative manufacturing processes. According to Deloitte, meanwhile, a shortage of skilled employees has been causing an increasing challenge even before the pandemic, with a possible 2.4 million manufacturing unfilled jobs by 2028. Add in the COVID-19 factor and some companies are simply unable to find people to fill these positions or cannot hire them due to restrictions. While there are certain automated measures available including projecting instructions for assembly onto workstations and for automated sealant, fastening, marking and material handling processes, researchers are still busy trying to understand how to automate more other manufacturing processes. At the end of last year, in Hamburg, Germany, Airbus implemented its A320 Family fuselage structure highly automated assembly line. The new facility has 20 robots, a new logistics concept, automated positioning by laser measurement, as well as a digital data acquisition system. In addition to the use of robots, Airbus has also implemented new methods and technologies to optimise production, improve ergonomics and shorten lead times with the help of autonomous guided vehicles. However, going in the opposite direction, Boeing ended a four-year automation effort at its Everett, Washington factory using robotic arms to insert fasteners on two main fuselage sections of its 777 jetliners and the 777X and instead opted for manual insertion by skilled mechanics. Boeing’s first foray into robotics, was not wasted and has been a lesson learned in design for automation. Its new method creates less wear and tear on workers by pushing one of the most demanding tasks of drilling holes through metal on to machines developed by Electro Impact. Boeing to sell more 737 MAX for Alaska Airlines? Reuters reported last week that Boeing is in talks with Alaska Airlines, a major American airline, to sell more 737 MAXs after the aircraft recertification. While more details of negotiations among the manufacturer and the airline are not made public, the exact size of the new potential 737 MAX order is not clear yet. According to Boeing 737 MAX order list, Alaska Airlines aimed to purchase a total of 32 aircraft in 2012. However, none of the jets were delivered since that time due to two fatal Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashes in 2018 and in 2019, after which the aircraft was grounded. If negotiations succeeded, a new order of the Boeing 737 MAX by Alaska Airlines would potentially give the manufacturer a notable boost in the company’s finances. If the agreement on a new order would be reached, it is likely that Boeing would grant the airline a significant discount. While the authorities worldwide continue working on the 737 MAX recertification process, discussions among other airlines should help Boeing to stimulate a future demand for the grounded jet when it is allowed to return to the skies. The manufacturer is also in talks with Ryanair, the Irish budget airline, over the compensation for delays in MAX deliveries as well as the potential new deal. Boeing hopes to return the 737 MAX to service and resume the jet deliveries by the end of 2020. FAA issues new training procedures for 737 MAX pilots The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a draft report on revised training procedures for Boeing 737 MAX pilots, moving the grounded jet a step further in the recertification process. The report includes the recommendations from the Joint Operations Evaluation Board (JOEB) that was composed of the civil aviation authorities of the United States, Canada, Brazil and the European Union. The draft training report includes protocols that should help the MAX pilots to properly respond to inputs from the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). The protocols outline that pilots must undergo a new flight simulator training during which they must experience the conditions of MCAS failure and activation. MCAS, which was designed to automatically push the jet nose down to stabilise it, was identified as a key factor in two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashes in 2018 and in 2019. In the draft document, the FAA also states that pilots must be trained to act under the condition when horizontal stabiliser moves without a pilot command as well as familiarise the procedures of using electric and manual stabiliser trim during abnormal conditions. The protocols also include pilot training of erroneous high angle-of-attack (AOA) malfunctions. The FAA will be accepting public comments to the Flight Standardisation Board report until 2 November 2020. Following the comments, the authority will issue the final training recommendations for the Boeing 737 MAX pilots. Airbus unveils ACJ TwoTwenty Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) introduced its new ACJ TwoTwenty business jet on Tuesday. According to the company, the TwoTwenty will offer a lower operating cost than competitors, flexible cabin catalogue with 785 square feet of cabin floor space and range of 5,650 NM. The model, which is based on Airbus’ A220-100, is currently expected to enter service in early 2023. The first 15 TwoTwenty cabins will be outfitted by Switzerland-based ACJ partner Comlux at its completion center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Comlux is also the launch customer for the jet, announcing that it has placed an order for two aircraft. An additional four TwoTwenty jets have been ordered by undisclosed customers. First serial Ilyushin Il-112V aircraft to be delivered in 2023 The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the two prototypes of the Ilyushin Il-112V cargo plane in 2021, while the first production units should arrive two years later. The new twin-engine turboprop should eventually replace the Soviet-era An-24 and An-26 transport aircraft. The Russian Ministry of Defence will be in charge of checking that the new aircraft is well suited to their needs. The Il-112V is the first cargo plane entirely designed by the Russians since the fall of the USSR. It is powered by two UEC Klimov TV-117ST of 3,600 horsepower. The engine is a derivative of the TV7-117V powering the Mi-38 military helicopter. It can carry up to five tonnes of cargo and be configured for airdrop, personnel transport and parachuting, and medical evacuation. Given that the aircraft is due to replace a large and varied number of Soviet-era transport planes by 2030, Manturov said the assembly line could reach an output of 15 Il-112V assembled yearly. Russia also intends to export the plane. Turkish F-16 deployment in Azerbaijan proved by satellite imagery Satellite photographs taken on 3 October 2020, confirmed that two F-16 fighter jets and what resembles a CASA CN-235 transport plane were stationed on the tarmac of the Azerbaijani base in Ganja, located about 80 km from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Air Force operates neither F-16 fighter jets nor CN-235 transport planes. It is likely that the jets were brought to Ganja during the ‘TurAz Qartali-2020’ joint exercise that took place in July 2020, after another series of border incidents between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On 29 September 2020, the Ministry of Defence of Armenia claimed that a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft. Several aircraft took off from the Azerbaijani Air Force base in Ganja International Airport (KVD), western Azerbaijan, to ‘support the actions of Azerbaijani aviation and drones that were striking the settlements of Vardenis, Mets Masrik and Sotk in Armenia,’ the press secretary of the Armenian Minister of Defence Shushan Stepanyan said. An Armenian Su-25 attack aircraft, which was supporting the Armenian air defence at the time, was allegedly shot down by one of the Turkish F-16 fighter jets. The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied the allegation. “The Armenian claim is false”, declared presidential aide Fahrettin Altun. If the presence of Turkish F-16s in Ganja now seems likely, their involvement in the fighting that raged between the Azerbaijani army and that of Nagorno-Karabakh is not proven. ‘The F-16s have been there as a deterrent against any Armenian attacks on civilian populations and military installations within Azerbaijan,’ sources told the Middle East Eye. However, what was confirmed was the use of Turkish drones against Armenian targets. On 27 September 2020, as the fights erupted, a video released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence showing airstrikes on several defence positions led to the suspicion that Turkey could be actively helping its neighbour. Indeed, the footage seems to have been shot from a Bayraktar TB2, as the interface suggests. On 5 October 2020, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev confirmed that the drones used were of Turkish conception in an interview with the TRT Haber. “Thanks to advanced Turkish drones owned by the Azerbaijan military, our casualties on the front shrunk,” Aliyev said. Although the president did not specify the nationality of operators, no acquisition of the TB2 was finalised at this point. In June 2020, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry voiced its intention to procure some of the drones from its ally, but it seems unlikely that they could have been built and that Azerbaijani operators trained in such a short amount of time. Airbus delivers A320 Family MSN10,000 to Middle East Airlines On 9 October Middle East Airlines (MEA) took delivery of Airbus’ A320 Family aircraft with manufacturer serial number 10,000. MSN10,000 is the third A321neo to join the all Airbus MEA fleet, taking the fleet size to 18 aircraft. MEA received its first A321neo aircraft earlier in 2020 and will be taking another six A321neos over the coming months. The airline’s A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM geared turbofan engines and is configured in a comfortable two-class layout with 28 seats in Business and 132 seats in Economy Class. It is also equipped with the latest generation in-flight entertainment system and high-speed connectivity. Incorporating the latest engines, aerodynamic advances and cabin innovations, the A321neo offers a reduction in fuel consumption of 20% as well as a 50% noise reduction. F-16 rebadged as F-21 for India An F-16 by any other name is apparently an F-21 if it is being sold to India. Lockheed Martin is pitching a partly made-in-India version of the Viper that will carry the different numerical designation. For the record, Lockheed Martin says the V-21 will have a custom weapons system developed for India, a long-range infrared search and track system, a triple missile launcher system that increases weapons payload by 40 percent and a fairing that allows for additional equipment in the future. Lockheed Martin is hoping to sell 100 F-21s to India and has hinted it might be a path toward India getting access to the F-35. For decades Lockheed Martin has been working to break India’s preference for Russian and French designs and the fighter deal would break that market wide open. Two years ago, the company started making F-16 wings in Hyderabad and Lockheed Martin has pledged to expand F-16 / F-21 work if it gets the contract. It has also promised that the F-21 will be sold only to India. India’s frontline fighters now include the Dassault Rafale and the Indian-built Tejas and ‘will fill a critical operational gap for the Indian Air Force’, according to Lockheed Martin. WORLD DRONE NEWS uAvionix wins patent for drone remote identification uAvionix has been granted a new patent for remote identification of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Company officials say this technology is ‘critical to (the) safe and secure integration of UAS into National Airspace System.’ The patent, Direct-Broadcast Remote Identification (RID) Device for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, addresses the need for direct air-to-air transmission of UAS identification information without requiring intermediary infrastructure such as cellular, satellite, or internet connectivity, company officials explain. UAS RID functionality is one of three technologies, along with command and control (C2) and Detect and Avoid (DAA), ‘critical to enabling safe and secure UAS operations over people and beyond visual line of sight,’ company officials said. ‘RID has often been referred to as the digital license plate which protects the operator’s anonymity from the public while simultaneously providing for accountability to the regulator and authorities,’ officials said in a press release. ‘This is accomplished by transmission of position information and registration information of both the aircraft and the remote pilot. While transmission of this data can be accomplished over mobile networks, air-to-air broadcast functionality is critical for delivery of this information in rural areas and as an aid to DAA.’ The FAA is expected to publish its final RID rule by the end of 2020. In its draft Notice of Public Rulemaking (NPRM), the FAA requires broadcast RID capability to be a component of the ‘Standard’ RID type, which is required for any UAS that flies greater than 400 feet in any direction from the control station. AeroVironment completes Sunglider Solar HAPS Stratospheric test flight AeroVironment has announced the Sunglider solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) achieved key test milestones, including reaching an altitude of more than 60,000 feet above sea level and successfully demonstrating mobile broadband communication. During the test flight, which began at 05h16 MDT on 21 September and concluded at 01h32 MDT on 22 September, the AeroVironment team piloted Sunglider to a stratospheric altitude of 62,500 feet above Spaceport America in New Mexico. Sunglider successfully achieved major test objectives relating to propulsion, power systems, flight control, navigation and datalink integrity, as well as structural performance during the most turbulent phases of the flight as it entered and exited the jet stream. The broadband communication demonstration successfully linked teams in Tokyo, Spaceport America and Silicon Valley using an LTE payload jointly developed by Alphabet’s Loon LLC and HAPSMobile. Employing standard LTE smartphones, a team at Spaceport America conducted multiple video calls via the Sunglider’s payload while the aircraft circled for more than five hours in the stratosphere. “In less than three years AeroVironment and HAPSMobile have made incredible progress, developing two Sunglider solar HAPS unmanned aircraft and performing five consecutive flight demonstrations, culminating in this latest significant milestone,” said Wahid Nawabi, president and chief executive officer of AeroVironment. The Sunglider, a solar-powered HAPS, has a wingspan of 262 feet and is propelled by 10 electric motors powered by solar panels covering the surface of the wing and rechargeable battery packs, resulting in zero emissions. Flying at an altitude of approximately 65,000 feet above sea level and above the clouds, the Sunglider can carry payloads weighing as much as 150 pounds and is designed for continuous, extended missions of months without landing. DroneSeed earns FAA approval for post-wildfire reforestation DroneSeed reports that the FAA has approved its heavy-lift drone swarms for operation Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) and given the company the go-ahead to expand its use of heavy-lift drone swarms for reforestation to California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. The FAA’s approval allows DroneSeed to begin reforesting in California once a fire is contained and airspace is clear. The company will select specific sites affected by fires later this month and is receiving information from impacted forest managers via DroneSeed. Once sites are selected, DroneSeed will manufacture seed vessels with native Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine. The approval from the FAA is a first for the agency, as each of DroneSeed’s aircraft carry a 57-pound payload and operate in swarms of up to five aircraft. This is the third precedent-setting FAA approval the company has earned, a significant achievement for the start-up. DroneSeed is the only company in the United States legally approved to operate with heavy-lift drone swarms. DroneSeed has developed the capability to reforest after wildfires within 60 days. The company, which utilises drone swarms to fly over rough terrain, boosts seed establishment rates with patented seed vessels. This rapid response avoids adding more reforestation debt to the increasing national backlog of forests that are not re-establishing due to the size and severity of wildfires. The speed also reduces forest manager weed removal costs of invasive species that grow over the two to three-year period while nursery trees grow. In addition to California, DroneSeed is currently fielding inquiries and actively selecting sites for reforestation for multiple fires in Oregon and Washington. Individuals, businesses and organisations with forests affected by fires can send information about their land and the fire impact via DroneSeed’s website. Twice Weekly News from African Pilot Should you miss out on any edition of APAnews, please visit the website: www.africanpilot.co.za and click on the APAnews link on the front page. All past weekly APAnews publications have been archived on the website. Until Thursday, please be ‘Serious about flying’. Athol Franz (Editor)

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All interactions and buttons on this demo page are disabled. This virtual work experience is over, but it doesn’t mean that your learning and personal development stop here. Have a look at the list of useful resources and possible pathways below to see if anything draws your attention or sparks your curiosity. Drone pilot - profession overview - a quick run-down of all things related to operating a drone as a career, including a forecast of how in demand drone pilots will be in the future. Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot) - AVI30419 - an overview of a vocational course on operating remotely piloted aircraft systems. Drone pilot licence - some information on how to get a drone licence in Australia. Drone pilot training - a list of organisations certified by Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), who provide remote pilot licence (RePL) training. Australian Association for Unmanned Systems - Australia’s largest industry advocacy group supporting professional, safe, and commercially viable drone use on land, over sea, and in air. She Maps website - a fantastic resource offering 6 educational STEM programs for different levels, all centered around drone operations and geoscience. Drones in environmental science - an interesting read on how 4 scientists are using drones in their work, what challenges they face, and how the technology is changing our understanding of the world around us.

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The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron medium altitude long endurance UAV has achieved operational acceptance with the Israeli Air Force (IAF) with formal induction into service occurring 7 March. In parallel IAI has confirmed that Heron’s used in the war against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon last year were company owned aircraft. According to an IAI statement issued 7 March “during the recent conflict in Lebanon, IAI Heron UAVs were successfully operated, utilizing various payloads. The UAVs were jointly operated by the IAF and teams from IAI and proved their operational utility.” The statement cites IAI president and chief executive officer Itzhak Nissan as saying “the acceptance of IAI's Heron UAV by the IAF is a substantial breakthrough in the IAF's UAV capabilities. These capabilities have already proven themselves in IAF UAV operations by performing long endurance, high altitude, heavy payload and multi-task missions with great reliability. We are pleased to celebrate the Heron's acceptance with the IAF and we will continue our long-term commitment to supply unique products to the IAF and the IDF in the future.” The IAF order was placed in September 2005 with a value of some $50 million. The UAVs are replacing existing IAI Searcher Mk I and Mk II systems operated by the IAF under service based contracts.

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NASA has announced that the space shuttle Atlantis's STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope will finally blast off on 12 May next year. This final servicing jaunt to the venerable eye in the sky was delayed by the failure back in September of Hubble's operational data handling unit. NASA booted up a redundant back-up, but … More out of curiosity than anything. Who picks up the tab for the Japanese Kibo lab maintenance? I assume Japan? Two Shuttle launches in 3 days! Count me in! It's our anniversary on the 13th May, now to persuade SWMBO that we're going to Florida on holiday! Full launch manifest It shows the launch of the next flight to the ISS three days later. Not possible, especially as only one pad can be used for launch. And even if it was, it would mean no rescue flight for the Hubble mission. Where'd STS-120 through STS-124 go? Re: Full launch manifest Did they not have two shuttles out at once for the last aborted mission? They only need the "rescue" for the event that take off damage means that they cannot re-enter safely...they should know that within 3 days - Product round-up Ten excellent FREE PC apps to brighten your Windows - Analysis Pity the poor Windows developer: The tools for desktop development are in disarray - Chromecast video on UK, Euro TVs hertz so badly it makes us judder – but Google 'won't fix' - Analysis BlackBerry's turnaround relies on a secret weapon: Its own network - Product round-up The Glorious Resolution: Feast your eyes on 5 HiDPI laptops

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Pall Corp., the Port Washington filtration maker, said it has signed an agreement with Dart Aerospace Ltd. to develop new upgrades for a helicopter engine protection system. The system operates under extreme conditions, such as desert landings or flights in icy temperatures, to prevent debris and grit from damaging engines. The two companies will team up to redesign Pall's Centrisep EAPS (engine advance protection system) to align it with the needs of Dart's aircraft models beginning with the AS350 Squirrel helicopter. Dart is based in Canada. "We're excited about our first Squirrel helicopter project with Dart and about expanding our collaboration to improve engine protection and safety for many other aircraft," Jim Western, president of Pall's aerospace unit, said in a Wednesday release. On the latest Centrisep designs, a secondary filter screen prevents damage from foreign objects even when the engine cover is open, the company said. Pall-made equipment filters drinking water, food, beverage, chemical, oil, gas, power and semiconductor production.

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Sign Up For Our Newsletter Discover all the foul facts about the history of air travel with history’s most horrible headlines: in-flight edition.Learn More The Supermarine Spitfire displayed below was used by the Royal Air Force before, during, and after World War II. The Hawker Hurricane displayed above the Spitfire is also a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s that was designed and predominantly built for service with the (RAF).Learn More Made exclusively for the Royal Air Force Museum. Percy the Penguin the lucky mascot on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Midlands. This A5 Notebook is perfect for your desk or home. It include white lined paper, a ribbon page finder and an elastic strap cover with pen holder loop.Learn More

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Cosmic encounter! Bus-sized Asteroid 2020 FQ to get close to Earth today NASA has revealed details such as speed, distance, and other characteristics of an asteroid which is set to make a close approach today, March 9. NASA defines Near-Earth Asteroids as ancient space rocks that revolve around the Sun and come close to the Earth's orbit. If these asteroids collide with our planet, they can cause significant harm. A Potentially Hazardous Object is an asteroid that passes within 8 million kilometers of Earth, which may seem like a large distance, but is relatively small in astronomical terms. To avoid potential damage, NASA, ESA, and other space agencies constantly monitor any Potentially Hazardous Objects. With their advanced tech, these space agencies have issued an alert against an asteroid which is set to make a very close approach to Earth today, March 9. Asteroid 2020 FQ details Asteroid 2020 FQ is currently heading towards Earth and is projected to narrowly avoid colliding with the planet today, March 9. NASA estimates that it will come closest to Earth at a distance of just 5.3 million kilometers and is currently travelling at a speed of 22739 kilometers per hour. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office at NASA has cautioned that Asteroid 2020 FQ is relatively smaller than other asteroids which pass the Earth, measuring nearly 40 feet across, which is comparable to the size of a bus. According to the-sky.org, Asteroid 2020 FQ orbits the Sun in around 547 days. During this trip, its farthest point from the Sun is at 246 million kilometers and its nearest point is 146 million kilometers. Types of asteroids The three primary classifications of asteroids are C-type, S-type, and M-type. C-type asteroids, which are composed primarily of carbon-rich substances, are the most frequent. S-type asteroids, which are made up mainly of silicate minerals, are less common. M-type asteroids, which are primarily composed of metal, are the least prevalent. Research on asteroids is critical since it can provide valuable information on the early stages of the solar system and planetary development. Furthermore, these celestial bodies might contain useful resources such as metals and water, which may be utilized in forthcoming space missions. More From This Section

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A study released recently by Boeing predicts a need for 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel worldwide over the next 20 years, with the Asia-Pacific region accounting for 180,000 and 220,000, respectively. China will experience the greatest need for pilots and maintenance personnel at 70,600 and 96,400, respectively. The November 2008 fatal crash of an Airbus A320 into the Mediterranean Sea off Perpignan, France, was the result of the pilots’ improvisation of procedures during an “operational flight check,” raising the crew’s workload to the point that it failed to notice that two angle-of-attack sensors were jammed, according to France’s accident investigation bureau, the BEA. The NTSB has launched an investigation into a near midair between an Airbus A320 airliner and a Beech 99 cargo airplane near Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. According to the Safety Board, the two airplanes came within 50 to 100 feet of colliding during the September 16 incident. Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the acquisition of 40 Airbus aircraft worth some $4.3 billion, the European airframer announced today. Planned to fly with Lufthansa and two of the group’s subsidiaries, the batch of airplanes consists of 20 A320-family jets and three A330-300s for Lufthansa, four A320-family aircraft and five A330-300s for Swiss and eight A319s for Germanwings. The November 2008 crash of an Airbus A320 into the Mediterranean Sea off Perpignan, France, was mainly due to the pilots’ improvisation of procedures during an “operational flight check,” leading to a heavy workload that prevented the crew from seeing that two angle-of-attack sensors were jammed, according to France’s investigation bureau BEA. Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a U.S.-based maker of TCAS and ADS-B avionics, has started equipping dozens of airliners in support of a European-sponsored technology demonstration program aimed at saving fuel on transatlantic flights. Airbus is mulling a fourth A320 engine option as a tactic in its single-aisle product strategy, which is expected to lead to an all-new design for service entry in 2025 or soon after. Boeing and Airbus each declared a measure of victory today following a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that deemed illegal European launch aid for large aircraft programs. The report, made public earlier today, also declares that a “broad array” of government funding for Airbus research and infrastructure development violated international trade agreements. Delta Air Lines and subsidiary Delta AirElite introduced a service to allow customers to book scheduled airline and on-demand charter flights in a single transaction using a prepaid AirElite account. AirElite cardholders can use their accounts to book travel on Delta or Delta AirElite by calling a dedicated client services team. With this rollout, Delta said it is the only U.S. The pilots of US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines have applied for mediation from the National Mediation Board after 11 months of what they characterize as nearly fruitless contract talks with the company. The ALPA-represented pilots claim that management “stalling” has resulted in the sides reaching a consensus on only two sections of the proposed contract.

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The U.S. Air Force's OA-X: An Opportunity For Textron's Scorpion Jet Will Textron's Scorpion gambit pay off? Textron is hoping that the United States Air Force will consider its Scorpion Jet private venture for its future light attack aircraft program called OA-X. The Air Force has not yet decided to formally proceed with an OA-X acquisition, but Textron hopes to participate in the service’s demonstration program this summer—sometime in August or September. “Moving to Scorpion, our second production aircraft had a successful first flight earlier this week and will enter the flight test program,” Textron chief executive office Scott Donnelly told investors during the company’s first quarter earnings call on April 19. “In March, the U.S. Air Force formally authorized our OA-X light attack aircraft experimentation program, for which we have offered to demonstrate the capabilities of both the Scorpion and the AT-6 later this summer.” The OA-X is not an Air Force acquisitions program—right now it is just an experiment. “The experimentation program is a stand-alone program,” Donnelly said. “So this is basically Air Force saying, we want to see what’s out there that would support that category of mission. So they have articulated what their expectations are, what kinds of things they would like to see demonstrated. They issued that. Companies were invited to send in proposals on what they would be able to demonstrate if they were invited to do that. We have done that for both Scorpion and AT-6.” Only after the OA-X experiment is complete will the Air Force decide if it will proceed with an actual purchase of a light attack plane. “The Air Force has been saying publicly is that they will use that experimentation program to help inform them as to what’s out there and available and use that as a basis to decide whether they’re going to put together a program of record on a go-forward basis,” Donnelly said. The OA-X might be the company’s only hope of selling the privately developed Scorpion light combat jet—despite its insistence that foreign customers are interested in the aircraft. “We continue those conversations with those customers,” Donnelly said. “We are at the phase right now, frankly, with one of the more important ones who’s already scheduling when they’re coming over to fly the aircraft.” However, export customers are often reticent to buy aircraft that the domestic customer is unwilling to purchase for its own use. With the U.S. Air Force’s official stamp of approval and a purchase of some number of Scorpions for its own use, the jet’s chances on the international combat aircraft market would be greatly improved. “The foreign customers are also very interested in this U.S. Air Force program because they like to see what the U.S. Air Force is doing,” Donnelly said. “So I think that is a – I don’t know if that helps or hurts, but certainly something that they’re watching as well. But anyway, I would say, the international conversations continue.” However, even if the Air Force decides to formally proceed with an OA-X acquisition program—which is not a sure bet given the service’s track record of abortive attempts to buy a light attack aircraft—the Scorpion faces stiff competition. Ironically, one of its strongest rivals would be its own corporate stable-mate—the Beechcraft AT-6. “The experimentation in terms of the way it was expressed by the Air Force, in terms of the requirements or what they want to see demonstrated was, I think, intentionally broad enough to pick up a pretty broad swath of capability that would involve everything from aircraft class of the AT-6 in the sort of the single-engine turboprop class of aircraft up to and including twin jet kind of aircraft like a Scorpion-type aircraft,” Donnelly said. “Where ultimately they want to go from a requirement standpoint, then – if they go at all, is I think to be informed by that.” Meanwhile, Textron continues to pour its own money into the Scorpion to complete the development of the jet’s mission systems. “We’ve got two of the aircraft are flying. We have the third one that’s in its sort of final assembly,” Donnelly said. “There’s a fair bit of work going on right now on the mission systems, which is very specific to what we know the Air Force is going to want to see demonstrated in their experimentation program. And obviously, all that culminated in having these aircraft ready to go do that program by the beginning of August.” Time will tell if Textron will manage to convince the Air Force to buy the Scorpion—or if the company is throwing good money down the drain. Dave Majumdar is the defense editor for The National Interest. You can follow him on Twitter: @davemajumdar.

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In a surprise end-of-the-week announcement, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James gave the world its first official look at the Air Force's next-generation bomber along with its official name: the B-21. In terms of an "official look" this isn't exactly an auto show reveal. The Air Force released a single artist's rendering of the bomber from a dorsal three-quarter angle—not exactly a comprehensive view of the plane let alone actual photographs. (The Air Force claims no existing B-21 prototypes exist yet, to which we respond: Suuuuuuure.) The image resembles nothing so much as a combination of the B-2 bomber and the X-47 drone; considering both of those those planes are made by Northrop Grumman just like the B-21, this concept probably isn't far off the mark. Based on the rendering, we can extrapolate a couple things. Based upon those sharp angles and long, straight wings the B-21 will be stealthy but it won't be supersonic. Like the B-2 it will almost certainly be optimized for long, fuel-efficient flights, allowing it to soar halfway around the world, drop its payload, then boogie home without taking too many drags off the refueling tankers' teats. The rendering's lack of outlets for the jet engines, though, makes us wonder if the B-21 is being designed with some secret new way to disguise the easily-detectable hot exhaust—or if the designer just forgot to add them in, because art. As for the bomber's name, if "B-21" makes you wonder what the hell happened to B-3 through B-20, well, the Air Force says the B-21 moniker stems from the plane's roots as the first new bomber of the 21st Century. Combined with the fact that the B-52 might stick around for 90 years, this makes us a little concerned that the Air Force is preparing for the idea that the B-21 might be the only new bomber the United States fields in the 21st Century. Regardless, "B-21" won't be bomber's only name when it enters service in the mid-2020s. Every plane in the Air Force is given not just an alphanumeric code, but also by an English-language name: B-2 Spirit, B-1B Lancer, F-22A Raptor, F-35 Junkheap Lightning II, etc. For the B-21 the Air Force is inviting airmen to submit suggestions for the bomber's moniker. The winner will have the honor of appearing alongside Secretary James this fall to announce the name, along with the honor of, y'know, naming a brand-new class of stealth bomber.

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A Significant Safety Concern (SSC) in Kazakhstan has been finally resolved through joint efforts in early May. This leaves no crucial concerns indicated by ICAO for Kazakhstan unresolved. Kazakhstan's compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards has risen from 47 to 65 percent. Less then 10% of airlines have introduced full-time flight tracking recommended by IATA. Why is the simple process taking so long?

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