NASA is opening up the International Space Station to tourists, who will be able to pay nearly $60 million (£47.1m) for month-long holidays in orbit starting from next year.
The space agency also announced private companies would be allowed to use the orbiting platform for business ventures including filming TV advertisements, and using NASA astronauts to market their products.
It is part of NASA’s attempt to recoup some of the $100 billion cost of the space station as the agency begins to focus on the expensive project of returning astronauts to the moon.
NASA will charge tourists tens of thousands of dollars per night for lodging, food, water, and use of life support systems on the space station.
Jim DeWit, the agency’s chief financial officer, said: “If you look at the pricing and you add it up, back of a napkin, it would be roughly $35,000 a night, per astronaut. But it won’t come with any Hilton or Marriott points.”
The bulk of the bill for would-be space tourists will be an estimated $58 million for a round-ticket seat on a space taxi.
That money will go to either SpaceX or Boeing, both of which are developing vehicles to make the trip.
Private astronauts will travel on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, or Boeing’s Starliner.
NASA said there would be up to two such trips a year, and stays would be for a maximum of 30 days.
A total of up to a dozen private astronauts could go per year, and would be selected by the private tour operators.
The space agency made its announcement at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, where it announced it was “opening the space station for commercial business” and hoped to attract customers.
It said the aim was to “accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit” and to “strengthen the burgeoning space economy.”
NASA said it will also allow “marketing, and promoting, commercial products and services,” raising the possibility that trips could be used by private companies for advertising purposes.
Advertisers will be charged for using the space station to promote “products intended for commercial sale on Earth,” NASA said.
They will be able to buy 90 hours of “crew time” per year, meaning NASA astronauts could be used to advertise products. The products would have to weigh less than 175kg.
A NASA spokesman said: “NASA astronauts will be able to conduct coordinated, scheduled and reimbursable commercial and marketing activities consistent with government ethics requirements aboard the station.”
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator at NASA , said it was unknown what the end result of the new “open for business” policy would be.
He said: “We have no idea what kinds of creativity, and literally out of the world ideas, can come from private industry.”
NASA has previously talked to private companies about taking over the entire operation of the costly space station, but none have wanted to.
It will not be the first time a space tourist has been to the station. Roscosmos, NASA ‘s Russian counterpart, has previously taken privately funded astronauts there. In 2001 Dennis Tito, an American businessman, paid around $20 million to go to the space station on a Russian rocket.
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Crewdating - Dating for Pilots and Flht Attendants Well, this is not to say that an airline lady pilot (Captain or First Officer) is less likely to maintain fulfilling relationships with the opposite sex or to have a successful marriage when she is in any of the above operations. For instance, long haul flying would entail being away from home for a fairly long period of time each month. Crewdating is a dating and friendship site for pilots and flht attendants. Date a pilot or cabin crew and meet other singles in uniform online.
Dating A Pilot Cessna Chick Hi Captain Lim, I have read some of your responses to ladies aspiring to be pilots. Aug 7, 2013. Many of you may know already that I'm dating a regional airline pilot. I see a lot of female pilots out there and think the articles are a little.
These 2 Jobs Will Get You the Most Tinder Dates - Time Magazine However, there are a few things they never seem to ask. Feb 24, 2016. Are you a male pilot or a female physical therapist? Congrats, you're among the most desirable people on Tinder. The dating app announced.
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Can Pilots Have Successful Relationships? - The Balance Well, a few find that the grueling schedule of the airlines makes it very difficult to raise a family and would give up flying temporarily. May 27, 2017. He or she is living with a host of other male or female pilots and flht attendants who are loud, up at all hours and also cranky that they're not at.
Of the World's Hottest Lady Pilots Phoenix East Aviation Yes, it is possible for female pilots to have successful marriages as long as they are aware of the problems that come with the job. Jul 1, 2013. More and more women have learned to fly in recent decades. You have to wonder whether flying puts them farther out of your dating reach.


Some important facts about IRNSS-Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System :
1.The project is called Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System or IRNSS with an operational name of NAVIC
2. As part of the project, ISRO opened a new satellite navigation center within the campus of ISRO Deep Space Network
3. It is an indigenously developed Navigation Satellite System that is used to provide accurate real-time positioning and timing services over India and region extending to 1500 km around India.
4. The fully deployed IRNSS system consists of 3 satellites in GEO orbit and 4 satellites in GSO orbit, approximately 36,000 km altitude above earth surface.
5. The complete full system comprises of nine satellites, including two on the ground as stand-by.
6. The requirement of such a navigation system was driven because access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems is not guaranteed in hostile situations, as happened to the Indian military depending on American GPS during the Kargil War in which USA refused to give location of pakistani troops.
7. The IRNSS would provide two services, with the Standard Positioning Service open for civilian use, and the Restricted Service (an encrypted one) for authorized users (including the military)
8. Once the IRNSS is declared operational after checking the systems , India will formally join a select group of nations owing their own Navigational Satellite system
9. The IRNSS constellation of seven satellites are in orbit and is expected to operate from June 2016 onwards.
10. The total cost of the project is expected to be ₹1420 crore (US$211 million), with the cost of the ground segment being ₹300 crore (US$45 million).


Landsat 8 satellite images
Here are some satellite images I processed recently. These images are derived from data collected by the OLI sensor aboard the Landsat 8 satellite, launched February 2013. Landsat 8 continues the Landsat Mission which has observed the earth continuously since 1972. The full Landsat archive is available to the public at GLOVIS and EarthExplorer.


de Gusmão was a Portuguese priest from the Colony of Brazil, noted for his early work on lighter-than-air airship design. His design had a huge sail over a bird-like body and it produced airflow with billows.
Supplies from the EHA Bag:
Supplies from the EHA Science Box:
EHA Activity Book Definitions:
Airfoil: any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
Center of Gravity: The center of gravity of an aircraft is the point over which the aircraft would balance.
Center of Pressure: Average location of the pressure.
Determining the center of pressure is very important for any flying object. To trim an airplane, or to provide stability for a model rocket or a kite, it is necessary to know the location of the center of pressure of the entire aircraft. How do engineers determine the location of the center of pressure for an aircraft which they are designing?
In general, determining the center of pressure (cp) is a very complicated procedure because the pressure changes around the object. Determining the center of pressure requires the use of calculus and a knowledge of the pressure distribution around the body. We can characterize the pressure variation around the surface as a function p(x) which indicates that the pressure depends on the distance x from a reference line usually taken as the leading edge of the object. If we can determine the form of the function, there are methods to perform a calculus integration of the equation. We will use the symbols “S[ ]dx” to denote the integration of a continuous function. Then the center of pressure can be determined from:
cp = (S[x * p(x)]dx) / (S[p(x)]dx)
Fin: vertical stabilizers, vertical stabilizers, or fins, of aircraft, missiles, or bombs
Fins are typically found on the aft end of the fuselage or body, and are intended to reduce aerodynamic side slip and provide direction stability. It is analogous to a skeg on boats and ships.
Lift: is a mechanical force generated by a solid object moving through a fluid
Wind Sheer: Wind shear refers to a change in wind speed or direction with height in the atmosphere.
- Discuss the definitions of airplane parts and ask the students to write short descriptions in their EHA Activity Book
- Ask students to draw a picture of their airplane.
- Before creating their work, ask students to explain their thoughts to you or to another classmate using their new terms.
- Keep the instructions open ended.
- For students who are truly struggling or those who complete their planes early, suggest a spiraling airplane.
- Cut one strip from the longer side of a piece of paper and one from the shorter side.
- Tape them into rings.
- Add a straw.
- Throw it! It spirals!


paper by Jason C. Chavisedited by Laurie Patsalidesupdated Sim GPS tracking history offers been greatly impacted through the process of the development of modern advances over time. Since the main dawn of aircraft engineering, scientists and researchers encounter worked to find areas to inform ground deckie’s of the location plus success of a jet. slide of Radar Unit tracking History In its actual modern form, radar happens to be the use of a radio station waves to detect the actual presence and location of most an object. It was considered first demonstrated in after Christian Hulsmeyer and intended further a decade at a later date by Nikola Tesla.
However, it wasn’t at the outset used with airplanes correct up until the World War The second era. Radar’s usage at the conflict forever fine-tuned flight GPS tracking prior. While many engineers along with scientists throughout the south made advancements, full usage occurred by the starting point of the war. Handy Britain installed the Series Home network designed that can identify German aircraft targeting the islands. Radar Navigation panel tracking uses a console of observations using mouth waves to simulate every flight pattern. Essentially, your current system focuses on your own target aircraft and heels a series of airwaves waves designed to seek the aircraft.
This gives a groundbased facility the ability toward identify where the method is located. A secondary signal is sent which can determine the new residence of the airplane. A simulating the two locations, a path for the type of vehicle can be determined. This helps the team of the facility detect the speed and all-around patterns of flight as the craft. slide related to Advances in Communication because of GPS tracking Additional techniques of information gathering tend to be also used to understand flight GPS tracking. From the time when the earliest days pointing to aircraft technology, radio displays been used to start conversations between the airplanes as well as a the ground crews.
By using a particular type of format for relaying information, the radio communication has the potential to be used to highlight the radar information. Innovative flight GPS tracking development includes the use behind global positioning system G-p-s technology. Developed in the most important late s by all the U.S. military, GPS already been instituted in https://application-partners.com/employee-tracking/top-10-best-free-employee-monitoring-software/ civilian helicopter in after a Soviet interceptor shot down the particular Korean airliner, killing individuals.


Armin van Buuren will not fly into space!
Armin finally dotted all the i's in the history of space flight. In a recent interview with the Dutch edition of De Telegraaf, he officially announced that he refused to participate in the program of space flight.
After the collapse of the spacecraft, owned by businessman Richard Branson (one of the pilots was killed), Armin said it has no plans to fly to more space, "That's impossible. Especially now that I have two children. I do not want them to risk of losing his father. "
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Taking A Look Into The Future: Space Construction
As a World Space Week special, we’ll be looking into the exciting field of space construction. Building in space isn’t just a sci-fi fantasy, it’s an important reality.
When it comes to space construction, forget everything you know about building on Earth. Space construction has many complicated challenges that come down to the tools, the building materials, and how zero gravity construction can take place.
As technology advances, the possibilities of construction in space are rapidly advancing. So, let’s explore what we know about space construction and what the future of this industry could look like.
What is Space Construction?
Space construction is the process of building things in space instead of on Earth. This process is also known as off-Earth manufacturing or in-space manufacturing.
Space construction is necessary when structures are:
- too large to fit inside a rocket
- or too delicate for a space launch
The advantage of space construction is that you don’t have to worry about launching built structures into outer space.
However, space construction also comes with its challenges.
Without gravity, you need to apply a whole new system of architecture, engineering, and construction needs.
Space construction also requires you to transport the building materials into space. This can be a major challenge. Things like cranes and cement mixers that we use on Earth just don’t exist beyond our atmosphere.
Why is Space Construction Important?
Being able to master construction in space is necessary to understand what we can achieve beyond the Earth.
Without being able to build in space, our space activities are limited to what we’re able to launch into space with a rocket. With space construction though, we can create entire structures and new designs in space and on new planets.
This is important for being able to repair space stations or to create entirely new structures on Mars, for example.
Space habitats and colonising new planets is an idea that has been thrown around for some time now. To achieve this, space construction is essential.
The two main types of habitats used in space include expandable habitats and terrestrial habitats.
- Expandable habitats are inflatable. It is possible to use them on the ground or free-floating. These are easier to launch and cheaper to create.
- Terrestrial habitats are permanent structures. These are built on the land – just like buildings on Earth.
Some notable construction projects in space include the International Space Station, as well as plans for the Lunar Gateway, and Mars colonisation.
There are also two successful expandable habitats worth mentioning. These are NASA’s BEAM, and the Bigelow Expanded Activity Module (formerly the TransHab).
The Process of Construction in Space
The biggest challenge to building in space is the lack of gravity. Without gravity, the regular laws of physics that we apply to construction on Earth are not relevant.
Then there’s also the challenge of making sure that everything built in space is durable enough to withstand extreme conditions.
This includes using materials that are strong enough to blast through the Earth’s atmosphere. It’s critical to use materials that can also withstand the heavy radiation in outer space. Of course, there’s also the challenge of trying to fit enough materials for building into a rocket.
In order to overcome the challenges of space construction, it’s important to use the right materials and tools. NASA is in the process of developing technologies that will allow us to build structures on other planets by using the resources that are available on those planets.
Scientists also use polymers, such as Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), to create building materials for space.
3D printing plays a major role in creating building materials for space. Scientists can use 3D printers to create tools and materials using ABS.
Future space construction materials could include concrete (assisted with lunar dust), transparent aluminium, and graphene.
The Archinaut One is a development that consists of a 3D printer and robotic arm. This project is designed for independently building structures in space. The Archinaut One could open up endless new possibilities for space construction.
Special tools for construction in space also include:
- the pistol grip tool (a specialised drill developed for space)
- and the Canadarm (a type of crane used in space).
The advancement of space construction signals incredible new opportunities for the future of humankind. Whether this means more advanced space stations, or even colonising planets, it all begins with construction.
Of course, space construction has its challenges. But, with rapidly developing tools and technology, the possibilities for this final frontier have become immensely exciting!
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The location is of course a general purpose airport but it serves also as a good place for flight testing and aircraft storage.
The storage part is the most impressing, because the desert is dry and covers a large area, a huge number of planes are stored here.
Numerous large Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, and Airbus aircraft owned by major airlines are stored at Mojave. Other than large commercial planes, the military also uses the airport for storage so you can also see some war legends.
This is a spectacular place, way more interesting than a special designated aviation museum. Eventually the planes that reach end of flight are scrapped at Mojave but some are used for parts or are refurbished and get to fly again.
And a quick tip for those interested to come to the US: getting a visa is not easy even if you are based in some parts of Europe, luckily there are some good options to get a 'ESTA USA' online.


This was a problem in the crash when the Flight Engineer asked if they were not clear, but Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (the captain of the KLM, with over 11,000 hours flown) said that they were obviously clear and the Flight Engineer decided that it was best not to contradict the captain. Go ahead, ask." True Crime.  With 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history." #plane #planecrash #accident #tenerifeairportdisaster #tenerife #klm #panam #fyp #educational Stunned survivors mill about the burning wreckage of Pan American Boeing 747 Flight 1736 after it collided with .  By March 30, a small plane shuttle service was approved, but large jets still could not land. The Pan Am crew replied: "OK, will report when we're clear." She dragged some away from the burning aircraft and instructed them to keep back. Warns had 15,210 flight hours, of which 559 hours were on the 747. Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Caroline Hopkins, gazing out her left-side window, had even seen the KLM jet taxi down the runway a few minutes earlier, when Pan Am was parked near the terminal. One of those survivors was Purser Dorothy Kelly. , The Pan Am crew found themselves in poor and rapidly deteriorating visibility almost as soon as they entered the runway. All, that is, except for Robina van Lanschot, an employee of a tour group based on Tenerife. This 1977 Plane Crash Occurred Right on the Runway On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Pan Am Flight 1736 was sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off. Best Buddies Turkey Ekibi; Videolar; Bize Ulan; tenerife airport disaster survivors 27 ub. With the apron at Los Rodeos full of airplanes, overworked controllers began directing incoming flights onto taxiways that intersected the main runway. The crew began the taxi and proceeded to identify the unmarked taxiways using an airport diagram as they reached them. One of those survivors was Purser Dorothy Kelly. KAREN ANDERSON (Pan Am Flight 1736 Passenger/Survivor): It was a survival mode that kicked in, and it was just, "get out of that airplane." KLAAS MEURS (KLM Flight 4805 Co-Pilot/From Flight Voice . She decided to wait on Tenerife, so she asked a friend to send her luggage. Pan Am Flight 1736 had originated at Los Angeles International Airport, with an intermediate stop at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). On March 27, 1977, shortly after 5 p.m. local time, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collided on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands. Both airline crews got confused about the runway exit they were supposed to use.  About 70 personnel were involved in the investigation, including representatives from the United States, the Netherlands and the two airline companies. . There were 61 survivors who included four flight attendants, three cockpit crew members, and two cockpit observers who weren't injured at all. Tony Monda, another WWII veteran, directed his wife Isobel out an opening on the left side of the fuselage, then followed her after retrieving his carry-on bag (an action now strongly advised against). What happened to cause these two planes to collide on the ground? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Dorothy did not stop.  With 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history. Carla was also found shouting commands and helping the survivors. The most comprehensive and authoritative history site on the Internet. The KLM jet was carrying 14 crew members and 235 passengers, including 52 children. Less experienced flight crew members were encouraged to challenge their captains when they believed something to be incorrect, and captains were instructed to listen to their crew and evaluate all decisions in light of crew concerns. (Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives) It was an event which shook the world: on a. Crew list PanAm *Grubbs, Victor Captain *Bragg, Robert First Officer *Warns, George W. Flight Engineer *Cooper, John Observer in jump seat *Murillo Rivas, Juan Antonio Observer in jump seat *Kelly, Dorothy First class purser *Johnson, Carla J. Stewardess *Jackson, Joan K. Stewardess Its nose landing gear cleared the Pan Am, but its left-side engines, lower fuselage, and main landing gear struck the upper right side of the Pan Am's fuselage, ripping apart the center of the Pan Am jet almost directly above the wing. 2. Video, 00:01:00View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Three minutes later (at 17:02) Pan Am 1736 was cleared to follow the KLM aircraft and backtrack runway 12. She thought it pointless to fly to Las Palmas, then return to Tenerife with tourists. A severely injured woman was lying under a wing, trampled on by passengers trying to get out of the aircraft.  The airport had only one runway and one major taxiway running parallel to it, with four short taxiways connecting the two. A bomb set off by the Canary Islands Independence Movement at Gran Canaria Airport had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos, including the two aircraft involved in the accident. Grubbs was not among the survivors. Slaton was dispatched from Torrejon Air Base just outside of Madrid, Spain. Video, 00:04:00, The 'Queen of Chess' who defeated Kasparov, Shuttle disaster: 'Something didn't look right' Video, 00:04:15, Shuttle disaster: 'Something didn't look right', The fish that nearly caused a war. Our main task is to get you on and off the plane and to your destination as safely as possible, something that is never emphasized enough and something maybe to remember next time you take a flight.". Just before Pan Am passed C-3, KLMs captain took the action that sealed everyones fate: He began his takeoff roll before getting permission from the controller.  Los Rodeos was fully reopened on April 3rd, after wreckage had been fully removed and engineers had repaired the airport's runway.. There were 61 survivors Badly damaged, the KLM jumbo lands back on the runway and skids for a thousand feet before bursting into flames before any of the 248 passengers and crew could escape. In desperation, the pilots prematurely rotated the aircraft nose upward and attempted to clear the Pan Am by lifting off, causing a 22m (72ft) tailstrike. More than four decades later, the crash remains the worst disaster in aviation history, killing 583 people, injuring dozens and creating lifelong trauma for thousands. But there were 9 fatalities of flight 1736.  The Netherlands Department of Civil Aviation published a response that, while accepting that the KLM captain had taken off "prematurely", argued that he alone should not be blamed for the "mutual misunderstanding" that occurred between the controller and the KLM crew, and that limitations of using radio as a means of communication should have been given greater consideration. The reason was simple and horrible: They had suddenly seen a KLM 747 speeding down the foggy runway directly toward them. This included KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736. , Both flights had been routine until they approached the islands. The actual explanation is a bit more mundane: The saga of Pan Am Flight 914 is a work of fiction that originated with Weekly World News, a notorious tabloid that operated between 1979 and. . Among them were KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 - the two aircraft involved in the accident. The KLM Boeing 747-200 PH-BUF 'The Rhine' was involved in the accident. He was aware of the Pan Am jumbo, but had no visual contact. The Spanish government installed a ground radar system at Tenerife North Airport following the accident.. , Cockpit procedures were also changed after the accident.  On 2 August 1970, in its first year of service, it also became the first 747 to be hijacked: en route between JFK and Luis Muoz Marn International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, it was diverted to Jos Mart International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Van Zanten didnt hear him clearly, and precious seconds were lost. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. The impact and resulting fire killed everyone on board KLM 4805 and most of the occupants of Pan Am 1736, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the aircraft. No one aboard the KLM aircraft survived, and only 71 people escaped from the Pan Am wreckage. On March 27, 1977, two fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jets crashed on the runway of the Los . Propelled by its forward momentum, the Dutch plane rose to an altitude of roughly 100 feet before nosediving into the runway and exploding in a fireball. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. The co-pilot who survived the Tenerife aircraft disaster, The worst crash in aviation history. Video, 00:00:42, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race. The scene outside the plane was chaotic, with huge orange flames and massive plumes of black smoke billowing from the destroyed Pan Am airliner. Apparently van Zanten heard only the word takeoff. (Its important to note that this instruction would not have been appropriate in the United States then or nowthe word takeoff would have been used only when the actual permission was being given. As a result, some sections of the 747 werent as damaged as those that had taken the full impact of KLMs engines and lower fuselage. The Pan Am flight crew only saw the aircraft coming towards them when it was too late. The sudden fog greatly limited visibility and the control tower and the crews of both planes were unable to see one another. That transmission should have been audible in KLMs cockpit, but at that exact moment an electronic buzz, known as a heterodyne, interfered with the transmission, so KLMs captain didnt hear it. The co-pilot who survived the Tenerife aircraft disaster In March 1977, two jumbo jets collided at Tenerife Airport killing 583 people. The Tenerife accident changed international guidelines about communications between controllers and cockpits.). Ironically, just after the refueling started, Las Palmas airport reopened. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 25,000 articles originally published in our nine magazines. After a several-hour delay, the passengers on Pan Am 1736 were finally relaxingtheir plane was getting ready to take off. This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 13:33. Two jumbo jets facing each other on the same runway, but unable to see each other because of the fog, with Pan Am 1736 taxiing directly toward KLM 4805. 61 . While the ultimately unsuccessful search for a second bomb was carried out, a dozen incoming aircraft, including the Pan Am and KLM 747s, were sent to nearby Tenerife to wait until Las Palmas officials gave the all-clear. , The subsequent investigation by Spanish authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain's decision to take off in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control (ATC) had been issued. Meanwhile, back in the KLM plane, the crew had let their 234 passengers leave the aircraft and wander around in the Tenerife terminal building. The crash impact and resulting fire killed everyone on board flight 4805 and most of the people on board flight 1736, which had only 61 survivors. Mortally wounded, robbed of airspeed by the energy transferred to the impact with Pan Am, KLM settled back to the runway at less than 100 knots, skidded, and burst into intense flames.  Dutch investigators placed a greater emphasis on a mutual misunderstanding in radio communications between the KLM crew and ATC, but ultimately KLM admitted that their crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed to financially compensate the relatives of all of the victims. A telephone threat to the airport switchboard made a reference to bombs, plural, and when that was relayed to airport officials, all incoming flights were postponed or diverted. Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. On the evening of October 15 the flight left Honolulu on a Boeing 377 . Several less-injured passengers followed the example of passenger David Alexander. March 27th, 1977 is a date permanently etched in aviation history. The collision took place in a high-density cloud. Joani Feathers also saw another woman in curlers set alight after the Pan Am Boeing 747 she was traveling in collided with a KLM 747 on the runway at fog-bound Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife . When it became clear that the KLM aircraft was approaching at takeoff speed, Captain Grubbs exclaimed, "Goddamn, that son-of-a-bitch is coming! CBS News broadcast a memorial segment which may be accessed by clicking here. Meurs had 9,200 flight hours, of which 95 hours were on the 747. Who was captain of Pan Am Tenerife crash? The International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977, was inaugurated at the Mesa Mota on March 27, 2007. There were initially 70 survivors, but 9 passengers later died of their injuries. The 'Queen of Chess' who defeated Kasparov. Somewhat remarkable was that 61 passengers, including the flight deck, managed to survive from the Pan Am jumbo. On board of the Pan Am 1736 were two airline employeers: John Copper and Juan Rivas.  The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway. These include the Survival in the Sky episode "Blaming the Pilot", the Seconds From Disaster episode "Collision on the Runway", PBS's NOVA episode "The Deadliest Plane Crash" in 2006, the PBS special Surviving Disaster: How the Brain Works Under Extreme Duress (based on Amanda Ripley's book The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why) in 2011, Destroyed in Seconds and an episode of the Canadian TV series Mayday (known by different names in different countries), namely the season 16 standard length episode "Disaster at Tenerife" with the earlier more in-depth 90-minute "Crash of the Century" being a spin-off. The Pan Am aircraft, registered N736PA, is no stranger to notoriety. All 259 people on board were killed, and 11 individuals on the ground also died. Thick fog started to envelop the airport as Pan Am 1736 was ready to leave.  The sum of settlements for property and damages was $110 million (or $492 million today), an average of $189,000 (or $845,000 today) per victim, due to limitations imposed by European Compensation Conventions in effect at the time. TIL on March 27, 1977, Robina van Lanschot decided to not reboard her flight, staying at her layover destination, despite this being against the rules. when he spotted the KLM's landing lights through the fog just as his plane approached exit C-4. Instead, departing aircraft needed to taxi along the runway to position themselves for takeoff, a procedure known as a backtaxi or backtrack.. KLM 4805, at full throttle and lifting off, struck the other plane just aft of the starboard wing. Second officer Schreuder didnt like what he (correctly) thought hed heard on the radio. Three minutes later (at 17:02) Pan Am 1736 was cleared to follow the KLM aircraft and backtrack runway 12. The official investigation suggested that this might have been due to not only to the captain's seniority in rank but also his being one of the most respected pilots working for the airline. Paranoid conspiracies. @AirCrash_ | : KLM Flight 4805 (Boeing 747-200B) and Pan Am Flight 1736 (Boeing 747-100) collide on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Spain. The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener. This crash killed 583 people on board the two flights. The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Nine flight attendants on Pan Am 1736 died. KLM paid the victims' families compensation ranging between $58,000 and $600,000 (or $259,000 to $2.7 million today, adjusted for inflation). The instructions used the word "takeoff," but did not include an explicit statement that they were cleared for takeoff. a bomb detonated on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the Boeing . Unlike the common fight or flight reaction, there is a third, dismayingly common response to emergencies: behavioral inactionfreezing, being unable to react. At the time of the accident, Veldhuyzen van Zanten was KLM's chief flight instructor, with 11,700 flight hours, of which 1,545 hours were on the 747. Pan Am 1736 also burst into flames and broke into several pieces. The KLM crew did as directed, completing their swivel turn as Pan Am was entering the runway on the other end.  Its cockpit crew consisted of Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (age 50), First Officer Klaas Meurs (42), and Flight Engineer Willem Schreuder (48). The crew asked for clarification and the controller responded emphatically by replying: "The third one, sir; one, two, three; third, third one." The investigators suggested the reason for this was a desire to leave as soon as possible in order to comply with KLM's duty-time regulations (which went in place earlier that year) and before the weather deteriorated further.
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Over the next twenty years, the aerospace sector is projected to see a steady annual growth rate due to several favorable trends. Predicted is an increase in demand for commercial aircraft in both mature and emerging markets; the ongoing deployment of more efficient aircraft; and, an aircraft production backlog reducing cyclical volatility.
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Versapak is a company known for producing a wide range of bags and security pouches used by airlines worldwide. Some of these companies are Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Easyjet.
Versapak bags are used to secure cash for duty free on board the airplane as well as in the airport, the confidential files, to store receipts and cash, as well as to store and carry card readers required for in-flight duty-free transactions. Versapak tamper evident pouches are used to keep confidential documents secure in case unauthorised persons attempt to take possession thereof.
Versapak can offer a full range of solutions for the aviation industry, including temperature-controlled bags for food items on board, for securing valuable duty free items, for transferring key information from the aircraft to the ground staff, and a full range of security seals for a variety of applications.
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Thank you for visiting the Air Transat Study website. This website is exclusively for people associated with Air Transat flight 236. The purpose of this website is to keep you posted on our studies, which we think are among the most important and exciting of their kind.


Shield the earth?
Some of you might remember the movie «Highlander» where the earth is protected by an artificial shield against cosmic rays, since the ozone layer had completely disappeared. Guess what ... some IvyLeaguers actually suggested such a solution as a counter-measure to global warming:
The effect would be to uniformly reduce sunlight by about 2 percent over the entire planet, enough to balance the heating of a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
Once again «we» try to treat symptoms instead of ripping out the root of the problem. Carbon dioxide absorption will still acidify the oceans with unpredictable catastrophic ramifications.
The total mass of all the fliers making up the space sunshade structure would be 20 million tons. At $10,000 a pound, conventional chemical rocket launch is prohibitively expensive. Angel proposes using a cheaper way developed by Sandia National Laboratories for electromagnetic space launchers, which could bring cost down to as little as $20 a pound.Of course that's all for the good of mankind, isn't it? Financial ulterior motives and other firms than NASA and ESA pushing into space is just a little bon-bon.
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An unmanned U.S. commercial
cargo ship flew to the International Space
Station on Sunday, completing the primary
goal of its test flight before supply runs
begin in December.
After a series of successful steering
maneuvers, the Orbital Sciences Cygnus
freighter parked about 39 feet from the
station at 6:50 a.m. EDT/1050 GMT as the
ships sailed 260 miles above the Southern
Ocean south of Africa.
Ten minutes later, Italian astronaut Luca
Parmitano and NASA's Karen Nyberg used
the station's robotic arm to pluck the capsule
from orbit and guide it to a berthing slip on
the station's Harmony connecting node.
"That's a long time coming, looks great,"
radioed astronaut Catherine Coleman from
NASA's Mission Control in Houston.
Cygnus' arrival had been delayed a week -
first by a software glitch and then by the
higher priority docking of a Russian Soyuz
capsule ferrying three new crewmembers to
the $100 billion outpost, a project of 15
Orbital Sciences' new unmanned Antares
rocket blasted off on September 18 from a
new launch pad on the Virginia coast to put
Cygnus into orbit.
"We learned a lot on this one," Orbital
Sciences executive vice president Frank
Culbertson told reporters after launch.
NASA contributed $288 million toward
Antares' and Cygnus' development and
awarded Orbital Sciences a $1.9 billion
contract for eight station resupply missions,
the first of which is targeted for December.
The U.S. space agency also provided $396
million to privately owned Space Exploration
Technologies to help develop the Falcon 9
rocket and Dragon cargo ship. The company,
known as SpaceX, holds a $1.5 billion NASA
contract for 12 cargo runs to the station, two
of which already have been completed.
Unlike SpaceX's Dragon capsule, Cygnus is
not designed to return to Earth. After
astronauts unload more than 1,500 pounds
(680 kg) of food, clothing and supplies that
were packed aboard Cygnus, it will be filled
with trash, detached from the station and
flown into the atmosphere for incineration.
Thales Alenia Space, a consortium led by
Europe's largest defense electronics
company, France's Thales, is a prime
contractor on the capsule.
For now, NASA is the only customer for
Cygnus, but Orbital Sciences expects
additional business as the United States and
other countries launch exploration initiatives
beyond the space station's orbit.


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US Space Research Organization NASA is going to send three robots bees to the International Space Station.
According to a blog post on Tuesday, Astrobie Robot will work with the help of astronauts’ research, along with the maintenance and reservoir monitoring.
Astrobi has been made at the NASA Research Research Center in Mountain View, California, California.
Use the fan to navigate through the robot and any axis. Astrobby has a robotic arm for working. The camera and other sensors used for navigation have been used.
According to the report, the battery-operated Utukuku robots will automatically charge a power station if they are charged.
According to NASA.
Astrobi will also be used to help researchers experiment with testing, technology tests and robot communication with people in space.
The results of this test were told that humans can be more prepared to carry out the search on the moon and other planets. Two of the three Astroobi space stations will be sent to the center this month, the report said.


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Will Elon Musk be the first billionaire in space to pull 1,300 lbs? We really hope so.
Billionaires in space is a thing. But, let’s be frank, they didn’t do anything when they go up there other than just look out the window and take selfies. Which seems like a wasted opportunity.


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- to drop (cargo) to lighten a ship's load in time of distress
- to drop from an aircraft or spacecraft in flight
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definition derived from Merriam Webster


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By Our Reporter
Fresh facts emerged yesterday that the pilot of the ill-fated Dana Aircraft, Captain Peter Waxtan, actually reported dual engine failure in his last communication with the control tower at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Also, the pilot allegedly declared negative response from throttle, implying a serious difficulty in landing.
But the development has raised fresh posers in the aviation sector over the flight and the conduct of the pilot.
In the last few days, the management of Dana Air had joined issues with the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, on whether the two engines of the aircraft were faulty or not.
There were indications yesterday, however, that the two engines were lost about 10 nautical miles to the airport.
According to the snippets of the last communication between the tower and the pilot obtained in confidence, the latter spoke in a panicking tone.
Apart from the Black Box which will provide technical details of how the crash occurred, contact with the control tower could be locally retrieved.
Investigation revealed that aviation experts in the Ministry of Aviation, Abuja , who are in the know of the communication between the pilot and the control tower, wondered what the pilot meant by "dual engine failure."
According to them, "the pilot contacted the control tower in Lagos at about 10 nautical miles while the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet to declare "May Day", interpreted in aviation to mean "emergency".
The pilot was quoted as saying: "May Day, May Day due to dual engine failure and negative response from throttle", in a panic-laden voice.
"The simple interpretation of this, according to the experts, is that the engines had packed up and the pilot was no longer in control of the aircraft."
It was gathered that the experts also wondered why the pilot had earlier requested to be cleared to land on runway 18R, when the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 7,200 feet instead of runway 18L usually used by aircraft on local flights.
The experts added: "Runway 18R is in the international wing and is 4.5km long compared to 18L which is over 3km long.
"The request to be allowed to land on "18R with longer breaking distance meant that the pilot was anticipating some problems or was indeed having problems.
"Could the aircraft have been on one engine with the pilot hoping to use it to land? If this was so, at what point did the aircraft lose the engine? Did the pilot try to "restart" or "relight" the engine to no avail? They said the questions are apt as it is rare for all the engines of an aircraft to fail at the same time.
"It is not clear if any such problem was communicated to the control tower at that point.
"All that, however, will be captured by the AIB, which is in possession of the black box containing the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder," they said.
It was gathered that an analysis of the flight data recorder will reveal the state of the engine and the technical performance of the aircraft.
One of the sources said: "From the cockpit voice recorder will emerge the pilot communication with air traffic controllers in the last 30 minutes of the flight.
"Air traffic controllers also record their communications with pilots for aerial, approach and aerodrome. This is archived for 90 days and in the event of air mishap made available within 24 hours to the AIB."
As at press time, more countries have joined ongoing investigation of the crash.
The Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Joe Obi, who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja, said: "I know it is not only the US that is investigating the crash. There are other volunteer countries. But I won't be able to immediately give you their names.
"Other countries are joining the investigation because we have some components of the aircraft that ought to be analysed too."
Asked when the corpses of the deceased will be released, Obi said: "It has to do with medical examination. Only the Lagos State Government can talk on this.
"We know that some faiths allow early burial of their deceased members, but the Lagos State Government will be of assistance in this respect."


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Sat 20 Jan 2024, marked our first Volunteer Cadet Corps Cadet Naval Aviation Proficiency Course held jointly with the Sea Cadets.
Together, we delved into topics covering the History of the Fleet Air Arm, Principles of Flight, Radiotelegraphy, Metrology, Flight Deck Operations, and the exciting world of Aviation Careers.
The first day our cadets were stationed on the iconic HMS BELFAST, allowing them a unique opportunity to “kip on a ship” and immerse themselves in the maritime life.
Day two was equally epic, as we embarked on a visit to the Farnborough Air Sciences Museum. Cadets and Adult Volunteers had the chance to get hands-on with awe-inspiring aviation history, explore cockpit interiors, and immerse themselves in flight simulators.
SLt (VCC) Gary Fletcher, Executive Officer (Training) said “In a remarkable collaboration – 1 Cadet Force, 2 RN Cadet Force Organisations, 17 cadets, and 6 staff members working seamlessly to create an educational experience that surpassed expectations. The synergy between Sea Cadets and the Volunteer Cadet Corps was evident as they shared knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm for aviation”
The impact was undeniable, with some cadets leaving the experience not only inspired but also googling the realm of aviation careers. The Farnborough Air Sciences Museum shop can attest to our cadets’ zeal, as they practically cleared the shelves of aviation magazines!