G4 528 is a domestic flight departing from the McCarran, Las Vegas airport (LAS) and arriving at Stockton Metropolitan, Sacramento airport (SCK).
The top airlines that fly SCK to LAS are: The top airlines that fly SCK to LAS are: Allegiant Air - (G4) with 29 flights every month.
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Fitzgerald: Angst for the Allegiant flyer - NewsAs for the comment on getting a cheaper ticket later, if you know anything about travel you will find that prices on airline, rental cars and hotels change from hour to hour.Allegiant Air Flights serve about 177 destinations throughout the United States and among the most notable cities that can be visited with low-cost Allegiant Airlines reservations are San Diego, Los Angeles, Austin, Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Phoenix.
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Today it has more than 1300 employees and over a billion USD capitalizations.There are several airlines that fly from Stockton (SCK) to Las Vegas (LAS) every month.Representatives of the company announced to employees Monday.We all had very high hopes when Allegiant entered the Hawaii deal market in 2012.Established in 1997, Allegiant Airlines currently boasts of a commendable fleet of about 100 fuel-efficient aircraft.Dohop searches hundreds of travel sites to help you find and book the flight that suits you best.Allegiant does.In fact, Allegiant is the only commercial passenger airline flying out of Stockton Metropolitan Airport.
Allegiant Air to discontinue service between US mainlandFor Stockton to Las Vegas, Monday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Wednesday is the most expensive.
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Cheap Flights from Stockton to Las Vegas, sck to lasAllegiant Air (Las Vegas) yesterday (November 4) celebrated 10 years of flying to Florida.
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With direct service to and from over 40 cities into Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Allegiant makes leisure travel affordable and convenient.
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The duration of the flight Allegiant Air G4 135 is 49 minutes.Allegiant Air offers flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK) to McCarran International Airport (LAS), which take a little more than an hour.Recently I had a chance to take allegiant on my way from Hawaii to Las Vegas.Allegiant Air canceled 30 flights coming in or out of Las Vegas this week, along with eight others nationwide, due to the delayed delivery of used and new Airbus A320 and A319 planes, airline.
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Allegiant Air Announces New Nonstop Flights to PhoenixThey sold my 80 year old mother every imaginable thing they could when she booked 2 tickets to Las Vegas from Stockton.Allegiant Air have their headquarters in Enterprise, Nevada near Las Vegas.
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They announced aggressive Hawaii expansion with flights from Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Bellingham, Phoenix, Boise, Eugene, Fresno and Stockton.Traveling to Las Vegas to ring in 2019 has never been easier.
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Defendry Receives Government Award to Demonstrate Active Shooter Defense Solution for US Air Force Applications
March 31, 2020
We at Defendry are on a mission to save lives from the current active shooter epidemic, and we are very excited to announce the procurement of a government-awarded contract with the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) to demonstrate our active shooter defense solution’s usefulness for US Air Force applications. Defendry’s AI-powered software integrates with security cameras to automatically detect, deter, & report threats like a person holding a weapon in a location where they shouldn’t. While issued weapons may be openly carried in many places on Air Force property, Defendry can help protect the locations where that is not so.
“The military has not been spared by the epidemic of active shooters, and we’re proud to do our part to help,” said Dr. Sean Huver, Defendry’s chief science officer. “Our computer vision technology can greatly augment situational awareness when it matters most, when lives are at stake.”
The highly-competitive SBIR award program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federally-beneficial research and development that also has the potential for commercialization. The SBIR award gives us the opportunity to field test and showcase our active shooter defense system in the dynamic Department of Defense environment in an attempt to secure US Air Force contracts over the next few months.
“Today, Defendry has installations with retail, school, and public park customers,” stated Dr. Huver. “We’re ready to deploy our platform in a Department of Defense setting, and excited about the challenges that it brings. We know our technology can save lives and we value every opportunity to do so.”
To learn more about Defendry or to get in touch, please visit defendry.com.


Caticlan airport, the second airport in Aklan and one of the country’s busiest gateways, is 70 kilometers by road from Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo, Aklan. The newest flight would allow Boracay tourists and Aklan-bound passengers to directly travel to Caticlan from Manila vice versa.
The PAL PR2059 flight arrived at Caticlan airport at 10 a.m. at runway 6/24 with 150 passengers on board. The PAL Airbus A320 twin-jet also received the traditional water canon salute at the 1,800-meters runway of Caticlan, an expansion project of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation.
PAL will operate three times a day from Caticlan to Manila at 9:45 AM, 1:15 PM and 4:30 PM. It is offering an introductory fare for one-hour and ten minutes flight for as low as P2,636 Caticlan-Manila and P2,621 Manila-Caticlan, all-in one-way economy fares.
The airport is currently managed by TransAire Development Holdings Corp., a subsidiary of San Miguel, which owns the rights to a 25 year build-rehabilitate-operate-transfer concession deal from the national transportation department.
Prior to airport expansion, Caticlan airport accommodates small propeller aircraft such as British Aerospace BAE-146 aircraft of SkyJet, ATR 72-500 aircraft of Cebu Pacific and 76-seat Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 operated by PAL Express due to the limited runway capability of the airport.
During bad weather, the flights are also diverted to Kalibo International Airport, a two hour drive by land to Caticlan.
The recent development in Caticlan airport will likely impact the number of flights in Kalibo. Aside from PAL, other airline companies are planning to launch international and inter-island flights to Caticlan using their Airbus A320 aircraft.
The high-capacity aircraft would also increase access to Taiwan and Korea markets with non-stop flight to Caticlan airport.
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View Apollo 18 Pics. Under the nasa space program, the final three moon landings, apollo 18, 19, and 20 were originally rescheduled for 1973 and 1974. Ever since the first lunar landing in 1969, some have insisted the moon achievement was a hoax.
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Click here to see the NSS membership brochure.
Welcome to the Web site for the Seattle Chapter of the National Space Society.
Our chapter mission is to facilitate space activism and all pro-space activities, and to provide a gathering place for space enthusiasts to meet and exchange information and ideas.
Chapter meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the second Sunday of each month at the Museum of Flight at Boeing field. Meetings are held in the Red Barn classroom (basement). For directions, see http://www.museumofflight.org/directions.
NSS Seattle meetings are free and open to the general public. Soft drinks and snacks are served.
Next meeting: 2d Sunday of each month, Jan - Dec 2017 7:00 PMOur Speakers, vary ,
Meetings are casual and free.
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Things haven't been fully updated here for a while here - we continue to have meetings the 2d Sunday of every month.
As past examples: We met September 8th, 2013 and had Adam Hadaller speak about his work at Spaceflight Services Inc. And on August 11th, 2013 we had a talk titled "Sunlight from Space Mirrors at Dawn and Dusk" by Lew Fraas.
October 9, 2011: The group watched a video posted on Wired.com of a demonstration of a drilling mechanism "How to Anchor an Asteriod." JPL Engineer Aaron Parness and others are developing a robot gripper capable of "holding on" to uneven surfaces, such as an asteroid.
September 2011: For our September 11 meeting, NSS Seattle welcomed Rodney Kendrick, who spoke about a commercial return to the moon. Rod discussed how we can return to the Moon with already-existing (or soon to exist) hardware and reach the level of the Apollo missions - or even better – before the end of this decade. Rod also discussed how we will reach the moon, this time to stay. The talk was recorded and is available for viewing. Contact the NSS President Chris Vancil at email@example.com.
April 2011: Our Sunday April 10th meeting was a celebration of "Yuri's Night." We celebrated the anniversaries of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space (1961), and the first space shuttle launch - Columbia (1981). We also viewed a collection of historic videos.
December 2010: In addition to the chapter's 2010 holiday party, we also discussed the recent findings of the GFAJ microbe, which can survive on arsenic instead of phosphorus. We also discussed the Air Force X-37B space plane, which landed in early December after 7 months in orbit.
November 2010: During our Mars Movie Festival, we watched videos of Mars missions and footage of the surface of Mars from the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
October 2010: Fresh from the teacher workshop Alien Safari! Using Extremeophiles to Excite Students and meet State Science Standards, Susan and Gary Harrison brought a NASA video that provided background information on extremeophiles - forms of life that live in extreme environments. These life forms demonstrate possible ways that life could exists on other planets. By learning more about extremeophiles, we learn more about how to detect possible extraterrestrial life forms.
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16 April 2012 was a memorable day.
Inspired by the legendary flight of Hans-Werner Grosse 40 years before, I achieved a 1000km straight distance flight from Belgium, over Viersen to the Spanish border, with landing in Mimizan.
This turned out to be 2 Belgian Records, and my FAI 1000km Diploma (the first such diploma flown from Belgium).
Since 2012 I have been ready each year for improving this performance. On only one occasion it was possible to equal it, but not surpass it as the Pyrenees were covered in rain.
So unfortunately, this type of weather is more rare than I had hoped for, which makes me appreciate this flight even more.


X-Wing play test, dogfighting amongst asteroids
This week we managed to have a good play test of X-Wing. The setting was inside sparse asteroid field, and was a small scout group of Imperials hunnting down an elusive wing of Rebel fighters.
The imperials had 2 tie fighters and a tie advanced.
The rebels had an x-wing and an e-wing.
The fight was tense and very evenly matched till the end. The x-wing bought it quite early, but the more maneuverable e-wing managed to evade a lot of gunfire.
In the end, the last tie fighter hurtled head first into an asteroid and after a last minute mistake from the tie advanced the e-wing was able to get on its tail and finish it off!
A close escape from the Rebels!


NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and the Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter are a part of the Mars Relay Network, a constellation of spacecraft that serves as a lifeline to the current surface missions on Mars – NASA’s Curiosity rover and InSight lander.
What is Mars relay network?
The current Mars Relay Network (MRN) is an evolving international network of Mars relay orbiters along with their supporting ground systems that provides communication and navigation relay services (command, telemetry, time and navigation) to Mars bound assets e.g., landers, rovers, probes.
What frequency is Mars?
The Mars Relay uses frequencies of 437.1 MHz for transmission, and 401.5 and 405.6 MHz for reception. Because these frequencies are near the radio amateur bands, Hams will have the opportunity to help out NASA and listen for the Mars Relay beacon transmission at 437.1 MHz.
How fast is the data connection to Mars?
The data rate direct-to-Earth varies from about 500 bits per second to 32,000 bits per second (roughly half as fast as a standard home modem). The data rate to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is selected automatically and continuously during communications and can be as high as 2 million bits per second.
How fast is NASA internet?
91 gigabits per second But for NASA, it’s downright slow. While the rest of us send data across the public internet, the space agency uses a shadow network called ESnet, short for Energy Science Network, a set of private pipes that has demonstrated cross-country data transfers of 91 gigabits per second–the fastest of its type ever reported.
Would a phone work on Mars?
But on Mars there are no towers for cell phones. A cell phone would search for towers around but will not find any. It would display “no net found” and not transmit anything. Therefore no transmitter signal could be detected from Earth, even with a very sensisitive receiver.
How are images sent from Mars to Earth?
Most often, Curiosity sends radio waves through its ultra-high frequency (UHF) antenna (about 400 Megahertz) to communicate with Earth through NASA’s Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiters. That allows them to send more data back to Earth at faster rates.
How many working robots are on Mars?
What are the Mars rovers? Over the years, NASA has sent five robotic vehicles, called rovers, to Mars. The names of the five rovers are: Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Mars is a fascinating planet.
Do we have satellites on Mars?
Mars has two small satellites, Phobos and Deimos (fear and terror), which were discovered by the American astronomer Asaph Hall in 1877.
How long is the trip to Mars?
The trip to Mars will take about seven months and about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers). During that journey, engineers have several opportunities to adjust the spacecraft’s flight path, to make sure its speed and direction are best for arrival at Jezero Crater on Mars.
Is there oxygen on Mars?
0.2% Mars/Oxygen level
How long is a year on Mars?
687 days Mars/Orbital period
Can WIFI reach Mars?
The present communication rates of Martian orbiters is 2 MBps down to Mars and 2 MBps towards Earth. Mars reconnaissance orbiter does have the capacity to reach 6 MBps, with as little as 35 Watts of power.
How long is a day on Mars?
1d 0h 37m Mars/Length of day
How many times has Mars been explored?
There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008), Curiosity (2012), InSight (2018) and Perseverance (2021).
How can I get NASA WIFI?
To access the NASA BYOD Wireless Network:
- Select the “nasabyod” wireless network from your personal devices’s list of available networks.
- When prompted, enter your NDC User ID and Password.
- To access internal sites, you will need to connect to JSC’s Virtual Private Network (VPN)
How fast is 5G?
20 Gigabits-per-second 5G is faster than 4G. 5G can be significantly faster than 4G, delivering up to 20 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) peak data rates and 100+ Megabits-per-second (Mbps) average data rates.
What country has 7G?
Whether it is 5G or 7G, that level of internet technology is still very much a rarity in most parts of the world. At the moment we see that only Norway provides its people with speeds that reach the levels of 7G or even 8G (keep in mind that we are talking about 11 Gigabits per second here).
Can you watch TV in space?
Yes, they can and do watch TV shows on the ISS. From an interview with Scott Kelly aboard the ISS: Apart from posting pictures to Twitter and Instagram, Kelly also said he spends some of his limited downtime watching television.
Can astronauts use Internet in space?
There is wifi on the space station. You’ll probably see pictures of the space station, you’ll see astronauts with iPads or laptops not connected by cables. So using those you can get HD video, you can get pictures, you can get mostly all the data that NASA uses.
Do astronauts have privacy in space?
As of April 2021, the International Space Station has seven permanent crew quarters, or personal spaces for astronauts to sleep and work during their stay on station. Each location provides a small pocket of privacy for astronauts and cosmonauts during their stay on orbit.
How long does it take for pictures to come from Mars?
Light travels through vacuum at speed of 300,000 kilometer/second. 1 AU=149000000 kilometers. so aproximately 12 minutes at this distance.
Is there water on Mars?
Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. Some liquid water may occur transiently on the Martian surface today, but limited to traces of dissolved moisture from the atmosphere and thin films, which are challenging environments for known life.
How does data get from Mars?
Every Mars orbiter has a Mars Relay UHF radio that can communicate with probes on the Martian surface. That can include base stations, rovers or even balloons or airplanes flying above the surface. The rover transmits its data at 250 Kbps, and it’s received by a spacecraft orbiting 250 miles above the Martian surface.
What were Opportunity’s last words?
One journalist, Jacob Margolis, tweeted his translation of the last data transmission sent by Opportunity on June 10, 2018, as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” The phrase struck a chord with the public, inspiring a period of mourning, artwork, and tributes to the memory of Opportunity.
Can we live on Mars?
However, the surface is not hospitable to humans or most known life forms due to the radiation, greatly reduced air pressure, and an atmosphere with only 0.16% oxygen. Human survival on Mars would require living in artificial Mars habitats with complex life-support systems.
What are 5 interesting facts about Mars?
Facts about Mars
- Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass.
- Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system.
- Only 18 missions to Mars have been successful.
- Mars has the largest dust storms in the solar system.
- On Mars the Sun appears about half the size as it does on Earth.
What are 4 Interesting facts about Mars?
Impress your family and friends with these 20 fascinating and fun facts about Mars.
- Mars is also known as the Red Planet.
- Mars is named after the Roman god of war.
- Mars has 2 moons called Deimos and Phobos.
- Mars is the 4th planet from the sun.
- Mars is smaller than Earth with a diameter of 4217 miles.
Which country landed on Mars first?
There have also been studies for a possible human mission to Mars, including a landing, but none have been attempted. Soviet Union’s Mars 3, which landed in 1971, was the first successful Mars landing. As of May 2021, Soviet Union, United States and China have conducted Mars landing successfully.
Has anyone died in space?
A total of 18 people have lost their lives either while in space or in preparation for a space mission, in four separate incidents. Given the risks involved in space flight, this number is surprisingly low. The remaining four fatalities during spaceflight were all cosmonauts from the Soviet Union.
Is Mars a one way trip?
Mars One initially estimated a one-way trip, excluding the cost of maintaining four astronauts on Mars until they die, at US$6 billion. Donations and merchandise.
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Can you return from Mars?
( Maybe someday we could manufacture rocket fuel on Mars ). In fact, you can only land a small part of the ship on Mars, because landing everything on the surface and lifting it off again would require enormous amounts of fuel. That means you will have to spend 3-4 months at Mars before you can begin your return trip.
Can trees grow on Mars?
Growing a tree on Mars will surely fail with time. The Martian soil lacks nutrients for soil growth and the weather is too cold to grow a tree. The conditions of Mars do not affect Bamboos because the Martian soil serves as a support for them, and it doesn’t need enough nutrients for it to grow.
Can plants grow on Mars?
Fertilizing Mars Research suggests Martian soil has some of the nutrients plants need to grow and survive (see “Plants’ Nutrients,” right). But because of Mars’s extremely cold conditions, plants such as Watney’s potatoes would need to grow inside a controlled environment, such as his Hab.
Can humans breathe on Mars?
The atmosphere on Mars is mostly made of carbon dioxide. It is also 100 times thinner than Earth’s atmosphere, so even if it did have a similar composition to the air here, humans would be unable to breathe it to survive.


The vessels, the SpaceX Dragon and Boeing Starliner, have been developed with billions of dollars in funding from NASA, which has contracted SpaceX and Northrop Grumman to make cargo deliveries to the space station since 2012. They will be the first Americans to launch into space from US soil since NASA's space shuttle program retired in 2011.Since then, the USA has relied on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to carry Americans space.
Flying the first crewed flight on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner are NASA astronauts Eric Boe, Nicole Aunapu Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson.
NASA has had to partner with Russian Federation to launch astronauts to the International Space Station since the space shuttle program ended. The delays could even result in a gap in USA access to the space station, because NASA has contracted for seats on Soyuz only through November 2019, the report found.
He said the announcement advances "our great American vision" and strengthens America's leadership in space.
Brad And Angelina Are Butting Heads Again
Jason LaVeris via Getty Images Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pictured in 2015 during their last public appearance as a couple. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016 citing irreconcilable differences.
"The opportunity to fly in a new vehicle is any test pilot and astronaut's dream", Mike Hopkins, an Air Force colonel who will fly aboard the Crew Dragon on its first mission, wrote on Twitter.
All nine have military experience in Navy, Air Force, or Marines.
Set to command what is scheduled to be NASA's first launch of astronauts from USA soil in seven years is Chris Ferguson, a 56-year-old Philly-born space explorer.
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft came back to Earth on Friday after completion of its mission of supplying cargo to the International Space Station. "I'll tell you, being able to launch to the International Space Station from USA soil, I can't imagine better", Cassada said. This will be Ms. Mann's first launch, having joined the astronaut corps in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, Hopkins spent almost six months aboard the ISS, logging almost 13 hours of spacewalks.
The first crewed flights will only spend a short period of time in orbit before coming back to Earth. With 322 days in space, Williams is sixth all-time on NASA's spaceflight endurance list and second all-time among female astronauts.
Trump says son sought intel on Clinton from Russians
Trump's days of private anger spilled out into public with the Twitter outburst, which comes at a perilous time for the president. The problem is as Trump's defenders want to say all the time except when they don't want to say it, collusion's not a legal term.
The first full mission of Boeing's Starliner, which will fly to the ISS for a long-duration stay, will take ISS veteran Suni Williams and spaceflight newcomer Josh Cassada. Boe was selected by NASA to be an astronaut in 2000.
As for being the only non-NASA guy on board, Ferguson explained later during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" program that Boeing always uses company test pilots for first flights "and the Starliner is no exception".
Victor Glover: Glover is a native of Pomona, California and he has three master's degrees.
Both Boeing and SpaceX are also working with Bigelow Aerospace, a Las Vegas company that plans to launch private space stations into orbit, to be leased to nations or companies.
After years of vehicle development and building anticipation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has now put the crew in commercial crew spacecraft.
The result is that both China and the U.S. are now using government funds to stimulate areas of the economy . Many of these goods are agriculture-related and others relate to various metals and chemicals .
It's also rumoured to have the same dual aperture technology, so you can adjust the amount of light getting into the lens. In addition to the fresh render leaked by Blass, the first hands-on images of the Galaxy Note 9 have been on SlashLeaks.
Drought, warmer weather and other factors have combined to start wildfire season sooner and make the blazes more destructive. A brand new blaze called the Holy Fire was ignited on Monday in Orange County, quickly expanding to more than 1,200 acres.
Her closest friends and family, including ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama , have reportedly been by her side during her recovery. Demi Lovato has not released a statement of any kind, nor has she posted anything on social media since her apparent overdose .
Utilities employment fell for a third straight month and the finance and insurance industry shed 9,400 jobs last month. Over the past year, it has hired more than a half-million Americans and stands as the leading job-creating sector.
That allowed him to regain the lead over Anthony Quayle, who had made eagle on the same hole moments earlier and closed with a 63. Former world No 1 Day pulled within two of Thomas when he rattled off three straight birdies starting at the 10th hole.
If the USA wants negotiations, it should stop pressures and sanctions, Qasemi was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency . Also last month, China , which is Iran's biggest customer, said it did not accept unilateral sanctions against Iran.
USA mid-term elections: Trump claims win in key OH vote
Trump's tweet backing Georgia Republican governor hopeful Brian Kemp vaulted him to an easy primary runoff win two weeks ago. In Michigan, three mainstream Democrats in suburban Detroit were among those vying for a chance at retiring Republican Rep.
Chennai born Indra Nooyi to step down as PepsiCo CEO
She will be replaced by Ramon Laguarta , the company's president, who will become the company's sixth CEO in its 53-year history. Laguarta, 54, was named president of the company in September a year ago and was tipped to succeed Nooyi.
Israel intercepts second Gaza-bound activist boat
The weekend arson attacks came as Gaza's Hamas rulers were reportedly considering a long-term ceasefire deal with Israel. The coalition said Friday that the Swedish-flagged vessel, Freedom, was almost 60 miles (95 kilometers) off the coast.
Twenty killed as wartime plane crashes in Alps
The plane that crashed had its last maintenance check in late July, Waldmeier said, at which time no defects had been found. The plane was operated by Ju-Air, a Swiss company that offers tours with vintage former Swiss military aircraft.


Explore the captivating visual journey of the Leeds University Rocketry Association through our documentary photography project. Immerse yourself in the dynamic world of educational rocket launches, STEM student activities, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the rocket building process. Our collection showcases the innovative engineering process, the camaraderie of the student rocketeers in action, and the excitement of rocket launch events. From scientific experimentation photography to educational outreach programs, witness the academic endeavors visualized through compelling images. Join us as we unveil the teamwork, dedication, and the sheer thrill of rocket science captured behind the lens in this unique photographic exploration of the Leeds University Rocketry Association.


Jet propulsion engines and technological burners of new generation operating on controlled continuous and pulse detonations are becoming a subject of pragmatic interest worldwide. The concept of a detonation engine or burner implies that chemical energy of liquid or gaseous fuel is released in a detonative rather than deflagrative combustion mode. In the detonative mode, energy release rates approach 1010 W/m2, i.e. 3 to 4 orders of magnitude higher than in the deflagrative mode. In detonation-driven jet propulsion engines, propagating or rotating detonation waves are utilized to produce the thrust due to rapid burning of fuel in a combustion chamber resulting in a nearly constant-volume heat addition process accompanied with the high kinetic energy of emanating jets. The detonation-based technological burners are designed to utilize a combination of the destructive mechanical potential of periodic shock waves generated by the burner and high-temperature high-speed jets of combustion products for fragmentation and gasification of various materials, waist, etc. The concept of controlled detonative combustion is attractive, first of all, for reduced fuel consumption, simplicity, and easy scaling. Also, it is attractive for the reduced pollutants emissions due to volumetric-type combustion and significantly shorter residence times in a combustor.
This volume contains original articles and provides up-to-date information on fundamentals of deflagrative and detonative combustion as well as applications of detonation to pulse and continuous detonation propulsion written by world-known experts. The articles are edited and organized in five parts:
(1) Fundamentals of Combustion;
(2) Fundamentals of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition;
(3) Fundamentals of Detonation;
(4) Pulse Detonation Engines; and
(2) Continuous detonation engines
The volume is prepared as a reference for research scientists and practicing engineers in the field of combustion and propulsion, and can be useful as an advanced graduate level text on detonation fundamentals and applications.


The Pyramids of Giza vs the Mars craters of Tharsis
The following similarities between layout of the Pyramids of Giza
HST photo of Mars showing Olympus and 3 craters of Tharsis area.
Above: surface of Mars map showing Olympus and Tharsis (left).
Superimposed satellite image of the pyramids and NASA photo of Tharsis on
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April 18, 2009
“Why Can’t Humans Survive on Mars?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Phil Christensen
Regents Professor and the Ed and Helen Korrick Professor in the Department of Geological Science at Arizona State University
Mars would be an exciting place to visit, with interesting landscapes and the possibility of alien life. However, it would be very hard to live there. When astronauts go to Mars they will have to deal with a very harsh environment in order to live and work. What do we know about the planet and how would we build the habitats, spacesuits, and rovers that would allow astronauts to survive? The robotic spacecraft we've sent to study Mars have told us a lot about what to expect - but what do we still need to know and what are the main challenges that we will need to overcome?
Dr. Christensen is a Regents Professor and the Ed and Helen Korrick Professor in the Department of Geological Science at Arizona State University. His research interests focus on the composition, physical properties and processes, and morphology of planetary surfaces, with an emphasis on Mars and the Earth. He is the principal investigator for the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) and the Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instruments. He is also a co-investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers, who is responsible for building and operating the Mini-TES instruments. Dr. Christensen is also known as "Dr. C" on a NASA website where he answers children's questions about Mars.


The mdMapper200 has a unique Attitude, Height, and Heading Reference System that makes work easy. Beginning pilots can usually learn to control Microdrones in less than an hour.
Both manual and automatic controls are using GPS Waypoint navigation.
Md4-200 has a payload capacity of 250g which accommodates most popular cameras and sensors.
Rate of climb: 7.0 m/s
Operating speed: 8.0 m/s
Dimensions: 540 mm (from rotor hub to rotor hub)
Weight: ca. 800 g (depending on configuration)
Flat core motors: yes
CFD optimised propeller: yes
Closed carbon housing: yes
IP43 protection: yes
Temperature: -10 °C up to 40 °C
Wind susceptibility: vibration-free images up to 4 m/s
Flight range: min. 500 m with remote control, with WP up to 6 km
Service ceiling: 2000 m ASL
Take-off altitude: up to 4000 m NN (WGS84)
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Soundscape: Sounds of Interstellar Space
Sounds of Interstellar Space (1:02) NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. Source: YouTube
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We began the most recent Space Balloon Flight Program in the Fall 2012. This technology project, sponsored by Space Science for Schools, was to plan and execute the launch of a high altitude weather balloon. Sensors on the balloon will record video, audio, temperature, and air pressure during a 2 hour flight over Northern Nevada. This 8-12 week project was targeted for middle school participants. This hands-on experience was designed to provide exposure to a real-world science and math experience.
The Boys and Girls Club in Kings Beach, California served as headquarters for our budding Space Scientists. Our 3rd through 6th Grade Space Scientists were drawn from 3 schools:
- Kings Beach Elementary School
- Tahoe Expedition Academy
- Lake Tahoe School
Students were being recruited to design a balloon payload, plan a launch and recovery mission, and become “mission control” on the day of the launch. Students are also needed to support the Media Team. Tasks include:
- Design Team – develop and assemble the balloon payload
- Mission Control – track the location of the balloon during flight and coordinate recovery
- Chase Crew – retrieve the payload after the flight
- Media Team – record the history and publicize the launch event
We met weekly with our Space Scientists for several hours on Monday afternoons to plan the mission. Our young Space Scientists were involved in every step of mission planning and execution.


I joined the Royal Canadian Navy/Canadian Armed Forces in 1957 and served primarily as a navy pilot. I flew the CS2F on two operational tours from HMCS BONAVENTURE, a light Fleet Carrier, with VS-880 Squadron and I also served as a Landing Signals Officer (LSO).
From 1971 to 1973 I was on Exchange Duties with the US Navy out of Quonset Pt., R.I. with VS-32 and VS-22 Squadrons flying the S2E Tracker aircraft. In all, I flew from the aircraft carriers USS ESSEX, WASP, INTREPID, SARATOGA, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT and LEXINGTON, accumulating over 300 deck landings including over 100 night landings.
Returning to Canada I attended Canadian Forces Staff College, and served in variety of senior staff and ground positions including two tours in the Middle East with the United Nations as a Military Observer operating out of Jerusalem, Tiberius,and Cairo including patrolling in the Gaza Strip by jeep during Intifada.
I finished flight duties with VP-405 Squadron flying the CP-107 Argus long range patrol aircraft, and the CP-140 Aurora in the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) role.
From an artistic point-of-view, I started sketching while in the Middle east. Upon retirement in 1993 I took up the challenges of painting and haven't looked back since. My subject matter ranges from landscapes and pets, to seascapes and portraits but it is my naval aviation scenes that bring my memories as a pilot to life in a vivid and sensitive fashion. My renderings of the "Bonaventure" scenes and "S2-Roger Ball" and "Night Carrier Landing" bring back a time when young, fearless and dedicated carrier pilots shared demanding and often dangerous flying experiences during the Cold War. It was a special time when unique and lasting bonds were created.
Copies of a number of my paintings are currently on display at a number of museums including The Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Shearwater Aviation Museum, Comox Aviation Museum, Greenwood Aviation Museum, as well as 6 original paintings depicting BONAVENTURE Flight Operations which hang in the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. The Pensacola National Naval Aviation Museum (www.navalaviationmuseum.org)recently accepted four of my original USN paintings, and a Remarque canvas print of the " S2- Night Carrier Landing" as part of a fully curated display of the VS contributions in the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Role during the Cold War.
I now reside with my wife Judy in the town of Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, located on the east coast of beautiful Vancouver Island.
I may be contacted via E-Mail at: email@example.com
About Jack Ford - The Pilot and the Artist


FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod: A Review
If you are a fan of Airbus aircraft and Microsoft Flight Simulator, you might be interested in the FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod. This mod is an upgrade of the original Airbus Series Vol 2 by Wilco Publishing, which features four highly detailed Airbus models: A330-200, A330-300, A340-300 and A340-600. The mod adds some new features and improvements to the simulation, such as flexible wings, weather radar, head-up display, SID/STAR management and more.
In this article, we will review the FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod and see what it has to offer to the Airbus enthusiasts. We will also compare it with the original Airbus Series Vol 2 and see if it is worth the upgrade.
What is FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod
FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod is a modification of the Airbus Series Vol 2 by Wilco Publishing, which is a part of their \"The Modern Airliner Collection\". The mod was created by a user named \"V1c\" and was released in 2010. The mod aims to enhance the realism and functionality of the Airbus simulation by adding some new features and fixing some bugs.
The mod requires the original Airbus Series Vol 2 to be installed first. It also requires Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 or Flight Simulator X to run. The mod is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Seven.
What are the new features and improvements of FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod
The mod adds some new features and improvements to the original Airbus Series Vol 2, such as:
Flexible Wings: The wings of the aircraft can bend and flex according to the aerodynamic forces and fuel load.
Weather Radar: The mod integrates a highly advanced weather radar developed by RealityXP into the navigation display. The radar can show precipitation, turbulence, windshear and storm cells.
Head-Up Display (HUD): The mod adds a realistic head-up display to the cockpit, which displays all the necessary flight information on a transparent screen in front of the pilot. The HUD can be used for low-visibility approaches and landings.
SID/STAR Management: The mod improves the management of the standard instrument departure (SID) and standard terminal arrival route (STAR) procedures. The mod can take into account all the waypoints that describe a SID or STAR procedure, regardless of their type.
Other improvements: The mod also fixes some bugs and glitches in the original Airbus Series Vol 2, such as incorrect fuel consumption, wrong engine sounds, missing cockpit textures, incorrect autopilot behavior and more.
How does FS9 FS2004 WILCO Airbus Series Vol 2 V1c Mod compare with Airbus Series Vol 2
The mod is an upgrade of the original Airbus Series Vol 2, which means that it retains all the features and qualities of the original product. The original product is already a very advanced and realistic simulation of the Airbus aircraft, featuring:
GMax exterior/interior models with detailed interior.
Numerous international airlines liveries.
Ultra realistic digital 'FLY-BY-WIRE' technology.
Realistic flight dynamics based on manufacturer's specifications.
Real simulation from complete cold & dark cockpit to full auto landing.
Truly immersive sound experience.
User-friendly interface with three operating modes: beginner, intermediate and expert.
Compatible with Navigraph & NAVData-Service flight data updates.
The mod enhances these features by adding some new ones and fixing some issues. The mod makes the simulation more realistic and enjoyable by adding more functionality and immersion to the cockpit. The mod also improves the performance and stability of the simulation by fixing some bugs and glitches ec8f644aee


110th Congress (2007-2008)
House Report 110-652
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House Report 110-652 - DUNCAN HUNTER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
The budget request for fiscal year 2009 contained $12.7 billion for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force. The committee recommends authorization of $12.6 billion, a decrease of $57.8 million, for fiscal year 2009.
The committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2009 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force program are identified in the table below. Major changes to the Air Force request are discussed following the table.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Air National Guard RC-26B modernization
The budget request contained $151.9 million for other aircraft modifications, but contained no funds to design, install, and test one RC-26B aircraft with the block 20 software and hardware modifications and the beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) data link modification.
The RC-26B is a low-density, high-demand intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform that can be rapidly deployed for operations in the United States and overseas. The block 20 hardware and software modifications would allow the RC-26B's mission equipment to fully utilize accurate position information and the BLOS data link modification would add a capability to pass real-time data to ground terminals. The committee notes that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau has included both the block 20 software and hardware modifications and the BLOS data link among his essential 10 equipment requirements for fiscal year 2009.
The committee recommends $154.9 million for other aircraft modifications, an increase of $3.0 million, to design, install, and test one RC-26B with the block 20 software and hardware modifications and the BLOS data link modification.
KC-45 aerial refueling aircraft program
The budget request contained $893.5 million to initiate systems design and demonstration to begin replacement of the KC-135 aerial refueling fleet, a fleet that averages 47 years old. The committee notes that the Air Force has prior year appropriations of $421.7 million available for the KC-45 program.
The committee supports the Air Force's number one acquisition program of tanker recapitalization and understands that the ability to aerially refuel aircraft during military operations is a critical capability in meeting national military strategy objectives.
The committee includes three provisions in title I of this Act, sections 132, 133, and 134. Section 132 would require the Secretary of the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 46 KC-135E aircraft in Type-1000 storage to alleviate the challenges of maintaining the current fleet of KC-135R aircraft due to parts obsolescence issues and diminishing manufacturing sources of supply. Section 133 would repeal section 135 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136), associated the KC-X tanker lease program, which was not executed and no longer applies. Section 134 would require the Air Force Secretary to submit a report to the congressional defense committees by December 1, 2008, that examines the processes used to determine KC-X requirements and provides an evaluation of very large tanker aircraft as a potential Air Force aerial refueling platform.
The committee also recommends, without prejudice to the KC-45 program, a decrease of $61.7 million for advanced procurement funding, because advanced procurement funding is not required for KC-45 program execution.
Mission support aircraft
The budget request contained no funding for C-40 aircraft. The Air Force unfunded requirements list contained $370.0 million for procurement of three C-40 aircraft.
The committee notes the Air Force has a validated operational requirement to provide worldwide air transportation for executive branch officials and high-ranking U.S. dignitaries as well as other operational support missions. The committee understands that in fiscal year 2007, one-third of all requests for special mission airlift support aircraft went unfilled due to current fleet limitations and performance characteristics of the C-9 aircraft. The committee notes that the C-9 will be retired from the Air Force inventory in fiscal year 2011 and that no planned replacement aircraft exists.
The committee recommends $88.0 million for procurement of one C-40C aircraft to replace one C-9C aircraft, currently at Scott AFB, scheduled for retirement in fiscal year 2011.
Special Operations Command aircraft recapitalization
The budget request contained $507.7 million for HC-130J and MC-130J recapitalization, and $80.0 million for advanced procurement for HC-130J and MC-130J in fiscal year 2010. The budget request also contained $36.3 million to modify MC-130J aircraft to meet requirements for Special Operations Command's (SOCOM) MC-130J aircraft to conduct operations in low-visibility conditions. The MC-130J will replace Special Operations Command's MC-130E and MC-130P fleets.
The committee notes that the average age for the MC-130E and MC-130P fleet is 43 and 40 years, respectively. The committee understands that SOCOM has a requirement to field 11 MC-130J aircraft prior to fiscal year 2012 to maintain adequate mission capability. The committee further understands that all 11 MC-130Js must be funded no later than fiscal year 2010 to meet the SOCOM requirement.
The committee notes that the current MC-130J acquisition plan includes a total of eight MC-130J aircraft for Special Operations Command in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The committee is concerned, however, that this plan may fail to adequately meet SOCOM's warfighting requirement, since a total of 11 MC-130Js may not be planned for acquisition by fiscal year 2010.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the Department of the Air Force's and SOCOM's plan to recapitalize the MC-130E and MC-130P fleets with the MC-130J as it relates to meeting the SOCOM MC-130J force structure requirement. The report shall be provided to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2009.
Strategic airlift aircraft programs
The budget request contained $561.9 million for C-5 aircraft modernization programs. The Air Force Chief of Staff included $3.9 billion on the Air Force unfunded priority list for procurement of 15 additional C-17 aircraft.
The committee notes that on September 27, 2007, the Secretary of the Air Force notified Congress that the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) experienced a critical Nunn-McCurdy cost growth breach of 48 percent above the current program acquisition unit cost (PAUC), and 68 percent above the original PAUC established in fiscal year 2000. The committee notes that on February 14, 2008, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) certified the C-5 RERP program to Congress during the Nunn-McCurdy process. The committee understands that USD(AT&L) concluded that a program to perform RERP on only 52 C-5B/C aircraft and perform only the Avionics Modernization Program on the remaining 59 C-5A aircraft is the most cost-effective solution to meet airlift requirements contained in the 2005 Mobility Capabilities Study (MCS).
In written testimony to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces on March 11, 2008, USD(AT&L) stated that the 2005 MCS concluded that a `fleet of 112 modernized C-5s, provided sufficient strategic airlift capacity' to meet the Department's future airlift requirements. However, the committee notes that the 2005 MCS actually stated that a fleet of `112 modernized and reliability improved C-5s' meets the Department's strategic airlift requirements. The committee is extremely concerned that the newly certified RERP program conflicts with the recommendations of the 2005 Mobility Capabilities Study that USD(AT&L) states was used as the analytical basis for determining C-5 inventory requirements.
The committee's concern is validated by written testimony of the Commander, Air Mobility Command to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces on April 1, 2008, that states `the current program for 190 C-17s, 52 RERP modified C-5s, and 59 legacy C-5As will not quite provide the organic strategic airlift capacity of 33.95 million ton miles per day specified by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. Therefore, we remain concerned and vigilant that given the dynamic nature of our world and the increasing imperative for rapid warfighter response, coupled with the fact that our current strategic airlift baseline is based upon a three-year old MCS, that we have the correct balance.'
The committee is extremely concerned by the shortsightedness of the MCS used by the Department to make critical decisions concerning the C-17 production line because the MCS did not: take into account the end strength increases of 92,000 personnel for the Army and Marine Corps; consider any mobility requirements of the Army's Future Combat Systems and modularity concepts of employment; consider the fact that the Army Manned-Ground Vehicle is too large to be transported by a C-130 aircraft; consider the 159 percent over-utilization rate of the current fleet of C-17 aircraft; consider the use of C-17s in multi-use roles for which the C-17 is being used extensively in current operations; have or use historical mobility forces operational data in its analysis to verify actual mobility requirements and operations.
The committee understands that the Department is conducting the 2008 Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study (MCRS) to determine the appropriate inventory requirements for airlift and sealift to meet the National Defense Strategy. The committee notes that the estimated completion date of the 2008 MCRS is May 2009. The committee is extremely disappointed by the Department's decision to set a completion date for the study one month prior to delivery of the final production C-17 in June 2009. The committee also notes that the Department's 2008 MCRS will not be completed in time to inform the President's fiscal year 2010 budget request to Congress.
To compensate for the Department's decision-making and planning process concerning strategic airlift production and force structure requirements, the committee recommends $3.9 billion in title XV of this Act for procurement of 15 additional C-17s. Additionally, the committee strongly encourages the Secretary of Defense to program funding for additional C-17 aircraft in subsequent budget requests if the Department determines during the 2008 MRCS execution process that procuring additional C-17 aircraft is required to meet the National Defense Strategy. The committee also recommends a decrease of $86.7 million to RERP funding due to the Department's stated inability to execute this amount in fiscal year 2009.
The committee also includes a provision, section 131, in title I of this Act that would allow the Secretary of the Air Force to retire C-5 aircraft from the inventory and replace the capability with C-17 aircraft if the cost analysis performed is prudent in meeting strategic airlift requirements and does not significantly increase overall costs above those already planned in the out-years.
The committee understands that the Air Force should have a minimum of 299 strategic airlift aircraft in the inventory with delivery of the 189th C-17 in June 2009. Consequently, the committee understands that no C-5A retirements will occur before the delivery of the 189th C-17. Additionally, the committee understands that after section 8062(g) of title 10, United States Code, was implemented with the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364), the C-17 delivery schedule changed due to additional C-17 foreign military sales which will impact the Secretary of the Air Force complying with section 8062(g) of title 10, United States Code.
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Gary Eitel, a pilot, aviation consultant and aircraft broker, found out about the program and contacted the Forest Service in 1991 to try to obtain C-130s for his clients, who had not been in on the initial deal. He was told by the agency that there were no more aircraft available, and that only three planes had been involved. Suspecting that he was not being told the truth, Eitel began his own investigation, obtaining documentation on the program through the Freedom of Information Act. Eitel took on the role of whistleblower, and reported his findings in testimony before several congressional subcommittee hearings.
International Air Response was previously named T & G Aviation. The company started aerial firefighting operations using 2 leased Douglas DC-7B's. These 'borate bombers' were leased from Arizona-based Airtankers Inc. in 1975. N51701 and N4887C were contracted by the US Forest Service and became based at Wenatchee,WA. T & G stood for the names of the 2 founders: Sergio Tomassoni and William 'Woody' Grantham. Initially, the company was formed at Buckeye,AZ. A few years after T&G's formation, a 50 percent share in Airtankers Inc. was bought and in 1979 followed a complete takeover. During 1978 T&G had moved to Chandler Memorial Airport, on the Gila River indian Reservation. For a long time the Douglas DC-7 was its main type of aircraft and it is great to see N4887C still present here in obvious splendid condition. Bob Wofforth, former Air America pilot, was chief pilot in the early days and also flew N4887C. Around the early-1980s T&G received a permit to operate adhoc cargo contracts, which included the fish-hauling contracts in Alaska. The above details were learned from a 1981 copy of Propliner magazine (Vol.11), article written by Stephen Piercey.
Aad van der Voet added: "T&G was formed in 1973, and operated out of Chandler-Memorial Airport. In 1997 they were reorganised as International Air Response Inc. and moved to Coolidge,AZ a short time later. No connection to Gene Packard's former Air Response at Mesa's Falcon Field."
Jack Chisum was a vice president of T&G AVIATION (later renamed International Air Response -webmaster) of Chandler, Arizona. He is believed by an investigator to have been set up and turned in to authorities by Evergreen Aviation and Southern Air Transport for "muscling in on the [Middle East] C-130 action." "..Chisum, who was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking down an Arizona highway. Gary Eitel has never been satisfied with the results of the accident investigation, and believes that Chisum may have been targeted, hit and silenced.


Queens Colour Squadron
The Queens Colour Squadron, 63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, is currently based at RAF Uxbridge. The Squadron is unique within the RAF Regiment as it has two roles: That of a regular RAF Regiment Field Squadron and also as the Royal Air Force drill and ceremonial Squadron.
Throughout the year when not on parade the Squadron maintains its operational role as a Field Squadron. Members of the Squadron served as reinforcements to other RAF Regiment Squadrons during the Gulf War conflict. More recently, the Squadron has undertaken operational duties in Cyprus, United Nations duties in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and in Kuwait as part of Op Bolton.
The RAF has had a ceremonial drill unit based at RAF Uxbridge in Middlesex, since the early 1920's and as custodian of the Queen's Colour for the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, the Squadron has the honour of providing Escort Squadron wherever the Colour is paraded. The Squadron provides Guards of Honour for members of the Royal Family, visiting Heads of State and civil and military dignitaries. In addition, during its history the Squadron has performed Public Duties at Buckingham Palace, St James' Palace, the Tower of London and Windsor Castle.
The Squadron is perhaps best known for its continuity drill displays. The displays are a series of precision drill movements executed without a single word of command and require the gunners to memorise upwards of 350 separate movements, all of which are taken directly from the RAF drill manual, and are not made up merely to enhance a performance. The Squadron is a World Record holder, having completed 2,001,384 rifle and 721,278 foot movements in 23 hours and 55 minutes at RAF Uxbridge on 8-9 July 1987, and is included in the Guinness Book of Records.


NASA’s rover Opportunity finds water on Mars…
SCIENTISTS have called NASA’s Opportunity rover gimpy and arthritic, but hailed its new discoveries about early water on Mars made almost 10 years after it was launched toward the Red Planet.
The unmanned solar-powered vehicle has just analysed what may be its oldest rock ever, known as Esperance 6. It contains evidence that potentially life-supporting water once flowed in abundance, leaving clay minerals behind.
“This is powerful evidence that water interacted with this rock and changed its chemistry, changed its mineralogy in a dramatic way,” said principal investigator Steve Squyres of Cornell University.
He described the research as “some of the most important” of the decade-long mission because it showcases a very different chemistry than most of the previous discoveries about water on Mars, which is now quite dry.
Scientists believe that a lot of water once flowed through these rocks through some sort of fracture, leaving an unusually high concentration of clay.
The rover’s rock abrasion tool, alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and microscopic imager provided the details to Earth-based scientists, who can learn about the Red Planet’s history without bringing its rocks to Earth.
Opportunity and its twin rover Spirit launched in 2003 and landed in January 2004 for what was initially meant to be a three-month exploration. Both discovered evidence of wet environments on ancient Mars.
“What Opportunity has mostly discovered evidence for was sulfuric acid,” Squyres told reporters, outlining the major difference detected in the Esperance rock’s formation. “This is water you could drink,” he said.
The oldest rocks, like Esperance, have a neutral pH, signalling that early Martian water was “probably much more favourable in its chemistry, in its pH, in its level of acidity for things like prebiotic chemistry, the kind of chemistry that could lead to the origin of life.”
Squyres said the six-wheeled Opportunity rover “has kind of a gimpy shoulder” and that analysis of Esperance took seven tries over many weeks as the rover endured a dust storm, a lumpy terrain and a period when Mars went behind the Sun and out of contact with Earth.
Now, Opportunity is slowly making its way – about 50m per day) – toward an area 1.5km away known as Solander Point that contains 10 times as many geological layers for study as the area where Esperance was found.
It hopes to arrive by August 1.
Spirit launched on June 10, 2003 and finally stopped working in 2010. Opportunity left Earth on July 7, 2003. Both rovers landed on Mars in January 2004.
“Opportunity is remarkably good health for her age, especially if you measure that in dog years,” said John Callas, project manager for Opportunity at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
“The rover’s health is essentially unchanged since we last reported. There has been some arthritis in a few mechanisms for some time but the drive system is performing well.”
In all these years, the rover has travelled 36km on the surface of Mars. But for the rover, that is the car-equivalent of lasting two million miles without an oil change, scientists said.
The main ageing concern is what Callas called occasional “flash memory amnesia,” or a wearing out from over use of one of the flash memory cells. Bigger problems loom with Mars’ hostile environment and harsh temperature changes, he said.
“The rover could have a catastrophic failure at any moment. So each day is a gift,” said Callas.
The Opportunity rover now costs about $14 million per year to operate, NASA scientists said.
Its much bigger cousin, the $2.5 billion nuclear-powered Curiosity rover, arrived on Mars in August 2012 for an anticipated two-year mission and a further hunt for traces that life may once have existed.
In Wind Tunnels and Flight Tests, NASA’s Next Manned Spacecraft Are Taking Shape…
Boeing, SpaceX and the Sierra Nevada Corporation have achieved major milestones in their space programs, testing the vehicles they hope will carry astronauts into orbit and reestablish NASA’s manned space program. NASA is providing a total of more than $1 billion in funding to the three companies to develop a new spacecraft. The agency has said it most likely will select a single design and hopes to begin flying astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017.
The three companies are hip-deep in NASA’s commercial crew integrated capability program, competing for lucrative government contracts to shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station and other destinations in low Earth orbit.
Boeing recently tested its CST-100 spacecraft and the integrated Atlas V launch vehicle in NASA’s transonic wind tunnel at Ames Research Center in California. The tests, which Boeing deemed a success, were the first with the spacecraft and launch vehicle integrated, and concluded more than two months’ work at the tunnel. The scale model of the Atlas V and CST-100 were heavily instrumented to gather data on the aerodynamic forces experienced by the rocket and spacecraft during launch.
“The CST-100 and Atlas V, connected with the launch vehicle adapter, performed exactly as expected,” Boeing vice president John Mulholland said in a statement. “[The tests] confirmed our expectations of how they will perform together in flight.”
SpaceX and Sierra also continue making progress. SpaceX recently completed its pad abort test review with NASA, demonstrating where and how astronauts will escape should something go wrong during launch.
More impressively, SpaceX recently performed the first firing of its Falcon 9-R rocket prototype. The new design upgrades the firepower to nine Merlin 1D engines, with eight of them arranged around a central engine instead of a three-by-three square. Company founder Elon Musk says the new rocket,tested in Texas, generates around 1.5 million pounds of vacuum thrust and claims that number will be 60 percent higher with future improvements.
Sierra Nevada stands alone in shunning a capsule in favor of a lifting body design. It borrows from earlier NASA designs and can, like the space shuttle orbiters, return to a runway. The Dream Chaser, which recently arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, soon will begin flight testing, beginning with simple tows down the runway to make sure the landing gear and brakes are working properly. Sierra Nevada plans unmanned drop tests from a helicopter later this summer, providing data for the glide and approach phases of the flight.
The company also announced that initial testing began this week of the rocket motors that will be used on the Dream Chaser. The initial boost of the Dream Chaser will happen while it is perched atop an Atlas V, but once the vehicle separates from the first stage, a pair of hybrid rocket motors will boost the spacecraft into final orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. The solid rubber fuel rocket motors are similar to the one used on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo.


Al-Futtaim Logistics is proud to announce that it has achieved Dangerous Goods Acceptance Certification from the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority. The company's air freight division, based in Dubai Cargo Village adjacent to Dubai International Airport is now fully certified to handle transportation of dangerous goods by air and dedicated, trained and qualified associates will manage this operation.
Dangerous goods are articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations provide internationally agreed standards and practices on the preparation and handling of dangerous goods so that they can be safely transported by air. If a dangerous goods consignment does not meet all of the applicable requirements stipulated by the regulations, this can present a serious risk to the safety of the aircraft, passengers, crew, ground staff and the environment. It is also a criminal offence to accept for carriage or to carry dangerous goods which are in breach of these regulations.
This certification is yet another milestone achieved by Al-Futtaim Logistics in 2012, as part of the company's 'Continual Improvement' initiative and is a valuable addition that enhances its service offering to help to deliver solutions to its customers.


Our knowledge of communication, navigation, weather forecasting, and scientific inquiry has been completely transformed by the idea of satellites circling the Earth. In today’s high-tech world, these man-made heavenly bodies are practical instruments. But getting satellites into orbit is a difficult task that has to be carefully planned accurate engineering, and state-of-the-art technology.
How do Satellites work?
Unique pieces of technology satellites circle the earth and are used for everything from weather monitoring and scientific study to communication and navigation. To fully appreciate satellites’ enormous influence on contemporary society, one must grasp the fundamental ideas behind their operation. By illuminating their basic mechanics, this review seeks to demystify the process of satellites.
- Orbital mechanics: Because of Earth’s gravitational pull, satellites are effectively objects in free fall around the planet. The satellite can maintain a stable orbit around the Earth by carefully balancing the forces of gravity and its forward motion.
- Types of Orbits: Depending on the purpose of the satellite, it is launched into a particular orbit. Being the nearest to Earth, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is utilized for tasks including communication and Earth monitoring. While Geostationary Orbit (GEO) positions satellites in a fixed location relative to a point on Earth’s surface, perfect for communication, Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) is used for navigation systems such as GPS.
- Communication Systems: Signals may be sent between different locations on Earth with the help of communication satellites. They have transponders on board that take in, amplify, and retransmit signals to facilitate communication with other satellites, ground stations, and devices.
- Navigation Systems: A constellation of satellites in MEO is necessary for satellite-based navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). By triangulating signals from several satellites, GPS receivers on Earth can determine their accurate position thanks to the precise time signals that these satellites send.
- Earth Observation: Satellites in low Earth orbit are essential for Earth observation missions, including catastrophe management, environmental evaluation, and weather monitoring. Its diverse range of sensors and devices offers priceless information for both practical and scientific purposes.
- Power and Propulsion: Solar panels, which turn sunlight into energy, provide capacity for most satellites. Batteries store this energy when the satellite is not exposed to direct sunlight. Small thrusters or ion engines may also be installed on satellites to maintain their position or change their orbit.
- Data Transmission: Satellites are essential for transmitting data across long distances. They ensure smooth communication over continents and seas by receiving information from the ground and other satellites, amplifying the signals, and communicating back to Earth.
- Space Debris and Collision Avoidance: The environment in which satellites operate is becoming increasingly crowded. To reduce the possibility of collisions with space junk or other satellites, operators keep a close eye on their whereabouts and take appropriate action to minimize such risks.
What was the first satellite NASA launched into space?
NASA’s first satellite into orbit was known as “Explorer 1.” It was a significant turning point in the history of space exploration. On January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 was launched into orbit, establishing the United States into space travel with its first victory. The Van Allen radiation belts—zones of charged particles confined by Earth’s magnetic field—were discovered thanks mainly to this satellite. The successful launch of Explorer 1 and its follow-up tests opened the door for more space research and later missions.
Once a rocket launches, will it keep going?
The concept of inertia, which asserts that an item in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force, means that once a rocket starts, it will continue to move through space. This implies that a missile will continue to go at a steady speed even after its engines have switched down in the vacuum of space, where there is no air resistance.
It’s crucial to remember that a rocket’s trajectory and ultimate destiny are determined by a number of variables, including:
- Insertion into Orbit: The rocket will be given enough velocity to complete an orbit around the Earth if intended to enter orbit. To do this, one must attain an orbital velocity, a certain speed that offsets Earth’s gravitational attraction.
- Objectives of the mission or destination: A rocket may have a task that involves reaching a particular place (such as a different planet or celestial body) or entering a specific kind of orbit (such as a geostationary orbit or a route towards the Moon).
- Acceleration and Course Modifications: If the rocket needs to modify its orbit or trajectory, it could possess onboard engines or thrusters that can be activated to correct its path.
The rocket will be impacted by the gravitational attraction of any celestial object it comes into contact with. For instance, a missile travelling toward the Moon will be affected by the gravitational pull of both the Moon and the Earth.
- Obstacles and Space junk: The rocket has to manoeuvre through space junk to prevent collisions with other objects.
- The dismantling or Mission: The goals of a rocket’s mission will eventually be fulfilled. At this point, it could either be guided to burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere or stay in orbit as space trash.
How many satellites are in space?
Almost 3,000 satellites were in orbit around the Earth as of September 2021, the date of my most recent information update. It’s crucial to remember that this figure is subject to frequent fluctuations because of the launch of new satellites and the retirement of older ones. In addition, hundreds of abandoned spacecraft and space debris pieces exist in orbit around the planet. I advise contacting a reputable source or space organization for the most recent information, as the number could have changed after my last update.
A1. Using a rocket to send the satellite into orbit is the primary method of satellite launch. The rocket’s engines are carefully burned to overcome Earth’s gravity and enter the intended orbit.
The duration needed to launch a satellite into orbit depends on a number of factors, including the kind of rocket, the mission requirements, and the destination orbit. That may take an average of a few minutes to many hours.
The cargo capacity of the rocket and the size and weight of the satellites determine how many can be launched by a single rocket. While more giant missiles may be able to launch numerous larger satellites, particular smaller rockets may carry multiple tiny satellites.
In conclusion, a rocket will only stop travelling once in space if an outside force operates upon it. The mission’s goals, the laws of physics governing space flight, and any future course corrections made by ground control or onboard equipment all influence its trajectory and destiny.Wrap UP


In 2012, Corsair has launched 2 reconfigured Airbus A330-200
At the end of 2012, two new A330.300s has joined the fleet, which is now entirely renovated and reconfigured. Technical upgrades has been made to improve the aircraft performance levels, and further reinforce safety.
This new fleet provides an undeniable improvement in in-flight comfort, with “roomier” cabins and a regular flight schedule combined with an affordability policy, etc.
To provide their passengers with a pleasurable traveling experience, Corsair is offering a new cabin configuration, with more space and new seats. The total number of seats is being reduced from 323 to 304 on the Airbuses, and from 582 to 533 on the Boeings.
The new-generation economy class seats boast the latest technical advances in the field for improved seating comfort.
All passengers are able to choose their own entertainment on individual touch screens on the seat-back, with a wide range of films, children’s programmes, as well as a varied selection of music channels and games.
The premium customer area has been enlarged, with more seats (8 more on the Airbuses, and 12more on the Boeings). The seats will tilt to 126°, with a floor spacing of 117 cm for optimum comfort. The individual screens will have optimised image and sound quality, with noise-reducing headphones.
Finally, special attention has been taken with the quality of harmony in the cabin.
It is now the number two French fleet in terms of seats available. We make comfort, optimum safety and time saving our priorities, to ensure that your flight is an enjoyable experience.
Corsair dedicates itself to offering you new horizons!
Discover the making-of of the A330-300
3 Boeing 747-400s
Registrations: F-GTUI, F-HSUN, F-HSEA
533 seats, 36 of which are in Grand Large Class on the upper deck.
For Boeing F-GTUI : 533 seats, 36 of which are in Grand Large Class on the upper deck
Range 13 h 30/11,000 km.
Speed 900 km/h
Below is the plan of the 747-400 cabin
The Airbuses A330-200
2 Airbus A330-200
Registrations: F-HCAT, F-HBIL
304 seats, 26 of which are in Grand Large Class
Range 12 h 30/10,800 km
Speed: 870 km/h
Below is the plan of the A330-200 cabin
The Airbuses A330-300
2 Airbus A330-300
Registration : F-HSKY, F-HZEN
360 seats, 26 of which are in Grand Large Class
Range: 11h30 / 9,000 km
speed: 870 km/h
Below is the plan of the A330-300 cabin
A 330 - 200 / A330-300
Number of engines
The thrusts indicated above are defined under standard conditions (15 °C, 1013 mbar) at sea level.
Our Technical Maintenance Department
Corsair has its own Technical Department. This is responsible for operational maintenance of the airline’s aircraft at its main base at Orly, but also in Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre and on Reunion. The Corsair Technical Department represents:
Covering activities relating to production, logistics, purchasing, engineering, planning and quality, for servicing and monitoring the aircraft under optimum safety conditions.
An operating budget for aircraft servicing of approx. 50 million euros in 2012.
Safety and security
In 1994, the Corsair Technical Department obtained JAR 145 certification, which guarantees aircraft operation under optimum safety conditions.
The heavy-duty maintenance inspections are for their part entrusted to entities approved for this type of operation, and which meet the highest quality and safety standards (Air France, Cargolux, SASCO, etc.). A team of technical experts is on-hand at Orly 24/7 to coordinate the aircraft maintenance operations at Orly and at the airports abroad. In addition, this team monitors in real-time the behaviour of the latest generation aircraft (Airbus A330), whose on-board systems are in constant contact with Orly via satellite link. Security no longer relates solely to the aircraft, but also on the ground and on-board.
On the ground
You may be asked to show your ID several times, and your luggage may be inspected. For your hand luggage, it is prohibited to carry in the cabin any sharp item or anything that could potentially be used as a weapon. These items will be confiscated from you at the luggage check.
For further information about items permitted in the cabin.
When you board the aircraft, the cabin crew will check your boarding card. Furthermore, they count the passengers when boarding is complete, to check that the number of passengers booked matches the number present in the cabin. These preventive measures and checks are in place for your protection.
In May 2008, Corsair was granted IOSA accreditation, the label issued by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). This label certifies the company’s membership of a recognised quality system, and its safety commitment.
As a holder of this certification, now obligatory for IATA member airlines, Corsair declares and confirms its strict respect for international safety rules, especially in terms of organisation, maintenance and aviation operations. The IOSA assessment programme is based on the methodical examination of nearly 1,000 points covering international standards, as well as airline best practices.
Corsair offers a dedicated range of packages or individual personalised services


2.4G 750mm Wingspan EPO RC Glider Airplane RTF Mode 2 with 6-Axis Gyro
Color: Orange, Blue(optional)
Overall length: 570mm
Net weight: 100g
Flying time: about 15 minutes
Charging time: 30-40 minutes
Control distance: 200 meters
Driving motor: N60
Airplane battery: 7.4V 300mAh (included)
Transmitter battery: 6*1.5AA (not included) Color Box: 580*270*140mm
* Reasonable structure design,folding propeller can be putted away when gliding, smaller resistance. The wings are reinforced with carbon fiber rods.
* Smooth appearance, three-channel backward pusher glider, reasonable aerodynamic configuration.
* The whole set is made from EPO, strong impact resistance, 100g only.
* Coming with high discharge rate battery and adapter. Flying time about 15 minutes Charging time 30-40min. * Flight controller adds a gyroscope to make the flight more stable. Transmitter has a large and small rudder setting. Small rudder is suitable for beginners, and large rudder can easily make somersaults and spirals.
Package doesn't include a camera.
1 x Airplane
1 x Wing stiffener
1 x 2.4GHz transmitter
1 x USB Charger Cable
1 x Adapter
1 x Manual
1x Color box


How Compa works like a flight crew to build inclusive teams and better products.
I’m Joe Malandruccolo, the Chief Technology Officer at Compa, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, and an amateur pilot. I’ve always been at my happiest when I work at the intersection of people and technology - something both cockpit crews and software teams have in common. This post gives an overview of how an effective and inclusive flight crew saved United 232, followed by a discussion of how Compa applies the same methodologies to build inclusive teams that ship better products.
United Flight 232
Crew Resource Management (“CRM”) is a set of procedures that flight crews use to work together effectively on complex systems. Practicing CRM saved 185 people on United Flight 232.
While cruising at 37,000 feet an explosive failure in the middle engine broke a critical flight control system, its backup, and its backup’s backup, making the aircraft completely uncontrollable using its control column and rudder. This would be the equivalent of your car’s steering wheel and brakes failing on the highway while stuck on cruise control.
The situation was so unprecedented that when the flight crew called United maintenance on the radio, they responded that a triple-failure is virtually impossible so there’s no procedure.
With normal flight controls not working and the airplane rolling sharply to the right, Captain Al Haynes reduced power to the left engine and maximized power in the right engine. The effect was to bring the plane back to roughly level flight. This improvised flight control meant the plane was now barely controllable by applying different levels of thrust to the left and right engines - the equivalent of steering your car on the highway by opening the left or right door instead of the steering wheel.
Captain Haynes then instructed the First Officer to handle the only working “controls” so that the Captain could work on debugging the problem. The level of restraint Captain Haynes demonstrated was heroic - the Captain could have easily said, “I’m the Captain, these are the only controls, it’s time for me to be the hero, step aside First Officer.” Captain Haynes did not do so - he wanted his team to make the best use of its abilities with the goal of safely landing the plane.
As the First Officer lined up the plane for landing at a nearby airport, one of the passengers who happened to be an off-duty flight instructor volunteered to come to the cockpit to help. Captain Haynes said yes and with the plane preparing to land, the captain instructed the off-duty flight instructor to operate the throttles from the jump seat.
Again, the captain optimized for an effective team, rather than for personal glory.
Pleasant Work Culture
With the aircraft now on final approach to land, the following communication between the control tower and the cockpit took place:
Control Tower: United Two Thirty-Two Heavy, the wind's currently three six zero at one one; three sixty at eleven. You're cleared to land on any runway.
Captain Haynes: [Laughter]. Roger. [Laughter]. You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh!
In an extremely dangerous and unprecedented situation, Captain Haynes maintained composure and set a pleasant work culture with an appropriate amount of dry humor. There are other examples of this balanced humor in the cockpit transcripts. Maintaining such an atmosphere in the cockpit despite the extreme circumstances serves to diffuse tension and help the team perform, something that some business and engineering managers fail to do in far less extreme situations. The outcome of the flight was a forced landing where 185 passengers and crew were able to walk away unharmed and avoid a tragedy.
In Captain Haynes’s own words:
How did teamwork and culture play such an important role in saving lives? In a later interview, Captain Haynes shared his perspective:
Up until 1980, we kind of worked on the concept that the captain was THE authority on the aircraft. What he said, goes. And we lost a few airplanes because of that. Sometimes the captain isn't as smart as we thought he was. And we would listen to him, and do what he said, and we wouldn't know what he's talking about. And we had 103 years of flying experience there in the cockpit, trying to get that airplane on the ground, not one minute of which we had actually practiced, any one of us. So why would I know more about getting that airplane on the ground under those conditions than the other three. So if I hadn't used CRM, if we had not let everybody put their input in, it's a cinch we wouldn't have made it. - Captain Al Haynes
In Captain Haynes’ view, effective teamwork helped this flight crew turn a catastrophic failure into a survivable accident.
Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 provides an example of a flight whose failure to use CRM led to tragedy. A senior captain known for berating and disrespecting junior co-pilots marginalizes his first officer into silence during this fatal accident while the captain accidentally flew a perfectly working aircraft into the ground. Other examples of teamwork failure turning a minor issue into disaster include United Flight 173, HF 3378, and Eastern Airlines Flight 401.
Collaboration, Communication, and Empathy Power Compa’s Engineering Teams
At Compa, we value collaboration, communication and empathy just as much as we value knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
As Chief Technology Officer at Compa, I use my authority to make sure our team adds the experience of every team member to design and deliver the best possible products and systems for our users.
Here’s how we practice our values:
- We have a collaborative culture where everyone, regardless of level, is given a space to contribute and question the products and systems we’re building and how we build them.
- We value active, respectful listening. Overlooking the importance of listening shuts down team members - especially those that are used to being overlooked - eliminating their ideas and experience along with it.
- We practice mentorship and coaching as a baseline expectation of all senior engineers at Compa - senior engineers can only be successful if the entire team is successful.
- We set the stage for other engineers to be the hero. Just as Captain Haynes set the stage for other members of the team to be heroes, if there’s something that an engineer is good at and likes doing, I will work to create an environment where you can be a star. I’m here to help Compa’s engineering team succeed - not to run around in a cape pretending to be an outdated notion of a hero.
- Authority-centric decision-making is a bug in Compa’s culture. Team members are helping Compa build its culture and have the support to fix culture-bugs as they happen.
- Human-error is the result of complex systems, not bad people. When mistakes happen, we come together as a team to make our systems resilient to human error - we never hunt for blame.
At Compa we are on a mission to make compensation fair and competitive for everyone. We are solving some incredibly exciting problems in data science and user experience that have the potential to massively impact organizations and their talent everywhere in the world. As we grow our team, we will work like a flight crew to build an inclusive culture and products our customers love to use.
We’re hiring senior, mid-level, and junior engineers. If you like what we’re building and how we work, you can apply here (link).


FLY IT! We know you want to fly it. And we want you to! We are committed to helping people visit and experience this aircraft that was an integral part of aviation history in any way that we can. Our Douglas DC-3 aircraft is always available for visits and tours if you just want to come see it and sit up front reminisce a little. There is no charge and you are always welcome. For those aviators with a few aviation credentials in their pockets, we also offer a truly unique opportunity to actually fly the DC-3.
It's a big airplane. It's wingspan is almost 100 ft. It can carry over 820 gallons of fuel. Each engine oil tank holds almost 30 gallons of oil. On takeoff it can produce over 2400 Horsepower. It can carry almost 5000 Pounds of anything that can fit in the door, and yet lift off the runway in far less than 3000 feet! After a review of your credentials and your flying history, we will conduct a short briefing with you that includes starting, taxi, takeoffs, landings, checklists, and emergency procedures. You sit left seat. We let you taxi this large multi-engine tailwheel airplane! It's not as easy as it looks. And now It's your takeoff! Push the power levers forward and feel all 3660 cubic inches of cylinders accelerate you down the runway! Once up and away, where we go and what we do is all up to you. You are welcome to try your hand at any of the local ILS or non precision approaches, takeoffs and landings, or whatever you like! Be sure to bring a camera and plenty of film. In addition to actually flying the DC-3, you will also have numerous premier photo opportunities along the way. We make a special effort to help make sure that you go home with all the photos that you want of you in the saddle and actually flying this classic old airliner!
If you are not a pilot but would like a flight in our DC-3, we can still help. Ride up front with the pilots in our "jumpseat" and get a bird's eye view of all the action! Be sure to bring a camera and plenty of film. In addition to actually flying up front in the DC-3, you will also have numerous premier photo opportunities along the way. We make a special effort to help make sure that you go home with all the photos that you want of you both on the ground and in flight in this classic old airliner!
Our DC-3 is a DC-3A, serial number 2054, now registered as N143D. It was built by Douglas Aircraft in October of 1938 and shipped via boat to Europe with the wings off and then re-assembled in Switzerland. It made its first flights there flying the colors of Swiss Air. This original Douglas Aircraft Company photo shows the aircraft on one of its first flights on December 8, 1938, just 2 months after it was completed in Santa Monica, California.
The airliner returned to the US to fly as a passenger aircraft for Ozark airlines until 1967 when it was sold several times and used as a corporate executive transport aircraft for several different companies. Then N143D took on a new lifestyle in 1974 as it was converted to a freight aircraft. The seats were removed and an all metal cargo floor was installed. The landing gear was upgraded to the heavier C-47 gear and the maximum gross weight was increased to 26,900 Pounds. The aircraft can carry 820 gallons of fuel located in four separate tanks, allowing a range in excess of 9 hours. The airplane has Pratt and Whitney 1830 - 92 engines that develop 1200 HP each for takeoff. With full fuel, the airplane can carry a crew of 2, almost 5000 pounds of payload, takeoff from a runway less than 3000 feet long, and still stay in the air over 9 hours! The control surfaces are covered with fabric; the ailerons alone are almost the size of a small Cessna! It has 28 cylinders, 56 spark plugs, and the oil tank for each engine holds almost 30 Gallons of oil!
Today, N143D has all new engines, props, tires, brakes, control surfaces, engine pre-oilers, and a new state of the art avionics suite! The aircraft has assumed yet another new mission of promotion of the heritage and history of aviation, helping aviators attain DC-3 flight training and type ratings, and the fulfillment of the dreams of aviators around the world just like you that might never again have another chance to actually fly this classic old airliner.