February 09, 2017 – The Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it is buying 40 [or possibly more] wide-body aircrafts from Boeing. There is a massive competition in the airline business. Singapore Airlines, or SA, certainly wants to stay ahead in this business by upgrading its current fleet of planes. The demand for wide-body planes is increasing globally. Every airline seems to be preferring them as these planes can accumulate a lot more customers. On average, wide-body planes can have around 400 seats, which is lot more than the number of seats in a typical airplane. According to the news release, SA is planning to buy Boeing 777 and 787 models.
Trump must be dancing right now. :) This deal is worth nearly $14 billion, so this will surely have a positive impact on US trade balance sheet. Trump will love to see US exports increase and this deal will do exactly that. Apart from increasing US exports, this deal will also bring more jobs to US. Trump does not miss anything he can use to his advantage and with manufacturing in USA being a very sensitive issue nowadays, he certainly is going to use this opportunity to gain some points.
Some reports suggest that Airbus was the other contender for this contract; however, they have failed to produce any jets that can compete with Boeing’s wide-body jets.
Singapore Airlines is Singapore’s flag carrier. The company is making nearly $1 billion in operating profits every year. They have a lot of money in their account and they have realized that it is time to upgrade their fleet of planes to improve their services and make it possible for their company to add new destinations to their menu. Customers love to travel in new planes, as they are safer than the old ones and they provide better flying experience. By buying the new jets, Singapore Airlines is going to attract more customers while making more profits. One of the reasons why airlines now are preferring to buy the new wide-body planes is that these new wide planes bring-in more profits. These planes have more seats, which mean that more passengers can ride in each flight.
Singapore Airlines will obviously have to use these wide-body planes for their busy routes because the passenger capacity is larger. They obviously don’t want to see half-filled planes taking flight; to make maximum profits, they would need every wide-body plane to take off with all seats booked.
Boeing, the multinational aircraft manufacturer, has an annual revenue reaching almost $100 billion! But they haven’t received any substantial airplane manufacturing orders in nearly 2 years. This deal will help Boeing boost its annual income.


Your kids may have learned in school that as part of a two year research project, on August 6th the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover will land on Mars at 1:30 am. Before that happens, help them gain perspective on this galactic occurrence.
To celebrate this historic event in Boston, bring the family to the Museum of Science for their first ever Planetfest Boston. Take a close look at the Museum’s 1/3 scale model of Curiosity, check out live presentations about other Mars missions, and participate in activities focusing on space and planetary science, listen to live NASA briefings, watch special Planetarium shows and observe a temporary exhibit about the International Space Station.
Museum of Science’s Planetfest Boston will be held from Saturday-Monday, August 4-6, 2012, 11:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Gordon Current Science & Technology Center, Design Challenges, Cahners ComputerPlace, and Charles Hayden Planetarium. It is included with Exhibit Halls admission, but planetarium shows require an additional ticket purchase.
If you are looking for more out-of-this-world fun, on August 17th Astronaut Stephen Bowen, a Cohasset native, will be at the Museum of Science for a free stargazing evening.


Travelling in Channel Islands is now made easy with the Hertz car services at the Airport. Initially there were two airways, Jersey airways and Imperial Airways operating at the airport. The runway has been extended several times according to requirements. There was a single terminal at first but in 1997 a new terminal was started to control the surplus traffic. At present there are a number of flights like the Aer Arann to Cork, Aer Lingus to Dublin, and Air Southwest to Bristol and Oxford, Blue Islands to Zurich and Geneva and British airways to London-Gatwick. The Airport is located 7.4 Km to the north west of Saint Helier in Jersey. The airport was started in 1937 with grass runways and small flights to land on them. APart from scheduled airline services the airport also accommodates a thrilling general aviation population, Jersey Aero Club. Hire a car from us to visit Jersey and have a safe comfortable journey.


It has been suggested by friends that I write and podcast about my military career, and I have decided to do just that from time to time moving forward.
First however, I am writing about something that happened shortly after I retired, but not to me.
As part of my time in the Canadian Armed Forces, I had four tours of duty at Canadian Forces Station Alert, in Canada’s Far North. We would travel there by CC130 Hercules aircraft, flying from Trenton, Ontario, quite often via Thule, Greenland.
Later in the year that I retired, such a flight, callsign “BOXTOP 22”, crashed on approach to Alert. There were eighteen passengers and crew on board, and almost miraculously, thirteen survived.
Earlier today on Facebook I posted an article from the Canadian Military Family Magazine remembering the crash, as well as a photo of the aircraft wreckage on the ground in Alert now. Here is the link to that article.
Shortly after I had posted the article, a fellow trade member, and a crash survivor, posted a short video about the event. He kindly sent it to me and I shared it on Facebook and also share it here.
Although I had retired from the military by then, when I watched the video this morning I found myself to be quite emotional. Knowing people who were on that aircraft, and actually having flown on that particular plane, CC130 – 130322, a couple of occasions previously, it struck very close to home.
Below is the video and then the photo of the plane as it is currently.
My thanks to Monty for sharing the video.
Your thoughts and comments are always welcome.


NOTE: This article refers to the act of saving a flight plan to the flight plan catalog in the G1000 or GNS software. This article is not related to entering a live flight plan into flight plan page 0.
Make sure than in your “My Documents” folder you have a folder exactly named “Flight Simulator X Files” , "Prepar3D Files", “Prepar3D V2 Files”, "Prepar3D V3 Files". Flight sim is supposed to put that folder there, but if it’s missing, it could cause this problem. .
In summary if the folder relevant to your version of flight simulator is missing, it will cause a crash when you try to save a flight plan to the flight plan catalog in the G1000 or GNS software. The English folder names are:
Flight Simulator X Files
Prepar3D V2 Files
Prepar3D V3 Files
Flight Simulator Files
Note for customers with non-English versions of Windows: When FSX or Prepar3D creates these folders, they may sometimes be named in your national language instead of English. Prior to April 2016, our software required the folder to be spelled using the US English spelling. But after April 2016, our software properly interprets the non-English versions of these folder names properly, as long as they are the folder names that FSX or Prepar3D created.


Today is the 40th anniversary of what remains the greatest single technological feat that mankind has ever achieved. It was forty years ago today that American astronaut Neil Armstrong took that first step on to the surface of the moon, and uttered the iconic words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!”
Armstrong had become the first human being to ever set foot on another world outside of the earth.
On July 20th, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 orbited the moon, after having left behind their home planet Earth just four days earlier. They were on the verge of the most spectacular achievement in man’s history. Since our creation, man has looked up at the glowing disc in the night sky and dreamed.
At first those dreams involved the nature and the meaning of the object. Then the moon became an object of study, particularly as to it’s relationship to Earth. Finally, it had become a destination.
Now, here were three Americans: Neil Armstrong, Ed ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, and Michael Collins, actually flying above that moon and preparing to land on it. Collins would draw the role of staying behind in order to pilot the command module ‘Columbia’, while Armstrong and Aldrin would actually descend in the ‘Eagle’ landing module to the moon’s surface. They had the full resources of NASA, the National Aeronauticas and Space Administration, behind them, but they were very much on their own in so many ways.
The process to reach that point had been ongoing for decades. It began with the creation of rockets, and moved onward as those rockets were made larger and more powerful, capable of traveling further and further. Finally, man developed the technologies and the courage to enter outer space, that vast area outside of the protective atmosphere of the only planet we had ever known intimately.
President John F. Kennedy, slain by an assassin’s bullet almost six years earlier, had set the ball in motion when on May 25th, 1961 he uttered the great challenge: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Six months later, I was born.
Two and a half years later, Kennedy would lie dead. But his vision and goal of landing on the moon would become the passion of thousands.
I remember well the excitement leading up to the moon landing. I was just 7 years old in that summer of 1969, and far too young to understand most of the incredible changes that were happening to our country in those days. The inner city race riots as the Civil Rights movement marched forward, the murders of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the Vietnam War. These things meant nothing to me at that age. But the moon landing, this was huge to the imagination of a young boy.
My parents allowed my brother Mike, who had just turned 6, and myself to stay awake past our usual bed times on that Sunday night to watch this historic event. I recall sitting mesmerized at the entire proceeding as it unfolded on the black and white television picture in our living room on American Street in South Philadelphia. There was a lot of language that was over my head, but I was getting the idea.
At a few minutes before 11:00pm our time, Armstrong took that final step down the ladder from the Eagle and spoke those words. And I joined over 600 million people around the world in viewing grainy black and white pictures of the exact moment that a man stepped on to another world, out on to that glowing night disc that we still look up at each night. We had fulfilled President Kennedy’s great goal with a little more than five months to spare.
I remember following as much of the mission as I possibly could in the following weeks on both television and in the newspapers, culminating in the dramatic return home of the astronauts that was capped by their capsule splashing down into the Pacific Ocean on July 24th.
Over the next few years, following subsequent Apollo moon missions was something that I always anticipated with excitement and thoroughly enjoyed. There were five more after Apollo 11, all of which took groups of men to the moon and back, over the next three years. On December 14th, 1972, the Commander of Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan, lifted his foot off the surface of the moon. No human being has stepped foot on any celestial object in the ensuing 37 years.
I still to this day remember the excitement, the thrill, the wonder of those days in the summer of 1969, as I stood outside and looked up at the moon as billions of men, women and children had for mellenia before me done, and was able for the first time to know that other men were up there walking around, working, talking, living.
I hope that sometime before my time on the Earth is up, that I again get to see men travel to another world. There are already missions being planned for man to return to the moon in the next decade, and then in the early planning stages for a possible trip to the planet Mars within 2-3 decades. Those would be missions of wonder for my children and grandchildren to share.
May God bless mankind with the courage, the wisdom, the vision, the ability, the resources, the technology, and the determination to continue to reach out beyond our world, and to explore the vast greatness and the majestic wonders that He has created. As a wonderful, old television show of those Apollo days said: “To boldly go where no man has gone before!”


Captain Sagar Shivdasani, a pilot with Indigo airlines was invited on 8th March, 2019. as a resource person to give an insight to the children of Prep II A, B and C on the topic ‘Airways’.
He shared information with the aid of a Ppt about the different types of aeroplanes, parts of the aeroplane and the safety measures.
He also sensitized the children about the importance of the ‘Indian Air Force’ and how they protect our country.
He shared a video to show the safe landing of the aircraft on River Hudson by Captain Sully.
Overall an interactive session where the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.


What’s the best way for the White House to make us not spends hours leafing through Wikileaks documents all day?
Well this a pretty good start:
WASHINGTON — NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.
The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency’s website at http://www.nasa.gov.
– Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
– Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.
– Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
– Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla.
– James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe
That has to rank as one of the greatest press releases I have ever received. Alex Jones will have a field-day with this one.


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A friend sent me a link to a Fox News / AP story with excerpts of the crew conversation before takeoff. As I read the transcript, I kept thinking, "CRM! CRM!" CRM stands for Crew Resource Management, a discipline, particularly around critical phases of flight, that the airlines and other pilot organizations have been drilling into pilots for quite a few years now. I kept thinking, "Why are these guys, probably good guys, talking about all this non-flying stuff now?" And when I read the bit about a "flex takeoff" procedure that uses less than full power, I was floored. I had to wonder if a full power takeoff could have gotten them off that short runway OK. I don't know whether "flex takeoff" is just an airline procedure meant to save some money, or if it's an early morning procedure to reduce noise. After all that, taking off from a runway without runway lights and not bringing that up with the open control tower, seems like the last straw.
But I think I understand part of how this happened. In the transcript, the pilots discussed working hours and tight schedules, flying into a place, spending a maximum of ten hours in a hotel, and then flying out again. When you do that, you have no social life. I'm guessing the pilots' social life was in that cockpit. The cockpit provided a time and place for chit-chat that was otherwise lacking in their busy lives. Unfortunately it was not the place for such talk, particularly in a critical phase of flight. I'm hoping the airlines learn from this, and loosen the schedules of commercial and airline pilots, so that they have adequate time to do their socializing in their off-hours, and so that while in the cockpit they have a greater feeling, "OK, I've had my time off, now I'm at work, and I must give it my full attention."


Something new is happening in the skies of Colombia!
Two more airlines are offering national and international flight connections – an indicator of the ever-increasing interest in trips to Colombia. In the follwing you find more information about the new airlines:
As of March, the low-cost airline Jet Smart will be flying to various national and international destinations. On a national level, the airline connects Bogotá and Pereira, Medellín and Santa Marta, Cartagena and Cali, among others. International destinations offered by Jet Smart include flights to Argentina, Chile and Peru.
The Arab airline Emirates recently announced that it will connect the Middle East with Colombia. From June, the airline will offer daily flights between Bogotá and Dubai, reviving the historic connection between the Middle East and the northern part of South America.


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LAS Formação-MTO is a training organization in aircraft maintenance (MRO) with Part 147 certification. The training courses are recognized by the Portuguese regulatory entity, the INAC I.P. (National Institute of Civil Aviation and the European Agency for Aviation and Safety in Aviation (EASA), so the certificates of training or examination issued are valid in Portugal and in any country of the European Union.
LAS Formação-MTO considers that if they had not used such software, the costs would have doubled without a doubt.
At that time, there was not any aircraft maintenance training management system in the market that met the requirements and needs of LAS Formação-MTO in terms of data management. Therefore, the company felt the need to find an entity that developed a tool based on very specific requirements, requested and outlined by the school. In particular, the system should focus on the management of trainers and trainees, resource management, exam management and technical documentation management.
Given the lack of a product for the management of the training that was adapted to the needs of LAS Formação-MTO in the market, the company carried out a market survey. The search focused on companies that developed platforms according to the specificities of their customers. Of the companies consulted, Quidgest was finally chosen.


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The shocking news of the Germanwings plane (flight 9525) crash today over France in the Alps on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf with 150 lives lost is resonating far and wide.
This airplane disaster feels very close to home to me.
Just last Thursday I was flying back from Berlin where I spoke at the DPG scientific conference and had flown there from Boston Logan the Saturday before via British Airways. On the latter flight I was seated next to a prep school (Pingrey) group which was en route to Barcelona. There was also a school group on the Germanwings flight (Germanwings is owned by Lufthansa) that crashed today. On my flight to Boston via Heathrow on British Airways last Thursday we had extra passengers since the Lufthansa pilots were on strike, which I thought strange.
And last summer my husband and I flew via Germanwings from Berlin to Catania (after bailing out of an Air
Berlin flight due to an 8 hour delay) and also from Thessaloniki to Gothenburg via Dussledorf. I had conferences to speak at in both Sicily and Greece and was spending time as a Visiting Professor at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
I have been seeing lots of press coverage on Professor Arnie Barnett's research in view of this Gremanwings crash. Professor Barnett of MIT is a colleague from INFORMS and is an aviation security and safety expert. USA Today has an article noting his work entitled: Despite flurry of tragedies, air crashes are rare, We hosted him at the Isenberg School in our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speakers Series a while back.
With the black box recovery I hope that the mystery of the cause of this Airbus plane crash is solved.
Our hearts go out to all those who lost family members and friends in this plane crash.


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I wonder what they did with the body for the rest of the flight? Do they leave him in the cockpit or strap him into a seat next to some schmuck in economy? Rigor mortis sets in after about three hours (some fascinating info about rigor mortis out there on them interwebs), so did they haul him off the plane in the seated position? So many questions . . .
According to ABC, "His body was removed from the cockpit to the crew rest area"
My dad worked for Continental and today has been what he'd call "the toliet is backed up at work" day. Earlier on CBS they did a piece on children getting lost on planes and being at the wrong destination now this...next up no government bailout funds...This is a definate shitty day for the big meatball...
Um...happens all the time or what? "In 2007, another Continental pilot died at the controls after becoming ill during a flight from Houston to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It landed safely with a co-pilot at the controls after being diverted to McAllen, Texas."
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Today I went flying with my brother Eric. He let me land the airplane. Twice. It’s amazing how soaring through the air, sometimes dropping a hundred feet per second, gives you an odd sense of comfort. There’s so little parallax in the world below that it seems it couldn’t possibly hurt you, and when you come plummeting to the earth, having been so high, it seems so near that it couldn’t possibly hurt you.


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Stories of the Moon landingJueves, 1 de august de 2019
Astronomical conferences at dinner with stars
The 50th anniversary of the arrival of man on the Moon is full of news and details of that historic day for mankind. And of course, we had the opportunity to explain anecdotes and facts about everything that surrounded the Apollo 11 mission from the Fabra Observatory. So, we enjoyed the conferences on the Moon by Joan Anton Català, a reference astronomer of the XVI season, and Rafael Clemente (special guest and expert in that space mission) all in the #soparambestrelles.
So, about the arrival of man on the Moon for the first time, we can find since the race that was between countries (US and USSR) to arrive first, how were the three people who were going to go selected, or even, how were they able to maintain communication with the earth. But one thing we want to mention is: How was the landing on the moon?
So, on July 20, 1969 begins the descent to the Moon but Neil Armstrong does not set foot until the dawn of July 21 (European time), and they face many difficulties.
Among all the problems they had, one of them was a few minutes into the descent burn a light indicated an error: “alarm 1902”, which was a primitive computer of the time with a screen that reports an error code: the “1202”.
Edwin Aldrin reports this detected alarm, but what does it mean?
A few weeks earlier, NASA simulator emerges randomly this alarm, and the person responsible for interpreting it does not know what to do and cancels the mission to the Moon. A disaster!! They were not notice that it was not an urgent alarm.
Luckily, on the day of the descent the Apollo 11 team was prepared ... And for this reason, in this descent the alarm was checked by telephone line with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which are the ones that programmed the computer and they realize that it is not a serious error: the code "1202" only indicated that the computer needed to restart because of the large amount of data it received.
Besides, they realize that they are deviated from the path planned to make the landing, this is because the speed of the ship when separating from the orbital module is faster. And Armstrong decides to take the pilot of the ship, as a good civil pilot it was already clear that he would do it, looking for a place to land without rocks of the planned point, with the pressure that he only had 20 according to fuel.
It must be said that all this is only part of all the information that is explained about the landing to the Moon and more astronomy topics to the #Soparambestrelles.


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My Own Private Air Show · 26 September 2020
It is quite the treat to have your own private air show.
This past summer, I got to have my own private air show. Truth is, I got to have a private air show two days in a row. I took pictures the second day. Or at least I tried. Actually, I tried to take video and failed miserably. Still, it was fun to have my own private air show.
I am not sure why, but some pilot was flying above our town doing aerobatics. Loops and stalls and rolls. It was great fun to watch. Especially since it has been years since I have been to any air shows.
I love airplanes. Fast ones, slow ones, military ones. I love seeing them do all the fun stuff that I am sure they used to do at old fashioned barnstorming – loops, rolls, and stalls. I love to see them fly in formation like the Thunderbirds and (Canadian) Snowbirds and Blue Angels. The Blue Angels are my favorite. Just watching them do takeoffs and landings in formation is a thrill. I have fuzzy pictures of a single Blue Angel flying over my house from way back when. And I can spot those FA-18 Hornets a long way off.
Of course, I love watching those old planes do their thing too. Those biplanes with their upper and lower wings. And even the newer single wing planes flying around doing all the fancy stuff.
I was clued into the first day of the air show when I heard a strange noise that was oddly familiar. A plane sounded like it was struggling hard to climb. The engine sounded taxed to the max. I looked and looked in the sky to find the airplane. I finally saw it as it came out of its loop. Or some such aerobatic trick. And then I watched to see what else the pilot would do. I was not disappointed as I watched the plane, loop, roll, and stall. Well, at least it looped a few times.
I was impressed by the pilot above our house. I did not think pilots were supposed to loop and roll and stall above residential areas. But I did not mind. I just enjoyed the show. Of course, there was no wing walking or anything like that, but still, seeing a propellered plane doing all those fancy things was fun. I marveled at the pilot’s skills and daring. And like I said, I tried to take some pictures and video.
Well, if you ever hear a plane sound like it is revving its engine too high, look up in the sky to see what is happening. You might just get the thrill of getting your own private air show.
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By Margaret Besheer
15 January 2009
A U.S. passenger jet crash-landed in New York City's Hudson River on Thursday with 155 passengers and crew onboard. But tragedy was averted when ferries and tourist boats came to the aid of the sinking plane and everyone was evacuated.
|Tail fin of Airbus A-320 US Airways aircraft that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York City, 15 Jan 2009|
U.S. Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia airport on Thursday afternoon bound for Charlotte, North Carolina when it went down in the frigid waters of the Hudson River.
Officials said the Airbus A-320 may have been hit by birds, disabling one or both of its engines.
Several tourist boats and ferries quickly came to the aid of the downed jet, rescuing stranded passengers who had managed to get out onto the wings of the aircraft. U.S. Coast Guard ships and helicopters also responded.
No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.
Jeff Kolodjay, a rescued passenger from Norwalk, Connecticut was headed to North Carolina on a golf trip when the plane went down.
"The engine blew out about three minutes into the flight," he said. "We circled around and saw we were in line with the Hudson [River]. The captain came on [the plane's public address system] and said, 'Look, we're going down, brace for impact.' And everyone kind of looked at each other and said some prayers. I said about five 'Our Fathers' and five 'Hail Marys' and we hit the water."
U.S. Airways Chairman Doug Parker said preliminary information indicates that everyone is off the plane and accounted for and that the airline would cooperate with authorities in their investigation.
"It is premature to speculate about the cause of this accident," he said. "The National Transportation Safety Board will conduct a thorough investigation to determine the probable cause with our complete support and the support of many others."
Federal Aviation Authorities say they are looking to retrieve the plane's "black box" recorder for more information on the cause of the crash.


Amelia Rose Earhart, the youngest woman to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft, speaks at a Meet the Aviator reception at the Denver Place July 23. Photo by Cos Lindstrom • email@example.com
By Angelita Foster
Amelia Rose Earhart completed a historic around-the-world flight July 11, recreating the flight that took her namesake’s life more than 70 years ago.
The former 9News air traffic and weather reporter — no relation to her famous namesake — became the youngest woman, at 31, to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft. The modern Earhart flew her Pilatus PC-12 NG more than 24,000 nautical miles, making 17 stops in 14 countries, accompanied by co-pilot Shane Jordan.
With 1,400 paper airplanes floating above her head, Earhart talked about what her accomplishment meant to her, to Colorado and to girls and women who dream of taking flight, during a Meet the Aviator reception at the Denver Place July 23.
“Flying around the world was something that I had always dreamed of, and of course, having the name Amelia Earhart steered me that way,” she said. “And I did it.”
Earhart said she had an amazing realization while flying around Howland Island, the area in the South Pacific where her namesake is believed to have crashed.
“I realized what the whole point of the trip was: We had aviation’s past honoring Amelia’s flight, recreating and symbolically completing her flight. We had aviation’s present flying a Pilatus PC-12 with no swaps the entire flight and a completely safe mission,” Earhart said. “Then we had the future of aviation on their smart phones, and on their iPads, learning via Twitter that they get to learn to fly, and that was very special.”
Earhart established the Fly With Amelia Foundation that provides flight-training grants to help girls ages 16 to 18 learn how to fly. As she was fulfilling her dream, Earhart was giving other girls the possibility of reaching their own.
“Putting girls through flight school and giving them that inspirational start at a young age is my purpose,” Earhart said.
Denver first lady Mary Louise Lee presented Earhart with a Mayor’s Proclamation, naming July 23, 2014, Amelia Rose Earhart Day.
“What you’ve done is put Colorado on the map, and we really and truly appreciate it,” Lee said. “Like her namesake, (Earhart) inspired herself and others to explore, push boundaries, question the status quo, and said that adventure is worthwhile in itself, and women should be able to do whatever they want to do.”
Earhart accepted the proclamation, but asked the audience to take a moment to recognize the lives of Babar Suleman and his teenage son Haris, whose around-the-world attempt had ended in tragedy earlier that day.
“When I heard that news today, it was hard knowing that I had this celebration planned this evening. I thought ‘how selfish of me’ that I am attending a party, when two other people who set out to do the same thing, died in their attempt to follow their adventure and lifetime goal,” Earhart said, fighting back tears. “We take off on adventures and do the things we love knowing that it could come to an end at any moment, and that’s where the joy comes from.”
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Welcome to Year 5
What a fantastic start we have made to Year 5! So far, we are loving our topic of Space and today spent some time considering the different sizes of the planets and how far away they were from the sun.
I have also set a voluntary homework to help the children remember the order of the planets. Below is a mnemonic. Can the children make up their own version? If it is easier to include Pluto, you may - we have discussed why Pluto is a trouble maker!
Also, we have been learning about the International Space Station (ISS) and how it travels around the Earth every 92 minutes. Why not download the NASA/ISS App or click the picture below, to try and track it. If it is a clear night, you will probably be able to see it (or its lights!) flying through the night sky.
BBC bitesize Earth and space link


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Hamburg Airport serves 15.6 million passengers per year. Destinations can be chosen from a extensive route network: More than 60 airlines fly from Hamburg, serving 120 domestic and international routes. Hamburg Airport is the largest international airport in northern Germany, and the fifth largest in Germany overall. Incorporating Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as parts of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania and Denmark, Hamburg Airport has a large catchment area and substantial passenger potential. Hamburg Airport, with a modern infrastructure accessible to all airlines and a flexible price structure that enables differentiation, is preparing for the many challenges that will be presented by the aviation industry of the future. Around 15,000 people are employed by the almost 250 companies active on the airport site (including almost 2,000 employees of the airport itself).


the one that i will always have a thing with…
i came across this site; aviation humour website, and i love it. i’m quite familiar with some aviation terms and jargon which i learnt from charming in his daily conversation about his work.
here i extract some of the jokes which i think it’s quite interesting:
ATC: “Cessna G-ABCD What are your intentions? ”
Cessna: “To get my Commercial Pilots Licence and Instrument Rating.
ATC: “I meant in the next five minutes not years.”
(Heard on the radio – Really )
Cessna: “Jones tower, Cessna 12345, student pilot, I am out of fuel.”
Tower: “Roger Cessna 12345, reduce airspeed to best glide!! Do you have the airfield in sight?!?!!”
Cessna: “Uh…tower, I am on the south ramp; I just want to know where the fuel truck is.”
Beech Baron: Uh, ATC, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747.
ATC: Yeah, it’s OK. He’s not hungry.
(my note: B747 being a ‘macho guy’ a.k.a the beast! 😉 )
Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles!”
Delta 351: “Give us another hint! We have digital watches!”
One day a radar controller did a mistake in sequencing the traffic for landing, he let a Boeing 747 as number 2 behind a Cessna 172, as it looks very wierd, the B747 started to get closer to the Cessna, the controller instructed the captain of B747 to slow down 180 kts, captain did comply, after a while the controller instructed again the B747 to slow down to 160 knots, few moments later, the controller asked the captain of B747 to slow down to 130 kts! the captain asked the controller:
Capt: do you know at which speed does 747 stall?
contrl: I’m sorry…no idea…you can ask the co-pilot !
Tower: Have you got enough fuel or not?
Tower: Yes what??
Pilot: Yes, SIR
fyi, i’m an aircraft enthusiast and my fave guy is B747 😉
so how i’m gonna get to you now?!
wish i’d wear wedges heel today..!! Urghh~


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July 23 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Held at Pickerington Main Library.
Tweens in grades 5-8: Have you ever wondered what astronauts eat in space? This is your opportunity to taste some astronaut food and create your own edible Mars rover.
Summer Tweens will be every other Tuesday during Summer Reading from 2-3 p.m.


Virtual Airlines S7 - the young, vigorous and quickly developing virtual airline by which it was already executed the 5th years. Interest, love and boundless thirst for flights in immense air space of our planet Earth, have generated inspiration to creation of "Virtual airline S7" which in own way isn't the representative and the successor of real airline S7 and Globus, but quite covers all interests in the virtual sky of the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Prepar3d aviasimulator.
The virtual airline S7 is an official participant of the world IVAO network.
Which provides with real weather conditions, dispatchers worldwide.
High professionalism of the IVAO team imparts knowledge to new pilots and provides excellent service to experts of the virtual sky!
The Virtual Airlines S7 team is replenished every day with new pilots. Among them is both beginners, and sharks of the real and virtual sky. Administration of Virtual Airlines S7 and the website www.va-s7.ru we are always glad to help and answer all interesting questions.


March 28, 2018
For very long time, space has always been a source of wonder and a spark for imagination. Since the beginning of the space race in 1957, people have been striving to leave this planet behind, if just for a few hours or days at a time. Technology has advanced exponentially since those first tentative steps into the cosmos. Now the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is exploring the potential of blockchain application development to improve space communications. Concurrently, private companies are already bringing blockchain technology into space.
Space communications present various gigantic challenges, such as disruptions and vast distances between stations. In addition, massive amounts of data need to be processed. As a result, communication systems must be secured, trustless, and decentralized. Thus, such systems must be supported by blockchain development platforms.
Let’s have a look at this example. At NASA, scientists have long been developing artificial intelligence for an unmanned spacecraft. But at the present, researchers have turned their attention to the blockchain application development. As it is known, the blockchain system allows modernization for many computational processes, which attracts new financing flows for the blockchain implementation of AI in spacecraft.
Concerning space communications, researchers are seeking to develop a Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm (RNCP) for space exploration. A summary posted at the University of Akron’s website reads:
“We will employ the blockchain technique to design a secure and decentralized infrastructure for processing the massive data for space exploration and related science. Our infrastructure will be designed to facilitate deep learning based data analysis. Furthermore, to achieve high scalability for the blockchain-based infrastructure, we will exploit the software-defined networking (SDN) technique and propose an adaptive management strategy.” (1)
In parallel, private enterprises continue to develop the commercial space market. For instance, several private companies are implementing plans for space travel, such as Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. Some of these companies are even contemplating in their plans using Bitcoin as the payment currency, as well as Ethereum-based blockchain technology. The founder of the Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, announced that thanks to blockchain technology, space tourists would be able to pay for their tours in bitcoins. The Virgin Group claims to be the first commercial spaceline.
On the other hand, SpaceChain is building the world’s first open-source satellite network to enable a next-generation infrastructure for the blockchain industry. This non-terrestrial, decentralized satellite network will become an alternative for data transmission, storage, and application development. The SpaceChain open source operating system – SpaceChainOS, which provides a “blockchain sandbox” that any developer can utilize for rapid development, testing, and deployment of decentralized applications. In effect, cryptocurrency enthusiasts are excitedly waiting for SpaceChain to start launching CubeSats into space on February 2018 (2).
Storing data in space could also present developers with new possibilities. We have heard of people interested in putting data in space as a kind of neutral territory where it is not on anyone’s backyard. It’s a very different thing from what most people do with satellites. For the mass majority of operators, data in space does you no good, so you want to send it down as quickly as possible. It’s a new way of looking at it.
As shown by these projects, NASA and private companies are almost in sync, betting on blockchain application development to improve space communications and thus conquer the vast and mysterious reaches of outer space. Specifically, in the future, Spacechain is considering a subscription-like model where developers pay for storage space on the satellite and certain functions of the operating system’s API. Creating a token economy with crypto-coins – tentatively dubbed SpaceCash – is another option, though that’s still a work in progress. But to be sure, Spacechain is not alone in its efforts to merge blockchain and space industry.
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The flight of three planes were based at RAF Sawbridgeworth which had been established as Mathams Wood Advanced Landing Ground in 1937. Situated to the west of the town of Sawbridgeworth it was renamed RAF Sawbridgeworth in 1940, it became home to 2 (AC) squadron. As an (AC) army cooperation squadron it was equipped with Lysander and Tomahawk aircraft. About mid 1942 Mustang P51 mark one aircraft began to arrive and the squadron embarked on a period of training on the new arrivals. This was to last until the 17th November when the squadron was declared operational on the new aircraft.
These early Mustangs were not the same as the type of aircraft normally thought
of today as the Mustang. These early models had small panelled hood type canopies
which gave limited vision for the pilots, so much so that many had modifications
made at airfields to improve visibility. Later Merlin engined models which fulfilled
the planes well known bomber escort roles were considerably different in appearance
and most notably had a plexiglass teardrop canopy giving excellent all round visibility
for the pilot. The Mk 1 variants were manufactured by the North American Aviation
Corporation of Inglewood California to a British specification. The Mark ones were
fitted with the Allison V-
It is this type of early variant that were seen by villagers as they flew over Stanstead Abbotts in worsening weather and lowering cloud base on November 29th 1942. Shortly afterwards AG605 piloted by Pilot Officer Derek Bell Williams hit the trees at the edge of Easneye Wood. The severity of the crash was instantly fatal for the pilot and the plane itself was highly fragmented and scattered into the woodland. At the court of inquiry which took place two days after the crash the main cause was attributed to the failure of the wireless sets on the planes. This prevented the use of radio signal homing, which would have got them back to base safely.
The pilot’s body, once brought down from the top of the trees by firemen from Ware, was sent back to his home town of Birkenhead. Derek Bell had attended Birkenhead School and was one of five children born to a local solicitor and councillor. At school he excelled at sport and when war broke out he was studying for a career in business. On joining the RAF he was notable for his consistently high exam results on the officer cadet course. Once commissioned he joined 2 (AC) squadron and proved to be a good pilot. Having declined a safer roll as a trainer in order to stay operational with the squadron, he lost his life at the edge of Easneye Woods at 26 years of age. He was buried in Landicon Cemetery close to Birkenhead on November 2nd with several colleagues from his squadron in attendance.
Derek Bell is remembered on the memorial erected near Shingle Hall Sawbridgeworth to those who lost their lives when serving at the RAF station.
Leslie Miller stands by the crash site in 1990
Further information about the memorial and RAF Sawbridgeworth is available from the
Hertfordshire Airfield Memorial Group website hamg.co.uk
Stuart Moye July 2014


Some people wonder why we, as in humans, keep sending people into space. They wonder what we get out of it. This is a perfect example of why we go. Sure, this is from Japan, but it is because of the world-wide space program that Japan is able to do this. We need to be able to produce food in space; and we will definitely need beer in space. (Thanks to Dave Barry's blog for pointing this out).


Ever wonder what it is like on Mars? Come to People Plus on Thursday, Dec. 7, 1:30 pm, when Dr. R. Aileen Yingst introduces us to the Curiosity rover and take us along on her remarkable journey through Gale Crater on Mars!
Dr. Yingst, a resident of Brunswick, is a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, a research institution headquartered in Tucson, AZ. She is Associate Principal Investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission and Deputy Principal Investigator for the Mars Handlens Imager instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity. She is also an associate on the Dawn at Ceres mission. Other missions that Dr. Yingst has worked on include Dawn at Vesta, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, and Galileo. Dr. Yingst served as Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium for 14 years.
Dr. Yingst received her AB from Dartmouth College in Physics and Astronomy, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Brown University.
Free, open to the public. Registration appreciated! Call 729-0757 to register.
People Plus is the Brunswick Area Senior Community Center and supports an engaged, healthy, and independent life for older adults, while joining others to build community for all ages. Dedicated to intergenerational community participation and support, we offer numerous choices for fitness and wellness services, recreation and learning opportunities, education and outreach and are home to the Brunswick Area Teen Center Program.


What’s Happening 1st June 2012
Well this week we have two guests from NASA. Dan Tani is an astronaut and will talk about his trips to space. John Brunschwyler has built and programmed microsatellites so he will tell us how they’re developed.
We might also try some space-related Scratch programming to!
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The ACLU is suing the White House and Pentagon to end the clandestine nature of targeted killings inflicted by unmanned drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while a House oversight subcommittee took its first look at drone-related issues on March 23.
The lawsuit and hearings promise to create greater public exposure of the expanding role of drones, now labeled "the only game in town" by CIA director Leon Panetta. Civilian casualties were estimated at the Congressional hearing as 32 percent of the deaths due to drones, while their numbers in the Pentagon inventory have risen from 167 in 2002 to 7,000 currently. The Obama administration has increased the use of drones sharply since coming to office.
For information on the ACLU lawsuit, go here.
For key members of the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, go here. The Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Tierney [D-Mass], reports to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Brooklyn Rep. Edolphus Towns.
Drone operations, based in the US, have been targeted for protest by local anti-war groups, planned for example at General Atomic's headquarters in San Diego this May 18-19:
Ground the Drones Protest
General Atomics Headquarters
(Makers of the Predator and Reaper Drones)
3550 General Atomics Ct.
San Diego, 92121
Sponsors: Peace Resource Center of San Diego, CODEPINK, San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice & others!
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Santa Monica's RAND Corporation, the center of the Pentagon Papers controversy during the Vietnam War, is a center of low-profile drone development, as described in their 2008 Project Air Force research contracts:
The Future Role of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the U. S. Air Force Post World War II unmanned aerial systems (UAS), often referred to as drones or RPVs, were used clandestinely and most often for reconnaissance and sometimes for surveillance. There was a resurgence of interest in RPVs in the 1970s and this led to a substantial investment in research and development. Post Desert Storm there was keen interest in UAV's to do reconnaissance and surveillance. The Predator emerged and was a product of an ACTD. Due to operational requirements for timely weapons employment, the armed Predator was subsequently introduced. The Global Hawk, another ISR UAV that flies at much higher altitudes and greater speeds than the Predator, followed. In parallel with these UAV systems, several smaller UAVs were developed, fielded and employed in combat. PAF will assess the future of UAS, considering the current inventory of UAVs, their operations, capabilities, limitations, and interaction with manned aircraft and space systems. PAF will address questions such as: Given current and anticipated technologies and threats, what is the future of UAS for the Air Force? How do we go from concept to operations? What are the most important acquisition issues? What are the vulnerabilities and countermeasures? What are appropriate battlespace control and peacetime air traffic deconfliction issues and ways ahead? [emphasis added]
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Project Leader: Sherrill Lingel and William Stanley


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A Triangle UFO discovery in Nasa footage from the 1972 last Apollo Lunar Mission! This 16mm film was taken from the Lunar Module (LM) window during undocking. The video clearly shows a triangular shaped object rotating, it seems to have three sources of lights that form a triangle. We highlight this for you in this fascinating video. You’ll see video analysis that will help you formulate your very own opinion on what this object could be. In this Nasa video you’ll see the rotating UFO spinning across screen from right to left, it appears to be another object people have missed over the many years.


Being an aviation buff, I always make it a point to visit the Singapore Airshow. This year is no exception.
I took very few photos this year so I am sharing only a few too :)
Starting with the star of the show: the F-35 Lightning II.
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Our welding business, located in East Haven, had been contracted to build a public airport hangar for private planes storage. The hangar will be used to house small private planes and will be located on a public airport.


July 22, 2014
The long awaited Historic F-4 Phantom fighter arrives in Orlando!
Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., commander of the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, was credited with shooting down one MiG21 on 1 March 1972 while flying this F-4D currently on display at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Check out these links to Joe and Felix and the Stratos Project. They will be featured in a Superbowl Commercial on Sunday advertising for the GoPro Cameras. Let us know what you think! Cheers, Sherry and Joe Kittinger
Here is felix's GoPro view: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-view-of-felix-baumgartners-space-jump-is-truly-awe-1513112178/@travis
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An Honorary Golden Knight
Joe was deeply honored on December 3, 2011 when he was made an Honorary Golden Knight at their alumni banquet at Fort Bragg, NC.


Patrouille Suisse show 2015, Spiez
The Patrouille Suisse was founded on August 22, 1964 with four Hawker Hunters. Two displays were also flown 1968 with the Dassault Mirage IIIS under the name "Patrouille de Suisse Mirage". Other that those shows the Patrouille Suisse retained the Hunter. In 1970, a fifth aircraft was added to the team, followed by the sixth shortly thereafter. In 1977 a smoke system was introduced.


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Yesterday at the California Science Centre I saw the space shuttle Endeavour. This shuttle, now out of commission, is on display at the museum and it’s truly breathtaking. It landed at LAX last October and then began the journey of around 20 miles to its final home.
Watch the amazing timelapse of it here:
Pretty cool huh?
Brandon and Barry, two fellow nerds came with me to look at the shuttle. As we got closer (slowly through the LA traffic!), the excitement increased. We went to see the exhibition first which included a mockup of Mission Control and then it was time…
I knew this was going to be pretty cool. After all, the Endeavour has been into space, several times. And now I was about to see it up close. We opened the door to the specially constructed hangar on site at the California Science Centre, and there it was. WOW. I was absolutely floored by it – and the camera came out immediately. Not sure what my panic was but this was something that had to be facebooked IMMEDIATELY!!! There I was and there was an actual space shuttle less than ten metres away from me. Unreal.
As we walked around and looked at the exhibition and information panels I still don’t think that the enormity of what was in the room with me still sunk in. An information panel is on the wall for every single mission that the Endeavour had completed, as well as the Atlantis, Colombia and Challenger. It was poignant to see the panels for the tragic Challenger and Colombia there too.
As I said to Brandon, it takes the Irish guy to come on holiday to bring the local guys down to see something as special as this. If you’re anywhere in any sort of radius of Los Angeles, get down to Exposition Drive and see this for yourself. This exhibition, I learned, is temporary. Amazingly, the overall plan is to eventually put the shuttle up on its side and build a launch pad as you would see at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
I think I’ll have to come back and see that.
On this trip we also visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley – read about that here


Manchester Airport Runway Visitor Park
Class: Reception Year: 2016 - 2017
What a fantastic day we had at the Runway Park - even the weather stayed nice for us!
During the day, we participated in a range of activities and workshops. These included: visiting Concorde, plane spotting, looking at the features of a real aircraft, sitting on board a real aircraft and role playing the various important roles! We dressed up as the Captain and sat in the flight deck, sat as passengers, tried on various airline outfits and talked about the security systems, including how to scare off the birds!
The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and they had smiles on their faces all day long! Maybe we'll have a few pilots in the making....


Airport Code: YIW
Location: Yiwu Airport lies 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) northwest of Yiwu City and 51 kilometers (31.7 miles) from the urban area of Jinhua City.
Brief Intro: As the largest airport in middle-western Zhejiang Province, Yiwu airport can handle large planes like the MD-82, B-737, and A-320. Its apron can hold 3 large planes and 2 small planes. The Domestic Waiting Hall accommodates 500 passengers.
At present, there are about 10 domestic airlines operating here, connecting to Beijing and Guangzhou everyday, to Chengdu on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday as well as to Shenzhen, Xiamen, Changsha, Kunming and Shantou on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.


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Come out and see what is happening at Edward’s Airbase, (aka Lubitz Field)
Rain or shine, this is your chance to learn more about the kind of flying that we do.
You may have flown on a big commercial jet, but this is a very different experience!


An American Airline plane carrying Hillary Clinton was forced to return to the gate after “mechanical issues” struck the aircraft on Sunday.
The plane was traveling from New York’s LaGuardia to Washington on Sunday afternoon when the plane “started shaking and ground crews saw smoke” and later found metal debris on the tarmac, according to CBS 2.
They took photos of twisted metal they retrieved from the ground.
The plane, which was a few hundred feet from the terminal, was forced to return, where passengers boarded another plane after the aborted flight.
Passengers were delayed about 90 minutes, according to the news station.
Clinton has recently said “many, many” people are asking her to consider running for president in 2020.


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Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes For many years, I had always wondered what it would be like to take a ride on a hot air balloon. It wasn’t something I thought about often, but every once in a while, I’d be driving around town, especially early in the morning, and I’d spot a hot air balloon, and think: “Cool! That would be fun to try someday.”
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It’s a beautiful Friday early afternoon. It’s hot, it’s sunny, and the brilliant blue skies above Southwest Florida are polka-dotted puffy white with whimsical, picturesque clouds. At zero altitude, or specifically on the tarmac at Page Field in Fort Myers, my 13-year-old son is going through his first 30-minute pre-flight inspection with his instructor, in preparation of his first 30-minute “Discovery Flight” lesson — his pre-birthday gift for his official celebration to commence two days later. Needless to say, he’s excited — and so am I, the “passenger” on his maiden voyage (besides, of course, his instructor).
A lot of people experience various levels of angst when it comes to flying — by Googled estimates, upwards of 25% of all Americans. But that’s sitting in the plane, and most often, sitting in a commercial plane flown by experience and supported by experts. Climbing into the cockpit and settling into the pilot’s seat? That’s a plane of a different color, and although there aren’t any statistics to cite, it’s safe to say most people would prefer passenger status.
Paragon Flight Training exists to enable those daring people who wish to command their own flying machines with the sound, professional and accredited training, experience and expertise to take to the skies. For some, it may be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. For others, it may be the course of their lifetime as a professional pilot. And Paragon has pretty much seen them all, and provided them all moments that they’ll probably remember for the rest of their lives.
“The mystique of being a pilot changes you for the better and changes you forever.”
Kevin Schoensee is a highly successful entrepreneur, real estate developer and hobby pilot who in 2006, relocated with his wife Nicole to Southwest Florida from Detroit. Following a poor experience from a flight school in the market at the time, he figured he could do better and opened Paragon Flight Training with three planes that same year — and watched his business literally take off during the economic downturn. In 2010, his son Chris had the opportunity to assume control and carry on the school’s focus of providing state-of-the-art aviation and avionics for flight professionals, hobbyists and wannabes.
“I learned to fly with my dad and got my license in 2009,” Chris Schoensee notes. “Our philosophy is all about customer service, a strong curriculum and high technology. Today, we operate 13 aircraft — none older than 2006 — and staff 15 instructors. The pilot community worldwide is less and one half of one percent, so you’re in a unique group. Acquiring these skills is a major confidence booster. The mystique of being a pilot changes you for the better and changes you forever.”
At Paragon Flight Training, a variety of options exist to experience flying on a much more up close and personal level — whether you’re eight years old or celebrating 94 years on earth (true and true). If you’re simply curious, the “Discovery Flight” pairs you with an instructor for one hour — 30 minutes of pre-flight, and 30 minutes in the air where you actually pilot the craft with your instructor (with his or her own controls) at your side — for only $125. “These are really popular gifts for birthdays, anniversaries and other special events,” explains Brynn Polonitza, client ambassador and licensed pilot herself. “Sure, you can be one and done, but once I took my Discovery Flight here, I was hooked and I haven’t left.”
Individuals who wish to obtain their pilot’s license must log a minimum of 40 hours of flight time with an instructor (along with other book and simulator instruction) — and can solo as young as 16 years old. Stay with it another year and pass a “check ride” with a Federal Aviation Administration instructor (along with a variety of other tests), and you’re good to go — flying with passengers at the ripe old age of 17.
Rather leave the driving to someone else? Paragon Flight Charter offers flight services for both leisure and business travelers too. If you’d enjoy a scenic flight over the islands and coastal communities, up to three passengers can partake of these breathtaking journeys, with sunset flights available. For business commutes, the charter company flies from the Keys to points north in Florida, carrying up to four passengers.
But flight instruction is where Paragon Flight Training excels, as witnessed by its 60 to 80 active students at any given time, and approximately 300 graduate pilots annually. Those who graduate are rewarded by being able to autograph a “Wall of Fame” at the school, along with their date of graduation.
“The people who are bitten, it captures you and holds you forever. When you fly a plane, you never really look down again. You spend the rest of your life looking up at the sound of an engine.”
As for our birthday boy, once airborne our instructor relinquished control of the yoke to my son — with the assurance to worry not, because “you really can’t do anything I can’t fix” — and like that, Jackson was a pilot, flying us westward across Fort Myers, over the Sanibel Causeway, north up the coast to Captiva before bearing east again to the airport, where more experienced hands took over and guided us to our landing.
That was it. Thirty minutes among the clouds. And just maybe, a young man’s destiny was discovered, as he’s now pursuing his private pilot’s license, researching colleges and universities specializing in aviation, and contemplating a profession.
“That’s the bug,” Brynn Polonitza says. “The people who are bitten, it captures you and holds you forever. When you fly a plane, you never really look down again. You spend the rest of your life looking up at the sound of an engine.”
“The third dimension is wild,” Chris Schoensee adds. “Once you fly, driving a car is so boring. On one of my first flights, I opened the window and touched a cloud. Flying is unique, beautiful, peaceful, serene. It never gets old.”
By John Sprecher | Photographs by Milissa Sprecher Photography


Flights To Bourgas - Flight 1549 Crew On Letterman.
Flights To Bourgas
- Shoot (wildfowl) in flight
- (flight) an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
- (flight) fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
- (in soccer, cricket, etc.) Deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace
- (flight) shoot a bird in flight
- Burgas (Бургас, sometimes transliterated as Bourgas) is the second-largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast with population 210,260. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.
BH Air A320 LZ-BHE
BH Air A320 LZ-BHE getting airborne from Exeter International Airport, Runway 26, 10th September 2010.
BH Air (Balkan Holidays Airlines) is a charter airline headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the charter arm of Balkan Holidays International with charter flights to the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Israel and Switzerland, as well as ad hoc charters to other destinations. Its main base is Varna Airport, with hubs at Sofia Airport, Plovdiv International Airport (PDV) and Bourgas Airport.
LZ-BHD, A320-211, cn 221, BH Air Balkan Holidays, CDG/LFPG, 05/2011
BH Air Ltd., or Balkan Holidays Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria.It is a branch of tour operator Balkan Holidays International and as such offers charter flights to the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany, Israel and Switzerland, as well as ad hoc charters to other destinations. The airline's main base is Varna Airport, secondary ones at Sofia Airport, Plovdiv International Airport and Bourgas Airport.
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In the Fall we also hold our Pack Rocket Derby. This is a non-competitive event where the scouts work with their parent to construct a model rocket from a kit and then launch them into space! We usually hold this event in November at Mount St Mary Abbey in Wrentham. We insert engines into the rockets and the boys get to push the ignition button to launch their rocket. I think half of the fun is chasing after their rocket as it falls back to earth!


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Introduction -- Does gravity go away in space? -- Are the sun and the moon the same size? -- Is it true that astronauts in space can't see any human-made features on Earth? -- Do astronauts wear diapers in space? -- Are there UFOs? -- Is Earth closer to the sun in summer than in winter? -- Can kids fly in space? -- Does mars have a face? -- Is there life on other planets? -- Does the moon always face the same way? -- Does NASA have a weightless training room? -- Do astronauts eat freeze-dried ice cream in space? -- Does the sun burn? -- Are moon phases caused by Earth's shadow? -- Astronauts really land on the moon? -- An asteroid kill the dinosaurs? -- Have astronauts visited the dark side of the moon? -- Is there sound in space? -- Does the north star ever move? -- Do rockets need air to push on?


My name is Quinten Ampe, and I am 18 years old. I currently live in Mesa, Arizona. You can call me a real aviation enthusiast! I followed science and aircraft technologies at secondary school and started in September 2011 my ATPL-training at the Sabena Flight Academy, now called the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Brussels.
My hobbies are playing piano and trombone, hiking, web building, gliding and flying SEP.
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I’ve just arrived at the South Pole for the sixth time (as in 4 hours ago, so I’m pretty oxygen deprived. Please excuse any hypoxia-induced typos). The set of things in my life that have just become normal (I have a favorite breakfast on a continent I don’t even live on) is strange.
Anyhow, not much to say right now, but I wanted to document my trip down from Christchurch. We fly from Christchurch to McMurdo Station, just off the coast of Antarctica, and then onward to the South Pole. The flights are all on military aircraft. At the beginning and the end of the summer season, the runways in McMurdo are hard enough to land wheeled aircraft, so we get to fly in C-17s. The C-17 is a large, jet-engined cargo plane. It makes the flight in about 5 hours. At this time of the year, we have to use LC-130s, since they have skis. The LC-130 is a smaller, propeller driven plane. Similar to the small commuter planes that hop between nearby airports in the US. They take 8 hours of noise and discomfort to get to McMurdo. You may be able to guess which plane I prefer to fly.
It’s not unusual for flights to be delayed, or outright canceled. Predicting the weather is extremely difficult, and the planes are old. This time down was fairly smooth, as opposed to last year when I was “stuck” for 5 days in Christchurch. We were only an hour late departing for McMurdo, and the flight was reasonably smooth. Upon our arrival, we were informed that we’d be heading out for the flight to Pole at 15:45 the next day. However, we discovered at 9:15 that our departure time had been bumped up to 9:55. Of course, we all scrambled to leave, and track down anyone else who was supposed to go (not an easy feat without cell phones). Some time between 9:20 and 9:35, the departure was pushed back to 10:45. About an hour later, it was back to 15:45, so I went on a hike. 15:30 rolls around, and I check to make sure we’re still going, then go to pack up a few last minute items. 3 minutes later, we find out there’s a 2 hour delay. In my mind, this isn’t the worst thing in the world, since it means we’ll get dinner in McMurdo, rather than whatever we can shove in our pockets to eat on the plane. Finally, 17:37 rolls around, so I head out to meet the bus that will take us to the plane. In the 4 minutes it takes me to walk from my room to the check-in, the flight has been canceled entirely.
The next day, we did go out to the plane on time, get in and take off, but we had to turn around about 10 minutes later (the navigation system had failed). Fortunately, there was another plane on the ground, and the mechanics were fairly certain they’d fixed the landing gear problem, so we got on that one. As luck would have it, it made it all the way to Pole.
I would say that trip is about average for delays and turnarounds (“boomerangs” as we call them). I’ve had worse, and I’ve had better. This time around, I at least have a C-17 flight to look forward to on the Northbound side.
I’ll try to post some pictures later.


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Pasadena - NASA's Voyager 2, which is touring the outer reaches of our galaxy, suddenly began to send back messages to Earth that scientists cannot interpret. A German researcher believes those sounds may come from aliens.
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 was propelled into "... the solar system's final frontier, a vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars," said NASA. It was May 24, 2005 and NASA was excited about the capacity it had through Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to explore space. Project scientist Dr. Edward Stone, who helped build the Voyager crowed,
"Voyager has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of interstellar space, as it begins exploring the solar system's final frontier."
Both Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical, but each is allowing scientists to learn more about different parts of our solar system. Both also carry what NASA calls a Golden Record on board. The record is
"... a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth."
Since its launch, Voyager 2 has been sending streams of data back to Earth for study by scientists, but on April 22, 2010, that stream of information suddenly changed. NASA said diagnostics appear to show a problem with the flight data system, and engineers are optimistic that a software patch will solve the glitch. Dr. Stone said
"Voyager 2's initial mission was a four-year journey to Saturn, but it is still returning data 33 years later. It has already given us remarkable views of Uranus and Neptune, planets we had never seen close-up before. We will know soon what it will take for it to continue its epic journey of discovery."
During its 33 years of service, NASA said the Voyager 2
"... has visited more planets than any other spacecraft, swinging by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ... With a somewhat lower speed than Voyager 1, it is about eighty percent as far from the Sun."
In an effort to fix what NASA calls a "glitch," Voyager 2 has been given instructions to transmit only information about the status of the spacecraft while scientists continue to analyze the problem. All NASA has said of the glitch is that Voyager 2 suddenly began transmitting data in a completely different format, according to Spaceflight Now, who interviewed Dr. Stone. The spacecraft is said to be completely fine, and the on-board computer also is thought to be functioning properly, aside from the glitch in the transmission of data.
However, the glitch has prompted speculation. German researcher Hartwig Hausdorf has chalked up the problem to aliens. To be specific, he posits that the Voyager 2 was hijacked by aliens. According to Bild.com, Hausdorf said
"It seems almost as if someone had reprogrammed or hijacked the probe – thus perhaps we do not yet know the whole truth…”
Bild writer Attila Albert speculated that the Golden Record might have attracted the aliens.
NASA is not confirming that there is anything special about the transmission it received on April 22.


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