Ever since I was little, I wanted to be a pilot. I was fortunate to get a pilot slot in the Marine Corps and flew the CH-53E helicopter and the UC-12W over an 11 year career that included 3 combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan and an overseas tour in Japan. I am currently a First Officer on the Boeing 767 for a charter airline that supports the Department of Defense. I have been flying paramotors for a little over a year now and I can honestly say that it is the most fun flying that I have done and I look forward to each flight.
Born in Argentina, Fabrizio grew up watching the soaring wings of paragliders. He knew that their simplistic method of flight was all he needed to get his fix of being a pilot. While in Argentina, Fabrizio decided that acro paramotoring was what he wanted to specialize in, and the adventure drove his love for the sport even more. Upon moving to the United States, Fabrizio became a full-time instructor - teaching others his unique form of flying. He is still spreading the word and good of paramotoring, teaching students at his school in Houston.
On December 10, 1977 Dan took his very first airplane ride in a Cessna 152
out of Memphis international Airport. That began a lifelong love of aviation.
Dan became a private pilot and always wanted to pursue commercial
aviation but never quite got the opportunity. In 2007 Dan was introduced to paragliding and that satisfied his longing to fly. He currently has over 400 hours on Paramotors. Dan is married to a beautiful wife Diana, has five children and three grandchildren. He serves as a police chaplain and an amateur and professional MMA fight chaplain. Dans friends call him
Clint started Powered Paragliding as a way to take to the skies when and where he wanted (weather permitting). Skydiving has been his go to sport for the last 20 years but he would find himself wanting to fly his parachute as much as possible on more and more jumps. Now, he can fly his wing for hours at a time in the most amazing locations, refuel and do it again.
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Growing up, Collin was always enthralled with aviation. Thanks to his parents, he took his first flying lesson in a 1964 Cherokee 140 on his 10th birthday - using phone books to see over the instrument panel. Collin solo'd at 16, and got his private pilot license at 17. In 2011, he discovered powered paragliding, and took flight that year. He's been hooked since.
"The freedom and views you experience in this sport, along with the worldwide friendships you attain, are unlike anything you'd believe. This community is a family" - Collin
Lauri is a pilot who always emphasizes safety and skill on every stunt, competition, record attempt or even an evening XC flight. He believes you can do anything on a paramotor, but you must always mitigate risks to your skill level. If not - there is always another day to fly.
You can do something no one has done before, and still keep the risks to acceptable levels.
He never stops learning and still loves doing ground handling training.
Lauris favorite food is medium rare steak and he is always hungry.
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This is James (Jimbo)..and he Flies. Jimbo’s journey here has been a long one, but it was all worth it. Jimbo not only serves as a team pilot, but also as the chief mechanic. As a master mechanical technician, advanced welder with fabrication capability, and more, he brings a vast skill set to the team. Jimbo’s passion for the sport is as strong as ever, and he continues his education any chance he gets. He loves giving back to the community that has provided such a wonderful form of aviation.
“I’m looking forward to the future, and showing this amazing way to fly to the masses” - Jimbo
Noah has been passionate about aviation since he was young. He’s been a helicopter pilot since 2008 and paraglider/paramotor pilot since 2015. He’s flown in Iceland, Mexico, and all around the U.S.A. Noah loves to travel and enjoys planning adventure expeditions with his paramotor.
“I don't think there is a better, safer, or more affordable way to experience aviation than powered paragliding (paramotor). “ - Noah
As far as he can remember, Nik has wanted to fly. At age one he jumped out of a two-story window saying “Superman” and has sought that freedom ever since. Nik tried skydiving and loved it but needed more air time. He learned to fly planes and loved it but couldn’t afford to fly as much as he wanted. Then, he discovered Powered Paragliding and all his dreams have come true. He flies almost every weekend and loves to teach others to fly as well.
“Powered Paragliding gave me the freedom I sought when I first jumped out of that window as a kid.” - Nik


LEASCOR Makes its Maiden Flight with Flagship Aircraft
ACDI MPC is scaling-up its investments in the aviation sector. After the successful venture in aviation training through the Leading Edge International Aviation Academy, Inc. (LEIAAI), the Cooperative aims to further expand its footprint in the aviation sector through chartered flight services. The Leading Edge Air Services Corp. (LEASCOR) was established earlier this year to serve as the air chartering arm of the Cooperative.
On November 15, 2016, LEASCOR officially commissioned and christened its flagship aircraft, the King Air B200 in Clark International Airport, Pampanga. BGEN MANUEL F NATIVIDAD AFP (Ret.), Director of LEASCOR and concurrent member of ACDI MPC Board of Directors, led the ceremony.
On November 23, the B200 made its maiden flight en route from Clark to General Santos City with lay-overs in Dumaguete City and Davao City. On board said flight were MGEN GILBERT S LLANTO (Ret.), ACDI MPC Chairperson and concurrent LEASCOR Chairperson, with MGEN JOVITO P GAMMAD (Ret.), ACDI MPC Director, and BGEN LORENZO R SUMICAD (Ret.), ACDI MPC President.
Once all necessary permits and documents are released by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), LEASCOR will make its two aircraft (the B200 and the CESSNA 340 aircraft) commercially available for chartering services. A fleet expansion program is already in the pipeline for acquisition of bigger aircraft in the next five years. LEASCOR envisions to fly both local and foreign tourist to all corners of the Philippine archipelago, even in places that commercial airlines do not operate in.


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known by his call-sign: Snort),
is a living national treasure and
among the greatest fighter pilots
of our times. I've flown with
Snort, watched him teach and
groom generations of fighter
pilots, and the way Snort is able
to articulate those skills to others
is like no one I've ever seen. There aren't many people on this
earth that I hold in higher regard than Captain Dale Snodgrass."
- Admiral Jay Johnson,
(26th Chief of Naval Operations of the United States of America and member
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Clinton and Bush).
With over 5,000 flight hours and 1,287 arrested carrier landings in the famed Grumman
F-14 Tomcat, Snort is the most experienced Tomcat pilot in the world and a highly
decorated combat veteran. At the end of Desert Storm, then Commander Snodgrass was
promoted to Navy Captain and was selected to command all Tomcats in the US Navy.
Capt. Snodgrass joins a very small select group of pilots that are allowed to fly with
active duty modern fighters at air shows throughout North America and Europe with the
Air Force Heritage Flight Program.
Son of a Test Pilot, Dale Snodgrass grew up in Eastern Long Island, NY. He attended the
University of Minnesota on a Naval ROTC Scholarship and received ALL-AMERICAN
status as a member of the swim team, graduating in 1972 with a BS in Biology.
Receiving a regular Commission, Ensign Snodgrass entered Naval Flight Training in
September, 1972. After 26 years of decorated service, Captain Snodgrass retired in June
Navy highlights include:
- First Flight School Graduate to be selected for F-14 Tomcat training.
- First non fleet experienced pilot to carrier qualify in the F-14 both day and night.
- 12 operational Fighter Squadron/Wing tours.
- Honor’s graduate from Navy Fighter Weapons School - TOPGUN
- Selected as the Navy’s Fighter Pilot of the Year in 1985.
- Selected by Grumman Aerospace as “Topcat of the Year” - Best F-14 Pilot in1986.
- Command of Fighter Squadron 33 during Desert Storm.
- Led 34 successful multi-plane strikes of 30 plus aircraft without a loss.
- Highest time F-14 Pilot ever, with 5,000 hours in the Tomcat.
- 7,800 hours in Fighters and10,000 hours total, including 1,287 Carrier Landings.
- Tomcat Flight Demonstration Pilot 1985-1997.
Captain Snodgrass’s Military Decorations include:
- Legion of Merit (3) for superior performance in positions of great responsibility.
- Bronze Star for Leadership and Valor during Desert Storm.
- Meritorious Service Medal (2) for exceptional service in a position of Senior
- Air Medal (3) for Valor during Desert Storm.
- Navy Commendation Medal (3) for Valor during Desert Storm.
- Numerous Campaign Medals and Service Ribbons.
Captain Snodgrass’s Civilian Aviation and Airshow highlights include:
- Volunteer instructor for the Kenya Wildlife Service Pilots in Kenya bush 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
- Member of the Board of Directors of three Aviation Museums; Kalamazoo
- Museum, National Warplane Museum and the Wings Over Miami Museum.
- 19 years of Airshow experience and over 850 performances.
- Surface Solo and Formation Aerobatic qualified in F-14 Tomcat, F-86 Sabre, Mig
15, Mig 17, P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, Curtiss P-40, T-6 Texan/Harvard and
8KCAB Super Decathlon.
- Designated one of only ten USAF Heritage Pilots.


Serbian company PR-DC premiers its drone offering at UMEX 2022
Abu Dhabi, UMEX 2022 trade show - Serbian aerospace company PR-DC (Pink Research and Development Center), stand 06-C19, premiered their latest drone offering for the first time at UMEX.
Showcasing their R&D and serial drone production effort, PR-DC brought its IKA-20 serial produced commercial drone line with high hopes of securing sales in the utility segment of the movie industry, civil defense and emergency services applications.
- We are a family-owned and operated business with several decades of experience in designing aircraft. Our joint venture with the Pink Media Group, the largest media production company in Southeast Europe, called Pink Research and Development Center, propelled us to the serial production of several drones.
Our pride is in the fact that we design the structure, electronics and software and manufacture our drones in our Belgrade facility. UAV's that we presented today at UMEX represent our custom designs that span out of specific movie industry requirements and use cases that we have already proven. - said Milos Petrasinovic, Co-Owner and Aerospace engineer at PR-DC.
Pink Research and Development Center presented the IKA-20 multipurpose rotary-wing drone, designed and produced in-house. IKA-20 has a hexacopter configuration and carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy resin frame with a standard payload mount rail system. Optimal payload mass is provisionally set at 20 kilograms with hovering endurance of 30 minutes, which can go up to one hour.
PR-DC showcased their IKA-01 drone at UMEX as well, proving the ability to scale their manufacturing and provide various UAV application solutions. IKA-01 is a multipurpose rotary-wing quadcopter configuration drone with carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy resin frame and a standard payload mount rail system. It weighs 950 grams and is capable of carrying a 1 kilogram payload for 12 minutes hovering time, or more than 20 minutes with 200g of payload.


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Naval Aviator, Test Pilot;Captain, US Navy (retired)
- Former Astronaut; NASA
- Director, Flight Crew Operations, NASA
VP, Operating Leadership;
BP Corporation North America, Inc
Author: Controlling Risk:
Thirty Techniques For Operating Excellence; Morgan James,
New York, NY, 2017
With thirty-five years of experience in high-hazard operational environments, Jim enjoys consulting with leaders and operators in dangerous endeavors with critical mission objectives. He is the only American astronaut to have commanded five missions in space, and is the only person to have landed the Space Shuttle five times.
Jim earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1974. He began his career as a Naval Aviator aboard the USS John F Kennedy, flying the A-7 Corsair. After graduating from the US Naval Test Pilot School, Jim performed flight-testing of the F/A-18 Hornet.
In 1984, Jim was selected to join NASA in its tenth group of astronauts. Over a twenty-year career, he flew six times on the Space Shuttle. The five-time commander flew two missions to the Russian Space Station, Mir, and two missions to the International Space Station. In 1998, he was appointed as the Director, Flight Crew Operations, specifically selected to improve the flight and ground safety in the astronaut corps. Based on that success, Jim was selected after the Columbia accident to enhance the safety aspects in the organizational culture at the Johnson Space Center, home of NASA’s human space flight program.
Bringing his experience from the aerospace industry as a former NASA executive and astronaut, Jim joined the oil and gas industry as a Safety and Operations Auditor for BP. Four years later, he was selected as a VP for Operating Leadership. In this role, he supported efforts to improve performance results consistently over the long-term, by emphasizing effective leadership behaviors as a key way to influence and inspire people to conduct safe and high-quality operations.
After successful careers in naval aviation, aerospace, and the oil and gas industry, Jim is passionate about helping leaders and operators perform successfully in hazardous environments.


Mexico is a land full of extremes. From mountains to deserts, rainforests to beaches, Mexico has it all. It’s also one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and it makes for some amazing photographs.
This makes people wonder “Can you fly a drone in Mexico?” so we asked Josh from A Backpacker’s World to find out and create a complete guide to flying a drone over this breathtaking country.
So, Can You Fly a Drone in Mexico?
To give you a quick answer, yes! You are allowed to fly a drone in Mexico (if you are a Mexican citizen), assuming you follow the rules and regulations required to do so, we will go over these later in the guide.
This is excellent news for anyone in Mexico with a drone. Being able to capture the beauty of the landscapes and terrains, or the cities and people on a drone is an unmissable opportunity. Just look at how amazing the footage turns out…
Getting Your Drone into Mexico
Unfortunately, if you are not a Mexican citizen, you will not be able to fly your drone in Mexico. As per the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC) only a Mexican citizen can register and request flight permits in Mexican airspace.
Unfortunately, Mexico’s drone laws seem pretty outdated and are quite grey in what they actually mean. Some sources imply that you can import a drone to Mexico as a foreigner, other sources state that you can’t.
It’s not worth the risk, so do not try to bring a drone on holiday to Mexico.
Do you need a license to fly your drone in Mexico?
If you are a Mexican citizen and you want to fly a drone, you must have a registration from the government along with a license to fly. You can apply for these by clicking here. Registration requires an official ID proving Mexican citizenship, and a high school diploma and you must be over 18.
Drones under 250 grams (about 0.5 pounds) do not need to be registered. However, you still cannot fly these drones if you are not a Mexican citizen.
The reason for Mexico’s strict laws on drone flying is unknown, they could be simply lacking modern laws, or they could be trying to limit the number of drones in the sky.
This preserves the natural beauty of Mexico, as there are many instances around the world of wreckless drone use damaging landscapes and historic buildings. Regardless, if you are not a Mexican citizen, you won’t be flying a drone here any time soon.
Rules for Flying a Drone in Mexico
Once you have your registration and license, you can avail yourself of the opportunity to fly a drone in Mexico. As always, there are rules to follow when doing so. You should be familiar with these rules, as breaking them can lead to hefty fines, and jail time depending on the severity of your breach.
The most important rules to know are:
- Do not fly above 400 feet (about 120 meters)
- Do not fly over crowds of people
- Do not fly over animals, for example, zoos
- You must remain in direct line of sight of your drone
- You can only fly in daylight and in good weather conditions
- Drones cannot drop objects which harm other people, properties, or vehicles
You must not fly near aerodromes, prisons, police stations, etc. Do not fly near any areas of sensitivity.
This should be common sense for a drone owner. If you are in doubt if it is an area of sensitivity, it is better to be safe than sorry.
You cannot fly at these premises, without prior permission. This should be obtained through the AFAC, however, in some cases, you can do so through the site directly. It’s always recommended to obtain permission from the AFAC though.
Best Places to Fly a Drone in Mexico
Unsurprisingly, there is no official map of where you can and can’t fly your drone issued by the AFAC. There are some areas that have signs saying “no drone zone” which you should obviously obey. If you are in need of ideas about where to fly your drone in Mexico, here are our top 3 spots!
Best Places to Fly a Drone in Mexico #01: Cancun & Riviera Maya
Cancun creates the most stereotypical drone footage, but in a good way. The blue sea waves with the yellow sandy beaches create some shots that look like they’re stock footage.
It’s one of the best places you can fly a drone in Mexico, that’s for sure!
Best Places to Fly a Drone in Mexico #02: Cholula and other Pueblos Magicos
Tulum is a great place to fly your drone due to the close proximity of the green trees to the blue sea. They contrast so well, making for some really magnificent drone footage.
Take a look for yourself!
Best Places to Fly a Drone in Mexico #03: Mexico City & Teotihuacan
There’s nothing quite like capturing cities on a drone, and the Mexican capital is no different. Particularly at night time, the skyline looks amazing on a drone.
If you are a fan of city content, this is the place to be!
Can you fly a drone in Mexico: Wrap Up
And that’s a wrap! Thank you for reading our guide to “Can you fly a drone in Mexico?” Hopefully, you leave feeling confident about the rules, licenses, and registrations required to fly a drone in the most beautiful country in the world.
If you don’t have a drone, don’t worry, Mexico can still be enjoyed without a drone and there are endless opportunities to take photos on your phone or camera. So get out there and start exploring Mexico!
This post was written by Josh Band from A Backpacker’s World. Josh loves to write about the Banana Pancake Trail and other popular backpacking routes around the world. Who doesn’t love budget traveling, right?!


Zakynthos Airclub invites you to live a breathtaking experience of a lifetime.
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Starting at Zakynthos Air Club Helipad, our flights are planned both above the green island of Zakynthos and to neighboring destinations such as the islands of Kefalonia, Lefkada, Ithaca, Corfu and Strofades, as well as destinations of the Peloponnese such as Ancient Olympia.


Sunday, June 22, 2008
This was taken with my old camera. The helicopter is hovering above the ground. Notice how much the blades move in the picture. That camera takes incredibly fast pictures when it's bright outside. I haven't had an opportunity to test out my new camera to see if it can do this.


Good Morning Ladies and Gents! Welcome Back! This will mark the end of the first week of November, congrats on staying with us so far! As for whats on today’s menu, we have something special. I bring to you Phan’s first article! He took the time to write something great. For today’s article it will be a continuation of one of my earlier pieces. As all of you may know, the Marine Corps prides itself on being the first to fight. We have complete expertise and dominion over the land, sea, and air. Fortunately, we’ve already covered land and sea with my earlier posts. Luckily, today we complete the trifecta with the air segment. So, without further ado, here’s What You Need to Know About The Air-Wing
Phan will take it from here!
Good morning everyone, today I wanted to cover a particular segment about the United States Marine Corps, specifically the air wing segment. Unlike its land and sea counterparts the USMC aviation was created with a different mission. Today, the marine aviation is comprised of six elements: assault support, antiair warfare, offensive air support, electronic warfare, control, and recon. Unlike other branches we employ all types of aircraft for transport, support, and special purpose roles.
But first let’s dive into the history a little bit.
The marine aviation officially began in 1912, in the famous Naval Aviation Camp in Annapolis, Maryland, thanks to Marine Lieutenant Alfred Cunningham. Through time, the number of Marine Corps pilots grew thus providing for the opportunity for complete separation from Naval air forces in 1914. Later on, the Commandant of the Marine Corps officially authorized an aviation company in 1915. Unfortunately, it did not take long for the Marine Corps aviation company to be tested. In 1917, with the official entrance into the first World War, the First Marine Air Squadron was deployed to France. After long and hard-fought battles, the aviation company had grown exponentially and had earned many awards for their superior tactics and flying which included a Medal Of Honor.
What a beginning right?!
Fortunately, this was not the end. As time progressed tactics and skills continued to advance to the point they were able to coordinate and implement specialized warfare with the ground and amphibious segments of the Corps. This was vital in World War 2. Due to the air divisions support, they were credited with shooting down over 2300 Japanese aircraft while only losing close to 25% of that. As time progressed, the aviation segment had both its ups and downs. With the Truman administration in power, the Marine Corps as a whole was seeing the ever looming possibility of elimination.
Fortunately, and unfortunately, war, specifically the Korean and Vietnam Wars, were the catalysts to bring back the aviation from the possibility of decommission. Since then, the Aviation unit has only seen a continuous upward growth in innovation and manpower. Now, lets get back to What You Need to Know About The Air-Wing. As you already know, the air wing has been around for a long time, many wouldn’t imagine Marines flying overhead and most would picture the air force or even the navy ruling the skies, which is simply not true. The marines air segment and ethos to be the first to fight have made them a formidable fighting force.
Clearly, this is what gives the Marine Corps a competitive edge over the other services as we are the masters of adapting to any environment.
Now, lets begin on, What You Need to Know About The Air-Wing.
I served from 2009 to 2013 under the job title of Aviation Maintenance Administration in two different F-18 squadrons. The first was, VMFA-314, and the second being Mals-11 Powerplants. The first, was a fighter squadron, which meant we could deploy at any time any place. Funny enough, we are famous, VMFA-314 made its Hollywood debut in the movie Independence Day starring Will Smith, who portrayed a Black Knight! The second squadron, as a non-deployable unit, we maintained F-18 engines for installation to the aircraft. All in all, We had to stay at the ready for all our squadrons needs.
An aircraft is a very comprehensive, complicated machine that requires intensive focus and maintenance to ensure combat readiness and its support capability. The air component of an operation is crucial for many different objectives such as, intel gathering, reconnaissance, destroying key targets, and creating an environment of fear for our enemies. In order to get an aircraft in the air, especially an older aircraft, it takes around the clock effort from the entire squadron to completely ensure the pilots safety from a properly maintained aricraft.
Within a squadron are many units to maintain an aircraft known as the maintenance department. Powerplants, airframes, Seats, ordinance, communication navigation, quality assurance, maintenance control, and maintenance administration.
With a common goal, these departments work in conjunction with one another to ensure the aircraft are combat ready. I was part of the Aviation Maintenance Administration department where we maintained all logs and records, aircraft information systems, and operation systems to ensure all components within the aircraft were all legitimate. Failure to ensure these components, for example fucking up an inspection interval or installing a wrong serial number can be detrimental to the aircraft. Consequently, this would put our pilots and anyone on the ground in danger if not properly done. With every squadron comes a high pressure environment, either from getting aircraft combat ready and keeping them combat ready.
Although the Marine Corps are the elite in comparison to other branches, unfortunately we happen to get the least amount of funding which in turn also helps fuel our reputation. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “we do more with less.” Well this should be the second slogan of the United States Marine Corps. This also includes any and all aircraft or vehicles we own. Regrettably, this makes for a difficult working environment. For example, our F-18s are older jets, most likely given as a “handy-me-down” from one of the other branches which would make our job more tedious due to the age of the aircraft, the requirement of more working hours and overall maintenance of the vehicle.
Today, there are many newer fighter jets hitting the skies. For example, the F-35 are taking over to replace the fleet of F-18s. As technology has evolved, so have the Marines.
In conclusion, although What You Need to Know About The Air-Wing, focuses on the admin portion of the job, we do work with multiple segments to bring everything in as a whole. Due to its history and growth there will always be a need for roles within the air-wing.
If you are serious about this field, feel free to subscribe and email us with any questions you may have. Also, if the Air-wing isn’t for you check out our previous post on the Amphibious Assault role. If your not following us on Instagram or YouTube please show your support if you like what we do. Check out our store for the Official Black Sheep Store. If this is a job you’re interested in, understand that this is a high pressure environment where mistakes can end a life. For further information on this job, please visit the Military yearbook project, visit here.


Top 6 airplane things you don't know why they exist.
Flying experience facts
On your next flying experience look out for these 6 things.
Ever since Orville and Wilbur Wright flew aeroplanes have had wings, controls and some kind of motor. But planes have evolved over the last 100 years. Commercial airlines we all now fly have features that the Wright Brothers wouldn’t have dreamed of. In this blog I will go over 10 things you might not know about modern aircraft, from the mysterious to the curious.
The Flange sticking out of the wing.
While you waiting to leave the gate you’re probably starring outside the window at the wings that are going to carry you of this earth. On some aircraft like the A320 you might notice a metal stub sticking out from the middle of the wing. No that’s not for lifting the plane, it’s part of the evacuation system. Those wing flanges are for tying guy ropes round for when evacuations over the wing.
The mysterious triangle symbol over your seat.
When you board a modern jet aircraft you’re probably looking for you seat number and for the nearest emergency exit. If you look more closely you might notice a small triangle over your window. That’s not a secret society symbol. It’s a reference mark for the flight crew. There is a triangle at the front and back of each wing.
The hum when you board the plane.
Have you ever noticed that there is a drone when waiting for the last passenger to board the plane? The engines aren’t powered up yet but something is running. That’s the sound of the Auxiliary Power Unit or APU. The APU is what provides electricity to the plane temporarily between the time the plane unplugs from the terminal to when it’s ready to take off.
Do you find yourself ordering a Tomato juice when flying? Ever wandered why you crave a salty vegetable drink that you wouldn’t give a second glance to on the ground? It’s the same reason you think airline food is bland. Everything onboard them plane is conspiring against enjoying the food. First the noice of the engine dulls your ability to enjoy sweat things, then there is the lack of humidity meaning you can’t smell as well, on top of that as the plane get’s higher the pressure drops which affects our sneak of taste too.
Opening window shades for landings and take offs.
I bet you thought the window shades were installed on planes so you could sleep on long flights. But then the flight attendant asks you to open the shade before take off. Yes the shades are there to give you control over your own environment and pleasure but safety takes priority. the most critical part of any flight is when it’s near the ground. If the power suddenly goes out the only form of light in the aircraft will come from the windows additionally if an exit tour needs to be opened the windows allow you to see if there are any hazards on the other side of the door.
The hole in your window.
Since cabin pressure is so important you think a hole in your window is a good thing but when you look closely you’ll see every window has a hole the size of a strand of spaghetti. That hole let’s the pressure between the cabin and outside of the plane equalise.


Privately-owned airline Kam Air opposes the decision by Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) on international flight restriction, according to sources, which allows only the national carrier Ariana Afghan Airline to fly India.
In a written notification Saturday, the ACAA has warned Kam Air it will face legal action if the airline company does not halt its flights on the route, granting rights to the state-run airline for full operation.
According to the ACAA, India, and Afghanistan had agreed only the government-run aviation companies are allowed to conduct flights between Kabul and New Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown.
But Kam Air has described the move as illegal, saying such a decision will have significant economic implications for the country.
“The claim that only government aviation companies were allowed to conduct flights has no credibility, this goes against the principles that were set by the Indian government,” said Sulaiman Omar, the head of the business department of Kam Air, as TOLOnews quoted.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, the Indian government has limited inbound and outbound flights during the lockdown.
“If we were not allowed to conduct flights, then why does the country [India] which implemented these principles allow us to carry out the flights?” Omar questioned.
On Monday, the Ministry of Finance said it will procure at least Afs5 billion ($64.9 million) of unpaid taxes from private companies and government-owned enterprises within the next few days, where Kam Air is on the list to provide its tax.


The Official Movie Edition Spider-Drone powered by Sky Viper, with Auto Hover and Auto Land, as Seen in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Everyone’s favorite web-slinger is back in Spider-Man: Homecoming, sporting a new high-tech gadget. Own the Official Movie Edition Spider-Drone, a functional replica of Spidey’s eight-legged, surveillance drone. The ergonomic flight controller with spidey-suit inspired design includes Voice Feedback with phrases straight from the blockbuster film. Complete the experience by downloading the free Spider-Drone app, which hosts a flight manual, checklist of flight achievements and other enhancements. This Spider-Drone is a must for any wall-crawler collection.
Unique spider theme is reminiscent of the drone’s design and movement in the movie
Powered by Viper Flight 5, with Flight Assist features such as Auto Hover and Auto Land
Custom Spider-Man-themed controller sets the tone and offers dual flight modes – Manual and Auto
Voice Feedback Controller offers verbal flight assistance with phrases from the movie
Front and rear LED lights cut through low-light situations and illuminate Spider-Drone’s striking design
- I have had some practice flying drones and I was surprised at how badly calibrated this was out of the box. I could barely get in the air to calibrate. After several mishaps I was able to fly it. The design is pretty cool – you just need to be ready to crash (often).
- We have a 10 year old who has flown small drones and helicopters, but this was his first “real” drone. We had heard that it was difficult to control, but our experience was opposite … this one was fast to set up, easy to control, and he had a lot of fun. It was very sleek, we loved the little lights in front and back (the red ones were a little spooky but fun). Our only word of caution is that it is very light and susceptible to even the slightest wind. One time a gust took it quite far and we had to track it down. Any further and we would have lost it. So save it for wind-less days!
As a beginner drone flyer, this drone is super cool. However, I had a trouble flying it in the beginning. It takes time to calibrate and get the handle of it to stay in the air. Highly recommend flying this in an open space such as the park instead of the backyard. Be prepare for many crashes. The design looks cool and resembles a spider.
- My boys were super excited when I brought this home and couldn’t wait to use it. Honestly, the toughest part were the fights over who was going to fly it. The initial takeoff is easy but keeping it up in the air is a challenge and I recommend a wide open space. After flying it in our small backyard we decided to take it to a nearby school to fly it to have more room.
- The sounds and lights are super fun on this drone, however, it was pretty hard for me to actually fly. I think it needs someone who will know how to actually calibrate it. I’ve used other drones that were pretty easy to fly right out of the box and that’s what i was hoping for. However, it does have more entertainment value than other drones since it’s licensed and has the cool sounds.


"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the
ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years...
Today she talks about f;lying the unfriendly skies
and how flying ain't what it used to be.
The Modern Age of Airline Courtesy
I am old enough to remember the way flying the friendly skies used to be; recently taking a trip out west, flying on Southwest...the no frills flight, we came upon a very unfriendly flight crew both coming and going to California. What are the chances to have the same crew both ways?
Years ago flying used to be a very enjoyable experience. The flight crews fed you a nice meal with choices, played games with you on the flights, cards, etc and the pilots were more than happy to show you the cockpit and give you a pair of flight wings for a memento...
The stewardess which is what they were called back then, were friendly and well kept and more than happy to serve you. today...a different story, the days of the hot towel to freshen up are long gone. Now you enter the plane with a heard of people, hopefully you got an A list seat or its the back of the plane for you, you get little to eat, just a few snacks, and many of the flight attendants make it clear they are just doing their job. Many don't even crack a smile and are almost rude when asked a question. The days of full service are a thing of the past but one thing remains the same....the high price of flying.
There are some deals out there but you better make it your full time job to search then out. The prices change daily for the same flights and better pack light ..there is a fee for suitcases on board now for all airlines except Southwest. Suitcase too heavy?? extra fee for that too. Flying is essential at times so welcome to the year 2013; the days of full service and friendly skies are over.
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Every year, the Air Force Day is celebrated at Hindon base in presence of IAF chief and senior officials of the three armed forces.
A scintillating air display by various aircraft will be the hallmark of the Air Force Day Parade cum Investiture Ceremony at Air Force Station Hindon (Ghaziabad).
The air display will commence with flag bearing sky divers of the famous AKASH GANGA Team dropping out of an AN-32 aircraft in their colourful canopies.
The flypast would include the vintage aircraft, modern transport aircraft, and frontline fighter aircraft.
The ceremony will conclude with a spellbinding aerobatic display.


Seven DK18 for Kourou Spaceport –
There are currently 7 DENKA • LIFT DK18 deployed at the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. There, a new rocket launch pad is being built for the Ariane 6 rocket ESA / CNES, which will be completed in 2020.
Our fleet of 5 new and 2 young used equipment went overseas with sea containers. The customer and the construction team on site are very satisfied with the 18m telescope unit and emphasized the reliability of the platform.


An Education and Research Foundation
The North American Institute of Aviation Archaeology (NAIAA) was created in 2007 to provide a source of education and research within the burgeoning field of aviation archaeology, and is registered as a Colorado limited liability corporation.
With an all-volunteer force of experienced veterans, basic field training programs are offered on a frequent schedule.
Having hosted three of the past five International Aviation Archaeology Symposiums, NAIAA will once again play host to this prestigious event in Pueblo, Colorado, September 23-25, 2016.
(Note: Please contact http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ for information regarding the 2015 International Aviation Archaeology Symposium, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Synopsis of Wendy's PhD work
The growth of air travel for commercial and defense purposes far exceeds improvement in fuel economy in these industries. With increasingly disastrous consequences of climate change, scientific research on fuel savings in aircraft operation is crucial! Wendy’s PhD work looks at evaluating fuel-saving benefits in aircraft flight.
Have you ever wondered why birds fly in 'V' formation during migration?
Birds intuitively know that there are regions behind the leading bird, where they conserve energy. The same physics applies to an aircraft. When an aircraft is in flight, like a bird, it generates something called a ‘wake vortice’ that induces a non-uniform wind distribution behind it. An aircraft behind this leading aircraft experiences this non-uniform wind distribution, and it has been demonstrated that there is a “sweet spot” which leads to reduced ‘drag force.’ Drag force sometimes called ‘air resistance’ is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of a moving object. Imagine an athlete running and there is wind blowing in the opposite direction. The wind is imposing a drag force on the runner causing him to work harder than he would have to, if he was running in the same direction as the wind. The same effect happens to any moving object, and the drag force is directly proportional to the surface area. That is the larger the area of an object, the higher the drag force on it. Consequently, an aircraft experiencing more drag force, will require more fuel to accelerate. So, imagine the benefits in fuel economy if we could fly two or more aircraft carriers in their calculated ‘sweet spots’ during flight! This form of flight is referred to as formation flight.
Aircraft liners are significantly larger than birds, hence their ‘sweet spots’ are not as easily defined. In addition, for aircraft carriers, there are strict aviation guidelines (for safety) that dictate the minimum distance between two carriers. That is, a trailing carrier must be in a ‘sweet spot’ that is a safe distance from the leading carrier. Wendy’s dissertation looked at different metrics to obtain the sweet spot from a leading carrier following aviation guidelines, and evaluated the benefits in fuel saving.
As outlined in Wendy's dissertation, the static sweet spot is the point behind the leading aircraft where the lift: drag ratio is highest. However, this is not the position where a trailing aircraft will require minimal thrust during flight. That is referred to as a dynamic sweet spot. Wendy’s thesis outlines how to calculate the aerodynamic force and induced moments to determine the static sweet spot, and dynamic sweet spot, respectively. Below is a list of notable conclusions from her work:
- If the trailing aircraft is at least as large as the lead, there is a noticeable difference between the static and dynamic sweet spots. This is an important consideration when trying to take advantage of formation flight for large carriers.
Larger trailing aircrafts, experience induced aerodynamic moments from the leading aircraft. The moment of a force is a measure of its tendency to cause a body to rotate about a specific point. Therefore, to stabilize the aircraft and prevent it from rotating, 'control effector' flaps are deflected. Have you ever been on a plane and seen those tiny flaps on the wings? Those are control effector flaps, there to induce moments that can control how the plane rotates. However, recall that drag force is proportional to surface area. If you deflect flaps to stabilize the plane you are increasing the drag force! This detracts from fuel savings you are trying to achieve with formation flight. Wendy showed in her thesis, that you can generate moments that help stabilize the plane by internal fuel transfer and differential thrusting. A typical aircraft carrier has multiple engines and fuel tanks. So, if you can move weight (fuel) around, and/or thrust the plane engines in a defined way, you can stabilize the plane without having to use external control effectors (flaps). Hence, you can recover some of the losses to drag and maximize overall efficiency. Have you ever tried to get two kids stable on a see-saw? When you move the heavier kid closer to the center and move the lighter kid farther away, you are essentially trying to equalize the ‘moments.’
As the leading carrier, travels it consumes fuel and gets increasingly lighter, hence generating less lift to trailing aircraft. From Wendy's calculations, this reduction in lead aircraft weight decreases benefit, but does not nullify formation benefit, in flights as long as 6.5 hours.
No additional detrimental impact to a person located in trailing aircraft during flight formation, even with atmospheric turbulence.
Fuel savings >20% demonstrated in this work is significant, especially to aviation fuel economy. Jet fuel is not cheap! Moreover, the aviation industry needs to keep up with fuel efficiency improvements in the automobile industry, for example. Wendy’s research paves the way for flight formation consideration for large aircraft carriers!


NASA Awards First Round Prizes in Cube Quest Challenge – Team Miles Wins!
A long time colleague of mine just won the first round of NASA’s Cube Quest challenge! Congrats Team Miles. Looking forward to seeing you take on the second round!
Team Miles Link: http://miles-space.com/updates/
The first milestone of NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge has been reached, as teams competed in the first of four ground tournaments in August. The five highest-scoring competitors will each be awarded $20,000.
Cube Quest is a competition to build flight-qualified, small satellites capable of advanced communication and propulsion near and beyond the moon. Teams that achieve top performance at high-speed data communications, navigation and survival after achieving lunar orbit or a minimum long-distance range from Earth compete for an unprecedented $5.5 million prize purse in NASA’s first ever in-space challenge. Cube Quest is part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, which accelerates technology by engaging non-traditional sources in competition. . . Read More.


In 2011, while NASA astronauts Brian and Joe were fixing a satellite in space, they were attacked by mysterious creatures. Unsure how to explain what he saw, Brian terminates his career and falls into despair. In 2021, conspiracy theory proponent K.C. learns that the moon is shifting out of orbit and desperately tries to get his side of the story to NASA. He soon meets Brian, who supports his theory. Meanwhile at NASA, Joe realizes what is happening and realizes that humanity has only three weeks left before the moon crashes into the Earth. Desperate to prevent disaster, Joe reunites with Brian, and together with K.C., they take a space shuttle to the moon, where they encounter a new life form.


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All 3 lifeboats search for the flight crew of a Piper aircraft
No of people on board:
At 1.54pm yesterday, all three RNLI lifeboats were requested by Jersey Coastguard to search for the flight crew of a Piper aircraft that had reportedly ditched in the sea off the south east coast of the Island. The RNLI vessels were joined in the search by a French search and rescue helicopter, Dragon 50, the Channel Islands Air Search plane based in Guernsey and Ports of Jersey’s pilot boat ‘Rival’.
The RNLI crews arrived on the scene in force 6-7 winds with 2-3 metre swell and commenced a search of the area in coordination with the Jersey Coastguard and the other search and rescue assets. Two people were found safe and well relatively quickly in a life raft by the St Helier inshore lifeboat. They were then transferred to the all-weather lifeboat and transported back to St Helier where they were met by Paramedics.
The casualties were calm and well-equipped despite the tough conditions. The experienced pilots were doing advanced refresher training when the engine lost power. They did everything they knew and could to raise the alarm and 20 seconds before they ditched air traffic confirmed the RNLI lifeboats were being launched. They used their skill to fly the plane into the wind to slow the speed and were able to land in the sea. They already had their lifejackets on, life raft ready and were able to climb onto the wing as the plane took a few minutes before it started to sink. They also activated their personal locator beacon which gave the RNLI crew a good directional signal to follow. From ditching in the sea to their rescue, the casualties were in the water for just under 1 hour.
RNLI Jersey commend the swift action of the casualties to evacuate to the liferaft once the plane started to sink and having their electronic detection equipment. Their actions and use of their safety equipment greatly improved their chances of survival allowing our crews to locate them quickly in the challenging conditions. If you are heading out to sea this winter, please check your equipment and make sure you are carrying the right safety equipment for your journey.


After long time working on my personal project again, This is the one ship designed for that, it is useful at war on the earth and same time you can fly in the air to fight with the enimies.
wow awesome ... which software do you use to create such nice drawing
really....after a long time...superb work...!
So awesome. Reminds me of a re-imagining of those arcade style, side-scrolling, space shooter games from the late 80s to early 90s.


Is there life on Mars? NASA's latest mission to the red planet might well answer that question, or perhaps the more pertinent question, was there life on Mars. At 10:02 AM EST on November 26th last year, the space agency's Mars Science Laboratory (to give the mission its full name) set off on its eight-month journey to the red planet. The most advanced equipment ever sent to the planet -- and the biggest-ever rover -- should allow exploration of some of the most interesting regions, over far larger distances than ever previously covered. On arrival, after negotiating a tricky landing, the mobile laboratory (that's Curiosity) will spend a Martian year (687 Earth days) analyzing rock samples and seeking evidence of conditions suitable for microbial life or -- we can live in hope -- actual evidence of the same. After the break, we take a look at some of the key events over the first seven days on the planet's surface.
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Elon Musk and the EU are Going to Space Together
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch navigation satellites into orbit next year. This comes as a surprise, since Musk is not particularly popular in Europe. However, the EU has been left with no other options, as their previous choice, Vladimir Putin and his Soyuz rockets, have become frowned upon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Europe’s Last Resort
SpaceX’s Falcon rockets will be used by the ESA to send up to four Galileo satellites into space in order to strengthen the bloc’s autonomous global positioning system. This system provides encrypted data to militaries and law enforcement. While some officials in Europe have expressed concern about relying on US businesses and US-based launches, the delays in Europe’s own rocket programs have left them with no alternatives.
- Launch companies in France, Spain, Germany, and other European countries are still facing technical difficulties with their upcoming rocket models.
- Italy’s Vega C rocket failed during a launch last December, resulting in the destruction of two Airbus satellites.
The contract between the ESA and SpaceX still needs approval from EU member states, but it is expected to be cleared by the end of the year. The exact value of the deal has not been disclosed, but a typical SpaceX launch costs around $62 million.
Musk’s Tenuous Relationship with the EU
Elon Musk has had his fair share of disagreements with the EU. He even considered removing the X social media platform from the bloc in response to the Digital Services Act, which aims to prevent the spread of harmful content. Musk has also clashed with EU Commissioner Thierry Breton over disinformation sharing on the X platform during the Israel-Hamas conflict. Javier Benedicto, representing the ESA, stated that they don’t anticipate further collaborations with SpaceX after this launch. It seems like this partnership is more of a temporary arrangement than a long-term commitment.
While Europe may not be Musk’s biggest fan, the partnership with SpaceX shows the undeniable reliance on Musk’s capabilities in the rocket industry. Musk’s ingenuity and track record have made him a viable option for the EU, despite any personal disagreements. Only time will tell if this collaboration sets a precedent for future European space missions.


Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 34, pp. 407-408, 1981.
Note: This web version is derived from an earlier draft of the paper and may possibly differ in some substantial aspects from the final published paper.
During the summer of 1980 eighteen educators throughout the United States worked with fifteen programme engineers to examine the ways in which automation, including artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics might be used in space missions in the next ??-50 years. The study was supported by NASA because of increasing realisation that advanced automatic and robotic services will play a major role in future missions of space exploration and utilisation, and may provide enormously beneficial capabilities at affordable cost.
The 10-week, 10,000-man-hour study, hosted by the University of Santa Clara and jointly sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education and the NASA/Ames Research Center, was given the task of selecting and defining a number of representative space missions which would require extensive application of machine intelligence and automation. This was to be followed by an assessment of existing and foreseeable technologies which must be available to accomplish the proposed missions. The workshop was divided into four teams for most of the. study: Terrestrial Applications, Space Exploration, Non-Terrestrial Utilization of Materials, and Replicating Systems Concepts Each team was to choose an exciting, challenging space venture that could be used to identify critical technology needs for future research and development.
The Terrestrial Applications team concluded that artificial intelligence techniques would be most useful in near-Earth missions which generate data at very high rates - as the Landsat terrestrial imaging system. As presently operated, such satellites record everything they "see," causing a deluge of data at the user end which must laboriously be sifted for desired information. The team used a new, highly versatile Intelligent Earth Sensing Information System (IESIS), able to perform substantial amounts of selection and interpretation of incoming sensor and provide more useful information tailored to the is of the individual user. A new philosophy of goal-oriented data collection, in which information is gathered to meet specific objectives, was devised by the team as the cornerstone of the proposed mission.
The IESIS would include the following major features:
The Space Exploration team early identified interstellar navigation by automatic probe as the ultimate goal in the decades ahead. There was much interest in the work completed by the Project Daedalus Study Group under the auspices of the BIS. The team consequently defined their overall study concept as an autonomous interstellar space exploration system incorporating advanced machine intelligence technology in order to telescope the customary three stages of investigation currently used by NASA reconnaissance, exploration, and intensive study - into a single integrated scientific phase of discovery.
As a preliminary shakedown voyage for the technology which might be employed to journey to other star systems, the team suggested a Titan Demonstration Mission around the year 2000 which would be capable of independent operation starting from launch in Low Earth Orbit; navigation and propulsion system control during interplanetary transfer to Saturn-, rendezvous with Titan (the largest Saturnian moon) and orbital insertion; automatic landing site decision making; deployment of various subsatellites, landers, and fliers on and about Titan; and subsequent monitoring and control of atmospheric and surface exploration. A major finding of the study team was that automated hypothesis formation is highly desirable for sophisticated interplanetary missions within the Solar System but is absolutely essential for interstellar exploration. Machine intelligences capable of unassisted scientific and operational hypothesis formation must be able to handle three distinct classes of inferential thinking:
The team identified a number of new technologies that may ease the transition to manufacturing in space, including:
The team developed two complementary "proof-of-concept" designs for a self-replicating lunar factory with closure. The first, consisting of factory units of fixed size. mines raw lunar soil, processes the material into useful elements and chemicals, then produces parts and assemble. them into duplicates of the original facility. When a "field of these individual units of the desired aggregate manufacturing output is attained, useful commercial production begins. The second design, consisting also of a single basic "seed" facility initially landed on the lunar surface, increases its output capability not by making more copies of itself but rather by growing to a larger size, spreading out in a growing circular pattern across a mare or lunar crater floor. Preliminary calculations indicate that the original seed in either design may have a mass at least as low as 100 tons and a replication time on the order of one year. The team, also considered possible types of logical organisation for such a factory, and proposed a very specific Earth-based demonstration of the concept.
Major new technology needs were identified during the summer study in the areas of autonomous World Model generation (including land, ocean and atmospheric modelling, data storage, automatic mapping, image processing, "smart sensors," complex systems management, plan formation and scheduling, information extraction and pattern recognition techniques), machine learning and hypothesis formation. natural language and other man-machine communication. space manufacturing automation, teleoperation/robotics. and computer science and technology.
Further information may be obtained directly from Dr. Timothy J. Healy,
Co-Director of the Summer Study on Advanced Automation for Space Missions,
Department Of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University Santa
Clara, California 95053, USA.


I have always been fascinated by space. I love learning about the constellations and stars and so does my son so I thought this box would be great for him. ( and my other children). Not to mention I love things that are educational and fun.
What could be more fun than ROXY and JETT guiding your child on a scouting expedition through the solar system. Each month with focus on a specific place in space.
The first box begins your child's adventure with the Space Scouts lunchbox to use as a backdrop and storage for the monthly magnet collection, the Space Scouts solar system poster to map and mark with the monthly exploration sticker, and the Space Scouts constellation card startup kit to hold the monthly constellation card collection.
Then every month after that the packet will include a Space Scouts exploration plan describing the place to be scouted, a Space Scouts magnet to add to the Space Scouts lunchbox, a Space Scouts sticker to add to the Space Scouts solar system poster, a Space Scouts activity sheet loaded with puzzles, games, and activities, a Space Scouts sticker scramble (unscramble the numbered stickers to reveal a surprise!), a Space Scouts souvenir toy to use in learning activities, a Space Scouts constellation card, and a Space Scouts constellation activity sheet that includes the mythological stories and other learning activities to help your child identify the constellation in the night sky.
When I opened the package I noticed there is a lot of fun activities. I LOVE the lunch box because that is intended to store the goodies from the monthly packages. That means MOM doesn't have to figure out where to store them or find them all over the floor.
The package is super colorful and eye catching and instead of just reading about the new part of space, the child gets involved in activities and they DISCOVER the new part of the solar system. It's not like sitting in class reading the text book or listening to the teacher babble on.... Let's face it after a while that's what we all hear!
There are even cute little space men included to further bring the adventure to life. Then the entire adventure can be tucked away in the metal lunch box. So your child gets all the adventure of space travel with none of the moon rocks or time from home. And mom gets to let them enjoy without all the mess!
Make you little one a Space Scout for only $12.00 a month plus shipping here.
I received these products complimentary in exchange for an honest, uncompensated review but the opinion expressed is all mine.


On Thursday, Year 5 visited Cineworld Sheffield to see Apollo 11 – the story of mankind’s first trip to the moon.
It was amazing to see the launch of the rocket as we begin to design our own.
We gave it a big thumbs up, especially the question and answer session with the UK Space Agency.
Thank you Into Film 2019.
Once back at school, we even tried some astronaut food!


My top 6 favorite Red vs Blue characters in order:
- Sarge is by far my favorite. I love basically everything he says. I talk like him when I play shooter games.
- Church because he reminds me of myself sometimes, especially when he gets angry.
- Grif because he’s such a slacker.
- Washington because he’s badass and I can see myself doing the same things if I were in his position.
- Caboose because I think it’s obligatory for him to be a favorite character
- And Tex because she’s such a badass and her story still confuses the hell out of me.
Here are both Jack Kirby’s uninked pencils and the final inked page by George Roussos (working under the pen name of George Bell) for a page from the Thor story in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #101.
At the bottom of the inked page, there’s a border note by Stan:
MINING ROBOT CAN MAKE ORE INTO POWDER
My heart hurts and my hands will smell and taste of acetone for the next 2 days.
Nighty night, talk to you guys tomorrow Tumbl-bees ♥
Human vs. Robotic Space Exploration - Yesterday I spent all day in SpaceX’ Mission Control room participating in ground communication checkouts for the upcoming flight of Dragon to the International Space Station. While we were working, we had a live video feed from the ISS on the wall showing Robonaut floating around the station. This got me thinking - will the future of space exploration be dominated by tele-presence robotics rather than flesh and bone astronauts?
The long lag-time for radio communications across the solar system puts a limit on the ability to control robots from Earth in real time; however, parking those fragile humans in orbit and letting them control more expendable robots on the surface of a new planet is seen by many as the safer-better-way of space exploration. Wired magazine has a good article summarizing both sides of the debate:
Teleoperation has been considered in the past for space exploration. During the Apollo era, the technology was not well developed but in the last decade, it has taken off. On Earth, surgeons in Baltimore now perform operations in Indonesia while officers in Nevada covertly spy on nuclear sites in Iran.
Lester envisions a future where astronauts camp out on Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and order remote-controlled robots to drive long distances over the planet’s surface, set up geologic instruments, and collect samples for analysis.
The plan is very ambitious and fraught with risk but the potential return is enormous.
The Press Conference is over and The Associated Press reports:
Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron gets off the ground as planned.
Outside experts are skeptical about the project because it would probably require untold millions or perhaps billions of dollars and huge advances in technology. But the same entrepreneurs pioneered the selling of space rides to tourists — a notion that seemed fanciful not long ago, too.
“Since my early teenage years, I’ve wanted to be an asteroid miner. I always viewed it as a glamorous vision of where we could go,” Peter Diamandis, one of the founders of Planetary Resources, told a news conference Tuesday at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The company’s vision “is to make the resources of space available to humanity.”
The inaugural step, to be achieved in the next 18 to 24 months, would be launching the first in a series of private telescopes that would search for the right type of asteroids.
The plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals out of the rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. Company leaders predict they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. […]
- Forbes: Billionaire Asteroid Miners To Boldly, Slowly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
- Slate: Is Asteroid Mining the Next Gold Rush? Startup Planetary Resources Is Betting On It.
- PopSci: Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?
- Nextbigfuture: Liveblogging the Planetary Resources Conference Part 2
- Space.com: Does Asteroid Mining Violate Space Law?


To start off this story, I had just been upgraded and was flying all three types that our operation ran. I was in the in between stage as I transitioned onto our largest aircraft. The one aircraft I flew the least was the C-206. I learned a lot flying that aircraft as I had the best of times and the worst. The aircraft was always requiring attention and really flew like a big truck. It's acquired an unpleasant name, the "crowd killer." It seats six: one crew and five passengers. If you ever fly one, it drops like a rock if you lose the cooling fan out front.
This particular day, I was flying into the worst strip we go into. It's 2000ft long and 75ft wide. It has a drainage ditch at the West end and is always saturated. With obstacles at each end, it's a lot of fun. I had just got back from a trip and another came up in the C-206. It would be an easy flight, two passengers out to the lodge. We jumped in and away we went. I had flown the aircraft enough to be comfortable into all the strips but it had been a few weeks since I had flown it. On our way out, the sun was shinning and we were cruising right along. As we approached, I could see a rain shower moving in. As I paralleled the runway I could see it was going to be a wet one. Since I hadn't flown the aircraft in some time I wasn't properly set up on the approach and to top it off, it was raining. Bad idea from the get go but I knew this guy tipped and I figured it would be no sweat getting the job done. As I came in, I floated half the runway before touching down. I immediately applied full power and went for the overshoot. I then yanked the aircraft out of the mud and back into the air. At that point I was out of room. I banked the aircraft to the right to miss on coming trees. Fortunately I was able to build speed over a swamp off the end of the strip. I should never have attempted to land the C-206 in those conditions. Being unprepared can cost you. I was lucky, so take note, not all are so lucky. Everyone who gets into this type of flying will experience these situations. I don't care who you are, you will at some point put yourself into a very troubling situation.
Set high standards for your profession. When you're low time you will have the tendency to do what the other pilots are doing. If they are flying in poor conditions, then you will as well. I feel it's important for senior pilots to step up to the plate and set appropriate standards. What you do influences all those who are of lower time and of less experience. I'm very verbal about my view on the weather and I will question those who push themselves into poor conditions. Work as a team, as we are all in this together. Safe fly and keep it rubber side down.


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After a year spent listening to the constant hum of the complicated machinery that keeps the International Space Station livable, the astronaut Frank Rubio is looking forward to some silence on Earth.
Mr. Rubio is scheduled to return to land next week after a 371-day mission, the longest single spaceflight for an American astronaut.
On Sept. 11, he surpassed the previous record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an American, and he will complete a full year in space on Thursday. At a news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Rubio spoke on video from the International Space Station about what he was most looking forward to when he returns home on Sept. 27: his family, fresh food and silence.
“For me, honestly, obviously, hugging my wife and kids is going to be paramount, and I’ll probably focus on that for the first couple days,” Mr. Rubio said as he bobbed gently in zero gravity.
He said he was also looking forward to being back in his quiet backyard and “enjoying the trees and the silence.”
His return home will be even sweeter because when Mr. Rubio launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last September, he expected to be back home in six months, not a year.
Those plans changed after a coolant leak in the Soyuz spacecraft was detected in December. The leak could have created potentially fatally hot temperatures for the crew on their return to Earth, so a different spacecraft was sent to the space station, forcing a delay in Mr. Rubio’s return trip.
Mr. Rubio said that if he had been asked to do a yearlong mission before training began, he would have declined because of his family. But, he said, if NASA had asked him to do a such a trip deeper into his two years of training, he would have agreed because it was his job.
He acknowledged that a year in space, away from loved ones, had taken a psychological toll and said it was important to stay strong mentally because of the space station’s “very unforgiving environment.”
“One thing that I’ve tried to do, and hopefully have achieved — I certainly haven’t done it perfectly — is just to kind of stay positive and stay steady throughout the mission despite the internal up and downs,” Mr. Rubio said. “You try to just focus on the job and on the mission and remain steady, because ultimately every day you have to show up and do the work.”
Before Mr. Rubio’s mission, Mark Vande Hei, who returned to Earth in March 2022 after 355 days aboard the International Space Station, held the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an American. Dr. Valery Polyakov, a Russian astronaut who died last year, holds the world record for consecutive days spent in space: 437.
Aboard the space station, Mr. Rubio worked on a number of science projects, including investigations into how bacteria adapt to spaceflight and how exercise affects humans during long missions.
In an earlier interview with NASA, Mr. Rubio said that one of his favorite projects was studying a tomato plant to see how air and water-based growing techniques affect plants. The research could help find ways to grow crops on a larger scale in space.
“I love working with that little plant and seeing it grow and develop,” he said.
In the news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Rubio spoke about the camaraderie on board the space station. During his time there, he has had 28 crewmates, including his friend Loral O’Hara, a fellow NASA astronaut who arrived at the space station last week.
Mr. Rubio said that when people first arrive at the space station, those already aboard help teach them basic tasks, such as how to use the restroom, how to prepare food and how to sleep.
“All the little things you kind of take for granted on Earth, you kind of have to learn anew up here,” Mr. Rubio said.
Before joining the space program, Mr. Rubio served in the U.S. Army and attended medical school. He flew more than 1,100 hours as a helicopter pilot, which included deployments to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was born in Los Angeles, but considers Miami his hometown.
On his first day in space, Mr. Rubio said that he felt sick as his body acclimated to life in zero gravity. Now, he is preparing for his muscles and bones to get used to standing and bearing weight again. He estimated that it would be two to six months before he felt normal.
“This being my first mission,” he said, “I just don’t know how my body is going to react.”


Friday, December 31, 2010
Rocket launch failure – Russian and Indian approach.
As the year of Scams is coming to a close, a sordid story of what actually ails our country is staring at us with the failure of the Indian space program on 25th of this month. The cause of the failure was something that is unimaginable in a science venture of this kind. To understand it in a common man’s language, the cause lies at the assembly level of the rocket. Due to sheer negligence and deplorable lack of a commitment to the job that is to be done, the assembly staff had not fitted the boosters properly. What resulted was a disaster that is fit to be called as a national shame.
Can such a thing happen in the premier scientific venture of the country?
Do we have a committed and talented work force in these institutions is a question that comes to my mind.
What is the process of recruitment of these people?
Is the government compromising on quality by having reservation policy at recruitment in institutions like ISRO?
If so, should we have such a dilution of talent in scientific institutions of this kind? Should we not test the acumen and also the deep love or passion for the subject when recruitments are made?
Another question also is daunting us. Was anyone made accountable for the disaster? Look at the Russian scenario. On December 5th they launched a rocket which crashed soon after the launch. Similar to the Indian fiasco, the cause was traced to the ground level work. The staff had filled more fuel than necessary. This resulted in the booster rocket losing its way. A few days ago, the Russian President had fired the people responsible for the failure. Do we ever hear such a thing in
Talent, passion and commitment for the job and accountability are the 3 essentials for success in any job.
fails on all these 3 counts at all places. India
The country’s political policy is to degrade talent.
They want less talent instead of the best talent in the name of social equality!
Their policy does not allow the people to pursue what they are passionate about. I wonder how many people in Space technology Institutions are there due to their passion for space or rocket technology. Do they just land up at the Institution as a matter of getting a job?
And finally there is absolutely no sense of accountability right from the Prime Minister onwards.
These three ailments manifest in different fields in different ways.
change someday? India
Russian Space Officials Punished for Botched Satellite Launch
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has formally reprimanded the chief of his country's national space agency and fired two other high-ranking space officials over the loss of three state-of-the-art navigation satellites in a botched rocket launch earlier this month.
The decision, announced by the Kremlin today (Dec. 29), comes after an investigation into the Dec. 5 launch failure of a Russian-built Proton rocket carrying three new Glonass-M navigation satellites.
The satellites never reached orbit. Instead, they plunged back to Earth and crashed in the
Pacific Ocean north of . Hawaii
A follow-up investigation traced the failure to an embarrassing mistake: Technicians apparently loaded the Proton rocket's Block DM-3 upper stage with between 1,000 and 2,000 kilograms more fuel than planned, which sent the booster off course.
According to the Kremlin statement, Medvedev fired Viktor Remishevsky, deputy chief of Russia's Federal Space Agency, and Vyacheslav Filin, vice president and deputy chief of the rocket manufacturer RSC Energia, after receiving the report on the launch failure investigation.
The two space officials were fired "for the errors made in the calculations for refueling the vehicle's Block DM-3 upper stage," according to the statement.
Medvedev also issued a formal reprimand to Anatoly Perminov, chief of
's Federal Space Agency (also known as Roscosmos). Russia
"Roscosmos will take additional measures to reinforce disciplinary measures," the statement read.
Soon after the launch failure, Russian investigators traced the cause to the overfueling blunder and cleared the rest of the Proton rocket of any concern.
The Proton rocket fleet successfully returned to flight on Monday (Dec. 27) with the launch of a Ka-Sat broadband communications satellite for Eutelsat.
There are 26 Glonass satellites in orbit, with two reserved as spares. The satellite constellation is split into three groups of eight craft to provide global coverage.
A new series of Glonass satellite, the Glonass-K series, is currently in development, Russian space officials have said.


Allegiant Travel Co. will offer nonstop flights between Boise and Honolulu later this year, giving the Boise Airport a new airline. Allegiant, which also flies out of Idaho Falls, will also add nonstop flights between Boise and Las Vegas.
Airport director Rebecca Hupp said staff worked for two years to line up the service with Allegiant. The airline needed much of that time to win approval to fly to Hawaii. Allegiant bought Boeing 757 planes in 2010 specifically to fly to Hawaii and received the go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration in June. The airline is launching direct service to Hawaii from mid-size and smaller markets, including Spokane and Bellingham, Wash. and several smaller California airports, including Fresno and Monterey.


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Space Junkies is a two player party game for tablets.
The goal of the game is to create a rocket made of space junk by dragging parts orbiting around the moon in the center onto your base.
You can also fling junk at your opponent to destroy parts of their rocket, but beware, they follow the laws of orbital mechanics and will come back at you if you miss!
Whoever manages to complete their rocket first can launch it and gets to engulf the enemy base in a huge fireball!
This game was created in a 48 hour period, it is not polished!
Since this was a game Jam I had my hands on most parts of the game, but I focused on implementing the rocket and item interactions. The following segment will explain the parts of the game I created.
The Rocket is a node tree hierachy made from the spacejunk parts, with an engine as the root of the structure.
Parts use polymorphism, every part type has different meshes, node lists and stats.
Nodes are in between elements with pointers to two pieces of space junk, they point to a parent and a child part, have a radius and a facing direction.
Drag and drop system
When a piece of space junk that is orbiting the moon is pressed, it is removed from the orbit and starts following the cursor until it is released.
During the dragging period all available nodes on the rocket and the nodes of the junk piece are displayed as a mesh.
If the player lets go without attaching the part or their turn is over the part dissolves.
During the dragging period it starts recursively checking if any of its nodes are overlapping with the nodes in the rocket of the current player. When any of the nodes are overlapping it may be attached according to a set of attachment rules:
- The node on the rocket is not used
- The nodes that are overlapping facing each other. (An up facing node can be attached to a down facing node, left facing to right facing etc). This makes sure the rocket is built in an aligned manner
- Payloads cannot be attached to engines, there needs to be a fuel tank in between
The rocket root calculates if it meets the requirements based on the parts it has by recursively checking the stats of the parts currently in the hierachy.
When all the requirements are met it is determined as "ready for liftoff".
We tried using a more complex system that calculates a thrust to weight ratio with a minimum requirement of payloads in order to punish players for building to heavy rockets, but we found out that it was too punishing for a simple party game.
Flicking Space Junk
There was always a plan for a mechanic that allows people to sabbotage the opponent. The original idea was to weigh down their rocket by dragging useless parts onto it, but when we switched to the part count system for the rocket stats, we repurposed those weight parts in a more explosive fashion.
When a spacejunk part is grabbed, a direction is determined over a short "flicking distance", after which it goes into a new flying state using 2D gravity calculations. The beauty of it is that if you miss your opponent, there is a good chance of the junk coming back towards you and hitting yourself.
When striking the rocket, the part it touches will be destroyed and every part that is attached to the deleted part.
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Dream defense was developed during a 48 hour internal school game jam with a team of 4 people, using Unity.
It is a simple tower defense game using google cardboard VR. As the player you are standing in the middle of the playing field, looking down at your enemies and stopping them with different types of turrets and your eye laser.
I was mainly responsible for enemy behavior and visual effects, but since this was a game jam I had my hands in every part of the game.


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