Predator C Avenger Makes First Flights (Saturday 18th of April 2009 01:45:01 PM)
Stoolpigeon writes "General Atomics' new unmanned combat aerial vehicle, the Predator C
Avenger, has been making test flights. This new Predator has a stealthy design, 20-hour
endurance, is jet powered and has an midst weapons bay. A number of photos ...
(more)On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian ... (Saturday 28th of March 2009 04:35:38 PM)
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other
side of the field, with the control tower in the middle.One day the tower received a call from
an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" ...
(more)The Flying Giant Is 40 Years Old (Wednesday 11th of February 2009 07:45:01 AM)
Ponca City, We love you writes "Four decades ago, Boeing's predecessor 747 took to the skies
over supervision State for a 75-minute flight that helped bring cheap airline travel to host of
people and would remain the world's largest mercantile aircraft ...
(more)Cellphone boarding pass gets tested, experience gets journaled (Friday 28th of November 2008 12:04:00 AM)
The biggest problem with a new scheme -- particularly one involving you, scientific lore and
the TSA -- is the very real fear that introducing being fresh into a fixed system will create
more havoc than good. As Grant Martin of sister blog Gadling discovered, ...
(more)FAA Greenlights Satellite-Based Air Traffic Control System (Thursday 27th of November 2008 06:00:02 PM)
Coondoggie writes "As one of the massive flying seasons gets underway the superiority today
took a step further in radically repair the way aircraft are tracked and moved around the
country. scilicet the FAA gave the green light to deploy minion mission ...
(more)An Air Force cargo plane was preparing for departure from Thule Air Base in ... (Saturday 13th of September 2008 08:10:02 AM)
An Air Force cargo plane was preparing for departure from Thule Air Base in Greenland. They
were waiting for the truck to arrive to pump out the aircraft's sewage holding tank. The
Aircraft Commander was in a hurry, the truck was late in arriving, and ...
(more)Self-Healing System Applied to Aviation (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 01:53:43 AM)
ScienceDaily is reporting that the self-healing materials are being used in some new aircraft
designs. We covered several self-healing systems in the past months, but it is nice to see it
open gate to find practical applications. "This simple but ingenious ...
(more)Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems (Sunday 18th of May 2008 01:38:49 AM)
Coondoggie writes to tell us that congressional watchdogs have called on chamber to create a
body within the FAA to oversee unmanned aircraft evolvement and integration. The group cited
the rapidly growing unmanned aircraft nation and is worried about ...
(more)Terrafugia hopes to showcase drivable airplane this summer (Saturday 10th of May 2008 03:35:00 PM)
Filed under: Transportation
Make no mistake, Terrafugia's outlandish airplane / motorcar hybrid
has been on the drawing board for years, but it looks like the rubber is about to hit the
proverbial road (or take to the skies, whichever) this July. A team ...
(more)NASA Wants to Take the Blast Out of Sonic Booms (Saturday 10th of May 2008 06:00:06 PM)
Coondoggie writes to tell us that NASA and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace scrutiny Agency) have
announced a chumminess to study the sonic boom. Hoping to find the key to the next generation
of supersonic aircraft, the study will include a look at JAXA's "Silent ...
(more)FAA Mandates Major Aircraft "Black Box" Upgrade (Wednesday 12th of March 2008 12:00:09 PM)
Coondoggie writes "Earlier this week the FAA mandated upgrades and updates to aircraft voice
and data recorders within the US. The goal of the updates: to assist future investigations with
'more and better data' from accidents and incidents. The 'mandate ...
(more)British Airport Will Require Fingerprints From Domestic Passengers (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:00:02 AM)
ProfBooty brings us a story about England's Heathrow airport, which will begin fingerprinting
transport on its domestic flights later this month. Airport superintendents claim that the data
will be stored for no longer than 24 hours, and will not be shared ...
(more)USAF Launch Supersonic Bomb Firing Technology (Thursday 29th of November 2007 04:15:06 PM)
Coondoggie writes "Boeing and the US Air Force today said they have tested new mechanics that
for the first time will let military aircraft launch bombs from aircraft moving at supersonic
speeds. Researchers from Boeing Phantom Works and the Air Force ...
(more)NASA Ikhana Assists SoCal Firefighters (Saturday 27th of October 2007 07:15:02 AM)
Ackthpt writes "Ikhana (a NASA drone) is primarily designed for suborbital earth astronomy
etc.; pure science is regarded as essentially theoretical (in contrast to applied science
missions, but may be fitted out with a variety of sensors. Wednesday, ...
(more)Boeing Dreamliner Safety Concerns Are Specious (Thursday 20th of September 2007 07:45:02 PM)
SoyChemist writes in to note his article at Wired Science on the uproar Dan Rather has stirred
up with his claim that Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner aircraft may be unsafe. "Dozens of news
agencies have jumped on the bandwagon. Most of them are reporting ...
(more)On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian ... (Thursday 13th of September 2007 11:30:04 PM)
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other
side of the field, with the control tower in the middle.One day the tower received a call from
an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" ...
(more)An Air Force cargo plane was preparing for departure from Thule Air Base in ... (Sunday 12th of August 2007 09:10:08 AM)
An Air Force cargo plane was preparing for departure from Thule Air Base in Greenland. They
were waiting for the truck to arrive to pump out the aircraft's sewage holding tank. The
Aircraft Commander was in a hurry, the truck was late in arriving, and ...
(more)'Teenagers.sys' warmly welcomes you (Wednesday 01st of October 2008 04:20:00 AM)
Hi! Thanks for visiting. This is the site for a new novel ('Teenagers.sys') being published
shortly for 2009. It is intended for teenagers. It is educational, encouraging the
development of scholastic skills and the cultivation of an excellent vocabulary. ...
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