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Aviation: CONCEPT AIRCRAFT - airbus 2050
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CONCEPT AIRCRAFT - airbus 2050. Airbus's envisioning of their newest airliner in 2050 is massive, elegant, and luxurious. The company unveiled the "concept cabin" to the public in advance of the 2011 Paris Air Show "Le Bourget". The cabin sacks the traditional cabin classes that we all despise (economic, business, first class) and replaces them with different seating zones. First, there is the " vitalising zone. A 2012 UPDATE OF THE AIRBUS 2050. Strike force heroes 2. 10 July 2015 at 22:51. A carrier bat...
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Aviation: August 2012
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MARS ROVER CURIOSITY LANDING - full colour panoramic pictures of the martian landscape. As most of us already know, the Mars rover Curiosity successfully landed in Gale Crater, Mars on August 6, 05:17:57 .3 UTC (or Coordinated Universal Time). Launched from Cape Canaveral on November 16 last year, Curiosity took almost ten months to reach Mars. Curiosity's main scientific goals in its 23 month long mission (668 Martian sols or Martian days) are ( wiki. Attempt to detect chemical building blocks of life.
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Aviation: March 2011
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Video: SmartBird flight further explained. Festo's Smartbird - An Ultra Realistic Seagull Robot. Direction can be changed by the opposing motion of the head and torso of the bird. This movement is synchronised by cables and two electric motors. The tail's movements also help change directions. It can tilt left or right to initiate turns or move left to right to generate yaw. The tail also acts as stabilizer and a pitch elevator. One of the many challenges of developing the Transformer is the flight syste...
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Aviation: May 2011
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Human-Powered Helicopter - The Gamera. It's interesting to note that the Sikorsky Challenge was issued in 1980 and as of today, no one has been able to meet this challenge. Aerial Intelligence - The LEMV Modern Blimp. The US military gave Northrop Grumman a $ 517 million contract to create an LEMV or Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle. The LEMV is basically a giant airship that will provide long term aerial reconnaissance and surveillance support for ground troops. The Dreamliner at its unveiling.
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Aviation: April 2011
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Phantom Ray - Future of UAV's? The Phantom Ray is a stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by Boeing using company funds and is currently being used as a testbed for UAV technologies. It made its first flight in December last year and is currently being used in a series of 10 test flights over six months involving a myriad of battlefield duties such as surveillance, ground attack, and autonomous in-air refueling. Submarines as Aircraft Carriers? As NASA is wrapping up its space shuttle program,...
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Aviation: November 2010
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Top 5 Best Looking Fighter Aircraft. The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow is a delta winged interceptor aircraft that was shot down at it development stages. The Arrow held high promises as it was expected to reach Mach 2 at 50 000 ft., an advanced technical and aeronautical achievement for the Canadian aviation industry at the time. Today, Canadians still mourn the loss of the Arrow. However, cancelling the program was not enough. The government then ordered the destruction of the 6 prototypes built, the Or...
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Aviation: March 2010
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YF-23 - What could have been the F-22. The YF-23A was a prototype fighter. Designed and developed by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas. It was a competitor to Lockheed's YF-22 in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition of the USAF (meant to replace the F-15). Lockheed won and the YF-22 eventually became the renowned F-22 Raptor we now hear so much about. Of the United States Air Force in. How this aircraft works. Black Widow II and Gray Ghost. Note that some of the specifications are estimated.
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Aviation: Naval-Aerial Power - Carrier Battle Groups
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Naval-Aerial Power - Carrier Battle Groups. A carrier battle group is a group of ships centred around an aircraft carrier. These groups consist of destroyers, minesweepers, oil tankers, battleships, and other such crafts that are dedicated to protecting the aircraft carrier. As an example of the composition of a typical carrier battle group, here's what the French Charles de Gaulle carrier battle group usually consists of:. The carrier air wing - about 40 aircraft. One frigate in forward patrol. Jan John...
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Aviation: October 2010
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Supercruise - What is it? Supercruise is a term that describes sustained supersonic flight without the use of afterburners. Hence the name super (supersonic) cruise (cruising). The first plane that could supercruise was the English Electric Lightning introduced in 1954. From then on, many other planes had this feature. Some of them include: the F-22 Raptor. The Su-35BM, the JAS 39 Gripen. F-35 Lighting II (Air-to-Ground). Yes (Mach 1.8). Avionics (equipment like radar). Chronology of Military Aircraft.
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Aviation: BEE SWARM DELAYS PLANE - pittsburgh int. airport
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BEE SWARM DELAYS PLANE - pittsburgh int. airport. On Wednesday night last week, a Delta commuter flight bound for New York in Pittsburgh International Airport was delayed by a most unexpected thing; a honeybee swarm that had decided to take refuge under the left wing of the aircraft. However bizarre this might seem to outsiders, these bee swarms are not uncommon to the airport's maintenance crews. In fact, the swarm is the fourth one discovered this year. Unblocked games at school. 10 July 2015 at 22:52.
