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Amazon.com mentioned Thursday that its two prototype satellites for its deliberate Kuiper web community have efficiently operated in orbit, with the venture on monitor to start launching operational satellites in mid-2024. Kuiper’s web community will compete towards billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, the world’s largest satellite tv for pc operator, to supply broadband web service globally to shoppers, companies and governments. Amazon mentioned it had achieved a 100% success price inside the first 30 days of launching the prototype satellites from Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Amazon mentioned it used the prototype satellites for brief two-way video calls, streaming a high-definition film on Prime Video and ordering items from Amazon’s web site. “We nonetheless have loads of onerous work forward of us, and scaling to mass manufacturing is not going to be simple,” mentioned Rajeev Badyal, vice chairman of expertise for Undertaking Kuiper. The US Federal Communications Fee has required Amazon to deploy half of its greater than 3,000 deliberate satellite tv for pc constellation by 2026.
On the heels of the profitable prototype exams, Amazon expects to start out constructing production-ready satellites subsequent month for a launch within the second quarter of 2024, Badyal advised Reuters. Badyal declined to say what number of satellites Amazon would launch per yr. rocket.
Badyal mentioned he expects the community to have the ability to present broadband protection in some elements of the world by late 2024, for an early beta part focused to start in early 2025.
Early companions resembling Vodafone and Verizon are set to be the primary telcos to beta take a look at the service.
Amazon final yr introduced a mass launch deal for 83 launches — the biggest business rocket buy ever — from varied rocket corporations, together with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, ULA and Europe’s Arianespace.
The Boeing-Lockheed three way partnership United Launch Alliance is about to launch the primary a number of batches of Kuiper satellites aboard its Atlas 5 and the corporate’s upcoming Vulcan rocket.
Rival Starlink makes use of its personal SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets to launch its community, which since 2019 has grown to round 5,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, enabling near-global broadband protection.
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New Plymouth’s Hamish Fagg is set to go where only an elite few have gone before – into space.
The 21-year-old has just returned from the Lynx Space Academy Camp in Orlando, Florida where he was selected from two New Zealand finalists to take the mission of a lifetime in 2014.
He won the opportunity after entering a competition run by Lynx men’s deodorants.
Fagg was put through a rigorous training programme that included being submitted to G-forces, physical challenges, aptitude tests and competed alongside participants from other countries.
The prize was a seat on the XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx suborbital reusable launch vehicle.
In Florida, Fagg met astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon.
Fagg, who has a Bachelor of Engineering majoring in mechatronics, had just arrived home when contacted by the Taranaki Daily News yesterday.
Fagg has been interested in aircraft and space since he was young and told Television One News he had written off the opportunity of going to space as something that would never happen.
His mates were jealous and his mother was worried about him making the more than 100km journey.
Promoting the XCOR project, Aldrin said it was exciting to see young people being given the opportunity to travel to space.
“Space travel is the next frontier in the human experience for most of the world’s population,” said Aldrin, the pilot of Apollo 11’s lunar module that landed on the moon in 1969.
“I’ve been there, which is why it’s exciting for me that Lynx is giving the young people of today such an extraordinary opportunity to experience some of what I’ve encountered in space.”
– Taranaki Daily News


Mars reconnaissance orbiter preparing for eyes on the solar system is a 3-d environment full of real nasa mission fly with nasa's voyager 2 spacecraft. The orbiter and schiaparelli were launched together on 14 march 2016 on a proton rocket and flew to mars in a composite configuration by taking advantage of the. The last manned mars plan mission planners activated plans for a one-spacecraft mars orbiter mission put in place more than a year earlier and launched mariner 9.
Mars orbiter mission mission objectives mission objectives technological objectives: • design and realisation of a mars orbiter spacecraft with a capability to survive. What happens when a spacecraft in mars orbit dies of old age well, there'd better be a plan to replace it. Mars 2 & 3 mars 3 spacecraft (top) and lander (bottom) mission launched in 1971, the soviet mars 2 and 3 missions each consisted of an orbiter and a lander component. Esa's mars express orbiter is getting a major software it turns out that mars orbiting spacecraft are no we've done in recent memory, says mission manager.
First test success for largest mars mission parachute 29 march 2018 the largest parachute ever to fly on a mars mission has exomars/tgo orbiter spacecraft. The orbiter would be designed for a five-year mission and could launch as soon as 2022, jim watzin, nasa’s mars exploration program director, told members of the. India’s mars orbiter (mangalyaan) mission the isro’s (indian space research organization) prestigious maiden interplanetary mission to mars, mars orbiter mission. 1 geo centric phase the spacecraft is injected into an elliptic parking orbit by the launcher with six main engine burns, the spacecraft is gradually maneuvered.Magnificent mars: 10 years of mars reconnaissance orbiter solar system is a 3-d environment full of real nasa mission data nasa's voyager 2 spacecraft. Isro's mars orbiter mission (mangalyaan) 1 the mars orbiter mission(mom) is a spacecraft built by the indian space research organisation(isro) to. 1999: a disaster investigation board reports that nasa’s mars climate orbiter burned up in the martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from. Orbiter spacecraft (4) info total images: 52 mars orbiter mission wi click for view big size (587x400) mars orbiter click for view big size. Nasa's mars reconnaissance orbiter passed a mission milestone of 40,000 orbits on feb 7, 2015, in its ninth year of returning information about the atmosphere.
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Here's the timeline of mars orbiter mission 05-11-2013: pslv-c25, in its twenty fifth flight, successfully launches mars orbiter mission spacecraft from sdsc shar. As it happened: isro's mars orbiter mission spacecraft separates from pslv-c25 successfully, enters earth's orbit - / once launched, mars orbiter mission would go. Mars orbiter mission (mom), biasanya disebut mangalyaan (wahana mars), adalah pengorbit mars yang berhasil diluncurkan ke orbit bumi oleh indian space.


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This Tribute is to celebrate the life and achievements of Neil Armstrong. Not only the first man on the moon, but also the man who ...
This Tribute is to celebrate the life and achievements of Neil Armstrong. Not only the first man on the moon, but also the man who showed the world what we are capable of.
Thanks for being an all American hero and an inspiration for all.
I wish your family all the best in coping with this loss.
You have inspired generations and people all over the world.
For that, I will never forget you.
RIP Mr Armstrong, you will be missed.
As a kid growing up remember being glued to the screen during all the lunar adventures. Like all boys I wanted to be an astronaut too. Although I didn't become one, I have been inspired no end by these awesome guys. Thanks Neil, RIP.
Original NASA video of Neil Armstrong descending the LM ladder to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 (02:51 UTC July 21, 1969). Video was broadcast quality, taken by a mounted camera on the leg of the lander.
Source: Project Apollo Image Archive
The video of the very first moon landing of the apollo 11 mission in 1969! Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon with his now legenday words "One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." This is a truly amazing video and it was in 1969!!! If you think about it, you have orders of magnitude more processing power in your mobile phone than they did in the whole space craft!! Incredible!
It has been said that ten thousand years from now, only one name will still be remembered - that of Neil Armstrong. But in the four decades since he first set foot on the moon, Armstrong has become increasingly reclusive.
Andrew Smith, author of the best-selling book Moondust, journeys across America to try and discover the real Neil Armstrong. He tracks down the people who knew Armstrong, from his closest childhood friend to fellow astronauts and Houston technicians, and even the barber who sold his hair,
60minutes Interview with Astronaut Neil Armstrong who was the first person to set foot on the Moon In July 1969.
In 1957, he was selected for the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program. In November 1960 Armstrong was chosen as part of the pilot consultant group for the X-20 Dyna-Soar, a military space plane.
He flew the North American X-15 on November 30, 1960, to a top altitude of 48,840 ft (14.9 km) and a top speed of Mach 1.75 (1,150 mph or 1,810 km/h).
Armstrong made seven flights in the X-15.
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|Background Information||Atmosphere and ionosphere models|
|Atomic oxygen erosion|
Space Shuttle flights (flights 5 and 8) have demonstrated that interactions between spacecraft surfaces and atomic oxygen, the major component of the low Earth orbit environment, can produce significant changes in mass and surface properties for many materials through erosion and oxidation. The orbiting spacecraft motion through the atmospheric atomic oxygen can generate a flux to the spacecraft surfaces with significant energy of about 5 eV.
The changes in surface properties are directly related to the atomic oxygen fluence or total integrated flux incident on material surfaces. This fluence in turn is dependent on many parameters such as attitude of the surface relative to the orbital velocity vector, altitude, solar activity, and life span of the spacecraft.
Assessment of the problem involves three areas:
Numerous events can occur when atomic oxygen impacts a surface [Banks and Rutledge, 1988]. The atomic oxygen may elastically scatter from the surface in a specular manner, it may energy and momentum accommodate to the surface and then be ejected in a diffuse manner, it may attach to the surface and react with other arriving species to form excited nitrogen oxide, which de-excites to cause the glow phenomenon, or the atomic oxygen may chemically react with the surface. Space tests indicate that the probability of chemical reaction of atomic oxygen with carbon is only 13%, and with silver, greater than 62% [Banks et al., 1988; Gregory, 1986]. In the case of carbon, the unreacted atomic oxygen is predominantly ejected in a diffuse or near cosine distribution with an ejection peak shifted slightly in the specular direction. The actual probability of reaction of atomic oxygen with silver may be quite high for clean silver surfaces. However, silver oxide formation may contribute to shielding of the underlying silver or may serve as a catalytic surface for reassociation of the atomic oxygen. Possible atomic oxygen reactions with polymers in low Earth orbit include hydrogen abstraction, oxygen addition to form excited radicals followed by hydrogen elimination, oxygen insertion into the C-H bonds, and replacement by formation of alkoxy radicals.
Quantification of the susceptibility of materials to oxidation from atomic oxygen interaction is made possible by the fact that most oxidation products are volatile, and measurable surface recession occurs. In cases where oxidation products remain adherent, inhibition of further oxidation usually occurs. From a spacecraft designer's perspective, quantification of atomic oxygen interaction in terms of erosion yield defined as recession per fluence (cm3 atom-1) is most useful for determining mission suitability. Banks and Rutledge  present a compilation table of erosion yields of materials tested in low Earth orbit. On a microscopic level, spacial variations in erosion yield tend to give rise to a dense pillar of conelike surface morphology if the reaction products are volatile species, as in the case of organic polymers and carbon. This surface morphology is much more pronounced for ram exposed surfaces as opposed to sweeping atomic oxygen incidence. These microscopic surface features, typically ranging in size from 0.1 to several microns, give rise to changes in optical properties, the most significant of which is a dramatic increase in the diffuse reflectance with an accompanying loss in specular reflectance [Banks et al., 1988].
Space tests have shed some light on the degree to which erosion yield is dependent upon various environmental factors. The effect of atomic oxygen impact angle for Kapton and Mylar in space indicates that the rate of material recession depends on the impact angle with respect to the surface normal raised to the 1.5 power as opposed to the 1.0 power as on might expect [Visentine et al., 1985]. The effect of material temperature has been shown to influence the erosion yield of graphite, and activation energies have been predicted [Gregory, 1986]. However, the range of temperatures used for the evaluation of Kaption, Mylar, and Tedlar has been too small to ascertain any significant dependence of erosion yield upon material temperature. Space tests have not identified any significant influence of solar radiation, charged species, or polymer thickness on erosion yield [Banks et al., 1988]. Erosion yield of Kapton H due to space exposure indicates no significant dependence upon flux or fluence based on the limited information available from STS flights 3, 4, 5, and 8 [Banks et al., 1988]. Variations in the erosion yield of Kapton as a function of oxygen ion or atom energy are not available from space testing to date because the low Earth orbital configurations produce energies only in the 4-5 eV range. However, the dependence of erosion yield on impact energy is of utmost importance for the designers of ground simulation systems. An erosion yield dependence proportional to the 0.68 power of the oxygen atom or ion energy has been identified for Kapton H by means of a compilation of both in-space and ground simulation tests over a wide range of energies [Ferguson, 1984].
To facilitate accurate prediction of materials performance in low Earth orbit, one must be able either to accurately simulate the low Earth orbital environmental conditions or at least be able to quantifiably extrapolate how the performance of materials under simulated conditions relates to that which would occur in space. Identification of significant factors and the dependency of erosion yield upon these factors will clarify the suitability of various atomic oxygen simulation techniques for prediction of the long term performance of spacecraft materials in low Earth orbit. Based on the evaluation of materials tested in space, there appear to be three classes materials:
The ESABASE implementation of ATOMOX considers shadowing and scattering by other spacecraft surfaces and is capable of analysing atomic oxygen effects on a spinning satellite. These capabilities use a full geometric analysis of the satellite configuration, which is outside the scope of SPENVIS. Instead, SPENVIS uses the non-geometrical version of ATOMOX for a preliminary assessment.
The following operations have to be executed by the analysis tool at each orbital point:
The fluence is defined as the integration over time of the flux crossing a surface. The flux on a totally exposed surface is the product of the particle number density and the average velocity of the particle.
The thermal velocity is given by:
The aerodynamic velocity is the difference between the wind velocity vector
vw and the spacecraft velocity vector vs in
an inertial frame of reference:
|Figure 1. Reference frame for the velocity of impacting particles|
If the inward surface normal defines the direction of the x axis (see
Fig. 1), one has to calculate the average velocity component
vx of particles having vx>0:
Banks, B. A., S. K. Rutledge, J. E. Merrow, and J. A. Brady, Atomic Oxygen Effects on Materials, Proc. NASA/SDIO Joint Workshop on Space Environmental Effects, Hampton, VA, 28-30 June, 1988.
Ferguson, D. C., The Energy Dependence of Surface Morphology of Kapton Degradation Under Atomic Oxygen Bombardment, Proc. 13th Space Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, 8-11 October, 1984.
Gregory, J. C., Interaction of Hyperthermal Atoms on Surfaces in Orbit: University of Alabama Experiment, Proc. NASA Workshop on Atomic Oxygen Effects (ed. D. Brinza), Pasadena, CA, 10-11 November, 1986. (JPL Pub. No. 87-14)
Visentine, J. T., L. J. Leger, J. F. Kuminecz, and I. K. Spiker, STS-8 Atomic Oxygen Effects Experiment, Presented at the AIAA 23rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA-85-0415, Reno, NV, 14-17 January, 1985.


Exclusive Airplane Insurance coverage is an essential financial investment and a legal need if you’re flying an airplane. However, an exclusive plane is just one of one of the most expensive devices to guarantee, 2nd just to space shuttles and specific long-distance satellites. Costs are a function of many different elements, consisting of the insured’s flying experience, flight document, design and use the airplane. It is essential to obtain quotes from numerous companies and aviation insurance policy professionals to guarantee you’re getting the very best value for your money.
The sort of airplane insurance you’ll require differs by state and country, with some policies needing you to have particular degrees of public liability protection in order to comply with regional policies. Some policies likewise include ground danger hull insurance policy, which shields the aircraft from occurrences that happen while it’s on the ground and not moving. Various other optional coverages might consist of traveler responsibility insurance coverage, which covers the price of injured travelers, and a consolidated single limitation (CSI) policy that incorporates public and guest liability right into one detailed insurance claim limit.
A good way to lower your aircraft insurance policy rates is by having a clean trip document. Insurer view skilled pilots as less of a danger and will typically use a much more competitive price on airplane insurance. It deserves it to purchase additional pilot training, also, as the more abilities and accreditations you have, the far better your prices will be.
Various other means to decrease your Private Aircraft Insurance policy rates might include saving your airplane in a garage, which helps with prices due to the fact that the aircraft is much less likely to be damaged or swiped. You can likewise install safety devices on your aircraft to discourage burglars and mischief-makers, which will additionally decrease your airplane insurance coverage rates. Additionally, asking for that charter business list you as an additional insured on their liability policies can assist with rates because it restricts the amount of repayments the charter business will look for from liable parties like airplane owners after a payment.
Finally, if you’re planning on leasing your aircraft out for flight time, take into consideration getting non-owned airplane insurance. This policy will certainly cover the aircraft in case of damages or loss, but is usually just provided for a collection amount of time and for trips under a certain number of hours.
It’s likewise vital to be straightforward with the insurance firm concerning your airplane. It’s tempting to blow up the worth of your aircraft to reduce costs, however this can backfire if you experience considerable damages that the insurance provider can’t spend for. Make certain to work with an air travel insurance coverage agent who comprehends the market and can examine your specific demands and suggest the best prepare for you.


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Beecraft Wee Bee (1948)
Самолётик целиком металлический! Но вес пилота ограничен.
During the late 1940s, American aviation company Beecraft designed the then smallest airplane in the world. It was made entirely of metal, just like the modern planes of the day, but had a wingspan of just 5.49 meters (18ft).
Due to the tiny dimensions of this aircraft, the pilot, quite extraordinarily, had to lie down in a prone position on top of the fuselage! Talk about a wild ride. The airplane had a 30-hp piston engine and weighed just 95kg. Despite this, it could still carry 90kg in the form of its pilot. (flitetest.com)


NASA Awards Funding to 4 Bozeman Businesses
NASA offered funding to four businesses in Bozeman, Montana. The companies have been contracted to research and commercialize technology that can support future space missions.
ADvR, Bridger Photonics, Global Technology Enterprises and Resonon all received six month contracts up to $125,000. Their proposals included new laser technologies, tools to increase head conduction and instruments that better measure the Moon’s effect on Earth. Bozeman’s laser technology already has a great pedigree and has lead to a portion of the technological growth in the area. Having businesses win such awards might lead to future expansions and more jobs, all of which affect Bozeman’s booming real estate market.
Of the 1,000 applications received, only 341 proposals were selected by NASA. Having four proposals awarded to a small town in Montana was another great step for Bozeman’s economic growth.


Some of the static displays undergoing a "spiffing" up at Highland Lake Squadron in Burnet Texas
I was probably 4 years old when my dad picked me up and placed me carefully inside Henry Mazer’s Piper Super Cruiser. The rush of wind over my face from the prop wash through airplanes open door brought some welcome relief. The breeze also brought the aroma of exhaust combined with the scent of “Av-gas” which was, at least from my point of view at the time, somewhat pleasant. After that first flight with Henry, there has always been a love of aviation in my life. So it’s not surprising that during our time exploring, I have tried to incorporate that love affair into our adventure whenever practical. My latest aviation find was a small squadron of the Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lake Squadron in Burnet Texas. The Commemorative Air Force is an organization whose mission is to preserve wartime aviation artifacts both flying and non-flying. There are several squadrons throughout the United States.
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The Highland Lake Squadron, part of the Commemorative Air Force
The Highland Lake Squadron was located near our Inks Lake State Park base camp, an easy thirty minute drive through some gorgeous countryside. The museum is only open a few days a week so we were lucky that they were open while we were in the area. When we drove into the parking lot, a few static displays outside were being repainted. I laughed when I saw that two of them were the same models that I trained on (aircraft maintenance, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls Texas), the T-37 and the T-38. We entered the side door of an aircraft hanger and into a room where we paid a very small entrance fee. The room also had several artifacts that we could explore including an entire gun turret taken directly from the nose of a WW II B-24 bomber.
Since it was early and not too crowded, I had the pleasure of having one of the volunteers accompany me around all the artifacts and later into the hanger where a few aircraft awaited our visit. He answered several questions and told a few stories along the tour. So many things to look at! Uniforms, instruments, photos and so much more. I thought about how lucky for local schools to be able (hopefully) incorporate this priceless collection of history into their history curriculum. Some of the more famous bombsights (Sperry and Nordon) that were so instrumental during WW II were there and even a bombsight from a German bomber of which only two exist in the world.
Nose turret gun from B-24.
Inside nose turret. You probably had to be about 5 feet tall and weigh about 110lbs in order to fit in there.
Nordon Bombsight System
PT-19 going through extensive maintenance.
Rare German bombsight.
North American L-17 Navion
Once our tour of the inside museum was finished, we ventured out into the hanger to look at some of the larger pieces. Unfortunately, the squadron had experienced an accident with one of their aircraft a few weeks earlier. A C-47 crashed during take-off and went up in flames at the end of the runway. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. (To see a YouTube Video of the crash, Click Here.)
The Iconic Pratt and Whitney R-2800
All 13 passengers got out safely, but the aircraft was a total loss. The only thing that survived was the tail section which the squadron will re-paint, and hang inside the hanger. The squadron has a few other aircraft that usually are flyable. This day, however, one aircraft was at another location, and the other two flying aircraft were grounded for maintenance. It was a great visit made even greater by the folks that took such pride in preserving these priceless and historic artifacts.
In Other News...
We are refining plans for our departure on Tuesday, heading toward Las Cruces and possibly staying on some BLM land just north of town. We'll hopefully visit the White Sands Missile Museum before heading toward Hatch, NM, on Wednesday or Thursday. We look forward to cooler temperatures and less wind as we make our way out of New Mexico.
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"You must read Leap of Faith. Gordon Cooper is a true American hero from a stock in short supply today." -- --Art Bell
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About the book
Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, a select group of the nation's top military test pilots who braved the frontiers of space in the days when strapping yourself to a rocket meant you would be either a hundred miles up or six feet under. Today he is undeniably a part of our nation's history as one of the four surviving Mercury Seven space pioneers. In Leap of Faith, Cooper not only reveals compellingly what went on behind the scenes of the early U.S. space program, but he also takes dead aim at the next millennium of space travel with his strong views on the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence--and even the distinct possibility that we have already had contact.
During his distinguished military flying career, Cooper was one of the best of the best at Edwards Air Force Base, where the setting of world records for speed, endurance, and altitude was an everyday occurrence. Even before joining this nation's newly formed manned space program, he understood the dangerous nature of new technologies: hanging it over the edge and pushing the envelope, then hauling it back in and doing it again tomorrow.
"Gordo" Cooper learned to fly with his father at age eight in his hometown of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and soloed by the time he was twelve. As an impressionable boy, he met overnight visitors to the Cooper household, including famous aviators like Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post, which only heightened his desire to take to the skies.
Ride with Cooper through his adventurous life in the cockpits of planes and spacecraft alike--he was the last American to go into space alone, exactly thirty-five years ago. He flew in Mercury and Gemini, and served as head of flight crew operations for both Apollo and Skylab, America's first orbiting space station. He was also backup command pilot for Apollo X and directed design input changes for the space shuttle program. He was buddies with Gus Grissom, who died in the tragic Apollo I fire at Cape Canaveral, and was close to Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who was responsible for the United States beating Russia into space, and then to the Moon. Through it all, Cooper, a hero who shuns the label, speaks candidly of his defeats as well as his accomplishments. His life is a tapestry of space travel in the twentieth century.
And beyond. From a source as credible as Gordo Cooper come these claims: He innocently took revealing pictures of the mysterious Area 51 during his Gemini mission and ended up in the White House speaking about it to the president of the United States; he and other military pilots have chased unidentified aircraft in their Jets; and footage of UFOs taken by his film crew was confiscated by the government, all part of the U.S. military's long-time UFO cover-up.
Buckle yourself in and prepare for a wild ride; Leap of Faith takes you places you have never been before---and with Cooper's firm hand at the controls.
About the Author
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After service as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.
In 1963 Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9. During that 34-hour mission he became the first American to spend an entire day in space, the first to sleep in space, and the last American launched on an entirely solo orbital mission. Despite a series of severe equipment failures, he managed to successfully complete the mission under manual control, guiding his spacecraft, which he named Faith 7, to a splashdown just 4 miles (6.4 km) ahead of the recovery ship. Cooper became the first astronaut to make a second orbital flight when he flew as Command Pilot of Gemini 5 in 1965. Along with Pilot Pete Conrad, he set a new space endurance record by traveling 3,312,993 miles (5,331,745 km) in 190 hours and 56 minutes—just short of eight days—showing that astronauts could survive in space for the length of time necessary to go from the Earth to the Moon and back.
Cooper liked to race cars and boats, and entered the $28,000 Salton City 500 miles (800 km) boat race, and the Southwest Championship Drag Boat races in 1965, and the 1967 Orange Bowl Regatta with fire fighter Red Adair. In 1968, he entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but NASA management ordered him to withdraw due to the dangers involved. After serving as backup commander of the Apollo 10 mission, he was superseded by Alan Shepard, and retired from NASA and the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 1971.
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The Wright Brothers are credited with building and flying the first aeroplane in 1903. Since then, there have been numerous attempts at building and flying aircraft. At the same time, there have been engineers who had the dream of a flying car. A flying car can be driven on ordinary roads just like other motor vehicles and can also transform into an aircraft that can sustain flight. Flying cars in India have been spearheaded by a company called Vinata Aeromobility in 2021 with a flying car that is no larger than a Maruti Ciaz.
Indian company unveils the first flying cars in India
The latest in flying car news in India is about a company called Vinata Aeromobility, which is developing a flying car that can accommodate 2 passengers and is expected to be available by 2023. The Chennai based start-up unveiled the flying car prototype at an aero exhibition in London.
The flying car features upright doors and a huge digital touchscreen that is used for navigation and flight controls.
It is a hybrid flying car that is classified as a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). Engine thrust is provided by a co-axial quadrotor.
The flying car weighs in at 1100 kg and will use bio-fuel + electricity for sustainable usage. The top airspeed is 120 km/h at an altitude of 3000 feet. The flying vehicle can remain airborne for up to 60 minutes. Vinata Aeromobility expects this flying car to become a reality by 2023 for transporting passengers, cargo and for medical emergency services.
Flying cars advantages
The main potential of flying cars is their ability to drive on road and fly in the air. A vehicle that has 2 modes of transport can be very beneficial to the driver and the motoring/aerospace world in general.
Here are some of the pros of flying cars of the future.
Less traffic pollution
Cities are congested with bumper-to-bumper traffic, full of vehicles that are spewing out exhaust fumes that contain high amounts of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, hydrocarbons, sulphur dioxide, and tiny particles of carbon soot that linger in the air and lead to a host of health problems.
Roads have been built in the previous decades and are not capable of handling the large number of vehicles that are plying today. Other than a small number of electric vehicles that are non-polluting, most cars burn fossil fuels and produce tons of pollution in our environment.
Electric vehicles and flying cars have the potential to reduce this pollution and have a positive effect on the environment. With every flying car, you will be taking a road car off the grid, thereby saving on pollution for the lifetime of that vehicle.
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Flying cars produce less pollution than road cars
Studies have shown that electric flying cars produce 52% less greenhouse gas emissions than regular petrol/diesel-powered cars. This is assuming a 100 km journey with 4 passengers.
Since flying cars of the future will be piloted by certified pilots, they are more likely to be occupied by passengers sharing lifts rather than a regular road-going car that often only has the driver in the car.
Flying cars travel shorter distances and have better fuel economy
Flying cars are more efficient and have lower emissions. A flight takes the shortest distance between two points which equates to less fuel being used and a shorter journey. A road trip will take lots of twists and turns, stop at traffic lights and get through traffic which will end up consuming more fuel and a long journey time.
More road space for motorists and pedestrians
With more and more flying cars taking to the skies, there will be more road space for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.
With a large space available, roads can be turned into bicycle lanes and walking paths for pedestrians. Cities will be transformed into clean and green environments that foster healthy living.
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Minimum infrastructure for ground vehicles
Today’s cities are built around a network of roads and are designed to allow free flow of traffic with highways, bridges, flyovers and underpasses.
There are also large road networks that connect two different cities which often is built through a natural reserve and require the cutting down of trees or the clearing of the natural landscape. These connecting roads destroy wildlife habitats and disrupt nature.
Flying cars require infrastructure just for taking off and landing and will not require further ground infrastructure.
For well over a century, we have imagined a future where flying cars would be the primary mode of transport. We have seen numerous concepts from manufacturers and fully functioning prototypes that have taken to the skies.
Aircraft technology is available today and can power a flying car, but these vehicles are not yet ready for mass production.
Road cars and aircraft have an opposite set of requirements. While aircraft are lightweight, narrow and have large wings to generate lift, road cars are heavy and wide and are equipped with wheels and other components that will add to drag force in the air.
A flying car will have to be built with a delicate balance between the two requirements. The closest we have got to a viable flying car is from the Slovakian company AeroMobil which took 30 years to make it from the drawing board to reality.
We hope you found this article on flying cars interesting. You might also want to have a look at some of our other articles on top automatic bikes in India and an encyclopaedia about Formula 1 engine technology.
Frequently Asked Question
Q1. Are flying cars real?
Ans. Flying cars are real and will soon be part of our everyday reality. One such flying car is the AirCar which has been certified for flight and has flown for 70 hours. It has folding wings and can take off just like any other light aircraft. It is an electric vehicle that looks similar to other road-going cars, but when it unfolds its wings, it works just like an aeroplane. It has a rear-mounted propeller that provides the necessary thrust to maintain flight in the air.
The AirCar can fly at 186 mph and at an altitude of 3200 feet. It is equally capable of driving down roads and taking to the skies. The car is manufactured by a company called Klein Vision and is powered by a BMW engine, which seems fitting because BMW used to make aeroplane engines in the past. In fact, the BMW logo is actually a spinning propeller.
The AirCar is said to have 1,000 km of range using its 140 bhp, 1.6-litre, four-cylinder BMW engine with a propeller and a parachute. This car is considered the future of transportation for city commuting and inter-city travel that alleviates the struggle of being stuck in congested traffic.
Q2. Who invented flying cars?
Ans. The Curtiss Autoplane from 1917 is considered the first flying car. The Autoplane was made from aluminium and was equipped with three wings spanning 40 feet. The car’s engine was used to drive a propeller fixed at the rear of the car. It could not stay in the air for long, but it is considered the first of its kind.
In the modern age, the first true flying car is the AeroMobil. It has a set of sleek wings, and an aerodynamic exterior or fuselage, and the interior is ultra-luxurious and filled with gadgets. It can be considered the flying car of the future.
The AeroMobile is a unique flying car that has a research and development team collaborating with Mercedes Benz F-1, Ferrari F-1, McLaren, Aston Martin and BMW. These companies provide input for the road part of the car. For all the aerospace technology, AeroMobile has teamed up with the likes of Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Rolls Royce and Diamond Aircraft.
The AeroMobile can switch from a road-going car to a flying car in less than three minutes. It is destined to be the forerunner and archetype of flying cars in the future.
Q3. When will flying cars be invented?
Ans. At present, aerospace companies like Boeing and Airbus are working on flying car models that will reshape the way we look at transport. Various official reports state that we should be witnessing the launch of around 20 flying car models in the years 2022 and 2023. All across the globe, there are several companies engaged in the concept of flying cars or VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) vehicles and such prototypes built like large drones. The companies are hopeful of having fully functional flying cars by the year 2030.
Q4. When flying cars will be available?
Ans. Flying cars have been part of movie scripts right from the 1970s. They imagined flying cars to be a reality in the 21st Century but we are yet to see flying cars at our local dealerships. However, there are various companies that are involved in the conceptualisation and construction of flying cars. A company in Slovakia called Klein Vision is working on the AirCar which is well on its way to making it into production. We should see flying cars available to the public as early as 2023.
Q5. How flying cars work?
Ans. Like an aircraft, the flying car will have a fixed wing, propeller or engine that provides thrust. Flying cars may also be equipped with a helicopter rotor for VTOL capability. Power has traditionally been provided by an internal combustion engine burning fossil fuels, but electric propulsion is undergoing rapid development in the field of flying cars.
Q6. How many flying cars are in the world?
Ans. As of 2022, there are about 10 flying car companies that are in the process of building flying cars. Some of them include the PAL-V Liberty, AeroMobil 3.0, Terrafugia Transition, Blackfly, Moller Skycar, CarPlane, Samsung Switchblade and Ehang 184. There are many more concepts of flying cars that are yet to be put into production.
Q7. Will flying cars ever be a thing?
Ans. Flying cars should be commercially available by 2024, however regulations for managing flying cars and air traffic will be a concern for authorities. It is definitely a viable concept and many flying cars have been successfully tested. Road cars and aircraft are built very differently, so a flying car will have to be a compromise between the two.
Q8. When are flying cars coming out?
Ans. Flying cars are coming out sooner than we expected. Flying cars technology has advanced quite a bit in the past few years. A few flying cars have been tested and could be available to the public by 2023 -2024.
Q9. Will flying cars be possible?
Ans. The fact that flying cars will have to use a runway to take off and land will reduce their appeal and restrict their use to areas that have an airport. Also, becoming a private pilot takes months and is costly, so the steps involved in developing, testing and implementing such a program will take years.
Q10. Why flying cars are a bad idea?
Ans. Flying cars have certain hurdles they must overcome such as lack of infrastructure, advanced technology and air traffic regulations. Flying cars need a place to land so they most likely will have to use an airport as a landing strip, due to crowded cities.
Q11. Are flying cars legal?
Ans. Flying cars are real and could be the new way we commute, work and live in the future. Advances in technology such as propulsion methods, aerodynamics, electronics and batteries can directly be applied to future flying cars.
Q12. Will flying cars ever exist?
Ans. Uber (the ride-sharing company) has an aerial flying car called the Uber Elevate which has been acquired by Bell Nexus and Joby Aviation. They have a concept that uses an all-electric powertrain, a VTOL air taxi that is set to debut in 2023. It is very likely that flying cars will exist in the future.
Q13. How much will flying cars cost?
Ans. The starting price for the PAL-V Liberty is Rs.2.6 Crore. Other flying cars will be in this price range which is keeping them out of the hands of the common man right now.
Q14. 6 flying cars that will change the world?
Ans. The future of flying cars will most likely be realized with vehicles such as the AeroMobil 3.0, PAL-V Flying Car, Maverick Flying Car, The Transition, AeroMobil 4.0 and the Terrafugia TF-X.


BY MEREDITH POWELL
Do you have a “bucket list” of things you’d like to do before entering the Great Beyond? I know I do, which might be silly considering I’m 22-years-old, but it sure is exciting when you are able to cross off one of the activities.
Flying a plane was one of those things that I actually decided to erase a couple of months ago because I thought it was absurd to think I would ever have the chance to do it. Then I met Shaun Grantham, General Manager and Certified Flight Instructor at Coastal Aviation at the Charleston Executive Airport on Johns Island.
Coastal Aviation is about more than just flight instruction; they also offer aircraft brokering, charter flights, aircraft rental, scenic photo flights and local tour flights. Before joining Coastal Aviation, Grantham worked in Hawaii, taking visitors up and over erupting volcanoes.
After a short tour of their two-story office complete with an instruction room and lounge, Grantham led me out to the runway. We were set to fly in the 2002 Cessna 172, a small personal craft which holds four passengers and has an amazing 360 degree view. Once inside and buckled, he taught me everything I needed to know for what was about to come next: take-off.
Pushing in the throttle and watching our elevation climb to one thousand feet was definitely an adrenaline rush, but once I took a glance out of the window, it was pure bliss. We flew over Kiawah Island, Sullivan’s Island, Folly Beach and the open ocean, with the plane flying low enough that we could spot common landmarks such as the Ravenel Bridge from an entirely new and spectacular angle.
Along with the amazing views, the sun was shining and there was little turbulence. Being in a smaller plane certainly gives “up close and personal” a whole new meaning when it comes to sightseeing.
After doing my best to take in all of the beautiful surroundings, it was time to return to the runway. We had to let the other planes know our course of action, so Grantham told me to warn them over the radio. Landing was equally as smooth as flying, even with my amateur skills, thanks to Grantham’s professional assistance.
Not only was I able to witness a bird’s eye view of all of Charleston on this flight, but I was also able to learn a new skill!
For more info or to reserve your own historic tour over Charleston, call Shaun Grantham at 559-6155. Watch some of my experience on video on our website: www.islandconnectionnews. com.


IWU Grad will be 1 of 56 recipients of the AFOSR awards. Dr. Daniel Licata, Wesleyan University University. His proposal included Software Verification with Directed Type Theory.
by Air Force Office of Scientific Research Staff
1/14/2016 – ARLINGTON, VA — The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today Jan. 14, 2016, that it will award approximately $20.6 million in grants to 56 scientists and engineers from 41 research institutions and small businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP).
The YIP is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.
The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering.
AFOSR received more than 265 proposals in response to the AFOSR YIP broad agency announcement solicitation in Engineering and Information Science and Physical and Biological Science research areas. These areas include: Engineering and Complex Systems, Information and Networks, Physical Sciences and Biological and Chemical Sciences. AFOSR officials select proposals based on the evaluation criteria listed in the broad agency announcement. Those selected will receive the grants over a three year period.
Source: AFOSR awards grants to 56 scientists and engineers through Young Investigator Research Program


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AnadoluJet started its journey with a fleet consisting of 5 airplanes on April 23, 2008. Today, AnadoluJet interconnects the Anatolia with 32 planes. For AnadoluJet’s 9th year a special campaign was prepared.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is the centrepiece of the European Union’s strategy for aviation safety. Its mission is to promote the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation.
The Agency’s mandate is twofold. It shall provide technical expertise to the European Commission by assisting in the drafting of rules for aviation safety in various areas and providing technical input to the conclusion of the relevant international agreements.
In addition, the Agency has been given the power to carry out certain executive tasks related to aviation safety, such as the certification of aeronautical products and organisations involved in their design, production and maintenance.
These certification activities help to ensure compliance with airworthiness and environmental protection standards.
The European Aviation Safety Agency certifies products from civil aviation altogether, including general and business aviation. It is important to note that its remit does not cover aviation security (prevention of illegal actions against civil aviation like hijacking, for instance). This comes under the remit of the Community law applied by the Member States.
The Community legislator has already decided that, in the longer term, the Agency's competencies should be progressively enlarged to all other areas of civil aviation safety, notably to air operations and flight crew licensing. A first extension of the Agency’s scope to air operations, flight crew licensing and the authorisation of third-country operators was laid down by Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008.
The European Aviation Safety Agency was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 (OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, repealed by Regulation (EC) No 216/2008)).


Space fanatics went wild earlier this week after thousands of unprocessed photos from NASA’s Apollo missions were uploaded to Flickr.
thousands of unprocessed photos from NASA’s Apollo missions were uploaded to Flickr.
Many of the photos have been seen before in some form or another, but this was the first time that the unprocessed, high-resolution version of NASA’s most iconic lunar mission photography had been presented in one exhaustive collection.
In their raw state, the photos evoke a whimsical sense of nostalgia — their distinct green tinge serves as a stark reminder of just how far we’ve come in the past half-century.
Although the photos come from a bygone era, the quest to explore space is far from over. Nebraska-based photographer Jeremy Dreier has given the photos some digital tender love and care, and his infusion of twenty-first century life takes the photos to another level:


UNKNOWN ENTITIES: NASA SWAT TEAMS - WHAT ARE THEY? (Episode 1)
Published on May 30, 2021
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Planes and supply chains
Planes = ICAT the International Centre for Aerospace Training
All Cardiff and Vale College Aircraft Engineering courses are based at the International Centre for Aerospace Training (ICAT). ICAT is acclaimed as one of the country's leading aerospace education and training providers.
The Centre includes specialist avionicas laboratories, several aircraft, a number of gas turbine engines and mechanical workshops. In addition, bespoke courses can be run, for instance, up-skilling current qualifications for the future aviation market, which is vibrant in the South Wales area.
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Part 66 and ICAT Ltd
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The AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition is taking place 25th -29th June 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (AIAA AVIATION Forum) covers the integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development, and technology. The programme features discussions with respected aviation leaders—providing a single, structured gathering to help delegates navigate the key challenges and opportunities affecting the direction of global aviation policy, research and development, technological proliferation, cybersecurity, environmental issues, and emerging markets. The event consists of a symposium and 18 technical conferences that take place over five days.
More than 2,000 technical presentations—in about 340 sessions—report on the latest innovations on 20+ aviation and aerodynamic research topics that will drive advances in aviation
Close to 3,000 participants—including about 600 students—from hundreds of international government, academic, and private institutions offer scores of opportunities for collaboration and discussion
Meet the next generation of aerospace leaders
Understand how unmanned aerial systems are catalysts for autonomy, robotics, and machine intelligence, and are changing the nature of civil and military aviation
Cybersecurity experts will cut through the clutter to address cybersecurity issues specific to the aviation enterprise
Discover the advances in electric flight
Talk with those who are developing the next generation of supersonic flight
Learn how development and implementation of today’s technology will drive the future of civil, military, and unmanned aviation
Hear from general aviation leaders who are innovating, designing, and testing within a new regulatory structure
Celebrate and recognise the accomplishments of extraordinary individuals and teams
Mingle with yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's leaders in the field of aviation


The ".FLIGHTS" domain extension is all about anything related to flights. It's a way for airlines, travel agencies, or anyone else in the aviation industry to have a web address that's specific to flights. So, if you see a website with a ".flights" ending, it's probably about booking flights, checking schedules, or something else to do with air travel.
The ".FLIGHTS" domain is good for anyone involved with flights. This includes:
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Crashing Is the New Science
The world’s first full-scale test to see whether the spacecraft can protect the Earth from a dangerous asteroid or comet will take place in a few weeks with NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART.
Yes, this does sound like a scene from the Hollywood science fiction movie Don’t Look Up.
The likes of Leo Dicaprio or J-Law aren’t here to try to help us this time, though. Instead, NASA will examine the effects of the 525-foot-wide asteroid known as “Dimorphos” on DART using one of the most potent telescopes.
Although the asteroid won’t be hitting Earth anytime soon (hopefully), experts believe that it would inflict serious harm if it did.
“We don’t want to be in a scenario where an asteroid is heading toward Earth and then have to be testing this kind of technology,” NASA’s planetary defence officer Lindley Johnson reportedly remarked to USA TODAY.
Before we ever find ourselves in a position like that, he continued, “We want to know about both how the spacecraft operates and what the asteroid’s reaction to the hit will be.”
In a statement, co-leader of the July observation campaign and astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Nick Moskovitz said that this is the ideal time to carry out the test to save the worst from happening.
Before doing anything to the asteroid system, he stated, “the before-and-after aspect of this experiment demands exquisite knowledge of the asteroid system.”
We want to be certain that any change we observe is totally attributable to what DART did rather than saying, “Oh, here’s something we hadn’t thought about or phenomenon we hadn’t considered,” at the last minute.
Additionally, according to USA TODAY, DART is not meant to completely destroy “Dimorphos” but rather to give it a small “nudge” that could change its orbit around Didymos by around 1%.
Although it might seem insignificant, the outcomes, according to DART’s main coordinator Nancy Chabot, could save humanity.
The asteroid and Earth would no longer be on a collision trajectory, she explained, if you gave it a modest push that added up to a significant alteration in its future position.
Do you think it’s crazy or rocket science?


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A German aircraft to be pulled up
• Category: NewsThe Greek Air Force has decided to pull up a German Nazi aircraft hat lies in the bottom of the sea closde to Maleme, Chania. Yesterday morning, an expert group arrived in Chania to explore the submerged aircraft, which lies there since the Second World War. The aircraft is a Messerschmitt 109, one of the most powerful aircraft types of the Germans that time. It is one of the 211 German planes that were lost during the Fight of Crete. After 5 years of efforts, the Association "Friends of the Sea Bed" managed to persuade the Air Force Authorities to pull the aircraft up to the earth. The impressive thing is that the engine collars are still elastic, while some parts of the wing are still brazing. When the aircraft will be pulled up, it will be used as an exhibit in the Air Force Museum that will be created in Maleme.
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Rukuhia - The Aircraft Graveyard
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THE AIRCRAFT GRAVE YARD
In 1947 a scrap metal merchant from Palmerston North called Tom Larsen (Pic 1) brought hundreds of American planes which had been used to fight the Japanese in the Pacific Islands. He parked them out at Rukuhia, a place commonly known as the Graveyard (Pic 2). The aircraft were to be dismantled, the aluminium boiled down for ingots (Pic 4). The ingots were used to make pots, pans and kettles. In those days no one else made aluminium. Hydraulic parts were sold to farmers to make farm machinery, Tom even started a shop in Greenwood Street in town and sold all the nuts and bolts etc. there.
It was easy to get jobs in those days so a young lad called Jack Bailey walked in one day and asked if he could work dismantling these planes (Pics 7&8). Tom hired Jack and allowed him to park his old caravan on site. There were about six blokes altogether dismantling hundreds and hundreds of planes. Corsairs, Kittyhawks, Ventuaras, Grumman Avengers, all sorts. All the easy bits such as the tail fins, cowlings (the part that covered the engine), engines, and wings came off first. (Pic 8) Some planes still had petrol in them. When the sparks from the welder hit the petrol, the planes would catch on fire. (see the bomber alight in Pics 5 & 6).
A trolley that looked like something out of a Mad Max movie, was made out of aeroplane parts (Pic 7) to cart the aircraft parts to the melting down shed. Note the aircraft seat at the front used for a drivers seat (or having a rest!). The big round radial engines in photo 3 were dropped off for melting. Quite often the planes would have bullet holes in them and the pilots had painted the number of bombs they dropped on the outside of their doors together with their favourite film star, Mae West.
Corsairs were specifically designed for aircraft carriers. They had a massive hook underneath them. When they landed on the aircraft carrier the hook would catch on a steel wire which would slow the plane down to a halt and stop it from going into the sea. The planes were fitted with a bigger propeller than normal planes which made them faster than other comparable aircraft. The drop down wings could also fold upwards for storage.
The Grummans were torpedo bombers. These had straight wings.
Jack describes the Kittyhawks as being all engine. They had to take out these big thick steel plates behind the drivers seats.
It took 12 years to dismantle them all.


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